The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 11, 1927, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1927 | Gehrig, Paul Waner Are Called Most Valuable League Players TS RATED HIGH 4. BY TEAMMATES) | 27 To Bitty Evans - Sets New Record For Driving in Runs—Finishes Third in DEFENST 3 ; ear iaie tit Pathe ; PAUL HELPS CORSAIRS ! pe Sao Contributes More Than Any- 4 one Else to Pittsburgh’s Tri- umph in Pennant Race BL ALAN J. GOULD Associated Press Sports Writer New York, Oct. 11.—Pi—It the opinions of most of the players p: ticipating i ne late world means anything, the most player awards for 19 Larruping Lou Gehrig, Yank baseman, for the Americ and Paul marer Pirate er, in ti The of the pla selves are significant, perhaps, they are not the determining f tors. The awards, made annua are based on the ballots of baseball writers representing the cities in each circut. Last year the honor and its $1,000 National league emolument fell to Bob O'Farrell, star catcher COLUMBIA LOU FOOTBALL] ’ @}FUNDAMENTALS DOCTOR PROVES 00D REFEREE IN GRID GAMES |Surgeen Loses Money Because of Love For Football—Must | Give Up Saturdays | VALUES HEALTH FIRST Many Reforms Have Originat-| ed With Bostonian—Is on Advisory Committee BY BILLY n. Oct. 11.—On Boston’s geons five days ef the t 3 reatest ne, and | ued during his col- . It has remained je name “E, J. been carried; of most of the i games of the year! yril Walker Misunderstood Golfer; Slow Playing Is PUNCHES START Due to Stubbornness| BOXING CAREER Charley Balenger Got Into Ring From Quarrel With 2 Canadian Farmhands San Francisco, Oct. 11—(?)—Two punches that knocked out two op- ponents started Charley Balenger on & pugilistic career. Now the Winni- peg farmer boy has his eyes on the world’s light heavyweight champion- ship after winning successively the Olympic vf title and the Cana- dian 175-lb. crown, Lett a French-Canadian of twenty-t » was working on a farm when an unforeseen quarrel im- pelled him into a ring career. He had ridden to a country dance on a bicycle and became entangled in a “traffic jam” with two other young- sters who were likewise pedaling to an evening’s enjoyment. His ability to dispose of the two husky plow- boys prompted friends to encourage him to don tho gloves. Un a little more than three years of intermittent fighting, Bslenger won the international amateur title at Paris. Turninz nrofessional two years ago, he punched his way to the Canadis’ champ.onship. Balexgor‘s record includes victor- .| ies over young Bob Fitzsimmons, Hary Dillon, Roy Cliffe and Ernie Owens, all among the better 175- pounders on the Coast. Abe Martin, Balenger’s manager, plans an eastern trip soon. Offers aienaiiieeccmcn: er { have been received for a fight in and new manager of the St. Louis While Dr.| 4 Madison Squave Garden for Tex Cardinals. The American league is ected as the ‘ poe ME c Ric award went to George Burns, Cleve referee, he y at home at c: 3 . land a es R any of the oth ions. 4 aK 4 f * ’ ou Drives in Many Runs Ls. ‘ Gehriz, most of the ball players ee at ae \ The Referee | feel, is the logical American league DL auBera ovine, BY 0, B, KEELER time over his shots than he really| four-footer with extreme care, and|°———* choice this. season. Columbia Lou re of the give Babe Ruth a hot chase most | ner than the Walker, I have long con-| wanted. Gyiilas 5to inspected the line microscopically. cae fern h i art iat of the year for home run honors an p the prefiy a misunderstood golfer. —— Then he lined it up again and took| Wey "7 and finished with a cotal of 47, more | for a he only football : I remember an instance at Jack- ay of crabbing about| .nyine meta ae when Cyril wa his stance. The. he stepped back,| as Waner of the Pittsburgh tournament arrange-| playing the last round of the Flor-| 2nd lined it up again. clu pees ch matters, and for a ida open, in a foursome of which| Over at one side, Gene Sarazen t What ay aptotat aetbad hired he indubitubly was| Gene Sarazen, Paddy Doyle, and the] tossed his putter in the air and saia| for Sporsing ., glish channel last yer. Tournament of-| ultimate winner, George Kerrigan,| “Ha-Ha!” not at all as if he was ida sathees tacit 2 @ up Saturday er eee Th Haneee ah et Hare el orale Tinea WO rule i. is ic very * even in fourscmes is a bad practice in yril led the pu en he ad- 6d beet aes d cluttering up the field,! medal competition aay and Cyril| dressed Sarazen: bene an lot ag Sarmiento i. was taking his time. Paddy was} “You play your game, and Wt) eet ee ees bok lists hie ril was pretty slow, along] looking on with an amused and phil-| pley mine!” he said distinctly. first fights in 1920. id 1923. But it was some-|osophic air and Gene Sarazen, just| “If old age doesn’t get you first,” Who.is manager of the Asheville ing a dog a bad} then coming on his game for his! said Gene. And the incident was (N. G.) club) RK H. y began talking] greatest year, was fretting notice-| closed. Larry Gardner was manager il_was, and that} ably. But Walker, as I found out later,| 1, m the season opened. He prob- It directed at-| Toward the end of a round that) was afflicted with a severe stomach| 34) is yet. is 4 Til’s slowness, and it! required three hours and twenty, trouble which was keeping his Where is Rube Marquard pitch- il’s back up, and caused the; minutes, about the fifteenth green,| nerves ragged, and this was the ing 2ow?—D, K. little Englishman, inj Cyril was putting last, the others! main reason for his painful slow- le was with Birmingham in the wide world who loses as one of the of- game. How? than any other player in baseball history except the Bambino him-| He set the new record for driving in runs, 179, .n. finished Paavo themes The defensive back in modern|back is to stand as high as he can, P Al Simmons of the Athletics.|football has an all important role | thereby enabling him to have a good Gehrig was a star, too, in the/to play. In the old days the defen-|view of the line of scrimmage, also Sar} 1a world series, despite the fact that| sive back w. ‘lose to the|the offensive backfield. Never, un-| tination Friday eve That means i sp sive back would get close to U : some of his previous good work was li Csnces Aupive thought der any circumstances, even when he must] , offset a bit when he struck out in| NC Of Scrimmage and give thought | \aiking back down the field, must| turn over certain details of his work |. the dramatic ninth inning of the|nly to the interference and the ball) he keep his eyes anywhere except| to other surgeons. Since his serv- final game. carrier. Now, aside from having the | focused on the offensive team. ices as a specialist call for a fancy fj Simmons, but for an injury that] same two worries, he must fuss and| None of the four defensive backs| fee, it is easy to unders' y kept him out most of the late sea-|fret about the elusive forward pass | should ever allow an offensive play-| usually costs Edie O'Brien plenty f son games, would have been a/receiver sneaking down behind him/er, racing down the field, to get be- | of money when he acts as the referee stronger candidate for the award.|and taking a pass over his head for|hind them. It is absolutely neces-! at Yale and Army, Dartmcuth and Al's. action, however, seems to|a touchdown. sary that they drop back and keep| Harvard, Princeton and Yale, Army | : eliminate him from serious consid-| The defensive back of today must | even with a player attempting to do| and Navy or any of the other big ce, to take even more| having holed out. He lined up a/ ness and prgaration for each shot. Southern League for a while, but ? Harry Heilmann’s sensa- Pe reay ee _ He mee Hy ne ss apis Mi eae 2 player is} games. A stipend of $150 is top . failed to stick t! atting etroit, especially |fensive football in order to be able] always in a position to take a pass! py, 2 cial, 5 e here. . BP MEWUEGelics, Tels Lycre’ writ. [to diagnose ths. wie of winyrabout lover chelb heats carey te alc ea | Pivho then, cou tak, doe Dr. E.J,{St,, the refereeing game?” Dr.[(2), Joe Gans, Allentown, Pa., won|entum, Pa., knocked out Harry Har- How many times has Helen Wills liant_ twirling for the White Sox|to be used by the opposition. He|race for a touchdown, en ¥ Hee ‘ ;| O'Brien recently was asked. .,, {from Tom Kirby, Boston, on a foul,|ri-, Niles, Ohio, (6). eran ie an oN baie singles and Horace Lisenbee’s mound work|then places himself in the best pos-} The fullback on defense usually , “Just as long as anybody .. will-| (4). Ralph Smith, Los Angeles, chai Lee apg 1523," 1924, and for Washington brought all of these|sible position to meet the attack. jstands from six to ten yards in ing to have me officiate,” was his| knocked out Tony Youkonis, Allen- Trenton, N. J.—Hubert Gillis won fo stars into prominence, but they all] About five feet nine inches to six|front of the center of the offensive rejoinder. “I love the game, its as-|town, Pa., (2). ; from Ray Rivera, Mexi¢o, (8). a How old was Fidel La Barb; happened to be with clubs that were | feet seems to be the ideal height for| backfield, depending on the type of ch fall. Football is Dr.|<°Si2tions and its carills.” : van Bass, Baltimore, defeated Wil- a gon cach fall. Football is Dr." “fam inclined to. think you i when he won the flyweight cham- (ficlen’s eolnnation os-wall as hobs > y New Bedford, Mass—Al Mello, |lie Beetle, Trenton, (8). jonship of th Wie. GC. ¢ ly lov merely referee to keep in close touch / rowel, knocked out Zack Blanchard, a loves the gam Siaraieren Iti al $i fies f Fie ae Meu eer er New Orleans, (3). New York—Joe Glick, New York! On what ‘day did Walter Johnson Major Cavanaugh, Fordham coach, won from Bobby Garcia, Baltimore.! pitch his first game in the major payin HHapoeienlte ia resent at the| _Duluth— Howard Mayberry, out-| (10). Eddie Guida, New York, won jeagues?—V, K. H. time. PP P pointed Battling Morris, Duluth,| by a technical knockout from Reese ‘ugust 2, 1907. y the pennant) the defensive back. He must be an|offense he is playing against. The oe Pe expert tackler in the open and also|halfbacks usually stand from eight Lazzeri Also Looks Good jadept in intercepting forward passes.|to 14 yards directly back of their If the choice is limited to the | Speed is very helpful, because a fast}ends. The safety man plays direct- champion Yankees, Gehrig may be|end with greater speed has a chance |ly back of his own fullback, from 20 the favorite but not the only candi-|to get behind the back and take a/to 40 yards, depending upon what date for the big award. Tony Laz-| pass for a touchdown, kind of a team he is up ag zeri’s brillian: all-around work, the| The only position for a defensive] the style of play being u ane pettes fits (10). Brooks, Wales. nother we, Gordon, Cochrane skill of Earle Coombs, and the sen- z i A or " hice * sational Pitching of "Wiley Moore, | to discover that Pate would be of the | J He Must Have His Play | Fights Last Night ! lant keekadical Spare Pag Rus, as technfeal nee ees in Bridgewater, — “— oS ee any Pipgras, all eaieeieies He nae ove 3 es a not good, even for yee a es eS sell, Newark, (5). Danny Cooney, Philadelphia, (4). er hit pee itary oa . » his “) RE Ae Sino aaa aye (By The Associated Press) — = : i an since n in the aaah oe, pinned eae: Bee ae eee nae ely a play like the air of tie! philadelphia—Pete Latzo, Scran-| Pittsburgh—Billy Wallace, Cleve-| Jersey City—Phil Goldstein, Pitts-| major leagues?—G. B. C. Bee emer cin spitacet the| cach gaweces Ae inibe ready for an| mortals and to me the thrill of the} ton, scored a technical knockout| land, defeated Cubby DeMarco, | burgh, won from Luis Guigliemini,| No. He hit only 216 while with Be viiiiaia tins completed his second | emermeney: | geniiron andctie De Dleit wha ave over, Wyoming Warner, Larimee,| Pittsburgh, (8). Rudy Cedar, Tar-|New York (10). the Cubs for 49 games in 1919, major league scene, contributed| A relief pitcher must have control Ay Petry de Soares ficials provides a relaxation and} practically more than any other in- dividual to Pittsburgh's league per- nant triumph. Paul was the only regular to play through the season without being injured or out from other causes. His younger brother, loyd, was his principal rival for all- around honors, so far as the Pirates and something a little bit different to offer the batters in attempting to stop a rally. Joe had control and a knuckle ball that was tough to hit. In the role of pinch pitcher last season, Joe Pate was used on 47 dif- ferent occasions, stepping into the breach often with only a thread line Heston, Yost and O'Neil, Jr., Proving Outstanding Foot- ball Players Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 1; Three sons of dads famed in foot-| rest that no vacation could hope to| offer.” One look at Dr. O'Brien will read- ily convince you that he has’ the right system. He doesn’t look with- in 10 years of his age. He around the gridiron like a your ig in in hi q ‘ i i d suave ma ‘were concerned. margin in his favor. ball annals are provi and has 8 diplomatic and suave mar At least four other candidates on Le alin off the old block” this year at Man- Bee vos banding Beane al pee clubs that fought the Pirates to a 1 doubt if ever a pitcher in his | lius School, a military academy near i th nin aE the ie mers ts close aN Bay unis ee fist ery anes in such =i here. Y A Meneeens “Sis wide aries © rivalry for the elder Waner. Frank| unique and extraordinary record. The: villi sston, Jr., son| iS Penalized. His ’ , Frisch's spectacular second base| Pate, working in 47 games, was | of the famous ewilio™ me two| thorough knowledge of pre rules and : play, base running and batting,| credited with nine victories and | decades ago gained distinction as} os ee Ky hancling hi mace a Were major factors in keeping the| mo defeats. He saved perhaps | All-American halfback on three su Aha thoce pedal utter ofticinl an tte on cL Pea race tp until next} as many games as he won, feels University of ‘ M ichigan| sean aha 2 2 eams and was named by Walter = i . Hartnett Aided Cubs NO LUCK THIS YEAR Camp as tl i Many of the reforms in football Charley Hartnett’s catching was| This year Pate encountered just! hacky Fielding Hegime American! that have helped to put the game an ftapiration to the Chicago cube the reverse “breaks” of last season.! father, “Hurry Up” Yost, is. still De Ee nigher Plane ouirinated with while they were in the race, calling | His control wasn’t so good and the vi iversi f Michi r. 0 Srien. the fact that he is one forth praise for him from his! opposing batters refused to offer at sore pe EL ae ivaok: Michlaay of the three leading football officials qpenager, aie ecCarthy. as. the ne almost unhittable knuckle ball, | ing guided the destinies of its grid ne fics Bs ne advisory beard ie neon nee or 80 a il a nowing that a majority of times it} squad for 20 years, and Frank! ¢ en es coma ec isa He ie ny Hu e cinnati second baseman, was a vitail “Pate wasn't able ta wio's single| ON‘ Sbaghelt to the fame of the] whe outer tie eh ea 's Ss in a si « ” O’Nei 5 - spark in the late season rust of the} game from the oppesition this pe au pein We fered on Aa visory committee are Walter Oke- voting in the National league last| and had not. been lable to score a| 7%. OWE the, coaching work at year, was late getting started and| single victory. Despite this, it wasn't | : did not strike his real stride until| until late in June that he was bent Te ee cea patie fe Se Men, the season was well under way.!en. In all his major league career A ho eas on d ‘the * ow, Dlay: Charley Root, Cub pitcher, although|he has lost only three games, his| pene Berges three youths he slipped toward the close of the/record being nine victories and three | 27° Pee Put through their paces . Season, was largely responsible for| defeats, jas any other candidates would be. keeping Chicago at the top over a eee Nome) cnaed Maple a year, substantial stretch. _ h ame in which the opposi- | ficld on the junior teame oe Pack —— tion made seven hits while he Laude ——— retiring one hatter settled Young Heston has gained consid- | Billy Evans Says | ’s big league career and the sable distinction in his own right, a ish was of his own volition, | Having served last season as cap- He requested that he he sent | tain. of the Northwestern High PATE CASE UNUSUAL back to the Texas League. School of Detroit team and been A major league career without Vege named as All-State halfback of Mich- Hel & that ef ‘South i Joe] 4, PRAISE FROM Boss igan high schools for 1926. ite of the Philadelphia Athletics. irst Connie Mack refused to Joe is no longer a big leaguer.|take Pate seriously, but his con- FOXY PHANN. Near the close of the past season he | tinued insistence caused Mack to ac- It d vari k was shipped back to his old stamp-|cede to his request. So Joe went t joesn t ways take an ins Apes aor pee: ae year | back to deer a Fort ee and was artist to make a scene wil in loing business in| again the “old master” of the Texas Texas I League and no doubt will | League. on the canvas be one of the stars. Just before the close of the sea- For years prior to 1926, Pate had|son I was discussing Pate and his been one of the big numbers in the| retirement with Connie Mack. Here Texas League. Many a major league|is what the astute manager of the club had angled for his services but | Athletics had to say of him: ioe always essed a preference} “Pate was one of the most the Lone SI tate, courageous pitchers I ever had on t back, Detroit made a/the Athletics’ pay roll. His sunny deal but Joe said he wanted distosition added to his value to a of | big, league. Knowing | ball club. : Detroit hed its claim| “If Pate had the stuff of a lot of continued to go big in Texas, |,pitchers who are warming the bench . in the majors, he would have been a star to rival Plank or Waddell. He had the brains and the heart, but the arm was weak.” Broke in With Browns George Grant, now with the Cleve- land Indians, 3 his major league start with the St. Louis Browns. Directs Movie of Footbal Dick Miia. Sanford hllock, directing. scenes @ movie starring Barthelmess.