Griffs Break Even or Better With A11 Teams : Wood Wins First Heat of TrophyRace Griffe Set Mark THE THRILL THAT COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME—By WEBSTER Harris Is Loaned Yankees IFOXX ONLY CLUB TO GAIN Beating SPEEDS PACE To Chattanooga SCORES OVER DON ι Guess This wow'r MAkc ΓΛ YORK, September 3.—The ΗΙΓ AT SCHOOL. OR ANYTHING. Harris, utility outneider NEWYanks have had a marva»ous J s'Pcse not Daveand plnch-hitter of the Nation- EDGE ON YANKEE! home record this year, prob- BUI »» LEAD! oh wo! ι ! J als, today was sent to ably unmatched In the annals of the Chat- BY A GREAT of the FINISH tanooga Southern club. And It has taken a couple of Association for a few to reverses here to bring to light Just days replace the in- jured Bill Andrus. it was Leaders how unusual their 1932 rule at the National Leaguer in Front announced Unofficially Equs b; by President Clark stadium has been. Griffith. Briton Leads for Four which Laps, For when the Senators won Chattanooga, assumed the Record for in again Five Points—Manush lead in the Southern Scoring yesterday they became the first Association last night when took a Then Yank Cuts visiting club to win on two successive Memphis Loose 7-to-4 licking from Nashville, suf- Consecutive Games. days In the Bronx this season. And I Tied With Ruth. fered the loss of Andrus in the In so reduced the Yanks' game to Win doing they and Griffith consented to lend Easily. home below Har- winning percentage at .''■V ris to the Joe the .800 mark. By the Engel-owned club. BY JOHN B. KELLER. Associated Press. YORK, September 3.- BY DAVID J. WILKIE, YORK, September 3- Jimmie Foxx began t Associated Press Stall Writer. Although not likely to fin CUBS WIN BUCS swing his bat in his earl September 3.—In Ish better than thir 13TH, NEW any NEW season form this week, bu INDEPENDENT PLAY one of the most thrilling In the American Leagu ANNEX 6TH STRAIGH1 still failed to catch up with Fran! demonstrations of speed race DETROIT,D this year, the Nationals hav O'Doul of Brooklyn, the majo and powerboat piloting, a fine chance to end their 193 m Gar Wood, American defender, Foxx 49th league leader. campaigning without the loss ο Hits Homer in Attacl HOLDS BALL after trailing a« the start, cut In seven TEAMS days, ending with yes loose with his Miss an annual series. on Record—Browns America X Capture terday's games, the Athletics' ac today to win the first heat of Johnson's charges already havi smashed 1 ,VNS Decision. out 13 hits, scored nin the Harmsworth race clinched the Tight Week End on ! Trophy yearly set with th< runs afld batted in seven, shot hi Heavy Program from Kaye Don, British chal- White Sox and are certain ο batting average up seven point vV lenger. to .364 even breaks at least with thi /CONTINUING their burning pace a ; and yet remained fiv Tap—Kensington, Vienna So slow was Wood's craft in the ^ ; points. behind the Na first four laps of the 35-mlle course Yankees and the the head of the National League O'Doul, Red Sox. tional that it seemed he could not the the chalkec League leader. Start Series. get win Chicago Cubs yesterday four Another by the Nationals in thi At the same time, Foxx was threaten 12-cylinder motors to produce their up their thirteenth straight victory ed maximum three remaining games with the Indian; ! from a new quarter as Dale Alexan power. Seemingly, however, over the St. Louis Cardinals, 8 to 5 der of the Boston Red Sox boosted hi he was merely conserving his boat, for would mean a 50-50 split with that out· 1TH most of the league races he Hazen Cuyler and Mark Koenig hil average to .370. Alexander, however 111"' opened up at the end of the fourth fit, and this also applies to the Tigei has had new time around home runs to lead a 14-hit attack or only 305 times at bat as agains history, independent the course and crossed 505 the line to and Brown series. To break even wit! three Cardinal pitchers. for Foxx and thus loses a "regu· sandlot base ball games now start the final lap only a lar's" few boat the Athletics this year the National· The Pittsburgh Pirates made it si> rating. will the lengths behind Don's white- occupy center of at- hulled must take two of the four games thej victories in a row by beating Cincinnati Miss England III. SIMMONS, also of the Athletics tention during these îemalnlng few At have yet to play with the House o: 2 to 1. Larry French allowed the Red; the end of ths rac« Wood said: collected 16 scored 11 rum IVX^ weeks of "I ran Mack, and on past iorm they shoulc nine hits, as against six the winner: AL hits, campaigning. the race exactly as I planned and battedin 13 runs th< it; I am do so. could manage off Hard-luck "Red' during Tomorrow and Monday an very happy and I hope to win week, but trailed Foxx in unusually Regardless of how they fare in battit Lucas, but timely blows by Traynoi every depart· again Moniay." ment total hits where heavy schedule is planned. As usual, with other clubs, the Nationals arc and Thevenow made the difference. except his 18J put him one ahead. Foxx hit tw< most of the more tough for the Yankees. Winning hen Jimmie Foxx continued his pursuit ol WW promising games are Wood's victory, which at homers for a total of '/ ''fîfflrf7)A yesterday, 7 to 1, Johnson's charge! the Babe's home-run record, knocking 49, leaving hin f' slated for suburban diamonds. DESPITEthe finish showed a margin of five days ahead of Babe Ruth's famous went ahead of the league leaders, 11 tc No. 49 out of Shlbe Park as the Ath- nearly two miles. Miss England III 1927 record. Vienna Firemen 10, for the year. Not so pleasing to th« letics enjoyed a field day at the expense and Kensington A. turned up the fastest lap, circling the Chuck Klein of the Nationa C. will clash Ruppert rifles, who have a neat margir of Boston. 7 to 3 and 15 to 0. Phillies, tomorrow In the first course the first time around at a speed League slugging ace, led his ir game of a series. of over every other club in the league. In another American League game league three-game Play will 88.685 statute miles an hour. Wood'· i hits, runs, homers and stolen bases anc begin at 3 o'clock on Victory for the Nationals this after- the St. Louis Browns took a tight one the Kensington iastest lap was at a speed of 87.387 milea was second in the other three diamond. noon would make them th< from 3 to Blaeholdei depart- , an hour, on his second time very likely Chicago, 1, George ments. around. only aggregation to take a league eerie? getting the better of Ted Lyons In a The average speed for the 35-mile In the Foxx and STARS play from the Yanks this campaign. pitching duel. batting averages, heat was Miss America X, 76.014: Miss O'Doul remained the HYATTSVILLE~ÂlLboth tomorrow and Labor supreme among day, England III, 71.265. This was consid- foremost the scoring after one was out in tlM "regulars." tackling Majestic Radio toss- erably slower than last best C. U. COACH MARRIES. ers tomorrow year's aver- BY ninth Inning yesterday, the Yan- and Rockville Monday. age, which Don Foxx came Manush Both Kaye set in Miss Eng- kees tied the major league record games are slated for 3 o'clock on land II at George Vlk, who coaches the ends on and New York 89.913 miles an hour. of 132 consecutive games in a season TRAILINGWashington, Ruth. the Riverdale field. The the Catholic University foot ball squad, .346; Gehrig. New .344; race was run under probably without a shut-out only York, the most unofficially was married August 22 to Lynette Good- tjrooKe Grubb unsatisfactory conditions ever have Jolley, Boston, .329; Ferrell, St. Louis has some action Officially they played but 131 en it has been an- for a of Tulsa, Okla., .327; Combs. New York. .322; Bums booked for his Howitzer Giants. To- prevailing similar event. Rain games in this campaign, as they were here that nounced. He is expected not later .321; and Wash- morrow at 3 o'clock at began early in the morning con- of a 6-to-3 over th« Simmons, .319, Cronin, Garrett Park deprived victory than tomorrow. Forrest Cotton, Cardi- .319. the tinued ukase. There- ington, O'Doul's leading rivals Giants will entertain Rock Creek intermittently, ceasing Just long Tigers by presidential nal line arrived — to the mentor, yesterday. were V. Davis, Philadelphia, .351 ; Klein A ÔlFT FROM "Τ7*β ΛΝΟ OMLY Servicenter. Monday will travel enough permit Regatta Commit- fore, officially they still are one game they tee to .346; Hurst, Philadelphia, .344; Ρ to Rock Hall, Md.. to get the two hydroplanes under- shy of the record of 132 games without Λ LEATHER PILLOW WITH play the team of Waner, Pittsburgh, .341; Terry, New ΗΛΜ050Μ€ that town, way at 7 a.m. after a 30-minute a shutout set by the Boston and Phila- which, incidentally, won the post- York.