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1st elementary Catches Salngs Calamity Fighting to Line
RUTH'S Both HOME RUN
BEATS WHITE SOX, 9.8

ually will win their third straight flag.
The record now Is six straight games
The Cleveland Indians broke out of
their slump-if losing to the Yankees
when they are interested may be con-
strued as a slump-by shading the Red
Sox in 10 innings at Boston, 6 to s.
The Athletics took another from the
Tigers in Philadelphia, to /. The
other American League teams were idle.
The Pirates would be champions of
the world If the other Is teams were
the Phillies and the Braves The Buc-
cancers made it nine straight against
this opposition by slamming the Bos-
tonese, Is to 3, yesterday as few ter
rified witnesses stood by powerless to
halt the brutality Burleigh Grimes
won his fifteenth victory. Vic Aldridge.
just for comparison, is not even in the
National League records.
Reds Boost Their Stock.
The Reds raised their stock some
what by taking two decisions from the
Robins, IL to 10 and to /, while other
first division teams remained idle. 1t
was not reported, however, that the
Cardinals had any fewer. than their
customary eight hours of sleep.
- &AAA~ k<~NAAAAS POAAAb Woo ldlSCu
the second clash, with the defeat going
eventually to Rube Ehrhardt as Ray
Kolp won. The veteran Bill Doak held
the Reds Scoreless until the seventh
when he fell victim to the heat. RUDE
rushed to the rescue and finished the
round without run, only to be re-
moved when he permitted Kelley 20
single as the eighth began.
DaZZy Vance next was called tron
He caused Dresser to force Zitzmann,
who ran for Kelly, but the Reds went
on to score two runs, which enabled
them to live through a one-run Brook
lyn rally in the ninth. The defeat was
charged to Ehrhardt on the grounds
that he was responsible for one runner.
regardless of that runners identity, and
that single man scored. giving the
Reds lead which the Robins never
tied.
The case is almost identical with the
one which cost Alvin Crowder of the
Browns the only defeat thus far charged
to him this season.
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LII teams which intend TO par
M ticipate In the replaying of the
II American Legion Junior base
u bah series must notify Arthur
A. Haywood, secretary Of the
Capital City League, which Is cooper
ating with the Legion In conducting the
series, before midnight tonight In order
that diamonds may be secured ana
schedule drawn up.
THE new series received boost yes
terday when the Lincoln Post team
which won the first set and then with
drew when a second series was ordered
PLAYED, announced It had recOnEidered
and would participate In the second set.
II Is planned to play the first games
of the new series Saturday. Contests
thereafter win be staged every day or
twice day IL necessary to finish the
schedule.
one Of the rules drawn up for the
series by Capt Harvey L. Miller, ath-
letic officer OF the Legion here. and d.
rector of the series, Is that no player
who was not signed by a team prior to
June is may participate in the play-oh
games. Players signed by one team
prior to this date who have since joined
another club will be eligible to play with
the club with which they were playing
June Is.
An active week end Is listed In Cap
ital City Base Ball League. Two insect
class games are cardcd tomorrow on
Plaza Field. Iris Speakers will meet
Brookland at 2 O'Clock and Royals and
Mount Rainiers will clash at o'clock.
Games In the unlimited, senior and
Junior classes are carded Sunday, the
schedule for which follows:
Section A unlimited Chevy Chase VS.
Maryland Athletic Club, Friendship
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Ed kILLIAN, EX-TIGER
STAR, IS DEAD AT 81

DETROIT. July 10 (F.-Edward
(Eddie) Killian. mound hero OF Detroit
pennant days In the American League
some 20 years ago and one of the
greatest southpaws of his time, is dead.
The veteran pitcher died at his home
here yesterday following an illness of
several months from cancer. He was
81 years old.
Killian figured prominently In the
Tiger pennant drives of 1907, 1908, and
1909. when Hugie Jennings piloted the
club to championships He helped
Detroit WIN its first pennant In 1907,
with IS Victories In 80 games. Two
years later Eddie. then known as q
veteran, pitched Detroit to a double
header victory over Boston In the last
series OF the season To clinch the third
Detroit championship.
His pitching caused fans to link his
name with those Of Jennings, Ty Cobb,
Bill Donovan. George Mullin. Sam
Crawford. Donnie Bush and Others as
the staiwarts of the Tiger club.
Killian was purchased by Detroit
from Cleveland in 1908, and hts rise
to fame was rapid. That same season
he earned the name of the "twi-
light hurler." because of having pitched
and won three extra innings games at
the start of the season. Although 1907
was his greatest year. Killian won %
games out of 81 starts In 1905. Doc
White of Chicago was the only south
paw with a better record that season.
The veteran moundsman was given
his release at his own request In 1910.
after several months of ineffective
pitching.
For several seasons after that he
pitched professional bali and did
not retire entirely from all competition
until about FIVE years ago. For the
last three years he had been employed
In an automobile plant here.
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Mitchell and Buchanan Annex
Public Parks Doubles HOnors

crashing through to capture the first
set and In maintaining the offensive
so effectively in the second
Pal d with Maurice ONeil. Considine
had Won the event last season. The
new champions will be sent to Cieve-
land as the District representatives In
the national public parks play. They
will team together In the doubles and
will each be entered in the singles.
Considine will face Mitchell In the
final test for the singles title on Sun
day afternoon at o'clock at the Six
tenth Street Reservoir courts Great
things are expected from this match
between two of the most promising Of
the youthful performers In the District,
whose speed and daring has thrilled
galleries repeatedly since their gradua-
ton from the Junior ranks three years
ago.
Mitchell Is product of the Montrose
Park nets. Considinc has done most of
his playing with the Henry Park net
men. Both are near the top of the list
of District players at Edgemoor, the
new headquarters for tennisdom since
the disbanding of the Dunbarton Club
membership.
An official of the Department of
Public Buildings and Public Parks will
be asked to present the trophies follow
ing the singles match. consisting OF In
dividual prizes in addition to The Star
challenger cups, going to the champions
In each class
Chairman Newly of the tennis COM
mittee states that the Rock Greek Park
courts were selected as the scene OF the
singles final because of the large
amount Of gallery space surrounding
them, offering better Accommodations for
the crowd which Is expected than any
other courts in the public parks group.
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Teams for Legion Title Play
Must Get Into Line Tonight

Field: Jewish Community Center VS.
A.. B. g. w. Busrnen, Arlington Field
Section B Unlimited-Auths vs. An
acostia Eagles. Congress Heights;
Army Medical Center VS.. Douglas Ath-
letic Club, Walter Reed Cloyers VS.
Ross Council, Washington Barracks:
District Heights has forfeited q sched-
uled game TO Army War College.
Senior-D. j. Kaufman VS.. Holy Ro-
sary, West Ellipse: T. T. Keane VS.
Brown g. Wood, South Ellipse: Auths
VS.. Aztecs. No 4 diamond Hartfords
VS. Palace, No. diamond.
Junior-Miller Furniture Co. VS.. CAL
houns. West Ellipse, ii o'clock: Con-
gress Heights VS.. Montrose, South FL
lipse, IL o'clock; Brookland VS.. Liberty
No. 8 diamond, 3 o'clock: Collegians VS.
Lindberghs, No. 3 diamond, II o'clock:
Jewish Community Center VS.. Standard
Arrows, No. 0 diamond, II O'Clock. A
game booked between Hadley and Co
rinthians has been postponed.
Overcoming a sizeabIe lead gained
BY Its opponents, Interstate tossers took
the measure of General Accounting Of
flee, 8 to Z. in Government League.
Western Electric triumphed over
Holmes nine, 10 to 8, in Industrial
League. The winners took the lead in
the first inning and were always ahead.
West Washington Baptists scored
over Edlebrooke diamonders, Ii to 6,
and Grace Episcopal took the measure
OF Peck Memorial, 10 to 8, In George
town Church League games.
Russeis squeezed out 80 l0-inning
triumph over Kelleys in Frenchs
League.
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IA Cheseidines Modern Wood
NH men base ball team is ex-
Vt ceedingiy busy these days and
1 wants TO keen on the CO. The
Woodmen have an engage
nlent today and for Sunday have booked
double-header. Saturday and Sun
day games with out-of-town teams dur
ing August and September are sought.
Cali Mrs r. Cheseidine ct Lincoln 3095
after $50 pm, or write her at 1902
Thirteenth street southeast.
Today the Woodmen were to meet
Sean1en Gunnerg on the latter's field at
the Navy Yard at O'Clock, and sun
day will be the guest Of Dixie A. c., on
the iatter's diamond, at Cheverly, Md,
in a double BILL starting at 1880 O'Clock.
Anaeostia Eagle tossers will face St
Mary's Celtics on Corbett Field. Alex
andria. Saturday. The Birds bowed TO
Bond Bread tossers In 9-l tilt yes
terday.
Mount Rainier, Md. nine will play
host 10 BrOdt's tossers of Washington
On the Marylanderg' field near the Dis
trict line Sur " afternoon at O'Clock.
Mcmahon, Gerhardt or Bellman win
pitch for the home club.
Freddy k0one, Herbie Murray and
Johnny Bleir are announced as addi-
tons TO the Woodbridge team, which
will engage the Black 6ox In double
header. at Union Park Sunday, starting
| at 2 80 O'Clock.
| Bond Ciothiers will engage the jeff
erson Fire T~partment nine on the lat
ter's diamond, In nearby Virginia, SUM-
/ day.
Manager Sprague Of Indian Head Car
dinal team wishes to get in touch with
| the manager of Seneca A. G. nine Of
this city. Call Indian Head i0i-K-3.
Seattle junior t0ssers are after game
for Sunday with team having q field,
Call Lincoln 1865 between and pm
| Stadium diamonders are on the Look
| out for games during August and Sep
! temt,er, preferably with suburban clubs
having diamonds. Call Manager Pratt
at North 400. stsdiu p win engage
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PRICE OF PLAYERS
WORRIES MAGNATES

Major league club owners are COM
planning about the prices set by the
minor leagues for ballplayers Not a
new complaint. 1t Is chronic. It be-
comes more and more intense as one
base ball season follows another.
The 1928 Standardization of the sales
price for an individual player seems to
be fixed at $4,000. That Is higher by
about 5000 than It has bsen here
tofore. Isolated sales prices of much
larger figures have been quite common,
so common, in fact that 1t would no
doubt create more Of a sensation II a
ballplayer were transferred for 500
thar If one were transferred for $780,
900. The edge of 100000 deals in
arousing sensation has been sand
papered down
Boston Braves. the Phillies, Brooklyn,
Cincinnati the Boston Red Sox. Detroit
and perhaps one other team are not
congratulating the world In general be-
cause the prices Of younger players are
held SO high,
One or two owners hold that there
can be no safe foundation for base ball
unless the minors unsaddle themselves
from their high horses. That Is an
exaggeration because the condition now
is no different from what 1t has been.
1t Is aggravated, that's ALL 1t will con-
tinue to be aggravated so long as the
minor leagues believe they are being
inhumanly treated by the major leagues
and so long as the majors are suspicious
Of every move made by q minor league
All the clubs In the second divisions
OF both major leagues have been ad-
vised to purchase young players and to
fit themselves for the season of 1929.
owners of those clubs are on the war
path They want to know where they
can get young players without paying
at least 100000 for three of them.
They haven't the ducats to pay, they
say.
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WOMEN IN SPORT

/ the announcement of the winners Of the
series will be made next week following
the closing of the series on July 26.
Leaders are advised to get in touch
with all members of their teams who
have not reported matches to them and
determine the status of each players
schedule. Any players who have left
the city should be replaced by suhsti-
tutes If possible for the remainder of
the series. In the event that substi-
tutes are lacking. the matches should
be cancelled or defaulted according to
the merits of the case This point
should be decided by the leaders in
cooperation with Miss Moorhea3 II
a player had called all of her oppo-
nents before leaving the city and made
an effort to arrange meetings but found
the opponent unable to play at the
time, the matches should be cancelled
in the absence of substitute. If she
has not endeavored to make arrange
ments before leaving. her opponents
should receive defaults from her unless
a substitute is supplied before the series
ends.
Girls who are candidates for the
Girl Scout order viii be eligible to at
tend the Scout camp this season pro-
vided that they complete their first tests
WkAkAC tktGiC, al(uIG4ilS W ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
made by Dorothy Greene. director
Camp Mataoka viii be open 10 the
Scouts from August IS. until September
Is, and reservations are being made
now at Scout headquarters, the Little
House on New York avenue
Pioneer work and woodcraft will be
the major camu activities. to be taught
by Everett Wilson, an experienced
guide.
Louise Sullivan. formerly president of
the washington Recreation League,
and prominent in playground work in
the city, will be among the corps Of
counsellors and directors to make up
the camp staff. Miss Sullivan has rlst
returned from Camp Edith Macy. the
national Girl Scout training camp.
Others ON the staff viii include Mrs.
Gibbs Lyons, Mrs. Margaret Haugen
and Mrs. r. d. Jamison. dietitianS: DR.
Marjorie Roach of Baltimore, camp
physician, and Dorothy Greene. di-
rector,
Maudc Preecc. well known horsewom-
an and secretary of the Washington
Polo Club. is planning to organize a
mounted Girl Scout troop this Fall
after her return from Europe, where
she Is going for three month STAY.
Miss Preece sails SATURDAY. and win
spend her time hunting In England.
Ireland and Scotland.
The mounted Scout troop plan Is
entirely new in the Capital, but has
met with success at Fort Leayenworth,
KanS, where 1t originated,
Mrs. Samuel Rurieigh Milton. preSi-
dent OF the Milton Life-Saying Club.
and two of her advanced swimming
pupils, Evelyn Scott and Mary Cline.
negotiated practice swim of six miles
at Camp Roosevelt, located south Of
Chesapeake Beach, Particular interest
attached 10 this swim In that Mrs.
Milton, who Is past so years of age
Mrs. Milton finished the swim in
hours and the girls in hours and IS
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BY the Associated Press.
TINE rise of the Chicago White
Sox to place among the elite
has developed complications of
i social nature for Prof. Russell
Gena) Blackburne How to
behave when Babe Ruth Is at bat" hence
forth will be much more vital ques-
ton to the ambitious young men Of
Prof Blackburne than the conduct ex-
pected, say. in helping a lady into a
patrol wagon, or other conveyance.
Mr.. Ruth could be noticed among the
White Sox in the ninth inning at the
Yankee Stadium yesterday. The Babe
swished bat at Ted Lyons with per-
feet ease. Two Yankees were out,
Combs and Koenig we're on base, and
the White Sox led by to 8. Lena
was firm In his refusal to pass the win
ming run to first base, with the result
that the Babe combed his thirty sixth
home run into the right field bleachers
to nose out the Chicagoans by 9 to 8.
Blackburne's Judgment was sound
base ball, even though the consequences
made 1t look bad. Ruths run would
win, regardless of how 1t got home. and
with the Babe on base. Lyons would
have had nobody to face but Gehrig-
anu DGlIldUo MCu0CI. lie UIH SluHBCA
now rides % games, % days and six
home runs ahead of his record pace of
last season when he hit 60.
Sox Command Respect.
Noticing the White Sox in fourth
place, the Yankees apparently have
listed the Blackburne troupe as worthy
of some attention. The champions long
have been noted for the disdain with
which they have looked upon the in
ferior teams. If tail-ender had the
good sense to submit to ordinary
measures. well and good. If not--well
there would be another day and another
game to be won from somebody more
deserving of extraordinary exertion by
the champions.
After spell in which they won only
10 and lost Is. the Yankees seem to
have shaken out of this traditional
lethargy, and it may be they intend to
turn on the steam for all rivals alike.
Ii they do, there will be even less doubt
about the margin by which they event.
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~ OOLEY MITCHELL and William
Buchanan are the first pair to
have their names engraved on
H. the new Evening Star challenge
trophies put into competition
this season, together with a singles
cup, for the public parks net champion
ships of the District of Columbia.
Mitchell and Buchanan won first legs
on the doubles cups yesterday when
they scored close victory over Bob
Considine and Noble Wilson. veteran
public parks racketer, In a five-set
heart-breaker, on the Henry Park
courts, So, Sc, 6-~3. 6--2, 6--3.
Considine and Wilson Just missed max
ing 1t straight set yictory-and that
miss proved their undoing. for while the
youthful uair opposing them came back
strong following the rest period allowed
at the end Of the third brace. the vet
eran Wilson found the going pretty
rough. He made noble effort to rally
but was unable to regain the pace
which had scored In the earlier games.
Considine's smashing service was the
only bright spot In the last three sets
for the losers. This continued to prove
effective and accounted for two of three
games credited the losers in the final
set.
Mitchell. finding his stride after two
sets Of Indifferent play. brought his
team out CT the hole with smashing
drives and placements delivered with
that confidence which has been lacking
in much of his play this season. Buch-
anan, while not so accurate as his part
ner. offei 1 good support in the pincheS
Considine performed Brilliant in the
forecourt. especially In the first three
sets. but his play lacked its usual zip
after the recess, He. as we'll as Wilson,
seemed to have spent his best efforts in
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GIANTS FACE TOUGH
SERIES IN CHICAGO
ny the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 19.--Manager John
j. McGraw and his ambitious Giants
are convinced the Cubs are the hardest
to beat ON their home lot OF any Ma
tional League team
When the Giants invaded Wrigley
Field May IL for their opening four
game series the Cubs were hustling
along with six-game winning streak
This Giants played fair ball. but the
Cubs played better and took all four
games, stretching their winning streak
TO Is before Boston broke II, As the
teams prepared for another series here
today McGraw again found the Cubs
boasting a winning streak Eight games
and In second place
And the box once anticipated an
other four days of fat receipts. During
the last QiAnt-Cuh series at Wrigley
Field crowds OF from $4,000 TO $4,000
packed the stands daily.
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WAIVER TOPS IN HITS,
BUT HORNSBY LEADS

Paul Waner, the diminutive Pitts
burgh clouter, has made more base hits
most surely will finish the season with
more hits than his Boston rival: yet
there is possibility that HornSby win
win the National League batting cham
pionship, which Waner annexed in
1927.
The reason is that Hornsby Is being
given more bases on balls than Waner
There has been an objection raised to
awarding a batting championship to a
player who has sfewer hits than close
rival. The objection is not sound.
It is revision to the old idea in base
ball that merits must be decided on
greater totals and not on percentages
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DUNDEE MEDILL WINNER
MAY GET MORGAN BOUT

CHICAGO, July 10 LAp). Mike Dun
dee OF Rock Island, III and Joey Medill.
the West Chicago phantom, win at
tempt TO settle their fistie rivalry and
get a crack at Tod Morgans Junior
lightweight crown when they clash In
a l0-ronnd bout tonight.
The two met recently, but drew In
the midst Of torrential downpour 81
rain.
Promoter Jim Mullen expects 10
match the winner with Morgan for
the title,
The two Chicago lightweight. rivals,
Russell Whaien and Jack Kane, will
box 10 rounds 10 complete o double
WinduD.
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CUBAN WINS AT TENNIS.

PHILADELPHIA. July 10 LP)-Ger-
man Upmann. Havana, Cuba. and Ralph
Spangler. Philadelphia. are the new
Pennsylvania State junior and boys
tennis champions, respectively. They
won the titles yesterday.
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NEW LEAGUE PLANNED.

RICHMOND. Va, July 10 tSN,-~pos-
Sieility of the formation Of a Six-eluo
class Il base ball league. made up Of
cities OF Virginia, Maryland. Delaware
and PENNSYLVANIA. for the season Of
1929 has been mentioned In q letter
received here from Charles j. Truitt.
editor and vice president OF the News
Publishing Co. of Salisbury. Md.
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CHICAGO. July 19.-Ray Foley,
former Catholic University athletic star,
was yesterday released Internationally
by the New York Giants, with whom he
had been travelling Foley was not con-
sidered ready for big league base ball.
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was known as 1.-The
m acle man"
Then he was the
biggest of big leag-
uers.
The night before
the Braves went
into the world
series with Connie
Mack's great Ath-
letic machine-the
club which had
Collin Baker,
Barry, B e n d e r,
Plank and all those
other diamond stars
Stallings called
me on the tele-
phone from Phila-
delphia.
Era a.
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WINS GAME IN NINTH.

Scoring four runs in the last inning
q r. O. nine nosed ont Veterans Blu
resu. 10 10 Q. In a six-inning coiored
Departmental League tilt,
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AGAIN IS PROVING
A MIRACLE MAN"
Pilot of BoSton'S Sensational
Braves of 1914 Is GameIy
Battling Death.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

~ GORGE STALLINGS lies criti-
cally i'll with heart disease in
a Georgia hospital. Yet no
~ man ever connected with base
ball had stouter heart in the
heat of battle.
Stalfings now is the owner of the
Montreal club but IA years ago, when
he led the Boston Braves in a desperate
charge from last place to pennant, he
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nH III the District WomenS Net
Vn League are being entertained
1 L this week at the Columbia
Country Club by Ada Doyle
and Mrs. j. Harrison Ford, tennis en-
thusiasts of the club
Yesterday. the Bureau Of Standards
eight were the guests of the club men,
bers in series of singles and doubles
matches Today. the Mount Pleasant
squad will visit the club: Saturday. the
George WaShingtonians and Sunday the
Nationals win be entertained.
Enthusiasm for the approaching Dis
trict net championships is expected to
be aroused to a high pitch by these
gatherings of the racketers. IT is hoped
by members of the tournament COM
mittee that the entry list will far exceed
any of former years
Meanwhile. matches In the league
round robin series are being completed
Leaders are urged to report all matches
to date not later than Friday night 20
Phoebe Moorhead secretary. In order
that a report of averages may be made
through the newspapers on Sunday
The final standing of the league, with