SPORTS/ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1927.' /SPORTS/ 51 Braxton Great Prop for GriffHurlers : Pirates Sailing Smoothly to Pennant KLOZA HOMER KING | SAVED IN THE NINTH BUCS, GIANTS, CARDS WORLD SERIES TICKETS SOUTHPAW RELIEF STAR BUCS LEAD WITH 4 GAMES SOUGHT BY PIRATE FANS DETROIT. . AB. R. H. PO. A. E. IN SOUTHEAST LOOP Blur. Ib ? « « « } IN 18 MORE GAMES PITTSBURGH, September 15 Wnrnrr, Sh 1 0 J} jj * 2 Pa.. Ruble, rs 4 « « 3 « 2 (4I).—With 18 more games to play BIG HELP TO NATIONALS firhrincrr, 2b 4 O I 3 3 O2 AFTER ANOTHER DUAL WIN 3 t 1 O A O By with Pirates four games in For the real names of new players Hrilmiinn. rs the Associated Press. and the Kotherclll, If 4 O 1 3 0 0 NEW National League, bought for the Nationals one has to 3b-lb 4 YORK, September 15.—Defi- the lead. In the McManus. 0^321« ask others than Clark Griffith, presi- Tnvrner, 4 O 1 4 O nite settlement of the National League scores of checks for world series May Well Be Rated as Player Most to the develops that Russlrr. e 3 0 1 0 0 0 championship promises to hang fire Topple Braves Twice, While Runner-Up Giants and tickets have been received by Barney Valuable dent of the club. It now WhUrhlll. « O O O 3 1 Kloza. outfielder recently purchased Carroll, O O O O I O right up to the eleventh hour, judging Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburgh * ® the first name Mniltish* ...... I I I O from the closely huddled positions of club. This from Birmingham, bears 1 O Cards Homer Defeats Club Year—Performance as Tigers Are However, Win tot 2 2 2 2 the contenders. Again Split—Carey’s He’s confident, but Is making no of Clarence instead of John. Dfvlvflro»t 0 O 0 0 0 0 yet. Jack, 0 0 O O O O Pittsburgh, New York and St. Louis advance sales he is known in base ball as so Woodnll» 0 Typical of Griff’s poor. Nruni? O O 0 O O have 18 games remaining on their 99th Beaten Season’s Work. guess was not so Shea 3 I 0 O Cubs—Yankees Take Tilt. by way, home- °_2_^ schedules, while Chicago has 15 left. Kloza, the was the Here’s king of Southeastern League. Total* 34 3 8 24 17 4 how the card shapes out for the the season, Farmed the Albany, Ga.. club by WASHINGTON. AB. R. 11. PO. A. E. rest of the including post- BY JOHN B. KELLER. early round while Hadley was to Rlrr, rs 4 I 1 3 1 ponements: By the Associated Press. again, 10-6. Percy Jones, the Bruins' Birmingham, grabbed from 2 value chocking the Tigers with regularity. which him Hurrl*. 2b 4 I 2 3 3 O black flag of the Pittsburgh star southpaw, was the victim of a the player of most to last 4 1 I 1 Pittsburgh—Boston, 2: Brooklyn, 5; The Harris horde was rather fortu- the sandlots near the end of sea- Sneaker. rs 2 2 New Pirates was more secure at six-run attack in the third, but Brill- the Nationals this year, Gar- him 28 Gnslln. If 4 O 1 A O O York, 4. all at Pittsburgh; nate to get its runs off its arch- son, Kloza's slugging brought 0 I 7 I Chicago, the National League masthead heart, who succeeded him, pitched land Braxton can be named of .400, judcr. Ib 3 2 4, at Chicago; Cincinnati, 3, enemy, the left-handed Earl White- home runs, a batting average Onslow. Ib I O 0 1 at Cincinnati. today. Coming down the good ball. The defeat set Joe Mc- without arousing any consider- 3 0 I 3 O2 A2 This big league hill. Only one of three tallies regis- the attention of scouts and Rurl. 3 New York-St. 3; Pittsburgh. THEhomestretch Pirates have Carthy’s team back to six and one- AS able amount of adverse 3b O O I Louis, at the criti- Itlurtr. 2 third a telegram from Johnny O 3 02 half in the cism. This portside pitcher, frail in tered by the home crowd in its Hayes. ** 3 O O 4: at Cincinnati. 5; at Philadelphia. 3; a lead of four full games on their games rear of the Pirates. of Hadley. 3 O O heart, inning was earned, even though four Dobbs the Barons. p I 1 2 at Brooklyn, 2; 1; New closest rivals, the New- York Giants Rube Dressler’s in the hinth Stature but stout of more than The Birmingham in the thick Braxton, p O O O 0 O O Philadelphia, at any member of the Washing- successive hits came then. Two team York. and the St. Louis Cardinals, who are with the bases loaded and two away other of the Southern Association pennant ton aggregation seems to deserve the erratic throws by Lu Blue. Tiger Total* 30 3 7 27 10 0 St. Louis—New York. 8; Philadelphia, still deadlocked In second place. gave Cincinnati a 7-6 victory over honor. first sacker. paved the way to a brace fight, felt that it could use this hard- ?Batted for Whltrhill In the eithth. 5; Boston, 5; Chicago. 2, all at St. At or near the top all season, the Philadelphia. It was the eighth vic- of the markers. hitting outfielder, so Jack was re- +Batted for Blur In the eithth. Louis; 3, Cincinnati. Pirates, nevertheless, had been falter- tory in succession for the Reds. Braxton has won no laurels as a In the ninth. Cincinnati. at famous All told, the Nationals got but seven called. but it wras not loath to sell him than for Ba**ler Chicago—Brooklyn, 1; Boston, 5; ing in the crises, and at one time The New York Yankees, with the regular pitcher, for he has had few Whitehill SBatteri for Cnrroll In the ninth. starts, but in a relief role this year safeties and one pass off to the Nationals before the draft ilKan for Woodall In the ninth. Philadelphia. 3; Pittsburgh. 4; all at were in second place, five games be- American League pennant already in innings toil. Out- get a for in the ninth. their possession, their ninety- he has eclipsed even the sturdy Fred during his seven of robbed it of a chance to big 'Batted Ruble Chicago; St. Louis. 2, at St. Louis. hind the Chicago Cubs. Yesterday won of four- round, Detroit O O O O 1 O O 1 o—2 game of scalp- Marberry. who in several seasons past side their third price. Donie Bush’s Buccaneers registered ninth the season in their three swats spread Washington 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 x—3 ing the , 6-1. Dutch was regarded as the most remarkable were over their seventh straight victory. They as many innings. With the Tigers Birmingham now serins to be out of Two-bane hit*—Speaker. Pothertlll. Mn- Ruether gave seven hits and kept worker of the modern game. nunli. Tliree-hase hit—Hire. — -header from the Boston rescue bending every effort to overhaul the the running for the pennant, so Griff won a them scattered. Ruth Gehrig To the efforts of the courageous port- Gehrintrr. Sarrlflre— Bluege. Double play* SPUTIETWEEiTBAN Braves for the second time in suc- and gave got cigar Harris horde, Whitehill way to may ask that Kloza tie sent here for —Hayes to to Judge. Tavener to Blue. both singles, but the contest was side-pitching Braxton the llarri* #. Nationals Henie Manush at the the finish of the Nationals’ season. Left on Imses—Detroit, 9: Washington. cessive days. devoid of home this certainly many of Binch-batter on Whltrhill. 1: off held Bancroft’s six runs. season owe outset of the eighth so that Owen The proxy already has requested Bir- First ha*e bail*—Off AND Kremer men to Boston’s Red Sox won their third the victories that have kept them in Hadley, 4. Strurk out—By Hadley. 2: by OWNERS WIDENS hits and tpok the opener, 6-2, while Carroll got a chance to hurl a hitless mingham to ship Outfielders Foster, Braxton. 1. Hit*—Off Wbltehlll. 7 In 7 ln- straight from the St. Louis Browns, the first division of the American a off Hadley. 8 In innings; his mates again routed Kent Green- round. Ganzel and Emil Barnes North for nint*: BVh In- 9-6. Boston pounded Stewart for League through the greater part of roll. 0 In 1 Innlnt: off Braxton. 0 In By field, heretofore a pitching nemesis Hadley looked unbeatable in his first once over. Griff also has asked that Losing the Associated Press. three runs in the first inning and the campaign. nlnt. Wlnnlnt pltrher—Hadley. the Corsairs, for the second time comes four innings against the Bengals. All Pitchers Ralph Judd, bought from pltrher—Whltrhill.. I moire*—Me«*r». Mr- CHICAGO, September for never relinquished the lead. On a won-and-lost basis Braxton’s game—- 15.—The many days. Johnny Miljus, they gleaned off him in that time was Peoria of the Three-Eye League, and Gownn. Kvnnn, Hildebrand. Time of breach between the club owners of the in as Philadelphia rallied in the ninth to record is not so impressive. It cred- Hopkins, New -2 hour*. American Coast League product, pitched the tie its a pass to John Bassler in the third, Paul purchased from League and their president the score and then won in the him with only six victories, and and John bit later was snared in a Haven of the Eastern League, he for 27 years, Byron Bancroft leaders to a 3-0 triumph In the second eleventh . he has many defeats charged a Johnson, over the as side-retiring double play. But the sent here. There was a chance that has widened until the shadowy author- game. He gave six scattered hits and 5-4. Foxx’s single with the bases full against him. Yet no cold statistics Judd would show up today. ity Johnson has never was in danger. produced the victory. Cobb and eould do justice to this North first two Tigers up in the fifth hit BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS exerted this year is Caro- only no longer recognized by The Giants and Cardinals battled Metzler each got three hits. in safely and fast work behind Had- at ail some three lina man, who, despite a lack of great Sam Rice made whale of the club two games to an even break bodily ley averted the scoring of more than a of a catch owners. through strength, has participated in 54 yesterday at the expense of Bob Foth- AMERICAN LEAGUE. This situation has forced division again in St. Louis. The Cards took Results Yesterday. games this year, in the vast majority one run then. He issued another pass a in the sixth, gave up two more hits ergill in the eighth inning. There of the headquarters of the American the opener, 6-3, in 10 innings, on A summary of yesterday's games: of them starting his work under most YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Douthit’s pinch homer. Terry and after two were out in the seventh and w’ere Tigers on first and second League, it has become known. John- AMERICAN LEAGUE. Unfavorable conditions, merely with bases with two when Big Bob Wanhlntton, 3: Detroit. 2. son still occupies the Bottomley also hit for the circuit. finally in the eighth yielded two hits out Cleveland, 1. suite that long F the chance to help his club to victory lined the ball toward the right field New York. 4: has been headquarters, but Wil- New York won the second game St. Louis ..00011202 0—« 12 'i end and a walk while the Tigers were get- Philadelphia. 3: Chlrato. 4. his Boston 3 1 x—o 15 3 protect the record of some fellow 0. liam Harrldge, handily, Cantwell, recruit, earning 10 2 110 likeable hurler. ting another marker. fence. But Rice streaked across the Ronton. 9; St. Lout*. his secretary for 15 a Stewart, Crowder, Wright and Schang: Two more hits that swelled the sward to his left for a brilliant stab years, has moved away from the offices a 9-3 verdict over the world cham- Welzer and Hofmann. Against that probably kept two runs from the STANDING OF THE CLUBS. of his old chief to a suite on the floor pions. A slxth-lnnlng Giant rally was R H £ Provo* Worth Tigers. Tiger total to eight and a pass brought Chicago. 00000 0 3 100 o—l 10 0

building. good . filled bases in the ninth with only one foe. B below in the same There he for seven runs. Schulte clouted Phila.. 00000 2 1010 I—s 11 0 His performance against the Tigers £5 S 3 =>332 ii? J ts business Thomas and Crouse; Ehmke, Hadley a transa such as some of the a homer. Johnson, yesterday when he stopped them cold out. When hurled wide one a to Walberg and Cochrane. a Whether Joe Judge will draw : club owners refuse to send in John- ft* they threatened to wrest the game to Warner Manager Harris decided suspension for his run-in that brought I son. Carey’s Homer Beats Cubs. R. H. E .. sizes pitching change was needed. In came Cleveland. 00000000 I—l* 7 d from the Nationals was a fine ex- about his banishment by Umpire Billy Kenesaw Mountain Landis, base Max Carey's with the New York. . 00 2 20000 x—4 0 0 Braxton and the game was saved. .to; it ample of the work the left-handed Evans in the seventh inning yester- ball’s $65,0ft0-a-year commissioner, who, filled in the third inning help- Miller. Grant, Underhill and L. Sewell; doing bases Ruether and Bengough. FOR years and years Bayuk Braxton has been the greater Judge Given (he Air. day is not known yet, but Sir Joseph N. York.!—1131111121121131211181 991411.707 it was said, returned unopened all ed Brooklyn beat the Chicago Cubs the season. More than pitch- probably will have to pay a fine for Phlla. ..| 8j—1121131131 91121141 811871.887 communications received from Ameri- NATIONAL LEAGUE. Philadelphia Made ing cleverness to Seventeen Tigers Hand was needed cope and 11 Nationals tiff. Ban Johnson has not been Wunh’on 81 9| —1111121121 81141 741A41.33A can League headquarters, forced the game— R. with the broke into the game. Manager his. I First H. E. situation Braxton found him- Mo- lenient this season with Nationals Detroit .1 0| 91101—1 81121141121 711671.314 separation of the offices. New York 0 10000110 o—3 0 0 Perfecto has been one of the self in when riarty used two BIG LEAGUE LEADERS St. 3—6 he went to the slab in four pinch hitters and who have crossed his umpires. Chicago 31 81131101 081721.474 The commissioner’s communications Louis. 100000011 8 2 the ninth. Courage pinch I BIIOIIII—I Barnes. Henry. Taylor; Alexander. Little- 'largest selling brands in was needed, too. runners and had to send two re- Cleveland I 91 81 71 71131 —1 9| 71 A01781.438 now go to the headquarter? where john and Schulte. Snyder. ths The Tigers were fired by their lineup. Harridge temporarily, success serves into his defensive St. I .on I*| II 81101 81 Blini—ll3l 881831.399 acts and the HITTERS. Second game— R. H. E. country. Now, in addition to in pummeling CLARK New York. . 0 1000710 Irving Hadley into sub- Braxton and Eddie Onslow were the TO GO UNDER KNIFE. Rant on ..I 4| 31 41 471901.343 routine busihes9 of President Comls- Player—Club. G. o—o 13 1 mission and with the bases filled, ffl'Bll3l HI—I key A.B. R. H. Pet. St. Louis 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 o—3 12 1 but National extras in action. Onslow was Earl Clark, the Alexandria . 1411371841071721781831901 of the White Sox and other club 91 74 138 ,39ft Cantwell and Taylor; Littlejohn, Kaufman. the famous Perfecto, you can one out, the man bat with sand lot Loot. I—l Simmons. Athletics 354 Rtng at a one- employed at first base after Joe Judge diamond product who with owners who long have opposed John- Gehrig, and Schulte. ball count in his favor and just kicked starred Yankees..l4l 532 140 203 .382 H £ obtain this mild, mellow, fra* a run himself out of the game in the Richmond in the Virginia League this GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. son also go there. P. Waner, 567 110 216 .381 Brooklyn.. r back they were a dangerous lot. inning. Judge objected Rumors that E. S. Barnard, presi- Pirates 138 12000000 I—lo’ 8 0 seventh to a season and was sold to the Boston Detroit at Wanh'ton. Detroit at Boston. Hornsby, Giants..l36 499 119 183 .367 Chicago 01011102 0— 0 9 3 grant cigar in two new sizes, Yet Braxton, who had decision by Umpire Billy Evans favor- Chlrato at Plilla. Chlrato at New York. dent of the Cleveland club, is slated to Vance and Dpherry; Jones, enjoyed only Braves, will go under the knife on Louis Bnllheart. ft brief ing Marty McManus and Cleveland at N. York. St. at Plilla. take Johnson’s place next November HOME-RUN SLUGGERS. Bush. Blake and Hartnett. Longfelio warm-up session, never falter- protested so Monday to have his tonsils and ade- St. et Boston. game— and After-Dinner—? strenuously Louis three-year First R. H. E. ed. He stepped to the slab and with that his banishment fol- noids removed. under a contract at $40,000 Player—Club. H.R. Boston 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 o—2 0 0 • both wrapped three pitches disposed of Jack War- lowed. a year have been increasing, but the Ruth, Yankees • 52 Pittsburgh.. 010 0 0221 x—o 13 2 in foil. You * league headquarters here is unable to 45 Greenfield and Gibson; Kremer and E. ner. At the third pitch. Warner One was out in the third inning NATIONAL LEAGUE. Gehrig, Yankees Smith. can buy your favorite swung desperately confirm or deny the rumors authori- Wilson. Cubs 27 size and only for a third when Rice started the Nationals on BLACK SOX PRACTICING. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Second game— R. H. E. tatively. Williams, .. Boston .... 00000000 f? •trike. Then Mervyn Shea was sent th?ir run-making way with a triple. York, Phillies 26 o—O 1 shape at any #cijar counter. St. Louis. o—3: New 3—9. Pittsburgh. . 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 x—3 8 In to bat in place of single Washington Black Sox are practic- Philadelphia. Several weeks ago the club owners Hornsby, Giants : 24 0 Art Ruble. The Harris’ sent Rice over. Bucky ing daily for Cincinnati, 7: 0. Robertson and Urban; Miljus and Gooch. best Shea could do against Braxton's attempted delayed a double bill with the Brooklyn. 10; Chlrato, A. summoned Johnson to New York and a theft of second, Oriental Tigers Pittsburth, A—3: Boston, 2—o. RUN SCORERS. pitching was dribble a roller to Short- but never would have reached on Sunday at 2:30 it was there agreed that Johnson’s Philadelphia. 00420000 0—« 14 *3 the Player—Club. R. .. 0 1 stop Hayes. o’clock at Union League Park. STANDING t»F THE CLUBS. tenure of office should cease on or be- Cincinnati. 0 0 0 11 0 4—7 14 o Jack A throw to Bucky sack safely had not Blue made a poor Ruth, Yankees 141 Ulrich and Wilson: May. Jablowski and at second base resulted fore November 1. Johnson said he Picinicfa. Harris in the chuck after taking Whitehill's throw'. i "'*¦ 2 2 9 a *5 £ P -s Gehrig, Yankees 140 retirement of Johnny Neun 3 would not hold the league to fulfill- and the There followed a double by Speaker Combs, •• 128 Nationals doubled. When McManus rolled to - \ ment of its contract, which would al- Yankees were in. full possession of to tally Harris. Bluege i 11 !11 s! Waner, Pirates 128 the third sacker fumbled just - § =* low him his $40,000 salary until 1935. L. th« 3-to-2 game. Goslin sent a terrific drive down the ? -3 I: I | enough to give Heilmann • Hornsby, Giants 119 It was a bit of relief work that first base line. Blue knocked the ball a chance s a. r : 3 : s’: : s to score and Fothergill to reach third, s BASE STEALERS. could not be bettered. Yet it was down, but again heaved wildly to although Perfecto quite typical of the the hatter was flagged. Plttsh'tb 011311 BUCS COMPLETE DEAL. Player—Club. S.B. work that Brax- Whitehill, who had come over to Manush, pinch-batting I—IIOH4I llill?3l83l33I.AI0 Trousers ton has been doing through for White New Ykirkl 8!—1101121111111131121791371.381 (^*>.— Frisch, Cardinals 40 most of cover first. As the sphere rolled to- hill, started the eighth with PITTSBURGH, September 15 To Match Your Odd Coats the season And it is high time that ward the National a double. SL Louts.l 81 9| —111112H41111141791371.381 Chester Nichols, former Pirate Robins 29 dugont, Speaker Wingo, at the plate in Blue's place, relief Hendriek. Washington fans realize what continued home. Goslin, Chlrato ..I 91101 91—H4113111 HOI7BIAI 1.3A1 pitcher, has been sent to the Jersey Staler, Browns 27 Just having the fouled out. and Ruble lofted to EISEMAN-S, & this frail-looking southpaw beaten, Gos- Al City League, Carey, Robins 27 7th F means to throw to the base w’as credited lin. Gehringer, though, whipped a flnrin'atl 1 Al 71 81—I RIIBHAIA7IRBI.49R Club of the International his club. If he is not to be reckoned with single, Brooklyn A| Adams, Cubs 23 a while Blue was charged single to center and Manush crossed. I 91 81 HI 91—I 9111138180^420 concluding a trade for Irwin Brame, the most valuable player to the Na- with an error for this throw’ that gave Boston ..[ 91 71 A| Al 41121—1111331821.401 pitcher of that club. Cash was also PITCHERS. tionals this year, Hadley, who was weakening fast, the one chosen Spoke the .. extra base. walked Heilmann, but Rice made a Phlla. .I 71 Al 31 91 Bill! 71—1481891.330 Involved. Player—Club. Lost. Pet. would indeed be a superman among The Tigers 80I82I89I—|—I Won. crashed Into the 1 scor- sensational catch of Fothergill’s Lost ¦ .1331371871A11A8 Hoyt, Yankees 21 6 .778 MARLBOROFAIR AND RACES bis fellow players. ing column in the fifth. Heilmann liner to the danger game yesterday a stirring opened end for the mo- Junior Order nine defeated Darnes- Shocker. Yankees 16 6 .727 The was the inning with a single, the ment. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. town yesterday. 6 to 2. Sadtler al- Rommel, 8 3 .727 SEPT. 12 TO 17 battle ell the way. even though the first hit Brooklyn Athletics of the game off Hadley, but Then Braxton in the next inning at Chlrato. Boston at Pittsburth. lowed 3 hits, while his mates gathered Pipgras, Yankees 8 3 .727 FIRST RACE. 2:00 P.M—Special train Nationals did all their scoring in an pulled up at third when Fothergill Boston at Pittsburth. X. V. at Clnrlnnatl. leaves District Line at 1:05. Chesapeake blasted the Tigers’ last scoring hope. N. York at St. Louis. 14 off Esworthy. Ruether, Yankees 13 5 .722 Reach R. R. Where can your dollar buy used cars to equal these? lf%MmLonftfeUo

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