Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 219, 26 July 1921 — Page 9

RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1921.

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BABE RUTH PERFORMS FEATS YEARNED FOR DURING LAST DECADE CINCINNATI. O.. July 26. "Babe" Ruth, the greatest long driver in the history of the national pastime, Fhowed his real class to more than 16,000 fans at Redland field, Monday afternoon, when he poled two home runs to vast distances never before negotiated by any ball player. In the fifth inning, with the bases full, he

smashed the pillet over the center field ! into Western avenue. In the seventh round, with one man ahead of him, be hit another into the corner of the rats, in right field, close to center field. His tremendous hitting power made a close game out of what would have been a waik-over for the Reds, who finally won out by the count of 9 to 8. The great slugger, whose fame drew the enormous crowd to the yard, made some baseball history with his two mighty wallops. Both of these were record breakers for Redland field now in the tenth year of its existence in its present form and size. No other hitter has so much as collided with the center field fence on the fly, nd no other" ball was ever driven into the right field bleachers, except on the bound. Accomplishes Feats. J3y driving the ball over the centerfield fence and into the bleachers he aceomplished what National league

sluggers have been trying to do for

10 years without any success. The "Big Bambino" comes along and ac

complishes the seemingly impossible In a cingle game and the first time he ever played on the grounds. Cincinnati started the scoring early, pushing four runs over the pan in tho first on clean hitting and added three more In the second. Only one regular infielder was in the Yankee lineup, and he played only two innings. Had the regular team been in the game the score might have been different. The score: CINCINNATI AB R IB PO A K

Neale, rf Bohne, 2b Groh, 3b Roush, cf Daubert, lb... Puneal, If "Wingo, c Douglass, c. ... Crane, ss

Brennan Scared Stiff in First Ring Battle Staged in Gotham First Fight After Leaving Sheet Metal Trade Brought Him $20 Stanton Was First Opponent Rodel Encounter Was Decisive.

Chips and Slips

By FHAXK G. MEN'KE The story of how Knockout Bill Brennan got the New York chance to display his fistic prowess shoots back to 1915 and Havana, Cuba. The fistic melee involving Jack Johnson and Jess Willard drew to the Cuban metropolis a collection of sport writers including Ed Smith, of . Chicago, and some sporting celebrities in

cluding Leo P. Flynn, once of Chicago, then of New York.

"What's new out in the old home

town" Flynn asked Smith.

"A Big heavyweight who looks like a certain amount of training. But he's

a game bird, certainly can punch and

How They Stand

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Coumbe, p 3 Donohue, p 1

Totals 33 9 12 27 7 2

NEW YORK AB R IB PO A E

Bodie, cf Peckinpaugh, Mitchell, ss., Ruth, lb

ss.

.5 .1 .3 .5

McNally, 3b 5

Meusel, rf 4 Hawks, If 4 Ward, 2b 2 Hofman, c 2 Devormer, c. Harper, p 0 Collins, p 3 Ferguson, p 1

0 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2

31 34 36 46 36 48 52 62

33 33 48 48 49 49 51 56

NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs W. L.

Pittsburg 60 New York ....55 Boston 51 Brooklyn 46 St. Louis 42 Chicago 40 Cincinnati -. 36 Philadelphia 25

AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs W. L

Cleveland 58 New York 57

Washington 48

Detroit 45

St. Louis 43

Boston 41

Chicago 40 Philadelphia 35

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs W. L. Louisville 57 41 Minneapolis 52 41 Milwaukee 50 43 Kansas Cit .....49 44 Toledo 44 52 St. Paul .44 51 Indianapolis 44 52 Columbus 39 56 GAMES TODAY National League. Boston at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at Pittsburg. Philadelphia at St. Louis. American League. ' Chicago at Washington. Detroit at Philadelphia. Cleveland at Boston. - American Association. Kansas City at Indianapolis. Minneapolis at Toledo. St. Paul at Columbus. Milwaukee at Louisville.

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is one of those natural fighters who knows what to do and does it.!

"What's his name?" inquired Flynn. Works in Daytime. "Bill Brennan. He used to be a sheet metal worker. And I guess he still Is," answered Smith. "He works at the sheet metal trade in the daytime and fights at night, whenever he gets a chance." Upon his return to New York Flynn got into communication with Brennan. He told Brennan that if Bill was not

jWhen Pat Moran said recently, as he was quoted as saying, that the real bulwark of the Pittsburgh team was Walter Schmidt he spoke the truth. Schmidt is a great catcher, one of the greatest the game ever has seen, and his heart is in his work every minute of every game he plays. An instance of the spirit which Schmidt carries into action with him was seen in a

recent game with the Giants.' Frisch raised a high foul back of the plate and in the general direction of the Pirates' bench. That Schmidt didn't have a chance to get it didn't stop him from tryirg for it. ,The ball came down in a field box between the press coop and the Pirate dugout, but it landed just a few inches from Schmidt's finger tips, for he plunged head downward into the inclosure for the pellet, risking his neck in the effort to make a put out.

Charlie Grimm, best fielding first

hooked up to any managerial contract.) basma? n "e Rational League, made

he would like to handle his affairs and

bring him on to New York. Brannan replied that a fight in a New York ring had been his chief ambition, but he was a bit skeptical as far as success was concerned. He modestly informed Flynn that he was still considerable of a dub.

Flynn sent Brennan the money for a

'gig! one-way ticket. Bill was about to make 'ggglthe trip when his mother took sick. "500 He wired Flynn that he couldn't go

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good with the Pirates after he had

failed to make good in his home town.

St. Louis. Just a few years ago Grimm

the purses now are double and treble what they were a few short years ago when Mike was at the top of his form. Babe Ruth delighted Cincinnati baseball fans by clouting out two home runs in an exhibition game between the Cincinnati Nationals and New York Americans Monday. Ruth hit one over the centerfield fence fa the fifth inning with the bases full, thi3 being the first time this feat had ever been accomplished. The other four base clout went into the right field bleachers on the fly, which was another record for Redland field. Emil Meusel, captain of the Phila

delphia National league team, was traded to New York Monday for Curtis Walker, outfielder, and Walter Henline, a catcher. Meusel was benched last week by Manager Donovan of the Phillies for indifferent playing, and since has not played in a regular game.

Henline was purchased by the Giants from Indianapolis at tho close of last season and made the training trip with the Giants. He was later turned back to the Indianapolis team subject to recalL

sold pop and peanuts in the Cardinals' Commercial LeCLSUe

park and played with a semi-pro team

whenever he could get a Saturday or Sunday off. He used to spend his mornings at the tall park, practicing

constantly, and soon made a name for;

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his mother and attempted to nurse her

through an illness which soon afterward proved fatal. Afterward, Bren

himself as a skillful fielder.

The Cardinals were in need of players, and Jack Hendricks, then manager of the team, gave Grimm a chance. The kid did very well for one of 6uch limited experience, but

didn't quite measure up to the major

nan, broken-hearted over the loss of I league standard, and was released to

his best friend, decided to stay out of the fight game and went back to work exclusively in the sheet metal trade. Fight Game is Good. But some months later Flynn wired him that the fight game was booming in New York and that heavyweights were drawing cards. He influenced Brennan to change his mind and again sent him ticket money to make the trip to New York. And BUI hopped a choo-choo and New York was his destination. J Brennan's first opponent was Eli Stanton, not much of a warrior in the way of science but a tough, rough individual who had staved off some of the

458 i good battlers through 1916. Flynn had i

the Little Rock club of the Southern

League. For some reason St. Louis didn't keep a string on the player and last year he came up with the Pirates. He didn't hit very much last season, but has improved in this department of the game, and his fielding would be difficult to match.

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When Mike Gibbons was looked upon as the best middleweight in the country he used to say that his young

er brother Tom really was a better fighter than he, but that Tom never got a chance because the public insisted upon looking upon him merely

as Mike's brother. The situation now is reversed. Tom finally has come in-

secured for Brennan a guarantee of ! to his own and Is the star of the fam-

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Games Yesterday'

. Totals 36 8 8 24 12 4 ' Cincinnati 430 000 20x 9 New York.. 000 051 2008 Two base hits Neale, Roush, Daubert, Duncan, Meusel. Three base hits Roush ,2; Ward. Home runs Bohne, Ruth, 2. Left on bases Cincinnati. 4; New York, 5. Struck out By Coumbe, 2; by Donohue, 2; by Collins, 3; by Ferguson, 1 Passed ball Wingo. Bases on balls Off Coumbe, 3. Wild pitch Harper. Time of game 1:43. Umpires McCormick and Hart.

MAHER MEATS FAIL TO LOCATE DUNHAM;

LOSE, 2 TO 0 SCORE

National League. At Pittsburg R. H. E. New York 000 100 2003 9 0 Pittsburg 200 011 20x 6 13 2

Sallee, Douglas and Snyder: Adams

and Schmidt.

(No other games scheduled). American League. (No games scheduled.) American Association. At Toledo R. H. E.

St. Paul. 000 300 60110 10 2

Toledo 002 000 200 4 12 1

Hall and McMenemy; Ayers, McColl

and Haines.

At Louisville R. H. E. K. City 000 002 030 000 1028 16 6 Luisvile 000 111 110 000' 100 6 17 4

Fuhr, Lambert, Carter and McCarty; Sanders, Cullop and Kocher. (No other games scheduled.)

J20 for the 10-round fight with the privilege of a gate receipt percentage.1 "I certainly was a scared bird v. hen I climbed into that ring," related Brennan. "I had heard so much about

New York and the critical fight crowds there that I was nearly stiff with fright over the possibility of making

a poor showing. But when the old bell rang I forgot all about the crowd and everything else, except that Stanton was in front of me and that it was up' to me to knock him or be knocked cuckoo. I rushed right in. Flammed him with everything I had and put him to sleep after about one minute of fighting and in the first round." Told to Care For Money. After the battle was over, Flynn went to Brennan and said: "Here's the $20. That's the entire purse for your fight. You fought so well thatl won't deduct my end from it. Keep it all yourself but don't get reckless with it around this town. Be very careful of pickpockets." A few days later Flynn said to Brennan: "I've got another fight for you. This one will prove whether you're any good or not. Boer Rodel is the bird you're going to tackle. (Copyright it21 By Kin Fratnrea Syndicate, Inc.)

ily, while Mike is condemned to tackle the second raters. In the end Tom is the more fortunate of the two, for

25 Bakers vs. Mahers. 27 Press vs. Postoffice. 28 Police vs. Kiwanis (postponed). 29 Himes vs. Bankers.

August

1 Postoffice vs. Bakers. 3 Mahers vs. Police. 4 Kiwanis vs. Himes. 5 Press vs. Bankers. 8 Mahers vs. Kiwanis. 10 Press vs. Bakers. 11 Police vs. Himes. 12 Postoffice vs. Bankers. 15 Postoffice vs. Police. 17 Mahers vs. Himes. . 18 Bakers vs. Bankers. 19 Press vs. Kiwanis. 22 Postoffice vs. Kiwanis. 24 Mahers vs. Bankers. 25 Bakers vs. Police. 26 Press vs. Himes. 29 Postoffice vs. Mahers. 31 Bakers vs. Himes. September 1 Press vs. Police. 2 Bankers vs. Kiwanis. 6 Press vs. Mahers. 7 Police vs. Bankers. 8 Postoffice vs. Himes. 9 Bakers vs. Kiwanis.

PETE HERMAN AGAIN HOLDS CHAMPIONSHIP OF BANTAMWEIGHTS

NEW YORK, July 26. "Pete" Herman, of New Orleans, regained the world's bantamweight championship at Ebbets field Monday night by re

ceiving the judge's decision over Jo Lynch, of New York, after a 15-round bouL Herman, Btaging a sensational comeback, had the better of 13 rounds.

one was even and the other went to

Lynch. Both fighters weighed 116

pounds. The New Orleans boy forced

the fighting from the opening bell. He worked his right and left effectively and Lypch's frequent sallies found him ready to mix. Lynch claimed that he injured two fingers of his right hand in the fourth round. One of Few to "Come Back" Herman is one of the few fighters to regain a lost championship. Stanley Ketchel, after being knocked out

by Billy Papke, returned the favor in a later bout for the middleweight championship. Jack Britton and Ted Lewis have alternately held the welterweight title. Lynch is the third champion Herman has defeated this year. He knock'ed out Jimmy Wilde, English flyweight champjon, in London last winter, and only two weeks ago he floored Jem Higgins, the English bantamweight champion. In 11 rounds. After the bout Herman's admirers swarmed into the ring to felicitate him. They carried him on their shoulders to his dressing room.

rU1w,,,tCurfl Talker' an outfielder, and Walter Henhng, a catcher. The last named now with the Indianapolis American Association club, has been the property of the New York club since last fall. ' - A few weeks ago McGraw traded Goldie Rapp, Lee King and Lance Richbourg to the Phillies for John Rawlings and Casey Stengel. Another deal was the exchange of Monroe and Winters for Pitcher Causey. The new Giant pitcher is a brother of "Bob" Meusel, Yankee outfielder. He is George Kelly's nearest rival for home run honors In the National league having made 12 to date. Meusel recently was suspended by Manager Bill Donovan of the Phillies for indifferent playing. TOLEDO JUDGMENTS SMALL. TOLEDO, July 26. Judgments of only $8,225 were secured against the city of Toledo for 1920, according t a report. The city was sued for $56 553.66.

Irish Meusel Transferred to New York Giants

(Br Associated Press) NEW YORK. July 26. The transfer of Emil "Irish" Meusel, hard hitting Philadelphia National outfielder to the Giants, announced last night, adds another chapter to the series of exchanges between New York and Philadelphia clubs this season. In the trade New York gave the

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Inability of the Maher Meats to hit Pitcher Dunham of the Bakers cost the Meats a game in the Commercial

league Monday afternoon at Exhibi

tion park by the score of 2 to 0. The Meats threatened to score several times, but the necessary punch was

lacking.

Dunham was in fine form and al

lowed the hard-hitting Meats only two

blows and gave only one pass. Several times the Meats threatened to score, but Dunham applied the brakes and held them scoreless. i The Meats were handicapped considerably because several of the regular players were absent lrom the lineup. The Bakers scored their first nx in the third inning when Chris and Griswell singled. Vosmeier flied out to Byrkett for the first out. The bases were loaded when Brykett mussed up Fry's grounder. Chris was thrown out at home on Patterson's tap to Byrkett. With the bases still loaded. Maher passed Eckler, forcing Griswell over with the first tally. Score Second In Sixth Their second tally came in the sixth frame on two passes, two fielders' choices and an error. The Bakers runs were both unearned runs.

The Meats staged a rally in the

rixth that threatened to tie the score,

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first, and was thrown out. Maher

doubled, and Nick was hit by a pitched

ball. Both runners advanced a base. Dunham then applied the brakes and fanned the next batter and forced the next to pop a fly to Eckler. The score: Bakers 001 001 2 6 0 Meats ". 000 000 0 3 3 Batteries: Dunham and Hartman; Maher and Nick. Lewis Hits Safely in 30 Consecutive Games UT LAKE CITY. July 26 Duffy . .1 i

,, t is, wao was rfieacu uy aamug' ton because of his weak hitting and signed by the Salt Lake club of the Pacific Coast league, yesterday hit safety in his thirtieth consecutive game with the latter club. Lewis has hit safely in eve-y game since he came to the Bees, for an average of .454. Lewis figured in several trades in the American league, going from Boston to New York and New York to Washington. He played in the Pacific coast league before going to the majors.

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