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Evening star., 1927-05-02
Harris Respects Both Yanks
And Athletics, But Declares
Criffs Still Are Contenders

| finger still swollen from a fracture
sustained in training camp. He has
| remained in the lineup, and says it is
| getting better, but it still handicaps
| him, especially in gripping the bat.
Ty Cobb. all Philadelphia critics be-
lieve, has supplied the pepper" that
Harris discerns in the Mack machine.
Ty Is Slower AfieId.
For man supposed to be on his
last legs" Cobb has exhibited some
spry footwork, including two steals of
home at critical moments. His bat
ting eye is undmmed, but it is notice
able that the Georgian has far less
range in the field than of yore.
Ty has been imparting a few of his
tricks. however, to his teammates.
even If he can't do them all himself
any more. The results have been
plainly evident. especially in the
work of AL Simmons, hard hitting
center-fielder. Cobb and Simmons are
roommates while the Athletics are on
the road.
Simmons has not needed any par
ticular tips on how to sock 'em at
the plate, but he has profited from
Cobb's coaching in base-running. AIS
ambition to be a stellar base-runner
seems likely of fulfillment at the rate
he is going. Where he stole only 10
bases throughout the season of 1926,
Simmons already has registered
theftS in Ii games, putting him at the
head of the league list.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
STRI8LING, L0UGHRAN
TO FIGHT TOMORROW
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May "A promising
Summer season OF boxing In New
York's big ball parks with champion
ship matches in heavyweight, light
heavy and perhaps other classes on
the menu begins tomorrow with 10
round bout between Tommy Loughran
OF Philadelphia and young Stribling OF
Macon. Ga. at Ebbets Field.
Taking a cue from the current
Rickard plan Of heavyweight "elimi
nation" fights. the two who meet to.
morrow wound up their training with
the loudly expressed hope that the
winner might be given n match with
Jack Delaney for the 175.pound title.
If the showing Of the winner Is out.
standing the opportunity may ba
forthcoming. although the aged Mike
McTigue also is pressing q claim FOR
the chance
The Notwithstanding match will
be their third meeting and both have
agreed that it is something of a grudge
battle. Presented by Humbert Fugazy.
they will head a card which includes
George Courtney, the fast Oklahoma
middleweight, in a bout with Chuck
Burns.
Meanwhile. Tex Rickard prepared
for the start of the outdoor section of
his heavyweight tournament by an.
nouncing an offer of S400, 900 to Jim
Maloney. the Boston Irishman. for his
next two fights. The same offer will
be made to Jack Sharkey, who meets
Maloney May 10 at the Yankee Stadium
The move is made 50 Rickard will be
sure to have the winner under agree.
ment to fight the survivor OF, the pro
posed battle between Dempsey and
Pauline for the right to meet Tunney
in September.
Maloney started his training in ear.
nest today at his Long Branch. n. ].
camp with such sparring partners as
Honeyboy Finnegan and Ernie Schaaf
Evening star., 1927-05-02
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
THE Athletics have the pitching,
but the Yankees have the smoother
working team'--if you listen to the
words of Bucky Harris.
At least that's the way Washing
tons youthful managerial 80. the
youngest of major league pilots
sums UP his estimate of the
two clubs generally picked to fight
it out for the American League pen
nant. Generally picked, that is. by
most OF the experts except Harris,
who asserts that the Senators can't
be counted out by any means.
1t might be presumed that Bucky
would favor the Mackmen, who have
walloped the Senators in five out OF
six games, whereas Washington and
New York have split the only two
games they have played.
Both Rivals Have Wallop.
I'VE have had more of a tussle
with the Athletics than the Yankees" 4"
said Harris, "but I wouldn't want to
make a choice between them. Both
are powerful clubs. The Yankees
seem to be functioning better than
last year, except in pitching, and
they have not been so bad off there
hS <AtLllCNANDs WIN 1OUU SOIilS 6OOu
and Boley bolstering the infield. are
displaying more pepper. They have
great hurling staff with two of the
best eft-handers in the game, Grove
and Walberg. There isn't much to
choose in hitting. Both clubs have
the old wallop."
Far from conceding either of his
two Eastern rivals the pennant at
this stage of the race, however,
Harris is confident the Senators will
strike their stride soon and make it
a three -cornered battle into which
any one of the Western clubs, espe-
cially Detroit or Chicago, may join
The Senators, Harris believes, will
be hard to stop when their full mound
strength is available.
Two Veterans Are Missed.
Just now the two veterans who
pitched Washington to its last pen
nant, in 1925. are on the shelf. Bar
ney Johnson's loss for the first month
due to a broken foot. has been a big
handicap, while Coveleskie Is not vet
in shape. Fred Marberry, giant relief
twirler was hit on the head Thursday
by a pitched ball in practice and kept
from starting the game-by fate. Har-
ris thinks-but he was able to take the
mound for a bit Friday.
Harris himself is nursing an index
Evening star., 1927-05-02
YANKEES ON TOP OF HEAP
ASRUTH HITS TWO HOMERS

their league ahead of Ruth's circuit
in home-run totals.
BY their resounding victory the
Cards drew up to half a game behind
the Giants as those leaders of the
National League took a 4-to-3 lacing
from the rejuvenated Robins, who
seemed to have tired of the cellar.
Before the hurting of Dazzy Vance,
the Giant home-run clubs were silent
and the entire team could collect but
five safe blows
Home runs by Wilson and Tolson
failed to give the fast-traveling Cubs
a victory over the Pirates when
Charley Root took the balloon In the
ninth. When he came down in the
clubhouse, the count was to &
against the Cubs. Their companion
club, the White Sox, kept on climbing
by 7-to-6 triumph over the Browns.
OF two pitchers who turned in shut.
outs. one was starting his first major
league game. In the box for Wash
lngton, Lisenbee, youngster, held
the Red Sox to seven hits and no
score, while Goose Goslin with a
homer led his mates in hammering
out six runs. The other hurler who
blanked the enemy was Earl White
nil of Detroit. With the Indian sign
on the Indians. he hurled his team to
a 7-to.0 victory
Evening star., 1927-05-02


4 i stroke, which has begun 70
catch on with golfers every
where and which has been described
by analysts as the first genuine i'm
provement in fundamental method for
putting in the last 80 years.
The sketches herewith illustrate the
method. The results that golfers
everywhere are obtaining with it be-
speak its effectiveness. / have heard
many players testify that it has cut
from 10 to Is puts off their scores.
and anything that will do that is
worth consideration by any golf en-
thuslast. I have not yet adopted this
putting method in my own game. but
I'm weakening.
The inventor of this method is
Ernest Heitkamp. golf editor Of the
Chicago American and one Of the
thoroughly informed golf scrbes of
the United States. He spent some
eight years in England and has
played golf on all the courses of note
in the British Isles and has perhaps
the widest personal acquaintance
among golf people Of any writer in
this sport. Heitkamp in addition is
an art critic Of note, so naturally his
mind began to see the flaws in the
conventional putting methods and his
creation of an entirely new method
was the result.
Note that the shaft passes between
the index finger and the second finger
of the left hand. This at once gives
the putter an absolutely true pendu.
lum effect, whereas in all other
Evening star., 1927-05-02

methods the pendulum effect IL ONLY
theoretical. The player may gra 81
the shaft with the right hand in tn,
same manner or he can use the con
Ventonal riGht-hand grip. The hea,
OF the club is then swung eutirel-
with the wrists. so that it strokel
through the ball exactly as IL thu
blade were swinging pendulum.
The stance position places the hee1i
together, with a square stance. viii
the weight equally divided betweef
them. This is not an essential Heit
kamp says. though he points out that
1t IS useless to spread the feet ant
disturb the balance Of weight ovef
the putt after the player has fount
this method of obtaining a true pendu
lum swing.
Try this ''Heit putt" and if YOU liz,
1t spread the news of il. But DOM
be surprised if at first it feels funny
All fundamentally new methods fee
strange at first.
tCopyright 100@
Evening star., 1927-05-02
BY the Associated Press.

~ UT of the smoke of a home
run cannonading on both
battle fronts of big league
~ base ball Babe Ruth today
was at the head of the circuit
hitters, while his Yankees were sitting
on top of their league after vain as
sault by the Athletics.
In high-powered game that meant
league leadership, the Yankee thun-
derer swung his home run hammer
twice and brought his total for the
year to six as the Yankees downed the
Mackmen, to 8. That brace of
mighty drives carried him ahead Of
his record year of 1921, when he
smacked out SO for the season, but
only made five by the first of May.
Pressing him closely for the home
run lead, Columbia Lou" Gehrig, a
strong young cannoneer on Ruth s
own team, touched off his fifth round
tripper in the same affray at the
Yankee Stadium.
Big guns were blazing as furiously
at st. Louis, where the champion
Cardinals, put the Reds to rout, IL to
4. with a slambang batting attack.
With one fence-buster each, Frisch
and Bottomley of the Cards and Kelly
and Ford of the Reds helped keep
Evening star., 1927-05-02
H0RNSBY STILL LEADING
"BIG EIGHT" IN BATTING

NEW YORK, May CP).-Heavief
stick work dominated batting per.
formances of all members of the ''bie
eight with the exception of Rogers
Hornsby of the Giants during the
past week.
However, the rajah still heads the
batting parade. losing slightly in the
percentage column, his .44O being %
points under last weeks figure.
The ratings, including games OF
Sunday follow:
Evening star., 1927-05-02
BON AIR NINE WINS,

Bon Air ball tossers opened their
season by defeating Alexandria Car
dinals yesterday, 6 to /. While his
team was amassing IA hits, Tapp,
winning hurler. was limiting Cardinal
batsmen to bingles. all singles.
Games with Bon Air may he ar.
ranged by calling Clarendon 1853.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
WAGNER KNOCKS OUT HANS,

DORTMUND, Germany, May Ho)
-Rudi Wagner knocked out Hans
Breitenstraeter in the second round
of a fast fight last night thereby be-
coming the German heavyweight
champion. The end came when
Wagner landed a right hook on
Breitenstrater's jaw.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

the 155.yard fourteenth hole. sinking
his mashie tee shot.
Argyle Country Club members pre.
vented from completing the qualify
ing rounds for positions on the club
team by the rain Of Saturday will re-
sumo the competition next Saturday
and Sunday. Leaders in the event
are j. {. Shorey, IS; w. p. di Este.
n; Leroy Sasscer, rs; Forrest Thomp.
son, "a; George c.. Gist, IS: Roger
Peacock, 81; John A. O'Connor, 81,
Rudolph T. Harrell started with a
birdie on the first hole at the Wash.
ington Golf and Country Club yester.
day and finished the nine with a card
or 80. Although he played the four.
teenth and eighteenth holes poorly he
had score of 73 under heavy ground
conditions. He and w. r. McCalIum
had a best ball of 60 to beat Frank
K. Roesch and Henry d. Nicholson.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
VET SHORTSTOP ACQUIRED
IN EVEN SWAP FOR BUDDY
Exchange Made by President Griffith Upon Manager
Harris Request-Pilot Believes Topper Will
Strengthen Defense of Team.

| day to prove it to the satisfaction of
| all concerned.
Other pitchers slated for action
against the Yankees in the present
series are Fred Marberry. Hollis
Thurston and Horace Lisenbee. Now
that Garland BraXton is available for
relief duty. Harris hopes 10 be able TO
employ Marberry frequently as a
starting hurler.
Walter johnson, virtually out of
commission since March g. when a
bone in his left foot was smashed by
a drive from Joe Judges bat during
clubbing drill. took a turn on the hill
in batting practice yesterday and sur
prised both himself and his team
mates with the strength and clever
ness of his pitching. While Walter is
not yet allowed to pivot on the left
foot. he is able to take his pitching
stride and his surgeon believes that
within three weeks the master
moundsman will be able to enter
a championship game.
j. Hiram Bronson of New Haven Is
in town acting as commissioner for
the Providence club of the Eastern
League. The Grays need an outfield-
er and would turn over Jack Cronin.
young and said-to-b promising
catcher, for the loan of one of the
Nationals extra pasture men. So far
the Providence commissioner has
been unable to make any headway in
his negotiations with President Grif-
fifth
Evening star., 1927-05-02
PITCHING.
RECORD FOR PAST WEEK
IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES

The past weeks major league rec
ora of games won and lost, runs, hits,
errors, opponents runs and home runs,
including games of Saturday, follows:
Evening star., 1927-05-02

n already in for the tourna-
" " ment, the list in the Wash
ington Golf and Country
Club affair, which closes
tonight. is expected to pass the 225.
mark. Early today all the prominent
golfers of the city had entered the af-
fair and entry lists from several clubs
were missing. Among the prominent
entrants are Miller B. Stevinson, win
ner last week Of the Town and Coun-
try Club event; Maurice J. Mccarthy,
r. T. Harrell Of Washington, Frank
X. Roesch of Washington; Early Nc
Aleer, Harry G. Pitt and A. L. Hough-
ton of Manor, and many other top
notchers.
from the New MARYLAND Country
Club Of Baltimore have sent in their
names for the event. The annual
tournament dinner will be held Friday
night.
Pairings for the tourney will be
made by the golf committee tonight
and be made public tomorrow.
A team of Chevy Chase Club golfers
is scheduled to meet players of the
Gibson Island Club at Gibson Island
on Sunday, May IS.
The match play at the Rodgers
Forge Club, near Baltimore, in which
women golfers paired with profession
ais, drew few entries from Washing
ton.
DIR. Thomas ID. Webb and his son
Tom won the father and son tourna-
| ment at the Washington Golf and
Country Club yesterday, downing DR..
I. J. Rice and Harold Rice 8 and 2
in the final round. All Of the con-
testants played well, but the steadi.
ness of the Webb combination was
too much for the Rice family duo.
Tom Webb, 14-year.old son of DR..
Webb. was the outstanding player.
| Earl McAleer OF the Manor Club
! won the play-off yesterday of a tie
| for the qualifying round low score in
the Town and Country Club tourna-
n1ent last week. scoring an S5 against
Maurice J. Mccarthy of Georgetown
| University. The pair had tied last
Thursday with scores of rs. McAleer
was steadier than Mccarthy, who
| again found the short fifth hole a
score wrecker. He took a 6 on the
hole in his first round of the nine
hole layout. Mccarthy consistently
outdrove McAleer, but was erratic
around the putting green.
Conclusion Of the qualifying round
in the French High Commission Cup
tourney at Chevy Chase found an in
! sufficient number of entrants to make
up a flight of Is and the golf COM
mittee decided TO reduce the handi-
cap competition to one flight of eight
Pairings were made as follows: Gen
G. G. Treat (9) VS.. J. p. Lannon Q4,
r 5. Ridsdale go VS.. John Britton (8),
! DIR. w. B. Mason tSl VS.. II. L. Rice
n4. Frank P. Reside Cd VS.. Landra
B. Platt u2).
Norman b. Frost won the May day
tournament at the Indian Spring
Golf Club yesterday, anneXing the
handicap match play against par af-
falr, with a score 3 up on par, aided
by a handicap of 10 strokes. r.. w
Diggs, with handicap Of II. finished
up on par Frost made an apa IN
Evening star., 1927-05-02
ne Mer to Red Sox in Trade for Rigney Deal Closed Today
FIVE SANDLOT LEAGUES
OPEN CAMPAIGNS TO-DAY

rows and Brookland A. c. The scores
We're to Z and 10 to 8.
Thomas hurled Sam Rice Midgets
to victory yesterday over Emerys, TO
5. He allowed but two hits.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

YESTERDTY's RESULTS.
Pittsburgh. Z; Chicago, @.
Brooklyn. 4 New York. 3.
St. Louis, ~; Cincinnati, 4.
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW
Cincinnati at Chicago. Cinci. at Chicago.
BROOKLYN at y. Y. Brooklyn at y. Y.
Phila. at Boston. st. l.. at Pittsburgh.
Phila. at Boston.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
Both College Products.

Myer and Rigney are of about the
same build. Buddy is feet 10 inches
tan. while Topper measures feet 9
inches. Myer weighs around 165
pounds and Rigney about 1875. Both
played college base ball, Rigney putting
in four years with the nine at Texas
q. and NJ, and Myer going through
four seasons with the Mississippi
Aggies.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
Abe IS HOME FIRST
IN DISTANCE FLIGHT

Able, from the loft of Frank p
Schmidt of Brentwood. Md. led bird.
Of the Washington Racing Pigeon
Club in fight from Connellsville
Pa. The winner averaged 55 miles ar
hour. +. w. Heine. jr., took the prize
for single nomination.
a total of 139 birds from is lofts
competed. They were released at 4
am, in clear weather. with southeast
wind. This week the race will be from
Pittsburgh.
Following is the average speed, In
Yards per minute of the first return
to each loft in the Connellsville test:
F. E. Schmidt. .534. A. B Moore. 5n6.
F Il Grove. Howe. i:5@3; e N6sitzey, 1,,5I3;
I.550a; J. p. Butler .4a1 p e. Bowman.
,4SS: ". /. Bishop. 1874: W. F. Dismer
l.471 J. D. ClaFett. .464 James GosneII
40: 3. +. Miller .3ss: r. j. Netzinxer
l.jI4. Ogie Marbury. 1850. One loft failed
to report.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

With weather at hand much milder
than it has been for some days, Stan
CoVeleskle, veteran spitball artist Of
the Nationals. is due to take turn
on the pitching hill. Whether his
turn was to come this afternoon in
the opener Of the four-game series
with the Yankees in Clark Griffith
Stadium was not so certain, but
Manager Stanley Harris announced
this morning that the Pole surely
would get a shot at Miller Higgins
gang during its stay here.
Covey, who pulled up with a sore
leg during the Florida training season,
has pitched only 10 innings since the
season opened. all against the Red
SoX. He started against them here
in the season opener on April u, but
retired after the fourth inning. having
developed a kinlI I'm his salary wing
lie took another turn against them in
Boston on April 22 and went through
six rounds. but was firing rapidly in
the last of them.
He gave up six hits, four passes and
two runs In the ten innings and in
each Of his starts was credited wit h
victory. Now CoVey declares he is
s0und again and wants only aSsyarm
Evening star., 1927-05-02
SPLIT DOUBLE-HEADER.

Black Sox and All.Stars divided
double-header yesterday, the Sox
losing the opener. 4 to 6, but coming
back TO bag the final, 6 to /.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS
AMERICAN LEAGUE,

YESTERDAYS RESULTS,
Washington, g.: Boston, o.
New York. I: PhiiadefDhia, 8.
Detroit. !: Cleveland. O.
Chicago. z: st. Louis. 6.
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW
y. 4; at Washington. \. Y. at Washington
Cleveland at st. Louis. Boston al Phila.
1hicaEO at Detroit. Chicago at Detroit.
Boston at Phila. Cleveland at st. l..
Evening star., 1927-05-02
Conclusion of the qualifying roun,
Norman b. Frost won the Nav da

Norman b. Frost won the May day
tournament at the Indian Spring
Golf Club yesterday, annexing the
handicap match play against par af-
fair. with a score 3 up on par, aided
by handicap of 10 strokes. r.. w
Diggs, with a handicap Of II. finished
up on par. Frost made an ace on
Evening star., 1927-05-02

Behind the, remarkable pitching of
McCaughy and Paul, Boiling Field
Aviators scored a 6-to.2 victory over
Washington Barracks.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

the 155.yard fourteenth hole, sinking
his mashie tee shot.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

Sport Marts opened with win over
Park View yesterday. 8 to 5. Fred
erick, losing hurler, had several bad
innings. Burke was effective for the
winners. Frank led at bat.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

Moose Seniors ran wild over Roman
Seniors yesterday, registering a 21-to.
score. Phillips and Clanton had 4
and 5 hits. respectively.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

CHICAGO newspaper man has
contributed to golf an entirely
new and original putting
stroke, which has begun 20
Evening star., 1927-05-02

BrOokland Boys Club tossers an
nexed two wins at the expense of Ar
Evening star., 1927-05-02

Nine runs i'm two innings were
enough for 7. It. Keanes to win over
Cardinal Seniors. Burrto was steady
on the mound.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

Y v YITH more than 1875 entries
NA already in for the tourna-
wv ment. the list in the Wash
ington Golf and Country
Cluh affair u.bio, oloenr
Evening star., 1927-05-02

Beatty distributed six hits among
Alexandria No. Firemen, giving
his Ku Klux Klan mates a 7.to'2
victory.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
RY John R. KELLER.

~HARr.ES SOLOMON NYER for
A Emory Elmo Ricney. That's
the trade between Nationals
and Red Sox Consummatcd
IL. tninr. According TO
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day to prove it to the satisfaction of
aI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-20
Not Ny Child.

Miss Maria was struggling to tell
Mrs. Minny that her hoy Todd wasn't
quite perfect; that he had been, In
fact, n bit unruly: that there was
more than a suspicion of his having
told fib to cover his miadoing. Mrs
Minny did not want to hear that kind
Of story. She did not know It. but
she was determined that Todd was
perfect and that nobody should show
her that he wasn't. Underneath, you
know, she was frightened. She
thought that maybe. maybe, Todd
sometimes did things.
You see" stammercd Miss Maria.
in her anxiety to spare this timid
mothers feelings. Todd Is like most
boys. Sometimes dc does things his
mother would not like to have him
do"
Not my hoy. Miss Maria"
Well. almost anybody's boy will
throw a stone and break window.
It's something no boy let's go by with.
out at least ono try at it,"
Not my boy. Miss Maria. I've
always told him, Todd. no matter
who throws stones. don't you throw
any and I've never seen him throw
one
But this time he threw one, my
dear Mrs. Minny. In fact, it was he
who led the attack on the mill win
dows. lie put a good big stone
through the office window and Ches.
ter Wall sent the next one into the
basement door, and from then on the
best man threw the straightest until
there was not window left unbroken
in the old mill The Waterman is
furious and says the boys must share
the expense of putting In the glass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-20
The Experts.

Nearly everybody with modicum
of sense agrees that it is poor policy
for a layman to delve in morbid doc
tor books" or pathological literature
of any kind. A few people find this
department not to their liking, be.
cause it provides no symptoms for
them to try on. but on the other
hand a great many readers with
nothing the matter have the habit of
taking peep at this column to learn
how to stay that way.
often it is not only desirable but
advisa bic for an ailing person to read
medical writings about his condition
and it's treatment. Nowadays this is
practically indispensable for the sue
cessful treatment of diabetes, and it
is an aid to recovery that is more
and more employed in the treatment
of tuberculosis. When the patient is
to undertake such study his physician
should tell him precisely what litera-
ture to study and the wise patient
should read nothing else. At any
rate, it is scarcely necessary to point
out the danger that lies in such read.
ing if the one whose precious health
or life is at stake undertakes to
select his own reading without the
approval of reliable, disinterested
adviser.
A few weeks ago, discussing in.
stances of food sensitiZation, we un-
fortunately quoted the experience of
a correspondent who had suffered a
lifelike swelling about the eye after
eating tomatoes 1t might just as
we'll have been any other wholesome
food item that contains any protein
material-and most good foods con.
tain some protein. But It Just hap
pened to be tomatoes.
From the time when the hermit