The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1923, Page 6

PAGE SIX SLUGGERS IN BI¢ LEAGUES HOLD RECORDS Battmg Savagely For The Lead as the Season Is Waning * (By the Asse 1 Press.) Chieago, Aug. 18.—Babe Ruth is now the real King of Swat, having at last established his supremacy sr all major league players in all partments of rs Hornsby by ten points in batting averages of games incluaing last Wednesday, but the St, Louis slugger has played in 25 fewer games. Ruth now holds the crown for he runs, total runs, bases on balls hits, and tra base within the lect ten in es. All this despite the pitchers’ apparent fear of his war club, as hown by the 125 bases on balls is- sued to Ruth, up to August ons of the unique features of his batting record. uth has taken the batting leaa from Harry Heilmann of Detroit with .3945 to Heilmann’s 939, ac- i averages including games of last Wednesday, He added three home runs this week, leading “Cy” Williams of the Philadelphia Nation- one circuit clout, 30 to 29. as played 107 es and aver- of one run per gi His total record of 278 is far in the lead, 144 hits including 28 doubles ana besides his home runs. Speaker, veteran pilot of the d Indians, Ruth in points for his ing “average, adding six points ing third place from Jamie- son, leveland. This shoved Ty Cobb out of the select te: for the first time in a great many ‘3, the Detroit manager being tied for elev- enth place with Witt of New York at 38 ,just two points below tenth po idie Collins, the Chicago veteran, added four more stolen bases this week, his 35 now being more than doah est contender. Col- lins in the lead in sacri- fice hits with 33, Others leading batters: Jamieson, 1; J, Sewell, Cleveland, St. Louis, 346; Bk. ; Manush, De- Boston, .342; J. xers Hornsby continues well in lead of National League hitters, yne point last week to make rage .405. Zack Wheat of Brooklyn, who has been out of the me with an injured leg, still holds second. place with Pittsburgh made t the p: which j leading ten, Rousi ped to eighth place, this past week, Pep Young of New York took the Jead in runs scored away from his teammate Frankie Frisch, adding seven runs to make his total 97 to 90 for Frisch, e latter is still holding to his, lead for total hits, 57, and total b: s, with 240, Fordham flash by pounding out hits, collected 25 doubles, nino and ten homers, ’ Williams the elongated out- fielder of the Phillies, who has been giving Babe Ruth a merry chase for the home run honors failed to add to his 29 circuit drives, and lost the major league lead to his American League rival, However, the Phila- delphia veteran i n front of the home run clow in his own circuit, his closest rivals being Jack Four. i of Brooklyn and Hack Miller thicago, tieq with 16, corge Grantham, of the Chicage Cubs, is rated as a .10 second man but despite this he is being given a close race by the veteran fly chas- » Max Carey of the Pittsburgh Pir- ates, Max jumped into the lead for a day or two, but has been ‘able to steal only three bases in the past -week while the Chicago flash grabbed off an eve nhalf dozen and ran his string up to 33. Carey has stolen the | a & ten points him within the Cincinnati, drop- losing six points “Stufly” McInnis of Boston, by making one sacrifice during ' the week, has tied Pat Duncan of Cin- cinnati for sacrifice hit honors at 23 each, Others leading batters: Bottom- ley, St. Louis, 268; Fournier, Brook lyn, .867; Frisch, New York, .355; Young, New York, .353; Traynor Pittsburgh, .353; “Roush, Cincinnati +350; Southworth,” Boston, .341; Barnhart, Pittsburgh, .340; Grimm Pittsburgh, .339; Hargrave, Cinéin- , 339; Tierney, Philadelphia Duncan, Cineinnatt, .225, Thursday Box Score at Minot i | & | & Bismarck— ABRH POA LE *Zart, cf 41038300 Condon, ss 811221 Dougan, ¢ 301540 Bernier, If 412100 Reider, If .... 401802 “McKnight, 2.b,...4 0 2 2 2 0 401201 4001006 Throckmorton, p..8 0.0 0 3 0 Totals ..........88 8 82411 4 *Ran for: Reider in seventh, M RHPOAE 23206 Spranger, ss (01460 Gunther, 2b 1212/1 22331 00100 ‘Hennessy, 1b . 91910 Worner, rf... 00000 Brandt, ¢ 01710 Leifer, p 11041 © Totals -84\ 611.2717 3 * Score by innings \ Bismarck. . 100 000 200—3 : 202 620 00x. ae HT News of Sport Wor | Michigan Grooming Its Golf King For Workout in National Amateur By NEA Service. Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 18. — No golfer from the state of Michigan has ever won the national amateur title. Or even come close to it for that matter, But followérs of the royal and an cient pastime in the Wolverine com- monwealta believe they are begin- hing to see daylight ahead, Fact is, some ure going so far as lo suy that precedent may be upset at the national amateur at Floss moor next month, meaning a chay irom their native state may bring nome the bacon, The player being banked upon tu carry the Michigan colors is Carl- ton Wells of the Barton Hills Country Club here. He also is an instructor in the University of Mich- “gan, in Wells, of the fu vorld, Wolverine folks see one re greats of the golfing True, he is certain to go st the cream of the golfing fra- tern players who are far more experienced than he. But that matters not to Wells, for though he has been playing tourna. ment golf only three season, he has shown some exceptional ability on the links. -So much so, in fact, that the wise ones say he’s bound to “show” sooner or later, Be it known that Wells is the present state amateur champion, He won the title recently over the links of the Kent Country Club, Grand Rapids, after one of the most sensa- Id tional comebacks ever staged on any courre, Five down on the 20th hole, and still four behind on the 30th, Wells, by taking the 31st, 33d, 35th and 36th, and halving the 324 and 34th, squared the match, The next~three holes were divided but on the 40th, Wells’ dogged determination assert: ed itself, and he was returned thé winner. Wells. also copped the title in 1922, winning at Flint in much the same manner. He is one of the greatest finishers ever seen in this section of the country, putting up his best game when the going is the roughest and the outlook the gloomiest. More- over, he is as cool ag they make ‘em. Which no doubt accounts for his sensational work in the pinches, Wells made his bow in the nation- al amateur last season, surviving the Gualifying round with a card of 162. He was 18 strokes behind Guilford, the low medalist. He went down in the first round, however, losing to William McPhail of Norfolk-Boston, who was eliminated in the round be- fore the semi-finals, by “Bobby” Jones, This season Wells hopes to do bet- ter. That is, his friends expect him to, for Wells is of the quiet, modest type and seldom ever commits him- self one way or the other . Carlton Wells may not set- the Flossmorr links ablaze next month, but those who have’seen him in ac- tion predict a big future for him as a golfer. Maybe not this season, nor the next, but sorte-time, By NEA Service, incinnati, Aug. 18.—Seven seems to be a jinx number for Adolfo Luque, star pitcher of the Cincin- nati Reds, He just can't get pasr that number of victories without suf- fering a defeat. Luque, who has been the pitching ace of th eReds this year, has turned in some great pitching for Manager Pat Moran. Aside from winning 16 of his first 19 starts, he also, when the club was hard pressed for pitch- ers, worked a doubleheader and won both games. Seven Jinx Number for Pitcher Luque of Reds In his 16 victories Luque has twice staged winning streaks of seven games, Both attempts to make it eight in a row resulted in failures. On one occasion Chicago nosed him out, while int the other start, Brook- lyn abruptly ended his winning streak, Cincinnati’s chanees to win the National League pennant largely de- pend on the ability of Luque to con- tinue his great work. Luque is 32, far from a youngster, and some of the experts doubt his ability to go the route at such a fast ctip, By NEA Service, Chicago, Aug. 18.—It is a rather interesting fact that the two lead- ing base stealers in’ the major leagues should be second basemen and b6th members of Chicago clubs, Eddie Collins, the veteran second sacked of the White Sox, is showing the way in the American League in the matter of thefts, while Grant- ham, a recruit, playing his first sea- son as a regular, leads the National League in base running. Rival Second Basemen Lead in Stolen Bases Incidentally it might be mentioned that the two players to press Coi- lins and Grantham for the base- stealing honors are outfielders. Johnny Mostil of the Sox is hot on the trail of Collins, while May Carey of Pittsburgh is close on the heels of Grantham. For years Carey has been the pre- mier base runner of the Nationa! League and -he hopes to eventually overtake Grantham, Walters 3; bases on balls—off Leifer 2; off Throckmorton 1; struck out— by Leifer 5; by Throckmorton 3; double plays—Walters to Hennessy, McKnight to Condon to Reider; passed ball—Brandt; umpire, Hat- ten; time 1:20, BOARDMAN IS BATEN BY JAMESTOWN Jametown, Aug. 18.—Jamestown and Valley City split a double-header play- ‘d here yesterday, Jamestown taking he first game, 4 to 3, and Valley ‘ity the second by a score of 12 to Twelve home runs were made in he second game. Score by innings, irst game: Valley City .....002 000 100—3 8 0 Jamestown ......000 012 01x—4 7 2 Batteries: Boardman and Wallin. Snger and Carlson, Score by innings, second game: Valley City ..440 000 2ix—11 16 1 Jamestown ...201 020 00x— 5 10 2 Batteries: Prodinsk!, Cantin ana Wallin, Fidler, Repola, Wingfield and Carlson. . Umpires, Culpepper nd McGarry, At the end of the first game Catcher Carlson and Umpire McGar- ‘'y engaged in an encounter which vas broke up by players, NOTED COACH DIED TODAY Bloomington, Ind., Aug. 19.-- Swald O. (Jumbo) Stiehm, football star at the University of Wisconsin and former director of athletics at 'ndiana university died at his home here today, He had been in ill health for more than a year, DAKOTA HORSE SHOWS WELL Rocket Patch, son of-Dan Patch and owned by George Newton of Wil- iston, N. D., won the fastest race at she Tri-State fair at Davenport, yesterday, according to word to J. H. Newton\here today. Rocket Patch ‘took three straight heats in the 2:13 pace. The North Dakota horse bids fair to make an excellent’ record this year... He took first at Minot, Fargo and Grand Forks, His best time this year is 2:08 1-4 on # half- ba track at Burlington, Is., tas week. rok LAST GAME OF an Linton, Aug. 18—The local RUTH MAKES 31ST HOMER IN ST. LOUIS Also Takes Lead From Harry Heilmann Again in the Batting Average Race —_—— ‘i Chicago, Aug, 18.—Bal uth his his 31st home run of the season-in St. Louis yesterday; enabling. Jq7 Bush of the New York Americans to idefeat the St. Louis Browns, 5 to 4. Ruth made three hits out of his four times at bat-and again took ting average lead from Harry Heil- mann of Detroit, who hit once out of two chances against Philadelphia Americans. aa Ruth’s average is now .396 and Heilmann’s .394, |- George Burns put a thrilling fin- ish on the New York National’ game with Cincinnati at the Polo Grounds when he slammed out a homer in the 11th inning and the Re@ won, 6 to 4. The victory gave the Cincinnati Reds, who are stepping on the Giants’ heels, an edge of 3 to 2 in the present series. Cuban Star, pitch, Today the Red’s Adolpho Luque, will Athletics and the Philadel- phians won 7 to 6) in hit his 15th home run h with Cobb on base, Ainsmith’s double in the 12 inning in Brooklyn gave the St. Louis’ Na- tionals a bitterly contested game, 8 to 5. The Cardinals had tied the score in the eighth inning with two runs after being led all the way through the game. : The Washington Americans won in Chicago, 6 to 4. It was the® final game of the series. ‘ Chicago packeg eight hits into the first six innings of the game in Bos- box, winning, 6 to 2, and taking the 15th out of 19 games played with Boston so far this year, Pittsburgh evened the series \in Philadelphia, winning 11 to 6 in a driving game in which they~foand Ring’s twisters easy and pounded ‘him for 13 hits. Holke made a home FIRPO FIGHT . “IN HOOSIER STATE FIASCO Indianapolis, Aug. 18—Luis An- Rell Firpo, sombre visaged pugilist of the Argentine, came to Indianapolis yesterday and inadvertently ‘stirrdd up more commotion than has bedn visited upon the sporting world of fee Hoosier capital in some tite. Firpo was to meet Joe Downey of Cincinnati in a 10-round boxing con- test. a ! The contest was held but the diss | STANDINGS { ES —— N. D. STATE, LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Minot . 667 Valley City 485, Jamestown . +15 18 454 Bismarck . 2 21 363 NATIONAL LEAGUE Ww. L. Pet. New-York .. 73 41 641 Cincinnati .. 5 46 586 Pittsburgh 47 580 Chicago .. 52 -540 Brooklyn . 55 -509 St. Louis . 57 495 Philadelphia . 73 342 Boston ... W + ray AMERICAN A, PeIAMON . . Pet. Kansas City ..... 70. 40 636 St. Paul . 5 xi) 40 -636 Louisville 65 51 560 ‘Columbus 54 54 500 Indianapolis 54 59 ATS ‘Milwaukee 52 61 460 ‘Minneapolis, 45 66 «406 Toledo ... 139! 750.330 » AMERICAN LEAGUE w. L. Pet. New York ... 37 661 Cleveland .......4 6h, SL 1545 St. Louis ........ 64 ' 58) (505 Detroit .. 505 Washington AT2 Chicago . A68 Philadelphi 481 Boston .....% 409 e¢—_________.__§_» EMMONS LEAGUE’ base- AMERICAN A RATION St. Paul 8; Toledo/4. i Kansas City 3; Louisville 0. Milwaukee 14; Indianapolis 7. Columbus 6; Minneapolis 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnatf 5; New York 4, Pittsburgh 11; Philadelphia 6. Chicago 6; Boston. 2.- 5 St. Louis '8; Brooklyn 6; (12 inn- ings. : A (CAN LEAGUE New York 6; St.Louis 4.° \ Philadelphia 7;\ Boston 6. Washington 6; Chicago 4; (10 innings.‘ ‘Others not scheduled. JOE MOUG * BEATS RAY (Special. to The Tribunéy Medina, N. D., Aug. 18—Joe Moug of Bismarck’ beat Tommy Ray easily here’ last night in a 20-round bout, which was, rs ut. us red _ wntee order, and financial mixup which at- tended it may place. serious obsta- cle in the way of holding — futute bouts here, Gov. McCray decreed that the bout if held must be purely an exhibition contest to comply with the Indiana law which prohibits prize fights, After this announcement the crowd which jammed the arena roared ite, disapproval and officials were some- time in quieting them down. Mean- while neither of the principals had come .into the ring which added to the crowd’s restlessness. After a delay of nearly two hours, the business manager for Firpo an- nounced that the Argentine fighter had received only-a part of his guar- purse and that efforts to lo- gate Jack Dooley,epromoter of the contest, who was said to be in pos- sesslort of most of the gate receipts, Was unSuccessful. As a result it was announced the beat would be cut gown, to a fouriround exhibition ef- fair. Joe Day Is ' Loser inthe ~~; Fourth Straight Minot, N. D., Aug. 18.—Minot hammered Day for .13 hits “¢nd| easily won the fourth straight gat with Bismartk here last night, to 0. The gamé was called in tities seventh on account of darkness. Manager~Heéster of Minot announ-, ced the sale of Shortstop. Cari} Spranger to Terre Haute in the| Three Eye League and the recall’ of Pitcher Denigon by the Seattie; elub. a ] Score-by inninge— R HB} Bismarck ...;.000 000 0— 0 6, §} Minot . 060 160 x—13 13 1} Batterie: Dey and Dougan; Walters and Brandt. 4 fg The World , By Charles P. Stewart NEA Servite Writer ; President Coolidge is going ahead, | at any rue Bt? a wails without changing larding’ administration. Fa nthe Phat net or anything, This may mean: ie 1, Harding’ policies, accel 2, That he doesn’t think it would be good taste or in the interest’ of too soon, . f 8. That he's trying to hold the) organization together for a4 reasons, incidentally with a. view to assuring himself ' the. . Republica: presidential ate in 102i <5, “> Not Se Different. 4c;, As for eséential Mesictos. ied was Republican, of course. ‘He: wad: ie gen to nand drove Filligim out of the |* That he agrees with moat of the |- efficiency to begin making’ changes’) = World Court idea, not of it gradually. The World Court issue was a per- sonal matter with Harding }than a party principle, anyway. Pretty Well Suited : Another guess is that the Harding new president will. abandon the 4 pping it likes hot cake, but just Jetting go cabinet really suits President Cool idge pretty well. The only member believed likely to drop out soon, if at all, is Attorney "General Daugherty. He, again, was a personal rather than a party appointee. Geography Against Him The Republican leaders—of course meaning those without presidential ambitions of their own—seem fairly willing to go ahead on’ the theory the next nomina- that\Coolidge h: tion logically “ vided he mi rather it classes ag @ cons _ Crisis In Germany riots in’ which’ many were newer to—the Eu- | » the farniets’ the’ coal situation this com- f,and the prohibition piz-} alli Wins : : ar finding the right answers | United @ of thesé conundruths ing hi oct his hi are heav; ative and there’s demand for & fibera); | atices give. small hope Feason for} English Fou will be accepted. CO fhe sents The Stan opérating on its’ established policy that ie Canmaiies who purchase its goods a ees RAR ME Cr RTE OTT States, English declaration to this “illegal.” from Progress At All recent Conference was such a fizzle. Thi SATURDAY, England has offered to cut down her claims against Germany and also the sums due her, as debts, from the tMmeaning principally France, to the amount the British owe the if the’ question of he'd | Germany's reparations is settled, The effect referred, more plainly than ever be- ie | fore, to Fratice’s Ruhr policy French. statesmen’s utter- that the Argentina’s considering a big ap- Propriation to modernize her army. It’s necessary, La Razon, Argen- 1 Cuno of Germany| tina’s leading afternoon daily, says, Stresemann succeeded | because the Pan-American E Standard Oil Company . [| jana) has announced an i - = reduction in the ... 6c per gallon appli ’ of a success. La_ Prensa, morning paper, It is imperat should know the portant subject.” neapolis. The funeral Thursday at Aubur indo an Immediate le throughout the entire territory in which it does business. | ‘ Jt asserts that the retail prices thus / made are below the cost of production ‘he Governor of the State of South Dakota, buying ’ distress’ gasoline below Gost ‘of prodtiction, and charging against the State no adequate cost of distribu- ion, is selling gasoline to the public in the State of South Dakota ‘at 16c per dard Oil Company (Indiana), t $ should never be compelled to pay a N higher ptice than that fixed and main- tained by. any competitor, Guattty and service being dul this price. ly consider: , has met progress was made at the price of gasoline of Other State Executives and ‘Officers of municipalities, with tire propriety, have 6 oo that any prices made in al South kota be made applicable in their States. Competitors in other states and communities over the terri- tory, also buying distress gasoline below cost of prod: luction, have also cut the prices hitherto established and main- tained, in substantial amounts. In establishing the above price, the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) _ is not éndeavoring to injure any of its competitors in any way. Ttde tes the stand taken by some of its conipetitors that the Standard Oil Compan: reason of meeting these cuts in price and these demands for lower prices, to put its competitors out of business. The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) does not wish to put any competitor out of business because it feels that competi- tors are necessary to.the successful con- duct of its business. It will welcome a change of attitude on the part of all parties concerned resulting in a-reason- able price for gasoline which will enable not only it but all of its competitors to enjoy a reasonable profit. It izes that the majority of its com rs are titl jusineéss men, en- to the fairest treatment. both by the public and by this Company. to one where the butcher;-the grocer, the ist, the dry goods qrueest ‘ oer. pee retailer would be and ev and shoe mer- forced to sell at less than the wares cost. How long would it last? What would a condition like jie ‘We want com this it persisted and spread? — want no rhonopoly—seek none. We ’ of quality and service—not as the result -. Of impossible prices, mn tio’ only on the basis you want us’to the scales of business caine (Indiana) is endeavoring, by. “The présent situation is an exact parallel - do to-all of us—if AUGUST 18, °1923 that the North American rT | returning home, described as so much | foremost Argentine Tamenting North America’s ignorance concerning the southern republic, remarks: the United States truth—that no Pan- ( EMMONS CO. RESIDENT : wab held? Mi | } 4 American Conference with any im- Linton, Aug. 18—Word has been received here of the death of Wil- liam Hamilton, a well known resi- dent.of Emmons county, and fori er postmaster at Tenvik, wi occured Tuesday morning in } ne tae celia