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“PAGE SIX Gehrig Gets x; | Three COLUMBIA Itt |Oliver County Giants First to Enter Big Tourney’ Athletics Pound Ruether, Pip- gras to Take 8-1 Victory | Over Gothamites DBLANEY RIGHT [f Amateur-champ “|LIGHTER BAT [ss r= RHO NINE By AIDS TAVENER | agmims.. | TOTAKEPART, WINNER T0 BE HELD AS ‘SUB’ IN HIT QUEST), MANAGER SAYS ‘|Midget Shortstop Is Being Membership Will Represent, Victor to Be Kept on Hand in ' “ Spr — 5 Case Either Dempsey or 7 i] ‘Made Over’ by Detroit Best Baseball Talent in citi Brewers, Mudhens Divide 3 ? pla é } 4 T Can’t Fight Tigers’ Manager 3 a Twin Bill; Bucks Are Troun- | a fe: ee . Southwest Slope eithe or Sool ict ai SHARKEY ALSO SIGNED intio: sued socis In fyi ayn trol mun rout will capt thei in day firs’ mae he Associated Press) To the ers, Who have beaten | the Cul twice | ction of stopping the| National League leaders after they} won nine games in a row. | The Cubs beat the Robins 2 to 0 in| yesterday's double- | header lost tite “Gabby” Hartnett, spiked in the foot | ; Brooklyn outfielder, and will be out| for some tin 2 he Cubs s es ah of the Pit r __who| trounched the rr Hornsb Jackson aided the ory, but it was Paul Waner who} Man Who Wins Tomorrow Night’s Bout Assured of Match With Lithuanian New York, Aug. 10.—)—The win- ner of tomorrow night’s Jack De- laney-Paolino Uzcudun fight will be |a possible sub for either Jack Demp- sey or Gene Tunney in the event either of the principals of the heavy- % : oe 4 George Von-Elm’ George Mey ean is ae, eget held ii iness by R amateur golfichampion and he is to one renainees by ex Reckerd a9) cefend. his e2NWA ister in. the month; in what might be called ‘home tert tory’ when the national tourney is played on the Minikahda course at CONFOUNDS OPPONENTS Varies from His Usual Posi- tion to Get Longer, Safer Wallops (BY BILLY EVANS) Can a ‘batter be made over after he has reached the major leagues? The impression has been that such a thing was a physical as well as a mental imposalbilit In other words, a player 1s usually set ‘as to style when he is’ good enough to make the big league grade CHARLES, WETZEL ENTRIES CLOSE -TODAY Blanks from Other Teams Expected Later in Day; . Committee to Meet First entry in the Missouri Slope Baseball tournament, to be held here Auguxt 25, 26,°27 and 28, was re- ceived this morning from the Oliver County Giants, with headquarters at Center. - The Giants, composed of the best players in Oliver county, are expect- ed to be one of the outstanding teams ind it has always been regarded a8) qe Athletics have a new hurler who|in the tournament. All the men on q Onan to ite oat would that| is said to be possessed of freak!the team have played ‘with various ease ‘tf Jackie. Tavence of the | curves. He is Charles “Buzz” Wetzel| North Line teams and all are experi+y, the case of Jackie Tavener of the! o¢ Massillon, O., and he is said to get! enced and speedy. isd club contradicts in a mi stl his breaks from a twisted index fin-| B. B, Conye is captain of the team ne ae ee such a generally ger. Wetzel’s initial efforts with the| and Rapsavage is manager. camouflaged by fake store- ite” metaas (300 Bateman A’s was not impressive. +|Conyne is a catcher and the northern icone eee, eee eS i £ aggregation is also brining two good 7 itchers: Ed Wonn and Abi - The “Plug Uglies” took their name Jigers believes that Tavener that are beng held by Interstate Com-! 2, i eee as jon. tined to be a .300 batsman. It} merce Commission, it was decided at| Others listed on, the entry blank i: i i ; Minneapolis. He will meet such de- f min drove home the winning run in the} oe weight.championship bout at Chicago, | Minn cap? and it h H : termined stalwarts as Bobby Jones, coe last of the ninth September 22 in unable to go on. | George Voight and Watts Gunn, as Ss. Onl i This was learned today, following| well as Minnesota’s, own: Jimmy the N. a " H i ane Rickard’s return from Chicago to at-| Johnson of Minneapol i bs tend to details of his New York card at ‘he Vankee Stadium. ‘ S Sometime ago the promoter signed the smiling gentleman above, has good reason for| Jace snarkey 1 an aqremmna ieee licens, é Dutch Reuther and George - he won the national public links title in the, hy the Boston fighter obligated him- gsraeg Sax wil to all. corners, and took an e tournament held at Cleveland. He hails from Pittsburgh. self to substitute for either Demp- qui » Rube W allow | sey or Tunney in an emergency. from the old-fashioned silk hats wouldn't surprise him if the midget f farmers and grain : = HEE ELAL Sara Tékee No: Ceaness they wore when on the warpath. They | shortstop reached that figure before| Gout kere, ne sean Kennett Lhe, YH ieee ee e pal , ° in addition to his homer pow V El W ll D f d tl “I don’t expect anything to happen| were a gang of tough and husky Irish th close of the season. If not then, Matteson, Boyd Light, Henry’ Price, at double, He is now three homers| W OWL m 1 eren I TURE]: | io either Tunney oe Dengren abeelinds the iden fer thoi, particular il 1888, positively. Harvey Salt Le ee One ea eet Br Would prevent them from fighting,”|costume was taken from the cartoons |, Ta erage for the two years Bane cots | Lit. | Rickard said, “but I am taking“ noland the comedy stage where the: lready spent in the big show, | fe n, Eddie Ei u Lemmon Is Coming - : He : ourse Soon’ chances. Inquries have played havoe| irish were shown in a tall hat and a the Seasons of 1925-26, {s 256. Mak-| told county auth killed! Lemmpn, § | Lou Gehrig’ 8 ninth inning wh a shut ont 39 . D., phoned today to first. run, slamt with some fighters at the time of im-lelay pipe. ving ‘a three hundred hitter of him} Arthur Sundberg for $220. He told! say th; entry blank is now in and played brilli: _ portant battles. I have Sharkey] This gang would swing out of means that 44 points must be tacked! authorities where to find money and)the mail and that it will “be there Taylor, Devormer; med as a possible substitute end| Paradise Square after stuffing their 0M to his best efforts. That looms jit was recovered. Hollis Thursto ton toa 4 land, innings on the mound f the Senator The Red pace-mak- and Gooch. n Others not scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE K H New York .cjucsiss 2 6 Philadelphia . Cae © Ruether, Pipgras and Collins; Wal- | berg and Cochrane. Washington : ae 1 Buckeye, Levsen and Autry; Thurs- ton and Ruel, HE National Amateur Champ’ either Delaney or Paolino would Will Have Stiff Competi- tion From Bobby Jones, Gunn and Voight; Jimmie) ‘Leo p. Flynn, Dempse Johnson Will Carry Hopes of Home Club ~ Aug. 10.—<P)/ d_ acres George! Il defend | make a second emergency man. The winner of tomorrow night's bout! ‘here is assured qf a fight with Shar key if everything goes well in°Chi+ | cago.” y's manager, was in conference with Rickard re- garding a training site for the form- er champion. Flynn indicated that; the Lincoln Fields race course might be chosen eventually but he said he still is considering numerous bids from clubs and resorts near Chicago, Paolino has been given the approv- al of medical examiners representing ‘the New York state athletic commis- tall hats with leather, this being a protective measure in the event that! clubs started falling on crowns. Fighting gangs were these, not the “shoot-from-the-limousine” type bred today, For a small sum they ‘would undertake little odd-jobs of murder or bludgeoning. Their haunts were the lower Bowery which was a teeming gay white way. Today their gay Bowery hangouts are dismal flop-houses and the cheap- est of bootleg parlors for bums. In the good old days this district blos- somed with beer joints for men, women and children alike, while to be quite a proposition to put over. Manager Moriarity is positive it: can be done and ‘after considerable) reasoning he has won Tavener over to such a belief. Thereby hangs an interesting tale. i Uses Lighter Bat A bat five ounces lighter than ever | And before used by Tavener during his baseball career is the instrument by! to be brought about. A five ounce lighter bat is to add 44 points to Tavener’s batting aver- age. How and why? Listen: Jackie Tavener is one of the ——_—————® Old Masters ID: jder line. For that reason, it was de- He that holds fast the goklen mean, lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the which the drastic change is expected | no-"piagues that hunt the richman’s oor, Imbittering hi ‘William Cowper: Mean. with bells on.” Although Lemmon is technically in South Dakota, its play- ers practically all come from North akota, the town being on the bor- cided to let the southern nine enter. It is expected that the best basc- ball talent of Bowman, Slope, Adams and Sioux counties will be represent- ed on‘this team, which has made an outstanding record for itself in the southwest corner, with a long string of _wins to its credit. Entries colse at 5 p.m. today and The, Golden] the committee in charge of the tou nament is to meet this evening to make pairings for the event and to map out final arrangements. wu ers of th a twin bill, hi . amateur golf, 5; Paoli ill weigh djsome of the most thrilling theaters Hanomaierss. He ate te wae The staff which will assist M. T. ~ ies a ion. Paolino will weigh in aroun eof 7 rs" i jors. He is feet five r f L (8 rat Detroit-Boston, BREE Ege Wee ory einti-| 192 pounds tomorrow. Delaney came) Were operating. Several of the big nhs tall and weight bout 140 Temperature and ce apes eee ato ce ke Be : F d Il shoot at the scinti-| 14 New York today from’ his camp| stage fortunes and careers started| pounds. Lack of stature has always pyr} chosen at tonight's a et ates Th the-eennd coms | | Othate not se F L De cect Gtigie: Gok eS *. from that section. The old blood-|been regarded as a severe handicap Road Conditions | ting, Bacon, the tournament commit: h % i karat delle z a ee is choosing a mat and-thunder melodramas were in battii % _ the Brewers peppered the offerings Midas lag ser i Obl 44 WNC A | ee coe mR SSR keep the affair going without a flaw. 286 for the ¥ “best i r . great demand and, whereas the “best; tomary for the midget athletes to b of Jeff Pfeffer for a 6-4 triumph. i Gaye rere) i People” once attended, the gang ar- paneh hitters. Using "5 heavy bat Bacon has been with the Western artes Bebe | gradually drove them out. they simply punch or push at the eoday and fin clouted homers, ague for some years and is now on Paul ie sce aoe NR 7 SRnae by danske in the Britten One of the most celebrated haunts|ball, never trying for distance, the pire McGrew banished | Strohm,| st, Sisraarcle Clea 6. year’s leave of absence, which he is Louisville ... aie: | 7 3 ‘of young criminals Manhattan ever, h, bei: ball will xame and sent Jonnard from the ab iblnge) joven at St. Andrews. ; gave birth to was a. little cellar dros eet ie the tenet ot ie Brewers’ a ad queuing, Betts and Gaston; Moss and Mey-| inikahda Is Ideal ? theater, known as the “Grand Duke.” | outfield, i Riconda and MeMenemy from the St. Cloud—Cloudy, 62; | spending in North Dakota. “His home is in Los Angeles. He was chief um- I Fares ow Mia's; roads geod. |Pire at the Red River Valley tourna- poacaseCity. trounbed ‘Columbus in| er | Minikahda offers a course minus .Youngsters were brought up on al A Jeft-handed batter, that is of ‘Winona—Cloudy, 67; roads good. | ment held last week at Breckenridge, eet ee cuneeld Colambus, in uk holes and blind greens dict of toughness and learned to’ape ’ i Cloudy, 67; ' Minn. both s of a twin bill, 4 to 3 and ind greens and : Tavener’s style, using the punch s; Fargo—Partly cloudy, 61; roads f Ghe iat cagtest war tal with putting greens developed nearly : 5 their swashbuckling brothers. There|tem, usually hits the ball a great | ¢, ial between Bumlro.cand to perfection. A horde of golfers,| Hefty Flinger Signed for Rest) ¥#s distinct difference between! deal to the same territory, left field. ee a including Bobby himself, will try to fi them and their “baby bandit” broth-) Knowing this, the opposition is ab! 2 of Season, Including pod. DYNAMITE BOMB FOUND, Mankato—Clear, 62 roads good. Chicago, Aug. 10.—()—A dynamite’ tear ik 2 ade 11 2 lift Von Elm’s crown. ers of the present ime.s to build u; def forsuch a styl Paci rine aie acess icMenemy,| Against the golfing layout is a Fee outfield p oe Duluth—Partly cloudy, 56; roads! bomb with an electrical timing de- AMERICAN cist eed (Mercury readings at 7 a. m.) edo ... . 10 Johnson, Eddelman ar ame, each with a man der McGowan of the} Blues rh kle sliding into first b r Wingo and| Cateher F Senators. were} i ir by Umpire Connolly for| Minneapolis and Indian- apolis did not oe | Pennant Progress ! o—___________ _____q AMERICAN ASSOCIATION w. L. Pet. Toledo 628 Indianapolis Louisville Columbus Games Today "Kansas City . aa) a6 Young; Palmero and 0 1, Heving. | back drop of twinkling lakes, be- witch terraces and clumps of, brilliant verdure that lend natural [}|enchantment to the stretches of Milwaukee Toledo Or and O'Neil, Kansas Ci Columbus ee y 9 Murray and Peters; Zumbro, With- em and Bird, Second Game R HH E 2 Columbus ..... 5 Zinn and Shinault Biemiller, With. + em and Ferrell, Bird. Minneapolis-Indianapolis, postpon- Johnson, a J bunkers and tricky water son R. (Jimmie) Johnson will the hopes of the home club. kahda member, has out a notworthy record in competitive golf. His most recent exploit was leading the field for 36 holds wtih 144 strokes in the national open at the Oakmont Club, Later he won the Minnesota amateur title for the seventh consecutive time. He was twice a member of- the Walker cup team and western amateur cham- pion in 1924, Donald Carrick of Toronto, Cana- dian amateur champion, probably will be the only foreign entrant. Links Are Improved Minikahda club has improved Tourney Games Charley Boardman, _outstan: North Dakota pitcher, has been sign ed to pitch with Bismarck for the remainder of the season, including the Slope tournament games, it was announced here today. Charley, whose deceptive curves have baffled many a hopeful batsman, is expected to materially strengthen the locals’ lineup and to add much in batting strength, inasmuch as he swings a hefty willow himself. Boardman made a fine showing for himself in the Red River Valley tournament at Breckenridge, Minn., and is expected to give plenty of worry to opponents in the Slope tour- ney and in the regularly scheduled games. To Show Wares Sunday e Against Parshall Sunday he will When the Hudson Dusters reached the peak of their ill-fame a few years back, the police created ‘a “deadline” beyond which no man with a police record dared pass with- out forfeiting his freedom. The. “deadline” exists to this moment, and there are thousands of men who, i: seen leaving their old districts and crossing it, are immediately subject to arrest and imprisonment It an accepted sigi that th pres- ence beyond the line means that they are bent on mischief of some sort. Hell's Kitchen became compara- tively civilized a year or more “ago when a group of push-cart mer- chants moved in with their wares andj much turned Ninth avenue and its environs into ® trading center. Tenth avenue still breeds a few notorious gahg leaders, one of whom is now sought for shooting a few policemen and sticking up innumerable pedestrians. ereas good. : by having the outfield play in close,|€°" 1 ctear, Gt; roads good. 48; ‘roads good. lear, 49; roads good. ads spring Manager. Moriarity decided tal | Grand WorkeClear,* Gt; 701 Bo ‘Small, But_8t While Tavener is small of stature, he is bufit- on sturdy line: This try a drastic stunt on Tavenet, mi ing’ him” a ‘slugger’ rather ‘than’ a punch hitter. Inst. of . merely ushing the ball, it was Seniaed that ‘aveiier should take a healthy swing and try to pull the ball to field, thereby upsetting the de: feet has always been used against im. If, Tavener was to become a fr swinger, naturally it’ wi that he use a much lighter bat. After experimenting, a bat f ounce: if er than formerly used, was de upon. So far it has worked like magic. “I would say’ that 75 per cent of Tavener’s have be field this year vice set to cause an explosion at 11 o'clock tonight was found today in a dilapidated building adjoining the sub postoffice at 1201 West Madison reet. The infernal machine was found by 8 bobo who heard the clock Devils Lake—Clear, 51; roads good.| ticking. He informed the police. ed, Lindbergh day. mes ). ; WESTERN LEAGUE St. Paul at Louisville. Des Moines 10; Amarillo 7. Kansas Cit Columbus. (@ Lincoln 1; Tulsa 4. Milwaukee at Toledo. Omaha 2; Wichita 4, NATIONAL 1 LEAGUE Others postponed. Chicago SEL comer ec ane EN Pittsburgh \{ Fights Last Ni ight | s o—__—_. ———— t. Louis . (By The Associated Press) ‘tie ie have his first chance to show his{ GILBERT SVAN, . | mech, sreater, distance os its links apd added 200 yards, and| ives and fans are expecting a real | (Copyright, 1927, NEA Rervigp, Iné.)| the 16 double shots imperative at all points. It is] €xhibition| when he gets on the one of the few courses that hag its] Mound. He will come Up Sea ines 8) fairways watered throughout. cae geponent in Henly: aH ks run 6,669 yards, with the} Shall’s colored | A) =) Already ded over 20 ine totaling 3,188 yards and Ritebers battle is anticipated as a re- CAPITOL THEATRE points to his Hare of ‘he’ ot : It will be a real game Sunday. The J. Farrell Macdonald plays the| OU Years and feéls,tha ccond hole, 444 yards, lacks only| 5-5 tie which resulted from the last| part of 9 gallant but , impecunious ay, fo the select mae clots. sof the normal distance for| ame will be an added incentive to|/rish’ lord in “Colleen,” Fox Films| inhe. the Detroit players, now par 5, and the seventh, 455 yards, is| both teams. Bismarck fans: fondly | latest starring vehicle for Madge ener, _ 2. Pee de, oi Minneapoils at Indianapolis (two| games). ip is 35, although New York ten vurds more than ‘the usual par| believe their team can come through | Bellamy which comes to the Capitol strength the midge at the Cine sonetl Zz Jersey City—-Bobby Garcia, Balti-|4 limit, so that most cards would| With a win, and point to the fact that Theatre for a two day run tonight. » Brooklyn ». .~.+.... cclemen City obby Gareiu, Balti-| make it par 36. they held Parshall to the minimum|, It is said that the redoubtable 3 Bae se . ah it knee out Jimmy Britt, Ho The second nine has a 37 par, but| score during most of the game tha] “Casey” of “Iron Horse” fame gives | 9————————_________. HOP FE AYORE Bi Games Today New York at Washington. at aiyorce the tenth and sitxeenth holes are| last time they met. Parshall js rely-|@ splendid performance in this NEWS BRIEFS } ‘Gomme Toa Newark-—Pete Nelo, Florida, de-| ly, 20 yards short of par 5 length.| ing on Hensley, as well as Sam Ben-|Part in which the famous race horse AWD DEAE | es Philadelphia at Boston, pean > * 1400 yards and two par strokes dif-| Bismarck within reasonable bound: papeest, t is anny oa ted The nd_| ., Denial of injunction to minority ] e ; OE bt ee Utica, N, F-cDavey Abad, New| ficulties are about evenly divided| The tentative lineup: of the ours iy and of the| Stockholders at'Clevelahd paves way ‘ / Z u Pie kane tie York, knocked out Frisco Baytista,| 2", score of par 72 is excellent) Mismarck Kellys, ‘thelr ‘neighbors, In the rac:| {F sele of Fisher. Body compary to e BE j he 4, AMERICAN LEAGUE | San Francisco, (11). elt : ing, clicles of | merica form the| General Motors. Sieg ! Y LCL / BOE . Lae a asis 0! ie plot. i 2 al New York ........ New York—Tony Canzoneri, Brook- if Tr, =e : ae compa —_ nal Washington : lyn, defeated Eddie Anderson, Wyo! A Thought | SLTINGE THEATRE ay to’ acquire: tlean Eas f Detroit : ing (10). Joe Scalfaro, New York,| ¢—————__________g A sereqn ‘play as delightfully rei} 622 ‘ | 1 fered aalay an and Johnny Vacca, Boston, drew (10). Take heed, and be ‘qulit = tela panier AG is ine ‘ mele aye Director Lord ‘of budget bureau at ‘t Ey is Cleveland : “417 Fights Tonight viiz4. ; ppiriepin bp on ta today teaville, Va. faye aw ilable ‘ A Yd ne ig 7 gaara 63 1394] New York—Jack Roper vs, Harold a5 tach : Sagehorn emington | It is “ pars Biotay clone 7d amas N oe Boston .. a 70 -333| Mays (10). z A gentleman makes no noise.— a Feet” with beautiful, accomplished | €2f . 90.000, Fate 8 N Emersop, YO! 1 Florence Vidor in the starring role,| ©! year of 1028, s = BARBS 4 | IN NEW RK Bask of gh iptttg’ bg oy yer Claire Windsor gets ., O_o | whoo caps her career by 4 Lytelt in Lbs Ei 4 1 affections of a husband whe |” Others not scheduled. ae >-_LittleJoe | New York, Aug. 10—Of all thel is about to stray.” band whe |S intalving “mystery”. 7 - When the air is full of ships, traf- 5 tough gangs that have come and} ‘Arnold“Kent gives 9 ¢leve 5 fie will be directed by helicopters, A the ‘side streets of. this vil-| formance asthe worrled. hi [ Yesterday's Games | sage Tis cine ade ihe Bic Goats) dat cS ci When the Ford air-flivvers become ; Tek thre nnttng Weta Wee eee Myth hanicnioa Prose |tamarons,snonen, there’ should be a before the sfodsen Dusters” brought | here of beaut Fi ig demand for space on the Signs of ; NATIONAL LEAGDE the Zodiac. Villeze and before sells wivenen? | ees a4 R H E % Breckiyn Ste Pa icago x 2, 6 Petty, Bhrhard, Clark and Henline; |™&iyes will ha ang ett. F “ -shooting jwherein getting the breal " portants 3 ae i us |e ange Sones ct be wonderful if ‘Jaws r ‘so that aes break