The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1931, Page 5

MY-MY! YOUR TEMPERATURE THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, OCT. 17, 1931. 1 WiSH SOME OF THE STOKS 1 BOLGHT WLz URP THAT HIGH- NOW THE FIRST THING YOU MUST DO 1S TO BE QUIET MY WIFE WILL ATTEND DAILY SPORTS CARTOON IAN O WAR. WAS THE GREATEST HORS = OF TH/S GENERATION 8 EARNEC $i0450¢%° MORE THAN MAN O WAR. Nn AW —— S YAS FARNED #Ss rLACE By HE S/IDE OF U : MAN O'WAR o, F\ AND OTER ? GREAT HORSEES CF . HE sy If the official check-up of Na- tional league batting figures bears cut the unofficial returns and de- prives Bill Terry of his crown by the margin of .0003 separating him from Chick Hafey of the Cardinals the first baseman of the Giants!the batsmen last year with Lhei marks have been closer than .350. Hornsby averaged over 400 for five successive years, 19211925, Lef- ty O'Doul topped the list in 1929 with .398 and Terry was king of to can't blame it on the weather and | spectacular mark of .401. daylight saving time. The race for the older circuit’s batting crown this year was three cornered with Jim Bottomley stag- ing a late rush to take part. It went down to the last day of the season, September 27, which happened to mark the return of standard time to the metropoli- tan area. The Giants played a double-head- cr with Brooklyn as & finale. Ter- ry, in ‘the second game, registered a hit that put him in front of Hafey and at the top of the batting heap by a fractional margin but it was getting dark rapidly. Play finally was halted by dark- ness after four innings, the game declared no contest and Terry thereby robbed of the hit that meant so much to him. Cn the unofficial averages com- piled by Al Munro Elias, Hafey, Terry and Bottomely finished with» in less than one-thousandth of a point of each other in the closest race the National league has ever had for its batting crown. To paraliel it I cannot recall any- thing so close since 1910, the year that Napoleon Lajoie, the great Cleveland second baseman, failed by a single margin to catch Ty Cobb on the last day of the sea- son. Lajoie, as I -recollect the circum- stances, collected five or six hits on the final day of the season but finished with .385 to Cobb's .386. “Dead” Ball Felt The effect of the less-lively ball in National league hitting cir- cles is sharply evident with the best averages a shade below .350 for the season, the lowest mark since Edd Roush led the circuit in 1919 with a figure of .321. This was just before the advent cf the “jack rabbit” sphere and the era of long-range firing featured by Babe Ruth. Bubbles Hargrave of the Reds led the league with a mere .353 in an cff-season for the sluggers, 1926, but otherwise the National league Uniformity Locms in Majors The new ball 15 here to stay, in the opinion of John A. Heydler, the National league's president. He feels it has brought back playing features that appeal to tne fans and resulted in better baseball, for the onlookers as well as the play- ers. So. far the American league has seen eye-to-eye with its associate only in raising the stitches of the baseball. The National league ball's cover is thicker and therefore “deader” than the American league ball. By another season the younger league may adopt both measures for fortifying the defense and thereby put the sluggers of the two circuits on an even basis. As it stood this year, Ruth and Gehrig, the home run twins, had a running start on any of their National league rivals. They were hitting the ball that responded more enthusiastically to the bat's massaging than the ball hit by Chuck Klein, Mel Ott, Hack Wilson and Chick Hafey. Consequently, no particular pres- tige accrued to the American league for regaining the home run hon- ors. “COPYRIGHT” BOYS PLAYING FOOTBALL MOSCOW., Idaho, ‘Trade” and “Mark,” Oct. 17— two beard less Smiths ,not related, make up | a pair of embryo University of; Idaho quarter-backs from whom much is expected this fall. “Trade,” shown on the official roster as Willis Smith of Boise, Idaho, is a 150-pound shifty open field runner. “Mark” is Earl Smith of Filer. He tips the beam at 190 and is a good line plunger and a long punter. “Trade” and “Mark” as they have been dubbed by r team- mates, alternated at quarter on last year’s freshman eleven. ’HONES 83 OR 85 BEST 'SCORE; BRAVES WIN THREE STRAIGHT Harry Sabin’s -filne bowling was a mighty factor in the Yankees' two victories over the Cardinals on the Elks Club alleys last night. He rolled 223 in his first game for high score of the evening and also got high average, 186. The Cubs could not maintain the winning streak they started Thurs- day night and slipped farther into ‘the cellar when they dropped three ,straigm to the Braves. Vander- Leest and Jack Davis featured this contest by their steady work. The only match this evening will be played between the White Sox and the Senators. BRAVES . 145 190 155 193 146 155 . 140 140 140—420* 181 182—535* T70 850 818 2438 CUBS . 159 125 17 156 169 Lavenik . VanderLeest C. Sabin MeKinnon J. Davis 137475 194—542 165—466 172 171 89 158 128 190—521 170—466 123—329 120—434 178—475 781 2225 A. Henning Robertson Worth Kirk G. Messer'dt | 725 T8 i YANKEES H. Sabin 223 167 , Danner 113 121 G. George 153 167 H. Messer'dt ... 130 161 Kaufman 150 155 169—559 165—399 190—510 159—450 174—479 857 2397 { e B | 79 771 CARDINALS F. Henning .. 173 222 Bernard 156 156 Stevens 126 132 Duncan 199 120 Simpkins 139 139 793 769 *—Average; did not bowl - - 135—530 156—468* 184—442 156—475 139—417° 710 2332 - BASKETBALL GREATS PLAY FOOTBALL FOR OLD LINERS COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 17.— Four of the five regulars of the { University of Maryland's Southern | conference basketball champions last year are members of the var- |sity football team this season. They are Jack Norris, who plays end, Bozey Berger, Shorty Chalm- | world Rifle | meeting at Low recently, decided | a rifle shooting competition in the | | United States in 1932. |man of the Modern Pemathloni Bv GEORGE McMANUS AND ABOVE ALL THINGS- NYou MUST NOT SMOKE -~ CUT OUT SMOKING \ ENT(RE\.\’f WILL BATTLE ON GRIDIRON BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 17.— Louisiana 'State university’s foot= ball team this year is led by & fighter, and one of its chief scoring threats is another fighter. “Big Ed” Khoury is a heavyweight boxer and captain of the football team, while Joe '‘Almokary, a high scorer, made a good showing in the light heavyweight class. WORLD E SHOOT COMES TO U. 5. IN ’32 WARSAW, Poland, Cct. 17.—The Shooting Congre*s,] to accept an invitation to conduct Bt Ve OLYMPICS TO SEE HORSES LCS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 17— The world's finest and best train- ed horses will be collected here in the summer of 1932 for the eques- | trian events of the Olympic games, | Maj. General Guy V. Henry, chair- committee, reports. | OFFICE ROOMS FOR RENT Will remodel to suit tenant GOLDSTEIN BUILDING | s WALKER FIGHT 10 ROUND BOUT Vancouver Welterweight Given Big Ovation in Madison Square NEW YORK, Oct. 17—Billy Townsend, Vancouver, B. C., wel- terweight, fought a bruising ten- round draw with Paulie Walker, of Trenton, N. J., last night. It was the feature bout of an all-star card in Madison Square Garden. Townsend got a big ovation from the first gong. Townsend was on top of Walker swinging rights and lefts, but the more experienced Walker landed many blows. When the gong sounded for the start of the final round, Town- send rushed out from his corner and said: “Come on Paulie, let's go."” Townsend took the round to make the bout a draw. DIXIE GRID TEAM MAKES LONG JUMPS CLINTON, Miss, Oct. 17.—Mis- squad can lay a claim this year |to the travel record between inter-! T e ST sectional contests. On October 21 Coach Stanley | ;sissxppl College's Choctaw football| Worth, El Paso, Waco, Wichita | | Robinson’s eleven will meet Col-‘ SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 17 gate at Hamilton, N. Y. On Decem- ber 6 an international battle with | the University of Mexico is bookcrl‘were won by J. F. Neville, includ- at Mexico City. —————— Old papers at Tne Emolre. | | T0 CHARITY HCUSTON, Tex., Oct. 17.—This year's Houston Buffaloes of the | Texas league will go down as one | nf the most unusual ball clubs cf history. | The players held a meeting, de-| | clined to accept a pennant fund | started by fans and asked that the| money be given to charity instead.| Houston players reaped approxi-} mately $1,000 each from the an- nual Dixie series with the Southern Association champlons. TEXANS TO INVADE . 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