The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1917, Page 6

| k { ae screenees MAKE QVERTURES FOR LEAGUE BALL Bismarck Would Perhaps Accept Berth in Northern League i If Sunday Ball Passes CAPITAL CITY KNOWS HOW TO SUPPORT GAME It is certain that if heads of the Northern league will but’ make over- tures to Bismarek, this ¢ willing to take a berth in the With Mandan to lend and action of a favorable for Sunday I, pending in the le, ature, it is believed that Tis m could support a club If the league heads strike now; while the is in a position to take} the offer, ‘North Dakota well be repre sented the ‘Northern league by three cities—Fargo, Grand Forks and Bismarck. Supports Good Team, The Capital ci supported one oft the best amateur teams in the north- last season, ranking on a any team of the Northern lea With the Capital city of the state represented in the league, traveling expenses would be-eut down consider- ably, Liberat ;Contributors. ‘Bismarck business interests as well as members of the state f: of officials; haye always contributed liberally toward bi ull and there is little doubt but that a team could be placed on a paying basis here, ERMATH OF AR BOON TO CREAT CAME Speculation As to Probable Effect of War on Baseball Preval- ent in East SUSPENSION HOSTILITIES WOULD BE ONE RESULT (United Press.) Feb. Speculation as t of war upon ‘baseball has been prevalent in New | York since the United States broke | diplomatic tions with Ge Without exception, every man_ highly | connected with the national game has given his word that he will be found doing his utmost for his coun+ try. Suspension of Hostilities. Dave Ful ball Playe aterni War would automatic: ities between members of his or- zation and the baseball mag but he makes it plain that the would again be taken up at the earll-|* est possible moment. Specuulation of this sort has turn- ed minds of veterans wack to days of the Spanish-American war. and revived tales of baseball accomplish- ments during the Civil war period. War Boon to Baseball. It has been pointed out that every sign of hostilities between this na- How sTuPt OF ME -BUT- TIME RIPE TO: || CHICAGO SECOND BEST - | each, D nother has always been a. all, due to the fact that urmy fosters and in every manner ul baseball teams when the op: the Unite encourage presents its: portunity elt. ‘The period following the, saw the birth of baseball in’ ivil war! s might- iest form, Returning soldiers contin- ued to play the game and, as it grad- naily progressed, it became the en-| terlaining sport of thousands. | Troops Are Sport Lovers. ‘The Spanish-American war saw the same conditions. Men, returning | from Cuba or from — concentration | camps were sport lovers. They sought out baseball and other forms of amusement with such avidity that unprecedented s of prosperity fol lowed, ‘The coming of the Federal league was the only thing ‘to kill the wonderful push this concentration of men had given the sport. Possibly hostil s, or preparation for defense by: orgé nen ot armies would have the sam » hard as it might be in other wi APRIL 11 1S DATE NATIONAL LEAGUE OPENS Cincinnati Draws Greatest Num- ber of Sunday Games Get- ting Sixteen. in All IN SUNDAY DISPOSITION New York, Feb. 16.—TWe National league’ season will open Gn April 1 and close Oct. 4, according to the offi- cial schedule which was made public by John K, Tener, president of the league, here today. It calls for the usual 154 games with three — trips around the circuit by each club and in other respects complements the American league schedule “announced from Chicago last night. Card for Opening Day. The card for the opening. day fol- lows: ‘New York at Philadelphia at Brooklyn; St. Louis at Cincinnati; Pittsburgh at Chicago, Cincinnati drew the greatest num- ber of Sunday games—sixteen, while Barney ‘us drew the most Satur- or his Pittsburgh club. awarded fifteen. aturday bills, given three holi Independence Da Boston; In addivon and ‘Labor Day 14 Sunday Games at Chicago. Chicago was second best in the dis- position of Sunday dates with four- teen while St. Louis was given twelve, The great number of Sunday games allotted to the three cities differs from that of the American league, be- cause while in the younger league, baseball is allowed in four, Brooklyn, and Philadelphia, each drew 13 Saturdays while Boston, New York, Cincinnati and Chicago have 12 St. Louis w: warded the few- est Saturday gam eleven. To balance the “Bunker Hill” day program awarded to the Boston Am- ericans, the National league has giv- Zoston Braves, a double bill on ts’ day” April 19, with Phila- ja as its opponent. “Patriots’ the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, Decoration Day Games. The Decoration day games will be played as follows: Brooklyn at Boston; Philadelphia at New York; Chicago at Pittsburgh: Because of the large increase in the cost of ra labor, the price hat will be $3.50 Ifthe old price had been main- tained the quality would have had to be cheape This is contrary to the deter- mination of the manufacturers of the Lanpher to offer a hat of abso- lutely dependab ing‘quality. ve w. materials and of the Lanpher after April Ist. ned. le and unvary- BUT ACC \DENTS WILL: HAPPEN! The $60,000 smiles, Here they are, as produced by Mike Gibbons and Les: Darcy. But the smifes aren't really for the $60,000 bucks, the These two pugs), Clear at ‘the top of the, middleweight division can't see a trifling sum of 60 grand. It looks like small change to them, or that’s the way it looks like it looks, Harry Sherman, a St. Paul boxing promoter, offered Darcy and Gibbons a $60,000 purse to quarrel over. But he put a string on it—a string calling for a decision bout—a_ string that i OH Boss= © TH 1 SAT: ON YouR NK ° | modern boxers do not.care to dally with, u He suggested that each fighter should pick a man and that the club should pick three, the five to make the decision on which the split of the $60,000 should be based. Of the big dough,, 60° per cent or $36,000 was to. go to. the winner and 40 per cent, $24,000, to the loser. Both men nibbled,. but. evidently they weren't strikihg af that kind of bait, All of which goes to show just what the fight game has come :to. Sixty Thousand Dollars Smiles for Two Boxers Who Can’t See Such Trifle Sum he$60,.000 Nat.to ‘pull. the “I-kin-remember” stuff but it used to be that fighters, champions and otherwise ‘welcomed the chance to fight to a decision be: fore an honest referee, They were fighters, not tricksters. They gave the public what thé pub-~, fighters from the palmy days. of Gentleman Jim down to Ad Wolgast who would not have jumped at*a split on a $60,00° purse for a 10-round ‘af- ‘air, from 20 to 40 rounds for much “less money. bois (United ress) Rochester, Minn., Feb. 16.— “Are there any more at home like you?” asked of Fred Fulton, giant heavyweight and possible oppon- ent of Jess Willard, brings forth an affirmative answer, Fred is six feet four inches tall, weighs 218 pounds, but he has nothing on all his family, who live at Be- atrice, Neb, Falton:‘May Be Fighter; ' Can’t Get Gay at Home Here‘s the family table: Broth- er John, 6 ft. 4 in., 210: pounds; Brother George, 6 ft. 6 in., 200 pounds; Brother Roy, 6 ft. .5 in., 215 pounds; Brother Vernie, 6 ft. 4 in, 180 pounds; Brother Earl, aged 17, 6 ft. 4%, 212 pounds; ‘Sister Pearl, age 15, 3 ft. 11 in., 200 pounds; Father, deceased, 6 ft. 4% in., 240 pounds; Mothe,r 6 ft., 200 pounds, St. Lonis at Cincinnati. Brooklyn, ow York, Pittsburgh and St.Louis have’ Labar day games scheduled with Philadelphia, Boston, Cincinnati and Chicago, respectively. Fourth of July Games. independce day, the schedule will be: . New York at Brooklyn; Boston at Philadelphia; St. Louis at Pittsburg; Cincinnati at Chicago. Three conflicts are on the schedule, and all are at Chicago. They are with the following clubs on the fol- lowing dates: Pittsburgh, fand with St. ‘Babe’ North Will Tackle ‘Sailor Jack’ “Babe” North of Bismarck, unde- feated wrestler for two seasons, has | been signed to meet “Sailor Jack” of Duluth in a finish match, best two out ; June 24, and Sept. 9; Louis Sept. 16. nesday evening, February 21. WOULD LEGALIZE BOXING IN STATE OF OKLAHOMA (United Press) Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 16.—A bill to legalize boxing in Oklahoma probably will be introduced in the state legislature soon, The Dill pro- vides for a boxing commission of three members, 12 round contests to a decision and a club license ranging from $500 to $5,000. The graduated license clatise, ‘according to its sup- porters, was inserted to enable small cities and towns in the state to estab- lish boxing clubs on equal terms with | the larger -cities, of three falls, at the armory on Wed-! y ee 6603p 99 an Star’ « in Law Net (Associated Press) St. Paul, Minn., Feb. of nonfeasance in office were filed to- day with Governor Burnqquist against Edward L. Rogers, county at- torney of s county, a chief of the Chippewa tr nd widely known in the early 90 end on the Carlisie and Minnesota football teams. The erson, a citizen of Cass. Attorney General ‘Smith advised the governor that the charges should be made more specific and, suggested a prelim- inary inquii Governor ‘Burnquist has not yet din the matter. Rog- ers was accused by Pederson of in- difference to duty, neglect to defend claims against the county and failure to safeguard the county, although he | knew of similar charges made against | other county officers. A _ specific ‘charge was that Rogers refused to investigate acts of certain persons Said to have. violated the corrupt | practices. law in transporting Indians to the polls. SHOW CONCRETE TENNIS COURTS AT EXHIBITION | . {United Press) - Kansas City, Feb. 16.—An attempt to interest tennis players in the con- struction of concrete courts will be |. made at the annual convention-of the ‘Southwestern Concrete _ association. here the latter part of this. . month, Miniature exhibits of such construc: | tion, designed to show a tennis club equipment built entirely of concrete, will be displayed, as part of the asso- ciation’s exhibit. It -will show courts, 16.—Charges | charges were made by Thomas Ped-|* HERMAN MATCHED..2Osco.0:- (United Press), St. Louis, Feb, 16.—Pete "yerman, j the new bantamweight champion, is | matched to box Harry Kabakoff, a St. Louis youngster, here on Feb. 20. They are to step 12 rounds. The | weight is to be 118 pounds at 3 o'clock that afternoon. RITCHIE SAYS TO EYE __ WELTERWEIGHT CROWN (United Press) Milwaukee, Feb, 16.—Willie Ritchie, the former lightweight champion, has ‘his eyes on the welterweight crown. The Californian has been tentatively matched to.box Jack Britton, regard- ed by many. critics as the welter- weight champion, here early in March, Ritchie is training in Chicago. HICKEY WILL ADVOCATE THREE-TRIP SCHEDULE (United Press) Hickey, president of the American association, will advocate the adop- tion of a three trip schedule when makers meet in Kansas City, Feb. 24. The player limit ‘also will be taken up at the meeting. SPRING SUITINGS AND OVERCOATINGS In the Latest Patterns Fitand Workmanship Guaranteed H. J. Vivian & ts. MERCHANT. TAILORS ESTABLISHED 1878 IRVING VIVIAN, Representative Haggert Block Opposite P.O. - club house, wading pools, benches and walks, ‘Upstairs PHONE 741R lic paid for and there was’ not two’ Most of them were used to fighting | BOX HARRY meals 3) Louisville, Ky., Feb. 16.—Thomas J. |- TO COMNENCE EARLY TRAINING ! Twenty-Nine Players Including Manager Lee Fohl on Cleve- land American Club CLEVELAND AS USUAL TO TRAIN AT ORLEANS (United Press) Cleveland, O., Feb. . 16.—Twenty- nine ball players, including (Manager Lee Fohl, are under contract by the Cleveland American league club, ac: cording to an official roster. The list includes three catchers and 11 pitch- ers.and, in common with the action taken. by other “American league clubs, indicates that small squads will be the reigning fashion at training camps this spring. To Train at New Orleans, Cleveland, as usual, will train at New Orleans, A series of exhibition games will be played in the Crescent /32 and ‘Howard is e Evans, an b, Turner i: raney is 30. infielder, and J. L. pitcher from the San Antonto, club are youngsters, each being 22 years ‘old. Petty is a husky six-footer,. but ‘records show that he lost five ‘and | won but two games last season. He is a southpaw. Fohl’s catching staff consists of Steve O'Neil, John Billings and Tom Daly, all of whom were with Cleye- land last season. The pitchers are Bagby, Boehling, Coumbe, Coveleskie, Klepfer and (Morton, the veterans Ax a Otis Lamhbeth, from _Topeka;. Clar- ence Smith, New Orleans.J, L, Petty, San .Antonio. George Dickerson, Co!- numbia and Albert Gould, Davenport, Towa. of the cl Allison Out For Berth.. Graney, Speaker and Roth are the veteran outfielders with M.~H. Alll- son of New Orleans, trying for a reg: ular job. ‘Guisto, the Cuban, who played wih the Portland club of tne Pacific.-1ast league last year, will be given a try out as infielder. He hit. .286.in_the minor league.. Joe Harris, the hard hitting youngster from Chattanodga, may prove to be acceptable infield material. .-He hit .309 last’ Season. Hopes For Kavanagh. er whom Detroit released to Cleve- land, has been playing basketball‘in Detroit this winter and expects to be in fine shape when he reports at New Orleans. For more than a year betore Manager Jennings let him go. Kavanagh. was in poor health. “In city, between (March 10 and April 1, inclusive. On the northern journey games will be played at Birmingham, Memphis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Col- umbus and Toledo, in order named. The games with Birmingham will be on April 2 and 3, and the exhibition schedule will be closed at Toledo on April 10. Terry Turner Back. Leaving ‘Manager Fohl, ‘who official: 2 ly admits.37 summers, out of consid- eration,..Terry Turner, Ivan Howard and Jack Craney are the “old men” »{ ter, 1915, he was. a remarkable’ pinch hit- but one of the most erratic fleld- fielders in the league, Kavanagh ‘be- lieves his poér condition was respon- sible for his slump and hopes: to land a regular job this season. BECKLEY RECOVERING PNEUMONIA ATTACK Kansas City, Mo.,, Mo. Feb,” 16,-Jake Beckley, veteran major league, star, is recovering from an attack of pneumo- nia at his home here. 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