Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1923, Page 11

WO SETS OF RELAY GAMES WILL BE HELD THIS WEEK PENN AND DRAKE FIELD CARNIVALS YEAR'S CLASSICS Universities and Colleges Enter Best Performers. BY WALTER ECKERSALL. Interest in intercollegiate athletics this week will center around the prep- aration of athletes and teams for two sets of relay games, each of which is looked upon as the classic of its respective section. Performers who win In the individual events are gen- erally considered cortain victors in the various sectional intercollegiate track and field meets to be held the latter part of nex: month and early in June. In the east the University of Penn- syivania relay carnival, oldest and most respected set of games of its kind in the country, bids fair to out- strip former events from the stand- points of quality and quantity. Al- though the middle west will not be reprenented as solidly as in former years, the caliber of competition is such as to warrent a wonderful set of games. Oxford in Carnival. Presence of Oxford in the carnival gives the event an international tinge which will co « long way toward at- tracting favorable comment from all sections of the country. Each suc- ceeding year Penn officials add special features, with tho result the games are sure to grew in popular favor. Michigan will be among some of the middle west institutions represent- ed in the special events. Dehart Hub- bard, the Wolverine all around star, will take part in three events. He will compete in the running broad jump, 120 yard high hurdles, and/run- ning hop, step ani jump. Steve Far- rell, able coach of Michigan teams, is authority for the statement ‘that Hub- bard will establish a new world’s rec- ord in the running broad jump before the termiaation of his college career. according to Farrell, the colored ath lete han the epeed, spring, and kick, necessary requirements to a ro>urd breaking performance. Brooker in Pole Vault. In addition to Hubbard, Michigan will be represented by Brooker in the pole vault. This athlete is one of the most conaistent vaulters developed in western conference universities in years. Hoe is sure to clear the bar close to 12 feet and may £0 higher. In his exhibitions tn the middle west this wtnter, Hubbard showed almost faultless form. He has a powerful run which carries him up in the air. He has an excellent pullup. This, com- bined with a perfect fling away and arch, make him a vaulter who will come dangerously close to shattering a number of records. ‘While the Penn games are in prog- ress athletes representing every uni- versity and college of athletic promt- nence in the middle west will be strug- giing for supremacy in the Drake relay carnival to be held in the natural sta- ¢ium in Des Moines, Ia. Like the “eastern event, the Drake games have attracted a larger and classier entry than ever before and records in a num- ber of events should go by the boards providing weather conditions are fa- vorable, Special 600 Yard Run. In addition to the standard lst of relay and individual events, there will pe a special 600 yard run which will bring together three former college stars. Deak Wolters of Ames, un- questionably one of the best quarter and half milers developed in the Mis- souri valley conference in years, will be one of the starters. The Ames filer startled the athletic world last June when he won the 440 and 880 yard runs in the western conference meet held at Iowa City. Phil Spink and Phillip Donohoe, for- mer University of Illinois athletes who learned to run under the tutelage of Harry Gill, will be the other contest- ‘ante. Spink andg Donohoe are now running under the colors of the Chi- fago Athletic association, and each has stepped the distance in. close to record time. Last year.K. L. Wilson, who has charge of the event, staged a match one mile race between Joie Ray of the Illinois A. C. and Ray Wat- gon, formerly of Kansas Aggies. The event atgracted no end of interest and resulted in Wilson staging the three- cornered race between Wolters, Spink and Donohoe. Towa Favorite in Relay. The relay races will bring together the best teams in the Missouri valley conference and Big Ten. Iowa, which has won the one mile event most con- sistently all winter, will rule favorite, elthough Illinois and Kansas must be given a chance. Ames will be hard to beat in the two mile, while the four mile is an open race, with Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Kansas Ag- gies represented by powerful quartet: In the dash Ayres of Illinois, be- cause of his consistent sprinting all winter, will go to the mark a fa- verite, Brookins of Iowa, Lloyd and Noble of Nebraska, and several others who showed to good advantage in- doora, are possibilities. Milton Angier of Ifitneta, holder of the national ree ord tn the favelin throw, should win his specialty, while Poor of Kansas and McFliven of Michigan should put up an interesting duel in the running ‘igh jump. Norton of Kansas and Van Orden of Michigan look the best fm the shotput, although either may be beaten by performers who did not show so well Indoors. In addition to events for collexe and university athletes, there will be re- lays for high schoola in the Hawk- eyo state, together with shuttle races for boys of grammar schools in Des Moines. AWARD LETTER AFTER DEATH. ©. W, Davenport, forward on the Wesleyan, Conn, basketball quintet who dicd after an epersiion for appendicitis last December, waa Awarded his ‘varsity letter posthumousiy by the Weatleyam athictic council ATHLETES WHO WILL PERFORM IN THE DRAKE AND PENN GAMES ROBERT A YRES, linois, WHEN YOU'RE FISHIN’ LITTLE BROOKS. HERE are all kinds of prefer- ences in this trout fishin’ game as some fellows like to fish the big streams, the rivers with long rif_es and large pools, while others have a preference for the chummy, companionable small streams, tough as they are sometimes. *. * As the trout season approaches many of us are thinking about somo of these little streams that wind their twisting course through woods and meadows. What fun it is to scrape up @n acquaintance with one of these meandering little brooks. The trout in them are in a class by themselves. Right now we are thinking of a clear, cold stream that comes tearing down from the snow banks in a section of southeastern Oregon. The great, gla- ciated gorge through which it flows is nothing less than a slice of paradise so beautiful it is with grassy green slopes topped by striking snow banks that feed the rushing trout streams. And one hundred feet from the banks of this brook was our cabin—one hundred feet from a mess of trout and a world of fun any time of the day we wanted to take a crack at this stream. * 8 e, But it takes patience to fish one of these brooks. Many a time I stretched out on the bank of this Oregon creeks with the sunlight, penetrating the thick foliage, revealing in some deep pool two or three handsome trout, in an effort to figure out how I could fish that pool and land a couple of beau- ties without smearing my tackle all over the underbrush. As the days went by I learned every rifle, every obstruction, every little pool in that delightful stream, and when you arrive at that stage in your fishing of little brooks you hate to tear yourself away, as this intimacy, this chumminess sure does get you. But there are times when these brooks get too “intimate,” gs, for instance, when you hook one of your favorite files on a branch right when you have your eye on a big one that has showed him- self in a pool. But who cares when you have other flies and there are other pools just below on that little stream. * * And one of the greatest attractions in this kind of trout fishin’ is the va- riety. After struggling in thick brush and worrying about dropping a fly in the right place in spite of all the difm- culties, you come to a spot where the brook flows through an open stretch, and then comes the sneaking act, and casting of your fly from a distance, as to show yourself at the edge of the stream means good-by trout. Yes, sir, this fishin’ of little brooks is the berries and one day of this fun when the Red Gods are smilin’ and the birds are singin’ and the trout are bitin’, listens like a million dollars. SWIMMING POOL ON OCEAN SHIP Included among the equipment of the Leviathan, the finest of American liners, is the Pompeian swimming pool haying an area of 780 square feet and varying in depth from 8% feet to about 6 fect. The bath can be supplied with 120 tons of sea water in 24 minutes. Turkish and electric baths can also be had aboard ship. Another Story Concerning One Minneapolis Manager One afternoon up at Minneapolis the Millers were playing rather poorly. About the second inning the bag at first base was cut and the sawdust started to pour out, leaving it a bit ump. Manager Joe Cantillon of the Mill ers was sitting on the’ bench. gloomily. ‘The opposition was piling up the runs, and his men couldn't seem to get going. Finally one of his boys said to him, “Boss, you'd better have that bag at first fixed. Somebody's luble to stun- ble over and break his lex “All right,” replied Cantillon. “Have it switched over to third, No danger then. You fellows wouldn't get that far.” MUNICIPAL GOLF IN NEW YORK. New York Municip ciation has 500 members. By fF tive cam: paign it is hoped to three in use al pres J. K. BROOKER, Michigan. FOR PL AYERS OF WHIST A.R.METCALFE R. BROOKINS. Towa. DE HART HUBBARD, Michigan. Towa. SAM HILL, inois, ONE TRICK MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN AUCTION BRIDGE. a dif. NE trick frequently make: ference of 700 or 800 poi auction bridge. Players b definite objective, the winning of a rubber, and nearly all games are won ina single deal. It is often harder to secure the game when having a score of twenty or more than it is with no score at all, The opponents will not allow you to play when you have score of 20 unless thelr hands are al- most worthless. Therefore making 20 or 24 in a deal usually does not ad- vance a pair the slightest bit toward the winning of a rubber, while one more trick in the deal might have se- cured the game. In the deal that fol- lows the declarer was assisted by the information given through 2 doub! one. THE HANDS. SJ. 6 2 H-AKI.9,0,3. C2. 5: D—7, 6. 3. so 7 6 First,round—Bast, trump; south, don- bio: West, 3 north, pass. Second round—East, pass Paes bat 46 ge iH 3 HB MJ H4 KA D4 uK 28 HO KS J AS us SS 5G 1 70 D 1 Ds D 1 DK D7 13 DQ KC HO West secured ten tricks. Nine tricks were in sight when the declarer started his play, but in order to secure gume it was necessary to make either the king of diamon: king of clubs in dummy. proposition was difficult with both a in the south hand. ‘The declarer, therefore, resorted to forcing discards and only refrained from leading his last trump because “it was impossible to make another discard from dummy. At trick 7 the declarer was satisfied that the south player had retained the same number of cards in each suit as had dummy. He, therefore, threw the lead to south with the queen of spades, refusing to trump the trick, also refus- ing to trump the ace of clubs led by south, and left south no alternative but to make his ace of diamonds or lose it. The deal was carefully planned and cleverly played. One of the rarest plays in the game ia the Des Chapelles coup. The great- est of all French players has seem- ingly been forgotten, but the play which he originated is of the first im- portance and at the same time one of the most difficult for the declarer to interpret correctly. A splendid ex- ample occurs in the deal which fol- lows. THE HANDS. S—10, 6. HK, 10, North. East, South. Vass Pass 3 spades nas Pas east. South, 25 48 Js 78 uo D3 HS Do D7 Do First Bt 88 1 HQ 1 KS 1 DK Qs West secured seven tricks only. At trick six north realized that the game could not be saved unless south could get in with his winning spades. The only chance to make a re-entry for south was in the heart suit, and north, therefore, sacrificed his fling with that end in view. West never doubted that north held the queen of hearts and did not da: refuse the king, lest North should switch to clubs and eventually make the queen of hearts as well as the king. At trick 11 west naturally played as he supposed through the queen of hearts in order to make the Jack good in the dummy before giving up com mand of the diamond suit, and in the last three tricks south reaped the bene- fits of his partner's astuteness, COACH HAUGHTON HOLDING NIGHT GRID SESSIONS Columbia university of New York City, having secured Percy D. Haugh- ton, the ex-Harvard star, as head coach, is going about the instruction of students in a businesslike manner. nts and Three Haughton has nine assis night classes have been start truction, including blackbo and photographic demons Potomac Club Arranging Special Sculling Race Potomac Boat club of Washington will promote the Southern association regatta June 6. As a special feature, the club Is trying to arrange a sculling race between Walter Hoover of Du luth, holder of the Diamond Sculls of England and the Philadelphia Gold Challenge cup; Paul Costello of Phila- delphia, natio' champion, and W, E Garrett Giime of the Quaker City, a contender for titles. The regatta will be held during the Shriners’ conven- tion. TWO SIX METER YACHTS BUILDING AT CITY ISLAND The tw r yachts building at Nevins’ yard at City Island to compete in the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht club trials for the international team match with the British will be launched on Saturda One of these yachts is for Commo- dore W. A. W. Stewart of the Sea- wanhaka-Corinthian Yacht club, and igns by Henry J. Gie- low, Inc. yacht is to be named Hawk. The other is for Henry M, Plant and is from designs by Fred M. Hoyt, and is to be named Ingomar. This ¥ the name of the schooner ned by the late Henry B, Plant that won so many races in Huropean waters, Dartmouth Not to Compete in Pennsylvania Carnival Dartmouth will not compete in the University Pennsylvania relay car+ nival April The reason is that the es will enguge the in a dual meet on EXPLAINS SECRET OF LONG DRIVING ecret of long driving has n discovered, and it is no longer a mystery, Then, again, long driving is not an iment for the fayored Any one can do it. ctor and a man of vered that the se- ving is merely a nation of oppos- ing muscles. ‘The perfect shot is obtained by ‘ suppressing those groups of muscles antagonistic to other groups that codrdinated are responsible for aiming the club at the ball There, what could be simpler than (hat? If you would be a longer driver, just suppress the evil muscles. The only catch in the explanation is the fal of the learned scientist to say just what the evil muscles He explains, however, that se evil muscles are those which behave badly when a conscious ef- fort has a devastating effect on the functioning of the other muscles, In other words, the long driver, during the few moments that he is swinging at the ball, must have a mind which is a complete blank. For it is the mind which brings the antagonistic muscle into play aif spoils the shot. The conclusion is that brains have no place in golf, especially in long driving, anyway. science has disc cret of long di tter of the BASEBALL RACE STARTS WITH 3 VETS ABSENT Three magnificent veterans were missing when the gong rang to start the 1923 paseball race in the major leagues, and three teams hobbled away from the wire, badly crippled. ‘The three whose absence vitally at- fected the strength of their teams were George Sisler, perhaps the greatest player of them all in point of the im- portance of his position; Jake Daub: the persistent old timer, who seems un- affected by moth or rust or age, and Charlie Hollocher, shortstop of the Cubs. Sisler's case even yet fs a matter of some mystery amaged his badly In the clo: weeks of last sea son and then persisted in trying to play in spite of his crippled condition, hurting the injured shoulder severely. Club Worried Over Sister. The club officials were worrted dur- ing the winter over the condition of the arm. sler gave it complete rest and intended to try {t out during th training gon, Then a ve of flu landed on him, and according to re ports affected his nose and eyes in a 2 m of sinus trouble. suffered a broken nose and the old injury ably was ag- gravated. Every one in baseball, even his op- ponents, whose chances are improved by his absence from the playing field, is pulling for Sisler to recover entirely and get back into the game. Daubert, one of the few relics of the paleozoic age of baseball, who has been declared “done” half a dozen times, who was canned out Cleveland three times and out of Brooklyn onee, and then live o show up ose teams, was girding himself for eventeenth sea- son in the majors whe was stricken with pneumonia, For a time his life was despaired of and his illness kept him from training, so that he ranks among the missing at the start. Hollocher Starts Well. Hollocher, after a magnificent start at training on Catalina island, sudden- ly went wrong. The published reports were that he had the flu, although it was discovered 1 that his illness was due to an infection of the gall bladder, which poisoned his system. He was sent to his home tn St. Louis from the training camp in order that he might h ‘e complete rest, The St. Louis physicians declare the trouble .not serious and probably an after effect of the flu, and that Holly probably will be able to play within a short time. Other Absentees. There are other absentees, for vart- ous reasons. Bert Griffith, the sterling athlete of the Dodgers, tore a ligament in his heel while playing in Japan, and the injury recurred at the training camp in Florida, so that he has been crippled. mmy Hale, the million 4 gruer of the Athletics, dam 1 self late in the training season. Ray Se! alk sprained an ankle, Everett Scott hurt himself as to his leg, Veach of the Tigers was declared by Cobb to have caught something resembling hookworm in the south and he was laid off in favor of Manush. Jack Fournier held himself out of baseball entirely because of salary dis- agreements. George Cuts! Just wore himself plumb out starting double plays. Altogether the training season pro- duced many casualties, although most of them have recovered or are reeqv- ering, save the three big guns—Dau- bert, Sisler, and Hollocher. DOPE onTHE PONIES BY FRENCH LANE, HICAGO 1s not the only Ilinois city where there is a desire to bring back thoroughbred racing. A few downstate tracks may s00n attempt to operate, and if the comeback is as successful as it was in Chicago last year, several additional ings may be booked a season later. East St. Louts is the spot most, big operators are watching. With racing barred across the Mississippl in St. Loui ed a méeting on the Illinois sid ttract crowds that would rank well up with those at other nt tracks, Aurora, always a fairly good harness horse center and within an easy ride of Chicago, is another city in which the runners may soon have a chance to show their popularit Farly attendance r in the east indica larity is to reach mark th double early year ago have been weather has hardly and the class of hors tle better than in 19: It had already been estimated that the Preakness in Maryland and the Derby in Kentucky will show attend- ance figures that will outnumber by thousands the crowds attracted in any former y » to 70,000 spectators packed their way into Churchill Downs on Derby day a year ago, This season arrangements have been made to han- die a throng of 100,000 or more. The east, with its Preakness, will make every effort.to outdo Kentucky and the west and Derby this year, and the attendance figures at both tracks will be closely followed all over the country. Baltimore {s looking to the J. 8. Cos- establishment to keep the lion’s share of the Preakness spoils and the Woodlawn vase in friendly home ter- ritory. The Cosden nominations in- clude Dunlin, winner ¢ Hopeful; Martingale, close to the winner in one section of the twin futurity last sea son, and Cyclone, who has never start- ed. Other Baltimore turfmen seeking the rich stake are G. Ernest ‘Hall, who nominated Soggarth Aroon, and J orts from tracks that racing popu- high er ason. Crowds that almost season records made a reported. The been as favorable s appears but lit- . Griffith, who has entered St. Valen tine. But the east is represented by a lot of other brilliant 3 olds is prepared to offer th t of opposition to the ir OPINIONS DIFFER OVER BOYCOTT BY MAJOR LEAGUES Will Obstruct Advance- ment of Youngsters. BY I. E. SANBORN. Considerable difference of opinion ex- ists among those in the baseball world who ought to know about the effect the strained relations between the major leagues and certain minor cir- cuits will have on the development of new playing talent this season. To refresh the memortes of fans who do not tax their think tanks with the “games” played by the club owners during the winter, it may be explained briefly that the season just inaugurated is going to test the virtual boycott in- stituted by the major leagues against the five minors who refuse to allow players to be drafted from their teams. ‘This boycott consists of a rule prevent- ing National or American league clubs from releasing to the American asso- ciation, Pacific Coast, International, ‘Western, or Three Eyes leagues any surplus player unless the club to which such player may be released consents to having that player drafted back into fast company next fall if he is needed or wanted. The five minor circuits af- fected by the boycott have refused to permit their club owners to accept players under those conditions. Handicap to Recruits. One immediate effect, of course, 15 going to be the retention by the boy- cotted minor leagues of a greater per- centage than before of the recruits they have picked up from smaller leagues or from the open lots. In pre- vious springs the managers of these circuits have depended largely on fill- ing vacancies and plugging up weak spots by means of players not quite ripe for the big leagues who have been farmed out for further seasoning under the so-called option agreement. With this supply of talent from high- er up suddenly cut off these managers will have to cull out their own crop of youngsters to complete their outfits this year. That ought to increase the supply of new talent, according to some diamond sages. Others argue that it will make no appreciable difference, because a youngster who is any good at all !s bound to find a berth some- where and continue to develop his ability. If Milwaukee needs an inflelder and, because it can’t get one from the major leagues on account of the boycott, de- cides to keep John Smith, who picked out of the semi-pro ranks, it does not follow that John will be any better as an infielder next September than he would have been if the Mil- waukee team had planted him in the Texas league to make room for Jim Brown, obtained from St. Louis for de- velopment. If John Smith is any good at all as an infielder, he will be heard from just as surely in Texas as in Wis- gonsin. Differ on Development. Opinions differ greatly as to whether a young player develops faster in a high class minor league or in one of lower class, Mostly it depends on the youngster himself and on the manager under whom he plays. There are as many wise old ball players piloting teams in the tall grass as there are in the higher bush leagues. No minor league recruit ever yet came into fast company who did not have a lot to learn, no matter how high a rating was claimed by the circuit from which he graduated. For in- stance, that copiously press agented outfielder whom McGraw obtained from San Francisco at the supposedly high price of $75,000. First thing McGraw had to do in San Antonio was to teach his prize youngster how to go after a fly ball. From the standpoint of the major leagues, it is claimed by the boycotted circuits ‘that the players farmed out to leagues of a low class will get little benefit from the year’s seasoning com- pared to what would be derived by a season in the stronger minor. Grast- ing this may be true in a measure, {t won't materially affect the natural ball player who has in him the makings of a star. He will develop anywhere and cannot be kept down except by getting sidetracked into some circuit from which he cannot be drafted into fast company. The mediocre player who needs a lot of schooling may develop more slowly in a lower class than in a higher. In any company a manager is not likely to break his neck or sit up nights developing a player who is mere- ly loaned to him for a season. Miller Huggins Picks Tigers to Battle Yanks for Flag Miller Huggins has cut the Browns out of the pennant race. In an inter- view given the manager of the Yankees is quoted as follows: “TI think it will be a fight all the way between Detroit and New York,” says he. ‘Just such a fight as it was last year between the Yankees and Browns. I do not think Louis, Chicago, or Cleveland will have ‘road’ pitching ca- pable of keeping them in the swim.” Massachusetts Aggies to Construct Jumping Field The military sachusetts Agricultural college has under construction a jumping feld similar to the one In the Pershing sta- dium in Paris, The jumps are to be adjustable to any height. ‘The field will be one of the few of its kind in this country. It will be used in instruc- tion of the R. 0. T. C. cavalry cadet corps in equitation. NET STADIUM SEATS 12,000. . je club's new stadium where the rts for the Davie cup will 1, Sept. 1 and 3% will be ped and will seat 12,000,