The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1922, Page 6

AGE SIX BISMARCK WINS SCORE 32 1018 By Basketball Team on its Long Trip on Road WASHBURN HAS ONE STAR Holtan Shows Up Well—Bis- marck Plays at Wilton To- night—Comes Horie une) * (Special to The Tri Washburn, N. I —Bisma high school’s fast. Ayal Meam chalked up: another victory last night Vv high school. The The game ¥ in- The visiting team played m taleulated to hold) the score of Washburn down rather ¢ e@ up an exceptionally hig. scor I Washburn to e Coach Swanish put in Halloran and. Kiudt rds, Brown; at. center} ar forw nd Middaugh at guards, ving the-standing guard. ke and Doyle r The W forward, foul goals and tree field bash of his throw ag from beyond the - center of the field. game of the long trip. vanish renewed his request for B s to drive up to the game a tonight and bring the team home. Otherwise the team must re- main over for a day. Tho team gen- erally is in good shape. Drive in Snowstorm vers have had many unusual trip, during which yed on all kinds of » towns they played ep! perienc ne they have floors. In th ance floors. ums were too small to permit good basketball being played. to travel ly the team was blizzard, though in most ins' the roads were found good for traveling. The Valley City defeat has been the ppointment to the team, al- Coach Swanish pays a high tribute to the Valley City team and. Valley City fans declared it was one of the best games seen there in years, | There were 600 people out to see the Valley City game, packing the gym- nasium. The Valley team is com- posed of veterans, most of whom have played together for four years. They play together without a trace of nery- ousness under all conditions. ©The Bismarck team was nervous in the early part of the Valley City game. During the first ten minutes the Cap- ital City men did not even hit the rim of the basket. After they got going they made the game sensational and close. The Valley City team used.a OVER WASHBURN’ Another Victory is Chalked Up WERE Sus LOOKING { 1 | lows | BY BILLY EVANS Star ball players often do the most reckless things at the most inoppor- tune times. Their carefree attitude in a number of cases have sericusly. impaiyed their own usefulness as well as caused. their club owner much woe, mentally. and financially. Wrestling in the clubhouse, which is usually’ fied with benches, concrete pests and other obstructions, is a fa- vorite amusement. Rough house on the Pullman, with only the narrow aisleway to work:in, is, another happy thought. Back: in,1995' “Foube”. Waddell, while in'a playful spirit, just about killed any chance Connie Mack had to beat the New York Giants in the world series. In the east there is a certain day in thé fall when: the straw hat becomes taboo. If a fellow chooses to. wear one, he does so at his peril. Friends cf his are always lable to bust the lid. Very often a scuffle ensues while the act is being staged. Coming into the Pullman as the Athletics were pulling out of Piston one evening late in the fall, “Rube” spied one of the players’ still using a straw skypiece. “Rube” decided to smash the straw. He sneaked up some jumps. | WON DETR: WHAT WE COULD LSE. NEXT YEAI ? STAR BALL PLAYERS TAKE MA CHANCES less for the rest of the season. to tell of a little incident that for a time threatened to put the New York American League club out of the race. trip through the west and had b mest successful, to Washington before coming home to short passing game, with fine team- work, w! Jon; fen: ‘Valley Ci January 13, and it is expected that the gan y in Drake, where-they just nosed’ out a victory. However, Drake has a splendid team and all men on the team have pl Th basketball the district Jasketb: into the battle for state honors. The t su auto and r in’ some of the small. A good crowd w: Lat Wash. | burn and a bi pwd al Wilton will | help, right matters. | to wi m: smi out a mile!” gale, with go dale. and Jolson warble there could be no voice so sweet as that voice of an a | to me ih-manner . one can say you're days the ump will get his Share ‘ot; praise; and if this change is really; du to give us umping guys’a chance, and name those great days in advance, so Ww tis aur. make every effort to turn tables in this game, The Bismarck team didn’t go so good argin slim. aw. block!” ber of ment of labor and le the Bismarck team used ger passes and a more driving of- sive. Vail spied y Plays Return Game. ity p in Bismarck on me Will be one of thé ‘best of the The Bismarck players / will ed together for four years. ey have 2 good coach and know Swanish believes vertain to win the I tournament and go e Drak Pp has not been a financial ey for the Bismarck team be- of the high cost of traveling, by Balla ds ‘of Baseball | (By Geerge Moriarty) | UNSUNG LINES | ‘ | I'm waiting for some jong- i greet me with a smilin p inte my troubled ea red guy | eye, and words that I'm waiting | to rush up to my Gid kid, you saw them | i | | to slide Tam hy @ bag and then dec ht in tuling him the loser Tm wait for e Na hook-slide into | le wearing frown or} wre right! Um | I know the sweet voiced nightin-| an fill the wood and | McCormack is an artist_true,| weetly, too; still} a-lete, who'd sing | kind: “Old top. no | blind!” Perhaps some of these new bori ue, friend players, we askeall of you e won't drop dead from the shock, | Bost hen you say: “Ump, I'm ‘out California has consolidated a num- commissions into a depart-| pat. industrial rela- ons. ae B.S. ENGE. D. C. Ph. C, Chiropractor £ Consultation Free of carefully and was pounce on the hat when the owner scuffle resulted George Stallings him, lly managed ito just in about to which Wad- put the straw | FARMER FRAZEE’S CROPS GO TO NEW Y \ | CANNING RRR TTETINCTTN ag ! NY FOOE hat. out of commission. However, be- fore he ff é mpljskedhis purpose, he had suffered an Mnfiiry Ad: his left 11m and back which réndered him use- Now that the American League -pen- is over, also ‘the world s t is not breaking faith . Two Stars Were Injured The team had just finished its final n The club jumped ‘in stage’ a/ couple of games there. Just ‘before the train pulled into Washington “Babe” Ruth and Wally Schang got into a friendly wrestling match over! some trival thing. The first clash resulted in a draw, some pf the players finally making the two quit their kidding, which some of the boys feared might result in an-injury to either of the stars. Ruth is just a big kid. He: wasn’t satisfied that he had been unable to make Schang | yell enough. Now Schang is one of the huskiest players in the game. Although “Babé’’ is con- siderably larger, Schang was a match for thim. ‘Cnce more the two went at it. Al- though the spirit was friendly, - yet, each was giving the best he had. Sud- denly Schang shifted his,\style, gave Ruth a sudden shove, and the two of them rolled over the side of, the seat MIRACLE MAN OF MINORS on Braves, in 1914. the won a pennant and a world championship with the s a| The Braves that year were consid- {ered a very ordinary ball: team. No jone gave the team a chance. Immediately Stallings, the “Miracle Man” of base- critics labeled ‘Bill Clymer, who will manage the Newark -team in the ~ j League next year, has been perform- 1ing stunts like that of George Stal- lings for years. The only title that he ever had hung on him was “Derby Day Bill.” reason for and the origin of that title Suite 9, 1—Leeas Block—Phone 268} is something of a myth, International The al | } | i ¥ | ' | | 7 | During his career as a minor league manager, Clymer has done many re- ‘markable things. He has won seven pennants, finished second six times and third three times. ‘ In four ‘other’ seasons he didn’t finish at all, having rows with the club owner (on three ‘occasions, while the war put the kibosh om one season. Clymer has been in minor Teague baseball, 32 years, 11 of which. were confined to playing and 21 to manag- ing. | Bill’s popularity extends from coast to coast. He admits maging in every minor-league, except those un- Wer the sea, ‘hig show, if he had ‘the ability. ci aie | worthy of a trial in the majors will ‘| baseball player. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ORK onto the floor.:That ended’ the: wrestl- ing. ~ Might Have Cost Pennant The next day Ruth sreported with a very lame back. It was given out that he had slept with a fan blowing | on him and had contracted.a bad cold. | Schang said his arm, and ‘back were | hurting him as a result of:a collision | at the plate a few days before, As a matter of fact the two were; out of the lineup-at a most important time simply because they chose to be playful) ona Pullman. However, ; there is always a bit/of sunshine when the gloom seems thickest.~ ‘The injury to Schang made it nec- ; essary that Manager . Huggins use, Catcher Devormer. The foolishness of ; Ruth and Schang gave Devormer his | chance. He made the most of it. In- | side of a weck he had'convinced Man- ager Huggins and-all the New York critics that the Yankees ‘had a most promising backstop... _.* i Previous to this Devormer had gone | for about four months, and tiad-been permitted to catch only. about:two in- nings. Necessity, created by foolish- ness, gave him his big’ charice. He made ‘good’ with sa; vengeance.. The Yanks need not werry ‘about’ the), catching departmen' i iS pee ee The failure of the minofs to agree on the, draft rule ‘is a direct ;blow tothe ambitions of every ‘bush. lea- gue player. i ve The goal of every ball player/is to make the grade to tlie big league. : It} is the real incentive that*spurs him on. It causes him to put forth his best efforts at all times.» it + 8 8 The minor leagues. have been the stepping stones “to. the. majors for years, The leagues of different clagsi- fication offered a gradual system ‘of pregrecsion, The: player was certain to ultimately get. his chance fm the; The failure of the minors. to agree on the draft~yas closed the doors of the majors toa great many. players. It will mean’ that a lot of players, be denied the opportunity, for a time at least, if not forever. Pr . There is one, class of players how- ‘ever who’ will profit immensely by the | {failure of the draft plan, as advo-} Leated by Judge Landis, to meet with | appr 1, T have in mind the college ' The major league clubs realize they} ‘must develop more players‘ now’ that ; {the minor league.school has in a [measure been closed to them. . They ' must dig up players wtih promise and) | spend several rs developing them. The colleges offer a big field for) | players-,of ability and promise. Of, ilate years, big league teams always} ; have scouts at all colllege games of jany importance.. Connie Mack for years has followed such a systent: | More and more the other major league ‘leaders are placing, their approval on} Connie's idea. ‘ y ef + % Take the case of Glen Killinger of ‘Penn State. Killinger was the sensa- ‘tion of the football world last season. ' He is said to -be-a great: ball player. | Hugo Bezdek, former manager of the} | Pittsburg Nationals, now director of ‘athletics at Penn.-State, thinks JKil- to. make jlinger has a, great chance’ good in the majors. “ > ee Killinger doesn’t graduate from i Penn State until Fébruary, but rumor {has it that he hassalready signed wita the New York Americans. “He is to, | kees. ay ‘Aldrich of Yale,who.is a star iu- fielder, graduates: from’ that institu- tion’in June. A \nuteber of major Teague clubs haveimage hi y. of- fers. As yet Aldgteh ‘hai signed i with any team.. He eant‘guite make }up ‘his-mind whether or not he wants ito. play professionally. o_o e The Chicdzo White Sox have made { Miller Hugging is the smallest mazi- more consideration than-ever before. | * 2 @ {ered Jevely. thousands. ables each institution: to secure com- means for development. ere colleges are constantly planning on the future. t keep their eyes open for promising athletes: they live. They report to their college. These reports are filed and looked in- to. ‘ability an effort is made to interest him in this or that.college. Of course RIGHT TITLE ‘Billy Evans Says | go south in thp-spring withthe Yan-} } : Tota jthem. I feel safe in saying that Wal-|- MILLER HUGHES 1S OF ALL TIME. — { ager in baseball, when stature alone is considered. When it comes to puling ‘baseball trades, Huggins is just about the big- in the business, ‘That goes literally. bs ‘When Huggins. puts over a deal, it seldom. involves one or two players as is customary with most managers. No indeed; there {s nothing. of the re- tail! trader about Huggins. He isa wholesaler ‘4€ there ever was one. ©» Six times in recent years Huggins has: put over’ deals involving seven players. One of the transactions was made while he was managing the St. Louis: Cardinals. The others were made since he joined the Yahkecs, anxtous, to secure him. Willard @ ready hag. won 13 letters at Colorado, four in football. and three each in bas- ketball, track janae baseball, Failure to adopt. the draft rule is going to prove a big boon to. the col- lege ball. player: likeWise. the ama- teur, He is certain to receive much ‘College football has entered the big business stage. is ’ 5 ean ‘No longer: is the gridiron game merely ‘a. form of competition to, set- tle an athletic rivalry, that has: ex- isted for years between certain insti- tutiotis of learning: if ~ ‘That was once the big. reasoh for college football: It was played sport's sake. ~ If finish the season by’ breaking even on finances everything was consid- eke 1 Those days are: over. ‘College foot- ball has developed -into a big spec- tacle that, commands the interest of Every. Saturday through- out the season, there are a number ct games in each section of the coun- try, Tegarded as crucial contests, «ee With the gate of many teame-run- ning 4vell over $100,000 it «ig posse o do things jn a big+way.' It en- petent coaching and also provides. ‘Like major league club.owners, the The alumni with the in- erest of their alma mater at heart in which in the sections 3 _* © If a player is found to have unusual “SPEED KING,” | IGH wg : 7 BY BILLY EVANS ‘Of all-the pitchers who have starred in the major. leagues which the most speed? This question is always a subject for much discussion.’ It is, of course, ‘merely a matter of opinion, since there is no-way to make an accurate comparison: between the stars. of the past and present can speak for the pitchers of the jJast 2Q years. During that time I have seen ail of the modern: stars in action. I have umpired for most. of one had ter Johnson, when in his prime, had just a little more speed than any of them. : *AVhen @ pitcher can go through the | American League for three years ‘using nothing but ‘a. fast ball he cer- tainly must have something on it. That was'the experience of Walter Johnson. Entering the American League in‘i907, when it was a very strong organization, Johnson breezed through for threo-years in sensational a very flattering offer to Lee Willard. ctar athlete at University of Colorado, Willard. plays either the infield or on! field, It is said Kid Gleason is vo style’ with a tast ball-as his only as- set. ‘Later, of course, . - he acquired a J ee nse seamen ane ments that would r team3 on the schedule of: their eleven. Very often some of the assistant coaches never see their team play. for}They are always away looking over a team managed to | future opponents: a thany amusement the question that formerly was? That is always ques- 10 miles, the: idea“being to’ ‘prevent the contes work: any hardship'on the dozs. tist and dog fancier of the Norti Woods, will pilot the American entry. There. will be several Canadian en- tries., and three cash prizes of $300, $200 and $100 for first, second and third place respectively. 4 42 miles to the Baisams hotel, Dix- ville Notch, N. H. -The second day. will cover 48 miles from Balsams to Lancaster and the third day 30 miles, from Lancaster to Berlin. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5,’22¢ I do not feel competent to draw any conclusions or make any comparisons -between. Rusie and Johnson. Hughey. Jennings, former’ Detroit manager, now assistant to John ‘Mc- Graw at New York, was a.star player when Rusie|was in his prime.» He bat- ted against -him many times Once he was hit. on the head by a thrown ball\from Rusie, and almost died as ~ # result of the accident. Jennings was manager of the De- troit club when Walter Johnson en- tered the American League. It is rather interesting that Johnson faced the Detroit club in the first major league: game he ever worked. What Hughey Jennings Says. It struck me that no person in Dase- ball was in a better position to pass judgment on Johnson and Rusie than Jennings. During the recent world. series 1 discussed the subject. with him. This. was his viewpoint: “Rusie and Johnson-are unquestion- ably the two best fast fall pitchers in » the history of the game. “It is hard-tor.me to say which pitcher had the most speed. Both weré very fast when in their. prime. They were almost unhitable, “The two pitchers used an entirely. different style of delivery.“ Rusie was over-handed all the time, while John- son is off the side. = “It is always much more difficult to follow the fast ball of a side-arm pitcher than an over-handed twirler. For that reason Johnson always seem-” ed a trifle faster to me than Rusie. “I am not. saying that he actually was faster. I am simply stating that the style of delivery employed by the two made Johnson seem faster, be- cause of the greater difficulty in fol- lowing a side-arm ball. “I suppose, a draw decision would set better, particularly with the old- timers, who have always, .regarded Rusie as the peer of all fast ball pitchers.” CHAMPION TRADER Here is a list of the transactions: : 1914 -- Traded Konetchy, Mowrey and Harmon to Pittsburg for Jack Mil- Jer, Butler, Dolan, Wilson and Robin- son, ,1916—Traded Cullop, Shocker, Nun- amaker, Maisel and Gedeon to the St. Louis Browns. for Plank and Pratt. 1918—Traded’ Love, Walters, Cald- wel and Gilhooley to Boston Red Sox. for Lewis, Shore and Leonard. 1920.—Traded. Shore, -. McGraw, Smallwood, Hannah; Hyatt, Love and Corhan to:Vernon for Mitchell. O’Doul was sent to San‘ Francisco for Love and Corhan, 1921—Traded Peckinpaugh, Quinny Piercy and Collins to Boston for Bush, Jones and Scott. ° _ i \ care must be used in offering induce- ‘eflect.on the ci e408 However, some {or the things done border. mighty close on professional- ism; Often a, two-hour .a day job. in some store nets some’ athlete $50 per week, ‘one-fifth: of; which is probably paid by the store and the other four: fifths by the alumi. ~ > * lege. { Football in the colleges is 2 big business. The game is a bigger spec- tacle. er ‘4 # Likewise all the bigger institutions employ a scout‘or scouts. The ‘duty of these scouts is to look over: the fe o- = i < | Sport Splinters — | 2 = > Judging from the way the magnates paid out fancy pricés for ball players, the season of 1921 was mst’ profit- able. If the paying of such prices“is . due to the desire to: beat the income tax, why not cut down the profits by reducing the price of admisison? That would serve the purpose, and make a much bigger hit“with fandoin. When finances play so big..a part always arises, is the atmosphere at- tending the sport-as’ wholesome as it tionable. EAST WILL CONDUCT FIRST DOG RACE One ofthe first dog races ever held in the east. will ‘be conducted by the Nansen ‘Ski.Club of BerNn, 'N. H., on Febuary 2, 3, and ‘4. it ‘The distaice ‘covered will be only ¥ unexpected should hap- pen, it ‘would’ seem that Detroit, had 10st. all’ chance of getting shortstop tt Scott, Cobb had hoped to build up his infield around this veteran star. Now that he has gone to New York, in exchange for Peckinpaugh, it would Seem Detroit hadn’t a look in. \ from ‘being 80 severe as to Jacques Suzzane, a well known ar- \ Lew Blue was unquestionably the best looking player to be developed in the American League last year. He played a bang-up game at first base ~ for Detroit. It was feared he wouldn’t be able to hit. However, his hitting was on a par with his ‘sensational work in the field. The race will be run for a silver cup. The first day of the race will cover Eddie Ainsmith is slated-to do most of the catching*for the St. Louis Card- inals next year, according. to Manager: Rickey. ‘Here is a catcher who was ‘waived out of the American League without any trouble. Pnoving that you can never tell in baseball. ‘ R JQHNSON WALTE Howard Shanks will have no oppo- sition at third base at Washington next spring. ‘Every year. the Nationals sign a couple of youngsters to replace Shanks, but they never get very far. It is said that Griffith has finally de- gided that Shanks is better than five 4 prone to take advanta; | League. or six other third sack in the © American,-and the job is’ hi: ‘Owen Bush, former Detroit Tiger star, now with ‘Washington, is anxious to try managing'a minor Jeague club, whea all the major league teams de- cide to waive on him. Bush seems to have a couvle of more years of big league ability in his system, and Grif- ith will probably bold on to him until © he has picked’ up a shortstop who will fill the bill at Washington. a Walter Johnson has been mentioned in conenction with “Zeb” Milan, as the next manager of the Washington club. Johnson would scarcely“accept the po- sition if it was offered him. Inci- dentally, it is doubtful if he would make)a good manager. ‘Walter is such a likable fellow, the players would be ge of his kindly < disposition. : Almost every club in the American League offered cash to Connie Mack for Joe Dugan. Connie was willing ta listen to trade talk at the American League meeting, but wanted players as well as money. Dugan, with his ability plus youth, is the most valu- able third sacker in the American “Red” Faber was one of the few ma- jor league pitchers who)wasn’t both; ered by the lively. ball--last . season. With a second division ball club, Fa-,~ ber had one of the greatest years of his career. He seemed to bea better ‘pitcher last year than at any time since he joined the Chicago club. His side arm spitball is a most deceptive of pace, but never was he more suc: cessful. than when he relied on his fast: ball. “ Believe me, it was some fast ball. He is the only pitcher I have ever worked behind who every now and then would ‘have me blinking because of his terrible speed. ates In those days batters didn’t dispute the umpire very much when he called a'strike on them with Johnson pitch- ing. A great_many of the good hit- fers actually didn’t relish coming up with Johnson pitching. Va Johnson Versus Rusie Often I have called a batter out on a third strike and had him turn around and ask me if it was overwand whether it was a fast one or a curve. It wouldn’t be in the form of a protest either as the player would often finish by saying: “I don’t know what it was or where it: was, I really didn’t see it.” Having settled the fact that John- son was the fastest pitcher of the last 20,years the argument comes up, “was he faster than Rusie?’ generally re garded as the peer of the old-timers, spéed alone considered. curve, a fair slow ball and a change} ‘Nover having seen Rusie in action, delivery. Elmer’Smith of the Cleveland clu” feels the same way toward Boston as Stuffy McInnis/does Cleveland. Smith regards Cleveland as: his home, and doesn’t like the idea of going to Bos- tion. “Incidentally, he doesn’t care to play on aclub that shunts its players around as does owner Frazee. Youth must be served in baseball as in all other sports. Of the players: who were active in : the American League back as far as 1906, Ty. Cobb is the only. one to remain in active service. . While Cobb lacks some jt the dash and: fire that .characterized his play a dozen years ago, he is still able to show the way to most of the athletes, young as well.as old. Ordinarily a player is delighted to get away from a second divisiom club, to join a team that has a chance to §vin the pennant.. That is what makes the threat of McInnis that he will not join the Cleveland club excite so much discussion. Mclinnis will ‘be with Cleveland when the season starts. No doubt he wants Mr. Frazee to hand over a bit of the purchase money. Here’s hoping he does. Unless Cleveland add® more pitch- ing strength, unless St. Louis patches up the weak spot at second, unless Washington shows a more consistent front, New. York looks like the one best bet in the American League to win. Of course, there is always a chance that some dark horse may upset the calculations,