The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1931, Page 8

Ke PARKS FOR OPENING to Justify Predictions; Rook- fes Show Up CLUBS APPEAR STRONG Margin of Victory of All Teams Less Than Four Runs; * Pitchers Look Good (By The Associated Press) With all the fanfare that usually @ccompanies the start of a new base- ball year, the major leagues have launched what promises to be a high- Jy successful season. ‘The size of the opening day crowds. ‘which filled eight ball parks with mearly 250,000 fans, and the quality of the first game performances com- ‘bined to promise great things for fu- ture days between now and Septem- fber. All around the two circuits, the teams that have been picked to fin- sh in the first division performed mwell enough to justify predictions ‘while the others showed that they may become contenders. A number! ‘of the recruits, particularly on the ‘weaker teams, shone in the opening games, Sores Are Small In no case was the margin of vic- tory more than four runs while one game which brought together two of the prospective pennant contenders was carried into extra innings, the Philadelphia Athletics, the world champions, defeated the Washington Senators, who finished second to the A’s in the American League last year, & to 3, in an 11 inning battle. Three other good pitching per- formances turned up in the American League. Before a crowd of 170,000, Charley Ruffing of the New York ‘Yankees held the Boston Red Sox in check to gain a 6 to 3 victory. Babe Ruth added to the festivities by hit- ting his first home run of the new season while Winsett made a pinch homer for Boston. Wesley Ferrel! started out to beat last year’s mark of 25 victories for Cleveland as his mates hit well behind him to beat ‘the Chicago White Sox 5 to 4. Wal- ter Stewart of St. Louis limited the rebuilt Detroit Tigers to six hits ‘while the Browns doubled that num- Charley Root, ace of the Chicago Cubs, turned in the National League's best hurling performance as he al- lowed the Pittsburgh Pirates only four blows while gaining a 6 to 2 tri- umph. A homer by Gabby Hartnett also helped entertain the 45,000 fans National League's biggest of the crowd. ‘The champion St. Louis Cardinals. now just one of the teams battling for the flag, found trouble with Larry Benton's pitching in the early innings but came with a rush at the finish end defeated Cincinnati 7 to 3. The ‘New York Giants and Philadelphia quickly found the range of the right field wall at Baker Bowel, Philadel- phia, and slammed out four homers, three in that direction. Chuck Klein two in succession but could not keep his team ahead as a big sev- enth inning gave the Giants a 9 to 5 wictory. John Picus Quinn started his 29th year as a professonal pitcher on the mound for Brooklyn but failed to foil the Boston Braves’ batters after the first few innings, He was removed in the seventh but the damage was done ‘and Boston won 7-4. Boston's start- er, Tom Zachary, was driven to cover in the first inning. Diamond Deeds of Major Stars (By The Associated Press) Babe Ruth, Yankees—Opened 1931 Season with homer in seventh inning fgainst Red Sox. Charlie Root, Cubs—Held Pirates to four hits and fanned five as Cubs ‘won, 6-2. Chuck Klein, Phillies—Hit pair of fhomers in opening game against Giants. ‘Wes Ferrell, Indians—Scattered ‘White Sox’s eight hits, drove in two tuns with pair of singles, and scored Senators. Walter Stewart, Browns—Beat Tig- iers, 7-3, on six-hit pitching perform- ence and clouted triple and two Ruddy Is Beaten Grand Forks Man Loses Feature Bout in Fargo; Moorhead Feather Cops April 15.—(?)}—-Odin Fargo, N. D., Bemidj | BATTLES OF SEASON) Favorites Perform Well Enough by Bemidji Boxer Major Leagues Laun President’s Toss Starts Nat’s Opener President Hoover, whose pitching form is shown above, pitching the first ball when Connie Mack (right) sent his world's champion Philadelphia Athletics against the Walter Johnson-led Washington Senators, in the first game of the season, at the capital. The Athletics won 5-3 in 11 innings. Blackhawks 2-0 to Win Title for Fifth Time Montreal, April 15.—(?)—For the fifth time in its long and varied his- tory as emblem of hockey supremacy, the Stanley Cup has come irto the possession of Les Canadiens of Mon- treal. The flying Frenchmen, who last year brought the world’s cham- Pionship trophy back from the Unit- ed States, retained their title and the cup Tuesday night as they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 2 to 0 in the fifth and final game of their championship series. The colorful Canadiens first won the cup in 1893. It was presented as an amateur trophy by Lord Stanley of Preston. They captured it again in 1919 and in 1924 before last year’s triumph. ‘Tuesday night they completed one of the greatest comebacks that even such a famed team of “money play- ers” has ever made to win the title for the fifth time. Outmanned and often outplayed all through the final series, the habitants rose to the heights of hockey. They were the battered under dogs at the start of the series and were conceded hardly a@ chance of victory after Chicago had taken the lead by winning, the first game in Montreal. Yet they won last Saturday's game to tie the series at two games each and scored @ decisive victory in the final clash Tuesday night. Young Johnny Gagnon, Canadien tight wing who had starred all through the play-offs, scored tne first goal on a pass from tricky little Aurel Joliat. Howle Morenz, high scorer of the regular national league Season, sank the second a few min- utes before the game ended, breaking away from Chicago's final attempt to apy with one of his famous solo Tal COSMOPOLITAN CLUB Georgetown University’s 1930 foot- ball squad included Irish, Slav, Ger- man, Swedish, Jewish, Italian, Lith- uanian, Polish, French-Canadian, soeeh and Indian-Irish representa- ves, THE BIGGER THEY ARE— Jay O’Brien, an American resident of Paris, rounded up a group of his fat friends living abroad and won the bobsleighing championship of Cha- monix in the 1928 Olympics. WHEN “HE EGAD, WHITNEY, SPEAKING OF 5 HARD UWCK LISTEN TO THIS ONE ae ~~~ SEVENTEEM YEARS AGO I HELD A LOTTERY “TicKET ON “THE GREAT ENGLISH DERBY RUN AT EPSOM DOWAS me WELL SIR ~ONE DAY I WAS IN FINANCIAL STRAITS AND I SOLD MY TICKET To A STRANGER FOR “TWO SHILLINGS ~ ~~ FANCY MY DISMAY Award Les Canadien Club Stanley Cup Montreal Noses Out Chicago| JACK THOMPSON REGAINS OLD WELTERWEIGHT TITLE Gill Inaugurates New Track System Plan Will Insure Safety pf Con- testants and Spectators in Weight Events Des Moines, April 15—(#)—A new method of handling contestants in the shot put, hammer, discus and javelin throws will be tried at the Drake relays April 24 and 25 upon the suggestion of Harry 8. Gill, Uni- versity of Illinois track coach. Gill studied the methods at the 1928 Olympic games and found that competition in these events entailed a certain amount of danger to con- testants and spectators alike and that they were confusing to spectators. Under the plan to be followed the contestants will take all their practice throws at a field outside the stadium. The contestants will compete in groups of six so that they will not be forced to wait so long between throws. All of the six will throw and then their efforts will be measured. The field of competition will be well marked with large numbers indi- cating distances. No one will be per- mitted on the field except contestants and officials. The javelin thrown by each contestant will remain where it stuck until all have thrown, ° | Fight Victory | Gets Challenge Al Watson, Dawson, told the world ‘Wednesday that he will “take on” Del Duane the next time the Bismarck Elks club cares for some fistic sports entertainment. Watson sent a letter to the Bis- marck Tribune on the heels of Duane'’s victory over Herb Lilja, form- er Linton fighter, Monday night. In his letter to the Tribune, Wat- son declares: “Well I, Al Watson, of Dawson, 162 pounds, will fight Del Duane at the next Elks card any way the Elks see tit” Youthful Negro Scores Tech- nical Knockout Over Free- man in 12th Round Cleveland, April 15.—()—Young Jack Thompson, Oakland, Calif. negro youth, is back on the throne Wednesday as welterweight cham- Pion of the world. ‘Thompson regained the title he lost the titleholder in the 12th round of their scheduled 15-round encounter in Cleveland's public auditorium Tuesday night. Freeman, with his left eye swollen shut, was unable to respond when the bell clanged for the start of the 12th round. The eye started to swell in the 10th and by the end of the llth it was tightly closed. He that he was unable to see and surrendered on ad- vice of a physician. By his victory, Thompson exploded the popular belief that they never come back. His performance in win- ning back the title he lost takes rank with the achievements of the late Stanley Ketchel and Pete Herman, who won back their championships after losing them. Ketchel knocked out Billy Papke back in 1908 in 12 rounds after Papke two months pre- viously had stoped him. Herman re- trieved his bantamweight title from Johnny Buff after losing it to him. “Now, boy ain't that something,” grinned Thompson as he sat in his dressing room after the fight. “I got my championship back. I never should have lost it, but I'm sorry I won it the way I did. I would have liked to have knocked him out.” For a championship fight, the battle was highly disappointing to a crowd of 9,000 spectators who paid $46,670 to witness it. It was dull and so unin- teresting at times that the spectators yelled and booed, demanding action. The contest lacked the thrills usually principally because Thompson fought cautiously and Freeman waged a bor- ing in attack that was none too flashy. The crowd began showing its disapproval as early as the ninth round and kept yelling until the en- tirely unexpected finish, RACE WAS RUN AND “He Ticker 1 SomD-o-tHe J“*- STRANGER PAID SEVENTY- FIVE THOUSAND POUADS STERLING. OR SAV «~L WAS DES’ TALKING TO YOuR SQUAW Ais” SHE “TOLD ME IF I SAW You, 7% TELL Nou To HURRY HOME WITH “THAT BEEF-STEAK For SUPPER , OR You’D NEED IT FOR YouR EVE ! of a championship battle | x '__'THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, ‘APRIL 15, 198f ch Six Months’ Reign of Old King Baseball .| | 250000 FANS FL [LOUISVILLE IS DRUBBED IN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION’S OPENER MILLERS TRIM 01) |Kittenball Loop to Open About May 15 CHAMPS OF LEAGUE |Cardinals Beat IN EASY VICTORY Milwaukee’s Brewers Wallop Bucs 15-10 in Inaugural’ at Columbus BIG CROWDS SEE BATTLES|#":%! St. Paul Rallies to Defeat In- dians 8-3 With Huck Betts on Mound Chicago, April 15.—(?)—A little of everything in baseball, as well as a sound beating for the Louisville Col- onels, 1930 champions, marked the eastern front opening of the Amer- ican Association season Tuesday. Louisville drew the biggest crowd of the day, 12,000 spectators, but outside of that, the affair was a total loss for the Colonels. With old Rube Benton pitching steady if not bril- Nant baseball, Minneapolis thumped the champions, 10 to 4, combing three Colonel hurlers for 15 hits. Young Johnny Marcum was batted out of action in three innings, Ken Penner fared little better, and Guy Williams was called in to finish. Gene Moore and Bubbles Hargrave got three hits each. : Milwaukee's Brewers exhibited a rousing batting punch to wallop Co- lumbus, 15 to 10, in the inaugural at Columbus which drew 10,000 fans. The Brewer band, made up largely of former major leaguers, rattled off 21 hits at the expense of Ash, Miller, Jones, Beckman and Chapman, with Clyde Manion collecting four. Jack Tavener and Art Shires got two each while Alex Metzler came up with three, Americus Polli got along fairly well until the eighth when the Sen- ators staged a seven-run drive, and gave way to Caldwell. ‘The fire pitching bit of the day was accomplished by Sarge George Connally, the former “rubber arm” relief man of the Chicago White Sox. The Sarge held Kansas City to six hits while Toledo located Tom Shee- han and Lou Fette for nine and a 4 to 0 triumph. Only 8,000 spectators were present to see Connally subdue the Blues, and contribute to the Mud Hen victory by driving in two runs in the sixtn. St. Paul, a nea lio spoiled Indiana} ’ opening by trip- ping the Indians, 8 to 3. The Indians sailed along with a 3 to 0 lead until thesixth inning when Bill Burwell blew up and the Saints turned six hits into six runs. Huck Betts, perennial In- dian jinx, lasted all the way for St. Paul, keeping nine hits fairly well scattered. The big punch in the Saint attack was Cedric Durst, for- mer New York Yankee outfielder who came up With a double, triple and a home run. A disappointing crowd of 5,000 saw the game. AMERICAN LEAGUE ‘Won Lost Pet. 1.000 Philadelphia .. ae ae | Cleveland . 2» 1 0 1.000 New York 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 o 1 .000 0 1 .000 o© 1 = .000 Oo 1 000 JEAGUE. 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 Brooklyn 0 1 .000 Cincinnatt 0 1 000 Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 Philadelphia 0 4 000 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis . 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 Oo 1.000 8 i ‘0 Indianapo! a Kansas City oa. 2000 Durst’s Home Run Wins for Saints Art Shires Aids in Brewer Vic- tory; Toledo Defeats Kan- sas City Club 4-0 Indianapolis, April 15.—(#}—Steady itching by Betts and a home run by Burst enabled the Saints to win their first, me of the season, to 3. aie 333 3 Indianapolis . matte and Fe ll, Daney, 8, Barnhart and Riddle, BREWERS BEAT SENATORS Columbus—Fine guarding of the first sack by Art Shires helped Mil- wauk 10 walk away with a 15-to-10 score over Columbus, Milwau! 415 21 2 Columbi -1015 5 Polli, Cal fon; Ash, Miller, Jones, Beckman, Chapman and Deseutels, Hinkle, HENS BLANK BLUES Toleto—Sergeant George Connally ix scattered nite, 0 0» ormer, 1 \Felix Byrnes Wins Sioux Falls Feature Sioux Falls, 8. D., April 15—(P)—| , Felix Byrnes, Philip, outpointed Irish McKenna, Tyndall, in the six-round feature bout of a boxing card here Tuesday night, They weighed 149 pounds, Eddie Graham, 140, Des Moines Negro, won a decision over Wildcat Thompson, 145, Duluth negro, in six rounds, and Johnny Deotis, Minnea- polis, fought a draw with Paul Hamil- ton, Sioux City. Local Group Set Tentative Opening at Tuesday Meeting: Six Teams Entered Cincinnati, 7-3 New York Giants Triumph Over Phillies; Chuck Klein Hits Two Home Runs Bismarck’s kittenball league wil swing into action about May 15, This was decided at a meeting of the exe ecutive officers of the local loop Tues< day afternoon in the office of Robert Byrne, president. To date, six teams have been en- tered in the league and more will formally Cincinnati, April 15.—(@)—St. Louls defeated Cincinnat! here Tuesday, 7 to 3. Stripp, Cincinnati first base- man, hit a homer, . Louis . "000100 312-7 9 3 Cincinnati 1000 002 001—3 10 0 come in before the season Rhem, Li and Wilson; Benton, opens, Byrne said. in Kolp and Sukeforth, A tentative schedule of eight twi- light games each week, to be played on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night, was made at the meeting. If the schedule plans ma- | terialize each team entered in the league will play two games a week. “Enough sponsors have been proms ised to guarantee an eight-team league,” Bryne said Wednesday. KLEIN KNOCKS HOMERS Philadelphia—The New York Giants fell on Philly pitchers for five runs in the seventh inning and Cleveland Rally movment} — Defeats Chisox Gey Philly’center fielder, hit a gu 0 Phitadetpnt {| Athletics Down Senators in 11 ‘Waiker and Innings; Tigers Lose to Fitzsimmons, Hevin, O'Farrell; H. Elliott, J. Elliott, Watt and Davis. Browns 7-3 ” Sponsors of teams entered in the cire CUBS DEFEAT PIRATES ChicagonMaing 10 hits,, including cuit will pay $40 during the year to a home run by Gabby Hartnett, the Cleveland, April 15.—-(#)—The|help defray the expense of umpires, Chicago Cubs opened, their National | Cleveland Indians rallied for two runs league pennant drive by crushing the to keep the kittenball diamonds in ii ight! th Pittsburgh Pirates, 6 to Chicago White Sox's ‘e stg beac taye shape and to purchase equipment,” Eitabuse 8] chicago... 4s 1{he said. : ranch, Cleveland’: According to rules of the organiza- and Hartnett. Thomas, Braxton and Tate; Ferrell | tion, formed last year, each team will ere be allowed 15 players, The majority BRAVES TRIUMPH, 7-4 Boston—The Boston Braves exhib- ited some hard hitting before an at- tendance of about 18,000 to defeat the Brooklyn Robins, 7 to 4, in their first game of the season. Brooklyn . Boston . of players for the teams entered have New York-——A homer, Babe Ruth’s|already been selected, according to first, helped the New York Yanks to| Byrne. Ernie etn 3 1| Appointment of a committee to 2|New York ojconfer with city park officials with Moore, Durham, Morris and Berry;|the view of securing the use of the Ruffing and Dickey, regular ball park for the games was made at the Tuesday meeting. Last year the kittenball group used dia~ monds east of the city. Members of the committee are Lester Diehl, Se- YANKS DOWN RED SOx Quinn, W: ‘Ciari pez: Zachary, Cantwell, Sherdel and Spohrer. MACKMEN BEAT SENATORS Washington—The Philadelphia Ath- letics went two extra innings to de- feat the Washington Senators, § to 3, ee bastian Goetz and G. W. Cass. The oa T $s ui See ochrenes | league officials are scheduled to com- Broen, Marberry, Crowder and Spen-|plete their plans at a meeting next cer. 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