The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1928, Page 6

ome ee oe a ee SN AWE TRY oth wisinto line. vains its ping the amteur ga ic for boys} hiding t the country. Through esses its the delightful air of antic- mn _and prepsration always as- harm. with the coming of another thether ifell campaien and, the mag-| PAGE SIX THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE __WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1928 Baseball Birds Flit Southward With Opening of Training Camps NDIANS HAVE |Billy Petrolle Signs GOTHAM FANS WILL FOLLOW ANDY COHEN Bean Town Boys Avidly Watch Rogers Hornsby For Signs of Club Rejuvenation BROTHER SETS Jack Dempsey Treadmill For Indoor Train- ing—How Come, Fans? BY ALAN J. GOULD (Associated Press Sports Editor) New York, Feb. 15. ward. Intimate details The holdouts who were APPEAR Has Bought P)-—The baseball birds are flitting south- of their} Pro‘fress already are teing dis- t fied by the energetic correspond- | so} fs €sen hant a few weeks age are fall-| The magnates talk of ALL AFTER BIG MONEY x oR # eo OR Al Simmons Shows Rookie For Athletics How to Sign Contract | Johnny ho: bi id bett ten; Shinners, a journalism student at Marquette University, must PS public, Nope, pigeer ard better gates.| i vo een told about the big dough reporters dot eet. me wae ‘signed hews that comes back from the | "P to play baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics to get enough dough one of ting camps scattered from/to kecp from starving when he goes into the typewriter pounding busi- 1 ida to California about the| ness. Abové, he is signing the papers for Connie Mack and, at his left. piring or aspiring athletes, de-| A! Simmons, one of the best outfielders in the American League, is show- Tants. Ang on their age. ability or pre-| ing him how tovdo it, Standing, left to right, are Walter Simmons, Al's ill do. condition of servituce. brother, who plays with Milwaukee in the American Association, and 2ad, if th 2 ; Joe Christie, who is going to start his climb to the top with the Water- ion 1 an: Aida jethead sede club, Shinners is a nentiey 3 Ralph Shinners, formerly of the f ede ants, vil *whether the Jewish hope, of the | * Giants, Andy Cohen, will fit into the somewhat ample niche v: ed by Rogers Hornsby, or whether Frank O’Doul, the rejuvenated vet- eran from San Francisco, swings a means enough club to break into the lar outfield cordon. ikewize :t will be of interest to Boston whether Hornsby puts his expected new dash and punch into} the Braves or whether his conversa- tion is as disconcerting to the new club manager, Jack Slattery, as it seem to have been to John McGraw.! How the St. Louis Browns will sort their new talent in the rebuild- ing process, what the Senators will do with two such first baseme. as Sisler and Judge around, how Tris Speaker will fit ‘nto Connie Mack's machine, whetker Sparkey Adams fills the long-felt Pirate for a second basema’. and how i Cuy- ler fares under Chicago Cub leader- ship, are only a few of the salient features of the spring training pro- gram. Yanks Since the tained Lloyd Waner at rates, chiefly on brother Paul's rec- n Wilcy’s Brother ommendation, m:jor league teams have been scanni_.g¢ the family con- nections of other stars. This researci. seems to have led to | the Yankees signing Nick Moore, on|show which must have at least paid the advice of his older brother Wilcy, whose good right arm had as much| to do with the Hugmen’s victory last year as any other factor. Nick is also a right-handed pitch- er. He has been working in semi- pro circles of Texas and Oklahoma, where the Waners got their start along the road to fame. The story of Wilcy’s acquisition by the Yankees is a historic piece of He won something baseball lore. like 30 games in 1926 in the “Sally” league but was supposed to be a bit old for the majors. The scouts passed him up but not Ed Barrow, the eagle-eyed business mentor of the Yanks. “Any man who can’ ir 30 games i gue is worth a try-out,” said ww. Wilcy got his trial and led the American league pitch- ers for 1927. So Barrow’s pro- nouncement has become baseball poliey. Dempsey Has Treadmill The secret is now out. Jack Dempsey, the New York Sun dis- covers, has bought a machine of the treadmill type for indoor exercise | that will take the place of road work. What, the experts immedi- a Fy dd to inquire, is the necessity o ’s going in for life on the 7 he hasn't some fighting treadmil Plans in view? BRANCH RICKEY SAYS: Conditions cycles. That is true of most any br ss. For a few years the mar- in of superiority in baseball is held the American, then it shifts to National and back to the Amer- ican the . First the batters have » @ few years later the Peichors are dominating the situa- ‘At present there is a greater de- mand for star ball players than the War created this condition, since for oat it F = itr. ie HE ‘ittsburg” Pirates ob- bargain in baseball run in supply. The World ‘BISMARCK SPORTSMEN TRY TO FIND ___ IDENTITY OF MYSTERIOUS PROMOTER YANK PROTEST AT ST, MORITZ Several Persons ‘Promote IS RECOGNIZED | Games Called Off Indefinitely as: Thaw Turns Snow and Ice to Slush Difficulty Lies in Fact That Unknown Has Never Ap- peared in Person, But Does All Business Through Agent | -—Gencral Belief, Is That i Bismarck sportsmen are trying to solve a mystery which has puzzled! boxing enthusiasts of the Missouri Slope for several months. They are trying to establish the identity of the city’s “Mysterious Promoter” who is attempting to revive the gentle art of fisticuffs in the Western. part tire program of the winter of the state. Olympic games scheduled for The first venture of the “myster-| today. ious” sportsman was a small boxing The committee has under con- sideration the rearrangement of schedule which must be made in order to finish the games on St. Moritz, Switzerland, Feb. 15.—(AP)—A general thaw, ac- companied by a warm rain and extremely high temperature brought postponement of the en- expenses, for now he has prepared an entertainment which, in the judg- ment of local fight ‘ans, runs into| Sunday. figures too large for an amateur a Le promoter or one without funds. St. Moritz, Switzerland, Feb. 15.— Billy Petrolle: will: be the head-| (AP)—The executive committee of liner of the next boxing card and it| the international Olympic committee is understood that the Fargo Express| today decided to throw out the 10,- will receive $1,500 and 25 per cent |000-metre race, held yesterday, from of the gate receipts for engaging in|the Olympic records, canceling the a 10-round affray. It will be the|results thus far obtained and to re- headline event on a card which will|Tum the race if the weather grows contain 40 rounds of boxing. colder. | ; The difficulty in uncovering the! Despite ‘the decision of the com- identity of the “Mysterious Pro-|mittee to cancel the race, the Nor- moter” is that he has never appeared | wegian skaters called upon the in person but has done all his busi- ' American contingent today and con- ness through an agent. The general Seles Ttving Jaffee of New impression here is that the promoter | York as the 10,000-metre speed skat- is not one but several persons who|ing champion, saying that they con- are interested. in reviving the legal| sidered him the winner of the event. display of the manly art of self-| When the 10,000-metres event was defense in the western part of the| Called off lay because of sog- state: ice, Ji was leading with a Although the cost of the card to be| time of 18 minutes 36 5-10 seconds put on here February 28 will be high | and was considered a virtual winner. it remains to be seen if it will be Change Possible a financial success, The expense of| .The executive committee also an- jthe entertainment will be so high, the| nounced its readiness to alter the promoter’s agent has announced, that Clymple winter sports program in it will practically be necessary to | acco with atmospheric condi- have a capacity attendance to permit| tions, but the sports will continue, “the unknown” to come out ahead on | Weather permitting. The weather is the affair. very poor for skating, the tempera- , The presence in Bismarck at the| ture being eight degrees above freez- time of the boxing show of some| ing and the skating rink is like a thousand delegates to the annual| lake. ee convention of the North Dakota| The American team will leave for Farmers Grain Dealers Association | Paris tomorrow morning and the jis expected to help swell the atten- gs a skaters already have left dance, since the mauling exhibition | for Oslo. will be the only major entertainment| The skating federation canceled offered for the opening night of the| the 10,000-metres event because of convention, soggy ice after Jaffee and five other a contestants had \finished-their heats. The dispute arose after Clas Thun- berg of Finland had won' the 1,500- race, the only other skating contest on the day's skating pro- gram. : When the 10,000-metres event was called off, Jaffee was considered: a winner. sons By tim (By The Associated Press) Indianapolis — Spug Myers, Pocatello, Idaho, knocked out Eddie Dyer, Toledo, (2). Tony Larose, Cincinnati, and Tommy Milton, Toledo, drew, (8). Milwaukee — Billy Litht, St. Paul, won from Floyd Hybert, Cleveland, (10). Hot Springs, Ark. —Tiilton pointed Johnny ‘Hoven,’ New int johnny York, (10). on Protested © protest Was made irby, official repre- United. States, and P. J. Mulqueen Recelving’ no satitaction’ Sette no sat ion from the federation, they took thi the international commit! The Mi u i A: for Pep ral ae Y i i e i A il 3 Q and/ manager ‘ullen I LITTLE SPACE New Owner Is Players With Ability to Set Association Afire is the fifth of a series (This : of reviews of the American Association baseball clubs.) eee Indianapolis, Ind., Feb, 15.—(AP) —There will a Indianapolis ball team of the Ameri- can Association in 1928 for cast-off major league players, if James A.! Perry, new owner, sticks to the policy he announced some time ago. Instead, major and minor league players with the ability literally to set the league afire, will be obtained: to round out the club which Bruno Betzel will pilot around the Asso- ciation loop next summer. A fat ‘ketbook, with loose strings, will! e dangled before the owners to entice real stars of the game away from them, and into Indianapolis uniforms. Perry wants the 1928 Association pennant. Perry is new in baseball, but he plans to use the same business acu men that made him a wealthy capi talist to bring success to his baseball undertaking. He has started on what he believes to be the right path, by the sensational purchase of Emil Yde, pitcher, and Roy Spencer, catcher, from the Pittsburg! of the National League. Yde is one game, and his departure from a major leaguc club created great sur prise, Has Surprise Package Another move, which it is said will bring three more major leaguers into the Indians camp, is pending now. The deal virtually has becn closed and it will startle the Asso- ciation when it is announced, for the men are still considered stars in their own right in the National and American Leagues, according to those who are “in the know.” One is a first baseman, and the others are a pitcher and an out- fielder. A number of good looking recruits also have been signed. Great things are expected of a battery composed of Herman Myer ypitcher, and John Riddle, catcher, league last year as members of the Sanford team. “Firpo” Thompson, a giant of a man who has been developing in the minors, has been recalled to try his southpaw slant: against better stick wielders. dozen players off the sandlots come up for spring trials. Infield Is Intact Warstler at short and Haney on may not stay long. _Matthews, Anderson and old Reb Russell are the outfielders who have been kept. Walsh of Buffalo also will get a try- out. He was bought last ycar but did not report. Russell led the league in battling last year. but some of them are due to go else- where. league play and later with and coach, chance now and then on the hill. season. Obtaining be no room on the} club} ©: of the best known hurlers in the! who burned up the Florida State | Last summer’s infield, composed of : LW Holke on first, Connolly at second,jed, with Willie Kohlemainen and third with Miller at utility will be back although one or two of them! pitching staff—will be back again, The veteran Pug Cavett, was starred years ago in mia the Indians, has been signed as pitcher He will be given a for Four Fights Soon FOR CASTOFES see Who Scraps in Bis- marck on Feb, 28 Will Meet Spug Myers in Detroit— Madison Square Garden, Kansas City or Cleveland Are Other Bout Sites Billy Petrolle, dreaded foe of ; Sammy Mandell, ruler of all light- weights, will be one of the busiest scraprers in the fistic world in the next few weeks. Jack Hurley, pilot of the Fargo Express, has announced that his thundering ring locomotive will pound into four different opponents between Feb, 24 and March 16, the fight sites ranging from Teddy Roosevelt’s west here on the’ banks of the Missouri to Madison Square Garden. Spug Myers, formerly of Idaho but now of Chi- cago, will be the first mauler to set his fag against the on-rushing Ex- press, the Pe- trolle-Myers colli- sion being bille for Detroit, Mich. Feb. 24, | Petrolle wil. then hurriedly back track, roaring 1,500 miles west 5 to side-track Rusty Jones, Kansas 7, Mo., on Feb, 28, Hither Kansas City or Cleveland will be the subsequent destination calls for a meeting with an un- named opponent March 6, Rumors favor Cleveland with Billy Wallace 's the threatened derailer. It will be a second mecting, Wallace having eked out a decision in Tex Rick- | ard’s coliseun last summer. | And then on March 16, Petrolle j will steam into Madison Square, | where he is contracted to connect with another unannounced adver- | sary. Again rumors whisper the d of a feared title-secker, Sid! the dancing dervish of New York’s East Side. “Now or Never” is the slogan of Petrolle and Hurley, In the next | few months, The Express hopes to ck every claimant to Mandell's; iadem and climax his run with the demolishment of the vaunted Rock- ford flash by the waters of Minne- tonka in Minneapolis, where a cham- pionship match is brewing. PYLE'S RACE ATTRACTIVE Los Angeles, Feb. 15.—(®)—C. C. | Pyle’s cross country marathon has attracted more than 170 heel and toe jartists, 18 signing yesterday. Both | runners and walkers are represent- Charles Hart favored in the former class and Philip Granville and Henry Swadey rated near the top among the walkers. The race, over ai es- timated course of 3,400 miles be- tween Los Angeles and New York City, is scheduled to start March 4. Approximately $48,500 has been an- nounced in prizes, HEAVY INVADES STATES Bill Burwell, Byron Speece, ‘ Swetonic, Levereete, Boone and| New York. Feb, 15.—()—The in- Schupp—members of last year’s|vasion of the foreign heavyweights has brought Zvonimir Matievich of Czecho-Slovakia here. He has a record of seven knockout in his to Bismarck where he will attempt} of the Express where the time table | American Legion Will Stimulate ; Sandlot Baseball Chicago, Feb. 15.— (AP) — Sandlot baseball, swffering from the rapid inroads of golf and other sports, is to be stimulated by the American Legion, backed by financial and moral support from the major leagues. Recognizing the need for more talent on the baseball diamond and certain that some of the best talent among American youths is never found, the American and ‘ional leagues have voted to guarantee $50,000 toward de- veloping the American Legion's plan to bring 100,000 American youths into baseball comtpeti- tion each year through state, regional and national tourna- ments. Under the Legion's plan, the United States will be divided in- to an eastern and western divi- sion. Each of these major divi- sions will be divided into ten smaller ones with several states in each group. The state cham- pions will meet in elimination games at regional tournaments and the winners of each major division will meet annually for the national championship in a “little world series.” Boys under 17 ace will be eligible to play and the first serics will be held this summer. The national cham- pions will be guests at the major world series. The regional divisions include: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan. Staff Cagers Beat M Company, 31-23 The Staff five of Fort Lincoln defeated the M company. cagers in a hard fought game last night by a score of 31 to 23. From start to finish the army boys engaged in a torrid struggle that was not de- cided until the final. whistle. Abbott and Norton were the scor- ing aces for the victors while Ma- langa, Parks and Vandis kept the ball hooping for the losers. The lineup and summary: Score by quarters M company .. 12 taff ...... M company FT P Pts Malanga, f 4 6 Morgan, f 0 0 Vandis, f ... 0 6 Morgan, c 0 2 Jones, c 0 0 Parks, ¢ et, Edwards, 4 2 8 9 23 T P Pts 6 1 10 1 0 0 3-8 1 15 H. C. Jones, 0 3 6 Holcomb, g¢ 0 0 0 Younglove, g¢ 0 0 0 Totals 5 56 31 Referee—Cotter. Umpire—Johnson. Timekeeper—Hagen. Stole Fifty Bases Harry Layne, Syracuse star, led native land and three i: Cuba. the International League in stolen {bases last season with a total of 50. Debut Soon ' New Umpire For National League Only 30 Years Old Pat 1 —EEEE } | | | It “DOLLY” STARK I: won't te long before Stark, umpire signed recently for the National League by John H. Heydler, ‘will know what it is to hear the cheers and jeers of the big league fans. Stark is only 30 years old and umpired in the Eastern League last vear. He has spent most of his professional career um- piring college games and acting as basketball coach at Dartmouth. Three 3,000 Scores on I, B. A. Records St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 15.—(AP)— Three 3,000 scores now are on the books of the International Bowling association tournament, in progress here, fér five-men teams to shoot at. The third score over the 3,000 mark was established last night by the Goodman Jewelers of St. Paul, when they ‘counted 3,003 to go into third place in the quint standings. The St. Francis hotels of St. Paul are first with 3,083 and the L. S. Donaldsohs, Minneapolis, second, with 3,039. 0. Carlson and P. Daily of Min- neapolis, took first place in the dou- bles, with 1,263, and Bill Higi and H., Carlson, also of Minneapolis, fin- ished second with 1,261. Higi got the highest single game of the tournament, 298. He made 11 straight strikes and on his 12th try got all pins but two. Bill Pehle of Minneapolis set a new record in the -all-events with a total of 1,987. This beat by one pin the former mark of Emil Matak of St. Paul. The usual quota of Twin Cities bowlers. appearing today will be augmented by visitors from Menom- onie, Wis., and St. Cloud and Roch- ester, Minn. McCARTHY AWAITS CUBS Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Calif., Feb. 15.—(AP)—Manager Joe McCarthy awaited the arrival here today of the vanguard of the Chicago Cubs, for spring conditioning on this island. The advance guard of the cubs were slated to arrive in Angeles this mornit stop for breakfast, hop aboard the train for Wilmington, and there embark for the 20-mile sea trip here. Pep Florence is the only catcher remaining from the regular- of last | - Spencer’ and Riddle will support him.. Louis Koupal was the only Indian lost in the draft and he went to join the mound staff of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Purchases Quincy Club of the Three-Eye league. too, will be given a if possible, and will Indians. Perry said. with Manager Betzel Feb. main squa later. cinnati, Baltimore, Reading, the training sessions Florida. White Sox ill play exhibitions will go south a week e St. Louis Cardinals, Cin- and Baltale clubs will be: encountered in Cincinnati and the Chicago « Believing in the farm idea, Perry recently purchased the Quincy team That city, nnant winner used as the developing place of promising young A number of experienced men, whom the club does not need at the moment, also will be sent there, The Indians will train at Plant City, Fla., the battery men departing the Indian: Indianapolis just prior ta the opening of the Association season. Before the season of 1928 is well under way, Perry hopes to have the =e netted a et new modern base! stadium. Th have been “ rg drawn for the plant, but several delays have heen occasioned through failure to obtain a suitable izens.against the site, its of ball park being built in certain sec- tions of the city have been’ frequent. Mandell and Walker: Will Defend Titles in White Sox Park Chicago, Feb. champions Sam: Mi pions my Mandell 15.—)—Boxing and Walker have at last. acceded f. demands of e nati or match with Jimmy Mc! Se tian i peat er, that Walker ’ SNepraske Wil iddleweight Joo. Anderson ol eae MecLarnin match, con jars pounds on February 24, ocean sats of of Ciminnall eotacy 9 PO ge gan challenger on| © z ‘That is that Larni a tatisfoctory i; ; Terris in their match at| - —— . the national box- Los Angeles — Jackie Fields, to risk ad pneues, het Vinee Rae i os Burke, ' tpoin PELTZER IS HON Johnay Relsien New You to, | New York, Feb, ete _pr. Kane, g ©- | otto Peltser heads the list of these ") IN 13 MONTHS --- Chesterfield. finer quality “Dolly” | Gia For Bowlers to Break; We srate it 20 our honest belief that the tobaccos used in are of henceofbetter - taste than in any othercigarette \ PURDUE POWER INCREASES IN EVERY AFFRAY: Overwhelming Victory Over Illini Gives Boilermakers Firmer Title Grasp Chicago, Feb. 15.—(P)—Instead of slowing up, Purdue's basketball team is developing greater offen- sive and defensive power as it hurdles ent after opponent in its quest for the big ten title. Last night, the Boilermakers ie a na hoe i Pret sea- son and swam, inof to 14, at Lafayette. While the doped to lose to the conference leader even the most enthusiastic Purdue fans, mindful of Illinois’ up- sets of Wisconsin and Northwest- hardly expected such an over- victory. Pegs victory gave Purdue a firmer conference leadershi grasp on with five victories and no defeats. he Boilermakers will play their traditional enemy, Indiana, at Bloomington Saturday in the fe: ture game of the week. won the first game with the Hoos- iers by a narrow margin at La Fayette, but Indiana is confident it can take the leaders’ measure on its home floor. Three other games are on the conference schedule this week. They are: Milinois Chicago, Friday; Northwestern Minnesota and Ohio at Wisconsin, Saturday. Conger Will Compete in Kansas City Meet Kansas City, Feb. 15.— (AP) — Ray Conger, Illinois A. C. runner and conqueror of Dr. Otto Peltzer, German distance star, has agreed to enter the annual indoor meet of the Kansas City Athletic club Saturday, in which Lloyd Hahn, America’s hope in the coming Olympics, also will compete. They will compete with athletes from Missouri valley and Big Ten institutions. Hahn, holder of four world’s in- door track marks, will carry the Bos- ton A. A. colors against Conger and Dr. Peltzer in a Knights of Colum- bus meet in New York, February 29, Pro Football Played to Half Million Fans Chicago, Feb. 15.—(7)—Despite a shorter schedule and fewer players, the national professional football league packed nearly a half million spectators into its parks last sea- son, President Joe Carr has re- Ported, The total attendance—490,755—~ was an increase of more than 70,000 over the turnstile records of the previous season when 23 clubs played 180 professional games. Last season there were but 13 clubs and 93 games. Total admission receipts were not revealed. From an at‘endance standpoint, Red Grange’s New York Yankees and the Chicago Bears were thi best drawing cards in the circuit, Carr said. The game here last fall drew 19,912 paid admissions. NEARLY A MILLION MEN HAVE CHANGED TO CHESTERFIELD | A