The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1923, Page 6

PAGE S?x Saetenaman:-ooahenta eeaetienieinmmmianemmemaiateanne: Wisconsin’s Fast Basketball Team Is Making Strong Bid for Another Big Ten Championship carne maar oe | Billy Evans Says— | er i been a Who will handle the speedy shoo:s of Johnson during the recent trade between Was? 4d Boston of the Amer » which Involved the transfer sinich deprives Johnson vt mate. Since joining the Washington clu» three catchers have done practically all the ree for the speedball king. Charley Street, Eddie Ain- smith and Val Picin Walter Johnson and Charley Strect was the first battery to - ous Washington pitche of fact, much of W: success was due/ to ex- dling: on the part a I once asked Walter Johnson if his pitching was affected to a certain nt by his eateher, and he frank- y admitted that proper catching played a most important part in his success as a pitcher. He then pro- ceeded to pay Street a nice compli- ment: er expect to pitch to a bet- ter her than re said Johnson. 11 no matter where d then there was the No mat e the ran- always flagged Reta: cecynd. We tutew strikes to that base. I never wa: too fast to suit him, I can smiic now when I thing of him, When [ putting every ounce of energy of the ball he would be gabbing | , hern drawl of his: Walter, put something arm must be assing of Street, Eddie ame Johnson's battery 2 rather peculiar f who hi acted ners with the exce » have entirely ting fact that other catchers rated as star perform- ers never met with much su in ing Johnson's shoots. I, have John Henry and Eddie was with Washington at me time as Ainsmith, “Henry caught practically every other pitcher. A number of times he es- red working with Johnson ‘when Ainsmith was injuyed, but never did very well. I regard Eddie Gharrity as one of the best catchers in baso- ball, yet Eddit doesn’t have much sucess handling Walter. Ther2 really is no explanation. It just so happens. Now that Picinich has, passed out of the picture Walter will draw a new catcher. Muddy Ruel, acquiree by Washington in the Bostén deci, will propably be assigned to the job. Ruel likes speed, so he ought to be right at home with Johnson. LAJOJE ENJOYS UNIQUE RECORD Larry Lajoie @ holds a a unique bat-, ting record, something for the crack hitters to shoot at. Larry finished with an average better than .400 that year. Other batters have walloped the ball for 400 or better averages, so there is | nothing unusual in the high marx Larry made in 1901. The unusual feature ‘of Larry's ‘batting during the 1901 season was at in making his mark of better than 400 he never once fell below “that average’ during the entire cam- a "That is certainly a mark of’ cgn-} P' ‘sistent work at the bat, Larry was ways that style batter, slumps in ting were a rarity with him, LEFT TO RIGHT: FORWARD; ROLL | WARD; COACH M | By NEA Servic Madison, Wis. » 20.—“Wonder | coach of the west title that weil jfits Dr. W. E, Meanwell, in charge of Wisconsin's basketball five. Dr. Meanwell first became associ- ‘ated with Wisconsin in 1912 bas | ketball coach, ‘That year the Radgers won their first “Big Ten” champion- ship. During the next five year he won four titles and finished third once. In 1917 Meanwell went to Unives- ouri and twice won the Missouri. Valley conference title. Returning to Wisconsin in 1921, he came right back with a title for the championship. Last season his team was tied for second place. All told, since 1912 Coach M well’s team, Hfve won six champion- ships, This year Meanwell hi visions of capturing another “Big Ten” title. IBSON, CE 3 LIE GAGE, UARD; KEN IM, FO , CAPTAIN GUS TEBELL, GUARD Dr. W. E. Meanwell opened the season at Wisconsin this year with two veterans, Williams and Teteil, with which to build a team, In the preliminary games, before the smoothness of the short pass style of play had begun to show up, the team lost two games. Marquette and Butler both managed to win by a small margin. In the opening tilt of the Big Tun Conference at Northwestern, the men found their place and have not been defeated in the four conference games since, meeting Northwestern, Indiana, Chicago and Minnesota. Michigan and Purdue loom up as the danger points on the Badgers’ schedule, but the form that is now being shown should pull them through with at least one of the games to Wisconsin's credit in both McBride Weakest Hitt Almost every ball club, esp My in the big leagues, has at least one up” in its battle front. That is a player who never casts much fear into the opposition when ever he steps to the plate because he can’t hit either in a pinch or ont of one. In other words, fellows who do well to s the agate around the .225 mark. It is doubtful if there was ever a more lamentably weak hitter grace a big league plate than was George McBride, former manager of the Washington club, and for many years shortstop on the same team. In the parlance of the game, George couldn't “hit the size of his hat,” and hurlers throughout the American League has a happy fac- f passing men, when in just so as to get at McBride, iably the strategy worked n, the old might be Caaaally being ke co! ions with , but he couldn't drive ‘er He was either popping out or seni- ing measly little taps to the infieia McBride was a consistent “.200” er to Ever Win Major League Berth hitter, seldom getting much above that figure, In his second season in the main canopy he acrued a bat- ting average of but .169, making £3 hits in 90 games, Incidentally that “stunning” stick work earned hii his release from the St. Louis Car- dinals, That was in 1906. Two years later he got on with Washingtu., where he finished his major league playing days. Coupled to his batting shorteom- ings, McBride was anything but a fast man on the sacks, seldom pil- fering over 15 cushions a season. No was he a good “waiter.” All of which probably accounts for the fact thai McBride usually batted in eighth position in the Nationals’ lineup. But McBride, nevertheless, hi on to his job with bulldoglike tenac ity because he was a good mar afield. He could pick ’m up. arour jort with the best of them. He tout whip and was fast at getcins r te y. In addition to this he posse good baseball head knew the a as a tirel worker. And thus was George McBride kept on the Washington payroll for over a dozen years—simply because he could field. He was a veritable bul- wark on defense. AMENDMENTS OF HOUSE .GO TO COMMITTEE (Continued from Page 1) work in the daytime, while Mr. Mur- phy and Mrs. Sullivan avorked day and night for this house.” Rep. Paul JoHnson, Pembina, said he voted for the bill because “I be- lieve this is the best money the state of North Dakota ever spent.” Rep. Orange, Stutsman, voted for the bill, stating that men who hat been in the house two years ago and in whom he had confidence, told him that the amounts charged were rea- sonable, the investigation had ac- complished good, and the house had unanimously accepted the report two years ago. Jevied a “luxury tax” on theater tic kets and on cigars and tobacco. he | bill to reapportion the legislative dis- \tricts on the state was reported in on divided report, the report being ac-, cepted by a vote of 55 to 51. The house adopted a senate reso- lution advocated by the Missouri Slope Irrigation Congress, calling upon the President’ and she United States and-congress for the return for use in North Dakota of over $12,090,- 000 obtained from the sale of pub- lie lands and used for irrigation pur- poses in other states. An effort made to reconsider the Rustad bill killed the day previou: providing -workmen’s compensation. insurance may be carried either in the state fund or with private’ com- panies, failed, 49 to 29, Mrs. Craig’s Remarks. Mrs. Minnie Criag, Benson county, + Depository Act 0. Kd. The house also passed H. B. 194, a depository act regulating the de- posit of public funds except as to the state of North Dakota, permitting deposit of funds in private banks the Bank of North Dakota, and lating the interest and requ‘ bonds be obtained by officials bef money is deposited in any bank, It is provided interest sha!l not be less than.2 per cent on call deposits und 4 per cent on time deposits. The vote was 59 to 53, with one vbse: On house bill No. 124, appropri: ing $12,065.15 to pay the B:skop, Brissman company of. St. Paul for the audit of state industries conduct-, ed over two years ago at the instance of the board of auditors, the vote was 63 to 49 for passage, with one absent. Hause’ bill No. 238, amending the state hail insurance law to permit the commissioner of insurance to borrow money to y pert of losses before the hail-tax’is ascertained, assed: 90 17, 1 absent. ; Bills killed by the house during its session ing'uded the Watt bills, No. 247) and 248, which would have one of the two women representa- tives in the lower house of the leg- islature, ercate&\.a sensation whe. she arose in the house and dec} that liquor hdd been brought into the state capitol and that “I am not going to stand for it.” Prefacing her statement by. saying she had heard much ebout patriotism and law observance, she declared that she had abserved much law violation, “1 do not intend to endure. a repe- tition of the last night’s session of this house two years ago,” she des clared “Liquor has been brought ro “|this capitol and has been consumed herein.’ Closing her remarks she declared that “I have given you warning. : J mean action.” NEW ENGLAND MAN DIES Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 20.—Ca E, Talmadge, well known bi man of New England “a of the Slope country died at his home in New England on Saturday night after a brief illness, Complications resulting from an at- tack of influenza were the cause of death, Mr, Tolmadge’ COMPANY ASKS NEW FRANCHISE OF DICKINSON Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 20.—The Hughes & Deiters Electric company has applied to the city commission for a renewal of its franchise in Dickinson for a period of 20 years. The commission wishing to learn the attitude of the citizens in regard to the matter will not take definite action at present but will give all interested persons an opportunity to express their views before it is given final consideration under the regu- lar order of business, The franchise now held by the company was issued in. 1901 to run for a period of 25 years, conse- quently three years remain before its expiration. It is the desire of the company, however, to undertake extensive building improvemencs during the coming year. 4. H. Deit- ers, of the electric company, stated in an interview that in order to carry. their plans into effect that it would be necessary to float a bond issue of at least $50,000. These bonds would run for 20 years and to dis- pose of them to advantage would necessitate the extension of the franchise over an equal or greater length of. time. Plans of the company for the pres- ent year include the construction of a high line east as far as Rich- ardton to furnish,current for light and power at Lehigh, Gladstone, Taylor and Richardton, Mrs. Hall Succumbs After, Long Illness Mrs. W. R. Hall of Glen Ullin died at her home Monday morning at 2:20 o’clock after a protracted illness of diabetes, aged 51 years. Deceased was a daughter of Frank Lechtleugner of Hebron and had a host of friends in the west- ern part of the country who will be pained to learn of her death. She leaves besides her husband, who is the publisher of the Glen Ullin News, one brother C. W. Lechtleunger of Hebron and two sisters Mrs. O. McGrath of Glen Ullin and #rs. Dan Burkholder of Portland, re, also two step epughters, Thelma and Lucille all, The funeral will’ be held Wed- nesday morning from the Catholic church at Glen Ullin Pioneer Resident Dies in Miles City Lars J. Ericson, one of the pioneer residents of Mandan, died Friday evening at the home of his daughter in Miles City, aged 67 years. Mr. Erickson came to Mandan over 30- years ago. For. seven or eight years he served the city as street commissioner and about a year az» his health failing he “went west with his wife. Last .week Mr. Erickson and. his wife arrived in Mandan during the blizzard. He was on his way to the Mayo hospital at Rochester for an operation. His condition was very critical and physicians advised thet he probably would not survive until Rochester was reached. He lay ill at the Lewis & Clark hotel for sever: days and then took a train Thurs- day for Miles Cjty. Ha died about an hour after reaching there. Surviving ure his wife and five daughters: Mrs. Hanson of Flasher, | irs. Hauge, Mrs. Bloom and Mrs. son of Miles City and Mrs. Henry Gardiner ‘of Aberden, Wash.; two sons, Melvin of Miles City and Ed- ward who is in Alaska. ORIGINAL GARDEN IW N. D. Mandan, N, D., Feb, 29- The Gar- den ‘of‘Eden’ wasn’t in “Asia, it. waa in North Dakota. | This is the word of the editor o the Shields Enterprise. He his assertion upon the alleged fect that when a lignite vein near Shields wi opened the prints of bare feet were seen in the coal and a large fossil leaf was found embedded in near | # by. The tracks exténded all the way across the exposed part of the vein, and Eve went by des when ordered from thi said'the editor. The direction ef. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1923 Advertised Goods — Reach You With- | out Lost Motion A BIG PART OF THE COST OF LIVING TODAY MAY ‘BE CHARGED TO LOST MOTION, TO SLOW, ‘SLIPSHOD DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS, AND TO OLD-STYLE, WASTEFUL SELLING “METHODS. For example, every year tons of fruits and vegetables rot on the ground, because it doesn’t pay to pick them. Discouraged growers plant less the next season, and the supply of food is reduced. Meanwhile, consumers in the cities near by grumble over high prices. Demand and supply are not brought together. : Contrast this with the handling of oranges. $1,000,-. 000'a year is spent for advertising by the co-operative association of the California Fruit Growers. A large sum} yet: it is only about one-fifth of a cent per dozen— oné-sixtieth of a cent for each orange sold. And this advertising has kept down the cost of oranges. To quote an official of the Exchange: “The cost of selling oranges and lemons through the California Fruit Growers’ Exchange is lower today than it was ten years ago. : “In the twelve years since the first campaign was launched thé’cotisumption of Califortiia’ oranges has doubled: The Ameriéan'consumer has been’ taught by ‘co-operative advertising to ent mpenly tyne as many” oratiges as before; 9) |. : “Had the benno industry remained on the old basis, therd would ‘have been no profit in growing oranges. New acreage would not ‘have been planted. Orchards would: ‘most surely: sie been rial and other crops planted”. -. Advertising, properly done, saves money for the con- suniet' and:makes money for the producer by driving gut wasteful methods, increasing volume and cutting down ‘the roosts of wale ana diensiat ‘ion. Bismarck ‘Tribune, in co-operation cheats cae of Advertising Agencies Ps cat fie ’ FL LL MM