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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
OHOR1' STUFF q
- FOR ROOTERO

The Reds made it three in a row
over the Phillies by socl1ing
Mitchell with opportune discretion,
to 2, Critz opening the game with
home run.
A three-run rally in the ninth,
in which pinch hitters inundated
the premises, staked the Athletics
to a 9-to-8 victory over the White
Sox, after Sheelys homer with one
on in the seventh had given the
Sox the lead.
The Cards made merry with
Ehrhardt and Hubbell and won in
romp from the Dodgers, Ii to 2.
Thanks to the conservative pitch
ing of Dean and the hitting Of
Meusel and Kelly, the Giants pulled
out a 5-to.3 decision over the Cubs.
Johnson's homer tied the Indians
In the ninth, after they had taken
the lead in the first half OF the
inning. Meusels triple with two
on beat them in the tenth after
they again had taken the lead, the
Yanks winning, 6 to S. Such is
baseball.
The Browns got seventeen hits
off four Red Sox pitchers and won,
going away. 15 to 8.
In spite of their rally in the late
innings. the Pirates finished second
10 the Braves, & TO 4, when Nor
rison was clouted for tour runs in
the fifth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
.HORNSBY s BA I
NOT So GOOD
At FIRST
III Fact, He was Afraid Weak
Hitting Might Lose Job
for Him

Rogers HOrnsby, the new man
ager of the st. Louis Cardinals, has
been the champion batter of the
National League for the last five
years. He is usually rated as a
natural hitter whatever that
means.
But take it from Rogers himself,
the toughest job he ever had was
learning to hit in the big leagues.
Like several other great sluggers
of the past, including Ed. Dele
hanty, once with the Phillies, Horns
by didn't set the league afire from
the start.
"In fact, when broke in ten
years ago." explained Hornsby, 81
expected to be dropped because ]
couldn't hit.
81 hadn't been much Of a hitter
as shortstop for the Denison Club
in Texas, although we won the
Western Association pennant that
year 1915 I hit .277, but there
waG something about my playing
Bob Connery, then scout for the
Cardinals, liked and he got Miller
Higgins, the st. Louis manager,
to sign me.
'Huggins, now with the New
York Yankees, stuck me into the
lineup that September. played
eighteen games and hit Pas, but
was all right in the field.
II was eighteen years old and
was up against big league pitching,
Another thing weighed only lac
pounds and that was not enough to
put power behind my swings.
"That winter I expected to be
shunted back to the minors, but ]
got a call to report to st. Louis
in the spring. and / put on some
beef that winter. was growing.
Nobody expected much of me
when the season started including
myself. There was a hole to plug
at shortstop, but the general belief
was that Corhan, from the Coast
would fill it. Jack Miller had second
sewed up and linn Beck was al
third
"Well, it happened that injuries
to the regulars let me break in at
all infield posts. Then Corhan s
arms went bad and was stuck
at short.
my added weight counted
heavily in my hitting. 1 began to
do better than / had ever done in
the minors. I clinched the short
stop job and finished the season
with an average of .313.
IT had won my battle, all right
for those were the days before the
lively ball. Hal Chase, the league
batting champion, only hit 1899 to
get the honor. Last year l had
to do .423."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
COBB EXPECTS
TORONTO KID
To SHINE
Gehringer, InfieIder of Leafs,
Takes Eye Of Tiger
Leader

Ty Cobb. aggressive manager of
the Detroit Tigers believes tina.
he has coming second base star
in Gehringer. the young iufieldcr,
whom he discovered in the wilds
of Michigan and is now playing
with the Toronto club, present
leaders in the international League.
Cobb expects to recall the youth
at the close Of the international
season.
II certainly like the looks of
that boy" said Cobb. HE Is a big
chap and is sure to develop under
Manager Dan HowIey."
i Gehringer, in appearance. is not
unlike Napolean Iajoie when the
latter was in his prime. He is a
Iefthand batter and has been hit
ting well above hte 800 mark all
season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
PITCHING MUCH
INFERIOR TO
YEAR AGO
Especially Is This True o.
Youngsters Too Many
Restraints cramp /

The pitching this year, especially
among the younger element. Is de-
cidedly inferior to that Of last year.
In fact, the advantage Of the bat
tiers over the pitchers undoubtedly
Is increasing every season.
Just before his untimely death.
Bin Donovan declared this 20 be
no fault OF the pitchers mo reflec-
ton on their natural ability. He
claimed it was. the rules and ~
straints under which they were COM
PEELED to work. The restfictions
have become 50 tight rnar lne
pitcher is cramped in style. do-
has little chance for ingenuity.
George WiItse, onestime star Of
the Giants. now engaged In training
the Yank twirlers, agrees with Don.
ovan. He goes further:
.sIJnder the present rules, says
Wiltse, II don't believe any one @
the old-time stars could have pitched
the good baseball that gained their
regulations. It's wonder TO me
that the present-day pitchers set
along as well as they do.
when I pitched, we had no lively
BAN, and we were not required 20
work with q new white ball all the
time. In the old days a new ball
was thrown out at the beginning or
the game. We immediately pro-
ceeded to rough 1t and soil Il by
rubbing It In the grass and dirt.
No matter how dirty that ball got,
it was kept in the game until act
ua1ly hit out Of the park. You
fans should remember very well
what 8 protest we used 70 make
when the umpire threw in q new
bah on us. II / had to work with
new balI all the time. ] don't
believe I could ever curve or cOntrot
Il. These modern pitchers never
get an old one.
even II a pitcher does succeed
in making the batter pop the bali
M. he is likely to lift this lively
ball up into the stands for q home
run. Half Of the home runs that
you see recorded nowadays would
have been outs few years ago. An
extra high ny ID now q home rum
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
STALLINGS is AGAINST
FLORIDA FOR TRAINING

George Stallings, manager of the
Rochester Internationals, doesn' t
like Florida as site for a baseball
training camp.
1.-THE trouble with the big leagues
Is this Florida training business,
caid Stallings. men are brought
into a, false form by the heat in
Florida in February and March and
when they come North they run
INTO cold weather and have to begin
all over again. Pitchers suffer espe-
cially.
"I know what I am speaking
about for I trained teams in Flor
ida for eight years. The evil effects
of Florida training are more appar-
ent this year than any other be-
cause more teams trained in, Florida
than ever before. The sudden
transition from heat to cold throws
every man back, but especially the
pitchers"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
MANDELL-o'B BOUT
FALLS FLAT ON COAST

Los ANGELES, June 11.-There
will be no fight between Tommy
OBrien, OF New York, and Sammy
MandeIl, of Rockford, H., for the
lightweight crown discarded by
Benny Leonard, here July 4. Pros
poets OF such a match, announced
after O'Brien and MandeI emerged
victors from an elimination tourna-
ment staged here on Saturday by
Promoter Dick Donald, disappeared
yesterday, when the one permit for
an open air fight here available in
July under the State boxing law
was granted by the State boxing
commission to Jack Doyle. who an
nounced that his fistic show would
be held on July 81.
The granting of the permit to
Doyle was not seriously opposed by
Donald. whose venture last week
was said not to have been profit
able.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
HAUSER SHOWS STANCE
WITH NEW WAR CLUB

PHILADELPHIA, June 11Svhing his if it bat
Hauser slowly recuperang broken neecap stood
plate yesterday She Park and
Onstraed the stance and swing that enabled him to drive in more
Meuse, Of the Yanks.
aterdemaons painters
posed the audience Hauser ordinary black stick with
crook HANDLE and gripping the ferru he made real abs
imaginary pitches thrown to him by ghy Ohnscns Shocke
Ehmkes.
The hot the Of deserted
feeling sktsh and there invitation ball
his muscles and sharpen his eye undsurbed
fnutad do that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
Moe andJoe
They Get
The Dough

Moe bet on an awful
crab yesterday. He
picked Pilgrim as a hop
in the neck, but the
mock orange had no am
bish at any stage Of the
race and finished out in
the lot. This one is worth
watching the next time
he steps. For this after
noon he is pegging at
one which Harry EibeI
is going to have a NUM-
Der Of front row tickets
on. Cash in kick, to date,
$1,999. SO.
Moe says ROYALITE
Is sure to cop the
THIRD today and Is
planting q fiUer on the
SPAWN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
SOS FOR PITCHERS, CRY
HEARD IN WEST

the help the batters,
heard appeal for the pitchers There has been 50 much
started the winter either deaden the ball let the
hurlers trick two under ban.
which consideration early in the
season. plenty driving hurting this year,
perhaps Athletics whose pitchers and bat
seemed to have arrived at the time Sisters St Louis
considerable driving but the pitching to
help the tes In fact all the circuit heard the lament
orm displayed pitchers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
EARL NJ Nicely
EARNS WILD
CHEERS
Batting and Fielding Against
Tigers in Opener Recalls
Early Playing
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER,
Sports Editor The Times /.

Earl McNeely showed the boys
something in the opening clash be
tween the Detroit Tigers and the
Griffmen. The champions copied
the honors Of the day. II to Z, a
sort Of crap game, by the way. and
Earl played a large part in the
triumph.
In the first frame he belted a
clean single to left field, gaIloped
over to third when Bucly Harris
followed suit and scored while Rice
was beating out an infield hit.
In the second, with two down. he
singled once more to left, but was
knitted trying to steal second.
In the fourth Mac cracked a
double down the left field line only
to be stranded at third base.
He expired on a foul to Woodall
in the fifth but came back in the
seventh with a clean single to
center. Later he was killed trying
a delayed steal.
It was In the field rather than
at the plate that Mac gliStened
bergs. Twice ne contributed
G8BG1A&1S GH&9H WAV06AAb bAAC AA1AAa ~
their feet and the smiling lad
from Sacramento had to dOff his
can as he raced to the bench.
In the sixth Burke, hitting for
Holloway, raised a Texas Lacquer
to center. McNeeIy came in with
all his well-knowE speed and, seeing
the ball ABOUT to drop safely in
front OF him, hurled himself at the
ball. It stuck in his glove as he hit
the grass. He rolled completely
over and dropped the ball. How
ever. Umpire Owens ruled that he
had held II long enough to make It
a putout and the fans went wild. It
robbed Burke OF two-bagger, by
the way.
In the eighth Topper Rigney poled
\ fly we'll OUT toward the centerfield
stand. Mac was right out after IT
and, as the drive was about to sail
over his head. he went up into the
air clutched that flying pill and fell
to the ground, rolling over and over.
This time he held the ball until he
could rise to his feet and again the
fans went wild.
slow start this spring, but he gives
signs OF finishing in fine fashion.
Because Of his tremendous speed,
he has been used as a pinch run
ner, but his failure to hit has kept
him out OF the regular lineup until
recently, when Bucky Harris de-
cided to keep him in there. Regu.
lar playing is bringing him to top
form. Yesterday he was sure right
on top.
1t was a sloppy ball game. filled
with errors of omission and com.
mission. The base running, too,
offered flaws. The pitching, espe-
cially DetrOit's, was poor. But
the fans seemed to like the going.
The champions won and won in
a hitting contest. That seemed
to satisfy the rOoters.
Both teams tailed two runs
apiece in the opening frame and the
Griffs grabbed two more in the
third. The Tigers crept closer by q
tally in the fifth and then the
champions staged a big inning. driv
ing Dutch Leonard from the mound
under a blast that gave them five
runs and a long lead.
quently all along, but in the sixth
the Tigers pounded him for -four
runs, Windo and Cobb lacing the
ball out over the barrier in right
field. Marberry finished the game
granting but one hit in three in
rings.
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One Tiger town critic said that
the Athletics would now be in the
second division were 1t not for the
fact that the club is getting the
best hitting in the past ten years.
while other clubs can't get their
stats at top form. He ventures
the opinion that the Mackmen may
beat out the Senators for the flag
this year, not because the Athletics
are a better ball club than the
Washington team. but because the
Philadelphia youngsters are getting
first class, five star man hurting.
This same observer points out that
the tAhletics are only a mediocre
ball club with on1y two real high
class men on the club, the same
being little Max Bishop and Al
Simmons in the middle garden.
Cochrane, the real sparkplug Of
the Athletics, is overlooked by the
Tigert0wn writer, who says that
were Detroit to ret the pitching
with the tremendous batting that
the club turns in some Of the
first division clubs would be out
Of the race.
Sizing up the results Of the race
go far, he says:
Washington, with a much better
team than Philadelphia, has failed
| to catch the McGillicudy nine be
cause Stanley Harris pitching staff
g not nearly as good as McGilli
cuddy's. And Washington has
good staff.
Chicago caused plenty OF furry II
| the league race this year until Ed
die Collins pitching staff collapsed
st. Louis has been going along or
batting power rather than pitch
ing stuff. New York wilted com
pletely because the Yankees pitch
ers crumbled. Boston has beer
getting nowhere because it lacks
good pitching. Illness and injury
have cut into the Red Sox staff.
Detroit has been an exception
this season. The Tigers had goo1
pitching, but did not take advantage
| CT It. The team slumped at pat
| then 1t slumped in the field. The
pitchers were finally pulled int
| the rut and they also slumped
Then, two weeks ago, the Tigers
began to squirt. They began Il
hit and as soon as they did they
started to field again. Ten of thu
last thirteen games were Tiger
| victories.
"And there is Cleveland. The
Indians are not nearly as good Z
ball team as the Tigers. Outside
Of Joe Sewell. their infield Is woe
fully weak. They have two grea
outfielders in Speaker and jamie
son. They did fairly well since the
opening Of the season because like
Chicago, their pitching staff die
fairly well. Then the pitchers slip
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
| AND|S To
RAISE
FLAG
Baseball Commissioner Of
ficiates in Griffs' World
Series Celebration
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER
Sports Editor, The Times

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lam
dis, the man who merely grinned
last October when noisy Ban john
son yelled that 'tthe world series
should be called off," win today
raise the world championship BAN
ner to the breezes at the Clark
Griffith Stadium before the Griff-
men engage in their second battle
with Ty Cobb and his ferocious
Tigers.
Ban Johnson, just now sojourn-
ing in Philadelphia, viii not be
here today. He probably would
not enjoy the spectacle, anyway,
so what's the odds?
John A. Heydler, in his younger
/ days a Westinghouse, is here to
grace the occasion. Though presi-
dent of the National League, which
is not represented in the Capital.
has has sufficient interest in seeing
his old home town celebrate its
world championship victory to come
down from the metropolis and show
himself.
Just before game time Judge
Landis. accompanied by President
Heydler, Clark c. Griffith and the
members OF both baseball teams
win march out to centerfield behind
the Army Band, one OF the snap
pfest musical organizations In the
Capital
TO the inspiring strains Of music
the banner representing the great
est glory in baseball win daunt out
in the breeze and all Washington
viii get its first peek at a world
title gonfalon.
Walter johnson, WashingfOn's
pitching ace, has drawn the hur.-
ing assignment for the day, and
Il goes without saying that Bar.
ney viii work his arm off to turn
back the Tigers on world cham
piOnship day.
Earl WhitehiIl. the slender south
paw. or Rip "Two-Gun" Collins, a
burIy Highlander, win be sent to
the hill against the champions.
Whitehill held them to two hits
during the recent series in Detroit
and seems favored to start today.
A concert by the Army Band will
begin at / o'clock for the benefit OF
early Corners. The flag-raising cere-
monies are booked for 1915, thus
permitting the game to get under
way at $50 o'clock.
Roger PeclIinpaugh is not ex-
pected to take part in today's ccfl-
test. He appeared on the coaching
lines yesterday and got a large
hand from the fans. However,
while able to get into action, PECK
Is being kept out for day or so
longer In order to complete his re-
covery from the injury received q
week ago.
Detroit has three more games
here in this series. Sunday George
Sisler and his Brownies viii make
their 1925 debut at the orchard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
BATTLING SKI TRAINS
FOR RING ACTIVITIES

Battling Sikh, the Senegalese fight
er. has started training at Mac
Levy's gymnasium. Coney Island,
and will be in condition to battle in
about two weeks. Bob Levy, man.
ager of Sikh, has received numerous
offers for him and he expects to
book him up for a fight. Levy is
the representative of the Metropoli.
tan Sporting Club Of Montreal,
Canada.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
CHICAGO AND BALTIMORE
PLAN SCHOOL GRID SERIES

BALTIMORE, June Final ar
rangements for the post-season grid
game here between Lindbloon High
School Of Chicago and City College
in the Stadium next fall were com
pleted yesterday when Assistant Ath.
letic Director Herb Armstrong of
the local school received the signed
contract from the Western school.
The papers call for Lindbloom
playing here November % and City
going cut to Chicago for q game on
November 26, 1926,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
MASCART BATTLES NOBLE
BEFORE MONTREAL CLUB

Edouard Mascart. the French
featherweight who outpointed Carl
Duane recently, has been booked up
to clash with Tommy Noble, the
English fighter, I'm a twelve-round
contest at Montreal, Canada, on the
night of June II. Both fighters
have started training for this go
and will be In fit shape when they
enter the ring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
Grotto In Action

Monarch L. Whiting Estes will
lead a delegation of prophets that
will accompany Joe Leverton's as
sortment of Kallipolis Grotto ball
players to Alexandria Sunday. The
Dreadnaughts will be encountered.
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Washington %. 20 2 a51 XII
Detroit ........ o o 0 l. 0 0 O.
Runs-McHeely. Ruel. S. Harris ~,
Rice. Goslin. Judge t2). BIuege (2D,
Adams. Haney Rigney. C'RourEe f2D,
Wingo (2), Cobb. Errors-McNaIy,
o Rourke, Cobb. FWo-base hits Nc
Nicely. Goslin. Adams. Isiuege. O'Rourke
(tl. Cobb. Wingo. Home runs-wfngo
Cobb. Sacrifices-Blucge (2), Judge
Blue. Left on Observation-Disclosures, 10 !;
Detroit, 8. First base on balis-,Off
CoveleskIe. .; off Leonard. 2; off Holio-
way. 2; off Cole. ?. Strack out-By
Coveieskte, /; by Narberry. !: by
Leonard. /; by Cole. !. Hts off Cove
leskie. in innings; ofs MarberFy l
in innings; off Leonard. II in 4 in
nings and batters; Off Holloway,
IN ! inning; off Cole. in innings.
Winning Observation-Disclosures. Losing
pitcher - Leonard. Empires Naliin,
Rowland and Owens. Time of game
& hours, IS minutes.
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dress both in business and on So
cial occasions. Even stubborn, un-
ruly or shampooed hair stays comb
ed all day in any style you like.
"Hair.Groom' is greaseless; also
helps grow thick, heavy, lustrous
hair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11

To swing a cane In bat fashion.
just q half dozen times is not
arduous baseball work. but to Joe,
who has never made gesture be-
longing to baseball since the day
he broke the kneecap Of his right
leg in Phillie-AthIetic game early
in April. it was the sweetest. the
most soul-satisfying practice he ever
can recall.
IT know I can do more right
now he sighed, but / just can't
take a chance. I feel that II I had
a bat and ball ! could funge one
over the rightficld wall into TWen-
tieth street at the first crack.
Doctor Garrett doesn't want me
to try anything like that for awhile.
I am getting along SO well that !
believe that I will be In a uniform
dong light work in six or seven
weeks.
II may be able to help the Ath-
letics after all during September
days."
When Joe left the group Of kids
and nainters and turned toward
an exit, he dragged his right leg
and walked with q plain limp.
Joe explained: ''You see I walk
this way because there is 4 stiff
wood splint attached to the back
Of my injured leg and 1t interferes
with the freedom of my knee.
Joe is no pallid faced conval-
escent. He is q little under weignt
and looks as big and strong as the
days when he could lash the bail
into Twentieth street.
"No, don't hang out the crepe en-
my playing career yet" Joe con-
tinued, for nave had more first
hand knowledge on the subject Of
broken kneecaps in the last few
weeks than anybody else In the
city.
IT have had athletes with frac-
tured kneecaps visit me at the hos
pital and write me personal letters
and / know Of many cases, Tar
more serious than mine. where the
recovery was complete and they
were athletes. too.
II know Of a ball player who
fractured the cap in four places
by running into the edge of a
fence who recovered and played as
we'll as ever afterward. My break
was what the doctors call a good
one' Nothing struck my cap, neither
did run into anything.
my accident las never been
accurately described. pulled my
right lmeecap apart in the act Of
running to first base to take CAL
lOWay's throw. IT wasn't the jump
i'm the air that did It. The point
in my favor is that / didn't collide
with q concrete wall or was struck
by q hard substance.
ct am only twenty-six years old
and can afford to forget about this
season and start anew in the spring
Of 1926, but 1 fully believe that I
will be able to help the Athletics in
September as pinchhitter or first
ba seman, If needed.
my only thoughts now are with
the Athletics. / want them to
win the pennant and the first play
er whose hand I'll shake is Jim
Poole, whose batting and fielding
has been such a big help to the
team in it's big advance.
81 am going to stay right here
in Philadelphia all season and con.
tinue my treatment with DIR. Gar
nett, who has been a wonderful
friend to me all through my disabil.
ity, and in six or seven weeks
time hope to be able to throw this
oon1 auyoT M ayroh a hot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
"HAIR-cRooM"
Keeps Hair Combed, Glossy
Well Groomed all Day
"Hair-Groom"

Hair Groom
is a dignified
combing cream
which costs only
a few cents a
jar at any drug
store. Millions
use it because
it gives that
natural 10 S s
and ell-groom.
ed effect to the
hair--that final
touch to good
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
Takoma Kids Challenge

The Takoma juniors desire base
ball opponents and challenge par
ticularly the Perry Props. The Ia
komas' phone number is Columbia
1853.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
RiaItos Please AL.

AL Schacht, coach of the Rialto
balIplayers, says they haven't
missed a signal since he took 'em
over. They've been winning regu-
Ia Wv
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
Makes Ball Faster

Hot weather has hardened base
ball diamonds in the East, making
the rabbit ball a tougher thing to
field than ever.