The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 2, 1929, Page 18

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Infield Flaws Keep Cubs and Athletics From Being Great Teams - re ] 5 4 “ PITCHING 1S CREDITABLE F back of the bat. - have hurt his showing. Third base _. Standards. Cochrane should show CHAMPIONSHIP NINES NOT TRULY ‘CALIBRE’ ‘McMillan, Bishop, Boley, Hale, English and Taylor All | Have Weaknesses Mickey Cochrane Is Greatest Catcher, but May Not Show Up Well in the Serics By BILLY EVANS ‘The world series of 1929 will pre- sent two very good teams in the Cubs and Athletics but I wouldn't rate either as great. I do not consider the Cubs of 1929 as good as Frank Chance’s great ag- gregations of 1907-08-09. Neither do I believe the Athletics of 1929 the equal of Connie Mack's club of 1914. Great teams are championship clubs without a weakness. This doesn’t hold good for either the Cubs -or Athletics. Both clubs have defi- nite faults. The pitching of the two clubs is highly competent. No fault can be found in that respect. The two out- fields are in keeping with what one would expect in a great team. The infield of each club has its flaws. In addition, the Cubs are not too strong see McMillan, a former American League castoff, is at third for the Cubs. McMillan plays a very accept- able game, bu. he doesn’t quite com- Pare with Harry Steinfeldt of the well-nigh invincible Cubs of Frank Chance’s days, “Home-Run” Baker of Connie Mack's champions of 15 years ago, or “Buck” Weaver of the great White Sox of 1919. Last year, next to Tony Lazzeri, ‘Max Bishop of the Athletics was just about the best second sacker in the American League. This year Bishop thas been off his game, particularly at bat. Joe Boley also has had a rather indifferent year at short. for 80 good a player. Injuries and illness “on the Athletics has also been es- sayed by several players. If in shape, Jimmy Dikes, the all-round star, will probably get the preference over Sammy Hale, who played third as a regular business. At times, English of the Cubs has | looked like a wonder, at other times; very erratic. No shortstop can be} erratic and be classed as great. I am told English has showed remarkable improvement in the past season. Hornsby, no doubt, has helped steady him. Weak spots in the inner defense keeps any club from being classed as great, no matter how strong it may be in other respects. see When it comes to catching, the Athletics, in Cochrane, offers the very best backstop in the majors, and “1n the veteran, Perkins, a most ca- ; ‘Pable substitute. The Cubs present as their first stringer, Zack Taylor, ‘® good catcher, but a player who is getting his big chance at a time when ; he is going rather than coming. In- juries just about wrecked the Cubs’ waiver route after all other clubs in ‘the American and National had Passed him up. He has done a very good job and may surprise in the se- ries. That is often the case. Gabby Hartnett compares favorably ‘with Cochrane, but Hartnett has ‘been out all year with a bad arm that ‘may end his major league career. -Mike Gonzales has seen much serv- “ice as a Cub and elsewhere. How- ever, Taylor has been given the pref- + erence over the rest of the Cub back- stops by Manager Joe McCarthy. i see « On form, fine pitching may be ex- pected from both staffs. The outfield ‘-play should be up to world series 4 fandom some real catching and while there is no comparison between him “and Taylor, the latter may perform equally well. There have been few better catchers than Roy Schalk of ) the Chicago White Sox, yet in the | Root. series he played, Schalk did stand out as strongly over his as the dope made it seem. The 2 't always run true to form ine series. Another feature sure to figure in 3s $ a iy ; i rill, le Es z 8 Fy Bs HALF DOZENMENON GIRLS’ ATHLETIC ASS —_ OCIATION IS On beautiful Anastasia Island, ten miles from St. Augustine, Fla., the University of Florida football squad has begun intensive training under the direction of Coach Charlie Bachman, old Notre Dame star. the Florida ends, left. to right, Vansickle. Hall, Vickey, Furgeson, Parnell, Green and Clemons. Bachman and Capt. Rainey Cawthon, fullback. The player kicking is “Cannonball Clyde” Crabtree. Vansickle was an All-America selection last year, and Crabtree, All-Southern back, was mentioned in several national choices. | Florida Gators Train on Beach PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES HAVE MORE ~ THAN 270 ENROLLED | Auverne Olson Is Elected Presi- | dent of Newly-Organized | High School Group | | cupies much the same position in the World series picture as does Hal Carl- son of the Cubs. ++». Ehmke has been a distinct disappoint ment this year with the Athletics. . . With a strong team back of him, he has done but little —_ pitching, due to a bad arm. +++. However, his record shows six victories in cight games. . . During - the middle of the Howar@. Bhimke season. Ehmke issued an ultimatum that he couldn't {pitch without at least one week's rest. Other officers named were: Beatrice ge . That made him Hither ‘oontty Bowman, vice president; Margaret ;; Will, secretary: Dorothy Tiedman, | and ‘Bhenke did vace Peekes his spots treasurer; Isabelle Humphr hike ' to work with only a three days’ rest, leader; and Jane Ellsworth, press Ehmke kicked over the traces and it Las ta ; lis said his suspension followed as a Six classes of girls in physical edu | result, .. «. Pitched several good jeation have been orranized in the | cames after his suspension was lifted. high school the last two weeks, with {7 One of the few pitchers in the Miss Lois Howard, of the faculty, 1 | majors who still uses the underhand gm |delivery..... Should have been out- More than 270 girls have enrolled i standing but, if you believe the pli in the classes and doctors’ orders ¢X- | ers, lacked courage. .. . Pecultar style cusing girls from the classes are fewer | caused American League batters to jthis year than ever before, it is re- | aistike to hit against him... . Club ported school officials. facing him for the first time scldom | Soccer Is Begun ,| has much suctess with his stuff. .... Soccer is being begun in the girls’ | sixes in a side arm ball with the {classes this afternoon. The girls will subway style and also has a deceptive Practice this game from 3:30 to 4 change of pace. ... Says he may re- o'clock each afternoon. A tourna-/tire at the close of the present sea. ment in which the four classes will | con |... If the Cubs take too many compete will be arranged later on this Uberties with Mack's “Big Three,” | fall, Miss bible lbenno i Walberg. Grove and Earnshaw, it is A soccer field has been arranged in jthe school yard north of the high a coe school and it 1s expected that soceer | UPON to stop them. |HOCKEY PRACTICE OPENED) Work Toward ‘Character-Build- | ing is the Principal Aim of Physica! Education Auverne Olson, daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Obert A. Olson, was elected | {President of the Girls’ Athletic asso- | ciation of Bismarck high school at a meeting of the organization last night. At the top are Below, left, arc Howard Ehmke of the Athletics oc- | ORGANIZED IN HIGH SCHOOL Hurt Nodaks Are Better as Indian _ Game Approaches HAL CARLSON | may prove to be the dark horse of | the series from the pitching angle. Carthy’s pitching selections in ad- isn't receiving | sgt, much considera- i he is the type of | pitcher that| | letics. .. . It may be before the | Hal Carlson of the Chicago Cubs | | In figuring Mc: vance, _ Cariscn i tion... ... Yet, i bothers the Ath-| rertes is over that Carlson will be; receiving serious | thought. Carlson is the veteran of the Chicago staff but still some shy of Jack Quinn's | age. .... Is close to the 36 mark and | of course has passed the peak of his | career... . Illness handicapped his work last season. . . . His record for | the year shows three wins against! two defeats. . . . Spent seven years with Pittsburgh. . . . Like several other Cub stars. Chicago fans can, thank Barney Dreyfuss for him... . Waived out of both leagues in 1923 and sent to Wichita Falls... .. Phil- adelphia Nationals drafted Carlson that fall for a mere $4000. . .. He had. won 20 games and lost 10 in the fast . . . « Proved a very ble pitcher for the Phillies, at a cheap price. Traded to Chicago in 1927 for players Kaufmann, Cooney and cash . - Won 16 games for ' the Cubs that season. .. . Banked on strongly for 1928, only to have jllness kill all chances for a big year... .. | Has pitched well this year when given a chance and is certainly the dark horse possibility of the Cubs. Cub and Athletic COYOTES CLAIMING BUT TWO . VETERANS FOR DEMON GAM Icaptain Ed Pettis and zenro Red Shades Bush Skirmish Will Be Earnshaw, Grove, Walberg, Ma- | lone, Bush and Root All Have Great Speed Note.—This is another of a se- ries of stories comparing the Cubs and Athletics in various depart ments of play, as they shape up for the world’s series. By ALLAN GOULD New York, Oct. -—The world’: series battlefront of 1929 is perfectly arranged for an iron-man_ pitching Performance, with George Earnshaw of the Athictics or Pat Malone of the Cubs picked as the leading candidat> for the role. These two fast-ball right-handers ; have thrived all season on plenty of | work. They have finished stronger | than any of their curving mates, and | the probability now is that they will face one another on the opening day at Wrigley field next Tuesday. Ma- lone, at least, seems a certainty though Connie Mack would not tate to switch to Robert Moses Grove if the willowy southpaw manifested 2 | sudden return to his mid-season form. The schedule for the series is so arraneed that it would be altogether Possible for Malone or Earnshaw, as- suming they are the first-game selec- tions, to twirl four games, still having three days of rest between assign- ments. This, of course, would hinge on the series going the limit of seven games. The one certain thing, so far as the pitching is concerned, is that it will be a fast-ball series. The “big three” of the A's—Earnshaw, Grove, and Rube Walberg—all have tremen- dous speed. So have the main Cub trio—Malone, Guy Bush, and Charley Otherwise the vital factor of mound work, considered 60 per cent of any world’s series battle, is largely specu- lation. When he is “right” there is no better pitcher in either league than Grove, but the portsider has been off form since July. Guy Bush was the Cub ace until around the middle of August, but he hasn't lasted a full game since then until yesterday, when he dropped a close decision to the Reds. Walberg has been erratic; so has Root. These inspiration of a battle to bring them back to si g L “ £74 - | ing the two schools. | |halfback last year on the undefeated Levitt, Two Halfbacks, Are _ Only Experienced Men O'HARE WORRIES WILLISTON Coaches Cutting and Coulter Will Bring Heavy Linemen to Capital City Sei Claiming but two halfbacks with ex- perience in their lineup, Coaches Jo¢ Cutting and George Coulter will pull into Bismarck Saturday morning to pit their undefeated Williston eleven, of 1928 against the undefeated Bis- | marck team of last year. ' But both teams, which caused such | @ wrangle a year ago concerning the! state championship because of their undefeated records, will be but mere |“ shadows of the 1928 teams represent- | os st ‘The Coyotes have but one veteran | Pl and another man who played for Mi- | not, while the Demons have but three regulars from last year's eleven, Both Are Halfbacks The two experienced men on the Williams county machine will be Cap- | tain Ed Pettis and Zeno Levitt, both | halfbacks, Pettis was a substitute st! Williston squad, and Levitt played with the Minot Magicians, who ran into considerable trouble throughout their season’s campaign. Bud Carney. according to Cutting on a tel call to The Bismarck Tribu 7 night, has left on a trip through the eastern states and will not play with | Williston this year. His brother, how- Moses is slated to play fullback, ac- cording to the Williston druggist who at one time was dishing out gridiron | information to candidates at the state | agricultural college. At ends the Wil- | liston strategical heads will use John | Hydle and Walter Strom. Best, tackle candidates are Herbert Mickelson and | Glenn Marshall, two 175-pounders. LeRoy Jorgenson and Fred Mockel who are heavier than the tackle: stockier and faster, will cover the ! guard positions. Donald Jackson, 165- bound center who succeeds McGrath, will pass the ball back from center and will try his skill against that. of Captain Earl Hoffman, Bismarck’s pride lineman. is According to Cutting’s conversatior Williston will be green but will out- weigh the capital city clen. Cutting believes Bismarck will win, but that may be merely a bit of his psychology | Detroit games scheduled in the major leagues | fined to Cincinnati where the Reds: toward health and character build- nosed out the champion Cubs by aj ing,” the instructor cays. by % kept h jes in four times at bat, lifting, cducation builds for sound health,{ linemen on the ficld after dark for Re beitine average three points to| good citizenship, through games and|the past two days, using floodlights. The Rajah got four out of four on/| ford, and Peggy Bergeson, with 55, ; Sunday, winning the game by 1 to 0/46, and 51 points respectively, lead with his thirty-ninth home run. Herman of Brooklyn from second place in the National League batting membership in the association follow: 'derby, but only a phenomenal spurt | |, {could with a neat mark of .395. ‘hitting .384. 2 ,8afe drives to six, but Lucas so scat- lephon® | tered the Bruin attack in every in- jning but the second that he was in touched Guy Bush for three runs in! ever, Davie, will be calling signals. |the eighth. Philadelphia |New York . Coach Dick Hanley Keeps His Men Out After Dark Pol- ishing Rough Spots GOPHERS, MAROONS OPEN | When cold weather forces the girls | kittenball, tennis, and organized floor | classes consists of a white shirt. black organized outside of regular school | And Bruins Lose association enables girls to earn high j organization, giris must earn 10 ath- | ‘but bicycling, hiking, roller and ice age to .380 recommended. Points also are given | Over Week-End Associa! Press i ports Write! (of A in classwork. It will be possible | —- ‘ ane te et By WILLIAM A. WEEKES Works Toward Health wiil be played until the latter part of | November. | indoors, work in marching. calisthen- ‘tes, volleyball, folk and clog dancing. | games will be on the program. Soa | The uniform required in the girls trunks, black hose, and white shoes. | The Girls’ Athletic association ts ‘ | work, aécording to Miss Howard. The | school letters during their four years. | ‘To qualify for membership in the , j its ii letic points. They may earn these ‘ajah Gets Three Hits in Four inte Ty soany aries at aNd Trips to Lift His Aver- 5 man . : gett ating, horseback riding, golf, tennis, | Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsi swimming, sliding. and skiing are | All Have T Battles for keeping training rules. passing | By WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN posture tests, and attaining a grade | With a cold rain along the Atlantic’ yet It ee ilar _ to earn their aboard preventing the few castern |B,” Miss Howal " “The aim of the organize class terday, baseball action was con- work and of the G. A. A. is to work | Points in a practice game against the freshmen Saturday, but only one man, | Captain Henry Anderson, of the team “The inter- | that pe se ipa pedro of the on: ore of 3 to 2. iTelatedness of the physical, mental, ; age, is certain of sta against But- The game furnished Rogers Horns- | and social aspects of life is the basis ‘ler and Cornell college Saturday. an opportunify to coligct threciof all-around education. Physicalj Coach Dick Hanley has his ‘sports, for the wise use of leisure | in an effort to whip together a satis- j These | factory forward wall. agregesetirigrenye peel Activity at Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, which have: ae pe tron, -; set for Saturday, plentiful an oO ero eit te, | varied. The Hoosiers, who will cele brate homecoming day with Nott in an espec! 4 t Page has not decided on @ lineup, and copecially for his ine. ner for . Polishing the offense he will :hoot ‘This outburst carried him to seven | raight hits against the Rhineland | are the specific aims of physical edu- itching corps before Red Lucas cation.” him in the eighth inning.! He | the girls ‘n point-making at the high school. Girls who already have i ill has @ fine chance to oust Babe earned enough points to qualify for Anderson, paittalie |, Barbie, Pemgy _Rergeso garet Bornhofe: Betty athel Church, Mi Claire De Rochford, Ellsworth, Grace Erlenmeyer, Alfonte, Bankston, Barth, Boyton Helen Artlys Ha carry him past Frank O'Doul, meron, rs D'Ardi: 3 on Devitt, Ja Fle linc ‘Chicago outhit Cincinnati by seven Position to win when his mates | | Dorothy. J Alice ik j kundauist, Morton, lone N OF THE CLUBS. AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings Won Lost. 102-46 Me iw. Marian gele. Jeanetie Nerum, Schwartz, Marian Schwantes, Ruth Shuren, Virginia Smith, Mildred ‘perry. Virginia Stephens, Dorothy ‘Tiedman, Helen Vargaret, Loin Uls- r eatrice Vater, Neva Vettel, July ‘alz, Wilma Wensel, Julia Wetmore, and Margaret Will |Art Shires Will Become a Boxer 2. — () — Art Pet. 689 | 579 Mt ‘514 AT Tulsa, Okla., Oct. | White Sox and baseball's most cele-| brated pugilist of the last decade, is |to have a chance to display his fistic CAPTAIN ONLY SURE STARTER FOR PURPLE TEAM SATURDA Chicago, Oct. 2.—(?}—Northwester | university's varsity squad scored 33/Mage in preparation for Michigan, wi against Colgate Saturday occupied Glenn Thistlethwaite at Wisconsin. | While the backfield appears to be de- veloping well. the center of the line has not come along fast enough to suit Thistlethwaite. and he has tried a half dozen combinations without locating one he thinks will do against the easterners. Except for ends, Bob Zuppke is about set on his lineup for the opener against Kansas. Arnie Wolgast has held down one wing ever since he | became eligible last week, while the | other flank has been occupied by sev- | eral candidates. Ernie Useman, a | sprinter from the freshman track , | team of last spring, was used in the | spot yesterday. Michigan will receive little scrim- | State, Coach Harry Kipke devoting much of the time to smoothing up t! Wolverine offense. Ohio State. which | meets Wittenberg in its opener, w start to taper off tomorrow, as wi Purdue, which will tackle the Kansas Captain Stu MacMillan, Rich- mond and Jacobson Will Play Against Haskell Grand Forks, N. D., Oc! The in- jury jinx which recently hag added not a few gray hairs to the sparre thatch of C. A. West apparently has Tun its course. Accordingly, spirits are running high as North Dakota pre- pares for Friday's encounter with the vaunted Haskell Indians. Superior Normal has gone the way of all flesh, dropping a 26 to 6 tilt to the Nodaks last Saturday in the Wis- consin city. Captain MacMillan, Lloyd Richmond and Jimmy Jacobson cid not make the trip. but even with- out these stalwarts the West-coacheit machine functioned powerfully and smoothly. Glenn Jarrett, the nimble-footea halfback, counted three touchdowns with some of the most elegant run- ning Superior players have ever wit- hessed from behind. Glenn is follow: ing and breaking from his interfer- ence better than any other back on the squad, and this. combined with his natural ball-carrying ability, makes him a hard man to drag down. i West praises Mjogdalen and Tved- on. “Those boys are a couple of iron men.” C. A. commented as he pointe:! out that Mjogdalen already has played every minute of the first two gam Durnin, tackle, Felber, end, and Kahl also were given a hand by tho North Dakota mentor for their work at Superior. Bernard Schmidt, quarter, and Ray Gilson, center, were injured Saturday, and it will be avrace against time to get them ready for the Indians. But MacMillan and Richmond are sure to be back, and that will be helpful. ‘West plans to give Kahl a chance at quarterback if Schmidt is still in- | omeoteeeee Wexler and House also re available, but the coach feels that Kahl's headwork, experience and more especially his weight. blocking and Passing ability, would make him valu- able against such a strong team as Haskell. “With he Kahl, Richmond and Burma in there blocking for Jarrett and | Smith,” C. A. said, “we will give the Indians a tough evening.” The North Dakota mentor predicis Friday's struggle will develop into one of the most sensational offensive bat- tles Memorial stadium's history has known. The Indians have two great runners in Louis Weller and Wilson Charles, but West figures that Jarrett a Smith need concede nothing tv either. Manassa Mauler Returns to Ring Chicago, Oct. 2—()—Jack Dempsey ill return to active participation in the boxing business tonight—not a scowling, panther-like Dempsey throwing padded gloves, but a smil- ing. slightly heavier Dempsey offer- ing his first boxing program as a Promoter in his own right. The old Manassa mauler will mak> his premier in the new role in the | Chicago coliseum, less than a mile Chicago, which will see action for the | first time Saturday, still are being | shifted about by Coaches Spears and { ‘Stage, who have not definitely decided | upon lineups, i DRILL AT CAPITAL | California's football squad. making | its first eastern trip during the regu- | lar football season to meet Pennsyl- | vania at Philadelphia, will stop for a | secret practice session at Washington. from Soldier Field, where he fought his last battle with Gene Tunney two years and 10 days ago. Dempsey, scarcely less of a drawing card than he was as a fighter, was assured of @ capacity crowd in the remodeled coliseum. New seating ar- rangements have increased the ca- pacity to 11,000, which would bring @ gate of about $50,000. Jack Fields, new world welterweight champion, will meet Vince Dundee, Baltimore, in the main 10-round bout. “A Certified Ciga Everybody can Afford Ree Ea i the |to put the Demons off their guard. Bismarck Starters Green Captain Ear! Hoffman will start at center for the Bismarck clan Satur- day, with Dale Brown and Russell Enge favorites for the guard posi- tions, despite the fact that they will ie = S 8 = s 2 5 fy 3 7 : 7 No games. Washington - Philadelphia, nds, 460 378 368 Db you remember the old, filthy shop where the man in the win- dow rolled the leaves with dirty fingers... and spit on the ends? ‘What a far cry this is from the modern method of manufacture | Prowess in the ring. | associate ‘of Jack aE Rg g i ult re i #14 | E 3 i i i FE é : Hf u i i g 3 g here Wallie Hultberg and John pat ol are Coach Roy D. McLeod's Others not scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE Stas ron Lah 5 eee ne ooo