The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1917, Page 6

‘ i SS Seared ete IE di ~~ §COOP THE CUB REPORTER DRAFT HORSE AND COULDNT «Oo TLL Now WHUT STARTED HiM-? ALL L SAID WAS \T WAS 258. 'N TH’ — Ce ee ee ee &@ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. @ Ce ee Club— WwW. L. Pet. Indianapolis .. TW 43 623, Louisville .. 49.581 St. Paul . 47572 columbus .. 54318 Kansas City 56 481 ‘Minneapolis 63. 442 Milwaukee . 67.402 Toledo ..... 39° 660 (B71 GAMES SATURDAY. Louisville,.4; Columbus, 3. Minneapolis, 3; Kansas City, 1. St. Paul,,4; Milwaukee, 1 2 Indianapolis, 2 ; Toledo, 1. ' ,GAMES SUNDAY. Louisville,:4; Columbus, 2. Indiangpolis, Toledo, 43. Minneapolis,1; Kansas City, 0. St. Paul-Milwaukee—rain. 999999000000 08 ¢ NATIONAL LEAGUE. ¢ oe pitcher, having gone up from the Northern league to the big league.) GAMES SATURDAY. Detroit at Boston. First game— Club— Detroit . Boston . Batteries—Dauss and Yelle; May. and Thomas. . Second game— Club— RHE 2 | Detroit Boston .. ‘ Batteries — Ehmke, and ‘Spencer; Shore, Pennock, Bader and Agnew, Thomas. St. Louis at Philadelphia. First game— Club— RA St. Louis .... 243 Philadelphia . 8 8 1 Batteries—Groom, iHamilton, Wright and Severeid, Hale; Schauer and Schang. Second game— Club— R.H.E. St. Loufe.. I Phitadelpiia 2 Batteries—Davenport and ‘Severeld; Johnson and Meyer. Cleveland at New York. Club— WwW. L. Pet,| .Club— HE. New York 33.669] Cleveland ... 61 Philadelphia . 44 .642| New York . ag le Bt. Louis § 52 .619| ‘Batteries — Klepfer and O'Neill; Cincinnati 59 54 Caldwell and Nunamaker. Brooklyn . 48 52 Bos Chicago 55 63 GAMES SUNDAY. Boston M5 85 Cleveland at Chicago. Pittsburg! 3370 Club— R.H.B. ba Cleveland . ~310 1 qj GAMES SATURDAY. 4°25 ai Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. First game— Club— R.H.E. Philadelphia Pittsburgh .. 3.9 2 Batteries—Alexander and “Kintiter; Miller and Fischer. - Second game— Club— R.H.E. Philadelphia 3.61 Pittsburgh 4 {Batteries—Oeschger and Adams; Evans, Steele and Schmidt. Boston at Cincinnati. Club— Boston ... Cincinnati Batteries — Tyler and Tragesser, Schneider, Ring and Wingo. & New York'at St. Louls. “ Club— New York St, Louis . ‘Batteries emaree, Tes- .reau and Rariden; Goodwin, Doak and ‘Gonzales. Brooklyn at Chicago. Club— R.H.B Brooklyn . 317 2 Chicago. . 471 " GAMES SUNDAY. ‘ Cincinnati at St. Louis. First game— Club— St. Louis Cincinnati. Batteries—Wat: Suyder; Toney and Wingo. Second game— Club— R.H.E. Bt. Louis 612 4 Cincinnati 7.12 3 Batteries—Doak, Packard, ‘Ney and Gonzales; Ragen atid Wingo. Pittsburgh at Chicago. Club— RHE Chicago ... Pittsburgh . she k Batteries—v: hn and Dithoeter; Carlson and Schmidt. { ‘No other games schéduldd. 3 2 t GAMES TODAY. “Brooklyn at New York. hiladeiphia at Boston. , Pittsburgh at Chicago. « Cincinnati at St. Louts. OOOO 95 90004 OO © AMERICAN LEAGUE. ° | Club— WwW. L. Pet Chicago .. 2.67 42.615 ‘Boston 41 610 ‘Cleveland 52 536 Detroit . 9 52 ‘New York . 2 53 Washington . 58 Philadelphia . 63.388 St. Louis .. 70.364 Chicago at Washington. Club— RAB Chicago . 210 Svashingto: 341 Batteries rth and Schalk, Lynn; Damont, uate Ayers arb Gharrity. Fargo-Moorhead Spied, Lambeth,“ 4Vord; Beehling and Billings; O'Neill, “Scott, Danforth and Schalk. St. ‘Louis at Detroit. Club— R.H.E Detroit’. - 810 0 St. Louis .. 9 5 2, Batteries — Mitchell and ‘Spencer; ‘Sothoron, Hamilton and Severeid. No other games scheduled. GAMES TODAY. Chicago at Cleveland. St. Louis at Detroit. New York at ‘Washington. Boston at Philadelphia. has claimed Which. proves that the boxers aren’t the only Francis Ouimet draft exemption. ones, Perhaps Francis would pre- fer to have his name spelled Fran- ces. Home Sweet Home didn’t arrive 1{home at_all in a race at New York the other day. Earl Caddock, one of the world champion rasslers, will emerge from temporary, retirement. com- ments one of our valuable con- temporaries. Some of these guys are always taking the joy out of life. Benny Leonard’s press agent is pretty good at. that. He said Benny was going to enlist.-but he didn't say in what or when. Prob- ably he meant Benny would enlist in the women’s army against waste. Now that the patriots are send- ing tobacco to the boys in France, why not fake the action double- barreled and send candidate's cigars to the Germans. Even three years of trench fighting woulin’t make ’em tough enough to stand that. brand. A former Pittsburg player has been released by Kansas City. If he was too poor for Pittsburg what did Kansas City expect to do with him. Gen. Joffre has become famous. They’ve named a racehorse after him. Harvard will not eliminate cross-country running and soccer football. This will relieve the minds of three or four people. There was $23 at the gate at Pittsburg the other day. wanton extravagance with the na- tion at war. Such Walter Johiison Experiments at Expense of Record to Save His Arm for Years to Come BY PAUL PURMAN Walter Johnson has come to the point where he must seriously con- sider the possibility of not win- ning 20. games this season, For Johnson, this is unheard of. He fell below that mark in 1909 it is true, but that was his first year in big league company. Since then he has always been well above the 20-game mark. With less than two months tq go Johnson has won 12 and lost 13 games. For the first time since 1909 he is below the list of .500 pitchers at this stage of the sea- son. + With the exception of Joe Bush of the Athletics he has lost. more games than any other American league pitcher. In former years it has been true that Johnson has lost games be- cause of poor support and weak hitting. In the height of his ear- eer a considerable number of his losses were due to his club being unable to make a run or two. But this has not been the case this year. Johnson has lost many games when his teammates have piled up half a dozen or more runs behind him, ‘winning game pitchers this year Johnson, if he pitches no more fre: quently than he’ ‘has,’ rust), win four out of five of his games. It is seareely probable that he will pitch in many more than 10 full games this season. Tliis means thai he must pitch super- ball and must not save himself, All of which brings up the ques- tion: Ts Johnson going back? This ery is often raised when as ballplayer does not come up to high marks of other years. but in this case I would say no emphati- cally. Johnson has. been experiment- ing. In this ease the experiments were costly to his record. but not particularly to him. Johnson had reached the point where he realized his magnificent speed could not be entirely de- pended upon for many years. It was up to him to devise other. means of winning ball games. Johnson has not lost his bullet- like speed—he is just conserving it. In the meantime he has been To, cbyeak. in, tothe class of 20, feeting his developing a good slow ball, which in many years to come may WALTER ¢ {| JOHNSON - spending ‘Wateh J nag through a} ball game and:.notiee the differ-! ence between the Johnson of to-! day and the Johngon of three or, four years ago. = * ag Then: every. ball: zipped by the) ~ — plate with’ a terrific, speed. The|sons. acre as fe general . rule, were} The best of American league ‘Now there is assortment of curves and:slow balls and very oc- casionally. a Durst of the old-time batter isn’t wary. Me ‘o¢ hold. During ‘the first months of his) season Johnsow had not reached aj} maximum efficiency in using his new product. But he refused to try to go through’ games using nothing but-speed and his aver- ages suffered. But Johnson has developed his curves and speed. to a high effi- ciency and. his. latest, games show he still: has:a lot to-keep the bat- ters guessing. Johnson is not going back. He has several years hefore him, and his resolution is taking up curve and slow ball pitching show that he is seriously interested in pitch- ing winning “pall for many sea- batters declares Johnson has as much stuff on the ball as he ever had, but is not using so much speed. : Clark Griffith told me recently that he expected Johnson to be as effective in 1918 as he has ever been in his career, Eddie Ainsmith, who always catches Johnson, declares he has all of his former speed when he wishes to use it. So much for stories that John- son is going back. Stories that Johnson has net been trying may also be dismissed, Walter Johnson is one of the most earnest, hard-working play- ers in the game. When he is on the mound he is always putting forth his best efforts. Also John- son’s high-priced contract, expires this year and he has additional in- centive ior being out there. trying. Jones Gives Sisler Free Reins To Make Him Like Ty! Fielder Jones has cutout a new job. for himself—making a Ty tobb out of George’ Sisler. ; That Jones’ methods are lofty not to. be doubted, but whetlwr cr not he can succeed is another question. However Jones has staried sight in more than one particular. the latent abilities of Cobb he has dcvided to give Sister free reins to de .as he likes. Jones has oft heea eri for trying to furarsa the b ains for his entire team, but in Sisler’s case be will kee . his hands off. Not long ago.he gave Sisler blanket instructions telling him to go ahead and do as he liked, but reminding him that if he did- The checker championship of the world is being decided at Cedar Point. There are three or four matches: to play so they should be finished by Christmas. Young swimmer a star (head- line.) Probably a star fish, we suppose. Tribune want ads bring results. FOR TAXI SDRVICE PHONE 342. Recognizing in Sisler many of his ability, to>initiate plays, to not come.up. ‘to. expectations it would beshis.own fault. ‘NOTES _ Swede Risberg is certainly playing. well again, eee Mechanically sisler is probably ‘the Yankees are causing the Red as good a player as Ty Cobb. He is a better fielder, is almost as fast on his fect and. Cobb hasn't a whole lot on him in batting. But where Cobb stands out far ahead of Sister and all others is in make his own breaks and to out- think the ‘other fellow. Ty’s ability to catch the other fellow off his balance has given him hundreds of bases since he has been in baseball, If Sisler can learn to use his head as Cobb uses his there may be a chance for him to come up to Jones’ expectations and perform feats in true Cobb style. With Roy Patterson: trying to make @ comeback with the Millers, it would not be a surprise if. Amos Rusic got a chance ta do the popular act some- where, eee Being traded by Chicago to New York must have done. Helge, Zim a worid of good. ‘Tis seldom that the Giant's third 'sacker gets into troyble on the Hox a lot of worry. se @ Pickles Dillhoefer Is lending the bat- ters in the American association. see Messrs. Speaker, Jackson and others are now doing an old act—chasing Ty Cobb. eee Those_not good enough for the ma- Jor league draft may get in one con- ducted by Uncle Sam. ao 6 Young Mr. Eller of the Reds looks to be about the brightest spot in Matty’s pitching staff right now. eee With Myers, Meyers, Mowrey, Mil- ler and Marquard, the Brooklyn Dod- gers kick in with an alliterative line- up. . eee tt | It begins to look like a regular Amer- ican league season, now that.Cobb and Speaker are batting at the top of the list. eee . People talk about Hans repete as if he were grandfather to Méthi three! * field nowadays. FOR TAXI SERVICE PHONBS42. he Ss BISMARCK TAKES ONE FROM STANTON; TIES SECOND IN SUNDAY CARD Developments Expected in Minor Leagues After the War. Big Toads In Bush Leagues Not Satis- fied With Conditions and Are Plan- ning to Start Revolution. ary Movement. (By JACK VEIOCK, International News Sports Editor.) Look out for a big. shake-up In the minor leagues shortly aiter the close of the war. It is bound to come, and when ft ar- tives there will he some surprising developments, if the dope sheet reads correctly at present. For the past five or six years there hes been a wave of unrest sweeping through the minors, The big toads in the “bush” league puddle ure not satisfied with conditions by a long shot, and the more aggressive ones among them are planning to start a revolutionary movement that will change the complexion of the baseball map considerably. First of all, there is a plan afoot for the establishment of a third major lengue. “It-is-an old plan, almost as old as Mcthusclah, but it is still alive and kicking like a bay steer. Less than a month ago feelers went out in American association and In- ternational league ranks to test the temperature of the club owners on the third major league proposition. The result of the test was not satisfactory, probably because of the uncertain outlook for baseball in these warsome times, But the baseball men who are fostering the plan have not given up hope, and within a year, maybe two] I years, there Is going to be something didding among the minors. The writer has had an ear close to the ground for several months. And the murmurs that have been skating hither and thither were not whisper- ings of a will-o’-the-wisp by a long shot. Baseball men prominently con- nected with the game, even in the major leagues, admit that the basc- ball map is in need of alterations, They admit that a third major league is a probability in the near future and it is hinted that the plan will get sup- port from several. unexpected quar- ters when. the right time comes, The new. move to revise the. base- ball. map is not a move that has been made with an idea of stirring up further strife in the game. If it is accomplished it will be done. regu- larly and smoothly, and there will be: but little friction. Quite naturally, the third major league idea embraces cities in the American association, and the Inter- national league. Which cities will be chosen to form the new top-notch circuit is still a matter of argument, but it is said by those who are closely connected with the plan that a cir- cuit which, will be more compact than elther of the two big leagues is to be suggested, Such a move will necessitate the redistricting of other minor leagues, and a raise in rating for at least eight cities now in Class B company. Other details of the plan have been told be- fore, but In all the changes will be a sweeping affair when it comes, and there are any number of baseball men who admit—some unwillingly and others willingly—that it is coming. It sounds like a bum note on the trombone, this revamping idea, but ft isn't. Baseball needs a shaking up SHAKE-UP LOOKED FOR ——==" Bismarck captured one game and tied up the second {na thrilling fifth inning rally, Stantop. played good ball the second, ‘but. in the first offering’ Eismarek J Jittle difficulty in. pilitg np 11 u , to Stanton’s 6. The gecond game resulted in. a tie. Frankenhoff saved/the day when he landed. out. a three-bagger with the bases. packed. ‘Peacock then brought in_Frankenhoft, The following box scores tell the story in detail: i First Game. " Stanton— ABR HPOAE Isaacs, 1b ........ 3 109 O48 Sherlock, ss 411143 Robinson, 3b 322021 Siebert, c 413810 Wasem, L., rf 4124000 Ankerberg, cf. . 400101 Wasem, ie It. 400200 Hall, ss . 4003 0 2 Gardner, p 400040 34:6 72411 8 Bismarck— AB R.H PO. AB Collins, cf .. -43200 0 Layman, 3b 420151 Shanley, ss .. 42314560 frankenhoff, 1b 43 2130 0 Goldrick, If .. 411100 Koth, 2b ... 5003 37! Wilkins, rf -5 0100 0° Christensen, p 40003 0 Peacock, c ... 5018 i 0 39.11 10 27:17 2 By Innings. Stanton .. 003 000 003— 6 Bismarck . . 800 031 04*—11 Summary++ 18; Stantun' 3, « Bismarck 4; bases on balls, off Gai ner 4, Christensen 2; left on bases, Stanton 3, Bismarck 9; first base on errors, Bismarck 7; two-base _ hits, Sherlock, Siebert, Collins; struck out, | by Gardner 7, by Christengen 8; stol- cn bases, Shanley; double plays, Lay- man to Roth to.Frankenhoaff, Shan- iy to. Roth enhit. Time, 1:5 Tine, tp ev enaance, Wasem, L, rE, Ankerburg, cf . Wasem, M,, If . Hall, 2b . ‘Brown, p rPoreowescon ee eocosconom Bismarck— Collins, cf-. Layman, 3b . Shanley, ss .. Frankenhoff, 1b . Christensen, If Roth, 2b .. Wilkins, rf Peacock, c Goldrick, p .. Fismarck 3; stolen base, Christensen; sacrifice hit, Layman; three-base hit, Frankenhoff; ‘bases on balls, off Brown 4, off Goldrick 2; left on bases, Stanton 5, Bismarck 5; wild. pitches, Brown 3; first base on errors, Stan- ton 1, Bismarck 1; two-base hit, Wil- kins; struck out, by Brown 3, vold- rick 3; hit by pitcher, Goldrick. Time, 1:08. Umpire, Warner. BASE B LL Unipire Bill Byreti 5 stilt dotng duty bs one ot the memberw of John Tener’a One ‘of the St, Louis scribes has dubbed the Reds the “stelnted preted! and if It can be accomplished along, caters.” peaceful lines it will be the best thing that could possibly happen for the fu- ture of the game. VEACH MADE LONGEST DRIVE Hit Ball. Over Bull Sign in Washing- ton Park and Wants to Know If He Is Entitied to $50. Bob Veach of the Tigers wants to know if. hitting a ball over the bull sign entitles a batter to $50 the same as actually hitting the sign. In one of the games Detroit played {n Washing- ton Veach sent'the ball clear over the Why, that youngster is only” rs. sign for one of the longest drives ever seen in Washington. It is some trick to hit to the sign there, let alone clear a’ ese | ciark Griffith has picked up « col- legian named Billy Murray to try: out at short. ee ry Hellmann, the right fielder of the TL gers, is doing a lot of real: hitting at present. ees Ty Cobb is leading.the batting list df the American league by a very safe margin at present. ese ¢ St. Louls must be basebali mad— most every week there is a pop bottté brigade in action. se? Perhaps the Reds would like sorte insurance, to assure them checks in tlie absence of world series money.