The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1931, Page 8

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY.20, 1931 GREEN, SPRIGES 10 | DRESS FOR BATTLE: |” NETHER MAY PLAY Workmen Get Bleacher Seats Ready for Second Annual Demon-Brave Game GALLOWAY WILL REFEREE! Imps Clash with Papooses at 7:30 o’Clock; Phantom Game at 9:30 P. M. Striving for their second basketball victory this season over the Braves, the Bismarck Demons will clash wit the Mandan quint at the World War Memorial building Friday night at 8:30 p. m. Undecided on his lineup, Coach George “Baldy” Hays will start Captain Johnny Spriggs at forward. Spriggs hhas a bad ankle that may keep him from finishing the game. Hays also will have Wade Green, sophomore Demon guard, in uniform. Green has been bothered with an in- fected index finger on his right hand. ‘Thursday he had it lanced. It is un- likely that he will be permitted to play Spielman Will Not Play Byron Spielman, Brave center, is definitely out of the battle Friday | night. Spielman has been ill the last week and Leonard C. McMahan, Mandan mentor, is not going to use him. McMahan is pointing his squad for the regional final and he feels to let Spielman play Friday would rob Man- dan of playing its best in that game. Splelman’s place has caused Mc~- Mahan worry but he probably will recruit Dale Smith, alternate Brave forward, to take his place. Smith, all uh not as accurate at the bas- ket as Spielman, is a capable court general, a good passer and a fast floor man. Mandan rooters are expected to come en masse for the Friday game ‘More fans are expected to attend the Friday battle than any previous game held here this year. Workmen were tbusy early Friday arranging bleacher 4 seats to care for the rival fans who + will attend ‘Will Be Tripleheader contest Friday is an all-Bis- “Mandan tripleheader. The Bismarck Imps will clash with the * Papooses, the Mandan reserve quint, the preliminary which is scheduled will start at 8:30 p. m., Phantom-Mandan Independen: fray will conclude the program. The Phantom game will start at 9:30 p. m. Neil O. Churchill, Phantom man- ager. will be without the services of Mike Geston, versatile guard, in the final Friday night game. Geston has been ill since early in the week with jood poisoning. | penurchill will very likely start Ben- ser and Heidt at guards, Hays at cen- ter and Thornburg and Schaumberg at forwards. Mandan Lineup Uncertain Tt is assumed the Mandan quint’s Yine-up will include George and Phil Helbling at guards, Freddy Swanson center, and Brooker and Frank leidt at forwards. oA Papoose and Imp starters also are uncertain. It is probable that each coach will use at deat eight men 6 preliminary contest. Seraterse rivalry will be manifest at the game Friday. Mandan fans stili believe that the Braves can beat the Demons. They consider the Bis- marck victory in the first contest as more of @ fluke than superiority. Galloway, Tower City, will referee the Demon-Brave tilt. He will be as- fisted by Kratz, former Hamline cage star, who will umpire the feature me and referee the preliminary and Track Athletes 4 Clash Saturday [Five Gopher and lowa Record- Holders to Appear at Indoor Meet in Minneapolis Bismarck and Mandan Lineups Are Uncertain for Their Second Clash HORNS BY SAYSNEW PITCHING POWER WILL AID CUBS’ CHANCES [rusmine UP sPomrs —- ~~ - ~~ ByLaufer_| THINKS SOUTHPAWS NOBODY ever played baseball harder than Charley Schmidt, old. ASEBALL’S| time Detroit catcher. But his very intensity once caused him to pull a boner that cost a ball game. Detroit was leading St. Louis 2 to 1, IGGEST] when in an attempt to prevent a theft of home, Schmidt pushed the bat. ONERS ter out of his way, caught the ball and apparently kept the tying rur. from scoring. Under the rules, Schmidt's act created an interference, also a balk on the pitcher. The runner who seemed out was allowed to score on the balk, and the batter was sent to first base on account of the interfer. ence. An error and a base hit scored another run and won the game for St. Louis, Conger Defeats French Track Star ‘Cobbers Start Americans May Be Final Campaign Hockey Finalists Concordia Cagers Must Win Three of Remaining Four | Games to Cop Illinois A. C. Flash Awarded Decision Over Keller in Blanket Finish New Ark, N. J., Feb. 20 (®) A split vote of the judges has added another victory to Ray Conger’s long list of triumphsand; charged Panl Kel-/ Jer, 800-meter champion of France, with his third straight de-| feat on American | indoor tracks. Conger was) awarded the deci- | sion over Keller in a blanket fin-| ish in the special 1,000 meters run of the New Jer- z ear A. U, track 7 o and fieid cham- Ray Conger pionships here Thursday night. Three of the finish line judges thought Conger won while the other two voted for Keller. Conger set all the early pace but} Keller, showing greatly improved) form, dashed past the speedy Illinois A. C. middle distance ace a lap and a half from the finish line and 50 yards from home seemed to have the race tucked away. Conger flashed his usual closing spurt to pass the| Augsbuiz won the first game from Frenchman by inches. Spurt follow-|St. Olaf at Norihfield a month ago. ec spurt and the pair crossed finish | and their chances for a victory Fri-' line virtually on even terms. | day night depend on whether Lute ‘The time was 2 minutes, 33 1-5 sec- | Mona, conference leading scorer. will onds, fast for the flat, unbanked | be able to play. He was out of the track of the Newark armory. | last game with Macalesier. New York Rangers Forced Into Tie for Third Place; Ottawa Beats Toronto St. Paul, Feb. 20.—.7)—Concordia college begins its final drive for a Minnesota college conference basket- ball championship Priday night when it plays St. John’s university at Col- legeville in the first of three games | on a four-day road trip. The Cobber-Johnny tilt is one of two league games to be played Friday | night, the other being between Augs- burg and St. Olaf in Minneapolis. While St John’s is at the bottom of the standings and Concordia is un- ; defeated, the leaders have anything but an easy game Friday night as the | Johnnies have been showing worlds | of power on their home court. The Cobbers must win three of their remaining four games to win the state title. The remainder are with St. Thomas in St. Paul. and a pair of tilts with Hamline, the first 61 which will be played Saturday night he: New York. Fel —(?i—The New York Americans who finished last :2 the National Hockey league's Can- udian division last year, appear head- ed for the piayoffs this year, the sec- ond time since hockey came to New York. ‘The New York Rangers, on ihe other hand. appear doomed for oblivion for the first time since they entered ihe league. These conclusions are drawn from ‘Thursday night's battles the Ameri- cans trounced the Montreal Maroons. tneir third place rivals, 4 to 2, to take a three point lead. The Rangers were forced into a tie for third place through idicness while Detroit de- feated Chicago 5 to 4. The Toronto Maple Leafs, went the Ottawa Senators, isional leaders, Boston and the Montreal Canadiens, played @ great 1-1 tie which had no effect ¢ or the standings. GROVER HAS ANNUAL JOB John C. Grover of Kansas has ac- cepted the invitation to be starter for the annual Kansas Relays April 18. Grover has held the honor in seven of the previous eight carnivals, *|slugging outfit and I feel that the of- WILL LEND AID IN WINNING PENNANT Rajah May Assist His Infield by | Playing Second Base During Season TO GET IN CONDITION EARLY Expects Major League Race in National League Will Be | Five-Cornered By ROGERS HORNSBY H (Manager Chicago Cubs) i “Success for the Cubs in 1931 de- {pends entirely upon the itching. | That is the way things look to me} jnow, The Cubs last year was a strong {fensive strength will be there again jthis year. We didn’t win the pen- jnant in 1930 because our pitching {staff wasn't strong enough to carry lon for the entire season., Since the jelose of last year we have added pitching strength to the team and ithat additional defensive power, I 'figure, will put us-in the pennani race for 1931 Cubs Get Smith | T was glad to get Bob Smith from \the Bosion club to join our pitching | staff. Bob is a veteran and a great! ball player along with being a great’ pitcher. There were many times a! year ago when he could have stepped | jin and saved a game for us besides staking a turn on the rubber. i; Besides Smith, we have added Jake | ‘and Sweetland, young southpaw of | the Phillies, to the Cubs’ staff. Last | jyear we needed more left-handed | pitching. We developed a most! promising youngster in Teachout and I am looking forward to great things | from him this year. We got some thelf from the veteran Jess Petty | iwhem we got late in the season, but Most of the time we suffered because | jot the lack of southpaws. Have Veteran Staff jlike Root, Malone, Bush and Blake jand with the help of Bob ann 'Young Teachout, Jake May and {Sweetland, I think we will have just about the best siaff in the leaguc, | and with a great pitcing staff I don’t} with hitters on the club like Hack Wilson, Kiki Cuyler, Gabby Hartnett and Riges Stephenson. {fellows will hit any kind of a ball, ‘lively or dead. now that if I don’t think I can do as University basketball five, a contender for Western Conference honors. Dickinson Rifle Team Represents State at Mee {With pitchers who are established | Company K, Unit of National Guard, Win Right in Janu- ary Regimental Match Di In a indoor match nson. N. D., Feb. 20.—Com- see how the Cubs can be a failurejpany K, Dickinson unit of the Na-, Bismarck Quint Total 12 Points {tional Guard, has the best rifle team ‘And these {in the state of North Dakota. | regimental | January, in which 22 teams competed 1 1 am hoping to be able to get in/the local company won high scores \there at second base myself and fully and the r expect to do so, but I will say right |S the North Dé match fired in ht to represent the siate akota rifle team in an . between the National IY high schéol quint 19-13 at Na- biggest chuckles when Eddie Neil of Grand Forks Cagers Trim East Side Five Grand Forks, Feb. 20.—(?)—Grand Forks Central high school basketball team defeated East Grand Forks, 22 |’ ‘to 14 here Thursday night. Central ‘St. Mary Cagers _, Trim Ashley Fiv to Win After 7-7 Tie at End of First Half Tied 1-7 at half-time, Bismarck's St. Mary's cagers defeated the Ash- Rell an “Foots” Blair, he'll be at sec.|Guards of Porto Rico, the Hawiian Poleon Thursday night. jond base instead of Hornsby- } j work out. | gust one thing. more—we have a {is sure to be a live one. Islands. and the United States. It was with the idea of getting into; match is being held the latter part of | condition as soon as possible that I'the month and is being sponsored by started early for the training camp to ie she of militia bureau of Wash- lington, D. C. The Each man on the team, 10 in num- young outfielder in Johny Moore who ber, receives a bronze medal for hay- He was with;ing high score in the state. The ‘Los Angeles last year and, was hitting! Prizes being offered in the nationai ‘over 350 when he injured his hand | match include a silver medal for each ong of the first quarter and 7-all at! Where did it go to?” late in the season. jand we are sure to be wu! {lot. | with i speed and punch. Will Use Bell lat third base, but I don’t. ng him ailarge silver trophy. < Danny Taylor, who was with the/stages. prone, sitting, kneeling, and | points to their opponents’ four. - ‘club last year, is another outfielder |standing are to be used in the con-j ‘test and 10 shots are to be fired in game, each stage. Four different i | The team is headed by Capt. W. R Some people think we will be weak yinefelter. Its other members are: Right now! Frank Richards, first lieutenant; '[ {I am banking on Lester Bell. He wasitawton E, Osborn, second lieutenant; ‘great in the closing weeks of last sea-; son. igreatest young infielder in the league} and he can play either third or short | better than anybody in the league; one of the great hitters. cot eat Sergeants Rufus B. Lee, W. C. Suth- ‘1 In Woody English we have the | erjand, Zene McConnell, and Frank L. Flynn; and Privates John E. Dins- dale, George R. Lee, and Jack Lee. y | "The total score of the Dickinson and along with it has developed into! teant was 3.163 wtih the headquarters <.‘ company of Fargo placing second J. Johnson, s. oe I know it’s going to be another with a score of 3.020. Company A of Bismarck finished in tough pennant race because we are fight in St. Louis, New of iyn, Pitisburgh and Chicago, but I itentn, (feel that in the end the Cubs will be on top. OUR BOARDING HOUSE Minneapolis, Minn. Feb. 20.—Five holders will feature the Min- Iowa, indoor track meet Sat- urday night at the University of Minnesota field house. ‘Two of these athletes are men of tational fame while the other three Ul have broken local records at Min- Henry Canby, holder of the ir conference pole vault mark of feet and 7% inches and Eddie national collegiate outdoor jump champion, will lead the \wkeye attack. is champions will bear @ great share of the burden for Gophers. Captain John Hass, Siscord holder in the 60-yard dash and 10-yard low hurdles, Clarence, Munn, shotputter, who holds the university - nark both indoors and outdoors and Jharley Scheifley who recently Jeared the 70-yard high hurdles in 8, seconds, will be the Minnesota mail By Ahern | SPEAKING OF GOLF, BUSTER , EGAD~ I LEARNED -% DRIVE A GOLF BALL IN A VERY UNIQUE MANNER | ~~ HAR-R-RUMF- =I WAS oN A SAILING VESSEL , BOUND FOR CHINA’ x1 WOULD PRACTICE DRIVING GOLF BALLS FROM “THE DECK OF “HE BOAT ouT INTo THE WATER, TWo HouRS A DAY! ~ THE GOLF BALLS WERE FLOATERS ~- AND MY CADDY WAS A PET PELICAN “THAT I CALLED NES SIR ~ ONE OF “THESE DAYS SOME GUYS IN UNIFORM WILL BE CHASING YoU ARGUND “TH’ NEIGHBORHOcD, “TRYING “To CATCH You wit A Bia BUTERFLY- NET! / THREE HUNDRED YARDS FROM “THE BOAT, AND COLLECT “THE GOLF BALLS UNTIL HIS BILL WAS FULL -~- THES FETCH THEM BACK OR ME “TO RESUME MY DRIVING PRACTICE! ‘Steele Cagers Beat St. Mary’s by 19-16; Fourteen teams competed matches, \Postpone Mott and Elgin Cage Battle Bismarck ve to have five strong clubs in the} ¢i, “4 eighth place and the quartermaster’: York, Broct:- | detachment finished ‘Trailing in the first half. the Steele’ ott, N. D., Feb. 20.—The Mott- | high schocl basketball quint squeezed | Elgin high school basketball game lout a 19-16 victory over the St. Mary's | scheduled for Friday night has been {quint here. ; | postponed until Wednesday, March | St. Mary’s squad led the visitors | 4 because of the Grant county tour- ' next fall's football captains will meet | | by a five point margin at the end of | ney being staged at Elgin this week. |i;, another sport Saturday night at! In a game that showed few out- standing players, A. Geiser, although jon the defeated squad, was high point man. Geiser made 10 points. Jimmie Joyce, St. Mary forward, led his team mates with six points. St. Mary's squad had three fouls ‘called on them while the Ashley five committed’ four . The score was tied at 2all at the He's O. K. now,member of the winning team and @/neif-time. In the second half of the | ‘gume the St. Mary crew totaled 12 A capacity crowd witnessed ‘the The summary: Mary (9) St re oO 0-54 oo 1) ‘Totals onde Gee Ashley (13) W. Doerr, f. pelea 1 Kempf, f. MP eal saya false 1 Weber, zx. 4 ai felons (jsut) ‘Totals SRA 4 Munn “a Sansen in the, in Weight Contes Rockne Teaches Football at Home Veller is an Indiana ‘Feller |sas Dame Coach Likes to | Walk, Play Practical Jokes, Read, and Talk a ad Benne Pee carer ut nd., . 20. moe Knute Rockne gets on the. footbn field, he's all football. But away from all the tumult and shouting he's just a great big, moody soul, who likes tc gossip and chatter and who would walk a mile tc Play a joke or get a hearty laugh. He will tak< time out from hi: busiest day — and he is a man of a thousand duties at Notre Dame — to swap repartee with newspaper- Rockne men, college presi- dents, coaches or a book agent. He | yearns to learn all about their trades and fancies and keeps them in good humor with a good stock of jokes. Just Another Husband At home he is just another husband When he wants to get away at night jhe makes excuses to Bonnie (Mrs | Rockne). | But when at home his personality {dominates the household, just as i: , does a football field. He has three {Sons and one daughter, ranging be- ; tween the ages of six and 14 years He wants at least one of his sons tc follow in his footsteps. “But Knute, Jr., is the only foot- jball player in the family,” he re- flected. “Jackie and Bill, why, they jhaven’t got the talent, but Knute, jJr., Should make good. He’s got the {talent and the will.” Once when the writer visited his practice with his daughter. The girl, | May, veteran left-hander of the Reds, | Claron Veller of Linton, Ind., is 9 fast stepping guard of the dashing Tndiana/ nome, Rockne lined Jackie up for | ~!older, larger and stronger, repulsed ithe boy's “line smashes,” so “Rock” | called Jackie into a huddle: | “Come ‘here, Jackie. I'll give you ja trick, We'll fool her.” (Whisper- jing). “Oh, I get it,” exclaimed Jackie ‘ll make believe I drop the ball ‘then pick it.up and run fast.” } “Oucl Father Rockne shouted “Now you've given away my best , trick!” | Likes to Read | But when-“Rock” doesn't have th¢ house full of guests—and he can play |@ mean bridge game—or when he {doesn’t caper about with his children, {he sinks into a deep chair and reads | Biographies are his first choice, close- ly followed by medical books and mys- tery stories, He can pronounce anc j tell you the meaning of 10-syllable ; Medical terms; and he can tell you {Some facts about music and drama | and art. | He is proud of his Norwegian an- cestry and admits he got one of his ‘the Associated Press once referred to him as the “Scandinavian master of the Irish.” He has spent considerable ;Money tracing his lineage. He dis- (covered that back in the fourteenth ‘and fifteenth centuries, his forebears {were men of money. Two were keep- ‘ers of the Norwegian treasury. : “Now that’s what I can’t under- stand,” he murmured. “There usec {to be a lot of money in the family. | His favorite dish, | Norwegian. : kraut. } Tells, Manys Stories |, His best stories concern the early jtrials he went through as football ‘coach at Notre Dame. | “We had a hard time getting :games,” he said, “and as receipis wert ‘small the boys were ordered to eat ;Sandwiches. So the first time we \played the Army, the Cadets invited ;the boys to eat. And did they cat? | They stuffed us so full of pic, cake jand ice cream that we could hardly wobble on the football field. We were ‘almost ruined.” Psychology, humor and sympathy characterize Rockne on the bench. He “rides” quitters, praises workers anc | takes down the “grandstand” type. Once a player was asked along witl: {others not to pile up and more scores jon a weak team during a game. The ‘player saw an opening and dashed for another touchdown. He didn't get however, isn’t It’s spare ribs and sauer ‘Captains of 1931 Minnesota! into another game until he volun- and lowa Football Teams Clash Saturday Minneapoiis, Feb. 20.—(?)—Two of | the first quarter and by three poi&ts | Coaches Osborne and McElroy of the ' the University of Minnesota field- at the half which ended 11-8. The | Mott school are the officials at the | house when Clarence Munn, Gopher | | Steele hoopsters scored 11 points to: tourney which includes teams from | grid captain and grack star, contests St. Mary’s eight in the remaining two | pigin, Freda, Raleigh. Thain, Leith, ‘with Oliver Sansen, of Towa, in the quarters. Although six of St. Mary's | New Leipzig, Carson and Brisbane. points were made via the foul line Steele made one point . | Joyce, St. Mary forward, Omodt, steele forward. were tied for scoring honors with six points each. The summary: 1 o of A, Sel r 1 Quin. ee R ‘Mott Cage Crew to Mott, N. D., Feb. 20—The Mott In- tourney against Scranton Friday. | Mott's lineup for the first game of | the tournament will include’ Barry center, and Anderson and Boyd or Hintz at guards. The Mott squad | won a majority of their games this seacon and are favored to be finalists in the tourney. 1 | j dependent cage team will open the} second annual Hettinger invitation | and Chalmers at forward, Maerchiecin, | ana}Cubs to Get Another Stiff Ball Workout Avalon, Calit., ‘Feb, 20.—(?)—In VF | spite of x fine crop of protesting | }, bones and muscles among Chicago | 1/Cub batterymen, Manager Rogers Hornsby ordered another full sized workout for Friday. “| Eddie Shea to Fight Francis in Garden Garden tonight. favorite. | Shea is an 8 inted Press) Billy Jonen, Phil- ontpointed Jue Sekyrn, D. (8)3 Willned Dix, Cal- ‘Kked out Reenrdy Ro- Fights Last Night Face Scranton Five +- shot put. Munn has a mark of nearly 47 feet to his credit this winter and the es- tablishment of a new record at the Minnesota-Iowa field meet Saturday is possible. Munn is a favorite over Sansen, although the Gopher star has been beaten this season by Sammy Behr, Wisconsin, who holds the con- ference title. Cam Hackle will have some stiff competition in the high jump, with Edward &. Gordon, leading American collegiate broad jumper, on the Iowa team. Towa will bring another conference ‘tarily admitted to Rockne that he was “grandstanding” for his home town friends. Dayton Cancels” Nodak Grid Game Dayton, O., Feb, 20.—(#)--The 1931 ; football game Dayton university had i scheduled against North Dakota uni- versity has been canceled and the date, Nov. 14, is reserved for John | Carroll, previously scheduled for Oct 16. On this date Dayton will play | Broaddus college, Phillippi, W. Va. ; Both games are here. ‘Mott Student Will Take Part in Bout Fargo, N. D., Feb. 20.—Rod Mc- Millan, Mott, and Cliff Bollman, Far- igo, two rugged football stars, wil. |fight it out with padded gloves in the |feature bout Of the Bison’s seconc title-holder to the meet Saturday at!1931 boxing card, Saturday, it was ithe University Fieldhouse. Henry New York, Feb, 20.—(—Two lead- Canby, Iowa pole vaulter, averaged 13 ing contenders for the featherweight | fc s’inchea'in his contest last seas championship, Eddie Shea of Chicago son and established the conference and Kid Francis of Italy clash in a * 9! ten. round bout in Madison Square | indoor record in 1929. Canby will be | opposed by Mervin Parks, Minnesota to 5 vaulter. ~____» British Racer Is > Knighted by King ! London, _ Feb. Malcolm | Campbell, United States, has been ‘nounced this afternoon. Twelve ski jumpers competed tn 20,—(4)—Cuptain who returned home Thursday after establishing a new automobile speed record in the made a, knight by King George, it was an~ announced by Lt. Fay Smith, North Dakota State college boxing coaci. They are light heavyweights. Both Bollman and McMillan hav« | fought. student bouts in past years as ‘heavyweights, the latter taking the \heavyweight crown last year. Both. made the lighter class after heavs | training this winter and the feud be tween the two is continued. Six ‘bouts are “scheduled ‘and in- Donal Lieb, Ortonville vs, John Rice, Beach, bantam: ; John Gabe, Taylor, vs. Pau! Petersburk, — welterweights; Tower City, New Salem cl ie Reiten, Lawrence Wishnevski, and Arnold Kunkel, lightweights; Ralph Murray, Beulah vs. Robert Thompson, Dilworth. 'Minn., welterweights, and Kenneth ; Ellison, Mandan, vs. William Hasss1- j the first national tournament near |strom, Alamo, middleweights. | Chicago in 1906. Th were 50 ‘Ten bouts will be held in the col | spectators. This year 59,000 persons lege armory and will begin at 7:30 } watched several hundred competitors, pw