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Show U5eiMw ms i - to i! ft1.fi "spew THE SALT LAKE "TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1924. && 7mRfT (h vv- t - on Maj6r Big Three Leagti Nine Are to Be Mainstay. Ex-oect- ' 1 t sr J V Gambler in Doubt a to Romero Showing and Possible Go With Expo. p rz ed rM By SPARROW arOAMN. Copyright, 1924, by Salt Laku Tribune. NEW YORK. Aprg 2. Shrewd. denizens ef the white UCbt district who are wont to back thetr opinions of Important boxing i buuta wun hutge sums of moiaqr are : f plainly puaxleu about the sspproach-u- g bout uetwwen Quiuua stomero-Kuja- a and Floyd Job noon. All things being equal, there would be no hesitauon as to ibe man who should be favored in the odua Johe- -, " of course, kluyd Is no world beater, but this Is cndefly because he bus shown no reoiarKable lulling powers to date, lie w fasrly clever 'J V V,w and a rough and ready mixer. ' Romero ban not yet convinced the ' . wise guys that hs is even a second .vv later. When Rickard looked him over he professed to be pleased with the Y?t nY,Rl,liWMrtntfl stdU the Ohileaa showed in his gym bools. As a matter of business U was up to Rickard to say he was pleased. He hes the maa oa Ms hands and be must get back at least the sum of money tfumtin -- hue aiready oust him. uf course he will do thin, with perhaps a more or less bandsome profit lef t omr as a result of the May K I edit, but what is giving the gamblers pause is whether or not It might not I that Romero's showing against Floyd will bo eufficiently good to baiUd up Isterat in a second appearance of Romero against whom? YouVe guessed egalnst I Ails Firpo. Men who use their beans bane not let the tbfnlfkuanue escape them of recent awp about being Flrpo crazy te meet iloiwro because the Chilean's taunts have made him angry. The W Ud Bull sent forth his roar at a timely moment. It WiU heat ap Interest In thin bout and If Johnson gties down, Ronw-- o and Flrpo would begin bawling at each other and public enthusiasm 1 '1 Stss ,1 would to sure to rise. Result, Flrpo versus Romero for the honor of meeting Renault and Denqme y. Harry Y Wills may figure, tot the Way he haa been sidetracked In the past two yean gives no confidence, that he wHl be included in the adheme of things. Now the writer doe not aseert nr even 'intend to Mitt that Romero will be "built up for Flrpo. He is merethe minds Of the ly statlrw how 4b .9 gmndders are working at the present toe" Mine. If this linn of 'thought conif fine tinued, don't bo surprised Romero, Inexperienced as he Is, rules mcwepsaduiaaiiti& as a favorite In the betting on May 9. As for Flrpo, he Is coming to Otis etontry, as the witter has before Granite, Front row (left to right) Hand, Sammerhays, Brown, Hartwell, Best, Mawson, Howard. MSdUe row Tates, manager; Blaka, But when he comes he will stated. Frame, Eyre, Boehner, Flayer, Westgard. Back row Idttleford, SSntheriand, Ghering, Lewis, McClarsn, Debenham, Goldetein, Anderson. oome tinder dramatic elramstam Back row Murray. Front row (left to right) Frame, Townsend, Erickson, Campbell, Reading, Brown. Peterson, Ready, Hilten, Hans-- ' and In a manner to Increase his box office Value. knecht, Baiidsn, Watts, Jamison. 1- Tribune Ufiecial Pport .Service 26. Joe KZW YO&K, Apnl TTle. whose Judgment is of high to. In. la baseball affairs, so vs that each of the major kague ball JBjr , ' tma which are now engaged in the 1924 pennant raees is banking h- on the work of at leant three atar players. McGrow, Affording to John J leader of the Giants, three . etar players Frank Friwh, Ks Yoong Jackson form the land Travis backbone' of his powerful team. The of Fmch and Young played an important part m tbe JoAjifQ National f Uiit year7 tuunHoiihip, while the BhoHstp of Jackson perfected the de Jiwg etxenirth of the infield which, otherwise, would have been wrecked daring the illues of Ban av-fl- y erofW Keeh of the other major team which began the long grind op the work of at jj banking heavily leant three crack players just n j&eGnw is relying on Vnsrh, Voung and Jackson to pull the Giants victorious fin through to another Cincinnati fans agree that Hah the mainstays of the Jteda, Who are teorpoeted to crowd the Giants all the way, are Ed Roush, the team s lead Luqh, the ing batsman; Adolfo and Careney. elerer Cuban pitcher, one ef the greatest shortstops in fast company. . The Pirates' Big Thie are Pie Travnor, hoary hitter and incom I parable third barman l.. Max Carer, ! crack center fielder, and the N- J tmaal league champion has steal r. and Morrison, ratfii high among ' th eurve ball pitcher,. CARDS TRIO STRONG. Rogers Hornsbv, best hitter in the circuit; Bottom ley, slugging IHeydler i first baseman, and Hainos, a vastlv ' imprsvoil bounaa, are the big guns ef th Bt. Loom Cardinals, fehould accidents deprive the team of these members, Branch Rickey important ' would bo in a sad plight. Alcsander and Two pitchers, i Aldridge, aro expected to keep tbs Chicago Cube in a prominent position, while tbo fielding and batting of Second Baseman Grantham will prove extremely valuable. Brooklyns three beet bets are 2ach Wheat and Jack Fournier, beand cause of their stick work, pitcher, Bnrleigh Grimes, spit-bawho ought to win more than twenty games. Bancroft, shortstop and manager; d Genewieh, coming TierCotton pitching star, and base-mabatter second tad ney, strong look like the Boston Braves spark pings. Arthur Fletcher, boss or the Phillies, eonnts on the eombined efforts of 7y Williams, who tied Rath iq homo rnns last year; Jirmnr Ring, Butch Henlme, pitcher, and catcher, to put) his team out of last place. Big hitting and airtight pitching have made the Yankees world champions. Miller Huggins owe mneh of his success as manager of the New York Amerircans to the of Babe performance Ruth, Bob Mensel and Ram Jones runs homo and Ruths high batting average; Mensels timely drives to placet of snfetr and the splendid strategy of Jones, who is the most light-hande- right-hande- effective righthander In the Amer- - claar-tMnkl- 'N :k t' u ; ft AM.v . onth-En- d Ch I V "jr r ' SPECIAL tJ r4 c ' jjy V For three days only we are offering .at $5 most of our famous $5.85 values and many complete lines of $7.85 sellers, also broken lines that sold as high $10. valExceptional ues at the regular immense price savings for you during this spe- Mi C- - Monday Tuesday '- Wednesday cial. .V MaH HirsdEranaiii! oap-tai- n; Jon, and Co.veleskie pitch ball Forest Citv fans disappointed. It is comparatively easy to select the Detroit Tigers Big Three. They are Tyrus Ravmond Oobb, Harry The Heilman and George -- Ivanna. burdens of management have not diminished the remarkable batting and outfielding of Oobb. Heilman is the champion sticker of the junior a last sirenit and Dausa, if ho be an will the record in box, years less TTMe phenomenal will be tremendouslv ret-eat- important winning factor, George dialer. Urban Shocker and Kenneth Williams form the bark-bonef the St. Louis Browns Sister, at his bent, excels Heilman and Ruth in batting. Shocker; when satisfied with his surroundings, is a first class pitcher, ehila Williams slugging always has helped the e team. Johnny Evers, new manager of the Chicago White Sox, will rely on three veterans, Kddie Collins, still the peer of second bn wmen ; Ray Schalk, unexcelled behind the bat. and Urban Faber, spitball expert, to inspire the other members of Com-i- s keys team. Stsnley Harris, manager and second baaemsn; Sant Rice, heavy outfielder, and the famous stand out as the most valuable men on the Washington tram. ican league, are priceless hi value. CILEVELAND THREE VITAL Trie Speaker is the Clevelands ace, not only as manager, but also as the king of center fielders and 'among the meet successful batsmen. The Indians hope to trample on the 'Connie.Macks Athletics wouldnt heels of the Yankees or perhaps push amount to much without Joe Banner, them out of the leadership, but nn first basemen; Ov Perkins, brainy hit-hin- g catcher, and Kd Rommel, knuckle South-end ball pitcher jco Buhl's Boston Red Sox will owe much to Bobby Veuch, Steve () .Neill and Howard Uhmk, if they climb out oMhtail end berth. Clubs Deter-mine- d E BOOT 1 National Open Entry List Closes May 14 Ry Tribune BptvUJ Cport NTtfW YORK. A4U 26 Sfenrfce. n? Sar-jwr- t, tho InfMilooa4 a has warning to prpotlT contentxnta In th ffeotlonal quftlifina rounds for the national o(ien nhaittpioneiiip concerning tardy entrU. Th ckxrtn Urns wfl be Why 14. and abfJuty no poet entries will be reorivwd, no that Sargent ay If cuiy profwwkmal is not accepted It wHl be his own fault Official annoimcenent has alee ben made concerning the dates for the twtinr Pramdw, to be held rewpertltnriy at the Worcester Country (Hub nd t Oak Park, the new dates to be May 27 and 8 and of u, as originallyinff)d chosen. WHEN EVERYBODY HAS A CAR. There is nothin yreedy about the automobile Industry for 1924 it Is not looking for a material increase In output. Why should It Last year's output was 4,000.000 cars and 50 per cent more than the output of 1922 At this rate of growth of the Industry it is only a question of time when car owners will be classified Into groups, each of whtih wiU be allowed the use of the streets on certain hours of the (roffors' of predat aKrxlatk hud H twentr-fou- r y Kxchanjre to Make Race of It in Second Half. Both the Granite and Sfflurray teams fot off to a alow start this but are expected to fare better in their remaining frames. Murray came back into the division schedule after having taken a two-yelayoff. Cbach Perry was forced to build up an entirely new team, not a single player having bad previous high school experience. Thus far Murray has lost games to Jordan, West, East and Granite. All of these contests were played on the opponents field and ald though they were lost by scores, the Murray boys showed great strength in their batting department. Their hurien have proved weak, be- ing unable to stay the opposingrbats- men. Five of their remaining games m ill be played on the Murray field and they are conceded a chance of taking a number of them. Oranite started off with a team which, on paper, looked strong, alheaver though only one dependable mas available In die Farmers first three games Blake pitched some re- markable ball, but was heHi to a tie by Jordan and defeated by West and East. In both of the latter games some of the Granite fielders played ragged ball Thursday the Farmers won their first game from tihe Murray nine. Thev are expected to do better during the second half of the race and hope to finish near the top. ar jr Battle Fea- ture of Promising n Club Program. Man-hatta- Tbo annouDOOtnent tof Promoter Hardy K. Downin, of the Manhattan dub houta that he had decided to give Younif Lundy, th Garfield aenaation, a ctance with Geonre SoUla. klnrpln of th local junior lightweight, haa caused eo much Interest la fialt lake's boxing circles that Downing teems to be assured of a packed house at the Hippodrome tomorrow night. This week" there Will be no title at stake, but there Is some strong human Inter-main bout. Ths battle wlH be the feature event of a triple headline pro-pIn addition there will be two bouts In which Henry and Red Thompson meets R4 BtllINurelU Iavls meet "Wild Shepard, Slugger Is Just a Strong but Doesnt as Ever, Gauge Ball a Well. By GEORGE CHADWICK. Copyright, 1924, by Salt Lake Trtuna NEW YORK. April 26. Bab Ruth will not win the batting championjihip of the American league this year not at his present rate of caressing he pall. Moreover, hi crown ft home run king per nape may nut ait ecureay on ins wnmued tirow if he continue to maae futile motions while owners oonlmus to lift the prtcnenr offering into the right and left field standa. It tan t his awing. He awing hard aa ever, boiuettmes he too hard. The mighty whi&t swings with ahoutdera were wont which his baA oer the fence ia to lift thesturdy Still there, but the ball Isnt going Very far when Beue hits it. Th? mighty lia.be is looking em over, as every batter ahouki, but he Isn t seeing em. That ts wfry he Isn't batting more home runs or runLUNDY COMe ALONG RAPIDLY. ning Harry Heilman of .Detroit and race for the Iaindy Is the sensational youngster others a from Garfield who has aroused the In- Percentage honors uf the American terest and sympathy of ths fans league. The secret of Ruths home run hit through Ms sturdy uphill battle from the preliminaries to tha top. He etart-- 1 Y oung Lundy out In the preliminaries and he hate. Ruth, when hethebats horns runs, bait The bat best centers made good Then he met every one at histhe old apple connect at what sent against him by Promoter Down- and the cad mathematicians the center ing and Matchmaker Davis. He Co- ef percussion." He has got strength ntinually grew better, and finally got He Is possessed of shoulders that Into the headline class There he met would make men professional strong Otajnp Tampico of Mexico, end dis- heave sighs of adnaration; but bis posed of Mm In a minute. Next hs long swats resulted because he caught, dashed with Johnny Lucas, who the ball on the bull s eye wlrb that fought a great batlle with Frankie tong, free, arching golfers raring that Darren and decisively defeated him. Should knock ball to His third customer In the haarilInert Come If ths batanyconnected. kingdom be met last week. Red Davis was the EYES MIS8E HAVING. opponent and the two boys fought a Tbo Babe mlswfng the ball. His sensational draw. are mbdielravin fur tha eyes In SolUe, Lundy meet the toughest He hits over low curves. This has hs faced Sollls has dues not yet adversary In isolated singlet years of experience and speed and case. It continue to happen. The etnas. Lundy Isn't as speedy or as wise catchers have said his weakpolished as Hollis, but he hits much ness was a skis curve inside. He harder. Is more rugged and has a few missed slow curve inside In the last pounds sdiantage in weight. world's series when he was so anxious Henry Thompson, the colored giant to 1st homers that idk head ached. from Pocatello, will meet Bd ShepNow he missea em frequently. He ard, kingpin of the load big boy. In M over them so Mr that It palpable their second bouL In the first Shep- even from ths stands. ard won a decision over Thompson In In a recent time at bat a low eurve what prosed to be one of the moot flame from a He swung exciting, hardest hitting battles that at 4t fun force and wax way ever It was ever seen here The decision was A fast one with a slant raced try, unpopular, tilncs that bout Thompana straight over, and he lust looked at has Improved steadily and Promoter It and the umpire. He guessed It was a strike and it waa. A curve Downing believes new that he is as inside followed and he struck out with good as gheoard and has an even a swing that raised a cloud of sand chance of dethroning the hwwl big bey Bom ths batter's box at tUs feet At any rate, both e Shepard and tlms he got a Merit on Thompson are willing slugger and a onAnother outside the corner, a good ball, but Is to ensue. food battle likely went ss th umpire gently imir-it by DAVIS AND FARRELL. tired stnkw." A stow one Inside Red Davln, who returned last Week and he hit over it a half font. A slow after fighting on the Paciflo onawt for one outside was served him a ball a number of months, meets Wild BUI Chat ootrid not tie driven anywhere even If it wrs-touched unlees the rarrelL th gallery Idol. In a batter had better hick. Tbs next time battle. Davie fought In manner nrabiat Young Lnndy he bed better Hk. He ewught the of the bat and hit last week, and with a much more ag- haP ontothe Upcenter. Yet it wo a gressive boy euch as Is Farrell, he ssfelv hitdeep and he went after the bt'l should idiow even more stuff. Fhr-re- tl scratch were he Ss knew if he being fooled Isnt a polished boxer, but be Is hypnotized and could not a witling youth, and his bouts never tot waa to mental the resist urge swing. lack speed and thrllla. TRUCK OUT BY GREEN MAN. Mavnard Nielson of Hunter, who A new and sheen pitcher who had last week defeated tmey Garf inkle of never faced Mm before offered him Salt laka took lee another tough ip Hy Anderson, who gained two curve for two Strike, and then fame by hi Work In Brigham Gly another curve on the Maid and Baba s over It by inches, and rat green and Tre mon ton. . Babe Herman, th classy little col- pitcher had struck him , out. The crowd roared, for It Is an tnoidivit In man meets a tn ored boy. Ralph Uvs tough life ef a fan when Ruth werfhe, Mondt. a newcomer in the local rlng.- - out. If he continues to lurch Rit Isonarl Casscn and Walt EUie. a at curves that be can't hit It will .will make their cease to hs a pair oftn newcomers, striking incident. d the novlco bout, th debut 1f!e tan t swinging rWM. flit curtain raiser. friends and admirers saV. Of coure hs he rkrht when lant swtnsflng AND RECTAL TROUBLE Mlnses the baH br half a foot. Ant PILES Garfield bexee M mete Georg cured without operation. 1. R. Par. ho batter can swing If he. does right Gillie in headline bout ef Manhattan auos, M. D.. 411 Font Bank Building. not nee the bail right. Home run cAA shew tomorrow Bight. seldom result when the ball bead beta (Advert ImontJ one-side- Iat 118 SOOTH MAIN STREET. etrlici from below or tipped on top. Homo run are the product of muacle, directed hy eye that are aWe to oee ths feather on the head of the Indian on a copper rent at a distance of el fust The final teat of hkUind 515 INTEREST Solli-Lund- Order Fffled. fioIlls-Lun- six-rou- - abHity comes in the Mat ix feet the reaches the baH travels before It can yaure Plata Uoiess the batter th curse or speed or other neceshe cansary thine at Chat distance not make mammoth bita. as ever, Babe ha a much Mreneth he hut he does nut eee th ball aswas should and as he did when he ca at the top of hie reer. There are break appear! itt of which he newer knew before- He te over em almost all the Una hitting more often over than under -- and that i why the home run record and the batting average are not clindnlnw. But the season la yomax. Nevertheless it is very depreasimt when a batter finaBy bed ns to bit over 'em. For Your Health RIDE A BICYCLE Cash or Terms home-ruiwii- PAY A8 YOU RIDE A fully equipped Bicycle AND FULLY GUARANTEED $32.50 NEWCOMERS Excelsior and Packard Coast leagUE Made by the largest manufaeturwraRaf Ws claim to Bicycles in th world. have th bast value for the money. 2 Bicycles. CHARLES A FOREMAN Tirea Holdfast. PHILIP WEINERT, Pitcher, Let Angelea Born Philadelphia, Fa., April 1901. Height, ( feet, 1 Inch. . Weight, 180 pound Bats, Throwf Club in 1923 Philadelphia, National league. First engagement Reading, International league, 1919. Clubs since then Byraeuee, International league, 1930; Philadelphia Nationals, 1990. 1913, 1933. 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