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Evening star., 1925-10-12
UMPS MCGOWAN SEER
OF THE TITLE SERIES

Bill MCGOWAN. American League
umpire, will qualify as a prophet of
the first order if the Nationals beat
the Pirates today and retain their
world base ball laurels. Before the
series started last week, Bill broke
into print with his ideas of what
would happen in the annual struggle.
and so far he has batted 1000
Here's what BillS second sight re-
vealed:
Washington to retain its title by
winning four Of five games.
JOlillsOn to beat Meadows I'm the
first game.
AIdridge to take a thriller from
COveleskie.
Ferguson and Marberry to cOllab-
crate i'm a third Washington vic
tory.
Johnson to score shut-out win
in the fourth game.
Coveleskie or Ruether to make ii
three straight for the Griffs at
home.
Bill also predicted that Goslin would
hang up new batting record and that
Ruel would better his 1924 world series
batting average by nearly 200 points.
He added that Myer would step into
the lineup as substitute If necessary.
However. he figured Buddy as an un-
derstudy for Buck Harris or Roger
Peckinpaugh, not Ossie Bluege.
If Bill sees EN- so far ahead in guess
ing a world series, what whale of an
umpire he ought to be-
Evening star., 1925-10-12
ST. MARTINS CLUB
HAS PAIR OF CUNTS

With Ed Lynch and Dutch" Eherts.
former Catholic University star. signed
to coach the 135-pound combination
and to play with the unlimited team,
ST. Martins Athletic Club expects to
put out two of the city's best basket
ball fives this Winter.
The ST.Martin's clubmen already
have begun practice for the court sea
son on the new floor Of the clubhouse
at North Capitol and T streets. The
next workout will be held tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock
Those who will see action with the
unlimited five are NJ. O'Donohue, H.
Smith. p Pyne, ]. Kelliher. j J.Gaghan,
j. Farrell, Eberts. Lynch, Daily, Law
ton, Chauncey and Harrington. The
135-pound squad will include Ryon,
Nealy, D'Augustine, Councillor, A.
Gaghan, Macky. Harris and O'Connor.
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Harris Relies On C0uey to Cch Series Are Ready
JOHNSON GREATEST,
TYSAID YEARS AGO

There is one bird who is good
Walter Johnson My hope is to watch
him in a world series some time be
fore he begins to wear out. don't
think there would be any series. He
could pitch every day if necessary.
He Is the greatest pitcher alive"
The writer of the foregoing was
TyrUS Raymond Cobb. and he penned
the words II long years ago. when
Johnson already had been pitching
for years. Had Ty been in Wash
ington yesterday he would have
had his wish. although not before
Walter had begun to wear out to
some extent. Gone are the days
when he could pitch on successive
days. But the thousands who We're
on hand saw something they can tell
their grandchildren about. And, it
develops now, they saw something
they did not realize they were see
ing. namely, an old pitcher working
under physical handicap that would
have ruined a less finished artist.
There is one pitcher / would
rate above all others" says Cobb in
his book called 'Bustine En-" pub
lished in 1914. Right off hand !
cannot think of a single club against
Whlch ne Is weak, or a single big
league batter, in fact. OF course,
some men hit him harder than
others, but this can be laid more to
the individual ability Of batters than
to any idea they have anything on
him. The pitcher ! refer to is Wal
ter Johnson, and / consider him the
greatest in the world. Johnson is
saving himself. He is ambitious to
last record length of time"
That Ty knew what he was talking
about and that Walter has saved
himself to advantage was made ap-
parent yesterday afternoon.
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CHISOX CHECK CUBS
TO STAY IN RUNNING
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. October 12.-Ted Blank
enship. the Texas cowboy. who battled
Alexander, the veteran Cubs ace. to
a 19-inninG 2-to-2 drawn in the first
game of the series. came back yester-
day and put his club in the running
by defeating the Cubs. to 2.
The series now stands two games for
the Cubs and one for the White Sox.
Jones started for the Cubs in an effort
to make 1t three in a row. but he was
found wanting in the first inning. He
walked three men and was touched
for three solid blows which gave the
White Sox four-run lead.
Guy Bush held the Sox safe for the
next three innings, but a fusillade of
hits in the fifth inning scored another
run. some great fielding by Brooks and
Freigau saving him from further dam
age.
In the next inning Lefty Milstead
was touched for two runs when he
hit Mostil and Barrett doubled to
right and continued home when Con.
zales threw wild to third base.
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SUZANNE FORGIVES
HER ERRING PARTNER
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VIENNA, October 12.-Suzanne
Lenslen has completed the conquest
Of Austrian hearts by her magnani-
nous conduct toward Count Ludwig
Salm Won HoOgstraten. husband CT the
former Millicent Rogers of New York.
Saturday evening they We're partners
in a tennis exhibition of mixed dou-
bles. Count Salm began netting every
second ball. and Suzanne engaged both
opponents herself. ignoring him. t..
This nettled Salm. and his play got
worse and worse; he started CRITICS.
ing Suzanne's play. She stood it long.
but finally lost patience and threw
down her racquet and left the court
when the game was half over. amid
sympathetic applause, and did not re-
turn.
Yesterday she raised herself last
ing monument in Austria for sweet
ness of temper, when slnilingly she
held out a forgiving hand to Count
Salm and allowed him to partner her.
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to repeating on that quiet Sabbath
afternoon when it took the fourth
game of the series.
Froze on Bases.
kremer accidentally made a hit in
the fateful sixth inning. 1t helped
to give him a two-run lead on his
rivals and that ought to have been
enough at that stage of the game in
view Of the way he was going
kremer remained on the base paths
fully 10 minutes while the side was
being retired. In all that time no
one on the excited Pirate bench
thought of taking or sending him d
sweater. He literally froze to death
In pitching the latter half of the
sixth kremer allowed Goslin to
knock a home run. He was still
shivering going into the seventh,
passed the first batSman and before
the inning was over two runs had
been scored. Pittsburgh made it's big
break in not taking care of Ray
kremer's good right arm.
Yesterday in the last of the eighth
Johnson went to first on a fielder's
choice. He, too, was allowed to stand
there for five or six minutes without
ne, toO, pdSStu tIlo llTSI
batsman to face him after the Incl
dent. But Sunday was not so cold
as Saturday and Johnson we'll,
Johnson is Johnson. He won.
Quiet Sabbath Here.
What a quiet Sabbath it was in
the Capital. President Coolidge went
to church Old Walter Johnson was
suffering from his usal string Of all.
ments. a cold, the lumbago, ague and
senility.
All he managed to do was to shut
the enemy out, with only two of the
six hits made off him going out of
the diamond. Walter suffered a Sc.
we're sprain in the third inning, but
the fans knew nothing of 1t. He just
toiled and suffered and stood the
Pirates on their heads.
The "honk k-honk of the wild goose
was in the air. Otherwise the day
was quiet all along the front. Old
CASTOR Joe Harris just knocked the
longest homer of the series and Stan
Harris equaled a worlds record in
put outs and assists. Babe" Adams
oldest national league pitcher, faced
old Walter Johnson. oldest American
ieaguer at the bat in the eighth and
Walter tried to cross his G. A. r.
comrade with a squeeze play. If that
was not an anachronism, there are nc
contretemps in base ball. Probably
there aren't.
Evening star., 1925-10-12

This year the National League half
OF the nation will never be satisfied
that Edgar G. Rice caught that pseudo
home run off the bat of oil Smith,
the peppery and peStiferous catcher
of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Edgar
Rice is popularly known as Sam. be-
cause there are enough fancy given
with the Harolds. the Earls. the Haz-
ems, the Icons. the Rogers. the Stan
leys, the SpencerS and whatnot.
In view of that sort of diamond
nomenclature it is no wonder the
fans cling to a Babe" or Goose, -
or even an "Oil Can" like that pes
tiferouS Smith, who would have been
n hero if the hand of fate and the
voice of an umpire had not placed
the laurel wreath on the frozen brow
OF Sammy Rice in that Saturday
game which blew i'll from the North
Pole.
The National League Sympathizers
and supporters always will believe that
the Rice Smith episode marked the
turn of the tide definitely against
the Pirates and always viii feel that
IL the catch had not been allowed,
the Pirates would have won that third
game. although the home run would
only have tied the score at the time.
Plenty of Precedent.
There appears to be plenty of prece-
dent, however, for the decision which
was rendered by Rigler, one of the
National League umpires. 1t is for
tunate for all concerned that an Amer
lean Lacquer did not call the play.
The base ball sharps will tell you that
an umpire must make his decision on
what he sees when the ball disap-
pears from view. When that drive of
the "Oil Cans! disappeared over the
low center field barrier Rice's hand
was on it. When it reappeared Rice's s
hand was still on it. But the latter
circumstance did not matter. Base
ball decisiqs ss are arbitrary. If Rice
dropped tk ball in the lap of fan,
which he says he didn't. it made no
difference to the umpire. He had
called the runner out before that could
have happened.
If the Pirates and National
Ieaguers are looking for the real
break in the series they will have
to turn to the sixth inning of that
frigid Saturday game, when Pitts
burgh allowed its splendid pitcher,
Ray kremer. to freeze to death on
the base paths in the howling,- chill
ing Northwestern which found many
fans in the heaviest of raccoon coats.
This was no break in the luck. II
vas a break in stupidity, which oddly
enough. Washington came very near
Evening star., 1925-10-12

The Bucky Harris Reconstruction
Falls or other Teams won yester'
days game by score of 4 to 0, show
ing the game was practically uncon-
tested. Ptttsburgh's trip here now
appears to have been entirely un-
necessary. All the business could
have been transacted by mail.
This leaves the series standing
three games to one in favor of Wash
ington. Pittsburgh, the records show,
won one game by an oversight. The
minced Pirates are now standing with
their backs to the wall. And the wall
is a hand-painted trick" drop that
NAV be yanked from behind them
today.
Friends and dependents are trying
to reason with the Coarse Hairs and
irving to persuade them to win an
other game, but they seemed de-
termined not to. 1t appears to have
become a matter Of policy with them.
While there is life there Is hope.
But on the Pittsburgh team there Is
no sign Of life.
On Sightseeing Tour.
Barney Dreyfuss' men seem to be
here only on a see-Washington tour.
They declared that they had been
impressed beyond all expectations by
a careful inspection OF Walter John
son, Goose Goslin and the two Harris
boys.
Plttsburgh's showing so far in this
series gives the world It's first clear
insight into how sick John McGraw
and his men were all Summer.
Walter Johnson, who was thinking
~ j~f,, nd Jf
West with George Weiss to spend
his declining years in the minors,
again had the Pirates swinging like
Summer hotel porch hammocks on
moonlight night. He registered his
life's ambition, a complete shutout in
q world series.
Walter walked with a pronounced
limp throughout yesterdays game
and ran bases like a man with one
leg in a butter tub. Never has he
looked more antique from the hips
down. But from the hips up he
was strictly new goods so far as Pitts
burgh was concerned.
Won by Special Request.
He didn't look at all good at the
beginning and the Coarse Hairs acted
like citizens who were bent on heavy
work. They know now that no matter
what condition Johnson's legs are In
he is no bargain to the opposition
while his wrists are not handcuffed.
Washington won yesterdays game
early by a special request from the
Government Bureau Of Public Health.
which declared close games like Sat
urday's were causing heart trouble
throughout the city and nation.
After Rice had singled In the third
inning Bucky Harris reached first on
an error by Wright. whereupon
Goose Goslin knoc',ed out home
run, clearing the bases. J. Harris,
who quit reading pirate stories as a
child and has profound contempt for
coarse hairs AMI buccaneers, then
stepped up and knocked out another
homer one of the longest on record.
That's the trouble with these Wash
ingtonians: Give them an inch and
they take a ball game!
Yde. whose name has to be pro
nounced by blowing into a bottle, was
then withdrawn on the ground he had
too many vowel sounds and replaced
by jug Handle" Morrison and the
largest chaw of plug tobacco yet used
in the, series. He had his troubles
but no additional runs were scored
due to the fact Umpire Moriarity at
the plate Joined the Pirate team in the
pinches.
Evening star., 1925-10-12
TRYON is LEADING
GRIDIRON SCORERS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 12.-Eddie
Tryon, Colgate's captain, played only
% minutes of the game against ST.
Bonaventure Saturday, but this was
enough to score four touchdowns and
kick six goals for points after touch
down for total of 80 points for the
day.
This exhibition Of individual scoring
gave the Maroon star a decisive lead
over the field in the race for scoring
honors on the intercollegiate gridiron.
Tryon now has 10 touchdowns and
IA points after touchdown to his
credit in three games for a total of
"a points.
Second to Tryon is Lane of Dart
mouth, who scored four touchdowns
against Vermont and brought his sea
sons total to 48. Carr Of Syracuse
is third with a.
Evening star., 1925-10-12
COLONIES PLAY FRISCO
DESPITE THEIR DEFEAT

Los ANGELES. Calf, October 70
F).-Louisville defeat by Baltimore
in the Junior world series will not in
terfere with the proposed intersec
tional series between Louisville and
San Francisco, President Harry WI
liams Of the Pacific Coast League said
today.
The ColOnels agreed several weeks
ago to make the California trip, VIII
liams said, regardless of the outcome
of the series with Baltimore. They
are scheduled to begin travelling i'm
mediately, making the westward jour
ney in easy stages.
The series will open October % at
San Francisco.
Evening star., 1925-10-12
TllDEN LOSES DOUBLES.
WINS SINGLES, ON COAST

LOS ANGELES. October IL CP).-
William Y. Tilden, 2d, national tennis
champion. halved honors in the final
round of play yesterday in che Los
Angeles Tennis Clubs invitational
tournament. dropping the doubles
match and winning in the singles.
With Alfred Chaplin of Springfield.
Mass. the champion was defeated
Sc, 6-4. 3-6. 7--5. by Harvey Snod-
grass and Walter Weshrook. holders
of the national clay court doubles title
In the singles tilt SnodgraSs fell he
fore Tilden's merCiless service, 6-2.
6-3, 6-3.
Evening star., 1925-10-12


we are not likely to see him again.
Babe Adams. coming back to "A
world series for the first time since
1909, had something on the ball. too.
although we reached him for couple
of safeties in the eighth.
Plenty Dash in Team.
All but one member of the Wash
inEton lineup broke into the hit col
umn and every man was alert on de-
fense. Buddy Myer, youthful recruit,
in his first year in professional base
ball, found the going a trif1e rough
around third base in the second in
ming, but he did very we'll for a short
stop pinch-playing at the hot corner
for the injured Ossie BlueSe.
There was plenty of dash in the
Washington clubs work Sunday, but
to me there was surprisingly little in
the performance of the Pirates. |
know we will retain our punch and
dash and | figure Washington Will
have a world champion team for the
second year in succession after to-
days game is concluded
Evening star., 1925-10-12

Moriarity did the best playing of
any Pittsburgh player SO far.
The big drama came in the eighth
when Babe" Adan.s, who pitched in
the last Pittsburgh series 16 years ago
and won three games. was put in the
game for sentiments sake.
The Pittsburgh management thought
it would be a gracious thing to do. and
as 1t has done SO little thinking of any
kind in this series, nobody wished to
discourage any effort in that direction.
Today ought to end the series. and
let the newspaper front pages get back
to important disasters.
Evening star., 1925-10-12
WASHINGTON CLUB FATED
TO PLAY IN "ALIBI" SERIES
BY ROBERT T. SMALL

I to in
world Last the New York Giants blamed their loss
= the title pebble which diamond
Each Freddy Indsrom the Giant tird-sacke
Each
and Washington the home
The trouble with the abi Washing
baterMudy Ruel Earl McNeeproper
pebble The pebble there the boys,
if the Giants couldn't hit that
Evening star., 1925-10-12
JAPANESE TIE YANKS.

OSAKA, Japan, October u Oo).-
The base ball team of the University
of Chicago and the team of Waseda
played a 10-inning tie today. The
final score was to !.
Evening star., 1925-10-12
Ruling on Rice's Catch.

Traynor once again flashed some Of
his brilliant stuff. and even the fans
in Washington marVeled at the work
of the great third baseman. Some Of
the Washington players, by the way.
admitted to the Pirates today that
Rice dropped Smittys drive INFO the
stands in right center in Saturdays
game, but. of course, that admission
Evening star., 1925-10-12
McKECHNIE STILL HOPES L
CORSAIRS CAN COME BACK
Says Nationals Admit Rice Dropped Smiths Fly in
Saturday Game-Yde Lost Clash on Ball
. Pitched to Goose Coslin.
BY WILLIAM 3. McKECHNIE,
Manager, Pittsburgh Pirates.

'tt Pirates face the OF winning three straight from
/ the Nationals Even o. our showing r
bcleve the Pirates Aldrdge,
the Nationals Pittsburgh the
today then
OF the Washin
There ball bvimg to adm de
stage and look for the Pirates their real
Emil Idc the ball
that tosn the stands hop
thnn
Evening star., 1925-10-12


Johnson Has Charley Horse.
Last month Walter sprung n
charley horse in his right leg and for
time we feared he might not be fit
to toll in the big series. But Mike
Martin. who conditions the Washing
ton players. brought the big fellow
around in fine style. Walters great
game last week revealed that.
When Walter turned first base after
hitting safely in the third inning of
the Sunday battle. however. he sprung
another charley horse in the same leg
and it crippled him considerably. He
insisted, though, that he could con
tinue working. and believe me, he did.
He pitched SO wonderfully that only
nine Pirates got on the bases and the
National League champions never had
n real chance to reach the plate. But
one of them got To third base, and he
made that station with two out in the
second inning Three others saw
second base. That would have been
a great game for a pitcher sound
ped by a charley horsed leg it was
marvellous.
Pitching Amply shown.
The Pirates may not have thought
before the series that we had pitching
to battle the hardest hitting club of
the National League. After looking
over Johnson, Ferguson. Marberry
and Coveleskie. they certainly must
know better. They heat Coveleskie.
but not because he did not pitch well.
1t was because we had an off day i'll
attack.
And the Pirates must know Wash
ingtOn has. a punch We have out
hatted them in each Of the four games
played. In winning his second game
Johnson allowed but safeties. while
Washington got IL off the combined
pitching Of Emil Yde, John Morrison
and Babe Adams.
The Pirates also learned Washing
ton does not worry about facing left
handlers. National League partisans
told us that Yde was one of the best
southpawS in the business. and that
he could stop anything the American
League could send against him. Just
see what happened in the Sunday
game here. Yde was found for only
one hit in the first two innings. but
in the third we Clinched the argument
with two singles and two homerS that
netted US all our runs.
Komers InbaIance Yde.
Those homers by Goose Goslin and
Joe Harris in the third We're terrific
drives. Goslin's made a quick bound
over the beacher wall and Harris
lined his far up into the permanent
left field stand. That second circuit
clout so unbalanced Yde that he passed
Judge to first base and himself out of
the game.
Morrison. who followed Yde. showed
Washington the best pitching it has
seen during the series. He looked
mighty good and / am glad he is out
of the way for the last game on our
home field. After working nearly five
innings. as he did in his relief role,
Evening star., 1925-10-12
''COARSE HAIRS" LOOKING
FOR SANTA, CAN'T FIND HIM
BY II. |. PHILLIPS.
\ IRATE DETENTION CAMP, WASHINGTON,

n IRATE DETENTION CAMP, WASHINGTON D. c.. October l2n
dictionary Pirate who of his life at
taking that don't belong this world
life who takes
nothing he doesn't get Santa Claus
And Pittsburgh Pirates discovered that there
Claus
nteanm Claus
Evening star., 1925-10-12
TRICK SHOT GOLFER
TO SHOW SKILL HERE

Alev G.. Morrison, Joe kirkwood s
only rival for the trick shot cham
pionship of the world, will give an
exhibition of fancy golf shots between
the first and second rounds of match
play in the Congressional Country
Club tournament Friday.
Morrison, who once reigned SUI
preme among amateur golfers on the
Pacific Coast In George Won Elm 8
stamping ground, Is an amateur, ac-
cording to officials Of the Congress
sional Club, and may play in the
tournament. He is in Washington
on an exhibition tour.
Golfers have entered the tourna-
ment from Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Richmond and Norfolk.
The course has been open to con-
testants in the tourney for practice
for the past four days and is open
today and tomorrow. Qualifying
entertainment will be given for
qualifers. members and their guests
on Friday night. Entries close at
noon tomorrow.
w. l.. Pendergast won the cham
pionship Of the Bannockhurn Golf
Club Yesterday, defeating +. J. Doyle
by ana III tne IIldl Iouiu cii
dergast. with a round of rs, was 6
up at the end of the first half of the
scheduled 36-hole final. l.. M. Griffin
won the class 3 championship, de-
feating G. G.. Billiard on the twen-
tieth hole of scheduled 1S-hole
match.
Washington Golf and Country Club
golfers are qualifying this week for
LII, tH011 1--
w. r. McCallum. Sixteen men will
qualify for the title. while an equal
number will qualify for the Birney
cup competition, the second fight of
the championship event. In the
meantime the event for the Moore
cup. q 72-hole handicap medal play
affair. is being staged.
Evening star., 1925-10-12

did not help matters any. / suppose
the statement of Umpire Rigler was
To the effect that he made his ruling
on his belief that Rice held the ball
momentarily-long enough to make
the put-out.
The Pirates, in spite of several bad
breaks and a hitting slump which
came at just the wrong time. feel.
they will still show their supporters
everywhere how they can fight with
the odds against them.
Evening star., 1925-10-12
D. C. BOY IS ARMY STAR.

WEST POINT, October 12.-Cadet
William ]. GLASGOW of Washington,
D. G., played at right half-back on the
Army soccer eleven that recently tied
Syracuse, l to !. GLASGOW is entering
his second season as d regular.
Evening star., 1925-10-12
JOHNSON'S GREAT GAME
BRINGS PRAISE BY BUCKY
'Big Train Won His Second Title Victory With
Charey-ifossed Leg, Letting Only Nine Pirates
Get to Bases and None Scored.
BY STANLEY (BUCKY) HARRIS.
Manager and Second Baseman Champion Washington
Base Ball Club

Rtt the another That
how Washington Sunday Pitts
burgh this
But believe third
In TACT the I'm send
Stanley Covcske in he
pitches he did Washington
hands
Wonderful Walter Johnson How remarkably he pitched
yesterday
kabc than the who him realized For after