The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 24, 1922, Page 8

i } 1 : if PAGE EIGHT ~— ICE CHAMPS WILL RACE "AT CHICAGO Leading Juvenile Skaters of Twelve Cities Will Compete; For National Honors, Much Glory and Many Medals By ROY GIBBONS Chicago, Feb. 24.—There’s a big! stack of gold, silver and bronze med- als waiting for lucky winners among | the six picked schoolboy skating} teams representing as many cities who will clash here in the first_na- tional scholastic skating meet, Feb- ruary 25. , Squads of 18 boys each, recruited from grammar and high schools, are coming to Chicago on that date from Cleveland, New York, Milwaukee and Detroit. Plans are all set here to make the event “a hot time in the old town on that night and for several nights pre- vious” with big parades, concerts and/| general festivities all on hand to con- tribute their share of cheer to the youngsters. | It is to be “Boys’ Day,” says Mayor. William Hale Thompson, under, whose direction and auspices the meet was called. . \ “We're going to take ‘advantage of the occasion by showing these young- er citizens from other cities just what a fine host Chicago can be once it spreads itself.” In all, there will be about 100 ep trants who will compete in the eighth, the quarter, the half, the mile, and re- lay programs. Leading Skaters to Compete The visiting teams are coming here as challengers in an attempt to re- trieve the national intercity scholastic! championship claimed by the Chicago team owing to its series of victories through the east last wnter. | The matches will start at 2 o'clock! in Garfield: park with the entrants graded off into five classes: novices and grades A, B, C and D. i Besides the purely speed events the; relay races hold out much interest to devotees. Mayors from several of the visiting cities will be, here in person to make up the committees for reception and’ awards. Says Mayor Thompson: "i “Tell all the boys to come and come early. The longer they stay the bet- ter I’ll like it. And tell them to be sure and have a good time when-they get here. And I want each one to see me in my office to shake hands.” GOLF GAME IS HARDEST TO MASTER, Most Beginners Start to Play! i SOHN HAS SETTLED OVER 100 FIGHTS it is another, On February 22, 1912, Johnny Kil-; bane won the featherweight title from Abe Attell at Vernon, California. Kilbane has held the title ever since, al on the twenty-second of this month celebrated the tenth anni- versary of lifting the crown. No oth- er fighter cnder the Marquis of Queensbury tules can boast of such a record. A year after winning the title {from Abe Attell, Kilbane defended it against Johnny. Dundee. The bout went the linrit, 20 rounds, and was declared a draw by Referee Charley ; Eyton. ball correctly, the rest of his body will co-ordinate with his judgment. When a batter swings at the ball, he gives no thought as to how he will look when he finishes his swing. His main object is to keep his eye on the ball and hit it properly. ~ If he does ‘that his body will. assume its proper position at the finish of the swing. The follow through idea is. really considerable of a joke with most of the professionals. They know that if the eye is kept on the ball and the With That Impression, Which’ Professional Stars Claim Is! Great Mistake to Make » Golf has generally been consid- cred the hardest of all games to.mas- er, Does such an impression do the game an injustice? Does that view- Point tend to'make the efforts of the beginner all the more difficult? At a recent meeting of a number of professional golf players im New York, it was my very good fortune to hear this question thoroughly thrash- ed out. A great number of the best players in the country do not agree with the statement that golf is the most diffi. cult of all games o master. Don’t get the impression. that any of them regard it as an easy. game to to learn. Far from it, However, ‘the consensus of the golfers I heard dis- cussing the question, was that the game was not nearly as hard to mas- ter as the beginner really thinks it is. Most players take up the golf game with the wrong impression. They start out believing that to play good golf one must be a special- ist, and give up much of his:time to the game. ‘They start out. with a:number of peculiar theories, the result .of per- haps years of gossip they have heard other golfers disseminate. They all start, feeling they are taking up a game that only a very few ever Taster. They are in the wrong frame of mind from the: very outset. When one ‘starts to play tennis, handball, or any of the: other sports he doesn’t have the impression that he is try- ing to master a game in which only a few become expert. Sova Perhaps no one feature of golf is overdone more than the follow through idea. The beginner jn golf has seen thousands of pictures showing the finish of this or that golfer’s swing. He has heard time and again that a golfer doesn’t get. anywhere unless he has the old follow through to his swing. Golfers Start Out Wrong With a great many people the sole thought when they start to play golf is how the stick should be when they finish their swing. That is one of the hardest features the instructor ‘has to overcome. In baseball when a player catches a fly ball he doesn’t pay any attention to the position of his feet, hands or body. He simply keeps his eye on the ball, knowing that if he judges the oS STOMACH MISERY, GAS, INDIGESTION, TAKE “DIAPEPSIN”). “Pape’s Diapepsin” is the quickest. surest relief for Indigestion, Gases, Flatulence, Heartburn, Sourness, Fer- mentation or Stomach Distress caused by acidity. A few tablets give almost immediate stomach relief and shortly the stomach is corrected so you can eat favorite foods without fear. Large case costs only few «ents at drug store. Miilions helped aunualy. swing properly done until it meets the ball,’that the rest will follow. In goif, the proper swing .is the thing. Flr more ‘important is to keep one's eye on the ‘ball. Concen- trate on hitting the ball in a proper manner, ' Don’t take the eyeoff the ball to follow’ its flight before the club actually. comes ' into contact with it. It a player gets into such a habit he isn’t going to get many thrills out of his drives. The ‘ball isn’t go- ing to go very far. Keep Your Eye on Ball The big thing As to hit the ball properly. What is done before the ball is hit is far more important than how your club and body look when you finish. First hit the bali properly and the finish will be in keeping with the hit. That in substance is. the way the game's leading professionals view the thought that golf is the most difficult of all games to master. Which narrows it all down to the mental attitude of the player. Just make up your mind that there is nothing mysterious about the game. Follow the instructions offered by the professional to. the letter, and dont |get the impressfon' you are master of the game after a few les- ns. And, cf all things, forget the thought that you must follow through. Do the first pant of the swing cor- rectly and the proper follow through will naturally result. SORINSY “WIEDANE affair, and Eilbane was fortunate to be favored by the referee's decision. ‘ In 1916 George Chaney loomed up as the fighter to dethrone Kilbane. His record cf knockouts caused fight experts to make him a favorite over the champion. Kilbane knocked Chaney out in three rounds to the great surprise of the pugilistic world. On September 17, 1921, Danny Frush met Kilbane for the title, So confident was Frush of victory that he took on the bout for merely.a guar- antee of training expenses. Kilbane received : $60,000. | Billy Evans Says During the football season, in read- ‘Ing the accounts of the big games on the coast, it was not at all-uncommon to read about many a forward pass that traveled 40 or more yards. o ee In the east a 50-yard pass is re- garded as most remarkable. Muller of California thinks nothing of hurl- ing the old football through the’ air for 50. yards.” oe ee te A prominent eastern coach who, saw California trim Ohio State, and ‘who also attended the. Washington and Jefferson game in which California was held to a.tie, offers a very inter- osting and plausible explanation: for the long passes that are made in coast football. Here is his line of ceasoning. e ° e “There is a great difference in the atmosphere on the coast as com- pared with the east. The air is light and lacks resistance. A ball will ‘ravel much farther under such con- ditions. * 2 @ “When Ohio State and California vlayed on New: Years Day, 1921, Workman, Ohio? State’s ‘quarterback, was: out-throwing his receivers all through the first half. He could not understand it . “Workman was putting no more ‘stuff’ behind the ball than back east and still the ball was traveling from 5 to 10 yards farther than' it ever did before for him and his receivers could not get to the ball . ee “Between halves he was told of the difference in atmosphere. In the sec- ond ‘half the passes went. better for he threw with less force than he ever ENDURANCE REQUIRED FOR THIS: Ss Many of the sports at the winter carnival at Banff, Canada, furnished more thrills than the snowshoe races, but none of them required more en- durance. This shows the finish of the one-mile race, YER ONCE INA WIL Sot WIPPER TIWKS “SONN CS Soar Winning a, championship title in any| ‘That is theiclosest Kilbane has! Kilbane knocked out Frush in sev- branch of sport is one thing, holding come to losing’his'crown in 10 years. bout |The’ Dundee: bout ‘was a very even en rounds. In this bout Frush claimed | the title on’a foul, put Referee Walter Kelley refused to allow ‘+ and made him continue, : { In 1917, due to lack of good feather- weight. material, Kilbane essayed en- tering the ilghtweight class and met ‘Champion Benny: Leonard. In that bout ‘Kilbar~ . suffered the: only knockout of his career, Leonard stowing him away in the third round, John L. Sullivan, who is credited with holding the.heavyweight title for 12 years under the London prize ring and Marquis. of Queensbury rules is the only fighter. to approach the rec- ord set by’ Kilbane. ! did in his, life and still the ball went as far as he ever threw.-tt. wee. @ “Sam ‘thing with ithe sprinters on the coast: ‘They-do remarkably well, due to pheric cétiditions. Same: On air Is goes for. weigh: 12 s any idea of the advantages, gained‘ due’ to the atmos- pheric conditions. in California. 1 would wager that i¢’Muller played on an eastern gridiron He'would find his asses cutidownby)from 5 ‘to 101. yards and maybe: more,” jsthe ~ college ry ‘day ‘britigs. forth: new devel- opments of @ most | interesting nature. ‘The latest school to qualify is Ne- ,braska. Two oftthe stars of the team have admitted charges of pro- fessionalism. : 4 eo 8.8 : Swanson, who captained the 1921 eleven, and was one of the best ends in the country, has been found guilty. Pucelik, ‘one jf the ‘best guards in the game, was the other offender. ' Hardly had the news of Nebraska's part in the scandal died away, when Pufdue made another entry into the affair. Site fe : Hf ese 0 Six Purdue players, according to! the story, took part in a professional game after the close of. the college season. eee While new developments come thick and fast in ‘the west, nothing has come out of the east. It doesn’t seem possible that all the profession- ; alism in'college football is confined to the west. : ee 8 , One of, these days the secret will break loose in one of the eastern in- stitutions. ‘When it does, things will: happen. Money has just as much fascination east as west. The moral fiber of the college athlete in the eust is no stronger than in the west. For years the amateur in sport has been a joke. Possibly it will continge to be that way. College restrictions are so severe, they, seem t> invite deception on the pert ot the athletes. Every so often every sport needs a thorough cleansing. It seéms that such a condition“now. exists in col-| lege athletics. ‘Things had to break sooner or later. It is a geod thing for the sport that Illinois and Notre Dame started a house cleaning. Athletics in ‘the colleges have de- veloped into a big amusement enter- prise.’ A readjustment of conditions ig the only answer. ~*~ ee ¢ The champion bag ‘punchers rarely have any particular standing as a boxer. The strong men in a circus are a joke when .they take up the wrestling game, or boxing. v Others insist that Kirkwood, be- cause of the many trick shots in his. Tepetoire, has a number ‘of ways of playing the same shot. In competi- tion, he is often undecided as to what style to use, with the result that he usually selects the wrong, one, ee @ I have watched Kirkwood 6m sev- eral occasions give his exhibition of trick golf. One day I was in com- pany with two of the country’s lead- ing professionals. Their observations on Kirkwood’s playing interested me. ier Son a Kirkwood’s bag’: .of —golf’ tricks, however, added . something. new- to the game. The stunt will always “be a big money getter, ‘It is “hardly| possible that after spending so many. years to perfect the trick game, that he will give it up in hope that it may aid him to win a championship. ee The. consensus was that Kirkwood, in playing many a trick shot, was forced to take a stance contrary to the right way of playing the shot, if no trick result was desired. SNe: The “pros” figure that this con- stand changing of style was found to affect its rythm and steadiness. They claimed it was certain to react on bis form, and with golfers form is everything. oe 8 Johnny Buff is the bantam champion. However, if he ever meets Pal Moore to a decision, there ig liable: to be a change in that division, Moore was the unanimous choice of all the critics in the Milwaukee bout between those two fighters, s 8 8 Who.is, the middleweight cham- pion, Bryan Downey or Johnny. Wil- son? \ $ eee ‘Wilson is still carrying around a badly damaged crown. . He is general- ly recognized as the champion. be- cause his hand-picked referee said Downey fouled ‘him in their Cleveland bout. x * 8 @ However, I will take Bryan Downey for mine. Incidentally I believe that fight fans all over the country take the same view. The record of the two FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1922 AUTO SHOW AND SPORTS PROGRAM FOR DULUTH Duluth, Minn., Feb. 24—Followers of both indoor and outdoor sports at the head of the lakes, especially those in the twin ports and on the Minnesota iron ranges are to be en- tertained in one of ‘the greatest weeks of the winter. beginning today, ac- cording ‘to promoters interested in staging the following events: Northwest Bowling association an- nual tourney; national indoor skating championship events; Johnny Nichols- Jimmy Delaney boxing contest; city skating championship events; district ski tourney; local and district curl- ing events; local indoor baseball league. games and local and district basket ball games. In addition ‘the annual Duluth Auto Show will take place in , the same week. The ‘program for the week will be arranged so that one event will not seriously conflict with another. RECORDS ARE + ONLY PART fighters during the last six months would win popular approval for-Dow- ney, all other things being . equal, which they are pot. “ : The public likes champions ‘who fight. - Wilson hasn't’ fought any since his bout'at Jersey City with" Downey. There ate of coursé*tWo. fedsons for his failure to engage in°a’ bout that would ‘risk his title. In ‘the first Place Wilson doesn’t care much about fighting. In ‘the second: place there are few places that want to see him fight. He ie under suspension’ in practically every state where fighting is permitted. x" Downey, on the. other hand, -is al- ways willing to meet.any fighter who meats. the approval. of; worth-while promoter. In the:last two monthe he has met two of the toughest boys in the middleweight division, Happy Lit- tleton and Younk Fisher. In knocking out Littleton in five rounds, Downey accomplished a feat far too difficult for Bob Roper, Mike Gibbons, Chuck Wiggins, Harry Greb and a number of others. * * Downey is a fighter, not a boxer, yet is really clever in his own pecu- Mar -way. During the last’ three months he has greatly perfected his left hand. His left jab now carries’ with it-a snap that: does much to up- set ‘his opponent and make him a mark for Downey's right cross. which packs.a real knockout, Kick. : 4 . There is one thing. about Downey that makes a hit with the fight fans. He seldom disappoints: If a bout in which he is one of the principals fails to please, blame can never be attach- ed to Downey as he is always trying. ., Downey has just ne ambition in life... He seeks to have the world recognize him as. the middleweight chanipion. He realizes that at pres- ent. his claim to the title is rather clouded, | He also knows, the. only way to have the public recognize, him'as the real thing is to fight his way to it. HAZEN CAGERS- ARE VICTORIOUS Killdeer, N. D.. Feb. 24.—On Tues- day night the Hazen boys basket team went to Killdeer and defeated the fast Killdeer high team, 35 to: 19. The first half was very even, first one side having the lead, then the other, ending 9-6 in favor of Hazen. The second half both sides did more scoring and found the loop-hole more often. .Reib and Staley scored many long shots from the middle of the floor and both were very fast at fol- lowing in thei x Hazen’s defense built, araynd . Young and Stoelting was very strong, forcing the Killdeer team to take long shots. The final count of the game was 35-19 in favor of Hazen. Jensen starred for Killdeer, making 17 of their bi points. GE Killdeer being snowbound another game was played Wednesday night. In the second game played between the -two schools, the score was very much ‘the same, Hagén' Winning, 40 to 20." "The Hazen team ‘wete'in mucii better Yorm in the second game thelr passing! being fast and thelr basket Shooting very accurate the first halt ending 20 to 4. Smith did the great- er part of the scoring the first half. In the second half Killdeer’s shooting was much better. The final count of the game was 40 to 20. This was the 16th victory for the Hazen team. Special Children’s Matinee to- morrow at 2:30, Capitol Theatre, the record of 16 strike-outs, had I showing “The Three Mus- \keteers.” | _.. Gerri_von Oberklamm is called a away. He’s a German police dog and is valued at $10,000 b: owners, John Gans and the Rexden-Belcarza Kennels, Staten Island. He's the highest-priced dog shown at the recent New York show. _ : OF SPORT Walter Johnson Says Success of His Team Always Came Be- fore ‘Any Effort on His Part to Break Any Records BY WALTER JOHNSON, In hanging out the many records that you have made, particularly your different strike-out ‘performances, have you ever given a thought to the fact while pitching? Records have never entered into my nitching in the slightest. That ‘is as far as actually trying to create the record. { Nature endowed me with a fine ghysique and armed me with a great fast. ball. I have simply pitched to the best of my ability, and the records that are credited to me simply hap- vened. It is all very nice to break, some record that has been standing tor years, but I don’t think a pitcher| should ever set such a happening as his goal. The big thing is to always give your best efforts to your club. Try your best to win, regardless of how you nitch. I get a great deal more satis- faction winning a ball game 10 to 9, in which I have been hit hard, rather than losing a 1 to 0 affair, in which T have pitched well-nigh perfect ball. ‘Without any ego, I am positive that there have been two' or three occa- sions during my career where I might have broken the strike-out record had I gone the limit.to the very end. I recall one game in which I had 10 strike-outs in five innings. I was at my best. In the sixth inning my. club got me a six-run lead and I eased up, getting only. two strike-outs in the last four innings. In the final game of this year, when I struck out. 10 of the Philadelphia club, I believe I could have ‘broken been: pressed. In that game five of the strike-outs came in, succession’ in the third and fourth innings. We won that game, 11 to 6. Had it been a close affair} I feel positive: I could have broken the ‘record, as my speed was terrific. However, when my team got: me a good lead, I eased up, thereby losing a chance to break the record. I feel that every pitcher should subordinate himself to his club. He should ease up the moment he has a big lead. regardless of his chance to break: some record. Some pitchers make the mistake of going the limit’ regardless of the score. ‘Such methods work against the best interests of your team, as well as yourself, It is a waste of| power. JOHNSON HAS NO USE FOR ~ BEAN BALL Famous Pitcher Has Never Re-| sorted to Unfair Methods Over! the Batter for Achieving His; Remarkable Success f BY WALTER JOHNSON JOSEPH DRAKE “When I say that I weigh twenty- five pounds more than I did a short time ago it- speaks volumes for tae merit of Tanlac,” said Jos. B. Drake, 430 Belmont Ave., Springfield, Mass. “The first thing Tanlac did for me up my stomach. It wasn’t long be- fore I was eating: things I hadn't dared touch for years and anyone to see the hearty way I eat now would find it hard to believe that a few weeks ago I was dyspeptic and living on the lightest kind of diet. “Another good thing Tanlac did for me was to drive the rheumatism al- most entirely out of my system. In fact, I can truthfully say it has made me feel like a now man in every ;way. It certainly is a grand medicine.” Tanlac is sold in Bismarck by Jo- s2ph Bres'pw, and by leading drug- gists everywhere, Adv. gram. When they stepped to the plate against me they did so with confi- dence because they knew I would never resort to such tactics. Playors on my team, after some or- dinary hitter would get one safe, would walk over to the, pitcher’s box and say to me: “Dust a few of those fellows off Walter: Don’t let them get a too hold. Throw a scare into them. ° If I had your stuff that lucky ~ sti wouldn't make a foul off me. My teammates had no desire that I try to hit anyone, they simply thought I was giving the’ batter too great an advantage because he knew I-wouldn’t resort to unsportsmanlike conduct. Ever since I have started pitching I have always thought if I couldn’t win without throwing at the batter's head, I would quit. : A few years ago when I was having my troubles winning with my usual regularity, some of the boys insisted now was the time for me to dust a few of them off. They figured I was slipping and that I could prolong my career by such tactics. There was never a fear on my part that I might kill a batter. With the great control that I have always had, I could have intimidated the batter without. entailing pny danger. T have never used the “bean ball,” simply because I don’t believe in such tactics to win. After all, there ts something besides mere victory in sport, the spirit of fair play. eae Ss EE) EIDE ATE SITTIN | A QUERY ADAY | oS —+ There is a runner on first and one. oat. On the first pitch to the next batter the runner on first starts to steal second. The umpire, working close behind the catcher, interferes with the throw of the catcher to sec- ond. ‘The ball goes to the outfield. The runner, who had started for sec- ond, continues on his way to third and is thrown out at that base. What is the proper ruling? . 8 8 When. the umpire, working back of the plate, interferes with the catcher in making-a throw to catch a base- runner, the ball becomes dead. The runner, who. was retired at third, should have been sent back to his original base, first, as no base can be run on such an interference play. ‘What do you think of the system re sorted to by some pitchers of throw- | ing the ball close to the batter's | head in an effort to intimidate him! and thereby make him much. easier | to pitch to? i “Dusting the batter off,” as such aj practice is called by us players, has | never had the slightest appeal to me. | During my entire career as a pitch- er 1 have always been blessed with! good control. .It didn’t take the bat- ters hong to realize that intimidating | the batsman was not part of my pro-| THE COSTLIEST — Ee shepherd, but that “von” gives him his joint Special Children’s Matinde to- morrow at 2:30, Capitol Theatre, showing “The Three Mus- keteers.” TRANSFERS ON REALTY FILED Realty transfers recorded at the of- fice of register of deeds’ includes: Raymond Burman to Henry Bur- man, Riverview addition, lot 2, block J. T. 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