The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 13, 1929, Page 8

AGRAW'S SQUAD AS Than 80 per Cent of Fa- vor From Writers THREE FAVOR CARDINALS Athletics Would Finish Second, / Votes Show; Pittsburgh Would Be Third By ALAN J. GOULD (Associated Press Sports Editor) New York, April 13. — (®) — The threat of another all-New York monopoly of major league baseball's ghhest laurels stands out in the ad- vance hope for the pennant races that get under way next Tuesday. It was not so long ago, in 1921-22- 23, that the world’s series was just a subway affair. This trust was broken up and only half of its former part- ip — the Yankees — has since ted with any conspicuous suc- cess. Giants Rated Strong This year the Giants again join their fellow townsmen as favorites in the forthcoming championship races, aS a result of the official consensus of newspaper experts compiled for the third successive year by The Associ- ated Press. The results of this major league Poll, disclose the Yankees as over- whelming favorites to win their fourth straight American League pen- nant and the Giants as the choice over the powerful Chicago Cubs by a narrow margin. Of the 66 bailots cast on the prob- able result of thc American League contest, 53 picked the Yankees to give the men of Miller Huggins an over- whelming vote for confidence. Ten others select the Athletics while two name the St. Louis Browns as first choice and one the Washington Scn- ators. National Vote Close The Giants prevail over the Cubs by a margin of 33 to 26 in a total vote of 64 on the National League pros- pects. Of the five others, only three pick the 1928 champions, St. Louis, while two name Pittsburgh as first choice. ‘ The sharp contrast in predictions is shown by the fact that over 80 per cent of the writers favor the Yankees while slightly more than 50 per cent pick the Giants and 40 per cent the Cubs. It will be a distinct shock to the dope if any contender outside of this trio breaks through to win. Here are the predicted orders of finish in the two leagues on the basis consensus: in League—New York, Phil- » St, Louis, Detroit, Washing- Cleveland, Chicago and Boston. ‘ tional League—New York, Chi- ‘ago, Pittsburgh, St. Lous, Cincinnati, ‘Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Boston. Opinions Usually Right ‘The three-year record of The Asso- Giated Press consensus, in which an Mcreasing number of newspaper “@ritics have cooperated annually, re- Weals the experts batting on the bright side of the 500 mark. They enough on the others to fortify their = records. The Yankees of 1927 were ea he to beat out the highly fi ial aggie In 1928, the first choice tes upset calculations by ‘Skidding down to fourth position in a dong race, but the St. Louis » & robust second choice, to justify a lot of opin- VOTES ARE COUNTED Miller Huggins’ Team Gets More Here are four foxy monarchs of the American matches in England. Left to right are Johnny veteran victor of many national tournaments; famed “Joplin ghost.” They are ing for England. In this match, Farrell, paired with Sarazen, Nation’s Critics Pick Yan CUBS ARE CLOSET) |Kid Chocolate Wins o priot to leav- were the victors by 2 up and 1 to play. Lee Cavanagh May Fight Twin City Man 1 Al Van Ryan, St. Paul, and Dave Roers, Minneapolis, Considered Michigan Picked To Win Big Ten Ball Flag Again lowa University and Ohio State Stand Out as, Greatest Competition ROERS IS PROMISING MAN Isham Hall, Bismarck, and W. J. Godwin, Mandan, Are Matchmakers Chicago, April 13—(7)—It again looks like Michigan in the 1929 Big Ten baseball race. While most of its rivals have only a fair nucleus of their ordinary, 1928 teams, Michigan returns with its championship team almost intact. Bennie Oosterbaan, onc of. the greatest all-around Wolverincs, was graduated last year. There remain however, 10 regulars and a strong group of sophomore hustlers. The Pitching staff is balanced and there are several .300 to .400 hitters to answer when Michigan opens against Northwestern April 17. Of the teams which may carry Two Twin City fighters are coming in for a lion's share of consideration as possible opponents for Lec Cava: nagh, Bismarck welterweight, in a 10- round headline bout to be staged in Bismarck by the local post of the American Legion in the next month. They are Al Van Ryan, St. Paul, and Dave Roers, Minneapolis. This announcement was made this morning by Isham “Tex” Hall and W. J.“Bill” Godwin, Mandan, who have been named co-matchmakers by the Lloyd Spetz post of the American Legion. A wire from Jack Hurley, manager of Billy Petgolie, Russie LeRoy, Charley Retzlaff, and a number of others, indicated today that Al Van Ryan, one of his charges, will be in @ position to scrap Cavanagh here late this month or early in May, ac- cording to Hall. Hurley wired from Eau Claire, Wis., where some of his proteges performed. Van Ryan is a Popular fighter in the northwest and should make a good scrap with the Bismarck contender. Roers comparatively is a newcomer in the game but has been making Great headway. He weighs between 138 and 145 pounds, is five feet nine [persistent rival for diamond honors, inches tall, and 22 years of age. He | will ‘rise or fall upon its pitching is @ combination boxer and fighter, | staff. Minnesota's hopes are encour- having engaged in 21 matches. He) aged by a large squad of candidates. has met and defeated Doc Holley, | Wisconsin-is a “dark horse.” Gradua- Mickey McDonough, Harry Mueller, tion last spring took two pitchers, Jack Duane, Jackie Hammer, and he| shortstop and second baseman. and fought a draw with Roy Michaelson, Minneapolis sensation. He has not lost a fight. Chicago, Indiana and Purdue have Dave is said to be the only boy in | dark prospects. the Twin Cities who can give King ds Tut a good workout and is his best ~ Wash Tubbs _ Towa scems to stand out. The Hawk- eyes have a veteran infield, two good catchers and a fair outfield. It’s hit- ting power does not seem to match Michigan. Ohio State, the only team to down the Ann Arbor aggregation last sea- son, now has enough veterans and heavy hitters to prove dangerous. ‘The Buckeyes were second to Michi- gan in hitting last year. Northwestern, with a new coach, Paul Stewart, hopes for a first divi- sion berth. The Wildcats have eight veterans. Moe Weiner, is ineligible. sparring partner. Dave fights Russie LeRoy at Eau Claire, Wis. next Month, according to his manager, Eddie Lewis. The two matchmakers of the local card are going into their work with &® vengeance in an effort to give Bis- marck its best boxing show. Hall was to leave today “COME ACROSS! WOT'S ‘TH’ BIG IDEA HAVIN’ ME. " SWANGHIED OUT T Tuts OLD - Dump? -~. for Stras- burg in company with Tony Brown, heavyweight, Jackie Grey, 130-pound- er, and Cavanagh. Brown meets Wendolin Brownawell in the feature fight there tonight and Grey also is carded. Cavanagh will referee the matches. College Men Out The Sportfolio (By ED POLLOCK) Is Hume, the outfielder, who is with the Athletics this spring, the foot- ball player from Southern Meth- odist who scored against the Army at West Point last fall? ic. R.). Is Jack Onslow, former big leaguer, connected with any baseball club this year? (J. K.). Who were the First Ten in the U. 8. enue rankings in 1923? (W. H. Is Johnny Farrel connected as a pro- fessional with any golf club in the South? (R. H.). How many batters did Vance strike out in 1925? (E. J. O'B.). Any question relative to sport. will be answered through this column if sent to the SPORTFOLIO, care of The Tribune, ANSWERS TO YESTERDAY'S QUERIES dynamite for the Wolverine hopes, Anson was manager of the Cubs for twenty-one consecutive years. The first manager was A. G. Spalding. Lacoste defeated Tilden in the Davis Cup matches in 1926, but Tilden was beaten by Cochet in the na- tional championships. Godfrey was Dempsey’s sparring Partner, but they never boxed in a regularly scheduled bout. Kinney held the record for field goais in the Intercollegiate Basketball League before Schaaf. Kinney’s record was 43. Illinois, Michigan's most| Dr. Phillip B. Hawk never won the national singles tennis champion- ship. . OUTSTANDING SCHOLASTIC STAR Track experts say Howard Jones, heavy hitting outfielder | who ran the £20 in the unprecedented time of 24 seconds, was the outstand: ing scholastic track star of the wi ter meets around New York. Trouble Ahead THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE kees and Giants n Foul But Bantamweight World Ss a wan ee ae ads one Nene, eae | American Defenders in Ryder Cup Matches ; GRAHAM IS WARNED 4 TIMES BERORE HE 1 LANDS FATAL BLOW). Cuban Sensation Wins in Sev- enth After Six Great Fighting Rounds COUNTERFEIT TICKETS SOLD Major Fighting Went on in Ring but Spectators Staged Minor Battles New York, April 13.—(4)—The ques- tion of bantamweight supremacy was no nearer settlement than ever today but New York fans at Icast had one gala night to look back upon as a part of the arguments. Some 16,000 jammed Jess Mc- Mahon’s new fistic emporium last night for the 15-round struggle of Kid Chocolate, the Cuban sensation, and Bushy Graham, wire-haired phantom from Utica, N. Y. They saw a great fight while it lasted, the decision go- ing to Chocolate on a foul in the seventh round. One thousand counterfeit tickets were reported sold and spectators ar- itiving late found their seats already golf realm who will wear their country's colors in the Ryder Cup |occupied. There was major fighting Farrell, dapper holder of the national open title; Gene Sarazen, Leo Diegcl, king of professional golfdom, and Horton Smith, pictured above during an exhibition match at Garden City, N. within the ring, minor battling among the spectators and general squabbling and milling outside. The fight itself was spectacular while it lasted and ended in disap- pointing fashion when the tiring Gra- ham, four times warned for low punching, shot a final blow to Kid Chocolate’s belt line when on the verge of a knockout in the seventh, There were four clean knockdowns in all. Bismarck to Have - Junior Ball Loop 50 Youngsters Attend Meeting ; Last Night for Purpose of Organizing League Fifty Bismarck boys answered the call issued by the Lloyd Spetz post of the American Legion yesterday and attended the meeting last night for the purpose of laying plans for the junior bascball campaign here this summer, As a result. Bismarck will have a junior baseball league again this summer, possibly made up of six teams, according to A. L. Fosteson, der of the post. . H. Anderson, ex-serviceman who is a member of the Bismarck high school faculty, will take charge of the league, it is announced. Anderson and Fosteson are meeting today to ley final plans for the sys- tem. It is expected that the service clubs of the city each will sponsor a team in the league. The champion of the city league, as was the case last year, again will represent the post in the drive for state honors. If successful, the local representative will then play ‘for re- gional honors. Regional champions poet later for the national champion- ship. PAT PAGE REELECTED Bloomington, Ind., April 13.—(2)— Pat Page will continue to direct In- diana university's football destinies. The Indiana athletics board has given him a three year contract with more salary. KOOB IS WITH MOBILE Ernie Koob, who once pitched a no- hit game while with the St. Louis Browns, is pitching for the Mobile Southern association club this season. By Crane VERY SIMPLE. NOU SEE, IF 1 MARRY B PRINCESS JADA, L CAN MAKE MYSELF J DER WOT-STUFF KING. BUT DoT CRATY HW NOMAN—BY JOE, SHE LUFFS YoU! DOWN MIT DER COMPETITION, SANS 1—SO HERE You ARE. HIMMELL VOT A Sat f DID! Nov cor dE! I GOT DER MONEY — NOT NOU UP ‘To? I SEE. GONNA RAILROAD ME. > GONNA GET Tou6H } WITH WE, EH? : UF COURSE Bu Hey! to Win Championshi The collegians are out on the diamond and here's the first striking action Photo of the season. You see the turning point of the game in Washington | Year than ever before. which Yalé finally won from Georgetown after trailing for nine innings. Center Fielder Grove of Y1 Owens of Georgetown at the start le is seen beating out a throw to First Baseman of a tenth-inning hitting jamboree which put the game on ice for Yale by a 6 to 4 score. Baseball Cocoon Will Burst With Customary Color Giant Wheels of Big Industry Roll as President Hoover Tosses Ball New York, April 13.—()—Baseball's colossal cocoon bursts its winter cov- ering the week of April 15. This welcome transformation, indi- cated in advance by strange rum- blings from within, will occur amid the usual scenes of a diamond pre- miere. Giants of government, business and industry and the countless throngs of the other confirmed fans will assemble at half a hundred points throughout the country for a glimpse at the 1929 edition of the national pastime. Hoover Starts Festivities President Hoover will start the fes- tivities at Washington by throwing out the first ball for the Senators- Athletic game while elsewhere this this duty will be performed by gov- ernors, mayors or other local digni- taries. Over a period of two days of the big week, the season. will open in the majors and in four of the big minors as well as in several of the’ smaller circuits. The American and National leagues, Southern league and American asso- ciation open Tuesday, April 16. The International and Texas leagues fol- low the next day as do also the west- ern league and other similar organ- izations throughout the land. With all of the excitement about holdouts, injuries and the like, all of the big stars in the game apparently will be in shape the opening day, ready for another drive for fame. Babe Ruth Is King Babe Ruth, the king of them all, will take his first cut at the ball on the official opening day. But with all of the importance attached to his showing, he will have no mon-' opoly on.the fans’ interest. : Things will assume the form of a many-ring circus. Here are some queenent that will draw big attten- Rogers Hornsby ond the Cubs. Billy Southworth ahd the Cardinals, playing under their fourth manager in four years. Connie Mack and his Athletics, the hope of baseball to overhaul the Yankees. Walter Johnson and his Senators, choice of several critics as the prob- able dark horse in the American Teague race. It mat be one great week for Old in, Vienna Building Large Stadium Vienna, . April 12.—()—A_ sports stadium, - costing $10,000,000 and eclipsing in size Europe's. largest Olympic amphitheatre in Athens, is being built in the Prater, playground for children in the capital. Provisions are made for an auto- drome, a” mammoth y Rab se aE iene 5 — ite tt i I j Reigh Count Is Defeated Again Newbury, England, April 13.—(@)— Athford, by Blandford, out of Athasi and owned by W. Barnett, won the Newbury cup today. Reigh Count, famous American colt, making his second start on an English race track, again failed to place. Gangwarly was second and Residue was third in a field of 20. Athford won by a half length while there was @ neck between second and third. The betting was 8 to 1, 7 to 1, and 33 to 1. Georgia Tech Uses System for Making Good Ball. Players Slow Diamond Stars Are Sent Out for Football to-Get + Speeded Up Atlanta, Ga., April 13.—(#)—Geor- gia Tech’s cooperative coaching sys- tem is given as one reason why the school’s athletes have fared well in Professional baseball. When football players become slow they are sent into the spring base- ball work to_gain, speed, and when baseball players move slowly, they get speeded up by working on the foot- ball squad in the fall. Seven mem- bers of last fall’s Golden Tornado are on the baseball team this spring. “Coach Alexander often has found that he could improve a football Player’s speed by having him work with the baseball squad in the spring, rather than by spring football prac- tice,” says Kid Clay, Georgia Tech baseball coach. “The result was that I got some fine baseball material. On the other hand, I have sent some of my base- ball to Coach Alexander in the fall to let them gain speed and they have developed into good football players. All but one of. my base- ball men who have gone up in pro- fessional ball were football players too.” Bob Reeves, now with Boston Red Sox, was a. football player and base- pel an of ability. . Crowley, football 1927, joined the Baltimore recently. Another former Tech football man now is with the Chicago Cubs. Angley, captain of Tech’s diamond Remains. Cloudy Yale Wins Opener eae State Track and Field Meet Will Occur May 17, 18 Pentathion Contest and Golf Tournament Added to List of Events Grand Forks, N. D., April 13.—The twenty-seventh annual North Dakota interscholastic track and field, to- gether with tennis and golf tourna- ments, will be held here May 17 and 18, according to invitations mailed to various high schools throughout the state today by C. A. West, director of ~ athletics at the University of North Dakota. A new event, the pentathion, will be added to the track and field events this year, according to West. A trophy is to be awarded in this event and records made by participants in other tournaments or at home will be ac- cepted if mailed to West before May 4. The tennis tournament will open May 16, and a bigger entry list than x +2 ’ ever before is expected this year. The °. tennis meet has been growing yearly, @ greater number participating last Another new feature of the high hool contests this year will be the’ golf tournament, and it is expected. to prove as popular as the tennis meet. Several of the larger schools in the state have already clashed on the links, and with the increased number of golf courses now available through- out the state, a large entry list is ex- pected. i The golf tournament is scheduled for the same dates as the track and field meet. The usual interscholastic contests in music, oratory, dramatics and de- bating are also being planned to take Lardy in connection with the athletic meet Blister Brigade Cambridge, Ohio, April 13.—Charlie Pyle’s blister brigade faced the hard Toads of the Buckeye state today. with the first stumble mapped from Cambridge to Zanesville. ‘Today was considered more or less of a holiday by the runners for they had only 25 miles to cover. For that reason the start was set at 10 a. m., three hours later than usual. ‘With more than 500 miles covered in 13 days the pavement pounders have settled down to serious compe- tition.. Yesterday's hike left Ed Gardner, Seattle, in first position; Peter Gavuzzi, England, second, and John Salo, Passaic, N. J., third. é In Tennis Final Pinehurst, N. C., April 13.—(7)— Sadadazu Onda, Japanese Davis cup star, and John Van Ryn of Orange, N. J., were matched today in the finals of the north and south tennis tournament. Miss. Marjorie Sachs, of Boston, took advantage of yesterday's inter- mission in masculine play to win herself ‘a title. She defeated Miss Clara Greenspan, her townswoman, In Buckeye State \ in the finals of the north and south +. women’s tournament by a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 BASEBALI. . EXTRA BATTING PRACTICE Memphis, Tenn., Manager Donie Bush hi sions this spring, to get in some extra batting exercise. MACK RELEASES NINE 13.—()—Mane Philadelphia, April -% ager yar of the Philadelphia Ath- swung his axe so effective- ly the last few days that the-names of recruits have been lopped off the 100,000 SEE YANKS : eenmtotte, N.C, April 13—()—The see i have decided their spring Jaunt through the south was quite a success. After they ended it here yesterday by defeating the Charlotte team of the Sally League, the club's itisticians got together and discov- ered that during the 4,500-mile jaunt world’s champions Played be- nearly 100,000 fans. »