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PAGE SIX LOCALS LOSE BOTH GAMES High Casselton and Fargo Schools Register Cage Vietories The Bismarck High School. team returned from its invasion of the east- ern part of the state without having accomplished its object of beating argo and Casselton. The local team lost to Casselton in an overtime fray, 30 to 28, -Saturday night. B the best Bismarck point-getter ng five field goals. rgo d rck 42 to 20, $ reported first ry the telephone. Fargo outplayed k inthe first half badly while 1 Fargo on an even nd half, each team making in’ this session. Brown a , for Bismarck, got three field goals each. VALLEY CITY — TO HAVE TEAM Valiey City, N. D,, Feb. 27.—J. H. Sampson says that Valley City will have a Dakota League baseball club for the 1922 season. He says that, while they are many business men in the city whom he has not yet seen, he has collected about $1,100.00 in cash and about the same amount in post- dated checks. citizens will give him sufficient sup- port to enable him to raise the nec- essary $1,500 which has to be placed} with the league, head as a guarantee of gocd faith. tea There was to haye been a meeting at Sioux Falls on the 25th for the| final formation of the, league, but, ow- ing to the bad weather, this has been postponed and will likely be held on March first or second, BENNY LEONARD _ BESTS MORAN ‘New Orleans, Feb, 27--Benny Leon- ard, lightweight champion of the world had the better of Pal Moran of New Orleans, in their 10 nound no de- cision bout last Friday. night, at the Leuisisna auditerium. Moran made a remarkableyshowing, sticking his chin cut to the’champion on several occa- sions, and rushing the champion at times. He had the better of two of the rounds, and “held ithe champion even in another, : Lecnard fought most of the battle with his left Hand. ‘He said after the bout he had injured his right hand by hitting Moran ‘on the head in the first round, He scemed fresh after the bout. Moran also seemed strong, but ‘@ little tired. COACH HAS BRAND NEW GRID PLAY By NEA Service { Syracuse, Feb. 27.—John F. (Chick) | Meehan, head coach of the Syracuse; University. football team, is in favor! ,of doing away with the goal after touchdown. : ‘Meehan, by the way, is the young- est gridiron coach of any big college | team in the coyntry. i ‘Meehan’s views on'the goal after! touchdown have not been influ-| enced by any tough breaks over this} play, as Syracuse has not missed a| goal after touchdown in three years. “It isn’t very difficult to kick a goal . after a touchdown. As a matter of} fact, it is seldom that one is missed,” | says Meehan. H “Why then have anything so easy in the game? I feel that if the goal after touchdown is retained there ought to be a penalty for missing the goal. “Instead of: adding a point when | the goal is successfully kicked, as, is | customary, the score would remain} the same. However, if the goal after | touchdown is missed one point should | be deducted from the team’s total. | “It has heen suggested that some new angle be introduced to take the} place of the goal after touchdown. | “One suggestion is that the ‘ball be | put in scrimmage on the 15-yard line, | He is confident that the} wo ee Scott WAS “TAKEN PART IN 832 CONSECUTIVE GAMES, i <A, | OS \ AE, WAS CLAIMS StakeD ALL -RROLUND SCOTT LEADS ALL PLAYERS ' IN SERVICE Star Shortstop of New York Yankees Has Not Missed Game Since 1916, and Has Played in 832 Consecutive Contests _ ; By BILLY EVANS Everett Scott, recently acquired by the New York Aimericans, is the “iron man” of baseball. © Playing shortstop, perhaps the most dangerous position on the diamond with the possible exception of catcher, Scott has taken part in 832 consecu- tive games. z Aside from’ piling up a cord for consecutive games covering a period of six years, Scott has also produced another record for that period, by leading the short fielders ‘in fielding for six consecutive years. Scott, who is one of the most re- markable shortstops in the history of the game, also halds a few other rec- ords in the fielding line. In 1919 Scott played 188 games and made only 17 errors. When one con- siders the importance of the short- stopping position and the many diffi- cult plays that he is called upon to make that feat is a marvelous one, During the season of 1919 Scott handled 276 putouts and 423 assists perfectly. Likewise he holds the best fielding record for a shortstop cover- ing a season’s play. In 1918 and 1919 his average was .976. Scott Is Not Husky _When Scott’s physique is considered his endurance record is all the more remarkable. He is anything but husky, yet he stands up year after year under the strain without the| slightest semblance of a break, In addition Scott is a player who is constantly taking chances. No drive is too difficult for him to attempt to handle. He makes difficult plays look so easy that he is seldom given the credit that_his work deserves. A shortstop is called upon to make more touch plays than any other play- ways dangerous, because the fielder handling the ball must face the sharp er on the team. Touch plavs are al- | EVERETT SCOTT, spikes of the base-runner, It is in touching a base-runner that many infielders are weak. They are spike-shy, thing but gentle fashion. Expert at Touching Runner The team ‘having made the toych- down would be privileged to forward ‘pass, carry the ball, or try a drop} kick or a kick from placement. Ma- jor Daley, West Point coach, is the originator of this idea. “The team having the Iball would; ‘be given one down. They could make any of the four plays suggested. If it was carried across the line or} booted across the upright. the team! having the thall would with one point. “Tf the defensive team commits alto foul on this play the point is to tbe awarded to the offensive team. the offensive team commite a’ foul, the point, even if made, is not allowed. “There is no thrill in the goal after touchdown. The only thrill comes pee it is missed. gested would certainly len - ment Of uncertainty ny the Hey ak _If such a ‘scheme is adopted, pro- vision should be made that only sev- en men should ‘be on the defending team’s line. On such a play the of- fensive and defensive team should only have seven men on the line.” SATURDAY BASKET 8B, University 28, N. D. Augie: oh, I. H. S. Seconds 49, Sheldon 11. Felton High 17, Roosevelt 14. Fargo Colleg2 34, Jamestown 13. Casselton 30, Bismarck 28. Valley City 28, Mandan 18, Grand Forks 25, Minot 16, LaCrosse, Noi lege 14. Chicago 23, Minnesota 17. Michigan 42, Illinois 16. Northwestern 20, Ohio 18. Purdue 20, Indiana 9. —=—————— B.S, ENGE, D.C. Ph. CG. Chiropractor Consultation Free Suite 9. 11—Lacas Block—Phone 968 be credited | p If! The plan sug- | ‘mal 49, Luther Col. | Scott never gives ground on a touch |play. Yet he is so skillful in making | the touch that he always éscapes be- | ing spiked when it seems certain that \he is bound to be cut down. I have many times marveled at the way Scott { Mould make such plays and escape in- | jury. Of course Scott: is not invulnerable. ‘He is often iniured, but his love of the ; ame and old determination make it ossible for him to perform when less nervy players would be under a. doc- r’s care, Everett Scott is 2-remarkable ball | Player im more ways than one; s ¥ gus || CLASSICS OF THE \ 7 DIAMON Se ne Sata“ A —> Doing the unexpected in baseball is what crosses the opposition, ‘Hughey Jennings of the New York Giants tells another interesting story | that features Outfielder Perry and the theory of doing the unexpected. It was the ninth ‘inning, the basés filled and two men out. Detroit j Reeded a run to tie and two to win. | Perry was the batter. Since he had the reputation of being a slugger, | the crowd sat back, expecting to see | him either break up the game or die \hard in the effort. Knowing Perry’s ability to hit ‘em | hard, ‘the outfielders — hacked up | against the fence. The infield played fairly deep, hoping to pull a double play, as Perry wasn’t a fast man. The pitcher realized that he must put everything he had on the ball. _It was a tense situation. The first Pitch was a called ball, the next 2 called strike. That made the count one and one. The pitcher tried to make him hit a bad one on the next —t a4 ‘ pitch, but Perry. ¢iood fiatfooted for. a count of ball two. -The next was just over, but Perry stood motion- less, With the count two balls and two strikes, Jennings was yelling franti- cally from ‘the coaching lines to take a crack at anything that looked good. He cculdn’t understand Perry’s sys- tem in taking two good strikes. The next pitch was over the bat- ter’s head for a hall, making it three and two. The next pitch was good enough to be a, strike in the opinion enough to be a strike in the opinion of'the umpire and was so Tuled, as Perry stood with bat on shoulder. He made an awful roar when called out. Jennings roared as hard at Perry a3 Perry did at ‘the umpire. In the club house several of the players took him to task, for failing to hit. : “A guy-is always wrong on this club,” was Perry's reply. “We are always told to pull the unexpected; That’s' what I did in striking out. Everyone expected me to swing at every ball‘pitched. I crossed every- ody up by waiting them out, ex- cept that blind umpire who called me out on strikes.” SPIRIT LOST IN DESIRE TO. WIN —— The baseball umpire at one, time was believed. to have the toughest job in the world. : In those days, to be one of the offi- cials at a college game, whether it was haseball, football or basket ball, was regarded as soft picking. Things have changed considerably in the past ten years. The unlimited support league presidents have given their umpires has tended to greatly improve the life of the arbitrators. On the other hand the mad desire |to win that seems to have supplanted the spirit of sportsmansKip at many colleges, has made a lot of woe for college officials. Recently Edward Hall of ‘the foot- ball rules committe> made a state- ment that a number of the best offi- cials were being driven out of the game because of intimidation. Officials Are Int'midated He said one of the best officials in the country had practically retired, because of the: treatment that had ‘are been accorded him after several big as the Players say. Since | the base-rinner has his certain rights, | most of them go into the bases in: any- | games. The officfal he had reference to. was’ Mr. Langford, who for years has been rated as one of the best foot- ball officials in the country. Here is what Mr. Langford says-he: was up against in several’ important games he worked in 1920. Said the captain of one of the big eastern university teams to ‘Lang: ford: “In each of the last: three games |S.c5 ~ ~ IRON MAN OF BASEBALL : . we’ have played against this team’ we TA TAT Directive pagel lt sa en AT ERT THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE have been rele their 15-yard line, and each timé you have penalized us. I-don’t want to so©> anything like that happen in this game.” Langford was being intimidated be- fore the start of the contest. ~ ~ Coach Calls Him Crooked Said the coach of the same team af- ter the gams to-Langford: “Mr. Langford, I’ have always ‘thought you’ were’ am honest official but I don’t think sé any more. After the decisions you made against us to- day I think you are crooked.” “What you think about me doesn’t concern me in the‘ least,” Langford replied. “To prove how unjust your accusation is, I have. just refused to ever referee another game for your. opponents, because of insulting: re- marks, and’! never will work again for you until you apologize.” All of which proves thatthe life of the college offictal is a'tough one. Langford sighs‘for @ return’ of the old-time sportsmanship that once ex- isted among tho salleges. Sport Splinters | HEE n as mn coer Frankie Frisch’ always Slides head first. McGraw intendé to teach him the feet-first system this spring. ie oe i The success Phil Doyglas of the Giants had in the world series using a curve: ball-has canvinced him that he should work, it more and cut down on his “spitter” er | Joe Dugan. secured by Boston in a {trade with the Athletics, says he hopes Manager Duffy will use him at his. regular. \positign, third’ base. * * . McGraw says he is not’ satisfied with ‘his pitching staff. Which is proof ‘that his twirlers were either over their head in the world series, or else McGraw is a poor judge. +e 8 George Sisler of the Browns says he has no desire to manage while he is still a good ball player..More proof why George is a/star player and will continue to be. f i jot ee : Catcher Eddie Gharrity-of the Wash- ington club ‘has developed. into one of the most dangeroys batters in the American League. He is noted for his extra base hits, ae ee Walter Johnson is a living example of the proof that a star pitcher can be.a good hitter. Johnsqn ig often used as a pinch hitter on ‘the Wash- ington club. so8 Aldrich, the captain of the: Yale footbalt team, who is also a crack shortstop, is said: to be serfously con- sidering one of the many major lea- gue offers ‘that ‘haye come ‘his way. Billy Latider, wlio coached Yale last AN INTIMATE GLIMPSE INTO THE WINTER WAT ARE THEY PAYING ‘ 400 $50,090 A YEAR . BOR? THERE Exes Nhe NE CONT IER right in and-win a big league perth.® | * In Dave Bancroft and Everett Scott, the two New York clubs will still be able to boast of just about the cream of the major league talent at that po- sition, ‘ s 8 @ + Ed Rommel of the Athletics says he is tired of playing inthe major lea- gue for a minor, league salary. Whereupon Connie Mack replies that Rommel is merely a minor league pitcher. | ‘ Ki aoe et Since Frank ‘Baker will ‘soon per- manently retire from the majors, the New York Americans intend to give Glenn Killinger, the famous Penn State star, every chance to make good at that position. i oe Major league scouts say that O’Con- nel, the $75,000 beauty purchased by McGraw for the Giants, will never make good at. first base McGraw counters by saying it is. his intention to use him in the cued ‘ The two St. Louis clubs have called off their annual spring series. Both clubs figure they have a chance for the pennant, apd fear coming north too ‘soon will affect tel cpndition. ° e . Branch ‘Rickey of the St. Louis Car- dinals, who {s.Strang for college play- ers, is hopeful that Ernie Vick, the famous Michigan athlete who joins the Cardinals in the gating, will make good from ‘the start, Vick was, @ crack college catcher, as Unless Kid Gleason can unearth A couple of pitctiers who.will be able to it logs like the second divis; deliver, it logs. 9 fhe aN ion for the White Sox in either Fabor or.Kerr,, rp any amore than ‘they: did las sof, and i has been proven that @wo stars cannot carry a club, : ene PITCHERS FA / 10 USE BRAINS IN THEIR WORK Altrock Says Many of the Pres- _ent-Day Pitchers Are Merely Throwers, Because They. Don't Work on the Batter’s Weak- a ‘FROCK the matter. with major league pitching? The real. trouble is that most of the so-called pitchers are merely throwers, not pitchers. | i Failure to use their noddle is the worst fault that I could pick out. With a lot of them, pitching is just getting rough nine innings. ~ thesue statement is going to. make some of the boys feel like stepping on +z By What is toes, but if the shoe fits they should’ wear it, without making any squawk. 1 “The main trouble with a lot of re- cruits is that they come to the big league with the impression that they know all there is to know about pitch- oan the old days ‘when a bush league itcher came to the:big show, he would Fe rarely seen, and seldom’ heard, for a couple of months. He regarded the stars as a sort of a god and drank in every bit of advice they offere B Now when they come in a lot of them start ‘pushing the veterans off the bench, instead of getting up and offering a seat, as we used to do. Hold Daily Skull Practice Every day it is customary to hold what ball players call “skull practice. Just before the game a meeting is held and the weakness of the opposi- tion discussed. s A pitcher is often told to keep the ball on the outside for certain hitters. During the game he usually pitches to them on the inside. In the old days a manager would immediately yank a fellow for so doing. ''] recall one day when the ball got away from me aiid I pitched inside to Charley Hickman. A couple were on at that time and Hickman cleared the bases. -Fielder Jonés broke’ all records coming in from center field to tell me to beat it for the showers. In addition he told me how brainless I was in a very strong manner. &. Don’t get the impression all pitch- ers are of the type I-have described I am simply pointing out the biggest fault as I see it. There are lots of brainy pitchers in both leagues. They are the successful ones. at The desire for extra base hits has not improved. the baseball’ standard. The effort to get great distance on the tee shots isn’t going to improve In sports like ‘baseball and golf, where distance counts so much, it is customary every 680 often to go through an era of swat: “It is a per- fod where accuracy is ‘sacrificed for dstance. WHY T FOUND Him OUT “THEE PLANING BASEBALL WHEN HE OUGHT “To BE | \N HERE SToouINe -" “ WHATLE HE-EGER AMOUNT “TO ANSHOW WAY THe WEA = ALWwANS SAW WOT MORE : AWRIGAT “ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, ’22 Some Job Guarding | > + This ‘Athlete is ~—. JEAN. ADDIS AND CATHERINE GDRBER By NEA Service Baltimore, Md., Feb. 27—This city boasts the tallest girl basket ball pleyer in captivity. ce ference js made to Catherine Ger- ber, who is six feet six inches tall, with a reach of eight feet six inches. ‘Miss Gerber is only 17 years of age and still growing. She hails from the country where, she says, all good things grow tall. Catherine plays center on one of Baltimore's ‘best girl basket ball teams, Unless she fumbles the ball or someone trips her, she is almost certain to score a goal every time she gets within hailing distance of the basket. Some idea pf Catherine Gerber’s unusual physical advantage over the other girls on the court can be gain: ed trom the posed picture. he Jean Addis js an ordinary-sized girl, standing five fest three inches, capable of reaching upwards a dis- tance of six feet five inches. It is apparent that the only way Jean can keep Catherine from shoot- ae goals, is either by means of a laseo or kicking her shins in order to get the tall one off her game. This’ remarkable girl athlete of six foet six inches weighs 145 pounds, ds an expert swimmer and fancy div- er; a field hockey star and a fairly good tennis player. She first jumped into prominence in an_athletic way at the Marylan State Normal School. >a “ 2 ne Billy Evans Says This fs the era of swat in the sport world. se 8 It began in baseball in 1919 when Babe Ruth broke the long standing home run record by making 29. The public enthused over the per- formances of Ruth. It continued to enthuse. in 1920 when he did the seem- ing impossible by making 54 home runs, se 8 The success of Ruth through his ability to swat ’em a mile ‘became contagious. The players in Iboth ma- jor leagues fpegan to shoot at the fences and stands. An improved ball, inferior pitching and'a mad desire on the part of all the good hitters toymake home runs caused: the season of 1921 to develop into an orgy of wets It is doubtful if this era of swat has helped the game. I am inclined to think it has hurt it. Base running has almost become extinct as one run no longer means, anything, The thought in ‘baseball nowadays is to get runs in clusters. * Like baseball, golf is also going turough an era of swat. The big thing in golf now is to get the dis- tance to your drives. je Like \baseball, the era of swat in golf began in 1919 when Dave Her-/ ron mowed down the amateur field at Pittsburg. Herron is known as are of the hardest hitters in the amateur golf world. ‘Last year. Géorge Duncan and Abe Mitchell, the two crack English “pros,” toured the United States Awe i Tue, Le STAY, LET UR ING with THE MP — MAN OF LAW AND DECISION ON THE DIAMOND (Louver where T Al FAMOVS SCOT wHo CaN FIND, MORE Ban PLAYERS Thay FPEARY CAN Nolet POLES Eee Rheumatism Had.Me In Its Clutches for Four Years--It’s Gone - Now, Thanks to -TANLAC This was the statement of Charles ‘Baker, of 10246 98th St., Edmon- ton; Alta., a well- known business man. Tanlac builds up the system and enables it to throw off the poisons that cause rheu- matism. Don’t let this awful disease run on. Get Tanlac today. At all good druggists. =e with great success. Mitchell made a great impression with his -ability to get distance. In a number of matches the yalue of his long ‘tee shots was apparent. e+ 8 ford, one of the hardest hitters in the game, won the national amateur championship. Strangely enough Robert A, Gardner, who was the run- ner-up, is almost as good as Guil- ford when it comes to long driving. Those opposed to the’ habit ‘of say that weather conditions at Bt. Louis were made to order for the long driver. Many of the matches were played in a driving rain on a very soggy course, It was a tourna- ment made to order for the big husky fellows, the long drivers. . In baseball the desire to get dis- tance results in a great many strike- outs. In golf the desire to-get dis- tance causes the golfer. to preas his game. More shots are thus wasted than in any other feature. of the game unless it is the habit of looking up too quickly. -*+ & s These conditions eist until the in- evitable period of readjustment sets in and the players get back to for- maley. - TIM HURST > LOST FEW DISPUTES By Nick. Altrock A lo: of funny stunts are pulled on the ball field. The fans would get many a, laugh if they could hear the remarks that are passed between play- ers and umpires. I have heard so many good ones pulled that it seems I could fill a book telling about them. wever, to my way of thinking, the honor for on the ball field goes to the late Tim Hursi. Tim, as everyone knows, had them all stopped when it came to handing the salve. Hurst had the best line of stuff that was ever pulled on the ball field. ‘He had an answer for every one and everything. : To get into an argument with Hurst was to lose it. It didn’t take the play- ers long to realize that fact, and as a result none of the athletes went toa far with Tim. I recall an incident in which Fielder Jones figured, as well eet it was happening this very mi- Series Was Very imp rtant It was late in the season and we rwere playing Detroit in a very im- Portant series. In about the eighth inning of a game in which woe were leading by a run, Detroit got runners on first and second with two down and Cobb up. I worked carefully on Cobb until the count was two and two. In those days I had a good curve. E snapped one over for what J thought was a per. fect third strike. Hurst: called it ball three. erreutsae fe As he did so I could hear the tramp, tramp of Jones’ feet as he dashed in from center field to protest. 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