The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1925, Page 6

f Sports| KRAUSE SIGNS FOR 2 BOUT Rat ise, well weight boxer, now» ters in Bismarck, fights this month known welter adquar He will box Rex City, Montana, on Minot, and will meet d La Crosse, Wisconsin, on January Krause is working out ina local g getting in shape for the bouts. He expects to do a good deal of boxing this winter after a long lay off. Says pitcher f the Ed Waish, f ° Chicago White took up umpiring when through pitcher. art of one Sox of other euson was enough te 1 OLD FAVORITES LIKE TILDEN, WIL Ed “Stranger" convinee Ed that umpiring not as pleasing a position as star twirl- Lewis er if “I's all jeers and no cheers,” is the w aut the busin of That belief recalls an interesting yarti f turing Charley Rigler, noted National umpiring. League umpire. “[ will never forget my greatest thrill as an umpire,” remarked Rig- ler to me the other day. “I was gent to Annapolis to ciate at the annual ball game betw pon Annapolis and West Point. 1 was all Mdoiled” up for the oc pressed, new cap and shoes oiled, “Just as [ walked on the field to start the game there was a salvo of applause from the grandstand that I will never forget. “I threw out the old ch farther he umpire was really appreciated. never started a ball game feeling juite so satisfied with myself profession, “As the captain of the West Point handed me his batting order for the lay, he brought me back to earth When he said: “That outburst of applause was For President Roosevelt, he just ered the grandstand,’ Then [ real- i m, I had mere- entrance at the same president.” le my s the la At the recent mecting of the ma- jor leagues, the matter of speeding ip the games was given much consid- bration. Last both season the games dragged in leagues, but in the American more than the National. Delays in baseball can usually be charged up jo the battery men. Either the butter’s “go lowly, teher seeks to get the by giving the signals or the pitcher after getting quickly, proceeds to opt dilatory tactics. American League managers seem 6 place a greater importance on the ke-your-time® policy by the pitch- , herice the games are slower. The annual discussion on this fea- jure re a letter that Tim Hurst Ince wrote to President Johnson on fhe subject. In reply to the American League resident as to how the gamés might shortened, Hurst, after offering a umber of suggest added a post- cript to his letter which said: ns, “If you are really in earnest, Ban, bout shortening the games, why not ry seven innings.” That suggestion might have got- len any other member of the staff ired, but to this day President John- jon can always get a laugh when the dent is recalled. The Nut Cracker | —- = you a run for at guy. A foot race A fighter who gi our money is a gre gher who an awful |. Advice to amorous young men rout town: Keep that school girl’ mplexion off your coat. Instead of ruling a horse off for yaveling under wraps in this kind weather, officials ought to give credit for having brains, The new -bantamweight champion only 21 years old. Happily, + has plenty of time to live down s shame, Hughey Jennings has picked an L-America baseball team. . . We 1ew he'd go sappy sooner or later, ting all that grass. McGraw says foreigners will never iderftand baseball. Will the tleman kindly explain how those @w York crowds ever got the hang it then. 1924 was a great year for come- beks, . . It included the full Jirted chorus lady, the yellow slick- = and “Bombadier Wells. Uthe season’s first strawberries are friving in the north. The sea- én’s first razzberries will arrive m the rookies finish spring train- high school basketball team in saic, N, J., has not been beaten five years. Well, Mike ‘igue has a careful manager, too. i 77 thing that surprised us about | int meeting at Chicago was the of actors. ; ars Walsh expresses his disgust | ofti- | and en- | BY biggest BILLY EVANS | The upset of the year in was staged in major lea i! n, more or less an out | sider, not only won the American {League pennant but also captured the world series from the Giants. The triumph of Washington was all the more unusual, since anley Har youthful manager, making but. was big league Hornsby peated his spe- y of leading the National League itting, while Babe Ruth showed in the American, , by taking down the 1924 chieved his ambition of leading the merican League in batting. Walter Johnson, famous pitcher of |the champion Washington club, and Dazzy Vance, Brooklyn’s hurling ace, | were voted the most valuable play in their respective leagues. | In football, Notre Dame had a team “that must be rated one of the great- est of all time. In the east, Y. Dartmouth and Pennsylvania had t edge, Chicago won the Big Ten chat | pionship and Stanford nosed out Cal- ifornia on the coast. again “Red” meteor, was the outstanding player of the year. He was a unanimo choice of every all-star eleven select- ed. Bill Tilden, although harder press- ed than usual, still retains the title of world’s greatest tennis exponent. | Vincent Richards gets second posi- tion, As usual the United State won the Davis cup, the world series of tennis. rs Among the women, Helen Wills, the California marvel, dominated the tennis field as clearly as did Bill Tilden. | It was as usual a bad yeur for golf Grange, Illinois | | champions. No major champion sue.) — ceeded in repeating. Bobby Jones look the: ainelour tle away Hror| SOOM Max Marston, but in turn was de-| prived of his open laurels by Walke Geni en lost further prestige by his failure in the open profession al championship, which went to W: ctor for the se years in the Br ter Hagen | ond time in th lish open. | Dorothy Hurd of Pittsburg provid- ng the women’s anipionship, succeeding Edith Cum- ed an upset by win mings. For the first time in y ans Was unable to win the weste | honors, established a new National] amateur, his monopoly of this im-, ‘League record, the winning of the} portant ‘sectional tournament being! title for five successive years, broken by Harrison Johnson of St.! Ruth, who has tasted of P. ry other baseball sweets, | Larry Nabholtz made the most | id forward stride of fessional in Phe country while G Von Elm the leading ast yea the of mateur, next le from activity in the bantar weight division, the yer wit in Fis » hantamweieht tif changed hi ce, Abe Goldstein took it a a shadow of ut old Joe was in turn de throned by Eddie Cannonball Martin | just as the old y | the back door. Johnny Dundee gr to de- | fend the featherweight nd gave jit up. A featherweight tourney w held and it simmered down to Kid K of Meriden, Conn, and Danny Ww | Kramer, the Philadelphia southy Jone of whom will be crowned ‘ch | pion early in January The total and complete explosion jof the Luis Firpo heavyweight boom Was another note of interest. The | so-called Wild Bull looked a joke fight against Harry Wills and | Charley Weinert, bearing out pr di ers that he} ions of expert ob would rk for | battle fairly good Ban bird me has sent the following note to |B. Johnson, “Don't let that worry you. He tried tell where to get off once.” to Rabbit Maranville has signed to lead the Cubs next year, but the direction in which he will lead them jis not stated. Oe The Cleveland rat want his son to he {because it isn’t a° busin doesn't fighter who box Well, it certainly w ball magnates rolled «up their s and went right to the bottom ba: slee of the Dolan-O’Connell scandal. It certainly was! | Headline read, “Everybody Mum on Eve of Baseball Meet.” : |Slight typographical error. It hould have read e body dumb. England is going to pu of amateur boxers over to this coun- try presumably headed Joe Beckett and Bombadier Wells. take a rest. It won't be ha as satisfying to him as it will-to A Japanese wrestler announces the discovery ef a new hold. . . May- be this is what Rockefeller Jr. mean’ when he said science has gone ahead of religion. After threatening for _ three months to sell Shocker to the Yan- kees, the Browns finally went through with the-deal. There- by proving anew the uncertainty of | baseball. Ad famous sayings of famous men: “You can count me out.”—F, Fulton. One nice thing about these an- nual reviews of sports which take up ‘approximately 18 columns of val- uable white space, is that there is no law compelling you to read them. We might as well break rizht down and confess we are a failure as a sports writer. For the life of us. we can’t recollect who won the canoe-tilting championship last Aug- ust. The double umpire system is to he introduced in *billiards. . Next they'll be encouraging the practice dp zeported-John D. Rockefeller | of throwing pop bottles, , evident- Ply never heard of Tex Rickard, | s fine how the | MANDAN TEAM | | Mandan High School's basketball }tedm defeated Belfield High last night in a very close game by a scor of 15 to 14, Belfield plays Bismarck High here | tonight at the Lo LU BLUE ML TO | HOLD REGULAR JOB | By NEA Services Detroit, n. | Two Lu Blue was rated next years ago to George Sisler in ranking the first basemen! of the This merican Lea, y Blue, an star of two years ago, must fight to | retain his position. His rival for the | job is Johnny Neun. Neun has been the prope | Tygers for two years, fi | sent to Birmingham, then St. for more experienc rty of the rs being Paul, He burned up both the Southern and American As- Mr. Firpo has gone to Europe to| none f sociations. Now he gets his big chance to out- step Lu Blue. Last season Blue suf- | fered a knee injury that may handi- phim in his battle to hold his j a regular. HAS UNIQUE DISTINCTION McGinley, star tackle of the Uni. of Pennsylvania football team, enjoys a unique distinction. He has been given a place on the first team of every All-Eastern and All-America team picked by the ex- perts. » BIG TASK FOR ROCKNE Knute Rockne may find it diffi- cult to get his football warriors back into shape after a two-weeks’ rest following the finish of Notre Dame's regular schedule. If Notre Dame beats Stanford in the coast game, it will have established its greatness beyond a doubt. BIG PURSES FOR PROS Professional golfers will have some real money to shoot at during the winter months. Three cities, San Antonio, Tex.; Hot Springs, Ark., and Los Angeles have offered purses totaling close to $20,000, A jelly contains [raters h weighing one pound more than 15 ounces of FEW NEW CHAMPS CROWNE a " 2 “ D IN 1924 S AND HORNSBY REPEAT ping out 1S WINNER outstanding ; ‘|neck, in addition to taking care of Consecuti BY BILLY EVANS Everett Scott, frail of he New York Americans, has play- cd 1291 ¢ shortstop yt | nsecutive games. He start- led his “iron-man” stunt June 20, | 1916, and is still at it. { No ball field |more dangerous to play than that of ortstop. This, pupled with the act that Scott far from husky, kes his endurance record all the position on the is | jn ;more remarkable. | Here are 10 reasons why Everett Sedtt has been able to hang up a |record for endurance, that will prob- ably stand, even after Babe Ruth’s 59 homers in one season has passed out of the pictur 1. Takes great care of his physi- jcal condition, Follows training rule: more like a college player than a | professional athlete. 2. Never hurries himself in the spring.» Conditions himself slowly regardless of how well his rivals for the position are showing. ref istudy no two Makes figures abling him to make plz otherwise might call for effort. 4. Never forces : ept in the pinch. Times his runners so that of hig. like, en- sily that a foolhardy *49 LALLA. EXPLAINS ENDURANCE RECORD “"" Gives Ten Reasons Why He Has Played 1291 ive Games EVERETT SCOTT he throws the fast and slow ones out by the same margin. 5. Has made a careful study of touching runners. his is the. most dangerous of all plays on the ball [field and no player is called upon to make it more often than the short- stop. Watches the runner closely and, being familiar with his man- ms, positions himself accord- ingly in making the touch, also tak- ing into consideration the direction of the throw. 6. Gets the ignal for every pitch and then tries to figure what he will do in advance, Says this is most important and saves many a “‘bone- head play.” Doesn’t believe in fussing with umpires unless he has a real Then expresses his ob- a way that results. in the umpire giving him much consider- ation rather than pointing to the exit sign. 8. Guards constantly against be- ing temperamental. Says a player must accept the good and tough breaks as part of the game. sts on being on optimist, believing that everything is going to be all right and says it usually turns out that way. 10, Fights hard but always tries to play the game fair. BARBERS Bi (OME WEALTHY GROOMID ENGLISH WOMEN London, Jan, —3.—Conservative| people who almost despair of human- i because young and old insist on having their hair bobbed, now have one more dreadful vision | of what this fashion may result in, They predict the lovliness of modern maids and matrons will be blemished by policeman’s neck, that rough and reddish appearance behind the ears so prominent among patrolmen, cow- boys, golf professionals and farmers, and hitherto largely confined to the male of the species. But the ladies, young and old, are still making this a golden age for barbers. In fact a London news- paper recently reported that one bar ber had not only bought a motor car, but “had provided prosperous mar- iages for three of his dafighters, The overhead expenses of sporting a single, the British term for the more closely cropped bob, are really quite large, what with a daily or every-other-day clip back of the the side issues, with frequent trim- ming, curling and whatnot. A rich pay annual fees in excess of $500 to her barbe! street practi craft. ording to a Bond- ioner of the clipping INDIRECTLY FLUBB--So. the doctor ordered you to cancel your European trip this year? DUBB—Well, not exactly in so many words. Ha gravely ' warned me that I was in no condition to start drinking.—Judge, LOT OF SAND THE SHEIK—Through hara’s worst 5 to thee, Nellie. THE SHEIKESS—Aye, Rodolph, surely thou must be a man of grit!— Washington Columns, THIS DAY AND AGE EDUCATED (affected by moon- light)—Somehow—you’re different from other girls I’ have known. There’s something mysterious about you—that unfathomable something that makes me— CO-EDUCATED -G? the Sa- ndstorm I have come an! If you patron of one of the fashionable [hair-dressing establishments» may i Froth, ‘ want a pet, say- so-—Penn State Neighbors | 7) LEIN NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Sevent Brenden and sen Howard, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lein ‘and son Marlan and Homer | Nelson were pleasantly entertained lat J. M. Lein’s Saturday night. Miss Inga Olson, Olga Rise, Olive Rise and George Christianson were shopping in Bismarck Saturday. Miss Clara’ Peters, teacher of school N 2 held her Christm program Friday afternoon. M Peters will spend her Christmas in Ss. D. A class of six were confirmed in the Finnish church Sunday. August Koskela of Wing died at the St. Alexius hospital Sundny from Jan attack of appendicitis. Joe Rise and daughters, Selma and Olga spent Tuesday evening at the D. D, Barkman home, the eve- ning being spent in playing whist. The Young Peoples Society held meeting New Year's Eve in the church, A lunch was served and a program given by the children. a The Christmas program and pie social held at Lein school No. 1 was well attended, the social together with the lunch netting $13.00. Miss Olive Rise, who has been staying at the E. J. Enoekson home spent Friday evening at her home. The name chosen for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Harju is Martha Elizabeth. Mrs. C. M. Bjerke and daughter Esther, left last week for Iowa, where they will make an extended ivisit at the home of her parents, Mr. land Mrs. Louis Linquist at Boon, Iowa. Miss Esther will attend school while staying with her grand- parents. Selma and Olga Rise spent Sun- day at the Fritz Hagen. home. A Christmas program was held at Lein school No. 3 Monday night. A lgrab bag furnished much amusement for both young and old, they took in $18.00 for which they will buy a set of encyclopedias. Carl Lein and Tilmer Lein, who have been attending the Hanson Jauto school in Fargo, returned to their homes Wednesday to spend Christmas. A lutefisk dinner will be held at the Norwegian Lutheran church January 3. Every one cordially in- vited to partake of the good Nor- wegian dishes. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Arneson, Mr. and Mrs. D, D. Barkman and Dor- othy were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Arneson Thursday eve- ning. How many saw the meteor which fell between seven and seven thirty Christmas night? It sure was a wonderful sight as it shot through the heavens making the night as light as day. Eddie Arneson spent Wednesday and Thursday with his friend, Val- dimar Lein. Miss Lydia Ohnstad left Tuesday for her'home in Willow City where she will spend her two weeks Christ- mas vacation. “Homer Nelson and Clara M. Lein spent Christmas at Charley New- comers. Eunice and Mabel Kzelsun, who are ‘employed in Fargo are spending their Christmas at the home of their sister, Mrs. Theodore Skogen. A large party of young folks were very pleasantly entertained at the M. A. Lein home Sunday night.-A very nice luncheon was served after |midniehs. Te WILD..ROSE Several from this locality attend- jed the sale at-the Saylor-ferm Sat- ——— News of Our | jin” om the radio at the Jens Jensen urday afternoon. sidered fair. Pric al Benz of Moffit was a busin visitor in this locality Tuesday, Services were held at the Swanson home Christmas Day. Christmas at the W. H. Brow: home. Mrs. John Peterson en- Mr. Peterson’s aunt over Olaf Feltheim of Braddock was in this vicinity Tues purchasing hogs to ship. The 0. B. anson family spent Christmas atthe J. $ | home. | Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brownawell and little son Bobby, of Bismarck spent Christmas at the paternal home. A number of the young folks at- tended the dance given in the new | school house at Braddock Friday | evening. A good time was enjoyed by all. | O. B. Swanson and and Mr, and Mrs, Nels Thomp- nd Mrs, Ernest Saville | and eldest children were “listening j home Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson had a family gathering at their home}! Christmas Day, including Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Peterson and children, | and Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Gooding and little folks. FRANCES NEWS A little cold around the corners these days, up here at least, we say. A nice Christmas program was given in Frances school No, 2 Mon- day night the 22nd of December, Miss Kathrine Waynier, teacher. It was very good and after the ladi of this community gave a nice sup- per to all present, which was en- joyed very much by all. s ga Tena Harms, who is attending Bis- marek High School arrived home to spend Christmas vacation with her folks. Martin Tooker made a trip to Bis- marck recently with his truck. H. Gierke and family were Bis- marck callers recently. Kathrine Waynier expects to spend Christmas vacation with her folks in Gibbs Township. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gieske spent Christmas Day with Mr. “ahd Mrs. John Engdahl in Cromwell Town- ship. Matilda Harms spent Christma Day with her parents in Frances, returning to Bismarck in the eve ning. The Lundeen family and Harms family spent Saturday evening at the Gierke home, all had a guod time. Here's our hand and here’s our heart for a happy and prosperous New Year to all readers and Tribune force, DRISCOLL Mrs. H. T. Olson of Willmar, Minn., is spending Christm: with the M. T. Olson family. Mrs. H. T. Alson is a sister of Mrs. M. T, Olson, Miss Margaret Hull spent a day in Bismarck this week. E. A. Hull left a short time ago for Michigan . on’ bustness. J. E, Tierney spent Christmas pnd New Year's days in Bismarck. Palmer Johnson, who has been visiting..his brother, Melvin John- son, left for his home again on Sat- urday. Arnold Erickson went to Bismarck on Monday, returning Tuesday, Miss Hildegnrde Hanson spent a few days in Jamestown’ this -week, Bobby Jones to resume her work as Domes- nce teacher in the Mandan High School. A number, of small-pox cases have developed again in this vicinity. Peter Schlabach was a visitor on New Year’s Day. Mr. and Mrs, Lawrence Hull happy parents of a baby son on Christmas Day. of Zion congregation, coll, will serve a Nor- turday. Sterling are born The ladi north of Dris wegidn ‘dinner on § The Driscoll Ladies’ Aid will meet Thursday afternoon. Mesdames George N. Knudson and E. C. Ruble will be hostesse: Miss Thelma Rosvold is spending a few days in Bismarck this week. Mrs. Helmer Meland vis parents in Sterling Sunday. ited her The infant son of Mr, and M He!mer Meland was christened on New Year’s Day, and given the name Robert Helmer. NEW AIRSHIPS FOR ARMY » WILL AID IN TRAINING FLIERS Jan, 3.—Six semi ri airships are now being built for the air service of the army, and the coming fiscal year will see the addition of other varieties of air ves- sels, Three of the semi-rigids are of the TA make, and three of the TC. The former are of 130,000 cubic fect capa- city and the latter of 200,000 cubic feet. The TA, short for training air- ship, is equipped with one-man con- trol and is the next step, after the free balloon, in the training of fliers of lighter-than-air craft. Then comes the TC, short for training coastal, with its two-men controls calling for teamwork, Under the present arrangement, the army develops the semi-rigid types, which have.only a keel and no sup- Porting framework, while the navy develops the rigid makes, with both keel and ri Both branches work with non-rigids, which are. exempli- fied by the balloon, with’ neither framework supports nor .The new TA’s are equipped with 90 horsepower motors, are 162 feet long, and capable of making 50 miles an hour. The TC’s have two 150 horse-power engines, are 196 feet long, and will travel 65 miles an hour. New aircraft acquired by the army air service include 26 Curtiss pur- suit plahes, six Douglas seaplanes, one anmiphibion for land and. water service, and 200 rebuilt ‘war stock De Havilland’ planes of the DH4B Washington, [and returned from there to Mandan type. ‘ , { 4 i j “€ ‘ ane | on s js ; : ) dy