The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1922, Page 6

- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 FARGO WINNER OF CAGE GAME WITH BISMARCK Local Team Loses by Score of 22 to 20 in Fast Game at Gate City arck high scheol’s bask to Fargo high se: st night by a scor The Fargo cage ketball 20 bles on the local team, ck the local team yed at B vic Bo nosed ov The ; fist throughout, m th ons both tea The § ton tonight. BASKETBALL GAMES FOR COMING WEEK er of Leading Teams Are) Not “Billed” For The Week End RESTING UP FOR MAR. 10-11 (By the Associated Pr Basketball play this week, among the high toward the end of the playing A number of the leading are not scheduled for the week s a means of resting themselves strenuous two days of tourna- ment agements, March 10 and 11. This is especially true of the high schools of the northern half of the state although Crosby and Berthold are announced to stage the mds‘ im- portant game of the year to the par- ticipating teams, unless the two hap- pen to meet’in some of the contests Jeading up to or including the state tournament finals. Both teams have lost few games sinc the first of this | year und the supporters of the winner | will feel their team has annexed some honors in the northwest part of the state. Another northern game, in which there is interest. is the meeting of Bowbells and Donnybrook, while the meeting of Grafton of the north and Wahpeton of the south should insure a | well matched contest. The southern half of the ‘state has Valley City taking its last workout before the tournament in a game at Cooperstown, while Bismarck goes west to meet Dickinson and Glendive, Montana. Bismarck has won from each one of these teams on the home floor and is expecting a warm recep- tion from their hosts. ‘A. C. and U,.to Meet. College basketball centers in the re-j turn game at the. University in. which the Agricultural College is visitor for a two-game series, and the appearance of the Valley City teachers’ college. team at Wahpeton against the State Science team there. Other college and normal school games are: Fargo at Moorhead, Minn., against Concordia; Forestry Normal at. Minot Normal; Mayville at Minot, and Moorhead Teachers at Valley City. The games announced for the week end ar ; February 27 — Fargo College at Concordia. Tebruary 28—Valley City Teachers at State Science. rch t—Forestry Normal at Mi- N. DLA. C. at the Uni- ville Normal at Minot Normal; Crosby at. Berthold; Bis- marck at Dickinson; Westhope at Bottineau; Donnybrook at. ‘Bowbells; Jamestown at Cooperstown; Lakota at Larimore: Napoleon at Eureka; Grafton ut Wahpeton. March 4 — Moorhead Teachers at Valley City Teachers; N. D. A. C. at the University;. Bismarck at Glen- alve. 1 CLEAN YOUR SIDEWALKS The heavy drifts from the last storm have made it impossible!» — fer the city snow plow to proper-' ly clean the sidewalks. There-| fore, the property owners are re- quested to have the sidewalks! cleaned by Tuesday morning. If| this request is not complied with, the,city will clean the same and assess the cost to property own-} ers, as provided by state law and city ordinance. Carl Bredy, Street Commissioner. LEARN —the— BARBER TRAE To the untrained: man and those diswusted with hard, | unsteady work, with small bey invite correspondence | Felative to the porsibilitics of | the Barber Trade. Gur en- | larged location with complete, togeuate equipment, latest | SSeS tent. instructors, best possibility become a. skilled’ operator in the shortest possible tim Gur graduates are in demand Free employment department. Reasonable tuition. Write for Free illustrated catalog today. ox marck team plays at Cassel-} school squads, tapers | |. ( | i | ; Jack Kerrn: Jack | Dempsey, is known ; Succ sful manage: | In fistic circles, the first thing |do to be a successful manager is to get a chance to handle a champion. |The sectnd thing is to get the cham- | pion real money for his bouts. When it comes to getting money, j Kearns is just about the word, ‘Dempsey's share of his fight with Carpentier amounted to only $300,000. With Dempsey, whatever Ke: says is law. a matter of t, Dempsey give: is manager: much of SMALL COLLEGES HAVE STARTED ALL TROUBLE manages one of the most in the fight game. i |Northwestern. Coach Claims Professionalism Is a Great Menace to the - Leading Institutions __ By GLEN THISTLEWAITE (Football Coach, Northwestern Uni- versity.) Overeagerness on the part’ of small- ey institutions to make a showing ‘in ithe athletic world has. proved to be a disturbing element in college and scholastic circles Crack baseball or football teams cause a college to be much advertised through the medium of the press. This is a much desired asset to the smaller institutions. -' ~ In an effort to get together such teams some of the smaller colleges have given tuition, room and board free to star scholastic athletes. In some cases the boys: have been com- pensated, usually, however, by having them work a few hours at some job. The bigger colleges, with estab- lished reputations, never recruit ath- letes in such a manner. : Sometimes the alumni of a college pull such’ a stunt, but surely the college should not be blamed for such an act. If a certuin shi; a star athlete, it is only natural for a college man to: try to induce that iPlayer to enter his college when he | graduates from high school. That is jloyalty. Sometimes the alumni. .of | certain colleges make it possiblefor a ‘star athlete to be financialy rewarded. | That practice is, of course, question- | able. is |_ The big evil is summer baseball. | Permitting the athletes. to take pay |for playing ball when not in college | would remove that evil. 7 | Professional football is not nearly |So serious a menace as. baseball. No iathlete during the School year should {be allowed to play with.an outside team. During that period they should |be placed on their honor. Js Co RON RU acer 4 SPORT SPLINTERS | wo 3 - a Bing Miller, traged by Washington to Philadelphia, is something of a hu- morist. He looks for a big improye~ ment in his hitting, as he says he ai- ; Ways ‘could swat them.on a minor league club. eee i That the Detroit club is ‘hard pressed for infield material is proved by the fact the-Tigers claimed. the veteran Gecrge Cutshaw, for second after all the other National League clubs had waived on him. Cutshaw had a pretty fair year with the Pir- ates in 1921. e 8 8 ‘é Contrary to the belief that exists in some quarters, the ball that is used in the American and National Lea- gues is fdentical in material and con- struction. s to o@ If Bobby Roth’s knee is in» good shape he has a great chance to make himself solid with the New York, fans. Roth will probably be called upen to sind | substitute for Ruth until Babe’s sus- | pension is raised. Bobby always gets e. | 2Way good in the spring. and when he ‘gets hold of a fast ball he can cer= | tainly give it a ride. 8 8 The St. Leuis Cardinals intend to use the Cleveland shift at first base this year. Jack Fournier will play when a left-hander is working for the opposition and Del. Gainor against right-handers, The two are former in Baseball} school team boasts | ™! the credit for the success the cham- pion has won, At one stage of his,career Dempsey , | was all set to quit the fight game. I ns had a difficult time to con- vince him that“he had a big future but finally won him over. ‘ Likewise Dempsey gives Kearns ail the © for the great left-hand the champion has developed. At one time Dempsey was purely a right-handed | fighter. Kearns, however, kept after him to develop a left. He used evéry method possible, and finally got re- sults. Dempsey’s left hand is now as much feared as.his right. RN Amenican leaguers. Each. hits the ball hard. a A great many fans regret that base running is being so much slighted in the last four or.five years in the ma- jors. A scarcity of good pitching, and a lively ball took much of the value out of the possibilities of brainy. base ‘rungingr Teams: constant§y played for a cluster of runs rather than only one. ‘ * 8 Jack Coombs, the veteran pitcher, is to Goach the Williams College team again. “Ira Thomas, who had that job. for years, generally finds a place for a Philadelphia player at that school since he gave up coaching. Po ee) Connie Mack says he is. confident his club will better its position this year. However, that doesn’t mean much of anything since Connie’s club has been last for seven years, It is due for. a change. ' Ballads of + Baseball | By George Moriarty THE MANAGER'S. SQLILOQUY, To yank or not to yank him, you hear each pilot sigh; ye gods! how 1 would thank him, if he would just get by. To leave him in and gamble that he will pitch O: K., or high+sign him to amble the yonder clubhouse ay. : That is the burning question each Manager must face; it gives me indi- gestion in my -bread-basket place. To take him out, or trust him in, trouble to his neck, with foemen wild to bust him, and make my club a wreck. To know.if that big dub is the guy to win the fray; .yes; that’s just where the rub is, it rubs every. day. ‘The scorebcard shows us _even,, the seventh inning, too; does that bird need. relievin’, or can he. weather through? ie jaa A Bingo! there gces a. single!, ’twas. hit right on the snout! There goes ‘another bingle—they’re yelling, “Take him oub!”-In- strategy 1-ponder_ to @odge the coming grief; I watch. the bullpen yonder, and think I’ call r& lief. Bape 0, there would be no slanders against the managers, if all were Alexanders, or Johnsoi-guys or-Kerrs. O, Hamlet! + I, the pilot; my. pitcher's being laced! » While thou, so, soft was thy lot—'twas only death thou faced. Leather is made of the whale’s stomach... earn EBEC All the thrills of airplaning. without the plane! the Citadel. He’s soaring down to a terrace 200 feet below. - SPEED, NOT TRICKS, HIS BEST ASSET Dave Danforth Claims His Large Hand Enables Him To Sail the Ball Without Roughing It, as Batters Claim : Sverre _— BY DAVE DANFORTH If a pitcher’ is able to get a good hop cn his fapt ball the batters im- mediately, insist; that. he is cheating. I have always , been fortunate enough to hayea pretty, good fast ball. Thai for years has gained for me the repuiation of, being a cheater, In baseball being.a@ cheated is for a pitcher to. make’ use of some, ille- gal means to, get.a hop on his fast ball. Use of emery. paper, or any oth- er method of roughening the ball will produce such a result... Opposing batters -haye never giv- en me credit fr having any brains. Any success that I have had on the ball field has always been credited, to illegal methods, SX While I om not trying to. pose as a “Christy” Mathewson, ‘still I feel that I am able to pitch intelligently. At jeast 1 fell that}] am able to match wits with most batters, and get away with it. ‘ Ever since 1 joined-:the. majors, and in the minors as well, I have been ac- cused of trickery to got results. 1 feel that such an attifude on the part of the players has had. qorsiderable to do with what little success I have had. When I am gelected.to pitch, op- posing players usually. go right up in is going to work, and it is up to them tordiscover what I am doing with the all, 2 Batters Are Suspicious When I am doing the pitching, most of the batters turn detectives for a day. Instead of swinging at my’stuff they are too busy trying to figure how 1am doping the ballThe old psychol- ogy, of the game enters into it. The batters quit concentrating on thoir hitting. , My. fast ball hasn’t nearly as much stuffon it as most batters insist. They are always looking for ‘something dif- ferent when 1 slip, them a fast ball, and then I fan them, with the most or- dinary, offerings. I, have, sean bat- ters’ miss a third strike, a fast ball as straight as a string, and insist that it dumped ee Inches: pitch just like any, other ordinar. individual. I use speed, a slow bail and a curve. Now and then I am able to make a fast ball “sail,” as we say in baseball, which means it takes an unusual hop, Howeyer, the unusual hop that al get on my fast ball every now and then is not the result of trickery.’ 1 have a large pair of hands, long tap- ering fingers. and am able to get a good. grip on the ball. In making it sail I hold the ball on the ends of-my fingers, and let it go in such a manner that, it pnoduces the desired result, a hop on the fast one. Never ‘Mars. the Bali I never mar a ball. Occasionally I rub the ball down; the, side of my trousers, as is often done by such pitchers as Shockor of St. Louis, Mays of New York, Leonard jof Detroit and a number of others, | *: i I have been credited with having every ning ~ but) brains. Anyhow I manage to outsmart them, nou win’ a lot, of ball games, Bh When the Chicago White Sox drop- ped me IJ felt pretty badly,. ‘I don’t believe I ever should have been drop- pew from the majors. Too much work iy fied bull pen robbed me of my fast I made up my mind to. prove th a lot of fellows made a mistake when I was waived out pf both major leagues. I think I have succeeded. Favors Lifting Ban . On Summer Ball BY HOWARD JONES, Director of Athletics; Iowa University. \ Professionalism thas’ no plac college athletics. % Pear Icettainly would be opposed to any- ‘thing which would permit, profession- als to compete on college teams. However, I believe that the class A universities have made such strict scholastic rules that the danger of a professional competing in these. uni- versities is extremely slight, In the first place a man in order to play on_a baseball.iteam in any con- ference school must have beep in residence over a, period of one and one-half: years, and must-have com pleted full work,in the. last two sem- esters of this time, which of course covers the period of one-year. Pergonally I can see no more wrong in a man earning some, money. in the summer playing baseball to help him through his college course, than I cam see. in singers going out on a Chautauqua circuit. Of course the matter is one entire- ly, for the un\versity authorities to de- cide, but I am of the opinion that the general sentiment throughout the various faculties, and general public ‘sentiment is in favor of permitting ithe college boy to play baseball in the summer for money. ‘If a rule should be. established whereby boys would play in the sum- mer, under: certain modifications, I SKI. the air. They figure the “old cheater” | Fifty-fiv That, is the record recéntly made.-by Alden White, star forward of the Crosby ‘High team of Waterbury. Conn, ; White is, the sensation of eastern scholastic sbasketball circles. His work has featured every game in which his team has played. Crosby High, which finished third in the national tourney: at* Chicago last year, has run rough-shod: over its eastern opponents during the present season. STAR SCHOLASTIC ATHLETE — - “To date Crosby has averaged 55 ‘points to its-opponents’ 20. The team is“entered in the eastern champion- ship meet: to ‘be: conducted by ‘the University: of Peinsylvania and has high hopes of winning. 1 Wpite’s record of 55 field goals in two’ games is regarded as eastern scholastic record. Twenty-two of them were made ina game against the Chicopee High (Mass.) team and 33 against the Brantford (Conn.) High. In the game with Brantford, the Crosby team had a field day, winning by: the lopsided: score of 153 to. 17. certainly would be in favor in com- bination with this of a rule prohibit- ing any athlete from participation from the ‘time he registers in the col- lege until he leaves the school. in June, a ball was lost. As a matter of fact, not even time was lost in hunting the ball, so clearly was its course outlined in the snow. The game has been labeled “Comet Golf.” If you like playing in the snow ‘try it. cee "6 [ COMET GOLF’ | - LATEST FAD | | Western Golfer Has Unique Idea for Playing in Snow ay * 2 oe] By. BILLY EVANS When the old golf germ gets you, it hits hard. It is no longer a six months’ sport, but an all-year-round game. Those fortunate enough -to be able to go south or.to the coast during ‘the winter. find plenty of inviting golf courses. é The city. of Miami, Florida, boasts: five courses, and, as a result, gets a big play, since the climate of Miami is always favorable for golfing. There are some dyed-in-the-wool golf bugs who play the game up north the year round by using the red ball. This is possible unless the snow gets too deep. ‘ From Portland, Ore., comes a tale of a new way to overcome the snow hazard. In that section of the coun- try there seldom is enough snow to prevent golfing all winter. Recently a severe snowstorm tem- porarily halted the golf game. It was too deep for the use of the red ball, which usually answers the purpose of winter golf. E. T. Parker of Portland is a golfer who hates to haye even the snow in- terfere with his game. He set about Billy Evans Says | -— Golf: is tha ‘only major sport on! which there is no age limit. se 6 * “It is a game that can be played from the cradle to the grave,” is the way @ well;known pro recently put it. » * e . Few ball players are of any great value after 35. On reaching thar stage their game begins to rapidly| slip. i wat * t * Most boxers have passed the peak of their career at. 25, perhaps 30 would be more conservative. . s 2 8 Jack Britton at 37 seems, to, be: go. ing as well as he ever did. For that reagon Britton is regarded. as the mar- vel of the boxing game. He’ is the Tare exception. ~ ®. * s Most football players are through at 30. Some of them long before that, although they refuse to admit it. - * e Last fall I watched: a professional football game between two teams: made up of former college. stars. A half-dozen players were All-America selections, * 0 8 Abeut five years ago one of the players was the sengation. of the football world. During his college career I had seen him play a number of times. It wag really: pitiable to to invent a contrivance that would| draw a comparison with those days overcome the snow hazard. Parker conceived the idea of driving | fall. and the form I saw him show last a tack into the ball and tying a red twine about two feet long to the tack, The ball was teed with the tail of twine in front, so that it would not catch the shaft of the club in driving. The improvised tail diagramed the course of the ball after it struck the snow covered ground. Eighteen holes were played and not Oe es UMPER IN DARING LEAP Queb:c ski-jumper in mid-air after leaving the take-off below Winter sport season at Quebec now is in, full swing. Every sport except golf places a severe-physical strain on the player. Golf, like every other sport, carries a mental strain. As a matter of fact perhaps no game requires the power of concentration more than golf. The physical strain, however, is entirely missing. * * 8 This is why. golf is the one sport that mock’- at time, the “cradle to the grave gamé,” as the professional put it. . 6 8 i Golf requires no sudden starts or stops, no long runs, no tackling, or body checking, none of the physical requirements of any of the other outdoor sports. i ‘ A * Eee a In golf most, players are just reach- ing a high state of proficiency when stars at other sports are being labeled as has-beens. As a matter of fact a great many athletes take up golf when no longer able to stand the strain of the sport, in which they won fame. eo ‘Bobby Jones at 20 is a Star among the amateur golfers. Walter J. Tra- vis at 60 recently played the Palm Beach course in 68. . * 8 What becomes of the great fighters, the champions, after they have passed out of the sporting spotlight? * During the summer we have evi- ‘ling “for . Wills. ball field. One day a player is a real hero because he won a game through some remarkable ‘play. The next day. he is a dub when he loses the game because of eomte misplay. When a champion is at the height of his career, he is the most talked about individual in the country. ee 8 However, when a champion loses his crown, and drops out of the public eye, he is soon forgotten. The sport- ing’ public is mighty fickle. * 8 8 During this pugilistic heyday Young Corbett was one of the most colorful , fighters in the. game. Corbet fur- nished ‘plenty of copy for the news- papers’ because he was decidedly orig- inal. * 8 8 Many of the fight fans of today have forgotten about Young Corbett. Those of the older school, while hav- ing a keen rembrance of some of his gredt fights, have no idea as to the present whereabouts of the man’ who was once the idol of the prize ring, se 8 In his day Terry McGovern was a great little fighter. There was some- thing about Terry’s style that made a hit with you. He was a real fighter who never gave an Inch, who carried the fight to his oppenent from thé tap of the gong to the end. of the round. . # 8 McGovern was a popular hero. He was regarded as invincible. And then there came out of the west a young man by the name of William Roth- well, who had taken the name of Young Corbett as ils zing monicker. ‘* Young Corbett was matched with Terry McGovern. No one conceded Corbett a chance. Terry would sure- ly knock him out, was the verdict of all the. experts, Conn. Corbett knocked out MeGov- ern in two rounds. It was one of the ‘most sensational bouts in the history. of the ring. He had: come from the west prac- tically unheralded and in two short rounds: had beaten down the great McGovern, “Terrible Terry.” He was offered fabulous sums by, promoters to box and fancy salaries’ ‘by “rival - theatrical producers. a Nea : * qIn a few short years Corbett made perhaps a quarter of a million dol- lars. That was some money in those days, He lost most of his money as quickly as he made, at * So-called friends found him easy to touch. He bet on horses that ran last, and was a fall guy for the wheel. When he lost to Jimmy Britt it was the turning point in his ca- reer. * 8 8 From then on he didn’t seem to care, He slipped rapidly as a fighter and was soon in the has-been class. His ability and most of his money was gone. Broadway, which owed Him a lying, has treated him rather shabbily. s 8 Now, after 21 year3 on Broadway. he is going back home. Going back to his dad who owns a little farm outside of ‘Denver. He is tired of Broadway and the bright lights. eo Young Corbett told his’ story to Charles Stoneham, owner of the New York Giants, the other day. Stone- ham staked him to a roll. Young | @orbett has bid Broadway goodby. It made him and broke him. soe Is the public interested in 4 match be- tween Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills? * . .* Wm. A. Brady has come forward with an offer of $200,000 for a meet- ing between the two men. * #8 Dempsey is the champion heavy- weight of the world. Wills is con- ‘ceded to. be the greatest negro fighter at the. heavyweight Hit. . Is there a demand for a meeting between the two men? Certainly no other fighter in the game today has a better chance to win from Dempsey than Wills. ‘ *- @¢ 13 } 3h. Talk of another meeting between Dempsey and Carpentier ‘ie ridicu- lous’ Of course, no one can blame Dempsey for looking on such a bout with favor as it would be soft pick- ing. aie @ Possibly the foreign- critics can bunk the fight fans on the other side into cpueine over such a match. However, I have my doubts about iH ie « ee t q I saw the Dempsey-Carpentier fight. Carpentier showed a ylangerous right hand. He had Dempsey in trouble once but only for a few moments. Carpentier is simply. physically un- fitted to cope with the champion. A . 8 ve | Jack Kearns, who is managing , Dempsey, is quoted in a news item, saying he didn’t look on the prd- posed match with favor. . 8 Kearns is reported to have said that Dempsey hasn’t drawn the color line, that he has no fear of meeting Lewis, but. that both he and Demp- Ngey believe it is a risky business proposition. Kearns says he doesn’t believe the public would support the ; match. ee e 8 #y ‘That is a rather funny statement, when one considers the proposition made by Wm A. Brady. The New York promoter guarantees Dempsey $150,000 and Wills 950,000. Why |should Kearns worry as to whether of not the bout would draw, just so | long as he gets shis money. . * At Toledo Dempsey punched Bill Tate in sparring bouts as he pleased. Tate, it seems, make things interest- Dempsey shouldn't fear Wills. Im all probability he doesn’t. All of which makes the statement of Jack Kearns rather hard to understand. ‘Average women have heads broad- er in proportion to their length, and darker eyes and hair than men. Whale’s skin is so thick it can be dence of that fact every day on the | split into several layers. a The bout was etaged at Hartford)’ ri