The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 17, 1921, Page 6

COBB CLIMBING UPON MATEIN BATTING RACE Rises to Just Four Points Behind the Leading Heilman of | Detroit Club FOURNIER AFTER HORNSBY} Chicago, Sept. 17. y Cobb, was| the only member of the quariette| which last week went into the stretch | fighting for the batting honors of th American League, who made a gi during the week. The Georgia peach | added four points to his average, giv-| ing him a mark of .894 for the runner up honors. Ha Heilman, Deiroit’s slugging outtielder, struck a slump in| | his hitting and dropped to .398, just four points in front of.his boss. Babe Ruth, of the Yankees, the third mem- ber of the slugging quartette travelled along on about a 50-50 basis, drop-| ping one point. He is third with 382. | George Sisler, of St. Louis who a} week ago was crowding on the heels! of the leaders, did not do so well with the willow and has dropped to .374, a loss of seven points. According to averages released which include games vf Wed- ay, Ruth failed to break his home yun record 0: circuit drives estab- lished in 1920, and. equalled again last However, the big south- paw has increased his lead as a run getter having registered 162 times, his total base march being 414 bases, the result of 186 hits. Besides the cir- (By Roy Grove) Stekette, last year’s All-American ' teammate, cuit. drives Ruth has batted out 40 doubles and 13 triples. The averages are for players who have onarticipated in 80 or more games are as follows for some other leading batters: Speaker, Cleveland, .366; Tobin, St. Louis, .365; Jacobson, St. Louis, .346; E. Collins, Chicago, .343; Strunk, Chicago, .342;. Ce Retroit, .341; Williams, St. Louid, .338. Fournier Climbs Jack Fournier, firstbaseman of. the St. Louis Cardinals enjoyed a good week with the bat in the National league and has climbed up behind his Rogers Hornsby for the hatting honors of the senior major circuit. The big Frenchman is hit- ting .352, while Hornsby dropped five All over the country coaches are} fullback, a wonderful open field run- ‘working feverishly to groom their en- | ner, sprinter and place kicker. tries for Sept. 24, the day on which} Another of last year’s All-Ameri- the barrier goes up on the intercol-}can team is back in Stanley Kech of legiate football race. Princeton. ‘A glance over the field indicates}; Stanley should do a repeat. in. the that although racing conditions willf AN-American for he »has been tack- be about the same as last season, the] ling, interfering, bucking the line and ‘entries as a whole will be much fast- kicking goals in practice all these er. summer months, ‘Only. a few minor changes have} As for Yale and Harvard, all is not been made in the rules, and most col-} so rosy. leges are recognizing the coaches and} ‘Harvard has a wealth of back field staffs of last year. ; material, but as to the line the out- ‘Renovations in team’ material are| took is rather dismal. All the heavy compératively few, and with the bulk} forward beef stepped out with diplo- of playing material of last year back | mas. aa as seasoned veterans, the game should The Crimson has a ray of’ hope in be speedier. McCagg, captain of the crew, with The style of play will be largely the| his six feet four inches, the same same as that of last season: a liberal.) which should be credited to Captain amount of open running, suppofted’| Keith Kane of this: year’s varsity. | FEW GRIDIRON CHANGES EXPECTED THIS YEAR; VETERANS | | ‘ the players refused to olay any longer. | ‘team has shattered Association home-| nearly every family, and the call of | by tricks and accurate passing. ‘Kane did McCagg a good turn ‘last ters who have participated in 80 or Passing to Stay spring when. he joined the crew, row- more games with a mark of .401, ac-; Forward passing seems to be neces-| ing an oar against Yale. Now a re- cording to the averages released to-|54r¥ in rounding out a well balanced | turn call is expected ton the grid field day and which include, games of last and effective offense, and most effec- } from McCagg. Wednesday. tive when so designed’ that passes Eli’s Best Bet Hornsby increased his lead as a run and running plays are made to look| ‘At the Yale bowl, the front strings getter, having scored 122 runs for his| like. This requires the defensive to} play ‘should revolve around Captain club. With his’ 220 hits he also hesitate to: determine whether ‘the|iMalcolm Aldrich, left half, and brought his record for total bases to | Pay 1s a running play or a pass. O'Hern, the brilliant freshman quar- 350. His hits include 38 doubles, | Forward passing is probably the] ter of last year who is expected to be 16 triples and ‘20 home’ runs: ’| department Ohio State will miss most, | ‘the bright star. of Old Eli in the com- ‘As a ihome run hitter, the St. Louts although Coach Wilce says he has| ing scrimmages. x is givi ae Yeas ft ;Johnny Stuart, last year’s fullback Minnesota, Penn., Notre Dame, star is giving great promise of over- | captain of the Freshies. Ohio State, Minois and Michigan are taking George Kelly, of the Giants.! “Stuart is said to have the feet that | expected to be about evenly balanced who. is out in front with 22 cireult | wit fill the shoes’ of: Harley and'| as to weight and speed. The Wiscon- crashes. Kelly failed to add to his |stinchcomb, the All-American boys. ; sin team is being shaped about Bunge, mark a Week ago. Frisch of the; State’s line. which upset the Big| an old-timer. Giants, failed to run his stolen base/'Ten, gat down to Stuart. ¢ California lost few stars through record above the 47 reached a week! At the rush of the season, the | graduation and is expected to show a points, but continued-to top the bat- ago. \Kickers receive most of the attention | lot. ‘Brickmiller at end can play any Other leading batters for 80 or/and if a coach can develop a punter | position. more games ‘or place kicker then the team is well} George Tech, on paper, looks like Cutshaw, Pittsburgh, .350 , Roush, jon its way. - the strongest team in the country, Cincinnati, .848; McHenry, St. Louis, | Yost’s Anchor-Man having much of ‘the same material 345; Cruise, Boston, 341; Meusel,| (Michigan is depending much’ on that last year throttled Penn and wal- ; E. Smith, New York, | this; in building a machine .around | loped-Center decidedly. i i Oe Ce Ee ag) CT Fe RA aad isk yeti Ma LS Se NC RH OR RORAU NS CA Eee ODEON St. Louis, « ! i i a toe A : |run records, He has piled up ‘a tota’ | “fore” breaks thé peaceiul evening air Thorpe Makes Strides of 33 circuit smashes. | ag regularly as the day’s work is done. i aan Le ee arhlere, prowess | Out in the Coast Leasue. too, they'te | ‘To make it more remarkable, Gann n the Olympic games at. Stockholm | smashing them as well as in Hon lv. j & i aay in 1912, startled the universe hus made | Headquat Pe tacts Tat | Valley is an inland town, the county wonderful strides among ‘the batters at all way stations in between big | Seat of Buffalo county. of the Ameri Association players | enough to support a ball club. It is 24 miles from tre neares' : who have participated in 80 or more; Maybe it’s:the likely ball, More like- | Toad, and depends entirciy for its sup- games. The big Indian who is a mem- | ly it’s because they are envious ut; Dly of golf balls from tie st ber of the Toledo club has climbed to | Babe Ruth’s limelight. i h carries supplies from the out- fifth place with an average of .363.} Pate ay Jap Kirke, the Lousiville, slugger, | Fifty-two American Leaguers bat. although suffering a slight falling off! ting over 300. Coupla Philadelphians, | in his stick work, continued to top.the | to9, But keep that dark. uy batters with an average of :381, while | ete Ve i Reb Russell the Minneapolis slugger! NW ENTRY TO HALL OF outfielder has passed Art Butler of! pitcher Rommel of _ Athletics, Kansas City for the hpnors as run-) pitcher in Johuson League to lose 20 ner-up to Kirke. Russell is clouting | games. .375. Butler’s mark is 369. | Oi ML Mie Bunny Brief of Kansas City. who | The dog stood on the burning de smashed out five circuit drives in the | [he flames were flapping *round past week, and brought this season's | nee! record for circuit wallops to 40, is in| fourth place among the batters with a} mark of .364. i + _and put on HOT DOG! | And yet you can’t say that John | Wilson was completely walloped. May. !De he didn’t beat Downey, but he beat | the public. MERRY COMBACK TO. STORIES OF oo LIVELY B ALL | This Mr. John Dempsey must be fig- THE j uring on a wild swing. He said he'd Came referee the Kilbane-Frush argument By Newsparer Enterprise. ‘for $2,500. Sioux Falls. S..D.. Sept. 17.—When | pe He : the newer generation starts talking of | LEFT EARFUL, 1 the “lively hall” the old-timers laugh. | Whew on the greens, the geléiug guy j! “Big Bill” Dahlonist talks about a |’ Was surely in’a rut, i game played in 1895 between Webster | Because, just like an auto, and Bryant. At the evd of the fifth; He would aways putt, putt, putt. 5 “aa 87 in favor | i last 4 inning the score was 57 to 7 in favo | RIGHT EARFUL. of Webster. is The zame was called in the fifth. for | When hating for a bonus, he ‘Webster scored 22 rung in that inning | ,, Could hit to beat the band, ‘ and none were out. The’ other teain | Catse every time he erossed the pla Some money crossed his hand. = - The American Billiard and Bow! \ing Parlors will in a-few days have one of the finest and latest equip- ped Bowling Alleys in North Da-} kota. We will have our new Bowling, Alleys installed by ‘the Brunswic’ €o., and their experienced men will be here’ to arrange, and put the alleys. in order with _ scientific knowledge. are | Bowling has always been,,con- ceded as one. of the best indoor sports and health builders. Su M. J. Mat f Al Our place willbe conducted in) Tl ct M. J. Mahoney, of Alex- | ‘ t r . anaria! Soo oles ‘TOWN OF 100 iI\the best of order and sanitary con- ditions. This is only an advance: notice of our opening ‘in order to acquaint bowlers with what we are going to do, for we expect to open our al- leys about October Ist. = ) He tells of a game in 1897, when | Parker defeated Huron 6§ to 19. Tie | pame was called in the seventh when | BOASTS ABOUT GOLF (COURSE i i I The players of those (ays assert that | B 3 ively. i a Bry y Newspaper Enterprise. pees ball stuff is merely a come! “Yoann' Valley, S. D. Sept, 17.—Golf amie | hugs must have their game—no matter ‘AND ON THE || hat the inconvenience. | OTHER HAND | | This village, with a total population | of less than 100 persons, boasts a nine- ee Bunny Bie? 6f the Kansas:Gity A. A. | Ov ASE TH American Billiard & Bowling Parlors 118—5th Street “hole regulation golf course. It claims | to be the smallest agricultyyal town in the country with a course. The goif- epidemic has spread to OF HARD-FOUGHT CAMPAIGNS TO LEAD THE BEST TEAMS Bullfrog Stuck te Machine, A big bullfrog, ‘although uninvited, took a-ride In an ‘atrpfane inthe Phik Ippines,. and ‘the ‘pilot unable te spill him. out Inte the ett ere-ever though he ‘performed all. the stunts of an’ aertal clreus, | 9 * Hee ‘TRIBUNE WAN’ 2 RESULTS AOT sents views from — Accidental in oe “Origin of the -| series by 10 to 3. Shawkey was bat-'| Something like jubilation Other important news-articles “Subsidizing” the Farmer. Kaiserism is Seen Back of the Erz: _. berger Murder ‘ c Roumahia Perplexities » Those Queer Bir __A Silk Purse from a Sow’s Ear : Moving @ Mining Town to Get the Ore FIRST GAME I |Toney Holds Smeky City | to Two Hits in Openii “Crucial. Series” | i Pittsburgh, — Sept. 17.—Teney-.held he Pirates to two hits ‘yesterday. jand New. York defeated Pittsburgh, {5 to 0. 13; i | The Giants scored all ef their tive j Tans in the. third ipning of three: sin- | gles, two doubles.and a:triple. Ham- lilton was taken ‘out of-the box in the third, being replaced:.by Glaaner, wlio jlater gave way to. Yellowhorse. ' Te ~the third janing,;Rawlings ted joft with a single.through third. Sny- ider, the : next. batter up, doubled to jleft, and Toney followed with a single ‘to left, scoring. Rawliaga:and Snyder, ; After: Burns: had: flied’ out, Bancroft {tripped to. enter, coring Topey. ; Frisch .scored, Bancroft, with: a“dou- ie | to to right and Hamilton gave way ;to -Glazner, Young? flied to:-Carey. iKelly singled to left scoring Frisch. 'Meusel, the ninth man’ up, filed to: | Carey. ; Sa j, Im the-eighth inning, Umpire Me- ‘Cormick, ‘in.'the fteld; called Grimm jout\ at second. He ryled that the ‘runner. interfered with Rawlings,.the | | j Giant second baseman, who. was feld- ing a ball. The decision was greeted | j Dy. @ shower of pop-hottles from. the’ jstands. One dattle struck McCormick |on the head, but-he. was not seriously |hurt. At the close of the game he| was escorted from the field by 26 policemen. Score: 4 i Ri H. E. New York ....005 000 000-5 12 0 Pitsburgh . 000.000: 000—-0 2. 0 Batterles — Toney ané@. Snyder; Hamilton, Glasner, Yellowhorse:and: Sehmidt. ¢ New York, Sept. 16.—The New York American. . sluggers. could. do little with Urban Shocker, a former team- mate, and .were, defeatel by- St. Louis, yesterday in the third. game. of..the ted hard by the Browns, who drove him into retirement -in six inmings. In the ninth, Sisler hit-a home run with the bases full off Pitcher Rogers. Ruth -hit his fifty-sixth- home run off Shocker in the fourth inning, but Shockcr struck him out in his other three ‘times at bat. Gerber was ‘knocked unconscious in the sixth in- all angles. | i ventions Cream Separator PIRATE SERIES NATIONAL LEAGUE Beh 3 x ‘Won Epst | Pet. New York . 88. 54 622 Pittsburgh . 8445304 St. Louis . oy 64 ‘Brooklyn. 0 6 500 Cincinnati. A es Chicago -.. 64 % 3 Philadelphia : 95 B84 ay: Oe. ee ning. when he eollided with McManus while going after: Peckinpaugh’s ‘fly. Scare: ae RHE St. Louls......000' 402. 004—10 44. 0 New York, ....,.000 102,.000-3...7.3 Batterios+-Shocker...and Severeld; Shawkey, Quinn, Rogers and Schang. » CLEVELAND WINS syte - Washington, . Sept... 16.—Cleveland regained -flgst, place (a: she American leagie yesterday by defeating Wash- ington by 2 to 0, New York: lost to St. Louis. Seore: R. H. E. Cleyeland ......! 000 000 620—2 6 1 Washington ....000° 000 000—0 4 1 Batteries-—Uhle and O'Neill; Brick- son, R. Miller and Piciaich. LEAGUE SPANBINGS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ‘Won Lost Louistille: .... 62. Minneapolis 62 Kansas,City . 8 Toledo: « 6 Milwaukee ,.... a Indianapolis ww. St. Paul’. 80 Columbus 86 AMERICAN LEAGUE |, Pet. Cleveland .. 633 New York . 629 St. outs i au ‘Washington - 3492 RESULTS Columbus 8, Toledo 0. : R 4 St Paul 2, Minneapolis 1. ‘Milwaukee 4, Kansas City 0. American League mel Cloveland 2, Washiugton 0. Detroit 7, Philadelphia 3. ‘Boston 10, Chicago 4: St. Louis 10, New York 3. National League * Cincinnati: 5, Boston 1. New. York 5, Pittsburgh 0. si is reported from both London and Dublin at the turn the Irish negotia- tions are taking toward a pesceful settlement. They haye “turned the corner,” affirms the New York “Herald’s London correspondent, and the Dublin Freeman’s Journal, the chief organ of Sinn Fein, hails "the latest: British note as falsifying the forecasts of the pessimists. “World opinion,” ag the Brooklyn « Bagle sizés up the situation, now “prevents the Irish leaders from clesing the door.” ever contrary may seem the claims of Lloyd George and De Valera, many observers see promise of an ultimate agreement in the fact that, as the San Francisco Chronicle puts it, “both have taken the most pains to leave the door open.” ,Thus when De Valera, on September 4, tejterated his “irrevocable” re- jection of Great Britain’s terms’ for an Irish ‘settlement, he concluded with an offer to reopen negoti- ations on the basis of “the principle of government by consent of the governed,” and the Brtiish Pre- mier promptly named next Tuesday as.the date for-another conference. Lloyd George is quoted as say- ing that-he hopes to sign the Irish agreement with the same pen with which he signed the Peace Treaty. An instructive account of recent negotiations leading up to the present encouraging status of the ages-old Irish question is given in the. leading article in this week’s LITERARY. DIGEST. It pre- in this weeks’ DIGEST (September 17th) are:— How Flying-Fish Fly To See Old Paintings As If They Were . New - On Relaxing Methodist y Dean” Hits “Teetotal The “Gloom Fanaticism” Why the Knights Go Into Italy | "|, Our “Horrible” Church Buildings Tobacco and Work Against “Billboarding the Bible” Sports and Athletics Investments and Finance Personal Glimpses of Men and Events TopiesoftheDay = ‘|; Best of the Current Poetry Many Malf-Tone Illustrations and: Humorous Cartoons. <-FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Puitishera of the Famous NEW Staiiard _ September 17th Number on Sale Today.News-dealers 10 Cents—$4.00 a Year. St, Louis 4, Philadelphia 3. Brooklyn at Chicago, rain.’ MANY ASK , “HOW SHE DID IT” yLdgcolp, Neb..Sept. 16.—Mise Katherine RF, Worley. presides. over jebraska’s state board of control in a small gyivel chair sufficient to ac- commodate two of her size, but she is big enough to direct the expenditure f:more than $5,000,000 biennially. ; Her job is to look after the financial affairs. of Nebraska's 18 - penal, charitable and corrective institutions. She has the final decision. on’ the ap- poimtment of every: official in. these establishments, and also bears the ultimate responsibility for their economical, and practical operation and. efficiency, é » Many, are the inquiries from other wamen asking how she “did it” that this state board chairman ,receives. Here is some of the advice she sends ; pback: “Meet your fellow-man on an equal footing. “Study. him, aidhim,.reach his na- }ture, and mend your treatment to his ailments. “Maintain an average business head which every-day experience gives ut. : “Practice the same judgment in , |; wielding the affairs of your neighbor as you would your own-whether they ‘be large ones or small ones, rich ones or: poor ones. .. ‘ : “Instinct, , environment, _common sense and an ordinary education, to- Jgether., with an alm toward the right principles, will put you to your goal. ‘The directing head of. Nebraska's ingtitutions came to her office through ‘a. practical business. experience and Jong. welfare work and. by. a state system . of rotation, She heads Nebraska's Americantzation work to- day. She founded, developed and can- tinues to operate bide wee a pane clippi eau in her home state. she anys ie is going back.to it and her circle of welfare workers when she gets through at the capital. For years, she, has, been active in HWwelfare and juvenile work fn Omaha. She has taken an. active part in start- Jing a dozen. evening schools for the born and has done much foreign volunteer court. work. tne vay 18 never 90 Wark. 4} rhe day ts never so dark, nor the night even, but that the laws gt least of light still prevail, and so may make ft Nght, in our minds if they are open te the truth.—Thoreau. In fact, how- Rigors