Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 26, 1922, Page 8

—— i Werld Results “| | By Leased ¥ ire BATTLING SKIDELUGEDWITH | OFFERS TO MEET AMERICANS Richard, Driscoll and O’Rourke Keep Wires Hot in Efforts to Secure African Sensation as Opponent for Heavyweights Here NEW YORK, Sept. boxer who has risen to sudden pug out of Georges rpenti wa New York ht promoters f His manager, M. leration. er iv nents her psitions under cc ‘ex Rickard HANSAY TOPS THE 400 MARK Has Chance for Additional Laurels in National League Batting. NEW YORK. § the possibility Rabe Ruth as king, Rogers Hornsby sacker of the St. Louis Cardin cellent chance of grabbing add 1 laurels by being the first Na 1 league batsman in 23 years to f ear’a home run brilliant second tie with an ave tint he season 400 or better. Hornsby’s unofficial mark today was 401 and at the clip he has been hittirs of tate the Cardinal star should h: little difficulty in maintaining or proving this mark in the few remi ng games on the schedule. His today showed 138 runs and for 149 games. hits Ed Delehanty, of the old Philadei phia. club, was’ the last National lenguer to wind up the season with His fi was the select an average over .400 408 in 1899. Prior to that rele of 400 hitters. included Willie Keeler, Adrian C. (Pop) Ans as¢ Burkett, Hugh D s Barnes. ¢ American ers. 900, t d three .400 hi Cobb and George 4 the coveted mark while Sisler is likely considerable margin made in Since its sta: league has pr Nap Lajole, T; le pb reach 2 1911 and 1912 improve by & his figure of .407, 20. In the race for circuit clouting hor ors, Hornsby, with 42 to his credit, hag a iead of three over his nearest rival, Ken Williams of the St. Louis Browns, while Ruth, unable to over come the handicap of a delayed start, has 34, with but four more mes in which boost total, THREE HORSES IN RACE HAVE MARKS UNDER 2.00 LEXINGTON, Ky., Sept. — ‘Three harness horses having records of better than 2:00 will battle for nonors in the free-for-all pace, the fes ture event on the card for the fifth day, Friday, Octol 6—of the Gol den Jubilee meeting the Kentucky ‘Trotting Horse Breeders association, which opens here Octob 2. This jo and other e a nounced for the paciing feature are: Margaret John 01%, National League. Won Clubs. sburgh St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago - Brooklyn —.—- ts Philadelphia - Boston - 449 412 391 iladelphia - 26.—Batt! g Siki, the Senegalese stic fame by his knock- as besieved today by offers from or bouts with American oppo- Hellers, has at least three prop- | m from Hellers ing a cablegr : ng Harry Gret 1 | Dror i ANYTIME — Soon's t 1s A Perrect “GUND* — ue Stick Ricu’ HERE mS MI Ss WSs any of these mn cable dis athe NEW YORK, Sept Americans Americans Philadeiphie Philadelphin MINNESOTA GRID ARAORRREDER DOD AMIERIGAN LEAGUE LEADS IN WINS 26.—American League pennant winners have won patches’ quoting, his manage. €8: 28:15) < © world series played since 1905, and National League clubs have jecting O’Rouke's terms and demand-| tien seven ing 3,100,06 or $83,000 at the Last year the Giants threw off a jinx that had followed Greater New rrent rate of exc! for the Afrl-] York ational Leagu clubs in world series since 1905 by defeatting the can's end of the ptiree. Yankees. Four times previously the Giants had lost series to American ‘The agreed opinion in boxing cir-| League champions and the Brooklyn National had been unsuccessful twice. ies w that if the § o agrees The Philadelphia Athleth hold the record for the least number of runs his country it. will, be] Scored in a series. They counted but thrice in the five-game series against opponent in the light{the Giants in 1906 Preah onus Wills, sean A record of games and runs beginning with 1905 follows: around 210 pounds, it was pointed And Winning Club — G Year And Losing Club, ave an unusual ‘advan New York Nationals ~~ Philadelphia Américap: ey pee 3 aah Chicago Americans ~..- Chicago Nationals eitheet dire ees nes Chicago - Detroit Americans Chicago > - 1908 Detrvit Americans . Pittsburgh Nationals — 1999 Detroit Americans Chicago Nationals Boston Americans ---- 21 Philadelphia Americ 15 Boston Nationals 1914 Philadelphia Ameri ef 6 Boston Americans 1915 Philadelphia Nationals 10 Boston Americans —-- 1916 Brooklyn Nationals 12 Chicago Amerirans .-- 1917 New York National: 17 Boston Americans __- 1918 Chicago Nationals — 10 Cincinnati Nationals__ 1919 Chicago Americans 20 nd Americans — 1920 Brooklyn Nationals 8 or Gi z ; ork Glants —-— 1921 New_York Yankees 23 Fighting Spirit , Exceptional pe F . B Summary, Former Cornhusker Men Won Ser. Lost Gm. Won Gm. Lost Runs tor Declares. American Teague —- a 7 47 316 _— National League --.. aie 10 ‘7 52 325 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 26.— (By the Associated Press. —The Uni-| ATTENDANCE RECORD versity of Minnesota 1922 football ERI squed, well into the second-weak of} wow yonk 2 training, gives promise of developing |, NEW YORK, Sept. 26—Two hun- a well balanced first string team; with|@red, and sixty-nine thousand, nine y hundred and seventy-seven persons the reserves a questionable collection The fighting sririt, howeyer, js ex pected to carry the squad a long way according to Fred Luerhing, athletic director, who declared: “I have seen better materia! at Nebdra: 7 but never a better fighting spirit.” {Director Luerhing formerly vy in charge of athletics at Nebraska ‘The-backfield candidates are show ing well in the kicking and passing paid their way into the Polo grounds last year to see the world series games between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees. This set a new record, the largest paid attendance previously having been recorded in 1912 when the Boston Americans de- feated the Giants. The attendance at that series was 252,2 The. official gross receipts last y ar game, giving indicatioins that: atin. | Were $900 SOUPS (PRC oeed nesota will have the strongest kick-|Teord of receipts, $122.88 recor ing combination in her history, Mar. |! the Cincinnat! Reds-Chicago White neau, Gilstad, Ecktund and Furst, . with Cy Olson and Myrum form a| )j/Str pieae s : recea ee highly promising kicking combina- | eWs* proba dE 3 eae Contesting players’ share--$229,391.67 Martineau, Gilstad and Eckluna| Purse for peg tionals - 131,635.00 are fine punters, and sre getting | ,, greater distance this season: Furst |Putse for Ne and Eckiund are good drop and place} CS > = - kickers. Oliver Aas, center and cap. Each ow York National % Jn, did virtually all the kicking uate about - 5,265.00 atten ntticchtiown: last esasan Sach New York American i With Martinau, Gilstad and Eck fF BOUL: —-- - 3,510.00 lund in the backfield, any one of for second place team 43,378.34 them is a triple-threat man any time for third place teams 29 22 cond place player starts, for all can pass and run 3% in addition to their kicking eres nee ity. Gilstad, a member of the Place \player, 585.00 1920 and 1921 teams, and Martineau are the best passers. club's - 108,027.18 fonal share — Among the other backfield candi . dates are McCreery, Clark, Grose, irk: American / club's Hultkrans, De Loach, Schjoll, Tay.| Share —- A ge lor, Van Duzeo and Os' National league's -1 ‘aptain Aas is expected to be a|American league's share -- 1 Advisory co: re at center unless injuries put him out McCart, Copeland, McDon- 1 and Rollit are the tentative choice|Merrill, a veteran and with Cox, for guard and tackle, with the ends a| Moyle and Willson are the best of those tryinig for wing positions. Ecklund, who has played end, may be drafted from the backfield candi- dates. question. . Red” Loudon, former Dartmouth yer, who is coaching the en¢s ap parently has a hard job cut out. GRID WARRIORS BEING WHIPPED _ INTO SHAPE FOR DOUGLAS GAME | Dean Morgan, coach of the Casper high school football team, started Monday afternoon the final week of prepara- tion for the game this Saturday here with Douglas. The men were given a brisk workout and will be out every afternoon this week in the hope of gétting into the best possible condi- tion for the mélee with the Converse county eleven. The two met once this year, during the gain and put the ball on the five fair, and Casper slipped over|yard line. a vietory by the narrow margin of] All of the regulars will be seen in Racing touchdown action Saturday, with the possible ex- Meeting of Queens County Jocke was remarked by spectators at|ception of Quinlan, barring of course club, “at Aqueduct. Meeting of Ken-|the game in Douglas that the Casper|accidents during the week. Groves’ Jockey club, at Lexing of plays was rather knee is sufficiently healed to permit ng of Harford Breeders’ os of the matter was him to get into a scrimmage Wednes- at Havre de Grace. “Meeting Coach Morgan had instructed day of this week but Morgan may, of Ontario Jockey club, at Toronto. Lester, who was calling the sigr take no chances and keep him out of ‘Trotting > us , The coach of| play until the next game. Col na Circuit bus, Ohio, meeting at Horse Show Opening enne eleven Simmons, The program for the week calls for the game and it w two hard scrimmages, robably Wed- uncork all thejriesday and Thursday, a couple of This system a ng signal drills and @ light workout of plays t be the Ca fore the game. for » first time| The coach ‘will not p' the cleven at But three fo’ t game until after x w rm them resulte a 40-yard | who. w eree's whistle GIANTS CLINCH PENNANT AGAIN Kelly’s Hit in Tenth Inning Breaks Tie and Wins for New York. CHICAGO, Sept. 26—(By The Asso: ciated Press)—The New York Giants today are champions of the Natfonal league for the tenth time in their ca reer. Eight of these triumphs have occurred since 1904 under the indom- jitable leadership of John Joseph Me: Graw and this year's victory came after a typical McGraw finish—c bat tling drive in whick the club landed ca top despite the loss of its star twirler, Phil Douglas; the collapse of the rest of its mound staff, and in th> face of an eleventh hour menace in tes form of the Pittsburgh Pirate: Long George Kelly lashed out the Pil that scored Fra..k Frisch with the yinning run n the tent. mning of 0 tense strugsle with the St. Louis Cardinals and removed all trace of mathematica! uncertainty in the pen- nant chase. The final score was 5 to 4 and Bill Ryan, who relieved McQuil- lan in the tenth received credit for the victory. The Yankees, Jeading the St. Louis Browns by three and a half games and nceding but one more victory to clinch the American league title, can- not settle the issue before Thursday, when they open a three game series in Boston. They havé one more game after that with , Washington. The best the Browns could abtain is a tie, which would result only if they win all of their remaining games while the Yankccs drop all of theirs. With the world series thus a prac tal certainty as an all-New York af- r, Fians for the annual classic call its opening of Wednesday, October 4, with the Giants as the “home cin)" Games will be ylayed on successive days unless a seventh game is neces: sary to decide the championship: In that event an interim of a day would r between the’ sixth and seventh tests. cs U.S. RIFLE TEAM Sept. 26.—Ameri- can rifle men have won another world’s. championship, defeating @ picked British team for, the Dewar trophy, emblematic of taé small bere championship of the world, according to advices to the National Rifle asso- clation: The American team shot the match at Camp Perry, Ohio, while the British shot at a range in Sngland. Similar targets were used under similar condi- tions. ‘The rifles were of calibre. | The American score was 7,885 out of a possible §,000. The British made 7.640 The U d States has now won the match six years in succession. WASHINGTON to the Smegalese. the contest maintain that Carpenter was clearly tripped by his opponent. Victor Breyer, cne of the judge: one vf Gavee taking this view, but he expressed the belief that such a foul by Siti could not have affected the outcome, as Carpentier was already a beaten man, ~ Some of the newspaper experts. say it is possible the federation may yet award the bout to Carpentier. In any ease Descamps is set upon having an- other meeting between his protege and Siki as soon as possible. George now bears few marks of the beating he suffered but his physi- clans are keeping him in bed because of his sprained ankle and fractured right hand. ~He broke the hand on Siki's skull. : “He has a hard head, that negro, says Georges. ‘I was wrong in try- ing to get bim by those hooks to the jaw.” The majority of French sports- men say Carpentier should retire, but only after a final match:in which to re-establish his reputation as a bril- liant fighter. Georges is not considering retiring and ‘scoffs at statements that he Is planning a stage career. He ts a box- er, he says, and intends to remain one as long as I have the strength to put up my fists. WESTERN ENDS SEASON TODAY, TULSA VICTOR KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 26.— The Western league season closes to- day with two games scheduled, neith- ‘GAPTURESTITLE er of which will affect the standing of the teams. Tulsa has won the pen- nant, according to unofficial figures, with St, Joseph second and Wichita, league leader last year, third. Den- year, will end in seventh place. The yeaf, wil lend In seventh “eeo. ‘The other teams will finish in the fonow- ing order, Omaha, fourth; Sioux City, ffth; Oklahoma City, sixth; and Des Moines eighth. JOE EDDLEMAN RETURNS TO DES MOINES AFTER HARD LUCK SEASON GREYBULL, Wyo., Sept. 26.—Jce Eddleman, portside hurler who pitched for the local team in the Midw st league last year, is back with Des Moines in th> ‘\cstern league, the Three-I seasoa tving closed 10 ago. Eddieman has had hard lus'c tti< year in being with three losing tear:s He went up from es Moines to Co!nm. bus in the American Association and Columbus ran eighth all season. Clas Moines and Des ¥ cut to Rockfor+. i landed home in sixth ‘Three-! Since Joining Des Moines, the Tewa team has been «struseting along in seventh plac: 3 : Ben Bristoy last fieider for the Greybull team, finished the season with the: 11d ciut of Okla homa in the Southwestern league ‘When the'seasoa closed Bristow joined Oklahoma City in tu ogue ——_ Today’s Games National League. St. Louis at New York. Brooklyn at Boston. Cincinnati at Philadelphia. No others scheduled American League. No games scheduled, : Che Cesper Daily Cridune : g TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1922. round bout. FOULED BUT IT DIDN'T COST HIM BOUT, JUDGE MAINTAINS PARIS, Sept. 25.—(By The Associated Press.) —The con- trover’y over the dramatic finish of the Georges Carpentier- Battling Siki fight continues, and the former’s manager, Des- camps, persists in his appeals to the boxing federation for a reversal of the judges’ decision awarding the championship Many of those who have seen the motion picture films of the victorious Siki is looking for new heights to conquer, is} and although he is a light hes has his eyes on Jack Dempse: His manager realizes that, in order to get a chance at Dempsey, Siki must prove his mettle against one of the leading men in his class in America. He has, however, refused an offer of $20,000 to meet Harry Wills, counter. ing with a demand for a 3,100 francs guarantee. awitile LOUGHERAN BESTS SHADE. PHILADELPHIA—Tommy eran, Philadelphia, Shade, San Francisco, tna fast olght They are middleweights. BUFFALO TIES YANKS. BUFFALO—The and Suffalo Internationals played an exhibition game resulting in a tle, 13 NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—President Jphn A. Heydler of the National league complimented the New York Giants today on their deportment both on and off the field during the prevent season; in a telegram to Owner Charles Stone- ham congratulating the New York Nationals am the winning of nant, GRABS OPENER Defeats Loveland, Colo., 6 to 0, in First Football of Season. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 28—Chey- enne ‘high school’s foothal! team op- ened the season Saturday with a 6-to- 0 victory over the Loveland, Colo., eleven and seem headed toward a suc- cessful season after a couple of years of only mediocre teams. Rhone, the s-pound fullback, intercepted a Love- nd forward pase just before the end of the first half and ran 76 yards for a touchdown, the only score: of the game. Coach Simmons, the new mentor from Pennsylvania, bas drilled the team better in, the fundamentals of the game than ordinarily and looks to have a winning combination. Cheyenne is, pointing for the Lara- mie game and*the Armistice day gama with Casper in the oll town. “The v tory over, Loveland is regarded as an encouraging sign as the the northern |Colorado high schools generally put up the best brand of football in the Rocky Mountain region. Fair View Addition Lies high and gives a most beau- tiful view of ‘Lhe mountains, The Dobbiv. Realty Co. Ground Floor, Tribune Bldg. — Last Scores vywe'ght '8 crown. MONDAY FINALS. National League. New York, 5, St, Louls 4. Cincinnati 10, Philadelphia 3. No other games. se Seiatie RET Frank Snyder has suppTanted Cas as the leading hitter of the Giants. ,000 | RALTIMORE WINS. 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