The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1931, Page 8

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1931 Phantoms Defeat Mayville to Wi BISMARCK SQUAD WINS GAME, 38-25, IN PAST CONTEST Teacher Quint Never Seriously Threaten Lead of Capital City Cage Crew ELVES NOSE OUT WORKMEN Wednesday Night Battle May Be Last for Churchill Team Until After Meet Scoring their second consecutive victory over a college quint, the Bis- marck Phantoms defeated the May- ville Comets 38-25 in the Bismarck high school gymnasium Wednesday night before a large crowd. Johnson, Mayville center, opened the scoring with a field goal for the Comet squad. The Phantoms retal- iated with two field goals and one foul to lead 4-3 at the end of the first quarter. The Phantoms increased their advantage to 14-8 at half-time. ‘The Bismarck quint held a 12-7 lead at the end of the third period and annexed 13 more points in the last half while their opponents’ were al- Jowed only four. At no time during the game did the teacher quint seriously threaten the Phantom score. They attempted a third-period rally and garnered 13 Points to the Phantoms’ 11. Heidt Not In Lineup Neil O. Churchill, Phantom mentor, ‘was obliged to do without the services oi his veteran guard, George Heidt. He used seven men in the contest while Coach Lewy Lee of the May- ville squad used nine. Schaumberg, former Jamestown college ace, easily held high scoring honors with 20 points. Whitlock, Mayville guard, injected late in the second quarter of the game, led his team-mates with 10 points. Schaumberg, playing at férward, ‘was unbeatable. He tossed in baskets from every angle of the court. Spec- tators enjoined the Phantoms to “give it to Schaumberg” throughout the game. Despite the fact that the Phan- toms were without the services of Heidt, their defensive formations, id scorer. in field goals and one free throw. Comet Defense ‘The floorwork and cool court-gen- eralship of “Baldy” Hays and the knife-like dashes of the mighty “mite” Thornburg under the basket also were effective thrusts at the Mayville zone-type of defense. Coach Lee changed the tactics of his crew to s man-to-man defense in the sec- ond half, but Churchill’s cagers adopt- ed the system and proved superior to the Mayviile defense. The contest Wednesday night will probably be the last for the Bis- guard and former Bismarck athletic star, led the floor attack of the teacher quint. Brown committed three personal fouls during the first quarter, but did not receive a penalty in the last quarter. Elves Win Preliminary In the preliminary battle the bulky Bismarck Elves nosed out the A. O. U. W. quint 14-13 in an exciting con- t. The Elves held a 4-3 advantage over their opponents in the first quarter, but the Workmen rallied and an- nexed four points while holding the Elves scoreless to lead 7-4 at half- time. ‘The Elves, shooting at the back- board in vain efforts to score in the last half managed to gain a 12-7 lead te conclude the third quarter, al- though the Workmen sank three field in the last quarter that almost defeated the Elf quint. cy Qa "3 Le ” [rorcesmesoume wo] cocremn's ‘The summary: Phantoms (38) conmooe Sdeocrdston: Vera ee Hoffman, 5. - Totals . Comets (25) ion Ctrescess S GASSHSSHS b | el orormnmon Sl oneocenon a: 3 3 > A a 38 Q Peete Honda | ecccom we lbacdle we uuseinn Zigetien selena e Set Track Records at Garden Races Beard Clips One-Fifth of Sec- ond Off Former 70-Yard High Hurdle Mark New York, Feb. 26—(7)—Two new ‘world records were on the books, eight of the nation’s best wore their first National A. A. U. championship medals while six others were in pos- session of their second successive title Wednesday as the result of in- door track and field championship in ae Square Garden Wednesday night. Percy Beard, Alabama Poly, clipped one-fifth of a second off the existing world’s record for the 70-yard high hurdles. He beat Lee Sentman of the University of Illinois, co-holder of the record in :08 5/10, The Uni- versity of Pennsylvania medley relay team, slashed 5 1/5 seconds off the eight-year-old record in the one and seven-eights medley relay time to de- ‘feat Bates college in 7:30 2/10. The old record was hung up by a quartet from the Illinois Athletic club. Conger Wins ‘The two new world records were made in a program that saw Ray Conger take the 1,000-yard champion- ship with his famous bell lap kick; {Leo Lermond gave ’em a flash of his old time speed to win the two-mile title and Fred Sturdy leaped 13 feet, 11 inches to retain his pole vault crown Phil Edwards and Hans Assert, of New York City, were the only cham pions to repeat on the ‘rack wards conquered Sera Martin, world’s 800 metre champion from France, to keep his 600-yard title while Assert led a large pack over the two mile steeplechase. ‘The 1930 champions swept through the field events. Harold Osborn re- peated in the standing high jump. Anton Burg turned back Osborn and a classy field of youngsters in the running high jump. William Werner took the standing broad jump. Mlincis Club Keeps Title Five times little Bill Carr of the University of Pennsylvania was forced to travel the 300 yards before gaining the decision over John Lewis, the chunky negro champion from Detroit City college. The pair ran twice to qualify for the finals and then fought the last lap of the deciding race to a dead heat. In the run off Carr nipped the titleholder at the tape. The Tilinois Athletic club retained its team championship, scoring 16 Points with victories by Conger, Bure and Osborn and a fourth place br the latter in the running high jump Pennsylvania placed second with 1. points and the New York Athletic club third with eleven. The 1931 champions: 60-yard dash—Ira Singer, MY} -yard high hurdles—Perey Beard Alabama Poly. 300-yard_run— versity *600- {ton Sew Yor! jam Carr, Uni nil Edwards, Ham t.) Olympic club. 00-yard run—Ray Conger, Illi- nois A. C. Two-mile run—Leo Lermond, Bos- ton, Mass. “two-mile steeplechase—Hans As- sert, New York city. Medley relay—University of Penn- sylvania. One_ mile walk—William Carlson, New York city. *Pole vault—Fred Sturdy, Los An- geles A. C. ‘Shot put—Leo Sexton, New York ‘*Running high jump—Anton Berg, Minois A. C. “standing ‘high jump—Harold Os- is A. C. born, Iino! 5 ‘Standing broad jump—William Werner, New York city. “Retained titles. Brown to Substitute For Indiana Fighter St. Paul, Feb. 26.—(7)—The second substitution of an opponent for | Frankie Battagalia on the fight card \scheduled for here Feb. 27, was an- nounced Wednesday with Norman Brown, Chicago, replacing Young Jack Dillon, Indianapolis. Izzy Grove, New York, was origin- ally scheduled to meet the Winnipeg middleweight but the match fell through and Dillon was substituted. 'Then Matchmaker jlearned Dillon probably could give Battaglia little opposition and Brown was selected. MOST INTERESTING PEOR OF His STATE, WITH A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF EACH, ${~ OF COURSE, (T WILL BE A FORM OF SOCIAL REGISTER, INDEXING ONLY “THE ONE CELEBRATED AND DISTINGUISHED Jerk Doran | ft WALKER GIVEN DECISION OVER RISKO IN 10 ROUNDS Golden Valley’s Girl Cagers Get Win at Halliday Win Upset by 25 to 20 Count; Halliday Boys Beat Golden Valley, 25-24 (Tribune Special Service) Halliday, N. Feb. 26.—Upsetting the dope bucket, the Golden Valley high school girls’ basketball team won & fast game here from the Halliday girls. The score was 25 to 20. The Golden Valley sextet took an early lead in the first quarter and maintained the pace throughout the rest of the contest. Fourteen of Halliday’s points were made by M. Bosh, center and forward. while Golden Valley’s scoring was distributed among four forwards. Inga Helling, center forward, counted five points; Ruth Jenson, six; Kath- leen Erdmann and Esther Radke. seven each. Guards of both teams Played hard games. The Halliday boys, however, broke a three-game winning streak of the Golden Valley five by winning a 25 to 24 contest the same evening. Will End N. C. I. Conference Race Saturday Night Nodaks Will Meet Bison at Fargo and Coyotes Will Play Bunnies at Brookings St. Paul, Feb. 26.—(?)—The North Central conference basketball cam- paign will end Friday night as the four North and South Dakota teams clash in intra-state games. South Dakota university, champions for the second consecutive year, plays South Dakota State at Brookings, while the University of North Dako- a plays at the North Dakota Aggies, “r-en, in two games. The game Sat- urday night will not count in the standings. Adkins of the University of South Dakota went into first place in in- dividual scoring when he counted 23 Points against the Nodaks and Aggies te raise his total to 69 points. He re- Places Fairhead of the North Dako- ‘a Aggies who now has 63 points for second place. Cleveland-Medina Beaten by Steele Steele, N. Feb. 26.—The Steele Lions overwhelmed the Cleveland- Medina combined cage squad 52-25 here recently. Steele held a 18-17 lead at halftime, but unloosened an offensive attack Jate in the third quarter that netted the Steele quint 18 points while hold- ing the Cleveland-Medina quint scoreless. Led by Bryantand Kremenetsky the Lions outscored their opponents 16-8 in the final period. ‘The summary: Steele (52) L. Loerch, f. Bryant’ © Crowell, Epestein, g. Kremenetsky, f. Dornacker, g. Som re locowne 21 cane: Norton, g. Totals .... e]conow al oooonco Slestomonm cof romnseones S OUR BOARDING HOUSE [OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Abem J| ECLAT MUST HAVE TODAY, ONE DOES ONE IS ABSORBING UPSTARTS ww FOR INSTANCE, WE HOOPLES “TRACE QUR LINEAGE “To A SOCIAL DIRECTORY ! Not KNow WHETHER WW ONE'S CIRCLE, OR SKUBBING AN EQUAL OF - CULTURE AND REFINEMENT fae CHARLEMAGNE w Crowd of 20,000 Cash Custom- ers Pay $38,000 to See Mickey Win at Miami Miami, Fla., Feb. 26.—(?)— They may have to move over later, if not this year to make room for Mickey Walker in the scramble for the world’s heavyweight championship, Less than six pounds over the limit for the middleweight class, in which he holds the world’s title, Walker packed enough stamina and wallop in his 165% pounds last night to hand a convincing pasting to 194-pound Johnny Risko of Cleveland, somewhat battered reminder of the one time spoiler of heavyweight ambitions, Walker won the unanimous verdict of the three judges after ten slashing rounds of punch-tossing. Mickey was held to close to even terms for the first eight rounds, due to Johnny's bull like charges and aggressive ham~- mering, but Walker won the last two rounds by a wide margin. Risko was groggy in the ninth and tenth under ‘Walker's vicious left hooks and right crosses to the chin. The Associated Press score-sheet gave Mickey six rounds and Risko four. In fine condition, Walker overcame hig handicaps in weight and reach to demonstrate his ability to mix suc- cessfully in bigger company. He has not defended the middleweight crown in over @ year and apparently intends to leave it on the shelf while he bat- tles for a spot in the heavyweight picture. ‘There's .not much chance of his figuring in the big program for 1931, however. Before Walker fought the main go Wednesday night, Max Schmeling, the German who was be- queathed the heavyweight title by boxing authorities, and his American challenger, Young Stribling, appeared in exhibitions. The winner of the Schmeling-Stribling bout, in June, is slated to defend the title against Primo Carnera, Carnera was a spectator Wednesday night and is booked to meet Jimmy Maloney of Boston here on March 5 in the battle of the cracked rib. ‘The balmy weather, the moon and the customers were mostly conspicu- ous by their absence Wednesday eve- ing, although the show put on under the promotion of “Pa” Stribling was distinctly an artistic success. The box office checkup showed approxi- mately 20,000 cash customers and a gross gate receipt of $38,000. These figures were below expectations but sufficient, Stribling said, to show a Another Boxing Bill Introduced Minnesota Measure Would Per- mit Boxing in All Cities of State 8t. Paul, Feb. 26—(7)—A new state> wide boxing bill, minus some of the features that marked a similar meas- ure previously presented, was intro- duced in the Minnesota house representatives by Dewey Johnson, Minneapolis, and Frank T. Stakey, St. Paul, Wednesday. It would amend the present law, confining boxing to the three largest cities, to permit ring shows through- out the state and add a tax of two and one-half per cent of the gross receipts to cover expenses of the com- mission. It also would give the com- mission authority to regulate the number of shows in any one city. The law now permits only 12 cards annually. The new measure, along with the other one, will be the subject of a public hearing before the house com- mittee on general legislation Thurs- day night. BiS “TOAD PUTTING > ON TH? PUFF fw HE CAN PULL His Socks ON THREE WAYS,. BECAUSE “TH? HEEL AM’ “TOE ARE ALWAYS of | Oly @ few seasons back. HOYT CONFIDENT HE WILL REGAIN ERSTWHILE FORM Detroit Club Needs Former Bat- ting Punch to Lead Loop Pennant Race HAS FAITH IN NEW HURLERS Expect Squad Will Get Away to Good Start in Early Season Games By STANLEY R. (BUCKY) HARRIS Manager Detroit Tigers The Detroit club of 1930 finished fifth in the American league stand- ing. The team was fifth in hitting Power and fifth in fielding averages, making it appear that the figures have spoken pretty well for themselves, In our new camp at Sac- ramento the work is pretty plainly cut out for us. From a squad of 36 men we must find players who can better both our attack and defense. I am pretty well satisfied with the pitchers; the staff is far above the major league average. . ‘The Tigers were once noted for at- tack, but Cobb, Crawford, Veach and Heilmann have gone, and we need somebody to make some base hits. Thus, at Sacramento, I will look over several rookies, whose bats sounded pretty loud in the minors last sea- ‘son. One of these is Frank Doljack, ; punches peaconningmec sO n Second College Tilt This Season [BUCKY HARRIS HOPES ROOKIES BATTING WILL AID TIGER TEAM Ty Cobb Dreams of African Big Game | WITH MAJOR LEAGUERS | Clearwater — Wilbert Robinson, Portly manager of the Brooklyn base- ball club, is perfectly willing to talk about his batting order for the sea- son although he hasn't decided upon it. “Thompson is a good lead off man,” he said Wednesday, “but right now I won't lead off with Thompson.” Bradenton — Mike Street, in my time, and seems just as agile now,” is going to help coach the younger members of the Cardt. nals’ pit staff, Street be: Nieves the old Cuban will be able to impart many valuable pointers to the juvenile flingers. ‘West Palm Beach—The continued absence of Pitchers Walter Stewart and Warren “Rip” Collins from the Browns’ training camp here Thurs- day caused rumors they were holding out. Infield practice was scheduled for Thursday, the first of the train- ing grind. Paso Robles, Cal—When the second squad of the Pittsburgh Pirates, due here Saturday, is in shape to begin the training camp series of ball games with the Yanigans, they’re going to get a surprise or two, in the opinion of. the board of strategy here. Jewel Ens put several of his rookie in- fielders through a speedy drill Wednesday and was so pleased he said Thursday's program would be even heavier, ‘Tampa—Bennie Frey, once the Nemesis of the Chicago Cubs, while the Cincinnati Reds played havoc who led the Middle Atlantic league; with the Bruins’ chances for the Na- with an average of .391 last year. Have New Talent We also have the two Walker brothers, outfielders from Evansville, former athletes at the University of Mississippi. Gerald hit .378 and stole 50 bases in the Three-Eye last sea- son, though he was out of it part of the time with a broken leg. Harvey batted .355 for the same team. Eckhardt and Shiver, from Beau- mont, bring the total up to eight out- fielders, including Funk, Stone and Johnson, last year’s regulars, who may find the competition pretty stiff for their jobs. Alexander at first, Gehringer at second and McManus at third look like fixtures, but there will be a live- ly battle for the job at short. Akers and Koenig probably will find Owens from Seattle and Holly from Beau- mont very much in the running for the job, due to the fine averages they made in their respective leagues last year. ‘We have added the veterans Schang and Grabowski to our catching staff, and due to their experience they should be of considerable help. Has Faith in Hurlers I have faith in the pitchers. Victor Sorrell, George Uhle, Earl Whitehill, Whitlow Wyatt, Elon Hogsett and Waite Hoyt, I believe, are six depend- able moundsmen. Hoyt recently ex- pressed the belief he could win 15 games for the Tigers this year. He is taking the season’s work with full seriousness and has been keeping him- self in good condition. Hoyt wants to prove that he still is a top-notch- er, and he will be given every chance to show that he has the stuff which made him great in world series of tional league pennant, has taken on considerable weight and appears in excellent condition for the coming campaign. New Orleans— Luke Seweil's continued absence is becoming embarrasing to the Cleveland In- dians as Manager Roger Peckin- paugh nurses his batterymen into condition. Sacramento—The entire Detroit Tiger squad will begin training to- gether here next . Even Marty McManus, star infielder, let it be known he would be on hand, de- spite salary differences with the man- agement. He wants $13,000 and $1,000 bonus. McManus has been of- fered $12,000. Avaton, Cal.—Three recruits, two pitchers and an outfielder, have caught Rogers Hornsby's eye and appear to be set for a season of employment with the (Chicago Cubs. The hurlers, Ed Baecht and Lon Warneke, have progressed rapidly enough to cause the rajah to give them lots of person- al attention. The outfielder, Vincent Barton, who also first- bases some, Wednesday was the big shot in batting practice, driv- ing the ball even farther than the mighty Hack Wilson. San Antonio—Manager Donie Bush promised Chicago White Sox pitchers they might bat Thursday, but at- tached such a price to the privilege that enthusiasm waned somewhat. For each time at bat, the hurlers must do @ turn around the quarter- mile cinder track surrounding the park, at a brisk gait. San Antonio—Chief Bender, coaching the New York Giants, has found a lot of company here. Representatives of three Indian tribes, Osage, Creek and Chero- kee, were in the audience at ‘Wednesday's drill. \ | famous Indian pitcher who ts i { { ‘ , St. Petersburg—The new American ; league ball has not made much dif- ference to the New York Yankees’ pitchers, who so far have only thrown straight ones across the plate and not very hard. Fort Myers—Hank McDonald, slant California right-hander who is trying out with the Phil- adelphia Athletics, has the entire camp wondering how much speed he possesses. Captain Collins spied him Wednesday, burning | them into Mickey Cochrane. “Hey,” shouted Collins, “Don't cut loose yet.” “I'm not, boss,” replied the six- foot-four rookie. “This ain't nothing. I can speed "em in a lot faster.” Winter Haven— Manager Burt Shotton of the Phillies called his baseball squad out Thursday for the first practice. Fifteen players, most- ly batterymen, are in camp. Rumors were in circulation that Phil Collins, ace of the pitching staff last year, may be a holdout. Demons Leave for Eastern Invasion Thursday at Noon To Face Valley City Thursday Night, Fargo Friday and Moorhead Saturday Coach George “Baldy” Hays and ine Demons embarked by train at 11:40 a, im. Thursday morning for the first cage battle of their eastern in- vasion against the Hiliners. Hoyt is already at Richardson Springs, Calif., climbing the moun- tains to get into shape. Hope for Good Start Sorrell is going to wear glasses this year, I understand, and this may add to his effectiveness, as he has been bothered with his eyes for several seasons back. Wyatt informs me that his arm, which went lame last year just as he got into a winning stride, is much better. Hogsett, who suf- fered with stomach trouble part of last season, has been treated by spe- cialists and I am expecting him to be @ greatly improved pitcher this year. Last year at the start everything went wrong. The Tigers lost games in every way known to baseball. I am hoping we get away this year on the right foot and am confident the team will give a better account of itself in Veteran Hurler Is Absent for Workout Tampa, Fla., Feb. 26—(?)—The vet- eran side wheeler, Eppa Rixey, who will begin his 20th year in major league baseball, was the only Cincin- nati Red pitcher absent Wednesday for the batterymen’s workout. The left hander was expected soon, how- ever. ° Petrolle Awaits ° ° Friday Night Go Fargo Express May Quit Ring if He Cannot Beat King Tut in New York New York, Feb. 26.—(#)—Two dead- iy sluggers will meet again Friday night when Billy Petrolle, Duluth, Minn., and King Tut, Minneapolis, eg in the Madison Square Garden ‘The bout will be for 10 rounds or less. A decisive defeat at Tut's hands forced Petrolle into retirement a year | Smith, or so ago. Then he came back with pind a , whipping one lightweight es: Eoncken cat, 0s 28 nore inp If Pefrolle fails to win Friday night he threatens to quit the ring for VIKINGS BEAT JIMS Hays took Captain Johnny Spriggs, Lester Dohn, Eddie Agre, Harold Tait, Wade Green, Leo Benser, Dale Brown, George Allen, and Woodrow Shepard. The Demons will face the Valley City squad tonight at Valley City in the Hiliner gymnasium. Friday at 3 p. m. the Bismarck quint will meet the Fargo Midgets at the Fargo high school gymnasium and Friday night the Demons will be along the side- lines of the Nodak-Bison contest at the Agriculture college. Saturday night the Demons will meet the Moorhead Spuds at the Moorhead high school gymnasium. Hays has been polishing his quint on basket-shooting the past week and tightening his Demon defense in preparation for the Fargo and Moor- head quints. ‘The Demons expect to return to Bismarck Sunday from their eastern tour. Belfield Beats Dickinson Frosh Rout Midget Freshmen Squad, 41-8, After Holding an 18- 7 Lead at Halftime (Tribune Special Service) Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 26.—Belfield high school defeated the Dickinson high school freshmen squad 41-8 here ‘Wednesday night. Doering, playing a spectacular floor game, led the Belfield quint in scoring with 15 points. advantage Belfield held the throughout the game, leading 18-7. ‘The summary: Dickinson (8) ox, f. Reichert, f Amdahl, ’f. Boulger, f. McKenzie, Brown, c. Malone, g. - Nicola,’ g. + Totals . Belfield (41) Richter, f. Milstine, Determann Doering, c. Schwartz, g. yy alwooscccs «| twooouon' { i i} Totals V Chief Bender Find: Parmalee’s Mistake San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 26.—(7)— Chief Bender, hired by the New York find out what's Parmalee, young found the Jamestown, N. D., Feb. 26.—(#)—| answer. In an overtime game, Valley City college scored a 27 to 25 jamestown Chief. Tilden Still Master Of Professional King Chicago, Feb. 26—()—The world’s best ex-amateur tennis player still is the master of the official world’s pro- fessional champion. For the sixth time in as many matches on their tour, William Til- den II has taken the measure of Karl Kozeluh, the Czecho-Slovakian. an abbreviated match at the stadium Wednesday night, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, Ill- ness prevented the Czech froin con- tinuing the match. ' Rested Minnesota Cagers Await Tilt Gopher Basketball Team Leaves Friday for Saturday Game with Purdue Minneapolis, Feb. 26.— (4) -- After nearly a week's rest, 10 members of the University of Minnesota basket- ball squad will leave Friday night to play Purude on the Boilermakers’ floor Saturday night. The Gophers have been taking things easy since the game last Mon- day night with Northwestern. Wed- nesday the regulars were given a short period on the floor in the field- house, practicing basket - tossing most of the time. Thursday's work- out also was to be light, with the second string men in a scrimmage with the frosh. ‘The Minnesota hockey team will leave Thursday for Ann Arbor where the Gophers will meet Michigan, in the last two games of the season. Al- though Minnesota now is at the bot- tom, a victory over Michigan in both of the two game series would put the Gophers at the top of the conference. Champions Find Faribault Easy, Minneapolis Ascension Cagers Win Opening Tourney Game by 47 to 17 Minneapolis, Feb. 26.—()—The As- censions of Minneapolis, opening their 1931 campaign to retain the Minnesota amateur basketball cham- pionship, found little opposition in the Faribault basketball team which went down to defeat under a 47 to 17 score We ednesday. Litchfield and Unity A. C. of Min- neapolis battled to three overtime pe- riods in the bitterest game of the tourney before the Unity five finally won, 24 to 22. Billle McCloud, sank ‘f0 field goals to alone outpoint Willow River which lost to the Minneapolis Blisters 50 to 13. The St. Cloud cagers decisively whipped Wesley M. E., 32 to 19. Wa- conia swamped a rival out-of-town team, Young America, 23 to 9, and Keewatin trounced the Wayzata quint 39 to 14. Seibel Agency of Minneapolis eked out a 23 to 19 victory over the St. les Aces. The Sacred Heart team played a steady game and de- feated Marble 27 to 23. ‘Georgia Peach’ Devotes Time to Golf Hobby Rather Than Baseball Drills By DILLON GRAHAM Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 26—(P)—Ty Cobb sits in @ big easy chair, smoke rings curling around his lean head and bronzed features, and dreams:of the big game he is going to hunt some day in Africa. He has been doing? that for years. He has never been closer to the jungles with a gun that Canada. But he dreams on. Plans have been changed and rechanged. Bear, moun~ tain lions, moose have fallen before his crack shooting on preparatory trips. He wants those elephants, crocodiles and rhinows. But some- thing else always comes up. Golf is his game now. He plays with the same fervor and zest that made him the center fielder of all time. He shoots in the low eighties and does it left handed. He tries to kill the ball on every long shot and so he presses. He hits wonderfu! slices. Ty was playing one day with Bobby Jones over a North Carolina course. They were off their respective games. Both were slightly peeved. Coming up to the eighteenth tee Cobb decided to drive right handed and Bobby swung from the left side. They put four balls in a creek in front of the green. Solemnly they shook hands and went home. Cobb Wants to Win Mrs. Cobb can tell you from Ty's footsteps when he hits the front Porch whether he has won or lost. It used to be the same when he was playing baseball. He put the same fervor and dash into both games, The stronger the opposition, the better he plays. And he can’t bear to lose—at anything. The last time he wrestled with his 14-year-old son, Herschal, a husky 155 pound lad, it took everything Ty had to down the boy. He hasn’t wrestled Herschal since. He won't let his son throw him. But he loves to play with the kids. Next to golf, Ty likes to fish and hunt. He prides himself on being able to take young fellows out and walk ‘em down. He quit baseball be-. cause his legs went back on him, H2 goes after birds on horseback and hunts fox at night. He has to exer- cise daily or he feels badly. Since retirement Cobb feels like a schoolboy on vacation. He has no de- sire to play ball again. Some day he may purchase a ball club. His home is a picture gallery and the walls are covered with pictures of himself, other baseball stars, United States presidents, celebrities of all kinds. His scrap books are filled with action pictures, the walls of his den are covered with animals he hes killed, bear skins, tanned deer hides. He has given away all the bats and balls that figured in the making of his hitting records. But he still has a few of the uniforms he wore at the height of his career. Cobb Is Superstitious ‘Ty was one of the most supersti- {Tilden exhibited much of the mastery tious men in baseball. When he saw a |that gained him seven American| wagon load of barrels passing he was jamateur titles in downing Koveluh in|in for a good day. Every hair pin he found meant a base hit. During 2 hitting streak he would never change sweat shirt or socks. He still won’: leave his bat on a bed or walk under a ladder. He turns his back if a black cat comes his way and crosses the fingers on both hands if he meets someone whose eyes are out of line. He thinks the American people as a whOle eat too much. For a day’s food he is satisfied with a light breakfast and dinner at six p.m. He likes to ride his fine saddle horses and is a stickler for obedience. He loves dogs and often judges at field trials. His favorite story is the one about: the rookie outfielder. It was in the days when Cobb was the scourge of the basepaths and the unwritten baseball law was never to throw be- hind him. The Georgia peach got hold of one and rammed a line hit. out to the youngster. Cobb turned first base as the rookie picked up the ball. Without a sign of hesitation, the green hand rifled the ball to the home plate. Ty Cobb was not going to out- maneuver him. Minnesota Fives Fight for Second Gustavus Cagers Must Beat Augsburg to Keep Mac- Alester in Third St. Paul, Feb. 26.—(#)—The battle for second place in the final Minne- sota college conference basketball standings will start Thursday night when Gustavus Adolphus and Augs- burg college quints meet at St. Peter. The down-state quint has a one- game margin for the runner-up posi- tion to Concordia, the champions, but must win Thursday night to keep Macalester in third position. A de- feat would give the St. Paul quint second place. Hamline’s quint, which has been forced to rest because of illness to a number of regulars, will be back in shape for the two-game road trip to St. John’s and Concordia. The John- nies will be met at Collegeville, Fri- day, and Concordia at Moorhead the following day. Saturday night St. Olaf will close its conference schedule in St. Paul against Macalester, the first meeting of the clubs this season, and St Mary's, which defeated Thomas by two points Wednesday night, plays at St. John’s. The score was 24 to 23. INVESTED IN BOSTON BRAVES Boston, Feb. 26.—(?}—Contestants of the will of Mrs, Mary A. Doland, who rose from apprentice to a wealthy moqiste under the name of Mme. Driscoll, are offering to prove she invested $200,000 in the Boston Braves so she could boast she was an owner and have a front seat at the ball game.