Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 31, 1924, Page 5

SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1924 Che =) THE TRIBUNE’S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS ——————— ~JOEBOYER DRIVES ADUSENBERG | YOUSNOW ME AL—Advenurs of Jack Ket g eee UA IS = 2 4eSOMETIMES Yj, QUIT TIN’ RY . RE Y ed TOVIGTORY IN GREAT CAR RAGE! | Cerra | gaceaeeracmay 0 Sarees Quiy UNLESS AMAN SQUSRE AND THE @BoUT TEN GAMES Relief Pilot for L. L. Corum First Under Wire In : Empines CALLED EM THINK OF YOUVE STARTED Y RIGHT, 1 WOULONT MIND, seared hes SEEN IN 500-Mile Classic at Indianapolis; Cooper Second in Studebaker, ,BLT THE WAY IT 1S, ITS PRETTY NEAR TWeLve SPEEDWAY, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 31.—Joe DISCOURA GIN’ WUNODRED CONSECUTIVE Boyer of Detroit, Mich., driving relief, piloted L. L. Cor- Games Y um’s eight-clyinder Dusenberg speedster to a record- breaking victory in the twelfth annual 500-mile automo- bile race at the Indianapolis motor speedway yesterday. Corum, an Indianapolis man, surrendered his mount to AIKIDO Earl Cooper, who led most of the way in a Studebaker Special was second, Jimmy Murphy in a Miller Will Come to U. S. to Fight Wills and One Other. asper Daily Cribune World Results By Leased Wire First in News Of All Events NO THAT'S pretty NEAR as MANY AS ve SEEN ouT OF 7 oy COOPER TIED WITH CORUM FOR HONORS more than 3% miles an hour faster than the previous record for the distance. The previous mark, 94.48, was established by Murphy in 1922 Harry Hartz in a Durant finished fourth and Benny Hill finished fifth. driving a Miller Special. In desperation, Cooper threw cau- tion to the winds and narrowly missed wrecking his car twice when it skidded badly in the turns. Speed. GIBBONS FAVORED TO WIN ON POINTS IN HIS : ) BABE PERFORMS BRILLIANTLY IN GLAGH TODAY WITH GLEVER FRENCH BATTLER GAME BUT FAILS IN PINGH Special was third. The time of the winner was 5:05: 23:31, an average speed of 98.23 By FAIR PLAY (Copyright 1924 Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, May 31.—Firpo is way officials ordered sand thrown on the turns to relieve the oily, slippery condition, Great Crowds Mobilize at Michigan City for Ten-Round International Contest: Standings INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May. 31.— (Bythe Associated Press).—L. L. Corum, Indianapolis, whose car won Takes Three Swats at Ball and Misses in the Last Half of Ninth With Three On; Detroit miles per hour, The time for the 600 miles was coming to the United States to fight Wills, the winner to meet Dempsey. National League. Won Lost Pct. the 500-mile automobile race at the Boyer increased his lead while Indianapolis motor speedway yes- Cooper was in the pits and wi Carpentier in Shape. Takes Double Victory. ‘Tex Rickard has a cable from the} more than a minute ahead at 47 New York 14 .632]terday in record-breaking time, and “wid Bull" announcing his accep-| mies. His time was 4:50.01:19, an Chicago 18 .561|Earl Cooper, veteran coast star, tance of $240,000 offer to step into average of 98.27 miles per hour. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., May 831.—Weather conditions| “ieinnat! 28 PORSH nese fared. Mono rte, Are bec LOnEEe By The A the ting and oppose the “Black| Cooper was second and Murphy, | were ideal for the te; War Ieanmadonal tent Brooklyn 18 .500|leadership in the contest for 1924 2 ‘ (By The Associated Press). Panther” on or before August 1-ltnird. Boyer held on to hie qed en round international contest today | poston . 17 15004. A. A. driving champions. The mighty Casey of baseball mythology and the mighty Tex has been very persistent in|ang at 490 miles was nearly a lap|Letween Georges Carpentier, Paris, France, and Tommy | Pittsburg. 21 .462] Each has points. Ruth of present realty are brothers in woes and the more this matter and has raised tha antelaheaa of Cooper who was second, ea} of St. Paul, Minn. Belly 21 Corum drove only 105 of the 200] mournful of these is the Babe thousand by thousand un Murphy was third. Houser, driv: tw r i vi *hiladelphia. 23 laps yesterday, Joo Boyer, Detroit, Z ha aq ¢ Argentinian has found it economi-|relfe¢ in Boyer's original phen J Moudieas alte aid pth aaa i giclonr eae ee puncet ——_— taking the wheel at that time and| ¢: More than 48,000 fans cheered as he doubled in the cally impossible to refuse the balt. | struck the wall on the south turn| sictican y £ +4 3 om the nor ° ake American League. carrying on through to victory. 1t| first inning; they exalted when his 12th home run of the Firpo was Anilined ZIP are on his 176th lap, He was not in-| > on canis, oan “ha eoheuheas tonite te pad hgeeena tie amg artery Haran a et ats Was announced by A. A. A. officials} Season and the 250th of his career sailed into the stands with strange gods J. § +} jured. ~ if 5 3, rpiny ee a . . 3 .6; that for the 105 laps Corum drove]in the third; and when he came toy Washington, 9 to 4 as Boone batted put after a period of deliberation!" tommy Milton, last year’s winner hese oh phe Lees 4 Be we eee pane h wae elnoat, dropped Jack |New York 18 .618/he will be given 535 points bat in the last half of the ninth}a homer with three men oe ees he decided, wisely, in favor of Trx-lattcr a day filled with trouble, re- », the preliminaries be: empsey. ‘arpentier in his train-} Detroit Cooper, on the other hand, gain.|of the second game; with three men| Athletics bounced four runs back at Tule does not care at all for Rick-|tired in the 1i0th lap when a was | Sinnine at 2 o'clock. ing continually slashed out with this|St. Louis . 18 .500]/ea 520 points in yester race|on, two out and a run needed to tie,| Jones in the 8th inning of the sec- ard, but he snows that the golden|tank supporter broke for the secona| .@ib%ons and Carpentier were up|/blow, and crowded into his sparring | Washington 20 .457/ having driven the entire route with-|they walked out in cold disgust|ond game and won, 6 to 4, and the rain falls in obedience to Rickard’s| time. early today ready for their intro-| mates indicating that he intends to| Chicago 19 .441 | out relief. He already had 15 points,{after he fanned. Red Sox graciously resigned to the wand, whereas other promoters talk} Cooper clung to the lead at 250 duction to each other and _ the! keep as closs as possible to Gibbons, | Cleveland 18 .412/ gained in the 250-mile race at Bey-| The Yankees won from the Ath-|Senators, 10 to 5. with empty eloquence. miles with Murphy less than. phy ice) cearuigation and weighing Instead of allowing the flashy St. Philadelphia . 21 .382/erley Hills, Cal., on Web. 24. Har-|letics behind Pennock's brilliant} Detroit kept coming with the only Thus the “metropolitan outtaodr minute behind. Corum was charg.|°* ‘he chamber of commerce, Baul’ bags: to "keep bisn cae |a, wale See lan Fengler is third with 500 points.!work, 6 to 0, #0 Boston toppled|double victory of the American es an enhanced aspe ing alo: on f ¥, Sone yebicaes ague league and Cobb's tea: ow ooabon behind Murphy. Cooper's time waa| MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., May 81.] ‘With the arrival of the first spe-|region _.......-- 2 0 1,000 two. walion cohindsthe, ewoulensese It Is on the cards that the much|3:34:16.49, an average of 98:01 —(By The Associated Press.)—| cial train from Chicago dumping its Standard: ey 2 0 1.000 Cole won his second game of the delayed Wills-Madden bout will be} miles per hour. This average was os ecapentibe, ring {dol of} load of boxing fans, Michigan City | rexas —_ Stee tart +4 week, by shutting out Cleveland, 2 fought in this city after all. Under-about four miles an. hour. better] Htauer,. boxes in America for the] awakened into full ilfe prepared to} Gienrocic A tercgae to 0, in the second game, Stoner neath the surface affairs have been|than the best previous track recora| ‘Mira time today when he meets/handle a crowd of at least 30,000] ix er ae won a 11-7 contest earlior, there is even talk that Simon Fla-| Cooper hung on grimly to first | 20*er to stay the lmit with Demp-|tered flivvers commenced pouring ‘ recoy from the recent shell shock herty will recelve permission to}place by seconds at 400 miles, but | S°¥* world heavyweight champion,|into- town, discharging the frst Independent. Le: at Philadelphia, Winning the first stage the fight in his Queensboro|was being forced to increase his in a 10-round international contest | thousands. ae cape fame from the White Sox, 5 to 2, arena as originally proposed. speed by Joe Boyer, relief driver for|t® be decided late this afternoon -in The paved highway from Chicago | Team Won Lost Pct. Sisler's soldiers relapsed into an Or if it is not held in Long|Corum. Corum's car had taken sec,|% Sky-blue arena on the eastern} was congested with thousands of| Telephone Co. - 1 0 1,000 11 to 4 defeat. Island City, 4t will be put on some-|ond place when Murphy stopped for} °4&° of this Httle city. machines while other highways lead- porreens - © 1.000 at eh ak The Glants took two from the where in Greater New York, pos-la tire change. Murphy was third.| The former world’s light heavy-|ing into the city from towns in| {ee Douds blaae tod Phe sare? May 31.—(By the As-)Barrett, which put him in the front| Phillies, making eight victories of sibly right on Manhattan Island. |Tho/Ieaders’ time was 4:04:22:43, an| Weight champion making his Ameri-| northern Indiana and southern | CO steyrioed _ 1.000} ciated Press.)--Harry Heilmann, | with nine the last nine games played, and average of 98.21 miles per hour. can debut in 1920 with a spectacular} Michigan, bore caravans of boxing pRneton. A. C. 1 0001 Of the Tigers returned to the Goorge Sisler slid further down |#*!ned two full games on Chicago ‘There are plenty of sporting men| Eddie Hearn, A. A. A., driving| Victory over Battling Levinsky, thom | fans, POren Lowes 1.000] vatting leadership of the American|the column, his average being .294|/" Second place, as the recovering who testify that ‘Wills once said he|champion last year, went out on|to succumb to the terrific punches| Before 9 o'clock a crowd began league with a mark of .435, five|compared with .883 a week ago Reds slugged the Cuba ty Would rather meet a lot of men|his 150th Inp with a broken gas|f Jack Dempsey in the famous] swarming around the arena and the Galeee tintin oat erhae <a, week jing batters: Harris, | 49000 at Chicago. Brook sooner than he would Madden be-|line. He was in eleventh place at| battle of the century a year later,| ticket booths where the $5 seats Y t d > ago, which then put him second, ac 376; Meusel, New York,|!"® sain, dropped Bosto . * cause Bartley is such a gamester.|the time. Frank Elliott went out| faces his physical and boxing equal| were on salo were beseiged by the ester ay 8 cording to averagen released today, Jamieson, Cleveland, .367;/%"4 the Pirates brought the sus While the West Side Irishman bleeds |in his 149th lap because of g broken| this afternoon in what promises to|throngs. Hundreds of fans were which include games of Wedne! -|Cobb, Detroit, .847; Dugan, New laine career, af the Cardinals to an spretty freely, he does not appear to] gas tank. | be a thrilling duel of fists between | massed before the bleacher ticket S Kenneth Williams, St. Louis slug: | Yo Judge, Washington, SL et ne / ‘The pace increased after the 400-|two of the hardest hitting and| window before the seats were placed cores at the last compilation was | Shee 0, .230; Jacobsen, St. New York is again out in front ve are ver, rompt have nerves that yD Uevecaat MERt hear eealghte otis oetooes Fs a with a two and one-half game lead h an average his|mile mark had been passed, Cooper injuries to * : ; . Bs Ree neantierioe: an op-|pushing his car to more than 104| world. Carpentier and Gibbons after a = 447, tumbled violently to .395 and Flack of the Cardinals, and et Cube Ba into a m ponent has to wear hands out beat-|miles an hour in an effort to ward] ‘The betting odds today slightly|refreshing night's sleep, were up] National League stands number two. Ike Boono,|Jimmy Tierney of the Braves, in|" DOnnall and Bro ing the man up to such an extent|off Boyer, who still had the wheel] favored Gibbons to win the news-| early prepared to come from their hed York 11-6; Philadelphia 5-5. former Southern leaguer, now with|the National league, each boosted | > é. 11 te 6 rb aS " that the referee and judges will be/of Corum’s machine. The positions) paper decision in the event the con-| cottages up the Lake Michigan| Boston 61; Brooklyn 6-5, Ist/tne mea Sox, hit his way into third] bi ark until now they are keep- , Sythe pegond; 6. to 1. impressed with a foresaid opponent. 25 miles were unchanged, Coop-| test goes the limit. There was con-| shore for weighing in and physical] ®@me 12 innings. | position with .2 i pany with the leaders, who| — jing Boyer by 30 seconds, and| siderable betting at even money mination at 9 o’¢lock. Carpen St. Louis 0-2; Pittsburgh 4-3, 2nd ‘Babe th has about found his - wn the way by Rogers Murphy Uttle more than] that tho contest would terminate in| tier sald he expected to scale be-| Same 16 innings: te with average of .33¢ { ia con ably in first a minute behind. a knockout within six rounds, with} tween 174 and 175 pounds, and Gib Cincinnati 9-4; Chicago 2.2 naking his march toward the with .421. George Kelly of| S Cal d Boyer hurtled his car into a 12-|the sentiment as to the victor under| bons will probably tip the beam at <p the home run king crashed out two] the Giants, runner-up w th .887, dis. port endar second lead when Cooper was forced| those circumstances about evenly | 177 pounds. American League circuit drives and ran his string to| placed Zack Wheat of the Dodgers, into the pits to change a right rear} divided. The usual pre-battie statements Rb ladeipte Vet Yew ie 64. | twelve. who dropped i third with an aver- tire at the end of 445 miles. When were issued from the camps of both ashington 4-10; Boston 9-5, Heilmann {ncreased his lead in to-|age of .380, Flack and Tierney are Racin; the 450-milo mark was reached ho|_ Th® masority of newspaper experts | POO SC, ote: amilingly ad-| Detroit 11.2; Cleveland 7,0 tal bases to 97, while Joe Harris of| tied with .328, pars A were of the opinion that Gibvons, if 2. his total base Chieago 2-11; St. Louis Hornsby ‘pushed Meeting of Westchester Racing| <+i) was jin the lead, but Cooper +¢| mitted that he never felt better in Boston, ran his total of runs scored z association, at Belmont Park. was cutting down the distance sep-| he succeeded {evading Carpentier's | 11. tire and showed no trace of un- eee rage Ge record to 93, Frank Frisch of the}, ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May Meeting of Kentucky Jockey clublarating them. ‘The time for 450] Sangerous Ment hand blow for four) ovsiness. He undoubtedly takes Amorican Association Eddie Collins stepped just one|Glants swelled his total tallies to|S1—(By the Associated Press) —I, closes at Louisville. miles was 4.35:00:04, an average of| fr." YC Founds, Wwolne Me lon mact| this afternoon's contest seriously| St. Paul 8-2; Minneapolis 4. base faster than his teammate Bil Jacques Fournier of the Dod-|W. 1. Holderness, former British : , ion pre- r 43 ner 01 ome ur golf champion, today re- cera oe | eae mus Bee, Baur. vailed among the experts that Gib: Ana, Daa trained) conscientiously into ios ding a fais ce 5 5 rf fi ene ree M Aen gained his title by ‘Ueteating EB v. Jockey club, at Ottawa. ‘All speedway récords were going the best form he has shown in any| Loulaville 3-9; Indianapolis 4-5, h nine; George Grantham |€ained ing B b bons, instead of intending to fight filwaukeo 9-3; I : he ¢ tol thee + 1| Storey, captain of the Cambridge Meeting of Ohio State Jockey club/ny the boards as the drivers | (nt ieee oe nie orobatie | of his American engagements. puliiwaukes 8; Hansan City 89. ¢ the Cubs, stole another base and) Storey, cabiain of the | Camb closes at Gavent. fought for the lead and the $39,900 Would Watt 16 Berhieene ree on iibbons confidently told his ad.| ist game 10 innings. broke the triple tle of a week ago.| university soit teann. 2 up an elk, y will bring. Cooper, a noted 3 6 Would’ be badly _—_— e s 10, n 1 IntevesilagintePAs Ac Ac A- obam: sre ony wl niet wae forced into| Wearing him down, tiring him out Beenie be, badly 60s Goint Thakos Giieee’’ laine. weitere: @hvaes, | the Hee pionships, at Cambridge, Mass. the pits again in the 182nd lap be-| #24 make him the target for a eppainisd i THe realived that he} “Salt Lake 3-6; Los Angoles New York, .360; I fer, Brooklyn - —— nia “United States Army Quadrennial! cause of tire trouble. ‘The stop] finishing blow in the final round, Nat do this to keep his position|. Sacramento 16-1; San Francisco 56; Frisch, Nev , 842; Grant-] Join the C boosters next games, at Jersey City. ave Boyer about 20 seconds great.| Both boxers, however, have prom apd Bs Bea prt if geht ctsatearvs, |S ham, Chic $26; Young, Newlweek on their trade tour and en Pacific Coast Conference cham-/er lead. ised an aggressive contest. Car-| contenders for tho . heavyweight Vernon 143 Portland 6-1. Y , imm. b: ittaburgh 2 joy a short vacat us nod. pionships, at Wugene, Ore. ———-——_—_- pentier knows other style. The] titi Oakland 7-2; Seattle 2-3. —= amd 7A ‘ Oly" y 3 Iry repair. | French boxer {a noted for his tactics] Gj ——- R \ Central States Olympic tryouts, at Expert watch and jewe! Gibbons said that. bis: condition By JOHN B. FO! 7 eo ” —<———_ \ Ann Arbor, Mich, Ing. Casper Jewelry Co., 0-8 Bldg.|in carrying the fi to his oppo} was guperb, that he was hitting Satna? seen! of (Copyright 1924 Casper Tribune) PEERS SSS ELo [2 a uthern States Olymple tryouts, more accurately and harder than! Ones vostponed rain 7 YORK, May 81—Just a ew Orleans. when he fought Dempsey in Mon- ay 8h utenteg Peiaepe year ago tho New York Yankees Western States Olympic tryouts, tana last July 4 and that he was rae Hee and the New York Giants were ri¢ at Lawinennsikane. [iiued : eet yh te Bey to sags tho crest of the baseball crest Midwestern States Olympic try- According to the scheduled pro- wichita t = 4 ide ts ot 513. J and the fans of other cities were outa, at Iowa City, Ta. gram, Gibbons and Carpentier will Relist as ; St. Joseph 2-1, talking about the “same old story Midwest Intercollegiate Confer- © championships, at Belott. National interscholastic champion. ships, at Chicago. Rowing. Henley American regatta, at Philadelphia, Childs Cup at Philadelphia Marathon, Polytechnie Harriers Marathon, from London to Windsor, Eng: Rocky Mountain Marathon, from Littleton to Denver. Bench Show. Show of Devon Dog Show associa tion, Devon, Pa. Olympic team tryouts and ex- hibitions, at Forest Hills, L. I. Nevada State champlonship tour- nament opens at Reno. Shooting. California State trapshooting tour- hament, at Monterey. District of Columbia trapshooting tournament, at Washington. Golf. British amateur championship wes at St. Andrews. Boxing. Tom Gib gan City. Georges Carpentier vs ne, at Michi a Call up the Chamber of Commerce and let them know you will with them on the boosters trip xt 222 Wyoming Motorway ? 2 2 round sonal reply enclose a stamped, Question — Under any circum: stances do men on the bases have anything to do with winning and losing games? Ansy They have very much ta do with it but presumably your query refers to runners who are left on the bases when pitchers are changed. If there w three run- nore left on the bases when a pitch er went out he would be held respon: ble for all three run if they red Question—Which is the correct and best position for a batsman 80 as to be successful at bat? Answer—If an absolutely position were known perha body would become a good batter but positions vary with playors. 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- wise your question will be answered in this column. Address—John B. Foster, Special Baseball Correspondent of the Casper Tribune, 811 World Building, New York. (Copyright, 1924, enter the ring between 3 and 4 o'clock, central standard time. The. contest will be started as soon as possible after 3 p. m., if the weather is threatening. ‘The 10 round semt- final between Sammy Mandell, Rock: ford, Il, and Paul Friteh, France, will staged after the Gibbons- Carpentier bout. foday’s contest concelyed by Moya Fitzimmons, owner of the Michigan City arena, was made possible as a result of the financial support of Frank R. Parker, Chicago, who, at the age of 29 years, is reported to have made himself a million dollars self-addressed envelope, Other. in the last five years, chiefly btm 8 ped through West Virginia mining onter- Personally, a position that faces | prises: the pitcher is favored by the writer See a eee ne and not one by which the batter must look over his shoulder to seo the ball coming up to him, Question—Batter hits the ball to the third baseman and he throws it over the first baseman’s hoad. Must} niw yoRK. — Pancho Villa, the batter stop at second or may he| world's flyweight champion, retain £0 as far as he can? od his title after fifteen rounds with Anawer— The batter may M&k®) Hrankio Ash of England tho clrouit of the bases unless there an is a grdund rule which stops him] wey ORLEANS—The 15-round at some particular base bout between Pinkie Mitchell, of Question—What position does | agitwaukeo and Tommy Free: Max Carey play and how long has| Hot Springs, Ark., was postp: he been with Pittsburgh Anawor—Hoe plays center field and began to play with Pittsburgh in 1911. until! Monday because of inclement weather, a ? 2 2? Wyoming Motorway ? f 2 omaha 2-1. Des Moines 6-10; Lincoln 3-15. Southern League Atlanta 7-1; Little Rock 0-4 2nd game 7 innings. New Orleans 6-3 Nashville 4.5 first game 11 innings, second 7 ir nings, Mobile 7-1; Chattanooga 6-9, sec ond game 7 innings. Birmingham 7; Memphi 4. Games Today National Cineinnatt at Chicago. New York at Philadelphia. Hoston at Brooklyn Bt, Louls at Pittsburgh, American Chicago at St. Louis Detroit at Cleveland, Philadelphia at New York Washington at Boston, SEND IT To THE PEARL WHITE LAUNDRY PHOND i703 in "the big The New York clubs are up at the top today but leaguos. thy aren't out in front as they were r 5 a matter of fact, both { iB are about a week behind their \ AN) 923 record ChB x I n at this particular dat ‘ oF, the 1 won games and | i t day the res are and 12, On the same date last e Ci ar year, the Giants had won 28 and lost » have won and ——— y this time with that Last year t had made a first triump the west This year both pretend to have, the chance is ope lot of double headers on thelr cards Meal taow: aaa obealaiv any seek 10c ~ 2 for25c ~ 15c bnormal lead as they had Jant yea Tree ones Deir ens bow et x Flor de sou \a Valentine cia play "any, indo” and Unvarying High Quality Since 1848 were after him.