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SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1922. he Casper Daily Critune CORB MAKES GREAT STRIDES IN RAGE WITH SISLER FOR HONORS Within a Single Week Detroit Batsman Jumps From Sixth to Second Place in List of American CHICAGO, July 8.—(By The Associated Press.) —Tyrus Raymond Cobb today is making his bid for the batting lead-| ership of the American league, with the prospects of giving George Sisler of the St. Louis club a desperate fight. . Within a week, the noted Georgian batted his way from sixth to second place in the list of leaders for an average of -391, just 24 points above his mark of &@ week ago. The Detroit leader's re- markable batting resulted in slashing out 17 hits in his last seven games, while the best Sisler conid do was sy nine ir five games. Sisler, however. is entrenched in the lead with an ayer- age of 430. The figures include games of Wednesday. Perkins and Patterson to Fight Return Match; Both Confi- ' dent of Victory. Sisler also is clinging to the lead in base stealing with 27, while Kenneth Williems, the 1922 home run marvel, 48 second with 23, -Williams smashed out his twentieth homer and is being trailed Sy Walker of Philadelphia, the runner-up, with 18. Ruth has driven out 14 and Hellmann of Detroit and Miller of Philadelphia each have con- nected with 13. Other leading batters for 5¢ or more games: Heilmann, Detroit .366; Speak- er, Cleveland .366; Witt, New York -357; O'Neill, Cléveland ,356; Btue, De troit .354; Schang, New York .350; Miller, Philadelphia .349. Bassler, De- troit .345; McManus, St. Louis .339. Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis, with an average of .390 is points ahead ‘of Hank Gowdy of Boston in the Na- tional league batting race. Gowdy is hitting .367, with Miller of Chicago third with .359. Hornsby leads Wiiliams, his St. Louis rival, in home run hitting by one, having 21, and is tied with South- worth of Boston for second place hon- ors in base stealing with 12. Carey of Pittsburgh continues to lead in this department with 18. Other Jeading batters for 50 or more games: Daubert, Cincinnati .356; Big- bee, Pittsburgh .356; Smith, St. Louis -350; Jobnston, Brooklyn .348; Grim: Chicago .348; Hollocher, Chicago .348; Dunean, Cincinnati .345. Tonight Punch Patterson, the Okla- oma heavyweight, and Harvey Per- ‘kins, local favorite, will meet in \ re ‘turn 10-round match in whict fPatter- ‘son will seck revenge for tac beating which he suffered in Harvty’s hands “tho first of the weekr a © The fight will take place ay Meyers’ “garage, west of the Virginia hotel, and ‘will commence at 9 o'clock in order “that business men of the city may at- “tend. ‘Tho battle will be held in con- jection with the Moose festival, with “George McLeod servin gas matchmak- er and promoter. Interest In the fight between Pat- ‘ergon and Perkins is rmpning high, Sdue to the animosity which each holds “sor the other. Perkins is confident “that he can stop Punch as easily to- Snight as he did Monday night and “Patterson feels that the local man won ‘on a fluke the other night. ‘The fact Syemains that the two men~put up & sterling battle in their last meeting “nnd will enter the ring tonight deter- mined to score a knockout. - Several good preliminaries have ‘been arranged and a good show is “guaranteed. It is likely,that 2d Wil- Siams and Young Ketcheil will meet in the semi-windup. Both of these boys [HORNSBY NEARS LEAGUE RECORD | now cinis SHALL WEAR IN NATIONALS ST. LOUIS, July §—Roger Forns- by, star second baseman of the St. Louis Yationals and leading home run si.gger of the major leagues this year, bids fair to break the Na- tional league home run record of 27, made by Ed. Williamson of the Cht- cago club in 1884. With only about half of this sea- son's schedule played, Hornsby tied his home run mark of 123i ty! knocking out his twenty-first drive yesterday and needs seven more to establish a new National League record. ‘The Carvinals’ swatter ix one four base hit anead of Kenneth Williams of the St. Louis Browns, leading American league home run batter, who héid the circuit driving batting championship for the most pa®t of this season, and was displaced for the honors earlier in the season by Hornsby and again yesterday. The heavy swatting of Hornsby this year 4s said in local sporting circles to be more remarkable than that of his rival, Williams, who had 24 home run clouts to his credit last year, and has to hit three more this scason before equalling his 1921 record. i Hornsby, « right hand batter, drives the tall over the fences of all the fields, his long atstance hits landing about equally in the left field, centerfield and: right field bleachers, while Williams, who bats from the other side of the plate, hits onty into-the rfght field stands, U.S. WINS SCULLS TITLE FROM ENGLAND FOURTA TIME; VIGTORY EASY ONE HENLY - ON - THAMES, England. July 8—(By The Associated Press)— {Walter M. Hoover, American champion oarsman, won the Diamond sculls here today. oover’s victory brings the Diamond sculls title to the Cnited States for the fourth time. In three out of four years from 1897 to 1900 inctusive, the title came to the United States, the first time in the possession of E. H. Teneyck, of ‘Worchester, Mass., son of Jim Tene yek Sr., famed coach of Saracuse “have showed all of the earmarks of TOMMY GRIMES ENTERS Scaces fecepea| FRONTIR ROPING EVENT “phould be plenty of action. Prices] cppyenwe, . 1 ft 1, Wyo., July 8—Thi we been reduced to a low level forjai ie ¢,, Beene as ee Sthe card tonight, championship contests during the Club -Standings 27 and 28 were received today from Tommy Grimes of: Hollywood, Calif. who entered for the steer-roping and cajf-roping contests. Grimes is an old-time Frontier Days‘ contestant wo National League. Was graduated from the Frontier arena BALL GAME TO DECIDE HAIR, LONG OR SHORT CHICAGO, July §—A baseball game tot. orrow will decide whether bobbed hatr or long tresses shall be in vogue in the offices of 8. W. Strauss and company, feminine em- ployes announced today. A tearn of “bobs” challenged a team of “longs” and the contract provides that_the losing team snail submit to the evlicts of the winners in the style of hair dress. The president of the company was selected as the um- pire. The “bobs” all exhibited shears in anticipation of victory. CADDIES COMPETE FOR GOLF COURSE HONORS At the Casper Country club yester- day a tournament for the caddies was held, ‘The entrance fee was five hours work on the course and thirteen cad- dies qualified to play. The following entered: Age. Score. Ernest Becker --.—--- 12 85 Jack Mason ~-—-—— 13 63 Bob Ferris ————__—_-. uM 67 Howard Ferris 12 56 Clayton Stevenson =. 15 85 Tynn Mason*.-____._ 15 69 Joseph Becker -———~ 9 126 Ea Miller --_ mee 67 Floyd (Red) Taffert__. 14 66 aS 34 85 Sec 7 ear ah 105 Frank Davis --. - Bob Ferris and Ed Miller were tie for fourth place and the play off re- sulted in a victory for Ed Miller. Those in the semi-finals were Howard Ferris who defeated Jack Mason 4 up to 3 to play. Ed Miller and Loyd (Red) ‘Tageert were all even at the seventh at which point they mixed in a fist fight, because Red pushed his putt. They both came to the club house and the professional made them play the last three holes over which resulted in a victory for Miller 2 up. ‘The finals between Miller and How- ard Ferris will be played this after- noon. 1899 and 1900 through B. H. Howell of New York, then a student at ‘Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Hoover's victory was an easy one. ‘The time was 9 minutes 32 seconds. Hoover led throughout the race, scul- university and the next two times in ling in fine style. AT INDIANAPOLIS—William Ti- den won his way into finals of nation- al clay courts tennis tournament, di feating Walter Westbrook, straight sets. AT PHILADELPHIA—Raiph Green leaf, holder of world’s pocket biTtiard title, makes high run of 114, exceed- ing his own former record. % AT NEW YORK—Gene Tunney wins the judges’ decision over Fay Keiser, Cumberland, Md., in 12-rounds of uninteresting fighting. AT VANCOUVER—Jimmy Saccol, Boston, gets decision over Abie Mish- kind, Salt Lake City in 10-rounds. AT PARIS—BHugene Criqui, French featherweight, knocks out Arthur Wyne, Belgium in the twelfth round. bs— ‘Won. Lost. Pet.Jinto moving pictures. sever sew York ---—--— 46 24 85 Luo. ral years cSt. Louis —-- 43 n a) a Oe eS ae gooklyn ---—--._ 38 A Sry Tripeny’s for peel 36 . .507| airing. Tripeny's hy hen 38486 ee 40.459 ——j9.]1—__ 40 .403| “Meet _me at the Smokehouse” 43.377] © = en Lest. Pet. ‘si 597 33 «588 36526 37519 “Washington -----_ 25 39 473 Cleveland ---—. “35 44 AA “Boston - Tea TT ae | Mere | “Philadelphia. 290 «41D Today’s Games American League. Chicago at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Boston. Cleveland at New York. Attraction Extraordinary ARKEON DANCING ACADEMY OOOOOOO® | GIANTS AND PIRATESSTRUGGLE | 18 INNINGS; KELLY IS A STAR CHICAGO, July 8—(By the As- sociated Press}—The Giants were holding their own .gainst western rivals today, but only after the longest and most sensational battle in either league this season—their 9 to 8 victory over Pittsburg yester- day in 18 gruelling innings. George Keil;'s second home run of the game With Hoes Young on base, turned the tie im the 18th, after both teams had gone scoreless since the ninth. ‘The champions needed both tallies, for the Pirates came within a run of ty their Jast fr: at b Aside from Keily, the tmé@tvidual stars of the Were Gooch and Carey of the Pirates, each of whom rapped out six hits. Cares per formance, however, was th} more notable, for he had a perfect day at bat, walking three times in ad- dition to his half dozen bingles, besides stealing home once, second twice and scoring ¢hresgruns. His record of six hits in as many times at bat has been duplicated only twice in the past score of years the National league history, George Cutshaw turning the trick with Brooklyn in 1915 ani Dave Bancroft of the Giants duplicating it in'1920. The Pirate-Giant struggle, how- ever, was only one bright spot in a record-breaking day for hoth leagues. Other star performances were Rogers Hornsby’s 21st home ran, giving his team a ninth inning victory) over Brooklyn and putting him ahead of Ken Williams in the clouting race; a nine run rally by Ty Cobb's rampant Tigers in the ninth inning to gain a double vic- tory over Washington; and Waite Noyt’s brilliant shutout of Cleve- land, 1 to 0, putting the Yenkeos only a half game from the league leaders, The pace setting St. Louls Browns dropped a 13 inning tussle to Bos- ton 5 to 4, after Urban Shocker blanked the Red Sox in the first D« ‘The game. Ken Williams gave vent to an outburst in the first game, dis- puting Umpire Evan's decision be- hind the plate and was banished. ae, MEE FOR SALE—Two nice lots in Stewart addition, $100 each for immediate sale. P. O. box 1764. 7-8-6t* A Bishop-Cass Theater TODAY AND SUNDAY VERM A Bishop-Vass Theater SUNDAY ONLY SESSUE HAYAKAWA THE POLISHED JAPANESE ACTOR Supported by BESSIE LOVE AND ANN MAY In a Great Melodrama ILION PENCIL’ i The Signal of Death/ THE MIGHTY VOLC.ANO BURSTS INTO ERUITION! AN EARTHQUAKE SWEEPS THE LAND! Whole rivers of blazing lava pour down upon helpless cities! Hundreds of fleeing natives are drowned of fire! Hage buildings go ing to earth in a thousand flaming fragments! All these and other ter- rific scenes—culminating in a great spectacle. a ana Hall Room Boys* Comedy “MEET THE WIFE” AND CURRENT EVENTS PROGRAM ENDING TODAY BUCK JONES in “ROUGH SHOD” JOHNNY HINES in “TORCHY’S GHOST” MUTT AND JEFF P - Starting Monday BOUNCING BABIES MUSICAL COMEDY CO. Presents i “SILK STOCKINGS” ; Ret U THEATER Continuous TODAY AND SUNDAY 1 to 10:30 P. M. Detroit at Washington. SATURDAY_ NIGHT ONLY rs National League. ® New York at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Boston at Chicago. Brooklyn at St. Louis. Ble SWORDFISH AND WHALE “STAGE BATTLE OFF GOST "SAN FRANCISCO, Juty 8.—An un- usual demonstration in the ocean off Point Sur, below Monterey, Cal.—a battle between a whaie and a sword fash—was reported today by Frank McDonald, custodian of the customs house here. “The first I saw of the battle,” sald McDonald “was when the leviathan <0? the deep churned up a field of foam ‘that looked like a white island in the seas. Then the big fellow spouted gnd leaped. I knew he was fighting fa foe unforescen. Suddenly as though “She had been coming straight up for *a solar plexus blow, a swordfish plerc- “ed the air.” = After a battle lasting more than half “an hour, the swordfish was victorious ‘McDonald said. & a 2 yea sest Hayward Thompson The man with two brains will perform the most wonderful exhibition at the Arkeon ever given in Casper. This attraction _ extraordinary will be given absolutely free to our patrons during - the course of the evening. Don’t forget this will be the last per- formance-the mystery man will give in this city. I have arranged with.Mr. Hayward Thompson, the nation’s most in- teresting post-war case, to have him give a free performance immediate- ly after his closing exhibition at the MOOSE FESTIVAL. I may men- tion that I am personally acquainted with the mystery man, we having served Uncle’ Sam as comrades in the recent World conflict. tual friendship, I am sure, will cause him to put forth his best efforts. Our mu- 1:00 to 11:00 T. J. M’KEON. co \\a from the Fano tale of adventure by GOUVERNEUR MORRIS (Comedy) And RICHARD. DIX “SAFE IN THE SAFE” “ONCE UPON A TIME” (Sport Review) 10c and 40c MONDAY AND TUESDAY ‘The America Plays “HIS BACK AGAINST THE WALL” | With a Star Cast Headed by Cullen Landis litle, if yoo bd " he re 1 a kiss. And, then ya Stat oe eee Carl Loemmie presents MARIE PREVOST the merry charmer in a comedy romance sure to win your heart Also Century Comedy “HORSE TEARS” | W YOU WANT TO SELL IT TRY A TRIBUNE WANT AD «Ge