The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 10, 1917, Page 6

q BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE ~ SCOOP -—~ THE CUB REPORTER ELIAS -—L SEE WE ARE USING— EXTRA FUNNELS TS GLOW SMOKE AROUND OUR SHIPS SO SUBMARINES : CANT SEE WHERE YO SEND “TH TORPEDOES, ll ag “TURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1917. Elias Is the Original Preparedness Kid THEY CALL. (TT INI FISHING! PICK THE AMERICAN LEAGUE INK- FISHIN’ HOH — WELL DATS Me AX AMA INKk- Fist - NO TOHPEETOH AM GWINE HIT O19, OHPEE TOHS AM $POSED TOH) BE SHOT FUM DE sEA- SUT SPOSIN’ Hop” et WINNER? IMPOSSIBLE: TOO MANY GOOD BALL CLUBS IN THE RACE By (The Tribune’ Touring B Teams Before the 19 Who will win the Ame pennant in 1917? Not being a ¢ + necrome rer, phrenologi ne-teller or sooth-sayer, I frankly admit I am un- able to answer. Hl And right here I will let you'in on! some inside gtuff; there is not a man- ager, player, scout, trainer, groundkeeper, expert or statist in the league but whom, if he swers honestly, will tell y impossible to pick a winner league this year. i They may have ideas arding the} outcome of the American league sorint—they may have their likes and dislikes—they may have hunches—| but when it comes to knowing they're | all in the air. | In the American league thi: to win. Some of the chances ma somewhat remote, but an ac here—the deyelopment of a tional youngster there—and pr the k horse has come through. | In sizing up the American league 1! am leaving out of cot i Washington, because Griff’ several weak spots and because | do; not believe an American league team! ean win without more southp: w! pitching than he has and Phila t phia, because Connie Mack’s team is; still admittedly in the proc f con-| struction—is not finished and is com-| posed to a great extent of youngsters in various phases 0 ent. Boston. | is and y which } nd, St. Detroit—who is going to one is best? It may be possible to figure out or paper with batting, fielding. pitching} and baserunning averages, that one club has something on another—but that doesn’t count the brains of a ball | club—its ager 1 that many times wins ball games, It} doesn’t show the temperament and it | -+++-Here’s the newest collection io the ranks of ni Walt in 1916 are the Gian of a serious hole this iocrity? Holke, who with Hal Cha ° contribu doesn’t take into consideration the | opens the Yanks look to me to be the degree and direction of the manager’: abilities, On paper, perhaps, the White Sox are best in the league. They haven't much advantage, but there some. But the club as a whole hasn’t the) Ma baseball brains of some of the other | ers, much and equipped with a complete substi The New York club must be con-| tute team searcel. clubs and there are better managers than Rowland in the league. sidered. It has great pitching, great hitting, good fielding and first class baserunning. In fact, as the scason t bet in the league. finish the season as they start they should win. If they can is the brain 917 baseball. Id blooded money play who play with their brains a: as with their hands and feet, effective than ion, the Red rovement. so big after all. "THE biggest room in the world is room for im- But when ature’s best pipe tobacco has been naturally improved . into Velvet, that room ain't ih of young sta Hy ys be contenders this! sin the big leagues. ers, at present, is the most promis a led the National league in batting On. St. Louis is the dark horse of the league. Fielder Jones has gone a long way to bolster up his club of last 3 with youngsters who may either make him a sensation or leave him in the second division. The Cleveland club has great pos- bilities. The infield is the weakest pot, but this may be bolstered up ith the regulars and substitutes | Fohl has under his command. At this time it is impossible: to consign | Cleveland to a second division berth, e of the prospect of Wood and coming through to complete | with them, will be a great aff. has the same problem this year as last—pitching. Detroit is a powerful offensive club, a club that will score many runs, but that was just what Detroit had last year jand the Tiger pitchers were not able to hold their opponents to enough runs for the club to win the games needed to beat out Boston, which was not a great run-scoring club. But Detroit with its slashing, crush ing fiery attack is always dangerous and Jennings will be up there fight- ing next September. The American league race t ; year should be even closer than in | 1916. There are several reasons for this. In the first place it is not likely that any club will be put out of the running by such a series of accidents as those suffered by New York last year; then every club has improved more or less; finally Connie Mack | Will have ‘his fingers in the evening- up proce: there is no possibility of the Athletics losing as many games this year as they did last. All of these elements will have | their effect on the 1917 race, which} in my opinion Il be even closer at the wire than that of last year. To Return From Coast—Frank Har- tis of Sixth street, and brother, Ly- man Harris of Menoken, are expected home this week from a trip to Call- fornia, Bart ese an Saleem “WATTERS Will they be stars when the ing young cateher in the American league. year and Middleton, the sensation of the American association ineinnati outtield, Fabrique may pull the Brooklyn infield out 0 Neale is the most promising of the ason and Shorten, a Boston substitute last year, may rob Tillie Walker of his job. NEALE FABRIQUE, on closes, or will they have sunk in- They Look Like Stars Now--- Will Tney Last? He is with New York. MIDDLESTON____ GIANTS. AND WHITE SOX ARE POWERS Hamilton Believes. They Wul Fight Out the World Series Next Falls BIG BATTLE WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY By H. C, HAMILTON. New York, iApril. 10—Unless all fails; unless fate kicks a hole ithmetic; unless. something just s had happens, thes world’s sories should be a lurid, internecine strug- e hetween, the Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants. The fight will be on next Wednesday. Bringing it down to-@ final, gnat’s fur calculation, it must ‘be admitted that, in spite of the record of the Eoston ‘Braves, the Yale football team, Dave Fultz, and that other Da- vid, the grand old dope usually sticks out alt over the result in the long run. It is the arithmetical solution of a problem that stands up for all time. The young man who attempts to pick ‘em backward usually falls down on the job. Hence it is the intention to record the reasons why the New York Gi- ants. and the Chicago White Sox should fight it out for the long and short ends of a ‘ba: series next fall. © z 334 Temperament Due to Break. Someone said, not so long ago, that temperament is dut to break or make the Giants. It was pointed out that, with ‘Benny Kauff, Heinie Zimmer- man, Davey Robertson, Charley Her- zog and one or two others, a first- class opera troupe in thinklings could be conscripted out of the Giants’ ranks. It was declared that it all de- pended upon how the base-hits lined up and how. the hair was rubbed. That may be true. Certain it is that no one ever had the good for- tune to get along with Heinie Zim- merman for very long. However, John ‘McGraw has been subduing dis- positions for a long time, and his suc- cess with Benny Kauff in ironing the kinks out of that young man will bear more than passing scrutiny. Holke on First Base. The Giants will line up with Holke on first base, Herzog at second, Flet- cher at shortstop, and Zimmerman at In the outfield will be: George third. Burns, (Benny Kauff and ‘Robertson. Behind the plate (McGraw has array- ed Rariden, McCarthy and Gibson. Pitchers will be: Schupp, Tesreau, Sallee, Anderson, Porritt, Smith and others with reputations. Honus Lo- bert and a recruit or so will take care of utility duty, while Jim Thorpe and Red Murray, both probably, will be retained for outer garden extra work. There’s a line-up that presents one of the most startling rows of swatters ever gathered together under one management in the National league. (McCarthy, Kauff, Holke, Robertson, Zimmerman, Fletcher and Herzog are powerful swatters and of the consist- ent kind. To back this up, the Na- tional league’s premier southpaws will inhabit the rubber pitching slab. Temperament viewed from this an- gle will have little to do with it. It is difficult to see how such an array of talent could run into a slump de- : { Don't worry because most hats have cheapened quality on account of high cost of raw matertals. presaIng enough to take away the punch. : ‘ As for the White Sox—it's a longer road. Clarence Rowland has had his chance with virtually the same line- up that he started with this year, and no world’s series has graced the Com- iskey table since Rowland took charge. Great Pitching Staff. Rowland has a great pitching staff provided he can get going. Red Fa- her should be ready for another ‘fine season; Jim Scott is doing an effect- ive comeback; Eddy Cicotte is due for lots of good days; Joe Benz hasn't been sick this winter, and Reb Rus- sell is having luck with his left wing. Mel Woligang is a hearty heaver and Williams will help him out. Rowlend can line up Happy Filsch, Joe Jackson and John Collins, a slug- ging trio, as proof of outfield strength with Jacques Fournier for’ pith du- ty. Eddie Collins will ‘have a’ ‘good season, Buck Weaver will teat third base. The weak points aré’ fret and shortstop, Much dependence will be placed in’ Ray Schalk, premier catch- er, ~ NOTICE FOR BIDS. Sealed bids for the general con- tract for the construction of the Bis- marck Public Library will be recetv- ed by the Board of Directors of the Bismarck Public Library until two o'clock’ p..m;on the 1st day of sMay, 1917, This contract will requive the complete construction of. hes build- ing, including ‘heating plant} bing and plumbing fixtures, electric wiring and built-in furniture, complete and finished, ready for occupancy not lat- er than the Ist day of ‘November, 1917, conformably to the plans and specifications therefor prepared ‘by F. W. Keith, architect. Plans and _speci- fications may be seen at the office of F. W. Keith, architect, or obtained from the secretary of the Boani of Directors on and after the 9th day of April, 1917, Each proposal must be accompanied by a certified check in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) endorsed or made payable to the Board of Directors of Bismarck Public (débrary, as a guaranty that the bidder will enter into a contract’ for the per- formance of work in accordance with the bids submitted, within ten days after the acceptance of the bid, and in case any bidder to whom such contract shall be awarded fails or refuses to enter into such contract the check accompanying tis bid shall be retained by the Board of Directors as liquidated damages for such fail- ure. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, or to accept or reject any part of any bid, as may appear to the ‘best interests of the public. Dated this 6th day of April, 1917. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BIS- marek Public Library, By C. LL, YOUNG, Secretary. on ee Here From Sterling—Peter Ran- dom of Sterling was in the city Mon- day and while here visited’ Mrs, Ran- dom, who is a patient in the Bis- marck hospital. Returns From California—E. C. Ru- ble of Driscoll, who has been spend- ing some time in California, stop- ped in the city Monday, enroute from the coast. One hat has maintained its superior quality for 45-years and always will. ‘ The Lanpher Hat $3* & ia RR