Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 273, 27 September 1921 — Page 9

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(Br Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept. 27. Father Knickerbocker's two major baseball clubs, Yankees and Giants breathed easier today than they hare for quite a spell. They could look back at their nearest rivals, the Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh Pirates, respectively without seeing them so close at their heels. The Yankees were 15 points ahead of the world champions from Ohio and their senior fellow citizens had a lead of 25 paces over the Western Pennsylvanians. Two more victories out of 4 games j for the Giants and the pennant win Dei theirs even though the Pirates be successful in all their remaining games. If the Yankees win three of five games left, on their schedule, they will be the American League champions, despite a possible clean sweep by Cleveland in their final four game series with the White Sox. Shocker Dangerous. The Yankees may not find the going ho rosy today with St. Louia as their opponents, especially if Urban Shocker, their old jinx twirls against them. Shocker, a former Yankee, who has beat?n them several times this season, was at the Polo Grounds yesterday and served notice on Manager Huggins men that he means to pitch today and beat them. The 8 to 7 victory for New York over Cleveland yesterday made it three rut of four in the "little world's series." Featuring the final thrilling battle was Ruth's batting. Miller's spectacular fielding and Mays' pitching. Ruth hit two homers and a double. Miller saved the game for the Yankees in the 8th by a shoestring catch off Speaker's bat with two runners on base. Mays, who won Sunday's game, relieved Hoyt in the 8th and kept the Indians from further Coring. Burns, Cleveland's first base man, made the most hits of the game four,, one a triple in five times at tat. Distance Widened. The Philadelphia Nationals' first Pittsburgh victory this year came just as the New York Nationals were defeating St. Louis, pitcher Nehf holding the clouting Cardinals to five hits. Thus the distance was widened between the Giants and Pirates. The Philadelphia Athletics also defeated the Chicago White Sox. although a homer by Centerfielder Johnson," was ruled out. The ball went over leftfielder Strunk's head Into the I. leathers and he protested that the fans there had Interfered with his judging the ball. Umpire Moriarty allowed the protest. Two more victories out of 4 games for the Giants and the pennant will be theirs even though the Pirates be successful In all their remaining pames. If the Yankees win three of five games left on their schedule, they will be the American League champions, despite a possible clean sweep by Cleveland In their final four game series with the White Sox. EVERSMAN INJURED ON PURDUE GRIDIRON George Eversman, a local boy and graduate of the Richmond high school, who ha3 been making such a good showing in athletics at Purdue university, probably will be out of athletics the remainder of his college tlays as the result of injuriesTcceived when he was knocked unconscious during a scrimmage Monday afternoon.. He wa3 rushed to the hospital, where an examination by Dr. G. A. Thomas, athletic director, revealed that he had suffered concussion of the brain, although it is believed that there is no fracture of.the skull. Eversman was one of the leading candidates for a halfback position on the Purdue varsity football team this year. He was a member of last year's Purdue football, basketball and baseball teams. Word has been received here Tuesday morning by Mrs. John Keys that Eversman would be out of the hospital in a day or so. and that he was not M-riously injuried as was thought at first. RESERVE LISTS MUST BE FILLED BY OCT. 1 Managers of Commercial League teams that have not filed their reserve lists for next season in the Community Service rooms are requested to do so immediately. If these lists are not filed by Saturday, Oct. 1. the players listed on their teams will be declared free agents and may sign with any team they desire. Four teams have filed their reserve lists to date and the other four should do so now. The policemen filed their list Monday. It includes C. Kendall, manager; C. Wadman. C. Rollf, E. Porter, H. Fitzgibhons, C. Parrish, O. Bundy. L. Retherford, C. Knight, C. Harris BABE RUTH POINTS TOWARD 60 MARK iBy Associated Pres) NEW YORK, Sept. 27. With a total of 58 home runs hit this year Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees today was pointing toward a mark of 60, which he hopes to attain before the season closes. He had five games In which to reach three score figure. Ruth walloped the ball for two circuit clouts in the game against Cleveland yesterday. A two-bagger gave him a perfect average. He also hit two homers in one day last year, off Pitcher Homasli of the Philadelphia Athletics on Sept. 27. In the four games just finished against Cleveland, the president of the home run club averaged .727 with the bat, making 8 hits for a total of 15 bases. REJECT MAYFLOWER (By Associated Press) ' GLOUCESTER, Mass;, Sept. Entry of the Boston schooner Mayflower for the elimination races to choose an American defender for the International Fishermen's cup was rejected yesterday by the American Fishermen's race committee.

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Manager Miller Huggins of the New York Yankees, left, and Manager Tris Speaker of the Cleveland Indians, snapped during the "little world's series" between their teams in New York. This photo of the peppery leaders of the American League teams which are battling neck and neck for the pennant was taken while their teams were

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gins, diminutive Yankee leader, is a driver. He keeps his team together by sheer force of will power. Dissatisfaction is coming to a head constantly on

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ures. Speaker leads by injecting his own fighting spirit and "pull together" spirit Into the whole club. He counts on perfect harmony to bring out the

utmost in his men. HORSESHOE PITCHERS ENROLL FOR TOURNEY Several entries have been received by the Richmond Horseshoe Pitchers association of the Richmond Community Service for the tournament to be held on the association grounds on South Tenth street, Saturday afternoon. This tournament Is open to all persons wishing to enter, whether he be a member of the association or a resident of Wayne county. A saiall entrance fee will be charged each team to cover the expenses of the meet. The Winning team will be given a pair of gold horse shoes as first prize. The meet will start promptly at 3 o'clock and all entries must be in by 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Entry blanks can be obtained from P. H. Slocum of the Richmond Community Service; Dempsey Dennis, j president of the association, and the sports editor of the Palladium. How They Stand NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Won Lost New York -93 57 Pittsburgh SS 60 St. Louis 84 65 Boston 78 71 Brooklyn 73 74 Cincinnati 6S SO Chicago 61 S7 Philadelphia 50 101 AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs Won Lost Pet. .620 .595 .564 .523 .497 .459 .412 .331 i Pet. .635 .620 .517 .514 .493 .470 .393 .356 Pet. New York 4 54 Cleveland 94 57 St. Louis 78 73 Washington 72 Boston 72 74 Detroit 71 80 Chicago 5!) 91 Philadelphia 52 94 Clubs Won Lost AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville 95 Minneapolis 87 Kansas City 81 65 70 75 81 S2 83 S5 92 .594 .554 .519 .491 .484 .481 .465 .410 t Toledo 73 Milwaukee 77 Indianapolis 77 St. Paul 74 Columbus ' 61 GAMES TODAY National League Cincinnati at Chicago. Brooklyn at Boston ttwo games). American League Boston at Philadelphia. American Association Milwaukee at Indianapolis. Kansas City at Louisville. Minneapolis at Columbus. St. Paul at Toledo. Games Yesterday NATIONAL LEAGUE At St. Louis R. H. E. New York 002 100 1004 11 2 St. Louis 000 010 0001 5 5 Nehf and Snyder: Walker. Pfeffer, Pertica and Ainsmith, demons. At Pittsburgh R. H. E. Philadelphia 000 100 1002 8 1 Pittsburgh 000 001 0001 7 0 Hubbell and Henline; Adams, Carlson and Gooch. AMERICAN LEAGUE At New York R. H. E. Cleveland 300 002 2007 10 1 New York 103 022 OOx 8 10 1 Coveleskie. Uhle, Morton and O'Neill; Quinn, Hoyt, Mays and Schang. At Philadelphia R. .H. E. Chicago .... 000 000 0000 9 0 Philadelphia 012 000 OOx 3 10 2 Russell and Schalk; Moore, Harris: and Perkins. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION At Columbus R. H. E. Minneapolis 303 200 0019 11 3 Columbus 100 000 1002 5 2 Mangum and Crosby; Martin, Odenwald and Hartley. No other games scheduled. Johnny Buff, new world's bantam weight and American flyweight cham-j pion, has been offered $25,000 to meet! Kid Wolfe, of Cleveland, in a 12-round j bout to a decision in Cleveland.. He was given two days to decide.

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are distinctly different types. Hug repeated insurrections by drastic meas Chips and Slips New York Giants practically cinched the National league pennant Monday when they trimmed St. Louis while the Phillies were beating the Pirates. That gives McGraw a four-game lead, and it is now possible for the Giants to play only four more games. Pittsburgh can play only six more games this year. "Do you know what day this i3, John, dear?" Unpleasant recollections of previous memory lapses flashed through John's ....r n mind. He wouldn't be caught this time! , "Why, of course, my love! How could I possibly forget that this Is our wedding anniversary?" he said. "No, it isn't. That is three months ahead," she responded coldly. "This is the day on which you promised to take the afternoon off from the office and beat the rugs." Philadelphia trimmed the Pirates for the first time this season at Pittsburgh by winning Monday's game by the score of 2 to 1. Yankees also have the pennant for the America league cinched and now have a two-game lead over the Indians. The Yanks can play six more games, including postponed games, one of which will never be played. Cleveland has four more games to be played and cannot take the lead by winning all four unless the Yanks lose four of the remaining six on their schedule. Jack Dunn's Baltimore Orioles closed the season with a double victory over the Jersey City team and hung up a new record for games won, winning a total of 119 games for the season. The former record was 116, made by the Chicago Cubs in 1906. INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE HONORS GO TO ATLAS The Industrial league of the Richmond Community Service just finished a successful season and are planning to reorganize next year, with the same teams. The Atlas team won the pennant, winning 17 games and losing 2, second honors were captured by the Jenkins-Vulcan Spring company winning 11 games and losing 4. Much cred it must be give to Harry McBride for his assistance to the Community Service for the success of the league. The standings of the teams are as follows: Won. Lost. Pet. Atlas 17 2 .895 Jenkins 11 4 .733 I. H. C 10 4 .714 Special 9 7 .563 Piston Ring 7 7 .500 Expressmen 3 9 .250 Jones 3 12 .200 Pennsy 2 17 .106 c l n on uooq . . n 1 Bicycle Tires i 1 MEYER A. KEMPER jwcafcTUW( r-n upp. wuy nan Large Assortment of Fall Woolens Ready for Your Inspection G. H. GERLACH 337 Colonial Bldg. Modern Tailoring Expert Dry Cleaning FAULTLESS CLEANING CO. 8th and Main Phone 2718 203 Union Nat'l. Bank Bldg.

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Batamweight Victims Sought By California Chinese Fighter Is Not of the "Heathen". Variety George Washington Lee Was Born in 'Frisco, and Learned to Fight When a Boy.

By FHAK G. MEKE One of those "heathen Chinese" is trekking from out of the Golden West intent upon busting a lot of high-brow bantams right into the arms of Morpheus. "And he kin do it, too if he gits his chance," they assure' you out California way. Inasmuch as he already has battled ( Pete Herman and others with glory to himself, there s reason for the prediction." George Washington Lee that's the heathen Chinese. Only George jsn t very heathsn. He was born .in Frisco, educated in the Sacramento public schools and got the final American polish through attendance at night business schools. But when he fights blooie goes the polish! Toughs Spot George. There's something of a romance hooked onto the career of George Washington Lee. When he was little more than a baby the family moved to Sacramento and anchored in one of the poorer sections which housed a lot of tough kids. They yearned for some outlet for their boyish energies. They "spotted" George Washington Lee and right away they seized upon f"" I him as an unofficial and quite unwill-l ing sparring partner. As the years flitted. George Washington Lee quit school and got a job in the shipping department of a Sacramento concern. In time he was graduated to shipping clerk's role. He was bright, an earnest and sincere worker. His employers figured he might become a somebody in the business world eventually. No Interest in Business. But George Washington Lee's thoughts were not with business. He had come to love boxing. In his youth, he was compelled, after a time, to fight back against his white tormentors. Naturally quick in movement and extremely rugged, he gradually reached a point where he was

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able to take the measure of any kid of his size in the neighborhood. ' ; AH of which filled him with an am-

Dition to go on to higher tilings tn a boxing way. He saved his spending money and when he had gathered in enough he joined a gymnasium. There Ancil Hoffman, of Sacramento, discovered j him. Under the tutoring of Hoffman, f Via vArctan HAiAlnnod fiyiinl?'iK1ir He became the ..gym.. cnamp. Wnen he was 19 Hoffmaa turned him loose against some of the preliminary boys iin the California town. And George Washington Lee swept through them like a gale through fields of grain. Bantams 'See Workout Along in 1919 Hoffman was asked to take his boy to Cuba. The idea was to pit him against the Cuban bantam champ. Hoffman and Lee arrived. Lee worked out. The Cuban champ and likewise some American ban tams peeped through the door. They co w I .onrofi A nrl t horoo ttoi fhflv i harionpri f tn iho t nf tho nrn. moters who wanted them to tackle the "yellow peril." So the pair went back to New Orleans. There George Washington Lee got a fight with one of the toughest l bantams in the south. He knocked 1. v j , ii j u ,u ,ess l"n , u , ' ixr: gut utuci ii&ul auu w uu cm m a hurry. Then they sicked him onto Pete Herman, king of the bantams. Pete took the fight as a sort of joke for about one minute. Then it was different. For George Washington Lee, showing no fear whatsoever, stepped out in the opener and plunked Peterkin on the jowel. He followed with a swishing left hander to the body. Loses by Shade. Then Pete started to fight because he had to. Lee was fighting because he wanted to. And a slambang melee ensued which kept the crowd on its pedals shrieking and howling in frenzied delight. The youthful Chinaman, although outbulked nearly . a dozen ancf7 veiop A V li

pounds, lost the decision but only by a shade attributable to lack of weight and experience. George Washington Lee then journeyed back home and spiced up his visit with his father, five brothers and two sisters by pickiag on a lot of bantams on the coast and whipping

'em all. -- Eventually George Washington Lee got a summons to New York. He arrived with a mouth that was in such bad shape that a doctor advised against his boxing for several months. His gums were in terrible shape from a drive which one of his rivals had made agjinst mem with an elbow. fBut George Washington Lee figured that by the use of a rubber mouth he could get along nicely.-.... ... Lee Exchanges Blows. He tackled the fearfully rough Midget Smith. In the second round Smith's handlers' obpected to the rubber mouth piece. It came out. Then Smith landed a swinging right hander on the mouth. He kept driving away at it in merciless fashion. But Lee never stepped back he waded in and willingly swapped punches with the youngster who is regarded as one of the most agressive fighters and heaviest hitters since Terry McGovern's day. The fight was on that New York e will never forget. These kids stood toe to toe for nearly nine full

rounds whaling and anging away atjPeimgy vs T N T Kevstones vs.

clonic speed and neither ever backed away. It seemed every minute that one or the other must go down and out under the terrific fusillade of blows. But neither did. The end came in the ninth when the referee stopped the bpttle and gave the verdict to Smith. It was because Smith had ripped and torn Lee's mouth into such a state that blood gushed forth in a stream. The referee figured that perhaps a blood vessel had been ruptured. But within a few weeks Lee's mouth had healed perfectly. And now George Washington Lee is going back to New York, seeking Smith first of all, then Lynch and then Pete Herman, king of the class. "He will come back to the coast a champion,' is the Sacramento and San Francisco prophecy. I Copyright 11)21 By Kins Fcatnrea Syndicate. Inc.)

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OPEN PENNSY BOWLING SEASONHERE TONIGHT The Pennsylvania Bowling league's new schedule for the 1921-22 season j has just been announced. The teams which will comprise the league this year are: Pennsy, Keystones, T. N. T.'s. Wrecking Crew, Round House. Each team has been handicapped and some lively competition is looked for this year. The season begins Tuesday night, Sept. 27. and the present schedule will corjinue until April 25. The games are scheduled as fo! Iowa from Sept. 27 to April 25: First Circuit. Sept. 27 Pennsy vs. Keystones: Pan Handles vs. Round House; T. N. T. vs. Wrecking Crew; Round House vs. T. N. T. Oct. 11 Pennsy vs. Round House; Keystones vs. T. N. T.; Pan Handles vs. Wrecking Crew. Oct. 18 Pennsy vs. T. N. T.; Keystones vs. Pan Handles; Round House vs. Wrecking Crew. Oct. 25 Pennsy vs. Wrecking Crew; Keystones vs. Round House; Pan Handles vs. T. N. T. Second Circuit. Nov. 1 Pennsy vs. Keystones; Pan Handles vs. Round House; T. N. T. vs. Wrecking Crew. Nov. 8 Pennsy vs. Pan Handles; Kevstones vs. Wrecking Crew; Round House vs. T. N. T. Nov. 15 Pennsy vs. Round House; Keystones vs. T. N. T.: Pan 1 i Handles vs WnliiTi rvm- v,r o vs. Wrecking Crew. Nov. 29 Pennsy vs. Wrecking Crew; Keystones vs. Round House; Pan Handles vs. T. N. T. Third Circuit. Dec. 6 Pennsy vs. Keystones; Pan Handles vs. Round House; T. N. T. vs. Wrecking Crew. Dec. 13 Pennsy vs. Pan Handles; Keystones vs. Wrecking Crew; Round House vs. T. N. T. Dec. 20 Pennsy vs. Round House: Keystones vs. T. N. T.; Pan Handles (Continued on Page Eleven) Altering, Repairing, Relining Carry and Save Plan JOE MILLER, Prop. 617J4 Main St. Second Floor Expert Motorcycle Repairing EARL J. WRIGHT 31 S. Fifth St oow . . ....... -rnnnn.rui.ii Preparedness la good staff for the renow wno wants battery results. Willard Service helps a lot KRAMER-EDIE BATTERY CO. 1211 Main Phone 1560 Tailor & Cleaner For Men Who Care We Call and Deliver Carl C. Young 8 No. 10th Phone 1451 "Say It With Flowers LEMON'S FLOWER SHOP 1015 Main Street Phone 1093 Don't Wear Spotted Clothe Send them to WILSON to be Cleaned Phones 1105-1106 WALL PAPER, lc Priced as low as 1 cent per roll 1,000 rolls to choose from "The Wall Paper King" MARTIN ROSENBERGER 401-403 Main St. OHLER & PERRY Battery Service Station Recharging and Repairing New Batteries for All Makes of Cars Night Service Until 9:30 1532 Main St. Phone 2677 PHOT05 7ZZ MAIN ST RICHMOND IND SEE NASH 4-DOOR SEDAN $2,075 Delivered WAYNE 'COUNTY NASH MOTOR COMPANY 19-21 S. 7th Phone 6173 n'twmrtmmwiunmmHumurofimmmmm.miitirim Bring Us Your Vulcanizinj Work Guaranteed i Richmond Tire Service Corner 11th and Main

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