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Evening star., 1925-09-17

Brooklyn was expected to make a
strong showing against Pittsburgh and
there were some who thought the
Brooklyns might go so far as to win
the series from the Pirates, basing
their reasoning on what happened to
Pittsburgh in Chicago and st. Louis.
But back on the home lot. the Pirates
were another team.
Even with their success against
Brooklyn. it is out of the question for
Pittsburgh to approach the record for
games won in a season. Even dreams
of a century" of victories Is fading.
Ninety-five wins should put the Pirates
safely into pennant harbor. however.
Following Brooklyn at Pittsburgh
come the Phillies. and If the Pirates
are as successful against them as they
were against Uncle Robbies team,
they will be almost ''in."
II Johnny Mostil keeps his legs
limbered up for the few remaining
days of the season, he has a fine
record in the American League for
1925. And IL he succeeds, the Chicago
White Sox will have had ii three years
in succession.
Mostil will have to make AZ steals
to equal the record of Collins in 1924,
and 40 to equal the record set by Col
Inns in 1923. His chances of equaling
Collins 1923 figure are slim, but with
40 steals already achieved ne certainly
should pass the 1924 high mark.
1t must be recorded that Mostil has
not had very much competition in the
American League this season. OF all
the dilapidated, heels
base running, that of the American
League this year comes pretty close
to setting a record.
If some player would start to run
wild on the bases he probably would
get away with a lot of steals because
the catchers have had so little expe-
rience throwing to second that it is
even-Steven they would not come
within 10 feet of 1t.
Washington has the two players
who are next best to Mostil at base
stealing, although there are some folks
who insist that there Is not any next
best-that Mostil is the only man in
the league the catchers have to watch.
Washington's pair are Sam Rice and
Goose Goslin. Neither has a chance
to beat Mostil out, but the fact that
Rice and Goslin have been paying at
tention to base running is one reason
why the Washingtons are winning an
other championship.
The very best base runner on the
Athletics has achieved only 10 steals
all season. Imagine that for a team
that Is second in the race!
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TIE
WITH u. S. YACHTS
By the Associated Press.

by tne AsSOC1dteQ HTeeS.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, September II.
Although American yachts yester-
day repeated their victory of the day
before in the international series be-
tween stx-meter boats with a Scandi-
navian team. disqualification of j. M.
Hoyt's Dauphin for violating race
rule in carrying more than one pro-
fessional cost the United States fleet
its triumph in the opening brush.
Action taken by the race committee,
in spite of the fact that the violation
was explained as unintentional and
due to the Dauphin pilots ignorance
of the rule, followed the refusal of the
officials to disqualify another Ameri-
can boat in the same race on protest
Of the visiting fleet. The Lea had
been accused of fouling the Oslo of
Norway, but sufficient grounds to
justify the protest could not be found
by the committee.
Americas sweeping victory yester-
day over 12-mile course in Long
Island Sound, with the Dauphin bal
ancing her disqualification by finish
ing first, consequently tied the two
fleets at one victory apiece. Since one
of the teams must win four races to
complete the series, at least five con-
tests now will be necessary.
Evening star., 1925-09-17

from Jesse Doyle An off day occa-
sionally is not bad for these fellows.
All Recruits Here.
According to President Griffith, all
the rockies that will show with the
Nationals this Fall are here. They
are: Pitchers Smith, Lyle and Ballou,
Infielders McGee, Stewart and Myer
and Outficlder Jeanes. Joe Thomas
southpaw slabman bought from Nash
vile, and Cowboy Jones, outfielder pur-
chased from Mobile. will not report to
the club until 1t gets to Tampa for
training next year. Mule Shirley, first
sacker farmed to Jersey City, and
Vean Gregg, pitcher. sent to New Or
leans, also are to rejoin the club in
Florida
In discussing his plans for the club
after the flag is clinched, Harris init
mated this morning that the National
team taking the field for the waning
season would have MCGEE at first base,
Stewart at second. Myer at shortstop,
Adams at third and Jeanes, Veach
and Leibold in the outfield. Much of
the pitching probably will be done by
Ballou, Lyle and Smith. while Tate and
SEVERED are likely to do the catching
While these second-stringers are TAX.
ing part in the games the regulars
will not be permitted to idle. Harris
intends to hold daily drills for them at
the park, but will not press them to
any extent. He does not mean to risk
Overtraining his charges
Evening star., 1925-09-17
CARD JUNIORS PLAY
TRIPLE BILL SUNDAY

Cardinal Juniors plan to end their
base ball season Sunday with triple
bill starting at 1890 o'clock at dia-
mond No. 9. Monument Grounds The
Freers will appear in the opener,
while the Congressionals and the
Nightcaps are booked for the other
tits.
Should the Cards take all three of
these contests they will have a season
record of 33 victories against only
3 defeats, which is quite a mark for
a team winding up it's first year on
the sandlots.
Hess Juniors, Yankees and South
ends are the only mines that have
yet been able to take the Cardinals"
measure. but scores We're evened with
both the Hessmen and the Yanks in
return engagements. Revenge on the
SouthendS must be postponed until
next Summer.
Throughout most of the season the
Cardinals led the teams in Section D
of the junior division of the Washing
ton Base Ball and Athletic Associa-
ton, but lost out by half a game in
the final drive for the flag. Other
branches of the Cardinal Athletic
Club. the Props and the Midgets, also
made good showings in their respec-
tive divisions.
According to the figures compiled
by Manager Ray McGarvey the Ju-
niors have scored 3S4 runs during the
season TO 123 tallies made by their
opponents. Before meeting the Hess
Juniors for the first time the Cards
had run up a winning streak of 13
games.
Manager McGarvey, besides serv-
ing as pilot for the nine, also has
been named captain and holds down
berth in the infield. Outfielder Babe
Wilson is president of the club.
The Cardinal pitching staff consists
of two Business High twirlers. Marosy
and Shreve, Simpson and Lyon
Jones, Auth, Goldstein and Adams
have been working behind the plate.
The infielders are Talbert,, Lynch and
Fisher, while the outer gardens are
played by Lester, Tangora, Burke,
Abramson, Clarke, Collins and Lom-
bardo.
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M'LARNIN IS TOUTED
AS COMING CHAMP
BY FAIR PLAY.

NEW YORK, September lis
Jimmy McLarnin, the 17-year-old
Vancouver boy who held Pancho Villa
to draw just a few weeks before the
Filipino died. going to be the next
lightweight champion?
So keen a judge of fighters as Bob
Shand. one of California's most de-
pendable referees and boxing critics
thinks so.
Shand has seen McLarnin in nine
battles, seven of which he refereed.
In all these bouts, Shand AYERS, Nc
Larnin never was hit solidly by an
opponent.
He is the cleverest defensive boxer
seen in the ring since the days of
Young Griffo." says Shand. who. by
the way. was close to the fight game
when Abe Attell was at his best
McLarnin, 1t will be remembered,
in addition to winning a virtual vic
tory over Villa, has two victories over
Ffdel Labarba to his credit He is
rapidly taking on weight, and hence
Stands prediction that he eventually
will climb to the lightweight throne
Besides being clever, McLarnin can
hit, as he has shown upon a number
of important occasions.
Leo Flynn, manager of Dave Shade,
is going the Great White Way with
a roll of bills the size of a quart pail,
offering to bet that David knocks
Mickey Walker kicking next Monday
night. So far no one has taken him
seriously. but If some one does, it will
be interesting to see what odds Leo
demands.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
TWO BIG.10C0ACHES
FACING TOUGH TASKS

From a struggling position in the
Western conference to places near the
top are the tasks that face two new
coaches in the Big 10 this year.
DR.. c. w. Spears at Minnesota and
George Little at Wisconsin are the
men of whom much is expected by
their friends and hoped by well-wish.
ers of the universities where they are
holding forth.
Spears is an Easterner, his alma
mater Dartmouth, where after gradu-
alton he coached for a while before
going to West Virginia. He has some
ideas Of an original nature as to of.
fense that may work wonders for the
Gophers.
George Little was the field coach at
Michigan and has already stirred
things up at Madison in the way Of
stimulating a tagging esprit de corps
among the players and working the
interest of alumni to high pitch.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
KNOCkOUTS END ALL
FIVE BOUTS ON CARD
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, September 17.-Five
knockouts in five fights featured a
boxing show at Olympic Arena last
night. They were scheduled to go 40
rounds and ended in nine. Only one
Of the bouts, four-round preliminary,
reached the halfway mark.
The main bout, scheduled for 10
rounds. ended in knockout for Ber-
nard Gershe, Cleveland featherweight,
over Benny Gould. New York, In the
second round.
Tommy Freeman. Hot Springs wei
terweight, stopped Henry Shaw, New
York negro, in the third round, and
Johnny Datto, Cleveland, put jake
Nichols, Detroit, to sleep in 90 seconds
after third ten-rounder opened.
Shaw's seconds tossed In a towel to
save him. and the referee stopped two
four-round preliminaries.. one after
Jack Mcfarland. st. Paul, foored
Jack Sharkey, Cleveland, three times
in the first round
Evening star., 1925-09-17

In the opinion of not a few base
ball men, however, there is need for
curbing certain elements in base ball
crowds which make practice of rid
ing players or attacking them with
unwonted yigor. Some efforts, in fact.
already have been made along these
lines by club owners.
Fournier'S case recalls many an
other where stars have been singled
out as targets for derision, but the
jeers usually have come from hostile
crowds, not the fans at home. Such
outbursts are taken by most players
as matter of course.
Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb have had
their jeers as well as cheers. Both,
stirred at times by taunts, have in
vaded the stands to reach their
tormentors. Cobb needed police pro-
lection on several visits to Phila-
delphia. Ruth. like Fournier, has felt
even the sting of criticism at home.
During the series between Wash
ington and the Athletics in Phila-
delphia last week, Stanley Harris,
Washington pilot, was singled out by
the spectators for attack. Every time
he stepped to the plate he was greeted
with booeing and jeering, partly, it
Evening star., 1925-09-17
GOTHAM BOARD BARS
TWO RING OFFICIALS
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, September 1.-THE
New York Boxing Commission has an
nounced that Tommy Sheridan, ref
cree, and Gene Sampson, a judge,
would be given no further assignments
and would not be reappointed on the
expiration of their terms. as a result
of the draw decision they rendered
Monday night in fight between two
New York welterweight boxers. Kid
kaplan and Willie Harmon.
Action by the board followed ex-
pressions Of opinion by newspaper
men and spectators at the contest,
who credited Harmon with winning a
majority of the rounds in decisive
fashion.
Request of Jimmy Slattery, Buffalo
light heavyweight, and his manager
Paul Carr, that Slattery's fight on
October with Harry Greb, middle
weight champion, at the Polo Grounds,
be Cancelled on the plea that the Buff
falo boxer needs a rest was granted.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
PILOT LAvAN QUITS
KANSAS CITY BERTH
BY the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, September 17.-Dr
John Lavan has resigned as (an-
ager of the Kansas City AL leri-
can Association base ball team to ac-
cept a position as city epidemiologist.
DIR. Lavan will begin his duties at
once. although his resignation will
not take effect until September 81,
when the base ball season ends. In
his new position. DR.. Lavan will have
charge of the division of sanitation
and contagious diseases.
He will receive only s400 a month,
half of his salary and base ball man.
ager. However. he explained that
he always has been primarily a
physician and that he entered base
ball only "as a means to an end"
DR.. Lavan was visiting city physi-
clan mere last Winter. He formerly
played with Washington, the Phila-
delphia Athletics and st. Louis
Browns and Cardinals.
Evening star., 1925-09-17

A double by Irish Meusel in the
third inning, scoring two men, gave
the Giants all the runs they needed to
win. Art Nehf limited the Reds to
one run. They got nine hits, but Nehf
had good support.
Other Eastern teams in the Ma
tional didn't fare so well. While Brook
lyn was dropping its double-header to
the Pirates, So and 6-2, increasing
the lead of the Corsairs to six and one
half games over New York, the Cardi-
nails jumped into fourth place by
trouncing the Phillies, 5 to 3. Steady
pitching by Oldham and Meadows sent
the Robins back into the second divi-
sion. Hornsby made his thirty seventh
homer.
Washington, idle yesterday. held it's
advantage of eight games over the
second place Athletics, who had an
even break with the White SoX. Ed
die Rommel hurled Philadelphia to vic
tory in the first, 4 to /, posting his
twenty-first triumph of the season.
but three pitchers failed to stop Chi
cago in the second, to 2.
The rejuvenated Yankees reopened
their fight with Cleveland for sixth
place with a brace of victories, 8 to 0
and to 8. Shocker BANKED the In
dians with eight scattered hits in the
first game, but Pennock was carried
to 10 innings in the second, in spite of
the fact that he allowed but five BIN
giles.
The Braves moved up to within
three and a half games of fifth place
in the National by sharing a twin bill
with the Cubs A salvo of Is hits
clinched the final game by to 6 for
the Hub, after it had been BANKED by
the veteran Alexander in the opener,
3 to o.
Evening star., 1925-09-17

forced to postpone their game with
the Union Printers scheduled for yes
terday, will get action today in a game
with Chestnut Farms Dairy at Union
Station field. The Marine Printer
game will be played next Tuesday.
Manager Gilbert Markham wishes to
arrange a Sunday game with some un-
limited or senior nine. Call Cleveland
2125.
Clarendon Tossers will entertain the
National Circle nine Sunday at Clar-
endon diamond.
Bus Freed's Warwicks have reor.
ganized and plan to start anew on
Sunday. Their first effort will be
double-header with the Chevy Chase
Bearcats at Chevy Chase field. The
opener is slated for o'clock.
A Sunday game may be arranged
with the Benning Athletic Club by
calling Manager Usilton at Lincoln
7403.
Liberty Athletic Club base ballers
will play at Ballston Sunday, but have
been unable to locate an opponent for
a Saturday game. Call Manager
Kremb at Columbia 4165-J for a book
ing. Members of the team will meet
at the Virginia side of the Key
Bridge Sunday at 1 o'clock.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
-FIVE-STATE BASE BALL
TITLE AT STAKE TODAY

CAMBRIDGE, Md. September IT,
-Oriole Park, Baltimore. will be the
scene today of the final game of the
annual five-State base ball series
between the winners in the Blue
Ridge and Eastern Shore leagues.
Hagerstown yesterday brought the
standing to Sail by defeating Cam
bridge on the local diamond, to l..
The two teams and their followers
left for Baltimore Immediately fol-
lowing the clash.
Evening star., 1925-09-17

On the following Sunday the second
game will be played on field to be
named by the Shamrocks, champions
in 1924, and should a third tilt be nee
essary the managers will decide the
playing grounds by a tossup.
Arlington and Mount Rainier, cham
pions of Northern Virginia and Prince
Georges County, Nd, respectively, are
booked for two Sabbath games. This
Sundays tilt will be played at the Ar
lington Park and on September q the
teams will clash at Mount Rainier.
The winner of the District cham
pionship will go against the Maryland
and Virginia teams in final series to
decide intersectional honors.
Frank Cinotti's ST. Joseph's nine is
booked to play at Herndon, Va. on
Sunday and on the following Sabbath
will journey to Annapolis to encounter
the fast Eastport aggregation, which
takes on the Alexandria Dreadnaughts
this week end With Tripp, Tingle
and Freshi available for mound duty.
Manager Cinotti is certain that his
crew will show well against both
teams.
Manager Knott of the White Haven
Athletic Club wishes to book an un-
limited team for a game at the club
field Sunday. Call Cleveland 1441.
Headquarters Marines, who were
Evening star., 1925-09-17

The main strength of the Collins
men now is in their pitching staff
Two of the White Sox hurlers have
been especially effective all season.
They are Ted Lyons and Ted Blanken-
ship, both right-handers. Perhaps it
is just as we'll that both of these
beavers were employed yesterday
against the Athletics The Nationals
are likely to have to face one of them
here.
Both Trimmed by Griffs.
Like other moundsmen, Lyons and
Blankenship need the customary three
days between games to be at their
best. During the Nationals last visit
in Chicago, Lyons tried to pitch
against them with but two days of
rest following his previous start. The
Champs knocked him to the showers
In short order. Incidentally during
that series, which they swept, the
Champs ended a long winning streak
for Blankenship.
The Sox may be sure of a warm
reception by the Nationals Naturally
Manager Stanley Harris is eager to
get this pennant-winning business
over as quickly as possible and will
throw the full strength of his forces
into the battles with the Windy City
men. The National pilot intends to
give all the regulars chance to relax
as soon as the flag is in They will
not be used in playing out the Ameri-
can League schedule, as the club has
enough reserve talent to put a COM
plete second team on the field
Players Need Rest.
While rain yesterday keptNationals
and Tigers apart and forced the
scheduling of a double header between
the clubs this afternoon, it probably
was good thing for some of the local
aggregation that they got a chance to
idle. Bucky Harris, Ossie Bluege and
juries that make them very uncom-
Portable in action.
Bluege'S big toe that was sprained
in Philadelphia last week stubbornly
refuses to yield to treatment quickly.
1t pains the player considerably and
although it has not handicapped him
to any great extent in his work so far
there is no doubt that OSSie would be
much better off were the digit in nor
NAL condition.
The second finger on Bucky Harris
throwing hand still is quite swollen
and let's the manager know it is there
every time he stops ball. Moon Har-
ris' shoulder was about recovered from
the number of pitches it had stopped
this season when it took another blow
Evening star., 1925-09-17
HERMAN FACES A TOUGH
FOE TONIGHT IN MILLER

AURORA, ILL.,, September II R.-
Babe Herman Of New York, matched
to meet Louis CKi0 Kaplan for the
world featherweight title in Decem-
ber, meets Ray Miller of Chicago's
West Side in the 10-round main event
Of a boxing card here tonight.
Herman's right cross, with which
he has won several of his knockout
victories, Is considered matched by
Miller's damaging left hook, the Chi
cagoan's chief reliance.
Evening star., 1925-09-17

seemed, because he had accidentally
spiked one Of the Mackmen in q pre-
vious series, but largely, 1t also was
apparent, because he was the leader
Of the enemy forces.
Afterward, Harris was asked how
this derfsion affected him.
"All 3S, 900 of those fans could have
been on my neck and 1t couldn't have
bothered me a, bit," he said.
THE noise of the crowds away from
home never annoys me. If anything,
1t acts as a stimulus. But If they rode
me at home couldn't feel the same.
If the Washington crowds were
against me I'd begin to think there
was something wrong. That's the
only thing that would get my goat" ;"
John McGraw always has felt that
the unpopularity of the Giants on the
road added to the gate receipts.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
BUGS PROWESS AT HOME
MAY END n. L. RACE SOON
Dual Win Over Dodgers Reveals How Good Leaders
Are at Forbes Field-Mostil Far on Wayto
Junior League Pilfering Laurels.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

EW YORK, September HPtsburgh has been home-winnng
base ball team all nothing the
has made that fact significant than Brooklyn
in the series just finished
from ST.
National League leaders their confidence
the systematic cleaning championship which
their own hed 1t true they have tour left to be played the
of the until that they would have their
Evening star., 1925-09-17
FACE MATS FOUR TIMES
DURING THREE-DAY STAY
Chisox Only Aggregation to Hold Advantage Over
Champs on Local Field This Season-Tygers
to Be Met i'm Double-Header Today.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

TOMORROW and the following
their four the White aggregation
the American League that
Clark Griffith
here June they only
terrible licking
break the During the
clubs the White Sox grabbed three
the with double header victory
lhen however the Sox had the wonderful Eddie
of
topped because the Bill
thesecond sack Windy
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Evening star., 1925-09-17
FOURNIER CASE INDICATES
ssRAZZERS'' NEED CURBINC
BY the Associated Press.

EW YORK September 1.-THE question whether the demonstratve
the American fan have bit beyond bounds
Jacques Fournier,
Brooklyn Nationals He intends the club at
abuse haped him by home crowds
history from beginning has had its vocal
paniment from the spectator.
stretch bottles
established adiuncts of the national pastime
Evening star., 1925-09-17
RICHMOND AGAIN BEATEN.

SPARTANBURG, S. c., September
II R.-Pitcher Berly won his own
game yesterday by slamming out q
home run. with two on, in the ninth
inning. and Spartanburg took the
third straight contest from Rich.
mond, to 4. in the South Atlantic
Virginia League post-season series.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
TRANSFER UP TOMORROW,

NEW YORK, September IT R.-
Action on the proposed transfer of the
Reading, Pa, base ball franchise to
Newark, N. j., will be taken at q spe-
cial meeting of the International
League in New York tomorrow, Presi-
dent John Conway Toole has an
nounced
Evening star., 1925-09-17
GIANTS CLINCHINC GRASP
ON SECOND-PLACE CASH
BY the Associated Press.

EW YORK September HAthough the National
farther beyond the
the result of double victory by the Pirates Brooklyn Nc
Gw made their hold place reasonably
crushing the hopes of the Cincinnati Reds.
defeating Adoo the Cuban
Evening star., 1925-09-17
DURHAM rs BLANKED.

DURHAM, N. c., September II CFD.
Roy Sullivan let Durham down with
three hits in the third game of the
Piedmont Leagues championship
series yesterday, Winston-Salem win
ming, 10 to O.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
PIRATES BUY A PITCHER.

PITTSFIELD, Mass, September IT
R.-Pittsfield of the Eastern League
has sold Ebert Johnson, a right
handed pitcher, owned by the New
York Yankees in 1924, to the Pitts
burgh Pirates.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
vINEZ WHIPS VAN vLIET.

PARIS. September II R.-Lucien
Vinez, lightweight champion of Eu-
rope, last night defeated Piet Van
Vlfet Of Holland, challenger for the
title. in a 15-round fight. Vinez won
on points.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
H0MING PIGEON IS FOUND.

A homing pigeon bearing an alumni
mum leg band with the characters
JB 23127 has been found by A. c.
Burton at Main 9940.
Evening star., 1925-09-17

There were 81 amateur clubs &C.
lively engaged in base ball in New
York City in 1860.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
SUNDAY
ENTER FINAL LAP OF YEAR

lap Of the Sunday after
opening the plyof for the District of Columbia
series for the
county title
Hollow will be the of Washngtons followers of
ShamrockS
of the District loop clash the first
O the three-g game which the hinges.
Evening star., 1925-09-17

With the Giants winning their IA
remaining engagements, the Pirates
would have to take but Tits to
clinch the gOnfalOn in the National
League. The records at the end Of
the season then would read:
Won. Lost. Pet.
Pirates ...... 95 SO .616883
Giants ....... 81 60 .61O39O