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The Washington times., 1929-07-17
Rail Branch Suspension
Is Prevented by Protest

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, July II.
Due to the vigorous protests made
by the residents of Berkeley Springs
against plans of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad to abandon passenger
and express service on the branch
line between Berkeley Springs and
Hancock, Md, it was indicated
through John J. Cornwell. of
Romney, general counsel for the
railroad. that the company's plars
would be withdrawn.
A mass meeting of residents OF
Berkeley Springs was held Friday
night in opposition of the petition
Of the railroad to remove the
service. A further <postponement in
the hearing of the petition at
Charleston was practically assured
when information was received from
CornwelI which was accepted as
ending the matter.
The Washington times., 1929-07-17
Drunken MotOrist
Gets 28-Year Term

CHICAGO. July II u. .Sl-William
Sweeney. 27, shoemaker from Man.
chester. N. H.. yesterday was SEN
fenced to serve from Q to % years
for running down three Boy Scouts
on May Z, Judge Harry B. Miller
said:
Il am sorry am unable to i'm.
pose a more severe sentence"
Sweeney was convicted on charges
of manslaught for driving while
The Washington times., 1929-07-17
Chapel Guild to Remove
J Stage From Church Hall

BAILEYs CROSS ROADS. Va. !,
: July 17.-,rhe Guild Of st. Pauls
Episcopal Chapel has decided TO tear
= down the stage in the auditorium
Of the parish hall, and to throw
srth9 space now occupied by stage
and dressing rooms into the main
hall.
Mrs. Mabel Parsons, Mrs. Joe
S sweeny, Mrs. Irwin Payne and Mrs.
g. w. Oliver were appointed com.
\ mittee in charge with power to act
between meetings Of the guild.
The Washington times., 1929-07-17
Music Study Club
Meets at HerndOn

HERNDON. Va, July 17.-The
Herndon Music Study Club held It's
July meeting last week with Mrs.
Harold F. Hanes. Mrs. Hanes and
Miss Helen Crippen gave a piano
duet. and vocal selections were ren.
dered by Mrs. William H. Dawson.
Mrs. Thomas Keane, Mrs. Floyd
Thompson and Mrs. Frederick Rob.
inSon
Evening star., 1929-06-24
Miller Aztecs Beat Tren,Onts
To Lead Capitol City League

Lionels and Vic's Sport Shop will
meet Sunday In game which may
decide the title In the junior division.
Both teams won yesterday to keep pace
at six wins and no defeats each in
leading the section fiag chase. Lionels
trimmed Mardfeldts, IL to 6, and Vic's
Sport Shop drubbed Calhouns, is to 4.
Ty Cohbs trimmed O'Briens. to q,
and Potomacs took the measure Of
Corinthians, to 4, In other contests.
Blanking Victory Post, 10 to 0, Lins
coin Post yesterday in the opening
game of the American Legion series
replay, scored an upset. Victory Post
had won all its games before 1t was
decided to replay the series. In the
other two Legion games yesterday De.
lano Post defeated Walcott, to 8, and
Eight and Forty triumphed over Speng-
Ter. 5 to 3.
A no-hit game pitched by Di Pictorio
for IroQuois against Meridians was the
feature in the Midget section games
outside of the Legion series. Iroquois
won. to 4. Di Pictorio famed IL. It
was the first win for his team In
three league games. Corinthians added
to their league lead by beating Kenii-
worths, Is to IL, for their fourth win
IN as many starts.
In the lone tilt played In the Insect
section, Eastern All-Stars trouhced Sam
Vests, Q to !. It was the winners
initial league yictorysA
Evening star., 1929-06-24
Series Attendance Record Set
AS AS Win Three Out of Five

misfortune for the Rupert -Huggins
combination seems to be that Simmons
did not arrive at this decision earlier.
Here is what he did to the champions
in three days:
Games, S; at bat, 2i; runs, 10; hits,
Is: total bases. 80; two-base hits, s.;
three-base hits, /; home runs, 4; runs
batted In, g.; average, .619.
Gehrig Gets Twentieth.
Lou Gehrig inserted his twentieth
home run into the proceedings yester-
day, placing himself In q tie with Mel
OFT Of the Giants for the major league
leadership. The defeat, coupled with
the 6-to-5 victory of the Browns over
the White Sox, dropped the champions
into a tie with sc. Louis for third
place. but this hardly will last. The
Yanks may not be as good as the Ath-
letics, but they remain some better
than the rest of the flock.
q. advancing to within one game Of the
Yanks and the Browns, and Washing
ton won from Boston by to / In
other American League engagements
yesterday.
The National League campaign on
the Sabbath witnessed the third
straight victory Of the Pirates over the
Cubs, 8 to z. The Reds shaded the
champion Cardinals by to and the
Brooklyn Robins nosed out the Giants
by 8 to 8 in IA innings, giving the
day a pronounced Pirate trend. The
Buccaneers led the Cubs by two and
one-half games, the Cardinals by three
and the Giants by three and one-half.
The Braves completed the National
League program by taking two from
the Phillies, to and to 5.
Evening star., 1929-06-24
Griffmen Set Season Record
As Thomas TrOArlces Red SOx

handed Bill Bayne in the first inning,
but the home side stepped out in its
second batting turn to break the tie
decisively. With one out, Bayne was
nicked for successive singles by Hayes,
Thomas, Judge, Rice and Goslin. A
sacrifice by Flagstead followed, making
four runs for the round.
Ed Carroll pitched the remainder Of
the way for the Red Sox, and OF hi /
the Nationals made six hits. to raise
their total for the game to an even
dozen. Twice safeties on Carroll were
punched for q run.
It was q great day for, one-hand
catches. Bluege started this fancy
fielding when he reached I'D to spear
with his gloved hand Bob Barrett's liner
IN the third. Cronin made q one-hand
grab OF a liner driven by the same
batter IN the sixth, and later In this
inning Goslin raced back to deep left
ana leaped for single-paw grasp Of
bigelows screaming drive.
A rousing double play ended. the Red
Sox' second inning. With Regan at
third, Alex CASTOR lofted to Flagstead
IN fairly deep center. Regan set sail
Tor the plate after the catch, but
Flaggy's fine throw got to Spencer in
Time Tor an easy retirement.
Umpire Guthrie pulled a fast one in
the seventh inning when he called Todt
out for a double play. When Biuege
Speared Alex Gaston's liner Todt scram-
bied back to the initial sack and was
apparently q step ahead Of the throw
from Ossie to Judge. But Guthrie had
ended.
Evening star., 1929-06-24
SCHNEIDER HOLDS
PEPCO TO LONE HIT

Mat Schneider, hurting for Wash
ington Railway 81 Electric Co., let
Pepco batters down with lone bingle.
while his team smashed out Is hits to
triumph. 1s to /.
Georgetown A. C. swamped Addisons,
21 to o. Babe Clapper, winning pitcher,
gave up only two hits and Georgetown
piled up IA.
Overcoming an early alien lead, Mon
roes bested Pop Krenb's Liberty A. c.,
10 to 5.
Warren Shoots, A., b. & w. Busmen
hurler, was In fine fettle as his team
turned back Haymarket, Va, nine at
Arlington, Va. Ritnour, Beauchamp,
Hiser, Connors and Wormsley led the
winners at bat. Previously Haymarket
had won Is straight.
Washington Black Sox split double
first game, Is to 3 and dropping the
second, to 8.
A great catch by Dixon for the final
out, with the bases full, helped Ma.
tional Circles to an 8-5 win over La
Plata.
Foxal A. c. won twice, defeating
Phoenix A. c., IL to 3, and West WASH
ington Baptist. 2 to 1.
Del Ray was slightly outhit by Ku
Klux Klan, but managed to trim the
Klansmen, 6 to- 2.
Independent A. C. lost two games to
Bryantown, Md. The scores were 8
to S, and S to /.
Peid gave up only three hits as his
team, Anacostia Eagles, defeated White
Havens, 3 to 2.
McCoy's good pitching carried Tri-
angle A. G. to ga win over Clinton
A.>C.
Samosets scored over Avalon Eagles,
10 to 6.
Foxx Midgets won, IL to 8, in a slug
ging match with Corinthians.
Evening star., 1929-06-24
Brisk Brushes Likely.

"oUR in row--the longest win
- ming streak of the campaign.
That's what the 7-to-l victory
4 scored over the Red Sox yester-
day meant to the Nationals.
Twice before they had won as many as
three games In succession, but each
time had gone back to their losing way
just as it seemed fourth successive
win was In the bag.
They won three games In q row in
the West In May, but the White Sox
ended the streak by grabbing game
In the last inning. Then they beat the
Yankees here three times running, only
to have the string broken by the
Browns. who pulled game out of the
IRE in the last inning
Much of the credit for yesterdays
triumph is due Myles Thomas, newest
member of the mound staff. The
transfer from the Yankees, making his
debut as a starter for the Nationals,
yielded the Red Sox but four safeties
and a pass. Only once we're the Hub
men able to cluster as many as two
hits, and then they got their lone run.
This happened in the second inning,
when Regan's triple, the only extra
base hit of the fray, followed Bigelow's
single. The run thus produced matched
that made by the Nationals OF the left
Evening star., 1929-06-24
NO-HIT, N0-RUN GAME
PITCHED BY SKINNER

Heaton Skinner Of virginia White
Sox entered the sandlot hall of fame
when he pitched no-hit. no-run game
against the Coleman white sox on the
diamond at Raileys Cross Roads, Va.
The score was to o. It was the fifth
straight for the winners. who will en-
gage Isherwood A. G. next Sunday at
Baileys Gross Roads.
Mount Rainier nine continued its
march toward Prince Georges County,
Nd, unlimited honors by defeating
Capitol Heights Junior Ordermen,
to /. It was the second win for Mount
Rainier over the Mechanics this season.
Bond Bread batsmen were unable to
hit the offerings of Ike Dreifus and
Ralph Hamilton, pitching for st.
Mary's Celtics, and absorbed q 10-1
defeat on Baggett's Field, Alexandria.
Harvey pitched effectively for Bond
Clothiers as that nine scored over Chevy
Chase Grays, S to 2.
Evening star., 1929-06-24
BY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

"HAT hysteria In and about the
Yankee Stadium now Is recent
rather than current, and the
IL boys are busy checking up the
net result, artistic and financial.
The Athletics nipped the champions by
a 7-to-4 score before some $1,000 in
the NTH and rubber game yesterday,
but the really important transaction
took place in the counting house. Ex-
actly 1s4,096 New York fans paid their
way at the gate in three days, making
the series q complete victory for Edward
Grant Barrow regardless Of what hap
pened to Higgins.
The attendance set new record for
a single series. beating the mark of
177,152 made by the same teams at
the same park last September in three
afternoons.
The only ny in Mr.. Barrow's coffee
was the necessity of rendering Mr..
McGillicuddy a check for $46,024 before
the armored vans escaped to a down.
town bank with the loot.
Look Like Champs.
Although the victory of the Athletics
by three games to two was of itself
hardly decisive, the lead of the Mack
men was stretched to eight and one
half games, and the impression spread
among metropolitan fans that here, in
deed, were the coming champions. The
current Athletics have In the face Of
Yankee fire q confidence lacked by
their immediate predecessors. and ability
to stand up before the Hugmen Is all
that was missing In the Mackmen last
year.
The final game was a triumph for
Howard Ehmke, the veteran right
handler, although George Earnshaw had
to be called in the eighth to put down
q Yankee uprising which threatened to
assume serious proportions. The series
ended without the appearance Of Eddie
Rommel, the knuckle-baE expert who
never seemed to fool the Yankees.
The defeated pitcher yesterday was
another left-hander and the third
Yankee southpaw victim Of the series
Eddie Wells. The Birmingham boys
customary wildness was missing, but
the Messrs. Simmons and Foxx made
up for this little oversight with success
sive home runs In the fourth. Mr..
Mule Haas SO caught the spirit that he
hammered Wells rescuer, Tom Zachary,
for q four-baser within the lot In the
eighth.
It was Simmons eighteenth, Foxx's
thirteenth and Haas ninth. Simmons
might have had an earlier home run
in the second when he limped palpably
on triple because of his bad ankles
Now that the Yankee series II over
Simmons may remain out of the game
to rest his neither ir1abs, but the real
Evening star., 1929-06-24
WALbERG PROVES
POISON 10 GR|FFS
Only TwirIer to Take Five
Games From One Club
Picks on Mats.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

~ GORGE WALBERG OF the Ath-
leticS has chance to be the
7 leading pitcher Of the Ameri-
~ can League his year. He has
been particularly successful In
winning against Washington. He has
won five games from the Nationals and
lost one. Those five victories almost
account for the lead that the Athletics
have over the Yankees.
Walberg pitched for Portland, Oreg.,
in 1922, and looked like q promising
left-hander. The Giants took him. AS
has been the case with many. pitchers,
he did not develop rapidly enough to
suit John J. McGraw, and Walberg was
permitted to get away. The Athletics
signed him In 1928, the same year In
which the Giants let IN go. and he
the season and in 1924. Then he
needed work. So Mack sent him to
Milwaukee. He finished the 1924 sea-
son there, winning Is games and los
ing IA.
Some Real Pitching.
Philadelphia pulled him back, and
from that time to 1929 he has won So
games for the Athletics and lost AZ.
any means, but 1t is q worthwhile
record, because in these days it is
handy to have pitchers who can break
even in victories and defeats. They
are the work horses.
Walberg has won 10 games and lost
this year. That is championship base
ball with q vengeance, and Mack feels
more than justified in hanging to him.
Some Of the Athletic counselors said
Walberg would not pull through with
his jerky delivery, but results count for
4~
the team has been reimbursed for the
salary paid Walberg.
Walberg is one of the few players of
major league base ball born Ia Seattle.
He Is strictly q son of the Northwest,
ana 1t Is interesting In major league
base ball to know that most pitchers
who have come out of the Northwest
have been successful.
The five victories Of Walberg over
Washington and Robert Groves four
victories over Boston are two Of the
pitchers IN either major league.
Haines Is Leader.
There is not pitcher in the National
League who has won i've games from q
single club. Jesse Haines Of st. Louis
has pitched four winning games against
Cincinnati. That is the best perform
arlce to date.
In the American League George Uhle
OF Detroit has won three games each
from Chicago and st. Louis, and Sam
Gray OF st. Louis has won three each
from Detroit and Chicago. Alvin Crow
der Of st. Louis has won three games
from Chicago and George Blaeholder
three from Cleveland,
Pitchers Of the American League who
have failed to come through and whose
backwardness is most severely felt are
George Pipgras and Herb Pennock of
the Yankees. A reasonable doubt ex-
lSted as TO Pennock. After the strain
OF pitching that long 2l-inning game In
1928 his arm has never acted right.
(Copyright, fs2e.)
Evening star., 1929-06-24
GRIFF SLAB ACE TO SEEK
SEVENTH WIN AS STARTER
Fred's Victory Over Worlds Champs on May 20
First of Five in Row Beginner of Games;
Licked but Once in Role-Brisk Set Likely.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

RED MARBERRY is to start for the Nationals for the
r. ninth time this tomorrow when the woday stand
Stadium and the erswhe relief pitcher ought to make trouble
ne trim as he has been at any time during the campaign
this
victory string
the in of went the
route.
the that Marberry easily ranks the
Evening star., 1929-06-24
ROCKVILLE STOPPED
BY NAVAL HOSPITAL

Naval Hospitals fast-traveling club
swamped Rockville, 10 to 6. Miller for
the victors socked five hits In as many
tries. Philer, Roberts and Ingram for
Naval Hospital and p. Coleman for
Rockville hit circuit drives.
Gaining an early lead, Moose Juniors
held 1t TO take the measure of Land
over, Md, nine, 8 to 4.
Tedd Otte's Kennedys pasted q 7-4
defeat on Lanham, Nd, A. G. dia-
monders.
Takoma Tigers showed well in down.
ing Jefferson District Firemen, 8 to 6.
johnson gave up Just one hit as he
pitched Kenilworths to . 20 victory
over Spengler nine.
{ One big inning in which they scored
seven runs carried Libertys to lis
win over Clyde Milans.
Isherwoods came out on top, is to II.
over Maryland A. G. In hectic tilt at
Maryland Park.
3 Eastern A. G. achieved an early lead
and maintained it to point the way to
Cabin John Junior Order men, Z to 8.
Evening star., 1929-06-24
LEGION TEAM SEEKS
TWO YOUNG HURLERS

Spengler Post team, which Is compet-
ing IN the American Legion series, Is
after two good pitchers who can play
weekday ball. They must not be more
tnan IL years old before September IS.
Cau Lincoln 1887 after S pm.
ku klux Klan nine Is after q game
with an unlimited class nine having a
held Tor Sunday. CAN Atlantic 153S-W
after 8 pm. or write Harry Groves,
1922 Neal street northeast.
A 10-run rally enabled Saks to come
from behind and drub washington
Cadillac tossers, IL to 8.
Yorkes squeezed through to q 30
victory over Laurel, Md, nine at Laurel
It was the eighth straight for Yorkes.
Colonials had little trouble defeating
Clover A. G. nine, 8 TO 2.
Cherrydale A. C. eked out q 6-5 vic
today over Union Printers. The Printers
rallied strongly In the seventh, but the
Cherries early lead was enough.
Evening star., 1929-06-24

v11d SO mucn DISCUSSION nr-
~ ing up these days about the
wv so-called rabbit BALI and
v the lively ball'-most Of
l. which is pure poppycock-
some attention should be given to ut
least one sane question which has
arisen. Why do so many heavy thump-
ers in the minor leagues sag or In their
batting averages when they get into the
majors?
One of the reasons why batters get
heavier averages in some OF the minor
leagues than they do in the majors Is
the makeup of the base ball itself.
That's why minor league batter who
has been hitting around $50 has to
content himself with an average Of
$50 or less in the major leagues.
It is not that the major league PITCH
erS are more effective. After all, there
are many excellent players IN the minor
leagues, some of them better than some
who are In the major leagues.
Use Livelier Balls.
But base balls differ, and differ de-
cidedly. They differ In weight, In size
and IN the materials with which they
are made.
True. the two major leagues use the
identical ball. They are both turned
out on the same machines. But many
OF the minor leagues use balls that are
nvelier, containing more rubber In
their makeup.
The playing rules lay down q set Of
measurements for the ball, but do not
specify the materials to be used. And
there Is some latitude allowed In the
size and weight. The rule SAYS:
The bali must weigh not less than
S nor more than 5z ounces avoidupois,
and measure not less than Q nor more
than 9A inches in circumference"
Any balls that do not come within
the specifications laid down are illegal,
and any games played with them have
no Official recognition. OF course, the
umpire Is not expected to carry q pair
OF scales or a tape measure with him.
But he can insist on measuring the
ball If he likes.
Usually he is satisfied with the sig
nature OF the league president stamped
on the ball. The balls must be given
to the umpire with the original seal on
them, or II 1t is broken it must be done
by some authorized person.
Generally speaking, the leagues, major
and minor. each have an authorized
pan. 1t Is made by some particular
nrm. and no other firms product win
serve in that league.
Big League Bali Unchanged.
In many Of the minor leagues the
BAL In addition to the cork center
which. ny the way. was the last sievel.
opn1ef1t IN the manufacture of base
balls contains additional rubber and
. superior grade Of wool. These add TO
the lveliness OF the ball. So batting
averages ia such leagues are generaIiy
much more above the level of the major
leagues, where the regulation ban IS
Stories recently heard that the major
league base ball has been radicaIlv
modified are absolutely without founda.
tion. The ball now used by the Ma
tlonal and American leagues Is the best
pan ever made for the game.
(copyright, ls2s.)
Evening star., 1929-06-24

While the Nationals were in
training in the South Manager
Johnson seriously considered max
ing Marberry starting pitcher at
the outset Of the season. Fred was
going great guns as a beginner of
engagements in the exhibition Sc
ries, and his performances greatly
impressed the pilot. So on the
third day Of the championship
campaign Marberry was assigned
to the slab as starter against the
Red Sox. And he scored a win
when he let them down with five
hits.
The next time out as q starter was
on April "a, and he faced the Athletics.
Fred was derricked after hurting four
rounds and suffered his only defeat of
the campaign as starting hur!er.
Then the pitching staff of the club
faItered so badly that johnson felt
compelled to employ Marberry once
more in relief role, and for more than
q month that was the only kind Of
pitching done by the big fellow.
Stars when He Gets Chance.
Fred, though, stu hankered for q
berth as starter, and on May IS john
son once more let the pitcher begin a
game. Again he was driven from tie
clab by the Athletics after six innings
of pounding, but he did not lose the
game. The defeat was charged to one
Of his successors.
That was the last game he started in
which the Nationals were licked. Since
he has taken the measure of the YAM
KEGS, the Tigers, the Indians, the White
I'D 41HA De- AT ,.vf.s 4
he started against all but the Carrigan
crowd. Last Friday Marberry started
against the Boston club and went
through eight innings. then gave way
to . pinch batter. But the Nationals In
their eighth turn at the plate forged
ahead OF the RED Sox. So Fred was
credited with the victory. anyway.
Marberry's success as q starting
pitcher this season very likely Is due to
he has received from Manager johnson.
The pilot has tsitored Fred from the
early davs Of training camp, always
cautioning him TO conserve his arm
from the beginning Of q contest. As a
consequence the big Texan now Is a
pitcher, not . mere thrower. He isn't
putting everything he has into every
pitch, as he was accustomed to do In
the relief role, but pitches guardedly.
oAASASDy AS ASsNs. 9tuCu N reserve 1or
the pinches. when he necessarily must
bear down."
Brisk Brushes Likely.
Although thrown for a game
loss IN the standings In their re-
cent scrapping with the league-lead-
ing Athletics, the Yankees are likely
to be full Of fight In the short series
here. They still are very much in the
running for the championship. and will
be playing with everything they have
in the encounters with Johnson's
charges, bent upon maintaining their
standing AZ the Athletics, most Sanuov
Evening star., 1929-06-24

n n ILLER AzTECS today are in
NH front In the nag race in the
VH unlimited section Of the Cap
4 4 ttal City Base Bali League
race with two victories in as
many starts, coming through with a
6-5 triumph over Tremonts yesterday.
while Brentwood Hawks. which had
been setting the loop pace, bowed to
Auths In Sci match. It was the first
defeat for the Hawks In five starts.
In other unlimited division encounters
National Press Building Cardinals
downed Edmonds Art Stone, IL to s.;
st. Joseph's swamped Browns Corner,
20 to 2, and Dixie Pigs ran, away With
Capitol A. c., 10 to 2.
/ Backed by fine support both at bat
and afield Reds Rhodes on the mound
Auths, pitched his team to victory over
the Hawks. Kilroy and Rupert did
some notable clubbing for the winners.
K THYME Aces and Montrose are still
tied for first place In the senior section
race. each having won yesterday. the
former brushing aside Hartfords. 10
to 2. and the latter taking the measure
of Bostonians, o to s. In other tilts
in this section, Brookiand Boys Club
blanked Miller Furniture. 4 to 0, to get
out of the cellar and Roamers bested
Kaufmans, 6 to 8. Joe Rafferty, at
shortstop for the winners had three
put-outs and 10 assists, making not .
stngie @Tors