Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 21, 1924, Page 5

MONDAY, JULY 21, 1924. ape Casper Hap Arivune World Results [> STANONAD TRIS LEI GLENROCK WINS ACM TEAC Elks Beaten at Lavoye—Home Runs and Sand- Storm Play Big Part in Two Games Here Sunday Afternoon By pounding the pill vigorously to all corners of the lot the Standard yesterday defeated the American Legion 11 to 4 and safely clamped down on first place in the Oil City league. The Texacos were defeated 14 to 13 by Lavoye in a weird game that was punctuated by a sand storm while Lavoye with a new pitching star in the box defeated the Elks in a sweet game 2 to 1. The results of the games finds the Elks In second place and the Texacos and Legion tied for third. The race from now on should be a hummer as both the Lavoye and Glenrock teams have strengthened and are going to try for a fast closing finis! The big game yesterday found the Legion without a regular pitcher. Blondy Hays was laid up with a crippled arm and Stone, a new comer, w hit freely. Skeets Walker who to! the last part of the game, was not particularly effective. Roy Hartzell; Matthews and Andy MeNeill hit effectively for the win- ners. Each of the trid hit honiers, Hartzell’s hitting the top of the fence in right and beynding’over the wall. Ted Madden with a triple and a SENATORS DOG YANKEES HEELS IN LEAGUE AACE Detroit Furnishing Close Opposition to Both Teams in Chase By JOHN B. FOSTER (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, July 21.—Altho jar- red out of the lead, Washngton has been holding onto the heels of the Yanks with the grip of 4 bulldogelts race with New York has been neck and neck ever since the western clubs came east. But both of them have been fought harder, if anything, than they have fought themselves, as nelther of them has gained in the race while Detroit has. Some of that gain was directly at the expense of the Sena- tors, who were trimmed three to one in the serles with Detroit. Should Detroit give the Yanks the same dose when they meet, there is good reason to belieye the Tigers will go home in front with the bands play- ing, the streets decorated with an ad- miring populace. If Detroit maintains her winning pace und holds it with her fingers clinched until July 31 the team will be in better line to win the pennant than it has been in fongyears. It had been freely predicted that ; the Washington club would go back. Three weeks ago the teams it was threatening said the Senators would be thru by July 15, but that date is ‘Past and gone and they are not in any such run down physically inert condition. They have as much chance to regain the lead as they had to get it in the first place and there is not a thing in the present outlook that’ figures disaster to Washington any more than there was a montb ago. The baseball body overlook the fact that this team has been a fighting organization sinee it jegan to train. It won its games at Tampa by com- ing from behind and when you find a ball club that shows grit in spring training you can bet it will fight all of the year as long as it has anything to fight with. If Taylor, who was taken from the Memphis club, pans out well for the team with his ability to play third base and the outfield, Wash- ingtor will be better off than they* have been since they started. Matthews slumped in his batting after he got‘ovet the first thrills of being introduced to Washington but there 1s little surprise in that. What he did for Washington can hardly be expressed in figures, but he didn't seem to have a reservoir of ginger big enough to keep himself keyed up. His batting average of 330 sloughed right down to 270. That is the story of the Matthews episode and it is the same story that has been told. | Boston seems to be sagging in the race to @ position more in confor- mity with “what Boston has ex- nerlenced in the past but the team that is seventh in this race of 1924 may not be far from the top when the show is over. Baseball has seen no race in moons like this one in the American League: | Games Today | National League, Boston at Chicago. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at St. Louis. New York at Cincinnati. American League Chicago at Washington. Cleveland: at Boston Detroit at New York St. Louis at Philadeihpia, single and Hays with two clean hits atted best for the Legion. Too mtich.Joe Dyer was what was the matter with the Texacos. The big Missourian, besides pitching most of the game he hit homers twice and each time with two on. His average for the day was 1,000 while Pullen of the Texacos, who is running him a race for league batting honors, had an off day and didn’t get a hit. The Elks wandered off to Lavoye with four regulars missing. Dinty Moore, Ballgue, Shaffer and Bowman did not make the trip and the support they gave Waitman, their star pitch- er, was not of the best. Tucker and Weir tolled for Lavoye and cach pitched clever baj!. ‘The box score: Glenrock-Texacos Glenrock— AB. R. H. PO?A. Pepper c 414 Clark ss ... Wyatt If .--.. Dyer, p cf -. Woodruff Ib --. Bartley s1 Pick cf p Strayer 3b ~. Woods rt coconcen: Totals Texas— Huinker Sproat cf 3b ~ Miller 2b ... Logsy 2b p Hathaway: if Deusher If cf . Pittman’ 1b Flannery rf Stone c = Pullen McWhorter p w Totals Score by Innings— R.H. E. Glenrock . 540 410 0—14 17 4 Texas --......---140 223 1—13 12 4 Summary: Errors—Pepper, Clark, Bartley, Miller, Deusher, Flanery. Stolen Bases—Huinker, Woodruff 2, Dyer. Two-base Hits—Huinker 3, Sproat, Miller 3, Logsy. Home Runs Dyer 2. Passed Balls—Pullen. Struck Out—By Pick 5, by Dyer 9, by Me: Whorter 3, by Loggy 3. Bases on Balls—Off Pick 1, off Dyer 4, off Me- Whorter 1, off Loggy 1. Double Play—Huinker to Sproat to Miller. Hit by Pitched Balls—Dyer by Log- gy. Time of Game—2:25. Attend- ance—800, Umpire—W. Eads. Standard-Legion Standafa— AB. R. H. PO. A. Matthews 8s ~~~. 5340 4 Varnadoré Ib 0090 Hartzell p -. 4402 McNeill 3b ~. 2.1 3-0 Scott cf -. — 120.06 Lano 2b —e o1o01 Blarney If . 02°10 Erickson rt 0000 Sitt's .... 1080 Totals .. 33 111421 7 Legion— AB. R. H. PO. A. Madden If 40200 Morse B, 2 41020 Griffe: 3003831 ¥ 31104 #0110 Woodward 1b 3 0111 1 Rowell 2b -.--3- 31010 3003823 90000 31201 ---29 4 721 9 Standard . 0 013 3—1114*2 Legion --. ~210 100 0—4 7 5 Summary: Errors—Matthews, Mc- Neill, Madden, Griffen, Walker, Banse, Woodward. Stolen Bases— Varnadore, Lano. Two-base Hits— Matthews, Hays. Three-base Hit— Madden. Home Runs—Hartzell, Mat- thews, McNeill. Sacrifice Hits— Varnadore 2, Hartzell, Fitt. Struck Out—By Hartzell @ by Walker 3. Bases on Balls—Off Walker 2, off Double Plays—Walker to Hit by Pitched Time of. Um- Hartzell. Woodward to Bible Ball—Erickson by Walker, Game—1;50, Attendance—800. pire—W. Eads. BIG OE RIES NENYORK MEETS DETROIT STARTING TODAY Yanks Win Doubleheader, From Cleveland Sunday and Go Boston's Sunday blue laws helped the New York Americans to steal a march on Detroit: by copping a doubleheader from Cleveland while the Tiger were forced to twiddle their thumbs in The Hub, The result is that™New York todiy faces Cobb's climbers fn the first of what pro- mises to be a “rip-snorting” series with a lead of a game and a haif. Washington also took advantage of the junglers’ idlemess to advance to within one game of; the ‘second place. In the only other American league contest Washington snatched a 5-to- 4 trlumph out of St. Louls' grasp with a ninth inning rally. Walter Johnson had to retire under fire in the eighth and Russell, his successor, got credit for the victory. Eppa Rixey arrived on the scene just In time to squelch a last minute Into Undisputed Lead in League Race New York rally and the Giants bow- ed to Cincinnati by a score of 5 to 2. McGraw's aggregation had scored re a man retired when the Reds’ ace rel'eyed Benton and completed his 32nd scoreless inning. Chicago trampled the down-trod- den Braves still deeper into the dust and ineidentally decreased the Giants’ Yead to seven games with a 7-to-4 win over the Bean Eaters. Hart- net's two homers and Adams’ field- ing and a steal of home featured. By gaining an even break with St. Louis in a twin bill, Philadelphia emerged from the darkness of: the cellar into the comparatively bright sunshine of seventh place, which they share today with the Braves. The Cardinals won the opener, 7 to 4 and the Phillies came back in the second with a 3-to-2 win. WITH BOXING-SWIMMING TEAMS TENNIS TEAM ENDS OLYMPIC MATCHES TODAY PARIS, July 21. (By the Assoclat- ed Press)—With the Olympic box- ing and swimming team champion- ships to the rapidly growing list of its. international triumphs, the United States will complete another conqueroring march today on the Colombes tefnis courts. The two young gsmerican tennis Miss Helen Wills and Vincent clinched the team victory y when’ they won the singles championships, the former from Mlle, Viasto, 6-2, 6-2, and the latter from Henri Cochet; the French court wizard, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, The American swimmers have hung up a record breaking triumph. overwhelming all rivals by taking first places in 13 of 17 events and scoring "217 points against 58 by Sweden, their nearest competitor. The Americans scored more points than ever fell to any country at any Olympic meeting in the history of the games. In the grand finish yesterday, two world’s records were broken and another equalled, new marks being set for the 100-metre back stroke for women and the 800. metre men’s relay, while the rec- ord made by Mariechen Wehselau, of Honolulu, in the 100-metre free style was equalled by Ethel Lackie of Chicago. 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-—Join B. Foster, Special Baseball Correspondent of the.Casper Tribune, 811 World Building, New York. (Copyright, 1924, Question—Runner is on first base and the batter hits a long fly down the left field foul line. Runner thinks it is fair. He goes to third before the umpire calls foul. The ball was not caught. Does the runner have to touch second base as he goes back to first or can he cut through the infield? Umpire called a runner out on a play Uke that because the run- ner did not touch second base. Answer—Umpire was wrong. The runner can cut “cross-lots” back to first on a play of that kind. Question—Pitcher steps out of the Casper Tribune.) the base, The runner is tagged be- fore he can get back. Is it a balk? Answer—Not as you describe it. The pitcher simply threw to third to catch the runner napping which he had a perfect right to do, Question—Runner is on second, Batter knocks up pop fly. Runner thinks the baseman will not cateh the ball and stiirts for third. Base- man has his foot on the base when he catches the ball. Is it a double box and winds up and throws to third to catch the runner who is off gut? , Answer—It is a double play. The batter was out and the runner for not getting beak to the base after the ball was caught in advance of the ball. In three events yesterday they American finished first, second and third—Johnny Weismuller and Duke and Sam Kahanamoku, in, the 100-metres free etyle; Miss Kackie, Miss Wehselau and Gertrude Ederle in the 100-metres free style for wo- and Al White, Dave Fall and Pinkston, ¢. men, Clarence high dive. Ill., won the for women. Miss Sybi! in the fancy roline Smith of Ca lain high diving event Bauer clipped four- fifths of a second from the world’s record in the 100-metres back stroke, her time being one minute, 23 1.5 seconds. Weismuller came within two- fifths of sa second of the world’s record created by himself in win- ning the 100-metres free style. His time was. 59 seconds, flat. Duke and Sam Kahanamoku battled Arne Borg of Sweden for second and third Places, both Americans nosing out the Swede The new world’s rec: Ord for the relay was nine minutes, 53 2-5 seconds, six seconds better than the former one. The United States boxers, who carried off the battling championship of the Olym- pic games by scoring 38 points for a close victory over Great Britain, which had 50, broké training today. The battlers from America won twd out of eight championships. “During the final battles the high pitch of excitement among the spectators at one time assumed the Proportions of a riot. Police were required to quell disturbances which broke out several'times during the hotly contested bouts. Of the two championships won by America, Fidel La Barba of Los Angeles, took the flyweight event a Jack Fields also of Los <An- , won ih the featherweight The Olympic crown, how- was won by the Americans up points for second and ever, piling third places, AMERICANS WIN MEN'S DOUBLES OLYMPIC STARDIUM, Colombes, France, July 21—(By The Associat- ed Press)—Vincent Richards and Francis T. Hunter of the United States today won the Olympic men’s doubles tennis title, defeating Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon, of France, 4:6, 6-3, 6-3 ‘Coliseum Wins : From Parkerton 6, The Coliseum’ Motor company m which is a member of the In- SOCKING Gotham followers of fistiana were all agog a few days ago over the fact that Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey, the great moving picture star, was seen that the celluloid industry had not Hollywood hero. It must be remembered that Rickard right now {s up to his eyes In Promoting the labor day match between the Wild Bull of the Pampas the Senegambian cloud. There appears little prospect of Dempsey appearing if a champion- and Harry Wills, ship match in 1924. The champ ts to the blows of an opponent unless he receives something in the nature With that kind of a putse the only thing left for Dempsey is outdoor matches and the season is fast ap- of a half million for the effort. Proaching when the specators would an outdoor arena. t eee? Helen Wills, the California school girl, surprised even her most ardent winning the world’s wome admirers Sunday by pionship at the Olymples. In Miss &-worthy successor to Molla Bjuréted Mallory who long held the laurels player in America. Miss Wills did not have to compete with ntal French star. as the best woman Fortunately or unfortunately, Suzanne Lenglen, the temper: physical condition has not been the by her physician to play in the tournament, Whether theeAmerican girl could defeat hr French opponent at this It is certain that in a year or two, with her added experience, that Miss Wills will have an excellent chance of downing time fs a question. the mighty Lenglen. rubber and the home plate. None of the big league magnates hitting them over the fence. turnstiles click. Datu Alip, a Moro, who recently matches. by the punches they caught. Won't Steal." Some afternoon when But You're An Awful Ollcan to Me.” easons why Great Britain has gone civil or religious difficulties. The same holds true in an inverse ratio. and the Balkans where the main form of ath- “been hotbeds of revolution. Luckily the United States is becoming more interested.in athletics with more people taking up golf, tennis and outdoor winter sports every year. RITOLA PROVES ONE OF OLYMPIC STARS sport is throwing the bull letics is handling dice, have always By FRANK GETTY (United Press Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK, July 21.—It seems the height of ingratitude, ‘this thing that Willie Ritola did in the open ing event of the Olymple games of 1924, The little Finn was trained in the United States, and appeared in Mar- athon and distance runs throughout the east for several years. All he learned of the running game, all the best coaching could lend to his lithe limbs, Ritola received here. But under tho rules of the Olym- paid, Willie represented Finland at Paris. And when the starter’s gun sent the men away on the first event of the track and field pro- gram, the Finn romped around his field, smashed a world’s record, won the race with 300 yards to spare and was so full of running at the finish he set out on another lap of By ROSS MIKE GRANT in earnest conference with Tex Rickard. naginations are the most elastic prognosticated that the heavyweight champion was due for a match in the near future. Agitation is rife in one or more of the eastern cities housing big league baseball parks to cut down the number of home runs. as to have proposals made to shorten tae distance between the pitching realize that circuit clouts are popular with the customers they will not allow anything to interfere with Babe Ruth and his clansmen from It takes customers to pay salaries and most of the magnates now realize that only by catering to what the fans want will they make the Philippines, has the pecullar habit of singing continuously through his This habit of annoying opponents might be taken up in other branches of sport. Pugs in particular, are said to have picked up more cauliflower ears by listening to what their opponents said to them than You can imagine the surprise Harry Wills would register if in the first round of his fight with Firpo the Wild Bull of the Pampas would start baritoning “Some Folks Say That a Nigger opposing !nfield might start a quartet on ‘You May Be Somebody's Baby In any country where a large number of people are vitally interested in some sport or other the majority of the people are revolutions or ovérthrow governments by warfare. the huge Colombes Staudium. Ver- non Booth, first Amefican home, finished twelfth. It was the flag of Finland that went up above the scoreboard, first to be honored because of an Olympic victory. 4 Speaking seriously, no sportsman will begrudge , Ritola his success. Many acclaim his triumph in the 10,000 metze-run at Paris the great- est individual Olmpic achievement of modern times. In the first place, rain was falling coninuously and the track was heavy. This means a Iot to runners who must plug along fer more than six miles. Thelr running shoe@ drag up the heavy cinders: they are hamp: ered—even with due allowance for This means a lot to runners- who dependent league played a non schedule game yesterday when it defeated the Parkerton aggregation, 14 to 7. Two home rurns by Galvin and Sullivan for the Casper team weré features of the game, av IT HOME Those whose It was also rumored proved so lucrative for the newest averse to exposing his manly form have to wear fur lined B. V. D.'s in ‘s singles tennis cham Wills the United States has found Miss Lenglen, whose best for ‘a year past, was forbidden tlhe MiAy i“ ts Vir blolyscnd First in News Of All Events FAGE Five. YASS MORE THAN | WOULD ¥ OR HLGGINS ¢ i i 5 5 } “feu ~ Hi 5 4 ee ; TT z ' ' , 4 i Storemen Drop First Game of Season; Lee Douds £ ' Win From Telephone Company ; by Heavy Hitti 5 y by ing f Boyle's Fordsons battled thelr way} it would have been satisfactory both * to the top of the Independent league | to the Merchants and the other mem. for the first time during the season|bers of the Independent. league. yesterday when they defeated the| The boxe scores: is Merchants 14 to 3 and the Lee Doud Fordsons-Merchants Game ‘ Motor company held its position of Fordsons A.B. third when it handed ‘a defeat to the} pananes 1b. 6 Pe ye ei re’ Telephone company, the score stand-| Jones, 2b. = 81047 SheLpakee ing at 19 to 16 Craft, ¢. _ obs 82 paid od 8 The victory of the Fordsons yes-| Butcher, wa. 0) 42 San terday provides a complete shake-|Clowery, 3b. bao. + & 8 8 up in pennant expectations because | Mecorvin, 43-1 2 eobee it is the first time that the Merch-| struck, If. 83 Solver ofa te ants have lost. Up to this time they| Royle, rf, —. 4 180° 8 O70 Le had possesed aq string of six consecu-| shields, p. — 5621 0 50 tive victories and it was apparent|wingato 1-Gta. ao been that there was not a team in the| Barger - 100.000 league that could defeat them. The -———S-— i store keepers had been showing 61412 2417 ¢ ; such form that their removal to the} struck out by Shields, 10; Base on 13 It has gone so far are particuarly thick and when they Won the chess championship of the Babe Ruth steps up to the plate the vo busy to foment That is one of the 80 many years without any serious Mexico, where the principal Pproportion—more than short dis tance men. Ritola ran as though it were a day of spring sunshine. His most dangerous competitor was a big Swede named Wide. The two set out at a pace that quickly left the entire field far behind, Wide made the pace, with the Finn at his elbow, until the eleventh lap. Then Ritola lengthened his stride and gradually worked up to and past his rival. Stride for, stride, he drew away from Wide, who could not maintain the terrific pace. ‘What had been a two-man race became a one-man affair, but the Finn never let up nor pampered him- self, On he ran, as though the seven were nipping his heels. He was in a trenmendous sprint at the finish, devils of the old Finntsh legend with the tired Wide a couple of hundred metres back, Willie cut 12 1-5 seconds from his former world mark in that race, but what he ‘would have dane had he been pushed or had be knowm the race was over, no one knows Ritola thought he had another lap to go, and he was tearing along at @ great pace, running around the laggards of the field on another lap with Olympic officials flagged him and finally dragged him from the track. Four years ago, Ritola won the same event at Antwrep, on that oc. casion setting a new Olympic and a new world mark. At the, Antwerp games, the Finn's time was 30:35 1-6 At Paris it w 1.23 1-5 Not content with his wonderful showing in the 10,000 metre tola went out a couple of days later and} won the 3,000 metre steeplechase without turning a hair—the first gan double winner of the deen Au Expert watch and jewelry repair: Ing. Casper Jeweiry Co., O-S Bldg. i ranks of the Oil City league was dis cussed .and there is not doubt that had such an arrangement been made Standings. National League. Club New Chivago Pittsburgh? . Brooklyn Cincinnati St. Louis Boston Philadelphia Am Clubs New York Detroit - Washington Chicago .. St. auis eveland ston Philadel, oil Club Standara Elks Legion Texacos Glenrock Lavoye Club Fordsons Merchants Lee Douds c. &Q B Telephone Co, iseums Harry Yess York — w. 66 49 45 45 4 37 33 33 nerican League. City League, w. 285 000 Yesterday’s — ‘Scores National League. Cincinnatl, Chicago, St. Am Louis, 5; New, York, 2, Bostc » 4 Philadelphia, nerican League. 4:3. New York, 4:10; Cleveland,~1-4 Washingto Ww Denver, Omaha, Joseph Des Moin om, St. Louis, 4 estern League. 411; Oklahoma City 4; Wichita, 0-0 h, 10-2; Lincoin, 4-3 es, 10 Tulsa, 2-6. Coast League. Salt Lake, San Fran Portlend, Oakland , 10-8; Seattle, 6-19. ciseo, 8-1; Vernon 8-5; Sacrament 4-1; Los Angeles Texas League Wichita Fy Houston, Mobile, 6; Nashville, I h ‘alls, 11; 8| Py American / Milwaukee Toledo TIndlani alls, 1; Feature: pitching of Shiclds. «¢ St double play Butcher to Jones 4 | to Danaher. Fielding and hitting of 4 Butcher, . Merchants = A.B. R. H. P.O.A. EB, > ‘ring, 2b. Hollinger, cf. Jones, 3b. - Hendrix, ss, Hartman, p. Killebrew, Apel, r. f. Hartman, If. 1 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 Sraave COCO Beto locuornoconou 11 12 base Totals Struck ou on balls, 2. Doud-Telephone Game Doud Motor Co. Doud, 2b. Gitlardi, 1¢. Bryon, ss. Morris, c. Scherrer, 1b. Carrier, p... Russman, Allison, T., Spaulding, rt. Allison, 3b. Brown, rf. ow f. If, “ Bleccoomommnn> Totals ~-....... Telephone Co.—AB. MeLean, as. Babcock, 3b, -. Sopher, p. - Roof, 2b. Frederich, Shelton, If. Tenczar, cf. Niblett, c. T. Cartwright, rf. F] I y ° ao 1b. lannaaea lenocrmmanur | coco oman ah 1 4.0 ors 0000 cone, Totals . me Summary—tTwo base hits—McLean 1, Sopherl 1, Roof J, Cartwright 1, Byron 2, Morris 1, Scherrer 1, Car ner 2. Three base hits—Allison 1, Scherrer 1. Home runs—Shelton 1. Double plays—McLean to Roof to Frederich, Carrier to Gillardl. Hit by pitcher—Roof and Brown. First base on balls—off Sopher 1, off Car rier 2. Struck out—by Sopher 3; by Carrier 6. Umpire—Hannegan. Sport Calendar Racing Meeting of Empire City Racing As- sociation, at Yonkers. Meeting of Business Men’s Racing Association, at Chicago. | 40 15 1 & = a Meeting gf Kenilworth Jockey elub pens at Windsor. Trotéing Golf Meeting of Grand Circult opens gt | Kalamazoo. ‘ Western amat championship nament ope Hinsdale, I. do state championship opens eur Tennis n ehamption- N. ¥. | fonship tourna- | |; chamy onship hip Boxing Ja vs. Joe Beckett, 15 jobby Barrett, 10 ' Iphia . Willie Woods, 10 « Bloomfield, Ang ut London rs