The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1917, Page 6

; = 4 ~on the mound for New Rockford. _ SCOOP. TTA THE CUB REPORTER YOU “SAID Ale Swi REGLUR STOLE YOUR BA\T-DION rT WHY HE WAS ‘SO BIE ae BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, AUGUST. 6, 1917... A ii Also Should be Furnished for the Worm to Sit on NO- HE DIDNT x ALWAYS, Hech WITHA PROKEN Hoot 50 AS TO CATCH! UM WiTH OUT HURTING CAPITAL CITY TEAM GETS Ald OF JINX SIGN Plan Series of Five Games Here for the State Champion- eit: ship wee 24 PLAY AT JIMTOWN TODAY FOR .RED CROSS BENEFIT Nortirup Star of Sunday Match Pitching One Hit Game Bismarck got rid of its jinx sign Saturday and Sunday capturing two games from New Rockford. The Saturday game was bagged 12 to G and Sunday’s match was 3 to 2. Grant pitched the first game and|; the Rismarck boys clouted New Rock- ford’s pitchers, Waswo and Browning all over the field. Northrup went in for Bismarck Sunday and held New Rockford down to one hit. He pitched elegant ball throughout the game. Theilman was Bismarck plays at Jamestown today for the benefit of the Red Cross, There is a demand for a series of five more games at Bismarck with New Rockford to determine the state championship. It is believed that these games would draw well and be a fitting close to the local baseball season. ce Club— New York .. Cincinnati .. Batteries —rSchupp, Anderson and Gibson; Regan and Wingo. Boston at Pittsburgh. Club— Boston ... Pittsburgh Batteries—Tyler and Tragesser; Ji j cabs: Steele and Schinidt. GAMES SUNDAY. New York at Cincinnati. Club— RHE Cincinnati . 210 2 New York 713 2 Batteries: ing and Win- Bog Tesreau and Rariden. Philadelphia at Chicago. Club— RHE. Chicago 264 Philadelphia . 612 1 Batteries — Prendergast, Aldridge and Wilson; Bender and Killifer. Brooklyn at St. Louis. First game— Club— =—* R.H.E St. Louis .. -2 6 4 Brooklyn ald 1 <3: Batteries — Horstman, Ames, Mays and Gonzales; Preffer and O. Miller. Second game— Club— St. Louis .. Brooklyn Batteries dore and Meyers. GAMES TODAY. Boston at Pittsburg. Brooklyn at St. Louis. New York at Cincinnatt. Philadelphia at Chicago. Se A dA a a a > AMERICAN LEAGUE, ° a a a a aD Club— WwW. WL. Pet. Chicago . -66 37 641 Boston .. 38 616 Detroit .. 46 545 Cleveland 47539 New York . 0 48 510 Washington 42 58 420 Philadelphia . 6 GL 871 St. Louis 6 64 854 GAMES SATURDAY. Detroit at New York. Club— R.H.E. Detroit $5 2 New York . Oks Batteries—Boland and Yelle; Cald- ESS EOS SOO Oe % AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. & a A a Club— WwW. L. Indianapolis 40 St. Paul . 45, Louisville 49 Kansas C 49 Columbus 51 510 Milwaukee . Ag 414 Minneapolis 44°63 411 Toledo ....... -4l 64 390 GAMBS SATURDAY. St. Paul, 6-9; Minneapolis, 4-4. Louisville, Columbus, 9. Milwaukee, 7; Kansas City, 6. Indianapolis, 8; Toledo, 0. GAMES SUNDAY. Louisville, Columbus, 1. 10; Toledo, 9. Milwaukee, 5-6.+ St. Paul, 3-7. Minneapolis, 8-11; GAMES TODAY. Toronto at Columbus. Montreal at Toledo. Buffalo at Louisville. Rochester at Indianapolis. Baltimore at Minneapolis. Richmond at St. Paul Newark at Milwaukee. Providence at Kansas City. TEESE eee oes + NATIONAL LEAGUE. ° I Club— Ww. iL Pet. New York ..... 62 31 Philadelphia . 9 42 St. Louis .. 47 ‘Cincinnati . a1 Brooklyn . 48 Chicago BL Boston a2 Pittsburgh ... 67 GAMES SATURDAY. Brooklyn at St. Louis. Club— R.H.E Brooklyn . -0 3 6 St. Louis . 31001 Batteries—S. Miller, M. Wheat; der. mith, Russell and , Meadows and Sn; Philadelphia at Chicago. Club— R.H.E Philadelphia -1 8 Chicago .... «5S 6 2 ‘Batteries—Rixey, Lavender, Mayer and Killifer; Carter and Wilton. well, Fischer, Love and Walters. St. Louis at Washington. Club— . St. Louis Washingtor Batteries — Davenport, Koob, Martin and Severeid; Ayers and Ainsmith. Chicago at Philadelphia. First game— Club— R.H.E. Chicago ee aa | Philadelphia . ce S288 Batteries—Benz, Cicotte and Schalk; Meyers and Haley. Second game— Club— R. Chicago 41 Philadelphia . 3 Batteries — Williams and. Ly Schalk; Johnson and Meyer. Cleveland at Boston. Club— Cleveland .| Barry, By Paul Purman Connie Mack is generally re- gariled as one of the greatest cf managers, It is baseball history that he Las been able in the past to prek youngsters who in a year or so justified his judgment and exme through with great baseball tal- ent and ability. It was Maek who found made sich players as Eddie lins, dnek Barry, Jack MelInnis. Frank Baker and Wallie Sehang. Seldom has his judgment of a player been wrong. Pat there is a young player in the National league today who is showing that Mack’s judgment i is not, infallable. Back in. 1914 Mack secured Larry Kopf as an understudy. for who. was’ shortstopping then. He held on to him two Years and then sent him back to the International league. He didn’t even think Kopf was good enough to keep strings on. This year, with the Reds, Kopf has proved one of the strongest links in: Matty’s infield chain. His fielding has been excellent and he has batted about mark rarely reached by shortstops in the: last few years. ‘ and Ea aK CASTOFE PROVES. EVEN THE WILY CONNIE MAKES: MISTAKES IN JUDGMENT In 10 recent games Kopf was at bat 39 times, scored 11 runs and made 15 hits for an average of .885.In the Reds’ winning streak in the east he was respons sible for the scoring of more runs than any of his teammates, his batting. being more opportune than that of his harder hitting teammates, Rousch. Chase, Grif- fith. Groh and Neale. When Kopf was given a regular berth this spring Matty was pret- ty freely eriticized. “‘How can Matty expect to make anything of a player passed up by Mack?”’ was the most frequent comment, How does Matty do a lot of things might easily be the answer. Anyway Matty ‘has made Kopf a high-grade infielder, a hard and timely hitter andsa valuable ad- dition to his-ball elab. It just oceurs that Kopf, hitting .265, batted rings.around most of the great short fielders of 1916. His mark was equalled by Herzog; Maranville batted:.235, Bancroft 212. Bush .225, Seott | .232, and Peckinpaugh .255,., So it may be seen that Kopf is quite a little above the average shortstop as a hitter Boston Batteries Leonard and Agnew. GAMES SUNDAY. Detroit, 2; Chicago, 2. (Game called 9} at end of third inning—rain. (No other games scheduled. GAMES TODAY. Chicago at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Washington. Detroit at New York. Cleveland at Boston. Our Comprehension. Let us raise our conceptions to the magnitude and importance of the duties that devolve upon us; let our comprehension be as broad as the country for which we act, our aspira- tions as high as its certain destiny; g}iet us not be pygmies in a case that calls for men.—Daniel Webster. Tribune want ads will bring results. a Ever famine” Sanita to hox Benny Leonard. It would be Ev- er Hammered then. Muggsy MeGraw has gone into the movies. Wonder if they have a picture of him slugging Lord Byron, And just when everybody is out | boosting for Matty he loses five games in a row. Forget about the hot weather and you won’t feel the heat, com- ments an alert editorial writer. Forgetting might also be used with great results by: The pitcher who is being knock- ed out of the box. The box fighter, when the re- feree is counting him out. The golfer who. slices gravel pit. Al peas has rejoined New into. a i Johnny ‘adage about discretion being the York. It's a lucky thing for Al that he doesn’t have to pay his own traveling expenses, Philadelphia osteopath tells Guy Morton that the troubles with his pitching arm are mostly imagin- ary. That's been the trouble with his winning average this _ year, too. Johnny Kilbane wants to fight Benny Leonard again. Perhaps never heard that old |better part of valor. The army drill practiced by ball clubs should come in handy to Diek Hoblitzell who has volun-, teered for the dental corps. Lawton Witt is the first big league player to be called by the draft. Playing with the Athletics should be sufficient cause'for re- jection. Chicago headline says Cubs have been paid their salaries. What for? A econtem reports that Owner Rourke of the Omaha club says he will “practically ara the (I'S AUT TE BAN JASON AAD TEER IVESTICATED SOME OF THER UMPIRES Isn't it about time for the maj- or league presidents to wake up to the situation they are creating by the employment of incapable umpires? From practically every city around the cirenit has come criti- cism this year of the decisions of the umpires in both leagues. Some of these have been so persistent that they deserve more than pass- ing attention, Perhaps the most flagrant case this. year is that of ‘‘Lord’’ Byron. At least half a dozen times this year Byron has been in more or less less serious trouble. The famous MeGraw incident at Cincinnati a couple months ago was the most notorious case. In- eidentally MeGraw was wrong in protesting the way he did when he left the field but as an um- pire Byron had the right to ap- peal to President Tener rather} than make remarks reflecting on MeGraw’s past. Only a few days ago Byron’s) decision got. him into so much: trouble at St. Louis that fans threw pop bottles at him and one of the, club magnates has asked those who attended the game to bombard Tener with telegrams protesting against his retention in the league. Byron has also had trouble in New York and Boston, Byron is not the only umpire who is continually in trouble. He is merely cited here as an example of the failure of league heads to ineystigate cases of umpires who are airing their incompetency al- most daily. In the American league the New York club recently protested, that it had not been getting a fair deal on umpires. Captain Huston is quoted as saying: “‘New umpires have to be brok- en into the league every year or No, but’’the’ better* umpires: should: be sent to one city as well as an- other. Mou OTK has been given the poor umpires and the green men almost entirely and such men as Billy Evans have been conspic- ous only by their absence.’’ Perhaps Ban Johnson and John K. Tener don’t realize it, but base- ball is kept alive by the fans who sit in the grandstands and bleach- ers, The present-day baseball crowd has to be pretty mad ‘before: it will throw ‘pop bottles. ‘In: most cities it is pretty fair in its treat- ment of umpires of the Evans. O’Day or O'Loughlin. type’ who are known to be fair: and -who know what they are doing. But this-same crowd will resent unfair, umpiring and will dgride ~ incompetent umpiring.’ Ban and John would do well to look into the status of: some of their arbiters, ‘They are’ paying high prices and should’ get. high- grade men: “In. some cases. they are, in.others they are. being flim- flammed along with the ball clubs and the public. team for the rest of the season. More truth than fiction probably. Canadian cricketers are to in- vade New York in October.; Which probably will cause the postponement of the world series. The Red-Hot Purpose. That which dominates the life, which fs ever uppermost in. the mind, gen- erally comes somewhere: near realiza- ton ; Lut there is a great difference be- tween a lukewarm desire.and a red-hot purpose, It takes steam to drive the piston In the engine; warm water will never turn the wheels, The longings that fail of realization are usually just below the boiling puint.—Orison Swett Marden, For taxi ee 342, 8-4-6t! George Van Haltren Holds Consecutive Game Record Eddie Collins and George Burns who have played in about 400 con- secutive games have quite a little ways to go before they can con- sider themselves in the reeord- breaking class. There is some discussion — re- garding the man who has played in the most consecutive games in the major leagues, but George Van Haltren, former Giant out- fielder probably comes as close to a record as anyone with a record of 464 games. Van Haltren’s run began late in 1897 when he played the last three games with the Giants. The next three years he did not miss a game, playing 157 in 1898, 153 in 1899 and, 141 in 1900. He played 10 games at the starting of 1901, bringing the mark to 464. At this time Van Haltren was a veteran, having been in the game-for more than 12 years, Later he umpired in the Pacific eoast. league. HOW TO TELL RANK OF MEN IN HAVAL SERGE, During the war naval officers must appear without the uniform, There are so many branches of service and so many officers in each branch that tlie civilian fs frequently unable to status of the man in naval uniform, Here are sleeve marks that will help you to determine the rank ‘of men in the naval service 1—Ship’s cooks and bakers. 2—Bugler. 3—Seaman gunner. 4—Master-at-arms. 5—Boatswain’s mates, coxswains. 6—Quartermasters. 7—Blacksmiths, ship’s fitters. 8—Gun. captain. : 9—Gun-pointer, | cis MBs 10—Sailmakers’ mates. 11—Printer. 12—Carpenters’ mates, and fitters, painters. '13—Turret captain. 14—Radio operator. 15—Torpedoman. 16— Gunners” mates. 17+-Storekeeper. ')18—Yeoman. ae 99, determine the 19—Electrician. Plumber |20—Navy ““E.” 21—Ex-apprentice. 2—Machinists’ mate, boilermak- er, water tender, coppersmith, oiler. 23—Hospital corps. 24-Bandmaster, musician. 25—Commissary stewards.