Luis Firpo Fights Homer Smith to a Decision at Omaha Baseball
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Luis Homer Smith to a Decision at Omaha Baseball Park Tonight Firpo Fights <3 . Smith BASEBALL RESULTS Take Odd Expects His Ring Experience GAMES TODAY Yanks Bunch Hits Plays W ith Coppers Elkhorns Take Giants WESTERN LEAGUE. 'ana STANDINGS/ to Give Slou* City at Wichita. WESTERN 1J&AGU*. Him Over No other Edge Argentine games scheduled. to and Two Games From Mantling*. STATE LEAGUE. Advantage W. L. Pet. W. It Norfolk at Lincoln. Wkhlta .68 31 .635 .838 .829 Tulsa 40 .623 .626 .617 Grand Island at Hastings. ..68 40 Oklahoma .....61 45 .675 .679 .570 Off 3-2 Heavvweight;j 7 Rounds of Boxing Fairbury at Beatrice. Defeat Cleveland Grand Islanders City Pirates, p p De* Moines .f»7 60 .633 .637 .62* NATIONAL LEAGUE. Omaha .54 5i .509 .514 -505 Boston at St. Louis. St. Joseph .42 66 .3*9 .394 .3*5 Verne Morris and Brooklyn at Chicago. Weak Sioux City.38 64 .373 .379 .389 A Pitchers’ Battle Between Battling Murphy, Lightweights, New York at Cincinnati. Hoyt Yields Four Hits While Third City Team Has Denver ..39 68 .384 .370 .361 Are Booked for the 10-Round Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. Yesterday** Renult*. Watson and Meadows—Pitts- Semi-Windup— AMERICAN LEAGUE. New York Gets Thirteen Hurling Staff Which Nor* Tulsa. 7; Omaha. 5. St. Louis st Washington. Oklahoma City, 10; Denver. 6. Advance Sale of Tickets Indicates Chicago at Boston. Safeties Off Edwards folk Pounds at W;ill De* Moines 3; Kt. .Joseph, 2. burgh Errors Figure in Detroit st Philadelphia. Sioux City, 10; 'Wichita, 4 (10 innings). Cleveland at New York. Large House Tonight. and Shaute. for Double STATE LKAGLE. Victory. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Victory. Mantling*. Kansas City at Toledo. W. Jj. Pet. W U Pet. Smith 2.—The New York Na- Homer prove to he a "set-up" for Luis Angel Firpo tonight? Milwaukee at Columbus. New York, Aug. 2.—The New York Grand Island. Neb., Aug. 2.—With Norfolk 6S 40 .570 0*1 Inland 48 82 4S01 Pittsburgh. Aug tional « made tt three out of five games Not to his Minneapolis at Indianapolis. Yankees hunched nits to good advantage Grand Island's weakened pitching staff, Lincoln 60 45.526 Hantines 44 48 .478 according Homer and manager, ,!»e Woodman, and also from by winning today’s game, St. Paul at Louisville. here today and defeated Cleveland, 4 to Norfolk had no trouble in taking both Fairbury 49 47 .510 Beatrice 4163.426 Pittsburgh WILLMrs. Ilomer. six hits. Cleveland a 3 to 2. in a pitchers' battle between Wat* 2. Hoyt yielded only 6 to f» and 7 to 3, post- games today, Yesterday’ll Result*. sonand Meadows. Groh's triple In the rallied lit the ninth, but Hoyt regained game making a double-header, Ilomer believes lie's going to outpoint “Dead Pan Ia>oie.” poned f.rst inning scored Young, but errors his efficiency Rfter a tia.se on balls and home run and fielding featured Norfolk, 6-7; Grand Island, 6-1. by /tejehle's and figured in the Giants “I’ve had a lot of experience in the ring," declares Smith. "I’ve had two hits and retired Hutzk* and Brower Islanders made batting rallies in the Hastings, 9; Beatrice, 1. Carey Traynor [The other two runs In the third and fifth in- on pop flies. The Yankees hit two I final of both games, but lAily the Fairbury. 12; Lincoln, 4. a hundred fights more than Firpo. I’m a better boxer. I've got a better left Oilers Bunch Hits inning nings Timely hitting accounted for Pitts- Cleveland pitchers for 1J hits. first one proved threatening. He’s never a of Score: [ burgh’s two runs Score: (land. fought fighter my type. It has been my experience *ir*u gnm**: NATIONAL LEAGUE, NEW YORK PITTSBURGH. that I fight better with a man than with a smaller I think CLEVELAND. I NEW YORK. NORFOI/K. 1ft AND ISLAND. .standings. bigger fighter. AH H O A. AH H O A AB H O A AH. H. O. A A B.H.O.A.i AB.H.OA Li.t'Ct. W.L.Fct. the proper kind of fight anil my left hand I ran 4 o 1 0 2b fill* Yotinf, rf 3 14 0 R'llnfrs. 2b 4 1 4 7 by fighting using superior the Final •l'aon, If Witt, cf 4 14 0 Ath*'n, as 4 2 2 Thom., New York 6 4 S5 .6 46 Brooklyn 49 4$ .605 12 0 3 b 6 2 0 4 <Jroh, 3b 4 12 2 ‘"’ar*?)'. cf 4 0 10 from me. I have before me the of a life- Taking Hunima. rf 3 1 7 Oi Dugiui, 3b 4 3 0 0 Pfd’on, If 3 Buser. Cincinnati 61 38 .616 St. Louis 61 60.505 keep Firpo hurting opportunity * 6 12 1 Kriach, 2b 4 3 1 4 If 3 1 2 0 H'ker. cf 4 0 1 Oi Ruth, If 3 12 0 I KMc;hle. cf 4 2 1 Metz, Pittabgh £9 38.608 67 .316 Birbee, time. I intend to best of I ran.” 4 0 1 0 Phlla. 31 Meuael. If ♦ 0 2 0 Rum* 1. rf 3 1 3 0 make the it that J. 8’II. 1 3 2 Meuael, rf 3 13 0 I Hour. If 3 17 0 B'man, If 62 47 0 2 0 Chicago .525; Boston 27 71 .276 rf 4 2 4 0 zS Adarr.i 0 0 ■■ S’aon, 2b 4 2 3 lb 4 0 9 2 MrO'y, 3b 3 0 2 21 O'K'ly. cf 4 Hfengel, 0 0 That's outer s story and he says, p--- Game From Pipp, Omaha t 4 «»’ A 113 1 lb 3 0 * 1 B rf 0 0 0 0 Lutzke, 3b 4 0 1 3 Ward. 2b 4 2 0 3 'lark. C 4 0 H’haus. lb Yesterday’s Result*. Kelly, hart. 'he’ll o 1 3 0 2 0 J'kson. as 4 0 0 2 T 3b 4 3 0 1 stock to It. Woodman, Smith’s i_ B’wer, lb 3 0 k Scott, a* 4 13 4 Tru er, 2b 3 1 3 3! Harry, rf V «w York. 3; Pittsburgh. 2. ynor. o 3 14 1 Snyder, c 4 1 & 1 M’vJIIe. ** 4 2 2 0 O'Neill, c 2 0 1 0| St h ng, c 4 2 4 1 Hol’ay, rf 4 2 1 «•, Ltj«*bbe, Cincinnati, 2; 0. manager, sayn he has seen Firpo 0 0 2 2 Philadelphia, Wataon, 4 0 0 1 Grimm, lb 4 1 12 0 xGardner 110 o' Hoyt, p 4 2 2 2 Faderle, p 0 0 0 1; Rolf, v Chicago, 5: Boston, 1. p he 0 0 4 0* 0 1 2 0 0 2 Sohmldt, c 4 0 10 fight half it dozen times and that Nine of Oklahomans’ Eleven Ed’da, p 2 li Jl’land, p { Hoelk’r, p St. Louis-Brooklyn, wet grounds. Athletic Myatt. c 1 0 0 Total! 34 13 27 12 E. S’upe. p 1 1 0 0 Totals 24 3 27 12 M'dows, p 3 0 0 0 believes his battler has a chance. 0, Thirty Hhaute, p 0 0 0 ol Totals 32 9 27 11! xMattcx 10 0 0 Hits Came in Two 35 7 27 16 AMERICAN TeAGIE. And of couprse Mrs. Smith is quite Innings, Totals Totals 31 6 24 14 tvore by innings: W. Jj*.J»Ct. W. I, Pet. Total* 34 9 27 14 New confident her husband will he able to xBatled for O Nelli In ninth. Norfolk .202 020 000—6 York 66 31 .640. r'hleaKO 47 49 .490 zR an for Ru«sel! In eighth Directors Them a 7 to 5 Cleve’nd 64 4*; Giving Grand Inland .300 000 002—5 .6 40t Wash'ton 43 52 .453 zBatted for Meadow* In ninth, polish off the muchly heralded ’’Dead Score by innings: Peder- St. Louis 61 46 .626 Apply Atherton (3), Phil&’phlfc 42 54 .439 v Score Cleveland .000 100 001—2 Summary—Runs: by Inning*: Pan Lode." Relchle (2). Buaer. Met*. Bowman, Detroit 46 46 .600 Boston 35 50 .255 New New York .102 001 OOx—4 son. York .101 010 000—J Victory. Ruebbe. Errors: Atherton, Clark Smith is his first visit to Harry, pMtenla> h Reaulta. Pittsburgh .010 001 000—2 making for Ames Summary—Runs: Summa. J. Sewell, < 2). Thompson, Met*. Brookhaua (2). Job Chicago 9; Iloston 5. Summary—Runs: Young (2), Groh. Witt, Dugan (2). Ward. Two-base hits. Two-base hits: Pederson, Rclchle. iloiio- Big- Omaha. So he brough Mrs. Smith Wiahh ✓ bee, nor Error*: Tulsa, Aug. 2.—The Oilers Gardner. Three-base Home run- Relchle Stolen base: on, 1-2. .v Loula, 0-1. Tray Carey. Traynor. today Dugan, Stephenson, way. Two-ba«e along to see the town and enjoy a hit: J. Sewell. Stolen base: Ruth. Sacri- Brookhaos. Sacrifices: Ped'-raon. Relchle. New York. 4: Cleveland. 2. hits Frisch. Three-ba>e hit: bunched nine of their It hits In two Groh. Stolen base: Ames, la.. Auk. 2-—A total of 30 fice hits: Summa. Meuse!. Double play. Rouz. McCafferty. Rolf. Double plays; Detroit, 6; Philadelphia, 6. Bigbee. Double play*: little vacation from their home in Groh to Frisch to Keliy; to men have the Innings and took the last gamo of Dutzke to Stephenson to Brower. Deft Relchle to McCafferty; Rolf to Brook- Maranvlfle applied for position of Grimm; MaranvUle to Rawlings to Grimm.