Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1923, Page 13

——S RECENT RELAYS SHO W FAULTS THAT MUST BE ELIMINATED RULES GOVERNING TRACK SPORTS NEED CHANGING Penalties in Some Cases Too Severe. BY WALTER ECKERSALL. Wollowing the sucosssful staging of the Kansas, Penn, and Drake relay games and the e tional intercob Ingtates slated for the latter part of this month and early in June, there is need of a fow changes in the rules which govern intercol- legiate competi tion, according te some of the lead- ing coaches, These coaches maintain tha rules governing ether branches of sports are hanged from time to time to mect @eaditiens and better the sports if al- terations will €o such a thing, ir yeare there has been a fimed set of rules governing track and field compe ‘tities and seme ef the clauses should @ker be stricken out of the book or ‘amended, according to the coach whe intend to take the matter to Beads of thelr easocciation: Fer years it has been customary te ext athletes who try to beat the sun ‘The penalty distances range all the wey trem one foot to five yards. Ovaches claim it is justifiable to set @thietes In races which are decided on the fat. They believe giving him an- ther chance to start after he has tried te Bent the gun is quite a concession. Ye ether words, the coaches Believe cok Iage athletes should be taught te hold Qhelr marks regordless of how leng Bey are held by starters. Penalty fer Beating Gun. Ae previously stated, coaches believe fm putting athletes back for trying te Weat the gun and they edmit ruling Alm eut of rece If he breaks three ttmes fe the proper thing. But the exechen are not in favor of setting @ man beck who breaks in the hurdis Feces, They believe the rule should tee co changed that two false starte ‘Will result in disqualification instead ef the three es now allowed. The ecoachee claim that any hurdler eet Wack @ yard or two yarde loses all gbythm and cannot adjust his strides to take the timbers with the proper _ epee. In the Drake games, a Notre Dame hurdler wae eet back a yard. He got eway to @ good start but the extra Yard setback resulted in hie being hort on his leap for the firet hurdle. Instead of clearing the obstacle the Notre Dame athiete landed on top of the hurdle and was out of the race. ‘The hurdlers must take three strides Between each flight of hurdles and if they are set back a yard or two at the start, the rhythm is lost and they Bmve to reach for the hurdles, ‘Toe Severe on Hurdlers. %t fe understood that seme of the @eaches intend to take the matter be- fore the National Collegiate A. A. and 0 away with the setting back of hurdlers for false atarts. They are in ver of disqualification for two breaks ead claim it is just aa easy to teach fam @ihlete to be steady om his mark ee it ts te try and beat the gun. At @ay rote this fs @ good point, one which will certainly come up for com @ideration later in the year. Henry Schulte, successful track and fei coach at the University of Ne raska, {s a keen bellever in taking meet into the spectators. The former Michigan, football player docs not be- Merve the spectators are kept informed enough of what is taking place. @ehulte believes meets can be made more interesting and entertaining if Javelin throwers have their university er college colors attached to the epeara. In this way the spectators may know who the competitors are. Coach Schulte is also in favor of al- Jewing all javelins to remain stuck in the ground until the last man in the first round has thrown. Tho judges then could measure the attempts but the Nebraska coach claims spectators could get a good {dea of who was lead ing and the institution the leader rep- resents, Need Uniform Set of Records. Need of a uniform set of interzol- Jegiate records was emphasized at the Drake games when two colleges, IIli- and Iowa, hung up world's inter- collegiate records in the half and mile relays, respectively, The A. A. U. record book carries all its own marks but few of the colleges. It is under- stood Maj. John L, GriMth, athletic commissioner of the western confer- ence, is going to compile such a book which will contain authentic records for all standard events held in inter- collegiate competition, As the situa- tion now stands, the coach who claims @ record in the most forceful manner is generally rewarded. Many of the coaches favor revers- ing the order of medley relays. It ts almost a foregone conclusion that any team with a strong anchor man will win most any medley relay. At the Drake games, the order was reversed and instead of the distance men fin- iehing last, they started the races and the sprinters finished. This change made much better racing and this will be another point considered by the National Collegiate A. A. May Eliminate Diving Jump. A clearer interpretation of the div- ing jump will be asked at the next gathering of coaches. Ever since Eddie Beeson of California established his world’s record by “a sort of diving To sections of the country w Bans coaches adinit thelr own juinp- BID FOR FAME IN RICH PREAKNESS STAKES SALLY'S ALLEY. Out of this quintet of crack 3 year olds may come the winner of the rich Preakness stakes to be decided over the Pimlico track in Maryland next Saturday, May 12. SKEEZIX. ALICE BLUE GOWN. Sally's Alley and Zev have ranked as favorites im the early betting. There is $50,000 added money in the Preakness this year, and it has attracted most of the great 3 year olds eligibla der the Kentucky Derby, which is to be rum a week later. ‘Woods and Waters tam A WILDERNESS CANOK TRIP FOR YOU, conveniences, are mighty scarce in the United States today, One of th places is the Superior national ferest in Minnesota, and for this mag- nificent stretch of timber, lakes and etreama we can thank Theodore Roose- velt who, when President, established the Superior forest, which today con- tains some million and a quarter acres. L wom | Ig you are considering @ fishing cruise by means of a canoe, or if you just want to canoe and camp to your heart's content, the Superior forest of Minnesota offers the greatest attrac- tions of any place in the middle west that we know of. Talk about your Janda of “aky blue water,” this is it, and it belongs to you and me, In the forest are hundreds of lakes teeming with game fish, and virgin pine tim- ber interspersed here and there with birch and ash is the forest through which you can wander. There are @oores of canoe trails through this bit ef wilderness paradise, some of them made historic by the old traders and ‘hunters who used to frequent that re- gion in the “ good old days.” , * * ‘The placid lakes, the fun to be had with fly or bait rod, the pretty camp gites, the lure of virgin timber with moose, deer, partridge and other game in it, the sport of seeing new waters, new country each day—well, no need to talk about these points as reasons why this Superior forest {s the ber- ries, Most any outdoor lover {s al- ‘ways on the lookout for a place that brings these attractions to him, * As you ca; imagine, the fishing In the 250,000 acres wf water in the Su- perlor naticnai f-rest is of the best. EAL wilderness spots, places R which are undefiled by modern A fellow can take @ crack at most anything in the fishin’ line up there. In many stretches the black bass and pike have never been properly intro- duced to @ lure, and you know how that worke out on the right kind of day. oe 2 ‘This great playground {s, of course, free to all. But even more wonderful than that is the fact that there are no auto roads in the forest, which means that thix great stretch of for- est primeval is really wild, ‘Trails there ere, and they are well marked. Ely {s about the most accessible en- trance point for the forest. It is on # railroad and the-auto. trails lead you right to the town. If you want to take @ canoe tiip through the forest, it is not neces: to ship a canoe up there along with » bulky outfit. For- tunately it is possib'e to secure canoes, outfit, in fact, just about everything you need, right in the town of Ely and be ready to set sail for the heart of the forest in short order and without any bother, And it doesn't take a mil- lion dollars to acquire an outfit, either, as they can be rented very reasonably. If you want to swing a paddle in the waters of the forest, a line to the Wil- derness Outfitte at Ely will bring you dope and the complete outfit, as the outfitters ere there on the job to make it easy for you. * © Incidentally, if you have time it will Pay you to try a couple ef other fishing Places just a short distance southwest of Ely. For instance, there is that region in which Woman lake is eituat- ed, a fine stretch of lakes for sport. Also those fifty-two lakes east of Mar- cell. There is a camp in there which keeps boats on twenty-nine of these lakes, and man, O man! but the bass are sure in those waters! er’s form {s illegal but they must use it for self-protection. Many claim that if any part of the head or shoulders go over the bar before either hip, the attempt is {legal and not a Jump. These are only a few of the points which are coming to the attention of officials and coaches who are eager to reach uniform {interpretations for tho good of the sport, which will re- ceive added momentum nezt year when the Olympic games will be held in France. REULBACH HURLS DOUBLE HEADER, WINS 2.SHUTOUTS Edward Reulbach, former pitcher for the Chicago Nationals, is credited with being the only pitcher in organ- ized baseball who “pitched both ,con- tests of a double header and was able to blank the rival team each time. Reulbach beat Brooklyn twice Sept. 26, 1908, when the Cubs were making thelr great drive for the pennant. At that time the Chicago pitching staft was in poor condition and Reulbach volunteered for the double header. Accounts of th say Reulbach was better in nd game than in the first. RADBOURNE WAS A REAL NEMESIS OF TWO TEAMS Charles [Old Hoss] Radbourne, with a record of pitching seventy-two games and winning fifty-seven of them back in 1884 [and this record 1s classed with the seven greatest achicvements in baseball], was complete master of several teams in the National league during the days when he was supreme. Philadelphia came into the National league in 1883 and didn’t win a game from the “king” until the season of 1885 was well spent. A run of eight- een consecutive victories was the reo- ord Radbourne had before the Phillies solved his delivery. Detroit had a ball team in the Na- tional league those days, and that ag- gregation, from May, 1883, until Au- gust, 1885, failed to win a game from the “Old Hoss,” losing twenty games during that stretch before beating him. In a series of four games, Boston versus Providence, during 1884, Rad: bourne pitched all of them, beating Boston four times and allowing but one run, which meant three shutouts, A hurler today who turned a trick like that would be immortalized. BASEBALL SEASON IS UNDER WAY IN FRANCE The French baseball seasom opens foon. It will be a modest opening compared with the brass band cere- monies and great holiday crowds at- tending the season's debut in the Unit- ed States, but with 1923 France as- sumes second rank among the base ball playing nations of the world, ‘The baseball seed sown by the Amer- fean soldiers in France during and after the war has grown into a stalwart tree and it is estimated that nearly 2,000 French men and boys will be chasing the pill and swinging the bat when the season 1s in full sway. League tn Paria. Paria alone has a city league of elght clubs and the brand of baseball served up by the winner of last year's pen- pant—the Ranelagh club, dean of French baseball teams, organized after the visit to Paris of tho Chicago White Box and New York Giants years ago— - would compare favorably with the strong amateur teams of the New Eng- land mill towns and might even hold its own in the smaller minor leagues. Turcoing, Roubaix, Lille, and Douat form a northern league, while the for- mer American army bases of Bordeaux, ‘Tours, Le Mans, and St. Nazaire, as the southern league, have a schedule of twelve games to decide which team shall meet the winner in the northern league. The team emerging triumphant from this test then will try conclusions with the champions of the Paris league, French Players Fast. The French players are fast base runners and brilliant flelders on ground balls, although still weak tn judging line drives, The pitchers have remark- able whips and have long since dis- carded thelr roundhouse curves and, making sharp shoots with fast, straight halls, keep the batters guessing. Batting is still the poorest depart- ment of the Frenchmen’s game. They are still ball shy and a speedy shoot on the inside of the plate seldom fails to drive them away, causing pop files or clean strik The-scarcity of left hand batters is another feature of the French nines, most of which are com- posed of seven or eight right handers, RECRUIT WIELDS 54 OUNCE BAT Bill Bagwell, that strapping young outfielder of the Braves who was noted by John McGraw as the best young natural hitter that he has seen in years, wields the heaviest bat in the’ National league. It tips the acale: fifty-four ounces. It is two ounces heavier than the mas- sive war club of Babe Ruth—the piece of joist that spouts home runs, When Bagwell swings his bat, which looks like @ section of a yacht’s mast, the pitchers step back in alarm. Pill can swing the three pounds and six ounces of ash, too, He batted 402 in Independence, Kas., last year and has made a good start thia season. NO TRUMP PLAY DIFFICULT FOR ae PLAYER. rump than with a declared trump is a statement made to me recently and another player enthusiastical- ly agreed, After watching each of them at- tempt to play a no trump deal, I was quite satisfied that it would be easier for either of them to make game at anything else, No trump play ts a{m- cult for the average player simply be- cause he tries to play all no trump deals in the same manner and natu- rally succeeds in securing only obvious tricks, ‘There is seldom enough of those to be of much account. Players who have been unsuccessful with no trump declarations should study the deal which follows, and may perhaps secure a broader viewpoint. [: is harder to make game at no Sore, 0-0, West dealt and bid one no-trump, which closed the bidding. North had the initial lead. ‘THE PLAY. N. EB. vw. 68 38 KS D2 DS DQ DA Di H3 HO 20 60 40 90 100 Ac Dio DK Da Do ut 30 H7 rh Hy 105 as J8 Weat ‘sctiired’ ine trjcke When the dummy was exposed thero were only seven tricks in sight for the declarer, who, notwithstanding, never questioned his ability to secure the game. About the last thing which a real player would think of doing would be to run off his four tricks in diamonds, make his black aces and allow his op Ponent to secure the rest of the tric The Jead of the heart at trick four was a “coup de rise.” It was also- lutely necessary that the declarer should lead hearts for the reason that he was afraid of hearts being led. There was no way for either north or south, and particularly for north, to know the real situation in the hoart suit, and north was forced to lead clubs at trick five, precisely as the declarer had planned. The declarer was willing to allow north to win a fow tricks, but did not wish south to secure the lead, on ac- count of the situation in the spade suit. The finish of the hand was very pretty. North could have saved the game by discarding his ace of hearts at trick ten and keeping the small heart as a card of exit, but throughout the deal north had been so firmly im- ressed with the fact that hearts was the declarer’s real suit that it seemed his duty to guard that suit above others, The declarer received the re ward of good play on the last two tricks when north was compelled te lead to the tenace in spades, The next deal was a play which was delightful. It is enough to keep a per- son cheerful for days to successfully conceive and carry out such an idea. TM HANDS. Boore 0—0. South dealt and passed, West bid one no-trump and closed the bidding. North had the original lea¢, THE PLAY. z. 8. v. 83 Qs xs Da D3 ODA 20 4 HS HQ HT m6 | OHS As 63 45 DS Ds =: DK 70 38 HE 80-108 DIO Ho DQ 100 HS bs H10 40 ‘ D6 «440 (80 West secured @ grand slam. The outstanding feature of this deal was the quick thinking on the part of the declarer. Had west taken a long time to study before pounding away with his honors in clubs and hearts, he would have aroused the suspicions of his adversaries that some devilish Plot was afoot, and they would prob- ably have taken in thelr aces, but when the declarer led the ace of diamonds and then switched, each op- ponent was confident that his partner held the king of the diamond sult. Having fixed that fact in the minds of his adversaries, it was, of course, evident to north and south that the declarer was trying to make an addi- tional card of reéntry in dummy, tn order that he might first establish and then bring in his remaining diamonds. When the declarer played the king of diamonds at trick 7 there was an audible gasp from each opponent. They then knew that they had been tricked, but could not help themselves, It is not often that a player can se cure @ grand slam when his opponents hold two aces. DUNN REFUSES $100,000 FOR STAR An offer of $100,000 trom the Brook: lyn Nationals for Joo Boley of the Bal- timore Orioles, star infielder of the International league, has been refused by Prestdent-Manager Jack Dunn, it was announced by the Baltimore club management, Tt was added that Dunn plans to keep his club intact in an ef fort to win his fifth cham; pionship pennant this scaso GEORGE SISLER - OUT OF RUNNING FOR B, B. PRIZE Sickness Will Handicap Great Player. BY-I. E. SANBORN. Sages and philosophers of old ad- vised their friends and followers the waste of mental effort . entailed by the attempt to cross bridges before ar- riving at them, It was good advice which probably was heeded in the old days about as frequently as nowadays. By way of dem- onstration, the members of the American league trophy commit- tee, whose assign- ment it is to frame the rules for and make the choice of the player ef greatest service to hie team each year, has been pondering and discus» ing for nearly @ year the queation whether the “best player” selected ahould be eligible to the same honee fm the subsequent year or years. At first thought it might be eonet@ ered a almple thing to apend eo rauch Ume and thought on and ene on which there could be no difference of epinien. ps there proved to be two sides te question, and each side developed tn same number of echerents, reeul ing in @ temporary desdlock. Comteet Opem to Al ‘The arguments advanced by these ef the trophy committee who believed the annus! contest for the honor of havi. Deen of greatest service to @ team should Include previous winners may be summarised Driefly in this way: ‘That the contest should be open te every player in the league each year, just as in @ tennie or other tourns ment in which the champion defends his title againet all comers and re tains it {f he can. Otherwise, with th previous winners eliminated, the pri ‘would net necessary carry the title o€ “pest player" of the year, but only eecond or third best. Those who favored eliminating pre vious winners argued that the chief weward for distinguished service wae the honor of having one’s name 1 ecribed on s Hall of Fame tablet on the monument dedicated to baseball and to be erected in Washington by the elud owners of the league. That there were great players who deserved te have their names and memories per- petuated by this Hall of Fame whe might not attain thie honor during the career of some player who stood out preéminent over his rivals for a perio@ of years, That instead of telling pos- terity the names of the great playere of © generation, it would preserve the memories of only the super-great of each period. Vote Split Even. The trophy committee, composed of one veteran bageball writer in each of the eight cities, voted four to four om the proposition, producing a tle which it was up to the chairman of the com- mittee to untie. This was not done until the donors of the trophy and of the monumental Hall of Fame were sounded on the proposition, which die closed a sentiment in favor of elim- inating previous winners from the com test and inscribing = new name on the Bistorical tablets each year. No sooner had this decision been reached whereby George Sisler, the overwhelming choice of the trophy committee for the “best player” of 1922, would be ineligible to the Hal of Fame for another year, then Dame Fortune stepped in and apparently solved problem herself temporarily by rendering Sisler hers du combat at the start of this season. Number of Games Considered. One of the leading considerations om which the choice of the most service- able player is made is the number of games in which he takes part in a sea- eon, entailing freedom from accident or sickness. In other words, quantity of service and endeavor {s rated higher than mere quality, no matter how bril- ant, if rendered for only part of season. Consequently, in view of Sis- ler's unfortunate and regrettable mis- hap, his absence from the game for any considerable portion of the season would make {t almost impossible for him to retain the title of “best play- er” for 1923, even if he were eligible to the contest this year. Thus did the jinx which pursued George Sisier render unnecessary the vote of the trophy committee and es- tadlish the wisdom of not crossing bridges until one reaches them. Still, that bridge has to be crossed some time, and an eight man team might have balked and created confusion at its spproach, JIM FLYNN LAUDS SAM LANGFORD Fireman Jim Flynn speaks; “ If you ask mo,” he says, “I'll say that the hardest hitter I ever went up against was Sam Langford. “I fought most of the heavywelghts of the last twenty years, Jack John: son among them, and I think Lang- ford could knock a fellow colder than any of them. “When Langford hit you it was like being hit with a baseball bat, He hit you so hard that you didn’t feel it, It was lke taking ether—you just went to sleep and you didn't know anything about it until you woke up. “There was a peculiar and kindly thing about Langford. When he knocked a man out he alwa around untll the man opened his eyes, Then he'd , old man. Ah d "t mean to > hard.” art h t didn’t realize b