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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-11
WINS
ANOTHER
BY Bingy Bryan

One Of the best fields of golfers
to represent a single club was all
that in the annual BriGhtwood tour
nament at the Argyle Golf Club.
George Voigt, District amateur
champion and Middle Atlantic title
holder, playing from scratch, again
repeated his performance of last
year by winning with a gross score
of II.
Five strokes behind him came 4
former Middle Atlantic champion,
Cliff McKimmie. with a total of 81.
From McKimmie, down to the last
man, were players who have scored
one or more tournaments here
abouts. Also. there were public
links champions who have repre-
scented this city in national tourna-
ments.
Prize winners in the field Of "a
ex-caddies were: George NoiSt,
winner. Second low gross went
to McKimmie, but as he had Of
fered the prize. declined to accept
it. He awarded it to NJ. a. Shipley
whose card totaled SO.
First low net prize went to EN-
NETT Heitmuller. S5-10-75. Second
low net prize was divided between
Thomas S. Pitt and II. S. Shipley
who had net scores Of so.
The scores.
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" Split Finger
Not Second, I
Decides

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Many
sporting events have been de-
cided by a split second, but ST.
Louis won the baseball cham
pionship of all the world by a
split finger.
An injury to the pitching hand
of Jesse Haines settled the sew
enth and decisive game of the
series. played in a London fog,
before a New York city crowd
that was roofing for a st.
Louis team to win.
1t happened in the fatal sew
enth, inning, with two Que and
the bases full of Yankees,
Haines turned up with the in
jured digit. If Jesse had been
picking his own spots in which
to get hurt, he couldn't have
picked a better one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-11
DRAKOCETS
TEST

When Billy Drake, German champ,
made his first appearance at Kenil-
worth he was beaten to a pulp by
Jimmy Ryan, sailor titleholder
Since then Drake has come along
nicely. by beating the best men
offered, so Matchmaker Miller has
signed Young Jack Dempsey TO bat
tie Drake Tuesday night.
Dempsey has beaten some good
boys. Including Harry Dudley,
Willie Harmon. Eddie Dempsey.
Jack McVcy, Phil Krug, Jack
Mcfarland. Jack Cakes, Sailor
Darden and George Levine.
The little Germans chief claim
to fame is draw with Mike Hon
neyman, British champ. Since that
time he has suffered but one de-
feat, and that came from Ryan.
The preliminary card is we'll bal
anced. Five Of BaltimOre's mitmen
will meet five opponents from Wash
ington. Sylvan Bass, Baltimore,
meets Eddie DiSimon; Jackie Mel
son fights with Johnny Walker;
Sammy Walker, Baltimore. boxes
Willie Manley, OF Walter Reed;
Terry Hopkins, Baltimore, will clash
with Paul Bruen, local youngster.
and Mickey White, Baltimore, meets
Billy Stricken, Washington.
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Yankee Players Will
Scatter to Homes
Early Today

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE
Yankees, most of them, will
make a quiet getaway.
Only Hoyt, Dugan and Gehrig
will remain in New York for the
Winter. All the rest will scatter
to their homes. California will
draw the largest contingent with
Lazzeri, Koenig, M Gu "a i d,
Meusel and Ruether.
Pennsylvania claims Pennock,
Gazella and Thomas.
Shocker and SEVERED will go
to St. Louis, arriving in time TO
witness the celebration that city
gives to it's new champions.
Bob Shawkey will head a
hunting party into the Canadian
wiids for a month Of shooting
before going home. Sam Jones
and Mark Koenig will be men,
beE&, of the party along with
Eddie Collins, Joe Bush and
other players.
Manager Higgins plans to
stay around New York until the
end of the month before going
to st. Petersburg, Fla, where
he makes his winter home.
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GRADE Is STEEP ONE
FOR ALEX THE GREAT

Alexander, once more the great,
came to the big leagues by the way
stations Of GaleSburg, indianapolis
and Syracuse.
He was no hish-priced flower OF
the bush. The majors didn't tEink
he was good enough to purchase,
but in 1910 Philadelphia drafted
him. 1t was good investment.
In the next seven years Alec won
100 games for the Phillies and thea
they traded him, with Killefer. to
Chicago for Dilhoefer, Prendcrgast
and $55, 900 in cash.
He won 125 games for the Cubs,
who then let him so TO st. Louis
al the waiver price. He helped
greatly to win st. Louis the fist
pennant it has captured since Noah
Joined the navy.
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7 HEVENOW
IS LEADER

Although Jess Haines made three
hits in five times at bat for an
average of 900, Tommy Thevenow,
st. Louis shortstop, tops the world
series hitters with mark of All.
Combs, of the Yankees, is second
with 1915. and Gehrig third with
.S48.
Babe Ruth batted 800 and broke
all home run records with foIr
circuit clouts.
L. Bell batted in the most runs,
six and Koenig made the most
errors. four. Ruth and Soutlworth
each scored six runs.
The composite score Of tee series
follows:
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TUNNEY'S NEXT FOE
MAY BE SEA RIVAL

Jack Sharkey, Boston heavyweight,
who meets Harry Wills for Pro.
moter Jack Fugazy at Ebbets Field
in Brooklyn next Tuesday, is "a
years old. He was born in Biug.
hamtOn, y. Y. and first took up
the game of swat as bluejac%ct
on board the l.. $. s. Denver.
If Sharkey can leave the ring
next Tuesday night a victor, the
next heavyweight championship
ma tch may find two bitter enemies,
both former members OF different
branches of Uncle Sans service,
glaring across the ring at each
other
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MOHAWKS
ARE DIZZY

The Mohawk Athletic Club is still
dizzy today from the shock OF the
3-to-0 wallop delivered by the young
Waverly Club. Quarterback Clark 5
25-yard field goal in the first period
that resulted in unexpected defeat
for the Mohawks may have far.
reaching Importance.
It's Immediate effect is to place at
the bottom of the list of city cham
pionship contenders a club that
heretoso lore has ranked either first or
second at this period Of the com
petition.
While the AIOhawks grOwl in
defeat the other tribe of South
east Washington gridirOn war
riOrs, the Apaches, prepares to
make confident war on an up
STACEY enemy. For several sea-
sons the Apaches have lOOsened
the Mohawk grip on the Southeast
championship Scepter. They be-
lieve now that the time has come
when the Apaches will triumph,
not partially. but completely.
At least one insistent voice
speaks in the negative. Patsy
Donovan, the Mohawk manager. ap-
parently is not disIhayed by his
teams loss Of it's first game.
lit isn't the first time we've
started season by taking a
beating" he said today, "biIt we've
always come back right. 1 don't
know but what this beating from
Waverly in the long run will do
us a lot of good. TIN make the
boys more serious in their training,
for one thing, and that's i'm
portant. When we get around to
the Apache game Wen be plenty
right"
WaVerIey's victory over the
MOhawks was well earned. The
team from Northeast played the
veteran SOutheasterners to
standStill, and won the victory
with smart field goal.
While this was happening thc
Apaches were winning without be
ing pressed from the Marine Bar.
racks eleven, which usually gives
worthy battle to all and sundry
The score was % to 0. In com
parison with the MohaWks' show
ing against Waverly the Aapaches'
triumph was impressive when one
considers the championship cam
paign just getting under way.
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BASKETBALL OFFICIALS
WILL MEET TONIGHT

Basketball will get its start TO-
night in the form of a meeting
called by the District board o,
officials, at the y. NJ.
c. A. at 1870 o'clock.
1t will be the initial meeting of
the season for locGl handlers If
the court game All those who II
members Of :he national board
though not registered with the Dis
trict board, are invited TO attend.
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Mound City Wild
In Celebration
of Victory

ST. LOUIS, Oct. IA hoarse,
enthusiastic and Observation-Disclosures
CITY awaits the return home of the
world champion Cardinals. After
an all-night celebration. the Mound
City showed no signs of let-up and
the frenzy is due to continue until
the returning Cardinals are carried
up Twelfth Boulevard. on the shout
ders of their loyal supporters.
Constant and increasingly, the
cheering and noise persisted. A
steady parade of automobiles kept
the din going.
The Cardinals had won the
worlds championship. What else
mattered Hour after hour, the
din Of celebrants using every known
noise ma king device, rent the air
with their unceasing demonstration.
Machines dragging pans, cow
bells and other loud cOntraptiOns
paraded through the streets.
Shouting mingled with the din.
The town saw the widest OF its
wild nights.
Those who have seen st. Louis
in it's more sober and cherries
moments would have doubted they
were in the same town. 1t was
something new for the fans Of the
city to have the honor of claiming
the worlds championship baseball
team and the novelty was a con-
tagious outburst.
All the afternoon the celebration
lasted and grew. Nightfall came
and it gathered momentum. Morn
ing came and there was little let-up
Traffic jams were ever present
Police gave no concern and if they
did have any. ii went for naught
There was only one thing that mat
tered and all else went into b.
livion. The Cards, had won.
F1appers wearing red hats. sheiks
with their pants rolled to their
knees displaying red hose, lent
color to the demonstration.
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CANEY TO MANAGE
PHILLIPS ATHLETIC FIELD

r. Lawrence Phillips has az
nounced the appointment of Joseph
j. Ganey as supervisor OF his
athletic field at Fifteenth and ii
Streets Northeast. Clancy is bes'
remembered through his connection
with the Mercury Athletic Club,
having had the honor of annexing
two sandlot football championships
while serving as director of football
activities for that organization.
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It was the best piece Of pitching
I ever seen since / last looked IN
mirror. That guy Alex had al
ready won two games for Missouri,
but he didn't squawk when they
hitched him up to another wagon.
His pitching is a victory for our
side because / am also over Az
years old and so is Alex. lie
showed them young buns that
YOU must respect old age inside
the foul lines.
l guess that guy Wriggley what
released Alex because he liked some
beer under his foam must feel like
waiter with a broken arm.
Hornsby knew that Alex liked his
beer, and he trapped him by max
ing a noise like brewery. Horns
BY told Alex that he wanted him
to pitch for Missouri and he would
not only give him good salary
but he would let him use a beer
keg for a bat bag.
When Alex heard that he
dotted right up on the signed
line and pitched HOrnsby into
the world serum. Then he pitched
HOrnsby through the world serum
by grabbing two games and win.
ming the third after Haines' ell
bow. got rusty. ! will say that
is the greatest piece of pitching
since David threw inshOOts at
that big guy named Goliath, who
played for the other side.
The New York rooters showed
they was good sports by roofing for
Alex all the time. Ruth didn't get
one single off the old boy in about
ten times at bat. Alex has enough
nerve TO pitch meat balls at
hungry wolves, and there wasn't n
time he didn't groove them for the
Bambino.
Alex told me, Il amt skeered Of
| no guy they call Baby. I'll rub
his gums with sweet spirits OF
| inter-"
And that's just what he did. The
Babe might as we'll have stayed
home in his cradle. ] don't want
| to get you mixed up like a NAH
iong set m Miami. Babe did get a
home run in the game, but got ii
! Oft Haines, who tossed him a lob
Der and Babe laid the lumber on
| the hot apple.
amt a critick, but | think this
| fellow kOenlG Summed the game
| for the Yanks. He puts the boots T.
grounder that lost the game
Then Mussels drops a easy fly out
of his pocket and the game was
| in the soup with the tide going out
! will ee you all again next
spring .as this is my final article
and I am going } chase moose.
If anybody would like moose
head for a watch fob just Gend
me a stamped envelope and
will mail a moose head to them.
want to thank all the BARRIERS
what wiped their razors on my
newspaper articles and will see
| you in April when the red noses are
in bloom This is station Nick
signing off for the winter. The
next voice you will hear is The
coal mans. Good today. NICK.
Copyright. 1925. by tho Christy
Walsh Syndicate)
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NJ. K0ENI(
IS GOAT
BY Ford C. Frick

NEW YORK, Oct. IA base
ball, stitched with gold and set with
diamonds, came hopping down to
Mark Koenig yesterday afternoon.
Perhaps the CLEAN of the misty
afternoon sun, glinting across the
golden cover, blinded Marks eyes.
Perhaps it was only the nervous
ness that comes OF seeing so much
wealth get up on its two feet and
stalk across a baseball diamond.
At any rate, Mark booted what
looked like an easy chance.
And as a result the st. Louis
Cardinals are champions of the base
ball universe.
4 lot will be written about that
error. no d0ubt-and perhaps
Mark will be elected to that select
society of baseball goats" whose
names have been inscribed in mud
paneling in many another world
series.
Somehow the term $4,000 bob
ble'' has an appealing sort OF sound
to those who daily with pretty
But to this writer the thing that
staIlzcd across that wind-swept. RAIN
sodden diamond yesterday in the
gray garb of an ror was not 50
much a boot as it was baseball des.
tiny. And very naturally it was
Mark who had to be taGged-iust
as that wicked old lady. Fate. has
tagged him time and again sine.
this hectic baseball season began.
KOenig can make good plays by
the score and they all GO into the
record of the days work witIlOua
any particular praises or any
rafter ringing laudation.
But once he boats One-and il
seems as though the whole worIS
tumbles about his ears.
The Cardinals won the series be
cause they beat the Yankees at.
their own game-wllich is smuggling
the ball. They won because they
were superior in pitching strength.
They won because they had the
true baseball spirit, fighting for
every break and taking advantage
Of every Yankee lapse.
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Alex Won Victory for Our
Side, Says ALtrOck
Rv Nick AItrOck

YANKEE STADIUM YORK Oct. Hts all over like sand
I hunting Georgia
got gun around and going to
moose nave 10 Knock
wall with a broom. ;;
the of the world champions
St Louis overlooking Mississippi whose maiden
the pitching the seventh inning when there
showed he the worlds
He whitfield kinds strikes and the crowd
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-11

The Argyle Golf Club decided its
club championship between John c.
Shorey. winner of the Bannockburn
tournament, and Leroy Sasser. one
of the best-knoWn golfers OF Wash
ington and Baltimore. Sasser de-
feated Shorey on the seventeenth
green. and =.
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as / nave TO lose, IMAM dOTHSDy.
Alexander, of course, was the
outstanding figure in Cardinal VIC
tory, What a pitcher that fellow
is, wise, cagey and versed in every
angle of the pitching art. ] doubt
if baseball ever before has shown
anything like that.
Imagine 39-year-oId man pitch
ing and winning two games, and
then coming into finish the final
and bring victory out of a situa-
ton that looked like it bore all
the earmarkS of defeat.
It was a great exhibition. The
Yankees lost, and Alexander more
than any one man, is the fellow
who beat us. And now about the
Yankees. l was proud Of my baQ
club when they went into this
them. They did all l asked-and
they never flinched or whimpered.
Ny kids, playing their first year
of big league baseball, held up like
veterans.
OF course we made a few errors.
Some of them cost us ball games.
But baseball has always been a
story of games won through er.
rOrs and breaks. This one was
no exception.
Herbie PennOck deserves the
highest sort of credit.
He carried the burden on his
shoulders through two games and
part of another and never faltered.
And don't forget that Waite Hoyt
pitched great ball in that final
game, too. / never saw him SUI e.
of himself or with more stuff.
But the breaks were against him
and he had to lose. It's too bad
but those things can't be changei
The st. Louis victory, of course,
will be a popular one. Most of the
fans, even here in New York. were
pulling for the Cardinals to win.
That's natural enough. The Card
nails were out there after winning
their first penant in SO years. They
had fought hard through a tough
season tn win. And the crowd
wanted to Sc ethem keep on with
their glory.
Again want to congratulate
the Cardinals on their splendid .
victory. want to say publically
that they have a great club and a
great manager. For the Yankees,
have no aIibis to offer, no eX-
cuses to present.
I am satissied-and happy that
it's all Owe. And I'm proud of my
players, every one of them.
haven't lost one iota of confidence in
them. l figure that they will make
another great fight next year.
Right now we're MAXIM, our
plans. Yesterday is over and for
gotten-1927 is new year-and the
Yankees will be there.
Copyright, 1926. by the Christy
Walsh Syndicate1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-11
SPIRIT WINS
:. FOR CARDS, SAYSHUC
BY Miller Higgins

Manager Yankees, American League Champions
YANKEE STADIUM NEW YORK 10.-Wel, the world
Cardinals the champions OF the
to make andno abs to offer We gae
boys played the from start to fnsh
for all they worth And the last lost to great ball un
Cardinals outfit
They power, have engthand important than all
they fighting spirit Eve written before of kindly feel
there the field of have
hold him of really good
in the world I'd rather lose to, cng
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Homo runs-Ruth. 4: Soutawofth, i:
l.. Bell. /; Thevenow. ! Haines. !.
Three-base hits-MeUsel. !; Southworth.
/. Two-base hits-Douthit ,: south
worth. /: Hornsby. ]; Bootonley, 3;
l.. Bell. /; Hatey. 2: O'FarreH. L;
Thevenow. /: Combs. .; KoentZ. i:
Meusei /: Gehrig. ,; Lazzeri. /: DuEan,
l. SEVERED. /: Pennock. /. Runs bat.
led in--L Bell, 6; Bottomley. s.: Rutn.
); Thevenow. >: Southworih. .:
Combs. .; Dugan. .; O'Fa:rei. .:
Koenig. .: Haines, 2; Paschai. ]; Top
orcer. l; Douthit. J.; Holm
/; LaZzerI. /: Dugan. 1; l.. Bell z;
Thevenow .. Alexander. l.
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Set Pace in Golf

With an average OF three golf
tournaments month. Los Angeles
and the surrounding territory leads
the country in the number of golf
events staged yearly.
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Rati IS to Golf

Bobby Vaughn, New York Amer
lean League player half a gen.
GRAFTON ago, is now one OF the
leading golfers of the Tacoma
Country and Golf Club.
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DR.. II. f.. Davis. OF the Con-
gressionaI Country Club, turned in
the best net score in the Tatum
Cup competition and thus won the
first leg >on the handsome trophy.
r. S. Richardson and s. s. lie Roy
were second with cards of $50.
while F. L. Johnston was we'll up
with Isl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-11
Football Is Last

The wooden stands at Carter
Field will have to serve Notre
Danes football crowds until the
buildings needed for cass-rooms
End dormitories are completed.
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Sickness Among Whippets

Due to an epidemic of sickness
among the racing whippets in the
West, the eastern fall circuit ia
facing a shortage Of animals to fiji
its various programs.
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CarIyIes Booking Games

Captain Anderson of the Carlyles
is booking games with local foot.
ball teams. Any outfit interested
will call him at Lincoln 3l12.
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Not a Single Muff

Art Weis, Los Angeles right
fielder. went through 1871 games
without making an error.
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said before the series that I
expected Thevenow to be one of
the stars OF the battle. but l fig
ured he's do his stuff out there at
short I never dreamed that he
would sock the ball all over the
lot and stand out as one Of the
hitting heroes. That's the kind OF
a lad he is. though. He always de-
livers in the pinchcs and this whole
series was a pinch and Tommy came
through all the way
Well. l guess the baseball world
won't do so much criticizing now
of our policy in walking Ruth. We
pitched to him in every game and
the only time we walked him pur-
posely was when we would have
walked any good batter.
1t has been a great series for the
fans. There were some bad plays
but they just made the games more
exciting and the fans like TO see a
lot of runs Everybody kicked
about the first game being drab,
but that was because it was 4
good hurting duel between Sherdel
and Penpock.
Surely there was enough excite.
ment in the other games TO satisfy
anybody. Alexander's work proba-
bly, will stand out as the best pitch
ing Of the series. He pitched two
great games and saved today's and
Babe Ruth didn't hit the ball our
of the infield on the old master
Moreover, he retired "a batters IN
succession without anybody getting
a hit and l guess that makes him
look pretty good.
We won the series in spite of A
lot Of discouraging breaks. We
could not use Blades at all and
that was a blow and then we lost
the services Of DOuthit. But our
substitutes came through and al
thought the youngsters made a1n,
mistakes they were game TO thu
last and that's what won, | want
TO thank the public for its fipt
support and the New York fans for
their fair treatment. We were
[. lied royalty here at the Yankee
stadium and that is a great thing
for baseball.
guess the series will stand ou
as one Of the best that baseball
has had in a long time.
Copyright. 1925, by the Christy
Walsh Syndicatel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-11

Late models with balloon tires.
fOur-wheel brakes and all the latest
improvements are being featured
during the "FaH Clearance Of Used
Cars" In the Times and Herald
classified ads.
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Had he been slow-footed he would
have been confident that he could
threw out the runner, but he
knew he'd have to hustle to nail
Sim Bottomley at the plate.
They say that a winning team
makes its own breaks and we made
purs even after tough breaks in
st. Louis cost us the game in
which Sherdel should have beaten
Horseshoe Pennock.
You'll have to read the whole
roster OF the Cards if you want to
list all the heroes of the series, but
Haines, Alexander and Thevenow
stood out as the stars, though
everybody on the team hustled and
contributed to the victory.
Hams stands out as one of the
double winners of the series and
there's no doubt he would have
been able to go through the game
if he hadn't split his finger. That
Just gave Alexander chance 10
do his stuff and the world is shout
ing right now that he sure did it
up brown.
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I guess Alexander is getting
lot of kilograms and we ought
10 send one ourselves to Chicago
to thank them for giving us
Alex. ] guess he was worth that
waiver price of $4,000 if ever a
man was.