The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 20, 1922, Page 6

SIGN DEAN IS “to meet Sailor Billy Peoples, of Glen- dive, Montana, in Mandan, March 31,1) ' will be matched‘to meet Buc BALL MANAGER FOR THIS YEAR Popular Player and Coach Will be Brought to Bismarck, Keller Announces } BOXING CARD PLANNED| Everett S.. Dean, .who has played with Bismarck and. Valley City base- ball clubs and is well known in this section, has been engaged to manage the (Bismarck baseball team. in totes H. F. Keller said today. Dean now is basketball and. tancat | coach at Carleton college, Northfield, Minn. ‘Hl team won the state cham. |} pionsbip, won:16 gut of 18 games, scored: 664: points to opponents 254 | and lost one game in an. extra -period | to a team it had previously ‘beaten: 40 to 9, The record is consideted ex4ep- tionglly good for (Dean’s first year as coach. “Just who will be on the tea are not in nosition.to say, at.this tine, the management} to secure as good a team as we “last year, but this will depend on at neighboring towns will do. ‘Several of. the: best last year’s teams have exuressed a de- | 4 ‘sire to play games: here,’> Manager Dean has several good players that he is anxious to bring with him, ; The boxing, card .wiii¢h was to-have been giveanoon March 24.by the club shag: been: ‘postmned to’ -April 21, at which time a (better card: will be’ ar- ranged. There isa chance that Mike|. Gibbons will be one of the borers. Sil- ver Berry, Miles City; Archie Among. of Marshalltown. Ia., Battling Krause and Franklin Roberts all may be ‘on the card. It is the intention of the management to put on one of the best boxing cards ever obtained: for | this section of the state. KILLDEER WINS OVER HALLIDAY Kildeer, N. D., March, 20=-Killdeer high sctool basketball team’ defeateil’ the Halliday highschool ‘basketball team by a score of thirty-one to four-|' teen at the Kildeer high school. Ty- gum was the star player for Killdeer, holding O’Niel, fast Halliday center, down to a scoreless last half. Jenson was the strong point getter for Kill- depr, making twenty-thtee of the thir- ty-one points, SKATERS MEET . IN MILWAUKEE| Milwaukee, “March 20—Prominent akaters are here from’ different skating centers.of this country and Canada to take part’ in the: ifterna- tional amateur, ‘indoor), ice-skating, championship which apéned at, the Castle ice gardens tonight and con- tinues through ‘Wednesdays BENNY LEONARD ‘MEETS CLINTON}; Sut Ea ) Boston, March 20,—Benny Leonard, World champion lightweight and John- ny Clinton, New England titleholder. | will meet tonight in.a 10-round bout for charity. CARPENTIER 1s ‘ READY T¢ TO FIGHT \aries March 2). @eors .— Georges Carpentierg has sigied {9 meet any’ American, British or French heavyweight or ligitt heavywel t ‘Paris ‘not Jater than next September ‘ eral KRAUSE MATCHED. 4 Battling Krause hag been ‘matched’ at the fair grounds there. ze winner dy Mc- Donald’ in Mandan, April 13. I a | Ballads of Baseball | ee) \ By George Moriarty TO ELBERFELD—T JACCO KID Tobasco Kid, whilo mem’ries stray, you're ‘back with your cyclonic play, ; down there at short, where years ago’; you stopped the enemy base blow, and blocked the runners as they slid into your shins, Tobasco Kid.’ We seé you throwing out your hand on purposg so. you could demand: that you be sent to first base free, rewarded for the injury. | And when the umps would: not al- low you to proceed) tol first ‘base, how, you'd pick a big handful of dirt. id pour it down.the umpire’s shirt, No- body ever really knew if, you ‘could play nine innings through. The game would start sometimes at three, and at three-thirty you would be hot-footing it upon*thé path that led you to the shower bath, because you slipped the ump a mint of things that never reached the print. Yet, Kid, with all your fire and fluff, your stuff contained. no braggo bluff; ahd we must have, to dodge the count, | your winning spirit, paramount. RIGHT EARFUL He bought himself some runaing shoes; The world he would astound! And’ then the spikes were too dern long— He .couldn’t/leave the gnound. —— Dance every Tuesday, Thurs-, day and Saturday evenings at} 8:30 at The Coliseum. 10 Cents, per. dance, TITLE NECE Champion Johnny. Wilson‘ ie ing for “ham and egg” purses. purses, pion of: the United. States. Levinsky., but he still held the American ‘title, the United States. money. Unquestionably he ho; ready for:a shot at the heayine Billy Evans Says _ |. Billy Evans Says | The magnates of the Pacific Coast League “have gone on record as op- Posed to the draft: a * 2 (6 s \ $5 There are two sides to every ques- tion, It ts very.easy to: justify. the position of the three. big minor lea- gues. Within the last three month: some of the clubs have received az much for one player }as «they ‘wuld get under the draft in q' dozen, ye art for that many players. ° e . . The» San ‘Francisco club. received $75,000 for ‘O'Connell. If the d hed heen in force the ‘very be O'Connell would have’ brought would have;-been. $7,500; just one-tenth ‘ol the, amount. actually recelved.. 1 It.ds, easy ito figure willy the Pacific Coast ‘League would decide. to, turn}! dcwn ithe draft by ,merély applying the rules of common, sense to that one particular case. Why. bind jyour- self to a contract that makes’ the Hmit of your possibilities $7,500 when; you can get 10 times that much. by f: being a‘ tree’ ‘ance? between the player ‘and the, goal of his ambition, working his way, wp: to. the big league. Likewise, it élimingi the ‘chance of grfdual progresston that is optn fo the players fromthe)! smallest mfnor -organizatio the big leagues, Bes “The player a really ‘the, hardest hit by the failure to agreevon ‘a draft}. Tule. With. ithe present methods the majors :take a chance only’ on‘ the Players owho, they feel havea fine Nchance to deliver. ‘The promising player who seems to have ability’ but lacks experience and polish is over- looked. pass . The paver also suffers. from the standpoint of salary, While the: min- |: 1's pay good money, they must keep Three” who have opposed the draft, in no way. compares with the major league standards, . Once again | player suffers:. oe °° It. “wil, be ‘imerdeting to. nipte the attitude that: thé. majors: take iat the]: February meeting. The mmor leagues who have, opposed the draft have come out in the ‘open. Will the majors fighting It {3 a well-kaowit “hes that the jon, the: Interna, League: “the “Pacific ‘coast like a major league rating. There is: a chance that some: very. in- teresting things may, ¢ develop ‘fh base- ball before’the opening of the 1922) ‘| campaign. i Was igadia ° e ‘e Then a few: of the leading citizens, ‘among. them being thé proprietor: of the leading grocery, the keeper of the inn and the owner of: the Sarl mill,, set, about, ito strengthen their |: eleven ' (St. @, e | Taylorville landed nine of the fit. nols stars, ° The. taylornite ‘sports | were» wise, get a- good ‘quarterback. €ar! invtiie Ngverlookel that feature It :wag, the quarter- back who decided the issue. Steria- man, the, Illinois quarterback, Mickel three field, Boal Down..at Taylorville ang? ‘Carlin. ville’ they aré. still’ discussing thé game. It will furnish gossip for years to come for the oper down that tsk ae tie. er " Recently * the Cleveland club. ACs quired Pitcher Dave Keefe, who last year pitched for the Philadelphia, Athletics. 3 ee x y Mere mention of the fact that Keefe | may cause some people to immiediate- |ly lose-interest-in Keefe, also what {I am going to, eny about ‘him, * * . Keefe’ was about tobe consigned to. ;the minors,.when Cleveland stepped in and made a trade for him:-with the Milwaukee club, said club having ‘title jto his dervices. So when’Gene Tunney asked Doc Batley tc. handle: ceived ‘the idea of winning a title #0 that he could Now, that “Tann has a little Bagley is i 7 md eee tro oui a {peculiar bajls “1 +;| salaries: im proportion to. the~ gate: The attendance ‘and the: prices at ‘the |: ‘minor leggue gambs, even’ the “Big, ‘last year pitched: for: the Athletics SSARY ASSET © Bagley ‘recalled that Battling Levinsky was still light sei cham- had been knocl it. by, arpention, Bagley prepped Tunney carefully for this bout.’ ce ‘he we | Where he beligyed Tunney was ready he closed the match., »|the decision over Levinsky, also. the, title of light heavywel t American League last year. Yet this i same Mr: “Keefe: tas: a~ very” good ;chance -to break.,into, the headlines, often syne: tire: peas ats 1922, as the pips: et aes lot of relief work and every ‘now and then started a’ game. Pity I don’t" etic there. fp, ’ Hin; i tharder than rejiéf work on a mene fe i On a club ‘that ‘was’ going Poorly: tikes i the Athletics, and doing,a lot “of ex-| derimenting, with pitchers. in, .par- would be.called on to doa ee ‘work, pane mm o . i in one week Jast| season: while, I ‘Keefe in-action. in four games, Athletic ‘pitchers were being badiy treated, he was in three games of the serles, ‘With the Cleveland club Keefe is. (certain to be a much better pitcher. [With ‘a’ club that has an excellent ‘Fchance-for the pennant, he is going !to: be: fired with the ambition to de-|: ‘{iliver. He’ ia going to have plenty of. confidence, becauge. he knows. he--will |: ibe bacifed by a veteran ball club. + Keéte has tate ieee’ a pretty good ‘curve, a nice-change of pace and a/ |habitants Seg | Provided. for. ‘taining réad creel he, amount, { dhihery— ‘freak delivery shat is, one of the most |’ i thave ever: watched. ‘tacts very much like the old knockle ‘bali that, Eddie Cicotte used. It is a tough one to hit because seems. to fairly: eed through the ai 7 @- Keefe.is a the. second finger ais pitching hand. This sounds like! ‘a severe handicap to a pitcher, ‘How-|! ever, that missing finger. is respons! ble for the freak delivery. It pes ea Keefé to get a. grip on the ball that ‘would othe: ise pe impossible. -- (Keefe will cross me up “unless he wins quite a few ene tor Ecler a There are runners bn second 4} third, nobody out and the infe) eld drawn in- for a play at the! plate The *bateman ‘hits a hard groutder | & tat < the shortatop.* that strikes: his kaands' a.d: fe “deflected inthe direc- tion of the outfield, ‘Théball comes into. contact with the ‘minner. .€0 from second to third, angiis ‘into foyl térrito; ‘h “two bidnet the batsman reaches ithir na Is the UNDE ; Q it + After a-fielder has once made a ‘Play on the ball, as:was done. in. the cage cited by you, the ball-is in play. and-no attention is paid, to: the fact that it hit.the base-runner. Tae base- runner.is not out of such a play, The Tunners: had a right, to-score and the batsman reach: third as the Halwa sivaye in play. ° RETAIL BUSINESS | IN RUSSIA SHOWS _ LARGE INCREASE Moscow, March 20.—Retail pusiness in certajn lines is increasing like wild- fire all.over Russia. In Moscow; alone in ene month leases were granted by ‘the ‘city to 285. new, concerns, mastly Sbakeriew and: meat shops’..'The aver- age afipual tax.or rent for ‘such, shops {a about 1,000,000 a day. As the di sales amount to”30,000,000 to 40,000 000, the tax is being paid. ot CLOSING PRISONS: - IN GREAT BRITAINac “London, March 20.—®conomy hale In addition the wings for women pris oners in the prisons, at. Shrewsbury, ford, Ipswich, Plymouth, Swansea Which is the greater asset in base. ‘ball, a smashing offensive or a strong defense? crate : He aid ay, ticular, #t was only natural that Keefe |, }was working with the Athletics, I’ saw series ° with (St. ‘Louis in which the’ hit the prisons: of. England. atld eight” ‘of them: will be. closéd “On! MiAfeti 231 .fusterciét With 805 miles; ne foe ‘country inquity. ‘These principal Gisudvantage6¢motortricks 4s poor-roads. “For about elght weeks of’ the -year, mud or snow. is so bad that trucks carinot well_be used. When all-the-year good: toads; Mshed, agricultural ot will be’ universal: Motortrucks: Involeel! \peeblee new to highways. Their tremendous loads utterly destroy roads “which “under horse-drdwn vehicles’ were permanent, poe IE Sg Bip, Road ‘Pregram. << - The state’ highway: commission in New Mexico has’ launcbed' a: big toad building program with six ‘new federal ald projects, one to: Goat $40,707.02, a = eu ing, buts hard '3-201¢ -Dixie High ‘gad the 0,680 milled of roads to be vejructed throughout. “the United ea ‘tks through the #1@°6F féderal ap- tempriatién, the Dixie ‘Highway leads ‘satie tmen’ ork, © Call Sout atfeets and alleys in/in- ities -of 2,500 in h fre cdnterning which ven approxlinate {nformation is lack- willbe sought: After the ayia is Obtained It will be kept Cy Peer inking the survey, tlie ‘bu- /Feau. requests: the asalstatice. of every unlt, of aerctanedy ‘Going’ road work Wation;. of road officials the er;:and Of aisociations, or- ganizations and. individuals, down to}, the: man _agth a filyver,’ having. infor- |; Esato Or data: ‘as tolocal. highway t increase ‘in’ uae: of automobiles fs now to be depicted With sthotor- trucks. Their complete(utility is tes: tifled'to by 95 per.ceat. of the farm- erg replying to the: lanent government are estab- wtorerects WANTED —alebman with car. Must wil to earn $150. sweel ey, is $i50 ‘Pers lowent priced; guaranteed: mee 1) ‘THE GC. L.. SMITH COMPANY, ‘Bend, Indiana] We might as well admit that we real- | without a ‘left-hander. '\year with a of » 1922 gene ten eae pers ‘yand! Meusel, w! roke up many. ‘a game, will be ‘among’ thode missing | develop initiative sti ai atte Apa iternatio! general was with’ paseball, number. above picture Bender: present plight. of the: New ae the-American League. way an, Americar... League pen- | nent, “Unquestionably: through: the modlum of alagging the New York Americans :).triumphed:. ‘over: --Cleve- roughout: the ‘greater :part of ‘the, season the.club was bandicappe: because of a lack of pitching. Until late: in’ the year, when Harper_turnec in several good games, the club wat ere ‘The usually. dependable Shawke: was. ph and bad. He started in the bad: arm. It finally rounded’ into form’ and he, did some great: work. ‘Then. in‘ the fall: he re* verted back’,to his form of the early spring. * ° ° bd Mays and Hoyt were ‘really’ the only. pitchers who worked consistent ly during the yéar.. The New| York Yankees of 1921. won'a ‘pennant witi a very erratic staff, only two men be: ing .dependablg. The club. reall; bhrdgeoned ys way to 2 pennant. : The Yankees will be without mucl: of their’punch fox the first five week:! , {ot the ss Hee of Judge Landis. However: sings Re loge’ of last | now year.the Yankees owners have added some points on: the defensive side. two of the best pitchers in the game, Joe Bugh and Sam Jones; are now on the Yankee roster: . i The question ieee now @rises, will Jones and Bush sive tactics be able to carry the’ bur- den which will be imposed upon them In 1906 aa chicagt White -Sdx ‘were ‘known as, the “Hitless ‘Won- ‘ders.” The club was 4 weak hitting | ‘aggregation: if there ever was one. ‘It didnt seem to waste a base hit ‘however; and op the defense: it was tne. e s e with three. finst string piteners fi ‘Ed. Walsh, Doc White. and Nick; Alt~ rock, the White Sox-in 1906 breezed through, to.'a pennant’ and a world, ‘champtonship. It. was*in that yeer Comiskey's: team ‘came through: with the, big: upset by defeating ‘the sup- | posedly ‘invincible Galeazo Cubs. s Lem alloads "5 think that Jones burden during the absence of the two Yankee sluggers. ‘In the series be- tween the Giants and Yankees the | pitchers were the big thing. ele A staff consisting of Mays, Hoyt, Jones, Shawkey and Bush certainly looks st:-formidable. No staff in the American League is any better. Those five pitchers should keep the Yankees tin. the running ‘with only orinary jhelp on tte pitensive: ‘All of which lagi us fact that the Yankees are. gots to be a tough aggregation to beet if. they continue to hit, plus Bood pitching. “Tad” ate famous coach of the Yale football. team, certainly has rea courage of his convictions. E ° e Because of the recent football scan- dat in the western colleges:many sug: -.| gestions have been offered to eradi- cate the’ evil of peoteselomaliant: + at a recent ectine’ in New York of many of the most prominent foot- ‘ball coactfes._ if the country. Jones summing up the situation. the college uthletic authorities ate facing. “Wo are al tesiee ine rules,” said Jones....“Foothall has-come to be a “Football.ie Leppibea to develop in- tiative in the players. In that/respect ‘coaches are: falling down “hard= ‘ _club’-th: m, Beni acm aboly ad in a great. devote ofthe trap 8, »|1y ‘are destroying through, theif defen- } through’ the: 1oae of Rush and‘ Meusel? }. a alr-tigbt backed up-by nUpertr pital i and Bush. will be able to carry the}; upto thet! made a. big Kit with his frankness in|'@ ‘of the daimond? but: ‘it, a minor league way. “year. than building it ‘up. wee initiative rather ‘ootball.coacheg ‘direct. practically | ‘<°EHAT STILL HAS | ) HSCS Bik LA BILLY LLY EVANS “My “Quer a Day”’ feature, In which I intend: considering every wh- usual situation that can come'up on the ball field,” has already started them: gossiping in. the ‘‘stove league.” An my mail of a recent date came ‘the following query, which is certain- Jy a most unusual one. I never heard the like of it coming up on the ball field, The letter, reads: “Kindly settle this «dispute. The play ‘actually happened. It has caus- eda great deal of discussion that ap- parently will not stop util some au- thority has spoken. f “two meg are out, there are run- ners on second and third. The bet- ter struck at and mi: a wildly, pitched ball, It hit the ground in’ nt of the plate and hopped past the ‘catcher. The catcher turned quickly but could not find it, Both ‘Runners. Scored “The runners, thinking the catcher ;was trying to fox them into coming” home, made no attempt at first to do so. ‘It then became apparent that the catcher really didn't know where the hall was. Both runners then dashed for the plate and scored. “The catcher did not see, the ball from the time it passed him. It so aa; one of ther greatest pitchers in the history] happened the ball became lodged be- tween the umpire’s protector and He is to| body, unbeknown to him. Both run- ners had scored and were sitting on is. ag famous with the shotgun, t© bench when the batter discovered the whereabouts of the ball “The umpire dislodged the Lv and threw it back to the pitcher. ~Thi fall Relat Be Bherity of fitéermas nine (He APF a8 the! pire was undected a to whether te In the winter time for pat number of years he has been connected with a and ammi unitign- -making concern. should allow both runners to‘score, al- low one .to score and the other ad- vance to third or send the. runners is shown-in his New Haven, Conn., store ; beses, of ‘a gun'to a customer who is seeking advice. Bender plans to Pack ost nnce orien t os when te basebal) days are over. “One side claimed the. bell was never out jof play and that both run- ners should ‘a¢pre..; “The other_side contended « that since the umpire had depriyad the catcher of an opportunity to make a lay, the ball should be considered ead and‘the runners who‘had scored everything that is done on the grid-| be sent back to their original ‘pases. iron: The strategy that is pulled is the’ child of | the coach’s ingenuity. :|*The-players are, merely pawns 18’ be or, an overthrow the runner or run= Moved about as desired: f Pee A Qn! aside the bigger things ii the all do it. fore we are called upon to do 30.” see ae did. et the crowds. | e+ on fails to ‘produce ar succession: he gener selves, ‘None of the coaches seemed to en- e.over the Suggestion made by 6 leaist in runing the jesm. Football‘once ‘was a great game to and quick thinking. HThat was before the days of the’ high- | ly. ‘specialized coaching system that is The modern. coach's idea of: the object ‘of the game fe all now in force. Not. Thrive on Account of Air Spaces, 3 h i “Lie . DAY PHONE 246 great desire’ to win: we pul With football -having developed in- ‘0a big business it. was certainly. sourageous of Jones to take the stand The colleges:are under a big sxpenge with their immense stadiums. ‘tia necessary to have a winner to As coach °, f big -ollege team ner ‘two | years in tly loses cut. Be- sause of that ‘reason most’ coaches, Seeling théy can handle the situations etter than the captain or quarterback, utline' the actual field Lyell cnem tie i< Merhape sone he.colleges will banish the coach from | he field. Then and then only, will he SOIL: SHOULD BE PULVERIZED Where Coarse and Lumpy, Plants Will “The ‘ground rule agreed upon by both teams:was that on a wild pitch ners were entitled to. one base .jn ad- dition to the. base ‘he saa. trying to 1a ss ee bag: oe eee Hi The-play was. indé because we'think only of victory. we Mar one. “However, I- would say Phat However, ‘that does not justify the course we are pursuing. {t is wrong. We onght to stop it be- the runner. on third was entitled to score and the runner on errond to ad- vance to third. f The ball delivered to the batsman resolved: itself into nothing more:than a wild pitch, despite the fact that the umpire interfered with’a possible play‘on the ball. ‘The gnound rule agreed on was that all:runners were entitled to one base in addition to the one they -were try- ‘ng to make. Had the.two players been pulling a double steal on the pitch, both would have been entitled to score, The fact that both players, held ‘their base for séveral’ moments, be- Meving the catcher was trying to trick them, shows they were. not run- ning on the pitch. Neither was try- ing -to.make .a base, simply. holding their original position. (Had thé ball ‘not been stopped. b: the nmpire it probably would fate gone a considerable distance. 'How- ever: it would have merely been re- garded as a wild pitch. The fact that the umpire stopped it, and that it was lodged between the .| Drotector.and his body, should. receive no consideration. ‘wild-pitch, Ss MAURICE DUFFY VERY BUSY MAN The office of the Sec! the Secretary of State is now ‘making ready to publish a cumulative table of amendments and repeals to the compiled laws of 1913, and subsequent session laws: The table, which necessitates a ted- fous arrangement: of all the laws of It was simply a . Few gardeners’ realize the importatice of pulverizing the soll as deeply as it fs. plowed. No matter how perfectly ; the: surface is prepared, if the soif is coarse and lumpy. below, the plants wilt not ‘thrive. Large air spaces in ; thie -sott ‘are a detriment, but a large air spaces in thé Can be made to bring you a ~ ‘nue—lots of people are eon for furnished rooms. A Tribune Want Ad is the cheapest, quickest method to se- - cure a desirable roomer. Cash rates—25 words, one time, 50¢; 2 times, 65 cents; 3 times, 75 cents; 1 week, $1.25. recent years and a large amount of investigation into house and senate cefions, is compiled by Maurice W. Duffy, deputy secretary of state. SSS E 8 ENGE, D. ¢. PRC, Raite % 11-<Emena) Rieck—Phone S08 icensed. Embalmer in Charge NIGHT PHONES 246-887 PERRY eee PARLORS | ee in Cl Night Phone 100 or 68? sontest of wits between professional a soaches instead, of etwecn, the teams. BISMARCK FURNITURE COMP ANY ae THEM TALKING