Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1924, Page 5

’ MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1924 World Results By Leased Wire STANDARD AND TEXACOS WIN IN CLOSING GAMES OF CITY LEAGUE Texacos Pound Ball Hard In Opener—Second Game Close—Errors Lose Game For Elks Team ‘With a 4 to 3 win over the Elks, the Standard brought the Ol City league season of 1924 to a close Sun- day afternoon and further cinched their hold on the pen: The Tex- acos in the first game of the double- header clouted the ball hard and swept the wrecked Legion team off the map by a score of 10 to 8. The Texaco win gives them undisputed possession of third place. ‘The first game was easy for the Texacos with Bill Loggy letting the Legion down with three hits while his teammates pounded out 13 safe. ties off Stone and Rogers. The Le- gion played sloppy ball in the field oe Standings | American Leagu W. L. Pet. Washington - 59 50 St. Louis -. 51 Chicago 55 Cleveland 57 Philadelphia — 46 62 1426 Boston - 45 61 418 National League. Team— L. New York 36 Pittaburgh 44 Chicago 48 Brooklyn 50 Cincinnat! 53 St. Louis ~ 60.428 Philadelphia, 64 385 Boston -_-... 67.368 OIL CITY LEAGUE. Clubs— ~ W .L. Pet. cB. &Q Coliseum: Harry Yesness Games Today Nationa] League. Chicago at Boston. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Bropklyn. Cincinnati at New York. American League. No games scheduled. Loatiiera ta DEMPSEY FILM PLAYING LAST TIME AT WYOMING Jack Dempsey 15 playing at the ‘Wyoming theater for the last times today in “A Society Knockout,” one of his series. of fight films which he has made for Universal. There is Plenty of punch in this show, a typ!- cal Dempsey picture. He plays the role of one Jack O'Day, unbeaten ud 8o far as indications go, unbeat- able. cwmansed aseoaeey 4 a 3 —>____ Expert watch and jewelry repair. ing. Cusper Jewa'ry Co. 0-S Bldg. ———_~ and looked weak with the willow. Bible, regular third baseman of the. Legion, was put in to pitch late in the game and showed more stuff than either of the regular twirlers. The closing game was a hummer both Waltman for the Elks find Ray and. Greenlee for the Standard pitch- ing bangup ball. Three errors by the Elks contributed largely to their downfall. a Art Lano led the Standard batting attack with Varnadort, Matthews and MeNell making star fielding plays. Johnson looked best at bat for the Elks with Moore and Thomp: son leading in fielding stunts. The scores and lineup: Texas-Legion. Legion— AB. R. H. PO. A. B Madden, If. 310014 Rowell, 2b. 400420 Walker, o. 110 4910 Griffin, 1b. 301801 Bane, rf. 200000 Reimerth, rf. 300410 : 200031 301100 100000 0000800 Howell, 3b. -. ed OELO Totals <..-..-. 23 3,321 8 3 ‘Texas— AB. R.H.PO. A. EB. Ronaldson, of. 4 2000 Huinker, ss. 4 30 38 0 Moore, 3b. 3 » 221 Zoble, 2b. «. 4 3 258 0 Miller, rf. 8 1200 McWhorter, If. -.. 4 1000 Pittman, 1b. 4 2-700 Stone, c. 4,008 10 Loggy, P. 4 09000 Totals ......-.'34 10 13 21 9 1 Score by innings— R. H. EB. Legion .. 000 003 0— 3 3 3 Texas ~.. - 423 100 0—10 18 1 Sumary—Stolen bases: Moore, Zoble, Miller; two-base hits: Griffin, Huinker, 2; Zoblo; three-base hits: McWhorter, Ronal Pittman; sacrifice hits: Hayes; struck out: by Loggy, 7; by Rogers, 1; by. Bible, 5; bases on balls: off Stone, 1; off Log- gy, 6; double plays: Huinker to Zoble to Pittman; Walker, unassisted to Rowell. .Time of game, 2:10, Atten- di 500, Umpires,,Varnadore and son. & -Elks. _ Standard— AB. R. H. PO. A. B. Matthews, ss. si'12/ 35 9°43 Varnadore, 1b. - 300600 MeNeil, 3b. Bete ke e1 10 Scott, of. -. 2121200 Lano, 2b. - 8 12 0 3 2 Blamey, If. 201000 Erickson, rf. 3.00002 Fitt, c. 20010 0 2 Ray, p. 200001 Greenlee, p. -0 00000 Totals --...--- 23 4 621 6 Elks— AB. R, I. PO. A. Moore, 2b. -. 4 a2 0.1 Fischer, ss. tos bis ves Toa I Johnson, cf. 2 162 °2 0 Thompson, 20070 Quinlan, rf. 30110 Kirby, 1b. 8.0 0 4 0 ue, 3b. ~. 30001 Sullivan, If. 2002 0 Waitman, p. 30001 Rowe, If. ---.- 10000 Totals ~------- 27 3 518 3 Score by innings— R. H.eE. Standard - 000 400 x—4 6 Elks ---. 000 210 0—3 5 4 Summary—Stolen bases; Moore, Rowe; two-base hits: Scott; struck : by Ray, 9; by Greenlee, y Waitman, 6; bases on balls: off Ra) 1; off Waitman, 2; double plays: Mc- Neill, unassisted to Varnadore; wild pitches: Ray, 2; Waltman, 1; time of game: 1:40; attendance, 500. Um- pires, Griffin and Loggy. Tribune wantads bring results. Distributed by PAXTON & GALLAGHER Casper, Wyoming A, Friend Al: \\ Well Al wear on the way home after this trip and will be home tonight and I am wandring will Edna be glad to see me. | bet she will pretty near half a fit when I show up and she wont hardily know me. pear a mo. Any way that is 1 nice thing about baseball your wife is glad to see you when you get home. rn DETROIT TIGERS Lead New York By Inspired by their grey bearded manager, Tyrys Raymond Cobb, who favored his diamond weary legs to the extent of stealing only four bases, the Detroit Tigers burglarized first place right out ‘of the hands of the Yankees, whom they led tod: by one point. Washington and Louis, both of whom won, advanc: ed to within two and four games, respectively of the erstwhile pace- makers. The Tigers wielded the butcher knife for a 18 to 7 triumph. Ty cele- brated his second childhood with pilfers of second, third twice and home, By their 7 to 1 victory, the Indians not only tumbled the Yankees out of first place, but passed Chicago into fifth place, as the White \Box lost to Washington, Shaute stopped Ruth and his pals dead in their tracks, Although they did their b te s Yesterday’s Scores National Lengue. Cincinnati, 4-5; New York, 2-1. Brooklyn, 6-8; St. Louis, 5-4. American League, Cleveland, 7; New York, 1. Washington, 4; Chicago, 2. Detroit, 13; Boston, 7. St. Louls, 10; Philadelphia, 8, Western League. Tulsa, 6; Denver, 3. Oklahoma City, 9-8; Des Moines, St. Joseph, 4; Omaha, 3 (Second game called; rain). Lincoln, Wichita, 4 (Second game called; rain) = Texas League Dallas, 4; Fort Worth, 1. Shreveport, ‘11-1; Wichita Falls, 9-5. Houston, 6; San Antonio, 8. Beaumont, 7; Galveston, 6. Coast League Los Angeles, 0:7; San Francisco, 5-4. Portland, 7-18; Salt Lake City, FIROT PLAGE IN LEAGUE RAGE Steals Four Bases—Washington Drops Another To. Chicago .|ed with the former in possession of Che Casper Dally Cridune oe We been gone for pretty “AT Jack Keefe L CLIMB INTO One .Point—Ty Cobb surrender the game on errors, the St. Louis’ Browns gratefully accept- ed a 10 to 8 victory at the insistent urgence of the Athletics. A portsided flinging duel between Lefty Mogridge of Washington, and Lefty Cvengros of Chicago, end- a4 to 2 decision. The Cincinnati Reds achieved the distiiction of administering the first double defeat the Giants have sus; tained this season, The scores were 4to2and6 tol. As a result of the twin setback the league leaders are now!seven games and a half ahead of Pittsburg. Not to be outdone, Broklyn turned back St. Louis twice and maintain- ed its game and a half advantage over the Red legs. GARPENTIEA. 10 HIVE ONE MORE FIGHT WN UL § Frenchman Will Meet Jimmy Slattery in Buf- falo This Month By FATR PLAY. (Copyright 1924, Thé Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—Carpen- tier fights Slattery in Buffalo Aug- ust 18, If Jimmy doesn’t knock out the Frenchman, Georges will con- sider a different problem. Shall he meet Tunney again or sail for Europe where word as to his gameness in the Tunney battle and the cloud which arose over the finish of the bout as a result of the unexpected manner in which it end- ed, has restored all his reputation? Staying here and meeting Tunney, he would run the chance of a knock- out. If this happened, would it be a@ reasonable return for all the money that a second battle would 4-6. Vernon, 5-16; Oakland, 3-3. Sacramento, 4-1; Seattle, 3-3. American Association. Minneapolls, 7. 7. Milwaukee, 4 St. Paul, 4-6; Columbus, 2-7. Louisvill Kansas City, 3-2. sonal reply enclose a stainped, wise your question will be answ (Copyright, 1924, QUESTION—Has Babe Ruth ever knocked a home run with the bases full? ANSWER—Four in 1919. QUESTION—What pitcher in the major leagues has the record for strikeouts in one game? ANSWER—Sweeney of Provi- dence for the National with 19.— Waddell, Athletics, with 16. QUESTION—Batter strikes out. Catcher drops the third strike and must throw to first base for the put out. Does the pitcher get credit for a strike out? ANSWER—Tho pitcher always receives credit,for a strike out BASEBALL QUESTION BOX If you have some question to ask about baseball— If you want a rule intérpreted— If you want to ‘now 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- bring? For if a knockout did occur, Carpentier's hopes of working up a lot of excitement over a bout be- tween him and Spalla in France or Italy might go by the board. e On the other hand, so crazy are they over bouts between men of reputation {n Europe that at least so Descamps informs the writer, self-addressed envelope. Other. ’S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS SOMEWHERE TO PLA BRIDGE OR SOMETHING i nothing that could happen to the Orchid man over here would affect his drawing capacity in Europe. Not that Francois admits to hav- ing any idea that Tunwey can repeat the battering he gave the French man at the Polo grounds last month. Oh no. He is full of confidence that Georges can—and will—disposo of Gone, But talk is cheap and the wily little manager is doing some shrewd thinking just now to the end that his meal ticket may be guided through the complexities of the pres- ent situation. Whenever a manager wants to add prestige to a fighter what could be better than to say ho took an angry wallop at Luis Firpo as a re- sult of a fight controversy? First of all that requires courage, implies a willingness to take a chance and other things that the fans Ike to think are inherent in boxers. The latest report of the sort relates to Bartley Madden, who was said to have got his Irish up when Luts Firpo displayed him for his training quarters and hence took a punch at him. This is now denied, but may be true at that. ‘Anyway, anyone who can miss as frequently as Bart- ley does in a ring is not going to scare a man like Firpo with one wal: Then two years ago Charlie Wein ert took a punch at Firpo in a bil Meeting of Grand Circult opens at Cleveland. Women’s national championship tournament opens at Forest Hills. YOU KNOW ME: AL--Adventures of Jack Keefe WELLO, LOTTIE. LU a ahaa soap $ 4/ way, SHE Sp = WENT OOT = DIDN'T SHE QET MY MRE THAT | WAS COMIN’ HOME TONIGHT parlor. Firpo did not say| ment opens at Asheville, N. C. much until two years later when he Miss. Racing Meeting of Saratoga Association, Anual at Saratoga, N. Y. Meeting of Business Men's Rac- ing Association, at Chicago. Meeting of Niagara Racing Asso- ciation, at Ft. Erie, Trotting ‘Tennis . ered in this column, Address—Jolin B. Foster, Special Baseball Correspordent of the Casper Tribune, 811 World Building, New York. Casper Tribune.) whether the catcher holds the ball or not. QUESTION—Runner on first base attempts to steal. Catcher has the ball on second in time to retire the runner but the player taking the throw drops the ball, Is he charged with error? ANSWER—He ts. receives an assist. The catcher QUESTION—If a runner is on first base and the second baseman has the ball, the pitcher acting liké he has the ball and putting his foot on the plate as if he were going to toss the ball to home plate is it a balk? ANSWER—It is’ a balk. eid | ype the for pipes an clgarction eof —rich,yet mild > 2 0 “Wellman's Method” does the trick 222 Coarser cut, too —Rough Cut 2s 2e@fe that’s why it burns slower-— and smokes cooler ~~~ oie No tins, no Sir — packed in foil therefore 10¢ First in News Boys’ and Juniors’ national cham: pionships open at Chicago. ual nt a State championship tourna- ment opens at Des Southern championship Northern Kentucky championship got the Adonis In a ring. Then, ol] tournament opens at Ft. Thomas. Western Michigan tournament opens at rand Rapids, Sport Calendar at tournament champlonship trapshooting Chess congress opens at Southport. Pacific San Diego, championships, Pacific Coast Yachting Associa- ting regatta, at Coronado, Calif, Wisconsin tournament opens at champtonship Pipe tobacco that really is pipe tobacco c i oF ae ys richer ens TOW! acco PAGE FIVE. ' Of All Events YES, SHE GOT IT. QND THEN SHE 7 WENT OOT : SOME WHERE ‘ \ TO CLAY BRIDGE v OR SOME THING! Boxing ‘ Benny Leonard vs Pal Moran, 10 | rounds, at Cleveland, , Jack Renault vs. Bartley Madden ; 15 rounds, at Long Island City. ‘ Panama Joe Gans vs. Larty Est-. < ridge, 10 rounds, at Long Island City. 1 Benny Valger va. Basil Galliano, 15 rounds at Detroit. ’ Billy Kennedy ys. Peter Mack, 12 2 rounds at Jersey City. ee RENAULT FACES 4 ' i , } > NEW YORK, Aug. 11—Bartley ¢ Madden, New York heavyweight, 1 will meet Jack Renault, Canadian } heavyweight, in a 15-round match to- night, « r 5 « ' r r : t ‘ © c ' {! } 5 Co.