Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1925, Page 9

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1925 ‘|| World Results ‘totanetvre-—=| THE TRIBUNE’S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS = SENATORS, ATHLETICS, | By Leased W. NDIANS IN TRIPLE TIE FOR TOP PLAGE World Champs Set Back by Boston Red Sox While New York Shakes Off Jinx and Defeats Philadelphia. NEW YORK, May ors in the American league ton, Philadelphia and feats. 6.—The triple tie for first place hon- persists today with Washing- Cleveland all smarting under de- - While the New York Yankees backed out of their slump of five consecutive defeats and handed the Philadelphia Club Standings American League, Team Wn Cleveland Washington Philadelphia Detroit ~. National League, Athletics an 8 to 4 trimming yester- day, The Boston Americans were busily engaged in humbling the world champions in Washington to the tune of 9 to 1, In the meantime the Chicago White Sox nipped in the bud any prospects of the Cleveland Indfans forging to the front by trim- ing them 7 to 2, thus maintaining the three cornered scramble for adership over another day, Ty Cobb opened a batting assault on the St. Louls Browns by driving out three home runs, a double and a brace of singles for a total of 16 bases, a new record for modern ma- jor league baseball, with the Tigers at 4 winning in a walk, 14 to 8 Cobb ts Bota de Mg 4 “ now the leading batsman of both ee ea Bite ate erican and National leagues puidage = 7 ‘gan| With an average of 531, reg fe ae 2 ‘poo. Phe Phillies had a fletd day at Brooklyn 9 438 the expense of three Giant pitchers eRe 6 9 40g | 884 weakened the hold of the Na- il § 10 ary | tonal league leaders on first place Bt. Louis ¢ 10 ‘38 by registering & 13-to-5 victory. Cy Yesterday’s Scores American League, New York, 8; Philadelphia, 4, Boston, 9; Washington, 4. Chicago, 7; Cleveland, 2. Detroit 14; St. Louls, 8. National League. Philadelphia, 18; New York, 5. Brooklyn, 6; Boston, 1. No others; rain, Pacific Coast League, Salt Lake, 2; Sacramento, 4, Seattle, 8; Portland, 6. Los Angeles, 2; Oakland, 10, No others played. American Association, Toledo, 4; Milwaukee, 6, Indianapolis, 7; Minneapolis, Louisvitle, 7; St. Paul, 11, Columbus, 9; Kansas City, 3 ~ WesternmLeague. Wichita, 6; Denver, 2. No others; rain, International League, Newark, 1; Buffalo, 14. Reading, 3; Toronto, 5. Baltimore, 1; Rochester, 0, Jersey! City-Syracuse, rain. Southern League, Little Rock, 7; Atlanta, 6, Nashville, 5; New Orleans, Birmingham, 4; Memphis, 3, Chattanooga, 7; Mobile, 2. Texas League. Shreveport, 13; Waco, 1, Wichita Falls, 6; Beaumont, Dallas, 7; San Antonio, 3. Wort Worth, 4; Houston, 6, phe Ri Paustontas SPORT BRIEFS| DENVER.—Able Mishkind, Salt Lake City lightweight, was awarded deolsion over Jack Kane, Chicago, and Izzy Tanner, St. Paul welter- welght defeated “One-Step” Watson, Omaha negro, 2 SAN ANTONIO.—Kid Pancho, San Antonio fiyweight, won over Joe MeComas of Dallas when the Jatter’s seconds tossed the towel into the ring in the sixth round, NEW YORK.—Clarence Kummer, noted jockey, sold second call on his servi to Gifford A. Cochrane, millionaire turf man for $15,000, NEW YORK.—Mike McTigue, world's light heavyweight champion, insured his hands for $50,000. CHESTER, Englan ard Der by's Spithead won the Chester. Cup waco for 2,550 pounds run here to- day, Spithead is by John O'Gaunt out of Scapa Flow. Ball Scores Daily at the Smokehouse Constipation, Biliousness, Sie ik Headaches. jc renewing thet ind good lol. pews well and Chips caf the Old NR JUMIORS——Little Me The same candy coated Bole My Your sv in one-third doses, ‘or oulldre: adulte. n wagiet Williams and Russell Wrightstone coliected @ pair of homeruns aplece. In Boston Burleigh Grimes stead- Jed the uncertain Brooklyn Dodgers Ly allowing the Braves but six scat- tered hits and the Robins won, 6 tol. Rain prevented the two other scheduled games in the National, The Yankees yesterday acquired Outfielder Bob Veach and Pitcher Alex Ferguson of the Boston Red Sox in return for Ray Francis, southpaw pitcher, and $8,000 in cash. Veach may take the outfield va- caney caused by the illness of Babe | Ruth, The Ruth family enjoyed a fam- ily reunion yesterday at the New York hospital in which the homerun champion and Mrs. Ruth are recov- ering from breakdowns. Babe made the visit to Mrs, Ruth's, two flights above, via a wheel chal: ————— BIG HORN BASEBALL LEAGUE WILL PEAY NO | GAMES MEMORIAL DAY WORLAND, Wyo., May 6.—A tremendous stride was made toward the goal sought by all patriotic or- & tions when the Big Horn in baseball league, which was or- ganized at Greybull April 28, adopt- ed by-laws which among other things prohibited the scheduling of baseball games on Memorial day. ‘Throughout most of the United States it has long been a practice to make Memorial day an occasion for an extraordinary baseball game or horse race, The Big Horn Basin league has won the hearty applause of Wyoming veterans and it is hoped that this movement will spread, This rule was adopted at the re- quest of Floyd Minch post of the American Legion located at Wor- land. ee a ea en Ball Scores Daily at the Smokehouse White Sox, under Eddie Collins’ leadership, drew the biggest Sunday crowd of any big league team the first Sunday of the season. Which will probably cause Owner Comiskey and his aldes to sign up all the boys to smaller salaries next year | ‘This coming vaudeville act of Paul | Berlenbach*and Mike McTigue for | the thankless. title of world’s light heavyweight champion, is. going to be a funny sort of # fracas. We have Berlenbach, one of the hardest hitting light big men in the game, gunning for the greatest exponent of the duck and run in the ring game today. Berlenbach fights on the theory that the best defense is a good offense. Careful Mike fights on the theory that he who ducks and runs away will live to risk the title some other afternoon, Not that Mike lacks courage. Discretion {s often the better part of valor. But Mike knows himself. He knows that he is one of the best defensive fighters in the game and therefore fights a defensive battle until he gets his chance to drop a stick of dynamite without much chance of a flare back. fo, when these two birds meet }at the Yankee stadium, New York City, May 29, those present will watch the spectacle of a sharp shooter trying to pot a fox. That Mike {is not a joke fighter, by any means, {# indicated by the fact that Mickey Walker, welter: weight king, couldn't corner him and slip over the k, 0, As for Berlenbach, he goes best against a timid fighter. He tlally x slugger. A crafty ring gen- era) who had the desire to force the fighting, could cut M;,. Berlen- bach up considerably unless the | ter got over one of his punches early. Berlenbach was « wrestler ST ROU MEN E By NORMAN E. BROWN. When Babe Ruth, home-run king and outstanding figure of the base- ball world, was stricken ill the other day he muttered in his delirium— “I WANT TO GO HOME.” There is a note of tragedy in this plea, coming as it does from thé mightiest batsman of all time— the Colossus of baseball. It is the plea of the aick boy. It comes late—at thirty-one—to Babe Ruth. For at this age he is having his, first real knowledge of what home !s—the comfort, peace, and rest It brings. For twelve years, the best years of his boyhood, that yearning, when The title at stake in the bout amounts to little. But the fight ought to be an Interesting one, While other big league clubs are suffering because of the lack of good pitching Bill Killefer, Cub manager, has the satisfaction of | seeing his formidable pitch crew of “1 repeating in grand style Despite the loss of offensive strength through the absence of Maranville, Hollocher, Grigsby and others from the lineup the Cubs are plunging along at a great pace in the National league race due to the sterling pitch- ing of Alexander, Keen, Kaufman, Blake, Bush and Cooper, “Chick” Fewster, doomed to go to the minors a couple of years ago because of “bat shyness” as a re- sult of being hit on the head with a batted ball, is now playing a star game for the Cleveland Indians. All indications that he wants to “pull away” from the ball when at bat have disappeared. Johnny Dundee, former feather weight ampion of the . world, shook hands with Prestdent Coolidge the other ¢ But Dundee prob: ably didn’t try to explain why he tan out of his match with Fred Bretonnel in France, an act which threatened to cause international fist to —-—. - —— NEW OIL STRUCTURE IN ~ WYOMING 15 SURVEYED CHEYENN Wyo, May 6— State Geologist A. B. Bartlett de- parted Wednesday for the Bordeaux vielnity, 68 miles north, where he ts examining geological formations in dicating the existence of a petroleum before he entered the ring game Me is more brawn than brain “two or three weeks to complet structure. The survey will require eo ed ¥ The Ca YOU KNOW ME AL---Adventures of Jack Keefe { GUESS You DON'T REMEMCER ME, RO YS er It came to Ruth, was smothered— smothered manfully tn the knowl @dge that he had’no home to go to. His home was a reform school, It was not until yegrs after he left that echool, had knocked about the world, had become famous and then fallen a victimjof the vultures who prey on his generous kind that he awoke to the realizatian of what home meant, At his farin in Sudbury, Mass., a spacious c untry place, Mr Ruth had finally the ‘“Babe” realize what meant. Daughter Dorothy nore helpod make that home’ complete, Weakens at Times, himself failed to This the ol At times Babe take that home seriously. spring, for instance, he took world Hghtly, But when the lapse came Ruth forgot his p The Baseball Hero” became Brbe, the boy, again and he wanted but one thing—home. Babe was born in Baltimore in 1894, He started to school at the usual age. Babe, in his chats about himself, always speaks kindly of his parents, They have never shared ty his glory, however. He started t school when he was rf but school bored hir jother attraction It seemed the send him to a so he entered St, Mary's { school tn’ Baltimore. Off that school gave him the chance to Play baseball and go to classes, tcc Years later, realizing that he must find some vept for his love for tne game when ‘he these Baseba Jed hin asiest Way out forin” schoo! left, sincere friends arranged with Jack Dunn. owner of the Baltimore team, ‘to look him over and try to place him Dunn wag so impressed with Ruth's ability that he offered Ruth $600 a season to play with Baltimore. History Is Known, How the Red Sox bought bim sent him to Providence and then called him back to start him his fame is weil kni to spet Daily Cribune NT Boyhood and Home Came Late to Ruth, Home Run King; That's Why He Wants to “Go Home” When He Is IIl| SCOREBOARD | | | aad aa Babe Ruth, as he appeared early in his career as « pitcher for the Red Sox, as he appeared in 1921 when making his world’s record, and two close-ups of him in differ: ent moods. The BOY lesson. He began to tire hero-worship extended by grasping friends. He kept more to himself |—spent more time at home. | Home brought him comfort if it jalso brought him an idle. content: | ment that heaped flesh on him. This spring Ruth found himself pounds over weight. He went to Hot Springs early to start his et- forts to reduce his weight. The training came hard. He quit it at Hot Springs only to renew his ef- forts at St. Petersburg, Fla. Tt fs generally believed that well meaning friends showed him the way there tp get relief from the monotony of the training grind Lack of rest and over exertion in training—a common weakness of youth, caused his collapse, Babe Ruth was the boy again. And being a boy, sick physically and mentally and tired of trying tc laugh at the world, he wanted to— GO HOME. AUESTION BOX If you haye some question to ask about baseball, football, box- ing or any other amateur or pro- fessional sport— had begun to learn his of the fickle / Im SACK KEEFE FROM TERRE HAUTE. DON'T You REMEMBER SEHINDTHE (By The Associated Press.) The world champion Senators shot 21 men into the game in an effort to overtake the Red Sox but failed. Kallio pitched great ball for the Red Sox until the eighth when he weak ened and Ferguson, who was traded yesterday to the Yankees, stepped to the hill and stopped a rally. George Sisler, St, Louis American manager, collected two hits against the Tigers yesterday and ran his string of safe hits in consecutive games to 20, Mostil of the White Sox is setting a hot pace on the base lines. He gtole his thirteenth base in the game against the Indians yesterday. Johnny Home run. hitters displayed con- siderable strength in yesterday's contests. A dozen circuit drives were smashed out in the two leagues. Tho Americans led by Ty Cobb with three, collected six, while the Na- tionals ran up a like number with Wrightstone and Cy Williams each leading with two. Kelly and South- worth of the Giants each made one for the senior organization while Manush of the Tigers, “Baby Doll” Jacobson of the Browns and Bill Barrett of the White Sox bagged one apiece in the junior wheel. See 12 Aquatic Star CHICAGO, May 6.—That Ethel Lackie, sWimming. star « the Illinois Athletic Club, is set to make things in- teresting for her sisters this season is indi- Miss todate, inclod- ing the recent brilliant feats of the swim- ming 100 yards in a 76 - toot pool in | min- ute, 3 and 3-5 seconds, and the negotiating of 220 yards in tied 2 record in win- ning the 100. meter swim, free style, in the Olympic last summer Her time for the event was 1 minute, 12 and 3-5 seconds Write to John B. Foster, on baseball. Lawrence Perry, on | amateur | Enclose a 7 dreesed envelope for yo - | stampe (Copyright, 1925, Cusper Tribune) Q.—Was Mike O'Dowd ever mid. dlewelght champion? If so, who did he beat for the title and when? A.—Mike O'Dowd won the title by k ocking out Al McCoy in six | rounds, MeCoy was champion by virtue of a one-round knockout over George Chip. The O'Dowd-McCoy fight was staged in Brooklyn, N. Y., November 14, 1917, and was th bout fought under the Frawley Q@—An umpire in our city says that if a batter bits the ball for » two-bagger, = three-bagger, or a married in 1914¢—his first y the Boston team. Mrs student at a girls’ schoc ton at the time they Ruth's greatest admirer as fame] came. Ruth treated life lightly and} Mrs. Ruth’s trials were many ‘Then came the unfortunate days in Havana when race track sharps “hit” Ruth hard with their clever game. It wags the small fortune Mrs, Ruth had saved that enabled Ruth to meet his debts and keep his head up f This and @ disastrous season in baseball—a season marked, by « slump in his batting, frequent fines for Mly-advised actions on und off the field, and finally a break in ht» physical condition, made = Ruth realize the error of hin ways, at leaat In 9 measure, jerun, the runner who bas been hatter need foot of first as be Is going around the bases, not touching first and cannot be declared out. A—yYour umpire ts badly out of rder ‘The runner mus uch each base in succession (o secure a lega) run and anything within a foot Coes not count in real baseball. Q.—How old ts he still fighting? champion? A.—Britton fs 39 He was born In Clinton, } Y., October now beating ck Britton? Is How long was he years 51d 14, 1885, He ie boys lots younger than himself in sunny California. Britton knocked out Ted Lewis for the welterweight title in } 1919 and lost the Jaton and title | in fifteen rounds to Mickey Walker | in 1922. os | Ball Scores Dally at the Smokehouse come within | In February this year. she made a new world’s record for that distance by clip ping the three-fifths off her Olym pie time. A few days later, at Tampa, Fla,, she was credited with Joing 100 meters in 1 minute, and 1-6 seconds. WILL DISCUSS NEW YORK, May 6 Solution of the problems attending the rem rk ible growth of golf in Ameriea ap parently have only begun for the United States Golf ansociation Temporary measures bave been adopted for the restriction of th field in the national amateur cham plonship, the most draatic of which was the reduction in the number of «from 32 to 16, Offictals astociation will r Thurs revise p handling the niry of In the national qualifying round of the open cham pionship at Lid Today’s Games National League, Cincinnat! at Chicago, Brooklyn at Boston Lots at Pittsburgh York at Philadelphix American League. Chicago at Cleveland Philadelphia at New Yor! Vetroit at St. Louts Boston at Washingtor + NURMI-RITOLA CHARGES 10 BE games at Paris | GOLF PRUBLENS By WHY 00 YOU THINK \ QIN'T WACK KEEFE | (URS PAGE NINE Firstin News = Of All Events RING LARDNER 2 cause | JACK KEEFE NEVER GoT QROOND THIS FAR ‘ ~ ’ ote aa aa THRESHED OUT CHICAGO, May 6.—(B money demands, threshed out. Cancellation the Finns’ race k W of program was made by Fred: Rubien, chairman of the National Registration committee of the Ama teur Athletic association, until Quist has answered satisfactorily an afft davit of Kenneth L. Wilson, ath letic director at Drake university Des Moines. Wilson asserted that he asked $500 for Ritola’s ex- pen to appear in the Drake re this lays and that he rejected as excessive. The wester tour of the Nurmi party Ww ter the dire Mr. Ruble put Wilson de negotiated with Quist in Chicago for the appearance of Ritola, bidding up from a moderate sum to $250 when, Quist asked him to dot that Two, scheduled appearances in |New England are those cangelled by Mr.’ Rubien, who expected the their manager to go directly to New York to explain. Denials to newspaper men, Mr. Rubjen said, were not sufficient ex planation from Quist and an official reply would be insisted upon. Mr. Rubien reiterated his bellet in the Innocence of Nurmi in the Drake negotiations as Wilson said that all his conferences had been with Quist At the time that Wilson's charges famous Finns 4 became public, athletic officials of the University of Chicago said they had refused a proposition to have the two stars appear in’ scholastic tournament for $1,000. The men who staged the recent Michigan meet at Detroit said they had paid Webster TS not a secret trick of blending that gives Webster that perfect mildness and fragrance. Nature Her sunshine has made the finest tobacco that gives a delightful | smoothness to all | Websters. alone | CIGAR CO. | DENVER, COLO SOON IN PARLEY All Dates Cancelled by Runners Pending Ad- justment of Differences Arising From Accusations of Big Money Demands. Associated, Press.) -—— The Their future race engagements cancelled until a satisfac- tory explanation is made of charges of excessive expense Paavo Nurmi, his running mate, Willie Ritola, and Hugo Quist,-their manager, were due here today on their way to New York, where the controversy will be $1,000 expenses for the Nurm! party there. a Ball Scores Daily at the Smokehouse TERRIS WINS VERDICT BUT __ FANS PROTEST NEW YORK, May 6.—(By The sociated Press.) — i < Garden, . of the big sporting ev fo assemblage hag sung Its song. A turbulent throng of last night watched Sld Terris, youth ful d York lightweight, outpol the Johnny Dundee in the building's farewell athletic event The statue of Diana. atop, the garden tower wil be lowered today as wreckers begin to tear down the structure to make way for an office building, A new Madison Square arden will be built by Tex Rickard several blocks from "Madison Square steran There was a roar of disapproval against the decision for Terris, as Dundee'’s pluckiness had won him the favor of the audience. Ae the fans left the famous old building a parting aps’ ‘wag played by a veteran army sergeant. pedhttidl esses eae A Ball Scores Daily at the Smokehouse Nature alone can give You'll appreciate the difference 7 ° PLAZA 2 for 25¢ | ROTHENBERG & SCHLOSS | wer, ee ~-