The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 13, 1936, Page 8

| 6 Hl FREE-FOR-ALL RACE LOOMS IN NATIONAL; CARDINALS FAVORED Cubs Pitching Uncertain With Giants and Pirates Top Challengers RIVALS GUNNING FOR TIGERS 80,000 Fans Expected to See American League Clubs in Openers New York, April 13—(7)—A pen-| hant race, so exciting and close that one injury may decide its outcome, opens Tuesday over the National League baseball front with the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago's spec- tacular Cubs one-two favorites to capture the prize they have held be- tween them eight times out of the last 10 years. Ranking behind the two favorites are the New York Giants and Pitts- burgh Pirates, who are expected to be hot on the trail of the flag. None of the circuit's other four—Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Boston— is granted even an outside chance of winning. A concensus of the experts picks the Cardinals, whose hopes rest on the Dean brothers, Frankie Frisch and Pitch- er Bud Parmalee, ex-Giant hand. Frisch is the dan- ger spot. Should the Cardinal boss and second base- man fall victim to an injury or be unable to play 100 or more games, : the chances of the FRANKIG FRISCH 88S house gang would be reduced considerably. The Cubs, who came from almost, nowhere with their unforgettable 21- game winning streak to win last sea- éon, appear well fortified for a win- ning bid, but the pitching is uncer- tain. Charlie Root can’t be expected to come back with 15 victories again. That's too much to expect from a 37-year-old veteran. Terry Is Key Man Bill Terry, whose left knee is so sore that no one expects him to play more than half the season, is the key man to the Giant hopes. With him, the Giants would be hard to trim now that they have plugged up the sec- ond base hole with Burgess White- head. Without him, the defensive and offensive ability of the team is slower and less potent. Pittsburgh rates to be the biggest surprise of the race. Not only do the Pirates have sufficient reserve mate- rial and a well rounded pitching staff, but they have a first class catcher in Al Todd, obtained during the winter deals from the Phillies. If you like a good long shot, the advice is to take a flyer on the Pirates, Second division looms for the rest Dodgers and Reds fighting it out for top place in that lower region. AMERICAN CLUBS DECLARE OPEN SEASON ON TIGERS Chicago, April 13.—(?}—“Open sea son” on those Tigers starts Tuesday. To the roar of dyed-in-wool fans who may number upwards of 80,000, eight American League baseball clubs get another season under way Tuesday afternoon. Most of them will be gun- ning for the Detroit Tigers, champions of the world. The opening day bill sends ‘the against the Indians at Cleve- land, with 25,000 fans expected to see if favorable weather pre- the youthful Senators, with President Roosevelt expected to be among a crowd of about 20,000. Pilots Optimistic If optimism of managers means very much, this year’s race will be so hot the smoke may blind the batsmen in the American League. Mickey Co- chrane sees an “excellent chance” for his Tigers; Joe Cronin wants only Pitching support for his Red Sox; Joe thy says his Yankees “have as good a chance as any club”; and Steve O'Neill says flatly Cleveland “is the team to beat.” The teams shooting at the pen- nant won't find the Detroit Tigers easily knocked ‘down this season. Boston’s expensive array of estab- lished talent—Foxx, Manush, Cronin, MeNair, Cramer, Rick Ferrell—may furnish the fireworks, Last season, however, Wes Ferrell adn Lefty Grove won 45 games, and it may be on their ability to repeat that Owner Tom ‘Yawkey’s dreams of a flag rest. Indians Harmonized Cleveland, harmonized under the leadership of Steve O'Neill, appears to have the pitching to put the Indians in the thick of the fight. New York stacks up as the dark horse. of the circuit. Lefty Gomez had a bad season last year and the team was slowed down by injuries. At Major League Club plonships in oly lercado and Gilbert Murakami, pic eliminations in Chicago’ next: mont Hawaiian Mitt Team to Compete in National Tourney | | } way from Hawaii to compete in the national amateur boxing cham- 17, with its members cager to wi fly weight in honors and participate in the Lett to right and according to poundage are Jose David Young and Fred Yasui, bantams; Ray Maruko and ie Townsend, feathers; Anton Generalao, lightweight: Kenji Horie, welter: middleweight; Jack Robello. trainer; and Andy Biddle, coach. Johnny Santiago, Cubs, Cards Stand Out in Sen- ior Circuit; Bucs Pegged ; in Third By HARRY GRAYSON New York, April 13.—NEA)—Chi- cago is the logical choice to repeat in the National League. With the confidence that came with the 21 ‘consecutive victories that swept them to the grand old rag last fall in the greatest finish in baseball history, the young Cubs should prove much too formidable for none too robust opposition. The Bruins, including the veterans, Charley Root, Charley Grimm,’ and Gabby Hartnett, average: only 2 years of age. Paced by the flect Augie Galan and the brilliant Lon Warneke, the Wrigley entry ought to finish there or thereabouts for the next several campaigns. The Cubs’ strongest rivals again appear to be the St. Louis Cardinals, and there is plenty of evidence that the race in the senior wheel will de- velop into a two-club affair. Shorter series will prevent a strong array from beating a weaker one un- til it is punch drunk. The Boston Bees hardly will lose 20 games to Pittsburgh, 19 to Chicago, 18 to Si. Louis, and 16 te New York as did the Braves of 1935. Yet the Cubs and Cards possess sufficient potential strength to pull away from the re- mainder of the field. It is my offside opinion that trail- ing Chicago and St. Louis in the or- der named, will be Pittsburgh, New York, Cincinnati, Brookyln, Boston, and Philadelphia. Cubs Go With Galan Red Corriden, the coach, “made’{ the Cubs a year ago by suggesting that Galan, a mediocre second base- man, be switched to the outfield. There the California kid, now only 24, found himself, and turned a third Place outfit into a pennant winner. Galan, a switch hitter, is the leade¢ the champions follow. Inability of the pitchers to keep the Cubs’ leadoff man off Ahe bases perhaps was the principal reason for the club’s rise. The Berkeley beauty led the senior wheel in runs scored and stolen bases. Those favoring the St. Louis array point to the help Tarzan Parmelee should give the Deans, but overlook the fact that Warneke again will be given considerable assistance by Bill Lee, Larry French, Tex Carleton, Root, and Roy Henshaw,-not to men- tion Clay Bryant, Mike Kowalik, and Charley Flowers. Bruins Well Fortified Gabby Hartnett was voted the most ( valuable player in the loop last term He will be spelled by the competent ‘Kenny O'Dea and Walter Stephenson. The Cubs have the most accom- plished second basing combination in the game in Bill Jurges and Billy Herman. In returning to first base, Grimm is keeping able Phil Cavar- retta in the dugout. Stanley Hack rounds out the smoothest kind of an infield, with Woody English the highest-salaried reserviest in either major circuit. Galan, in centerfield this trip, is flanked by Frank Demarce and Chuck Klein. The Cards will require a couple of more Deans if Klein, the Hoosier Hurricane of Philadelphia, finds the range again. Tuck Stain- back, a young man of unlimited pos- sibilities, and Johnny Gill, a seasoned hand up from Minneapolis with a mark of .361, are the extra Cub out- fielders. ards Lack Reserves The Deans once more figure to take the Cards a long way, but the Giants gave up on Parmelee last season, and after you list the large young man from Michigan the St. Louis pitching becomes questionable. ‘The Red Birds’ first line will do, but the array is without satisfactory sub- stitutes for either Frank Frisch or Charley Gelbert, who may experience difficulty in weathering a 154-game schedule. Al Todd gives the Pirates some- thing they have lacked—catching. The Pittsburgh pitchers, Cy Blan- ton, Ralph Birkhofer, Waite Hoyt, Bill Swift, Big Jim Weaver, Red Lucas, Guy Bush, and Mace Brown, ;Should, improve in the hands of the husky backstop from Philadelphia. If Bush regains any fair amount of the form that was his -in Chicago, the Bucs ought to beat out the Giants for third place. Pittsburgh has the best hitter in baseball in Arky Vaughn. It won't be long before Little Poison Waner joins Big Poison in the outfield. The Bucs will present a stout setup just as long as Pie Traynor can stay in the lineup. New York scarcely figures to ha’ the pitching it has enjoyed for the past three seasons. Carl Hubbell shows the inevitable result of having been a work horse. Hal Schumacher has bogged down toward the fag end of the last two grinds, Fat Fred Fitzsimmons’ elbow was operated on last summer, ’ Bill Terry now has one trick knee against Travis Jackson’s two. Dick Bartell was a disappointment in 1935. Burgess Whitehead does not hit a long ball and comes to the club with the reputation of an athlete who requires rest. Reds Top Second Flight Cincinnati is expected to top the Grayson Predicts Galan, Warneke Will Pace Bruins to Another Flag \Davis Cup Team Wins Zone Finals Budge, Grant Complete Route of Mexicans With Straight Set Triumphs ‘BLUES, INDIANS PLAY {3-INNING, 2-ALL TE Colonels Give Grimes Good Start by Trouncing Brewers, 6 to1 Chicago, April 13.—(#)—The Min- neapolis Millers were away to a fly- ing start Monday in defense of their American Association championship. The Millers opened the association's 35th season in Toledo Sunday by trimming the Mudhens 3-1 before more than 9,000 fans. Ray Kolp pitched steadily for the Minn lis club while his mates picked up a run in the sixth and two more in the sev- enth, The Mudhens’ counter was on Harry Davis’ circuit smash in the second. AA UMPIRES TO HAVE NEW, LIGHT UNIFORMS Columbus, Ohio, April 13.—(7)— American Association umpires are going to get a “warm weather break.” George M. Trautman, new Association president, said that in June the circuit will outfit its ar- biters in a lightweight, light col- ored uniform, probably tan, instead of making them toil under the summer sun in the old, established uniform of blue.. Indianapolis and Kansas City, how- ever, put the punch in the inaugural Program. Playing before 9,159 spec- jtators at Indianapolis, the clubs bat- tled to a 2-2 tie in 13 innings, the game being called because of the In- dianapolis 6 o'clock closing law. The St. Paul Saints dropped a 4-2 decision to the Red Birds at Colum- bus in a game which drew 7,500. The Red Birds collected 11 hits as their twirler, Bob Klinger, allowed nine, but was effective in the pinches, new manager, Buzleigh Grimes, a good start by trouncing the Milwau- kee Brewers 6-1. The largest crowd Pinehurst, N. C., April 13—(#)—The United States’ Davis cup team, fresh from a rout of the Mexican players in the zone series at Houston, Texas, moved toward Pinehurst Monday for the 13th annual North and South tennis tournament. The tournament opened Monday, but the Davis cup players were not expected until later in the week. Bryan (Bitsy) Grant of Atlanta, de- cided to pass up the competition here. Wilmer Allison, the American cap- tain, will compete in the doubles with John Van Ryn, his partner. Donald Budge and Gene Mako planned to compete in both the singles and the doubles. Budge hit his mid-season stride in Houston Sunday, defeating Daniel Hernandez, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3, but it took Grant well over two hours to dispose of Esteban Reyes, top-ranking Mex- ican star, 6-4, 13-11, 6-2. second division, with the youngsters who took the Reds out of the red last season showing improvement. Brooklyn is rated sixth on pitching. The Dodgers have several big names in that department and at least one of them, George Earnshaw, has shown unmistakable signs of getting back on the right track. Casey Stengel has a real fireball artist in Van Lingle Mungo, and may stir up some trouble if he can get any- thing out of Ed Brandt, Fred Frank- house, William Watson Clark, Emil Leonard, the ancient and honorable Tom Zachary, and Al Butcher, Tom Baker, and Harry Eisenstat, recruits. Freddie Lindstrom will give the Flatbush Funsters some sense, but the club is either experimenting or is none to well equipped in too.many positions to get out of the second flight. : The new National League deal in Boston is limited to a nick-name, al- though the Bees should keep out of the cellar on little more than bol- stered morale. The Phillies used to make a lot of runs and lose. They no longer make | the runs.’ BY THE LEADING BARRISTER OF that the Yanks were only four games behind the Tigers when the 1908 sea: 60n closed and this year the Ruppert- men. if Gomez comes back and a few creaky joints don't buckle, may return to the top spot they held so often. St. Louis, with punch in the bats ‘of West, Coleman, Solters and Bot- tomley, and the Chicago White Sox, who may come with some excellent pitching, will cause trouble all along ‘the line. Washington appears to lack pitching and the Philadelphia Athle- tics can make baseball history, if the betting fraternity is right, by climb- ing out of the league cellar. ——— Nationally-Known STETSON HATS for men, sold exclusively by Alex Rosen & Bro. OUR BOARDING HOUSE EGAD, LADS~- ITS BUT A MATTER OF DAYS UNTIL 1 SHALL RECEIVE ALEGACY FROM MILLIONG—~ KAUF + KUF Fe /AND TH’ BOW- LEGGED 2 EARS & MATCH ON INTHE DEAD OF NIGHT, } ENGLAND, TO CONFER UPON A FINAL SETTLEMENT+~ MACK HA! HIS NECK | of the day, 10,550 fans, saw this game. Red Birds Triumph Columbus—The Columbus Red Birds defeated St. Paul in the season's open- er 4-to 2 before 7,500 fans. Klinger allowed 9 hits but was effective in the pinches. St. Paul... 000 200 000— 2 Columbus . 101 011 O00x—4 11 Weinert, Herring and Fenner: Klinger and Owen. Millers Beat Hens RHE 9 0 1 Toledo—Toledo used four pitchers but was unable to stop the champion Minneapolis Millers, ten bases on balls aided the Millers in scoring. 9,160 fans attended. RHE Minneapolis 000 001 200— 3. Toledo .... 010 000 000-1 6 2 Kolp and George; Sullivan, Gar- land, Smoll, C. Thomas and Linton. Colonels Win Louisville—10,550 fans saw the Louisville Colonels launch their New Deal under the leadership of Bur- leigh Grimes with a 6-1 triumph over Milwaukee. The attendance was the largest for the eastern half of the cir- cuit. Fourteen hits were collected off two Milwaukee hurlers. 6 0 R H E Milwaukee 000 O@ 100-1 6 0 Louisville.. 210 300 OOx—6 14 0 Braxton, Heving and Brenzel: La Master and Thompson. Blues, Indians Tie Indianapolis—Kansas City aiid In- dianapolis opened the season with a 13-inning 2-2 tie game, which was halted by the 6 o'clock closingaw. R Kansas City— 000 002 000 0000 0-2 12 2 Indianapolis— 000 000 200 000 0-2 10 2 Shores, Niggeling and Madjeski; Page, Logan, Turner and Riddle. BAER TO TRY COMEBACK RED BIRDS WIN, 42 At Louisville the Colonels gave their | HE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1986 ; s to Launch Pennant Drives Tuesday - | Millers, Victors Over Hens, Off to Flying Start in Defense of Title WARM WEATHER SENDS PREP _Motor City’s Title ___ TRACK ATHLETES OUTDOORS} Family Increases Sports Round-Up By EDDIE BRIETZ row js the day, boys. . as they say in “Zinzinnati.” ... Right . now it looks like ole Jupe Pluvius will be the big winner, . . . Can’t somebody do. something about that guy? ... This i Indians _ having the best chance to 10se out \Cards. . . You can’t ask them to do [that again. . . Even Steve O'Neil will admit his Indians are studded with “dfs.” Tony Canzoneri had better go to work... If he doesn’t look bet- ter against Jimmy McLarnin than he did against Johnny Jadick, it will b- just too bad. Joe DiMaggio was on the radio for less than five minutes the other night and picked up $300... “How long has this been going on?” Joe wanted to know. . . You should have seen. Mickey Cochrane blush when a bell hop in Winston-Salem, N. C. paged him as “Hickey Cochrane.” .. . The other Tigers, parked around the hotel lobby, split their sides... Mike Jacobs took Jeff Dickson, the Euro- pean promoter, down to Red Bank over the week-end to show Jeff the tulips. . Headline in @ southern newspaper: “Yankees Go as Gomez Goes; and How He Goes, Nobody Knows.” The Giants may train at Havana next spring. .. They would go to San An- tonto, but the Pirates have a copy- right... . Young Murray Patrick, son of the Rangers’ coach, will become a pro boxer ary minute now, with the smart Jimmy Bronson doing the di- recting. . . Boston writers agree the Red Sox will either be a great team or the biggest flop in more than a decade. .. Linde Fowler, the Boston golf ex- pert, ranks George Dunlap, Jr., who seems to have @ monopoly on the North and South amateur title, among the first four amateurs. . . Mickey Cochrane is so burned up with the Southern weather, he is thinking of keeping the Tigers in Lakeland next year until three or four days before the start: of the season. . . Richmond has a pitcher named Far- rington and another named Tharring- . There are seven Cubans on If tradition holds, the three sons Gallant Fox, entered in the Ken- tucky Deby, may as well stay in their stalls May 2... Sons of the same sire have never won the derby two years in sucéession. . . Patty Berg lost a traveling bag containing eight hats on the way from Minneapolis to visit Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare at Philly... There was a dark blue hat, a light blue hat, two browns, one yellow and three tams in the assortment. Wisconsin Board Calls Finnegan and Nemzek Madison, Wis. April 13—(®)— C. C. (Casey) Finnegan, North Da- kota Agricultural college athletic di- rector, and Alex Nemgek, director of athletics at the Moorhead fae Teachers college, were to a Monday at a University of Wisconsin athletic board meeting relative to the athletic directorship or head foot- | +{ball coaching post at the Badger n- stitution. Both received telegrams Saturday night summoning them to the session. San Francisco, April 13.—(4)—Max Baer has given up highballs, beer and cigarets for a pipe with the announced intention of regaining the heavy- weight title he lost to James J. Brad- dock. Both the prize ring’s late play- boy and Manager Ancil Hoffman said Monday negotiations looking toward a Baer-Braddock fight in Madison ‘Square Garden were well underway. WIN ALLAN CUP Winnipeg, Man., April 13.—()—The British Columbia hockey team de- feated the Sudbury Falcons 4 to 3 for the Allan cup Saturday night. The victory was the Columbians second in Majors’ Opening Day Forecasts NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago? at St. Louis—Pitchers, Warneke vs. Dizzy Dean; weather, fair and warm; attendance 15,000 to 20,000. 1 Brooklyn at New York—Pitchers, Earnshaw vs. Schumacher; weath- er, fair; attendance 55,000. Boston at “Philadelphia—Pitch- ers, MacFayden vs. Davis; weather, cloudy; attendance 10,000. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati—Pitch- ers, Blanton vs. Derringer; weath- er partly cloudy; attendeince 30,000. AMERICAN LEAGUE Bt. Louis at Chicago—Pitchers, Knott or Andrews vs. Whitehead; weather, possible showers; atten- dance 12,000 to 15,000, Detroit - at . Cleveland—Pitchers, Bridges vs. Harder; weather, pos- sible showers; attendance 27,000. Philadelphia at Boston—Pitch- ers, Dietrich vs. Wes Ferrell; wea- ther, unsettled; attendance 25,000. New York at Washington — Gomez vs. cogs weather fair; Mice are not particularly fond of cheese. They eat it only when noth- ing better is to be had, New York, April 13—()—Tomor- |" - or, “der tag,” Preparations Being Made for Score of Meets Through- out State (By the Asseciated Press) Continued warm weather sent North Dakota high school track athletes out onto the cinder paths Monday as pre- parations were under way throughout the state for more than a score of track and field meets. Candidates went outdoors with their training for the first times last week after most squads had been kept ‘under wraps” during the preliminary conditioning work because of the un- seasonably cold weather. Competitive meets generally start in May. 2 Annual classics for which dates al- ready have been announced include the Williston invitational May 2, Capital City at Bismarck May 17; Crosby invitational and Cando dis- trict meets May 9; Border League May 12; May Festival at Fargo May 14; Minot invitational May 16; state meet at Grand Forks university May 21; the northwest conference at Ken- mare May 23, and the North Dakota state event at Bismarck May 28. Among others schéeduled, dates as yet undetermined, ere the Kiwanis affair at Valley City; northwest at Minot; Central North con- ference and invitational at Fessen- den; Red River valley conference; ley relays, Dickinson’s Slope cont and the Lake Regional, Devils Lake. Already the possessor of the latest football and basketball champion- ship, Minot high school is evidencing Great interest in track, hoping to make a clean sweep of sports titles. Two lettermen, Gordon Frank in field events and Kenton Bischke, sprinter, are strong points in the team. Other veterans back are R. Teets, and Bob Jones, Huntley, vaulter; J. Eide, thrower. Last year Minot won the Ward and northwest meets and took place trophy at Valley City, and this season plans to enter most of the im-jsaid Schmidt, “but they'll be Portant engagements. ‘Wahpeton is expects @ strong representation in the dashes, half mile and pole vault. Larimore reported seven lettermen appeared for first practice sessions and a good team “in pros- pect.” Northwood and Mayville also held first track drills Monday. Cindermen have been out for some time at Bismarck, Ken- mare, Grafton, Williston, Jamestown, eee Minot Model and Valley Mach Suggests Two State Tourney Plans Williston, N. D., April 13.—(#)—Two suggestions for state tournament basketball play ‘were suggested Mon- day by Johnny Mach, coach of the Williston high school team. Joining the general protest against the last 12-team tournament which already has been discarded by the state board of control, Mach ad- vanced two possible substitutes. He first favored placing the eight largest schools in Class A and others “irrespective of past records” in Class B, allowing any B team challenge any A quint in its half the state. Under his proposal the state woul beginning its first realja good line. And our line attempt to build a track team. Crosby |right now, look Red Wings, Olympics Bring Home International Hockey Championships Detroit, April 13.—(P)—Detroit’s championship family, comparable to the brood of the old woman in the shoe, moved over to make room for @ pair of newcomers frm the hockey rinks Monday. . Home from the last front, the De- troit Red Wings fondled the Stanley cup, symbol of the world’s hockey championship, while the “kid brother” sextet, the Olympics, toyed with the Teddy Oke '. The Olympics beat Windsor Bull- dogs 1-0, Sunday night, in the cli- max of International League play- offs, In the audience were the Red Wings, who had beaten Toronto for the Stanley cup Saturday night 3-2. The new trophies in a year-round succession of triumphs by motor city Tepresentatives added to a collection of titles possibly never equalled by another city. Detroit’s champions range from the Tigers on the ballfield, the Lions ov the professional football gridiron down to Jake Ankrom’s national ama- teur three-cushion billiards cham- - plonship. Buckeyes May Employ Aerial Attack in ’36 Columbus, Ohio, April 13.—(®)— Footballs, Coach Francis A. Schmidt of Ohio State hinted Monday, will fly around in his backfield like basket- balls next fall. ‘The tall Texan said that indications were he would have a light but nifty ball-handling backfield in there most of the time—a backfield capable of Sod almost anything with a foot- The four “sleight-of-hand” artists, milers; D,|Schmidt said, are Jim MeDonala, discus |Nick Waslik, “Jumping Joe” Williams William Henry and Harrison (Tippy) Dye. All but Williams are basketball second | players. Dye is the senior. “Our backs won't be very heavy,” and fast, which is plenty if we have Prospects, Pretty good.” McDonald weighs 192, Williams 162, Wasylik 150 and Dye 142. “A football coach can’t have the same style of attack year after year. You just take the material you have, find out what it can do, and then build up from there,” he said. Future of Land Use Plans Called Bright Lincoln, Neb., April 13.—(?)—Ad- dresses by Washington officials of the federal resettlement administration featured the closing session Friday night of a conference of ‘land plan- ning use employes of Nebraska, Kan- sas, South Dakota and North Dakota. E. H. Wiecking, national land use chief, told the workers the future of their endeavors “is, very bright,” adding that “agricultural leaders and leaders of all major po- Utical paritse realize the importance of land use planning as a sound basis of a long time program to help the farmers and the rest of the nation.” Ford Plant Full of Spies, Senators Told Archimedes, famous _mathemati- cian of Sicily was so elated at solving one great problem that he ‘sprang from his bath and ran into the:stret, shouting, “Eureka!” (I have. found ith The scalefoot lizard, of Australia, The radio signal for a laugh is two dashes, dashes, two dots, two OUT OUR WAY By Williams Pat BYY 3055