Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 6, 1924, Page 5

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1924, World Results GIANTS MAINTAIN LEAGUE LEAD BY CASHING IN ON TWO GAMES Brooklyn Stays on Heels of New York With Victory Over Boston; Tigers Trounce Indians Twice in Fresh Spurt. (By The Associated Press). ' The New York Giants today maintained their league lead in the tri-cornered battle for first honors in the Na- tional League by a double victory over the hapless 6 to 5, and 15to3. ~ , es, Brooklyn, with the pennant in sight, stretched its win- ning spurt into fourteen straight games by defeating Bos- JENGATIONS IN FINTGR LIKELY Detroit May Still Be Considered in the Running—Foster. By JOHN B. FOSTER (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—Were the American League race anything but the extraordinary affair that it h proved to be this season, the Detro! and St, Louis clubs might safely bi countéd out of the running. Neither has much more than a score of games left to be played and each is more than a full week behind in the race. Detroit has met with a double- fisted wallop in the west, where it should be strong and the Browns have suffered from thelr own incon- sistency to an extent that would doom them in an ordinary race. However, as the American League ig season has shown a marked ten- lency to win and lose by serjes, the bloc program: apparently having be- come as popular tn baseball as in politics. it is out of the question to count Detroit and St. Louis out.of the race. Hither of them may a run-away streak in the final games at home, while New York and Wash- ington are on the road, and entirely change the complexion of the race. ‘The Joss of four games in success: ion by Washington and the winning of four ‘in suctession by Detroit: ‘vould bring the teams 80 close to- wether that another series lost and won would put them in a tie for all championship purposes. Bach ofthe four first division clubs In the Américan League has shown this year a disposition to stumble and spill the beans at one time or another. That is why, even with a short time to go, it is imprudent to say that Washington and New York have the race between them, Detroit and St. Louis can raise an awful lot of mischief between them ‘they get going again. If they do not the race will become a dual af- fair, with both of the contenders play- ing away from home as the cham- plonship is being decided. Yesterday’s Scores American League. Detroit 7-20; Cleveland 3-1. Chicago 4; St. Louis 4. Not other played. National League. Cincinnati 3; Chicago 1. Brooklyn 4; Boston 0. New York 6-15; Philadetphia 6-3. St. ‘Louts-Pitteburgh game post- Poned, rain. —_——. Western League. Lincola 13; Des Moines 1. No others played. Texas 18. Wichita Falls 11-9; Houston 10-0. (Second called fifth dark.) Galveston 4; Fort Worth 3. Beaumont 6. Dallas 2. San Antonio 1; Shreveport 4. Coast League. Los Angeles 8; Salt Lake City 3. Oakland 3; Seattle 0. Portland 15; Vernon 13. San Francisco 13; Sacramento 8. Louisville 8; Columbus 3. Minneapolis 6-14; Kansas City 2-4. St. Paul 56> Milwaukee 2. ancinnat! Ghicago St. Louts Philadelphia .. Boston Amertcan League. Clubs— Ww. Washington 7 New York - Ti Detroit % St. Louis 68 Cleveland 62 Boston -.. 59 Philadelphia. 59 Chicago 56 ton, but saw the Giant lead increase from 3 to 6*points. Continuing their sensational play of the last two weeks, the Brooklyn Robins Gefeated Boston, 4 to 0. Rube Ehrhardt, manager Robinson's discovery hung up his fourth ntratght victory. ‘ Cincinnatl, fighting for q berth in the firat division, conquered the Cubs, 3 to 1. Pittsburgh had to stand by help- lessly ‘because of rain while the Giants and Robina were increasing their lead over the Pirates at the ex- pense of Weaker tears. the gap between them and the Sen- ators and Yankees by trimming the Indians twice, Detroit won the first contest, 7 to 8, and the second,20 to 1. Cvengros’ effective pitching ald- ed the White Sox in defeating st. | of Louis, 4 to 1. Washington still holds a two game advantage over New York, neither team being scheduled to play yesttrday. Sport Calendar | Racing Meeting of Westchester Racing As- sociation at Belmont Park. Meeting of Maryland State Fair Association closes at lum. Meeting of Dorval Jockey club, at Montreal. ‘Trotting Meeting of Grand Circuit closes at Hartford, Conn. Polo. Anglo - American international matches begin at Westbury, L. I. Track National A. A. U. senior ships, at West Orange, N. J. tournament closes at Providence, nament opens at Del Monte. Tennis Francé-Australia Interzone Davis cup final, at Boston. Yachting Anglo-American six-meter yacht races begin in Oyster Bay. Automobile Italian Grand Prix 500-mile race, at Monza. (Sunday) Amateur Bicycle League champion- ship races, at Buffalo. . Chicago at Cincinnati, St. Louis at Pittsburgh, (two games). Brooklyn at Boston (two games). New York at Philadelphia (two games). American League. St. Louis at Chicago (two games) Cleveland at’ Detroit. Boston at Washington. Philadelphia at New York. —<—<—— Be certain of genuine Ford parts. yd Northern Motor company — SS Se Expert watch and jewelry repair- ing. Casper Jewelry Co., O-S Bldg. RIBUNE’S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS. YOU KNOW ME: * V AL-~Adventures 5S Che Casper Daily Cridune 7 u we PLAY AGAINST, THEY KBEP SH FIVE WASHINGTON SLUGGERS SMASHING BALL AT TERRIFIC _ CLIP IN BIG CHICAGO, Sept. 6.—(By As sociated Press)}—Washington's gal- lant fight to conquer the Yankees in the race for the American League o mahip is an interesting tale figures reflectea in the batting averages today. Comparison of the Yanks and, Sefiators- reveal five Washington players hitting in the select .300 class, while the Yankees can boast only of four, including Ernie John- son, a. utllity player, who has only participated {n 56 games. Out- fielder Gosl!n leads the Senators in batting wit han average of .385, fol- lowed by. Rice with .328. Judge is hitting .317; Leibold .304, and Mat- thewa .301. The Yankees. have their mighty Ruth as their batting mainstay. The Babe, however, has shown a ten- dency to slip, the latest averages, including games of Wednesday, giv- ing him an average of .386, com- Pared with .392 a week ago. He has totaled 42 homers. Johnson is batting .358, Meusel .318, and Dugan an even .300. Washington hay almost reached the 200 mark in sacrifice hits and of these Stanicy Harris, the boy manager, hiniself,\{s credited with y-one. . Harris.aléo isstied with his teammate-Sam ‘Rice, for the honor, of running next to Bddle Col- lins of the White Sox in atealing base: They have 19 apiece, com- pared. with 39 for Collins. The Washington team reached the 100 mark in thefts, compared with 58 for the Yanks. Walter, Johnson, pitching ace of the Senators, is the outstanding pitcher of the league. He is en- joying a percentage of 750, the count for him being eighteen yic- tories and six defeats. In team)batting, the Yankees ex- cell. They have gathered 1,312 hits for a total of 1,919 bases, compared with 1,283 hits for the Senators for 1,192 bases. The Washington play- ers have scored 616 runs, compared with 685 for the Yankees. In sac- Tifice hitting, however. the Senators have scored 196, compared with 163 for thelr opponents. In individual batting, Jamieson of Clevelard remains next to Ruth, with a mark of .355. Falk of Chi- cago: follows with ,349, with Eddie Colt White Sox captain fourth with .347. Other leading betters: Speaker, Cleveland .346; Cobb, Detroit .343; Boone, Boston :340; Myatt, Cleveland .338; Bassler, Detroit .337; Goslin, Washington, .335. In the National league, the sen- sational batting of Rogers Hornsby overshadows the performance cf all others. The St. Louis star, when forced out of the game due to an injured back, was hitting .432 and going a terrific pace. He had ac- cumulated a total of 202 hits for 336 bases, including 23 home runs. His retirement enabled Fournier ot Brooklyn to gain slightly in home run honors, for Fournier increased his total to twenty-six, BASEBALL QUESTION BOX If you have some question to ask about baseball— If you want a rule in’ ca, If you want to ‘mew 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—John B. Foster, Special Baseball Correspondent of the Casper Tribune, 811 World Building, New York. (Copyright, 1924, Question—Runner on second and one out. Batter attempts to make a hit and pushes a slow roller toward third. Batesman is thrown out and the base runner advances to third. Is the batsman credited with a sacri- fice hit? Angwer—I should not give the batter a sacrifice because he did not make a deliberate attempt to advance a runner. Question—Runner is on second base and the batter hits a foul ball. Does the runner have to go back and touch the base or not? Answer—If the runner is off tne base when the foul is batted he naust go back to the base and touch it. Casper Tribune.) QUESTION—Runner i® out and a man on third base. Pitcher steps on the plate and starts to wind up. As soon as the windup is started the runner on third makes an effort to steal home. Pitcher is startled and stops winding up. He steps off the plate to throw the runner out at Runner wodld have made home easily but the batter bunted the ball and was thrown out. What was the decision on the play? Answer—The pitcher made e balk. If he had started his windup he should have gone through with it. When he stopped it he balked and his offense was prior to any other play. The batter should bat ofer. PENNANT RACE Cuyler of Pittsburgh with an aver- age of .381, continues to rank second to Hornsby. Wheat of Brooklyn is third. with .376, followed by Young of New York and Bressler of Cincin- Rati with .341 each. “ Carey of the Pirates 1s in no dan- ger of losing the base stealing hon- ors. He's leading with 37. Other leading batters: Roush, Cin- cinbati .340; Fournier, Brooklyn .338; Kelly, New York. .32: York .322; High, Brooklyn . TILDEN PAID TRIBUTEBY WALTER CAMP BY WALTER CAMP (Copyright, 1924, Casper, Tribune) NEW YORK, Sept. ‘Winning the national singles title for the fifth time was not the only fine thing Bill Tilden dia at Forest Hills, His conduct in general—but one incident in lcular—gave the game another boost as a real sports: man’s game. The particular incef- dent referred. to occurred in his hard fought match with Vincent Richards. During the course of that match, Richards fell, after making a return shot. Instead of making the kill he easily could have made, Tilden sent back a high lob, which gave Richards. not only a chance to get up and return the ball but to win the point. The crowd gave Tilden his reward —if he needed any—by a tumultous burst of applause. It was a well deserved recognition of Howard Kinsey's skill that gave hira a place on the Davis cup team and had Brother Robert been a. bit stronger and in better physical co dition the committee? would have thought very seriously of encourag- ing the development af doubles com- binations by selecting both Kinseys. But they were quite right in not doing so under the circumstances. -The team, as it stands, recognizes the quality of Howard Kinsey and Vincent Richards and at the same time gives us the strength indtvid- ually of the two great and incom- parable Bills—Tilden and Johnson. peti Sr eas Pec oh ILLINT ALUMINE ASKED NOT TO RECRUIT MEN FOR ATHLETIC SQUADS BY LAWRENCE PERRY (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—George Huff, director of athletics at the University of Ilfnols, has sent out a sturdy memorandum to Tilini alum- ni asking them to refrain from re- cruiting athletes for their univer- sity. He points out that it fs wrong: 1, For groups of alumni ;to col- lect funds which will be given or loaned to athletes as athletic scholar- ships; 2. For individuals to give finan- cial aid to an athlete or a number of athletes. Further Mr. Huff points out that athletic directors of the Western conference have deemed. {t inadvis- able for alumni to pay the expenses of groups of high school and pre- paratory school athletes to visit the universities. What, then, can & loyal alumnus do? He can do this, according to Mr. Huff: He can talk to secondary school athletes, explain to them the advan- tages of the university in question, send in for catalogs for them, obtain for them facts of the entrance r quirements, courses and other use- ful information and urge them to choose Illini—or whatever univer- sity the alumnus represents—as their alma mater. Mr. Huff submits some interest- ing data with respect to an investi- gation recently made into the mat- ter of illegitimate recruiting. p5 wean “ahs nit Julius Caesar was the name borne by a man convicted of bootlegging in Pasadena, ‘ THATS @FACT, @ND THEY'RE @BONCH OF Lucky STIFFS J {OrTEN WISHT 1COULD PITCH LEFT HANDED Luis Angel Firpo traveled in fast company in Washington. He shook hands with President Coolidge. But he didn’ of the White House he inquired in Spanish, “who was that man’ know it, On the way out 7 Here the “Wild Bull of the Pampas” is seen with Senorita Julia Pueyrredon, daughter of the Argentine ambassador; Dr. Enrico Lazard, secretary of the embassy and ler Vago the Argentine naval attache. MANY CLASSICS FOR THE SPORT WORLD By HENRY L. FARRELL. (United Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (United Press.)}—With the international polo matches, which start today at the Meadowbraok club the greatest of all international. sport seasons reaches the finale with a bunch of interesting classics. Because of tradition and social environment the polo matches be- twoen the American cup defenders and the British challengers {fs the de luxe event of the season. The Visit of the Prince of Wales gave distinction to the matches that they were not fortunate enough to have at ‘the previous contests in this country. Even for those who are not in terested particularly in rubbng el- bows wth royalty and high society, polo has a great attraction because it is perhaps the fastest of all games, the easiest to follow and the most thrilling to watch, While the polo matches will top all others in public interest, there are numerous other interesting events on the crowded September Program. The senior national A. A. U. track and field championships start today, also, in the new country home of the fewark Athletic club in the mountains at West Orange, N. J. Because of the opportunity of seeing many of the Olympic champions and other American athletes who com- peted in Paris, the “nationals” will have more than-the ordinary in- terest and they always have drawn well in- the past. Boxing also has to offer the big- gest mateli of the season when Luis Angel Firpo, the South Amerjcan champten, and Harry Wills, the New Orleans candidate for the world's championship, meet in Tex Rick ard’s Jersey City arena on the night of September 11. Such tremendous interest has been developed in the contest that it is almost certain to draw @ crowd of about 90,000. Another interesting contest, that would have been the headliner at any other-time, will be staged in the Yankee stadium on September when» Mickey Walker and Benny Leonard meet for the welter- weight championship of the world Walker and Leonard have large followings in the metropolitan dis- trict and a big crowd is assured. While he holds the lghtweight championship, Leonard is a legiti- mate welterweight and, as such, he is the most formidable opponent that Walker could find. The match had to.be postponed when Leonard went to Cleveland fer a warm-up bout with Pal Moran; the New Orleans lightweight, and hurt his hand. American tennis will wind up its greatest season with the challenge round for the Davis Cup, which is to be held-in Philadelphis Germantown Cricket club temter 11,12 and 13. The Ame team is favored to retain the cup although it may have a if Billy Johnston, the star, has slipped as much as critics believe. The complete sweep that the American Olympic tennis team scored in Paris, where the players won all five first ¢vents and one tomorrow. hard fight |-s second, was one of the brightest entries of the season, and another Davis Cup victory would be the grand climax. The women tennis players didn’t do so well when they lost the Wightman Cup at Wim- bledon to the British team, but they made up for it In Paris. _ Another trophy that is becoming more and more recognized will be at stake at Garden City, L. I, on September 12 and 13, when the British amateur team meets the American team for the Walker Cup. The Americans won the cup matches ingland last summer. Two of the best British players were unable to make the trip over this time, and the other stars who came are none to optimistic about thelr chances. They figure they have A very ordinary team, that FIRPO TRAINS IN OWN Wt “Wild Bull” Not Much Impressed With Ring Advice. BY FAIR PLAY (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—Luis Firpo, who has come down from Saratoga, N. Y. where he can put the final touches on his training for the Harry Wills battle and keep an eye on Cannon Chase's deportation pro- ceedings at the same time, has his own ideas about how he should train for a big fight. Fle listens carefully to what is sald to him in the way of advice in this connection, but he is not im- pressed. “I make short fights,” he said to the writer, speaking for the first time, at least so far as the writer is‘ concerned, in English, in a tired way. “With Dempsey, I trained for four rounds, he to beat me or me to beat-him quick. That's the way I fight.” Firpo spoke words of truth. He has not the temperament that’ is ‘willing to undergo sever training for a long fight, military diet, pun- ishing work. It was Jack Johnson who taught Firpo @ real lesson. When Luls was training for Bill Brennan, the former negro world’s champion .aet Firpo a number of times in the Mad- ison Square Garden gymnasium and quickly convinced the big argentino that there were a hundred things about the science of boxing that he did not know and probably never could learn. rg When Luis finally gave up his wouts with Johtson he said to his closest friends that he had found hat he wanted to know. "m a fighter, not a boxer,” he nd I shall win my fights by fighting.”” Some of the wise guys about the gym talked him out of this. They must play against what they look upon ‘as one of the strongest ama- teur teams the United States has been able ta muster. ‘The American amateur champlon- ship {s also a September classic. It is to be played in Philadelphia from September 20 to 27, and it is certain to be bigger and more interesting than it has ever been before. The championship tournament of the Professional Golfer's association will precedo the amateur classic, being scheduled far French Lick Springs, Ind., on September 15 to e Walter Hagen, who won the British open championship _ this year, for the second time,» wilt be one of the feature*attractions at the pro tournament, and Gene Sarazen, of course, will be one of the stars. ‘The world’s series, starting early in’ October, will-bring the regular summer sport season to a close. The major leagues have had the hottest reco in several years, and interest in the world’s series will be greater than ever. Before the last crack of the bat in the series, the thump of footballs will be heard, ‘Although there are a lot of late September games on the schedule the season gets the real start on October 4. There are more game than ever on which runs up until January 1, when the University of Pennsyl- goes to Berkeley to play the alifornia France Loses to Australia In Tennis Play intersectional the schedule, BROOKLINE, °} Australia defeated France in doub- les when play was resumed in the inter-zone tennis competition at the Longwood Cricket club courts Friday The scores were 64 6-2. The pontest” broke the deadlock | caused the division honors in matches yeaterday. Rene La Jacques Brognon repre: ‘ance and Pat O'Hara Wood were the of two atterson Australian. contenders: This. gave Australia the first time and would become Ame: the lead for meant that it u's challenger if it wins one of the kidded him alang and told him he had improved greatly and was a wonderful boxer. Thus flattered, Firpo went into the ring and made a boxing match instead of a fight out of his bout with Brennan. It was not until the twelfth round, when he cast science to. the winds and waded in lke the wild bull he is that Brennan went to the canvas, Luis not yet gotten over feeling First in News Of All Events fessed to his Intimates he would bé the man to go out of the fight. He sald he had not had enough exper. lence and that Tex Rickard should be lashed bétween two wild steers and torn apart for forcing him to &O into much @ battle before he waa ready, 4 a POLO PLAY POSTPONED NEW YORK, Sépt. 6.—Rain which Yesterday saturated thé internatiotal field and made the tuft Unsafe for Play caused the postponement today Of the first international polo series between the American afd British fours. The first game Will be played Tuesday. Grain Receipts Fail to Cause Break in Price CHICAGO, Sept. 6.—Grain receipta at the Chicago market have shatter. €d records of the last years without any material slump in prices, ae. cording to a report compiled by Statisticlans at the board of trade. Final figures on receipts for Tuss- day show that 5,382,000 bushels of eg Merc into the market, of whic! eat led with an re of 2,536,800 bushels, the - ingest volume since 1918, the figures show, Oats totalled almost as much and corn receipts were more than three quarters of a million bushels. R. C. Montgomery, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Electronic Reactions of Abrams Five dollars reward to the party furnishing the Dally Tribune information 1 oie ee tin be person who ig udulently collecting sul tio: o : bscriptions that he worked as hard| from as he did for more than eleven | rounds when—he believes—he could have ended the battle in the first. When preparing for Dempsey, he just shut his teeth and said the fight would be short. So why work himself to death training? As a matter of fact, two days before the fight, he told the writer that either he or Dempsey would be out of the fight within four rounds and it is now known by insiders that Telephone 15 THE NICOLAYSEN LUMBER CO. 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