The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 3, 1935, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1935 Werber and White to Wage Old-Fashioned Baseball War in American LEAGUE RIVALS FOR BASE-RUNNING TITLE OPEN SEASON FEUD Tiger Outfield Star Has Knack of Kicking Ball From In- fielder’s Hands PLAYERS ARE AGGRESSIVE Red Sox Performer Duplicated Cobb’s Performance in Stealing Second Sarasota, Fla, April 3.—(NEA)— One of those old-fashioned baseball wars will rage in the American League this season. Bill Werber, of the Boston Red Sox, has severed diplomatic relations with Jo-Jo White, of the champion De- trolt Tigers, his principal rival for ‘base-running supremacy. They fought at third base on the ‘Tigers’ last trip to the Hub last fall. “If 1 had to kick and cut to steal ‘bases, I'd wait to be batted around,” says Werber, exhibiting a scar on his wrist. “White gave me this to re- member him by last year. If he ever comes into me again like that, he'll get a good punching.” 0-0-0 there'll be pyrotechnics in Detroit and Boston, for White, like ‘Werber, asserts that he was only ‘warming up when he swiped 28 bases in 115 games in 1934. Werber topped him by an even dozen with 40 in 152 contests. They are the best and most daring base-runners in the business. White Kicks Ball White, the little bag of bones who covers center field like a circus tent, makes 2. practice of kicking the ball from the hands of infielders, his feet flying apart like a pair of shears at the second of impact. The fleet Georgian precipitated all! the trouble in the last world series by kicking the sphere from Frankie Prisch’s mitts to help upset the Card- inals in the games in St. Louis. It perhaps is just as well that Joe Medwick, of the Red Birds, and Mar- vin Owen, of the Tigers, whose row at third base brought on the bottle and bun shower in the final game of the big series, are in different leagues. ‘Werber and White, neither of whom. are a bit backward in taking full ad- vantage of their aggressive rights, will have unlimited opportunities to get at one another's throats, however. And the Red Sox, fired by Joe Cron- in, are as ambitious as the Tigers this trip. I'd like to see every game between these two clubs. Base-running, which virtually had become a lost art, was stimulated in 1934 by the spectacular work of Wer- ber, who so quickly took his place as the foremost third baseman in the game, and White. Werber Steals Second Werber duplicated Tyrus Raymond Cobb's feat of stealing second on a got away with it against the Tigers who were roaring along to Detrolt’s| \ea7 ola youngster. first pennant in 25 years. Werber listened to Umpire George! Moriarty describe Cobb's accomplish- | ment in the morning, and performed! the trick that afternoon. Apparently loafing as he approach- ed first base, Werber suddenly swung, into full stride. Ray Hayworth, who! stood juggling the ball as backstops| are prone to do after a pitcher has} issued free transportation, was caught off guard to such an extent that he chucked the pellet into center field. Eddie Collins relates that White is the first player whom he ever saw kick a baseball club to victory. This happened in the same set of games in; which Werber stole second on a base on balls. Collins declares that White was thrown out fairly enough at second, third, and home, yet scored the win- ning run on a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning. ‘Max Bishop was waiting at second base with the ball when White was 10 feet from the bag, but failed to take into account the College Park Ayer’s subtle footwork. ‘Werber and White had to be pulled part when the pellet spun from the former's hands as the skinny flychas- er slid into third base. White then scored on the sacrifice fly, Rick Ferrell failing to hang onto the ball despite the warnings given by Jo-Jo at second and third. Six Swipe 20 or More Bases White became quite a ball player during the last half of the 1934 cam- paign, and the speed of the Detroit outfit had much to do with its leap from @ scraggly fifth in 1933 to the flag. Only five American League per- formers stole 20 or more bases in 1934, and three of them were Tigers. Pete Fox purloined 25, and Gerald Walk- er 20, despite the fact that the latter jelude Linus (Skeets) Ebnet, a prom- base on balls in Boston last fall, and/ising second baseman who landed a| START GIVING MY HORSE EARLY IN PREPARATION FOR HIS RACE, | our BOARDING HOUSE “NEXT WEEK 1 {ZZ TURN AROUND AN 7.35 7 © 1935 BY NEA SERVICE. NC_Y. Wt REGU. 8 PAT. OFF. TELL ME IF YOU SEE WHAT I DO! MORNING WORKOUTS, 4% —~CAN IT BE A SPOOK‘'? NO, THEY NEVER GO HAUNTING HOOPLE, YOu MUST HAVE BEEN! Anderson Must Fill First and Third Berths; Veteran Outfield Intact Grand Forks, N. D., April 3—(P— Johnny Anderson, owner-manager of the Greater Grand Forks Colts, has @ promising array of rookie talent) lined up to help out his veterans in the approaching Northern Baseball League race. The Colts will need a catcher, at least one more starting pitcher and| a half an infield before they can be} figured as a pennant contender, but) Anderson hopes to fill these spots} from the Rookie crop. \ Sandlot teams in this vicinity are expected to furnish some new mater- ial and the Colts’ skipper has a squad lof seven highly recommended re- eruits from the Chicago area sched- uled to report for spring training here April 22. Veterans who will be on hand in- regular job two years ago as a 17- Babe Williams, veteran shortstop, is likely to form the other half of a) fine double play combination. Wil-| ams hit well over .300 last year. The first and third base positions are va- cant. The 1934 outfield of George Hartley; in left, Ray Helixon in center, and An- | derson in right, will be intact, ac- cording to present plans. Hartley also served as utility catch- er last year, however, and showed so much promise that he may take over) that job if a suitable recruit is not) feand. Bill Lanier, Jake Baumgartner, John (Lefty) Vanueck, Pete Williams and Justin Ray are holdover pitchers. Lanier, a University of North Dako- ta product who joined the club near the end of the season, finished in an impressive way and is expected to be @ regular. (By the Associated Press) San Jose, Calif.—Billy Azevedo, 145, Stockton, and Tommy Cor- bett, 145, Omaha, drew (6). Corn fed in at one end of a new machine built in Italy is turned out in the form of a completed loaf of bread within 20 minutes. OUT OUR WAY || R. M. Bergeson. Schultz. || succeeds Bob Murphy who | Fights Last Night |)¢ COLTS HAVE PROMISING ROOKIE | LINEUP FOR BASEBALL SEASON | Schultz Is Elected Saint Cage Captain g for the sq | Coach Ted Meinhover. | Athletic Director Rev = | Henry Holleman by Mr. an¢ Mo lost to the Saint team by gracu- ation, Collegiate Series > Planned for Nines Eight Outstanding American Teams Invited to Parti in ‘World Series’ New York, April 3—(P)—A college baseball “world series” featuring eight outstanding American teams and pos- sibly @ representative from Japan, may be held in one of New York's major league parks this summer. Andy Coakley, for 21 years baseball coach at Columbia University, nounced Wednesday he had writ! YEP—~—SAME 4% OL SOINT/ FUNNY TH WALLS ANT z ‘PADDED, YET! WHATS THIS T HEAR | ABOLIT_ A RAC Capitol Cafe onl ==" JiK, C, OUTFIT DROPS STATE CONFECTIONERY QUINT CAPTURES CITY CAGE TITLE Crack Brigade of Golf Pros Aim to Beat Jones in Augusta Tournament . In This Corner ... By Art Krenz TRAINS GUNS ON ROSS 23 10 21 DECISION IN FINAL CONTEST Fite and Morlan Set Scoring Pace for Winners in Nip- and-Tuck Battle LEAGUE SEASON AT END Priske, Meyers, Goetz and Boespflug Divide Honors in Setback Tuesday The State Confectionery quint an- Inexed the championship of the City cage league by turning back the strong Knights of Columbus team, 23 to 21, in @ hard-fought final game of the league tournament Tuesday night. Trailing all the way, the Confec- tionery quint pulled even in the final minutes of the game and went out in front with only a few seconds remain- ing when Cliff Morlan, guard, looped in_a field goal. Led by Joe Meyers and “Doc” Priske, the Knights of Columbus five jumped to an early lead and main- tained a narrow two-point advantage at the half where they led 10 to 8, Paul Gorman turned in a fine job of guarding Johnny Yeasley, one-hand shot expert of ‘the Confectionery quint who failed to register a single field goal during the game. Ed Fite, Confectionery pivot man, annexed high scoring honors with four field goals and was given able assistance by Morlan and Themar points, respectively. Hi h § j jSimle, who tallied seven and six ig) way Meyers topped the Knights of Col- Cop League Tilts Woolworth and First String Draftsmen Turned Back in City Bowling Matches Cafe trundlers defeated the m, three straight games ity league matches a vs set a fast pace for the Cafe {s. chalking up scores of 233, 191 << 200 for a 624 total. Joe Patera & 512 three-game total was high ser for the Five and Dime store team. Rohrer led the Highway scrubs to |@ victory over the first team with a 465 total while Mannerou slammed the maples for a count of 523 in three games. The Highway seconds won third on a margin of nine pins. Scores: Woolworth J. Patera . ++ 193-159-160— 512 Goehner . 134-161-142— 437 ‘Weisenburger 145-166-147— 458 140-140-140— 420 the first two games and lost the|Priske . umbus cagers with three field goals and a gift shot but was closely fol- lowed by Priske with an equal num- ber of buckets from the floor. The State Confectionery team ad- vanced to the finals by winning on a forfeit from the Transients and then drawing a bye in the second round while the Knights of Columbus quint trounced the Bison, 33 to 26, in the first round and then narrowly squeezed out a victory over the High- way five 29-27, to go into the finals. The Bison defeated the Piggly Wig- gly team for consolation honors. Summary of the championship game: State Confec. (23) Simle .... FT FG PF Garman Boespflug 2 2 40 Yeasly o 1 2 4 0 2 3 1 0 o 1 0 Totals....... deeeeeee 9 5 4 K. C's (21) Fr FG PF Falkner .. 0 0 3 1 Meyers . 3 2 Goetz 2 3 0 4 2 4 nlooonoce 1 Totals 125-159-162— 446 127-793 —2409 204-192-166— to the supervisors of several sectional in- tercollegiate athletic conferences re- garding the plan and that responses from them all had been enthusiastic. Invitations to participate in the se- ries have been issued to the Big Ten, Big Six, Pacific Coast, Southeastern, Southern and Southwest Conferences, and the Eastern Intercollegiate League. Coakley said he had not yet com- municated with Japanese represent- atives, preferring to wait until plans are more definite. There may be some Japan because the intercollegiate baseball season there does not start until August, he said. SEEKS NEW SPEED MARK 5 »» April 3.—()—Gar Wood, elated at the showing his Miss X made in trial runs, was ready Wednesday to try fora new speed record on Saturday, weather L LOOK FOR THE RECEIPTS. IT MAY TAKE QUITE SOME TIME TO FIND THEM— 140 — 420 173-153-148— 474 ++ 918-837-828—2583 way No. 1 140-140-140— 420 153-224-146— 523 127-121-185— 453 Highway No, 2 140-140-140— 420 140-144-135— 419 121-151-131— 403 63- 63- 63— 189] Just what the Garden will do sbout mare Wecneadey Totals ..occccese T04-790-735—2309 ‘The island of Crete was named for YOU CAN TELL HE'S CHANGED SUMMER TO UNDER) WEAR~ Reiterate Position for Braddock Bout New York, April 3.—(4)—Perhaps just to re-emphasize its position, the} Orlando, Fla—Dazzy Vance, trying ,jto make a comeback with his old 135-144-115— 394] in effect, has reiterated its belief that |club, the Dodgers, has struck what James J. Braddock is the No. 1 chal-|he thinks is a winning combination 129-153-158— 440 for the heavyweight champion-|in @ uniform. He came out garbed ay ang SO Rae Be ae oe maa aaia| , rhe commission has ordered J! lungo’ a siete siy 684-782-744—2210| johnston, Madison Square Garden’s|ting and the latter for pitching. In- matchmaker, to produce signed con- eidentally the dazzler showed ++ 167-170-128— 465| tracts, on or before April 16, either | “stuff” to convey the idea he may 153-122-138— 413] for an elimination match between |earn ® regular job. New York state athletic commission, ship. Braddock and Max Schmeling, or for @ title match between Braddock and ‘Max Baer. it remains to be seen but the most UUkely hunch seems to be thet it willl hoved by Doc Painter of the Yanks ‘The only alternative, apparently, is|TUcsday, may get into next Sunday's Baer- clash ‘Newark. for the Garden to take a Schmeling match out of New York state, perhaps to Chicago. CASTLEMAN IS LIKELY FIFTH STARTING HURLER FOR YANKS and Leslie Lindhe. Three of these Kolberg, Cheadle and Lindhe, will be graduated this spring, leaving around Billey ‘will mold his 1935-36 squad. Simmons Emerges From Spring Batting Slump; Newsome Blasted by Dodgers (By the Associated Press) Jackson, Miss—Clydell Castleman, | 14 who hadn't even been heard of by the : 10 Giants until last year, have drawn the job as starting pitch- N = H er along with the “Big Four.” Castle- ¢ DOXING FLEAS | man came to the Giants in 1934 at the suggestion of Chuck Dressen, then Nashville manager. was placed on the second squad. ‘The season's summary: ‘Grand Slam’ Champion May, Find Himself When Pressure Is Turned on Thursday Augusta, Ga. April 3—(P)—The } bese nu Ht Hl i f tl ; e R P H i i rf i i 4 he played as No, ago and doing his best to get back in- to condition, may suddenly find him- self when the tournament pressure is turned on Thursday. ‘The galleries, as always, will be pulling for the Georgian to National Association of Coaches Meets to Consider Altera- tions in Rules Chicago, April 3—(#)—College bas- Opponent's basket and twists about for a shot, also seemed certain to draw ® recommendation for modifi- cation. ALLEN OPENS FIGHT ON BOOING SPECTATOR 3—@)—Dr. F. C Chicago, April , (Phog) Allen, dean of widwesterr. St. Petersburg, 562 Ruppert, the owner, appears satisfied 74— 503|Order Garden Matchmaker to wae the ants aalons herd Yankees ¥ al ie conclusion of training Produce Signed Contracts period here. He said as much before leaving for New York and added that he didn’t believe the absence of Babe Ruth would affect the club. storming trip north: night, with the first stop Savannah. Rabbit ille who had the last kink re- Galveston, Tex.—Manager Jimmy Dykes of the White a wasa se 5 Park Rapids Scrapper |Tetie hed Stops Eddie Gillespie|ié ‘arms pring nisi’ sump. Fargo, N. D., April 3.—()—Len Pit- [aren ers hits, "of Park Rapids, Minn., stopped/six innings. Simmons Minn., in|singles in five trips to the 33 Type of horse. 53 34 Drug. “ 35 Parts of type. 55 He heads thou- eamps. sands worked as a 10 Spike. ball Coaches here Wednesday. “Public Enemy No. 1 to college and high school basketball is booing,” said Allen, the committee chairman. Dr. Allen said that in football the Players are separated some distance from the “raucous-voiced fanatic whe would care to hurl personal epithets at them on account of some act the said rooters disliked.” AIN IN| HIAITIE Re TAI VIE NIT iS TEnglish coin. 8 Bird's home. 13 He has been —— of Her. vard for over @ year. knowa toad. 15Harvard Unt 49 Still. 4 Poe versity is in 60 Membranous —— bag. a aa be I r a r 1 a: