The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1931, Page 8

MOO dey OD MO Md eae THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY; MARCH 4, 19381 Bismarck Cagers Will Clash With Valle [RECONSTRUCT HILINERS EXPECT SECOND VICTORY OVER DEMON FIVE Coach George Hays, Capital City Mentor, Undecided on Starting Lineup WILL MEET FRIDAY NIGHT To Be Last Home Game of De- mon Crew Until Regional Contest March 20 Facing the Valley City cagers at the World War Memorial building Friday at 8:15 p. m., the Bismarck Demons will attempt to gain revenge for their previous defeat at the hands of the Hiliners in the first game of their disastrous eastern tour last week, Although state athletic regulations require that a team that will enter the state basketball tournament be Permitted to hold only three games on the tournament floor, the Demons received official sanction from the state board to hold the Valley City battle there Friday. The Demons have already played in three con- tests at the Memorial building, but only two of the games were under the supervision of the Bismarck high school. The first game was Mandan’s and the state athletic committee rul- ed that the Demons thus are permit- ted one more game at the new com- munity building. Coach George “Baldy” Hays’ quint has been practicing on offensive for- mations the latter part of the week in preparation for a hoped-for defeat of the Valley City quint. Hays is uncertain of his line-up but it is assumed that he will start Cap- tain Johnny Spriggs, Eddie Agre, Lester Dohn, Wade Green, and Har- old Tait. Valley City under the tutelage of Coach Claude Miller are expecting to wreak havoc in the Demon camp Friday night but a note of optimisim is also evident in the Bismarck en- campment. Coaches Former Buddies The battle Friday will be unique fa that the contest will be waged bY | compe ranks as the second or third| absent players in’ the St. Louls two former buddies from the same Alma Mater. Both Hays and Miller | are North Dakota Agricultural col- lege graduates. Both have developed much of the same type of offensive formations. On defense the Bis- marckers use the shifting-zone type of defense, however, though the Hili- ners have adopted the zone forma-| tions. The Valley City game will be the last home game for the Demons un- til the regional here March 20. The Demons are conceded a victory in the astricé meet, for no entry has yet n posted, according to Coach ys. Entries for the district tour- | were required to be filed by | So far Bismarck has been the | only quint to have entered. ! Saturday night the redoubtable Hiliners will meet Mandan at the state training school gymnasium. | Although not definite the Bismarck Imps will play in the preliminary | contest to the Demon-Hiliner game. Their opponents have not yet been | named. The Imp battle is scheduled | to start at 7:15 p. m. Friday. Intense Rivalry Expected Coach Claude Miller is expected to bring the tall Valley City center, Noecker, with him. In addition, Mill- er will have Beartsch and Jeffry at forward with Stern as an alternate forward, and Miller and Captain Owens at guard. Miller will also very probably bring young White with White, until the Demon game was only an alternate, but in the tilt with Bismarck he displayed a form that may keep him in the lineup as a regular. Bitter rivalry is expected to be a major portion of the contest. The Demon quint are not forgetting that the Valley City quint under the tute- lage of Miller upset their chances at a state title two years ago. Last year all the Valley City games were won by slender one-point margins, but this year their victories have been by fairly large scores. “We'll be ready for them when they come,” is how Coach Hays expressed himself Thursday. Rule Against New Golf Club Type United States Association Op- posed to Mechanical As- sistance in Golfing New York, March 4.—(#)—The United States Golf prompeion. ds firmly opposed to any further me- chanical assistance to the players, preferring to “encourage the devel-j opment of skill in the use of the ac- ea “Club faces shall not embody any degrec of concavity or more than one angle of loft,” states a new rule adopted by the association as a result of the agitation over the use of the sand wedge, outlawed at the annual meeting in December. “Adoption of the rule,” said the association, “is merely to clarify any as to our attitude on further inventions of the type of the sand wedge. It is aimed at no Particular club now being used.” f Fights Last Night . (By the Associated Press) Mich— Eddie Shea, Be Sh mer en ga fre Forbes, @. oe pointed Wate i. Pa. (10). Mise Aagence =” Nevsney Angeles, knocked ont Issey Dass, Lee Anacice (3) ior t Chicago Manager Is Bothered hy First Base Problem; Lauds Outfield A wobbly, weak-hitting infield is fac- ees rotund Donie Bush as he starts jhis second campaign as foreman of {the Chicago White Sox. The former premier shortstop doubtless wihses he could roll back the years and step in| to steady his inner works, | Of pitching the Sox have plenty, their catching shapes up well, and} they have a trio of slugging outfield- ers. A punchless infield largely was/ responsible for the fact the Pale Hose | dropped 35 one-run decisions last lyear, to land in seventh place. As he |drives his blue-clads through their daily workouts Bush hopes he is First base is the big question mark. The lone candidate is one Ray Rat- \cliff, a youngster who thumped the| {ball for .369 to lead the Southeastern league last season. If Ratcliff comes through, a big load will leave Bush's mind. If not, John Watwood will get | the call at second, and Bush hopes his .271 hitting will pick up. Lou Ap-| Pling, the ex-collegian who finished well last year, will start at short. Bush | believes he will do, Willie Kamm, the| erstwhile $110,000 beauty, looks like | @ fixture at third, although he hit/ | only .269 last season. Satisfied With Outfield It isn't such a great quartet, all in| all, and Bush admits it. Further, there is nothing very promising about the reserves. Johnny Kerr is slated for {the utility role again, and Irving Jeffries, farmed to Toledo last sea- json, where he hit .330, will scrap San Antonio, Tex., March 4.—(?)—| all alone in this slugging business.” . building an infield that will do better.| -,San Antonio, St. Petersburg, Fla.—Joe McCarthy | knows now why Babe Ruth “stands “He gets distance with so little | exertion,” said the New York Yan- |kees’ manager after watching the bambino clout a few over the fence. | Clearwater, Fla—One ot the | inhabitants walked up to Wilbert Robinson, manager of the Brook- lyn Robins, and wanted to know the name of the “rookie who's driving those balls over the fence.” “Some rookie,” said Uncle Rob- bie—“That's Lefty O'Doul.” Texas—John Mc- manager of the New York Giants, doesn’t want the impression to get around that “Memphis Bill” Terry, hold-out first baseman, has not been offered an increased salary as reward for leading the National league in batting last year. “We have offered him $4,500 more | than he got last year,” said John. “His 1931 contract calls for $22,500, not bad for a young fellow.” Fort Myers, Fla—Now that ne has seer. Phil Todt in a couple of workouts with the Athletics, Manager Mack said Wednesday he would keep two first basemen throughout the season, ‘Todt, Will be first chotee substitute tor Jimmy Foxx. | aan. | Winter Haven, Fla—Buzz Arlett, | coast clouter, joined the Phillies Tuesday a day ahead of time, arriy-! Kamm for the hot-corner job. | Bush’s particular pride and joy is| his outfield. In Carl Renolds andj Smead Jolly, veterans, and Melvin} Simons, the .371 clouter obtained from} Louisville in a recent trade, the Sox | have three gardeners who walloped| the ball for a combined average of} .347 last season. Supporting the tri will be Watwood—barring his trans- fer to first—and the heavy-hittinz | Hob Fothergill for pinch-hitting du- ties. The most promising new one ap- | Pears to be Fred Eichrodt, a heavy | hitter from New Orleans. | Lauds Pitching Staff | Headed by Ted Lyons, who won 22 games in 1930, the White Sox mound | ing aeTew hours after telegraphing | Manager Shotton he was speeding} southward, | Bradenton, Fla.—Despite the spirited rivalry between them tor the first basing job with the St. Louis Cardinals, nny = Jim” Rottomicy and Jim (Rip) Collins have become personal friends. Manager Gabby Street said Bottomley would be the regular first baseman this year “uniess Coltins proves a etter pal | player.” West Palm Beach, Fla.—The list of |___ WITH MAJOR LEAGUERS best in the American league. Alfonse | Browns’ training camp here con- Thomas, hampered by an injured arm | tinued to dwindle Wednesday. Catch- last year, should be good for 15 or er Russell Young and Infielder Frank more victories. Harold McKain, Pat | O'Rourke were due to arrive Wednes- Caraway, Urban “Red” Faber and! day, leaving only Lu Blue, “Rip” Col- Garland Braxton round out the list|lins and Frank Waddey among the MANAGER ADMITS TRAM CAN'T WIN Pitchers will be expected to work over the full nine inning route in exhibi- tion games this spring. In other years the hurlers were started with three or four inning workouts, but Harris believes they will develop fast- er with more exercise, With Younger Additions to Baseball Club Avalon, Cal.—Clarence Biatr, who found himself Playing sec- ond base for the Cubs last season when Rogers Hornsby was in- jured, is no time seeing to it that the return of the rajah this year, does not do him out of @ job. He finished up Sunday's prac- tice game with a home run, and Tuesday knicked the spring pitch- g organization During ing for a single, double and triple, Next Season reaching home on the latter hit cms when Hornsby committed an By DAN HOWLEY sis (Manager, Cincinnati Reds) Cincinnati is building a new bal San Antonio—Unless Carl Reyn- olds comes to terms with the Chicago White Sox, only three veterans except for batterymen, will be in the start-|¥€@" as manager of the St. 5 Browns. We have to get rid of all opens at Houston Sunday" 7 |the veterans, with the exception | ; one or two, and go along with the youngsters. St, Petersburg—The ghost of |° 1 know that we cannot win with mighty Casey of the Mudvilie nine stalked the Braves’ camp ‘Tuesday, it wasn't so bad to have the rookies lick the regulars, 5 to 4, but when some of the sluggers who were denting the fence last year went hitless—well, the sun just wasn’t shining on the tepees of the tribesmen. The fielding gave Manager McKechnie some- thing more pleasant to think about. The rookie pitchers showed up well and Charlie Wil- son did some fine work at third hase, what we have. season are plain enough. Jacked the punch. still retained on the Red roster only four hit above 300 during the season of 1930. These men are Lucas, Heil- mann, Cuccinello and Stripp. Of these Heilmann led in the number of hits, with 153. ding of a new team, we deals pending. Before ) begins, provided these successful, Cincinnati will j have bols:ered up its batting strength considerably Last The team LEAGUE PENNANT = Will Spend Majority of Time BELIEVES HEATH WILL STAR Does Not Expect to Build Win- team, and as manager of the Reds I find myself up against ‘the same | for Nashville, and that is @ lot of mani Proposition that I had in my ie (hitting in any man’s league. LS The statistics last | Of the regulars [Defer Actio the Phillies than they won from us. Cincinnati won 12; Philadelphia 10. The only other team in the league we were able to get a 50-50 break with was the Chicago Cubs. We each won 11. It was against the Cardinals we our greatest weak- ness; it seemed we couldn't have beaten them with Grove and ees shaw. 8t. Louis won 19 games the Reds, while we took only three. This year, however, the story may be different, : We have some likely looking young fellows to take south this year. They come well recommended by the Cin- cinnati scouts and by baseball men Who have watched them for several years. We are giving another trial to Frank Sigafoos, an infielder from Los | Angeles who formerly was up with | the Athletics and Tigers. Sigafoos came to Cincinnati in the draft, after batting .308 in the Pacific Coast | league last season. Another man picked up in tht draft is Bob Asbjornsen, a catcher we , | got from Nashville. This young man ,, has the habit of spoiling people's fences with line drives, He hit .381 The Southern Association has some pretty Is Fond of Heath H Only two men were claimed in the draft, but I am looking for some great things from a young man ‘we | bought from Hollywood, Mickey | Heath. Wher I was managing the ; Toronto team in the International | league Heath played first for me on | the pennant-winning Leafs of 1926. I have followed his progress since then, and Bobby Wallace, who scouted him for several weeks last year, tells | me he is ready to step into fast com- ; Pany. Heath is a left-handed first ; sacker and, unlike a lot of left-hand- pers. “4 pretty smart ball player. In 1929 he batted 359 for Hollywood and hit 38 home runs. Last year he bat- ted .322 and his 36 homers, his aver- good pitchers, too, i nothing to say.” y City at Memorial Building tUCTION IS HOWLEY’S PLAN TO BOLSTER CINCINNATI White Sox Infielders Are Weak Hitters non Petrolle-Tut Bout | puress would be released. The com- mission still seemed doubtful of the 'bout but apparently was having dif- | ficulty digging up evidence to sup- | port its suspicions. PETROLLE MAY FACE CANZONERI MARCH 27 mA St. Paul, March 4.—(7)—A shot at New York Commissioner Far- ley Asks for More Time to Investigate Battle ‘New York, March 4.—(?)—The first round of the verbal battle between the New York state athletic commis- 2 th htweight championship dangl- sion, on the one hand, and King Tut | © "ig lig! 4g Salas Pri oe ite . nel : and Billy Petrolle on the other, has} luth, Minn, prize fighter. ended in a stalemate. Jack Hurley, his manager, tele- a ee ee ee of | graphed sport writers here a con- both fighters that their battle im / tract for a bout with Tony Canzoneri, Madison Square Garden last Friday | the champion, would be signed if the night was strictly on the “up and up,” New York boxing commission ives the commussion still declined to award | Detrolte’s recent fight @ clean bill of the money due herd Digits and conn. health. held officials deci on the question. | 74 soiriniinston ? planned <6 cane lad ree Miri stage iad ‘Tuesday on an investigation into from three Minneapolis physicians to! viether Petrolle’s fight with King show that Tut had suffered appendi- Tut, Minneapolis, last Friday night mid ieee ed He bash That | Was. pre-arranged. The contract, shown ‘Suppo! e cla at | ‘ Tut's poor showing was due to a Hurley said, would be signed immedi body i ately after a favorable report, if one When ie ae eas ote eeu | was handed down as he indicated was ted. Chairman James A. Farley said; — , °XPec ; “We had the fighters and their | ‘The proposed, title bout would be in here and we decided to | CVer the 15 round route with the date aHthield éécision, ‘Their money still | tentativeiy fixed at Madison Square Garden, for March 27. Petrolle, his NEE as ae om at we tiave| manager said, would receive training The consensus was that the com- | expenses only if he won the title but mission wished for a little more time; ‘Welve and @ half per cent pf the receipts if he lost. to investigate and that eventually the urls als “ssid: MaGiéon ‘Rguare a | Garden Officials are anxious to start, age going down when night baseball! Charley Retzlaff, Duluth heavy- was adopted. weight, and he deemed it probable If Heath fills the bill at first base, | Retzlaff would headline a card there doe Stripp may go to third, with Du- | March 20. rocher at short and Cuccinello at sec- ond, but of course this is only ten- tative, and several trades <e have in mind may alter the lineup consider- ably. Ford, Sigafoos or Dressen may come through at one of these posts, But building a pennant-winning ball team sometimes isn’t a matter that is decided in, season or two. I think Connie Mack will agree with me on that. Bert Daniels, New York Yankee out- fielder 20 years ago, has been signed to coach baseball at Manhattan col- lege, New York, Johnny Cooney released recently by the Boston Braves, pitched, played first base and roamed the outfield during the 10 years he was with the club. “Most Diseases Enter the Body of veterans. McKain was a winner | last season, and Caraway broke even. Victor Frasier, the Texan who went back to the farm after looking great | in a tryout last spring, and Bob Wei- | land, a southpaw who divided his/ time between the Sox and Toledo in ‘30, are the best new prospects. Benny Tate, the veteran obtained | from Washington last year, and a pair / of International league stars, Walter | “Butch” Henline and Frank Grube.’ compose a formidable catching staff. Tate hit .312 last season, and Henline and Grube each posted a .347 average in class AA. Morris Berg, who put in some time behind the plate last year, is a holdout, and Bush isn't | even bothered. | Carnera to Fight Maloney at Miami pease { Promoters Expect Florida Bout: Thursday Will Be Finan- cial Failure Miamt, Fla., March 4—(?)—Weather |, Permitting, Primo Carnera will gallop 10 rounds or less against Jimmy Ma- loney, the Boston fish peddler, Thurs- day night in the last of this winter's fistic festivals under the palms. The battle of the cracked rib, as it has been known sinck a fracture de- veloped in the ponderous frame of the Italian a fortnight ago, faces a flock of obstacles. Despite the optimism still manifested by Promoter Frank! J. Bruen, the show is expected to be} a financial failure, Bruen said he ex- Pected a gate of $100,000, but the recent Walker-Risko fight with a gate of $35,000 wrote off @ loss of about ‘$5,000. Uncertainty as to whether Carnera could be whipped into shape caused | the Italian’s manager, Leon See, to! attempt to call off the match, but) commission physicians said he would be able to carry on. Although Carnera is anxious to wipe out @ decision scored by Maloney in Boston, he has his eyes fixed on big- ger things. He has posted a $25,000; forfeit to bind a match in September | with the winner of the Schmeling- Stribling heavyweight title match. He also has a proposal to fight Jack Sharkey in New York this summer. Many regard the cracked rib story | as more of a handy alibi than a! handicap and pick Carnera to win. The hope is he will finish Jimmy in three or four rounds. Maloney will be outweighed about 75 pounds. Nebraskan Favored | As Montana Mentor: Missoula, Mont., March 4.—(?\—A. 'W. Lewandowski, former football and / basketball player at the University of i Nebraska, has been recommended for ; appointment as assistant gridiron | coach at the University of Montana | here, authorties of the institution an- | nounced Tuesday. H ‘Upon his acceptance of the offer on) his application, Lewandowski will be-| | i *\come the chief aid of B. F. Oakes, now assistant coach at the University ; of Nebraska who recently signed a/| contract as head gridiron mentor | Basketball Scores | © (By The Amcctated Prem)” COLLEGE. | Augsburg 30; Hamline 27. ' 1 cc aeelian 27; Gustavus Adolphus Mankato Teachers 30; Virginia | Juniors i missing. Paso Robles, Cal.—Worrles over the Pittsburgh Pirates’ catching department are over, in the opin- jon of Manager Jewel E: Ral- ston Hemsley is playing brilliant- ly and Eddie Phillips, obtainea | from the Philadelphia Athletics, is leaving nothing to be desired. New Orleans—Two Cleveland In- dians who labored under the handi- cap of broken arms last year have demonstrated themselves recovered. They are Lew Fonseca, slated for; first base, and Johnny Burnett, can- didate for third base. Tampa, Fla—“Jersey Joe Stripp, Cincinnati Red thirdbase- | man, was signed by President | Sidney We:l Wednesday. leaving — only two men, Horace Ford and Charley Dressen, utility infield- ers, the only athletes not ready to participate. Sacramento. — Mai Stanley Harris has announced that Detroit ger Soldier Sentenced | To 10 Days in Jail) Joseph Cupita, a soldier at Fort! Lincoln, Tuesday was sentenced to serve 10 days in jail following con- viction, in the court of Justice R. H. Crane, on a charge of drunkenness, W. S. Smith, special agent for the Northern Pacific railroad, arrested | Cupita Monday evening near the N.} P. depot. Smith said Cupita had seated himself in the automobile of T. P. Allen, Northern Pacific agent here, and was trying to start the car. Justice Crane said a charge of at- tempting to steal an automobile may be lodged against Cupita but that! he does not expect it to be pressed. ULLIN WINS | Glen Ullin, N. D., March 4.—Glen | Ullin’s Ramblers defeated the Rich- | ardton Independents here Monday | 39-7 in a colorless contest. Coach M. B. Steig of the Glen Ullin quint used his second string | squad during the first half of the game which ended 11-3 in favor of the Ramblers. Havelock, at forward, Was outstanding for the Glen Ullin quint while Clark, Richardton cen- ter, was the big gun for the visitors. | 28ST FOR BID! of State Hig’ RKaQ Departme: 0 Proposals for furnishing 518,009 j lineal feet wood slat snow fence and 56,950 six foot steel (two sep- arate proposals) will be received by the State Highway Commis offices of Highw 1 the at until 10 o'ch th, 1931; at whieh place they will be publiely opened a The proposals must be mailed to or otherpose deposited with the De- partment of State Highways 4 marck, North Dakot. Sealed’ and endorsed, | “Pro Furnishing Wood Slat Snow Fence’ “Proposal for Six Foot Steel Posts,” according to the pro- posals contained therein. A certified check for 5% of the gross sum bid, together with a bid- der's bond in the full amount of the! gross sum bid, must accompany each | Proposal. The unit prices bil are to include Prepaid freight to points of destina- | tion as listed in the proposal. 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