Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1923, Page 5

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1923. RAGE BETWEEN HARRY HEILMANN _ AND OABE RUTH IS STILL TIGHT Leaders in American League Batting Race Are Deadlocked for Honors; Ruth Crosses Cen- tury Mark in CHICAGO, Aug. week there being only a fractional difference between them. Ruth has participated in 102 games, while Heil- mann has played in onty 92, the De- trolt star being out in front with a mark of .391 while the Yankee slug- ger is hitting .390. Carried to four points, Heilmann's mark is .3905 plus and that of Ruth .38.96 plus. In addition to his rapid advance among the batters, Ruth has passed the century mark in the matter of runs scored, having registered his 100th and 101st runs last Wednes day. He is the first of the major league players to accomplish this feat this season, Ruth also cracked out a brace of home runs, which brought his total to 27, just two be- hind “Cy? Williams, his National league rival. Babe ran his total base record to 260, which, besides his cir- cuit blows, his 136 hits include 27 doubles and eight triples. Kenneth Williams of the St. Louis Americans annexed his 2ist on Wed- nesday. Eddie Collins of the Chicago White Sox continues to stretch his stolen base record and sacrifice hit mark, so that he always has a comfortable lead over his rivals. He has stolen 31 bases and made a like number of sacrifices. Other leading batters: Speaker, Cleveland, .359; Jamieson, Cleveland, .357; J. Sewell, Cleveland .853; E. Collins, Chicago, .351; Wil- ams, St. Louis, .339. HORNSBY CONTINUES TO LEAD NATIONALS. Two St. Louis players are showing the way to the batters in the National league, with Rogers Hornsby, second sacker, at the head of th with an average of .404. Zach Wheat of Brooklyn is trailing Hornsby, with an average of .382, but as he is out of the game, Bottomley, of the Cardl- nals, is the one who is pushing Hornsby, his average being. 367. Big Jack Fournier, the former Cardinal, now with Brooklyn, is next with .364. Frank Frisch of New York, with 156 hits, including 22 doubles, nine triples and 10 homers, is leading in total bases with 223. Pep Young, & teammate, ts the best run getter with 90 tallies to his credit. Max Carey, Pittsburgh's outfielder has forged ahead of George Grantham of the Chicago Cubs for stolen base honors, having pilfered his 28th base * Grantham's record ts 27. Other leading batters: Rousch, Cin cinnati, .356; Frisch, New York,..355 Traynor, Pittsburgh, .855; Young New York, .352; Grimm, Pittsburem .842; Hollocher, Chicago, .342. i TULSA SLUGGER STARS IN WESTERN. ‘ Smiling Jack Lelivelt of the Tulsa club was very much the star of the ‘Western league during the last week, ‘The veteran who is piloting the Tulsa club, went on a batting rampage and moved up from eleventh to fourth position among the regulars who have participated in 65 or more games. Horan of Des Moines is the leader with an average of .387, although Pitcher Yde of Oklahoma City has a mark of .338 for sixty games. Bau man of Tulsa is trailing Horan with .386 and Palmer of Sioux City ts ne&t with .367 while Lelivelt with an aver- age of .364 fs next. McDowell of Wichita bas gone into a tie with Davis of Tulsa for home run honors, having garnered his 27th long distance drive. L. Smith of Wichita continues far out in front in stolen bases. His rec- ord is 40, Felber of Oklahoma City bet his closest rival with 2 Blakesley of Wichita and. Davis of Tulsa have gone into a tie in the number of runs scored, each having attained the century mark. Blakes: ley is leading in total bases with 287. Other leading batters: Corriden, Des Moines, .360; Blakesley, Wichita, .356; C. McDowell, Wichita, .856; Query, Sioux City, .353; McLarry, Des wind-swept sea! steeds! el tlh 11.—(By “Babe” Ruth of the New York Yankees, and Harry Heil- mann of the Detroit Tigers, have become virtually dead- locked in the race for batting honors of the American League, according to figures released today and which in- clude games of last Wednesday. At one time during the MONTE BLUE ’ MARY ALDEN “THE TENTS Fights on the sun-baked desert! cenery of unsurpassable beauty! —Also— LLOYD HAMILTON COMEDY—F. O. B. ; PATHE NEWS mye THE NETTO LADIES ORCHESTRA Runs Scored. The Associated Press).— Club Standing National Won Lost Pet. New Fork’ 09 87 SET 42.596 4458) 49.633 53.505 52.800 Philadelphia 70 327 Boston -_.-. 72 «B01 American League. Won Lost Pet. New York - 68 35.860 Cleveland B7 42876 St. Louls 836015 Detroit 49 49.500 Chicago 48 «53.475 Washington 46 54.460 446 396 Today’s Games || ——= | National League New York at St. Louis. | Philadelphia at Chicago. Brooklyn at Pittsburg Boston at Cincinnati. +] American League. St. Louis at Boston. Detroit at New York. Chicago at Washington. Cleveland at Philadelphia. —s—_— Sport Calendar RACING Meeting of Saratoga Racing Asso- clation, at Saratoga. : Meeting of Niagara Racing Associa- tion, at Fort Erie. , SWIMMING South Atlantic A, A. U. chamption- ships, at Baltimore. National senior 220-yard swim for men, at Johnstown, Pa. National 50-yard free-style for men, at Detroit. National 50-yard backstroke for men, at Detroit. CHESS American Chess Congress tourna- ment, at Lake Hopatcong, N. J. TENNIS Australia vs. Japan in Davis Cup tle matches, at Chicago. Anglo-American women's matches, at Forest Hills, N. Y. Ohio State championship tourna- ment opens at Cleveland. Head of the Lakes championship tournament opens at St. Paul. South Jersey championship tourna- ment opens at Atlantic City. BAS! LL Union Printers’ International Lea- gue tournament closes at New York. POLO Annual tournament of Potnt Judith Polo Club, Narragansett Pier. Annual tournament of Thousand Islands Polo Club, Alexandria Bay. ———— Portland cement, of which 15,000,- 000 barrels are produced yearly in the United States, takes its name from Portland, England, where the materi. al was discovered and patented just one hundred years ago . GLAN MALE-FEMALE tors prencribe IRONGLAND. becnuner TE Ro Rowtatanb is remarkable setae ~ BON and OF ALLAH” Fights on the Thousands of madly racing Con ALONG Sport Notes While Baltimore continues to hold the lead in the International league race, the'r margin js not so convince ing as it has been at this time in sea sons past. As things now stand, the Yankees could go through quite a losing streak and still be assured of the American league pennant for the third conse cutive year. The San Francisco Seals, sitting pretty with a substantial lead over thelr nearest opponenis, look like the dest bet to win the Pacific Coast league flag. By throwing George Boehler and Myrl Born into the discard the Pitts- burg club closed the pages on what appears to have been a very unprofit- able investment. Alexander Clement, who pitched fine ball for Williams College last spring when he included among his victories, one over Harvard Univers!- ty, is playing with a sem!-pro team in Lynn this summer. All hopes of the fans in the south- ern section of the Texas League that the pennant may fly at their end of the circuit are now centered in the San Antonio Bears, who have been steadily closing in on the leaders. No individual player has contributed more to keep the New Orleans Peli- cans out in front in the Southern Che Casper Daily Cribune UNE’S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS | league race than has the veteran hur!l-|laney, St. Paul, knocked out Joe Her- er Bill Whitaker, who has more vic-| rick, in the third round of a scheduled | fought three hard torles to his credit than any other pitcher in the league. Some major league magnates are! now inclined to think they stirred up a Frankenstein when they let their parks for boxing shows. It looked} like easy money, until the boxing} shows began to decrease the attend- ance at the ball games. oy SPORT BRIEFS CHICAGO—Games played between Sloux City and Wichita at Wichita on August 4 and 6 will stand, Al Tearney, head of the Western League announced, Jack Holland, Oklahoma City club owner, had protested on the ground that the series was sche- duled for Sioux City and changed without authorization of the majority of club ownefs. Tillman, &t. bout of » boxing card including a match in which Earl Blue, St. Paul middleweight, knocked out Will Woodrow of Attumwa in the second round. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Glenn Milligan of Sioux City won a technical knockout over Ray Conley of Mil- waukee at the end of the fourth round when Conleys seconds threw a sponge into the ring, E CASINO DANCE PALACE (Moose Building) Originators of Casper’s Beauty Contest ENTER TONIGHT DANCE WHERE IT IS COOL DANCE TO THE BEST MUSIC : DANCE ON THE BEST FLOOR HEAR RODERICK and ISITT IN THE LATEST SONG SUCCESSES and CHARACTER NUMBERS Original TAVERN ORCHESTRA Fall Term of Dancing School Opens August 20—Twelve Lessons $10.00 Don Ellis School of Dancing—Lady Assistants “WHERE EVERYBODY GOES” _ CASINO DANCE PALACE “We Make ’Em Dance” ten round bout. ARGENTINIAN 10 TRAIN LUISFIRPO Wealthy Sportsman Suc- ceeds De Forrest in Fight Program. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. Horatio Lavalie, wealthy Argentine sportsman and amateur champion pugilist, 1s to take the place of Jimmy | De Forrest in training Luis Ange! Firpo for his fight with Jack Demp- sey, Firpo sald today. Firpo, who is here for a “little bout with Charlie Weinert of Newark, N. J.,” to use his own words, stated that Lavalle would arrive from Beunos Atres with several assistants on Aus- ust 18. De Forrest was not here with Firpo and it was said that all connections with him had been severed. “I have never seen Dempsey in ac- tion myse'f and therefore can venture| no opinion as to whether I can geat “I have him or not,” said Firpo. heard that he packs a wicked punch} but reports from the Gibbons fight) would indicate that strength, he had “I would rather fight Dempsey next | It isn't so much that Iam not |f lost | but I will have fights In five months and I should have a rest. The only reason I am doing it {s that when I first came to America I signed a contract with Rickard calling for three fights, one of which was to be with the champion within a year. He {s rushing me into it.” Young Brennan Is Stopped By in condition now, Marine Renerie } BILLINGS, Mont.,.Aug. 11.—Mar- ine Renerle of Great Falls made short 31— Work of Young Brennan, local light heavy in the main event of a boxing bill staged last night as part of the entertainment provided for delegates and visitors at the fifth annual con- vention of the American Legion of Montana. ‘The local lad was no match for the veteran mauler and although honors were about even in the first round a stiff right to the jaw, followed quick- ly by.another wicked jab to the same place shortly after the opening of the second round, put Brennan down for the count although he was up again immediately after. It took Freddie Olsen of Billings just one minute and 35_ seconds to put Cyclone Kid Burns of Butte out in the semi-windup. A stiff right to the chin as they were coming out of a clinch did the busi- ness. ert BEST THRILL STORY TODAY The publication of today’s thrill marks the end of the Thrill-a-day contest that has been carried out jointly by the management of the America theater and the Casper Tri- bune. “H. L. 8. receives two tickets to the America theater for the story that is published herewith.—Thrill-a day Editor. “My thrill happened tn Casper. It was June 1921. Late in the afternoon the sky darkened, the rains descend- ed and the floods came. There was a flash of lightning, a deafening peal of thunder, and presently I saw seven fiery columns of black smoke across the river and I knew that the tank farm was burning. I was alone and cur street was like a flowing river. Soon I heard a window crash in the basement and the flood began pour- ing in like water running over a dam. The sky grew dark with black smoke while the water climbed the basement stairs. This combined thought of flood and fire furnished a real thrill. HL. 8. #| Sues for Large Sum WHEATLAND—Action was insti- tuted yesterday by Judge W. C. Ment-| zer as attorney for the Citizen's Nat-| tonal Bank of Cheyenne for the re: covery of $140,000 alzed by the plain- tiff to be due that institution by W. L. Ayers, Chas R. Masun, Otto Rouse W. E. Sloan and U. 8. Jones, as direp- tors of the defunct Platte Couxly State Bank. According to the brief of the case fled in the offics of clerk of the dis- trict court W. B. Jons, the plaintift First Of All Events in News enne bank, giving as collateral cen tain notes which have not been paid. Centinuoms—1 te 11 __ Last Times Today. LOIS WILSON —and— 7 J. 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