The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1928, Page 6

PAGE SIX Baseball SURPLUS STARS | NEED LOCATION ROUND CIRCUIT, 1 More Equitable Distribution| | | of Talent Seen as Clubs View Overstocks FIRST BAG NEEDS ACUTE! \ 9 Yanks Need Infielders, Browns} Want Outfielders, So the | Story Goes | i BY BRIAN BELL | Associated Press Sports Writer | o-| New York, April 2.—(4)—Bi ball, about to start another sea: lacks a brisk trading mart to com-| plete its equipment. A few ex-| changes would make for a_ more} equitable distribution of talent,| some clubs being long on outfield-| ers while others have a surplus of! infielders. Pitchers and catchers are assembled in convention gome cities and Jack a quorum in others. The trades may not materialize, | perhaps because owners and manag-}| ers are a suspicious lot and prone! to jump at conclusions, one of the most persistent being that if a rival) is willing to trade a player there must be something wrong with him. The first base situation is esp cially acute, Two clubs, one in ¢ league, are overstock Washing- | ton has George Sisler and Joe| Judge and could be happy with either if the other charmer were! away. Cincinnati has George Kelly! and Wally Pipp and has not yet been able to figure a way to } them both on the bag at the same time.| | Cleveland's Worries In the meantime Cleveland —is| ‘wondering whether George Burns) will apply for a pension before the year is out and Connie Mack shud. ders when Joe Hauser mak-~ starts on a knee that was once ver bad. Philadelphia are starting the sea-} son at first base with promoted minor leagues who have yet to win thier spurs in t Boston is turnine the jignment over to a player whois very, very good when he is good and horrid when he is! bad—Burrus. | The Giants have seven outfielders | if Ott is included and only five in- fielders, The Yankees have the} place all cluttered up with infield- | ers but no understudy for Lou Geh- 1ig letter perfect in the part. The St. Louis Browns are woe-} fully shy on outfielders, so desper- | ete that before the season gets un- | der way, Dan Howley may be found | on a corner with a tin cup, hoping against hope that a fly chaser may, be dropped in. The Browns, how-| ever, are not in the best position to! talk trade as they need all the! players they have. j Detroit Needs Good Uurler Detroit has infielders almost be- | a In the National, Brooklyn and} f os 0 Lacks Brisk Trading Mart as Season’s Opening Nears. 3° > Runs Big Tourney | ¢ —~ ——_—_____—-¢ H. O. CRISLER nicago, April 2.—@—H. O. (“Fritz”) Crisler is boss of the an- nual interscholastic tournament at the University of Chicago, which is attracting teams from every corner of the country to the Chicago institution. The tourney starts tomorrow. He is an ssistant coach at Chicago. TILDEN GREETED BY MEXICANS AS GOODWILL ENVOY American Tennis Ace, Like Lindy, Leads Davis Cup Team in Friendly Invasion Ch BY ALAN J, GOULD (Associated Press Sports Editor) New York, April 2.—@)—The Mexicans have acclaimed Big Bill Tilden as a new “ambassador of good will” as he leads his tennis charges up the heights of Mexico City for the opening round of the Davis Cup campaign this week. It may now be revealed, there- that it was predisely and prin- ly with the idea of entering on a good-will tourney that Tilden forsook the stage, threw over his prsonally favored plan of going road early in the spring and con- ntrated his tennis playing and coaching efforts on the American zone competition. It isn’t so much that the American tennis authorities fear their team, with or without Tilden, would meet much opposition in the American me. Mexico, China and_ either Canada or Japan do not make uj threatening barrier for Yankee talent that has only the Freneh cup holders to worry much about. But the best minds of American tennis decided it to be diplomatically and politically desirable to throw their full strength into the preliminary pl rather thin to toss — seco! ig players into the early com- etition and thereby run undue sks or be criticized. In effect Tilden was told that he {who drives a giant 36-cylindered car |rived here to renew the battle of jsands of Daytona Beach. basketball | a! yond the dreams of avarice and | owed it to the sport, to the nation would cheerfully part with one for} and to the cause of better interna- another pitcher who could win for | tional relations to play through the the Tigers, Only the Athletics, Cardinals and the Robins may be regarded as sat- isfied with their pitching staffs. All| the others would jump at the chance | to part with valuable considerations | for additional first class pitching strength. \ If the trading mart could func- tion on a wholesale scale, some in- teresting combinations might be worked out. Boston could take Brooklyn's battery effectives and be | practically assured of a one-two- three place. This goes for all the other National League clubs, and Pittsburgh, with the Brooklyn catchers alone transferred to Forbes Field, would be regarded by many ‘experts as “in” before the race starts. The great equalization in base- hall, however, will not come this year and in many cases the rich will e ue grow richer as the poor get poorer, Bookies Are Puzzled Paying Off Race Bets London, April 2.—The aftermath ¥ the most spectacular of all Grand ational steeplechases today found ‘organizers of the sweepstakes and kers perplexed because only ‘two horses—Tipperary Tim and Billy Barton—finished the grueling race Friday at Aintree. The Grand National officials were to how to dispose of third place money and the Grand National bookmakers similarly were res as to how to pay ts of place backers. A meeting of the leading sports- men at the Victoria club decided 30 song were to be divided among those that drew starters, excluding first and second prize winners, The decision regarding the place Betare Ae that meee who had play: ‘ipperary Tim and Billy Barton lost. | Billy Barton, the 10-year-old} eer owned, by Howard Bruce of Itimore, came within a shade of} winning classic. The American horse si after clearing the last obstacle and befor his rider, Buy a eae pemonnt, H. Ss. on’s Tipperary Tim, a )-to-1 shot and the only horse left in the Tace, plodded down the stretch an easy winner, : We --Spence Defend Tank Titles — April 2.—(AP)—Two of aces, Johnny st ate inois Athletic a Bpence of Brook- defend of their national Chicago . tonight. national a association open | American zone and captain the American team, Hockey Finalists on Even Terms in Tilts New York, April 2.—(?)—Hocky clubs tangling in the divisional finals of the National League cham- pionships were on even terms all around today through two thrilling tie ‘ames over the week-end before approximately $2,000 fans. The first part of the American group two-game series for the sectional title was played before 18,000 patrons at Madison Square Garden last night, the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers tussling to a 1-all draw. , At Montreal on Saturday night, the Canadiens and Maroons of the International group skated before some 14,000 excited enthusiasts to a 2 to 2 deadlock. The deciding tilts for both divisions will be held to- morrow night at Montreal and Boston, the victors to clash in a grand final for the classic Stanley cup. As all the Sextets are tied on goals at the present time, in the event a draw stil prevails after the regular three-period time tomor- row night, overtime will be played until decisions are reached. Machine Roaring Over Day- tona Sands in Effort to Sur- pass Captain Campbell’s Record of 206.95 Miles Per! Hour 1 Daytona Beach, Fla., April 2—/?) —Ray Keech, young racing pilot as Ben Hur drove a chariot, has ar- speed against time on the burning! RAY KEECH, IN FOUR-TON MOTOR, SEEKS RECORD HELD BY BRITISHER Will Send Giant 36-cylinder/ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE For the second time in about six ; weeks he interds to send his great machine roaring down this natura! speedway some time between Apri. 1 and 5 in an attempt to break the world’s record of 206.95 miles an hour set February 19 by Captain Malcolm Campbell of England. At that race meet, misfortune followed the two American drivers Frank Lockhart and Keech. Lockhart lost his chance when his Stutz Blackhawk swerved and hurtled into the ocean, injuring him, and Keech in the monster ia ad Special owned by J. M. White of Philadelphia who nearly lost his life when scalded bv steam while making an estimated speed of 250 miles an hour. Keech’s attempt was unrecog- nized by the American Automobile Association because the machine had no reverse ir, but one now has been installed and the four-ton machine is all s2t for its new rec- ord assault. Keech has captured tho imigina- tion of speed bugs hereabouts. They liken him to Ben Hur and to Caesar, perhaps because of the care- less nower of his pose at the wheel and the firm set of the jaw av he guides the mons‘er annihilator of space, | This cool young man {s 27 years old, lives in Philadciphia, was mar- {ried in 1920 and has two children. He has been Eestern States cham- pion for two years and is one of the best of the country’s dirt track drivers, His machine {is built on the heavyweight principle with three mighty Liberty 1,500 horsepower holding it down as well as giving motive power. in his February test Keech proved the machine was remarkably easy to hold in a straight line at high speed and also that its engines are capable of driving it considerably faster than the record. Despite his narrow escape, Keech is eager to trust himself again to |the mercies of the huge mass of jsteel and rubber on which he bases; jthe laurel of pugilistic suprema his record hopes. CHICAGO BOWLERS | ~~ CLINCH POSITIONS | | in A, B. Congress Go to | Windy City Teams Kansas City, April 2.—(AP)— | Chicago clinched a majority of the \first ten places in five-men compe- | tition at the twenty-eighth annual {American Bowling congress here, | including the three top berths. The Oh Henry team was awarded night when entries in the final ses- sion of this event, failed to improve the 3,057 rolled by the Chicagoans Saturday. This enabled the Tea Shops of Milwaukee, now known as the Norwesco Malts, to retain the all-time congress record of 3,199 es- tablished at Peoria, Ill., last year. Only four teams were able to pass the 3,000 mark in four weeks. The Caruanas of Buffalo, N. Y.. entered this select class last night with 3,001 to finish fourth. The two Chi- cage teams finishing second and third were the Mineralites, 3,019 and the Bleck’s Acme, 3,013. The Oh Henry team received $1,000 of the $24,359 offered as prizes in five-men competition. The prizes decrease $50 for each place, the Mineralites receiving $950 and the Acmes $900. Singles, doubles and all-events leaders remained virtually undi turbed over the week-end. Compe: tition in these events will conclude shortly after 5 p. m. today. Several feature events are scheduled tonight, including the anpearance of more than a score «f fives. Tunney vs. Heeney * The Greenwich Village Poet * * oe * vs. the New Zealand Black- smith. That Is the Latest Rickard Match, and the Fight Will Occur in July in Jolly Old England or the United States Just. wnen the tans were Manassa Mauler, Mr. Rickard of Ne the announcement of a forthcom! After a mediocre winter among will revive interest in the crown. Try and gue: either London or New York, but beginning to motors totaling \ | Majority of First Ten Places) the five men championship last | RAY KEECH Fort Fight Card Is Postponed to Tuesday, Apr. 10 Fort Lincein’s second ama- teur fight card has been post- poned from Thursday, April 5, to ‘tuesday, April 10, officials of the garrison announced to- lay. ostponement of the card was made because of Holy week, Decision to pos‘ none ihe date of the fight also brought a postponemcat of the scheduled announcement of the doughhoy battlers who are to participate. TOM HEENEY IS British Expect to Recover Heavyweight Title Held in Bare-Knuckle Days j New York, April 2.—(AP)— Through Tom Heeney, erstwhile | New Zealand blacksmith, the British empire hopes to recover the world’s EMPIRE'S HOPE: ‘SWIMS 32 HOURS; _ SCHOEMMEL SETS | ENDURANCE MARK Woman Marathon Aquatic Star Paddles About Pool to Shatter Records touching neither the sides nor the bottom of the pool in which the per- | formance took place, is the new world’s endurance swimming record set up by Mrs. Lottie Moore Schoem- mel, noted for her past marathon aquatic achievements. When Mrs. Schoemmel climbed out of the Deauville pool here yes- terday afternoon at 5:23 she had shattered the American record of 30 hours formerly held by Bill Erickson of New York and the world’s record of 31 hours made by | Miss Edith Johnson in Black Pool, England—a mark that had stood for 47 years. Could Have Staid Longer At the end of her long effort, Mrs. Schoemmel averred she could have remained in the water _ still longer. She appeared quite fresh, declaring she felt only “a little tired and a little sleepy.” She cut the record short that photographers could take advantage of the waning | suntight. She had entered the wa- j ter at 9:23 Saturday morning. While a brisk wind, blowing cold, \ kept most other swimmers from | the water, Mrs. Schoeramel offered | no protest and continued her effort, jclad in a white wool bathing suit | she had been compelled to substitute | for a coating of grease which melted | away in the water that was warm when she began her swim. The |x t gesture of the swimmer | before leaving the water was a byir’ sprint around the pool, the smooth flailing of her crawl stroke denoting that her energy was not impaired. is Coffee, tea and bouillon was fed to her by other swimmers. Another of her accomplishments was a swim from Albany to New York, in 54 hours swimming time. Reberts-Brown Take H. S. Handball Title Dale Brown, substituting for Hank Potter, who injured a shoulder Fri- day, coupled with Frank Roberts to! cop the doubles handball champion- ship of Bismarck high school Satur- heavyweight boxing championship! which she so successfully maintained | in the ripping bare-knuckle days of | | yore. | Only once since the inception of the modern mode of fisticuffs has «| subject of his majesty the king worn This honor fell to the gangling- Fitzsimmons, who captured the title | from Jim Corbett, the bank clerk, | and lost it to Jim Jeffries, the bviler | maker. When Fitzsimmons on June 9,! 1899, was being counted out in the eleventh round of his championship battle with Jim Jeffries at Coney} Island, New York, Thomas Heency, | a pink-fisted infant of 21 days, lay in his makeshift crib in the “out- back” country of New Zealand. That sturdy product of the anti- podean open spaces has become to- day what some of the observers think is Britain’s man of pugilistic destiny. In the scheduled battle for the world’s title between Heeney and Gene Tunney in July, whether it be {over the 15-round route in New York or 20 rounds in old London, Heeney at least will have that gold- en opportunity which has been de- nied British born boxers for more than three decades. And Britishers the world over are expectantly awaiting the time when the plodding smithy will attempt to forge for himself a fistic crown. Bunion Derby Lopers Start Second 1,000 Miles in New Mexico Newkirk, N. M., April 2.—@)— Ninety-four athletes remaining in the Los Angeles to New York marathon, today faced a 36 mile trek to Tucumcari, the thirtieth con- trol station. Although Arne Suominen of De- troit finished fourth in yesterday’s 32.2-mile jaunt from Santa Rosa, he retained first place in elapsed time for the 1,036.3 miles with a total of 172:52:15, Nation’s Cue Exper Vie For Championship Chicago, April 2.—(AP)—Nine of the nation’s leading cue experts started another chase today for Otto Reiselt’s national three cushion bil- liard championship. The tourna- ment will last until April 14 with two blocks of 50 points each twice aily. The Philadelphian was favored to retain his championship despite the brilliant field which opposed him. Willie Hoppe, long monarch of the 18.2 balk line artists, was consid- legged son of Cornwall, Ruby Bob ); | Agre, 11-7 and 11-2. Agre entered day from Ed Spriggs and Jimmy Slattery. Roberts, a senior, and Brown, a freshman, slammed the experienced veterans, Spriggs and Slattery, off their feet. The vets started in great style, winning the first game by a -7 count. Roberts and Brown rallied and took the next two games yy scores of 21-11 and 21-7, In the singles tournament Frank Roberts also came off the court suc- cessful when he defeated Eddie the final bracket by whipping Frank Smith by a small score. Handball as a sport is strange to the average high school and the tour- nament officials, who watched inter- est grow during the past two years, predict that it will soon develop into another interscholastic sport, To Play With Mexican Team Robert Kinsey, former California tennis star, will be a member of Mexico’s Davis Cup team this year, EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second and concluding ar- Holes of a series on trach ath- Be BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hy- geia, the Health Magazine According to Dr. Arno Arnold, who has given special attention to the training of track athletes in Germany, the best diet is a well mixed diet containing meat, veget- ables, fruits, and, in fact, a little of all the things that are considered good for the human being. He considers peas an especially valuable substance in the diet, since sar are a concentrated food. leals should be taken rather often and in small amounts, rather than a heavy meal at one time. A track athlete should not, of course, ap on weight, but he must egt sufficiently to maintain his body af its strongest conditio., Too Much Water The track athlete is also likely to overfill himself with water, be- cause of the exercise that he takes. Practically all medical au- thorities forbid great quantities of water, and it is therefore recom- mended that drinks, such as lemon- ade or cold tea, be taken instead of grest quantities of water since a smaller quantity of such a drink will satisfy thirst. An experienced runner may not drink at all after running, but merely wash out the mouth with fluid as a means of relieving dry- ness and thirst. Here’s Good Advice on Diet For the Track Athlete MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1928 [Winner ofthe Grand Notional] Winner of the Grand National . Tipperary Tim, H. S. Kenyon’s 10-year-old, pictured here in training, found the Aintree course a long, slippery, mud-clogged. way to a 100-to-1 victory in England’s Grand National Steeplechase. he was the only one who didn't fall, Billy Barton, American entry who finished second, coming a cropper at the final jump. Of the 42 starters, | Coffee and Alcohol { ' { Strong coffee should not be taken with a view to overstimulation, since the overdosing with caffein may do the athlete as much harm as good. All experts in the training of ath- letes warn against the taking of al- cohol under any conditions while in training. It is true that alcohol is concentrated substance which aids in supplying energy. On the other hand, it also bears a definite rela- tionship to the co-ordination of five movements and this co-ordination is perhaps more important than the energy that may be the alcohol. The same considerations apply to the taking of nicotine in the form of tobacco. While smoking in ordi- nary amounts is not found to be harmful to the average man, an overdose of nicotine may scriously interfere with fine co-ordinated movements. For this reason, train- ers do not perrtit the use »f tobacco by track athletes. German trainers nowadays find it desirable to give sunlight regu- larly to the athletes in order to keep them, in good shape; hence they begin at once exposing the body part to the sun’s rays for short Periods, gradually increasing the ex- posures until the body acquires a coat of tan. Appurently the ultra- violet rays of the sun have definite virtues in giving a feeling of energy and healt. Danger of Breakdown When an athlete becomes over- trained, as indicated by a steady loss of weight, it is best to discon- derived from CARR CREEK IS < | WONDER QUINT OF COURT MEET Kentucky -Mountaineers Hope to Make State Famous at National Cage Tourney Chicago, April 2.—()—Carr Creek, a tiny settlement tucked away in the mountains of Kentucky, isn’t I'sted on the map but before this week is past it is confident it will mean to high school basketball what Kentucky mecns to horse rac- Ing. Carr Creek 1 3 sent its first and only high school basketball team, composed of eight students, all re- lated, to compete with 39 of the na- tion’s best in the university of Chicago’s annual National Inter- scholastic basketball tournament starting tomorrow. With a student body of 40 boys, eight of whom reported for basket- ball, without a gymnasium or bas- ketball court, minus the services of a paid coach and without uniforms until a few days ago, this little band of mountaineers battled its way to the championship of Ken- tucky in the B division, In 18 con- secutive games the team never used a substitute and never called time out, nor in 18 games was a man put. out on fouls. Canton, Illinois, and Wheeling, West Virginia, title holders of their respective states, will meet in the inaugural of the tournament at 10 a. m, tom rrow. Grand Forks, N. D., is paired with Wilmington, N. C., on Wednesday at Yankton, S. D., plays Vienna, Ga., on the ‘same day at 7 p. m. The first day’s pairings follow: Tuesday— 10 a.m.—Canton, Ill, vs. Wheel- ing, W. Va. lla.m.—Fort Collins, Colo. vs. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 12 m.—Tulsa, Okla., vs. Moorhead, Minn. 1 p. m.—Winfield, Kans., vs. Iron Mountain, Mich. 2 p. m.—Berlin, N. Bluff, Ark. 3 p. m.—Miami, Ariz., vs. Bristol, Conn. 4 p. m.—U. S. Indians, N. M., vs. Carr Creek, Ky. 5 p. m.—Englewood, Chicago, vs. apt ee ‘Spr a p. m—I prings, Wyo., vs. Jacksonville, Fla. 8 p. m.—Alexandria, La., vs. Ca- tonsville, Md. 9 p. m.—Couer d’Alene, Idaho, vs. Rutland, Vt. 10 p. m.—Portsmouth, Va., vs. Morris, Ala. This year’s tournament will be scouted by the national federation of state high schoo! iations. Tigers Like Richardson Nolan Richardson, rookie third baseman from the Texas League, has made an immense hit with Man- ager Moriarty of the Detroit Tigers this spring and is likely to stick with that club. |12_noon. i. vs. Pine tinue training at once and to order absolute rest for several days. 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