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RUTH M
UPWARD FAST
Star of Baseball Is Showing
the Way in American
as Usual.
CHICAGO, A tier 10- lull.- Ruth
the New York Ya; ' 1 and Harry
Heilmann or the Detroit Ti:t ru have
become virtually tic >1 for bait, up,
honors of tli■ • Am- fieri Leapt! ■, a
cording to official standings compi!
cd to August 8.
The two leaders are running neck
and neck, it one time during tie
week there being only a fractional
difference between tie 111. Ruth ha
participated in 102 games while lieil
mann has played in only 02, the De
troit star being out in front with a
mark of .391, wbil the Yank a slug
ger is hitting .300.
In addition to his rapid advance
among the batters, Ruth has passed
the century mark In runs scoml.
having registered his 101st run last
Wednesday. Ho is the first of the
major leaguers to accomplish this
feat this season Ruth also hit two
homers which brought his total to
27, just two behind Cy Williams, his
National League rival. Ralie ran his
total base record to 2G0, which be
sides his circuit blows, lli-t 136 hits
include 27 doubles and eight triples.
Ken Williams of tho St. Louis
Americans, is making a strenuous
effort to catch Ruth in the race for
home runs. Ho hit his twenty-first
on Wednesday.
Eddie Collins of the Chicago White
Sox, continues to stretch his s!o! .1
base record and sacrifice hit mark,
so that he always has n comfortable
load over his rivals. He has toion
31 bases and made a like number
of sacrifices. Other leading batters:
Speaker. Cleveland .359; Jamison,
Cleveland .357: Sewel, Cleveland .353:
Collins. Chicago .351; Williams, St,
Louis .339; Witt, New York .336;
Cobb, Detroit .335; Harris, floston
.334; Burns, Boston .332.
Two St. Louis players are leading
the batters in the National League,
v ith Rogers Hornsby, star second
sacker, at tHo head of the list with an
average of 40!. Wheat of Brooklyn
is trailing Hornsby with an average
og 3S2. but as h is out of the game.
Rot' .;nky of the Cardinals is the
o::e who is pushing Hornsby, his av
erage king .367. Jack Fournier, the
former Cardinal, now with Brooklyn,
is next with .364.
Frank Frisch of New York, with
156 hits, including 22 doubles, 9
triples and 5 homers, is leading in
total bases with 223. Young, also
of New York, is the best run-getter
with 90.
Max Carry, Pittsburg, has forged
abend of George Grantham of the
Cubs for stolen-base honors, having,
29. Grantham lias 29.
Other leading batters are: Rousch,
Cincinnati. .356: Frisch. New York.
.355: Trayncr, Pittsburg, .355; Young,j
New York, .352: Grimm, Pittsburg.;
.312; Hollocher. Chicago, .342; South
worth, Boston, .339; Johnston, Brook
lyn, .335; Barnhart, Pittsburg, .331 ;t
Hargrave. Cincinnati, .325; Henline,
Philadelphia. .325; Mclnnts, Boston,
.321! Williams, Philadelphia, .320.
JIMMY DE FORREST NOT
TO TRAIN LUIS FIRPO
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INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 16—Jimmy |
He Forrest will hot train Luis Angel'
Pirpo, Argentine heavyweight, for his!
bout in New York September 14 with
Jack Dempsey, according to W.
Widmer. secretary of the challenger.
Instead, a trainer from Buenos Aires!
will have charge of Firpo's prepara- j
ttons, it was said. Widmer said how
ever, that there was no break with I
De Forrest, who generally is ac- j
credited with having developed Firpo:
into a championship possibility. He!
refused to give the name of the man j
coming from Buenos Aires to take
i barge of Firpo.
T oft Fomething? You ran get it •
back by using tile “Ixist and Found"
column of The Empire.
PERFECT CHILDREN OF PANAMA CANAL ZONE.
jp-oma Kuffi XJc^isJRapk^ci * forowry
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Above are shown throe girls who were chosen as the most
perfect physically in the Panum-t Canal Zone. At the right is
Pearl Brown, 10 years old. who was adjudged most perfect, with
ftfl out of a possible 100 pionts. In the center is Ursula Raphael.
15. second, with a total of M5 points. At the loft is 8-year-old
>.orna Hull, third prize winner, with 04 points. All three are
r-tp trimmers. • ' —'
SEATTLE HELD
TO GOOSE EGG
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16.—
Couitncy allowed six scattered hits
yesterday. Flashkamper, substituting
in the second for Walsh of the Seals
who sprained his ankle when his
spikes caught in a sack as he was
running bases yesterday, accepted
seven ehancea without an error and
got one hit. Seattle was shut out.
The batteries were:
San Francirco—Courtney and Ag
new. . ,
Seattle—Gregg and Yaryan.
YESTERDAY’S GAMES.
Pacific Coast League.
San Francisco 3; Seattle 0.
Loo Angeles 2; Portland I, thirteen
innings.
Sacramento 4; Oakland 2.
Salt Lake 11; Vernon 8.
Nationa) League.
New York 3, 5; Cincinnati 6, 10.
Philadelphia 3; Pittsburgh 4.
Bo: ton 3; Chicago 2.
Brooklyn 7; St. Louis 1.
American League.
Chicago 1, 4; Washington 5, 3.
Cleveland 6; Boston 8.
Detroit 7; Philadelphia 6.
St. Louis 5; New York 3.
STANDING Of THE TEAMS
Pacific Coast League.
W.
83
75
70
63
Sen Francisco
Sacramento ...
Portland .
Seattle .
Salt Lake . 63
Vernon . 63
Los Angeles . 62
Oakland .. 57
L.
54
59
63
70
70
72
72
78
National League.
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New York . 72
Cincinnati ...
Pittsburgh ..
Chicago .
Brooklyn .
St. Louis _
Philadelphia
Boston .
65
65
59
56
55
37
32
L.
40
44
46
52
64
56
72
76
American League.
New York ..
Cleveland ....
S'. Louis ....
Detroit .
Chicago .
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston .
W.
70
60
54
52
51
49
46
43
L.
37
51
51
61
56
57
61
61
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.296
Pet.
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.462
.430
.413
LEAGUE SEASON
ENDS; POSTPONED
GAME FORFEITED
City League Play Over—Sea
son Successful According
to League Officials.
Final Standing of Teams.
Won Lost
Moore . 8 3
Elks . 6 5
Alaska Juneau . 6 6
American lesion .. 3 9
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With the (tame postponed last
Tuesday between the Alaska Juneau
and American Legion teams in the
City League declareu forfeited to
the former, the formal closing of
tlie league reason was announced
today by President "Dolly" Gray.
The Moore club won the pennant,
leading the Elks, runnera-up by two
full gamer.
While the list of standings shows
the two leading teams to have play
ed one less game than the other
clubs, this Is caused by the tie game
between the former. League offi
cials decided It was not necessary
to play off the tie as a defeat for
the Moose could not loosen that
club's hold on the pennant.
President Gray said that the sea
son was a success in every way.
This is in agreement with the view*
of local fans who have turned out
In considerable numbers since the
reason opened last June and whose
rooting has been no small factor
in the success of the league, ac
cording to league officials.
Plans for finishing the summer
with two picked teams from the
personnel of the four clubs com
posing the league are now being
worked out. These will play games
on Sunday afternoons rather than
at^mpling to play evenings which
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WELL, WELL, WELL!
TUMBLING JOSEPH
FALLS ONCE MORE
LONDON, Aug 1R The mvs
tery of why Jo-1 Becket1 changed
his training quarters from ms na
tive Southampton to Worthing
is revealed.
It was announced that Beckett
| has become engaged to wed .\Iis9 j
j Ruth Ford, daughter of a weal
| thy proprietor of the exclusive
| Worthing Hotel. Beckett his
given his fiancee a cluster dia- |
i 1110ml ring.
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are already too short to permit 7
inning games except under most
favorable circumstryiccr. It is po -
sible tliat the opening game of the
proposed schedule will be played
Sunday afternoon.
RUTH MAKES* IliS
THIRTIETH HOMER
TOPPING LEAGUES
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16 -Babe Ruth
made his thirtieth homer of the sea
son yesterday afternoon in the game
with St. Louis. Shorker was pitch
ing and one man was on base. This
now puts Ruth in the lead in both
leagues.
CINCINNATI, Q„ Aug. 16—The
Cincinnati Club announces the pur
chase from the Hutchinson Club of
the Southwestern League of Edgar
Pick, an outfielder. He will not re
port until next, spring.
GIANT BOXER
TO HELP JACK
IN TRAINING
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MONTREAL. Aug. 13 -- Elzear |
Kloux, the giant French-C.tnadiai'.;
pug.list, noted for ills rough and
tumble lights, has been summoned
by Dempsey to Saratoga whore the
champion is training for the Firpo
Rout. Kloux is expected to give a
good Imitation of the aftai k Firpo
! is expected to make.
HARRY SCHARNWEBER
WINS ANOTHER FLAG
'MITCHELL. S. T>.. Aug. 16—The
South Dakota League having come
to a sudden close, Harry Scharn
wEber, who as manager of the
Mitchell team won all the pennants
in the league's three years of his
tory, will bundle himself, wife and
dog into his car and tour to the1
; Pacific Coast for a vacation, though
he may combine business with plea
i sure and do some scouting for young
prospects in the California Indepen
dent fields.
This Is an age of soft collars, soft
liats and soft heads. If It Is an age
of soft jokes a lot of us haven't dis
covered It yet.
Furniture moved and stored
Heavy haulinjf done. Phone 48. Ju
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T)cft Touches
that make the house a home
It may be only a chair, rescued from
long oblivion in the attic, that lends a
bright spot to an otherwise colorless
room; or brilliant basket holding a bow l
of flowers. But surely it is the little
touches — the feminine touches —that
make the house a home!
Women who are anxious to beautify the interior of
their homes are devoted to such Fuller products as
Silken white Enamel, Dccoret and Fullerwear Var
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various natural woods—oak,mahogany,walnut,etc.
Whatever your painting need,W. P. F’ullcr & Co.
makes a paint for the purpose. There is a local
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Why not aee him it Jay. W rite, too, for our * Home
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