Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 23, 1925, Page 7

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1925 NATIONAL LEAGUE FLAG WITHIN REACH TODAY OF PITTSBURGH Pirates Gain Half a Game on Giants Tuesday by Pounding Out 14 Runs Against Phillies in Hit Barrage. NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—(By The Associated Press.) — Clinching of the National league pennant by a victory on their home field over Philadelphia, was possible for Pitts burgh Pirates today as a result of their triumph over Fletcher's club yesterday, 14 While the senior league game on the running-up Giants, the champion Senator® in the American league, were moving up a full game on the Athletics, as a result of a $ to 2 triumph over the Indians. Defeat for the Mackmen, 1 to 0, at the hands of the St. Louls Browns increased Washington's lead to eight and one-half games and necessitates the Senators winning only three of their 11 games to cinch the flag. ‘The Pirates boosted their advan- tage by throwing out a barrage of 19 hits off three Quaker hurlers, two of which were homeruns by Hazen Cuyler. Coveleskie’s twentieth victory for the Senatos was attended by an ac- cident which may*cripple Washing- ton tn the world’s series. Stanley Harris, manager and sec- ond baseman of the Champions, suf- feréd an injury to his throwing hand when he was spiked on the middle finger in sliding to third base. He had to retire from the game. Clarke Griffith, president of the Washington Club, was doubtful about his chances of starting in the post season clas- sic. The Browns’ close verdict over the Athletics, refulting from bril- Mant hurling by Glard, kept the Sis- ler entry three full games ahead of Detroit in the fight for third place in the American League, despite a @ouble decision taken by the Tigers over the Red Sox 11-8 and 7-2. Twen- ty six hits were collected by Cobb's SUGCESSFUL SEASON IN MINORS; SERIES PLAY BEGINS IN SOUTHLAND By JOHN B. FOSTER * (Copyright, 9125, by Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Sept. 23—The minor leagues are winding up one of the best seasons they have enjoyed col- lectively since the national associa- tion was formed. The post-season Dixie champion- ship between Atlanta and Fort Worth begins this week. The Texans have a strong rival in the Southern association champions. Fort Worth trimmed Memphis last year four games to three. The “little world series” between Baltimore and Louisville is not to 4. leaders were gaining a half men, 11 of them being clustered in the second game behind the for- mer Holy Cross pitching star, Owen Carroll, who won his initial major league triumph in a full nine inning contest, A Iberal sprinkling of homo runs featured the splitting of a double- header by the Yankees and the White Sox, 11 to 6 and 4 to 2, Babe Ruth went hitless in both games, but Bob Meusel bagged his 80th and 31st circuit smashes of the year, one coming In each game, Paschal also made two homers, both in the firat game. The Braves .drew up to within two games of fifth place in the Na- tional, in spite of their idieness, as a result of the ninth successive de- feat of Brooklyn, The Robins went 12 innings only to suffer a setback at the hands of the Cubs, 3-2, being held to four hits by Alexander and Jones. ——————_._— TOMMY MILLIGAN GAN ; GET QUICK ACTION IN U8, IF HE WANTS IT By FAIR PLAY (Copyright, 1925, by Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—It ap- pears that Tommy Milligan, British welter and European middleweight champion, is going to get quick ac- tion on this side of the Atlantic. He came over only a week or so ago and already has a chance of taking a crack at the world’s title held by Harry Greb. But maybe he won't take it Just yet. Milligan has his choice between two bouts and he may pass up the Greb affair for a later date. He has been advised to take on Frankie Schoell, of Buffalo, for his first ap- pearance and be guided by his showing against. that scrapper be- fore undertaking the champion. After the way Schoell handed Harry Galfund the other night, it appears the Britisher will have his hands full. The European champion is not very widely known on this side of the water, He won the welter crown from Ted (Kid) Lewis, who held the title until he lost {t to Jack Britton after twenty bouts between the pair. Lewis went back home scheduled to start until next week. The winner will meet the San Fran- cisco club, champions of the Pacific Coast leagu and won all-sorts of. titles until he bumped into Georges Carpentier, who knocked him into a row of ten- ements in one round. ARE YOU GOING TO DENVER? If you are, w hy not enjoy A PLEASANT DAYLIGHT RIDE IN THE Royal Blue Line Parlor Cars LUXURIOUS AND COMFORTABLE An enjoyable trip over a wonderful scenic route. TRAVELING ON REGULAR SCHEDULE Leave Casper 8:00 a. m Arrive Denver 8:00 p. m, Leaye Denver 8:00 a. m. Arrive Casper 8:00 p. m. Fare $11.50, at the Rate of 3.6 Cents Per Mile CASPER HEADQUARTERS AND TICKET OFFICES Henning Hotel, Townsend Hotel, Gladstone Hotel Poteet ice iia A Sebel piel pete i a , prize “daily “Captain Carnation, , N. D., does his adn ore gre providing the motive power for a milking machine at é the same time. : who have difficulty keeping Che Casper Daily Cribune bull of the Page dairy farms, dozen” on a treadmill, exercising ©The innovation is being adopted by other dairymen bulls in good condition: + Central Press ASHEVILLE, N. C.,, The 1925 baseball season 1s liable to be the last wherein the minor league ball clubs will use biles as means of transporting clubs around the circuit. The regrettable deaths of Emil Huhn, first base ~ man and ‘veteran minor league man: ager of the Au: gusta club in the South Atlantic league, and Frank Reiger, home run king of tHe Sally circuit, who were crushed to death < when the machine they were in with Hive. ether meme EMIL AUMN bers of the Augus- ta club turned over in the moun: tains between Charlotte, N. C., and Augusta, Go., brings the matter to a head. : | ‘The Augusta team went Into ex- tra ‘innings in’ the final Charlotte gai It was dark when the party swerved into the mountain’ region with {ts countless sharp turns and its dangerous trail. A blind curve—death collected its Sept. 23.— toll. The car swerved. It turned over. Huhn and Reiger, in the front seat, were crushed to death. Harry Smythe, young pitcher re- cently purchased by the Philadel- phia Nationals, and other players in the back seat were pinned be- neath the big machine, but escaped with minor injuries. They were fortunate in escaping * with - their lives. Second Auto Tragedy The Huhn-Reiger tragedy ‘is, not the first that has occurred to the Augusta bail club, Three years age In a similar accident, Frank Merritt, who promised to heedme another “Goose” Goslin, and who had been sold to a major league club for fall. delivery, was injured in an auto smash. Merritt's promising baseball ca- reer was cut short. He les flat on his back, suffering from spinal in jurles, at his home {n Kansas City Mo,, today. Other players with him in tle ill-fated car escaped with minor injuries. Merritt will never walk again. His life w ned, one might say, The Augusta team lost the sales price for the budding young fly hawk Use of automobiles as rheans transportation in the minor leagues ROUTE HEADQUARTERS Parkerton—Parkerton Drug Glenrock—Jones Drug Co. Douglas—LaBonte Hotel. Glendo—Yellowstone Pharmacy land—Globe Hotel Chugwater—Corry’s Pharmacy Cheyenne—Plains Hotel Cheyenne Ticket Office— Albany Hotel Denver, Colorado, Motorway Bus Offices, 1707 California Street. 1s extensive. Many-clubs travel’ by machine all around the league, But it is a great risk, as the loss of three such men as Merritt, Reiger and Huhn kas convinced South Atlantic League fans and the Augusta club as a whole, Will Ask Co-operation When the South Atlantic League | foes into its annual winter meeting | this winter, it Is expected that steps | will be taken to curb the practice of touring the cireuit in machines BEFORE STARTING ON THAT VACATION TRIP STOP. AT. ~ Casper’s Finest Filling Station and fill up with that good ~ WHITE EAGLE GASOLINE GIVE YOUR MOTOR A TREAT ‘ by filling up with pure 100 per cent Pennsylvania Oil. QUALITY AND SERVICE WE CHALLENGE THEM ALL: : Have your car thoroughly greased by our expérienced empldyés. YOU KNOW ME A. E.: Chandler, Independent SECOND AND PARK PHONE 465 Minors Will Be Asked To Lower Ban Against Road Jaunts by Motor automo: | on strength of loss of life and per- manent injury suffered) by pl: belonging to clubs that travel in automobiles. Co-operation of the other minor Emil Huhn outfits will be asked. was in baseball close campaign. Frank - Reiger, Atlantic. League, 33 before ville, Okla., in the Western Associa. tion, and at Little Rock, Ark., the Sothern Association, going to Augusta, outfield and infield without weaken. strength. ing week of play around the South Atlantic league. TRIPLE PLAY |EXECUTEDBY ‘CUB PLAYERS CHICAGO, Sept tA Press)--Chicago executed a play Tuesday against the Brooklyn Robins in the Sth inning, With Cor- gan of-third base and Taylor of first, Grimes grounded to’ Adams Whose. throw to Staley forted Tay- lor at second. Staley relayed to Grimm in time to retire Grimes and when -Corgan attempted to score Grimm shot the ball-to Hartnett in time to nip Corgan at the plate. er S Sati e eee LOUISVILLE IS HOST TO OLD-TIMERS LOUISVILLE, + Sent The Agsoclated Press.)—Louisville within whose confines was' held the tiret of two meetings which resulted in the organization of the National league, yesterday contributed its bit to the golden jubilee anniversary of organized baseball, It was old timers’ day and many baseball luminaries of by-gone days Were guests of honor. Tt was in Louisville in: December. that the Chicago, St, Louis Cincinnatl and Louisville baseball clubs selected C. E. Chase of Louis- le to represent them at the Na Uonal league organization meeti New York February 2, 1876, Preceding the American association game between Louisville and Colum- 22 oldtimers, including Tommy h.-Fred Clarke, Fred Pfeffer, oclated Dumn Hoy, Claude Richie and Tony Mullane, frolleked about in real uthful style—‘for several in- nings' which —a luncheon Justice Harry Taylor of New York, John A, Heydl: President of the National league, and Barney Dreytull, owner of the Pittsburgh Pyates, were guests of honor. $5.00 Reward (lve dollars reward jwill be paid to the party furnishing the. Casper Dally Tribune {nformation leading ‘tothe capture of the person who is fraudulently collecting subscriptions from Tribune subscribers. Patrons of the paper should: not pay any one their subscription except the was held at |warrler who delivers. the paper or an authorized collector ‘trom the office, It you are not sure you are fying the right collector, ask him ‘to show hie credentials. If he can not do so please call the Tribune Telephone 15 to 2"years. At one time he played| and hours of intensive work are not ‘with Cincinnati in the Natlo pent upon it. But it is to say that League. The Texas League, South-| the tendency is’ growing to reserve ern Association and other’ minor ® aerial play for such time as the leagues had him before he came to attack is not gaining Augusta as manager, where , he| stound. It is pretty safe to predict would have remained for the 1926 who established a new home run mark for the South death haltéd' his baseball career, saw ser- vice at Enid, Oklahoma and Bartles- in before Reiger was a fierce hitter and one of the few men who could catch, pitch’ and play the ing a, club's offensive or defensive Benefit games for wivés of the | two players were staged tn the clos- triple | GRIDIRON GAME SANE ALL OVER Nationalized Game Is Now in Effect Thruout U. S. By LAWRENCE PERRY (Copyr! 13 by Casper Tribune) COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 23 There is no fundamental difference football as it is played in the v us sections of the country. | There is no longer a definite char- | acteristic eastern game and middle western and southern and far west. | ern games. Gridiron play has been national. ized and methods and procedure dif+ fer in detail with individual coaches, Wherever they may be. So asserts Dr. J. W. Wilee, coach at Ohio State University and one of the most thoughtful students of the same, who manages annually to see teams in action in sections of the country other than his own. While he talked, he was watching | the practice of one of the most promising looking Buckeyo teams | since the days of Chick Harley, an outfit that most certainly will dis- Play speed combined with brawn and elusiveness, with power. } And the practice of this Ohio team, the things that were stressed ‘and things that were sald, impressed the writer with one important fact he forward pass is coming to be regarded more and more as an emer- gency play and less a part of formal ground-gaining scheme. This is the case at Ohio State and as a matt fact throughout the middie west. ‘This is not to say, that the forward regarded and that 3 is hours that against stiff, alert opposition where a miscarriage of the overhead heave spells great danger, many well-conched elevens will not resort tu it until they have exhausted the possibilities of their running attack, wins Aa SPORT BRIEFS SAN FRANCISCO.—Mickey Rock, son of Boise, Idaho, and Joe Hughes, San Francleco middleweight, went 10 fast rounds to a draw. OYSTER BAY, N. Y.—The United States took the international six meter yacht racing championship by defeating the Scandinavian fleet in the sixth and final race of the series, { j nee | CHICAGO.—Sarazen, the New | York golfer, representing an eastern | syndicate, offered $3,500,000 today | for Olympia Fields Country club and | its four golf courses, | | ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 23.—(A) | sociated Press)—Billy Gibson, man- ager of Gene Tunney, declared here that Tex Rickard had offered $150,000 to Harry Wills, negro, heavyweight for a match with Tun- | ney in New Jersey, | Gibson denied he or Tunney had lever sald Wills had been offered | $200,000 for the match, as reported last night. Paddy Mullins, Wills's manager, denled receiving the Gea WASHINGTON, Sept, 23.—(Asso- | elated Press}—Manager ‘arris of | Washington champions, was eplked In the right ire fr hand and forced to re- m the game in the first in- | \? s contest with Cleve. | ennnennamneeaal | QUESTION | BOX {f you have some question to ask about baseball, football, box- ig or any other amateur or pro fessional sport— Write to John B. Foster, on vageball, Lawrence Perry, on amateur sports, and | falr Play on boxing and other professions) sports, All are spe ela! correspondents of the Casper | Tribune, 814 World Building, New | «York, nclose a stamped, self-ad. | drossed envelope for your reply. Q.—In a game of ball first man up hits foal tip, breaking catcher's finger, Catcher retires to have fin- ger dressed. May he be used later as a pinch hitter? A.—He may not be used as a pinch hitter unless by the consent of the opposing captain. Q—Is the kidney: punch illegal and if it is, why? A.—Yes, It is unfair because per: | manent injury is more apt because | the Kidneys are» not any too well | protected by nature. | Q.—Was Stanley Ketchel a real middleweight or a light heavy? A.—Middleweight BEIRUT, Syria—The French claim to have lost only one officer killed and fifty men wounded in repulsing tho attack of Druse tribesmen Messi Frey, south of Suedia, Thur The Druse losses are placed o ar The different formations in foot- ball are confusing to the newer de- votees of the game. In this article of the series on football, by Norman E. Brown, sports. writer, he tells of the restrictions placed upon the op- posing teams in distributing them- selves about the field for offensive and defensive pla Editor. By NORMAN E. BROWN. While the highly trained football team calls upon a variety of forma- tions in @ given game, both in -carry- ing the ball and in defending its goal against various attacks, there are, of course, a few fundamental rules governing these formations which restrict both teams tq certain fields of play and positions upon. that “field”, The rules state, for instance, that seven players of the team in pos- session of the ball must be along the line of scrimmage. This line of scrimmage, as defined by the rules, is an imaginary Une drawn parallel to the yard-lines from the point of the ball nearest the team in ques: tion. Under the rules the ball, when in the hands of the center, must be held with the long axis at right angles to the yard-lines, Therefore the two scrimmage lines, running Parallel from each end of the ball, leave @ néutral zone the width of the longest axis of the ball. In the “old game" the seven mén placed upon the line had to be actually along this given line. How+ ever, the rule has of late yeara been modified so that these seven playe! are in legal positions if they hi both feet or one foot and one h: Yesterday’s Scores | ee) Western League. Des Moines, 3; Wichita, One played, others po: nd poned. American League. Washington, 3; Cleveland, 2 St. Louis, 1; Philadelphia, 0. Detroit, 11-7; Boston, 8-2. New York, 11-2; Chicago, 64. National League. Chicago, 38; Brooklyn, nings). Pittsburgh, 14; Philadelphia, 4. Others postponed, rain, az American Association. Minneapolis, 12; Milwaukee, 9. Columbus, 5; Louisville, 9 (6 nings, darkness), Toledo, 0-6; Indianapolis, 4-7 (s ond game 7 innings by agreement). Kansas City-St. Paul doubleheader postponed. Pacific Coast League. San Francisco, 11; Salt Lake, 9. Portland, 11; Vernon, 2. Los Angel Sacrament in: |FOOTBALL INSIDE OUT HWY AND HOW OF THE RULES PAGE SEVEN First in News on the line or within a foot of it. The opening up of the game brought about this change. In the day of the flying wedge and center rush the heavy players stood crouched low, head on, with thelr finger tips along this imaginary line ready to plow into the opposing de fense and open up a hole for the pile-driving backfield behind them With ‘the elimination of this bone crushing style of play dame the need, on the part of the attacking team, for a more open and diversified type of line and interference for its backfield, The end run, open back- field formations, shift plays, the fer ward pass and the use of linemen in carrying the ball, all helped to open up the line of scrimmage These called for a “heads up" style of play by the linemen, The outer linemen, therefore, found it more expedient to be watching the play “over” the inner line, ‘They had to be “set,” also, to check a tackle play’and form a second de- tense for plays breaking through on the other side of the line. (More at 1eup tomorrow.) feusel Clouts Homer No. 31) EW YORK, sept (Associat ed Press)—Bob Met avkee out fielder t his 3ist home run of the season in the sixth inning of the second game of Tuesday's double headér with Chicago at the Yankee Stadium. Ted Blankénship was twirling for the Sox and no one was | (Copyright, on base, Me hit his thirtieth vut f ame Of All Events HORNGBY FAC BAT FAILURE | May Not Top the .400 Mark for Season as Result of Slump. By JOHN B. FOSTER. 1925, Casper Tribyne.) NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—Pitchere seem to be getting more dangerous toward the end of the season than at the beginning, To begin. with, Rogers Hornsby- of the -Cardinals, Who had set his heart on. batting over 400 again this year, seemi hardly likely to reach that goal, He will get very close to ft if he has a good run this coming week and per. haps will shoot around .395. In July, he was walloping the ball for .42 And then he ran into just as have many of the this season. If Hornsby gets away with thé batting championship of the Na- tonal league again this season, it will be his sixth in succession, He started his run in 1920 with a ledd- ing percentage of . In 1921 he 397 hitter, in 1922 it was 491i, 384 and last year best of M, 424. Hans Wagner won eight cham- pionships in the National but did not win them in succession. Hornsby sald at the beginning of the season that Bottomley, hig team mate, was the only rival he feared, He guessed right, for Bottomley is the runner-up. ‘Club Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Team— w. L. Pet. Washington ~~ 60 850 Philadelphia ~ 59 .590 Bt. Louis -. 66 542 Detroit 69 521 Chicago 4 A497 Cleveland - 79 489 New York 4° 82 48 Boston .. 48 101 327 NATIONAL LEAGUE Team— WwW. Lb. Pet. 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