Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 22, 1924, Page 11

ALEXANDER TH CHICAGO CUBS ;OLS INTO PLAGE AT HEAD OF LEAGUE Reds Go Down Before Brooklyn Onslaught as Giants Stage Comeback and Defeat Pirates; Boston Trails Yanks. (By The Associated Press) Holding first place in the National League today by an unexpected coup, Chicago, is in a position to drive stakes around its claim while the Giants and Reds wrangle at Cincinnati in a four-game series. Grover Alexander pitched the Cubs into first ice with an eight to six victory over Philadelphia yesterday, while Ernie Osborne, a discarded Cub, hauled the Reds from the leadership by winning his debut for Brooklyn, 9 to 2. Tho Giants, with- out Manager McGraw, beat the Pirates, 10 to 8 in a slugging match and the three leading teams are now struggling within the narrow confines of a half game while Brooklyn lingers a game and a half away. Boston, in the only American league contest not postponed by rain, won its thirteenth battle in sixteen starts and advanced to within a half game of the leading Yankees, by defeating Detroit in a 5 to 4 pitchers’ battle between Jack Quinn and Collins. It was the Tigers’ third. straight a Standings National League. w. “4 12 13 14 13 16 16 16 ‘Team Chicago. Cincinnati 19 16 17 St. Louis Philadelphia “American League. Team w. New York ---..---- 16 Washington Chicago --. Philadelphia Yesterday’s Scores National League. New York, 10; Pittsburgh, 8. Brooklyn, 9; Cincinnati, 2. Chicago, 8; Philadelphia, 6. St. Louis, 8; Boston, 5. American League. Boston, 5; Detroit, 4. Others postponed, rain. American Association. Indianapolis, 4; Columbus, 3. Kansas City, 11; Minneapolis, 4. Toledo, 5; Louisville, 2. St. Paul, 12; Milwaukee, 10, Coast League. Vernon, 9; Seattle, 1. San Francisco, 8; Salt Lake, 8. Los Angeles, 6; Sacramento, 2. Portland, 3; Oakland, 1. Western League. Denver, 7; Des Moines, 5. } Oklahoma City, 9; Wichita, 5. LincciIn, 9; Omaha, 2. Tulsa, 7; St. Joseph, 5. _— Games Today National League. Boston at Chicago. New York at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at St. Louls, American League. Chicago at Philadelphia. Detroit at Boston. Cleveland at New York. St. Louls at Washington, Tonics — fresh af i= Talal E Tontaht—take an NR Tablet —ite ition ts eo different nitully surprised, ee MR JUNIORS—Littio MR One-third t SMITH & TURNER in the th of Casper’s. most pid development. defeat at Boston. it was announced that Dauss, Whitehall and Johnson, pitchers, had been ddvised by specialists to give their arms plenty of rest and that Dutch Leonard, veteran south- paw, who quit the Tigers in April, 1922, because of a salary disagree- ment, would return in July. Although the Phillies lost at Chi- cago, their slugging continued as Mokan-made his second homer in two days and the sixth for his team in the three game“series with the Cubs. Hornsby made four hits in the Cards’ 8 to 5 victory over Bos- ton. The Robins threw to sevens in the seventh inning, scoring seven runs on seven hits, in defeating Cincinnat! and Epha Rixey, who had pitched good ball until that time, Griffith of Brooklyn had four hits. Bill Trery, substituting for George Kelly at first base for the Giants, made his third home run within a week in his team's victory over Kremer, promising recruit, and four other pitchers, Manager McGraw was forced to his home in New Rochelle by an injured knee and Hughie Jennings will direct the Giants until the crippled leader returns which physl- cians stated might not be for some time. Lee Fohl has his Red Sox right in-the way. The players do not want to be taken out of the game, as -was demonstrated yesterday when Dudley Lee, the former Den- ver Western league player, started his position at shortstop despite an injured hard. He was, however, unable to do his best and retired in favor of Ezzell. WHAT 10.00 WITH ROMERO? Promoters Must Pave Way for Living, Fair Play Says. After the game By FAIR PLAY (Copyright, 1924 Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, May 22,—What to do with Romero Rojas is a question that has been occupying the minds of promoters since Floyd Johnson wafted him out of the limeliglit re centely. Romero, of course, is on titled to a living and it is up to the Promoters to provide one for him. It would be a pity to waste the Publicity that Romero has received and, as a matter of fact it. still Is not without value. There is talk that Romery may be sént into the ring in Jersey as one of the semi- finalists when Weinert and Ad Stone meet. If this were to be done and the Chilean should, win convincing- ly over some such good third rater as Joe McCann—who has been men: tioned as an opponent for Romero— he could go.on the road and pick up a lot of no-decision= money. If the projected Leonard-Walker match falls through, the fault may be laid at the feet of the welter champion, But there will be a lot of fans who will not blame Mickey. Leonard in meeting tho Jersey man at the welter limit ts taking no chances with his own title and if he should happen to lose to Walker it would no hurt him-much. It would not, for example, be the first time he suffered adversity in meeting a welterweight. Walker, on the other hand, is risking his title against a real fighter and naturally wants a piece of change for dotng it. Billy Gibson says that Leonard will fight for $150,000 as his share. There does not seem at present to be a promoter who sees his way clear to give this sum to Leonard and a larg- er sum to Walker, Not that the fight wouldn't be worth it. But it would require building up in the pub: Nc mind and it is pretty late now to begin to spring stuff for a summer battle, TELEPHONE TOSSERS SMOTHER OHIO TEAM The Telephone company’s baseball team showed that it will be a danger- ous contender in the Independent league which opens Sunday when it ran wild over the Oh{o Oil company last night in a five inning practice game by a re of 19 to Roop and Scaper pitched for the winners and both showed plenty of early season form, The Independent league opens Sun- day with three games to be played here, ——————.—_ WANTED—Clean Cotton Rags at The Tribune Office, Well Al I guest I showed them something in there today and beat Cleveland 4 to 1 and they would not of Cbe Casper Daily Crihune THATS THE way To PITCH, JACK, OLD BOYZ had that 1 only for the wind blowing ‘a ball’ fair which Burns hit which would of been 10 ft. foul only for the wind and at that it looked like a foul ball to me but the empires in this league says the Ist. thing that come in to there head. But I certainly had the boys biteing out of my hand and even Speaker paid me a complement and 1 walked past him in the 7th. innings and | says how do T look in there today Spoke and he says I cant beleive its you. They call him Spoke on acct. of bis name being Speaker. Jack Keefe LOION'T KNOW ur WAS IN Youy ¥ v. LEGION BOASTS |CONNIE MACK AGAIN STRONG TEAM Great Things Expected Of Aggregation in City League. Big League baseball is going to swing a mean bat in Casper this summer under’ the name of the American Legion. C. “H. “Chuck” Reimerth. as manager of the team, has gathered about him veterans of famous nines. Gathering the boys up for a snappy right-dress and the once-over, we see: Ted Madden in left field. He went through a tryout with the Sox in) 1919.. He was ‘an ace in athletics at Wyoming university and a demon on the Laramie team under the re- gime of the Midwest league. Jim Griffin behind the bat and a cage over his map. He was a four- letter man at the University of Colo- rado, “Skelts" Walker in center field. Once with the Yanks and Brooklyn of tho federal league. Later with Scottsbluff in' the Midwest league. Bert Rowell on second. Former star in the Pacific coast league. “Blonde” Hays gyrating between the mound and the outfield, and captain of the Legionnaires. With Casper’s nine in the Midwest league. Marshal Dayton on the mound. From a berth in the Southern league. Marshal Dayton on From a berth in league. Thero are about 10 others, all- stars all, that make up the Legion team. A pennant waves that this nine wants—and intends to get. Because two men were injured in last Sunday's game, accident in- surance has been taken out to cover all the players. The Legionnaires will meet Glen- rock here next Sunday, SPORT BRIEFS ATLANTA, Ga.—Bobby "Jqnes, national amateur open golf cham- pion, won the open title in the Georgia-Alabama Pofessional Golf- ers’ association medal play. the mound. the Southern ATLANTA, Ga,—Dan O'Dowd, Boston light heavyweight, was sus- pended for 60 days by the Atlanta boxing comumission for alleged “stall- ing” in his bout Tuesday with Young Stribling. NEW YORK.—Sam Langford, yet: eran negro heavyweight, came to New York for an operation to re- store his tmpatred eyesight. > Cal! the Tribune for highway in- formation. FACING By HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, May 22.(United Press).—After a career of 30 years in any profession, during which the satisfaction of success and the dis- appointment or failure haye been di- vided almost evenly, it {g only a game man who can retain his en- thusiasm and keep plugging along and fighting for the ninth inning break in luck. Connie Mack has been in and around professional baseball for 30 years, and fate asked of him the test that only a game heart and an enthusiastic love for his profession could attempt to meet. Mack was a tremendous suce during the middle decade of fis reer. He developed the Philadelphia Athletics of 10 and 15 years ago into a team that will go down on the books second only to that great old Baltimore Oriole organization, Mack's ciaim for fame and great repute was represented not so much in the conquests of the team, but in the sagacity and keen judgment that he had shown in finding and develop- ing the great stars who formed the machine on the field. Before ne had reached that point in years where his career might have been regarded as being over the hill, Mack was a recognized suc- cess, © manager pointed out as a genius and a fashion setter of a wame where success follows the im tation of success in a large degree. Right in the height of his glory, luck broke for Mack. He was plunged from the heights to the depths of baseball. Instead of be- ing the toast of baseball, he became the roast of the game. The reversed name of the Philadelphia Athletics became the punching bag for the wise cracks of humorists. They be- came the Pathetics instead of the Athletics, and the best thing that Mack's friends could say of him was that he deserved a chance to make good. It might not have been pride, ex actly, that rode Mack to his fall, but there was an exaggerated feel ing of confidence, at least, behind him when, in 1914, he tore apart the great Athletic machine and declared |} that he would build another just as good. He ised all his bullding skill for nine years, and he was unable to get his club out of the American league “cellar” or off the steps lead- ing ‘to the “cellar.” He hunted through the same territory where he had found the stars of his old nine, but he discovered no more Col- linses, Bakers, Barrys, Benders or Planks, At the sacrifice of nine years of humillation and disappointment, Mack learned last year that John McGraw, Miller Huggins, Pat Moran and other spending managers smart in buying ready-made players, even if it was a confession that they had not the ability or the desire to find their plays in the in 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. Address—Jolin B. Foster, Special Baseball Correspondent of the Casper Tribune, 811 World Building, New York. (Copyright, Question—If a batsman hit the I inside the third and first base line and hit it within a fielder’s reach and the player miss it fs that a hit? Answer—That is .up to the judg- ment of the man who fs scoring the game. jon—When playing baseball stter hits the ball far enough » a home run and ts about to h home plate and the ball is in is it counted a home Quest if the to m tou the diamond, run? Answer—It is a home run even iff the ball is within one boutd of the runner, Question—What are the pitching records of Morrison of Pittsburgh 1924, Casper Tribune.) and Luque of Cincinnati for 19 What was the percentage and 1 ber of games wv by Cleveland when they won the pennant in 1920? Answer—Luque had an earned run record of 1.93 and Morrison of 8.49. Cleveland won 938 games with a percentage of 636. Question—Two are out and rum ner on first and third. Batter hits the ball to the shortstop who throws to second making a force play, The man on third scores before the out The umpire called him safe and gave his tecca a run. Was that right? Answer—The umpire was wrong The run did not count, The third hand out was forced out, Koad rule 59, BIG FAILURE fant stage of development and bring them along. The gaunt leader of the Athletics spent close to $200,000 last winter for three players—Max Bishop, a second baseman; Paul Strand and Al Simmons, two hard-hitting out- fielders. He figured ‘that he had filled a hole in the infield, strengthened the outfield and added the punch that the club needed with the stick. So enthusiastic he became that he start- ed talking. For nine years he had spoken of his club in an apologetic tone, but this spring he boldly an- nounced that he would have the sec- ond-place club next fall and the pennant winner of 1925. Before the season was four weeks old, the Athletics had crashed into the “cellar and had lost 9 straight games. Last year they ran tho Yan- kees along until mid-season, when they ran into a slump of 12 losing games and dropped into last place. Contrary to hls expectations, the Athletics started the 1924 season with a slump in pitching, hiting and fielding. There was no way to stop them. “When a team loses moro than four games in succession, it 1s a slump that there is no way to pull it out,” Mack said. “All of a sud- den they will start hitting, the pitchers will get working, and you're off again. .It's better to have them at the start of the,season than when the race. has turned . into “ the stretch.” Mack was actually crushed by the disappointing form shown by the club in. the early games of the sea- son. The ups and downs of 30 years in baseball should make any man- ager hard-skinned to disappoint- ment and blase to success, but Mack, obviously, is tender-skinned about his Athlet He had all the pride of a creator in the once-honored name of the Athletics, and he had been fighting for nine years to win back some prestige for the club that once ruled th Il world, He was so sure that he had progressed to the very door of his comeback that he couldn't hold himself and he had t tell the universe that he had a team again. Other managers, under the same circumstances, would give up in despair and disgust, but Mack is try. Ing to grieve through his bad luck and smile off the breaks that will not turn for him, He refuses to quit, Day after day he stands just under the roof of the dugout, gesturing and signalling with his scorecard, telling his youngsters how to play every batter and giving them the example of standing up in the open under fire. The season is not over. There Is yet plenty of time to get going, and perhaps the Athletics may get start ed before it is too 1 But it ts obvious from the on Connie's face, when he talks to his boys, that he figures one more year has been lost in his effort to back. | Sport Calendar Meeting of Westchester Association opens at Belmont Meeting of Kentucky Jockey club, at Louisville Meeting of Ontario Jockey Club, at Toronto. Meeting « club, at Cleveland Meeting of Pacifi club, at Tanforan Golf: British women's championship, at Portrush, Ireland Southern women's at Chattanooga. Metropolitan ship, at Gard . 1. Opening of Spring tournament of Country club of Atlantic City. Shooting: Now soy State trapshooting tournament opens at Atco, N, J. neh Show: Annual show of Twin City Kennel club, at Minn ma Racing k. Ohio State Jockey Coast Jockey champtonahip, champion: tate conference cago. Western Interc championships champtonsh'ps, Olympic football at Paris LU ball Olympte football ct Paris Boxing: Frankie Genaro vs berry, 10 rounds, at " a - Howard May: Expert watch and jewelry repair. ing. Casper Jewelry Co., O-8 Bldg. 1GuESS § @QIN'T AS MUCH OF A BUSHER AS PAGE ELEVEN, First in News Of All Events POLO CONTESTS HOLD INTEREST} Arizona Team in New York to Battle Tiger Four. By LAWRENCE PERRY right, 1924 Casper Tribune) V YORK, May 22.—The Ari zona polo players have arrived in this city and they are a likely look- ing bunch of bronzed, whippy young sters. Their ponies are the finest pick of mustang-cats and one of the| most interesting phases in the minds of horsemen will be how these cay uses fare against the blooded mounts of the Princeton players. The development of the University of Arizona in polo shows what can be done when the will is indomitable in the face of a treasury deficit and other discouragements. When Coio- nel Ralph Middleton Parker came from Tucson from Camp Meade in 1922 and proceeded to build up on the enthusiastic if disorganized polo system that obtained at the unt versity, he found a lack of nearly every requisite. Cattle men donated mounts and equipment was provided by wealthy tourists, friends of the university and military men. When it was decided to enter the Arizona team in the winter tourney for Western colleges at San Antonio, all sorts of expedi- ents had to be devised to finance the expedition. And; as well, the string of mounts had to be increased to 24. When the team arrived at the scene of the tournament, not more than half of the 24 ponies had ever played in more than two or three p§lo scrimmages. Yet the cow: punchers swept through their list of opponents, defeating Texas A. and M. 10 to 0; New Mexico 4 to 1; Colo rado 10 to 1 and Oklahoma 2 to 1. Colonel Parker, the military com. mandant at Arizona, was never crack poloist. Nonethel he has had his share of success. He cap: tained the winning four in the army polo es in Cuba in 1908 and later he managed the winning four In the army series in Hawall in 1912. His ability as a coach was signal ly demonstrated in the first outsid match played by Arizona after Col- onel Parker had taken hold, the team defeating the Tenth Cavalry outfit from Fort Huschuca, 9 to 6 And {n 1923, the Mesa t won fame throughout the V feating a visiting Leland Sta four in two out of three contests. (Cor Sport Gossip A feat that caused a great sensa tion was the round of golf played at St. Andrews by two players, whom was armed only with a cham pagne bottle, with which he easily bef his opponent, who carried the usual clubs, one of In England cricket for girls has become a firmly established fact That the fair sex may become ade pts at the game is evidenced by the fact that one well-known school for | boys has engaged a woman as cricket coach, ONE-EYE CONNE LLY EN ROUTE TO CRASH SPEEDWAY GATES May 22.—Is y broke? No, One- Eye Connelly is not broke—thanks to the generosity of John D. Rock- efeller, One-Bye Connelly, however, ly bent—all he hag is the fiv cent plece John D. Rock him in a reckless outburst wonted prodigality. © exihbited the Rockefeller le in Cheyenne Tuesday, st to crush the gate apolis speedway and Mich- igan City. He plang, he sald, to at tend the 500-mile automobile class at Indianapolis May 30,and the Car pentler fight at Michigan City May will not pay to see either, If he can’t crush the gates, he won't see them. He has a constitutional aversion to pay ing admittance to anything. At that, he’s willing to bet the Rocke- feller half-dime that he sees both He hasn't missed a major sport event in years, anywhere in the na- of un- ibbons he 8. bought a ticket. His confidence in his abflity to get-by without paying is evinced by his willingness to stake the Rockefeller contribution, for he values ‘that higher than any other Worldly possession. It is, in fact, about most valuable possession except his gall. Rockefeller gave it to him 16 years ago. Since then he bas misspent the good part of adult Ufetime, but, he avers, he'll never spend the nickle. Millions that John D. Rockefeller gave away are plenti- ful, but his five-cent contributions jto any and all causes whatsoever said to have been rare, There. | fore eo re the Rocke- |feller nickle as tremendously more |precious than its mone worth. One-Bye left Los Ange He came to Cheyenne by. missed a few trains enroute but he didn’t pay any railroad fare. He dl- verged from his main route in wes- tern Wyoming to go 40 miles through the sagebrush and crush the gate tion, he asserts, yet Never has at a boxing bout at Cumberland. NO ‘BEATING OF BE ALLOWED | By WALTER CAMP (Copyright, 1924 Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, May 22.—Decision ot the Olympic committee to penalize false starts in the field contests is a big start in the right direction. In the past years there has been alto gether too much “beating of the gun” and no matter what country profited by {t, it led to a ridiculoug number of false starts. Back {n 1912, in the Olympics at Stockholm, the contestants in the 500-meter race were at the starting point for 20 minutes, during which time innumerable false starts were made. That sort of thing is not only nnoying to the spectators but { de idedly unfair to the athletes who are observing the rules, A writer signing himself “A Fin lander” observes that Finland is en tering the Olymples at Paris with a team made up exclusively of Finns while Ame with Swedes Irish, Italia roea and products of ces, yellow, brown and black.” Yes—and maybe a few Finns, Mr. ’ Finlander-who. lives-in-America, forgets for the moment that America is the melting pot and that despite various birth lands, the men Ameri ca is entering are all Americans, In deed, it would be difficult to elimin ate his criticism unless entered all-Indian team fs sending the Hudson regatta in Jun nee it decided a decad the Hudson event we an Wisconsin crew to the first ago that was too great Which sports demand tho great amount of 1a and endurance? The latest o} various attempts that have been made to answer the guest on in actual practice ts that of | utenant Henri Schmeftz, of the vk h army, who recently accom plished the feat of riding 288 miles on horses ahd bicycles in thirty-two | hours, | games of ancient Urst of only a Gradually the The Olympic Greece consisted at foot race of 210 yards number of events was ini until the program ineluded foot races, wrostling boxing pancratl which a sort of boxing and. wre tling combined, us ning, jumping, throwing the discus, throwing the javelin and wrestling, and finally, as the pro gram became more elaborate, fous kinds of horse and chariot| was m var fined hie rm f Wales and r y of L pool. A championship game betw representative teams of these tw sections is to be played in the great Wembley Stadium this summer. 222 Wyoming Motorway ? f 2 THE GUN’ TO N THE OLYMPICS strain on the men entered in it. It would be interesting to compare sta- tistics on the physical welfare of the crews which did not row Hudson with the statistics which led Wiscon- sin to abandon the eastern race back in 1914, NORTH GISPER BEATS MILLS AND PARK IN DOUBLEHEADER GAME North Casper ran wild in the grade hool l¢ yesterday afternoon | winning a le header. The North- erners beat Mills 9 to 0 and won from Park 20to15 In a slugging match. The follows. Petty, ef; ( and Brandt, rf; Forman, line-u) K for North Casper team Isham and reen, Ib; Miller ‘Thor ; Brown, It; Wensther, 3b; Park—Wimmer, William. And os; Bobb, rf TLinden- cker, 2b; Beyers, at um at Wembley terraces, and is 0,000 riv gre forty miles of 10c 2 for25c ~ 150 Val Hlor de entine Unvarying High Quality Since 1848