Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1921, Page 4

fa ee ne SPORTS--LOCAL, BASEBALL POPULARITY 15 GROWING SOME FANS MAY HAVE TO SIND (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Bas eball throughout the Rounieg | during the 1921 season promises to show continued growth! in popularity, which has been a consistent feature of the national game since the close of the world war. new attendance records were leagues and unofficially has the me enjoyed such a pros-) perous se generally. Off season indications are that the records of 20 will be surpassed next summer. | This leads to the question: “Where will the club owners put the fans who desire to see the games if base. ball continues to grow in popular fa. vor | There are somo sizeable baseball} parks in the the largest of | which is E t Boston with} a seating capacity of 47,800. Most of| the parks are ficiently large to| accommodate the crowds that ordin-| arily attend the games, but in every} baseball city there are oc ions dur- ing the season, especially on holidays | and in the cases of important. series, | when the st of parks are inade- quate to accommodate those who de- sire to 7 through the turnstiles. arge ball numerous as are the throughout the coun- park: in cities represented by profes. teams, it will’ surprise a ma- jority of the fans to learn that the total seating capacity of all the parks nd minor leagues of im- e is less than one per cent of population of the ‘country, 108, as shown by the 1920 The se npacity of the in the major leagues and the principal minor leagues totals . ap- proximately 961,000, which with some minor whose statistics are not available, probably. would bring the total seating capacity of all league parks in the country up to a round million. The apparent congestion of seating capacity is more acute in the two major leagues than it is in the mi- nors. The cities represented in the National league have™” total popula- tion of 12,655,308 and the baseball parks in those cities have a total ing capacity of about 199,000. This means that there aré seats in all National league parks for only 1.6 per cent of the population and it would mean that if all the people of those cities took the notion to attend the games on some holiday about 60 Persons would be scrambling for pos- session of each seat. As regards the proportion of seats to population the situation in the American league is virtually _ the same as in the senior major leatua. The cities in the circuit headed by Ban Johnson boast of # total popula- tion cr 13,594,014 persons, while the clubs in the American leagde haye provided seats for close to 215,000. Here the percentage of accominoda- tions for the population is about 1.6 the same as in the National league, but reduced to actual figures means one seat for each 63 persons. Conditions are a trifle better in the three Class AA leagues, the s capacity of which is between and four per cent of the population. The American Association with a population of 2,423,000 in its eight cities can seat 94,500; the new Inter- national league with a total popula- tion of 2,879,000 has seats for 70,400 Coast league with 2,- population has provided 8. club and the Pacific 100,000 with a particularly at tractive star, such as Babe Ruth was to the New York Yankees lust sea- gon, finds it difficult many times during the season to take care of those who are anxious to contribute to the financial success of the club. There were several Saturdays and Sundays last season when the . kees were playing on the grounds and when it was necessary to close the gates long before the game started, thus turning away thousands of disappointed fans. The problem of seating capacity is one that is likely to remain with the club owners for all time. In most of the parks that are now established it fs quite impossible to increase the seating capacity because ,of the lack of space and with the steady growth of American club owners find it impoasible elect sites for new parks within distance that fans are willing to > witness games, Stanis aus = Zbyszko of Poland ‘Se feated Ad Santel of San Francisco in a wrestling ch here last Friday night. Santel was thrown in one hour and fifty seconds with a reverse head and crotch hold. At the end of the hour and a half time limit Santel was on the defensive. Zbyszko weighed 240 and Santel 185 pounds. it was said that never in its history Last season made in the major and minor Basketball Collegiate and interscholastic bas- etball games of the last week in tho Rocky mor-tain region and Wyo- ming incluued the following r2sults: Denver Universit 17, Colorado Ag- gies 27, Colorado University 30, Colorade School of Mines 28. Wyoming University 19° Z#nver | University 10. High Schoo! Games. Basin Junior High a, Worland Ju; nior High 17. Riverton High 11, St. Stephens Ind-+ jans 23, Riverton High 5, Lander Second High 25. Worland High 19, Greybull High 14, Kemmerer High 28, Green River High 5. Cheyenne High 26, trial High 14. Greeley Indus- Laramie High 23, Laramie Preps 1.| Dempsey, Cody Legion 21, Powell Legion 44. Cowley High 47, Powell High 9. Kemmerer High 17, Evanston High Kemmerer High 23, Rock Springs High 43. Manville High 24, Douglas High 17. g. Wheatland High/19, Douglas Hixh —_——. YANKEE TO BUILD B16 S TATE, NATIONAL] Britton Meets Lewis Tonight for 15 Rounds (By Associated Press.) NEW 4 AES Feb. 7.—Jack Brit- welterw: boxing eight pres aspeiged will defend his title in a in Madi- be their nineteenth encounter. — of their previous meetings bee among th greatest battles ia the history of the ring. Britton lost the title in a twenty- round decision bout with Lewis in 1917, but regained it in 1919 by knocking out the sturdy English- man in the ninth round of a bril- liantly fought contest. Under articles drawn for the match, both men were called to weigh in at 2 o'clock this afternoon. They appeared trained afd under the stipulated weight of 147 pounds. A veteran of the ring, the title- holder is eleven years the senior of the challenger, who is 24 years old. Lewis’ reach measures 7234 inches and Britton’s is 70 inches. JACK FOGARTY COUNTED OUT FOR LAST TIME) PHILADELPHIA, 1 Feb. 7.~The| death of John J. (Jack) Fogarty, well- known a generation ago as a middle-| weight pugilist, was announced today. In February, 1886, he fought Jack the ‘“nonpareil,” in New York for the championship, a bet of $2,500 a side and a purse of $1,000, and lost after twenty-seven rounds. LEGION QUINTET LOSES TO WHEATLAND FIVE IN GAME SATURDAY NIGHT The American Legion quintet was overwhelmed by the Wheatland bas- Ketball team 46 to 24 in a game at the high school gymnasium Saturday night. Casper's showing in the sec- ond half was good, the locals com- ing back to annex 18 points while the visitors were gathering 22. The first half had ended 24 to 6, J. L. Nash is coaching the Legion five, which has played comparate‘e- ly few games to date. —_—_—e LFONAD ALONE IN Hilo. CLASS Will Probably Hold Lightweight Title for Many. Moons,: Critic Declares ' By HENRY L. FARRELL United Press Staff Correspondent) NEW “ORK, Feb. 7—Many @ moon will roll around before Benny Leon- ard is forced to vacate the light- weight throne room. , In fact, New Yorkers believe that through lack of good foes to conquer, Benny will be forced eventually to mingle with welterweights or join Jack McAuliffe as a retired undefeat- ed champion. When the champion recently dis- posed of Richie Mitchell, the classy Milwaukee contender, he swept aside the last and only Sean contend- iMany Amateurs in Billiard Tourney CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 7.—Seven of the best amateur billiard.players of the country are in the national ama- teur 18.2 balkline championship tour- nament, which opened here today, and wu continue through February 14, | Sunday being an off day. Among the entrants is Percy N. Col- lins of Chicago, the present title- holder, Twenty-one games of 300 peints each will be played. Two | matches wili be held each afternoon jand one at night. RECORD SE T FOR TRAPS HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 7—Ten ama- |teurs shooting at 600 targets iu three days in the Sunny South trap shoot- ing tournament probably set a_res- ord, it was announced today. Their averages ranged from .9% to .983 COMMERCIALIZED SPORTS TO BE PLACED UNDER TAX IN NEW YORK, IS REPORT STADIUM THIS SEASON) 22,20. r coe om iy? nersarig sports in New York will NEW YORK, Feb, 7.—The New York American baseball club has com- pleted plans for the building of a $2, 000,000 stadium on the north bank of the Harlem river in the northern part of the city, Col. 'T. L. Huston, part owner of ‘the club, has an- nounced. to pay a handsome toll to- RrbRTneichinenatoalateatsly gov- ernment by the new administration, according to the belief in politica! | circles here. Governor Miller has announced the intention of calling sport writers of the state together for a conference | on the advisability of putting all pro- The site for the new home | fessional sports in the state under one of the Yankees will be in Hast /16Ist| head and levying a substantial per- street. Plans for the new stadium call for a design similar to the Yale bowl at New Haven, and it will provide a seating capacity of 75,000, it to have it completed in time for dedication at the opening of the 1922 session. Claude Hendrix Given Release, Martin Signe (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Feb. 7.—Claude Hen- drix, spitball pitcher of the Chicago Nationals, today was given his un- conditional release, William Veetk, president of the club, announced. He gave no reason for the action, but said rumors last summer in con- nection with the baseball had nothing to do with it. The signed contract of “Speed” Martin, pitcher, was received this morning. Havana to Enter Relay Carnival PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7.—In addi- tion to French and Canadian teams at the University of Pennsylvania relay carnival here April 29 and 30, the University of Havana, Cuba, also may send a team. George W. Orton, manager of the carnival, also announced today that two new interscholastic relay races ‘have been added to the program. They are a two-mile event, each boy to run a half mile, and a Class B preparatory and high school one-mile race. NOTICE The Bon Ton Cafe Open Night and Day. centage of the receipts to help pay the expenses of government. From other circles it is learned that while the boxing law will not be fun- is hoped | damentally changed, amendments will be adopted to change its governing body, reduce the commercial feature of the sport and increase the state taxes from 5 to 15 per cent. One of the assemblymen recently announced that he would introduce a bill making $5 the top price of a box- ing show. Canon Chase, Brooklyn clergyman, who led the fight against the pass- age of the Walker bill at the last session of the legislature, also served notice on the governér that he would renew his efforts at this session with @ campaign to repeal the boxing bill and the Sunday baseball bill. The .three metropolitan major league baseball teams made close to a million and a half dollars last sea- preg nob ets ie ear DUPLEX GARAGE Railroad and Walnut, wes: of Northwestern roundhouse. First class auto repairing. Reasonable rates. All Work Guaranteed Phone 618-3 son without having to pay the tax that is assessed on boxing. The coming pi ot promises re- jturns of equal proportion andas Gov- |ernor Miller's hobby seems to be con- servation of publie money and in- rrease of the treasury funds it seems very logical that baseball will be forced to help carry the taxpayer's burdens. 5 If ,admission prices for boxing are limited to a $5 top price and a 15 or 20 per cent tax is levied on the | receipts in addition to the 10 per cent federal tax, boxing will be coted out just as much if the Waiker bill would bé repealed.+ Bouts could not be staged under those conditions. Racing is also due to come in as a greater contributor to thé state cof. fers, it is understood. $50 CORONA $50 — is Tas L,. C. SMITH & BROS. New silent model eight — all makes rented and repaired REBUILT MACHINES Payments if Desired Casper Typewriter Exchange Geo. J. Heiser, Prop. 101 Wyatt Bldg. Phone 856, OUR NEW HOME You May Give Chop Suey and Noodles a Specialty Mail Us Your KODAK FINISHING Quick Service THE PICTURE SHOP IS IT YOUR MOVE? 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The best way to invest your savings is to deposit them with the Casper Na- tional Bank in a Savings Account. $1.00 or. more is enough to start, and you will receive every courtesy and and attention no matter the size of the account. “31 Years of Service— May We Serve You?” er in the class. Mitchell is far superior ‘to witie Jackson and Lew: Tendler, the ‘‘vo- cal champions” and he is more cour- ageous, inasmuch a: meet Leonard for a one-half of what the “most logicat contenders” wanted. Mitchell ts good enough to be within a hair’s breath of the championship. In any other day but Leonard's he would be king of the class. So, in knocking out Mitchell, Leon- ard proved his greatness. A veteran of nine years’ experience at 25 years of age, Leonard ‘in the opinion of many old timers is peer of Joe Gang, considered greatest of all lightweights. A great boxer, a smart and crafty general and a hard hitter, the cham- pion possesses all the “class” befit- ting his rank. He showed that a wise head rests on his shoulcers in the Mitchell bout when after having knocked the Mil- waukee boy down three times he was the the MONDAY, FEB. 8, 1927 Sport Notes Leonard Is Matched. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Benny Leon- ard, lightweight champion, has been matched to meet the winner of the Britton-Lewis fight by Tex Rickard, it was announced, here today. Billy Gibson, manager of the lightweight king, has agreed to a meeting in Madi- son Square Garden in March. Stecher Improving. FREMONT, Neb., Feb. 7.—Joe Stecher, former heavyweight wres- tling champion, who was in Fremont yesterday with a basketball team he recruited at his home town of Dodge, said his health is imroving and he hopes to resume wrestling soon, He said he was training some each day, although still taking | treatment for neuritis. Track Men Report. GOLDEN, Colo., Feb. 1.—Coach Glaze has issued an order calling for the track team candidates to report for training today. Meets already are arranged with Colorado college, Uni- versity of Colorado and the Colorado College of Agriculture. Last Thursday the candidates elect- ed Valdez captain and McKinless man- ager. LARAMIE, Wyo., Feb. 7.—Mondt and Mongonoff will meetin a finish match in Laramie early in March, according to an announcement by J. F. Lynch, promoter. Honor now stand even between the two, each having lost a match to the other. felled for a full count by a wild swing of the desperate boy. The champion’s pride was hurt, he was amazed at finding himself on the floor for the first time since he won the title. A less crafty boxer would have jumped to his feet with a forced smile to show that it was dn acci- dent or something. Freddy Wel Copyright 1921, Liggett & Myere Tobaceo Ge. oat bi : Wit Spurs are rolled and crimped by A leaf blen Good old tobacco taste. Spicy aroma. S| That’s what the 4lea! blend Burley heart-leaf used for rich "; Macedonian for spicy, aromatic smack; Golde! Virginia leaf that almost tastes of sun- shine; and good old Maryland for cool-burning. Good? You bet it is. did that in his fight with Leonard nied that it was a fluke fall. went down before an wallop and it taught me somethin: he said. “It never does to ret think- ing that you're too good. Misjudg- ment of Mitchell's ability might have cost me the title. Confidence is all right but too much . confidence is dangerous. I'll never be caught the same way again.” DEMPSEY LEAVES COAST. (By Associated Press.) LOS ANGELDS, Cal., Feb, 7.—Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion, planned to leave today for New York, stopping on the way to visit his moth- er at Salt Lake City. Dempsey re- iterated his appreciation of having been made an honorary member of the Disabled Veterans of the World War yesterday when he boxed exhi- bition bouts at a benefit here for that organization. gsr eR EST CL THE HOME LUNCH CAFE Now Under New Management Special service given Merchants’ Lunch. 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