Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 6, 1923, Page 7

World Results Good Battle Is Expected Contender Goes Against Slugger on Elks Card Early Next Week. With only an opponent for Harvey Perkins to be found W.oeeapere the card, the next Elks fight progtam is d up. In the esemi-windup Freeman Pepper will face A’ Webster of Billings, Mont., for 10 rounds. newcomer in Casper fistic eircles but has a good rec: PITCHING WORK 3 BELOW PAR ag eres Highest in History American, CHICAGO, Dec, 6.—The pitching in the American League during the season of 1923 waa not up to the standard cf former years. Earnod run averages were the highest in the history of the league even pt fa the leader this year was ight!y below Urban Faber’s rec- ord of last year. In 1922 there were five regular pitchers below the 3-run mark. This year Stanley Coveleskie of Cleveland, with an earned run record of 2.76, is the only one to finish below three, In analyzing the records ft is ap- parent that the pitchers did not get to their real stride until the sea- fon was wéll advanced. The records established, practically all came late fm ‘the season. Guy Morton cf Cleveland pitched a two-hit game against Washington on July 18. Apparently tho pitchers had ‘warmed up to their work in Septem ber as most of the unusual marks were set ‘n this month. Howard Bhmke of Boston shut out the Ath- letics without a hit, although he walked one man, September 7. Prior to this, September 4, Sam Janes al: shut out the Athletica without a hit After the no-hit game against Phila. delphia, Ehmke came back fqur days later and allowed New York only one hit, Sam Jones figured in a two-hit performance against Boston on Sep- tember 10. George Dauss of Detroit allowed Boston the same number on September 22, while Earl Whitehu! of Detroit, in his major league debut, set down Cleveland with only two safe blows on. September’ 29. Herb Pennock of New York finished with the best percentage in games won and lost, beim vic- torious in 19 and losing only 6. Pennock was, however, seventh in runs earned off his delivery. Next to. Pennock comes his teammate Jones with 21 and 8 but his earned run record shows an average of 3.63. The strikeout record goes to the veteran Walter Johnson of Wash- ington with 126, who also attained the distinction of striking out the test number in one game, 13 Boston batters being turned back October 5. Elam VanGilder of St. Louis was the freest with passes Walking 120 batters. Stanley Cove- leskie was the most economical in bases on balls taking into conalder- ation the number of innings pitched. George Uhle of Cleveland, pitching in more innings than any other pitcher in the league, 358, allowed the most earned runs as well as total runs, although Howard Ehmke was not far behind in the latter department. ‘The season was remarkable in the number of pitchers used by the dif- ferent clubs. Probably never before had so many figured. The number of pitchers relieved, who started games, is beyond all records of the Teague. The number of relief pitchers taken out is also unpre- eedented. The record for pitchers. used goes to Detroit with 318. New York has the lowest mark with 220. Cleveland used 295, Washington, 286; Chicago and Philadelphia, 284 each; St. Louis, 278; and Boston, 269. Many writers blamed the “lively” ball for the poor work of the twirl- ers, but when orders were issued vy President Johnson to the umpire: that greater discretion should be used in throwing out “new” balis, it was noticeable that the work of the pitchers improved. ‘Whatever was the canse of the mediocre work in the box, the game ‘was not, however, without its com pensation. No records were set in strikeouts, neither were any new marks hung up in bases on balls, although Grier Friday of Washing- ton issued 14 bases to Chicago bat- ters June 17 in 11 Innings. There Were many new pitchers to come into the league who made good. Among the most prominent young twirlers were Ferguson of Boston, Cvengros and Thurston of Chicago, Holloway Whitehill and Cole of De- trolt, Edwards and Shaute of Clev2- land and Friday, Mitchell and Zahniser of Washington. ibe jac teresa BIG AUCTION SALE ‘There will be a big auction sale at 234 Soyth David Saturday after- acon at 2 p. m. of sonia ow ture, rugs, bedding, cooking ul is ashes, Siceaware, etc. Harned Fur- niture Co., 234 S. Da Phone 243. al Tribune Want Ads bring results. By Leased Wire AL WEBSTER TO FIGHT F PEPPER ON CASPER SPORT CARD | Johnson ~------rg---——.- E. Ragen REFMAN [BATTLING SIKI ADDS When Montana Welter #8 well tn Webster i He 's advertised through the west as “Montana's Contender the Welterweight Crown,” and has been going good this fall, peer well known here having {01 it the last two Biks’ cards, fH z 38 hasn't the finish or the I The light heavywe'ght class is in a very bad way, so bad, in fact, th: gue Stki, and then had a bad fight with Young Stribling down south. Gene Tunney is the American champion, and Harry Greb, present middle weight champion, is the former light tion. young to fight in New York, and Kid Norfolk, who beat Siki tn his American debut, is too black fight. With Sfkt’s kinky scalp hanging to his belt, Norfolk may get some of ‘the confidence in himself that he lacks, and tf he gets to believing in himself, he is as good as anyone in the clas: If Amerteans had the opportunity of seeing Sik! before he fought Mo Tigue, the Senegalese would have had a lot of sympathizers and sup porters here when he suggested that the assignment of “taking” an Irish. man in Dublin on St. Patrick's Dav Jimmie Woodall of Thermopolis| was too much for any colored man {a matched with Paddy Ricks, home eee town boy. .This brings together two Denny Gearin, the smallest pitch clever fighters but the match is not er in captivity, was voted $1,500 out ® good one. Woodall cannot make] of the Giant players' share of the 120 pounds ringside without cutting: world's series, and all he did in the off @ foot and Ricks scales around series was a service of a minute or ua nda when he ig in the bestltwo as pinch-runner. Howard ei ornate be! Gill, whe pitched only one complete eight pounds difference in the two inning for the Reds during the whole fighters when they climb into seazon, was given a full share of the ring and that ts too much in small Reds' second place money by' Com- Ree missioner Landis, and it amounted Eddie Moon and Henry Welker,| to $1,078. colored lghtwelghts meet for 10] Christy Mathewson didn't get that rounds in the opener, They both| much when he pitched three shut- have a lot to learn but the fact that | outs against the Athletics fn the they are about evenly matched] 1905 world's series. makes the matcH possible. Walker] That may be high pay per minute fought @ half dozen times down|for baseball, but ft {an't enough south before coming to Casper and| money for a good tip, compared to Moon been a preliminary fight-| the $310,000 a minute that Jack er around these parts for the last| Dempsey for beating Firpo. few years. = FROSH LOSE TO GLAgG RIVAL Sophomores Win, 13 to 6, in Game Last Night On Local Field. Unable to score until the closing minutes of play, the high schoo) freshmen football team was defeated by the sophomores Wednesday eve- ning at the Athletic field by a scora of 13 to 6. This afternoon the juniors meet the seniors and tho winner will play the sophomores for the championship. The sophomores scored twice, in the second and fourth quarters. They had the ball in their possession bridge athletes. the big colleges. er at the university. So cuse and Harry Hillman at mouth. AL WEBSTER eee Any statements made tn the past by Luis Firpo and his handlers about the terrible treatment they received in the fight with Jack Dempsey and those that are sure to come in the future should be passed without any consideration. Firpo wants to fight Dempsey again, and don't think for a minute that Firpo doesn't realize that as long as he {s in South America he hasn't the easy ecéss to public Print that he had when he was in thie country. ‘The statement by Firpo’s handters SPORT BRIEFS TORONTO—Pancho Villa, world’s flyweight champion, knocked out Donnie Mack of Toronto in the fourth round of a scheduled ten-round bout. BALTIMORE—Ted it of won on a foul in the third Neal, Scown, Stern and the six events raced at the Jefferson were the stellar lights for the win-| Park track here and placed second ners while Grimes, Brookland and|{= the other event. hs he Bat rite Spree ie F TERRE HA a The lineups: Sophomores (13) Freshmen (6) ---!0..----- McDonald Stern .--------rt---.-. Ormsby Pritchard -.-,.-re...-.. Virgne (C) Woods -.------qb.-.—-. Brookland Bishop -~---+Ih_.. Grimes Virgne ~--.-----rh.-—------ Duncan Scown (C) --—---fb--.-.~. Knight ELIGIBILITY LIST OF PLAYERS WANTED. BY CGE LEAGUE OFFICERS «sr yl All managers of teams in the Cas-| tournament, at St. Louis per Basketball league are requested | Golf to turn in their eligibility Mst of| ‘Third annum! Carolina tournament layers to Bi!l Stone, secretary of| for women, at Pinehurst. tho league at once. These lists must Water Polo be received and approved before the; National junior championship teams can go into action. The open-/ tournament, at Stanford university. ing games are scheduled for ‘Tues-| Boxing day evening at the Baptist gymna- sium. y ‘The American Legion team will practice this evening at 8.15 at the} Haniist church gymnasium, ||Sport Calendar Racing Meeting of Jefferson Parish Fair Association, at New Orleans. Meeting of Pacific Coast Jockey Club, at Tanforan, Meeting of Cuba-American Jockey clud at Havana. Fourth day of annual six-day race at Madison Square Garden. Bowling Jack Britton vs. Jimmy Conway, 10 rounds, at Miami, Fla. ——— The Rinkeydinks always have a mood tima, MIXUP TO THE FIGHT |; all the phagea of Olympla compati- As head coach of the University dual-meets with the Ozxford-Cam: He has served for several years also as trainer of the Pennsylvania football team, a position that most track coaches serve on the side in Keene Fitzpatrick, track coach at Princeton, ts also tne football train. is Jack Moakley at Cornell, Steve Farre! at Michigan, Thomag Keane at Syra- Dart: he Casper Daily Cridune °§ PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS |* Gincinnats Estcher es: Faegvee runs for which they were responsi- ble, Harry Heilmann, of Detroit, and leader in batting brought in 115 while Joe Sewell of Cleveland sent in 109 and Wallie Pipp of New York 108. Leon Goslin of Washington missed the century figure by one, being responsible for 99 tallies Ruth set @ record for the Ameri jean League by getting to first on bese on balls 170 times. Encounter ing the concentrated skill of the American League pitching it is na- tural that he should strike out as often as the majority and his re- cord of 93 leads the next by eleven. William Kamm of Chicago, although not the swinger of the Ruth type, “fanned” 82 times and drew 62 bases on balls to offset it. The one who baffled the pitchers the most was Eddie Collins of Chi- cago who only struck out eight times during the season. The Chi- cago second sacker, however, did net make his hits count for as much as others batting in only 67} runs. In this connection his sacri fice hits record in advancing bat- ters, and his walks must be taken into consideration. Among others whom the pitchers found hard to fool were Joe Sewell with 12 strikeouts, Ty Cobb with 14, Edgar Rice of Washington 12, Bassler and Jones of Detroit and Tobin of St. Louis with 13 each, and Speaker of Cleveland with 15. Joe Sewell worried 98 passes out of the pitchers and Blue of Detroit, 96, these two being next to Ruth. Speaker walked 93 times and Eddie Collins 84 while Jamieson of Cleve- land was passed 80 times, Manush of Detroit has a unique record by being hit by a pitched ball 17 times although he figured in only 109 games. Next to him was Stanley Harris of Washington with 18 and Hauser of Philadelphia and Mostil of Chicago with 12 each. Cleveland as a team had the best “waiters,” with 633 bases on balls. Next comes Detroit with 596 while ‘Wingo, catcher of the Cincinnat! ‘Reds baseball team, at home at Waycros:, Georgia, where he is spending the autumn and winter months farming. believing that basebal] in the spring and eat and farming in the autumn and winter makes a good combi- nation, SPEAKER AND RUTH POUND IN GREATEST NUMBER OF RUNS ‘Tris Speaker of Cleveland and, ren, rt the season 923, George Ruth of New York sent wus during fe bp more runners over the plate than in the American Washington and Chicago are tied with 632. Now York figures fift! with 621 and then come Philadel phia, St. Louls and Boston, the latter with 391 Philadelphia, with a number of hard swinging batters, complied the biggest record tn strikeouts with Acording to official averages just re-| 517, New York was only one be leased. The two are tied at 130 hind. 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First in News Of All Events the two hardest teams to pitch to, the former ieading in the fewest number of strikeouts with 384, De- troit having only one more, Detroit batters profited most by being hit 55 times, geting in the way of the ball during the season. Cleve- land, closely competing with the Tigers in several departments ‘of the game, wes next with 49. St. Louls had the fewest number of hit batters with 36. New York prof- {ted only to t! xtent of 34. ss 1,439 MILES CLIPPED OFF IN BIKE RACE NEW YORK, Deo, 6.—Ten teams had pedalled 1,439 miles and five aps today at the end of the eightieth hour of the six-day bicycle race. The record for 80 hours is 1,604 miles and six laps. HASKELL INDIANS AND GEORGETOWN ELEVEN TO CLASH NEXT YEAR MUSKOGEE, Okla., Deo. 6.—Be- Veving that tl contest would help ‘foolish ‘ideas’ some have as to the char- acteristics of modern Ind'ang, Presi- dent Coo'ldge and Commissioner of Indian Affairs Burke have arranged for a bootball game next seaon st Washington between the Haskel! In- dian Institute and Georgetown unt versity. : CASPER CAB CO. PHONE 132 Y EAR