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SHOCKER STOPS YANKS, CUTTING LEAD IN RACE Spitball Artist Humbles Amer- ican Leaders and Holds Ruth Hitless este New York, Sept. 2: Shocker, of the St. a man of his word. stop the New York did. vantage over can ‘League wa's reduced to and a half. Out of nine contests he pitche] against the Yankees this year the M uri spitball pitcher who wore a Louis Browns, is ‘He said he would Yankees and he And today the league leaders’ ad- c Ameri- Yankee uniform once has won five of them. In-halting the Yankees yesterday Shocker not only blanked them, 2 to 0, holding then {9 five singles, but he likewise made the Ruth go hitless in three times at bat, Both the Yankees and Cleveland In- dians are idle today but tomorrow gin their final four games lec ide the The ¢ the BASEBALL | LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won Lost Pet. Louisville 594 Minneayy) Kansas Toledo Milwauke Indianapolis St. Paul Columbus . New York .. Cleveland St. Louis .. Washington . Boston Detroit Chicago Philadelphia NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. New: York .. 98 57 +620 Pittsburgh 89 60 599 St. Louis 4 65 64 Boston 79 72 525 Brooklyn 14 ia Cincinnati 9 80 Ch p 1 89 Philadelphia +51 102 RESULTS YESTERDAY American Association Toledo’11, ‘Minne. polis 1 Kansas City 1 ‘Milwaukee Indianapolis 1 American League Philadelphia: 9-1, Boston 5-8. St, Louis 2 Others not § heduled. i National League Braye 8, Boston-8-0. , Chicago 3: Pittapureh 9, Philadelphia 6. Others’ not ‘scheduled: Pitcher Urban | SLAGLE copPeD 6 (By Roy Grove) Frankie Frisch, the youth who thi season has revived the lost| major league art of base stealing, brings an interesting angle into the world ser- ies Can he duplicate the feats of stars . |of the past? Or has world Series base stealing gone into the discard along with the strikeout kings? Frisch, third “baseman with the Giants, has stolen more than 50 bases on National League pitchers this year, almost double the thefts of his near- est competitors in both circuits. And now Frisch is going into the world series. to face the cream of ‘American ‘League -pitchors. What’ll he do? ‘How, g20d will he be? ““Based.on standards of bygone years, Frisch's record for the season should be good for half a dozen thefts in the big tilt. But_on the face‘ of results in the past few seasons, he’ll be lucky to «lect two, * * * among world series players—speaking of. base thefts, of course. ‘Sox speed. merchant has _figured..in six of the fall classics and has a grand total of fourteen sacks checked up to his . credit. Even Eddie is. finding ‘the going of recent. years more difficult. One stol- en base was the best he could do against Cincinnati. in the series. with the Reds in 1919, although he had no difficulty. in’ working Cub pitchers for four sacks when with the Athletics in the 191Q series. * nN Back in’ 1907, Slagle. of the Cubs Eddie Collins is the premier thief ' The White; FRANK FRISCH REVIVES LOST ART OF BASE STEALING. But Will He Show In World Series? .Dope Says He Can’t Equal The Feats Of Old Stars EDDIE, COLLINS ; HAS STOLEN MORE COLD AND COLDER BASES THAN AN WORLD SERIES PL BASES IN THE 1007 SERIES, —— FRove Tos ole six bases during the world dgainst ‘Detroit, and two yea Honus Wagner, the doushty yal qtevan gl pica ted che feat again: the same‘team, In 1909 Wagner stole second three | times in the third game of the series. In the fifth game Honus when he was hit by a pitcher. H swiped.second and then third. By this time the pitcher was -excited and Honus worked -him into throwing the! ball over the‘third:baseman’s head and then scrambled home. In the Cub-Detroit. series in 1908, with two out, Ty Cob-singled. Then he stole.second: and. -third,- and he and Rossman nearly got away with ‘a delayed’ double-steal.- -- iWho ¢) you hear. of.ambling all the way around without a hit in the classics. of toda: a oe *In'the wen series of 1920 between the Indians. and: Dodgers ‘there were only three stolen bases in the seven | games, ‘In the series of 1916 one base! was stolen by each team, duplicating! the record made: in the series the year before. Compare that to the 1907 series be- tween the Cubs and Detnoit when run: ners stole 25-bases. Or the series two | years: later when. 24- pilfered: sacks | were registered. F +8 (How cone? Pitching? - In the héyday of base stealing, when the players were‘ running riot ‘on the sacks, they were facing such pitchers | at Mathewson, Coombs,’ Marquard and! other greats, whose performances. in} the box have stood unequaled. Hote * py aBue. That Will ‘Soon be the Prediction Givéh by thé ‘Weather Man. ORDER YOUR COAL NOW Be Prepared When the Cold Weather Arrives and Have Coal in Your Coal Bin. oh The little squirrel is one of the vwiteld’s fat providers, He takes no chances on the vagaries of winter. puts in his supply long before it’s-necessary. Why not you? Washburn Lignite Coal The Coal. that is all Coal and contains the greatest yardage of heat and never clinkers. It’s money. in your pocket when He you burn the Famous Washburn Lighite Coal. PRICE $5.50 PER TON DELIVERED You are safe in buying now for prices will not-be any cheaper that we know of. ‘ NORTHERN WYOMING COALS Acme—Carney—Kooi—Monareh, Washburn Lignite Coal Co. Mines at Wilton, N. D. Bismarck Office 901 Broadway. Phone 453. nt to first ; winter race meet evar “held in the south. Representative R J. Weinmann’ of New Orleans, is the author of the race track dope bill. 1t prohibits the ‘pub- lication of any kind of ‘lope on’ races, betting odds, dope as to probable re- sults or probable odds. It also pro- hibits the transmission “f this dope by telephone or telegraph. * The purpose of.the Weinmann bill is to knock ‘out the handbook. ‘To ac- complish this purpose, however, fol- lowers of the racing game claim, its passage will kill facins. The bill wil! he vigorously tought. The introduction of the Weinmann bill has not halted the work of R. S. Eddy, general manage, of the B. M. R. A., in preparing for the midwinter | clash of the country’s choroughbreds, Eddy has just returnéd f1om a visit to the Kentucky, New York and Cana dian racing centers, where he booked the greatest collection’ of thorough- breds that ever faced the starter's bar- rier. “The crack stables of al) the mil- lionaire horsemen. of the country wil! he brought here for tie 50-days’ meet,, starting January 1. Among horsemen whose colors wil! he seen at the Fair Grounds track. are: J, BE. Seagram, Canadian breeder;, M. Block, owner of. Morvich and other crack ‘sprinters; Frank J, Kelly; 8. C. Hilcreth, part owner of ‘the Rancqcas stables; T. H. Griffin, who handles the ¥ OTHER AYER, ; ( KM Johnson, California, stables; FP. 5 Johnson, Hillie Shiéias . and Max Hirsch, No purse will be less than $1,009, with a $1,500 daily. feature,.as well a3 a number of stakes and the Crescent City Derby... fi RAIN: INSURAN( IS PAID MIN BASEBALL CLUB Minot, N. D, Sept Sept. 28.. —Rerton Smallwood, business wwnager of, this season’s Mirst independent baseball club, received a check to1 $250. whicn covers the insurance on the first game of the Saskatoon-Minot_ baseball series played ‘here the séc if Sep- tember, “During # <q da: only three games"were played, Saska- toon being victorious ia‘two of the. contests. The management of the lo. cals took out $250 rain insurance ou each week, day game and $1,000 on the Sunday contest. The agrcement ts that a certain specified amount of. rain must fall between 1 and 6 p. m. Games were called on two.otier days,, but be: cause the rain fell before noon or not a sufficient amount between 1. and ‘§ P. m., no insurance Gould be collected for ‘these two -days. This is probably the first, instance THEY. SAT ON THE (916 SERIES - BOSTON AND BROOKLYN ONY GOT VA BASE APIECE It isn’t pitching. It is simply. better knitted teamwork among the contend- ;ers for thé, world title. The team- ; Work has tightened up and the boys + who flit around ‘the second and ‘the i third sack work in better understand- ing with thee hers, RACE WAR ON. _ AGAIN IN SOUTH | By No ES AL ervice. | > New. 01 8, Sept. 26. —Despite the oe that ‘the “special sesion of the Louisianaiegislature»-now in session in Baton Rouge, has before it an anti- ; race dope bill, the passage of which, it claii ; willkill-racingsn this state, the Bugines: Ing Associa- ytion, ‘of Ne goingaheay been collected’in such’c case. The in: surance was taken ‘ontsthrough ‘the Helling Insurance ageacy of tliis. city: In the future in’all: probability ‘insur- ance wil be taken out: ior.all import - ant games. a ‘ Treasure * looted from. the.. 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