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PAGE EIGHT NATIONAL BASKETBALL TOURN FY IN FULL SWING: LARAMIE MEETS ORIO FIVE IN GAME EARLY TODAY Eliminated by *f CHICAGO, April 4.—(By The Associated Press)—The west triumphed today over the east in the first contest of the second day of the national invitation inter- Nanticoke, Pa. scholastic basketball tournament at the Untversity of Chicago, Springville, champions of feated Northampton, 20. when Utah, de- Mass., 32 to CHICAGO, April 4.—Disappointment and joy were the imixed feelings apparent as the University of Chicago’s.na- ats second day | tamweight championship tional invitation interscholastc basketball tournament opened| While the afternoon games were decisive some of the’ hight contes gh ag t Ua Walla won Pa., another nm over Miles championship hopes of th {Pu Pont high, Louisville, Ky mers this season the Lexingt Ky., Blue De last year's title Sholders were shattered by Osage Towa, high, 27 to 23, after the game Spas carried into an extra period. By “virtue of t win the Osage bas tketeers today stood out as one of the trongest competitors for the 1923 Sh Lorain, Ohio, regarded as another trong contender for the title, won “ais game from Aurora, Minn., 28 to “23. The team from Hagerman M., that learned the game on a dirt court, - put the ald of a coach was de- result Sikes as follows: “Walla Walla, - 29. of yesterday's games Wa: 36; Glovers. Pa., 82; Miles City, Charleston, 8. C., 43; Dallas, Texas, New Trier, Chicago, 33; SForr, Nashville, Tenn., 23. wweMesa, Ariz. 88; Lanier high, Macon, Wlorain, Ohio, 28; Aurora, Minn., 24 pWindsor, Colo., 29; Norfolk, Va., 26. Hiyde Park, Chicago, 41; Hagerman, ~ M., 21 Fitchburg, Mass, 27; ~Wash., *< Osage high, Iowa, 27; Du Pont high, Hume Eatonville, 4 games, beginning ock this morning and ending Jock tonight include: ‘Northampton, Mass., vs. Spring Fille, Utah. + Bellevue, Ohio., va. Laramie, Wyo. { Toledo, Ohio, vs. El Paso, Texas. “+ Kansas City, Kans, vs. Fargo, =. D. Weston, Idahi were fought with teams neck and neck until ‘Windsor, Colo., Quintet Noses Out Victory Over JOE LYNCH Norfolk, Va., Five but Miles City Cagers Are CHALLENGED VANCOUVER, B. C. April 4——Jack Allen, manager of Vic Foley of this city, claimant of the Canadian’ ban today an- nounced that he had sent a challenge to Joe Lynch, world title holder. Allen suggested’ that a match between Foley and Lynch take place in Shelby Mont., this summer, !f arrangements for a fight between Tommy Gibbons and Jack, Dempsey are effected. SR ee a A quart a day will keep the doc tor away. Drink Hill Crest water and enjoy life. Phone 1151. —— “Meet me at the Smokehouse. Sox. Fort Worth gave his opinions of both his own, he confessed, will up at the top, fighting. the Giants to win envcrer Puig the Kid. “ ‘They aro far and « NEW YORK GIANTS LOOK LIKE EASY PENNANT WINNERS TO KID GLEASON OF WHITE SOX CLAN clubs, and finish well “Take it from me, it’s a cinch for pennant,” one of the e class of their league, e t ball clubs 1 ever saw. Of course, I have not seen either the Pirates or the Reds, who are suppos ed to furnish the fighting for the Glants this year, but i can’t imagine anybody stopping McGraw's club. t has ‘everything—pite’ Hing, speed hitting, confidence, daring—Oh, just everything. It might be wonderful to manage a bunch like that—always ying and always fighting. I lke the Giants at every position. The Giants looke a lot speedier to me than they did last year. They take long chances and they make most of them, that’s my kind of baseball, run out every opportunity to t “The confidence of having” he lim: world’s championships !s behind that New Trier, Chicago, vs. Mesa, Ariz. Lorain, Ohio, vs. Windsor, Colo. Hyde Park, Chicago, Asheville, N. C.] Iowa. vs. Osage, a Soe > *, ° 4, * i 2, cs a Kind of RY gat Boake se ehocte <8 316 W. Yellowstone MICHELIN CORDS “Eafe shoeteetecle-cte-ate-cte-cte-cte-ctecte cto cto cte-ste-ctoate-dip-ate-ctoctesteste of ENP Ae Soto oo eee eo So ONO P EPP OP ENG Cee aaa te Best in Any Weather R. M. MOSHER THE MICHELIN MAN Phone 309 Me Ge Ge Ge Be Me On a en De iM Me Mog ao sho sho ahe eho sho aio ioe oo Sooo oe He ele io Soo Co eee Ao Cio aio aoe ao ao oho 6 R oage o4 “ 0-44 RD 5 4, ‘. 4, O44 O RD a os Me - o4 o ‘- oe, M OF 2°, Xa? o - 0 o , ‘- os e, oO a> RD '? os Poa% sac sa5 Laat rents o, o% - ° Me ? 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NEW YOR Tom Gibbons, 8t Paul light heavyweight, will be per. ack Dempsey for title if he first de- feats’ Jack Renault, Canadian, the New York bexing commission ruled. —Ed “Strangler” Lewis, ight wrestling champion won the third fall and his match with Renato Gardini, Italian heavyweight champion here after three minutes and 20 seconds of wrestling. Gardini won the first fall and Lewis the second. CHICAGO.—Champion John Layton defeated Augie Klechhefer in the third block of their three cushion billlard match. ‘The game went 65 nnings. Layton is now leading by a score of 180 to 138. BUTTE, Mont—George Sollis of Salt Lake knocked out Sammy Gor- don of Portland, Ore., in the last round of their twelye round bout as the main event on the American Le- gion's boxing card here. Sollis weighed 128 and Gordon 129. es oka Dag “Meet mo at the Smokehouse.” ee ‘Sport Calendar | ei A a A Racing. Meeting of Southern Agricultural association, at Bowie. Bench Show. Annual show of Twin City Kennel club, at Minneapolis, Golf. United North and South amateur championship tournament, at Pine: hurst. ‘Track. University of Kansas relays, at Lawrence, Basketball. National interscholastic tourna- ment, at University of Chicago. Water Polo. National A. A. U. championship tournament, at Chicago. Bowling. Annual tournament of American Bowling Congress, at Miwaukee. ’ Polo, Southwestern States championship tournament, at San Antonio. Boxing. Joe Lynch vs. Midget Smith, 10 rounds, at Chicago. Frankie Genaro vs. Bud Taylor, 10 rounds, at Chicago. Frankie Jerome vs. Harry London, | 12 rounds, at New Yor “Meet mo at the Smokehouse.” For Cold on the Chest Musterole is easy to apply and it 2 Che Casper Dally Cridune i WHERS'S MX GoLF clubs AND THat Box OF GoLe BALLS YoU GAVE MS FOR CHRISTMAS P How to Start the Day Wronc. You BET Your sweet UFE VLL PLAY GOOLE WIT You ToDAY BILL GRGAT MORNING EH % Yes- ALL t HANE T Do 153 GET ON MY Ville Ya-too! Hot Doc! {T'S GREAT To BE ALIVE Ve / TELL THe WoRLO (73 AND ALL { Viaaitig HELLO BILL ~This «(S Dave- SAY LisTen- 4 Just Got A PHONE MESSAGE ERIM THE OFFICE SAYING THERE WAS AM IMPORTANT MEETING ON AND 1 SHOULD BE TucRre 7 AWFUL SORRY G'RY OH {RENE} WHeRe's MY GoLF SOCKS AND KNICKERS 'N CAP "N BVERTHING - ('m GOING TO PLAY GoLE AND SO THe DAY WAS UTTERLY RUINED! “ft Vm SURE | DON'T KNow WHAT Ve DONE To Deserve SUCH TREATMENT FROM You! { NEVER HAD ANYBODY TALK Ling THAT TD ME IN ALL mY LiFe MR. Davis WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1923. First in News PACIFIC COAST RAGE 5 OPENED Great Crowdss Mark Opening of Baseball Season in the West. SAN FRANCISCO, Pacific Coast Baseball its 1923 season Tuesday with all eight teams in action in California cities, Blaborate opening ceremonies were held in the ball parks and a large attendance was reported. Thirteen thousand fans were reported to have seen Governcr Richardson of Califor: nia throw the first ball at Sacra- mento, where the home team won from the Portland team by a score of 3 to 1. San Francisco lost to its vistors, the Vernon Tigers, 4 to 2, and Oak: land playing at Los Angeles, ‘won by a 4 to 1 score. At Fresno, where the Salt Lake team opened the season as the home team temporarily, Seattle won, 4 to 0. The weather was reasonably {fea! for baseball in all cities where games were played. —____—___ BALL SCORES At St. Petersburgh, Fla. R. H. E. Cleveland (A). 1218 3 Boston (A)... =itda rs Batteries:—Uhle, Metevier, Morton, Smith and Myatt, Oeschger, Watson April 4.—The league began Braxton, McNamraa and O'Neill. At Augusta, Ga: RH E. D&trott (A)-—-—-. owes 956 \sS, Toronto (1). Seweee A od Batteries—Holloway and Bassler; Reese, Glazner and Hill At Charleston, 8. C. Philadelphia (N). Carleston, (S. A)- — 0.6 5 Batteries— Hubbell and Fienline; Wilson, Miller, Shader, Kaplan and Smith, Gifford. $10 1 At Little Rock, Ark. Boston (A)-—--—..——. .-- — Little Rock (8. A). 7944 | Batteries—Ehmke, Fullerton and | Picinch; Marberry, McCa.!, Roberts, Adoook and Smith ‘Indians Wind Up Training lh HE 7142 | CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 4—The | Cleveland Indians finish their spring baseball training in Florida today | with a game with the Lakeland club of the Florida State league. Of 13 games played in that state with \ National league clubs, the Indians { won nine. sen et Rl, “Meet me at the Smokehouse.” nesesieia, Brvebet does not blister like the old-fashioned | BABE RUTH IN mustard plaster. Musterole is aclean; white ointment; made with oil of mustard. Simply mas- | sage it in gently with the finger tips. | You will bedelightedtosechowquickly | it brings relief, H Get Musterole at your drug store. 35% 65c, jars & tubes; hospital size, $3. | BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER NOT BLy Pe ae STER J BAT SLUMP AS YANKEES MOWE getting down to weight and his earn- estness in discipline he has failed to produce hits long or short. Experts who have studied the Babe and his baseball for years believe that difficulty may be due to over® anxiety to his revised estimate of his h’s NEW YORK, April 4,—Correspon- dents travelling northward from New Orleans with the New York Yankees | reported today that Rabe Ruth was| tn the throes of one of worst batiing slumps and that it had the Bambino | perceptit ° In 8 el , tra'n ge thin year al effort in his team and to himself. fidence in himself. “That ad’s right, sure as shootin?!” duty to the public, to his owners, to The experts are trying to establish in their own minds whether the Babe has lost con. ees “Meet me at the Smokehonse.” Hill Crest water. Intrinsic est. Harned Brothers. Phone N No typhold fever, no stomach ail-| p, ments, no poor health if you drink cost nbounding health. Phone 1151. Our furniture prices are the low- | Short 24) Of All Events AILEY HOLDING ~~ TOURNEY LEAD Bill. Flannery Climbs Into Second Place in Legion Pool Play. Considerable shakeups have taken place in the standing of the players in the American Legion pool tourna- ment being conducted on the tables in the clubrooms during the last two day's play. Frank Riley still holds the top of the lst with nine games won out of 10 played with Bill Fjan- nery in second place with six games won out of eight played. John Kief and Pearce Hendricks have replaced Tom Haymond ahd Speed Pratley in the tournament be- cause of the latter two men being unable to be present for the games. The tournament will contiue until every man has played every other man once and it is planned to have the schedule completed by Sunday evening The standing of the players is as follows Player Won Lost Pet. Frank Riley 9 1 900 Bill Flannery 6-2 | i950 Jay Babcock 7 3 700 Harold Finhola 9) 4 & 608 M'ke Grant 5 8626 John Kiel 8 5 618 B. D. Struck 6 4 600 Tom Wicklund 10 7 580 Joe Thomas 12 9 Geo .Schwerdtfeger 11 8 Al Piggott yee Cc, H. Retmerth 8 8 -500 George Carhart 8 & E. R. 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