Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 12, 1924, Page 4

| | YAGE FOUR. World Results By Leased Wire WALTER JOHNSON MAKING FINE RECORD IN HIS 18TH SEASON WITH WASHINGTON SENATORS By JOHN B. FOSTER. (Copyright, 1924, per Tribune.) NEW YORK, May 12.—Walter Johnson, the grand old veteran of the Washington Americans, is out this season for the league pitching leadership. Should he win it—and he has a pretty fair start—it will & great triumph for a man in his 18th year in the majors and one who has pitched more than five thousand innings of baseball for the game club. Twice in his career, Johnson has won more n $0 games in a sea- son, He: did it in 1912 and again in 1913, The 1913 season was the best he ever had. He won 36 games and lost 7. His earned run average was 1.09 per ga almost 1 flat. Johnson's worst season was in 1920, That was the season that his arm kinked. The rest of his sea- sons have ranged in between those two but for the most part his per. was closer to the high n it was to the low this season, Johnson has = at a championship pace. 'The worst game he has had was the last one in Boston, when Boston scored on the bases.on the balls he gave. Johnson has always been un- lucky in have walked batters walked, score. Twice this month he has figured in odd contests winning by identical scores of 3-2, The first was against New York, the second against Phila Iphia. In both instances credit went Johnson. Teams are not scoring freely against the old mas- ter this season. Only 15 runs can be charged to him since the be- ginning of the schedule. He is so far ahead of his recent years that he again must reckoned as a small man, provided he is able to keep the pace he has set. He should win 60 per cent of his games, it will net take many points above 600 to land him at the top. to score Better work by the Kansas City ptichers is boosting that team. Little by little, they have crawled up on Indianapolis. The test of the Hoosiers will be in the showing they make on the road. They have got to y better than 50-50 ball away from home if they are to raise a pennant to their flag staff another season. At that, the club taken as a whole, would fit pretty well into the Na- tional league. Give it about two more staunch pitchers and its bat- ting strength would keep it up. The majors will be striking Indlan- apolis hard before long. Imagine Buffalo of the Interna- tional league losing seven straight Sport Calendar | Racing Metropolitan Jockey Meeting of Club, at Jamaica. ..Meeting of Ma at Pimlico Meeting of Kentucky Jockey Club soulsville. ting of P land Jockey Club lc Const Jockey Tennis Isles vs. Davis Cup British first round quay. Belgium, in tle, at Tor. Shooting Kansas State trapshooting mament pens at Eldrad. American ©) npic rifle trials, at Quatico, Va. tour. Rugby Olympic Rugby championhips, at Paris Boxing Wills ys. Bartley Madden, Long Island City ridge ys. Tommy I at Long Island City, Jack Lynch days of play at this time of the year because of rain, If the rain god will ever let them play, the Buffalo team has a chance to get in the International race. And if a third team begins to crowd heavilyyon the heels of the Baltimore club, it will be a red hot race. Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE We. I. Pet. 14 6 -700 10 8 -556 11 9 -550 10 524 10 AT4 Washington 12 455 Cleveland ~ 11 450 Philadelphia ~. 6 14 -300 +667 | Cincinnati -650 | Chicago 10 +583 Brooklyn 11 476 Boston - 10 441 Pittsburgh -. 5 13 435 Philadelphia =; 11 +853 St. Louis — 13 +350 Yesterday’s Scores National: St. Louls 3; New York 2. Chicago 5; Brodkivn 4, Philadelphia 2; Cincinnat! 0. America Cleveland 8; Philadelphia 5, Others rain. Western: Denver 6; Wichita 2. Lincoin 7-2; Tulsa 1-5, Omaha 8-8; Oklahoma City 3-7. Des Moines 10-4; St. Joseph 3-4, (Second game 7 innings) Association: Toledo 6; Kansas City 5. Minneapolis 6; Indianapolis 4. St. Paul 1; Louisville 0, Columbus 2-4; Milwaukee 6-3. Coast San Franciaco 13-7; Vernon 2-6. Salt Lake 14-15; Sacramento 10-18, Seattle 15-7; Portland 8.6, Oakland 8-11; Los Angeles 6-12, Games Today American: Chicago at New Yo Detroit at Washington. St. Louis at Boston, Cleveland at Philadelphia. National Brooklyn at Chicago. PhiladelpMia at Cincinnati. Boston at Pittsburgh. New York at St. Louis. (Ny DEMPSEY TO APPEAR FOR EXHIBITIONS LOS ANGELES, Callf., May 12.— Jack Dempsey will appear in a bout here at an all-star benefit boxing d Inte this month: or early ip it was announced, His op- ponemen has not yet been selected. boxers on the program are terwelght title c bi Pacific lleweight, and Marty Far coast midé |. By HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, May 12.—Heavy hit- ting, which was one ,of the features of the early weeks of the 1924 major league baseball season might be ac- cepted as proof that it was the lively ball more than the decline in pitch- ing that changed the modern game. Introdtiction of the lively ball, al- though the magnates stoutly denied any purpose of scattering Babe Ruth's around the two circuits, came shortly after the rule had been passed against the use of any for- eign substance on the ball as an aid to the pitchers and they joined to bring about a wild orgy of slugging. It was an obvious fact that some- thing was wrong and as long as the league presidents persisted in claim- ing that no changes had been made in the construction of the ball, it had to be accepted that the pitchers had been handicapped too heavily by the rule against the spitter, the shin- ner, the emery ball and their first cousins of the trick trade. Umpires were ordered to toss out of play any ball that bore the slight- est evidence of tampering and they were so zealous in carrying out the strict letter of the rule that they would throw a new ball in play whenever a ball became soiled or when the hide became scuffed en- ough for a pitcher to get a hold on it that might make ft do tricks. Hitting, once a feature of the me, became s0 common that it in danger of spoiling interest and taking all the science out of the game. correct this evil the mag- nates last winter recommended that balls be kept in play longer, so that pitohers would not be forced to work almost entirely with new balls. Results were almost immediately apparent at the start of the season. Pitchers worked more effectively and it was noticeable that the vol ume of hitting had been decreased. At the same tim wever, it was shown when a heavy swinger hold he got just as much of a drive as he did in the past three seasons. While pitchers were able to hold thelr opposition to fewer hits, they were unable to keep the ball from taking it old fide when it got in front of a heavy swinging club. In the first two weeks of the ma- Jor league pennant races there were more home runs hit than there were during the corresponding period of the 1928 season. The total home runs hit tn both leagues during the first two weeks st 67 of the 24 season was agal hit in the same period the yea vious, This year showed a di of four in the National L sue and in incregse of twelve in the Ameri- can League. Some ‘critics were of the opinion that the bette form of thexpitchers at the start of the pennant races this Season was the result of better phy- sical condition. It was pointed out that HEAVY HITTING IS CONTINUED IN BIG LEAGUES IN 1924 Kk |} whe Casper Dally Cribune a the major leagues was, more or less, decided about his tnfield and his ou field when he took his squad south. eee John McGraw, for instance, knew long before the Giants went to Sara- sota that his infield would be the Same as the one he used last year, and that Bill Southworth would fur- nish the only new face in the out- field. The Cincinnati Reds were sei for another season at the close of the 1923 season. The Yankees had a team that would not be broken into and the Cleveland Indians had a set lineup before they started training. There were some exceptions, of course, where a manager was not certain that a rookie star would make good on an infield or an out- field job, bit they were isolated cases. 3 So, under the conditions, prac- tically all of the managers had an opportunity to confine most of their attention to their pitchers. They all knew what a factor pitching was to be in the pennant races and they Paid the most attention to the con- aitioning of their veterans and the developfMient of their youngsters. John McGraw, for one, went to the extreme of hiring a specialist just to work with the rookie pitchers dur- ing the training season and the re- sults were strikingly apparent with the form shown by the youngsters at the start of the season. For the first two weeks of the race, McGraw called upon only three of his veteran pitchers—Rentley, Nehf and Ryan, McQuillan, Watson, Oeschger and Jonnard sat every ds in the bull pen. Under the conditions then it was only to be expected that the pitchers would be in better physical condi- tion and farther developed in their form for the sprint start and the jump that all the managers: wanted. | he schedule, throwing the Giants against the Braves and Phils in the first two weeks gave Mc a good chance to gamble with his young pitchers, and the results were highly satisfactory. The Giants won nine out of their first eleven games and the lead that the champions picked up at the very start may be something sweet to fall back on next September, when the times are sure to be hard for them. ¢ WILLS BATTLE IS POSTPONED NEW YORK, May 12.—The 15 round heavyweight match between Harry Wills, negro challenger for Jack Dempsey's* title, and Bartley Madden, veteran Irishman, schedul- ed for tonight at the Queensboro Sta- dium has been postponed until next practically ev. manager in Friday night, because of rain, If you have some question Write to John B. Foster, sonal reply enclose a stamped, BASEBALL QUESTION BOX If you want a rule interpreted— If you want to know anything about a play or a player— rules under which the game is played today, If you want a per- wise your question will be answered in this column. Address—Joln B. Foster, Special Baseball Correspondent of the Casper Tribune, 8LL World Building, New York. to ask about baseball— the man who helped make the self-addressed envelope. Other, tures of Jack Keefe THEY AIT, NOTHIN JOHNSON SURE OF BOUTS AFTER ROMERO VICTOR Big Iowan Popular with Fans Since He Stopped South American Heavy BY FAIRPLAY NEW YORK, May 12—Floyd Johnson wil have no difficulty in getting outdoor bouts this summer as a result of the showing he made Friday night against Romero Rojas the Chilean heavyweight. He is a fighter and real fighting heavy- weights are not so. numerous pro- motors are overlooking them. Johnson scored one of the few knockouts of his career against Ro- mero after a fight that will long be remembered by the fans for his bruising ferocity, exhibitions of gameness and general thrill. No one had time to see whether John- son had improved much as a boxer or what Romero's merits were in this respect. All one saw were two cave men trying to batter each other into unconsctousness. There was a small riot over the knockout as some of the crowd did not ap- prove the count but Johnson with- out doubt was entitled to the knock- out decision. There has been Rickard's office in silence from the Madison from Kearns in Los Angeles concerning of the projected . Nothing of significance can be taken from this —except that Kearns {s standing pat on his demand for $750,000. At that this is a quarter of a million less than Dempsy's manager asked a short time ago. Coming down. Square Garden and home further details MONDAY, MAY 12, 1924, RUTH WILL BE HONORED AS KING OF SWAT ON WEDNESDAY Events have conspired to provide a worthy setting for the ceremonies at the Yankee stadium Wednesday when “Babe” Ruth receives his di- ploma as the honor man of the Na- tional University of Swat in 1923, The champion’s hit at the top of the baseball world with a three game lead achieved after a fight that be- gan in seventh place and ended in first. The Yankees were prevented from meeting the White Sox yesterday by PREAKNESS IS BIG FEATURE BALTIMORE, Md., May 12.-—The eyes of turfmen will be on Pimlico today, watching eagerly the outcome of the seventeenth renewal of the Preakness, Maryland's greatest rac- ing spectacle, worth over $50,000 to the winner. Wise Counsellor, the Ward Colt, which had been easily the favorite in the race, was suddenly withdrawn last night, when his owner became ENTRY He will Ive to come down fur- ther tho. Figure {t out anyway you want and you can’t work out more than a $900,000 gate at Boyles 30 acres, with top prices standing at $27.50. So no promotor would see his way clear to hold a fight just for the sake of making money for Dempsey. The real dope is that Dempsey does not want to fight at all this year. This partly of poor physical condition following his operation And because of the fact that he is tied with a movie contract in which the film men are taking over a million and a half dollars worth of risk. They are not the sort of bus! ness men who would t) willing to go in for a venture of the sort and then let Dempsey, risk his title, which is the only thing that makes him valuable as a film hero, There ts talk of trouble in signing up fighters for the June milk fund bouts. AJl the topliners who were to be shown have held off to date and only one or two preliminary fighters have put thelr names on the: dotted line, French Raise Cash For Olympic Game PARIS, May 12—President Miller. and and Premlor Poincare head the list of public subscriptions for the Olymple Games, which have already reached 400,000 franca, The credits voted by Parllament are not sufficient to carry out the extensive plais to make up the de- ficit by national subscription, The French people are enthusias. rain that also stopped the Detroit game at Washington; Boston and St. Louls in the American. Pitts- burgh and Boston in the National were not scheduled. Carlson of the Phillies shut out Cincinnati 2 to 0 and allowed only one Red to touch third. Brooklyn got to Jacobs in the late innings for three runs but the Cubs won, 5 to 4, The New York Nationals were de- feated by St. Louls, 3 to 2. The Cleveland 9mericans won from Phila- delphia, 8 to 5. disheartened by the condition of the track—very muddy from rain which fell almost steadily through Satur- day night and Sunday. THREE CUSHION PLAY STARTED CHICAGO, May 12.—The Western Amateur three cushion billiard tour- nament opened here today. Players from five states were entered in the tournament. Included in those who will play today are players from Ne- braska, Missouri, Indiana, Michigan and Tllinol: BLANK’ | ELKS MARATHON BICYCLE RACE SATURDAY, MAY 17 First in News Of All Events Sport Gossip The great English Derby in 1839 was run in @ snowstorm. ‘The first rules to govern the sport of boxing were drawn up in London in 1743. Hutchinson, Kans., a city of less than 25,000 population, has golf courses. So far as the records show the first professional baseball game in California was played at San Fran- clsco, February 22, 1860. Al Reich, a star of the Philadel- phia Athletics and later famous as a manufacturer of sporting goods, is said to have been the first base ball player to be paid a salary. Christy Mathewson, the famous baseball pitcher and an ardent de- votee of checkers, has been honored with the vice presidency of the American Checker association. The great English Derby has been run at Epsom every year since 1780, with the exception of the four years-of the late war, when a sub- stitute Derby gwas run at New- market. Bud Taylor, the crack Chicagé featherweight, is scheduled to take on Pete Sarmiento, the little Filipino battler, {n a 10-round’ bout at one of the Mikvaukee clubs on the night of May 12. ‘ Home runs may be more common nowadays, but they were by no means unknown In the earlier years of the big leagues. The records show, for instance, that thirteen “homers” were scored’ in a single game between the Boston and Washington clubs in 1888. Picked as a likely winner of the Decathlon at Paris is Charles Hoff, the young Norwegian artist, who has to his credit the world's pole vault record of 15 feet 9% inches. In addition he beats 45 feet in the hop, step and jump, 24 feet in the broad jump, is equal to 6 feet in the high jump, and gets inside 16 seconds for the 110 meters hurdles. One man told another about the mellow flavor delivered by La Palina’s imported Java wrapper. Word-of-mouth advertis- tle about the games, but tlme fs get- ting short and money ts needed, The most generous private contributor po ating to man—that’s why La Palina made good. (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune.) if the same is not a third strike? 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