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Evening star., 1927-10-05
MANY GREAT FEATS
BY SERIES PITCHERS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Here are a few Of the outstanding
facts concerning world series pitching
performances since 1905:
Ed Reulbach of the Chicago Cubs
allowed the "hitless wonders" the
White Sox OF 1906, only one hit.
There have been five two-hit games.
pitched by Ed Walsh of the White
Sox. Mordecai Brown of the Cubs.
Eddie Plank Of the Athletics, Bill
of the Yankees.
Chief Bender holds the mark for
most victories-six. And the famous
Athletics moundsman of the past
struck out SO men in five series. But
the famous Indian also tasted several
defeats.
Jack Coombs has the only perfect
pitching record-five victories and no
defeats. three in 1910, one in 1911 with
Athletics and one in 1916 with Brook
lyn.
Walter Johnson of the Senators in
1924 equaled Ed Walsh's 1906 record
for strikeouts in one game, with II on
the opening day OF the Giants Sena-
tors series, 12-inning battle.
Jack Coombs issued IA passes in the
1910 series. nine of them in one game.
Art Nehf of the Giants has allowed
81 bases on balls in the four series in
which he has appeared.
Jeff Tesreau had three wild pitches
In the Red Sox-Giants' battles Of 1912.
The late Wild Bill Donovan hit
three batsmen in the series OF 1907
between the Tigers and Cubs
-Four pitchers have suffered five de-
feats in the base ball classics--Plank.
Mathewson, Rube Marquard and Joe
Bush.
Mathewson holds the record for all
time world series mound work-103 2-3
innings in four series.
Babe Ruth. home run slugger Of the
Yankees. has a world series record
aside from his efforts as n batsman.
He left t-handed through 20 scoreless
innings for the Red Sox in 1916 and
1918.
Evening star., 1927-10-05

thing, OF course, was to keep out of
traps. and particularly those which
had water in them.
This condition combined with a
strong wind from the West to run
the scores up to unusual proportions,
most of the women finding difficulty
on the long holes. Fights and mines
were common on the long tenth, and,
strangely enough. some Of the scores
on the short sixteenth were unusually
high. One competitor got tangled up
in water-filled traps and took 9 to
this par 3 hole.
Dorothy White. who won the
qualifying round. got in three traps
at the seventeenth. where she had
two As for an 81. and took an s at
the hole. She finished the round by
taking four puts from the lower edge
of the last green.
Competitors in the qualifying round
in the Fall tourney at East Potomac
Park must turn in their scores before
6 o'clock Saturday night. Match play
rounds will be run off next week,
with the number of flights to be de-
termined by the size Of the field. with
prizes for the winner and runner up
in each flight.
District golf professionals face a
busy week end. On Friday the Dis
trict professional. championship is list
ed at Burning Tree and several of the
pros. among them Fred Mcleod. Bob
Barnett, Ralph Beach and A. r.
Thorn. plan to leave Washington Fri.
day night for .HagerstOwn. where the
Maryland open championship is to be
staged on Saturday. Among the en-
trants in the tourney are Leo Diegel
and Bob Cruickshank. two Of the out
standing stars Of the professional
game.
The tourney Of the Washington
Typothetae at the Washington Golf
and Country Club yesterday was won
by Oscar Wright with a card of 8S.
Carl V. Eiker, who usually draws
down a prize in the typothetae affairs.
won low net in class A with 92-14-
78. Glass B was won by M. A. OBrien
with 98-18-S0 and the prize in class
G went to L. D. Nicholson with 106-
25-S1.
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Thelma Smith. director, will be in
charge of the series scheduled to open
the third week in October.
Blow School, winner Of the Rosedale
division title last year will not be
represented in the basket ball series
this season as the school has only six
grades now and all of the basket ball
groups are drawn from the seventh
and eighth grades. Pierce, Wheatley.
Madison. Maury. kingsman. Kenil-
worth and Benning are the teams
signed UP for the league games.
Blow will join the dodge ball groups
in the formation of a lively league
in the Rosedale section this Fall, with
Myrtle Standish, assistant director, in
charge of the games. Other teams n
this series will be Webb. Maury.
Pierce. Wheatley. Madison. Kingsman
and Benning.
Evening star., 1927-10-05
GRIFFS LAND FOUR
PLAYERS IN DRAFT

PITTSBURGH, October s R.-
Twenty-Five minor league players were
drafted by club owners Of the Amer
lean and National Leagues at the an.
nual draft meeting conducted by Base
Ball Commissioner Lands.
All Of the clubs except the Yankees
and Athletics shared in the player
selection.
Washington, with four players
headed the list. which developed
especially spirited bidding for the
services Of Howard Freigau. third
baseman of the Kansas City Club of
the American Association. He was
sought by IL clubs.
Lefty" O'Doul, former Yankee
pitcher, who compiled a notable rec
ord as an outfielder and slugger with
San Francisco of the Pacific Coast
League this year, was drafted by the
New York Giants.
The list of drafted players obtained
by the various major league clubs
follows:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
WASHINGTON - F. Griffen, pitcher.
Memphis: Hugh McMullen. catcher. Louis.
vile Albert Cooper. catcher. Birmingha ham,
AAdlss. Ala; Thomas Taylor. infeIder. Houston
Cleveland-Bin Bayne. pitcher, from Tor
s. c.: F. E. Wilson, outfeider, Milwaukee
Boston-John Heving. catcher, Toledo.
st Louis-Clyde Manion. catcher. New
Chicago--John Mann shortstop. Wichita
Ealls; Tex: G. H. Redfern. infielder. Fort
Detroit--GuiIford Paulson. pitcher. syra-
cuse.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh--,tames Lindsay, pitcher. San
Antonio: Charles Walsh. pitcher. Lawrence.
Mass.
81: Louis-virgil Davis. catcher. Buffalo.
Cincinnati-.-J. G. Edwards. pitcher. Seattle
B0ston-Arthur Delaney. pitcher. Oakland.
Calf: Baxter Williams. catcher. Asheville.
Chicago-J. r. prothro. third baseman,
Portland. Oreg.: N. A. Mcmillan. second
New York.. oDoul. outfielder. San
francisco: Chester Nichols. pitcher. Jersey
CITY.
PhilsdeIphia--A G. whitney. third base.
Waco. Tex '"' A'"ee' "''"'''
Brooklyn-Howard Ereigau. third base
man. Kansas Citv. Mo: Louis Koupal
pitcher. Indianapolis.
Evening star., 1927-10-05
SCHEDULE FOR SERIES
By the Associated Press.

Contenders-New York Yankees
champions of the American League
and the Pittsburgh Pirates, champions
Of the National League.
Schedule--First two games at Forbes
Field, Pittsburgh. today and Thurs
day, October and 6; next three at
Yankee Stadium. New York. October
7. 8 and 9; last two at Forbes Field,
October 10 and II. All games sched-
uled at 1870 pm. Eastern standard
time. except on Sunday, at New York,
which starts at 2:01 pm. because OF
State law. In event of postponement
because of weather. teams remain In
either city to play allotted games.
Crowd flgures-Capacity Of Forbes
Field. $4,000: Yankee Stadium, IS. 600.
If seven games played, probable at
tendance. based on r capacity crowds.
about $50, 900, and total receipts about
81 400, 900. World series records
32S,O51 and $1,207,864. set in 1925
series between Yankees and Cardi.
nails.
Managers-Owen Donie, Bush Of
Pirates. first year; Miller j. Huggins
of Yankees, tenth year.
Evening star., 1927-10-05
PILOTS TO TAKE BREAKS
OF SERIES AS THEY COME
Barnhart Has Leg Injury, While Joe Harris Dsor-
dered Stomach Bothers Him-Sellout of Seats
Expected in Smoky City.

"If we lose, I'll have no alibis." con-
tinued Bush. with the exception of
Barnhart and Joe Harris. all of the
men are in fine shape. Barnhart has
a leg bothering him a bit, but he still
can travel around the outfield. Harris
is annoyed by a disordered stomach
that has been troubling him for sew.
eral weeks. But Joe can get In there
and play a bangup game. think the
club Is strong enough to make great
battle Of the series"
Miller Higgins, to whom world
series are getting to be matters of
course, this forenoon was as clam on
the verge Of the opening game of the
was entering nothing more than a
series in the ordinary run of league
campaign. 1.-TWO good clubs are ready
to battle" remarked the little leader.
land naturally / think the Yankees
will win. But we are looking for moth
ing easy. The breaks tell more in a
world series than they do over a regu-
lar season, and we cannot anticipate
just when the breaks will come. But
the Yankees will be prepared to take
advantage Of any breaks that come
their way"
Will Fight From Start.
While each manager had what he
considered his best pitcher. slated for
the opening contest, neither would say
that winning the first battle was of
vital Importance. Its fine to get the
jump on the other fellow" was the
way Bush regarded 1t, then added
but remember that In the last three
world series the club taking the first
game was the series loser" Huggins
declared the Yanks would be out to
fight for victory from the start. but
that defeat in the beginning certainly
would not be considered more than a
temporary setback.
This world series is the fourth in
which the Pirates have taken part, al
though only the third under the Brush
rules that were put into effect in 1905.
The first classic in which the Pitts
burgh club was a participant was in
1903. when it met the Boston Ameri-
can League club. 1t was to have been
q nine-game event, but the Hubmen
won five of eight games.
1t was the first and only world
series in which the losers got more
than the winners. President Barney
Dreyfuss turned over to his COrsairs
his share of the money, making them
richer than the Red Sox, who split the
winners pot.
But a combination of the winning
and losing pools of that 1903 series
would be far short Of the money going
to the losers in this 1927 show. With
all tickets sold here. and prospects of
a sellout when the series moves to
New York the latter part of the week,
the automobile statesmen ought to do
big business among Yankees and
this FAIL
Evening star., 1927-10-05
FIELD TRIALSTO Be
STAGED AT FAIRFAX

Many entries are being received for
the third annual field trials Of the
Northern Virginia Field Trial Asso-
citation. to be held beginning Tuesday
on the Chantilly Farm, about five
miles west of Fairfax Court House,
Va. The course. a wide one through
open country in which there are
plenty Of native birds, will run toward
Centerville. where lunch will be served
each day by women of the Southern
Methodist Church.
For the first time quite a few
Washington fanciers will compete
this year, as the Northern Virginia
Associations rules no longer restrict
the trials to only residents of Vir-
ginia, but any sportsmen may take
part.
Derby and All Age stakes will he
run. Thomas p. Baldwin Of this city
and ]. Lee Dale of Vienna, Va, will
Judge the Derby, which will he staged
first, and Warren Rice OF Winchester,
Va, and f. M. Curtis OF Fredericks
burg, Va, will pick the winners in the
All Age.
Settlers and pointers belonging to
members Of the Northern Virginia AS
sociation will vie in bench show to
be held on the dancing pavilion at
the Fairfax County Fair Grounds
Tuesday night at $50 O'Clock. Silver
trophies will be awarded each dog
winning a place in the show, expect
ed to prove one Of the largest ever
held in this section. II not in the Old
Dominion. and a silver cup will go
to the hest dog shown.
Headquarters will he at Fairfax
Tavern. Fairfax Court House. where
many reservations already have been
made hy members from a distance.
Dogs will be housed in the buildings
on the fair grounds.
National Capital Field Trial Club
will hold It's fifteenth annual trials
over the same course and with similar
accommodations. starting October "a.
Evening star., 1927-10-05

i little doubt about the outcome
of the world series scheduled
to get under way this afternoon.
Yankee hackers are confident the
Yankees are going to. win and they
are able to advance 1000 reasons why,
too. Strangely, Pirate hackers are
Just as confident the Pirates are going
to win and are able to advance l 900
reasons for their confidence
An earful Of this stuff for a. day
and one concludes that both clubs are
SO good that nothing more than a
draw will he possible in this twenty.
third renewal of the annual classic
played under Brush rules. But the
powers that be do not stand for drawn
series. The battling must continue
until one of the rivals passes out, and
as the series opened today your guess
as TO the winner probably was as
good AS any other persons guess.
Both Managers Confident.
OF course, each Of the rival man.
ayers went into the series confident
his club would carry on to victory,
but neither would make any positive
statement about the affair. In these
days big league base ball managers
are becoming almost as cagey with
regard to predictions of success az
college foot ball coaches long have
been, and it is a recognized fact that
college foot ball coaches never are
willing to admit they are apt to get
anything better than licking in a
big game.
DOME Bush. who led the Pirates to
the National League championship
four years after he left the helm of
the Washington Club, was more dis
posed to gossip about his acquaint-
ances in the Capitol than talk of his
clubs series chances, when approached
this morning. Bush still has warm
spot in his heart for Washington.
where he boasts multitude of
friends.
Finally. Donnie did admit that he
believed the Pirates would win, but
not without tough fight. I'VE have
a pretty good ball club here in Pitts
burgh, you know. and the Yankees
have fine one here to play it. but if
we play the game we are capable of
1 think We'll take the series"
said DOME. I'VE have good pitchers.
can hit and field and the club is fast
on it's feet
Has Faith in Pitchers.
Toward the end of the National
League season. we slumped at bat, but
our pitchers and our defense were
strong enough to carry us through.
am certain our pitchers can go along
or two and IL the club comes out Of its
batting slump 1t ought to hand the
Yankees a fine licking.
Evening star., 1927-10-05

The senior circuit. although the un.
der dog in the long run. has one con-
sptcuous distinction. Three times its
representatives swept to victory with
out the loss of single game. The Chi
cago Cubs against Detroit in 1907. Bos-
ton Braves against the Athletics in
1914 and the Giants against the
Yankee; in 1922 all were triumphant
in such overwhelming fashion. Tie
garpes in two of these years. 1907 and
1922, only served to prolong the agony
for the American League
No Boston team. Braves or Red Sox
has ever tasted defeat
Evening star., 1927-10-05
MINES CLASH FOR TITLE
IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Chsrrydale and Arlington All-Stars
are to open three-game series on
Sunday to decide the unlimited cham
pionship of Northern Virginia. Play
will start at o'clock on Arlington
diamond with the scene shifting to
Cherrydale the following week end.
Henry Hiser will count on AL Chase
to hurl his Hyattsville All-Stars to a
win over Mount Rainier in the decid-
ing game Of their series at Riverdale
on Sunday at 3 o'clock. Each team has
won and lost and a third game re-
suited in a tie. Bellman is expected
to pitch for the Mounts.
World series returns will be received
by radio mt the park
Evening star., 1927-10-05
tbs series record in detail:
BARNEY FAVORS YANKEES;
THINKS MOORE WILL STAR

yousness that characterized their
plav against the Cardinals last sea-
son. But the best thing the Yankees
have after this hitting and playing
Improvement Is Moore"
"He is up for the first time. ana
he has proved himself a fine pitcher
already. He is no green rookie. but
he knows how to pitch. He has the
control. too. He is pitcher you
won't beat until you've seen him
three or four times. / know our club
has looked him over a lot this year.
and we haven't found out yet how he
pitches.
"I know the Yankees have two fine
pitchers in Pennock and Hoyt. but
think that when they need two, pos
sibly three games pitched and won,
Moore is the boy who will do 1t for
them"
How. about Ruth and Gehrig in
this coming series?" the great kansan
was asked.
Made a Joke OF Race.
'It isn't Ruth and Gehrig only. you
want to remember. Its the whole
Yankees lineup. / don't see how the
Pirates are going to get them. They
made the race In our league joke.
Why they are so far ahead Of the rest
Of the clubs that there wasn't any
race in the American League. since
about the first of May. None OF the
other clubs ever had a chance against
the Yankees"
Evening star., 1927-10-05
STRAIGHT OFF THE 1TEE

Sudden and unusual weather condi-
tions Monday night forced many
penalty strokes on the competitors in
the women's championship of the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association at
Congressional yesterday. A verita ble
cloudburst Monday night flooded the
bunkers and washed the sand up
against the drain pipes, filling the
traps full Of water. which was only
drained out yesterday afternoon after
the entire greens force had been at
work since early morning.
The regular rule for play in casual
water in hazards governed play in
the qualifying round. and some of the
women reported as many as 10
penalty strokes incurred by getting
in deep water in the traps. 1t was
simply one of the conditions in golf
which must he borne. unusual, to be
sure, but fair for all. The proper
Evening star., 1927-10-05


DTTTsBURGH, October 5.-A'
their Gsss sssad ia ana 3ns so'sr ssnr2s Ss
are sharply divided as to
fhe winner of the world series
which gets under way today at
,,'orbcs Field. That is to say. the base
all reporters employed by Journals
...utpd in National League cities are
picking the Pirates. while those who
contribute to the press of American
League towns are stringing along
with the Yankees.
This condition always has prevailed
and is natural one. for the strictly
nre.league scribes become familiar
with the prowess 6f the players they
see for at least half of a season. while
they seldom If ever obtain the oppor
tunty to inspect the clubs of the rival
circuit. who therefore remain largely
IN unknown quantity.
But how about the critics who are
located in the urban centerS that sup
port teams in both major organiZa,
tinns such as Boston. Philadelphia.
Kew York. Chicago and st. Louis?
Disregard the Experts"
What they think may or may not
matter to any great extent. They
IRE merely employees who get paid for
conveying to the fans through the
medium of the public prints their i'm
I,reSsions and interpretations OF what
1ranspires on the diamond. To the
average follower OF the national pas
i.Ine they are merely puppets who
p"ovide views that the cash customer
can concur in or disagree with, al
their pleasure.
In some quarters they are regarded
as experts" hut the great fan flock
at large usually refers to them as
those newspaper guys and discounts
anything they may have to say by
about so per cent lust on general
principles"
Being human the base ball report
ers are prone to err, but they prob.
ably have as high a hating average
rs diagnosticians in any other line of
endeavor. Hence, if it is an accepted
premise that the journalistic gentry,
tmbued by pride of authorship and all
that sort of thing, really make an
earnest effort to guide their readers |
Alright, the casual scanner of these |
lines may be interested to know that |
the Yankees are overwhelming IA
voriteS to vanQuish the Pirates in the |
Evening star., 1927-10-05

rtitular set that gets under way thi:
afternoon.
Yankees Are FavOrites.
/ A canvass Of the writer's from towns
| that harbor both National and Ameri
can League clubs, who have been In
n position to gain first t-hand knOwl
edge OF both contenders. disclOScs few
who are more than merely hopeful
| that DOME Bush and his gallant crew
/ will he able to scuttle the craft pilOted
by Miller Huggins.
That the Buccaneers are fast, tricky
and reSourceful is freely admitted, and
some even go so far as to say that
they possess a disinct edge in the all
important consideration of pitching,
but when the item of offensive power
is pondered the Yankees penchant for
pounding out eXtrabase blows in
variably causes the analyst to cast his
ballot for Ruth, Gehrig and company.
These observers are committed to
the belief that reverse for the Hug
men in the opening battle of the set
simply will mean that the ultimate
triumph OF the club that set flock
of new records in gaining the Amer.
lean eague banner this year will be
only deferred, whereas a defeat for
the Pirates at the outset will virtu-
ally end all hope for them.
They adhere to this conviction de.
spite the leg injury suffered by Herb
Pennock in batting practice yester.
day, which may mean that this cagey
moundsman will he unavailable for
service in the series, contending that
it was doubtful whether a southpaw
would have been called on for duty
anyhow.
Pirates Tensely Hopeful.
So far as could be judged by the
demea nor Of the athletes before they
took the field the Pirates appeared
tensely hopeful. while the attitude Of
the Yankees might best be described
as alertly confident.
Huggins was the same inscrutable,
on-communicative parsonage he al
ways has been. while Bush fitted
about in the restless manner Wash
ington fans came to know so we'll
when he was shortstopping for the
Tigers and later directing the Griff.
men. the season before Harris took
he planned to use either Aldridge or
himself on pitching choice
for the second game. but did admit
he planned to use either Aldride or
Hill. indicating that he favored the
latter over Meadows, his other be-
spectacled hurler.
Evening star., 1927-10-05
BY SOL METZGER.

Do you know why you slice?
Most every golfer commits this
error, you know, and there's a rea-
son. II you will take the trouble
to look over the illustra tions above
you will see why a ball slices with
no less than six causes pictured
for you. That's not all Of them,
by any means. but these six causes
of slicing are SO common that in
all probability your cause for slic-
ing is listed. 1t slicing - is the
great common denominator of golf
that catches champions as well as
dubs.
II it is Of solace to you. Bobby
Jones sliced at OakmOnt and got
into difficulties. So did all the
cracks. 1t Is one of Glenna Col
lett's chief grievances. The cure
well 1t is up to you and your pro.
Find the cause and get the RENE.
dy and work it out in practice-if
you have time for that.
Evening star., 1927-10-05
SHOES HARD TO FILL.

Some one on the University OF
Washington foot ball team has spa.
ciOus shoes this season. f. p. Casey,
sporting goods dealer of Aberdeen.
Wash. received. by mistake, a large
sized box. which contained one pair
OF cleated foot ball shoes, size 1917
triple +. Each shoe weighed more
than two pounds. The shipment was
consigned to the University Of Wash
ington and was opened by mistake.
Evening star., 1927-10-05
LOSS OF FREtGAU BLOW
TO KANSAS CITY CLlJR

KANSAS CITY, October s R.-
Announcement that Howard Freigau
third baseman of the Kansas CITY
American Association club, has been
drafted by the Brooklyn Nationals
broke up the infield credited with
keeping the local team in the pennant
race until the final game. !.
Freigau, regarded as one Of the
best third basemen ever signed by
the Blues. was obtained from the Chi
cago Nationals this year in a deal
that sent Eddie Pick to the Cubs.
He is the second star to 60 to the
majors from the 1927 Blue team.
Joe Hauser. smuggling first baseman,
will report to the Philadelphia Amer
leans next Spring.
Evening star., 1927-10-05
ANOTHER CHESS GAME
is DECLARED A DRAW

RUENOS AIRES. October S R.--
Tine fifth drawn game in the worlds
chess championship match was re-
corded here last night, when Jose X.
Capablanca of Cuba. the champion,
and Alexander Alekhine. Russian
challenger, agreed to draw their
eighth game.
Only one move was made last night
by the contestants after resumption Of
Ae game.
|rThe standing now is: Capablanca, .;
Alekhine. /: dra wn. 5.
The ninth game will be played to-
Ll.hL
Evening star., 1927-10-05
Ruth's World Series Slugggging
Has Gained Him Batting Marks

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PLENTY OF BEEF

Twenty-Five Of the candidates for
the 1927 Minnesota varsity eleven
weigh 100 pounds or more.
Evening star., 1927-10-05

NewspaI . on the Frekch Rivera
are using carrier pigeons to cover i'm
portank sporting events.