Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 13, 1923, Page 5

STANDARD NO. 1 AND EXPRESS WINNERS IN BASKETBALL GAMES: Refinery Fives Are Only Teams with Percentage of 1.000 as Result of Last Night’s Games; Back- logs Unable to Stop Standard Aggregation. At the conclusion of the double-header in the Casper bas- ketball league last night at the Baptist church gymnasium, the two Standard Oil company teams were left at the top of the league, the only teams who have not suffered a defeat. The Backlogs, hitherto un: night for the Standard Oil company team from Plant No. 1 The refiners had the weight, the speed and the passwork and in the last ha‘f swamped the Boy Scout rep- resentatives. Captain Lano, Wilson and Houston alternated in firing in baskets for the winners while Rob- ertson and Ward counted most for the losers. The American Express quintet de-! feated the Elks aggregation in a fast, rough game that kept the spectators on ege every minute. Both teams were off on shooting and slightly bet- ter condition won for the Express ageregation. Mclain and F. Belcher led in. scoring for the winners with Clowry starring for the Elks. The Uneups and scores: Standard Of Plant 1—62. Player F.G. F.T. T.P. Houston, rf. -.. 6 0 1e A. B. Wilson, If. —. 10 ¥* cae Lano, c. 7 oO 14) SPORT BRIEFS OMAHA, Neb.—Billy Miske of St. Paul won a technical knockout over Harry Foley of Hot Springs. PINEHURST. N. C.—John B. Rumbaugh of Asheville, N. C., won the mid-winter trapshvoting handicap trophy. DULUTH, Minn.—Cleveland de- feated Duluth 4 to 3 in a hockey match and went into a tle for first place with St. Paul and Duluth in the United States Amateur Heckoy association. DAVENPORT, Iowa—Fily Wells of England, defeated Bud Logan of Omaha in 2 10-round boxing bout. PHILADELPHIA — Manager Ar- thur Fletcher of the Philadelphia Na- tional lcagne basebell clu» announced he wou'd appoint Goldie Rapp cap- tain for the coming season. defeated, were no match last Mather, re. | Kirk, 1 | Harry, ©. ° Dowls © sense 2 62) Backlogs—t7, | | Player FG. FT. TP.} Robertson, rf 3 960 6| D. Wilson, If. 0 1 1} 2 5 ° 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Totals et I eee 8. Player FG. F.T. TP. MoLain, rf... 3 0 6! P. Belcher, If. -.. -0 1 1 Sandercock, o. a 3 9| | F. Belcher, rg. —--._ 5 St 29 Osborne. Ig. --...... 0 ° 0 | Byran, if. -... - 0 ° ° Totals. 2 ain 1 6 28 { Player .G. FT. TP. Nolan, rf. . 1 ° 2 McGrath, If. 10 2 Clowry, c. 4 6 14) Reimerth, 2 0 4) Ladd, Ig. o 0 0) Littlefield, rf. ... 0 9 oi FO Pipa Ani ee FAROE eae | Referee—Bill Rehr. | | Scorer and timer—Glen Dines. Bath esis. Sse dis WATCH CARPENTIER AND JOE BECKETT AGAIN. | _ PARIS, Jan. 13.—A match between |Georges Carpentier, former French |heavyweight champion, and Joe Beck-| lett, the British champion, was an-| |nounced today as tentatively settled | to take piace in the Olympia, London, on May 14. —_-———__ | NEW YORK, Jan. 18—Johnny Murphy, of Portland, Ore, former Notre Dame athletic star, will travel | more than 6,000 miles this winter to attend indoor meets,.in an effort to regain possession of the world's in. door running high jump record. sere serait SAS BASES EEL ZZZP PAGE FIVE. Of All Events NN Ny ; AN [CICLES ~ Copyrighs. 1923, 6 FLOVD JOHNSON SHOWS CLASS IN | BEATING BRENNAN AT NEW YORK Twenty-one Year Old Iowa Heavyweight May Be Formidable Foe for Jack Dempsey; Luis Firpo Likely to Be His Next Opponent in Ring. NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—Floyd Johnson, 21-year-old Iowa| \heavyweight, loomed today as a dangerous contender for Jack Dempsey’s crown as a result of his decisive victory last| manufacturers and workers of Cin- night over Bill Brennan of Chicago in a 15-round contest at} “"7#t! have arrived at 1 compromise Madison Square Garden. Fighting a crafty rugged ring veteran, Johnson showed! soven months. that he has all the equipment of a | first class title ‘eontender, He dis- | played amazing foot work and boxing | ability besides demonstrating that he has a real punch and the ability to take punishment. Johnson maintained a furious pace from start to finish and while he often swung wildly in his. eagerness |to keep Brennan constantly on the SIKI DISQUALIFICATION defensive, the Chicagoan was forced to hang on in several rounds to save himself from taking a count, Johnson's next opponent {t is un- | derstood wil! be Luls Firpo, South | American heavyweight whd {ia ex- | pected to return to this country in the | near future, PARIS, Jan. tion of Battling Siki and tho by the International boxing union t invalidate also the other titles Carpentier. These were a ee After long negotlation,- the shoe pion of the world. agreement, thus bringing to an end An Industrial Confitct that had lasted see cto ho- to <to-ata-ste at 5-48-60 400-60 4% so-so ho sho sho so so-so se se a> 44 Coste sto-ate-ste-stoat 4 - PIV OCIS lectostos s, “8 pair to sie aie Roateateare snares 2" o-oo cho-ate se’ foal Maat ‘e 420-080-050 026-08 486-050 056 056-00 ate 0 —_ HELD TD INVALIDATE ALL OTHER TITLES HE HELD 18.—The disqualifica- er, Express drawal of his title of middleweight! ji. . champion 6f France was heid today| rece Olt Senegalese boxer won from Georges| weight and heavyweight champion of Europe, and light heavyweight cham. Team. G. Pet. Standard No. 8-4 4 0 Standard No. 1.4 4 0 Backlogs $2872 Biks ~ Spe ee Baptist ay Sars tte with-| Ame Sy Wee sar | Methodists MASS TCS ae ON I | Kiwanis -- - (See Ue | the | Presbyterians ee ie JAmer. Legion 3 0 2 £000 middle-| Onto Ol - Hh 100 14 .000 fides me SAR Jewelry and watch repairing by ex- pert workman; all work guaranteed. Casper Jewelry Manufacturing Co., ;O-S Building, 1--tt Massachusetts produces nearly 50 oer cont of all the linen manufactured tion. the best teams in its history. | year is three games won out of four | played. | Last night at Glenrock, Sunrise} dropped a game by 38 to] 16 but as Glenrock has one of the| fastest teams in the state, the Miners | did not lose any prestige by the de. |} feat. The game tonight should fur. nish a real test for Casper and in a measure show whether or not the team will be a factor in the state| championships to be held at the Uni versity of Wyoming in March. Coach Neff will use the same lineup which started against Riverton and the men have been working strenu- ously the Iast few days to overcome the weaknesses which cropped out in the opening game a score of Poor shooting | seems to be the greatest handicap| under which the local quintet is| working. | The game will be called promptly | |at 8 o'clock and Jack Hellman will| referee Rhee STANDING OF CITY LEAGUE ‘SUNRISE OPPOSES LOCAL TEAM IN HIGH SCHOOL GAME TONIGHT | Visitors Have Strong Aggregation and Promise to Give Casper Quintet Hard Fight; Same Lineup as Started Against Riverton. Sunrise high school’s basketball team will furnish the op- position for the Casper high school team this evening in the second game of the season and it promises to be real opposi- The Platte county school has featured basketball as its leading sport for several years and this season has one of The record of the team this /RED BATTERY MEN TO LEAVE A WEEK EARLY CINCANNATI, Jan. 13.—The bat tery men of the Cincinnati National league beseball club will spend a week at Dawson Springs, Ky., getting into condition prior to the departure of the rest of the players for Orlando, Fla., on thetr southern training trip, Manager Pat Moran announced to- ay he catchers and pitchers will leave here March 8 for the resort and re- turn to Lexington in time to make connections with the Red's special passes through the Kentucky city on the tenth, en route to the southern camp. ea onenns ea CHICAGO, Jan. 13—A. L. Langtry, secretary of the American Bowling congress sald today that at least 1,- 6,0 five men teams and some 10,000 individuals probably would compete in the annual tournament, which is to be held in Milwaukee, starting March 10, and ending April & The prize list will probably go above the $75,000 mark, he said. An English bank-note has a very short life. In. fact, it averages only about two months. As soon as the Bank of England recieves a note baci from the public, it {s not circulated again. It is automatically cancelled torn off. Some 350,000 notes are thus cancelled every week. 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