The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 20, 1923, Page 6

PAGE SIX LEADERS OF LEAGUES TAKE HARD TUMBLE Giants Shut Out and Yankees Are Overwhelmed by Detroit Yesterday Chicago, July 20—The New York league took their heavy tum and the challengers | crept just a little closer, The Giants, playing, in the Polo Grounds, were jetely white-washed, St, Louis fied with nothing but home and took three, the only 1s during the whole game were hit by Mueller and one by Bot- tomley. In Detroit th nkees were smoth- ered, 9 to 2. They were sly short on hurlers, and the ones they had sported sore arms. Seven of the nine runs were taken in the seventh and eighth innings. The heavy hit- ting was aimed at Sam Jones, ‘The visitors from Philadelpia came out on top in St, Louis, winning in a walk, 7 to 4, and broke the Browns’ winning streak of six in a row. In a close pitching battle in Cleve- land the Ind trimmed the Sena- tors, 3 to 2, Speaker’s extra base drives won the game for the home veam, The White Sox, playing on their ‘ounds, easily defeated Bos- ton, 8 to 3. Pittsburgh won in Bos ton in a hard hitting game, 8 to 6. With none out in the eighth McInnis, the Boston first baseman, lined into , Traynor, S, Adams to Jelphia, Chicago ran away with the game, 7 to 1. The Brooklyn R won the second game of the th the Cine Reds, 1 to ©, with Vance pitching against Ben- ton, CAPITALS IN 3RD VICTORY OVER VALLEY Throckmorton Pitches Two- Hit Game to 1 to 0 Win for the Bismarck Team Valley City, N. D., July 20.— ckmorton, Bismarck’s curve ball had the best of Wagner in s¢ duel on the local ball lot » and Bismarek took the me of the season, 1 to 0. ley City players connected with Throckmorton’s cu and slow ones but couldnt put them in safe territory. Kennedy, Valley third baseman, got the only two hits made off Throckmorton. Funk umpired the game. Fast fielding and excellent pitching tured the game, core by initings: 000 000 000—0 2 2 000 000 100-1 7 1 STANDINGS | os l'“=n N, D. STATE LEAGUE, Jast even Bismarck Pet, Minot ... Z 1000 Bismarek ; 667 Jamestown a 286 Valley City j .000 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, W. L. ” Pet. St. Paul ... 655 Kansas City . : 617 Louisville. 3 9 608 Columbus ‘ 600 Milwaukee ; 2.500 Indianapolis 58 Minneapolis . Toledo ..... New York . : 28 Cleveland 38 St. Louis ‘ 41 Chicago. é 40 Detroit 42 Philadelp 43 Wasitington 49 Boston .... 50 New York . ii Cincinnati . * 31 Pittsburgh 33 Chicago / . if 41 Brooklyn St. Louis Philadelphia Boston .... AMERICAN ‘ABSOCIATION, St. Paul 3; Indianapolis 2, Kansas City 6; Columbus 4. Toledo 6; Milwaukee 4. Minneapolis 10; Lonisville 9. _ . -/ NATIONAL LEAGUE,’ St. Louis 8; “New York 0, Chicago 7; Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh”8; Boston 6, . Brooklyn 1; Cincinnati 0. }| clusively? ny a 20.—There are three hazards at the 13th hole on the son Park golf course here. A small ta 8 1 hill on the other an enterprisi ha funny h: Bill, whose par s call him ¥ He may not know it, but the golfer; When a player prepares to drive at the steps soberly into the lake and waits polite and Bill Brown, nd hip boots, is three, m Vincent, is a golf psychologist. do, h on Jefferson Park, Bill The ball almost invari- ke. Bill retrieves it and gets a nickel for his fers declare Bill sly smile and apparent calm assurance that ike another nickel adds a bit too much to the “mental rd” atsNo. 13 hole, with its 3 is a handy kid to have around wning lake and hill beyond. But, at that, Bill It’s better to pay him a nickel than to buy a new ball. Catchers Come Into Own Catchers, What a bigger and really more im- league ball team nowadays than a few rs 2f0, ickstop used to toil about ev- cond or third game, If he par- in 75 tilts n he felt that, he was being overworked. And on the offense he was always shoved ‘way down the batting orde Highth place was his usual hitting tion, For, like pitchers, a catcher wasn’t expected to be able to wallop the horschide. But times have chapged. A receiver in the ‘main tent now has a real job. To don the old mask and chest protector 100 games at a stretch is not out of the ordinary, with anywhere from 130 to 150 frays as a full season’s effort. And on the attack. Well, a back- stopper today considered almost as important a factor with the hat as‘any other member of the club, He doesn't go to the plate just because it's compulsory. He must be able to m e the apple, A base knock AROUND THE CIRCUIT All players in the Dakota league, the 4-team South Dakota baseball | league, have been given outright re- leases as a result of the breaking up of the league. This cheats the clubs of possible revenue through the sale }-’ of players, clubs in the Dakota lea- gue last year realizing several thou- sand dollars by sales. Brindza, Aberdcen pitcher, who was with Valley City Inst year, has a proposition from St. Joe in the West- ern League and Valley City also would like to get him. He was the “iron man” of the league last year, Manager Nolt of the Aberdeen club sent telegrams out to a number of league managers endeavoring to se- cure places for his men. A scout for the Detrott, Michigan, club had look- ed over Benson. The Dakota league was dissolved on account of financial troubles, in cident chiefly to the continued hard LOOK OUT, portant cog they are to a major! In Batting Privileges’ is a base knock, no matter who is on the clouting end. many big league pilots have moved their receivers up in the batting list where their ability to hit the ball will prove more valuable to the scoring proclivities of the team ghth place in the battle front is not good enough for them. dust, glance ‘over the American League roster for this season. Of the eight t s in the circuit you'll see that in only three of them are the backstops swinging just before the pitcher as in bygone years. Huggins of the Yankees has his receivers hitting sixth, as does Lee Fohl of, the Browns. “Donie” Bush employs the same methods with his Nationals, while Frank Chance and Connie Mack have east tradition to the four winds, the Red Sox receiv- ers batting second and the Athletics’ third. Detroit, Cleveland and Chicago are the only teams which have stuck to the old order of things. Catchers! Surely they are a more important spoke in the wheel of a big league team than in days of old. luck of the Watertown team, accord- ing to word from Aberdeen, The Watertown club has lost nearly 20 consecutive games, some of them by close scores, but the team simply couldn't win, Other towns of the league were ready. to play but when Watertown flunked out President Cantillio nealled the whole schedule off, Umpire Labe Safro, the welter- weight boxer, is through. Labe had a hard time in every town on the circuit. He was umpiring the James- town-Minot’ series at Jamestown, and aroused fans so greatly Wednesday night that he turned in his equip- ment and President Powell arranged for another umpire, eos Valley City baseball fang are rally- ing strongly to the support of their team. The attendance at the first fames was not anything to falk about, but they hope for an increase. Dancing every nicht. Pat- terson Farm Pavilion. Mc- Kenzie Orchestra. DEMPSEY! Pers er) for anythi Henry Wells. ‘(lett and John tale, ought to reed Wott ee held of their class Unt the Nuér Injury Develops Star for Yankees! Accident To Catcher Schang} Makes Hero Out of Hoffman BY BILLY EVANS If a major league ball club has a star catcher whose work stands out, it wisdom for the manager of that club to use said catcher almost ‘ex- Good gatching means so much to a ball ctub that a nianager is prone to use his star regularly, if he is fortunate enough to have such a type catcher. But it is questionable if such a policy is advisable. Ray Schalk of the Chicago White Sox is a master workman, one of the greatest catchers of all time. Every manager under whom Schalk hag played since coming to the big show has scldom used any other catcher if Ray was fit to go. As a result of such a policy, the White Sox have developed little or no catching material since Schalk won his spurs as a star. One of these days Schalk is going to pa§i out of the picture, and when he does, the White Sox are going te suffer for lack of good catching. One Catcher Stands Out On practically every major league club there is some catcher who stands out, who has an edge in most departments of play on the ‘other backstops . Invariably that catcher gets most of the work, It is only when the star is injured that the loss of his services are felt, because of the lack of a capable substitute. Catchers~cannot be de- veloped sitting on the bench, getting in the game once every week or 80, or warming up pitchers in the bull pen, Very often a team has a high-class catcher doing bench ‘duty who, werd it not for the presence of the star catcher, would do his share of the work most efficiently. Often it takes a serious injury to make it apparent that the club has more than a mere substitute sitting on the bench, Perhaps the most recent example of this truth is found in the lineup of the New York Yankees, Schang’s Injury Costly In Wally Schang the Yankees boast of one of the best catchers in the majors. So efficient is he, that for years it has been customary to use him almost exclusively back of the bat. During the first road trip of the Yankees this year they played re- markable’ ball, winning something like 17 out of 20 on foreign fields. No man helped more the Schang. Immediately on the return of the Yankees to the home grounds Schang was injured. When it became evident the injury was very serious and that Schang would be out for weeks the morale of the club seemed to slump. No one could take the place of Schang. That was the feeling that seemed to exist, among the pitchers in particular. Fred Hoffman, Wally’s understudy, | was forced into the fray with little or no preparation. Incidentally, he had hurt his knee in practice and was none too fit. i Hoffman Gets Chance For about two weeks the Yankees played raggedly, winning something. like four out of 12. For a time it looked as if the absence of Schang would just about ruin the Yankees’ pennant chances. Just aobut the’ time the experts agreed on such aj decision Hoffman hit his stride. j Given a chance to catch regularl: he handled his pitchers in great style, The team, after slumping off a big lead to a four-game margin,’ has come back in great style and’ now enjoys almost a prohibitive lead. Schang’s injury gave Hoffman his chance. It offered him the oppor- tunity to prove his real worth. Wallie’s accident instead of weak- ening the Yanks, as it first seemed, has really strengthened the club, as Manager Huggins is now positive pat he is well fortified back of the at. 1 Kinks The Links “Fae on reaching his pall finds that it is imbedded in some soft mud. This condition of the turf was due to a hard rain that had just fallen on a section of the fairway that was under repair, It is impossi- ble to play the ball as it lies.. What fs the proper procedure? A hall imbedded in soft mud, ex- cont in a recognized water hazard, be deemed to be tn casual Water A player has the right to remove it from the mud and drop it without. any penalty. ° | i For how. long a mie abolished and when was it re turned to thé code that covers golf play? ‘The stymle ; year by the Unit sociation. Evideatly the change did | not meet with’ general approval of golfers at la as it was restored in April, 1922, itymies must now bo played. a ee piso Puzzling Plays 'HE PLAY Here are two Save involving | foul iip. There are two strikes on the See |. He swings at the next ball aid fouls | it slightly. It strikes the catcher's '/f protector and bounds off, the cat- | cher recovering the ball before it touches the ground, Now for plgy number two. © There are two strikes on the batter. He swings at the ‘next ball, fouling jf it off. -It strikes the catcher be- tween the mask and protector, and‘! is monmentarily held in that position. | r Then it dislodges itself and folls out, ‘ff the catcher recovering it before it-}] touches the ground. What about these two plays? \ THE INTERPRETATION In all cases where the. foul tip} comes dirgetly off the catcher’s pro- i tector, after striking same, th bats. | man is out if the’ catcher vers |i ‘the ball before it touches the ground, |i provided, there are two: strikes on |i [the batsmian, as there was in play number one. In play number two, where the ball was abaya is held betwe: ik and protector, all. mnt an such a Hd immed} ial rid the ball REAARIAE UN cA NRA AUR nana nnNOrORSrUApNNRNN NANO On The ve LIME the mountain — stand on the peak—and before you there unfolds a panorama extending as far as your eye can reach. Stay in the valley, and your view is restricted by the surrounding hills: This newspaper—properly used— will guide you to the mountain top. Read it and your vision is enlarged. You get a bird’s-eye view of world events. You glimpse the doings of the day. Fail to use it, and your view is lim- ited—you remain in ignorance not only of events at home and abroad, but of mueh that concerns you even more vitally—news of the very things that have to do with your personal, everyday life. Some one might be selling a new, bétter and more economical food; or a utensil that would add immeasur- ably to your comfort and well-being; or some better material for shoes or clothinig—but you would never know, because of your restricted view. You may read every line of the news columns, but if you overlook the advertising, you are still living in the valley. You remain uninformed about many things ‘you ought to know in order to live a happy, useful, profitable life in this age of progress. is: ountain Top | Cl mb 2 hon of The ne Py ¥ aa Aw by