The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1923, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Dozen Catchers } Pass Century ° Merk in Game) Being a catcher in the big leagne is far erent from what it used to be, Nowad the job calls for | a great deal moze wors. { “In the old days a receiver was | only expected to to'l every other day or so, and the backstopping duties | “were generally about equally divided | between two men with a third filling | in ocasionaly. few seasons back it was more or less of an od'ty for a catcher to work in 100 games during the cam- paiyn. Anywhcre f 60 to 75 son- age. But until now the nged clubs depend almost atcher to do the bulk Catcrehers Work Hard Eve second string backstop, a valuable and necessary asset to a team, seldom gets much of an oppor- tunity te show his wares, Obviously f there is one, bull pen. 2 pennant race in | ue there were no tehers who pur- | and 100 games over, igton being the only club n failed to place a man in th though Garrity came within four tilts of the century figure, n 96 games. An injury to | alone kept Garrity out of Perkins Was Iron Man Perkins of the Athletics dupli- his 1921 feat of being the real “work horse,” donning the mask and chest protector in 148 frays, Inci- | dentally the Mackite beat his previ- | ous high mark by Seven contests, Schalk of the White Sox, of the honor on other oc ns, Tan second wth 142 bouts | nd “Hank” Seyereid | s Browns was third n came O'Neil, Cleve- Schang, Y ssler, Detroit, 121, and Ruel, Bos. ton, 118. Q | In the National loop five receivers | went rr the 100 mark, O'F of the Cubs lead'ng the field with 128 games. Henline, Ph'llips,; was second with ed in turn by Ainsmith, 119; Gooch, Pittsburg, 105, and Snyder, Giants, | 104. 2 | Hargra Cine nnatti, and Gowdy { of the braves just m‘ssed the select | circle, the Moran catcher partici- | ing in 98 battles and “Soldier | Hank” in 92. Brooklyn was the only | team not using one catcher in at least 90 game ——— | ee ] ——* | Basketball Quiz naam COLE a V NO LIMIT Is there any limit as to the sub tutes that m a | There is no limit as to sut but a player who has been removed from the g except for four per- sonal fouls or a disqualifying foul, | nter the | shall ha the game only once. right to r i GOAL | If a player throws the ball into} the basket from below and it goes | through and then drops back into | the basket, is it scored as a goal? It is not. The rule governing the scoring of a goal says the ball must | sket from above and re-j n or pass through to be scored | sa goal. In the case cited the ball entered the basket from below. | DRIBBLE What is regarded as a dribble in basket ball? | When a player gives impetus toj the ball by throwing, batting, bounc- ing, rolling or fumbling the ball and touches it again before it touches | another player it is regarded as a} dribble. ————______—_—+ | Billy Evans Says | —-—_—* ‘The big thrill has been taken out of the home run. Fandom no longer enthuses, as it once did, when some batsman hits the ball over the fence or into the stands. When a task is difficult to pep form, the execution of it calls for something out of the ordinary. home runs were once regarded in| .that light. | The case with which home runs | were made last season made the hitting of a four-base swat resolve itself into a very ordinary affair. Batters made home runs last year who never before broke into ~the home run column. I have in mind a certain American League pitcher who hit the ball into the right field bleachers at Chicago. In other years a long single was an event in his life. I have on three occasions seen =’ batter fall away from ball at the ~ Polo Grounds, then at the last moment have them literally stick their bat into the ball and loop a short fly into the right field stands #@t the Polo Grounds Stan Covelesk'e,Cleveland pitcher, ‘once turned such a trick at the Polo <#aGrounds and broke up a game. *“Goveleskie rayely hits his we'ght in in the batting average and Stan is r from 200 pounds, jaround Commissioner Landis and in- | with fandom, \arranged GRID STAR MAY TURN WRESTLER - “Red” Roberts, Famous College Athlete, Aspires to Mat Title Ran RAH — RAH CHEERING Jim MeMillen MHinots the in “Big Ten” of the University outstanding forward fuotball during the | past season, MeMillen is unquestionably — the best guard the west has produced in years. He ‘s entitled to All-Amer- ton. Recently he was n of Inois for 19: Wrestling, according to MeMillen, had much to do with his success on the, gridiron th's year. A year ago he was good but not a great pla: At the close of the football season last year, McMillen took up \ ng and developed into the college champion. The art of wrestling learned MeMillen how to use his arms, legs and body to their great- est ad This f: ling tactic: Time ually very ntage. 1 McMillen brought wrest- into play on the gridiron. vs he did everything but act- hold. \He greatly outplayed man he fai So much for MeMilen ang wres ling “Red” Roberts of Centre College has for three years been one of the mos lege the close of his football days. D s has been showered w y honor that can po: y of an athlete. I in the headlines of every paper in the the America select’on. the ambition of “Red” It Rob play wre will erts a great wrestler as wrestling has made MeM-llen a great football It is pos ble that upon his gradua- AMOUS TIE GAME OF WORLD SERIES HAS STIRRED UP MUCH TROUBLE May t talked football. uring his country, now fam erts, yer, to stler. footba playe A Service. York, Jan. 3. The fa- now ng out in the coming joint mee between the two The game was called at the close of the tenth inning with the score a tie at 3 to 3. The matter of ling the game rested entirely with the umpires. At a conference brand, ‘a veteran League, and Bill Klem of tional League, who h through almost a dozen ser a de- cesion was reached that it was too dark to further continue play. In all probability one more inning. could have been played. Another inning would have probably satisfied the public. The umpires ruled, ho’ it was too dark to con- In justice to the umpires it must be said that no one is in a better position to appreciate the dif- ficulty of ng on the Polo Grounds late in the afternoon. After the game the crowd surged between of the Hilde- Amer the Na- been sisted he was’ in collusion with the NOS CO the rules committee when into s Making it more difficult to h't a home run would certa:nly go big Incidentally, it would make the real hitters stand out as they should. it goes sion. MOUG-LEROY_ MATCHED Steele, N. D., Jan. 3—Arrange- ments were-completed last Saturday at Jamestown for a ‘ound mateh between Joe Moug of Steele and Russie Leroy of Fargo, They are to! appear in the feature bout ofa card yy the Jamestown Ath- club ‘Sn Wednesday, January letic 'y 12th, Moug will meet Freddie Adams, a welterweight from Oak, N. D. A match between Stanley, Roge: and Young Kallio of Minneapolis is being arranged and if the present plans go through will take place at Steele Friday, January 26th. Clark’ Griffith’s suggestion that a * iqning system be establishedet all {othe ball parks s an excellent one, ¢ has. much merit, As I understand it, Griffith feels it feet from the plate to a t stand is much too short for zal home run. With the: lively in use, there is no Hop py the correctness of 's be- He feels that a hi give the entire re order to prove to th money meant nothing to either league Tt is said that the handling of this matter in such a way by Commis- sioner Lantis has since met with much opposition from club owners in both leagues. It is also hintea be: prominent club owner in d the that worri his re that much of the present jangling tween the leagues oner dates Jmpires o} tie season the: in club “My share of thatt nothing to me, give The city commission, in a short rheeting last night, allowed some o!d water bills which have been pend- The company, after conference ing. with some commission ed a 331-3 per cent ‘di bills prior to Sept. 30, 1 The report of the city gist for the past month was given. and cream samples were found well within the standards required, Wate: he Bills were allowed as follows: Wachter Transfer -Co. Geo, Geo. Geo, Geo. Hing. s is often How no way owner, the reported, Gussner Gussner Gussner » Gussner’. Geo. ae A. W. Lucas Co, | Wachter Transfer Co. Gussner Ty Cobb’s First Snow in Decad become instigation, a thing is absurd call a game when the es it could be continued. money show of weakn baseball, a direct slap tegrity of the umpires.” Gane aaaaasaeeaeesea City Commission Turn Wrestler about athletes in col- Last season marked , Rob- h about ly come as been reer at Cent He has been an All- nous college football a professional all Rob- ability make the game was called at |, but it evi- the pmmissioner, it was voted to pts to charity in crowd that the ed eque: and the ¢om- ack to the tie game. ften err,” rem ed a cussing during the game, “Often the case when rain is ever, the fans feel influences i umpires or ie game means but the decision to to charity was a S on the part of at the in- Allows Bills ers, had allow- count on: the +8 5.76) 5.00) 10.90 7.39} “5,001 10.00 21.78 6.50 pn tion from college, taken in hand. b: Lewis, the heavyweight champion. Has Good Chance Lewis, who is a Kentuckian, knows | Roberts. well, has wrestled in pri- vate wth the Centre star, and haw this to say af “Red's” amb’tion: “Roberts might make a good man, | He has the weight, speea and cour- age. In addition, he has a fair idea of the wrestling art. "A twisted bene in his left fore- arm might poss bly handicap h'm. The arm was broken playing foot- ball and apparently set improperly. “Roberts says the injury doesn’t bother him, that the broken arm is ag strong as the good one, so it might not interfere with him on the mat, “I hope Roberts definitely dec’des to take up the game, The advent of the college athlete into the sport is certain to elevate it.” ee a eae E ase .. aii eats 4.40 Washburn Lignite Co 40.96 Geo. Gussner Hughes Electric Co. Street aud sewer de, artment. 125.00 Otto Dirlam 39.50 Ot‘o Dirlam 90 2 1.50 Furniture 21,75 pay roll 81.0% Electri 75.25 89.01 9.00 3 15.50 Sanders Electric Co. 1.50 Harris and Woodmansec, 4.55 E. J. 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