The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1935, Page 8

Pirate Roo THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1935 kie Pitches One-Hit Game As Hurlers Take Spotlight LONE SINGLE ROBS | BLANTON OF KOLIT [oc BoaRDINe House FEAT WITH CARDS) Silas Johnson Blanks Cubs to, Chalk Up Third Straight Victory for Reds WHITEHEAD BESTS TIGERS; Clark and Babich Pitch Dodgers To Double Triumph Over Boston Braves (By the Associated Press) The first outstanding pitching feat} of the 1935 major league season gor to the credit of a rookie, Darrel (CY! | Blenton, strikeout king of the Inter-} National League who went to Pitts- burgh last season just in time for one Dosing appeara Making his second major’ league} start Friday, the 27-year old right- hander from Waurika, Okla. started throwing his fast one past the world- champion St. Louis Cardinals the way he used to do it for Albany when he nce fanned 20 rivals in one game He faced only 31 batsmen, granted only one puny hit—a single by Spud Davis in the second inning—let only; four runners reach first and none third, struck out six batters and} wound up with a 3-0 triumph | Pirates Count in Third One burst. of base hits in the third) TELL HIM TO FLAT-FOOT OVER HERE AN’ COVER THIS BET IVE GOT AGAINST HIS GIANT SLOTH, WHEN IT RACES YOUR LLAMA! HERES A BALE OF $350 —-TH’ GUYS OF TH HOUSE ARE BETTING SO EACH~1M GOING FOR »( Bioo —.AN' THIS WILL RUN YOUR, EYEBROWS UP UNDER YOUR TOUPEE- —~~MARTHA \S BETTING $100 ON YOUR NAG Brought all the Pirate runs as Cookie Lavagetto, Tom Padden, Paul Waner ficient 0's BEULAH TO AGAIN PUT STRONG _| connected for singles off Bill Halla-) han. Other pitchers besides Blanton also Yerformed brilliantly Friday. Silas Johnson, who was chart with 22! Cincinnati defeats las, %eason, shut} ‘out the Cubs 4-0 for the Reds’ third straight triumph. | John Whitehead, a “freshman”) from Dallas, outpointed the veteran} Fred Marberry on the hill, limiting) Boston . Grove. SEMLPRO hand Washington its first defeat of the year 10 to 4. Washington . RHE Walberg and R. Ferrell; 200 100 601—10 14 0; :.001 300 000— 4 10 2] the Detroit Tigers to six hits to Burke, Thomas, Coppola and Bolton. | give Chicago's White Sox a 3-2 tri-| ‘umph, and Lefty Grove, the lanky} “if” man of the Red Sox, chalked up @ victory in his first start although he was taken out for a pinch hitter fm the seventh when Boston one | Foxx six of the runs that brought a 10-4 triumph over Washington Win Double Header Lefty Watson Clark and Johnny| Babich of Brooklyn also shared in hurling honors. Each won a 4-2 vic- tory over the Braves in the Patriots’ Gay doubleheader, Clark also drove in two runs who fanned | Babe Ruth t tthe bene. | fit of Danny first-inning homer which. with the bases full. provided all the Dodgers’ afternoon runs. Philadelphia teams took most of the headlines for hitting Led by Dolph! Camilli, who banged out two homers! for a total of four in two days and| z the Phillies nd an 18-7149) New York, ‘in this cold weather. Cleveland at St. Louis, postponed; wet grounds. ‘Warms’ to Catchers’ Outfit Backstop’s Equipment Protects Athletics’ Star from Chill ‘and already under consideration, the | Beulah manager has called the first April Breezes April 20.—()—James | Emory Foxx, considerable of a first baseman at one time. likes catching for the Miners. for the Athletics much better but /@M exhibition game fanned 18 House | one of the reasons is hard to guess. “With all that equipment on me, he explains, “I'm about the only one {on the ball field able to keep warm That helps a He's caught only three games of the |Semi-professional baseball nines in The Athletics took the homerun} route to a 6-5 victory over the Yan-| Kees that completely ruined Pat Malone's American League debut.! Bob Johnson duplicated Taylor's feat of hitting a homer with three on base after Wally Moses had walloped | Malone's second pitch for the full! distance | | NATIONAL LEAGUE | \ Dodgers Trim Braves Boston — The Brooklvn Dodgers! trimmed the Braves in both morning and afternoon games of the Patriot's | Day twin bill by 4 to 2 scores. First. Gam Brooklyn 031 960 000— 4 it 2] jotton .........109 010 0n9— 2 9 0 Clark and Lopez; Betts, R. Smith and Hogan. 1 Second Game. RH Ej Brooklyn - 490 900 000— 4 6 0 Boston .........000 000 020-2 8 3) Babich and Phelps; Rhem, Frank- RHE! new season, all there have been, and there has been no sign so far of the falling off in batting power the ex- perts predicted would come from his shift. from first base to the catcher's box. He has hit two home runs in three games, indicating that the search for his successor as the home run king might be a bit premature. “Who'll hit the most homers thts vear?” he repeated in answer to the direct. question. “Well, I don't know. Hal Trosky will get a lot out in Cleveland. Lou Gehrig. with that short right field stand in New York. will hit plenty, Me? Oh, Tl get a few." Foxx likes catching better than fitst basing because he feels he’s in the game more. He feels it’s an ideal spot from which to captain the team, no great mental gymnastics required of him. though he admits frankly that there's! hhouse and Spohrer Reds Blank Cubs Chicago — The Cincinnati Reds Beored their third straight victory by shutting out the Cubs 4 to 0. RHE Cincinnati oon 200 O11 4 7 0 Chicago 990 900 N00 0 RO Johnson and Campbell, Lee, Root end Hartnett. (By Phillies Swamp Giants Philadelphie—The Phillies pounded ut twenty-three hits and swamped the New York Giants 18 to 7. RH El New York.......002 020 030— 712 3) Philadelphia ....402 700 23x—18 23 2) Fitzsimmons, Castleman, Gabier, | Smith and Mancuso; E. Moore, Jor-j{ gens, and Wilson. Blanton Shuts Out Cards Pittsburgh—Rookie Cy Blanton held the St. Louis Curdinals to one hit and Bt. Louis was defeated 3 to 0. RHE St. Louis... 000 000 ccO— 0 1 0 Pittsburgh .....003 000 00x— 312 2 Hallahan, Haines, Tinning and Da- vis; Blanton and Padden. AMERICAN LEAGUE A A’s Down Yanks New York—Homers by Wally Moses and Bob Johnsen, the latter with the bases full, enabled the Athletics to de- feat the Yankees 6 to 5. RHE +100 040 001-6 9 1 A . 000 130 OOI— 5 It 1 Benton, Mahaffey, Lieber. and Foxx. Malone, Tamulis and Dickey. White Sox Win Detroit—Behind the steady, six-hit pitching of Rookie John Whitehead, - the Chicago White Sox beat the De- ‘troit Tigers 3-2. Dallas, Tex.—George Salvadore, 140, Boston, Paris, 1414, Oklahoma City, (10) OUT OUR WAY “All I do is carry orders from the boss—Connie Mack.” fenenyen ove o—_-—__ —_ _..__* | Fights Last Night | the Associated Press) outpointed Chief [= GOSH, MORRY, YOU SHOULD BE CAREFUL, REACHIN’ OVER |* A MACHINE WHEN 17'S RUNNIN? BALL CLUB IN FIELD Gill Aasi, Milwaukee Speedball, Artist, Heads List of Vet- | eran Players t (Special to the Tribune) Beulah, N. D., April 20.—Plans for: |organization of one of the “fastest” | the state were completed here recent- | ly and officers were clected to man- | jage the Miner club. | | Marty Schroeder was elected man- | lager of the club with Bert Webber} |named secretary and Bob Easton! chosen treasurer. | Looking to a big season with games against. Devils Lake and New Eng-| | regular practice session for next Wed- | nesday. | Gill Aasi. fast ball artist from Mil-| ‘waukee, will be the first string pitcher | Aasi last season in) of David batters and is reputed to be} + one of the best right-handed fling-| Detroit .. ers in this part of the country. Munson, farmed out from St. Paul in the American Association, is slated ‘for catching duties. Rounding out the infield, the Miners will have Herb Kittler. Sioux Falls college star, at first; Joe Stew- art, well-known shortstop, at his reg- jular position: Schroeder at second: Webber at third. and C. Peterson and ; |D. Mounts as utility infielders. | ' Four outfielders packing plenty of hitting power will take care of the louter garden. They are Kerbs, Mal- lloy, Martin and Easton. | so ‘Carrington High Has Four Track Veterans | | Carrington, N. D., April 20.—7>)— | Carrington high school, fortified with | four veterans and six promising new-) |comers, is preparing for a season of at least four track and field meets. | The school is scheduled to attend: the lake regional. the Kiwanis meet, jat Valley City, the Fessenden open; jand the Central North Dakota con- Veterans are Milton Adams, high |jump and javelin; Duane Converse, jhalf mile and hurdles; Henry Getty, dash Lavern Sheets, pole vault, | Other good prospects are Leo Grinney, and John Cook, distances; Fred Pep- ple, and Bud Bauley, weights; and | Sheldon Parr and Alvin Eaton, dashes, DON'T CUT, THEM GOOD OVERALLS. By Ahern | ER SCHRWHAT OY MARTHA 1S BETTING ZS $100 52~ Umm. SPUT-T-SPUT-T EGAD, IF MY HORSE DOESNT WIN—UMP- “WTO PLAY SAFE TD BETTER MAKE THE STANDINGS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Club— Louisville St. Paul.. Milwaukee Columbus Indianapolis . Minneapolis Kansas Cit: Toledo ... oonnenows Peon reeter oro) NATIONAL LEAGUE Club— wu ston Brooklyn .. 2 2 Cincinnati .. 3 041 Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh . 2 2 st. 1 2 1 2 1 2 o 2 Chicago. New York. AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— Ww Cleveland Boston ... Washington . Chicago .... Philadelphia . New York St. Louis.. Coffman Leading Decathlon Stars Former University of Kansas Athlete Scoros 3,723 Points At Kansas Relays Lawrence, Kans. April 20—(>)— Two former University of Kansas athletes and members of the United States Olympic team in 1932, shared the spotlight in the 13th annual Kansas relays Saturday. Clyde Coffman, competing unat- tached, was leading a field of 16 at the halfway mark in the decathlon Huneeenor |being scored under the new Finnish standard, and Glenn Cunningham, now a graduate student at the Unt- was down for a mile Without winning a single one of the five events Friday, Coffman gained the front position scoring 3,723 points. Opposing Cunningham, King of the milers both indoors and out, were | Heringer, holder of the Central Con- old Manning. Wichi By Williams IPESSENDEN EVENT WILL OPEN TRACK, FIELD COMPETITION Elgin, Crosby, Kenmare, Cava- lier Affairs to Be Held First Week in May TWO STATE MEETS SLATED Threaten to Break Exist- ing N. D. Records (By the Associated Press) High school cinder artists get their first test “under fire” in North Da- ‘kota next Saturday, April 27, when competition in the central North Da- kota track and field mect at Fessen- den marks the start of the season. Old Style Lager Trundlers Roll ler, Outstanding High School Stars! Manuel the high single game during the sec- ond half of the Commercial league won by the Tribune team, jt official averages released Satur- day by Abe Abrahamson, manager of the local alleys. the Old Style Lager aggregation while the high single game count was taken by the South Siders. five, winners of the first half, will PREP CINDER ARTISTS WILL GET INITIAL TESTS NEXT WEEK-END ‘Rookies, Seasoned Veterans to Be Given __ Tryouts With Capital City Baseball Nine HUMMEL, OTTUM TAKE SINGLE HONORS IN COMMERCIAL LOOP in January and will be represented for the first time this year. for the reported They include Ray- mond Garland, conference dash star {who won the 100-yard dash and placed second i: the 440; Harold Ben- der, second place winner in the high |Jump and pole vault who looks better this season; Raymond Stilson of Mott, high point man of last year’s meet with first place in the discus and shot put and second in javelin, who is performing for Elgin this season, and Robert Sellinet, Leo Sayler, and Grant Liepelt, other point winners of 1934. Indians Win, 6-3, High Three-Game Team Total During Season Frank Hummel, South Side trund- took high three-game honors and Ottum, Tribune bowler, rolled cording three-game team total went to The Northwestern Bell Telephone ‘Al Leary, Great Falls Star, Signs for Tryout; Massmann May Return Competition for berths on the Bis- |marck baseball team will be keen this year with several promising first year men and additional proven veterans seeking to oust last year’s regulars from their starting positions. Standout among the rookies signed is Al Leary, Irish shortstop from {Great Falls, Mont., who wired his ac- ceptance of the Capital City club's offer Wednesday. Leary is only 20 years old but is said —by no less authority than Herb Hester, who incidentally played con- siderable baseball in his day—to be the outstanding major league pros- ‘pect to come out of Montana for sev- leral seasons. | Playing with the Great Falls team {alongside of Puccinelli, who has since graduated to the International league and last year batted .355 for Balti- 667 | Minot. The “open” event which annually |meet the Tribune team for the league launches the prep school running- {championship in a match to be rolled jumping contests will provide an in- | Monday night. dication of comparative strength for] Standings of the teams at the end the Central North Dakota Conference |of the second half: | classic which follows a week later with a similar entry list. Tribune ... Track representatives will gather at | Wonder Loaf ... 6} Crosby April 26 in an eighth annual Northwestern Bell . invitational track meet, the only other |South Side ... district event scheduled this month |Old Style Lager Four meets are arranged for the |Service Electric first week-end in May. They are the|Eagles . Border League at Crosby; South Slope | Regulatory Conference at Elgin, Ward county at Individual A‘ Kenmare, and Pembina county at Cavalier. Prank Hummel Tracksters swing into action in|Don Schneider earnest the second week-end of May ‘Davis .. ee four track and field meets listed,|Harnish . 13| M4 Games | 12-196. 12-190- 12-17-10 45-174-34| 12-172 1} 12-170- 9} 44-168-11 39-164-22 | 45-163-34 45-156-44 | two of them major events. Goetz .. Slope Invitational at Dickinson (Zohn The two big competitions are the |Owens . Missouri Slope ‘nvitational at Dickin-/Sparks . son and the Northwest invitational at|Verduin . At Mayville, the Red River |Deviin . t Red Birds Hand Colonels First |Haney, new manager of the Toledo/ Churchill has long sought a regular As Hen Pitching en It ‘more, Leary is said to have hit the {ball harder than the International '$ WI jeague star and compiled a higher . | fielding average. ; According to Hester, Leary is a fast, aggressive player with a fine throw- (ins _ and plenty of coe to cover Defeat of As i ey defensive position. feat of Season; Saints \ an s8y Defeat Brewers Forced last year to use Harold |Massman, one of the most natural- \ Chicago, April © 20—()—Fre 4 the eh baseman ever seen here, at the shortstop berth, Manager Neil be the shortstop and Leary may answer to that prayer. Massmann notified Churchill Fri- day that he will be retained by the Milwaukee Brewers as a utility man if he desires to stay on. Mud Hens, already is casting a long- ing eye in the direction of Detroit or any other major league eenter boast- ing surplus pitching talent. Haney’s club has lost four straight games against its American Associa- tion foes, and most of the trouble apparently is chargeable to the hurl- ers. ‘i Lary, regular second baseman who last year batted .330 in the cuioeetne | Association, Massmann tis consi Friday Haney switched his lneup|returning to North Dakota. If sal- around, only to have the pitching bog/ary differences can be adjusted it is Seeing little chance of ousting Lyn | Valley Conference meet will be con-|E. Faubel .. ducted while the Nelson county con-| Wilhelm . Hauch . tests are scheduled at Michigan. 45-156-39 | down. |The attack stirred up nine hits, the same as Indianapolis ob- likely that the popular young star will again wear a Bismarck uniform | been broken there last year. 000 and field meet at Bismarck with over ,| May 25. Performances at Dickinson's invita- | Anderson tional, which attracts approximately |Art Benson 30 high school clubs, have steadily {Langford ...... been improving. seven records having | Wen. Schneider Beaudoin .... North Dakota's state track and field | Tox meet annually held at the University | Eric! of North Dakota. Grand Forks, will be rosie conducted May 17 and 18. . One jie later two more major |. Faubel events in the state are to be run off,|/Boehm .. 54-10 | 6 38-151-16 45-149-36 30-147-34 45-146- 1 18-144- 8 3 Pitchers. tained in winning, 6-3. jalthough Jamestown is also angling The American League champion ‘for his services. Tigers send a share of their surplus help to Toledo and Haney hopes the next batch will consist of capable Andy Anderson, veteran backstop who played last year with Beulah and {caught the All-Star game here, in- formed the local club's management that he would like to play here this year and may be given a contract. Anderson at present is training with the Sioux City team of the Western ‘League. Columbus’ attack exploded in two innings to hand Louisville its first defeat of the season, 9-5. The Red birds belted Arch McKain, Masek and Frank Nekola for 13 hits, bunch- 30-144- 6 42-142- 7 18-141-15 35-141- 1 18-140-11 45-137-35 38-136- 7 15-138 21-135- 42-133-22 45-132-38 | 24-130- 9} 21-130- 8! the twelfth annual Capital City track|=- Olson ... @ hundred athietes from a score of schools, and the 13th annual Kiwanis invitational at Valley City listed for Valley City is the defender in the Kiwanis affair, having won the title last year in a field of 250 track stars from 30 schools, The Northwest Conference event also will be May 25 at Kenmare. State Meet Coming Here As a windup for the state's cinder events, the central state high school track and field meet. first of its kind, will be conducted at Bismarck June 7 and 8 througn sanction of the North Dakota State High School League. Dates for the Lake Regional meet at Devils Lake. and the May Festival classic at Fargo have not yet been an- nounced. Also unset is the date for the Southwest Conference meet to be held at Bowman. Delayed by a chilly April which kept. the athletes indoors or under wraps, teams thoughout the state have turn- ed to intensive practice sessions with } Bismarck, the warmer weather in an effort to get into “top” condition for the early meets. Limbering up activities already have given an indication of what may be expected from some of the tracksters and reports on the team prospects |improved playing floors West . New Gymnasiums | Brighten “35 Cage Season Prospects Carrington, Devils Lake, Grafton, Hatton Will Have New Floors Prospects of new gymnasiums or itened height forecast a good season although few optimistic outlook * individual outstanding performauces basketball mane. a oe] ‘North were shown. there was a good nine ne schools, high school will have a possibility William Fieler who broke|fine new indoor athletic plant at the the state record Jast year by running jnigh school building, expected to be the mile in 4:37 would topple the | ready for occupancy next September. Missouri Slope record in that event.! ‘In addition to girls’ and boys’ locker His time in the state event was eight iand dressing rooms, a large gym- seconds faster than the Slope mark. {nasium with a seating capacity of be- Becker to Get Tryout Gus Becker, rookie candidate who was an outstanding infielder with the Fort Lincoln team in recent years, will be given a try-out for an outfield berth. Becker, who got his experience with the Moline, Ill, team in the Valley League, is a hard hitter and a fast man on the bases or in the field. ‘ Additional rookie candidates al ready slated for tryouts are Don Bondy, Ben Jacobson, and Joe Schlos- ser with others expected to get into the battle for berths when the reg- ular practices start May 5. The infield will be well taken care of with Joe Desiderato, Bob McCar- ney, Red Haley, Walter Dietz, Leary and possibly Massmann vieing for berths, while in the outfield will be such players as Bill Morlan, Mike Goetz, Tom Parker, Jacobsen, Bondy, Becker and’ Schlosser. City Public Links Will Open Sunday ns Put in Shape for Sea- son; Added Moisture Bene- fits Fairways ed for four runs in the second and five more in the fourth. In spite of home runs by Jack Kloze and Ted Gullic, St. Paul defeated Milwaukee, 6-3, to go into a tie with for first place. The game was a pitching tussle between Gene Trow and Forrest Presnell until the Saints hopped onto the latter for four hits and three runs in the eighth. Spike Hunter finished for St. Paul after Trow filled the bases with two out in the ninth, Pinky Hargrave's home run in the sion over Kansas City. Each hurler allowed four hits. Just before Har- andgrave exploded his big hit, Charley George, Kansas City catcher. hit one over the fence to tie the score. Saints Triumph - St. Paul—St Peul got four hits and three runs in the eighth inning to de- feat Milwaukee 6 to 3. Milwaukee ...... 1. St. Paul. 002 001 03x— 6 10 0j Pressnell and Florence; Trow, Hun- ter and Fenner. Gr With greens placed in first-class condition and fairways benefited by ‘east of the new state capitol building on Highway 85. Columbus — The Columbus Red| Adam Klein, manager of the links, Birds gave Louisville its first defeat | made final preparations for the open- Threatens Shot Put Mark improvement in the work of Richard ference shot put record, who in early spring workouts has been reaching 47 ticipates considerable Aone) building. new building will be with the floor 1,000 and 1,200 will be com- on the north wing of the of the season, 9 to 5. ‘The basketball playing floor at the 8 by 44 feet all feet with the shot, about four feet being 70 by 90 feet. short of the state record. Whal About 25 candidates turned out at |°% Forx Prospect Fair Grand Forks central looks to a fair with Coach W. V. Winter Ls fi iad i i Sunday, RHE 100 112 000— 5 13 3 | Grand Opening 1935 Season Bismarck Public Golf Course (East of State Capitel) Ne change in green fees from 1934 schedule. ing Saturday and pronounced course in “the best condition it has been for several years.” ning to turn green with the coming of warm weather and needed mois- GIVEN TRYOUT pitcher, will leave Saturday for s try- out with the Chattanooga baseball club of the Southern Association. Four years ago Vesel was given a tryout by the St. Louls Cardinals. April 21 a sik: bite cite sik hii ~~ e ee ee Baboen