The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 17, 1917, Page 6

oc BISMARCK DAILY:TRIBUNE SCOOP THE CUB REPORTER TY COBB 10 DEVOTE ENTIRE TIME TO BALL Will Leave His Golf Sticks at Home Until Autumn—Says It Takes Edge from Batting. Ty Cobb this year is due for his greatest effort since he joined the American league, 13 years ago. ‘Boosted out of the batting leader. ship of the league for the first time in a decade last year, the Georgia Peach, according to his teammates is not only going to try to wrest back tho batting honors from Tris Speak- er, but will also try to hang up a record which will push him out ahead of Willie Keeler for average batting for 13 years. At the end of his 12th year in base- val Cobb was just three ten thous- andths of one per cent behind Keel- er's record from 1895 to 1904, But in 1905 Keeler well to 302 and Cobb is setting his eyes near a 400 mark this year. Cobb isn’t doing any talking him- self. He isn’t predicting he will bat or any other figure. ng to be out there trying” is the way Tyrus puts it, But Cobb prted in the shape. He is slender as and is fast as ever on the base That the old-time Cobb “fire” is there was * indicated ‘by, that affair with Her: If Cobb can bat around .370, year he will be, fa best of ter his and y a player in above any n his: 13th big Only four kis yone over the year, Cap Anson, ‘Dan routhe lie Keeler and Hans Whgner, eon Lajoie batted abo years, he fell below t his 12th and 13th y ered his batting Napol- ‘) for 11 rk during vs then reeoy- nd swatted be- tween 324 and «1 for the next five yea In 1 Anson played his 13th year and. ‘batted 843, Dan Brouthers -300 hitter That year ne batted th year record was « and Wagner's With the exception of Keeler none clouttrs have come near erage of | for 12 seasons. rowning. a National league star in the eighties, comes nearest with .356 for 12 years and Anson, Wagner, Lajoie and Brouthers all had averages of .355 for a dozen years. This 13th year:may be a jonah for Cobb, as it was for Lajoie. He may fal-to the .340 class as-did Wagner, Brouthers and Anson, but with Cobb in great condition ‘and with his .37 average of last year to reckon from. . sit will take a. pretty heathy jinx to “set Ty down hard this year. reached his 13th year as a in 1893. ee Sate NATIONAL LEAGUE. be ee eee eee neocon ‘Club Won Lost Pet. ‘New York -3 0 1.000 Chicago 201 «667 Boston . 2 1 667 2 St. Louis 4 2 600 Cincinnati. 3 3 5G ‘Philadelphia 1 1 OO Pittsburgh 3 500 ‘Brooklyn . 2 000 Games Monday. New York 5; Brooklyn 0. Philadelphia 1; Boston 3, Pittsburgh 8; Cincinnati 1. St. Louis 5; Chicago 1. Games Wednesday. New York at Brooklyn. ‘Philadelphia at Boston. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. St. Louis at Chicago. Boston Defeats Phillies. ‘Boston, Mass., 7. defeated Philadelphia yesterday aft- ernoon with Barnes on the mound and opposing Alexander. Despite the five errors on the locals, they came Caddock, Boy Who Made Joe Stecher Quit Cold The world Hidges not like ‘a pauutter: public, but the auitier alway! quitter and just as soon as the y low badge is hung on his cota he might as well himself out as) gracefully as p le before he is shoved out in another way. American wrestling fans were building up a nice little pedestal for Joe Stecher, the erstwhile world’s | champion, who claimed the title fol- lowing the retierment of Frank Gotch. Wrestling had long fallen from! grace, on account of fake matches and the unsrupulous mulcting of the public, but the public was just get- ting in the mood to give it another chance, chiefly because of tie bril- liant start made by tihs Nebraska youth with the scissors hold. hen Stecher met John Olin, an un- iknown Finnish wrestler in Boston and quit his famous scissors failed to work, The public was kind. They believ- ed Stecher when he said Je was ill ‘and could not go on. He retained his title and did not lose his popularity. Stecher was matched to. meet Earl Caddock, an Iowa farmer, whose re- putation was scarcely more than lo- “} cal. Nebraska, farmers, who are great bugs on the wrestling game, backed their favorite with thousands. of dol- lars. hey were confident he would win. Outside of a few friends of Caddock there were few followers of tne game in the country who thought the Iowan had a chance with . the youth rumor said could -burst grain sacks with the pressure of his knees. Had Stecher lost to Caddock, hih friends, the men who backed him fi- nancially and otherwise, would have been satisfied, but Stecuer, after win- ning the first fall and losing the se- cond, refused to resume the match and was declared the loser. He quit cold. is story of the affair—a statement to the effect that he was injured— doesn’t go ;well, especially in view of his fiasco with Olin, It is with pleasure we introduce the new wrestling champion, Earl. Cad- dock of Towa. at times when they were of little con- sequence in the scoring. The score: Club— R. H. E. Philadelphia 1. 0 Coston ...- 37 5 Batteries—Alexander and " Kinitor; Barnes and Gowdy. Brooklyn Is Blanked. Brooklyn, N. Y.. April 17.—Schupp blanked ‘Brooklyn here yesterday aft- ernoon 5 to 0. Cadore was pounded for nine hits. The score: Club— ‘New York ‘Brooklyn Batteries PP Cadore and Myers. Mocarty; Pittsburg 8; Cincinnati 4. Cincinnati, Ohio,, April 17.—Pitts- burgh won over, Cincinnati here terday 8 to 4 with Cooper and Wag- ner as the battery. Each side took 10 hits apiece off Cooper and Mitchell. The score: Cinb— R. H. BE. Pittsburgh . 8 10 2 Cincinnati, 4 10 2 Batteries—Cooper and Wagner; ; Mitchell and Hurne. St. Louis 5; Chicago 1. | Chicago, April 17.—Chicago lost to| St.Louis yesterday afternoon 5 to 1.} The score: Clab— j R._U. .5 Meadows and ‘Snyder; | ed an error carly in the struggle. The ee ee ee ee ee ey ty a A Club— Chicago Detroit .. 'Batteries—Faber and ‘Schalk; Cun- ningham and Spencer, aes eae ee ees HE * AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, | seen eee ee Club ! ‘Won Lost Pet ‘Indianapolis . 5 Kansas City . 4 Milwaukee . 2 Louisville ook ‘Minneapois +2 Columbus “2 Toledo . - 0 St. Paul . - Games Monday. Columbus 3; Indianapolis 4. Teledo 4; ‘Louisville 10. St. Paul 2; Kaneas City 3. Indians Take Another. Indianapolis, Ind., April 17.—Two sets of pitchers were used in the In- dianapoli¢Columbus game _ played here yesterday, the locals taking the game by a score of 4 to 3. The score: Club— ROW. EL Columbus 3 61 Indianapoli: «A 2d Batteries — Kahler, George and j Coleman; LaLong, Dale and Gossett. Sluggers Whip Mudhens. Louisville, Ky.) April 17,— Louis- ville deféatod Toledo here yesterday {afternoon with Bowman and Schultz jon the mound by a score of 10 to 4. The score: Club: Toledo. Low RH, 'E. : 10-2 M2 and Bowman, aahan* Lugue and C! St. Paul Drops Ay ~other.. Wansas City, Mo, April 17.—St. tinued 48 losing streak here y dropping * its fourth by. a score of 3} to 2. The score: Club St. Pant 'K: Batteries Quillan and Berry. Never was a time when you should be so particular about the hat you buy. For 45 years the superior quality of one hat has never varied—it never will. The Lanpher Eat $3°°.. at matches Florida university haye been called off on account of the war, As a White hope ¥Fréd Puiton seems to be a very ‘fine plasterér. Jim Corbett must be pretty ‘sore at The annual éroquet John McGraw. Jim has ‘predicted the Giants will win. A Utah girl can pitch with either arm, Wonder why Connie Mack hasn't signed. her, Howard Drew has decided to try a comeback. Probably meaning that there’s a dark cloud on Joe Loomis’ horizon. ‘Rattling tin cans around a ‘baseball clubhouse ‘now,’ isn’t a pleasant sound to many young Ty Cobbs just di coveted in ‘March. Walter Johnson is going ‘back. He only struck out 11 men and allowed all of three. hits opening day. —_—_—____—_—_—— HOME FROM CHICAGO. Rate Expert James A. Little and Commissioner M. P. Johnson of the 2 state railway commission are home from Chicago, where they: represent- * THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. * Ree se estes seecerie~ Club ‘Won Lost Pet. Chicago -4 1 800 Eoston -3 1 750 Cleveland 3 1 450 Washington . 2 1 667 New York . -1 2 33% St. Louis »~1 3 250 Philadelphi -1 3 «250 Detroit .. »1 4 200 Games Wednesday Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. Louis. Washington at New York. Philadelphia at Chicago. Games Monday. Chicago 4; Detroit 0. Boston 6; Philadelphia 1. Washington-New York game postponed—cold. Cleveland-St. Louis game post. poned—cold. Boston Again Victorious, Philadelphia, Pa., April 17.—While the Boston ) nals were defeating Philadelphia Philadelphia yestcr- day afternoon, Ruth, pitching for Bos- ton, was whipping Philadelphia here, winning the game against Seibold by a score of 6 to 1. Each side register- RH. EL -6 B81 181 jomas; Sei- bold and Schang, Detroit is Blanked. Detroit, Mich., ‘April 17—Faber held Detroit fo a blank winning -yester- day's game by a score ef 4 to. 0. Cun- ningham. replaced Jones and stem- med the batting rally a ee visit 8 buckled early in the game, taking seven hits im the nine innings, Partne difference -between these Tharvain’t ‘a whole lot of persinumon an’a nearly ripe ‘gnatuted tobac- cos sorter favor VELVET _ wh commen rms = ——— ed this state in an interstate com- merce commission hearing on the pe- tition of the railroads for a fifteen per cent freight increase, to meet the increase. in wages. of train and en- gine crews. STATE ADVERTISES TERMINAL ELEVATOR. FUND TO BE LOANED The state is advertising for sale its $100,300 terminal clevator fund, of no immediate use since Governor Fra- zier’s veto of the terminal elevator bills passed by the last session of the legislature. 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