The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 24, 1927, Page 6

i ( PAGE SIX | | CLOSING RALLY BRINGS WIN TO GOTHAM TEAM Hill in Control of Situation Until Seventh, When East- erners Put Over Runs MUDHENS, BREWERS TIED Head A. A. List, With End of “Season But Two Days Away i —Each Has 97 Wins (Ry the Associated Press) hold on the top of eball lad- ory yesterday at Pitts- ing to bat in the ninth, Mueller drew a ed on Jindstrom’s s sacrifice fly brought winning run. — Burleigh “ Grimes started badly on the mound d the Buccane ur runs in the f in control of th * the Pirates until the enth, when nts put over a four-run » St. Louis Cardinals lost to > Boston, o 2, on Fournier's ninth : inning homer, the Giants scampered * into second place. Pittsburgh holds two and a half games. champions are a half g nd New York. Pittsburgh Ww needs six out of its eight games to clinch the pennant, provided the « Giants and Cardinals win all their remaining contests. Cincinnati and Brooklyn broke * even in a doubleheader. Jakie May : hurled the Reds to victory in the opener, 6 to 2, while Moss, a recruit, pitched the Robins to a 4 to 3 come- back, The Chicago Cubs, while Hal son was holding Philadelph seven hits, hammered Ferguson and Willoughby for 17 and a 10-0 waik- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE : SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1927 Pirates’ Hold on Top Rung Less Secure; Fall Before Giants, 6-5 ° Mandan Gridders Roll Up 45-0 Score Over Wilton Team Simmons Is Boosting (G00) PLAYERS SPEED OFFSETS His Batting Average) WILL BE FOUND ore intl orale ACS ELBVEN'S LACK IN RIGHT FIELD TO BILLY EVANS, OF HEAVY MEN © Babe Ruth and Paul Waner Miners, Lighter, Fight Hard, Top List in This Bower of But Are Unable to Overcome Series Contenders Brave Defense Right Hander Looks Good to Cop American League Cham- pionship — Heilmann Falls Short—Waner Heads Na- tional League List — Reb Russell Does His Stuff in A.A. N The big league razzberry is just as bad as the one that grows in the bushes. HARPER IS GOOD, TOO POLONSKY, HEIDT STAR Entry of Chicago Cubs Doubt- ful—Heathcoate and Scott Are White Hopes Chicago, Sept. 24.—(AP)—Al Simmons, a graduate of the Amer- ican Association under the late Otto Rorchert at Milwaukee, is making a great effort to gain the batting championship of the American Touchdowns Come Easily For Western Team—Many Are Used in Encounter BY BILLY EVANS Mandan high school gridders went S| League. Among the right fielders of the on a scoring spree Friday afternoon Back in the game after an extend- 3 probable Series contenders we bum) at Mandan, and when the wreckage ed stay on the bench, Simmons f into considerable class. In that divi- was cleared away, the score was 58 hopped up his batting average with sion we find none -ther than Babe to 0, with the Wilton team reposing the war club to .397, in figures com- | a Ruth and Paul Waner. It is need- on the short end of the score. piled today including Wednesday's SS eiesiot wligate Aa vane i i Not ae the | aa ae liane i «mes. 5 M i 6 in the contrar; e} y Heilmann, the Detroit] the 1927 sensation of the major strained every energy to hold Mane lugger, who has won the crown ev-| THe CANT. leagues. other year since 1921, and might | Babe Ruth of the New York Yan- xpected to gain it again this eve kees bats and throws left handed year, added a few points to his per- and does a swell job at both. Be- centage, too, but he is still four cause of his home-run ability, his shy of Simmons’ , with only one remarkable talents in other direc- week to go. tions are dwarfed. Ruth is one of ‘i ‘ * the game's greatest outfielders, very Ruth's Pace Tires Gehrig mound staff, may be handed the|fast, covers acres of ground and The home run pace of Babe Ruth pee crown of the season on the| has a truly wonderful arm. Despite has proved too fast for Lou Gehrig, | basis of his string of 25 victories,|his size he is a great base runner. but he seems certain to grab the|but Sheehan has been trounced a| Everyone is familiar with his bat- two-bagger title for this season.|dozen times, which brings his per-| ting ability. Ruth is unquestionably Ruth scored his 55th homer Wednes-| centage to fourth place. the baseball marvel of the age. day, giving him a lead of 10 on Geh-| Bevo Lebourveau, who led the i rig. Lou has 53 doubles, a lead of |association in batting last year, may| Paul Waner of ‘he Pittsburgh Pi- two on George Burns, Cleveland |not make the first ten this year. He| rates bats and throws left handed. first baseman, who possesses the| slid to 11th place in today’s figures, | He’s the big noise of the year in the major league mark of 62 for a sea-|three points below Duke Duncan of| majors, the sparkplug of Donie son, Minneapolis. Just below Bevo are| Bush’s contenders. Wander has led Alone among the old timers still|two of the Millers’ trio of home run| the National League practically all keeping up with the first 10 is the}clouters, Earl Smith and Ollie] year in batting with a mark around Georgia Peach, Ty Cobb. Tris Speak-] Tucker. They are having a great|.375. He’s considered almost a cinch er, Eddie Collins and Zack Wheat, | battle for the runner-up position to|to be voted the most valuable play- who have been hovering around the | Frank Emmer, the Millers’ slugging|er in the National League. He is select group all season, are still out-| shortstop. Emmer failed to clear|the first player in the majors to side in. today’s averages. Geor, :|the fences in this week’s totals, but] make 200 base hits. dan and to come through with points for themselves, but chey simply couldn’t cope with the western men, “Izzy” Polonsky was the shining light of the Wilton team and con- ; tributed a goodly share of the gains made by his team, while _ new re- cruit named Thompson acquitted himself creditably on the counts of speed alertress. Mandan’s backfield offered plenty of speed and power, but the lack of weight in the line was noticeable at times. For the first game of the season, the Braves’ playing was smooth, although a need for gerater coordination in the passing game was evident at times. That should come quickly, howev-r, and there is little question that ‘he Braves are a going to be a real threat this year. What they lack in weiglt, they make up in speed. Heidt Shows Speed ial ketnasn Yi George Heidt proved to the satis- CENTER AND QUARTERBACK faction of fans that he is the same \ old speed-demon and his passing, Sisler is well down the list, too, but|31 homers for the season, Emmer’s| George Harper of the New York| Here is an excellent illustration of the correct ball wet ind slippery, ‘he possibility of a fimble is| qi seat s slump ef 12]his mark of 26 stolen bases is likely|mark, is almost a sure winner for|Giants bats left and irows right positions of the center and quarterback or field gen- thereby reduced to a minimum. Nae Pied poe Ei eked BO White] t. last through the week to give him|him. Smith has 25 and Tucker 24, | handed. He made I's big league] eral, for the team with the dall, Note how the field general is salanced on his feet,| down the field tor a touchdown once theouet t:e championship. ee ing ee i the American| debut with Detroit, where he It will be noted the two men are se for an in- crouched low, ready to dash cither to the right or]and all through the time he was in . Other) The pitching honors of the sea- asec é rien Ne mae mained several years. Before join-|direct pass in which the field general receives the leit or obliquely through the line. : the game kept up a good pace. Mc- i BNE EEL y tic ateadying play of so ieee ees El ratedo 380: Orwells, each,| ing the Giants he played with Cin-| ball from the center, either to run with it himse’. or The illastration also shows how, the minute the| Donald showed up well, while Jarvis ; 2c y the steadying play of| Waite Hoyt of the Yankees. He | Toledo, Orwoll, Milwaukee,|cinnati and Philadelphia. Harper] pass it to another back. snapper-back has passed the bal! with his right! glowed in for additional yardage eee ce former with league | not only has the largest string of fee aes atp elect +363; | is Herne wake his best years, par-} The pall should never be thrown at the field gen- hand, his left hand braces him against tie ground] and almost uniformly met with suc- pennant race with the Sn ee Ree Hehe Ee; | 354; Riconda, Milwaukee, .262; Dun. | Cardinals bats left and throws right) Stu 0F handed to him by the snapper-back. The the ball ie avancay, (2ccragh into him the moment) when he handled the ball. Brewers, The end of the seas Athletes het pee Hommel, of the can, Minneapolis, 351. “\ handed. He was one f bBbibtidad hand of the snapper-back should be on the ball wide, his caelehices seers his feet are spread) Coach McMaha. gave nearl: all but two day andit thereat eee PEC REC eris Co eSee eI oe handed. | He was one of the heroes| from the minute the ball is snapped ntil it ie in And feet The nite ty, (istributed between hands his boys a chance to show thei. stuff capture the it will be the first (dan BE ead ee ade eget | ema SISSON SSRIS eer ballagai ries, playing! the hands of the receiver. Even if the field shou!4 Husted e minute he is certain the field gener!) and the second-string men who were F ; c lowing Hoyt in the pitching standing r great ball against the Yankees. Out| be muddy and the game played in a tai the has the ball safely, his head shouid come ‘p to look] in gave indication that Mandan is time the gonfalon has ever floated|::2 four other Yankee twirlers, be- | Grid Games Today | of the game considerable this sea- e aoa Nenee straight at the opposing lines -1. going to have some 0d football over the Toledo grandstands, fore any other club breaks in, and|@—_—____________~_4| son, he sports 1 batting average a Saininininieennnta cto ioome: An clemental “break”—darkness—|then comes young Lisenbee of the yesterday robbed t rtunity of lefeat by Si 6 to 2 lo Paul and Kan to Minneapolis and their own 8 to 2}, vietory over Indianapolis in the first | ri the Hens game of a twin bi j into a leadership wi setts ; : Butler vs. Muncie Ni E f after their second victory but the ee Meusel, Goslin, Washington, |" “Miami vs. Hanover at Oxford. ate ind S te th yee ig fa at terday’ Wh: . . yards for his score. His try for recat cceand, Victory but, the) 39;” Meusel, New. York, 236i) Ohio Wesleyan vs: Wileingion at) Orjand,Seatt the entire trio be-|| Yesterday’s Games |/‘Why Shouldn't I Meet Him IGAN HAS — |reiniarss. sgotythst ended, the i i knotted a Wane eae ‘, laware. - 2 Fl y, tn? . F scoring for the first quarter, with nine, with the s knotted at one re ie W ance brothers of the Pirates De Uy iannes seciinillay abSocinn® vem Alte umnigtty ica aie NATIONAL LEAGUE Again?’ Queries Tunney. ‘1 the gory details: Mandan 19, Wil- Blues’ Defes apiece when the National League! fed remarkable players, One is a_vet-| N, RH 5] Could Beat Him Every Day PoniOe ae Kansas City’s defeat pla acaccnuelgaba. ; Pantohasithi gue | Ohio University vs. Rio Grande at] eran, the Bh i @ young: ” Ruth New York ......... 6 o| 5 _,,Heidt’s Pass Feature Blues a game and a half from thelbatti le dirhretird cpecare nits hae been a marvel for 1d years, while| ¢tsbureh . 5 il i| in the Week’—Defeated Box- Heidt’s 15-yard pass to Stevens leaders. Kansas City has three| cir: ting championship apparently} Cincinnati vs. Kentucky Wesleyan Was hi eae or 14 years, whe! Grimes, Plitt, Benton and Taylor, sas who went over the line brought the pames left, all with Minnespol oe | Gincheds with a lead of 25 points over | at Cincinnati, sane: aihy, Un yaers: to his| pevormer; Hill and Smith. ’| er Riding on New Crest of : Recone quarerte| fIERE {oli OR: Wet. aici the Brewers have four| inns Hornsby, the nearest rival.!""jowa Teachers vs. St. Thomas at} ote home ee renary perform- Public Opini Strenuous Games Booked by|and Heidt’s kick was good. Heidt 4 eauiee ia doubleheaders in piss Lloyd has broken the modern major St. Paul. ee er, thi being AS sna of service H E ‘ublic Opinion fs ; went around end and down 12 yards + days with St. Paul. Toledo also has league Bas cr cnetae hits 8)" Des Moines vs. Central at Des naire: bem aie x ee Roth 7 0 Wolverines—Oosterbaan Is | for tue sec md touchdown and made : two twin bills to play in two days|of the Browne in 1921er Linya ban | Moines. thee Warne, No docbt the, toro Boct| St. Louis viz, 2 7 0], Chicago, Sept. 24. — (F) — Jack Captaining Eleven his try for voint. : arian! lidinoapolis. The| Sto cee 921. Lloyd has) Buena Vista vs. Ft. Dodge at| bes ly valuable to their re,| _ Genewich and Gibson; Alexander| Dempsey has emerged from his sec- Seitz brought in the third quarter’s 4 standings after yesterday's games: laving puree di ompiled today in-| storm Lake, Iowa. beanies take valuable to their re-| .44 Schulte. ond championship beating viding a initial score from inside the 10-yard { ‘Team— Won. Lost at Neb sin memes. and he|" Parsons vs Still at Des Moines. Dara la pushablybeiacuoos new crest of popular favor which,| Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 24.—(P)—| line, but Heidt failed on his tally at- ; Toledo... 97 «67 oF Wee Willi K lee shee th Hare North Dakota vs. Manitoba at| ular decision but I ‘iat. panty aa R H B|if he elects to ride it out, may carry | The ." en song, “Friedman to Ooster-| tempt. Sa a } Milwaukee 97 67 |Baltimore Oricles, 199 | Winnipeg. * therefore feel that since Ruth Philgdelphia 0 7 g|him to greater ring earning power | baan,” which lured many thousands] Another of Heidt’s long passes, « Kansas C 96 68 | The Th aiden cers” of Pi North Dakota Aggies vs. Montana] been a wonder for 14: ears and W: 5! Chicago ... 10 17 3|than he ever ‘new before. of Michigan’s ni ’o the great| thi. time about 20 yards, to Seitz, i ——— burgh wha eee musketeers” of Pitts- | State at Bozeman. er only two, Babe should eet the| Ferguson, ghby and J. Wil-| Definite talk of another “battle|stadia of the mddle west during| brought Mancan its final score and ; OHIO T0 the srt peri peried eat ered en mie vo Adolphus vs. Minne-| edge in the rating. Ruth hae eae son; O'Donnell; Carlson and Hart-|°! te Seay ae ee fubtned th past two years to be sung no male the tally Mandan 45 Wilton 0. y 1 e '-{apolis Ascensions at St. Peter. Hy ‘i and unofficia!, but talk there has | more. e lineups: H H AVE Sut neve het sepasated for good) “Macalester vs. St. Olaf at North- fesre bome,rane, Wane more toes been, almost from the momen‘ at| ihe “Benny t: Benny” combina-| Mandan Wilton and all now. ne larris, the former | field, inet tgg sealer hi arper. 0 ‘t First Game Soldiers’ Field Thursday night that | tion which helpe” to destroy the hope | Fleck le Anstrum f| gunnercap 50 nal WADE is now!’ Northland vs, Ashland High at the bat, oo third ine Sth Bill R Gene Tunney’s a: vas raised of We: Conference champion-| Kalpacoff It Partyka ] 3 eek poneat place, and Clyde! Ashland. So thronth of the Cas ef nd mark his second victory over Demp- | ship aspirants is broken, but Ooster- | Toman Ig Brezden i first 10, as fallen clear out of the|" Marquette vs. St. Viators at Mil- fourth lace, foll jel by th Soni 0 os baan remains to guid. the University | Morris € Aune ia irst 10, waukee. wey SAO ne as i ex Rickard, a shrewd diagnos-|of Michigan elev through one of | Hvrner rg Danielson = 4 r Frisch Leads in Base Steals Detroit vs. Adrian at Detroit cage «i * i tieian of ablic opinion, has|it most rying seasons in confer-| Voseka rt Brooks Stellar Backfield Likely For fe i. : { y _Frankie Frisch, who once led his|_, Michigan State vs. Kalamazoo at| ¢—————__—_—________ shown signs of actual|ence history. Borresen re Flavin { Buckeyes—Ted Meyers Is rival, Hornsby, with the war club, East Lansing. r How They Stand 1 enthusiasm over a third Tun-| Five strong conf: enc elevens and eid ah Nugent ee 2% is now 23 points below, but Frisch’s ———_—_——— iy. ney- Dempsey fight, and Tunney jarvis an Jollie Captaining Squad total of 41 stolen bases is much the|College Grid Season |*,.........5.,00° Bas. ndcaiod, Bs willingness. to 1 Mabe "tb fonsky ei best record in either major leaguz, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION i A meet Dempsey or anyone else the | leyan. McDonald > Polonsky © Chanbus, 0, S ee Hendrick of Brooklyn is the closest Is Under Way Today W. L. Pet! Moss, Cla, public may think is r match for him. 4 Substitutions: Vincent for Partyka; Be aioe One Sete eon | eeische with 29. cs Milwaukee ...., 97 67 Dempsey’s first reaction after the| _ 0 Captains “qu: Pfeifer for Anstrum; Thompson for 2 ae u hi ae Hl io State football! The Pirates-Giants series now un- New York, ‘ol Soldier’s Field fight was that it] Oosterba th All-American end, Nagenti Dietrich for Seitz; Phil ? eam, whict he pier five Western| der way decide the pitching honors| p heed fa a Sept. 24.—()—Foot- AMERICAN Li LEAGU marked the enc of his carver. A| whose lorg arms gre:t hands and|Helbling for McDonald Russell for Pi Bie meeures ce mancetan of the! of the national league. Larry iien- Tight tod nee sporting spot-| s+ Paul R 4 day’s seclusion and rest, with its|long legs, outr ached an?’ vut ran|Borresen; Stevens for Fleck; Spiel- vt is Dr ote Ae Wile conference!ton and Burleigh Grimes of the te lay with more than 200 Minneapo! : Chi Elinevitable retrosp2ction, made him| opposing defensive player to pull|nar. for Heidt Heidt for Stevens; year dan W. Wile at present | Giants are in the lead now, with Lee | searor prying the lid off the 1927 opti es O}less certain. Today his attitude as|down Friedmen’s long, accurate|McDonald for Phil Helbliny. q iss available 13 letter men. Meadows and Carmen Hill, the two| “they 2] reflected by his close essociates,| passes for long gains and frequent|_ Referee: Kratz Fi plans. Four of last year‘s stellar backs are apparently certain of being on hand ree r 15 when_practice | opens, ey are; Byron Eby, last year’s sophomor- flash; Fred Grim, also a stellar halfback; Elmer Marek, | Le, at times a brilliant runner at half; and Robert Bell, fullback, Harold ; Kruskamp, the big blocking back of last year’s squad, passed his time in summer school attempting to]; . right himself scholastically. Deb _ Rowan, regular end last year, is _ also in trouble with his books but * may become eiigible before the sea- _ $on opens, Howard Kriss, ndoor Western ‘conference dash champion. seems a likely choice for quarterback, to ant Myers Clark, who was y ted in June. Kri:s has not had much experience under fire but /, saw some action last year. For ole, bessiee the ~ossibility - Wilce has Robin Bell, |i rforme. in 1926; Cornelius Acker- und area for Duties Captain Ted Meyers and Joe Cox workouts last year at for this season's reapanae Leo Raskowski, Leo Uridil, Lacksen all’ have note- | of their last Mudhens of] af a Gin RL ctae, St. Louis U. vs. Lomband at St.| Southworth i a king undisputed | oTaors with 17 vietories, Louis. ete ac em se a alin r Held," slandan’ lowed steuily 1 Because Heilm: Fats Second North Central vs. Elmhurst at Cubs’ Entry Doubtful eidt. Mandan ylowed steadily Two rere geier men may yet be- come eligible, half a dozen of last i . year's @teshmen are looked ugon as In between these two is old Grover affecting the shi‘t, the huddle and first-rate varsity material, and serene) ipxperienced men we did we win their 08s last year but are be- ‘ ing counted upon’ in preliminary f-r the waiver price, $4,000, from Brown, Dartmouth, Army, trifle than .300 for about 100 games, Borresen made the first touch- ca 5 Naperville, A through the Wilton line and the next ters of the American ore) The entry of the Chicago Cubs mmons, Philadelphia, | ..Wabash vs. “Central Normal at/for right field is doubtful, should ei ala ae i e e Leg? 4 . rs Crawfordsville. 7, up a punt of Pulonsky’ and ran 43 nn, Detroit, 893; Geh-| ‘TS isville. 4 that team make the grade. Webb ( Oo eba e York, .376; Fothergill, Des| ,. Franklin vs. Indiana Central at} started the season in great style, m 9 unney S l ing oer ie ae gee Cobb, Philadelphia, .357; | Franklin. but has been out of the game for a aie cessful. Heidt got anothe one of Leading a | 7 halk; Bradley and/ seemed to be that Jack Dempsey | Scoring, capta' s the 92% football There was special interest in might go back to the war trail again|squad which inchd eighteen let- also took many of Friedman’s and bespectacled Pirates, close behind. opening games because of new rules eee —and with a vengeance. ter men and ter additional players | Oosterbaan’s passes. Ciessland Fhiladelphia, postponed,| The picture of a_12w Tunney- | of experience. nee To Try For ..'ast Backfield Others not sched Dempsey fay ee ‘ched.in the} The loss of Friedman, pl Amen: Rie and Moleuita, who aed Maaco comment of the three persons who|can quarterback on mar _ 0! ie isk, not always successful o! AMERICAN ASSOCIATION could mate such a fight. ‘ossible— | mythical team- last year. i. keenly| stopping “Herb” Joesting, Minne- R H E| Tunney, Dempsey and Rickard. felt. His field generalship was with-|sota’s great all-Americar fullback, St.Paul .......00.. 9 16 2| Rickard: “I would be willing to|out equa! in the confercice and|are gone. It is considere: possible Milwaukee 5 8 4|promote another match if Jack|alone «- with Oosterbaan he stood| Yost will attempt development of Shealy, Maley and Gaston; Cald-| would go over the same route he did| always a t cat. He passed, he|a fast backfieid, which never fully Me-|for this one—meeting some of the | kicked and he ran. blossomed durinz, the 1926 season. Games Today Minneapolis at Kansas City. St. Paul at Milwaukee. Columbus at Louisville. Toledo at Indianapolis. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Ww. UL Cleveland Alexander, liable to slip| the lateral pass. in and cop the laurels himself. Just a year ago, the Cardinals got Alex shear easels es 6, teat the Cubs. Charlie Root of the Cubs has the highest total of victories, 25, , Rie” yore may Vania, 3 Ape sera a ae ae eet Penn State, Geo 4 es of the Cardinals, but " defeats put him ninth in nee nnd Eateyelis 38.8 rene. Development of radio telephony on Wen 1 ae tstand d ‘At the ends, Yost is fortunate, |His passing game, with the adi i enemy. out i ter ae ¢ ends, Yost is fortunate, ey exce| ait e Be arate, pees Gorman, railroads has reached the Chicago a Tunney: “Why shouldn't I? 1|Oosterbaan, who passed nearly ss/tion of the Navy game, was ee 384; Hornsby, New York, .359; L. fee teleatane oth aboa he a4 oe 493 Tie Game gs eg ; Dempsey every day in accurately ‘as Friedman, “ill prob-| ful. Waner, Pittsburgh, .354; Stephen- son, Chicago, .346; Harris, Pitts- burgh, .346; Frisch, St. Louis, 336; 4 again with Nyland. Ny-| In this event Greenwald, Sam Bab- Toledo ...-.secepee 8 11 Dempsey: “I still think I can|land starred in the second Michigan|cock and William Puckolwartz, all ‘309 | Indianapolis ..... 2 10 3] whip him, I am willing to meet him | game with Minne.ota at Minneapolis | fleet of fot, and lettertuen, remain Barnes and O'Neil; Burwell, Swe-| again.” which game Oosierbaar won when | for the other half back position. tonic and Florence. ‘The fourth and most vital ele-|he scoope” up a fumble in the shadow! | Vic Domhoff, of Toledo. an under- . ment involved in a third fight be-|of his own geal posts for a touch.| study of Friedman, and James F. cS Second Game teen these two is thé ublic which|down. The. are eight other candi-| Miller, Jr., of Adrian, Mich., have dal had a chance directing the team as ‘raynor, Pittsburgh, .335; Har New York, -330; Farrell, Botan, 838; Perry, New York, .326. Russell Cinches A. A. Title at Philadelphia bane i “ id $2,658,600 for Thursday’s | dates. Thriving on a diet of right hand| ——-W————________ at, Chicago. # E AP it spect Baer, Gabel Available 5 pitied” Gyre moma rc roo | caecreme | abl gt, alates mich | Pn eat ar AE | tae sa the other { Th . | ulars o: , are avuilable as tackles we mucl im stars of the American hasan MUCH FON TO EVER ERI if GUE Meee an a asp ors soled A Aig were cee and Palmeroli und’ Squires each have| passing to Nyla d sid Gilbert ps that he can coast into the champion- MAKE ONE SURF ship of the circuit for the season Bi of 1927, The former White Sox southpaw, now a southpaw wielder of the willow, has an average of .388 in figures compiled today including Wednesday’s games. He is more than 20 points ahead of Grimes, To- ‘esmer. believe this public . | won a letter at the guard positions,|rmnning the ball. Hie 5) “4 pol Keane vinced that Bempsey in through.” |The line wil miss the cody Lar: | taking hace in mide often re: » cl ‘ine! on long gains wi Fen Came ail-conference team last year distanced defens:> men. Columbus aa 5 » Who Fishbaugh and Ferrell; n. — oute (a ee : i || C.E. Thisted, of Great i Fights Last Night | worked the center ‘position under the watchful eye of “Tad”. Weimar . Pittsburgh — Homer Robertson,|considered by many coaches and Genuine Burgess RBSSeaser ‘do's first sacker, and Ossie Orwoll, = : and McMi Boston, knocked out Jack Elkhart,|sports writers, the greatest line the Brewers’ combination flinger Salt Lake City, seven. coach in the courtry, is Yost’s best and fly chaser, once Reb’s great Tampa, Florida—Ben Pound, Win- | prospect there. “B” Batteries, rival in slugging, has slid to fourth t ter] . Fla., knocked out Soldier 4 But Harry Kipke, one of Yost's B $2.95 lace, : 5 ‘lle : Benson, Nev: York, nine.| all-American half acks ‘and 1 Be prepared to get the re- The struggle to keep both the +5 18 \ 11 Jack Davis, Tulsa, won by a tech-| field coach, has his problems pitching and batting championship es nical knockout from Jim Hart, Wa-|are Yost’s troubles also. Friedman|§ turns from the Dempsey- the circuit eer PO proved too . ; 3 saa: | ever. ; bash, Ind., two can not be replacec but a possible ; Mivventrat ¢3 tie being, ie abies $72 ; eee daira lati | eels az fad Goncee Mi od ea Se St, Goeale Ae p ? ; eal unds, = Jackeenle Fis, 10," Joe Wilson Louls Giltert, a runnine mate of|f| °° Supply Co. 220 Main a P knockout over| Friedman, in his usual half back|# Ave., Bismarck, N. D. ‘Nelson, Wilmington, Del.,| berth. Giibert can punt and was re-