The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 14, 1931, Page 8

Lo onan vce nem DAREN nh tose sacoennie: ene -BGHT NAO, [AMERICAN ASSOCIATION SET FOR OPENING TILTSHEVENACQEN =) LOOP CUBS ARE. ~TILOUSVELE Gye |/BLACKHAWKS AND MONTREAL | HEADED FOR THRD + SRT FOR SEASON ~; CLUB CLASH IN FINAL GAME) (CONSECUTIVE TITLS ve I R AVORITE 10 | Both pene Tester toe) | Paar , d Wife = f _-naoraelamg CP. HONORS] Sn eo Cane cen Sn Play at Chicago ri 14. Chicago White Sox _ 100,000 FANS TO ATTEND Robins. Facing Braves at Bos- ton; Giants Opposing Phil- lies at Philadelphia New York, April 14—(?)—Eight clubs, all hoping for the best, faced the barrier for the opening of the National League season Tuesday and some 100,000 baseball-hungry fans Prepared to give them a hearty wel- come. Expert opinion already has forecast ® five-club ng in Rai aa ee League pennant race ie i. Louis Cardinals favored to beat out the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Robins, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates for their second champion- ship in as many years. Neglected in this forecast, the three other clubs, Boston Braves, the Phillies and Cin- cinnati Reds, all hoped to better their positions of a year ago. ‘The frst day's schedule sent the| at Chicago; the Robins against the Braves at Boston; and the Giants against the Phillies at Philadelphia. A maximum aggregate attendance ames with some 40,000 expected ac omenns: 30,000 at Cincinnati; 25,- » 000 at Boston, and 18,000 in Philadel- Poised for a spring into a New York“pool, these four water nymphs are California's challenge in the torthcom- ing women's indoor national championshi ips, Among the foremost swimmers of the Pacific coast, they are, left to right, Josephine McKim, Marjorie Lowe, Jennie Cramer and Olive Hatch. They will represent the Los Angeles A. C. Duane Defeats Lilja in Second Round Colonels Open Season Against aoa tant gies Fog eal Outside of Court Minneapolis on Home Field Tuesday 15,000 EXPECTED AT GAME St. Paul Faces Indianapolis and Columbus Faces Milwaukee in Openers Chicago, April 14—()—Louisville's Colonels, the. last club to. win two American Association championships in a row, Tuesday attacked tne task |e of accomplishing the feat again. Under Joe McCarthy and Bi) Mey- er, Louisvillé won the titles in 1925 and 1926, but no team has been able The Colonels, however, in spite of the loss of tw® stars, Mel Simons and Phil Weinert, are regarded as a great Possibility to repeat. Louisville opened at home Tuesday landed second Colonels’ young all-around star, was Manager Allan Sothorn’s pitch! choice, while the veteran Rube Ben- ton was to work for the Millers » Les Canadiens of Montreal,-and i f I as EEREEL i ; E i | 5B B played at the forum sda Ns Former World's Champ and E¢- The cup rivals enter the decisive . telle Taylor Give State- "ments to Press sey Lou Angeles, April 14—(?)—The Peospects of seeing Jack Dempsey in another “battle of the century”—this time with his wife as opponent and EXPECT CROWD'OF 108,009 Detroit Tigers Meeting St. Louig Browns; Athletics and Washington Clash the divorce court ‘as the arena—were | ° dimmed slightly Tuesday by an ex- change of statements: in which they almost called off the fight. ‘| ‘To Jack's statement that he had gone to Reno, Nev., to get a divorce Connie Athletics Tuesday were headed toe ward their third consecutive title, because his wife, Estelle Taylor of the | ©” movies, had proclaimed a decision to follow her career and had told him to “get out,” the actress replied yes- terday that she had not known of any plans for a divorce and that she would fight the case if it materialized. Asserting the former heavyweight George to Claim Wrestling Title boxing champion had “no grounds for) divorce,” Miss Taylor denied they had lived apart for nearly two years and said she had been maintaining the Dempsey home in Los Angeles. “It has been I who kept this home,” she said. “I am the one who fur- nished it and kept it and return whenever the one who stayed at home.” the formidable Competition, believes his club has a better than even chance of upsetting the race. The New York Yankees, who under the late Miller Huggins required just for him to leave | e'eht Fair | Joe Savoldi, Former Notre Dame| | However, | Miss Gridder, Defeats Myron Cox St. Paul, runnerup to Louisville by in Semi-Windup TEXAN AS MAJOR LOOP UMPIRE) *=::"issszassute stint wee], tos aise, societies bor" an rated as the Colonels’ most serious weather was indicated and an inaug- { cane srt he Cm Bismarck Middleweight Scores|()IT, RICHES FAIL TO RETIRE banking on virtually the same tert | Technical Knockout; Cam- to repeat. Chick Hafey, a persistent ee cco waane pte pagna, Mossett Draw an stronger with additional pitching strength, Manager Rogers Hornsby again in shape and much stronger re- serves. Robins, with the addition of bio at second and Lefty By L. RB. MAACK Del Duane, Bismarck middleweight, won a technical knockout Monday night over Herb Lilja, former Linton Scrapper, in the second round of the four-round feature bout on the Card sponsored by the Elks club here at | the World War Memorial building. Duane demonstrated more stamina and punch to fell Lilja with a straight left to the head late in the second referee could count him out. More 038 3n3 i Passeuyjm suosied 00¢ uByy be-|ond Elks amateur boxing program more highly-touted favorites. 7 once more lack pitch- and the team’s undoubt- ‘at the plate hardly can hope this weakness. Cincinnati, a gs eget Es ts » first baseman, has been strick- ith tonsilitis and outfielder Cliff Freeman to Risk Welter Crown in Thompson Battle Favor Champ to Win; Between 10,000 and 11,000 People pea i i E ' I here this year. Kid Campagna, Bismarck, favorite to cop the semi-windup, fought to a draw with Lawrence Mossett, the PICK QUALIFYING STATE GOLF SITES Tests to Be Made at Grand Forks, Fargo, Minot for Pub- lic Links Tourney Minneapolis, April 14—()—Grand Forks, Fargo and Minot have been selected: for the qualifying tests for North Dakota candidates for the na- tional -public links championship, he Tom Hastings, president of the Pub- lic Golf association of Minnesota and northwest’s delegate to the United ri States Golf association, announced clown fighter of the “Twin Cities of | Tuesday. the Missouri. .” Campagna took the second and third rounds while Mos- sett won the first and fourth rounds. Kid Mitchell, Menoken, the only. fighter from without Bismarck grabbed an easy victory in defeating Battling Forsyth, Bismarck. He won every pou but the last of a four- bout Although knocked out of the ring in the first round, Jack Kossel, Bis- marck, secured a draw with Kid Ode, Bismarck, victor in the last Elks card here in their four-rounder. . Joe Kling, Bismarck, showed the best form of any boxer in the: pre- liminaries, to gain victory over Bat- tling Lyle, Bismarck. Kling won every round of the four-round bout by wide margins. Mickey Wells, Bismarck, outpointed Don Byers, clever and game little The qualifying tests, 36 holes, prob- ably will be played the first week in July. The championship matches will be played at Keller course in St, Paul this summer. South Dakota p! (By The Associated * Press) New York—Ray Steele, Los An-" geles, 212, Rady Rusek, Omaha, 42:56; Dick Shikat, Phil- adelphia, 218, threw Sun Jen- nings, Oklak: layers will compete for the right to enter at Watertown, Aberdeen, gnd Sioux ifiers will be named from each city. got eer a [ Wrestling Results | ere Falls. Six qual- John King Despises Left-Hand- ers, But Thinks Life of Arbiter Is Fun Houston, Tex., April 1 foeman of all ‘left-handers, calls ‘em in the Texas league this season he'll be out there in his baggy blue suit in preference to pursuit of the lel- surely life of a wealthy oil man, King, one of the legion who “got @ bad break” in the majors, bought up some leases én land around Kil- growing spray of black hit the top of a der- ick, Alvin Gardner of Wichita Falls, President of the league, thought the new status might make King give up his indicator. “After John showed me those de- posit slips for the money he had in the scart asked oda! it. would change mind al umpiring,” said Gardner. * “‘T’d rather be an outstanding um- Lite in the pee league than ae producer in east Texas—especially with the, price of oil where it is, he told me violently.” : King’s dislike for portsiders, whom he considered mainly responsible for his failure to “1 ” the big leagues, led him once, Gardner said, to take back a 25-cent piece he had given a beggar when he noticed the mendicant was left-handed. ville and St. Paul pitch for the Brewers, with Ken Ash or Archie Campbell as the Columbus, selection. Kansas City faced Toledo at:Toeldo. ager Casey Stengel expected to star! Carl Mays against the Blues, with Sandersk working for Kansas City. Baseball Begun at Cooperstown by School Boy Abner Doubleday, Former Ma- jor General in Civil War, Or- iginates Game in 1839 Cooperstown, N. Y., April 14.—~(7)— Ninety-two years ago baseball had its in this town where the “cradle” of the game still is being ‘used. Abner Doubleday of Green’s select the deciding ‘f: And strangely, the 1: who shivered through period at Wrigley Field, proval for the grappler who had been greeted with boos as he entered the George became a title. claimant by throwing Sonnenberg here last cember. Lewis first laid claim to the, if ‘Tuesday assumed the role} Miss Taylor’s statement led Demp- title with ‘ Shown dispatches saying the act- ted Edjress would fight’ any divorce action ed four months, defeating the former | “must have changed her mind.” He university athlete in straight falls. _ reiterated that she had “forced the Present situation upon him. That drew a longer statement: from the actress in Los Angeles. She said: “I don't like to battle Jack Demp- sey, because I have been battling him for so long. My whole instinct right now is to fight for him. & feel like raat: te football team leaves for i EERE f s Bis it for the Tigers pitching and Walter Stewart had it for the Browns. fronts and a total arqund 108,000 was indicated, Fair weather was prontised on all attendance CELTS INVADE AMERICA Glasgow, Scotland.- Caltia its American ‘9 aboard the's. 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