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The Washington times., 1927-06-03
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BY r. D. Thomas

The incubator Of baseball stars.
your playground department, has
Matched a prospect worthy Of. At
tention. Little Fred F1aharty, Of
Curtis-Hyde School, now engaged in
struggle among 66 teams for the
city playground title, has pitched
two no-hit games.
His teammates think he'll come
close to q third when Curtis Hyde
shortly tackles Monroe School in
the finals Of the western section.
Their belief that Fred Is unbeatable
may be an important factor in an
interesting little baseball war.
For Curtis-Hyde will need con.
fidence If it is to vanquish the
snappy young team Of Monroe.
Monroe School. ever q leader
in playground sports, is UNI
usually ambitious this year.
The championship laurel it won
in the track and field meet is
still q fresh green. Its ball
team swept to victory in the
Columbia Heights divisional
league and continued its con-
quering rush in the intersec.
tiOnal playOff, which includes
seven champions, three in the
western division and four In the
eastern.
In the first game Of the Western
finals, Monroe defeated Langdon,
1 to 0, and Langdon was added to the
list Of those that failed in the long
and thoroughly trying campaign for
the most coveted title Washington
kid teams know. Only six teams re-
main of the Sc that started.
Monroe and Curtis-Hyde will fight
1t out Monday on the Plaza Field for
the championship Of the western Sec
ton. In the eastern section the
Randle Highlands and Gale, the
Maury School having been eliminated
by Gale.
The winners of the two sections
will meet in a grand finale.
Park View, which won the title last
year, was eliminated this time in the
preliminaries. Monroe knocked of
the 1926 champion.
To get back 10 FIaharty, he's O
speed demon! Fred Is Of mod.
crate size, but he is strong and
has the knack Of putting smoke
on the bah. He has q natural
fast One," an asset that big
Ieaguers say q chap must be
born with. Giant pitchers some
times can't muster the steam Of
understood Fingers who have the
gift.
In one Of his no.hit games Fred
walked three batters. In the other
he gave no pass. But for an error
that permitted a player to reach |
first base, the little star would have
had perfect game.
He has pitched five games In the
big tournament and won all.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03
.National-l54.
AmerIcan-1lS.

way they slaughtered Mack's
firing curvers was shameful. In
those five battles the champions
scored A runs on 40 hits. They
banged out IL doubles. 4 triples
and 8 home runs, tOtaling 119
bases. Play that on your mouth
organ.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

Washington's pitching staff flaunts
no banners of flaring glory, yet the
return Of Walter Johnson should
help it not a little and, with warm
weather, the staff may begin show.
ing more consistency. Today,
though. Bucky Harris is in great
need Of a capable southpaw to
round out his corps.
On Tuesday Eddie Collins closed
consecutive hitting streak running
through Is games. During that
time he crashed rs hits in 66 times
at bat for q batting mark of 1893.
He accepted % bases on balls over
that stretch, reaching first base 81
times. Collins is leading off for the
first time in his 81 years Of expert
ence. but he seems a veteran at
it.
Joe Sewell and Luke Sewell, broth.
ers, are with the Cleveland Indians,
the former at short and the latter
behind the bat. They are losing a
chance to set a record by not con-
vincing their younger brother Tom
to join the Indians, thus putting
three brothers on one team at the
same time.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03
PIheBiGFip'

Section B.-Eslximoa. Americans
Rommels, Calhouns.
Insect Glass
Iriquois, st. Martins, Walfords
Corinthians, Boys Club EIke.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03
TON
WINS DUEL

One Of the prettiest pitching dueIs
Of the sandlot season resulted in 4
s-to-2 victory FOR the Public Build.
ingB and Parks team over Naval
Hospital IN the Federal League.
e. Hamilton, the winning pitcher.
yielded four hits and his rival
Hunt. gave i've. Neither team
scored after the third inning.
Filler and Frye each got two Of
Naval Hospitals hits and r. Hanil.
ton led the other side with pair.
a game between the Black and {
White Taxi and Tiger teams OF !
the Terminal League was a con.
test until the sixth IN which the
Ianmen scored eight runs.
Inc final score was Is 70 2,
Holland was the batting star !
Tor the winners with four hits.
The Union Printers scored threa
runs In the last inning to nose out
9. A. o., 8 to z. First Baseman
Charles, OF g. A. o., was the chief
sticker: He made three bingles, one
Ia two-bagger.
Barber and Ross and ThonIp.
sons Dairy fought eight innfngs
to 4-t04 deadlock. The DaIry-
men made an uphill battle 70
avoid defeat. r. Balls three
hits helped q lot.
With Williams pitching excellent.
", Postoffice defeated Veterans
Bureau, to 2, in the Colored De.
partmental League. Williams let
down the losers with four safeties.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03
IlheBiGlQIlI

Yesterdays Home Run
NATIONAL LEAGUE
No. Total
Williams. PhiIlisS. ............ 10
AMERICAN LEAGUE
The Leaders
Amsrican-Ruth, Is; Gehrig. -; Will
uame, 6.
National--williams 10; Wilson. O.;
Hornsby, s; Herman, 8.
League Totals
Nationalist.
American-113.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

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The Washington times., 1927-06-03

GRIFF MEN
. / GRAB
HIJFLER5
BY Louis A. Dougher

Clark Griffith and Bucly Harris
have less than two weeks to walt
before discovering whether or not
they are to corral any major league
pitchers as additions to their staff.
Both admit their intention Of grab
bling any twirler with half chance
OF making good with the Washing.
ton entry.
You can't convince me that this
team isn't q possible pennant.win,
1er." says the Washington mag.
nate. "I'll admit the pitching hasn't
been up to snuff. but frequently 1t
has been good. even when beaten.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

Beginning on Monday, the
Yankees played five games with
the AS at Shibe Park, and the
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

Many rurnors are running around
the league. One has "Sad Sam
Jones, of the st. Louis Browns
booked to go to the AS in some
sort OF q deal Another has Walter
BeaH coming here on waivers. One
has the Griffs acquiring a Red Soz
pitcher in exchange for an out
aielder. Another has Detroit arrang
ing a couple Of deals looking to
land at least one outfielder able to
move around.
However, It Is unlikely that any,
Ehing will be known definitely for
another week. The magnates and
managers have till June Is to cut
down their rosters to the legal limit
or % active players and they are
All working overtime trying to live
up to the law and still retain soma
sort OF grip upon certain players
not necessary at the moment.
George Stallings, of the RochastA,
4nternationals. and President II. w
Lane, Of the Hollywood club. Of the
kacif1c Coast League, conanuned
with President Griffith yesterday re-,
gardi1g possible deals, but nothine
happened. Stallings beat It out Of
Town In a hurry, but Lane remained
60 witness the Washington victory az
guest Of President Griffith.
mo. we did no business" was
the terse explanation Of the
washington T1agnate when asked
the Importance of the two visits
by the minor leaguers.
On April u Connia MaoS
generally credited with POSSESSING
the best pitching staff in the league.
Today everybody knows better.
furthermore, as he Is now working
MS men, Connie will have only shat.
tered hulks by July 4. For instance.
Rube Walberg pitched, nine strenu.
Gus innings here on Sunday, acted as
Eeilef pitcher Monday and pitched a
mound duel with Myles Thomas on
Wednesday. This will kill off anv
pitcher, however strong he NAV be.
Ray Schalk has been getting the
most consistently good pitching from
his staff Of all the leaders in the cir.
cult. The high ranking of the White
Sox is the result Of good pitching
rather than hitting or fielding.
The Yankees have a staff that
threatens to crack at almost any mo.
ment. but when one looks upon the
terrific batting offense Of the cham.
pions, one wonders how any pitcher
can fail to make good with the
Yankees.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

FRUIT GROWERS PLAY i
The Fruit Growers Express team
plays the Alexandria Postoffice nine
In Cameron Park tomorrow after
noon at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

II want at least one capable
lefthanded pitcher to swing my
club right up to the top. I
could use . righthanded pitcher,
too. but not quite so much as .
southpaW able to 90 the route"
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

Joe Judge pulled up with q pain.
ful charleyhorse yesterday, but
Nick Cullop was not sent to the
initial sack. iris Speaker volun.
teered to hold down the job, was
snapped up by Bucky Harris and
proceeded to make good, rather to
the annazement Of all concerned.
Speaker owns a helder's glove, a
firstsacker's glove ana a catcher's
mitt, all Of which he uses at times.
During the training season he played
around first base every day, though
yesterday was his first appearance
at that position in a regular game.
The catcher's Initt comes in handy
when his hands are tender in the
spring. A soon as Muddy Ruel,
Benny Tate and Johnny Berger all
collapse at one and the same time,
iris will volunteer to go behind the
bat, will be snapped up by Bucky
Harris and will quite likely make
good to the amazement of all con.
cerned.
Sammy West. kid outfielder from
Birmingham, looked at his first
southpaw pitching of the season
yesterday. It has been the policy
Of the management to keep him
away from the .southside stuff, but
he happened to be at the bat when
Ernie Wingard showed up on the
hill in the sixth inning and he was
allowed to remain. The youngster
poled single to center, by the way,
and showed no timidity whatever.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

Tommy SeweII Il . promising
young third baseman, fresh from
Alabama University, which grad.
uated both Of his brothers.
Joe Mccarthy, Of the Chicago
Cubs, has landed the youngest
Of the Sewells and win give him
. thorough trial. The kid hits
from the south side Of the plate.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

Haight win try to get things in
shape for q start Sunday. His
principal problem is to obtain
enough playing fields.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

Hollis ThurstOn has now won
IL games from the Browns. He
takes great delight i'm turning
them back for he claims never
to have received q decent trial
In st. Louis. The moment he
Squawked he was sold to the
White SOx.
Eight double plays decorated yes.
terday's combat at the Griffith
Stadium. Five times did the Griffs
cut down two Browns at once.
Thurstoh started two Of them, Bluege
one, Rigney one and Harris one.
Rigney pivoted in three and Harris
IN two Of them, with Speaker clos.
ing the iron gate each time.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

mo. we did no business" was
tne terse explanation Of the
washington nlagnate when asked
Iile Importance of the two visits
by the minor leaguerS.
The Washington times., 1927-06-03
Senior Class

,o1 The teams and their sections fol
The Washington times., 1927-06-03

$50 tie clear that sandIot
baseball IL not on the decrease"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-06
MIXUP IN CONTRACTS
MAY PREVENT FIGHT
Ace Hudkins Faces Difficulties As
Bout With Baker Is Post
pOned to July rs

Los Angeles, July 6 P>-A mixup
In fight contracts involving bouts in
Chicago, New York and Los Angeles,
today found Ace Hudkins, Lincoln,
Neb.,, welterweight, facing new Diff
ficulties in his efforts to stage an
outdoor bout with Sergeant Sammy
Baker here.
Hudkins was informed that his
bout with Baker, scheduled for July
IS had been postponed until July
Is. Even then it Is not certain the
bout will be staged for while Pro-
moter Dick Donald has a contract
signed by Clyde Hudkins. brother
and manager Of Ace Hudkins, and a
telegraphed acceptance from Steve
Weber representing Baker. Promo
ter Humbert Fugazy has the boxers
dated for bout in New York Aug
ust 8.
Another factor in the postpone
ment was the contract of James
Mullen of Chicago who has Baker
and Mushy Callahan. junior welter-
weight champion. programmed for
a bout there next Thursday night.
The mixup in contracts was said
to have resulted in the eagernss Of
each boxer to. sign with promoter
who had the other fighter signed
and also to the fact that Hudkins
has a New York manager, who
signed with Fugazy.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-06
|CADDIES Battling
FOR H0N0RS today
Feature Event Of Golf Season
Staged at Shuttle Meadow

One Of the greatest golf battles OF
the season is being staged today at
the Shuttle Meadow club in the an
nual tournament OF the caddieA
Wimbledon has its tennis tourna-
ment: New York its fight tourna-
ment; Oakmont its national open
and other places their national
events, but no greater spectacle u
seen anywhere than at Shuttle
Meadow today when the bag
toters" become for q day the mas
tiers Of the course.
For weeks the little fellows who
study the styles Of the various play
ers from the sidelines, have been
practicing form and stance on the
junior course behind the caddy
house until some are shooting near
ly perfect
Usually. on Caddy Day, the course
record Is nearly shattered and with
perfect golflng weather favoring the
youngsters, some unusual scores are
looked for as the returns start TO
come in. The tournament was
scheduled to start this morning.
The excitement attendant on the
event has not been limited to the
caddy house because several OF the
most prominent members Of the
club have been noticed lately get
ting their clubs FURNISHED up. 1t
will be a proud member OF the club
whose clubs are used by the winner
of today's tournament.
Although the gallery isn't ex-
pected to break any records be-
cause of the morning play. still all
morning long, interested spectators
have stolen away from their respec-
tive businesses to spend five minutes
watching the junior champions lin
ing the bah over the bunkers and
fairways.
The returns OF the tournament
will most probably be published IN
another part of this issue as the
competition will be finished, 1t is
expected at a rather early hour.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-06
RECORD STILL STANDS
william J. Corners and Wife to
Make Another Attempt to Lower
Motorboat Mark.

New York, July P>-Beaten in
their attempts to OUTRAGE time in
dashes down the Hudson river in
high speed motorboats. William ].
Corners, ST., 70, and his 2S-year- old
wife are planning another effort to
lift the record held by Richard
Hoyt's ''Teaser" for the Albany to
New York trip.
Mrs. Corners piloted her craft,
Miss Okeechobee,' at a mile-a-
minute clip yesterday until a broken
oil pipe forced her out 81 miles from
the starting point. She had covered
that distance in exactly 81 minutes.
Mr.. Corners 1000 horsepower
cruiser. "W. J. Corners ILL.," had to
quit IS miles from New York when
an engine cylinder cracked.
Both boats finished their trips, but
far behind the record time of 2
hours, IS minutes for the 13S-mile
run
Mrs. Corners plans to make an
other attempt next week.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-06

British championship at Wimble-
don-England:
Tilden beat Brugnon 8 out Of 4 to
enter semi-hnals.
Tilden lost to Cochet, out OF S,
in semi finals.
In every one of the three great
contests that featured Tilden's
roarch through Europe with Francis
Hunter, his partner. he was able to
beat his first French opponent, los
ling-when he did lose-to the sec
ond foe. Tilden seemed beaten by
sheer force Of numbers-outnum-
bered three or four to one.
Doubles were easy for the French
as Brugnon and Borotra, Borotra
and I.acoste and Cochet and Brug-
non all paired to beat Tilden- Hunter
creating a large sized doubles prob
lem for Uncle Sans Davis cup de-
Tense strategists.
With her own French opposition
suzanne Lenglen-now a profess
sional. Helen Wills bowled through
the best amateurs OF the world
without a halt, her sweeping victory
at Wimbledon auguring well for the
Wightman cup matches with an
English women's team at Forest
Hills the middle OF next month.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-06
.T|LDEN RECLAIMED
some Of Prestige
Helen Wills Returns Home With
Wimbledon Championship

New York. July R-When Big
Bill Tilden and Helen Wills return
to this country soon to defend
Americas tennis laurels on their own
soil, Miss Wills will bring the VIM
bledon championship and Tilden
better than an even break with his
three French rivals.
Tilden's showing in his lone argu-
ment with the ''musketeers"-
Cochet, Lacoste and Borotra-was
three victories and two defeats. He
beat all three and only Lacoste and
Cochet succeeded in beating him. He
also defeated Brugnon, fourth
great French player.
In the first part Of his crusade.
Tilden scored clean sweep. beat
ing Lacoste. Borotra and Cochet.
Later he Jared not SO well. losing to
Lacoste in the last battle of the
French invasion and to Cochet, his
nemesis, in the Wimbledon semi
finals, after eliminating Brugnon.
The following review Of Tilden's
one-man battle against three or four
shows he still can be reckoned in on
the Davis cup challenge round de-
Tense and the mems national cham
pionship. both in September:
Franco American matches -
France:
Tilden beat Borotra. and Lacoste,
each in two straight sets.
International hard court cham
pionship-France:
Tilden beat Cochet in semi-f1nal,
three straight sets.
Tilden lost to Lacoste, out of
sets, in final.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-06
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Finishing their home stand with a
first place lead of twelve and one
one half games, the New York
Yankees today were off for their Sec
ond western invasion, minus the
services Of two regular pitchers and
their shortstop. but still able to win
ball games in one manner or an
other. The Washington Senators fell
by the wayside yesterday for the
third time in succession. Babe Ruth
and Lou Gehrig were strangely
silent in the matter OF home runs
but Tony Lazzeri dashed out one in
the ninth, with two down, that won
the ball game. 7-6. Horace Lisenbee,
ace Of the Washington pitching staff,
was the victim-and Lisenbee previ-
ously had been inx for Higgins
club.
Waite Hoyt was ordered to
Rochester to have a lame pitching
arm attended to and Urban Shocker
vas laid Up with an injured ankle.
Mark Koenig will not be back at
short when the Yanks open against
Detroit with double header on Fri
day. but with his team functioning
as it is, Higgins was worrying little.
The Boston Red Sox extended a
winning streak" to two games by
rallying in the ninth to defeat Phila-
delphia, 6-5. Connie Mack used four
pitchers in vain effort to stem the
Boston attack Todt, Boston first
baseman, showed the way with a
home run and three singles.
Every man in the st. Louis line
up got at least one hit in the
Browns IT'S victory over Detroit.
Five homers, four doubles and two
triples studded the total of IS hits,
20 OF which were made by the
Browns. Gehringer hit for the cir
cult in the eighth with the bases
full.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and the
Chicago Cubs kept at it in their
highly interesting battle for first
place in the National league. The
Corsairs pounded four st. Louis
pitchers hard and gave the worlds
champions their sixth consecutive
beating 14-2 to make a clean sweep
in the three-game series at Pitts
burgh. Chicago wound up its
home stand by trimming Cincinnati,
SIS. The Cubs concentrated their
attack in the fifth and eighth in
nings and drove Luque off the
mound.
The pb;lodolpbi, Nationals staped
a ninth inning rally to beat the Bos-
ton Braves, 5-4. "Stuffy" McInnis's
team previously had lost six in a
row. Lester Sweetland. Rookie
southpaw. went the route for the
pills in his major league debut.
nlEAAI Il AlNlIYN
New Britain herald., 1927-07-06
THE REFEREE

Who was the leading pitcher In
the National league in 1923 and
1924. figuring earned run basis p
f. V. N.
Luque Of Cincinnati in 1928,
with an average Of 1893 and Vance
OF Brooklyn In 1924 with an aver
age of 2.16.
How many touchdowns were
made In the 1926 Stanford-S Southern
California game and who made
them IS. B. T.
Four. Hoffman and Hyland each
made one for Stanford and Kaer
and Thomas each made one for
Southern California. Bogue's point
after touchdown won the game for
Stanford.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-06
(BY BILLY EVANS)

(b1 BILLY EFANS)
One o fthe surprising features Of
the 1927 campaign in the majors to
date has been the fine showing OF
the Philadelphia Nationals. Con-
coded last place by all the experts
the Phillies, led by "Stuffy" Nc
Innis. have insisted on making it
tough for all clubs.
No one has been more instrument
tai in the unexpected form of the
Phillies than one Russell Guy
Wrightstone. who prior to this
year. had done nothing in particular
to keep Babe Ruth out of the head
lines.
Wrightstone plays first base for
the Phillies and he is doing a
mighty good job Of it. His fielding
has been la George Sisler and his
batting quite praiseworthy. Which
means he has arrived as a sure
enough big Lacquer after seven years
OF sheer plugging.
1t has taken that time for Wright
stone to find himself. Perhaps the
appointment of McInnis as manager
OF the Philadelphia Nationals was
Just the break he needed to get
somewhere in the big show.
Back In 1920 when the PhfllIes
were foundering about in the cellar.
with little money to spend for re.
crults, Wrightstone was dug up from
the semi-pro ranks around Harris
burgh. Pa. and cost the manage
ment car fare only. a matter of not
over 10 bucks.
Wrightstone came to the ma Iors
as third sacker and In his first
season played 76 games at that
position. Since that time he has
done practically everything on the
ball club except pitch or catch.
During the four years following
his debut he filled in at various
times at second, short and third.
also played the different outfleld
positions.
In the last two years the classified
list Of ball players in the National
league simply states Wrightstone is
both an infielder and an outfielder.
In these two years he has added
first base to his list of accomplish
ments. Incidentally, during his last
three seasons he has batted better
than 800.
When McInnis took charge of the
club this spring he well realized that
his days as a player were over, ex-
cept for filling in occasionally. It
was also apparent to him that he
must develop a regular first sacker.
After looking his material over this
spring he definitely decided in very
short order that Wrightstone was
the man for the Job.
"Wrightstone should make a star
first baseman," remarked McInnis to
me. as listened to him explain why
he hoped his club wouldn't finish in
last place. HE can field and hit.
Polish off a few rough spots In his
fielding and he will make the fans
sit up and take notice."
There have been few better field
ing first basemen in the history OF
the game than McInnis. AS you
watch Wrightstone, in action. you
can see many of the McInnis tricks
OF the trade crop out. McInnis
seems to have been able to impart to
Wrightstone the very dope he needed
to round him out into finished
player.
While Wrightstone is no young
ster. being 80 years of age, 1t looks
very much as if the Phillies won't
have to worry about first baseman
for number of years.
Wrigh6tone is just shy of 6 feet
weighs about 1870 pounds, bats left
and throws right handed and has a
swat average of exactly 300 cover.
ing his seven years in the majors,
spent with tailender.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-06
Will Run Mile for Each
Year of His Long Life

Green Bay, Wis, July 6 R-Chief
Iallfeather, or Levi Webster as he is
better known here, attempted today
a unique celebration of his 43rd
birthday anniversary. He hoped to
circle the fair grounds half-mile
track sc times. running mile for
each year of his life. Chief Tall
feather Is the Oneida Indian who re-
Gently established record by run
ming so miles from Milwaukee to
Chicago in approximately 20 hours.