Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • Page 7

Tuesday evening THE DAVENPORT DEMOCRAT AND LEADER June 30, 192s Babe Ruth May Be Lost to Yanks For Remaining Months of Season FEAR BONE IN Reds Bow and Pirates Lead Knights Meet House of David Nine on Sunday; Hawk Athletes Shatter Three Iowa Records BROWNIES STOP SPEEDING HOSE BY 5-2 MARGIN DOPE WILLS AND GREB TO DEFEAT FOES THURSDAY RADLOFF ROUTS OLD MATES AND DUNS COP, 4-1 Play Bears Saturday 7 ERE the Knights of Columbus standing; in a bed of tly tour leaf clovers, each with a horseshoe around his 'neck, when they took the House of David a couple of weeks ago? Or can the Caseys really outplay the boys witn the flowing locks and the unshaven chins Those are merely a couple of examples of the many questions which have been fired by Davenport baseball fans at the Casey management since the victory over the their way to Indiana. So next Su day, the weather permitting, tl fans who questioned the Casey aggregation from Benton Harbor. In this uncertainty, however, the fans are not alone, for the management of tho Irish arc admittedly somewhat dubious as to the true reason for their 9 to 8 victory. In commenting on the game Manager Ed Frick said. -'It.

is true that the Caseys might he called 'mudders', for as some race horses run exceptionally well on a muddy track, the Irish seem to handle themselves well on a wet, spongy diamond. That, I believe, is not true of the House of Dai id and when the two aggregations meet on a dry, fast field the outcome, to me at least, will bo somewhat Casey Players Confident. Tile joungsters themselves have every confidence of their ability to trounce tho "Bearded Beauties" and promise to prove that ability when they have a second shot at them next Sunday. The House of David nine lias been playing thru western Iowa since their clash here and next Sunday will stop oil on Comeback of Suzanne One of Most Marvelous in the History National Loop Day of Idleness Puts the Giants in Second Place Robins Upset Phils. Cincinnati, June 30.

Pittsburgh went into first place yesterday by defeating Cincinnati. to 1. The Pirates hit Rixey hard, while Morrison kept the hits well scat tered. Ed Roush, centerfielder and mainstay of the Cincmnai club, was out of tho game on account ot a strained leg. The ram which halted the New York Ciants-Boston game in New York aided the Pirates to ease the top post.

The standing now is: Pittsburgh, .619, New lork .615. Score: PITTSBURGH. AG Jt Burnhart. It Kai i CINCINNATI. ll Smltl.

rf Robins, Phils, 3 Philadelphia, Pa June CO Dazzy Vance held the Phillies to five hits yesterday and the Robins won to 3. Vance increased his 1925 crop of strikeouts to 103 by fan ning six batters, Fournier hit his 11th homer of the season with none on in the eighth. Philadelphia made a triple play in the sixth. Brooklyn ....301 000 031 15 0 Philadelphia 000 200 0013 5 2 Batteries Vance and Deberry, Carlson, Knight and Wilson. Red Sox, JO; Yanks, 5 June 30.

Three Yankee pitchers were pounded for 1G hits yesterday us the Red Sox broke their losing streak of nine traight and won, 10 to S. Habe Ruth was out of the lineup. Score. York ..302 000 000 5 1 Boston 100 500 31' 10 10 0 Batteries Ferguson. Shawkey, VOGEL LEAVES FOR COAST; FIANCEE IS SERIOUSLY HURT Iowa City, la June 30.

Coach Otto II. Vogcl left yesterday tor Los Angeles, where his fiancee. Dorothy Whittaker of Cam paign. 111., was seriously injured auto accident. The collision occurred last week, but telegrams failed to reach the Hawkeye coach, who left for the coast upon receiving a phone message.

3 class In baseball coaching which Coach Vogel has been teaching has been left in the charge of Barry and Gordon Locke. It is not known when the Hawkeye mentor will return. FIFTEEN STATES REPRESENTED AT COACHING SCHOOL Iowa City. Ia June 30. Fifteen states are represented by the embryo mentors who are attending the University of Iowa coaching school By VINCENT RICHARDS, fniversal strvn Cn: respondent.

New York, June 30. Mile. Suzanne Lenglen has staged the most marvelous come-back in the history of lawn tennis. The temperamental French girl, after a year's retirement from the game due to illness, defeated Elizabeth Ryan, her most dangerous opponent in the Wimbledon classic, in two straight sets. What is even more astounding is the fact that she lost but two games in both sets.

Colored Heavyweight Favored to Beat Weinert Odds Against Walker. F1GHTERSJNQ drill Men Claim to Be in Tip-Top Form for Important Battles. NEW EW YORK, June 30. arry Wills, giant negro heavy-weight and Harry Greb, worlds middle weight were favorites today iiT'oT, ting on the main bouts at 1-5 rounds at the Polo grounds Thursday night for th Italian hospital fund. of four to one on Wills to defeat Charley Weioert of Newark.

prevailed in spite of the fact that word had come from the New Jersey boxers camp that he had closed streuuotii training jebtenlay in the best condition of his careei. Greb was an to 5 choice over his cnallenger. Mickey Walker, oi Id's welterweight champion. For a special six round bout, Jimmy siattery. wnsational Buffalo.

N. middleweight, was a to 2 selection over Dave Shade. California welterweight. Joe Lynch, fomier bantamweight champion, as favored at to 1 to take four round decision over his New Vr.rk rival. Jack sharker.

Weinert hung up his gloies at his camp jesteida. His traincti. announced lie had i cached the pcaic Baseball Notes I Dazzy Vance, pitching ace of the Dodgers, and oied the most valuable playei to his club in the National league last season, is out after another strike-out, recoid for the season. He whiffed six Phillies yesterday and brought his total for the season to 103. Carlsou.

Sand and Hawks of the Phillies executed a triple play against the Dodgers yesterday, which broke up a budding rally. Rabe Ruth was scheduled for a visit to an X-ray specialist today. The home inn king is nursing a-bruised right ankle and today's trip ill reveal whether the hone is broken. Lefty" Mogridge. who went to the Drowns with Bill Margraves the trade for Hank Severcid, mtcli- rai gaw the White IOWA YEARLING WINS AT CHICAGO Iowa City.

Ia June "0 Don F. Saunders or Sterling. 111. Iowa yearling track slar. won third place in the 60-jard high hurdles at the Gaelic-American meet in Chicago last week.

lie has been keeping in condition at ins home Sterling since the close of the Hawkeye track season. lip competed unattached ii ihe Chicago This Time TRY Bohemian Hop-Flavored PurHan Malt Gives Best Results Choicest Materials FAMOUS STAR'S ANKLE BROKEN Sultan of Swat Fears He Will Be Out of Game Rest of Year. LOSS BLOWJO YANKS Huggins Practically Abandons Hope of Getting Babe in Shape. N' EW YORK, June 30. The inspiration of Babe Ruth, which car- riecfcthe New York Yankees to the top of the American league in recent years, is lost to the tribe of Huggins for the rest of the season.

"The Babe" himself may get back into the game, but his spirit, is gone and he would be "just the ninth man on the ball team. Ruth is going to a 'hospital hero Thursday to have an x-ray taken of his right ankle, believing the bone is chipped. This comes on the heels "Of an injury to his left leg and ankle, which -were swollen last lant, 'Boyish mouth drooping even lower than usual, "and 1 certainly don't expect to have any luck." 1 the x-ray examination shows that Babe's new injury is not serious, he may get into a good many games as a pinch hitter and possibly return to the lineup as a regu-. lar outfielder. But the best he and Huggins, team manager, hope Tor is a good fresh start towards new records and new inspiration tor his teammates in 1920.

A foul tip, glancing from the Babe's bat, struck his right ankle during batting practice here a week ago. but at tho time he paid no attention to it. Later the ankle became badly swollen CHARLOTTE NINE HUMBLES BATTERY Charlotte, June 30 Charlotte easily defeated the Battery team of Davenport here Sunday afternoon, 15 to 2.x The locals scored five runs in the opening frame and thereafter could not be stopped. Charlotte ..500 001 O.lx 15 14 1 Battery 000 002 000 2 Batteries v. Petersen and o.

Petersen; Alexenburg, i Dunsworth and Foley. SPORT FLASHES Chicago Gene Tunney, Amei can light heavyweight was signed to meet an unselected opponent in ten rounds, July 17, at East Chi- New York. An order for arrest of Fdourda Mascart, French featherweight champion, was issued when promoters charged he planned to sail without tilling a contract to fight Babe Herman of Cali- Miaml, Fla. Joe Cook, New Orleans featherweight, stopped K. O.

Hartley, Miami, in the second Little Rock, Ark. Joe Steelier, heavyweight wrestling title claimant, defeated Rudy Dusek, Little Rock in two straight falls. New Orleans Jimmy Finley, Louisville, scored a technical knockout over "Red" Hill, New Orleans, in the 13th round. Portland, Ore. Tiny Herman, Portland heavyweight, scored a ten round decision over George Lam-son, Omaha.

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Sreetol to Vie Democrat Iowa Citv. Juno 30. Three Iowa records were shattered ami one tied by the Hawkeye track team during the 1925 season. Har- old R. Phelps, Iowa's great distance runner, bet two of the new marks, running the two-mile in the fast time of 3:27, and setting a new mark of 4:29 5-10 in the mile race.

Ray G. Dauber, captain-elect of the Iowa track team, sot the other new mark by hurling the -shot 40 reet, 2 inches. Orthol Roberts, star negro dash man, who made the best time in the two short dashes, tied tbc university record of S-10 ia the 100-yard dash. Rob erts was also a member of the half- mile and mile relay teams which set the best marks for the season. The best performances of the car in each event on the Hawkeye track schedule are as follows: Track Events.

100-yard dash :09 8-10 O. T. Roberts (ties university record). 20-yard dash- .21 3-10-O. Roberts.

440-yard dash 49 C. F. Coul- SSOyard run liSS 4-10 I. Sor- Milc run 4:29 5-10 H. R.

Phelps (university record). Two-mile run 9.27 II. R. Phelps (university record). 120-yard high hurdles :15 6 10 W.

Jtf. Mann. 220-yard low hurdles -20 L. D. Phelps.

Half-mile relay 1:27 9-10 L. Phelps, Jones, Roberts, Evering- Mile relay 3:24 S-10-Bolce, Roberts, Coulter. Pheips Field Events. lG-ln. shot put 10 feet, 2i inches G.

Dauber (universitv record). 10-lb. hammer throw 135 feet, 5 inches E. R. Handy.

Javelin throw 173 feet, 5 2-3 inches Rice. Discus throw 13S feet, 64 inches J. w. Hancock. High jump ff feet, A.

alt 11 feet, inches GIANTS TAKING PIRATES' DUST New York, June 30 The Giants are taking the dust from the today. For the first time since early in the senon New York is out of the lead in the National league pennant race. while thi Giants were ahead of tile Brav to 1 in the second inning yesterday, rain stopped the contest. The Corsairs were nuick to take ad vantage of the opportun- ed the Reds, to 1, and gained the pinnacle four ppmt leeway. i Cincinnati felt (lie effect of the rise of the Pirates and was tohoc- I ganed into the second div Louis moving into fourth place the first rank by remaining idle.

Stanley Coveleskie, the vetei spit-balier, traded hv Tris Speaker oi me muinns. to Washington lasl fall, hurled the champions to a 4 to 1 victory over the Athletics slicing the lead of the Mackmen to nan a game. The downfall for the American league leaders also marked the first defeat of the season for Sam Gray, Philadelphia pitching ace. By virtue of the triumph Coveleskie shares the best twirlingjiverage in the league with Gray, with nine victories and one set-back. The chronic ailment of the Yankees, dropping a game after winning two, still persists.

For the 11th time thts season, the Hugnicn failed extend a two-game winning streak by losing yesterday to the Red Sox, 10 to 5. Boston had lost nine straight. Detroit held fast to fourth place by annexing a twin program from Cleveland, 4 to 1 and 7 to 4. Cobb ed out three doubles and a single out of four attempts in the opener. The Browns polished off the White Sox in the first of a' series.

Mogrilge yielding but five hits. Dazzy Vance was the undoing of Phillies, i permitting but five safeties, while the Robins garnered 15 off Carlson and Knight to win by to 3. The Phillies made a triple piy. Have you attended Ben Liberman's lucky purchase sale? Ben Liberman "Your Clothes Builder" 310 Main Street I I I Mogridge Sets Collins-Tribe Down with Five Scattered Blows. I st- Louis.

Mo, June 30. The I White Sox' winning streak that had stretched to seven straight, snap, PRd yesterday under the pressure I George Mogridge's tantalizing left-hander foolers. The veteran, who a season ago helped to hurl the Senators to a world's championship, held the Chicagoans to five hits and in the meantime the Browns did sufficient things to tiny Mike Cvengros to' attain a 5 to 2 victory in the first of the series. BH Mo- II ruik. it I nnoncr, United for Dl.

on balls Double play even Hie On CvenKTos Griffs, Macks, I Washington. D. June 30. Washington drew up to within half a game of tne league leading Phila delphia Athletics yesterday by de feating them, 4 to 1, for the third time in die four games played of the seiies. S.nn Gray, pitching ace of the Athletics, who gave way to jWalberg in the sixth inning, was charged with Ins first defeat of the season, while.

Coveioskie, by winding drew up to a tie with Gray for the best pitching average in the league, with nine wins and one defeat. Lamar carried his string of consecutive hit-; mg games to 29. Score: Philadelphia .000 000 0011 7 1 Washington ..000 200 02 4 0 0 Batteries Gray, Walherg and Cochrane; Coleveskie and Ruel Tigers Win Two Cleveland. O. July 30.

Detroit heat Cleveland in a double-header I here yesterday. The scores were 1 to 1 and 7 to 14. Scores: First gamp Detroit 200 000 0204 12 0 Cleveland ..000 000 0011 7 2 Batteries Dauss and RflsKlpr- Yowell. Speece and Myatt. Second game- Detroit .000 102 3017 15 Cleveland 000 211 0004 10 Batteries Leonard and Bassler; Maurice Archdeason, outfielder amI holder or the worlds record ofi circling the bases in 13 2-5 seconds, has been shipped to Baltimore.

HCj-WEftSwrr HERE A SuGC3ESTion help The. GOlfej Wno Cuts Across The Ball instead Of JOCK. Mcrooxuc I I I i I i Irvin's Wildness Leads to Downfall of Gray's Islanders. Cedar Rapids, June 30. vin's wildness in the pinches and Kadioff control presented an cellent exhibition in yesterday game.

Cedar Rapids beating Rock Island 14 to 1. Radloff allowed but four hits and walked one, while Ir-vin passed six and allowed six hits. Score: Rock Island .000 000 0101 i Cedar Rapids 010 012 00x4 6 Batteries Irvin and Dorsey Radloff and Conkcy. Cards Split Even Ottumwa, June 30. Burling ton and Ottumwa divided a double header here yesterday with the local club winning the first contest, 4 to 3, in 14 innings, and the Bees annexing the bargain part of the bill, 3 to 1.

In the opener Fuller House lost in the last inning, after filling the bases on two singles and a walk, when Cather rarr allowed a fast one to slip thru to the grand stand. Brandon hit a homer that forced the contest into extra innings. Scores: First Game-Burl'gton Oil 000 001 000 00 .1 11 i1 Ottumwa 001 010100 000 01 1 7 1 Batteries House and Tarr, Dill Johnson and Brandon. Second Game. Burlington 000 101 1 Ottumwa 010 000 01 Batteries Van Diesne and Farr, Welch, John and Brandon.

Plows, Dubs, 3 Moline defeated Dubuque, 5 to at Browning's field yesterday aft ernoon, ening up the series, the Iron Men outlut the winners but the latter grouped their blows to advantage. Score: Dubuque 000 1 Moline 000 3 2 Batteries Robertson, Blackburn and Meyers; Bauer, Schmidt and Schollenberg. Ansons, Hawks, 1 Waterloo, June 30. "Red' Hamilton, recently released hj Rock Island, returned to Marshall town, after a year's absence, and scored a 3 to 1 victory over Waterloo yesterday. Hamilton, allowed only six hits and was effective In pinches.

Scots: Marshalltown 000 120 0003 Waterloo ..000 001 0001 6 .3 Standing of Clubs AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, Chicago 2. New York, 5. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pittsburah 39 2 New York 40 25 Brooklyn 33 32 PWuIdelp'hIa 29 35 Chicago 29 3 Boston 25 39 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati. 1. Brooklyn Philadelphia. 3. No other names played.

GAMES TODAY. Chicago. Indianapolis 37 32 City 3-1 33 St. Paul 35 34 Toledo 33 37 Columbus 29 37 Milwaukee 28 43 THREE EYE LEAGUE. Haute .32 20 26 il Qidncy 22 30 Sprlngfle'd 19 35 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

Rnck Island 33 20' Cedar Rapids 31 20 Moline 28 25 Waterloo 26 27 25 26 Burlington 25 29 Ottumwa 24 29 Dubuque 18 34 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS .528 rshalltown. .439 Pct. .615 1 5M "473 .453 I superiority over tho boys with the flowing tresses and bewhiskered chins will have all of those ques tions answered. Tho a dim charge to the gamo Sunday will be 50 cents, with a grandstand fee of On Saturday. July 4.

the Knights of Columbus will clash, for the last of a three game series, with the Bettendort Bears at tne at. brose college park. This will the deciding game between Caseys and the Bears for thus far each has won a contest. In the opening game of the season truck builders nosed the Irish out of a victory by a 2 to 1 count and in their second encounter Knights won with a 7 to score. Both teams have improied in their playing and each are confident of win in Saturday's tilt.

The admis sion chaTge for this game will bf 35 cents, with a 1 5 cent grandstand fee. of Net Sport Valley League Games for July, R. I. arid Moline AT MOLINE 4, 4, 5 Rock Island. 6 No games scheduled.

7, 8, 9 Cedar Rapids. AT ROCK ISLAND 10, 11, 12 Dubuque. 13, 14, 15 Moline. 25, 26, 27 Waterloo. AT ROCK ISLAND.

28, 29, 30 Marshalltown. 31 No games scheduled. SLICE By ABE G. ESPINOSA In playing for slice, the stance veil behind the left of the true i you are shoot should be taken hall. Play to th direction for whi ing.

At the moment of impact, draw the arms in toward the body. This will draw the head of the club across the ball, from the outside In. and will produce the -lice desired. Limit the follow thru in this case to a very short one, stopping the club much in the manner used when plaiug a shot with the irons. While the intentional slice is effective when veil executed, it ii euremely hard to produce in the right manner and should not lie attempted bj the average player.

(C nriKht. 1125, Aaa'd tidltors, tarnished a world's record ir low hurdles. Su. the yards in S4-10seconds GOLF AS CHAMPIONS PLAY IT. baJi.

Z-Awttoleft bdlf Suzanne was complete master of the situation after the first two games Her control was a thing to marvel at according to the critics who watched the match. I was 'one of those fortunates who saw the Lenglen-Kyan duel on the same center court last year and altho Miss Ryan played beautiful tennis thruoul the entire match it parent that Suzanne was not up to form. Her retirement trom the tournament two days later because of illness conllrrned this assump- There is little doubt concernii Sussann i-oi Id1 When she is right she is the gre csl bit of tennis wizardy in game. A match between Helen Wills and Suzanne would indeed be the greatest attraction of the tennis year The report that Mary Browne and Helen Wills are to team together in the coiniug national dou bles championship has caused con- iderable excitement in tho tennis d. Mary is considered one of headiest doubles plajers In the game and it sho is to team with amI? would make a unbeatable combination.

Lawrence B. Rice, Lucian E. Wii iliams and Charles S. Garland, American representatives in the championship, have fallen by the wayside. Two of them were defeated by Englishmen while the third lost to an Indian.

It w-as thought that Garland would make a better showing in this event in view of the fact that this 'is his third trip to the mecca of jail lawn tennis players. But even with his knowledge of the condi tions he found the going just a bit too hard. SECURE SPEAKERS FOR IOWA MEETING Iowa City, June 30. Major John L. Griffith, Big Ten athletic commissioner, and T.

N. Metcalt, athletic director at Ames, -will he two of the principal speakers at the second annual state conference of nhvssiMl education which will he held at die" University of Iowa July The first annual conference was started here last summer by Dr. P. E. Bolting, Iowa athletic director, and attracted a large group of experts.

Subjects considered at the conference will include that of physical education as a profession as well as problems of organization and administration. Football, swimming and baseball will be discussed particularly for the coaches who will attend. BATTERY WANTS SABBATH CLASH Battery is without a game for Sunday and members ot the club are desirous of hooking an out-of-town contest for Unit dale. A game can he arranged by calling Dav. S61S come from New Jersey and Call-394 fornia.

and from Minnesota and Tennessee. The largest number come from with Missouri and Illinois ncxt in order. In former years, not oro tnan 11 states llave been represented. The following states are represented in the coaching classes: Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana, Minnesota, Texas. South Dakota, Wisconsin, Colo-Pet.

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