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Sports News Huggins, Yankee Pilot in Series Contenders Strong at Short DEATH IS DECLARED DUE TO HIS BASE BALL ZEAL Sapped of Strength by Efforts Devoted to Flag Battle, Physician L. Games Tomorrow Called Off as a Tribute. BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN, Associated Sports Writer. NEW YORK.

September 26 If casualty lists were issued in base ball, we should see this morning reading something like this: "Killed in action J. Huggins." The mighty midget of the Yankees lies dead when, on the word of Dr. Edward King, his physician, he might be alive If the stamina he devoted to the losing pennant battle of his ball team had been hoarded for the benefit of his own physical well-being. Taxed more and more by each succeeding base ball campaign, the miniature commander of the Ruppert rifles was drained of strength when he entered Vincent's Hospital last Friday, and was easy prey for the toxins which ended his life at 3:16 yesterday afternoon. All base ball will pay tribute to him at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when his funeral will be held at the Church of the Transfiguration, the Little Church Around the Comer.

The limited space will be far overtaxed by the base ball host which will be present to pay respect to the Yankee manager. After services here, the remains will be placed aboard a train for Cincinnati, where Huggins will be buried on Sunday beside his father and his mother. The services In New York will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. J.

E. Price, pastor of the Washington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church, and those in Cincinnati by a minister from the Walnut Hills Presbyterian Church. Games Are Canceled. E. S.

Barnard, president of the American League, canceled the schedule of that circuit for tomorrow as soon as he learned of the plans for the funeral. It was discovered later that the only contest on the card was the Yankee-Senator engagement at Washington. The cancellation of this game will enable all club owners from as far east as Boston and as far west as Cleveland and Detroit to be present at the funeral. The National League probably will pay its respect to the man who won eight straight games from its clubs In the last two world series by observing a minute of prayer before the start of the games These are at Philadelphia and St. Louis.

After playing in Washington today the Yankees will entrain for New York and will not return to the Capital to resume the series until Saturday. The players will attend the funeral in a body. Chief among the mourners at bigr will be Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the Yankees, and Edward G. Barrow, business manager.

Men of the world, in the widest sense, surprised at nothing and affected by few events, these two friends of Huggins were visibly shaken by the newa every one had been expecting since just before noon when it became known that the little Miller had fallen into a coma. The owner of the Yankees, many times a millionaire, always wanted a winning ball team more than anything else his money could buy, and he stood in awe of the magic with which Huggins brought him pennants. To Jacob Ruppert: base ball wars were real and the commander of his forces was a super general. Always Avoided Limelight. Bix pennants in eight years and three world championships can hardly be kept a secret, but the retiring nature of Huggins, with not a trace of showmanship in it.

perhaps would have had it so. Hug always fell back from the limelight in favor of his players, in favor of Babe Ruth, the super-star whom the little manager fined 15,000 for insubordination, and against whom the fine stuck until remitted by Huggins himself after he had won all his points in his battle against the homerun king. It took that row to cement the friendship of Ruth and Huggins, of all grief-striken Yankees Ruth was the most severely shaken. death was caused by complications after erysipelas and influenza. the direct cause being the inability of medical science to check the rise of infection in his blood after the spread of toxins from a boil under his left eye.

Four blood transfusions failed to halt the advance of the poisons. Toward the end Huggins was unable to recognize his sister. Myrtle Huggins, with whom he made his home here and in St. Petersburg: his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Huggins of St. Robert J. Connery, a life-long friend, and Col. Ruppert and Mr. Barrow.

The base ball wizard was 49 years old, a native of Cincinnati. He had been surprisingly successful in Florida real estate and was reputed to be worth about 9250,000. Although a graduate of the University of California Law School and a member of the bar in Ohio, he is believed to have died without having drawn a will. HOFFMAN FIVE CHANGES NAME ALEXANDRIA, September 26. Hoffman Clothiers, runners-up to the Old Dominion Boat Club last Winter for the Alexandria unlimited basket ball title, will play under the name of the Knight's Store Five this season.

Edward Harlowe will continue as advisor. while a meeting will be held shortly to name a coach and manager. St. Mary's Celtics have obtained a lease for the use of Hall in the 1000 block of King street for its basket ball games this Winter preparations to convert the hall into a basket ball court will be started immediately. A valuable acquisition is Freeman, who is playing center field on the base ball team.

C. V. Tompkins of the Episcopal High has turned the coaching job at the Maroon and Black institution over to Cardwell, former Virginia captain and tackle in who will serve as head coach the remainder of the season. Tompkins will devote his time exclusively to drilling the indoor trackmen. St.

Celtics have postponed their game with the Mohawks in Washington October 13. It will be rescheduled for a later date. E. V. Weems and Col.

Pipes reached the third round of the Belle Haven Country Belle Haven bowl tourney yesterday, the former defeating C. C. Carlin, 5 and 4, and the latter beat D. F. Cowan 2 up.

Virginia A. C. girdmen will drill tonight at 7 o'clock at King and Lee BY WALTER Miller huggins left this field of play yesterday and not only his friends, but base ball will miss him. Through a good deal of early opposition and criticism, he came gamely on to prove himself a fine judge and great leader of men. This has been a year when sport has lost, several of its most efficient Tex Rickard.

James Rowe, Sam Hildreth and Miller Huggins, all have gone within a space of nine months. Rowe, Hildreth and Rickard were older men, but Huggins appeared to have decades of usefulness ahead of him. He was only 49. Long before Huggins came to manage the Yankees, in 1917, to win with them six pennants and three series, he was a player of note. Breaking into the big leagues with Cincinnati, in 1904.

he went to the St. Louis in 1909. and it was there that he got his first managerial experience. Won Fame As Player. But is was as a second baseman that he first won fame.

A great student of batters and a splendid fielder, Huggins could cover a lot of ground and was great on making double plays. At bat. he was one of the hardest hitters for a pitcher to work on who ever stood at a Standing about five feet four inches, there any too much room between his shoulders and his knees anyhow and in addition he had an eye like a hawk. You didn't find Huggins going after any bad balls. When Huggins first took hold of the Yankees, some of them thought he was too small for the job.

He soon demonstrated that he could, if the occasion warranted it. be Just, as tough as a man seven feet tall. After a few bouts in which he scored technical knockouts, he had no further trouble and I do not believe that any leader ended by ln! spiring more confidence and loyalty, i Huggins had both a college and law school education and his mind was keen and clear. He was a good deal of a psychologist. When we talked of the chances of the Yankees in Florida this Spring Huggins said: have a good team this season, but what it will do is all a matter of disposition.

You can't inspire or drive a team which has won the flag often enough to make it an old story as you can a team with an ambition yet to be realized. thing is that all parts of a machine do not wear the same. It may run smoothly, but that may be because the strong parts are carrying the part which has grown weak, and it does not become noticeable until it breaks. the sake of spirit and for the sake of replacing any worn parts one at a time, so as to build your machine over gradually and always keep it running at top speed, I like to add something each perhaps one small change: keep the machine oiled. trouble is that experience counts, and it is hard to tell just when a new part which is not worn in is better than a part which has begun to weaken, but still is doing pretty well.

You afford to rebuild all at once. You have to stop the machine entirely to do Always Wanted to Win. Huggins, like all players of the old school, hated to lose. It hurt him to run any place except first. might be better for the American League and base ball in general if some other club took a turn at he said to me.

I am going to win by 20 games if I can. It is my job to lead the Yankees to the flag. The others start from the same place and they must look out for A fine, game, brainy little man, Miller Huggins, with a heart and spirit bigger than his body. He played the game and it can ill afford to lose him. (Copyrlsht, 1929, by North American Newspaper Alliance.) ROLLERS WILL MEET TONIGHT A meeting will be held tonight to make final for launching the Saturday Night Duckpln League at Convention Hall.

Eight teams so far have entered the league and others will be welcomed. A. W. Hagerman has been elected president of the loop, with Bernard Hazel. vice president, and Charles Miller secretary-treasurer and official scorer.

Competition in the East Washington Church Bowling League, which opened its eighth season Tuesday night, promises to prove interesting. Douglas Memorial was the pennant winner in the last campaign. Comprising the loop are teams representing Anacoetia M. Brookland Baptist. Centennial Baptist, Douglas Memorial, Eastern Presbyterian, Epworth M.

Fifth Baptist, First Brethren, Ingram Memorial, Keller, Lincoln Road M. Ninth Street Christian, Second Baptist, United Brethren and Waugh Churches. Hyattsville duckpinners last night at Lucky Strike took the measure of the Meyer Davis quint by three pins in the District League. Hyattsville totaled 533 pins to 530 for Meyer Davis. It was the first appearanee of the suburban team in the loop.

SAM CRANE, EX-GRIFF. CONVICTED OF MURDER HARRISBURG, September 26 (Red) Crane, former major and minor league Infielder, was convicted of second-degree, murder last night in connection with the slaying of his erstwhile sweetheart, Della Lyter, whom he shot and killed on the night of August 3. The verdict was returned by a jury of four women and eight men after slightly more than two hours of deliberation. The verdict automatically carries a penitentiary sentence of from 10 to 20 years. BABE'S .625 MARK BECOBD.

The .625 average piled up by Babe Ruth in the 1926 series stands as the greatest mark for any player who ever plaved four games or more in the annual classic. ONLY ONE FOITR-RUN HOMEB. Only one player ever hit a world series home run with the bases full Elmer Smith did it for Cleveland in the 1920 series. between the Indians and Brooklyn. Jim ting Jlfetf WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1929.

I SHORTSTOPPING IN THE WORLD SERIES WILL BE UP TO THIS TRIO Elwood Engush-' ShT I -iiMr' iHj VKAMa I Dvkesi Cub Snatters Eager to Take at Mound Stars BY PAUL R. MICKELSON. Associated Press Sports Writer. CHICAGO. September 2fi (A 3 McCarthy's hustling Cublets have read so much of the near infallibility of their world series opponents, the Philadelphia Atheltics, that they are crackling with curiosity.

Hack Wilson, the distinguished Pennsylvania Dutchman, who specializes in home runs, is eager to see if he can slap one or more of Lefty portslde slants out of the park. Kiki Cuyler, who has pilfered 40 bases so far this season, wants to test the famed throwing arm of Catcher Mickey Cochrane. Guy Bush, leading pitcher of the I Heydler circuit, who gets a greater thrill out of a base hit for himself than a strikeout, wants to prove he is a danger- ous man with a bat. (He got five hits last Pat Malone wants to see if his speed ball is the best in both leagues. composed of Roger Hornsby, Cuyler, Wilson and Riggs Stephenson, wants a chance to prove it can slaughter the best pitching in the American League as completely as in the National.

Stephenson wants to come up to bat with the bases choked and determine whether he can all Not one of the Cubs plan to seek personal glory at the expense of team unison, they insist, but they all want BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Bt. Detroit. 3. New York.

11: Boston. 10 (11 innings). Chicago. 7: Cleveland, 9. STANDING OP THE CLUBS.

Mfi I iA 6 3 Philadelphia New YoTk SII4HOHBIHII7I Cleveland I 71141111131131 781681.87 St. Louis 101 91 91131171111 751701. Washington 41 SI RllEI 691771.4 Detroit 41 6718U.1, Chicago 91 61 91 41101 Boston 31 81 Hill SI 551941.5 Lost 481831981701771811801841 I I GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Chicago at Cleveland. New York at Wash, rllllft.

At Boston. New York at Wash. National League Cincinnati. St. Louis.

8. Brooklyn. 8-5: Philadelphia, 10-8. Boston. 4: New York.

8. STANDING OP THE CLUBS. i 3 3j Chicago 91iallSHS sqiTgs3 Pittsburgh 811811811U131141841611A79 71141131 13151 1541.55 St. Lotus I 8l 31 Brooklyn I 61 aIIIIIOWgOIAM Philadelphia .1 81111 41 Cincinnati 9UOI Boston 1718191 81 Sl'Bl 81-1541831187 Lost GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW Pittsburgh at St. L.

Pittsburgh at St. L. 1 Brooklyn at Phtia. Boston at Phlla. to get.

a chance to prove their special- Jties would be possible by them In the American League, which holds the edge on their circuit in gaining world's 1 championships. Each can be noticed any time study-1 ing Athletic records tor this season. Each has his opponent closely analyzed, except for Hack Wilson, who to take 'em as they come along." The pudgy ever-ready-to-fight Cub centerflelder, is polishing up a new willow Tor the fray, and whether he slams homers or whiffs, he is certain to provide thrills for the thrill-seeking world series crowd. i ready for those fellows right i now," Hack said between puffs in a workout at Wrigley Field. "I've read 1 and heard so much about their great team it sounds like a fairy story.

I'm i interested to know if all I can do a lot of batting," Bush said. Wilson kids me about my hitting, but who knows but what 1 may drive in some runs. Don't worry about my pitching, be tossing them fast and speed ball is all set to go." Malone explained. I work for strikeouts altogether, I'll harvest a crop of them, I "And Ah wants a chance to swoop runners in," said Stevie, the pride of Alabama. I never felt better in my Cuyler responded.

season I have heard I couldn't steal as many bases in the American League as I have in the National. But be after free has a combined average of .305, as compared to a .332 mark held by the Yankees' clean-up group in 1928. FAIRLAWN JUNIORS CLAIM CITY TITLE Fairlawn Juniors claim the city sandlot. base ball title in their class as the result of defeating Sport Shop. Capital City junior champs, and other leading nines in their division.

Pitching of Myerhoffer was largely responsible for success. He 12 games and lost none and fanned 15. He pitched a no-hit, no-run ame against Meridians. Kldwell and held down the catching potion. with Nalley at first base, Davis second, Benner and Beall at short.

top and Manager Harold Ricker at third base. Dwedney held forth in left Held. with C. Plumb in center and with E. Plumb, Thorne and Gibson alternately playing right.

Gibson also did some pitching, as did Charles Bray. Frank Small, backed the team which next season is planning to play in the' senior section of the Capital City League. A banquet for the Fairlawn nine is planned next month. Coleman White and St. Hospital nines are to face on the latter's diamond Saturday at 3:30 Ramblers are after a game for Sunday with an unlimited class nine.

Call Manager Vermillion at West 0333. A game for Bunday afternoon with an unlimited division nine is wanted by i Chevy Chase Grays. Arrangements may be made by calling Cleveland 9462 after 5:30 pjn. Foxall and National Press Building Cards will meet on the Foxall diamond Sunday at 3 to decide the road district Each team so far this season has defeated the other one. A game between married and single will be played, starting at 1 I i wt i I I mlSm 000 Imhp Jr Jr lip 1 mmm la, jHr Jp-jiMf Bmm JMM-r mr Wr'j.

Jr yP' Bm I mlg tJOHN KLEIN CROWDS OIL IN HOME RON RACE Hits Two to Get Within One of New Yorker, Who Is Leading With 42. I By thf Associated Press. WITH the base ball world mourning the death of Miller Huggins, there was little to the games yesterday, and a home run shower at Baker Bowl was the most noteworthy happening. Chuck Klein hit two of these, and not only pulled up to within one of Melvin Ott and the National League record of 42, but also became the fourth National Leaguer in 54 years to pass the 40 mark. Frank hit his thirty-first and Donald Hurst his thirtieth.

Sigman. the Philadelphia recruit, and Herman of Brooklyn also cleared the fence. Hurst's drive followed fortieth in the ninth round of the first game, enabling the Phils to win by 10 to 9. The second game was a Philadelphia victory by 8 to 5, pulling the Baker boys up to within half a game of the fifth-place Robins. Johnny Frederick doubled in the last game, running his string of two-baggers to 52, two more than the modern high mark set last, year by Paul Waner of the Pirates.

Ed Delehanty of the Phillies made the all-time record of 56 twobase hits in 1899. The Giants defeated the Braves by 8 to 4 at the Polo Grounds, climbing to within three games of the second-place Pirates. Each of these clubs will fall one contest short of its allowed 154, leaving the Giants only eight games in which to gain four, something of a task. The Cardinals whitewashed the Reds by 8 to 0 in the remaining National League game, the Cubs and the Pirates having open date on their schedule. Tony triple and Lou Gehrig's sacrifice fly enabled the Yankees to pull out the decision at Boston by 11 to 10 in the eleventh Inning.

The Yankees were visibly affected by news of their death, but pulled themselves together in time to earn the victory which clinched second place for them. Glenn home run with two on in the ninth enabled Cleveland to nose out Chicago by 9 to 7, and the Browns shaded Detroit by 3 to 2 in remaining American League games. The Athletics and the Senators were idle. SCHULTE BEING TREATED AS COLLISION AFTERMATH ST. LOUIS, September 26 Schulte, Brownie outfielder, has returned to Bt.

Louis for medical treatment as the result of head pains. Apparently the result of his collision with Helnle Manush at Sportsman Park on August 21. He was unconscious for 10 minutes after the accident. Jim Lindsey, new Cardinal pitcher from Houston, with a victory and defeat in two starts this Fall, has gone to his Baton Rouge, home, after an appendicitis attack. FIGHT LAST NIGHT.

By the Associated Press. Foreman, Canada, stopped Johnny Dundee, New York (10). MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 8- (Second called In seventh. darkness.) Celumbus.J; Kansas City, 8.

Indianapolis, Minneapolis, 8. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. San': Francisco. toe An teles, 7. Oakland.

Portland. 4. Big League Leaders By the Associated Press. National. Phillies.

.392. Cubs, 146. Runs batted Cubs. 152. Phillies, 233.

Robins, 52. Waner, Pirates, 19. Giants, 42. Stolen Cube, 40. Cubs, won 16, lost 6.

American. Athletics. .370. Tigers, 129. Runs batted Athletics, 147.

Athletics, 207. Browns, 44. Yanks: Gehrlnger, Tigers; Miller, Athletics; Scarritt, Red Sox. 15. Yanks.

46. Stolen Tigers, 26. Athletics, won 20, lost 5. GETS FOUR BITS AND PICKS UP A POINT By the Associated Preas. Activity in the Big Six yesterday again was limited to Frank Babe Herman and Babe Ruth, with the rest enjoying another open date.

got four out of nine, gaining one point to .392, and Herman got only two hits, losing one point. His average now is .384, eight points behind Ruth got one out of five and dropped one point. The standing: G. AB. r.

h. Pet. O'Doul. Phillies 147 141 .392 Herman. Robins 554 103 213 .384 Hornsby.

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134 566 126 161 26 4 1 198 44 12 .284 Boley 82 275 36 72 17 7 2 109 45 1 .262 AMATEUR AND PRO NET STARS Kozeluh, In Picking Says They Are BY TED YOSBURGH. Associated Press Sports Writer. FOREST HILLS. N. September 26 the 10 best amateur tennis players were pitted against the 10 foremost professionals in a series of matches, the result would be thinks Karel Kozeluh.

the great little Czechoslovakian pro, who stands today in the quarter-flnal round of the national professional championship singles. The "Wizard of who has seen all the leading members of both groups in action and has played or practiced against most of them, went on to name in order for the Associated Press the men whom he considers 'entitled to places in the two as follows: Amateur. France. 2 France. 3 United States.

France. United States. United States. United States. Italy.

France. 10 England. Professional. United States, or Kozeluh. Czechoslovakia.

or Richards. Burke, England. Germany. France. United States.

France. Kinsey. United States. Kozeluh. Czechoslovakia.

Germany. Kozeluh declined to take No. 1 place for himself, preferring to await the result of the present tournament, in which he and Vincent Richards, the defending champion, are favored to meet in the final, as they did last year. Richards already has reached the semi-finals with the aid of a first-round bye. having defeated the veteran Philadelphia chop-stroke master.

Wallace F. Johnson, yesterday by scores of 6 2. Kozeluh. around behind, trimmed Phil Bagby of Kansas City by 6 2, 6 2. A third player on list of the 10 best pros.

Howard Kinsey of San Francisco, likewise won in straight sets, and, like Richards, has nined the semifinal round with the ala of a bye. The chubby, bespectacled and eye-shaded master of the famous loop downed Edwin Faulkner, tall, spare Philadelphian, at 6 In the quarter-finals. WAR WHITES PLAYING 30 CAVALRY POLOISTS Third Cavalry and War Department were to clash this afternoon at 4 o'clock on the Potomac Park oval in another polo match of the low-goal series being conducted by, the War De, partment Polo Association. Second Corps Area malletmeu, defending champions, yesterday easily de, seated 16th Field Artillerymen, 11 to 3. PAGE 47 JIMMY DYKES of the Philadelphia Athletics unquestionably is one of the most versatile players ever in the major leagues.

He can play any infield or outfield position. with satisfaction guaranteed, and do a good job of battin, while filling any one of seven places. Starting with the Athletics during their lean yean. Dykes has been one of Connie greatest helps in the final climb to the pennant and has saved the day many times by his ability to sub any place on the field. 1 This season Dykes has played short, third and second, but most of his 111 games have been at the short-field post He will most likely appear in the world series at third, but it is within reason that he may be over near' second, for Connie Mack may try to get the moat hitting strength into the game against the clever Cub pitchers.

As a shortstop Dykes is batting points better than El wood English, the Cub juvenile, and 61 ahead of John Boley, his teammate. For a short, chunky fellow, Dykes hits tremendously hard, and has made 31 doubles. 5 triples and 13 home runs and batted in 70 runs. He is not nearly the fielder English has shown himself to be, but capable enough. English is the youngest member (jf the Chicago team and in time will be a great shortstop.

He is batting and is not a distance hitter, but he fe fast as a streak and has manipulated 93 double plays, which is better than the combined work of Boley and Dykes in that department. English has batted first or second in the Cub line-up all season and has reached base often. a timely hitter and dangerous in a pinch. John Boley. who for two years ha' been the regular shortstop has been troubled with injuries much of the season and has been in only 8r games.

forte is fielding and he is a clever glove artist, who topboth English and Dykes on the field. There are few shortstops capable of covering more ground than Boley when is right, and he is another dangerou and timely hitter of the Jack Barry and Everett Scott type. Should Boley be fit he will start the series, and Mack will be sure of steady work at the important shortstop position. There is little gained in comparison of the Cub and Mackian shortstops Boley is as good a fielder as English but not quite so strong at bat. Dyke: cannot handle balls with the younc Cub, but has outhit him over the season.

Oddly enough. Dykes has made total bases on his 121 hits during games, to collection of 198 or 161 hits in 134 games. But neither Connie Mack nor Joe McCarthy is worried about his shortstop and expects to be well protected there during the series. WEIL OBTAINS CONTROL OF THE CINCINNATI CLUB CINCINNATI, September 26 OP). Sidney Weil, wealthy young Cincinnati business man, has announced that has obtained enough shares in the Cincinnati Base Ball Club to assure hi control.

Within a few weeks he will became a director and. It is assumed, will be elected to the presidency. Weii said he believed the Reds would be paying venture, but said his first would be to build up a winning team as rapidly as possible. Weil made no statement regarding probable choice for the job of manager vacant after October 6 by reason of th resignation of Jack Hendricks, effectiv on that date. BIRMINGHAM WINS FIRST.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. September 2P Southern Association champions, defeated Dallas, Texas League pennant winners, 1 to 0, yesterday to open the series..