The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 20, 1929, Page 8

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1929 | Welcome Rain Causes Enforced Armistice Alo -MACKMEN HANDGUFF |KKA NSAS CITY LEAD SLIMMER AS BLUES DETROIT AS Y ANKEES SPLIT IN TWO GAMES George Earnshaw Bests Carroll in Pitchers’ Battle as the Mackmen Win Again BROWNS BEAT SENATORS Babe Ruth Pulls Up Lame and Leaves First Game; Lou Gehrig Gets Homer By WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN (Associated Press Sports Writer) A rain more or less welcomed by Eastern teams in the National league caused an enforced armistice all along the Atlantic seaboard yester- day as the Athletics handcuffed the Tigers by 4 to 2 while the Yankees were dividing a double-header in Cleveland. The champions won the Opener by 7 to 2, but the Indians Tushed back to take the second de- cision 11 to 3. In the Yankee game in the first in- ning of the opener Babe Ruth pulled up lame on tre bases, and disap- peared for the rest of the day. In Ruth's absence, Lou Gehriz hit his 23rd homer. Alphonse ‘Thomas pitched the White Sox to a 2 to 1 victory over the Red Sox in Chicago, and the Browns downed the Senators by 7 to 3 in St. Louis, completing the Ameri- can league program. Double-headers will be encountered at almost every turn in the National oad today as a result of yesterday's rain. a —— STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS. AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings Philadelphia . 63 4 124 New York . 52 31 627 St. Louis 50 37 515 Detroit .. 45 43 S1L Cleveland 43 42 506 ‘Washington 3250 .390| _ Fredonia, N. Dak. Chicago . Beston .. Games Yesterday First Game: R H New York . Cleveland .. ‘eet Second Gam New York . Cleveland . + 11 12 2! principals. ipgtas, Johnson. Nekola and| Schedules completed, are in a tie for first place today as a result of Fre- donia'’s victory over Kulm last Sun- E| day. A playoff is necessary to decide 3 Ferrell and L. Sewell, R Boston .. ete 3| the title. Chicago . Mae | ” Russell and Berry, Hevins; Thomas; and Berg. Kulm ee Deisem . B H E| Fredonia Philadelphia . 4 9 0| Edgeley . Detroit .... 2 1 Gackle ine aie Earnshaw and Cochrane; Carrojl | Berlin .- and Hargrave. Washington 8t. Louis .. rm 3 12 Braxton, Liska and Ruel, Spencer: Stewart and Ferrell. oe = om NATIONAL LEAGUE hte ip Standings Thole, cf Won Lost Pet.| Krush. ¢ .. Pittsburgh . 5329648 | Tit. ss Chicago . 51-29 .638| Gilmore, 3b | ae York . 38 563/ Cunningham, 2b Louis 42° 508| volkman, if . enki i ae Polonsky, rf Boston .. $2 ag | +: Cincinnati 51386 Totals Washburn Games Yesterday All games postponed. meee a’ : er | Wilson, cf .. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (Punt) Johnson, 2b ‘ Standings S Peters, p ... fon Lost Pet./ Delvin, 1b Kansas City 59 29 610| Hendrix, 30. St. Paul . 55 36 ~—604| Kronick. rf | Minneapolis 5138-573 Sherva, If .. Indianapolios 43 46 483, Louisville 410046047] ‘Columbus 40 504g Michel. Quiet Prevails Before Berlin, Fredonia Fight (Tribune Special Service) 33° 56 ~—.371| Fredonia beat Berlin here tomorrow? 26 «61 = 299] ‘The play's the thing wherein we'll — test the conscience of the king. That is the philosophy of members E| and fans of the La Moure county 7 TY 1] baseball league as they await the Fre- 8 3] donia-Berlin contest tomorrow. Zachary and Dickey; Hudlin, Zinn| Should Fredonia win the game, a and L. Sewell. three-cornered tie for first place in R H_ E|the circuit will develop, with Kulm 3 7 1} and Deisem_ being the two other Kulm and Deisem, their 0| The standings today: Cvxaars co mescrcs BASEBALI, WILTON 4; WASHBURN 2 | wssmumeeagS! wwowwnnne lonwoccownBel enownonnn SU ESERE SR eee ae wl cocccccow ral mooconwoor 8 o 200 (__Errors—Michel, Leif, Gilmore, Sher- | ¢r. Hendrix, Schweitzer. Stolen bases —Sherer, Hendrix. f |Never recovered, soho he essayed off Michel 4: off Peters 1. pitches—Michel. Time of game—1:: Unipires—! Anderson. A Few Weeks Ago George Uhle Pitched 21 Innings; Has Not Been Right Since OESCHGER HAD STRONG ARM i | | Leon Cadore, Former Brooklyn Twister, Ruined Arm in 26-Inning Contest | By WERNER LAUFER |,,Endurance flyers stay up more than ;200 hours in a plane, and after a bath, shave and a 36-hour snooze are |their old selves again. Endurance Pitchers stay out in the box for 20 or more innings in one afternoon, and ‘700 | 1S ® question whether they are still good pitchers or ready for baseball's | bone-heap. |, A few weeks ago George Uhle of 200 | the Detroit Tigers pitched a 21-inning “"" (game against the Chicago White Sox. |It was a nice warm afternoon, and |as Uhle was breezing along with such consummate ease Manager Harris de- cided to let the big fellow blow him- self to a nice extra-inning victory. Now the baseball public is debating whether Bucky kicked one and ruined the Lakewood Bull's arm forever, or if Uhle will shortly snap out of the slump that overtook him right after the iron-man exhibition. , _ Trouble Finishing Uhle, whom Detroit secured from Ciereland during the winter in & string of nine consecutive wins, in- Sox. Since then he has had trouble finishing a game, losing five out of his next seven starts. The question of Uhle and his 21- inning game brings to mind the long- est game in the baseball records and the fate of the opposing pitchers who engaged in it. On May 1, 1920, Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Robins and Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves hooked up in a hurling duel that was 1 to 1 when darkness inter- Paige further punishment—both to Oeschger Carried On Cadore never was the same pitcher after that, but Oeschger went on to quite a few more years of big league stardom. The slim Brooklyn mounds- man left something in that game he {many a comeback. Oeschger, on the other hand, re- mained one of the league's best pitch- ers. He was secured by the Giants "| shortly after, and turned in more extra-! wins for John Mc- Graw efore he Sus through. i LONG GAME TOUGH ON GEORGE UHLE Pal WiLL DHLES FATE Be THAT OF CAD. Be ENDURANCE PITCHING OFTEN | LEAVES SOUPBONES USELESS Manush Replaces Foxx at Pinnacle | Leadership Margin Only 1 Per-: centage Point; Bob Grove Increases Lead Chicago, July 20.—()}—The job of setting the pace for American league handled during the last seven weeks by Jimmy Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics, passed into the practiced hands of Heinie Man- ush, St. Louis Brown outfielder, dur- ing the thirteenth week of the cam- paign, unofficial averages, including Wednesday's games, reveal. After leading the younger circuit for nearly two months the sensational first baseman of Connie Mack's league leaders slipped just enough to permit Manush to top him by the scant mar- Manush had com- piled a mark of .391 to 390 for Foxx. On the whole, the week was not so good for the 10 leaders, only two. Al Simmons of Philadelphia, and Earl Combs of the Yankees, improving their averages. Behind Manush and Fothergill, Detroit, 385; Simmons, Philadelphia, .362; Lazzeri, New York, .361; Fonseca, Cleveland, .355; Combs, New York, .352; Coch- Philadelphia, .351; Detroit, .350, and Ruth, New York, 348. gin of one point. “Along with Foxx, the Athletics, as | organization, failed to maintain had started off to be the| thelr hitting pace and dropped into Hag OF nine Cac He rolled up| Tigers, ‘The Macks fell from 00 to ding -303. Detroit also led in runs scored Box met: ioog-winded one over the | Sh ge4, and the Atnieiics comics ued to be most difficult to score upon, having held opponents to 331 runs. the Athletics’ star went to a 26-inning tie. The score; DID THE IRON MAN STUNT FOR THE BRAVES—26STANZAS, DON'T BOTHER. HS SOUPER? GIANTS AW southpaw, was credited with one vic- tory during the week and topped the list with a record of 15 victories and two defeats. He also continued his reign as strikeout ruler with 112 in 22 games. His teammate, George Earn- shaw, was second among the hurlers working in turn with a mark of 12 triumphs and four defeats. Tom Z;chary, of the Yankees, was the omly Undefeated pitcher in the league, having been credited with four victories. The Athletics’ fielding held up bet- ter than their hitting and they led with a percentage of 975. St. Louis and Washington were tied for the runnerup position with 974. Other leaders: Runs batted in—Simmons, Phila- delphia, 92. , Hits—Manush, 8t. Louis, 137. Home runs—Ruth and Gehrig, New York, 22. Triples—Miller, Phil- adelphia, 12. Doubles—Gehringer and R. Johnson, Detroit, 32; Stolen bases —Gehringer, Detroit, and Cissell, Chi- cago, 13. Double plays—Cleveland, 95. Triple plays, Chicago, New York and Detroit, one each. Babe Ruth to Be Out indefinitely A Pulled Muscle, Sustained in| .365. Detroit Game Wednesday, Forces Retirement Cleveland, Ohio, July 20.—(#)—Babe Ruth, home run king and the idol of baseball, was out of the game indef- initely today. . A pulled muscle, sustained in the game with Detroit Wednesday, re- tired the Bambino.in a game with the Cleveland Indians yesterday and Miller Huggins, manager of the Yankees, said today that no one knew | .; when the New York American League player would swing a bat again. Hug- gins scoffed, however, at the thought that the Babe is gone from baseball. SAINTS GAIN GROUND AS KAW AND MILLER NINES TAKE DEFEATS Columbus Takes Four Victories in Five Games and Heavy Artillery to Series Leaders Drop Second Succes- sive Game to Toledo; Huck Betts Tames Indians By WILLIAM A. WEEKES Chicago, July 20—()—The margin of the Kansas City Blues over St. Paul in the American association race today was slightly less robust as Dutch Zwilling’s league-leaders faced & four-game series with the recently awakened Columbus Senators. The Senators took a record of four victories in five games into Kansas City, as well as tha best batting rec- ord in the league. Led by Marty Ci laghan and Tony Cuccinello, Colum- bus had built up an average of .306. The Blues lost a full game in the standings yesterday, dropping their second straight to Toledo, while St. Paul trimmed Indianapolis. Old Alex Ferguson, former major league hurler, pitched the Mudhens to a 5 to 2 vic- tory over Kansas City. An excellent pitching job by Hugh Betts gave St. Paul the odd game of the series with the Indians by a 4/ to 2 count. The victory, with Kansas City's defeat, left the Saints five and one-half games behind first place, and three games in front of Minneapolis. Malcom Moss of Louisville gave one of the best pitching exhibitions of the season in holding Minneapolis to five hits in 12 innings as the Colonels won 4 to 2. Joe Pate was hit safely 10 times, but managed to keep the Colo- nel blows spaced until the twelfth, when Ray Thompson's single drove over the winning run. Columbus did not hit Herbert Cobb with any great degree of success, ob- taining only four hits off his delivery, but ai to trounce Milwaukee Tto 0. While Columbus invaded Kansas City today, St. Paul was to open a defense of its position against Louis- ville in a five-game series. Minne- apolis was to entertain Indianapolis in a five-game stand, and Toledo was stay Al Cooke Drops 11 Points but Retains Hitting Lead; Nel- son Wins 11 Games Chicago. July 20.—(P)—A loss of 11 Points in his average failed to shake Al Cooke, St. Paul's slugging out- fielder, from the batting leadership of the American association, but it left him only three points in front of Marty Callaghan of Columbus, Un- Official averages. including Wednes- day's games, released today, gave Cooke a mark of .368 and Callaghan Callaghan’s average represented an increase of eight points, but Joe Sprinz, Indianapolis’ hard- working catcher, and Tony Cuccinello, of Co- lumbus, made the big gains of the week. Sprinz Smith, Minneapol: Grigsby, Kansas City, .335; Branom, Louisville, .336; Rogeli, 8t. Paul, .333; 1. Griffin, ‘Milwaukee, 333. The sixth-place Columbus Senators ea FACE MALCOM MOSS HURLS WELL ng National Front TOUGH SENATORS Fingal Is First Foe For Cubs sent North Dakota at Sioux Falls, S. D., against the title holders of Wisconsii ota and Minnesota. . Results of the draw were an- nounced in Minot last night by Clarence Jensen of Esmond, state athletic officer for the Legion. The initial contest will start a 1:30 p. m.; the second fray at 3:30 p. m. and final game will begin i H i i won possession of the team batting peak, with an average of .305, the same as a week ago. St. Paul's hitting dropped off five points and the Saints went to second position with .300. Minneapolis remained out in front in scoring with a scason's total of 570 runs, while Kansas City maintained the best defensive record, holding op- ponents to 375 trips over its plate. The Millers had a collection of 75 home runs and St. Paul ranked second with 65. The best pitching performance for the week was turned in by Archie Campbell, of St. Paul. The former Washington hurler checked in with three victories, bringing his record to six triumphs and no defeats. Lynn Nelson, of Kansas City, had the best record of the regular hurlers, two vic- tories during the week, giving him 11 wins and two defeats. Slim Harriss, of St. Paul, and Max Thomas, Kansas City southpaw, had 10 victories and three defeats. Kansas City led all clubs in fielding, having handled the ball for an aver: with Columbus second at 968. io had a collection of 94 double plays, and St. Paul had turned in the only triple play of the sea- son. ‘ Other leaders: "bus, 70. Runs batted in—Cuccinello, Colum- Home runs—Chapman, St. Paul, 17. Triples—Kuhel, Kansas City, 12. Doubles—Cuccinello, Columbus, 28. Hits—Cuccinello, Columbus, 128. Ri MICKEY WALKER PUTS IN CLAIM FOR TOMMY’S VACATED THRONE Jack Kearns, Manager of Mid- dleweight Champ, Says He Is Best in Division | WILL FIGHT LOMSKI AUG. 19 1 Fans’ Consensus of Opinion Gave Walker the Verdict : Over Champ, Is Claim = - Philadelphia, July 20.—(# — Jack | Kearns, manager of Mickey Walker, world’s middleweight champion, an- nounced today that he would claim the light heavyweight title for Walker, in view of Loughran's state- ment that he would relinquish the "ithe iaiddlewelght titlehola titleholder is booked to meet Leo , Aberdeen, Wash., in a 10-round bout at the mu- nicipal stadium here Aug. 19. “Walker and Lomski gave Lough- ran his hardest battles,” Kearns said. | “The decision in the Loughran-Lomski | bout met with the approval of the fight experts, but this was not the case in the Loughran-Walker fight. | The consensus favored Walker. “In view of these facts I am firm in the belief that Walker should be recognized as the world’s light heavy- ther ring here ‘Aug. 19. dotending” the e ere Aug. crown against Lomski.” Herman Thrives on Western Throwing Burleigh Grimes Loses to Bos- ton During Week to Drop to Second Position a New York, July 20—()—Babe Her- man, the Brooklyn slugger, remains at the top in the National league bat- ting list, but with an average swelled to .404 as a result of steady pounding against western pitching at Ebbets field in the last fortnight. Herman's margin, however, is none too wide, as Frank O'Doule of Philadelphia is holding his ground at 393. The aver- ages, issued today, include games of last. Wednesday. Melvin Ott of New York, who yield- ed the home run crown to Charlie Klein of Philadelphia in the course of the week, led the league in scoring with 85 runs batted in with 94. Bill Terry of New York sets the pace in total hits with 136, while Johnny Frederick of Brooklyn and Chick Hafey of St. Lous were tied for the top in doubles with 27 apiece. Lloyd Waner of Pittsburgh has hit 14 triples to lead, while Klein's 28 home runs top Ott's crop by three. Cuyler of Chicago still leads in steal with 26. and Foss, Columbus, 18. SAINTS LEAD ROWERS St. Paul, July 20.—()—St. Paul led in the first day's events at the north. west international rowing regatta Fri. day, getting 61 points to 38 for Win- nipeg, 34 for Minneapolis, and 24 for Kenora, Ont. POP GETS PENSION Henry H. “Pop” Lannigan, who served a quarter of a century as coach of track and basketball at the University of Virginia, has been granted a pension. STAR TO BECOME PRIEST Mike Rooney, batting star at St. Bonaventure, turned down offers from the Yankees to continue studies for the priesthood. At Mandan The Florida Flappers _A Celebrated 12 Piece Girls’ Orchestra Don’t Miss Them Following Herman and O'Doule in the batting averages are these regu- lars: Terry, New York, .378; Klein, Hieereeg pe 9373; steal burgh, .361; Traynor, Pittsburgh, g Hornsby, Chicago, .358; Frisch, 8t. phe! Chicago, .351. The defeat of Burleigh Grimes at Boston We Dance Tonight Heart River Pavilion