Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1929, Page 52

52 FIRST 70 SOCK 400 ININTIALALL WIN Others in Old League Hit| as High, but Only After Garnering Title. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. HILE President John Heydler of the National League has not yet received the official figures for 1929, he thinks that the .400 percentage that is credited unofficially to Lefty O'Doul of the Phillies will stand as the indi- vidual batting championship. Should this prove correct, O'Doul has done something that no other National League batter has done since 1899 in winning his first batting championship. It is true that Rogers Hornsby won his batting championship in 1922 with .401, hut Hornsby won his first championship of tne kind with .370 in 1920. Hornsby also batted 424 in 1924 and 403 in 1925. Apart from that, there has been no 400 batter from the time Ed Dele- hanty, also of the Phillies, won the honor in 1899 with a percentage of .408. Delehanty was one of the wickedest batters the National League ever de- veloped. Figures Likely to Stand. O'Doul’s mark for 1929 is likely to stand, because the boys have been keep- ing a very close check on Lefty since early in the season, when it became apparent that he was a probable winner, In 1926 Hargrave of Cincinnati ca) tured the National League cham- plonship with .353, a great falling off from the .403 of Hornsby in the year before. In 1927 Paul Waner won the championship with some beautiful bat- ting, but he did not hit .400. His per- centage was .380. Hornsby was again champion in 1928 with .387. With O'Doul winning this year with 400, the Phillies have the honor of having had two players win the batting championship with .400 or more during their first year with the team—Dele- hanty in 1899 and O'Doul 30 years later. In the American League Lajole won the batting championship for the first time, when he was with the Athletics, with a percentage of more than .400. He batted .405. Delehanty won a bat- ting championship in the American League with Washington, and he is the only major player to have won the in- dividual championship in each big league. Ty Cobb hit .420 once and .410 another year, but the first time that he won the batting championship of the American League he hit for .350, Sisler High First Time. When Sisler won his first champion- ship with the American League he batted .407. Another year he batted +420, but he is one of the few men who has off a championship in his first year with more than .400. Harry Heilmann batted .403 for De- troit in 1923, but the first time that Heilmann won the championship of the American League he batted .394 for Detrott. Chase, O'Doul and Heilmann repre- cent Pacific Coast batters. They have good hitters out that way, and the major leagues have helped themselves to them very generously in the past, but Ll:: bulk othl:-t&wmmpl?nxhlpu have n_ won e League b; Eastern players. m Ihe'“ 4 pionship .12 SPORTS. League, which gives the South & t show! in that organisaf Sote Cobb and Hellmann have absorbed much of the batting honors in the American In the days of the American Asso- clation Jim O'Neill of St. Louis was batting champion, with a percentage of 492, but that year bases on balls were reckoned as base hits, and batters climbed high in percentage, although most of them weren't making many more than the normal number of hits. (Copyright, 1 WAGERLESS RACING MEET IS A SUCCESS Host, Who Spends Vast Sum to Stage Unique Affair, Is Highly Pleased. By the Associated Press. RLINGTON. DOWNS, Tex., No- vember 7.—W. T. Waggoner, one-man host to a party of 10,000, sat in his own grand- stand yesterday and chuckled. His $2,000,000 party, the opening of Arlington Downs Race Track, had gone over with a bang. ‘When the crowd passed the 9,000 mark, despite intermittent gusts of rain, Waggoner said he had his money's worth. His sun-tanned face—a tan accumulated during 40 years of riding cattle ranges in North Texas—! kled as he chuckled and said: “I've got my money back already. I wanted them to be here and I'm W Just how much this precedent-break- ing party cost isn't known, but it was well over $2,000,000. And it was precedent-breaking not only in the sum expended but in the fact that there was no gambling or drinking—in the open. p; small army of plain clothes men, uniformed policemen and Texas Rangers were on hand to gently but firmly give the “bum’'s rush” to the first covey of bettors flushed. A little sign was posted conspicuously: “The laws of Texas do not permit bet- ting on horse races. Kindly co-operate. The Volstead law will be strictly en- forced. Texas Jockey Club.” Any one disbelieving in signs was apt to feel a hand laid on his shoulder. Another $6,000 for six races is offered in purses today. Granted fair weather, the Texas Jockey Club—which means W. T. Waggoner, the cattle, oll and turf man, and his two sons—expect an z?unlly large crowd for the second day of Texas' first big-time racing in a quarter of a century. . . Fighits Last Night By the Associated Press. PARIS—W. L. “Young” Stribling, Macon, Ga., outpointed Maurice Griselle, France (10). CINCINNATI.—Freddy Miller, Ohio, outpointed Steve Smith, Bridgeport, CHARGE ACCOUNTS GOOBSYEAR All-Weather Holds TREAD ! The surest, safest, most de- pendable protection you can ha ve in snow, ice or mud, or THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOM, D. C, THUKSDAY, NouyvrsbER 7, 1929 SPORTS. BUSH FINDS NEED OF THREE PLAYERS New White Sox Manager Seeks Outfielder, Infielder and a Backstop. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, November 7.—Donile Bush, committed to the task of rebuilding the Chicago White 8Sox for Charles A. Comiskey, is making no promises or pre- dictions about where the Hose are like- ly to finish in the 1930 American League race, but he knows what he wants to work with and is out to get it. Bush believes another good outfielder, an inflelder of similar caliber and a de- pendable catcher will do a lot toward making the Sox something better than a strict second-division club. He ad- mits he needs help in obtaining the men and has hopes that trades will bring them to Chica Record for O’Doul in Balting Victory : 8 recruit shortstop from Dallas of the ‘Texas e, in ahleh euoh‘llu cuew elel robably will be given a chance to s fr he can play second base. Bill Kamm is a fixture at third and none other than C. Arthur (the Great) Shires is Bush’s choice for first base. Bush and Shires have never met, but the new leader intends to talk to C. Arthur, whom he believes to be con- siderably better than an ordinary base ball player. Bush is not afraid of be- ing unable to handle Shires, who made | life miserable, and on occasions pain- ful, for Lena Blackburne last season. hard- inflelder, and Eugene ‘“Bubbles . grave, catcher-manager of the St. Paul American Association club last season, are sald to figure in Bush's trading plans. Secretary Harry Grabiner of the Sox | has announced the club will train at San Antonia, Tex., instead of Dallas, and | may get away from camp as early as February 20, and that around 33 play- | ers will report here. The Sox and Giants will make a 10-day trip into Mexico, where six exhibition games will | be played during the middle of March | — GRIDDER TOPS RING CARD. KANSAS CITY, November 7 (#)— | Al Priedman, Boston heavyweight, and | 8id Terris, former North Carolina foot ball player, will headline a boxing pro- gram in Convention Hall here Novem- The infielder may be Irving Jeffries.ber 14. N.B. A. TITLE BODY HUNTS CHAMPIONS Fills Bantam Throne, but Heavy, Light-Heavy and Middle Are Empty. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, November 7.—The National Boxing Assoclation, siriving to set up crowns for the boys to shoot at in the kingless divisions, has cut to three the number of fistic classes now N iacking leaders. If the energy of Edward K. Foster, chatrman of the championship com- | mittee of the N. B. A, can bring it about there will soon be champions on | N, the middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight thrones. His most recent announcement was the naming of Panama Al Brown, tall, clever Negro, who has whipped every challenger in his division, champion of the bantam- weights. Foster, wealthy Providence, R. I., busi- ness man, whose hobby is boxing, recently removed Mickey Walker as titleholder in the middleweight division and declared the throne vacant be- 1 fi:““ of Mickey's refusal to defend the | erown, Three B;x;’ng“Classes Lack Champion As yet no outstanding contender has | Ne light heavyweight crown recently relin- quished by Tommy Loughran, Several mere bouts are necessagy. too, before a champion can bs named to succeed | Gene™ Tunney at the head of the | neavies. | | appeared to lay undisputed claim to the Rating of Fighters. Fester has listed the N. B. A. cham- plons and leading contenders in this iashion: Heavyweight. Champion . No. 2. No. 3. No. .Open. .Jack Sharkey. .Tommy Loughran. .Max Schmeling. ‘Erne_Schaff. .Otto Van Porat. .George Godfrey. ‘Paulino Uzcudun. . Phil Scott. .Victorio Campolo. ... Young Stribling. \Tufly Griffiths. Light Heavyweight. Chjl'zllploll Lomski. ++.Jack Thompson. Junfor Welterweight. Mushy Callahan. Baby Joe Gans. .Stan Loayza, Lightweight. Sammy Mandell. Featherweight. Bat Battalino. Kid Chocolate. +Eddie Shea. Bantamweight. .Panama Al Brown. . Teddy Baldock. .Vidal Gregorio, Flyweight. .Frankie Genaro. Champion .. No. 2 No. 3.. ¢ Champion . No. 2 No. 3 Leaders BOUTS WILL FEATURE DINNER AT CITY CLUB Featuring the City Club's seven- teenth annual beefsteak dinner tonight at the club will be 10 boxing bouts. The dinner will begin at 6:30 o'clock. In headline bouts Al Satryb of the City Club will meet Jocko Miller of the Jewish Community Center in the 136- pound division, Dutch Miller, City Club, will face Jack Hudson of Baltimore, South Atlantic champion, in the 147- pound class, and Jack De Lacy, City Club, will swap punches with Fred Har- man of the Baitimore “¥" in the 135- pound class. The boxing card: Douglas _Swetman, City Out, Ve, Lewis Herman Philadeish . vs. Lewis Herman. elphia. 126-POUND CLASS—Ha: aas, ity Club, vs. Johnny Fritz, Y. g CF A, Balti- Tore. 126-POUND __ CLASS—H: Btellabotta, m:‘.c;\.x_;:. vs. Wil l?sn—ifl;lvonigl‘: hif it’ glub v8. Jocko Niier, Jewish Copimui o ‘Community 147-POUND CLAS! Miller, Cit: o R A Balti, opeler. . City 160-POUND CLASS-William Stanley, City ot Jacob_Geist. gm‘meln ia. arl B & i ND ' CLAS! ndress, City b, v3. Eddy ChADoeil, Jewian Community 135-POUND CLASS—Jack De_Lacy, City Club, va. Fred Harman, Y. M. C. o Balti- more. 112.POUND CLASS—Buck Posey, Cit: Clib. ve Riy Cavalier, unattached. e 135-POUND CLASS_Norman Bradshaw, 1xCity "Club, vs. Howard Clarke, Fort . Gases come | and gases go buit Motorists keep going o when it is slippery, is the gripping, holding, deep-cut dia- mond block ALL-WEATH- ER tread. See us for Winter 31anOS Yoy e driving safety! 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