Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 3, 1922, Page 5

o f other, who, however, sank before he | could reach him. Be | * standing of the National League up SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1922. e Che Casper Daily Cribvar THE TRIBUNE’ PAGE FIVE First in News Of All Events | ———— BING MILLER GIVING SISLER AND WILLIAMS RAGE FOR CLOUT LEAD Has Even Dozen Against Ken’s Fourteen; Sisler Leads American League Sluggers; Toporcer Drops to 14th Place In the National CHICAGO, June 3.—{By The Associated Press.) —Ed (Bing) Miller, the slugging outfielder of Philadelphia, is giv- ing George Sisler and Ken Williams, the St. Louis stars, hot race for the leadership in batting and home run hitting in the American league, according to averages released today. “Bing” smashed out a brace of homers in his last six RIVER VICTIM lams, who jumped out in front at the start of the season. The averages in- clude games of Wednesday. Sisler is topping the batters with an average of .42@. The batting mark of the St. Louis star was given a eet- back in the series between the White Sox and Browns, but the St. Louis vorite appears to have again struck 4 nis stride. In last 31 times at bat he pegteadl Ghant Pee ae ame; |has driven out 14 hits, giving him a Ctated Press.)—Awakened at midnight | tota) of 76 hits*thus far. He leads in by cries for help, Frankie Burns, Aus- tralian middleweight champion boxer who fs at a club on the Thames train- ing for his right with Ted (Kid) Lewis Wune 19, rushed to the side of the river, where he saw a capsized cance and two men struggling in mid_otream. Burns, who !s a good swimmer, suc eoeded fn rescuins: one of them, an army officer. He then went after the total base hitting with 110, which in- clude 11 doubles, three triples and five homers. Miller is right on. his heels with an average of .387. Sisler is giving the base stealers the dust, his nearest rival being his teammate Williams. Sisler has stolen 18 bases, while Williams has 10. Other leading batters for 25 or more games: Speaker, Cleveland, .383; Jobb, Detroit, .381; Witt, New York, .3378; O'Neill, Cleveland, .3 ichang, New York, .354; McManus, St. ouis, .333; Severeld, St. Louis, .331; Judge, Washington, .330; Heilmann, Detroit, .329; Blue, Detroit, ..329. . George Toporcer, the slugging short: top of the St. Louis Cardinals, who topped the National league batters a veek ago with an average of .404, con- ected safely only four times in 31 imes at bat, and fell into thirteenth lace with a mark of .336. Hank Gowdy, the Boston catcher, is amnion Clut Standings | National League. NEW YORK, June 3.—The official to and including yesterday's games was gnnounced today by Presiden John A. Heydler as follows: = wold Won Lost Pct ® . only batter in the league hitting Levoca trot 17-6307 vor the .400 mark, His average for Mie yee 17-585] cames is .403. Griffith of Brooklyn, acer otiag ioe played in a like number of con- zshare ‘2 = ts, is the runner up to Gowdy with acre os 1 average of .394. oe ~4 rs Hornsby of the Cardinals Patagcsiga PA 1 out four home runs. He now 13, The St. Louis star is the first n In the league to pass the century rk for total base hoonrs, being out front with®112 bases, He is in urth place among the batters with n average of .377, Just 10 points be- ind Bigbee of Pittsburgh, who is third with .387. Bancroft of New York. has tied Hornsby for the honors in scoring, each having crossed the plate 38 times. Carly of Pittsburgh leads the « base stealers with 10 thefts. Other leading batters for 25 or more games: Hargrave, Cincinnati, .376; T. iriffith, Brooklyn, .374; Kelley, New ork, .363; Maranville, Pittsburgh, Last Scores 357; Grimes, Chicago, .349; Daubert, Mncinnati, 245; Bancroft, New York, 343. ~ FINALS. As a result of consistent hitting. hi todmnite! Myatt of Milwaukee ousted Krueger of ‘ndianapolis from the batting leader: ship of the American association with an average of .408, according to fig- ures which include games of Wednes- day. Krueger Is second with .397, and Hendryx of St. Paul third with .392. With a total of 14 homers to his credit, Bunny Brief of Kansas City is setting a pace in advance of the home run hitters of the major leagues. “Reb” Russell of Minneapolis has con- nected with 10 homers, and Krueger nine. Christensen of St. Paul and Mathews of Milwaukee are tied for honors in base stealing, with eight apiece. Other leading batters for 25 or more games. Lear, Milwaukee, .386; Kirke, Louisville, .282; Jourdan, Minneapolis .379; Schrefber Indianapolis, .370 Becker, Kansas City, 368; Good, Kan- Gossett, Milwaukee, American League. CHICAGO, June 3,—The official standing of the American League cluding games of yesterday follow: Clubs New York 29 St. Lonis ———— 27 Washington ..- ——. 23 Philadelphia .. — 19 Cincinnati 13, Chicago T. American League, Detrott 4, Cleveland 9. Snieago 4, St. Louis 12. Today’s Games National League. New York at Boston. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. St. Louts'at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at Chieago. ; American League. Chicago at St. Louis. Washington at Philadelphia. Boston at New York. Detroit at Cleveland.‘ Atria a ZBYSZKO AND CADDOCK DRAW. AT COLUMBUS, Ohio—After each had scored a fall, the wrestling match een Earl Caddock and Stanislaus was called a draw at the end of a two hour time Itmit. Caddock won the first fall in 94 minutes and the second in 17 minutes. ————————— wrestler, defeated Cliff Iumbus, Ohio, in two falls out of concider ta Binckley, Co- three. WARNER THROWS BARTELL. AT LEAVENWORTH, Kans.—Ed. ‘Warner threw “Demon” Bartell of Davenport, Ia., in fifteen minutes. 621: Bartell was unable to continua, Camel cigarettes 15¢ per $140 per carton. Pep’s News STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! _.. COUPON WEEK Beginning Monday, June 5, Ending Saturday, June 10 Fill out coupon below and present to driver when he calls entitles you to 50c in trade on cleaning of men’s suits, ladies’ suits, wool dresses and coats. PHONE 1142-J The Midwest Cleaners Prompt, Courteous and Efficient Service Guaranteed. —SSSSSSS SS 13TH CAVALRY HERE TO MEET LEGION TODAY AND SUNDAY IN BALL GAMES AT SCHOOL PARK The 13th Cavalry baseball tossers and the American Legion aggregation are meeting this afternoon at 4 o’clock “Smoky Joe” Explains His Reason for Heavy Hitting in Big Leagues. day tournament arranged for Casper’s baseball fans. The second game will be played tomorrow afternoon. cavalrymen accept the small end of the score. od, provided lo¢al fans show Y are behind the team and will menting on the tremendous hitting by |° Soldiers. ball players in the past two seasons,| The Thirteenth cavalry Mneup fol- years ago, NET rca “Individually,” said Wood, “there POLARINES HI The invading soldiers are a snappy outfit of men and are confident that they will take the local PITCHERS NAT exsoldiers to a cleaning. The Casper The games both today and fomorrow sive eve indication of being the best — fought in Casper this sea- . vyo turn out In suffictent numbers to war- rant the expense of importing teams from a long distance Joe Wood, veteran Cleveland An >tri-| lows. cam leaguer, who when known as Rusterhoultz, 3b; Whitty, 2b; Sever- “Smoky Joe,” was one of the game's}son, ss; Smith, catcher and captain; are some pitchers equal in ability to most of those of eight or 10 years ago. But search the two big leagues and Stangard Men in Fine Trim for Game Tomorrow With at the high school athletic field in the first game of the two- team, on the other hand, are just as confident tht they will make the m. Further games with the fastest ing and Colorado teams will be he Hornacky will be on the mound for CLEVELAND, Obie, June 3.—Com the soldiers and Smith will twirl for greatest pitchers, said the pitching to-! Mann, 1b. Capt. Harkins, rf; Campbell, day is not as good as it was 10 or 12] if; Koloski, If, and Johnson, sub. see if you can find a Cy Young, a Jack Chesbro, an Addie Jos: Mor. Oil Village Sluggers. decai Brown, a Cristy Mathewson, ari Ed Walsh, an Eddie Plank; a Ruber Waddell, a Bill Donovan or a Walter Johnson. True, Johnson is pitching to- y, but he is not the same old Walter who could pitch the ball past you, “What's the reason? There are two. The success of Ed Walsh, Jack Ches. bro and others started a flock of pitch ers using the spitter. Others recog nized hte ability of Russell Ford, § die Cicotte, Fred Falkenberg and oth- ers to ‘pitch wonderful ball by doctor. ing the ball and they tried to follow in their footsteps. “When the powers that rule basebal) threw out all the freak deliveries ex cept the spitter, the stock in trade of many a successful pitcher was taken away from him. The limitation of the time of the spitball to those who al trengthen: by the addition of sev. ready were in the major leagues cut| ©’! Players of ability. down the number of pitchers who| 27° O'Leary and Erickson, catchers. sould throw that ball effectively. And in the meantime thousands of young- sters on the sand lots and in colleges who had been acquiring success b; use of the spitter or doctored balls, found they had been wasting their time. As a result all that bunch failed to come through as they had no legiti- mate delivery to fall back on. pis Liha ci so od Halt Called For Summer in Ring Sport, St. Louis The Polarine baseball community. The local boys considerable improvement. The line-up has been Smith, the manager, play from the bench. he probable line-up follow Tv Stout, rf., Noll, 3b. Hartzell, cf., Brady’ 1b. Philbin, ss., Stott, If. Tarro, 2b. O'Leary and ckson, Logge and Greenley, pitchers. ST. LOUIS, June 3.—Boxing for thi summer in St. Louis stopped afte: June 1. Phillip H. Brockmen, president of the board of police commissioners, de clared he was not opposed to boxing but said the sport needs a rest her: during the warm months. Dates had been assigned to one or two clubs up to June 1, but the police president said there would be no more boxing here until the indoor season opens in the fall. ———_____ Baseball today at High Schoc Athletic Field. 13th Cavalry vs. Ar erican Legion. 5 6-3-1 HIGH CLASS THEATER Continuous 1 to 10:30 P. M. Arkeon A MOST WONDERFUL, Whatever is needed in aplenty. Let the worries the happy family tonight. TODAY AND SUNDAY PRISCILLA DEAN ‘Wild Honey’ Ask those who saw the picture Thursday. —Also— Afternoons 2 to 4 team will eave for-Salt Creek early tomorrow norning where they will play the fast eam representing that flourishing oil have pent i.e past week in hard practice and according to reports have shown materially Among tten Logge and Greenley will take care of the slab work in the game and Cal will direct team catchers and SEND YOUR BLANKETS TO PEETE'S UNION LAUNDRY BLANKET WEEK SPECIAL . June & to June 10. IVORY SOAP AND SOFT WATER PHONE 1232-W SATURDAY NIGHT EVERYBODY DANCES “Waltz Me Around Again Willie, Around, Around and Around.” What Would Saturday Night Be Without the ARKEON DANCING ACADEMY MISS ELSIE B. HUGHES, DANCING INSTRUCTRESS NAVAL BALLOON ONLY ONE LEFT ‘Sport Calendan IN AIR, TWO WINNERS LEARNED Major Westover and H. E: Honeywell Win Places On American Trio to Represent United States ster Racing as park. Racing as UN TRACK MEET Inter-Troop Contest Sched- uled for June 17 at Rowing. Athletic Park. delphia Challenge Cup race, at phia. In Big Event In Switzerland, Report Wisconsin va, Syfacus, at Gyre ang! Casper Scout, Council Babt'vees ag Gott. pleted arrangeme for = big inter CHICAGO, June 3.—-(By The Associated Press.)—Lieut.} Pacific Northwest —_ p Meee were tres ot W. F: Reed, of Pensacola, Fia., sole navy. entry in the na- championship tournament, at V at the high school athletic fleld the .F. 5 sacola, ” ery enuy toria, B. C. ernoon of June 17. Compe! tional balloon race which started at Milwaukee Wednesday, Shooting. es a aa - was the only pilot unaccounted for when wn streaked the] Rhode Istand State trapshooting|‘"® pig vg Egat. rer oan skies today. tournament closes at Providence. NAteiGcn ar the ‘Goce 14 troops of the Council. Swi y their big silver gray bag, Lieutenant Reed Tennis, 2 BS vaite cee snele a Mul are ra +f: or of lighter than} Bay Counties championship tour- In addition to add to the fun of the 1 salon ar s 5 in my air forees,|ament opens at San Francisco. occasion @ series of events have beer thei Grea Canes weston a tanion Pesan oot Pan ; alo. arranged for competition among mem the Great Lakes re 01 alloan B 1D 1921 } eer. ee Gait Opening of annual tournament of|bers of the council and for officials of Poe cites en rucaatis ewe beer in 1921 ho was aide to Col} pn Mawr (Pa.) Polo club. the various troops and bis companion virtually have be RR roe A fine collection of medals and othes ost In the skies sop epee eo Pc fate Conference} prizes has been posted for high poini fp ygeckas. arate pi ste vered more than 250 miles] Championships, at Iowa City. winners in the various classifications will recreeny America, es ie inter . tam the lsie “He has| . APnual outdoor meet of New York|and the same kind of medals will be national balloon races which start in e race. He ha , at Travers Island, N. Y. the prizes for competition among-the ca twice in interna- Switzerland this summer awaited olny nembers of the local been practically assured that the Am-| Champion in 1811 and in 1920 was Am- ex. | AlbeMiatiagivhis, te partioularmes erican entries in th national race | rican fonae lon, w Find ond hon- — po tobaod the mest: si shed ie Scout head wail foots one army pilot and one ors in the international event Miss RYAN WN PARTNER coatta tor" disteibatie vilian—Major Osca: sto nf eT among i Washington, D. C., and H. E. Honey ) The following is the order of events well of St. Louis. While enthusiasts awaited word’ of Lieutenant Reed, Major Westover held high honors of the race, b covered 2 distance of approximately miles when he ded near Lake . John in the province of Quebec doneywell, when he de of Joplin, Mo., had ft and the instructions and regulations for the meet: INTER-DEPARTMENT GAMES AT STANDARD WIN GHESWICK DOUBLES CHIS WICK, England, June 3.—(By The Associated Press)}—The finals in the women's doubles in the Middlesex J. G. Ritchie, of England, and Mis Edith Sigourney of Boston, in tht semi-finals of the mixed doubles of thi Middlesex tennis championship tour nament 6-0, 6-1 cended sou hj} ated 550 miles. The games now being played Both of these balloonists covered con-|tween the different artments pro-| tennis championship, played here to- {aiderable more distance than any of| ™! fine material for the teams] day, were won by Mrs. Lambert Cham- ltccir competitors except the missing) Which will play in the Standard Oil] bers and Miss Elizabeth Ryan, of San Paoli lin aN DS AS RL AES te RO AE SS te a eed and are virtually certain entries urth of July celebration at which] Francisco. They defeated Mrs. Beam in the .futerdiational. evert: » best teams will compete. Manu-| ish and Mrs. Peacock, 6-2, 6-1. One of the surprises of the race was) * 3 play Mechanical as ae t of Lieutnant Com t, and on June 5, the Me-; CHISWICK, England, June 3—(By mander J. F rfiect in his helium. partments of E . 1] The Associated Press}—Randolph Ly- 3 will clash, birds a cett of England and Misa Elizabeth YOMIN filled navy bag which engaged in an| * experimental flight and not as a con- testant. Commander Norfleet bh covered 425. miles when he landed n Hancock, Mo. No injuries of consequence wer reported by any of the pilots who ar down. { Following were the Janding points of the other balloonists: Ward T. Van Orman, civilian, Fay ette, Mo.; Warren Rasor, civilian ulton, Mo.; J. 8. McKibben civilian, Sulton, Mo.; Ralph Upson, civilian Painesville, Ohio; Uieut.. James 'T Neely, army, Dover Village, Ohio Bernard Von Hoffman, civilian, For vayne, Ind.. Captain Berry, civiliar fonticello, Ii; Captain Harold Weeks, army, Witt, Ill; Roy Dons 4 civilian, who came down with. nut getting out of Milwaukee. Major Westover is assistant chic training and war plans of the alr A. brilliant drama of a girl who danced with danger Today and Saturday —Also— JIMMIE AUBREY ™m a Two-Reel Comedy 16c and 40c HAND WORK | Dancing! HEALTHFUL EXERCISE floors and partners is here of the week rest and join “CASPER’S FAMILY THEATER” “Alma, Where Do You Live” , PRESENTED BY COLUMBIA STOCK COMPANY Featuring Harris, Blanchard and Mylie Evenings 7 to 9 STAR COMEDY “His Prehistoric SPECIAL Blunder” We have the largest sto in the State o: yoming. —And— all makes of cars. GEO. WALSH Filler Cap that you lost. , —In— “With Stanley in Africa” Just what you want to replace the WYOMING AUTONO “wE. 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