The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 12, 1921, Page 6

PAGE SIX Each time they bid for Rickey’s star, They sweeten up the chunk— We wonder if they mean it, or If it Is just the bank, ps a aa i Betore we get the Davis cup on our shelf Spain offers to take it away from us, _Jobnny Evers loses some prestige since Jess Beckett has come to the Giants as coach. Beckett is the orig- inal baseball crab. ‘Stoo bad, Johnny. 0 Pinky Mitchell is what you might call an adjustable boxer. When he goes without his supper he’s a light- weight. If he dines he becomes a welter. pe No Puzzle! How big would the arena have to be to seat enough fans to make up a $500,000 purse at $15 per seat? Ans- wer: the Big Fight won't be held in New York state, i LRG sess How big would the gate have to be to guarantee two fighters $500,000 if the government tax 40 per cent of the gross? Answer--the Big Fight won't be held in France. pba ae Poor Fish! Have you a little cellar in your home? Then here’s a suggestion: ‘The spacious wine cellars of the Wal- dorf-Astoria have been turned into a big gym—swimming pool, ’n’ every- thing. , egy Referee, instructing fighters: “Now in case of a knockdown the man scor- ing it must walk to a corner.” “Well, what corner do I walk to,” replies Leonard with innocence and assurance. ——= Babe Ruth’s batting average. in basketballi—.000 pet plus the bench. sig According to the rules the only thing that can stop a golf match is losing all the ‘balls. ge All the rastlers are practicing the headlock hold now. see amen The Yankees haven't given up the idea of bringing Joe Dugan to the Big Town. Connie Mack’s “No” isn’t so loud as it was a few weeks ago. (aera Joe Lynch’s bantam title is getting shakier all the time. Abe Friedman beat Young Montreal the other night and Montreal is conceded an “Even Steven” chance with Lynch. MULE BALKED AT EXECUTIN Obstinate to the Last, Animal Com- pelled Buffalo Bill to Completely Empty His Revolver. It was while serving as a scout un- der General Sheridan in his campaign against the Indians in western Kansas that Buffalo Bill, carrying. dispatches, had to ride a government mule owing to the scarcity of horses. The mule broke away, and Cody had to walk 35 miles during the night with the animal just in front of him, but always out of reach! “Will, when he got really and truly angry,” says his widow, “didn’t have the sweetest temper in the world. And by the time the sun rose he was just about ten degrees higher than fever- heat in his attitude toward the mule. Suddenly, the soliders in Fort Larned heard the sound of a shot about half a mile away. Then another and another and another. When they reached the place where the shooting had occurred they found Will, standing over a dead mule, cussing energetically. “Boys, he said, ‘there’s the tough- est, meanest mule I ever saw in my life. He made me walk all night and I decided that he wouldn't ever do that to another fellow. So I executed him, and I'll be d—d if it didn’t take six shots to make him stop kicking!" Modern Treasure Islands. Situated in the Pacific ocean, nearly midway between America.and Asia, 18 Nauru, a barren bit of rock only twelve miles in circumference. Thirty or forty years ago almost anybody could have had It for the asking. To- day it 18 worth untold millions, owing to the belated discovery that the whole island is neither more nor less than a mass of phosphate rock, eoll fertilizer well known to agriculturists. In Con- ception bay, Newfoundland, is Bell island, sold by its original owner many years ago for $100. It changed hands again for $2,000,000, This enor- mous rise in value was due to the dis- covery that the Island ig composed al- most entirely of iron ore. For years previously shipmastera had been in the habit of taking the heavy, easily handled rock for ballast, dumping It overboard with the utmost unconcern when they loaded up with cargo. Then one day a captain more curious than the others had the strange-looking “rock” assayed and his fortune was made. ————— Not of the Usual Sort. A woman who had lived in a cer- tain country town to an age at which her friends had scarcely assumed that she was likely to forsake her spinster- hood, suddenly surprised them by an- nouncing her engagement to a local bachelor who was considered rather eccentric. A friend of hers took it upon herself to express some little surprise at the engagement, and when the fiancee replied: “But what is it In him you don’t like?” answered: “Oh, I don't dislike him at all; it's only that everybody thinks him—well, not exactly eccentric, but, at any rate, Father singular in many of his ways.” “That may be,” replied the prospec: tive bride, “but then, as he is so very unlike other men, he is surely more Mkely to make a good husband.”— Windsor Magazine, London. Normally about three-fourths of the BENCH WARMER BY DEAN SNYDER One year on the bench is a long wait for a big league recruit. It’s double time to a youngster who has a sleeveful of pitching talent. Frank “Lefty” O’Doul batted a thou- sand as a bench-warmer for the Yan- kees last season. His gifted left arm might as — well have been in a sling. Huggins was afraid to trust a youngster—one of the most promising the Pacific Coast League ever sent up to thé big show. But “Lefty” is to get his delayed trial next_season. Ranks With Mails The swap which sent Mogfidge and Thormahlem, to Boston leaves New York's. left-handed pitching business up to Harry Harper and O’Doul. The California kid will try to make the ymite manager - regret his over- sight. ~ O’Doul came up to the big show from the Frisco Seals rated as the equal.of Walter Mails. Mails pitched the Cleveland Indians . @RANK “LEFTY! O'DOUL BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE. MAY into a pennant by winning starts for Tris Speaker, Cobb Boosts. Him . Now Huggins is wondering if he had the pennant key on his bench for a whole season and didn’t use it to unlock the door, O'Doul’s chief hooster—not includ- ing the entire Pacific Coast— Ty Cobb. “The Detroit club will claim the coaster in a minute if Huggins wants to waive. him out of the league,” says the jewel of Georgia. That’s a mighty fine compliment coming from the highest-salaried play- er in baseball. Fans for Him More glory is given the youngster by Oscar Vitt.. He thinks “Lefty” has the stuff to make a champion. O’Doul will be watched with keen interest to see whether Huggins play- ed a good hunch-or a lame one in making a wall flower out of a possi- ble star. Look out for “Lefty” O’Doul in 1921, seven BASKETBALL ENGURANCEN CLEVERNESS MAKE BASKET-BALL Basketball requires more BY H. 0. (PAT) PAGE (Former Chicago University Basket- ball Coach, ‘Now of Butler College) ‘Every player to his game! In my opinion basketball is the game of games, both to coach and to play. Interest hes grown more in the basket sport in the past decade than in any other form of athletics. Communities in the United States: Canafia and the Orient are clamoring for coliseums to play in. Fills Every Niche Of course, foothall is the greatest spectacle in the crisp autumn, Base. ball bats a thousand in the good old summer time. But in every niche of the country basket ball absorbs the interest in winter. Baseball is a game of skill and nerves. ‘Physical power and speed is the gist of football. Basketball combines them all! ‘Here are reasons why the loop sport tops ’em all: Costa Rican banana crop is consumed in the United States, —_— Aen The spectator sees the game at short range. ook ae * Most Interesting Game to Play and Coach, Says Page speed and endurance than football. TOPS ’EM ALL ok ok cleverness than baseball—more The spirit of play gets into the spec- tator. : (More scoring makes more thrills. ‘Players move faster. : Speed, endurance and cleverness are combined with instinct, The player gets greet personal sat- isfaction in “shooting the bucket.” Two 20-minute periods give the player more physical exertion. than any football game and a dozen base- ball games. Passing Asset to the player of any other game. The best forward’ passers in football have had. basketball training. “Hoge’ Workman of Ohio state, for instance, ig a star court man. ‘Brick” pigskin like it was a baseball. Facts show that a man is actually: faster in the indoor court than out on the turf. quicker action by closer contact with, spectators and opponents. Instinctive Play ‘As in tennis, the fewer players (Basketball cleverness is an asset ‘teen miles. ‘ (Muller of California end, throws the, ot go much a “therm” instead of so Players are stimulated to; the more pI ill_be by Anstinc ve few players on a football eteven Play together: more than four years, but in the basket: game it is quite common to see the “Wonder Five” train together for five or.ten years. ‘No other game gives a coach the opportunity to develop team work by instinct. Z It isn’t true that: the gam@ is too fast for scientific ‘play. The coach has his offensive moves, his defens- ive tactics and gante strategy on the court as on the gridiron or diamond. Real “Sweat-Up” «> — To cope, with ‘the science .of base- ball I advise a more,elaborate scoring system in basket shooting. Give the players credit; for an jst. (the pags), the putout (the defensive chéck), and the error (misg, fumble; or. .‘ivory” development where some coaches urge; players never, to gusrd. the man; but! td work as forwards and: pick the: openings a& is necessary ‘on the grid-}, iron for the ‘open field .runner: to do. There's nothing like the: basketball “sweat-up.”” i 1 MAKE FRIENDS WHEN YOU CAN Reason Why ‘One ‘Man ie atwhve Sought to Add-te His Acquaint- ances Evety Day? Alvese t — ibd My hobby is -etilarging my acquaint- ance. For years I-have found pleas- ure and profit mitrying to kwow'ds many people as I cab: I atm neverto let the sun set: without knowing @t least one more person than I did’ when 1 started out im the ‘morning; ‘writes Fred Cy Kelly hrbeélie’s.: Why?) My answer is: Why not? Life'ts made ap of buman relations. As 1 look’ ag! the more human coptact-T achleve:the fuller my. life shoula..be.’ By -huinan contact: 1 don’ crowds;"or places Where people are:>T mean meeting people, gettiag ‘their points of ‘view.’ “ota of city folk whe have plentyof dally: opportunity to meet and know ‘people don’t get’ac Quainted with as many as @ man I know who lives ona farm ‘and aever comes to town. - Meeting people is ene thing, inaking ofrteaGs: or getting at- quainted with theitr'le another. ' Inai- luuch ‘a8 huiman ‘beings are admittedly the most interesting: things -on: earth; why not know:as‘maay of thew as pos- sible? ‘If there are men’ who derive pleasute from collecting stamps, rare colis, canes, love letters, ‘dogs; why shouldn't I give a little sepious thought to collecting a Yong’ list of friends? And {f 1am a more successful bust- ness man in consequence of having many friends-all the better for me. ~ Everybody you krow is potentially a help to you. ~ There is no way of telling» when the:, humblest’ person among your acquafhtances “may not have momentary limportance in some- thing you are trying to do. I once was.able to get Information ‘that meant a successful contract through the fact that I chanced to be acquaint- ed with the fireman’ in“one of. the ho- tels in San Francisco. Now there are two ‘ways of gettittg acquainted with’ peoWe—by introduc tion and by getting, sito gasual con- versation without imtroduction, I try to make the most of ‘both these ave- ives; but T'regard the former as the more important of the two. ~ LOOT STORES OF FIELD MIC North Dakota Indians: Raid Caches of Delicacy, but Always Leave Corn in Ite-Prace. a In the northern: part of North Da- kota there gtows a bean which ts re- ated to’the peanut atid of which the indians of that ‘section are very fond. ‘As each plant ‘bears Dat a single bean, the tabor of gathering them would be very great, but the Meld mice of that section. gather the beans and bide them for winter constimptioa in under- ground storetrouses, 8°" * i hye“ Indtans ‘know ‘how ‘te locate the caches and: in: the autump they go forth and rob them, but the ‘supplies are invarlably replaced with corn or some other grain which the Indians have in plenty, so that the little har vesters'are not starved ‘out. 4 The beans have a delicious flavor and are highly prized. In the course of a few days’ hunt one Indian may gather two bushels, a few quarts betng wecured from each.of the underground The Indians say that.this method of gathering food from mouse hoards dntes back: to ‘prehistoric times, but the ‘traditions of the tribes protect the mice in that it is taught that dire pun- Ishment falls upon those who take the beans :without replacing: them with corn.—Chicago Journal. *~ Portable Radiotelephone. prought @ step nearer by: the assen- pling ‘of the necessary radiophone ap- paratus into a compact unit having @ weight of about 60 pounds. As a po- tential of only six velts to each is re- quired to operate the rectifier. and oscillator bulbs’ the ‘low-capacity “B- type” batteries are ‘dispensed with, according to an illustrated article in the December Populer Mechanics Mag- azine, - The low voltage required Is available almost anywhere, as two six-volt batteries are ensily procurable from any automobile battery service station. ‘The new unit is especially designed: for the use of -motorists, yach{smen, campers and = fxolated farms. Under ordinary conditions it ig said that the new Instrument may be depended upon to ‘operate satisfac- torily over distances of from five to fif. —————— ~ Gelle Gas by the Therm.. Under an act placed on the London statute book gas will In future be sold much a thousand feet. A therm Is the name given to 100,000 British thermal units, one of the latter being. the amount of heat absorbed In raising ore pound of water one degree Fahren- announce ‘ts charger py. the therm te IR. BANANAS FE GS DOWN, uth Metropolitan’ Gas ‘compen: which ‘rom ~the~ date of ~ reading meters will charge: 21 ents'a therm. The gas is declared to:contain 650 British thermal units ‘In ‘each cuble foot. Her Gift. 2 A young woman was interested’ in charity work and in one family where ghe visited there was a little girl for*the “Michaelmas “quarter, | whose hair was the same shade as her | own. Wishing to show-her apprecia- tion for the visitor's kindness, the child called at her house one day and | gave her a package, saying it was a little present for her, then ran awa: On opening it out fell the child’s love- ly: breld—the: only ‘thing-abe: had ‘in. SAILORS HOLD ODD BELIEFS Salt-Water Mariners Cling With Te- nacity to Many Superstitions at Which Landoman Laughs. Nearly all ships carry a horseshoe, Usually it is nailed somewhere in. the stern. The horseshoe has been a {e- iish with sailors ever since Nelson aalled one to the mast of the Victory. SaHors have many superstitions, A sailor who wears a baby’s caul feels almeelf immune from death by drown- wg.. And after a long trip the sailor who first sights land’ will have a good voyage home. Jack becomes decided- ly uneasy if he hears “land-lubber dingo” on the ocean, Therefore, if ever you are a passenger don't let him hear you refer to the deck of a-cabin as the “floor,” the companion as. the “stairs” or the alleyway as the “lobby” or “passage.” It is ‘bad form, and un- lucky. Whistling at sea stirs up evil winds. -A‘cuttlefish swimming ‘on top of the waves also betokens a ‘storm. A squall may be expected when an al- batross alights on the deck or when a seagull flies between the foremast and the mainmast. But if the seagull tiles between the mainmast and the mizzen- mast fair winds Will prevail. Cats are considered unlucky to have on*bourd ship. Up to the last ‘twenty years most sailors wore: earrings for, ‘luck. No ‘sailor will shoot :at birds for fear of destruction of his ship. It‘is unlucky to kill a petrel. These birds, caited by sailors “Mother Carey’s chickens”—@ corruption of “Mater Cara” (mother dearest)—are the “sailor's friends. They. give warning of an approaching storm, Legend has ‘it that each of these birds bears the soul of a dead seaman.—London Times. ° ——_—_——_ he . More than 90 per cent of the world’s present supply of diamonds comes from the mines of Sduth Africa. 0-0-9008 OHO OOH OOH Lost Hunter Steeps in .. Cavesin Zero. Weather + t Lead, 8. D.—Lost tn the Black hitis three @ays and three nights, H. F. Irwin, a lover of the outdoors and an exponent of “roughing it,” was forced to sleep in caves. Although the temperature was 10 degrees be- low zero, Irwin claims he did not suffer mach with the cold. Irwin was on one of his period- ical deer hunts when he lost his bearings in the hills, ec ee eae Monee etet oe tni8 18:8 OOOO 81888 Bere In Defense of the Country Doctor. Lexington, Ky.—That the old fash- foned country doctor who learned his profession from “a book bought at an | auction,” is more to be trusted In the i diagnosis and treatment of many cases than many of the modern specialists, Is the opinion of Dr. A. T. McCormack of the Kentucky state board of health, who delivered an address before the state health officers. But for the old country doctor there-are many com- munities which would be so far from medical aid “that untold suffering would result, declared Dr. McCormack. When a Hotel Is “Home.” Cincinnati, O.—Judge John W. Peck, In Federal court, holds that if a man's legal residence is in a hotel, he has as much right to store liquor there as a man has at his home. He dis- missed’ a charge against August Brit- ton of the Walnut hotel, where 22 cases of whisky ‘had been seized. Rudimentary. Conscience Stirred. “South Bend, Ind.—The thief whe stole $8,500 worth of bonds from Mar- tin’ Payne's room was considerate enough to return them by parcel post when he found they were of no value to him. sf Piccadilly’s Origin. “Tipperary,” the marching song whiclr had such a vogue-in 1914, re- fers to ‘Piccadilly, ‘London, "England. One story is that the place was named after the Piccadilla hall, where a cer- tain kind of lace much in bhi dur- ing the reign of Queen Elizabeth was made, The lace was called piccadilly because of its spear points, a diminu- tive of pica, a pike or spear. Picca- dilly was once famous for its gambling shouses. Insone of these, run by Wa- tier, the prince regent’s cook, Beau Brummel won $75,000 in ten minutes and insisted upon giving one-half to! Sheridan. ‘The pocket telephone has been | ~~~~~~-~~~ ~~~ THIS IS THE LIFE—New York society is flocking to the; helt: The firat distributor of £88 to | 4 dirondacks for winter sports. This happy group was anapped on| the swift slope at Lake Placid, N. Y. ae ~ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1921 COWBOYS WILL i s Alaska Wil Be the Soene of |. Roundups-Like Those of ~ the Western Plains. HERD TOTALS NEARLY 200,000 | Reindeer Industry of the North le | Growing Rapidiy and There te an | Insistent Call for Experienced | Frentiersmen. ! | San Francisco—From the wild | North comes the call for the sons of | the old wild West. ee | And with his swagger and trappings the man of the ranges ts preparing to answer’ the call. From Montana, Cal- ifornia, Oregon, Nevada and the Da- kotas cowboys are getting ready ‘to | leave the drive and picturesque rouna- | up to “ride herd” on ‘the last froutiers | of civilization, the subarctic burrens | Of Alaska, © | | Instead of Texas longhorns they will | “punch” the pronghorns of the Be- | ring, the Alaskan reindeer. In place of flaring chaps aud flapping sombre- | Fou; they will wear heavy-Boots, three pairs of sox, parkas and heavy fur caps. They will ride behind swift Eskimo dogs or hike it on snowshoes. The call for experienced, ses soned “frontlersmen is insistent, for the rein- deer industry of the north is pretty closely ‘following the historical devel- opment ‘of the old western range. Herds Total 200,000. The 80 scrubby, half-starved rein- deer, imported into Alaska from Sibe-° | Fla tn 1902 by the government es an experiment in food supply for the na- tives, have grown to nearly 200,000 head at present, valued at approxi- mately $30 each. It is expected that within 15 years the herd will number between ten and twenty-five millions, the grazing capacity of Alaska. Already the Industry is being con- sidered as serious competition for the big.meat packers of the United States. Last year only 1,700 carcasses were shipped; 11,000 will be shipped in 1920, it is estimated. Five cold-storage plants, with a ca- pacity of 1,000 to 5,000 carcasses each, are now in operation, with more in contemplation, and refrigerator ships are to be put on between Seattle and Alaska immediately. Leaders tn the new industry say the herds will increase 125 per cent every three years, so that, in 15 years, 8,000,- U0 carcasses will be shipped yearly. The meat, selling now nt 85 cents per pound wholesale, will then sell at 15 cents per pownd retall, according to Jafet Linderbeck, largest private own- er of reindeer in Alaska. Feed Upon Mose, Reindeer can be raised in Alaska at little or no cost other than ¢tfeir care. They feed upon the reindeer moss, and one man can care for 2,000 head. Each year rodeos, similar to the fa- mous old “round-ups” of the wild West days, are held. From hnndreds* of niiles around, natives drive in be- hind ‘their swiftest reindeer, head herdsmen are chosen and preparations: ‘made for the next year’s business., For the natives and deer men are looking upon Alaska as the. future Texas of the world as a meat supply- ing center. But if Americans wish this delicacy they must prepare to outbid Europe, says Linderberg, who maintains that every pound of reindeer meat, up to the maximum capacity of Aluska, can be sold to Europeans, who are willing to pay almost any price demanded. wecececcaceaces: Hands Cut Off by One Train, Legs by Another One train cut off the legs of Walter Frantz, eleven years old, of Detroit, Mich., and almost at the same instant, a second train, going in the opposite direction, cut off his hands when he fell between two passing cars. The boy was playing on a bor car when a switch engine backed down and struck the cars, throwing the boy to the ground with his feet under the car on which he had been play- ing. His hands feil on the par- allel track and the second train went over them. ry | dececeee She Buried the Wrong Husband. Portsmouth, O.—Mrs, George Willis thinks some one else should pay the funeral expenses of a man she buried under the impression that he was ber husband. She identified a mutilated body along the railroad tracks as that ef her husband, who had disappeared several weeks before. Now the bus- | band, who had been working in the northern part of the state, has re- turned home, denying that he is dead. Mrs. Willis is wondeting whose hus- band she buried, | ‘Woman Traps Mourgain Lion. Los Angeles, Cal—A woman trap- per, said to be the only one in Call- | fornia, is making a good Income fn the | vicinity of Lompoc, according to news | from Santa Barbara, in capture of | animals on which bounties are paid. Mrs. John Houk of Lompoc is the | woman, and the most recent catch | consisted of one mountain lion, five | coyotes, nine coons and two polecats, For Somnolent Smokers. A cigar held between the second ind third fingers, above the second | jvints. will not drop from the smok- | vrs hsnd if he falls asleep—New York Sun. feed HERD REINDEER