The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1922, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE J DISTRICT CAGE TOURNEY OPENS FRIDAY MAR. 10 Drawings iri Contests to be Play- ed in Mandan to be Held Friday Morning ket ball tournament ict will be held “in Mandan on Fride and Saturday, March 10 and 11. Six high school teams will meet in the Mandan gym- n for this tournament. Ashley, Bismarck, Mandan, Napo- n, Steele and Wilton high schools will contest for the honors in five games which will be played Friday af- ternoon and evening-- and Saturday evenin: gs for the opposing teams be made on Friday morn- ing at 11 o'clock. The first four teams drawn will play 2 double header on Friday afternooa. ‘The winners of the afterrpon and the two teams drawing bye will play an- cther double: header on Friday - eve- ning. The winners of the evening will meet on Saturday for the final game. Supt. Love manager for this district announces that should Mangan and Bismarck draw for a game'én Friday evoning the tickets for that game will not be sold at the doors of the gym but will be put on sale early enough at down town stores of Mandan ard Bismarck so that all fans may pur- chase them. ‘ The teams entered may easily he a ‘dl into three classes as to strength, Bismarck and Mandan, Steele and Wilton, with Wilton prob- ably holding a slight edge, and Napo- leon and Ashley. ‘One the same evenings the tourna- ments! in soven other districts will be played at Fargo, Jamestown, Dickin- son, Grand Forks, Devils Lake, Minot and Bowbells. The eight wiiners will go to Fargo on March 24 and 25 for the state finals. ° Will Coach" By Telegraph The annual b; of the Third di Glenn Warner Offers a New One in Football | | ° -—y Glern Warner of the University of Pittsburg intends to inaugurate some- thing new in the football coaching line next fall, Werner will coach the. Pittsburg team officially. By use of tne tele- graph he will advise the coach- ing of Leland Stanford as to how that a should be run. Wa recently made a the coast at the request of Stanford, trip to Lejand That institution desired to raise the standard of its athletic teams, foothall in particula’ 7 Un of California, under Andy § ‘the ‘former University of ‘Pennsylvania star, has been hog- ging the s it on the coast. The desire to secure Warner was actuated by the ifailure of Stanford to fur keen ‘competition for Califor- n Warner accepted the offer made by Stanford. However, it was impossible for him to get away from. Pittsburg until he had completed ‘his contract. It was agreed that he was to act as advist coach. It would be interest- ing to read what the wires will carry after some team trims the eleven that Warner is coaching by correspond- ence methods, _ SPORT ANGLE Willie Heppe is to get his chance in his championship billiard title which he ‘held for so many years, Jake Schacfer, who dethroned has notified the ex-champ to y So * cago on March 27, 28, 29. The two stars will meot in Orchestra hall, which has a seating capacity of 2,000. The match wijl be for/1,500 points, played in blocks of 500 each night. Lovers of ‘the billiard. game inthe east were hoping-Sciaéfer would se- lect New York, but the champion was loyal to Chicago. Will Schaefer be able to repeat his win over Hoppe and retain his title? Was Hoppe’s defeat due to the fact that he did not. take the recent tourney seriously enough? . Some of the experts insist Hoppe played far below his game during practically the entire tourney. Others insist “hat Hoppe has gone back, that he is no longer invincl- ble. They ar sitive Schaefer's vic- tory in the coming clash will be even more pronounced. There is no doubt but that Hoppe fig out to regain his title. If he didn’t ‘Make the other meeting seriously enough, he certainly isn’t overlooking a thing'for the next meeting. Ever since his defeat he has been practicing constantly. It°is said that he is again at the top of his game. When Hopne was champion it was a rarity for him to lore a match to yany one in his exhibitions. Conti, the} on, has beaten Schaef- fons since he won the! to have been brought Ants, believed i the from Ame} , are endangering | floral heauties of the Riviera. | { DEVELOPS MANY MAJOR LEAGUE STARS — SENDS MANY PLAYERS TO THE MAJORS Walter McCredie, Who Will Man- age Seattle This Year, Has Sent Nearly. Twogeore Star Plafers to the Big Show BY BILLY EVANS Who is the greatest developer. of major league talent in the minors? ‘Out on the Pacific coast they will tell the world that it is Walter Mc- Credie. For years McCredie has directed the destinics of the Portland club of the Pacific Coast League, It was while in that city that he de- veloped most of the players who have made the grade in the big show. This season McCredie will -manage the Seattle club of the Coast League. He says he will be disapponted unless he sends at least three men to the ma- jors for a trial. , About three dozen players have been discovered, developed and sent to ‘the majors by McCredie. It would be impossible to offer more convinc- ing proof that he is the Connie Mack of the minors. “Get them young. Pick ‘em right. You can make a rough diamond shine by proper polishing. You can’t make a phoney piece of glass look good, no matter how much you fuss with it,” says McCredie, . “Ball players are like diamonds. If they have the ability and the nerve you can develop them. If they lack the goods there is no way of getting results, } Pick Them Right “You must, pick ’em right and get ‘em young if you hope to sell them to the majors in the fall.” That is the théory of Walter Mc- Credie. He has proved the wisdom of it over a period of 18 years. Back in 1904 when McCredie went to Portland the work of turning out was his first offering to the majors. Atz was with the Chicago White Sox for several years. ‘Now, as manager of the Fort Worth team of the Texas League, he is setting a record for winning bush league pennants. | From that time on McCredie has been the head of the very best big league player factory in the country. Only two of the players he sent up have failed to stick a season at least. Chronologically the record reads: Stars Sent to Majors 1907—Catcher Larry McLean and Outfielder Mike Mitchell to Cincin- nati; Catcher Pat Donohue to the Athletics. > »1908—Pitcher Bill Bssick to Cincin- nati; Bill Sweeney, infielder, to Chi- cago; ‘Pete Lister, first baseman, to Detroit. 1909—Outfielders “Buddy” Ryan and Jack Graney to Cleveland; Tom Mad- den, catcher, to Boston Americans; Pitcher Bobby Groom to Washington; Otis Johnson to Yankees. 1910—Vean Gregg, Krapp and Bill Steen, pitchers, to Cleveland; Tom Seaton, pitcher, to Philadelphia. 1911—Ivan Olson,’ infielder, to Cleveland. : 1912—Roger Peckinpaugh, short- stop, to Cleveland; Chet Chadbourne, cutfielder, sought by majors, jumped to Federals. 1913—Pitcher Bill James to St. Louis Browns; Catcher Red Kuhn to Chicago White Sox. 1914—Harry Heilman, outfielder, to Detroit. 1915—Dave Bancroft, shdrtstop, to Philadelphia Nationals; “Art Kores, third base, to New York Giants, 1816—Bill Rodgers, shortstop, Cleveland. 1917—Pitcher Stanley Coveleskie, Pitcher Ailen Sothoron and First Basoman Lo o to Cleveland. itcher, to to {Chicago Cubs; Lew Blue, inflelder, to Detroit. 1919—Charles Hiollocher, ‘shortstop, to Chicago Cubs. 1920—Suds Sutherland, pitcher, to Detroit; Walter Mails, pitcher, to Cleveland. A Query a Day 4 A batter, after hitting the ball for a single, overruns first base. He then Beware ofcounterfrits Ireturns to first base. turns to his left about a yard inside of the foul line on fair territory and Before reach- stars for the majors started. Jake Atz | © Tawny STARTING - EI WES THE GREATEST OF MATOR LEAGUETRS ing first base, after overrunning it, he is touched with the ball’ by the first baseman. After turning on fair territory the runner made no attempt to go to second, but came directly back to first. Is he out or safe? The runner is safe. It does not matter how he turns after reaching first base provided he makes no ‘at- tempt to go to second, It does not matter whether. he turns to the right or left in fair or foul ground, just so he makes no attempt to advance to second. + SS 3 | Ballads of Baseball ee By George Moriarty EZRA PANS LEFTY Vl be derned glad when spring is cum, an’ we get rid o’ this yere bum the folks call Lefty Brown, He might fine et playin’ ball, but I'am tellin’ one an’ all, he ain’t no credit to this | wn. Down et the. corner store he sits, an’ talks erbout these yere baste hits which he kin poke a mile; perhaps he does make two-base whacks, but you don’t see ’im swing no axe down et his pap’s woodpile. He loafs eround an’ never docs a single tap o’ work becuz ’twill spoil his checkered jeans; the way he dresses up, by gads, reminds me o’ the clothing ads thet’s in magazines. He sez the winter work might harm the muscles o’ his throwin’ arm, an’;only a very few pitchers being per- get it out o’ whack; an’ so_he sits eround an’ waits till springtime opens up her gates, to earn whut he calls “Jack.” He jokes erbout the “apple,” an’ the “onion,” jest to beat the’ band; perhaps he thinks he’s cute, but he don’t git my goat thet way, fer I know well they never play with veg- etubles an’ fruit. He’s spoilin’ Joshua, my son, by talkin’ o’ this hit-an’-run, an’ things like curves an’ drops; fer now son Joshua opines thet he will jine one of these nines, an’ quit the cows an’ TOPs. So I'll be glad when spring is cum an’ we get rid o’ this yere bum the folks call Lefty Brown. He might be fine et playin’ ball, but I am tellin’ one an’ all, he ain’t no credit to this town, A bitter rivalry in athletics be- tween two tank towns has created a sensation in western college circles. _“WEE WILLIE” al} Fey F Not NORE- AE OWS WHEN TAPE - COBS, MECREDIE. {NICE FRESH Srwrlsfor CURVE BA HARD STRAIN ' ON PITCHER, World’s Greatest Pitcher: Tells, Why Constant Use of Curve, Will Tend te Shorten One's; Career—Is Strong for Speed | BY WALTER JOHNSON ~ What type of delivery places .the greatest strain on the pitcher's arm? The curve ball is the toughest ball for the pitcher. It is unquestionably the hardest of all types, unless it 1s the spitball. I never used the spitball to any great extent. One year, when every pitcher was using it I learned how to throw it. I did so simply to keep up with the ‘times, rather than the thought of using it, Occasionally in a pinch with two strikes on the batter, I would throw a spitball. His great surprise, more than any deceptive break I got on the ball, made it rather effective. One. season I threw: perhaps. fifty spitballs all year, so I am not) compe- tent to speak on just what effect its constant use has -6n the arm. How- ever, the fact that most spitball pitch- ers have had a short career, makes it seem that it is a hard delivery on the arm. - Since the spitball is now passe, mitted to use it, a comparison be- tween the two is of no particular mo- ment, ' I do know that the curve is very,| trying on the arm from my own ex- perience, In the days when [I used a fast ball almost entirely, I. would finish a game almost as fresh as I started. Later, in games ‘in which 1. fre quently used a curve, my arm would feel as if it was dead, and I would be as tired as some fellow who had been using a pfck and shovel all day. A catcher can be of great assist- ance to a pitcher in his selection of stuff. Some catchers seem to.think every delivery should bo a curve. A pitcher hates to be constantly disa- greeing with his receiver, and very often pitches contrary to his desire. When “Gabby” Street was ‘catch- ing me, it was. easy going.- He was very complimentary to me and would always say: 6 “Why use a curvo, (Walter. when WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1922 PS NSS SS SP SSS PS SS SSS SESE MSPS eS ERTS GOLFSTAR DESPITE HIS ‘TENDER AGE Chick Harbert, Six Years Old, Averages 75 to 100 Yards on _His Drives and Plays Many ‘Difficult Holes in Par BY BILLY EVANS, Every sport has its child prodigy. For years Willie Hoppe was known as the “Boy Wonder” of the billiard game. As a matter of fact Hoppe‘was still kmown 4s the child phenom long after he had outgrown his boyhood days. Bobby Jones is around the twenty mark today. Ever since he was 13 | Bobby has been the “Boy Wonder” of the golf game, It seems that once a player ac- {qWires a child phenom title he never grows up. Jones is still @ kid in j golfing circles, Once again the state of Indiana {comes forth with something different jin the world of sport. It presents the igolfing marvel of the age in Melvin (“Chick” Harbert, 6 years of age. “Chick” is the son of E, E. Harbert, who is the professional for the Marion, Ind., Country Club. In his case it would seem that “Chick’s” proficiency lin golf was a heritage from his father. The youngster has the earmarks of @ great player. He has a perfect stance, plays naturally, and seldom makes a mistake in judgment or exe- ‘cution. He also says he never asks eny advice from iis caddy since he carries his own clubs. The elder Harbert has never taken any particular pains with hig son. He has been shown the proper way to do things and thattg about all. He asks no odds from ajyone and. goes off by himself on the couree wilich’is han- éled by his father. ¥ 100 yards at every whack. That is very remarkable when one considers his age and size. Best of all, he gets direction to his drives. His dad ig authority for the state- ment that, “Chick” has ‘played a num- ber of the most difficult ‘holes on the Marion course in par. : i The youngster is just about ready to claim the championship of his age and weight and is ‘willing to defend it against any who dispute. * CLASSICS OF THE "DIAMOND ~—-—_—_—__——_ Nick Altrock can do other things besides clowning on the ball field. At that particular stunt he is a star. His act goes big with the fans. In his day Nick was a great -pitch- er. He never had the stuff of Rube Waddell, but he had a head and used it, Likewise Nick had a great half balk motion that made it suicide for a. base runner to take much of a lead off first base. To use the words of Nick, ‘he pitched to first base as well ag the batter. : Today Nick is still of much value to the Washington club in coaching the young pitchers. As a coacher at third base he has one of the toughest jobs om the ball field. However, the present-day fans do not take Nick in a serious light. To them he is merely the clown or com- edian of the ball field. Nick has always contended that he was born about 15 or 20 years too ‘soon. When he was a star he re- ceived in the neighborhood of $3,000. Ordinarily ball players get that much today. Evidently Nick was ‘thinking of the old days, as the idol of the Chicago fans, when he pulled the following bit of repartee, which is/a bit of a classic in its way: _ While waiting for the train in the ‘Washington station a couple of gypsy fortune tellers tried to induce some of the athletes to let them dope out their future by reading their palm. Naturally the players had the gypsy queens concentrate on Nick. One of the bush league players yelled: “Come on, Nick, loosen up with a quarter, and let the lady tell you your future.” “Young man,” replied Nick, “my fu- ture is behind me, and with it a lot they can’t. ge>-your fast.one?”” SS, “ma ® \\ of loose quarters.” KEELER, MASTER BATSMAN KEELER CANE To BAT TOO TIMES BETORE. 5 “Trey SF ND STRIKE TIM OO. KEELER’S FEAT IS GREATEST IN BASEBALL Famous .Batsman, Went to Bat 700- Times Before Any. Major “League Pitcher Was Able to Strike Him Out BY “WEE WILLIE” KEELER. Famous Baseball Star. iWhen I was playing baseball rec- ords didn’t mean anything to me. The old Baltimore Orioles won ball games because of their good pitching and excellent teamwork, not individ- ual play. When I was asked for some infor- mation on the record I made by my . The youngster drives from 75 to}: \ ! abintty to keep pitchers from striking me out. I really wasn’t able to give any correct dope offhand. I knew that I had gone through one entire season in the National ‘League without striking out. I also ;knew taat I was generally credited with having gone to bat 700 times in the National League before any pitch- er was ever able to strike me out. I recall the number 700 because the day after I struck out I remember one of the sporting editors came out with a story in which he used the figures in ‘big black type. As I said before, 1 never paid any attention to records. I never kept track because naturally I had no idea how long I would go before striking out. As a matter of fact I was well on my way to a record before I knew it. Some sporting editor dug up the dope from the National League statis- tics, I was as much surprised as any- one. In going over my scrap books I find that I went a number of games in the fag end of 1895, the entire season of 11896, and a number of games in tie spring of 1897 before’l finally whiffed. The National League had some pretty good pitchers in those days. Cleveland had Cy Young and Nig Cup- py as its stars, ‘Cincinnati had a fine staff in Frank Dwyer, Frank Fore- man, Red Phret and Rhines, Nichols, Stivetts and Klobedanz were Boston's best bets. ‘Chicago boasted of Clarke Griffita, Briggs, Friend and Thornton. At Pitteburg Frank . Killen and Pink ‘Hawley were the stars. The rest of the cjubs had staffs in keeping with the names I have mentioned, When a player made a base hit against that bunch of stars ihe de- served it. I was a hard man to strike out ‘be- cause I was a chop hitter. I never took a-free swing at a ball. «I was always choked up. It is the free swingers, fellows like Ruth, who are easy to strike out. In addition I had a good eye and seldom hit at a bad bajl. The pitch- ers had to get them over for me, and 1 always picked on the cripple. I also regorted to the bunt to great advan- tage. ] was what was known a8 a place hitter in taose days. ' I couldn’t nit them over the fielders’ heads so I tried to place them where they weren't. ‘ —+ e. ee . Spring Training Gossip Ce BY BILLY EVANS . Several big problems sontront 8 umber of major league managers. They must be solved during the spring training trip. oi The New York club has the outfield problem on its hands. Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel will be out for five weeks as the result of the suspension by Judge Landis. : Manager Miller Huggins must fill that void in some way so that the loss of these two players will not seriously handicap the-chances of the ,Yan- kees to repat in the American League. The pitching problem is the most! serious one that confronts Manager Speaker of the Cleveland club, the kees to repeat in the American League. last season. nar Either ‘Walter Mails or Jim Bagby must do a large comeback for the In- dians, possibly both, if Speaker is go- ing to make things interesting. The} rest of the club will deliver if it gets pitching. gee Detroit has two infield positions, as well as pitching, to worry about. | Jones at third and Blue at first will show real class. If Pep Young re- turns ‘to form second base will be sat-; isfactorily taken: care of. Shortstop is the big question at Dey troit, with second base in doubt. A team ‘that is not satisfactorily taken care of at those two most important positions is under a very serious handicap. Bigs, If it is Manager Cobb’s good for- tune to have one of his recruit in- fielders make good at short it will go a long way. toward settling his prob- lem, Bu, Lack of consistent pitching played havoc with the, Tigers’ chances last | year. It is possible that the recruits Pillette and Johnson will add consid- erable strength to the Tigers’ pitch- ing staff. ee 8. Perhaps the biggest task that Man- | ager Gibson of Pittsburgh will face is, to make his players forget all about the 1921 pennant race. After seem- ingly having it won the ‘Pirates blew in the stretch. ‘ The finish of the 1921 season is not going to add any confidence to the Pirates. Invaddition, Gibson may be without his star catcher, Schmidt, who threatens to retire becaus2 of a salary difference. A Incidentally Gibson has a few in- field worries. Third base is a matter) of doubt, likewise second may cause ‘him trouble. This fellow Traynor, who joined the club last fall, looks like a good bet to solve Gibson’s wor- ries in the infleld. % At Cincinnati Pat Moran is going; to have practically a new infield. At} short and third will be Caveney and | Pinelli, two newcomers to Cincinnatl. ; ‘At second and first will be Bohne and Fonseca, see While lacking mafor league “poise this infield seems to have great prom- ise, and may go big| when it gets set- | tled to big league ways. In the mean-| some anxious moments. If Eddie) time. however, Pat Moran mav have} Roush quits, hit absence will be felt at bat and in the field. It’s the same story jn every train- ing camp with the vossible exception of the New: York Giants, who seem pretty well fortified. Outside of Mc- Graw every other manager has some serious problems to solve between now and the opening of the season. Dance every Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday evenings at 8:30 at The Coliseum, formerly Baker’s. Hall, newly redecorated. 10c per dance. Po ee ee Veteran Jockeys Have Poor Year Youthful Stars Like Lang | Meet With Great Success During 1921 ¢——__—__—_- ‘The season of 1921 in racing circles produced some sensational jockeys. Prominent among the season’s new stars is Charles “‘Coick” Lang. Many racing experts credit Lang with being the best jockey since the days of Tod Sloan. Some compli- ment. At one meeting in the south he rode 29 winners in 27 days. He at- tracted a following such as tio other jockey has ever had at the New Or- leans mefng. ‘He has sjnce con- tinued his good work. In speaking of Lang’s great suc- cess at New Orleans, one of the book- makers who had been rather hard hit remarked: 4 “This fellow Lang is the best horse at New Orleans. The bettors no lohger pay any attention to the form ‘of the horse when he is up, all they want to know lis who is Lang going to ride.” Another youngster riding like a vet- eran is Austin McLaughlin, son of the once world-famed Jimmy McLaughlin. Pete Walls, Eddie Kummer and making good with a vengeance, Gant- ner alone is inclined to be erratic. / Baseball's Greatest | | Feats Of All Time — —~ For 12 years in succession Ty Cobd led the American League in batting. This record covered a period of years extending from 1907 to 1919. Honus Wagner for 17 consecutive years, 1897 to 1913, hit .300 or better in the National League. Willie Keeler for eight consecutive years in the National League made 200 hits or more, reaching the high water mark. for that organisation in 1897 ith 243, “Babe” Ruth in three seasons in the American League, 1919, 1920 and 1921, made 142 home runs. His mark of 59 homers in 1921.stands as the record. d “Stuffy” McInnes during the season of 1921 played the entire season at first base and only made one error. That was very questionable. George Gibson in 1909 caught 140 consecutive games for Pittsburg. His team won: the National League pen- ant that year. ea Walth in 1908 worked: in 66 games for the Chicago White Sox. He saved many games as a& relief pitcher and> was credited with 40 victories himself. : In 1920 George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns made 257 base hits, breaking the record in that respect for both major leagues. 2 In 1888 Harry Stovey stole 156 ‘bases, a record that ‘has never been approached by any of the modern-day runners. S “Qld° Hoss” ‘Radbourne in 1884 pitched in 72 games for the Provi- dence club, of which he won 60. He worked in 37 games in succession that seagon. ‘ “Wee Willie” Keeler while with the Baltimore Orioles went tnrough an entire: season in the National League without striking out. He ‘was at bat 700 times before he was retired on strikes. ~———_——_- = | Billy Evans Says | As a result of this rivalry, athletics at Illinois and Notre Dame have re- ceived a severe jolt. eos Seventeen players, stars in all branches of sport, have been suspend- ed because they indulged in a post- season football game under assumed names. eo 2 8 For years there has been a great rivalry between the towns of Carlin- ville and Taylorville. In 1920, so the story goes, Carlinville won from Taylorville, 10 to 7, at Carlinville. se Last fall the two teams were scheduled to play at Taylorville. The Carlinville sports, desirous of again trimming ~Taylorville, hit upon the {dea of loading up with Notre Dame players. It was the intention to fi- nancially clean out Taylorville. ee To digress for a moment and tel? you something about these two burgs that have stirred up all the trouble ‘in western intercollegiate athletics. Taylorville is credited with a popu- lation of 5,806. It is located 26 miles southeast of Springfield, the state capital, It boasts flour mills, two carriage and wagon works, paper mills, agricultural implement works and a couple of banks. All of which make Taylorville look like a lively burg. Bie oe 3 Carlinville, according. to the cen- | sus, has a population of 5,212. It has a tile and monument works,—brick- yard, coal mine and is a trade cen- ter for the agricultural district, Blackburn college, a small institution, is located there. . ee 8. 3 ‘The word was passed to the Car- linville sports to bet the family-platé on the home team. The secret, how- ever, Jeaked out that a number of college stars would-be imported for the game. Consternation reigned in . Taylor- ville when the news arrived via the gossip route. It was preposterous to think of sending the home town boys against per ee famous star3. The other two big minor leagues, the Interaational and American As- sociation, have practically reached the same decision ee @ That means that the three big minor Jeagues of the country have ‘arranged themselves together against the two major leagues, as well as the minor organizations who look on the draft with favor. - —> Gantner are other youngsters whoare .