Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1921, Page 5

NO GLOOM IN COWBOY CAMP DESPITE LOSS Wyoming is anything but disconr nged by the showing made in. their first conference game when the Cow boy basketball flye went down to de. feat before the Colorado College Tigers by & score of 31 to 21. Some signiti- cance Is pee a the fact that al- though the Tiger$ scored 18 points while the Cowboys were making 9 in the first half, the latter held the’ vis itors almost even in the second. “Lack ~ of practice" is the enly alibi heard from Laramie. STECHER MUST TAKE YEAR'S VACATION. Announcement from Omaha that Joe Stecher, former heavyweight wrestling champion, will not be able to go on the mat for a year as*the result. of a stroke of paralysis affecting his right arm and shoulder will be a @isappoint- ment to many fans. At the game tine it goes a long way toward offering an alibi for Stecher’s defeat in New York, since his physician declares that he. has been suffering from some time. The paralysis is the 1 Bult of a headiock . clamped © on -t) champion some time ago but did not Ix come noticeable until after the cha pion lost to Lewis by the latte of a similar hold. COLORADO CHA TO TAKE ON ZBY:! The result or the _match between Stan Zbyszko and ‘Toots Monat at Greeley on January immediately preceding the former's appearance. ir Casper on January 24, will be watelied with interest here as an indication of Taylor's chances with the Colorado champion when the two are eventually brot together. No doubt exists amonz local fans as to the result of such 1 Match but Greeley fans have adopted the “show-me” attitude in connection With their favorite. Monat, in addl- tion to a wrestling schedulg in which he has taken on several clever men of is class, has been training a large class of Agricultural college. matmen at Fort Collins, —_—_—_.—_____ LEGION TO TALK BOXING. CHEYENNE, Jan. 18.—The Chay- enne post of the American Legien to- night will hold a meeting’ to digenas the boxing bills now before the state legislature. ¢ TI PSPALSSISSLZLALLLALALLA A A Ah hed dh hed hdd dk ddd daddidi dd diddiid woman: N slight attack fer } PERSERVERIANGE PUTS ZBYSZKO IN GLASS BY HIMSELF GREAT WRESTLE BES The greatest singh success in an athle uality that spells is perseverance, That is the opinion or veteran train- ers and sporting writers who have beon watching the amazing performance of Stanislaus Zbyszko, who, by all tho standards formerly accepted as gospol in the sport world should by now bo through as an athlete, and yet’ today is considered the grestest wrestler in all the world, “Youth must be served’ once was the accepted theory, and old time train. ers used to believe that when any man no matter how great he may haye been in his early days, began to verge to- ward the age of 35 he was fit material for the be: His days were num- bered. Oc » was brok- en, but the exception was considered an athletic freak. zko never conceded the truth of Always one of the brain- in the ‘active sport world, ‘Stan" had a habit of forming his own nelusions, regardless of what profes- sional trainers had to say. He has ,-} Siven the athletic world a startling les. son in perseverance, Returning to America after a four: year period of comparative inactivity throughout the world war so far as ac tual’ wrestling was concerned, ‘Zbyszko was received with considerable skenti- cism \by the newspaper critics. When he landed in New York last February he was nearly 40 yeurs old and weigh ed 276 pounds. It was apparent to everybody ‘when he appeared in - rin togs that he was tragically overweight The fat was on his midriff in buge lay. ers, and the task of taking it off at STILL N PRIME WHILE OTHERS AE EXPONENT oF TH qu OTHE DOMNGROE his age looked to many of the critics | to’ be hopeless. : { “SUM a great wrestler, but wneqnat to the jot of taking off all that pork,’ was the general ‘verdict. “IN take it off," was. his’ reply. | Since that time Zbyszko has worked as few athletes of his day, or of any other time, hayr done. He and his manager, Jack Herman, laid out « pro gram of labor that fairly astounded ithe handlers of other and younger wrestlers, Years ago the big Pole wds known as a terrific worker," able toy stand extraordinary strains of travel | and wrestling that would have broken | down most-men, but today it was ho- | Heved he was too old to stand the pac», | | but perseverance put him over. | Today at the green old age of 40.) Zbyszko is down to pounds, ° ver his mar dules him, and by all capable Judges is considered to stand he: 1 shoulders above any other wrest} the worla. Pefséverance did it. would have had the the task as Zbyszko ata. of weight fortable gymnas competition on the mat, train jumps Few into the Ss have | been known to complain lustily against the disme xperience of ‘a short sex . Team managers know that a few nights on a sleeper that is too hot or too cold sometime will hurt the morale of the entire organization. Yet here is an athlete who would be nsidered an “old man COPE EL bb bE hd This is Thrift Week SAVE If You Are Ambitious Here are some of the things that await the thrifty man or A better job; a self-owned home; travel; ease of mind; the confidence of associates; ability to accept in- vestment opportunities; a better share generally, in the good things of life. f Start an account at this big National Bank today. You'll like our cordial service. Casper National Bank 31 Years of Service May We Serve You. BASKET BALL CASPER vsLANDER Tuesday, Jan. _Admission SOc 18th 8 P.M. SILO PISS SII IS SI IIIs TFS ST. NIP PPLAPLPALALLL LDS LANDER GAME WILL SETTLE OLD ‘GRUDGE’ Casper High School’s regular lins up will start the basketball. gam tonight against the fast aggregation from the Vocational High of Lan- dor. The game will be called at 8 o'clock sharp at the high school gymnasium and a record breaking crowd will attend. . The twe teams will settle an old grudge on this occasion in a sports:. manlike manner and the rivalry wiit keep the players on edge. The visitors arrived. on the after noon train today. Crop— —$—$—$—$—$—$— youngst of the ball field against every obstacle has ed what many men who could not he done complish. know — suid That is wh watching ZI heen 2 hav: great iy thos ail the athlete must possess, t of them all is persever —_-— Jewish tradition his son display. Telephone 714 ee LORAIN DEMONSTRATION GIES IS: PS Daily Cribune | CORN AVERAGES (== : PACE AVE ’ S20. AN AGRE | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Corn, king |9f crops, produced an average only of | $20.93 an acre to farmers based on De-; |cember 1 farm prices while hops pro | duced $486.10 an acre, according to averages for the country as a whol? issued by the Department of Agricul- ture, The value per acre of hops in 1919 was $874.75, while corn’s average value per acre was $38.49. With the exception of rye, cranberries, soy beans and sorghum ‘sirup the ave per acre last year shawed heavy 1 tions from 1919 because of the declinds in prices. | Wide variation Is shown in the value acre of the various crops, while the | for different states show a} ‘oad range for each crop. The aver- ag} farm value per acre of the import [ant farm crop> as estimated by the | Department of Agriculture for last yeac *|een yoars, has a new name. 72| wife he did not inform either of the 8¢| couple that he was still living. Whont Glhe learned of Proffitt’s death in Crip- |ple Creek, Zeisenhenne. was in Chicago 13 | and fminediately telegraphed Mrs. Prof- | tended coming here to vistt A few days later he was wel- 8 | comed in Cripple Creek, and 4 re-mar- | rlage followed, Zeisenhenne, now Prof: | fitt, says the reason he changed his {name was that his two sons had adop.- {ed the name of Proffitt. Broom. corn Barley Rye -. Oats Spring wheat . MARRIES WIFE MOND | seers oe aes oe HUSBAND DIES‘: CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Jan. 1.) William Zeisenhenne, Cripple Creek's noted Enoch Arden, who remarried his | former wife after an absence of eight William | Proffitt, the name of the man who mar. | ried Mrs. Zeisenhenne in the belief that he was dead, is his nome-de-plume. The Second husband of Mrs. Zoisenhenne | ( died in the influenza epidemic. | te Nearly twenty years ago while on! = & L. C. SMITH & BROS. his return to Cripple Creek, where he! New silent model eight — all lived with his wife and children, froin} makes rented and repaired CORONA Weighs six pounds and yet | Cra | and for 1919 follows: 1920 ~$486,10 1919, $87 Tobacco ~ Potatoes Silverton, a mining camp, Zeisenhenne was slugged and robbed. For twelve : ‘ |¥ears after he was a vietim of amne-| REBUILT MACHINES |sla and wandered over the country. He | Payments if Desired | recovered his memory eight years age |in.a Los: Angeles hospital. Upon his jreturn he settled in Denver and then | | friends learned his wife was married to Casper Typewriter Exchange Geo, J. Heiser, Prop. For retouching niture. Makes it like new. hot, water test..Put up in one-quarter, one-half pints or quarts. See window JJouds- Hardware 105 South Center Street Opposite Henning Hotel “Where the Best Costs Less” Sweet potat |Sorghum sirup - Soy be Rice _ (Peanuts — E | Hay . | Cotton | Buekw) a man of the name of Proffitt. Not wishing to mar the happiness of his 101 Wyatt Bld; Phone 856. OOO ccessories marred or scratched fur Will stand © Olliver Company : Weed Chains Bicycle Tires Denatured Alcohol Boyce Moto Meters Harris Oils & Greases Diamciid Tires Brodie Rubber Company “Your Accessory House” New Tribune Building Opposite Post Office OVEN HEAT REGULATOR Beginning Today, January 18th and continuing for several days. Mr. E. J. Seely of The Geo. M. Clark Co. will dem- onstrate the simplicity of the nig Lorain oven heat control of Clark Jewel Gas Ranges In our sa ‘Don’t fail to see a whole meal cooked in the Lorain oven and taste some of the delic- ious food as prepared by Mr. Seely. 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