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Tuesday, July 15, 1926—Page 7
All the News That’s Fit to Print—Since 1871.
Senators Face Pals Three Games Starting Toda;
Connie Mack Thought He Was Stung FIGHTERS READY
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one of the strongest bidders. Nat-
urally, his estimate of Ehmke’s abil-
ity was based on the sensational
pitching he always turned in against
the A’s.
Mack gave three ball playera for
the star of the Boston staff. Mana-
ger Fohl of the Red Sox wanted
Outfielder Jacobson of St. Louis, so
Mack got him in return for "Bing"
Miller and in addition turned over
Pitchers Harriss and Helmach.
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Teams in the Gulf Coast league
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plan a play-off at the end of the
current season. The Gulf Coast
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Results Yesterday
Detroit 2, Bostor I.
Cleveland 2, New York 2.
Chicggo 8, Philadelphia 9.
St Louis 2. Washington 7.
, Where They Play Today
St Louis at Washington.
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io have really
crowds than attend the gamee at
Austin. A play-off will also be
held this year between the winner
of the Texas association and the
East Texas league. Bom® declare
that the Eaet Texas league is a
faster circuit than th* association.
When the Boston club let it
known that Ehnike was on
Dempsey Now Hunts
New Training Camp
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July
18.—Jack Dempsey, world’s heavy-
weight champion, will taper off his
preliminary training work her® next
week to guard against going stale
before starting inal preparations
for his September title bout, Jerry
Luvadis, th* champion’s trainer,
said today.
Dempsey is waiting word from
Tex Rickard, promoter, before se-
lecting his eastern training camp,
although he has said previously he
would train at White Sulphur
Springs if the bout is held in New
York.
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PHILADELPHIA__Honey Boy
Finnegan, Boston, and Benny Bass
fought a draw (10). Lew Tendler,
Philadelphia, beat Joe Reno, Tren-
ton. N. J. Dave Shade, California,
beat Bobby Barrett, Clifton Heights,
Philadelphia (10). Yale Okun, New
York, and Jo. Gans, Philadelphia
fought a draw.
play qeclare that
town, draw batter
•Lank" Howard, "Sole Onwep”
nun. and Ilkewise a former Mout
for the Houston Buff., blossom-
ed out in a Mw linen cap at ths
game. He showed it off a’pienty
as he pranced back and foitn in
the stands. .
ALESTINE, July 13.—A small caravan of Ford
cars, carrying the Austin Senators came into the
home of the Palestine Pals during the wee sma’
hours Tuesday morning—a tired but plucky
bunch of fighters who are struggling to regain
their old prestige in the circles of Texas asso-
ciation baseball and who open a three-day series
.with the Pals Tuesday afternoon. Despite his
inauspicious start Monday afternoon against the
Mexia Gushers, Dandy Dick Humphries will
probably start the series against the Pals according to the way
Manager Charlie Miller thought about it before the game
Looking
’Em Over
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In the matter of fainting spells,
collapses and spectacular head-
aches, the current season is th*
greatest Suzanne ever enjoyed.
manager of the club for a brief
period. This campaign will find
him holding down a job with th*
Brooklyn Dodgers.
Maranville made his big time
debut with the Boston Braves in
1912. He was a member of the
famous miracle team of 1914 that
copped th® pennant after being
in eighth place in mid-July, then
went on to whip the Athletics
four straight in the world series.
by ring time. They have
[Assoiated Press Dispatch to Statesman.
NEW YORK, July 18.—Paul Ber-
lenbach, slugger, and Jack Delaney,
stylist, ar® ready for their 15-round
combat at Ebbets field, Brooklyn.
Thursday night.
From now until th® time Berlen-
bach parts th® ropes No-risk his
crown, both men will work only
enough to retain th® perfect condi-
tion they have gained by weeks of
effort.
Th® challenger appears at this
time to have a slight edge in th*
predictions, but it is probable that
Berlenbach’s great following will
bring the wagering down to even
The two major leagues once dif-
fered on the interpretation of the
rules but for some years have
agreed on same.
Relative to the advancement of
baserunners on an Infield fly, there
is no difference between it and any
other fly ball that is aught or
dropped. While the batsman is au-
tomatically retired, said action does
not affect th® baserunners. If th®
ball is caught, they must return to
their bases to avoid being doubled.
If dropped, they can advance at
their own peril.
No longer is there any air of mys-
tery about the advancement of run-
ner® on an infield fly, they simply
do so at their peril as on any other
fly ball that is caught or dropped.
You hear little of football around
the university this summer, mainly
because all the boys are off keep-
ing in training while th* coaches
are practically all engaged in sum-
mer camp work. Nevertheless,
when the fall season opens up you
'will seo the Longherns preparing
for a football squad that is des-
tined to take the conference cham-
pionship. Coach Stewart will be
working with 13 lettermen next
fall, besides a number of reserves
who are returning* for service.
BIG GATE
ALREADY SOLD
NEW YORK, July 13.—Paul Ber-
lenbach and Jack Delaney, princi-
pals in the season’s outstanding
ring attraction, will draw a capacity
crowd of 50,000 and a gate of half a
million dollars for their 15-round
world’s light heavyweight cham-
pionship match at Ebbetts field,
Thursday night, in the opinion of
Humbert J. Fugazy, promoter of the
titular contest.
The advance sale reached 3310.009
today, th® promoter said, with vir-
tually all of th® lower priced seats
sold.
Th® fistic experts are making De- |
laney a slight favorite. Honors
between the two rivals stand even
as they near the end of the train-
ing for their third meeting. In th®
first fight, Delaney stopped Berlen-
back, while last December the
champion gained a decision over his
challenger in a 15-round contest.
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What are the rights of base-
runners to advance on an infield
fly and are th* two big leagues
uniform in this ruling?
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting—Ruth, Yankees, .376.
Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 80.
Hit®—Falk, White Sox, 120.
Doubles—Burns, Indiana, 34.
Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, 14.
Had a regular doctor’s conven-
tion at th® gam® Monday, includ-
ing Doctors Joe Eckhardt, A. F.
Beverley, J. W. McLaughlin, and
C. H. Brownlee. They were all
there in full force, some of them
with their wives and some puffing
cigars for companionship. They
didn’t pull the stunt that L J.
Schneider did, however, for he
brought Mrs. pchnelder with him
to test out his rule—and it work-
ed, for Austin Mt again.
In baseball certain clubs are easy
picking for star pitchers. The
Philadelphia Athletics always have
been soft for Howard Ehmke.
Against Connie Mack’s club Ehm-
ke has always looked like a mil-
lion dollars. That is why he is now
a member of the Athletics.
LONDON. — Tommy Milligan,
Scotland, beat George West, Lon-
don, for middleweight championship
of Great Britain* and Europe (14).
Mr. O’Goofty has decided to call
his younger brother Niblick because
he is always in some kind of
trouble.
Mack started Ehmke against Bos-
ton in his first game as a member
of the Athletics. The Red Sox
knocked him out of th® box.
Bryan Harriss, one of the pitch-
ers obtained from Philadelphia, in
exchange for Ehmke, has always 1
been very successful against Wash-
ington.
In an effort to get Harriss off -
on the right foot, Manager Fohl of
Boston didn’t start him until his
club met Washington. He was held
on the bench for 10 days. Harriss
rewarded Fohl for his patience and
wisdom by winning, 2-1.
Incidentally, Jacobson /assisted
Harriss in winning his first game
by performing sensationally in the
field.
While baseball trades annot be
judged on a ball game or two, early
results favor Boston as having got .
a decided edge in the deal.
Results Yesterday
Dallas 12. Wichita Falls 11.
San Antonio 1, Houston 0.
Shreveport 9. Fort Worth 2.
Waco 10-2, Beaumont 4-5.
Where They Play Today
Waco at Beaumont.
San Antonio at Houston.
Dallas at Wichita Falla.
Shreveport at Fort Worth.
BALTIMORE,—Tommy Herman,
Chicago, won from Jimmy Hutch-
inaon, New York (12). Johnny Cec-
colli, Scranton, Pa., beat Babe Ruth,
Philadelphia (12).
leagues this season on® finds that
most of them are comparative
newcomers. In the American
league the real stars are Teddy
Lyons, Ted Blankenship, “Lefty”
Grove and Wells among the young-
er men, and only Uhle, Herb Pen-
nock and Shocker among the vet-
erans. In the National league,
Flint Rhem, Petty, Greenfield,
Root and Songer have all shown
up well against the veterans Mead-
ows, Donohue and Carlson.
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% 2115; umpire, Howell.
Considering his position in the
boat and his endless chatter, any
varsity coxswain ought to make a
good back seat driver when his
college days are over.
Kelly Cousins of the Houston
Post-Dispatch raises no little dis-
cussion concerning our manager,
Charlie Miller, in his Bunday’s
sports page. Kelly declares that
in letting Otto Karnaky go, the
Skipper did the boy a grave injus-
tice for he did not have a chance.
Karnaky joined the Senators on
the road and was only used in
on® game. He did not look good
enough to Charlie and was given
his release. Cousins declares that
Otto formerly played city league
ball with Watkins and was con-
sidered one of the best hitters in
that circuit. The only thing is
certain now, however, and that is
that he did not make the grade
with the Senators and was given
the gate.
started. Humphries was off form-
very much Monday, lasting only one
inning against the Matthew’s crew,
but those incidents happen only
once in a great long while, and he
awill be ready to go again Tuesday.
Following three games with the
Pals, the .Senators will move to
Terrell for another series of three
games, and then will come home for
a stay of a full week.
It was a hectic affair out at Cul-
berson park Monday in the last of
the Gusher series which Mexia won
11-8. In the first place five pitch-
ers saw duty before the game was
over, and before the Gushers had
completed the task of tucking the
final game in their bat bag they
had totalled 13 bingles against the
Senators. In the meantime the
losers were not idle themselves, but
counted up for 11 safe hits before
Bills could finish out the ninth in-
ning.
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Results Yesterday
Mexia 11, Austin 8.
Corsicana 0, Palestine 2.
Temple 2, Terrell 0.
Where They Flay Today
Austin at Palestine.
Terrell at Corsicana.
Mexia at Temple.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting—Bressler, Reds, .321.
Runs—Blades, Cardinals, 63.
Hite—Brown, Braves, 110.
Doubles—Wheat, Robins, 26.
Triples—Wright, Pirates, 13.
Homers—Wilson, Cubs, snd Bot-
tom fey, Cardinals, 12.
Stloen bases—Young. Giants, 18.
Pitching—Haines, Cardinals, won
7; lost 1.
Th* pair of Dicks on the Sena-
tor staff, Whitworth and Humph-
ries. are also in line for a trial
in the league, as is Gene Walker
of Palestine. Houston fans have
already been clamoring for Whit-
worth, and if he goes up there is
no reason why Dick Humphries
shouldn’t. Many, you know, con-
sidered Humphries the best pitcher
in the association last year and
it may still be said that no hurler
packs the stuff around with him
that Dandy Dick does. Les Cox
tries out for the Chicago White
Sox next year, and with just’ a
little seasoning, such as he will
get in the association this year,
should make the grade.
league club in as many
this season.
In 1924 Maranville was
the Pirates. Last year he
vorted for the Cuba,
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CALLED BY UMPS.
There were several tight innings
in th® gam*. despite the fact that
th® final records show such a great
amount of slugging and running.
Littlejohn started off well in the
second frame, with no hits and
runs, but two men were pushed
across th® rubber in the third. Two
more shut-out stanzas and three
more went across. Minty went in,
but he could not stop the Gushers
after they were once started, and
two men crossed the plate in the
last two innings.
Only two men were retired by
the strikeout route in the game, and
both of these were called by the
umpire. To Naylor goes the dis-
tinction on the side of the Gushers,
while Alexandre was the victim for
the Senators. Alex walked out on
the field towards the ump, How-
ells, when the decision was made,
the first time that he has ever
made such a demonstration. He
said little, however, but walked
quietly over to the bench after
that
Several hard catches were made
by the fielders on both sides of
ths battle, but to Ned Seely goes
the highest honors for his nabbing
of Miller's attempt The Skipper
also pulled some pretty catches in
his center garden. The Senators
seemed adept at hitting Texas
Leaguers Monday, severdl times
dropping the ball in between the
infielders and outfielders and get-
ting hits out of them. Two were
pulled in the fourth and fifth in-
nings, when the Austin team put
over four runs.
DANDY DICK
GOES DOWN.
Humphries was sent in to start
the game, and he lasted just long
enough for another hurler to be
warmed up while he made a vain
attempt to stop the visitors in the
first go-round. Foul* runs and
fourshits were secured easily ff of
Dandy Dick, two of the hits being
homers carrying previous singles
along with them to score four
times. Scott started off by foul-
ing the second ball and being caught
out by Banner. Naylor singled be-
tween second and center field posi-
tions, and Jimmy Long knocked a
circuit. Glass singled to short,
Seely flew out to Peterson and
Wright connected for a homer over
the right field fence. Another two
runs, after which the side was re-
tired on Hays flying out to Miller
in centerfield. A nice little rally
was nipped in the bud during the
eighth frame, when Seely made the
prettiest catch of the game against
the right field fence. Had it not
been for his beautiful play which
almost put him out of the game,
the Senators would probably have
scored two or more runs that
round. Banner was out to Seely,
and Bob Minty walked; then Skip-
per Miller cam* up and hit his
long one, which Seely caught and
sailed over to first catching Minty
off his base, retiring the side. It
was just one of those plays you
often read about and very seldom
see.
Again in th* ninth, after making
three runs, the Senators were again
stopped when Bryan Naylor made
a pretty catch at short and threw
Krause out at first During that
last frame, Bloxsom and Krause
hit home runs, but with all this, it
was not enough to put over a win-
ning margin.
CHICAGO, July 18.—row bal-
loons. two of them flown by pilots
of lighter-than-air craft who have
won num rous national and inter-
national trophies, take the air from
Grant Park at 4 p. m. today in a
national race for distance and en-
durance prizes offered by the Ben-
evolent and Protective Order of
Elka.
The entries include a balloon of
the Betroit Flying society, piloted by
Charles W. Williams; the Hi-Ball of
the Aircraft Development company,
flown by Svend A. U. Rasmussen;
the bag of H. E- Honeywell, many
times national and international
balloon race winner, who will fly
it himself, and the balloon of the
Goodyear Tir® and Rubber com-
It has been six years since the
.Longhorns flew th flag of foot-
ball champions from old Clark
Field. That was back in 1920 when
I Berry Whitaker was directing th®
| destinies of the Steers and he had
f those stars such as “Slippery"
Elam, Dominguez, Swede Swenson
and others to depend upon. Many
declare that was a wonder team.
Dominguez put over the winning
touchdown in the A&M game that
year to give th® Steers th® pen-
nant, after the Aggies had kicked
a goal in the first quarter of the
fray and had seemingly iced it up.
A cross buck put the ball within
four yards of the goal, however,
a hard ram, and the game was
over. /
im, with
FORT WORTH, July 13.—Wee
Dickie Kerr, of diminutive stature
and big heart, may pitch in Texas
league baseball as early as next
Sunday. The telegram which ar-
rived here rear midnight Saturday
and announced Dickie’s acceptance
of a contract < ffered by the Fort
Worth club is now believed to fore-
shadow his appearance on the
mound here as soon as he can get
in shape after h® arrives Thursday.
Kerr, who von reinstatement last
year aftr many tribulations which
saw their inception at the time of
the "Black Sox’ scandal several
years ago, had been having hard
going of it but was anything but
ready to give up, and now that he
is going to be back in th® land of
Gulf Breezes, he is confident of get-
ting back th® old form.
Kerr tried to make it in the big
leagues as soon as he was rein-
stated, but found the going too hard
and was put out with the Pacific
Coast league. He was dissatisfled
there and made no bones about it.
He wanted to go back to Texas.
Now he is on his way.
Personal admirers of Wee Dickie’s
who will swell the Sunday crowd
if Kerr pitches may be one reason
for putting him in harness so soon,
but as a drawing card or as a toll-
er he will very likely be on the
mound.
The San Antonio Bears retained
their narrow margin of one and
one-half games over the Dallas
Steers by defeating Houston Mon-
day, 1-0 in one of the best games
played in the Texas league this sea-
son. The game was featured by a
brilliant pitching duel between Car-
lisle Littlejohn, of Houston, and
"Tiny" Owens, of San Antonio, and
the two hurlers worked so effec-
tively that neither could be said to
have the edge, Only the timely
hitting of the Bears in the first
inning gave San Antonio the vic-
tory, for after that frame the teams
ran neck and neclt to the finish.
Both pitcher® had faultless eupport
from their teammates behind them,
but Littlejohn himself delivered two
errors, and marred the otherwise er-
rorless record of th® Buffs.
The tally that proved to be the
deciding on® of th® gam* cant to
th® Bears when Gonzales singled,
went to second on a balk and scored
on a single t right. After this,
Littlejhon tightened up and
matched Owens in hurling perfect
ball. Inning by inning. and although
each squad threatened several times,
thers was no more scoring. Peel
was the heavy hitter of th* day,
getting three singles in four trips
to the plate. He also stole a base.
Gleason’s hurling which allowed
the Fort Worth Panthers but six
hits, was the main factor in
Shreveport’s victory over Fort
Worth Thursday, 9 to 3, though his
mates were in hitting mood and
refused to be subdued even though
faced by four Cat pitchers in the
course of the fracas. The Sports
tore into the Panther boxmen in the
early innings of the game, and
amassed a score that was never
overcome. They scored twice in
th® first, third and fourth Innlngs,
and three times in the second driv-
ing North and Betts to the show-
ers in short order. Howard, who
relieved Betts, gave up two more
runs, and retired in the seventh for
a pinch hitter, being followed by
Burna, who stopped the scoring for
th® rest of the game. The Cat in-
field delivered three ouble plays,
the only ones of the gam®, but was
gpilty of two errors while Shreve-
port played faultlessly.
At Beaumont, the Waco Cubs de-
feated th® Exporters, 10 to 6, in
the opener of a double bill and then
lost th* second game, a five-inning
affair, 2 to 5. The first gam* was
very close for nine innings, being
6 to 6 at th* beginning of th* 10th,
but in th* last inning th* Cubs
cam* through with a number of hit*
that counted four runs. Th* final
gam® was featured by Beaumont's
consistent hitting, the Exporters
getting 11 hits in the five innings,
on® of these a homer by Dunning.
It was Dunning’s 10th homer of th*
season.
Keeping pace with th* leading
Bears. Dallas Monday defeated
Wichita Falls. 13 to 11. by outslug-
glng th* Bpudders when th* latter
were in an unusually intense slug-
ging mood. Five homers were reg-
1stered by the two teams. Dallas
getting four of these and Woeber,
Steer centerfielder, two f th® four.
Stolen bases—Meusel, Yankes,
and Rie*, Senators, 14.
Pitching—Pate, Athletics, won 8;
lost 0.
.Results Yesterday
New York 2. Pittsburgh «.
Philadelphia 2 Cincinnat f.
Brooklyn 2, Chicago 2.
Boston 2, Et Louis 2.
(e. Where They Play Today
Boston at St. Louis.
Brooklyn at Chicago,
New York at Pittsburgh.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
JERSEY CITY N. J.—Eddie
O’Dowd, Columbus, Ohio, beat
Dickie Dixson. Fort Worth (12).
Jack Katkish, Pittsburg, defeated
Johnny Saxon Bridgeport, Conn.
Our Senators ar* out of town
now, starting a threc-game serles
with the Palestine Pals this after-
noon. Dick Humphries will prob-
ably be sent to the mound for the
epener and will more than likely
essay a comeback. Dandy Dick
had one of his very few off days
Monday and was sent to the show-
ers in the first inning.
r Th* Mexia sluggers were du* to
break loose one game In the series
and Dick was th® unforunato vic-
tim. It is almost impossible to
hold a crew of sluggers such as
Ned Seely, Clyde Glass, Jimmy
Long. Bryan Naylor and Scott in
submission during a three-day
stay. Many declare the Gushers
have the best clouting team in the
circuit and with just a little more
strength in a few places would be
the favorites to cop the second half.
Terrell is due to step lively again
now that "Pretty" Harold Newman
is back with the Terrors. The un-
expected. recovery of Buck Win-
ters, one time ace, as manifested
by the five innings of shutout ball
pitched against Houston last week,
left no room for the pretty lad on
the Bear hurling staff. Next year
the Cuero boy should be back for
a trial in the Texas league and
should prove a sensation with his
training.
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