Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 16, 1923, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. EDDIE COLLINS CL QING GAP IN HITTING; HORNSBY TOPPING K.L. White Sox Veteran Expected to Have One of His Best Years; Babe Ruth Is Closing Gap Up on Home Run Hitters, Now Has 13. CHICAGO, June 16.—(By The Associated Press.) — Swiping bases in this and former seasons has brought recog- nition and leadership to Eddie Collins, star second baseman of the White Sox, but averages released today for games in- cluding Wednesday indicate that Eddie, whom various ob- servers have touched with approaching infirmity, is in the go for a top notch peg in American, showing the way to the circuit drivo league batting honors. The figures show Collins annexed nine hits in| the lest four games, which ‘boosted | him to second place among the bat: | ters who have participated in 35 or more games. His average is .388, compared with .370 a week ago. Col lins' forging to the frant leads writ- ers to predict that he will have one| of the best years of his long career.| Already he has stolen 21 bases, one| more than he etole during the entire reason last year. | Harry Heilmann, the Detroit slug. ger, is topping the list with an aver- age of .429, a gain of three points| ever the previous week. George| Burns, Boston's star first baseman, fg batting in third place with an aver- age of .378. Babs Ruth of the Yankees gradual-| ly is closing the gap between himself and “Cy” Williams of the Phillies, | for home run honors in the majors Babe obtained his thirteenth homer | during the week, while the Netional| league circuit clouter's total remained | at twenty. Babe is leading in runs | scored with 47 and in total bases with | 121, which, besides his homers, in-| clude thirteen doubles and five triples. Other leading batters: Ruel, Wash- | ington, .370; Jamieson, Cleveland, .361; Miller, Philadelphia, .857; Ruth, New York, .353; Rice, Washington, 348, Rogers Hornsby of St. Louis, lead- ing batter of thé National league last season, has returned to the game after being out since May 24 because of an injured knee. He signalized | hia return to the game last Wednes-| day by smashing out three hits, which sent his average up to .381, a mark obtained {n 28 games. The fig ures released today are of players who have participated in thirty-five or more games and these give the veteran, Zach Wheat of Brooklyn, the honor of topping the list: with an average of 409. Charley Grimm of Pittsburgh is next with .384 and Jimmy Bottomley of the Cardinals, who has played in 50 games, is next with Sammy Bohne, Cincinnati's speedy IMtle infielder added another stolen base to his record, and is showing y to the base stealers with 13 Cy” Williams of the Phillies, who was out of the game because of @ lame back, after he had registered his 20th circuit drive, has returned to the lineup, but to date has not measured the distance of the fences in the western end of the circuit. Dave Bancroft and Frank Frisch, both members of the Giants, are hav- ing a merry race for run getting honors. ‘The former has crossed the plate 48 times, his rival 46. Other leading batters: Mokan, Philadelphia, .278; Frisch, New York, 365; Roueh, Cincinnati, .364; Young, New York, .356; Williams, Philadel- phia, .351. Batters in the Western league are keeping pretty well bunched near the top of the list, headed by Horan, of Des Moines, who has an average of 405. Bauman of Tulsa, with .293, !s the runnerup, and J. Griffin of Om- ehe is third with .384. Griffin is showing the way on the paths with 19 stolen baees, a gain ef one over Inst week. C. McDowell ef Wichita, bagged three homers in the last week and is Raciag. Meeting of Queen's County Jockey club, at Aqueduct Meeting of Kentucky Jockey club. at -Latonia. Meeting of Dorval opens at Montreal. Rowing. University of Wisconsin va, Untver- aity of Washington, at Madison. Golf. Middle Atlantic championship tour- nament closes at Washington, D. C. Missouri State championship tour nament closes at Kansas City. Arkansas State championship tour: nament closes at Little Rock. Kansas women's championship tournament closes at Topeka. Tennis. Metropolitan clay court champion ship opens at Nork York City, ssachusetts singles champion nament opens at Boston. Coast championship tourna tario championship tour ns at Toronto, r Track, Dedication meet of the new ata- dipm at Ora N. J Harverd-Yole dual track and field meet, at New Haven. * Shooting. Massachusetts State trapshooting tournament closes at Boston. Minnesota State trapshooting tour- nament closes at Pequot. Jockey lub | Cleveland ~ Polo. Annual tournament of Philadelphia Country club closes at Bala, Pa. Skating. Annual tournament of North Amer ‘ Skating league opens at Mi! - > Mest me at The Smoke House.—Ady.Harned Bros hitters with 15 four baggers. is “Red” Corriden of Des Moines the best run getter with 55 registra- tions. Other leading batte: Blakesley, Wichita, .382; Diamond, Denver, O'Connor, aha, .367; McLar Moines, McDowel -360. Club Standing National League 370; 3 Wileox, Omaha, .361; C. Team Won Lost Pct New York - 34 18 654 Pittsburgh 29 21 «4686 Cincinnati 28 3s Brooklyn — S73 St. Louis - wae 1] Chicago - - 28 Boston - 18 ‘Philade!phia aon American League Team Won New York Philadelphia Detroit Louis Yesterday’s Scores At Chicago— RAE. Brooklyn ---_-____ow8 914 2 Chicago —_.. wa~ 710 5 Batteries—Reuther, Decatur and Taylor; Alexander and O'Farrell. At St. Louts— RAB. Boston .. oo a's 93 St. Louts ee --5 11 3 Batteries — McNamara, Benton, Barnes, Fillingim and ©. Smith: Haines, Stuart and Ainsmith. At Cincinnati— RHE. New York -. 5 0 Cincinnati ee 61 Batteries — McQuillan, Scott and Snyder; Luque and Wingo. Philadelphia-Pittsburgh game post- poned; rain. League. At Boston— R. A.B. bar ES 28 0 Boston a a ae | Batter! Dauss and Bassler; Quinn and Walters. At Philadelphia— R.H.E. Cleveland - 481 Philadelphia 160 Batteries—Smith and Myatt; Harris, Hasty and Perkins. At New York— R.A.E Batteries—Van Collins, Billin mann, der, At Washingten— Chicago ___. Washington Batteries — Cvengros, Western No games scheduled. American Association Louisville, 0; Toledo, 9. t. Paul, 6; Milwaukee, 0. Minneapolis, 3; Kansas City, 4. No others. Beaumont. Houston, Galveston, 1; Fort Worth, 0. 1 Dayis and Pennock and Hof- Robertson, Blankenship and Schalk; Warmouth, Johnson and Ruel. San Antonio, 12; Wichita Falls, 15, Coast Los Angeles, 10; Salt Aigke City, 13. Portland, 6; Vernon, 4. ~ Seattle, 5; Oakland, 4. San Francisco, 4; Today’s Games National League. Boston at St. Louls. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, New York at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Chicago. American League, St. Louls at New York. Cleveland at Philadelphia. Detroit at Boston. Chicago at Washington, Meet me at The Smoke Hot - _> Furniture, just cluding ares ables, chairs, received a beds, rockers, ete. Furniture Co. sprir Phone Ady, carlond BEEN He's | HIM AROUND ALL { DAY +31 THINK ONE OF ERNIG'S MEAL- TICKETS - HE'S Got To PuT uP WITH IM ERNIE HAS DRAGGING ExPR Its BIGFIGHT IG ONED AT AY HOUR MEET. George H. Stanton ‘Pledges $50,000 and Remaining $50,000 Will Be Paid GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 19 @y the Associated Press)—Goldfield had its Gans-Nelson fig battle between » Reno its Jeffries and Johnson and Shelby, the cow town, nestling in the prairie 100 mites north of here will have its heavyweight champton- ship contest between Jack Dempsey and Tom Gibbons, July 4. In one of the ever held in the fighting an agreement wa: strangest conferences history of glove at an early hour today between Jack Kearns, manager of the heavyweight champion and Great Falls business men to raise the second $100,000 in- stallment of a $300,000 guarantee due| Dempsey. George H. Stanton, tall gray haired President of th Savings bank, Promoters had admitted their to raise the $100,000 which was due Kearns before midnight last night, GET Ov & ERNIE'S | promise because he said he wanted to s con®Tnded | First in News Of All Events LISTEN ERNIE -- IF t HAD THe RUN OF THIS CLUB I'D TAKE OUT ESSION RICH AREN'T SO BAD-- BUT CIGHTEENTH OUGHT To | BE CHANGED AND fut TELL You WHY — darkened offices of the Stanton bank. | All day long the arguments were! heard and frantic efforts were made to raise the money. Late in the after-| noon the committee was cut down from nearly a dozen to four men— Dan Tracey, hotel owner, President Stanton of the bank, Russell Strain, a merchant, and Loy Molumby, state commander of the American Legion. The other bankers drawn into the situation in an effort to untangle the financial details withdrew after their refusal to advance the $100,000 due Kearna. The end to the negotiations came with dramatic guddenness. Kearns was closeted in the hotel with Mayor Johnson, Tracey and several others THAT GIGHTH HOLE EN- TIRELY! AT ISN'T A GOOD GOLF HOLE - - You OUGHT To SEE OUR COURSE- GOLF ALL THe Time --- YOUR FOURTEENTH AND ree ETH Good // YOUR-.GUEST, WHO PLAYS tBoO- CRITICISES YouR IN THe LocKeER Room YANKEES CHECK LOSING STREAK’ GIANTS DROP ANOTHER T0 REDS American and National League Teams Divide Honors and Hold Lead in Two Leagues by Three and Four Games Respectively. early in the evening. Shortly after 9 o'clock Kearns appeared to announce that he had told the committee he was willing to take $50,000 before midnight if assured the remaining $50,000 would be fortheoming by next ‘Wednesday, which allowed five days in which to ratse it. Stanton was opposed to’ this com- have definite assurance go to th country that Dempsey and Gibbons would fight in Shelby as scheduled. It would be bad business the banker said to have further delays in the payment of money. At midnight the Stanton bank be- ‘came the headquarters for operations. Word was sent waiting newspaper e St inability Stanton announced that he would advance $50,000 immediately it the sured that would be remaining $50,000 actually posted. Mayor Jim Johnson of Shelby, treasurer of the American legion post committee pro- moting the show, will risk his last dol- lar to make the ac althy for the orthern fight a success. John- son, a picturesque figure who for 80 years ¥ ‘Ww puncher before he with the discovery of Montana, secured $50,000 from friends by telephone here and in Shelby with. in five hours to advance the Manager Kearns will be paid money The concession Kearns to wait the failure to lowing a c early yesterday several locations in Grea und up finall, wig Paes after at four o'clock this afternoon, erence Stanton offered $50,000. the # on the part of until this time after ay him yesterday, fol- which began morning, operated in t Falls and t midnight in the and thrills! Fables The Netto Ladies’ Orchestra Piss v4 . j through ti “MR. BILLINGS SPENDS HIS DIME” Jovial, likable, Walter tion, fighting a real bull bare-handed, winning a lovely senorita—you can imagine the laughs men and Kearns that Stanton wanted to see them at the bank. They filed deserted streets and into private office, the crowd A heavyweight championship fight hung in the balance and it was really the newspaper correspondents who started the compromise suggestion that resulted in Kearns’ acceptance of the plans. “Boys,” sald Kearns “Its on. I will wait until this after. noon for my money.” While these exciting negotiatio were pending Dempsey, th: champio: was asleep at his camp Ewo miles out. side the town unaware that the match came within an ace of beltig called | off half a dozen times during the night. ——___. Meet me at The Smoke Frouse.—Ady. 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Murray Prices: 10-40c CHICAGO, June 16.— (By The Associated Press.) New York’s two league-leading teams divided honors yesterday. The Yankees checked their losing streak, defeating St. Louis, 10 to 0, but the world champion Giants again went down to defeat before the Cincinnati Reds 3 to 0. again are three games out in only four, as the Philadelphia Ath- letics lost and rain prevented Philadelphia-Pittsburgh series continuing, a one game advance for ne half game loss for the The Yankees today the lead and the Giants are place it has been in years, but yes: terday old Sherrod Smith, former star National Leaguer, stood tlie Athletics on their heads, as he did the Yanks on Monday. The score was four to 1. ‘The manner in which Cincinnati has been going has attracted attention, and three straight victories over the runnig the team’s consecu- the Reds to within a game of second, afternoon interfering with the other lane. events. Attention is attracted to the Chi- Cc. K. Fletcher, Dean Morgan, cago-Brooklyn series, as crucial in the] Roe Bartle and Foss Blodgett, National League as the Philadelphia-| ter from the University of Wyomin, Cleveland in the American. were the officials. With yesterday’s 9 to 7 victory, Se Brooklyn has the Kean the series,| The Brotherhood of Locomotive En. two games to one, and'the Cubs, twice| gineers has 887 subdivisions in thy within one game of the first division| United States and Canada ana again have gone definitely inte sixth | total membership of more than 85,00 lace. Pay aah. eee Rogers Hornsby was called to Texas by the serious illness of his mother and the St. Louis Cardinals, despite his absence, won over Boston, 5 to 3. after the eighth Harry was still hun. Detroit made it two straight from| gry, so he put the ninth under his Boston 2 to 0, and Washington beat| belt and then went home to Chicago, 8 to 6, splitting the series, |°* eg ce POON, ete es shop that used to be at BARBER Star Rooms {s now open for bust, ness at 285 W. First. TAYLOR WINS FIRST PLAGE = 22=2 Sn IN SCOUTS” TRAGK MEET W OMING Scoring six firsts, one second and Centinuous—I to 11 one third place for a tatal of 34 points, ‘ Frank Taylor won first place in the l AS IMES TODA’ Bey Scout Troop No. 1 track and field TT : ¥ meet held Thursday afternoon at the of the Biggest Thrills high school athletic grounds. Taylor Four Ever S kd ed Canyon dashes, high and standing broad OF THE Fools” ools second in the broad jump and third From the Saturday Evening in the shot put. George Goble, captain of next year's Post Story —with— track team, won second with 20 points scoring in elght events. 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