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THURSDAY, SEPT. 18
This is a Studebaker
Town.
WHAT HOLE-SAID "THE
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COBB iS ABOUT TO
HANG UP ANOTHER
BIG LEAGUE RECORD
DETROIT, Mich. With nine
Frames remaining to be played by
the Detroit Tiger*, Tyrue Cobb
Ntandß on the threshold of estab
lishing another record anil also Is
In danger of losing one.
If he makes three more safe hits
In the remaining games to be played
his season's totnl of safe blows will
be 200, bettering the record he now
holds jointly with Willie Keeler, of
making 200 safeties In each of eight
seasons.
At the snmetlme lie probably will
lose the record he holds jointly with
Oeorge Slsler of the St. Loul*
Browns, for the highest Individual
modern tnnjor league batting
average for a season .420: Rogers
having an average higher than that
figure Wednesday.
Cobb in tho 2,696 games In which
ho played alnoe entering the Major
league in 1905 haa smaahed more
reeorda than nny other man who
ever wore n baseball uniform.
He has made 10# or more runs In
nine years—an American league re
cord. Ills figure fur 1924 now
stands at 102 runs, bringing the
number of years to ten for a high
mark.
He haa been at bat 9,902 tlmea,
scored 1.928 runs, made 5.652 safe
bits and batted .300 or better for 19
consecutive seasons-—all of which
ore records. The figures Include
Wednesday's game.
Other records Cobb Is re-estab
lishing his season are: the highest
Individual life time batting aver
age for a major leaguer; the re
cord of the most gomes plsyed In
the league; ths most years leading
a major league In batting—l 2; the
moat singles; the most triples; the
most extra base hits; the most ex
tra bases on hits; the highest total
of bases.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
BARONS. 7; CRACKERS. 13.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Birming
ham. whir* has been in a long los
ing streaf; was defeated again
Wednesday by Atlanta. IS to T. Two
Baron pltehera were unable to stop
the hard hitting Cracker*.
Score: R. H. E,
Atlanta 200 172 001—IS 14 1
Birmingham .110 210 002— 7 13 2
l'eteraon and Mahoney; Clark, S.
Good and Spencer.
MEMPHIS, 6; VOLS, 3.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Dan McQrew
pitched Metnphia to a alx to S vic
tory over Nashville, clinching the
1924 championship Wednesday. The
big tribesmen held the Volunteers
to four scattered hits, all singles,
while his team mates batted Mor
gan for pine safeties, Including four
doubles and a triple.
Score: R.11.E.
Nashville 100 100 100—* 4 4
Memphis 200 120 dig—B 9 1
Morgan and Mackey; McGrow
and Ynryan.
HOW THEY STAND
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Won. IciaL Ret
Washington •• ... 84 r>9 .587
New York 84 69 .687
Detroit 79 «<t .646
St. Loul* .. ••••.. 79 71 .607
Cleveland 71 71 .48*
Philadelphia .... 64 78 ,461
Roeton 8* 8* <*ll
Chicago 62 80 .4*7
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Won. Lost PcL
New York 87 66 .608
Brooklyn .. 86 68 .697
Pittsburg 8* 87 .s*l
Cinclnn itl 77 66 .6*9
fhlc 77 .649
Kt Bouts 60 K 3 .420
Philadelphia ... ..69 90 .167
Boston •••..«...« 48 95 .896
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Won. Loit Pci
Memphis 102 48 .711
Atlanta *7 69 .647
New Orleans 88 62 .687
Nashville .. ’ 77 71 .s*o
Mobile 67 81 .458
Chattanooga 61 87 .421
Birmingham .... 64 96 .162
Ulttle Bock 60 99 .**6
TODAY'S GAMES ~
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York at St. Louis
Washington at Cleveland.
Phi adetphla at Detroit.
NATIONAL ’‘LEAGUE
Chicago at Boston.
St Ixiuls at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at New York
! :s-burgh at Philadelphia.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Atlanta at Birmingham.
Chattanooga at Little Rock.
Nashville at Memphis
Mobile at New Orleans.
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largi > due to citifies*-
ness and neglect, and per
son* bothered with dan
druff or ltrhinir ecalp are
urged to immediately be
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all drug counters.
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BUT IT DOESN’T
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Copyright. 1924, by
the Mall and
Express Co.
TOOOSEVELT
' ©t1924. .NEA.SeiVicQ.LINC
BEGIN HERE TODAY
Robert Foran, newspaper
correspondent, accompanies
ths Theodore Roosevelt ex
pedition into Afrioa in 1909.
They arrive at Mombatsa, tha
“gateway of British East Afri
ca," and then make the rail
rad journey to their first camp
on the game-crowded Kapiti
Plaine, 288 miles from the
coast. With Colonel Roosevelt
are hie eon, Kermit, and three
ecientifio member! of hie stiff
—Major Edgar A. Mearns,
Edmund Heller and <J, Allen
Loring.
Incredible good luck comes to
the rifles of Colonel Roosevelt
and Kermit during the first
two weeka of their sojourn.
Then they spend some time »t
Nairobi, where they are royally
received. From Nairobi the
party goes to Kijabe to atart on
their first prolonged safari in
to the wildt of Africa— the Sotik
country.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Th« nights in camp were always
delightful, fur we all gathered round
a lug-firs after dinner and exchanged
experiences of llfo In tho open and
wild places. Cunnlnghame and Tarl
ton had many a thrilling tale to tell
of elephant and lion liutite In the
Congo, and Kast Africa; arid the
three naturalists shared with u» their
experiences In AJasaa, the Philip
pines tho Rocky Mountains, Mexico
and elsewhere; white Colonel Roose
velt told us many a good story of ills
adventures on western ranches.
One of his best stories made a
great Impression on ma by Us quaint
humor.
on his rnnch In the west he had a
splendid type of man ns foreman,
whosa name was "Hell-Roaring’’ Bill
Jones. It ao happened that Jones was
the sheriff of tho county, ami Roose
velt was his deputy sheriff. Jonea
was quit* a local “character."
One day Colonel Roosevelt return
ed to hie ranch after a brief visit to
New York. On his arrival he asked
Bell-Roaring BUI- Jones If anything
of special not* had happened wlitlo ha
had been absent.
''WalY' drawled Bill Jones, ns he
scratched his head thoughtfully, “1
guess we’ve got a lunatic.”
"A lunatic?'' exclaimed Roosevelt.
“Y*s— and the funny thing about
that lunatic,'' continued Bill Jones,
with the ale of having made a sudden
discovery. “I* that he's plum eru) "
"Tell me about him," Invited Roose
velt.
"It happened this wise. A man got
aboard tho train and allot th» news
boy In the stomach; and when he
atarted In to shout up the train why
the boy* Juet .naturally fell on that
lunatic, guessing something was
wrong with him. ’Ho y brought that
lunatic along to tpe, niul 1 was plum
pusxled what to no w ith him for we'd
never had a liyuitle n-'fore."
“Wliat did you do?" asked Roose
velt, much Interested.
"1 Just released all the prisoners
out o’ the Jail, and put the lunatic In
there. Wal'. you know BUI Bchnelder,
the big Jailer? Wal', Schneider used
to take that there lunatic out for a
walk most every day. and the hoy*
usrd to gather round and )osh Schnei
der as to how much stact ho could
give that lunatic—and then catch
him. Wal,* according to the alxe of
Josh and the bet made, Just ao much
start did Schneider alie that lunatic."
"But what If Schneider hadn't
caught ths lunatic?" demanded
Roosevelt.
"WeP, I guess I'd Just shout have
whaled hell outer Schneider!" snap
ped Bell-Roaring Bill Jones.
Roosevelt'* etorlea of leal life out
west made him a good rival for Bret
Mart* But always ths talk drifted
hack to the hunting habits of the wild
game In British blast Africa
At dawn on the morning of June 8.
the tents of the Roosevelt expedition
were struck with the exception of
Colonel Roosevelts Hts tent vns
left pitched until the very last mo
ment, eo rhat he could enjoy reading
one of his books from his famous
THE STAKS AND STRIPES I'LX AT THE HEAP OF THE CAFAIU.
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> iTx— lAoftses tupbetb T^V
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\ TO J >- I I Tt-t'C SAKE
“pigskin Library.” At midday they
wi re to march off to Botik through
the sixty miles of *‘thlr«t belt,” a»
tho waterki H tract of th© Kedong
Valley In locally called.
In ordi r to Hupply the necesaary
water for the largo number of na
tive carriers, the personnel of the
expedition, and the horses and mules,
four ox-wagons ban been requisi
tioned from Mr. Ullyatt, the Cape
Colony farmer whom Colonel Roose
velt hud met at the Kljabs mission a
couple of days before.
These four ox-wagons, each with a
team of sixteen trained animals,
wi re destined to carry 125 gallons of
water In tin kegs on each wagon, liy
this method the enormous expense of
engaging a large force of additional
porters to curry sufficient water for
ihe needs of the expedition across the
“thirst” country would be obviated.
And, by marching day and night
with hsrdly a stop for two and a half
days, the first watercourse could be
reached without lnisliup or luck ot
drinking water.
Owing to the beautiful moonlight at
this time of the month, no real dif
ficulties would be experienced In this
night-marching. Tho only real un
pleasantness of that Journey to the
edge of the Kotik country would be
tho Inability to wash, due to the
scarcity of water and the discomfort
(»f sleeping for a few hours on the
bare ground In the cold nights, with
nothing for cover but a great-cont.
Heller and Loring rode off after
breakfast In camp, so as to have
time to hunt for specimens of rare
mammals and big game at a renown
ed spot In the Kedong Valley; while
Kermit helped Cunningham© and
Tarlton to supervise tho arrangement
of the loads that cacti of the two hun
dred porters was to carry. Colonel
Roosevelt read In the shads of his
tent, until a hasty luncheon was
snatched before time for departure.
The water-wagons, as tho ox-trans
port was named by Kermit, were the
• move off. Uilyat had blazed
the trull across that waterless coun
try, and knew well the route and dif
ficulties to be surmounted. With
Uilyat were three other white men;
two of them were English and the
other a Boer. They drove the ox
wagons, while Masai natives led
©son team of sixteen oxen.
.Punctually at midday, the huge
safari started off from the camp, led
by r native porter who bore aloft
the American flag. Colonel Roosevelt.
Kermit and Mearns rode at tho head
of the long procession of porters who
can ed sixty pound loads on their
heads; and their gun-bearers, per
sonal servants, and the syces
(grooms) followed at {heir hoely.
As tho porters passed in single file
they were chanting a weird native re
frain with a most elusive melody. I
cagght snatches of the words of the
song, and know that they were ex
tolling Roosevelt and praising his
eourng© und prowess as a hunter of
lions.
PIT AFTER VIII
ROOSEVELT IN THE LAND OP
LIONS
“pear Rerun:
All right; T return the governor's
letter. I'll gladly dine with you Fri
day. «* you suggest; and Monday w ith
Mr. Edwards. Hut 1f the public dln
i!* r si. >uld com© on lithir date. could
1 not change the dinner of that date
to Sunday?
Yours. **T. H. M
Tlila letter, written in pencil from
one of the tamps in the Sotik. was
brought in t.* me at tho Rift Valley
u tel •• Nalvaaha on# morning wh la
I was making arrangements there for
th© return of the Roosevelt expedi
tion after a six weeks* hunting trip to
the south of the Uganda Railway.
I hat! sent out to Colonel Roosevelt,
by s Mass! runner. Ills home mail—
■ \ \ bulky package—and a letter I
had received from his excellency the
governor of Fast Africa wherein he
had outlined the arrangements that
were being made for the reception «'f
Colonel Roosevelt on his return to
Nairobi.
I had been asked to obtain, 1f pos
sible, Roosevelt’s approval or sugges
tion* for alteration of the dates de
cided upon.
(Continued In our next Issue >
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
National League Race
May Be Decided Today
Washington and New York Again Tied in American—
Detroit Beaten by Athletics and is Now Six
Games Behind
e w y o R K.—
With the Giants,
VUigL B ltoblna and Pl
rates playing
M TMH double headers,
B the National
Jg*,. (TyA League pennant
may be won or
's'f lost Thursday.
v O—< Tp, B y winning
(T 1 twice while
Brooklyn and
- Pittsburg lose
two, tho Giants
would increase
their lead over the former to three
and one-half contests and over the
latter to four and one-half—an ap
parently safe margin with an av
erage of ten games left for each
club to play.
But by losing two while their ri
vals won a brace, New York would
fall a half game behind Brooklyn
Into second place, only a half con
test ahead of the Pirates and into
a battle royal which might go on
Into the closing minutes of the sea
son.
Either Pittsburg or Brooklyn
would virtually fall out of the race
by losing two If the others won
twice.
In the meantime Washington and
New York are panting In a sus
tained wrestling match which the
'Leam with the last ounce of strength
seems destined to win. The Yanks,
by winning twice from the Browns
yesterday while Washington beat
Cleveland once, again tied for first
place.
In tha emergency the harassed
managers will shoot their heaviest
guns. The struggles at the Polo
Grounds will find McGraw’s brace
of Southpaws—the veteran Nehf
and the youthful Bentley—opposed
to Rlxey and Luque, of the Reds.
At Brooklyn Manager Roblnaon
will send the eminent D.izzy Vance
In quest of hts fifteenth straight
victory. Bill I)oak will be the sec
ond Robin hurler to chirp bellig
erently at the Cards. Yde, the sen
sational Southpaw recruit and
probably Meadows will walk to tha
hill for McKechnle as the Pitts
burg hopes against Phillies.
Tho double headers In the Na
tional were made necessary by the
postponement of all games by rain
Wednesday.
Walter Johnson, for whom Mana
ger Harris and his spirited Sena
tors are trying to win an oppor
untty for a world series atart, con
tinued to uphold his major respon
fdbillty In tho Washington drivo by
holding Cleveland to seven hits yes
terday and winning his llth
straight victory of the year by a
score of three to two. He fanned
six men, whlchc Increased his sea
son's strike out total to 149 and his
all-time total 2,315. Snm Rice,
Senator rlghtflelder. made a sea
son's record for the American
League by hitting hts 24th consecu
tive game.
Waite Hoyt weathered a storm
to win tho first Yank victory at St.
Louis. He was touched for 12 hits,
but his mates converted their nine
off Shocker Into a seven to three
triumph. In the second the world
champions slugged five Brown
hurlets for 15 hits and an 8 to 7
decision. Pennock saved the game
after Jos Bush was driven from the
box in the seventh.
Detroit fell six games behind the
two leaders when the Athletics
drove WhltehiU from the box In a
ninth Inning rally which earned
four runs and a 9 to 8 victory. Cobh,
by making three hits, needs only
three more to break his Joint Major
League record with Willie Keeler,
of two hundred or more hits in
eight seasons.
The White Sox traded last place
to Boston by launching a heavy as
sault upon Ferguson which gave
them a three to two game over the
Red Sox. Robertson was well sup
ported.
Score: R. H. E.
Philadelphia.. 910 002 114—9 14 0
Detroit 001 020 221—8 18 2
Gregg. Harris. Baumgartner and
Perkins; Whitehlll, Dausa, and
Woodall.
FIRST GAME
Score: R. H. E.
New York ... 000 PP3 022—7 9 1
St. Louis ... POO 002 001—* 12 3
Hoyt and Hoffman; Shocker and
Severld. ltego.
SECOND GAME
Score: R. H. E.
New York ... PCS 200 000—S 15 0
St. Louie P2P 020 300—7 It 0
Push. Pennock and Pengough,
Hoffman: Bavin, Truett, Panforth,
YanGllder. IVingard arid Severeid.
Score: R. H. E.
Washington . POO 002 100—3 8 0
Cleveland ... 101 000 000—2 7 3
Johnson, Ruel; Smith and L.
Sewell.
Score: R. H. E
Boston 002 000 POO—2 10 1
Chicago POO 300 oox—3 « 1
Ferguson, Ross and Having;
Robertson and Crouse.
NEURALGIA if HEADACHE
SARAZEN ELIMINATED
In Professional Tourney at
French Lick Springs
FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Ind.—
With last year's champion, Gene
Sarazen, eliminated as the result
of his contest with Larry Nabholtz,
of Lima, Ohio, the national profes
sional golf championship went Into
the third match round Thursday
with four New York players, two
Ohioans, one Philadelphian and one
Chicagoian playing In the four 36-
hole matches.
In the upper half of the bracket
Walter Hagen met John Farrell.
Tn tills same half of the draw, A 1
Espinosa, of Chicago, contended
with Ray Derr of Philadelphia.
Nabholtz Thursday played Henry
duel, of New York.
The fourth match was between
two veterans, Emmett French, of
Youngstown, Ohio, and Jim Barnes
of New York. i
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Such popularity
must be deserved
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Copyright 1924, LtoctTT k Mraai Tobacco C®.
AT A GLANCE
American League.
Chicago, 3; Boston, 2.
St. Louis, 3-7; New York, 7-8.
Detroit, 8; Philadelphia, 9.
Cleveland, 2; Washington, 3.
National League.
All games postponed.
Southern Association
Memphis, 6; Nashville, 3.
Birmingham, 7; Atlanta, 13.
Little Rock-Chattanooga, rain.
Only three scheduled.
Virginia League
All games postponed.
American Association.
Kansas City, 2-4; Indianapolis,
: 1 (second game, 11 Innings, dark.)
St. Paul, 2-2; Columbus, 3-4.
Minneapolis, 3; Toledo, 1.
Milwaukee, 3; Louisville, 10.
Piedmont League.
Rocky Mount, 6; Norfolk, 0.
Others postponed, rained out.
International League.
Syracuse, 6-0; Buffalo, 10-3.
Baltimore, 7-5; Reading, 4-4.
Only game scheduled.
GRANDCIRCUIT
TOLEDO. Ohio.—Tommy Mur
phy's Merriman captured the Ki
wc.nia Club pace here on Wednes
lay, the feature event of the third
day’s grand circuit program. The
event produced some of the best
harness racing seen here In several
Hats off to ’em—they deserve it!
THE first men in all history to millions who watched their peril*
circle the earth by air! ous flight rejoice to welcome
Trackless, treacherous seas,sav* them home, to honors richly
age jungles, blaring deserts, nor carned *
desolate fields of ice could bar Hats off to ’em! To quote our
them from their goal. They own slogan, “Such popularity
dared greatly, and won—and the must be deserved!”
Chesterfield
ifa minions!
seasons and went the limit, four
heats before it was decided. The
Murphy pacer was the favorite.
Merriman broke In the first heat,
which was captured by Marvin
Childs with Hal Mahone. Murphy
sent Merriman out in the lead in
the second heat and won easily. In
the third heat Jimmy McKerron,
with Nat Ray driving sprung a sur
prise by staging a fine stretch drive
and beating out the two previous
heat winners. The fourth heat
went to Merriman who crossed the
wire a winner over Jimmie McKer
ron by a nose. The times of the
miles were: 2:01 1-2; 2:01 1-4; 2:04
3-4 and 2:04 8-4.
Walter Cox took the Toledo
Blade trot with Fair May but had
to go four heats to do it. Miss
Belwln with Vail In the sulky won
the 2:08 pace in straight heats.
The 2:09 trot was postponed un
til Thursday.
DO YOU KNOW
BASEBALL?
By Billy Evans
QUESTIONS.
1. With the count of two
strikes on the batsman, for
some reason he steps out of his
box. The pitcher seeking to
take advantage of this act, hur
riedly delivers the ball to his
catcher. It is over the plate at
the proper height. Should the
THURSDAY, SEPT. 18 1
batter be declared out? —H. J.
P.
2. A says that a batter can be
balked with no men on the bases
and go to first. B says a balk is
impossible without runnners on,
and never In any way affects
the status of the batter. Who
is right?—J. E.
3. A ball is hit over the fence.
It goes over fair, but curves
foul before going out of sight
of the umpire. Is it fair or foul
ball?—Dr. J. A. G.
4. There is a runner on first
base. He starts to steal second.
The batter bits the ball be
tween first and second, and as
the base umpire runs toward
second, expecting a play at that
base, the ball hits his foot. Run
ner on first reaches second and
batsman first in safety. What
is the correct ruling?—J. A. I.
ANSWERS.
1. Batsman usually has a good
reason for getting out of the box.
Umpire should always call time
when he does so. Quick delivery by
pitcher is unsportsmanlike and
dangerous. Umpires should have
considered the ball dead and made
no ruling.
2. B Is right. There must be
runners on for pitcher to make a
balk. Calling of a balk in no way
affects status of batter.
3. It is a foul ball. Umpire must
watch ball until it passes from his
sight and render ruling in accord
ance to where it is at such a time.
4. If umpire is hit by batted ball
before a play his been made on it,
batsman is entitled to first. Runner
on first must advance to second to
make room for batsman.