The evening world. Newspaper, December 4, 1922, Page 17

(‘THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, DEGEMBER 4, 1923. Ss. ISLER AND HORNSBY GREATEST BATSMEN OF BIG LEAGUES MY FINGER TIPS = RIGHT HAND LOOSE — BOTH V'S POINTING == Bare OFK LEFT CENTER —- i COME BACK FLAT ALONG GROUND — LegT ARM STRAIGHT — w EASY UP SWING — RIGHT LEG KEPT STEADY AN STRAIGHT COMIN’ Back — HIT ALL WITH LEFT ARM ~ ALL LEFT ARM — RIGHT HAND SNAPS IN AT INSTANT OF (IMPACT — HEAD DOWN, Stow ~ BATTING LEADERS OF 1922 xt. Louis Has Distinction of Possessing Premier Hitters in Both Major Leagues. 1 OTH the Nationa! and American Leagues announce their official baze- ball averages for the past season. Rogers Hornsby of the Cards tops the N, L. boys, being the first player in that organization to pass the +400 mark since 1899, the last year of the twelyé-club cireult, Hornsby Jeads the veteran league for the third time in a row, his mark this past sea- #on being .401. George Sisler of the Browns is premier batsman of the A.L. Sister's mark was .410. { Im addition to leading the league in batting, Hornsby ulso established new league record for home-run hitting. Rogers slammed otu forty-two lomers, beating the former National Leaguc record held by Ed Williamson by fifteen. Hornsby also led the leaguc in the most hits, the most runs and the most doubles. Rogers cracked out 250 hits, scored 141 runs and drove out forty-six two-baggers. Max Carey, who made a sensational comeback with Pittsburgh, regained the leadership in stealing bases with fitty-one steals. Carey missed tieing Hornsby by just one run in scoring honors, as “Scoops” carried in 140 runs, Old Jake Daubert of Cincinnati led in the most triples, twenty-two, and Terry of the Cubs had the most eacrifices, thirty-nine. “Reb” Ruseell, who came into the league in the latter half of the season, and “Casey” Stengel of the Giants were tied for second place in batting, with an average of .368. Among players who took part in more than one bundred games, Ray Grimes, the young Cub first baseman, stood next to Hornsby, with an average of .368. . Sisler didn’t capture any home rung onorg and he didn't make any record i the way of base hits—though ue beat] GIANTS 2ND IN Villie Keeler’s old record of 243, at tha’ ee A niyteg Seon a sale BATTING, ROBINS 6TH AND YANKS 4TH a No.6. tig Tune. ieague in this us d ae and crossed the plate 154 ‘ OMictal batting averages for the) Evening World. Sisier finished with a batting average] joo0 4 - Oita, Mulahed with a butting averse} 1992 season find the Giants ranking Helimunn und Spoaker and Cobb, by a{ Second and the Robing sixth in,team ogmfortable margin. But he did not win} pat ea the crown for the most runs batted oe in the National League, in,” probably the most {mportant part] While in the American League the Yankees rank fourth. The ciam- of the offensive of a ball club, for that Beso fell to a fellow olubman, Kon! pions boast eight -.80d-hitters against five for the Yankecs and six for Williams. Ken drove tn > runs dur- ing the season, a noteworthy perforn Robins Beaotonlly overs Gai e Giants batting in the charmed Two, Extra Periods Played Be fore Contest Is Decided— He can sock, can Ken. He was] the the league's chump in the home run hi circle may be rated as regulars, while one of the Yankee's star hit- 40 x Elizabeth Five Defeated. eae it, that 6 ‘iillams, Ja~ lot of exe- Sle shot He sinacked thirt ters is a pitcher, Casey Stengel lias the highest Sation tn driving In oe of uny of the local players HE MacDowall five was defeated run-getting they had a tine trio, too, torltups the Robins with .883. Emil the score of 88-28. About the Bieler crossed {he plate 196 timeu, Wil") Meugel made the greatest number of same time, Paterson was showing ams 12} and Tobin i<: g Cobh stands wovord to Siater, even i pee ay ae aly nuticetans He ee some of the intricacies of the game to Fe'tne marvel of the prement batziag xs, | man Was Zach Wheat with 201. [t® “Bishts, the fal score being 38¢ peiniee Aas the Gtive ‘9 bis) The batting averages of the pluy- |? legs that the Georg jeer of the Giants, Yankces and Robin] In the contest between the Visita- tions and the MacDowalls yesterday afternoon, the Visitations won 80 to he may ecilpse the wonderful record Cobb, but he have 27, The game required two extra periods, Louis quartet of Sisier, eobson and M man. He hus a wend It and Is ” Heiimann had of the opinion ¢ Brooklyn led the way to a score of a UL over Patersonz. Bintth, It was a big day tor Brooklyn all eerie around, however, as the Dodgers also Nenf, Arthur A held up their end by defeating the Visitations, 22-18, ntuners, Ralph ete The Knights administered a drub- Glbing to the Elizabeth quintet last night. The strong defense of the Elizabeth quintet was unable to cope with the aggressiveness of their op- ponents, who piled up a score of 55- SOUTHERN LEAGUE LIFTS SALARY LID LOUISVILL Subject to the | Barne re Approval of ti National Association, | Rares, Virgil the directors of the Southern Maseball| Jounard, Claw Aggociution have voted to “make the Bky the liuiit" so far us salartes of play- era ure concerned. Rules of the Natlonal joclution now make $4,500 the max!- m monthly payroll for Class A Leagues. Seven directors voted in favor of the salary resolution ane one o.- pose! it. The directora will meet in] Mitchel], Clarence . Mobile Jan. 29 to adopt the schedule of] High, Andrew wam for 1923. President Jolin D. Murtin of Memphis Was authorised to make a contract with the Texas League head for a post- €enson Herles of gainc# between the pen- nant winners In the two orgu Ore, with the ctipulution that netther team engage {n any other serlea after the menron. Ruethe: A Christmas dividend of §18,000 was] pects? distributed among the eight clubs. Slirtver, John H. Farrell, Chairman of the Na- tonal Board of Arbitration, announced that decisions on more than 500 cl which have been under consideration Wil be given out to-night. ‘ROBINS. me Catholic Club Five of the Interborough League met with a crushing defeat last night at Com- monwealth Casino, where the unde- feated Commonwealth Five trimmed them to the tune of 26 to 6. Hubbard and Fiall of the home court outfit ex- celled for the victors, Fiall alone scor- ing five baskets before the final bell The Bronx Dodgers at Peekskill trimmed k's Big Five 36 to 80, Franklin A Interborough Miller, Otto... a Sherrod roke even in the League games with a victory and a defeat on Saturday night. The Westchester combination subdued the Ascension Aces at West- chester by a 87 to 88 tally. Wost End Post, V. F. W. nosed out the Franklins at Savage's Institute yes- => wite 2.) Shake Siterday afternoon by a score of 26 to Hoffman’! SG ; 22. JIM BAGBY CLAIMED Hottmea BY PITTSBURGH CLUB} }\"." The Asce Acts came ‘back; iT however, afte thelr defeat by the Aiter seven years of se the Franklins, and scored a win over the ub, Jim Bagby has been] Jones Richmond Hill Auditorium quintet, of the American League. | Newittan 40 to 27, The Long Islanders took His descent into the minors, revenge on the Rutgers New York marie) barred. Fitteburen ti five which they conquered 61 to 89. the big right-hander, 0 Jim y » the league tn which he got f i : St. Aloysius surprized Interboro taking the measure Major trial. fans yesterday n Catholic Club Bagby went South with Cin Of the feat” Ital YALE CREW SQUAD whic! been doing most of the Walter: Arthur to Girls displaye and guarding ablli- m's Girls, which 24 to 8 score at room. Edna Kourl st featured for the 1912, coming up from Hattiesbu the Cotton States L ue. Hi ‘ and lost one for the Reds SHIFTS ITS BASE)]'st playing in tho league thus far Moved down to Montkomery. I'ro a this season, The St. Aloysius quintet he went to New Orleans, a a NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 4,—-Thin| Played exceptionally well against the Gleveland, whers he made hie debut 1] avers of ice along thy Honsatonic {leading Interboro contenders, 6, Jim's best year was 1920, in which| River Yale rowing course at Derby yer : ‘ie on 31 games und lost 12 and had an] terday caused the transfer of the boating} Mount Vernon, the prosent league rage of 2.89. outfit to the Quinnipiac at New Haven| leaders, made {t nine victories and one Last season Bagby had some trouble| for the final week of Ed Leader's first|defeat by beating the Starling Greys (ith hia arm. Later he developed an] fall in charge of Yale boating. This|at Hoffman's Casino, yesterday: after- atinck of uppendicitis and was operated | tx the latest that fall rowing has ever}noon to the tully cf 28 to 28. The en 11 New York, kept up and it will bo Dec. 9 when thal Greys played their best game of th oe - boats go over the course for the final] eon Daye, Tt eng team mane ANOTHER VICTORY FOR are Spbory.(c! ial ; Tite the majority of the 260 men|#sed to score a victory over them, ST. GEORGE ELEVEN | who were out for tail rowing were de-] teatian Catho banana ede oat mobliized after the fall régatta the mid-|, allan Catholic Ciub and Starting Brooklyn St. George soccers, ‘leadera| die of November four varsity crews|Greys fought it out last night at in the second division of the New York] ‘Vili complete the work this k. | Hoffman's Casino. League, kept up thelr good work yester-| Leader, who camo here from Washing say york ¢ Gy and defeated the eleven of the Thor| ton this fall, has had directly under him ; . Football Club by 2 goals to 1 in the frat] all the fall the four varsity crews and | better team work Found for the amateur cup. This made] Ono 150-pound crew, while twenty clasa|ty than the St. An fen victories in succession for the st.] crews and the combination crews have|they defeated b Georges this season, worked under his assistants, Lynn C./the Audubon Ba After four minutes of play, Lauren-| Moore and George Murphy, Captain offing Helen Demu gon opened the account for Brooklyn sf.| the University of Washington crew off i ine combs George with a bard drive. A brilitant| lust year. ROH SP ae run by A. Andersen, followed by a fine| Two football men joined the varsity $< Gentre, enabled Fagerborg, in centre, to] squad after the gridiron. season came to] Menhibach Buys Oklahoma quaiize for tho Thor F. C, A penalty] a close, and there will be others in the] KANSAS CITY, Dec. 4—— Lessle the 5t.[ winter, These men are Shark Blair, end ik, negotiated by Mewhibach, President of the Kansas ¢ fullback, decided the {suo after] on the varaity eleven a year ago and} City American Association Club, save % Captain of he freshman team, kept out} he haw purchased the Enid, Okla, ¢lub ‘There was no furthe' this year by minor tnJurles, and Johnnie] of the West ‘ keepers Were put to the teat Joss, who was in at tackle {p both th ecton and Hurvard gume. tion. 'Th ‘oth g repent : includes, butldit und % lease on the Te MY RIGHT SHOULDER ~ % * bela, Alibi Al appears each Monday in The Evening World. Copi for each copy. You will want the series, successor of “Fus: EYE ON Mba afes Visitations Beat MacDowalls 30 to 20 in Basketball Game BASKETBALL RESULTS. Franklin A, C., 8’ Aces. 33. West End, 26; Franklin A. Auditorium, 51; Rutgers, 29. Aces, 40: Auditorium, 2 Mount Vernon, 28; Greys, St. Aloysius, 31; Italian A. C., 27. Collegiate Girls, 24; St. Anselm, 8. Ethical Culture, 28; Marquand, 20, ‘Towers, 28; Rex Five, 9. Winimacs, 31; Staggs, 21. Wintmacs, 87; Alcoras, 9 Danburys, 28; Colons, 16. Bergens, 80; Hudson Fiv Silent Separates, 82; Triangles, 7. Orioles, ; Lenox Five, 12. ANTERBORO STANDING Ww. Mount Ve Italien ©. St. Aloyal Franklin A. ¢ Junto Five. Auditorium Fiv BOWLING TOURNEY CHANGES PLANNED Members of the Eastern Alley Own- ers’ Association meet this afternoon at No. 1241 Broadway to discuss, umong other matters, the Eastern Individual Championship Bowling Touranment, which is to start about the middle of January, Chairman Louis Stein will present his commit- tee’s report on the 1923 individual tournament, which will embody radical changes in the conducting of this time-honored bowling classic. It is the Chairman's intention to endeavor to bring all of the competing players together one afternoon on one, two or three sets of drives. In the event of there being six entries from Brook- lyn, one academy in Brooklyn will have a duy to itself and the same thing will apply to Manhattan, the Bronx, &c. Play will be resumed the Amazon La- dies’ Bowling Club tournament this after- noon at Trommvr'e Bowling Alleys, Flat- buen. Frank Reynolds of Fiushin the Intercity Bowlini winner of the Satur at Thum's White t Academy with a totel of 609 pins. Brundage and Bell were tled for second and third honore and dl- vided the prize. Billie Cordes, proprietor of the Metropolt- n Bowling Alleys in Washington Heights, stage @ vontest between the Old and the Young Boys of the Heights member of , Was returned ght Bweepsta ts Timi Deo, 10. Tho ed Bow! are to extend an th York Howling Association and the Americar Bowling Congress to accompany then thelr trip to Stockholm, Bweden, neat leaving New York May 5. Dwyer of the Rational f. Brooklyn, belleves that the Alley Owners’ Asmoclation Individual 4 ment, {f conducted along tho lines pi by Chairman Louis Stein, will do mich good toward promoting afternoon bowling. enatore beat Knox and the firut halt University Alle ng toam scored 4,884, W Indsey finiuhed sevond wit eS Three Goa the erulds and Football Club at Howard Field, Brooklyn, yea- terday, resulted In favor of the Dmer- alds by « score of $ goals to 2 in the New Y League. Lenahan shot ino g first period, #0 thut t f halt TH BALL — et, AY ies will be reprinted on hard paper yy Foursome,” ii your home or golf club. TIFF DENTON OF K. C. HAS A CLEAR LEAD IN BILLIARD LEAGUE ‘Tiff Denton of Kansas City has a clear lead in the Billiard League, the winner of which will be crowned world’s champion. He has won fourteen of the eighteen games he has played. Bob Cannefax, former ‘champion, who represents the Strond Academy of this city {n the league, and John Layton, the present title holder, who represents St. Louig, are tied for second place with eleven games won and five lost Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia has the distinction of haying played the shortest game. He made 60 points in 29 Innings against Pierre Maupome recently at Chicago. This {s a world's record for champlonship competition. The former mark was 30 innings and was made by Denton in Cleveland tn 19 Cannefax and Wakefield will meet in a league game at the Strand on ‘Thurs-{ day The standing of the players, the num Interstate ‘Three-Cushion-| Lovkabaugh, Pittsburgh: BEAT PATERSON Eleven. Maintains ' its Place Near the Top of Table in American League. Club, by de Waterson by ‘ore of 3 goals the presence of 3,000 soccer fais at New York Oval yesterday afternoon, tnaintalned its place near the top of Ui le in the American Soccer League, nutes from the start a forws by Mitchell, New York's centre Was turned into the net by MeGhee, the sutside left, The score remained at t—0 t of New York for 26 minutes, when Mitchell, taling a centre by Moc- Kelvey on the right, scored the second . Five minutes from haif time a foul given against Burnett of New York for handling. Duggan essayed tho penalty Kick for Paterson, but the ball struck the goal post and no score re- 1 dla not respond to gent call for redoubled effort fi t an w York score: 2 na att t. In a rusis for the Paterson goal, Hnrdy litted t! ball and, as Whitehead — mirktelsod Archle Stark jumped in and reached the net for the third and last tally. ‘The line-up follow: w York Post ‘ Gon Kelly Burnett 1. Btark Philp Moyer MeKel Dugas A. Btark. MeGu!re Mitche! Whitenen | Murray ‘and mailed to Evening World readers on receipt of a 5-cent stamp This is the seventh of the new series. Address Sporting Editor, DON'T SMOKE PAINT 4 Xmas Thought! m man to man or Ueau, Wt four aa pift to your pipe v friend be lan of Innings consumed in thelr best nes and their high raus follow RICHIE MITCHELL TO BOX WHITE IN GARDEN ON DEC. 15 0 reminder of u H. G. P. UNPAINTED Ratlare Frank Flournoy yesterday announ aburel, a 5 §} that on Dec. 15 Richio Mitel Charley White will meet In a ff round bout In Madison 8 jurd at the Hghtweight limit. Mitebell_w ve welcome. His last bout in the Gai- den proved to be highly pleasing, Re- tember that thriller with Benny Leon- ara? a If over a man came clove to winning BURNS WINS SHOOT-OFF lightweight title Richie Mitchell dd WITH.W. E, FERGUSON that night, He waa dropped cold three Cleveland. Ruffalo, Moe ow Yorkss: BRIAR ROOT PIPES ade from ftneat Imported natural 0 palnt, no varnish, all doce 1 to allow ‘the motsture times running in the firat round, got up xt nine the last time and promptly for the high scratch prige at the traps} world ant right down hard'and remained of the Larchmont Yacht Club y: there while the count wont merrily © day, Each had a card of 95-0-95 out of} He waa fensfully Krogy wher 3 al & poxsible 100 targets. On the shoot-| > ° it pete “Ty a fib with aur to use all his great ring & Repairs off, Burns ran 25 targets straight and] to keep from belng outed for k b hat Y a Wait won the cup, It was exceptionally| the and ne We Pasha shat t e*o bee Was « bout that Benny will remember . pretty shooting, as the sky was over-| Wa" bout that Lenny, wi | MAIL ORDER cast and the light poor, Rain also fo White and Mitchell crave the chance FILLED throughout the shoot. Greater part of to get at Leonard, and the winner wilf be right In tne for the Job. 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