Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 10, 1924, Page 4

- PAGE FOUR. World Results By Leased Wire HEILMANN AND WHEAT HOLDING LEADERSHIP OF LEAGUE BATTERS Dizzy Pace of .493 Set by American Slugger In Race for 1924 Honors; Brooklyn Veteran Tops Rogers Hornsby. CHICAGO, May 10.—(By The Associated Press.) — With more than three weeks of the major league pennant race completed, Harry Heilmann of Detroit, 1928 batting champion of the American league, is making a whirlwind race for the 1924 title with the remarkable average of 498. The slugging ace of the Tigers|the start of the seauon. has smashed out a hit every second time he has faced a pitcher since He has connected safely 84 times, making five home runs in addition to nine doubles. Ty Cobb, the Tiger leader, who gave Heilmann such spirited com: petition a week ago, fell into a slump which carried him down in the list of leaders, the runnerup position going to Ken Williams of the Browns, with an average of .428. Joe Harris of the Red Sox is third with .427, George Sisler, manager of the St Louls Browns, is challenging the leaders with an average of 852, which places him just outside the select first ten. Babe Ruth {s main. taining his lead in belting out the homers, with a total of six. Other leading batters: Cleveland .407; Meusel, New York :895; Cobb, Detroft 385; Jamieson, Cleveland 382; Dugan New York 358: Veach, Boston’ 368; Simmons, Phila. delphia 358; Sisler, St. Louls 352; Sheely, Chicago .349; Judge, Wash. ington 846; Jacobson, St. Louis 346; Hooper, Chicago 934, A damaged thumb, forcing him out of the game, cost Rogers Hornsby, Yesterday’s Scores National League Boston 10; Pittsburgh 7 Others postponed, weather, American League All postponed, weather. American Association All postponed, weather. Western League Summa, Denver 8; Wichita 2 Others postponed, weather. Coast League Oakland 5; Los Angeles 1 San Francisco 3; Vernon 2 innings. Salt Lake 17; Sacramento 11 Seattle 3; Portland 2. | Sport Calendar | Racing Meeting of Metropolitan Jockey Club, at Jamaica. Meeting of Kentucky Association opens at Louisville. Meeting of Maryland Jockey Club, at Pimlico. Meeting of Pacific Coast Club, at Tanforan. Tennis British Isles vs, Bolgium in Davis Cup tle, at Torquay, Englanil. Rowing Columbia-Harvard-P gatta, at Cambridge. Cornell vs, Massachysetts Inst!- tute of Technology, at Ithica. Track Southern Intercollegiate confer. ence championships, at Montgomery. South Atlantic intercollegiate championships, at Richmond. tern Intercollegiate champlon- ships at Springfield, Mass. Princeton-Yale dual meet, at New Mayen. ao Jockey yivania re- Address—John B. Foster, of the Casper Tribune, Question—When where and by whom were triples made in major leagues? ¥ Answer—That question is not quite definite enough. Triples refer to three baggers and three baggers were made and have been made from the beginning of baseball, Shooting Oregon State trapshooting tourna- ment, at Pendleton Rugby Question—Runner is on first base. Olymple Rugby championships, at) Three balls are on the batter. Base Paris. . runner starts to steal and is thrown Golf out at the delivery of the next ball " Annual May tournament opens at! which made the fourth ball. Del Monte, Calif. X oF Ais ehip closes at kai of the Salivary of th n Pacific Northwest Olymple tryouts or that mat 8 en- titled to second base unless the pitcher made an effort to get him before he delivered the at Spokane. Kid Kaplan vs. Johnny Melgier, New York Woods Filling Station, car wash: ing and greasing. Phone 1920W. East Yellowstone Highway and A WYOMING TODAY ‘A Musical Comedy Presented By NAUGHTY BABY REVUE Featuring LEW GREEN Blackface —also— HOOT GIBSON 6:30, friend, In 2:30, 9:00 o’Clock TOMORROW “COLLEGE DAYS” A Double Comedy Bill Two choice lots Kinley St., $675 Dobbin Realty Co er Bidg., 226 E. Zuttermei: - ind St. BASEBALL QUESTION BOX If you have some question to ask about baseball— If you want a rule interpreted— If you want to know anything about a play or a player— Write to John B. Foster, the man who helped make the rules under which the game is played today. If you want a per- sonal reply enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope, Other- wise your question will be answered in this column. Special Baseball Correspondent SLL World Building, New York. r Write me your best story! said Tommy Meighan to his Booth America’s favorite author con- sented, and the result is— America’s Favorite Star THOMAS MEIGHAN —IN— ‘PIED PIPER MA Booth Tarkington’s i First Original Screen Story —with— LOIS WILSON GEORGE FAWCETT A Picture America Will Love ‘The rollicking fun of ‘The Bachelor Daddy” The salty flavor of “Homeward Bound” The adventurous romance of ““Woman-Proof” The appeal of Tommy Meighan and the pen of Booth Tarkington—What—a—Picture !| , RIALTO | YOU KNOW ME AL--Adventures of Jack Keefe 1 wont make a monkey out of gins was saveing we for but now that means. the St. Louis Star, and 1928 batting champlon of the National League, the leadership this week. Zach Wheat, the Brooklyn veteran, moved into thé commanding position with an average of .457, Jacques Fournler of the Dodgers, Williams of the Phillies and by” Hartnett of the Cubs, are in.a triple tie for the home run honors, each having made 5. Max Carey of the Pirates, is pulling away from George Grantham of the Cubs for the base stealing honors, leading the Chicagoan by three. Carey has stolen eight bases. Other leading batters: Kelly, New |\ York .400; isch, Ni York 375; Grantham, Chicago 361; Fournier, Brooklyn 362; Grimes, Chicago 350; Pinelli, Cincinnati 388; Harper, Cin- cinnat! 333; Bohne, Cincinnati 328; Johnston Brooklyn 825; Heathcote, Chicago 316; Blades, St. Louis 316. (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune.) ~ Question — Pitched ball tipped catcher's glove and was picked up by one of the opposing team. Can base runners advance on the play or blunder? Answer—No. The ball is dead when. it {s touched by a player of the batting side, If such were not the case the players of the team at bat would be interfering all of the time. Question—A batter was hit by the ball which he batted and hit on fair ground after he hit the ball, The ball remained in fair territory, Is he entitled to first base? Answer—The batter {s out as any base runner would be out who ts hit by a battedball, Tarkington F Well Al what do you think, my old pals the White Sox is here and Huggins has promised to pitch me vs. them to morrow and it will be my Ist. start and | guest what a sucker they was to leave me go. It isa set up for me Al as I know them like’a book and all there weakness and they will be fucky te score let alone any: chance they got of wining.< I bccn wandering what Hug-\ to death he aint over worked me so ! will be in my ‘condition which 1 guest I dont half to tell you what a Pe ie nea Sealed Che Casper Daily Cribune them and, they will see CHICAGO NEW YORK Tkxnow and I am tickeled. OHNGON PUTS ROMERO AWAY IN SEVENTH ROUND OF FURIOUS GU Chilean Heavyweight Hammered to Canvas Four Times Before Taking Count at Hands of Towa’s Champ Heavyweight. NEW YORK, May 10.—Floyd Johnson of Iowa with a smashing right to the jaw stopped Quintin Romero, Chilean heavyweight, in the seventh round of their sched- uled 10-round match here last night. One minute and 47 seconds of the round had passed when Romero took the count. It was one of the most furious knockout and that the bell had been struggles of the season. The] sounded in mistake. Chilean, blinded by blood that The final round was heartbreak: gushed from a cut over his left eye groped around the ring in the final which had cheered their. champ! ing to the Latin-American colony,| yy, round in a plucky effort to remain on his feet while absorbing tre- mendous punishment inflicted by Johnson, The Iowan's attack beat Romero's face into a bloody mass. Wild scenes followed the end of the bout. Re- feree Magnolia had apparently counted up to nine when the bell sounded. Romero was on his knees, preparing to rise. Simultaneously with the bell, the referee waved into the ring with many “bravos. Romero staggered, tumbled almost, around the ring, an easy target for Johnson, but stubbornly refusing to drop. From one corner to the other corner the pursuit wabbled with Johnson carefully keeping his dis- tanco and preventing Romero's futile attempts to come in close enough to escape the rain of devast- ing blows that swept him. A hard THE TRIBUNE’S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS right to the jaw was the finishing blow. $ Romero's quick and tragic ending upheld the: reputation for gameness which Firpo brought to the American ring. Four times during the strug- gle Romero stretched upon the can- vas, but on each occasion he arose with the spirit of battle strongly sur- ging. Standings National League. L. Pet. 5 -737 6 684 Chicago ~. 12/10 B45 Brooklyn 10 9 526 Pittsburgh -. 10 12 455 Boston ~~. 7 10 .412 Philadelphia ~ 11 813 St Louis --. 13 278 Detroit Boston St. Lout: Chicago ? 2? ? Wyoming Motorway ? ? ? phe oeleen Leet ila, Expert watch and jewelry repair- ing. Casper Jewe'ry Co. both men to their corners. Newspapermen at the arena thought the Chilean had been saved by the bell and that he would come up for the next round. A report spread that a member of the state commission had ordered the pped and a technical knock- rded to Johnson to save his rival from further: punishment, Confusion reigned in the building and centered at the ringside where & general fist fight started among protesting partisans at the timekeep- er's table, The police finally subdued the ringside mob and permitted the an- nouncer to declare that the referee had completed his 10 swings, Johnson had registered a —with— —also— “OUR GANG” that lean —and— FOX NEWS COMMUNITY Owner must sell two lots on corner in Kenwood addition. See us. 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