Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1923, Page 16

eee PAGE FIFTEEN PRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1923 THE TRIBUNE’S PAGE OF SPORTING N MAJOR LEAGUE SCHEDULES WILL ee BE DRAFTED AT MEETING TODAY but he was the big threat that wor- John Heydler and Ban Johnson to Meet With First in News , Of All Events CHICAGO BUYS STAR PLAYER CHICAGO, Dec, 14.—John Blake 4 and Elmer Jacobs, star pitchers of the Seattle club in the Coast league, have sold to the Chicago Cubs. Seat- tle gets Percy Jones and George Stueland, Cub pitchers and a cash consideration in the deal. World Results ke By Leased Wire ord re-s po EWS PURCELL SOLD Le: Angeles Buys TO BEAUMONT Oklahoma Pitcher CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—The Los An- CHICAGO, Dec, 14.—Outfielder! geles club of the Coast league has Purcell of the Denver club in the| purchased George Payne, the star ‘Western league has been sold to the pitcher of the Oklahoma City club tn Bea! t lt the Texas 1eaguv.| the Western league. Several pla: ge a St ers, who have not yet been named, are involved In eddition to the cash TIGHT RACE IN PROSPECT FOR CITY CAGE LEAGUE: CLUBS ARE EVENLY MATCHED THIS YEAR At the conclusion of the first set; should Lo} going 8 gta aa ss 5 : |The Legion has been considerably ot games in which all <2 tess) ccrenathetied with Oldwisi ead ieee have been seen in action, the Casper| {oor tast years Elks while the wa ried the Giants most of ail. In striking out in the last game of the series, with the bases filled and the Yankees behind, Ruth upset Bill Ryan, the Giant pitcher, almost as completely as if he had knocked the ball out of the lot. That is going rather far to prove a point, but the Giant players all Babe completely upset he struck out and that he couldn’t bear dewn on the ball Barney Dreyfuss; Restoration of Draft Voted By Pacific and Association CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—John Heydler, president of the Nationa! League, and Ban Johnson, the American League president, will meet with Barney Dreyfuss at Pittsburgh here today to draft the major league schedules for 1924. The league heads will try dates. BOSTON GETS INFIELDER jvwUGl WallcH ULE 24.—The Boston timed John Kelle Cubs via the has been a Cub infielder for the last two years. pcan cena ana oe CHICAGO, Dec. tionals hay } ¢ Chicago oc Demaree Signs With Portland] CHICAGO, Dec. 14,—Al Demarees, to agree on identical opening Last year the leagues got into action on different for the big minor loop. The board of arbitration also has ome unfinished business. | Those three meetings will wind up | what probably has been professional baseball's greatest convention. More stages of the professional end of the national sport have been here for a week of business and palavering. The Pacific Coast league and American Association voted for re | storation of the draft with a slight modification at a meeting of the class AA leagues yesterday. Under the new plan, the major league players released to the clubs in these two leagues will be eligible to the draft, one player only to be drafted from each club, and players Basketball league looks much more| evenly lined up than a year ago. At that time there were a couple of teams that simply outclassed the rest of the league which took a iot of kick out of the pennant race, the Methodists have picked up one or two players to advantage. The Texas has practically its identical lineup of a year ago. ‘The Midwest and Polarines are un- certainties at the present time, Both weaker teams being hopelessly out| teams have possibilities but are not of the running from the beginning. The Red Crowns at present look Uke the class of the league, They have six experienced men who play: ed last year and have combined the and Kidd in addition to Varnadore who was last year with the Baptists. {yet dangerous. The next set of games will be played Tuesday even: ing at the Baptist church gymnas- | ium. The standing of the teams ts as ya = strength of the two Standard fives! follows: The American Association leaders| of a year ago, Their lineup includes| Team L Pet. Iso will meet to draft a schedule} Rac, Rynalsk!, Patterson, Erickson! Postoff{ice 1.000 Red Crowns Texas 1.000 1.000 The Texas, Legion, Postoffic Methodists and Smoke House Pea: White fives look about on a par with the Methodists the farthest advanc ed in team play. The other teams Methodists ... jSmoke Hou Legion ~ | Midwest Polarines -000 -000 000 000 000 HHHOoHOCCS BABE RUTH IS MOST VALUABLE BASEBALL PLAYER IN -- FARRELL Yladelphia National | developed by the club not to be sub- Taicilie: gatoher,| has signed a. con-| Jected to the draft provision. An in- Te ee tract’ to play with the Portland club| creased draft price of $10,000 was By HENRY L. FARRELL “I’m going to New York around of the Pacific coast league. He at| voted after a fight for its adoption (United Press Sports Editor) Christmas time to do a little shop- one time managed the Portland| by the Pacific Coast League. NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—(Unitea| Ping with the wife, but we are going club. PUT STOMACH IN SPORT BRIEFS Press)—Babe Ruth received every vote cast by the official jury of sport writers at the end of the 1923 season as the most valuable baseball play- er in the American League. back to the farm to throw a big Christmas for the baby. I'll say on the farm unt!l the middle of Febru- @ry and then I'll pull out for Hot Springs,” Ruth said. when he was pitching to Bob Meusel. consideration. AT THE Richards & Cunningham Co IT’S NO LONGER EARLY-.- ONLY 9 SHOPPING DAYS LEFT ifts Men Like The Babe looked well. His eyes is ORDER AT ONCE uth, no, doubt. would have re-| were clear and, aithoush'be wae'e MEN’S HATS ceive: ¥ . epanits (Di in” £ ST. LOUS—Ea “Strangler” Lewis,| beon put up as a candidate for the| little heavy, he was obviously in Wilson Bros. Ties John B, Stetsons : Pa ‘Pape’s Diapepsin OF }| world’s heavyweight wrestling cham.| honor of all baseball's greatest. and : Gas, Indigestion or Sour Stomach tly! Stomach corrected! You] fa that might have been entertained as| “larry Hollman ts a great batter Men, somehow, just depend on Gyrietrans $12.50 fied designs—at Instantly! se Coen fron | salt match. to the Babe's right to the title. He|ana a fine fellow, but I think that f gifts to fill ‘heir Tie needs— our $1.50 to $4.50 never feel the slightes' pee soe pe ST certainly was the most valuable bat-|can take that championship sway salesmen help you to select, if in a Keith Bocenn whecieae ee i tablet of Pig Phew eseratyy Toplitz, Phila-| ter in the league. from him next year,” the Babe sald, doubt. eit Hats “Pape's Diapepsin.” ‘The moment | Ray Pryel of Pittebarge ie wee tnt} With on average of .893 he tinish-| Ruth and Hellman are very close $3.50 to $7.50 it reaches the stomach all sourness, flatulence, heartburn, gases, palpita tion and pain disappear. Druggists guarantee each package to correct estion at once, End your stom. trouble for few cents—Ad- vertisement. LOST Lady's gold wrist watch on a black ribbon bracelet. Finder please call Mrs. Yellding at 1542J or 1086 for liberal reward. Wiring Supplies pion, successfully defended his title by taking two straight falls from Josef Gurkeweicz, Stanislaus Zbysz- ko defeated Yussi] Hussane in a one of # scheduled 12-round bout. ———— SPORT GOSSIP During the past 50 years there have been eleven undisputed title holders in the lightweight division, the average time of championship Possession being about five years. The sem{-centennial of the Na- tonal league will be reached in an- other two years, It was on Febru- ary 2, 1876, that the magnates of the sentor circuit met in New York and completed their organization. Jewstraw of Lake Placid, most valuable player. Official batting averag American League remo’ ed second, only ten points behind Harry Heilman, the Detroit star, who played in eight games less than the Babe. Ruth played in every game with the Yankees and he played baseball with everything he had in every game. ) He finished in a tie for the home- run honors with 41, and it must be remembered that he seldom got a good ball to cut at. He scored more runs than any player in the league and more than half of his 205 hits were for extra | bases. His work on the bases was fine and his fielding splendid. Compared to what he did in 1922, Ruth still has hope that he will be able to add the batting champion- ship of the league to his record and he is going out for it next year. Personal friends, The Babe, incidentally, thinks that the Yankees ought to be good for at least three more pennants and as many world's championships. Ho said the thing that pleased him most in the last world’s series was the refutation of the statements made before the series started that the Yankees didn’t have a heart. Ruth, according to intimate friends, ts saving his money. When he was hitting the high spots he went through a quarter of a million dollars and it took some of his 1923 Pay to get out of debt. Figuring that he has at least four years to go and that with attention to his business his value should not decrease, the Babe has it doped out In both knitted and silk brocaded styles $1.00 to $3.50 MEN’S SHOES We carry a fine line of handsome Dress Shoes, as well as sturdy, dependable work models. Shoes on Balcony, $7.50 to $35.00 Velour Stetsons LUGGAGE Men Like Belber Luggage For a practical and much appreciated gift why not some of these handsome shark grain walrus Belber Bags, or a fine, convenient Wardrobe Trunk, or a Belber fitted Suit Case. 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Johnny Shugrue vs, Lewis Vin+ ntint, 12 rounds, at New York. Dude Martinez vs. Red Hill, 15 rounds, at New Orleans, Wille Herman vs. Jimmy Good- rich, 12 rounds, at Paterson, teeth to you be the lucky one at win Lieyd's. pounds, and is 6 feet, 6 inches in| Orleans, the second oldest yachting| ‘Frankie Jerome vs. Johnny Cur | couldn't play baseball in 1922, but it was more that he didn't have his mind on baseball, as any rookies. He was more than rewarded for his sacrifices. The Babe is of such a carefree disposition that it was feared he might be tempted to get happy over his 1923 record and enjoy himself this winter, but so far he has shown no tendencies to cut loose again. | He is back on his farm in New England, and has gone into the | Poultry business on a large scale. He shook off his overalls and went |to Cambridge for the Yaie-Harvard ; same, where his “side-line’ as a worked as hard in the training camp| bush leagues and bush league pay after his time has passed in fast company. |of immense benefit to himself, but |1t proved to be one of the biggest factors in getting the Yankees into the world’s series and getting them out of the fight wih the Giants as the world’s champions. While he was the whole works during the season, Ruth did not A Nash for Christmas i | Pa | tion and liver trouble so bad of the time I was not able te do my york. Si ince KL Liver Pills 1 am feeling fine.: of A. W. Chase, M. D., are on If you have coated tongue, fickte appetite, pale, muddy complexion, pains under the leftshoulder blade, or attacks of headache, your liver prob- ably is affected, Read below and act today: You can buy these K-L Pills at all Drug Stores To be sure of getting the genuine, see that portrait and signatore imitations, Dr. A. W. 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