The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1934, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1984 FORMER CARDINAL, ———GRORGH FISHER, 10 PILOT VALLEY CITY Hancock Brothers, Formerly of Jamestown, to Play With New Outfit NEW ROCKFORD IS STRONG Beulah and Dickinson Also Ex- pect to Have Potent Teams on Diamond (By The Associated Press) Spring preparation for the baseball season is claiming considerable atten- tion from the devotees of the diamond game in North Dakota. Clubs generally have nearly com- pleted the membership roster, but ac- quisition of additional players is be- ing announced almost daily from some section of the state, while many ciubs are improving their playing grounds, some with the use of federal emergency relief labor. Latest reports are|from Valley City, where George Fisher, a member of the world champion St Louis Cardi- nals three years ago, has been signed to pilot the Valley City semi-pro base- ball team this season. Three Negro players, two of them the Hancock brothers who have seen service with Jamestown, are expected to sign con- tracts, filling the catcher and short- stop positions, Manager “Dutch” Hofmeister of the | Devils Lake club is searching for a} battery to complete the lineup of the Lakers’ diamond squad for 1934. Milt Kabeary, veteran right-hander, will need r€4% orcements on the mound. ‘The reg.: ? the lineup is nearly com- Pleted wath the addition of James Currie, wo was with Grand Forks last year. Devils Lake opens the sea- son May 5. New Rockford has acquired Roose- ‘velt Davis, formerly of Bismarck, and Jess Rhodes of the Kansas City Mon- archs, colored baseball stars, to lead the strongest club, to represent the city in years. New Rockford opens the season May 6 in a home game; against Jamestown. Davis To Carry Burden Davis will carry most of the pitch- ing burden, with relief from Rhodes, regular shortstop, and Kanikkeberg of Heimdahl, first-baseman. Com- pleting the roster are Hitz, catcher; Red Erickson, former coach at James- town College, second base; Logan, third-baseman; Broder, Setter, Lang, Jeske and Tarbell, outfielders. Another banner year is in prospect for Jamestown and Bismarck, the lat- ter team’s membership being practic- ally completed, while Jamestown is still negotiating for a few players. A $5,000 building and improvement Program launched at Bismarck is rapidly nearing completion. The ren- novated ball park will provide seating facilities for 3,000 persons in the new grandstand, in addition to bleacher sections. Work is being done with club funds and federal emergency re- lief labor. Many of the men composing last year’s squad at Bismarck will return to the lineup, and the management is seeking one of three selected south- paws from the National Colored League in addition to Satchel Paige, Negro speed-ball hurler. Many Make Arrangements Among other communities making baseball arrangements are Dickinson, Minot, New Englind, Beach, Het- tinger, Bowman, Beulah and Kildeer. Beulah expects to be represented by @ strong nine. Joe Mounts, manager, said the club plans to have three sal- aried players, two pitchers and a catcher, with other players being hired on a percentage basis. Sponsored by the Athletic club, the Killdeer baseball team will get into action under the managership of Joe Kroll. Kenneth Eckes, former Uni- versity of North Dakota catcher, has ‘been added to the list of players. Epping’s hopes for a good season ‘were high as plans were under way to raise funds to finance a team. A ting of baseball candidates is Scheduled for this week-end. | Extensive Plan BLACKHAWKS WIN STANLEY CUP IN SPECTACULAR STRUGGLE | OUR BOARDING HOUSE | HO~wWANW-Ps UM-M—~NAM-F- EGAD,LADS, T HAVE AN CASE OF SS OH, NEVER OLD FASHIONED Rh SPRING FEVER / “YES, 1 AH~ UME-FUME- DOUBLE - DISTILLED LAZINESS /~ SUST BEING HIMSELF IS LAZINESS IN ITS PUREST FORM~AND 3 WITH SPRING FEVER, } RIGHT Now, HES —~ WELL —~HOW WOULD YOU.77— CLASSIFY THATS B se? \ NIN : ES EVEN A DAY AND A HALF BEHIND === WITH HIS YAWNING NOW, THERE YOU HAVE s for Baseball Season Being Made Throughout State By Ahern |/miicy manch Hipp) {National League Clubs Still Boast (F HE EVEN DREAMED ABOUT WORKING. HED WAKE UP COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED / Y LAZIER THAN A HITCH — HIKER'S PICKS STEWART, WEAVER Washington, April 11.—(#)—The veterans Walter Stewart and Monte Weaver were assigned to carry the| Washington pitching burden Wed- nesday in the opening of a three- day joust with Casey Stengel’s Brook- lyn Dodgers. VAUGHAN HITTING HARD Oklahoma City—Arky Vaughan, youthful Pirate shortstop, will burn up National League pitching this season if he continues his training performance, REGULARS MORE SURE Chicago—All of the regulars on the Chicago Cubs, plus Chick Klein, were a little more sure of their jobs Wed- nesday. BOSOX FACE ORIOLES Baltimore—The Red Sox looked to Welch and Pennock to pitch them to victory in Wednesday's game with the Orioles. The Sox rang up their fifth consecutive victory Tuesday at Greensboro, N. C., with a 9-5 win. DODGERS LOSE BALL Richmond, Va.— The Brooklyn Dodgers have found one ball park in which they can obey the fans’ orders Steals, Errors and Home Runs From the Training Camp Fronts jof the Phillies, who was spiked on to “lose it.” The field here is located on the tip of an island in the James river and drives over the left field fence land in the water. TIGERS ENDING SERIES Birmingham, Ala.—Detroit's Ti- gers were to wind up their minor league exhibition games Wednes- day against the Birmingham Barons. They defeated the Barons Tuesday, 13-6, + | DICK BARTELL IMPROVES Philadelphia—Captain Dick Bartell March 25 in Florida, is “getting used to a uniform again” and hopes to Start playing Sunday. HARDER MAY START Atlanta, Ga.—Mel Harder ap- pears to be the most likely choice as the hurler for the Cleveland Indians in their first American League game in less than a week. REDS WALLOP ATLANTA Atlanta—The Cincinnati Reds came here Wednesday to take on the At- lanta Crackers again in their last ex- hibition game with minor league teams. The Southern Association club received a 13-2 beating from the Reds Tuesday. Frankie Knauer Wins 11th in Row Eagle River, Wis., Boxer Deci-| sively Outpoints Battler From Duluth Duluth, April 11.— () —Frankie| Knauer, 144, Eagle River, Wis., scored his 11th straight ring victory Tuesday night when he decisively outpointed Izzy Levine, 146, Duluth, in a six- round main event. Sherald Kennard, 147, Fargo, N. D., outpointed Jackie Leibgott, 141, Min- The New England ball club will have two salaried players. Practice began on the Fessenden diamond last Seven Satan Cagers To Return Next Year Devils Lake, N. D., April 11—(7)— Mine players on the Devils Lake high School basketball squad were awarded Monograms for the last season. With teven of the nine lettermen Yeturning next season, prospects are Promising. William Burckhard and Gordie Dennis, star guards, will re- turn with Melhouse and Gilliland, sophomores who came alorig fast in the latter part of the season. Other returning veterans are Albert Evans, Duane Westerholm and Ralph Jenson. Graduating are jreferee and another judge for Ken- nard. Walter Cobb, 165, Omaha Negro, was threatened with disbarment in Minnesota as a result of being knock- ed out in one round by My Sullivan, 158, St. Paul. Wen Lambert, 133, Proctor, out- pointed Jimmy Thompson, 127, La- Crosse, Wis, in four rounds; Ralph Leslie, 147, Eau Claire, Wis. and Terry McGovern, 141, Proctor, fought: four rounds to a draw, and Young Lahti, 148, Cromwell, Minn., defeated Jim Manning, 142, Duluth, in three rounds, The work done by the human heart in one day is equal to lifting 124 tons a foot high. Maine, Vermont, and West Vir- neapoks, in a six-round semi-windup. One judge voted for Leibgott and the OUT OUR WAY DON'T FUNNY! DON'T BE RIDICULOUS! WE Al! GONNA ‘ginia were formed from parts of Mas- sachusetts, New York, and Virginia. BE WHY, CERTAINLY Not! WE've GOT MORE SENSE THAN THAT. NT WIPE OUR HANDS TNA, rounder. and st Miller weighed 175. Moorhead Youngster Outpoints Vet In Fargo Elks Feature Six-Rounder Max Kalbrener, Down for An Eight-Count, Rallies to Beat Curtis Fargo, N. D., April 11—(®)—Max Kalbrener, young Moorhead welter- weight, outpointed Al Curtis, aged Fort Dodge, Ia., veteran, in the feature six-round bout of the final charity fund benefit boxing program at the Fargo Elks club Tuesday night. Kalbrener was down for an eight- count in the first, drew in the second and then won about as he pleased from the third round on when he be- gan throwing straight punches to the head. Kalbrener weighed 142, Curtis] cage. 138. Eddie Gillespie of Staples, Minn., stopped Elroy Bushaw of Grand Forks in the fifth round of another sched- uled six-rounder after Bushaw had had the edge up to the final round. Both weighed 135. Wild Bill Hasselstrom, Alamo, 182, stopped Kid Miller of St. Cloud in the fifth round of another scheduled six- Miller appeared to become Weary as he suffered from punches, Hasselstrom’s advantage in weight him down. we BY ENDING 4-0 TILT AFTER 90 MINUTES| 16,500 Spectators Thrilled as Two Great Teams Play Careful Game Chicagoans Had Edge From Start; Detroit Six Makes Desperate Stand Chicago, April 11—()—Chicago’s eight-year quest for the Stanley Cup had ended in triumph Wednesday and little Harold (Mush) March was pro- fessional hockey’s man of the hour. After more than 90 minutes of bit- ter, dogged hobkey before a crowd of 16,500 spectators, March, the littlest man on the ice, drove a waist-high shot into the net behind Wilf Cude to give the Blackhawks a 1-0 victory over Detroit's Red Wings, the old pewter cup and the world profession- al title. It was this same March who slashed home a goal in an overtime period to defeat Les Canadiens of Montreal in the final match of the second-place tov of the national league play- 8. ‘The Hawks, who floundered to a 5-2 defeat Sunday night after defeating the Wings on Detroit ice, were at peak form again Tuesday night. From. the start they had the edge in one of the most carefully-played matches in the history of the cup. Neither team cared to take chances, and it was the Hawks who gained the break both had sought through three regular Periods and 30 minutes, five seconds of overtime. ‘The break came when Ebbie Good- fellow, brilliant rushing Wing de- fenseman, went to the penalty box to serve out two minutes for tripping Tommy Cook, centre on Chicago's third forward line. As he skated ab- Jectly to the coop, the Hawk “money” line of March, Doc Romnes and Paul Thompson hurried onto the ice. The Wings hurled back two savage Tushes, but couldn’t beat the third one. Romnes picked up the puck in mid-ice and passed to March near the right boards. Teddy Graham, Wing defenseman and former Hawk captain, fellow worked loose, skated toward the Wing cage and let fly with a blist- ering shot. Cude shifted to meet the Allan Cup Champions Favorites in Final Toronto, April 11.—(?)—Canada’s Allan Cup champions, the Edmonton Hawks, have evened their series with the Detroit White Stars for the North Howard Shiek of Fargo easily out- 155. nites [ Fights Last Night | _Fights Last Night | (By The Associated Press) Duluth—Frankie Knauer, 144, Eagle River, Wis., outpointed Izzy Levine, 146, Duluth, (6); Sherald Kennard, 147, Fargo, N. D. out- Pointed Jackie Leibgott, 141, Min- neapolis (6); My Sullivan, 158, St. Paul, knocked out Walter Cobb, 165, Omaha, Neb. (1). Va.—Natie Brown, 187, Washington, D. C., won deci- Los Angeles—Peter Jackson, 137, California, knocked out Ceferino Garcia, 142%, Manila, P. I., (3). By Williams pointed Julius (Spoonbill) Awes, Fort Snelling soldier, in six rounds. They both weighed i E g i [ blk i it gor Se 20¢. to eee Onea ‘The wrists should oo that they follow art of the ardenet start lifts a hoe. bring the club almost from the it for Extensive Track- Field Program Devils Lake, N. D., April 11.—(?)— ‘With the Rcnicton of spring football ‘school program with track and the grid sport sharing the spotlight. ‘Twenty-eight men were invited for @ three-week session of football, with Practice three days of the week, the Coach Doug Smith will teach his charges a new offense, with Assistant Coach other two devoted to track. Stafford Ordahl sharing the work. Although Bill Burckhard, ster weight man, has been working in- doors, track practice officially opened The 1934 team will have its main strength in the field Tuesday night. and.in the dashes, Burckhard was a point-winner in every meet entered last year, entering the shotput, discus and javelin throws and the mile. Chuck Wood, dash man, who has raced the century in 10.2 but was kept NNEAPOLIS LOOKS TO BUSH FOR ANOTHER LOOP PENNANT Devils Lake High Rosy Bill Ryan and Jess Petty], Grid Team Starts EIGHT-YEAR QUEST Is ENDED Spring Practice Satans Also Start Preparations Head Staff; Joe Hauser Is Returning Minneapolis, April 11—(#)—Donie Bush, who in 1932 gave Minneapolis its first American Association pen- nant in 17 years, is back managing the Millers after a bad season in Cincin- nati, and baseball enthusiasm here has taken a decided boost. Bush came to the Millers after Dave Bancroft, with a team many fans be- Neved would cop a second straight Pennant, could do no better than second place last year. veteran Major leaguer, was released and Bush, who couldn’t get the Reds out of the National League cellar last season, was called back by President Mike Kelley of the Millers. “Rosy” Bill Ryan, who won 22 games to help bring Minneapolis its 1932 flag, is back after a year with Brooklyn and will share honors with Jess Petty, starting his 20th baseball campaign. Remaining from last year’s pitch- ing staff are Harry Holsclaw, Walter Tauscher and George Murray. Bush also will have Ray Starr, former Ma- Jor Leaguer ton Braves, while Sidney Cohen, a rookie southpaw, has dhown well enough in spring exhibition games. William “Pinkey” Hargrave, brother of the better known “Bubbles,” is the Millers’ first-string catchér this year. Joe Hauser—“Unser Joe”—the home run king of organized baseball last year with 69 circuit blows, didn’t accept terms with the Boston Braves. With Hauser again at first, the Comfortable Margin Over Americans 42-35 Margin Smaller Than Was Week Ago; Cleveland Going Strong New York, April 11—()—With on! ‘week to go before the be sh eld a comfortable margin over the! League rivals Wednesday League competition however, was small: gBg3 i Ey é i § : H if in i at i EF 3 e s ats : z i 5 | ; f ee i E g *F BF gfe gE a g a HI ‘ HE a & purchased from the Bos-| ¢ Minneapolis Club Releases Five Men Millers will present the same infield | fielder. as in the last two seasons. one member of the Millers’ and ~ 1938 outfield is back. He is Spencer North Dakota’s Oldest almost stopped March, but the little|ny Goodman, the national open golf| Jimmy Thursday Harris, fleet center-fielder. All But Site Settled For Welterweight Mix New York, April 11—(?)—Except for the matter of choosing the site for the fight, which may not be as simple as it appears, everything is settled for a meeting between Barney Ross, the lightweight champion, and McLarnin, welterweight tit holder, May 28. Articles were signed Tuesday de- ciding the date, the 15-round route and the 147-pound weight limit, mak- ing it a battle for McLarnin’s title. a" Offers To The Public > TCR LY LI PRICE. Shields Advances in North-South Tourney Pinehurst, N. C., April 11—(7)—The going was @ bit tougher for a reduced The Bismarck Tribune Bismarek, North Dakota ie ON LEADING MACAZINES Value $7.00. You Save All Five for $5.40 CLUB Ne. 6-128 MeCall’s Magasine, 1 Yn Pictorial Meview. 1 Xz. Pictorial Review, 2 Yr. Household sine, 1 Ye. Mothers Heme Life, 1 Yr. ome American Poultry Journal, Value 97.50. You save $2.00 All Seven fer THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE (ONE YEAR) not! True Good Stories, 1 Yr. a Value $10.00. 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