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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06
B j s I { R
T|ESBABE

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-The race
for home run honors is getting to
be as close as the National League
pennant scramble. Buster Gehrig,
of the Yankees, tied Babe Ruth in
the great home run derby by swat.
ting his forty-fourth homer Of the
season against the Red Sox while
Ruth was collecting a mere double
in 10 times at bat.
Cy williams increased his lead
in the National League home run
jamboree by walloping his twenty.
fifth and twenty-sixth homers.
Rogers Hornsby and Hack Wilson
are tied for second place with %
each,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06
BOWLERS ASSEMBLE

The Laundrymen's Bowling
League will hold a meeting Thurs
day night at o'clock at the
Recreation Building. oil G st.
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COCA C0LAS meet

The Coca Cola Juniors will gather
tonight at 8 o'clock at the home OF
Manager lombard. 1917 r st. s. w.
All members are urged to attend.
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Georgetown Gndmen Must
Offset Class Failures

WlLDWOOD N d. Sept 6Georgetown's football
as by the loss Connaughon Mcrath Gomey
and Thompson from years team and almost cursed with an
weight material in their stead further through the
possibility several of the football
because of conditions" against them in studies "
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Al Simmons TOCO[[ECT
S10OFROM GOSL|N
~ Louis a. Dougher

PHLADELPHA Sept 6Ths fight for the American Leagues
batting honors has begun according AL
mems smuggling outd Indeed he believes that though h
been Outdstaned by Harry Heann while
Mackmens garden and four weeks will be enongh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06
ARGYLE SET
FORPLAY
BY Bingy Bryan

Argyle Club IL prepared to take
care of any match play rounds
which members choose to indulge
in, for the first round of the
championship title tournament.
All matches in the first round. for
both flights, must be completed by
Saturday afternoon. Play in the
first flight will be from scratch
while those in the second will be
at handicaps.
Neither LIE Roy Sasscer nor John
Shorey, who were winner and run.
nerup, respectively. last year. quail
fled. William r. Di Este won the
low medal score, having a card ~.
The pairings follow:
First sixteen-E. II. watson, 50. W.
r. =. Edwards. 81; W. J. strobel, IS.
vs.. c. N. NOetzei. 50: Major Mehan.
Sc, vs.. William +. DiEste. IS; L. E..
Harmon, Sc. VS.. Forrest Thompson. 81;
L. T. Hopkins. IS, VS.. T. B. Moorhouse,
S; +. 4: Crawford, 81. vs.. 7. [.
Second sixtsen-Eugene Paravano. 100
We, Joseph Carr, 1o4; G. 9. Woodward,
-. va. John Baldus, IS; w. A. Taylor,
wood. 80, vs.. C. w. Griffin, 81; H. A.
Allen, IS. vs. Col Frank White, as;
l. J. Ely, loo, W.. George g. Frederick,
100: o. K. Sweet, %. w. H. r. Har-
man. ~; A. C. Norcross, ss, We. W. e,
Town and Country Club viii
hold the semi.final and final
rounds Of the clubs champion.
ship tournament next Sunday.
Ralph Goldsmith, william Ulch,
Walter NOrdlinger, III. w. Sha-
pirO, and Howard NOrdlinger
were VictOrS i'm the second round
yesterday, and consequently they
will meet to see who enters the
finals.
A. L, Houghton and Earl McAleer
have won many matches from golf
ers, but yesterday they took unto
themselves a. pair Of archers with
the result they were winners by IL
points, besides registering a count OF
up at best ball. Houghton had
a IS for the Is holes, McAleer had a
IS. The archers-J. g. Pratt had
u n and n. o. Chase rs.
Flags planted on the BannOck.
burn course gave w. e. Carey,
iF., the Labor Day event, who
planted his flag within q foot of
the cup on the eighteenth green.
The driving contest was won by
r.. G, Kimball, whose three
drives totaIed 1872 yards. The
approaching and putting contest
was . tie between e. j. Doyle
and Middle Beaman. Beaman
won In the play-Off.
Luther Florine won his second
leg on the Presidents Cup at the
Beaver Dam Club with a card of
1856. w. III. White, who played
the second nine in par was second
with 77-10-67.
l.. s. Mead and l.. s. julien,
who were mine up on par, won
the best ball against par ut the
Columbia Country club. Nearly
three hundred players took part
In the Labor Day tournament.
Out at the Congressional Country
Club members competed in an
eighteen-hole match play against
par event. o. U. Singer, with q
total of 1O3 and a handicap 30, was
4 up on par to win the outing.
Capt. Caly Anderson and F. F,
Lincoln were 1 up on par.
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THAT'S TRnE

Climbing aids a bali players legs,
says Walter Johnson. Climbing
never hurt a ball clubs attendance.
either.
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MEET CADETS

The Yale soccer team will clash
with the Army at West Point.
November 9, and the Navy drib.
blers at Annapolis, November "a.
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Simmons was ordered not to don
a uniform for at least a month.
That was six weeks ago and, strange
as 1t may appear, the youngster
Obeyed the Doctors orders i'm.
plicitly. The effect of his long rest
is that he is now engaged in light
practice. He worked at bat for 20
minutes yesterday afternoon and,
when the Griffs were batting, he
chased long drives in the outfield
just for the exercise.
my team is out of the pennant
race" says Simmons. but that
doesn't go for me in my attempt
to win the batting championship.
am very much In earnest about
winning that title and feel sure
that, IL I could have stayed in the
lineup. I'd now be, well out in
front,
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IbAIIeu LOT HAdIey IN sixth.
2Batted for Burke in eighth.
Washington. 10000 %
philadelphia. 400 o o KS
Runs--Bishop ca. Hale. Sacrifice hit
French. Double play-Hale to Bishop
to Dykes. Triple play-Boley to Bishop
to Dykes. Left on bases--W Washington,
5: Athletics. 10. Bases on balls-off
Hadley, 4: off Quinn, /. Struck out
by Hadiey, /; by Quinn, 2. Hits-Off
Hadley, s in innings: off Burke, 2 in
2 innings; off johnson none in /
inning. Hit by pitcher-By Johnson
(Boley). Losing pitcher-Hadley. I'm.
pires-Hildebrand, MCGOWAN and Evans.
Time of game-1:32
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for the Giants, the team that
couldn't beat itself because its mem.
hers were exchanging random hay
makers in the club house and max
ing derisive sounds in the general
direction of John McGraw's re-
treating form, to get a stand off
with the Pirates for the league
leadership.
The Giants can do it by beat
ing the Braves this afternoon.
providing the Pirates finish SEQ.
Ond again to the Reds. At the
same time tie Cubs and Cards
win battle for third place.
According to a revered chestnut,
anything is possible in baseball. But
when I see the hopeless, disorgan-
d8ed, ne'er-do-well Giants Of early
August going into a tie for the
pace in early September, I will
know that the seemingly impossible
not only has been made possible
but highly probable. The Giants
themselves would have, sold their
chances for 10 cents on the dollar
when they were some 10 games be.
hind the pace hardly more than q
month ago.
But then the Cubs blew like
the noon whistle. the Cards
folded up under the strain Of
trying to carry On with q minor
league shOrtstOp, the Pirates
were an unConSciOusly long time
getting around to playing some
baseball. The Giants began to
win and the first thing we knew
we had fOur.team race. We
still have it. although some of
our more lhaSty and impetuOus
young men are q bit inclined to
read the Cubs and Cards out Of
the party without further mo-
fice.
BE that as it might. the fact that
the Giants are playing all the base
ball of their field right now cannot
be laughed off with a very sincere
cuffaw. Any outfit that can win
fwenty-six of its last thirty.two
games and eleven of its last twelve
can be figured to do almost any
thing, even win a pennant in the
West where its three main rivals
lay in waiting.
The Pirates seemed set a few
days ago when they jumped the
pace on the Cubs and later went
more than two games into the lead,
but that double defeat at Forbes
Field yesterday didn't make them
look any better than they had any
right to feel. The rest of the So; Id
ule strongly faVors the Pilates,
however.
As for the Cubs. they finally
breaking streak Of seven straight
yesterday morning when Lefty
Weinert, Just in from the Coast.
stopped the Cards In the first
game. WhereupOn, the Cubs
were shut right out i'm the sec.
Ond. leaving them wondering
whether they had started on
another rampage through the
lost column. The Cubs aren't
hitting the size Of . dWarf's
meckband.
The unfortunate Cards, mean.
time, are doing lot Of stationary
running, which will get them no
where with great haste-unless
everyone else drops dead. and some.
how most people plan to live for.
ever.
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Hub outfit had whipped the
New Workers. in the opener,
6 to /.
The holiday games proved dis
astrous to the Pirates, who dropped
both ends of a twin bill to the
Reds, to and 4 to 3. Rixey
and Donohue subdued the BUGS,
while the Pittsburgh pitchers
weren't worth, their weight in saw
dust. Everett Purdy, obtained by
the Reds from Seattle, hit q homer.
The Cubs and Cardinals negotia.
ted a Mexican stand-off. after the
Cubs broke their losing streak and
hammered out q 6-to-1 victory, Jess
bested Guy Bush, 2 to 0.
With UIrich and Scott twirl-
ing alright ball, the PhiIIies
pIastered the Robins twice, 6 to
1 and to /. The Athletics
also won two, trimming the
fading Senator's, 2 to / and too
and tightening their grip on
second place in the American
League race. The AS pulled .
triple play. The other double.
headers resulted in even breaks.
The Red Sox took an 1S-inning
nightmare from the Yankees, 70
to /. Shocker easily BANKED the
Sox in the nightcap, five-inning
affair, by 5.to-0 score.
Ken Williams hit his sixteenth
homer, but the Browns lost to
Cleveland, to s. st. Louis won
the nightcap, however, 8 to 2.
Al Thomas, of the White Sox,
held the Tigers to four hits and
blanked them to o, but the Ben.
gals slugged their way to a 1O.to.6
victory in the second game.
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man. He has proved that this
year by his great climb to the
top Of the heap. But, do you
know, when he succeeded in {
passing me it was just like 3
dose Of medicine for me. 1 be-
gan to plan TO get back into the
lineup then and there,
The doctor says I have rested long
enough and that, If feel strong, to
begin playing again. l expect to
be used as a pinch hitter at first,
but before the week Is out youIl
find me back in center field.
II shan't be able to go home this
fall as a member of q championship
club, but I do expect to 60 home
with the batting title. I've had
that ambition ever since entered
the league and this year seems just
right for ms"
In 80 games Simmons hit for .3gS.
Then came his injury while sliding
to base and the necessity for a
complete rest. He has had that
rest now and got a big hand from
the fans when he showed UP for
batting practice yesterday after
noon.
Simmons f. chuckling over
Goose GOslln's failure to give
him . fight this season, and
tainted the GriffmAn yesterday
about the 500 wager made In
the spring.
When Goslin was leading Sim
mons by q comfortable margin he
bet 500 that he would outhit Sim
mons on the season. That now APP
pears absolutely out of the ques.
ton and Goslin will have to fork
over the 500 before long.
Those two wallops yesterday were
disheartening to the Griffmen. The
AS have now won IL and lost s Of
their battles with the Harris clan
and, with RUDE Walberg and Eddie
Rommel due to twirl today, they
are banking on adding a couple more
wins to their side of the ledger.
Sam Rice strained his foot in the
morning game of the holiday and
had to be replaced by Earl McNeely
in the third inning of the afternoon
squabble. The Californian didn't hit
safely, but he gave a thrilling Elk.
hibition of fly-chasing. His long
running catch OF Hale's drive to the
extreme right-field corner In the
fourth was q work OF art and de.
served the applause given it.
Speaking of applause, the Shibe
Park battalions cheered GosIin in
the second inning Of the afternoon
game when his jumping catch robbed
Joe Boley of an extra base hit, and
they fairly surprised Walter Johnson
with the warmth of their reception
when he strobe to the rubber in the
eighth inning.
Today's twin bill ends the Griff's
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George Harper's eleventh and
twelfth hOmers Of the season
enabled the Giants to down
the Braves, 8 to 5, after ''NO
Hit" Charley Robertson Of the
Hub outfit had whipped the
New Workers. in the opener,
s to l.
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The Giants can do it by beat
ing the Braves this afternoon.
providing the Pirates finish SEQ.
Ond again to the Reds. At the
same time tie Cubs and Cards
win battle for third place.
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Americas LsAeuo

Yesterdays Results
Boston. e-s;, New York, IL.
Cincinnati, S-4; Pittsburgh, ca
Chicago. SO; st. Louis, IL.
Philadelphia. ST: Brooklyn, LII
Games today
Chicago at st. Louis
Cincinnati at PITTSBURGH.
Boston at New York.
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"HeiImaDn Is . great bats
man. He has proved that this
year by his great climb to the
top Of the heap. But, do you
know, when he succeeded i'm
passing me Il was just like .
dose Of medicine for me. 1 be-
gan to plan TO get back into the
lineup then and there.
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The unfortunate Cards, mean.
time, are doing q lot Of stationary
running, which will get them no
where with great haste-unless
everyone else drops dead, and some.
how most people plan to live for.
ever.
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Neither team takes any precedent
over the other and from the in.
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And So it became possible today
for the Giants, the team that
couldn't beat itself because its men,
hers were exchanging random hay
makers in the club house and max
ing derisive sounds in the general
direction of John McGraw's re-
treating form, to get q stand off
with the Pirates for the league
leadership.
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AFTERNOON GAME
WASHINGTON ! PHILADELPHIA

Totals 81 ia 81 Totals 81 s3713
1Batted for Hadley in sixth,
2Batted for Burke in eighth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-22
COMEBACK OF DEMPSEY
LIAENED TO THAT BY FITZ

going hack in the old Tenderloin, and,
after passing the populated sections of
BROOKLYN. soon found himself rafting
along dusty roads to Coney Island.
There was no stadium with good
chairs to sit in down there by the sea"
unused the old one. as he edged his
way home through the crowd last
night" Nothing but long wooden
ramshackle building called a club
house, but it was little more than a
glorified barn.
Reserved seats there were, but late.
corners always found them occupied
by that class of gentry who never
recognized ticket stub and could
only be ousted by strong arms.
THE night that Fitz fought Shar-
key a flock Of pay-nothings Skinned
up a drain pipe and saw the bout
through the dusty windows Of the
skylight."
The old-timer unused over that
memorable night on August "a, 1900.
when Fitz blazed the way that Jack
Dempsey is now following in his come
back.
''Fitz glued his eyes on the ship that
Sharkey had tattooed on his mighty
chest and sung out. Here goes the
ship and then sunk a left into the
sailors midriff that sent Sharkey and
his ship down for the count with all
sail flying"
There were celebrations in the beach
hotels after the battles were over, and
a long haul back to town that took
nearly to dawn, the ancient fight fan
recalled, but nof it's different, and one
goes home in taxi, cools off with a
nut sundae and is in the hay long be-
fore midnight.
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CHICAGO CLEARS WAY
TO HOLD TITLE BOUT
By the Associated Press.

DS thc ASsbCidtcu EFeS4.
CHICAGO. July 22.-The Herald
and Examiner says that all obstacles
TO Jack Dempsey's comeback bout
with Gene Tunney for the world
heavyweight title in Chicago in Sep.
TENDER were cleared away in New
York last night at a meeting between
Promoter Tex Richard and a COM
n1ittee of three Chicagoans.
The selected site, Soldier Field, is
expected to accommodate the biggest
crowd and draw the biggest gate in
the history of pugilism. More than
10000 persons witnessed the Army.
Navy game In the lake front stadium
last Fall. and it was estimated that
with additional seats installed at
least 100000 spectators could be &C.
commodated. Richard, it was under.
stood, asked a $40 top for ringside
seats.
The Illinois boxing code limits all
bouts. including championship con.
tests, to 10 rounds, and provides for a
judges decision. The Illinois State
Athletic Commission. through its
chairman, John c. Righeimer, has ex.
pressed itself in favor of the fight.
The newspaper says the bout will be
promoted by Richard with the aid of
a committee of representative Chi.
cagoans, who will be appointed by
Mayor Thompson. The Chicago rep.
resentatives who met Richard after
the Dempsey-Sharkey fight included
Michael Igoe, State representa- tive.
and Edward Kelley, president of the
South Park Board, which has juris.
diction over Soldier Field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-22
SHARKEY'S NEXT CONTEST
WITH UZCUDUN OR WILLS

ton with no one but Mrs. Sharkey &C.
companying him.
The fighters first thought upon
leaving the ring a beaten man was Of
his wife and family. Two small chill
dren--both girls-await them in Bos-
ton.
Is Not Discouraged.
While the battle was being waged
last night, Mrs. Sharkey sat alone in
their hotel room. in upper Broadway.
hoping. praying and trying not to
imagine the scene that was being en-
acted five miles away. .-.. ''.-
First news of her husbands down
fall came to her family in the shouts
of newsboys in the street below: g.
Dempsey wins by knockout.
A fast automobile carried Sharkey
to her through a way cleared by po-
lice outriders. There were tears in
the eyes of both when they met, and
their friends left the two alone.
Hes only d big kid. said his man.
ager, "a big. clean kid"
Sharkey's share of last nights gate
Buckley estimated at $22o,0OO. of
which nearly $1O0 900 must go to pay
training expenses and incidentals of
boxers ring campaign.
Sharkey's hopes of being heavy
weight champion Of the world are by
no means blasted. s...
"Ill be fighting" muttered Sharkey.
when Dempsey's got gray hair
You'll manage a champion yet.
he told his manager.
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EX.CHAMP NOW is READY
FOR 'BlC SHOT, AT GENE

with a new toy. His old confidence in
himself seemed restored. He slapped
and mauled Jerry the Greek, his
trainer, as though little of his energy
had been lost in the conflict. Jerry
took it" smiling. -
The former champion declared he
never felt himself badly hurt by any
of .Sharkey's punches. although he adj.
mitted he was Jared several times,
especially in the first round.
Dempsey came out of the battle in
good condition, but his face was quite
bruised and it was necessary to take
several stitches in cuts over his eyes.
According to DR.. Frank Fl. Russell
who attended the ex-champion. three
stitches We're taken in a cut in the
right eyelid and one stitch in a cut
over the left eye. 49,.
Except for these cuts and bruises
about the face Dempsey seemed in
excellent condition" DR.. Russell said
today. 1.-THE contrast was especially
marked in comparison with his condi'
ton after losing to Tunney last Sep
tember"
DIR. Russell treated Dempsey for
his injuries and ailments after the
Tunney fight and recalled his opinion
that poison from assesses in Demp-
sey's arm penetrated his system and
contributed to slowing him UP last
September.
His general condition is much
better now" DR.. Russell added. His
fight last night showed that"
Dempsey declared the right hook ito
the body that started Sharkey down
ward in the seventh was not foul. He
said he felt Sharkey sag and whipped
over his left for the finishing stroke.
1T was tough fight. one of the
hardest ] have ever had" Dempsey
said. GIVE Sharkey all the credit in
the world for being good, game
fighter"
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DELIBERATE FOUL STRUCK
HIM In 9TH, SAYS SHARKEY
''pll Have My Day and Hope 1t Is Against Jack
Dempsey" Defeated Boston Heavyweight,
Still Confident, Declares.

of the first round | felt Dempsey was
all through and | could go out and
take him as soon as | found a proper
opening for my light.
Dempsey, however, kept plunging
in head-first and insisted on mauling
close and at times in most every
round at close quarters he would keep
shooting away below the belt. Sew
eral of those blows hurt me. But |
made no appeal SO long as I was not
really weakened for l didn't want to
come through with any victory on a
foul.
What ! cannot understand is why
the referee never even gave Dempsey
one warning for his foul work. If he
had, l don't think that the ex-cham.
pion would have persisted in getting
away with this kind of stuff But not
one warning did the referee utter. I
can't understand it,
None of Blows Troublesome.
l still insist that none of Dempsey's
blows hurt me, or at least had me in
trouble at any time. AS soon as the
pain of the last foul blow wore off /
was just as strong as ever and could
have fought on for any number of
rounds. I'll bet it was a long time
before Dempsey was very clipper once
he got back into his dressing room.
I'm sure / gave him a punching that
will stay with him for many days.
But what's the use Dempsey got
away with it and / suppose that is
what counts. All I have 30 say is
that I'll have my day, and l hope it
Is against Jack Dempsey.
Downright 1877