The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 21, 1923, Page 6

BROOKLYN ON SHORT END IN RED CONFLICT, Fumble Ball and Cincinnati, Hits Hard, Giving Climbing | am Easy Contest — i Chicago, July 21-—The Brooklyn | Robins received the Cincinnati Keds | with he lity, presenting them | with a jame, 11 to 4, They had a lot of fun out of it, and got 14 hits, | one le than the Reds. ‘Their field | work was exceptionaity poor and ome of their six errors led directly to Cincinnati runs. Cavenay, the Red’s shortstop, made the only hom- er. The Giants beat the Cardinals by a ninth inning rally, at the Polo Grounds, 10 to 9 At the beginning of the last half of the ninth the St. Louis team was ahead 9 to & but $175,000 worth of talent in the per- sons of McConnell and McQuillan, who cost $100,000 and $75,000 re- vely, was called to the fore and answered with the goods. Mc- Connell hit a two-bagger and Me- Quillan a single, both driving in runs. In Boston Gooch and Russell map- ped out a round trip each with a man on base, but this was not enough to defeat the home team and Pitts- burgh went down, 8 to 5, Mitchell won a hard-fought pitching duel in Phil- adelphia, defeat Kaufman and the Chicago Ms . The battle was in the ninth when Holte hit a si ile with a man on third. defeated the Browns 9 to 6, knocking four | with the cago, 5'to 4. off-day to advantage by playing previously postponed game with the nd cleaning uj 12 to 5. By at the Indians lost half a game to the idle Yanks. JAMIESON IS HITTING HARD. Moves up on Harry Heilmann; Leading Slugger of Amer- icans Chicago, July 21.—(By Associated y Jami of the on the in the rush uker tribe toward the atening. of the and which include games, Jamieson is 379 clip, while Heil- mann, suffering a four point loss luring the past week, is leading the race with .396. The averages are of players who have participated in 50 or more games. Babe Ruth of the Yankees, wio is rapidly overtaking Cy Williams of the Philadelphia Nationals for the home run honors, is third in hitting with an average of .375, and Eddie Collins, of the White Sox, who was out of the game with an injured knee, has swing back into his and again is camped in fourth with a mark: of -.354, Ruth in his marathon with the Nationg! League home run clouter, had a better week than his rival, cracking out three circuit blows while Williams bagged one. Wil- liams is leading with 23 while Ruth has The Yankee star had in- creased his total base record to 205 and as a run-getter, boosted his total to 84, he Other leaders batters: Speaker, Cleveland, 353; J.. Sewell, Cleveland,.347; Haney, Detroit, 345; Witt, New York, 342; Williams, St. Louis, .337; Burns, Boston, .337; J. Harris, Boston, .336. Rogers Hornsby, star of the St. Louis Cardinals, is making rapif strides to clinch hi§ hold at the head of the batters of the National League. He has now pased the .400 mark and is safely perched ‘out in front with an average of .409, com- pared with .381 a week ago. Zach Wheat continues to be the runner-up - with .381, and Barnhart of Pitts- burgh, is next with .377. Ed Roush of the rushing Cincinnati .Reds is making a strong bid with the lead- ers and is fourth with 370. * ” Cy Williams, leading home run hit- sania JONES, NEW OPEN CHAMP This picture of Bobby Jones, of Atlanta, Ga., was taken during the match at Inwood, Long Island, wien he triumphed over Bobby Cruik- shank for the national open golf championship after Cruikshank had tied him the previous day. RUTH SPRINGS TRICK HOME-RUN BAT Judge Landis May-Be Called Upon To Render Decision On It By NEA Service Cleveland, O.July 21.—Bibe Ruth is sure the original cuss. When the Babe isn’t busy making home runs he is pullt methine, that will keep Judge Landis and Ban Johnson interested In 1921 Ruth made 59 home runs. The lively ball in use was regarded the b on for the Babe's arkable feat. If the Babe should come through this with a goodly share of circuit drives, in all probability an invest ion of the bat he uses will be demanded, On July 2 Ruth started to use a bat, the like of which has never n seen in the baseball world. Since that date Ruth has been on a swat spree that has greatly increas~ ed his home-run record. Rule 15-of the playing code says that the bat used in baseball must be round , not over two and three- fourths inches in diameter at the kest part, nor more than 42 in n length and be entirely of hard wood. The bat that Ruth is now using with such great success is all that the rule says and then some. In- dof being turned out of one piece of wood, the bat is made of four distinct sections, which are glued together. This unusual bat is said to be the utgrowth of an idea advanced by Sam Crawford, in his day one of the greatest batsmen the game has ever produced. The bats are now being turned out at hittier, Calf., Craw- ford being interested in the company that is making them. the ordinary bat there are parts of the wood that are wenk beeause of the grain, As a, CHANGES MADE IN LEAGUE)— Pickering Plays Field Tem- porarily for Minot Earl Pickering, released as manag er by the Valley City te: ing in the outfield for Minot juries to catcher W ter to send Oliver, regular outficld- er, behind the bat. The release of Schlanlaub* by Jamestown to Valley City to become manager of that team has caused Wingfield to shift from third to first, base. Frank Dreis, who umpired in *| Bismarck, signed to play third base for Jamestown, Wingfield us- ed to play with Dreis, when the lat- ter was with Fargo in the northern league. He said while Dreis was um- piring that he was one of the best third basemen in the Northwest, When Umpire Labe*Safro gave up the ghost in Jamestown, he went out in the grandstand to watch a game. “Buck” Enger, for Jamestown, and Denison, for Minot, players, umpired the game. Safro shouted to from the stand “you'll get yours.” But the players got by pretty well. Funk, the umpire who pleased local fans, tried to resign because of his health, but he’s still on the job at Valley City. oe In Bismarck’s 1 to 0 win at Valley, matter of fact most batsmen so hold the bat that the grain wil always be up when it comes..intb contact with the ball. Crawford's idea does away entire- ly with weakness in the bat. The bat is constructed of four scc- tions of the very best. selected wood, so that it is unfform throughout. It is known as the “quadrebuilt bat,” and the claim is made that it is many times stronger than the one- piece affair. .Has Ruth the right to use such a bat? Does such a bat conform to the rules of baseball? ‘ It may be necessary for Ban’ Johnson, Judge Landis and the other high powers of baseball to pass on this question. The four-piece bat unquestionably offers an opportunity for trickery. If such a bat was loaded at the point of contact with a heavy. sub- stance would it cause the ball to travel farther? Would a cork center in the bat make for distance as it has in the Jball? Constructing the bat of four dfs- inet sections would offer the pos- sibility of pulling something, Is glue to be regarded as a foreign substance? Crawford sent several of these bats to Ruth . The Babe is trying them out-and is having unusual suc- keess. There could be on greater ad | for a bat than the fact that Ruth is using it and making plenty of home runs. In all probability before many weeks have passed the “quadrebuilt bat” will be as “widely discusspd as the “shine ball,” the “emery ball” and other widely known tricks of the trade. City good base-running helped. Zart singled, stole second and scored on Zimmerman’s single, after two were out. __ Puzzling Plays _ By Billy Evans THE PLAY Here js a play that Involves jug- gling of fly ball. There ig a runner on third and ne man out. The batsman hits to enter. The left and_center field- err start after the ball. The left fielder makes a play on the ball, but at the ball strikes his hands he stumbles and the ball is knocked into the air. The center fielder, who is nearby, commletes the catch by getting, the ball before it touches the ground. The runner on third held his base until the ball struck the hands of the left fielder. He then started for the plate. 7 * # The center fielder, after complet- ing the catch, threw the ball to the third ‘baseman, who jencped that base and claimed @ third o The contention; was Stk @cthat the base runner had no right to leave his base until the completion of the catch, that the left fielder had merely intercepted the ball. What about this play? THE INTERPRETATION The run counts,, The runner on. third held his base until the fly ball touched the hands ofa fielder. The fact that the left fielder did rot retain the dal], and that the completion of the catch, fielders would be constantly tossing the} ball around to keep base runners} up im the air. The rule states a base runner who holds his base on a fly ball, shall have the right to advance th hands of a fielder. BISMARCK 1S AGAIN VICTOR Team “Beats Valiey City in Booster Day Game, 5 to 2 Valley City, July 21—Bismarek won the booster game here last night, 5 to 2. The locals out hit the visitors. Both pitchers weré wild. Day allowed eight passes and Cantin five. The »visitots, scored four runs in the third “én, two errors, one hit ,and passes. | The locals scored t1 F the fifth only on two hits, an er- ror and a sacrifice fly. Board man appeared in left-field for ve 1 I ley Gity. The locals had a bad inning in the third when the Capitol crew drew three passes and one hit. This along with two errors by Valley City en abled them to put four runs across | the plate which was enough to win the game. The locals scoréd their only two runs’ in the fifth. Kennedy walked, Ramage was safe on an error by Shanley. Jude singled bringing, Kennedy home and sending Ramage to third. Ramage scored the second and last run for his team on Schan- laub’s sacrifice fly to the center gar- den. There will be no game today. Char- ley is expected to pitch one of the games in a double-header scheduled for Sunday. Score by innings: Valley City 000 020 000—2 6 4 Bismarck 014 000 000—5 5 2) Batteries: Cantin and Wallin. Day and Dougan. Umpire, Mc- Cann. Summary: Stolen bases: Bernier. Sac! its two base hits Seibold. Double’ plays: Bisfnarck; Day to Dougan to} Noll. Valley City: “Wallin to Schan- laub. Strike outs by Day, 4—by Can- j tin 4. Bases on balls: Off Day, 8. Off Cantin 5. Batteries: Valley City, Cantin and Wallin. Bismarck: Day gnd Dougan.’ Umpire: | McCana, MINOT TAKES | FIRST TUMBLE} Jamestown, N. D., July ge rors spoiled a good ball game here yesterday and Jamestown beat Mi- not 7 to 6, because they made on less error than did the Magicians. moment such fly ‘ball touches the (ji - Both teams used two hurlers, Mant4g ager Hester going on the mound} in place of Denison. Oliver ‘hit! two home runs and Gunther got: one. Score: R. H. E. |e 5 Minot 6 0 Jamestown . 7 12 44 Denison, Hester and Wamoch, Enger ai Minot ...... Bismarck . Jamestown Valley City NATIONAL LEAGUE. 1 New York Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago . Brooklyn St. Louis Philadelphia Boston ..... AMERICAN LEAGUE. w. L. New York Cleveland ... St. Louis . Chicago . Detroit . Philadelphia Washington Boston ..+ AMERICAN ~~ Columbus . Milwaukee Indianapo! play was completed ‘by the center |\ fielder, has no bearing on the play. Ifa distinction was made as to Reson Johnny Evers Is Compliment Experts Pay George Grantham. By NEA Service, Chicago, July 21—The second edi- ter of the majors, is holding the margin by one circuit blow, his total ‘ being 23,-while Babe Ruth of the American League has 22. The Phi adelphig National slugger added only ope for base blav his string, but he ran’ his total ‘base record to 279 bases, tion of Johnny Evers is George F. Grantham, When Evers, alias the “Keystone King” and author of “Touching Sec- ond,” removed his uniform and de- parted Chicago fans never expected to see his equal again. But Rill Killefer, who believes in developing: you: found George Grantham, a thirq baseman with the, Omaha club in the Western Leagu2 hat he knew about the mid- “Lead me out to it and I'll show you,” was Grantham’s rep! 4 Killefer did, with the result that Me claims he has the second edition 4 of ot lah Evers in his young prod-'} /Granthan is startling |} by , ‘roller untit it _ When Kill that ‘line, and he is regarded as the hardest runner in ‘the league to catch on a steal. Grantham does not take the big lead of Carey or Cobb, but he get the jump on the pitcher. He breal away like 8 streak, uses a long slide ed ae his foot tothe bag per- ne, Ypelding Grantham. already is atte ed promise of making good Killefer’s boast. has a big pair of hands, scoops 4n roller similar to the inimitable» uss Wagner, snaps the ‘ball with ati underhand shoot and does not give up ona Linton *. Hazelton Strasburg . Napoleon oer id ASSOCIATION, Mimeapolis 12; Louisville 6. 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