The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1920, Page 6

-20GER HORNSBY _ HAS NEW RIVAL “FOR HIT HONOR Nicholson of pee Climbs Up Steadily on the St. Louis Star SISLER IS BATTING 01 Chicago, Aug. George Sisler, St. Louis’ star first baseman, who} lit consistently in 24 consecutive sames before he was stopped recent- y, continued to-top the list of Amer: can league batters who have partic- pated in fifty or more game, accord-j ng to averages released today and vhich include games of last Wednes- ng Sisler is batting for an average 401. Tris Speaker, the Cleveland a lagee: suffered a further slump lis batting in the past week but con- inues to be the runner-up to the St. souis star with an average of .394. ‘Babe” Ruth, the home run king ‘of vaseball, who was tied with Joe Jack~ ion with whom he was tied, went nto a batting slump and dropped way from Jackson with whom he was tied last week for third place. Jackson is hitting 380 while the New forker ‘is batting 376. Ruth bagged wo home runs since the last aver-' ues were compiled and his string vas strengthened to 44. He continu- xd to lead in runs scored with 132 und a total bases of 312. Rice of Washington failed to add| 0 his total of stolen bases, but con- “inued out in front with 45 thefts. Other leading batters: E. Collins, ““Yhicago, .356; Meusel, New ’ York, , 353; Rice, Washington, .348; Jacob- Louis, .845; Weaver, Chica- Judge Knows + grounder,” of Bat, tions BY JAME York, thousand New Thirty at the plat Then a strike! Another ball is on its way to the but— | Babe's hat has met it with a solid | rash and the ball speeds on its way catcher’s mitt, Aug. pa BLIND GIRL FAN OF NEW YORK FOLLOWS BASEBALL BY SOUNDS Ruth’s Homers by Crack Thoroughly Enjoys Games and Rarely Asks Ques- one! of eyes are fixed upon Babe: Ruth as he stands in the Polo Grounds, over the grandstand in right field. Before anyone else, a young girl wearing black spectacles has sens what has happened. the box, ing th The girl is Mild ter of Charles K. “After the Americans have pe: She has never blind from birth. ent baseball fan, ° e chee! red Ha netrated. seen Babe Ri She leans over ris, daugh- Harris who wrote ”’ which has been sun; in every corner of the earth to which ! uti, though she is at the Polo Grounds} three or four times a week. never seen her father. She has She has been Yet she is an ard- and follows -the | games es intelligently and as close- ly as many persons who have the eyesight. Different Sound. a sound entirely “A safe hit has different from a she Babe Ruth's the sweetest known.” home’ sound all of their music foul xplains. “As wh, and they I have , they have or an easy | many are out, how many runs have for 1 are ever Before the game Ruth was intro- e good luck. duced to her by Ping Bodie who, lik all the other Yan Harris a mascot. considers | Miss | Miss Harris wished our father wiil tell you if I get she Hendryx, Boston, 340; a homer he Gah : Washington, 335; Earl Smith, St.) ~ «on, ne won't have to do that,” ‘Louis, 330;' Milan, Washington, 327; | replied. And ‘he didn’t. Felsch, Chicago, 325; Jamieson.) Before each game her father reals Sleveland, 324; Cobb, Detroit, .322.!to miss Harris the lineups of the two Nicholson Rises Nicholson of Pittsburgh is giving Roger Hornsby of St. Louis a hard | tun for batting honors in the Na- nal league. The Pittsburgh out- Ider has batted himself to within | tour points of the St. Louis star, who ie topping | the list with an average 367. holson’s mark is 363. A eek ago Nicholson passed Roush of Cincinnati for third place and in the ‘past week he added 22 points to his average stepped ahead of Eayrs of Boston, who now is third place with °349, while Roush continues in fourth place with 3 Hornsby however | “continued to lead in total bases with 252, and has worked into a tie witn sBancroft of New York in the number “of runs scored. Hach has registered 776 times. ¥ Cy Williams of. Philadelphia for the ‘second week failed to add to his home 4run total, but is well in the lead with 13 circuit drives.. Max Carey of Pitts- burgh tacked on three stolen’ bases ‘ithe past week and is showing the way ;with 45 thefts. 4 Other leading batters: Stock, St. ‘Louis, .330; Young, New York, .326; }King, New York, 3; Konetchy, ?Brooklyn, .3820; J. Smith, “St. Louis 4318; Hollocher, Chicago, 318; Dun ean, Cincinnati, 316; Williams, Phil- ‘adelphia, .316; Myers, Brooklyn, .312; {Wheat, Brooklyn, .312. Tie for Home-Run Honor i Bunny Brief of Kansas City has Fbatted himself up among the Igaders jagain, and continued his tie for home run honors with Hargrave of St. Paul. ‘Both cracked out threé circuit drives qin the past week and brought their totals to 19. The pair is also tied for total base honors with .246. “Har- igrave is out in front in runs scored : however with 99 tallies to his’ credit. Rapp of St, Paul leads the base steal- ers with 37. ‘ Grover Hartley of Columbus tops J the batters who had played in fifty jor more games with an average of 3.351. Other leading batters: Paul, .340; Wickland, Rondeau, Minneapolis, .333; Good, Kansas City, .330; Rehg, In- } dianapolis, 328; Wade, Minneapolis, 327; Hyatt, Toledo, 320; Brief, Kan- sas City, 318; Berghammer, St. Paul, Hargrave, Toleav, a 4 317; Tincup, Louisville, .316. a | . SPORT TIPS | 2° EVERYBODY GOES. Toledo, Aug. 28—The Mud Hens have played to home crowds number- ing 149,000 in 36 days. It is expect- ed that the season’s attendance. will go over 250,000. FOUR IS PLENT San Francisco, Aug. 28.—This town is a four-show proposition. A fifth | fight club is trying to break into the row, but is’ proving a: failure. .The other four. still reap the’ mazuma. Crt aaee trad ABLE Sait. sys SPECTACLE BO, Philadelphia, Aug. 28.—Lee Mead- ows of the Phillies.isn’t the only. ball cat Ss emer try | opposing teams. he sits back and enjoys:the game. His daughter is fully capable of fo!- | happens through sound of bat and ball and mitt and through the umpire's decisions. It is}son they take se lowing what empty player who wears glasses. City third baseman and a New York semi-pro catcher use them. That is all. VANITIE’S GHOST New York, Aug. hull, Island, where her tempting morsel men. 28.—All that A Jerse: Then the re=| mains of the once gay Vanitie is the! It is beached at City bronze makes a for bidding junk- NOT FOR WOMEN. San Francisco, Aug. 28.—A wrest- arouse Planes entered by the Gustiaal Air plane Company and by. the | Dayton-Wright Company will attempt to win the Gordon Bennett Cup when the big international air race is staged in France Sept. . much enthu ling match here between two women | tailed to The referee called it a sm. draw, being a/ schools, “News of Sport World | toes AND GOSSIP. FOR THE FANS i i \ YPULORED | : AARRKS the ra®est thing for her to have to isk a question. Keen Memory, Who is up next, who is on base, how been scored—all this Miss Harris keeps in her mind by means. of her marvelously retentive memory. Of course, Miss He sis a New York rooter. She thinks both the inks and the Giants have good nces to win this year, but she rns the Giants that they must win and not divide the double-headers and the Yankees must form the habit of winning -consistently, instead ‘of in | spurts. Baseball First Miss Harris cares for no other sports, but she is so fond of base- [ball that she refused to go to the country this summer, even though ther father mised to bring her to the city for one game each week. Iv the winter she has her books and “her studies, but during the‘ baseball sea- cond place mabe Gladstone’s tudent of school. diplomatic WAS HE SLY? Columbus, Aug. 28.—-After the um- pire had thrown out two dozen balls [and delayed the game a couple of {hours he decided that Pitcher Dan- forth of the Hens wasn’t doctoring j the ball. SCILOOL COACHES, Chicago, Aug. 28.—There are 165 students enrolled in the school for | coaches “here this summer.” Tiby come from 29 different states. Most | of them hold coaching jobs’ in small \, BASEBALL afi ® AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won, Lost Pet. « St. Paul. . 86 40 6834 of | Minneapoli 68 59 535; Milwaukee 67 61.523! Indianapoli: 65 61, 516; “Toledo... .... 65 63 508 | Louisvil 60 + 68 469 Columbus. 49 74 1398 | Kansas, City... 46 80 365 | NAFIONA ‘LLEAGUE ¢ Won Lost - Pet. Brooklyn... . 69 61 575 Cincinnati '. 66 «65069 New eYork. 65 53 561 Pittsburgh 60 56 517 Chicago. 60 63.488 St. Loui: 57 63 475, Boston.. ... 47 66 416 Philadel phta. 49 10 412 : —- 1 + AMERICAN LEAGUE | Won ~Lost Pet. Chicago. WW 45 631 Cleveland. “Th AT 612 New York. 7% 49 © 605] St, Loui 60 (57 = 518 Boston.. 57 63 475 | Washington 61 64 443 Detroit .... 3 392 Philadel pWiia 82 822 NATIONAL LEAGUE Reds Pull Up Cincinnati, Avg. 28.—The Giants pulled the Reds out of first place yes- terday by winning the first game of a doubleheader in 17 innings, 6 to 4. Both teams hit freely at the start and the score was tied! at theend of the sixth, after which Fisher and Nehf pitched brilliantly until the seven- teenth, when the visitors scored two runs on singles by Young and Kelly dnd a double by Doyle. Both pitchers went the full distance and-their sup- port was very fast, The second game went only five innings and was called on account of darkness, neither side having scored. In the second game Crane and King indulged in a fist fight at second base when the Red shortstup claimed that King intérfered ' with attempt at a double play. The of both teams rushed to the scene and King was knocked down, but Umpire. Rigler prevented serious injury to any of the athletes. Nei- ther man was ‘put out of the game. * Score—First Game: R. HE.| New "York 200.101 000 000 000 02—6 18 2| Cincinnati "300 010 000 000 000 00—4 16 0 Batteries Nehf and Smith; Fisher and Allen, Rariden. Score—Second Game: R.H.E New York 000 00—0 5 0: Cincinnati - 000 00—0 1 0 Douglas Bressler and: Wingo. Batteries and Snyder; | Five Double Plays Chicago, Aug. 28,—Brooklyn defeat- ed Chicago by. free hitting 6 to 3. Pfeffer was hit safely 14 times, but splendid support bv the ififielders be- hind him pulled him out of trouble. Vive double plays were made against | Chicago. 002 100.030—6 14 1 Chicago -110 100 000—3 14 2 Batteries: Pfeffer and Miller; Hen- drix, Carter and O'Farrell. Brooklyn Oeschger’s Wildness Loses Pittsburgh, Aug. 28.—Pittsburgh ce- feated Boston, 8 to.1. Oeschger was unsteady, passing one man with the bases full and sending another in with 27. The plane shown above is the one entered by the Curtiss company. Below is the machine the Dayton-Wright Company has entered.. Inset picture is of Mrs. Helen Cox Mahoney, daugh- ter, of Governor Cox, »She christened the Dayton-Wright entry, mn RESP CcComsE ASE aL a wild pit .000 000 100—1 7 2 j breaking the old Olympic record by “FLYING FINN” WINS MARATHON ‘| Iowa tracks. Iva Knight won the 2 ‘BISMARCK HORSES IN PURSE MONEY, Two Bismarck-owned horses are making good records in fair races on} 225 | pace at Mason City in 2:14%4-and Fly-! ing Patchen’ won’ second moffey in’the | 2:17 pace ,in which the winner's time | was 2:11%. The horses are owned by | Mr. and Mrs, H. M. Bryan. Mrs. Bryan is directing the racing of the horses. WILTON FANS’ COMING STRONG: Three hundred Wilton fans will be ANNES HOLEHMAINEN Antwerp, Belgium, Aug. 28.—When Hannes Kolehmainen won the classic matathon for Finland in the Olympic games it was almost like an Ameri- can victory. The “Flying Finn” lives in Brooklyn, N, ¥.,.but was unable to run for Uncle Sam because he hoi not taken out U. S. citizenship papers. Kolehmainen showed more speed and stamina at Antwerp than-he did eight years ago when he was winner of three championships in the Stockholm Olympiad. _ He finished the 26 miles and 385 yards in the remarkable time of 2:32:35 4-5, in the mud and rain, 4 minutes. Pittsburgh. 102 041 00x—8 12-0 Batterie: Cooper and Schmidt. Phillies Win in Second St. Louis, Aug. 28.— Philadelphia defeated St. Louis, 3 to, 2. Bunched hits off Schupp in the first two inn- ings accounted for the three uns. ‘The locals hit Meadows hard, but failed in the pinches, Philadelphia. -210 000 000—8 9 0 i 010 000 601—2 13 1 Batterie: Meadows and Wheat; Schupp, Haines and Dilhoefer, Clem- ons. AMERICAN LEAGUE Mays Wins Again New York, Aug. 28—New York won a twelve-inning game from Chicago, 6 to 5. Mays was hit hard in the first two innings, while it took the Yankees four frames to overcome the three-run lead. Cicotte and Mays then pitched tight ball until the ninth, when the visitors tied the count on three hits. Both teams scored in the tenth. In the Yankee’s half of the twelfth Ruel led off with his third hit, went to sec- ond on Quinn’s sacrifice and scored on Peckingpaugh’s hit, ‘ Score: R. HE. Chicago... ....120 000 001 100—5 16 1 New York ....101 200 000 101—6 12 0 Cicotte, Wilkinson, Kerr and Schalk; Mays, Quinn and Ruel. Indiahs ‘Quit Losing Philadelphia, Aug. 28.—Cleveland defeated Philadelphia, 15 to 3, hitting safely in each inning except the sixth and totalling 21 hits. Score: R. HE. Cleveland .... ....034 110 024—15 21° 0 Philadelphia 000 101 00I— 8 8 5 /Bagby and O'Neill; Naylor, ‘Big- i bee, Slappey and Perkins. Browns Come From Behind Boston, Aug. 28.—St. Louis ‘rallied in the eighth, tied the eighth yester- | day, tied the score after two were out. jand then won from Boston, 6 to 5, in the ninth when Davis led off with a i triple and Billings, who ran for him, | scored the winning run on an infield j out. St. Louis 00 000 301—6 10 1 Boston. 00 011 200—5 9 0 Davis, ey and Severeid; Pen- nock, Karr and Walters. Senator Beat Tigers Washington, Aug. 28.—Ocosta ‘kept Detroit’s hits well scattered while Washington bunched safeties off Ehm- ke in two innings yesterday and won 3 to 1. Scor R. HE. Detroit... .... .000 010 000—1 11. 2 ; Washington .... ..012 000 00x—3 6 3 Ehmke and Stanage; Acosta and Gharrity. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Brewers Win Milwaukee, Aug. 28.—McSweeney held Indianapolis to three hits and Milwaukee won, 3 to 1, making it three fout of four for the locals. Hits by ‘Cooney and Butler coupled with ‘an jerror by Jones and a double steal ac- counted for two Milwaukee runs in the first. \ “Oeschger and O'Neill; RWLEL| in Bismarck for, Sunday afternoon's; game with the Bismarck club, accord- ing to word received here today. The! Wilton club probably will have an all- star aggregation, behind Jimmy Cun-) ningham, Both Al Anderson and PHONE 909 | A061, Broadway | The Bismarck Sign Co. || Hoskins Ine., Dept. K. 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