The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 4, 1934, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1994 MUCH UPON ROOKIES FOR SHORT, SECOND Heffner and Rolfe Will Have Steadying Influence of Gehrig and Lazzeri PITCHERS IN GOOD SHAPE Mentor of New York Nine Opti- mistic as He Sums Up Chances for Season By BILL BRAUCHER NEA Service Sports Editor St. Petersburg, Fla. April 4.—“A lot of the experts have counted us out of the race but that doesn’t scare me. ‘We not only have a great chance to win it but we may make it a run- way.” The speaker was Joe McCarthy. manager of the team that many writ- ers this year have been pleased to call the “decaying Yankees,” and Marse Joe wasn't laughing when he said it. “We're gambling on rookies to come through for us right in the middle of the diamond—short and second. That's the most important spot on the field. But how does anybody know they ‘won't click for us? xe e “Go back to 1926. I came from Louisville to take over the Cubs, an eighth place ball club in ‘25. The team on paper that year figured to be lucky if it finished seventh. By no Manner of means could we finish sixth. “Well, we never were worse than fifth all season. And we were second 80 often we gave plenty of them the jitters. Finally in the last few weeks ‘we bogged down, but still we had enough to beat the Giants into the four-hole.” ‘Wasn't it a dangerous experiment to bring a youngster from Baltimore, such as Don Heffner and put him at second to work with another youngster from Newark, Red Rolfe, at short- stop? “Not always,” replied Joe. “These kids have been playing together so far in the training season so well and Jearning so much about each other's infield habits, they may become a fine double-play pair. There's Gehring on one side and Tony Lazzeri on the other side to steady them. “Both of ’em can drive in runs too. ‘They're not sluggers, but you watch the way that Rolfe lays into a pitch. He looks like a hitter. Heffner looks a little light, but he is a timely hitter. Drove in more runs last year than . “Besides, what I like about both of them is that they're snappy out in that field and have all kinds of fight. “Then we've got Crosetti and Lary and Saltzgaver, you know, to pick from if we decide not to use those two boys.” eke Last year the Yankee pitching had ‘been spotty. Would it be better this year? “Well, there were good reasons for it being spotty last season. We were on Ruffing, Allen, Gomez about the rookies, especially Smythe from Baltimore who won games last year? “I think Smythe and Murphy prob- ably will be the only new men. Smythe 4s no chicken. He's 30 and he'll know his way around. Murphy turned in mighty nice relief work over at last year. ee * Uttle fellow you see over there that fast one through there you remember him of course.” * p fine comeback with the Yankees last year. “He'll be & regular,” Joe went on. ©The other starter I don’t know about. Might be Danny MacFayden, who ran into a bad season last year, but ‘who may find himself this year. Say hhe was great up at Boston, wasn't he?” Danny certainly had been great up @t Boston. And if he came through the Yankees looked pretty well set, didn’t they, Joe? “You can say for me that if Mac- Fayden is the pitcher he was for the Red Sox we'll breeze in without a deep know we've got the Power? You said it—even at 40! Norton Beats Casey AeFREREEHRERE ae glide? | i fl tera rH it t ag t ie if a! HF i i | it ‘f Yanks Have Chance to Win, May Cup HOPES DEPEND |CHICAGO PUCKSTERS | OUR BOARDING HOUSE = FA CAA wees! ; IN YOUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY, BASIL, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT INVESTING ‘YOUR MONEY IN A FARM IN ENGLAND, AND RAISING SHEEP —~AH-UM—~NOW, I DONT MEAN TO DISCOURAGE YOU, ‘BUT THAT IS HOW I LOST MY FIRST FORTUNE~YES—RAISING SHEEP, IN AUSTRALIA-HAD A RANCH OF OVER 200,000 SHEEP—THREE WEEKS BEFORE SHEARING SEASON, A MALADY SET IN WHICH CAUSED THE WOOL To CRUMBLE INTO } WG PHU pay? Powner } = a LD, > — es FORMER SHEEP BARONS XQ 4 S| NR) | ta Feces ; By Ahern ICE SQUADS BATTLE 8f MINUTES IN FIRST GAME OF FINAL PLAY Blackhawks and Red Wings Contending for Stanley Cup, Hockey’s Supreme Award DEUCEDLY AWKWARD, 72 WASN'T IT © BEH SOVE, THEN TLL RAISE Pies J NOT QUITE so PICTURESQUE, BUT RUGGED BLIGHTERS, YKNOW JWEVER ‘AVE. ANYTHING \N COMMON iC witn Pics, MYSOR® MATCHED FOR THURSDAY 13,000 See Contest in Detroit's Olympia; to Resume Feud Later at Chicago Detroit, April 4.—(#)—The Chicago Blackhawks were one up on the De- troit Red Wings Wednesday in their battle for the Stanley Cup, hockeys’ supreme award, after an 81-minute battle Tuesday night which ended 2-1, when Paul Thompson flipped a high back-handed shot to the net for a clean goal. Doc Romnes, Chicago center, had intercepted a Red Wing pass in the second overtime period and shot it across the ice to Thompson, who Picked it up almost squarely in front of the Detroit goal and scored. ‘The game was the first in the best- out-of-five series that determines the Stanley Cup winners and the cham- National League Clubs Win 31 of 53 Contests in “Grapefruit” Loop Play George Dunlap Sets Brilliant Pace In North and South Amateur Meet Pinehurst, N. C., April 4. — (#) —|tonishing 63, eight strokes under par, George T. Dunlap faced quarter fi- to shatter all professional and ama- nals of the annual North and South 'teur records for the layout. He seprtd| amateur golf tournament Wednesday out in 31 and home in 32 to eliminate with rosy prospects. Donald Parson, of Youngstown, Ohio, The national amateur champion 7 and 5. Tuesday blazed his way across the Wednesday he faced Jack Ryerson, Pinehurst No. 2 course with an as- of Cooperstown, N. Y. | With the left hand turned too far a O | FE under the shaft. If you do you will soon find that as the top of the back- By Art Krenz swing is reached it will be impossible to acquire any amount of wrist ac- POSITION OF LEFT HAND RULES! WRIST ACTION | tion, which helps speed the clubhead It is important that the hands are | ‘and put power into the shot. placed on the shaft in their proper Matched in Cue Meet Chicago, April 4.—()—Willie Hop- Pe, veteran New York cue master, will attempt to slow down Erich Hagen- lacher’s rush toward the international 18.2 balkline title Wednesday night. Hagenlacher, the German star, set. @ new short game record Wednesday in trouncing Ora Morningstar of San Diego, going only six innings for 8 400 to 98 victory, his fifth in six matches. Hoppe edged back into the picture by defeating Kinrey Matsuy- ama, the little Jap, 400 to 260, in the night match which went 16 innings. OE RCRD Fights Last Night | Jacksonville, Fia—Joe Berioy,” 147, Philippines, outpointed Harry Kersey, 144, Jacksonville, (8). Dalls Tex.—Ritchie Mack, Hoppe, Hagenlacher position, regardless of whether one chooses to use the overlapping or) interlocking grip. ‘When placing the left hand on the shaft, turn the hand to the right un- Utica, N. Y.—Johnny Nelson, 175, Syracuse, N. Y., and Izzy Singer, 177, New York, drew, (6). St. Petersburg, Fla.—Bob Tow, 198, Alexandria, Va., outpointed Tony Cancela, 190, Tampa, (10). FOR KEGLING TITLE © NEA On April 28 and 29, bowlers from all over the country will compete in til at least three knuckles of the the national match-game tournament hand are shown. This will give more! at Detroit for the opportunity to meet freedom to the wrist. | Joe Miller, of Buffalo, for the match- Do not attempt to swing the club game title of the United States. than 13,000 people watched Tuesday night's game. The battle ground for the next two games will then shift to Chicago, Go Into Final Play At Peoria Pin Meet Peoria, Til, April 4—(#)—Another collection of expert bowlers and ex- champions from points covering three quarters of the United States will 55 Games Still to Be Played in Early-Season Diamond Competition New York, April League into the annual “grapefruit” loop competition have piled up a Make It Runaway McCarthy Says BEAT DETROIT IN OPENER OF SERIES Hettinger Five Beats Plevna, Mont., Cagers 23 Steals, Errors and Home Runs From the Training Camp Fronts | RYAN MAY GO TO SECOND may push his back into the New York Giants’ lineup as a second baseman. DETROIT MEETS REDS ‘Tampa, Fla. — Detroit resumes its series with the Cincinnati MAY SUSPEND BOLTON Biloxi, Miss, — Impressive batting by outfielder Gus Ducas has just about brought Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators to a de- cision to suspend Cliff Bolton, hold- out catcher and pinch hitter. FOUR TEAMS IN RACE Leading his Pi- “The Giants, the Cubs, the Car- dinals and the Pirates.” nine-game lead over their rivals from the American League. The records to date show 31 tri- umphs for the National League against 22 for the American with 55 more games to be played before the clubs settle down to the serious busi- ness of deciding the major league Traces, starting April 17. Only the Dodgers and the Phillies have failed to get better than an even break in their tussles with American League representatives so. far. The world champion New York Giants, with eight victories, and the Boston Braves, with six, have been the heaviest winners in these inter- league contests but they likewise have lost the most games, six and five respectively. Chiefly responsible for the American League's failure to go White Sox, who together have dropped 21 decisions to John Heyd- ler's representatives, Dickinson Will Have | | Sioux City Players Dickinson is making her bid to have one of the baseball teams of the state in the field this season. According to word received by Neil O. Churchill, president of the local baseball committee, Smith- son, hefty hurler for the Dickin- son club last year, who for some time has been connected with the fast stock yard team from Sioux City, Iowa, is bringing five or six of the fastest players from the stock yard nine to play for Dick- inson this year. Smithson is to manage the team, funds for which are being raised by a Dickinson baseball group. The reason the Sioux City boys are coming into North Dakota for the 1914 season is because Sioux City has summer playing in the circuit. | ouT oUR WAY By Williams | C'MON= KA-MON! BACK UP, HERE! THER AIN'T NOBODY PARKED HERE, NOW— I HATTA GO IN AFTER TH’ STUFF—NOW, DO 1 HAFTA WALK HOME? You'Re ALMOST THERE? I GOT RUN-OVER HEELS, NOW, FROM YOUR KINDA PARKIN’? C'MON— E HAFF IN OUR GARAGE, NOW. OH-H-H- BACK UP! GO ON, BACK UP! TLL TALK To HIM WHEN HE GETS IN— WITH THE WINDOWS to 15 in Contest at Baker Victor Claims Championship of Southeastern Montana-South« western North Dakota NAMES STARTING MOUNDS- MEN eighth by defeating 22, walloped Elgin 49-5 in the Regional ‘and won third place in the state Class for Chicago, looked over the Reds Tuesday and had a talk with pitcher Benny Frey, with the permission of Manager Bob O'Farrell. SAYS RUTH SHOULD MANAGE Atlanta — In his capacity of President of the Atlanta baseball club, Bobby Jones is sorry Babe Ruth is not manager of the New York Yankees. The Atlanta club needs mound strength and Bobby says: “I'd trade a pretty fair golfing backswing for a win- ning pitcher. Too bad, Ruth’s not the Yankee’s beer ge el golf a5 Aa ‘at Valley City. Members of the team were Dean BS COAST PRO GRID LOOP Eight or ten clubs will compose = new professional football league on the sind Los Angeles have already planned [four titosa end he participated in ve pl four al ve in teams which will start the American |three state tournaments in the seven Professional Football League. years, The Bismarck Tribune North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper Biemarek, North Dekots OFFERS H if a‘ | i MOTE—B you prefer () Liberty, (] Frus Story,