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The Washington times., 1926-08-14
SANGOR DRAWS
WITH CHAMP

CHICAGO, Aug. 14-Charley Phil
Rosenberg worlds bantamweisht
championship is undented today,
although it accumulated coat OF
tarnish in a stormy session In the
wind-up of Jim Mullen's outdoor
show at the Cubs park last night.
Charley achieved an unpopular
but not unfair draw in a ten-ro"nd
bout with Joey Sanger, Milwaukee
mauler, who flashed unheralded op'
position and well-drilled left hand.
Fidel La Barba, flyweight cham
pion of the universe, the other
headIiner on the card, delivered as
per pre-battle advices and won a
well.earned decision over Emil
Paluso, Salt Lake City contender.
Neither champions title was at
stake, as the boxers did not make
the championship weights. Both
bouts went 10 rounds.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
OVER
'WifhLouisAD onSher
GRIFF STILL THE "OLD FOX"

give Clark c. Griffith bit Of panied satisfaction to
standings today VI all the
socaIed and experts in Forde
possible Most of the
the Yankees enrgng
upon pshod training methods their inclination to sell real
heplessness the diamond
Griffith stories about what he but he did tell
for all to read thereby receiving
flood of outlaws from Of these so-caled experts
Boston Braves weak team in the
league of the Yankees the after
Griffith to St Petersburg from Tampa TO
beat for the final honors At
that Washington generally picked the vorite
Mackmen running close behind. Even IN
Griffith poentaes the Yankees
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
SANDLOTTERS'
SALT AND
PEPPER
By R. D. Thomas

Doubleheaders galore in cham
pionship competition are listed for
tomorrow, but not the least interest,"
ing battle will be fought by the
Union Printers with the Dread
naughts at Alexandria. 1t will re-
new old rivalry between two teams
that ever have given their best, and
the Alexandria bugs are expected
to crowd the Dreadnaughts' nifty
sandlot park.
It will be the last game for the
Printers before leaving for ST.
Louis, where they will defend the
International Typographical I'm
ion championship they have held
for four years.
The Dreadnaughts tomorrow will
face a team that holds a national
record. The Printers have won Is
straight games in national compen-
ton. which is unprecedented in
sandlot history. This record, though
compiled against teams limited in
selection of players. is noteworthy.
It is worthwhile achievement Tor
any sandlot team to win 16 straight
in any sort of legitimate comps-
tition.
Incidentally, this will be the first
season in many in which the Print
ers will be absent from the post
ssXSn series. The used to ride
into he big series on the backs OF
Departmental League teams. but
they withdrew from the Depart
mental and tried their fortune IN
the Commercial. Injuries handl-
capped the Typos in the crack Com
mercial League, but they made a
commendable showing.
They hope to hit the trail for
St. Louis with the tingle of vic
tory i'm their veins. The Dread.
naughts, however, are primed.
The Typos are highly priced prey.
Young Jack Mattingly. the ShanI-
rocks big third baseman, hopes to
make a leap that has been negoti-
ated by few. Jack will attempt to
step direct from the sandlots Into
the big show. The Red Sox will
try him this fall.
The odds are heavily against him,
but Jack will have the advantage
of comparing his stuff with low
grade of big league talent. Mating
ly is a natural hitter with a mighty
swing,
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
THREE GE |
GATE ON
PIRATES

PITTSBURGH. Aug. lin one
of the most drastic disciplinary
steps ever taken by major league
baseball club management, Max
Carey, field catain OF the Pittsburgh
Pirates, and Babe Adams and Car
son Bigbee, veteran teammates, to-
day stool permanently lost to ire
team.
Carey was indefinitely suspended
without pay and notified that Waiv-
ers had been asked upon his SER
vices and his release will follow as
soon as the stipulated release period
has expired.
Adams and Bigbeo were given I'M
conditional releases.
The purishments were announced
by Sam Dreyfuss, treasurer ana
nominal head Of the Pirates during
the absence Of Barney Dreyfuss.
owner, following revelations that the
trio had asked that Fred Clarke,
trainer ard assistant manager. be
barred from the players bench.
On Carey's release he will go 70
the team lowest in standing in the
league, which may claim him. ac-
Icording to waiver rules.
Il
First intimatiOn that dissen-
sion was brewing in the worlds
champions ranks came yesterday
when the vanguard Of the team
returned from fits eastern trip
and it was learned that Carey.
Bigbee and Adams had circulated
q petition asking that CIaFke be
kept off the bench for the good
| af tho knan1
Dreyfuss, Manager Bill McKechnse
and Clarke were in conferences
most OF the day. and when they
emerged from Dreyfuss' Office at
Forbes Field telegraph: sum-
mons was sent to other members
| OF the team enroute to Pittsburgh
from the east to report at the field
upon their arrival.
| Following the meeting OF the
players with club officials, Drey-
fuss made the startling announce
ment affecting the three veteran
players. ''Pie" Traynor was
appointed field captain to SUCCEED
Carey.
Notwithstanding the cry that
went up from fans and baseball
experts that such drastic DISRUPTION
IOIf IH0 I-hdlO AdAAhS dS tAAAS ~ - -
stage of the National League pen
nant race might result disastrollsiy
for the teams chances of coping
their second consecutive flag, the
players took another attitude.
watch the team buckle down
now that all players have awaken
ed to the fact that their personal
popularity alone does not secure
their jobs" one player said.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
Benny Makes Good

DENNY TATE sat so long on
ID the Washington bench that
he developed callouses on
the seat of his pants. Finally
he began growing, not loudly,
but determinedly just the same.
He wanted to get in there and
do some catching.
When Hank SEVERED was OBJ
tanned from the Browns it seemed
as if Tate was to lose out. But
he stuck to his job and this
year saw the veteran Hank Sew
ereid pass to the Yankees and
himself rated as second to Ruel.
Just as in the goody-goody
story books Tate's quiet patience
got its due reward. A minor in
jury to Muddy Ruel sent the
youngster into the lineup and
he has been making good ever
since.
Did he make good Wednesday L?
Wow, he most certainly did. Ask
anybody who saw his blazing
home run in that eleventh in
ming that sunk the Yankees for
the second time In one day. Wow
We'll say Kenny made good.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

REPRESENTED in the dashes by Ada
Barton, Bertha Berger, and Eliza
beth Bouthrun. Their relay team
will be picked from a list includ-
ing Bertha Berger, Ada Barton,
Marie Obrecht, Elizabeth Bouthran,
Evelyn Wyniger, and Pauline Rein
heimer.
The meet will start at 2 o'clock
in the Griffith ball park. Two cups
are being offered for the relay
teams winning first and second.
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son closed and BOttOmley had
the average of 1877.

Naturally, though. Ruth did not
pick his pitchers with an eye to
their batting. 1t is true that, all
other things being equal, he would
have picked the heaviest hitting
pitchers, but most of the leadins
pitchers last year were notoriously
weak with the fail.
Vance and Rommel were not hit
ting their weight, and both are
skinny guys, too. Vance especially
was weak with the bludgeon. his
average being only ISL, while Rom
mel did manage to slip over a .194
average.
In picking your team for the
Babe Ruth contest. don't forget
to look at all angles. just >e-
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
GRIP
WRONG
By Ross L. COnklin

An analytical chemist could dis
Germ much of interest in the games
played by professional golfers, II
he could place a large microscope
over the pro and see him in all
stages.
He could learn, for example. that
while most golfers place the shaft
of the club in the left palm, the
pros place the shaft across the
fingers of the left hand and do not
let the shaft cross their palm.
Eddie Towns. Indian Spri1g pro,
was the object lesson in study
of the grip. Eddie places the shaft
right across the last joint in the
fingers. resting it lightly against
the very tip of the palm. The first
fingers of both hands are the main.
stays.
Towns really grips the club with
six fingers, not including, OF
course, the thumbs.
He SAYS that such grip forces
the wrists to break naturally and
provides against stiff or unweildIy
swinging.
The result of such a grip is
badly calloused fingers. but it's all
in the game.
The main fault with holding the
shaft i'm the palm is that it re-
duces to a minimum the wrist
action, and that means that there
can be no snap and dash in the
stroke.
Holding the club firmly but not
tightly in the fingers gives the
feel" that is so much sought
after In all shots. 1t enables the
golfer to get the clubhead across
without hurrying the shot or with
out smc .nering from a tense grip.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
GE IS
TEST
Nv GERRY" Martin

The entry list for the women's
events in the Odd Fellows track
meet today may not be lengthy,
but Judging from the number OF
familiar names on that list, the
competition will be keen.
Bertha Berger, an auburn haired
Splinter from Baltimore, who runs
with enviable ease and swiftness,
heads the group representing the
Bryn Mawr Club. Washingtonians
are pinning their hopes on Julia
Aman, who is hailed as the newest
find on the cinder path. Julia
real test will come today when she
toes the marks beside Bertha. AL.
though Julia has showed her heels
to every District girl who dared
race her to the tape, she has not
yet met up with a Splinter OF
Bertha's calibre. II the invaders
suffer from dust in the eyes. it
will be because Jackie" Aman
came through.
The Capitol A. C. is the only
District organization entered In
the meet. Julia Aman and Grace
Horn are listed for all four events
which include the Is yard dash,
50 yard dash, running broad
jump, and relay. Gayle Nicker.
son and Katherine Wilson will
try their skill in the dashes and
the broad jump, while Mary
Brizoski will go i'm the relay and
jump. with frankie Ross trying
the dashes.
The Bryn Mawr Club IL being
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
"Cy" Is Right Man

IF ever a perfect choice was
l. made in the world of sport it
was that making "Cy" Cummings
head of the Laurel racing inter
ests. Both "Cy" and the Laurel
Fair Association are to be con-
graduated.
This writer has known the tow
ering "Cy' Cummings for Is years
The giant gentleman farmer from
Montgomery county is the ideal
man for the place left vacant by
the passing Of w. P. Riggs.
Cummings is a lover of sports,
all kinds Of sports, from a quiet
four handed game to watching tie
ponies on a drab, rainy after
noon. AS a young man he was
whale of football and baseball
player at Georgetown University:
SO great was his love Of baseball
that he played on Washington's
sandlots for years after leaving
college.
ICY" Cummings foxhounds are
among the best in Maryland and
Virginia. Hardly a bench show
has been held in this vicinity
without seeing his entry walking
off with blue ribbons.
"Cy" is also a golfer, taking
part in tournaments regularly
He is a member of the Columbus
Country Club, where his huge
figure is a familiar sight.
Cummings played football II
the days of the behemoths. Hli
245 poundA rearing UP on a body
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
1t Really Happened.

The st. Catharines Lawn Tennis
CLUB OF Canada is planning to re-
ViVe the international women's lawn
tennis championship. 1t was in one
OF this clubs tournaments that Mrs.
May Sutton Bundy, after beating
Mrs. II. Hotchkiss Wightman, 60,
in the first get and leading, So in
the second, Vailed to get another
game.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

Being king himself Babe Ruth to have penchan
his AAmerlcan
doing the Washington Times Babe Ruth contest
ALL naturally likes pick men who cout the old apple with
abandon.
Goose AAmerican team Cuyer merely batting
readily be that the
king for the we'll for
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

NEW YORK
WASHINGTON


Totals..37 = q 81 Totals.35 927 13
1Batted for Morrell in eighth.
Washington .H.... o 0 / 0 O-5
Rnns-Combs (2). Gehrig (3l, Ruth.
Lazzeri, McNcely CO, Stewart, Bluege.
Morrel. Errors-Koenig. Gosln. Home
runs-GehriE 90. Combs. Three -ba Sc
hit-McNeely. Two-base hitG-Ruth az,
LaZzeri, Stewart. Goslin. Sacrifice hit
-Myer. Double play-Bluere to Eyer
to Judge. Hits-Off johnson. Z in 5
innings; off Morrei in innings.
Struck out---By johnson. 4; by Morrell,
!. by rowder, 1. Bases bslls~-Off
Hoyt. 3; off Johnson. /. Losing pitcher
johnson. Umpires-Dineen. Rowland
and Owen%
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
Right Was Brittle

Jack Delaney, 1ightheavyweight
champion, has had bones in his
tight hand broken il times, but
since DR.. g. w. Fralick fixed 1t
up three years ago, 1T has given
him no trouble ct all.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

and getting the runner by a fancy
peg without stopping. Stewart
also robbed Hoyt of hit. the speedy
second sacker racing well night to
the foul line for the dancing
Prounder and tossing from one foot
in time to shut off the ambitious
Yankee pitcher.
For he leaders Babe Euth
showed speed and accuracy in COM
ing in to seize and hold Bluege' 3
uuickly-dropping fly in the sixth
and. on the very next batsman. JOG
Dugan made one of his patented
backhand stops of Tats's savage
drive and got the runner with
wards TO spare. In the fourth Mark
Hoenig stuck out his Rloved hand
and speared McNeely's liner headed
for left center. robbing the 0Piffman
Of an extra base blow.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
New York. Philadelphia (wet gr0undSl
Chicago Pittsburgh (wet grOundS).
(Only games scheduledD.
GAMES TODAY
New York at Philadelphia (two
games).
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
Boston at Brooklyn.
Chicago Mt st. Louis.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

Mickey Cochrane. Connie Mack $
leading receiver, was the apple OF
Babe Ruth's eye in the catching
department and Mickey's heaVy
hitting counted more than ms
catching, though he was a clever
backstop. Mickey won games with
his bat while his work with the
pitchers was not so good. It's
winning that counts.
Five National League players In
all were picked by Ruth. Speaker
Rluece. Cochrane, Goslin and Rom
nell were the members of the jun
Tor circuit to break into the lime
light.
The fans, in sending in their
teams and explanations, should not
forget that Babe Ruth himself can
not be picked FOR the team Many
have sent in teams that were other
wise excellent, but their action in
selecting Babe barred them.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
PhiIIies' Hard Luck

Last spring the Philadelphia
Nationals sold Infielder Fonseca to
Newark for 81 900 now they'd like
him hack, but Newark demands
$40 600.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

"That's the team we must
watch" said the Old Fox that
night at the Tampa Bay Hotel, as
he prepared to play little bridge
with a couple of Tampa's best
known bankers.
II saw a great team today" ne
continued. They're not ready
now, not anywhere near as ready
as the Braves, but they have the
stuff, mark me, and I've told
Bucky that it's the Yankees, not
the Browns or the AS, that he'll
have to figure on for opponents,
if he keeps his team in the pen
nant race.
"They've got the makings Of a
great infield. That LazZeri looks
all they've said he was, and
Koenig covers the whole infield'
Gehrig should be a much better
hitter than Pipp was. If they get
the pitching, watch out for them.
81 don't take any stock in what
those funny writer's say. In the
first place, they don't know base
ball and so, in the second place,
they don't write any. All they do
is bawl out somebody or write
jokes about the players. =,
II can remember when baseball
writer's knew baseball and ,..rote
it. That's what they should do
now, if only to educate fans who
don't know much about the game.
But styles have changed and to-
day the baseball writer's here in
Florida all think themselves come
dians. Some of them are, 100
judging from what they write.
"But don't forget now, those
Yankees are a great team in the
making. They'll give US all g
fight" ,
And if you don't believe Clark
Griffith is still the Old Fox. kline
friends, just glance over at the
standings of the American League
today. That's all.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
Real Golf Hazard

Three rattlesnakes were killed on
the Conewango Clubs golf course
at Warren, Pa.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

Wright, of Pittsburgh. was tie
lightest hitting infielder chosen by
Ruth and the Pittsburgh shortstop
was down for a 1904 average, which
doesn't exactly qualify him as
light hitter.
Our own Ossie Bluege was pick
ling the ball at right merry clip
and the Bambino picked MN.
BIuege's hitting was .309, and his
fielding was about the best OF the
third basemen. This year, though
most of the fans seem bent on Pie
Traynor.
Rogers HOrnsby and Jim Bot
touIey, both National Leaguers,
we're the heaviest hitting in.
feeders the Sultan Of Swat
nicked. Rogers. always noted for
his ability to hit hard. was hit
ting u a 1885 mace when the sea"
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
GANENES5
PROVEN

The position occupied by Goldie
Ahearn, local Jewish featherweight
boxer, who meets AL Foreman in
the widely ballyhoed Battle OF the
Potomac" at Kenilworth Arnea on
Tuesday, rivals the ''home-town'
position occupied some years ago by
both Jimmy Britt and Willie
Ritchie in San Francisco. Half the
fans came out to root for Britt or
Richie An equal number of na-
tive sons came out to yell for the
outsider. to see Richie or Britt
knocked stiff and timber.
Those who do not like Ahearn
here have often questioned his
gameness. Yet men who have
taken active part in actual fight
ing point out that none but funda-
mentally game man would take to
boxing in the first place.
At the old ArdmOre ring Ahearn,
then weighing but 121, took an
unmerciful Iacing. Later he came
back to whip Andy Bowen. That
took . bit Of heart.
Ahearn went to Baltimore and
frankie Rice, then going great
guns, crucified him with a right
hand hook. Ahearn was out to
the world. But he came back, as
far as Baltimore is concerned to
box a draw with Joe Dundee, to
whip Harry Rice, to stop Charlie
Barber, to beat Lew Mayrs and
later box a home town draw with
Mayrs.
For IS rounds Ahearn took the
dynamic punches OF Honey Boy
Finnegan. Accounts Of those three
battles prove that the only man
on the floor In them was Finne-
gan.
Ahearn. last year, made a tour
Of the South. He defeated Boots
Antley, who recently showed in
Madison Square Garden, Luke
Tenner, Louis GugIimini, Speedy
Lawrence and Porto Rican Joe
Dundee. a hefty lightweight who
had previously stopped Tommy
TOuhey and beaten Walter MOhr,
two good ones.
Ahearn says he'll whip Foreman
| to a fragile and then spot weight
to Jimmy Ryan and take the big
| sailor too. That hardly looks like
a program Of a fellow who is not
supposed to have the old backbone
and heart on the left side.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

cause a man may be tlashy
fielder and thrOwer. don't over.
look another whose fielding Is not
so fIashy, but whose hitting Is
more timely.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

standing 6 feet 4 inches must
have been a thrilling sight.
The new Laurel head is widely
known in Maryland where he
served four terms in the legis-
lature, acting as speaker OF the
house at Annapolis in his last
term. He should have a success
full tenure of office as head of
the Laurel Fair Association and
his thousands Of friends every
where will be right with him.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14
Runs Scored Daily
Week ending Aug. 49,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
LEAGUE

Leaders for the dsy-New York 7.
w-Washington s.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

It was a-bit too warm for
WashingtOn's famous veteran Of
the hill. He started well enough
but he was firing rapidly i'm the
fourth, and the fifth was his last
frame. Bill MOrrell took up the
pitching burden with the sixth,
but by that time the Yankees had
Q decent lead to work on and
did 80.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

Bill. MOrrelI faced the Yanks In
the sixth, escaping harm in that
frame but yielding a tally in the
seventh when Earl Combs SIAM
med tbs ball out to Fred PelE-
mans poor defenseless signbOard
In right center.
The Washington times., 1926-08-14

At the old ArdmOre ring Ahearn,
then weighing but 121, took an
unmerciful Iacing. Later he came
back to whip Andy Bowen. That
took q bit of heart.
The Washington times., 1926-08-16
CODE
CHANGED

The 1925 Football Guide, issued
by A. G. Spalding & Co., containing
all the records Of last year and all
changes in the CODE of rules that
will be followed during the coming
season, is ready for release today.
The guide is edited by e. K. Hall.
chairman Of the football rules COM
Parke H. Davis article on the
history of college football is the
feature of the book, aside from
records and the rules. In his chap.
ter Davis traces the game from
its inception as a campus sport to
the thrilling spectacle that now
packs the mammoth stadia OF the
present day.
The guide this year is devoted
exclusively to college football, the
Spalding officials having come to
the conclusion that the. inter-
scholastic game is not Of such pro-
portions as to require a separate
volume. A description of the pro-
posed memorial to Walter Camp,
called the Father of Football" is
also contained in the 1926 guide.
What have heretofore been
known as Ground Rules" have
been made to apply at the exact
boundaries Of the playing field.
This means that the UalI be.
comes dead automatically taMd
no further play can result when"
ever it crosses the side line, the
side line extended or the end line.
This change has necessitated
number of reVisiOns i'm Rules vi.
one incompleted forward pass dur.
A penalty of five yards Tim
addition to the loss of a down.
is now imposed I'm each instance
where a team makes more than
one incOmpIeted fOrwad pass dur
ing the same series Of four downs
Rule XVII, Section 4, Penalty.
A team which has scored
safety will now put the ball in
play by a kick from its own
2O-yard line Rule XIII, Section
12). -.
The definition Of Crawling"
(RuIe vi, Section ~ has been
clarified and the rule against
"PiIing Up" Rule XXI, SecIiCn
81 has heen strengthened SO that
there can be no possible excuse
for further violation of either of
these rules.
Rule XXI, Section 1, has been
brOadened and now prohibits
players on defense from striking
an opponent i'm the face with the
heel, back or side of the hand.
The Washington times., 1926-08-16
Rules For Free Trips
To World Series
Ball Games

Pick two pitchers, four in
fielders, three outfielders and a
catcher from players in the two
major leagues who have taken
part in at least one game this
season.
If possible, use the cou1on
printed herewith for submitting
your team.
Write your reasons for pick
ing them in SO words or more.
Choose as many teams as you
please, but follow above pro-
cedure in each case. The contest
ends at. midnight, August 81.
Two. winners will see the first
block Iof world series games
wherever played as guests of
The Washington Times. All
tied contestants will be included
in the awards.
Babe Ruth will autograph a.
baseball bat and a handsome
Babe Ruth desk blotter for run
ners-up.~
Address your letters to Babe
Ruth Contest Editor, Sporting
Department, Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1926-08-16
F IN K-RUTH
To BOX

frankie Fink, Dallas. Tex, Yid-
dish cowboy, will face Babe Ruth.
of Philadelphia, over twelve-round
route at Wentworth tomorrow night.
Fink is a sensational, punching
club fighter, main eventer at
Coney Island stadium. he knocked
out Harry London there less than
two weeks ago. Fink Is entered in
the New York featherweight cham.
pionship elimination tournament.
Fink has mingled with such as
Billy Petrolle, Ace Hudkins. Joe