Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1923, Page 11

MNTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC SEASON AL HUGGINS GETS ATIONAL GAMES IN CHICAGO END RECORD YEAR tagg Field Scene of An- nual Event. BY WALTER ECKERSALL. ‘With the 1923 intercollegiate athletic on drawing to a close, interest will penter around the annual track and Geld games of the I. C. A. A. A A. at [Philadelphia next Friday and Satur- day and in the western conference meet at Ann Arbor on June 1 and 2. Points winners in both meets will re- main in training for the national col- legiate event in Chicago on June 15 and 16. In this connection it is necessary to mention that the committee in charge of the national games wants it under- | stood there is no team prop by, £06 juad scoring the greatest n points, ‘The meet is staged primarily to determine the national champions in the various events and not a team titleholder. As athletes will come from all sec- tions of the country, teams living within short distances of Chicago would have a decided advantage in that they could make a large entry which would virtually determine their success in advance. Universities and colleges at a great distance could not stand the expense to send a large squad and for this reason would rather not send representatives than to have their institutions appear ‘way down in a final point column. For Individual Titles. “The national meet was founded primarily to determine individual champions,” Maj. John L. Griffith, a member of the committee in charge of the event, stated recently. “We aim to get as far away as possible from a team championship. We are after quality and not quantity for this meet, and in a few years we hope to bring this about. It is just as important for some institution to send one man a great distance as it is for the Univer- sity of Chicago to enter a large team in the games. “Of course, the entrants must show something to enter the mect. They must win a place in the intercollegi- ates held in the various sections of the country, as the meet is staged primar- fly for the very best, in order that rec- ognized champions can be determined in the big meet. “Indications are the event will be more successful than the one of last California Sends 13 Athletes, Walter Christie, respected mentor of the University of California, will thirteen athletes in the eastern on Friday and Saturday. Ability of the Bears is so well known will take the best in the east team from winning for the third time. Follow- i555 i A] iH i 6 national event, while a remote possibility some may pete in the western conference games on June 1 and 2. According to performances of eastern college athletes this spring, which has not been conducive to development of good performers because of the weath- er, Yale and Princeton are expected to give the Bears a battle for honors. Old EM showed strength by winning over ages i z & Pennsylvania has some good athletes, but hardly enough team balance to be given a chance to win. Harvard and Cernell are possibilities, but if Califor- nia stands the trip—and there is every reason to belleve it will considering past performances—the Bears will be hard to beat. Batile of Rivals. Struggle for honors in the western conference meet will develop into an Interesting battle between the old rivals, Illinois and Michigan. The ‘Wolverines romped away with the honors tn the indoor meet of the Big Ten, but since the outdoor season rofied around Coach Gill of Illinois has strengthened his team to such an ex- tent it defeated Michigan recently in @ dual meet. Both schools have some wonderful Performers, but points expected to be ‘won by either team may be taken away Performers of other institutions, Towa will bear watching in a number of events, while Tykle of Purdue, who recently stepped 100 yards in :09 3-5, world’s record time, will deprive Illi- nois and Michigan of points. The samo is trne of some of the schools in the Missouri Valley conference who are en- tered. ro some sterling per- formers west of the Mississippi river, and their presence at Ann Arbor will upset the best planned dope. At any rate, the two sets of games will be interesting to follow, as valu- able timber for next year’s American Olympic team will) compete and college and world’s records should be tied or ‘PEWEE’ PITCHER HURLS PERFECT GAME IN SOUTH Down in Georgia a pitcher named Fred Sale, pitching for the University of Georgia against the University of Virginia, twirled a perfect game the other day—no man to reach first. Im- mediately all the scouts headed for Georgia, with Pat Monahan in the lead. They found, however, that Sale 4s about knee high to a duck and though he may be another Dicky Kerr the scouts hesitate, NEWS AND NOTES OF THE OUTDOORS. ANT to spend your vacation this season on an island in Robinson Crusoe style? Well, you can do {t in the state of ‘Wisconsin without it costing you much either, as that state has several hun- dred islands which it will lease for camping heaps < For @ number of years Wisconsin has had on hand a fine assortment of islands but apparently not many peo- ple have been interested in leasing them. Islands galore have been on the bargain counter without many cus- tomers. So here is the chance for the yacationist who wants a little Robin- son Crusoe stuff to satisfy his ambi- tion to live all by his lonesome on a “desert isle.” These bits of land aro not buried in the heart of nowhere, so that you can’t get to them even though they are surrounded by water. The ‘majority of them are situated in Badg- er lakes, although some are in streams, and they are all sizes and descriptions. * * If you are interested in this island Jeasing business get in touch with the ‘Wisconsin conservation commission, Capitol building, Madison, Wis. They will send you a complete list of the islands that are available for leasing and then by means of your map you can determine just where it is located. * oe After all is said and done there is nothing like a lowly garden hackle for trout fishin’ early in the season when the streams are high and the water dirty. At that stage in the trout fishin’ game a small spinner and worms are the berries, although, for various reasons, the trout fans are reluctant to admit that this combina- tion is ever used. But here is J. V. Knight of Kalamazoo, Mich., report- ing on his early season luck, and note how the trick was turned. * * “Just returned from Irons where dozen fine trout. These were mostly rainbows which were caught in the Little Manistee river. We got one rainbow that weighed four pounds and he was some scrapper. The biggest brook weighed one and one quarter ‘We caught most of them with & small spoon and worms, a few on a fly. Fishing is not very good there yet as it is too early. We were also fishing a small creek a short distance up the river from.Irons and from it took about thirty of the prettiest brook trout I ever saw. These ran about eleven inches in length.” PRICES EXPLAIN BIG CROWDS AT ENGLISH SOCCER The prices explain why the soccer games draw so well in Great Britain. At the English cup final in the hew Wembley park adjacent to London in which Bolton Wanderers beat West Ham United, 2 goal to 0, there were 24,586 seats in the grand stand selling for 5 to-21 shillings, 9,799 front ring seats at 6 shillings, 33,101 standing room {n inclosures at 3 shillings each, and 57,665 standing room on terraces at 2 shillings, a total of 125,201. Near- ty 200,000 fans tried to see the games. Cards and Phils Set New Record for Home Runs A new record for home runs in a major league game was established when the Phillies and Cardinals rapped out ten, Previously the record was held by Chicago and Cincinnati, with nine made in a game which lasted seven innings, played July 4, 1895. Previous to that Boston and Cincinnati on May 30, 1894, had made nine home runs in 4 full nine inning game. A more modern record was-sestab- Ushed on June 3, 1921, when Philadel- phia [American] and Detroit totaled elght home runs between them, the Athletics getting seven and the Tigers one. WINS 16 DUAL MEETS. Rutgers college of New Drunswick hae won sixteen consecutive dual track meets. BASEBALL’S SIAMESE TWINS LUDERUS, KONETCHY LIFE PATHS PARALLEL Edward J. Konetchy, manager of the Omaha club of the Western league, and Frederick Luderus, pilot of the Oklahoma City Indians, are the Siam- ese twins of baseball. In all the colorful annals of the na- tional pastime, there are no two play- ers whose careers correspond 60 closely. Here are some of the singular simfl- arities in thelr lives, even ante-dating their advent into baseball: Both were born the same month and in the same state—Konetchy at La Crosse, Wis., Sept: 3, 1885, and Luder- us at Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 12, 1886. Starts Careers in 1905. Both began playing professional ball in 1905—Konetchy with the La Crosse club of the Wisconsin State league, and Luderus with the Soo Ste. Marie club in Michigan. Both were gifted in holding down the initial sack and have played no other position. The major league playing of both hag been confined to the National league, Konetchy joining the St. Louis Cardinals in 1907, and Luderus report- ing to the Chicago Cubs in 1909. Both have impressive records in the majors. Finish Same Year, Both had “finis” written behind their playing in the “big tent” about the same time—-Luderus ending his major career in 1920, and Konetchy in 1921, Both joined the Toledo club of the American association after starting back. Both applied for their unconditional releases from baseball last season and obtained them, Luderus receiving his from the Kansas City club and Kon- etchy from Toledo. Both made their advent into the ‘Western league in 1923 as managers. Both are piloting teams doped to be pennant contenders, In size the two stack up about the same, Konetchy being only ten pounds heavier at 195, Both rate about the same as first basemen, a comparison of their field- ing records will show, Konetchy hav- ing averaged .985 last neason against Luderus’ .980. At the plate Konetchy wields the heavier bludgeon. Both played seventeen seasons with out being out of baseball. On Pennant Winner. During tho time the Indian chief- taln graced National league diamonds, he succeeded in playing in one world’s series, This was in 1916, when the Philadelphia club, on which he was a regular, won the National league gon- falon. Konetchy never realized his ambli- tion to participate in a diamond clas- sic, but he made history during his long career, The Buffalo pilot in his last year in the National league—1921—estab- ished @ record by making five un- assisted double plays, a feat which still stands, The previous year Konetchy won brackets for himself by making 13,332 putouts and only 14 errors in 130 games—another achievement which stands defiant. CHANGING STYLE OF HITTING MAY BE DETRIMENT One argument that can always be found in baseball relates to changing a batsman’s style without seriously af- fecting his hitting power. Lutzke, a good fielder, was hitting well in the Cleveland training camp this sprin; leveland decided that Lutzke would not be a valuable bata- man in the American league because he invarlably hit to one spot. Lutzke, in the language of the game, was a “dead” right field hitter, The Cleveland coaches set about to change is style at bat so that he could” hit to all fields, They kept working on this and as the lessons lengthened the hitting ability of Lutzke decreased. Since the season opened Lutzke has gotten but one extra base hit, and he ‘ove in two runs, It was a three bagger and the ball was hit—to right field. EDWARD KONETCHY. The Old Copyreader “Many a story is hopelessly written, but the story of life is hopelessly rotten.” NOT SOS YOU NOTICE IT. Here la » hat shop and there Is a shoo store, Next is m gown joint, » fur place, and 0 on, ‘Two doors away they are fixing a new store: Lingerie: silk—and the further you go on More will you find of the self-same creation: Block after block, it’s alike everywhere: Costly displays whose distinet conversation Speaks but the wants of the sex yclept fair, Candy, cosmetics, gems, corsets and mysteries Not comprehensible to the male noodle; Lotions and notions and doodads whose his- tories Man knoweth not—and the whole darned caboodle Al of it fashioned to win Hor faint pralse— ‘Yet some have the nerve to remark in regard to Her ‘That it's the Woman who pays and who pays! MURPHY AVOIDS FALL TRAINING IN PLANE Jimmy Murphy, international rac- ing champion, who will drive in the 500 mile race at the Indianapolis mo- tor speedway May 30, narrowly es- caped death in an aeroplane while in training at the Durant quarters in the wilderness near Rosscommon, Mich., according to the stary told by his mates on the escapade, Eddie Hearne and Harry Hartz, teammates; Harry Miller, famous motor builder; John De Palma, trainez, and Cliff Du- rant. Aero Enthusiast. Murphy learned to pilot aeroplanes on the coast during the winter and is quite an enthusiast. Durant has had a plane at his Michigan camp for two years. Because he cannot loaf, even in spate moments, Murphy began tin- kering with the antiquated plane, and after d day’s work had it in running order. Durant, who has been driv- ing ships for years, taxied the plane around the field and then decided it was ready to take off. Murphy zoomed the ship off the smali clearing, barely skidded over the ta‘l trees forming a natural fencé for the landing field, and slowly moved along over the tops of the trees. The mo- tor wag missing and he could not gain altitude, Finally a field appeared, just as the motor halted altogether, and Murphy landed the plane safely. Some Experience. “It sure was some experience,” Mur- phy said today: “It was the closest I ever have been to death. But [ like aviation and it won't stop me from flying, I don't think it is near #0 thrilling as piloting speedy automo biles, though.” Eddie Hearne, who had warned Murphy to remain out of tho plane, Was so certain that Murphy had met death when the plane was forced down that he refused to go over to the next estate when a rescue party was formed to rush to the speed champion's as- sistance, The rescue outfits found Murphy sitting beside the ship with his usual mile of Irish smile. BILL JOHNSTON TO COMPETE IN ENGLISH MEET Bill Johnston of California, will go to England to participate in the grass court tourneysat Wimbledon beginning June 25. He may also play in the Queens club and Roehampton tourneys and will return to this country in July, competing in eastern tourneys leading up to the national championship in Philadelphia, Constructing Cinder Track at East Orange Stadium Fyed W. Ruben of the A. A. is pushing the construction of a ap cinder path at the Hast Orange sta- dium, New Jersey. Jolie Ray will be among the contestants in the first meet scheduled June 16, IN WRONG OVER ANTIQUATED RULE Has Run-In with Umpire Over Play at First. BY I. E. SANBORN, Folks who maintain that “every knock is a boost,” scarcely would claim that the antithesis —every boost is a knock—is true. Yet thereare times when it is. One of them oc- curred recently when a New York scribe upheld Manager Huggins for making a spec- tacular protest be- cause Umpire Nal- lin refused to call out an opposing ‘ player for turning to, his left after overrunning first base. Not having seen MILLER HUGGINS. the play one can’t be sure the Gotham scribe doped the case out correetly. It may have been that Huggins was kick- ing about something entirely different, but the printed story of it indicates the protest hinged entirely on the fact @ runner, thinking he was thrown out at firet base, turned to his left after passing the bag and before he knew he had been declared safe, Pipp tagged the runner on his way back to first, but the umpire paid no whereupon Huggins ran out kicked himself off the field. As already stated this may nvt have been the point of controversy at all, but something radically different on which the Yankee manager may have had some causé for objecting. That does not affect the statement that this boost which was intended to uphold the little manager was in reality a knock. Huggins Gives Wrong Impression. It conveys the impression that Hug- gins doesn’t know tho playing rules and would lead those who do know them to imagine that, if the Yankes boss doesn't know any more about running a bali team than he does about the rules, he is a pretty punk pilot. We are inclined to give Huggins the benefit of the doubt and guess that the New York scribe, being uninformed himself, Jumped at the conclusion Hug- gins was protesting because the run- ner had turned to the left and was not called out for it. Gotham baseball writers frequently have been employed in the past for their ability to write §nteresting yarns rather than for their experiences in baseball lore, Such scribes usunlly get their knowledge of the game by hearsay and tradition in- stead of by personal investigation or studying the rule hook. Only a Tradition. For a good many years there has been a tradition that a runner who turned to the left after overrunning first base could be put out by being tagged before he returned to the base. It is only a tradition and is not based on fact. The rule is that such a run- ner is liable to.be put out if he turns “in the direction of second base” when overrunning™first. Its intent and in- terpretation are to penalize the runner who tries to advance to second on a hit, a fumble or a bad throw and still claim the right to return to first base if he finds it impossible to advance. ‘That's all there is to that rule. The major league umpires are thoroughly conversant with it’s purpose and all of them are instructed to interpret it that way. It all depends on whether or not the runner shows an intent to advance to second if he can. How he faces around to come back makes no differ- ence at all, A runner who makes a start for second then stops and faces back to his right will be called out if tagged, and a runner who goes over first without making any move to ad- vance does not forfeit his right to re- turn safely if he faces about to the left. Depends on Runner’s Intention. The mistaken tradition grows out of the fact that a good many years ago the club owners in revamping the playing code used the words “turn to the left” in this rule. They meant Uterally turn and not face about. If some one stopped you on the corner of Van Buren street and Wabash avenuo and asked how to get to the Congress hotel you probably would tell him to walk one block south and turn to the left. You would not expect him to face about to the left and come back on Wabash to where he started. You would expert hin to turn in the direc tion of the Congress. That's what the rule makers meant but the tech- nicality sharks tried to compel every runner to face about to the right or else be put out, ‘The rule makers changed the word- ing of the rule the following year. But the false tradition still lives and thoso whose knowledge of the game 1s super- ficial still are misled by {t, as in the case of the new York scribe, We hope Huggins knows better. HARRY WILLS MOANS AS JESS WILLARD AND LUIS FIRPO WIN HEY'VE sidetracked me,” mourned Harry Wills, © ored aspirant for the world’s heavyweight title, who occupied a ringside seat. ‘an't fight; won't let me chal- he added, as a reporter asked him if he would issue a dedl to the winner or winners, “You'll get your chance some day,” remarked the comforting newspaper man. “Yes, and il be an old man some day,” said Wills, FOR PLAYERS OF WHIST by A.R.METCALFE NEVER TAKE PARTNER OUT OF NO-TRUMP BID. HE craze for new conventions in auction is amusing. During the last week, in letters from Indi- and Kansas, the same nov- been proclaimed as a great discovery, namely, never to take a Partner out of a no-trump bid People fail to realize that the same reasons which made the take out a Sood thing ten years since have, not changed and can never change. Im- proving the game by devising new con- ventions is precisely the same as im- proving the literary product by tinker- ing with the alphabet. ‘There are three good reasons for tak- ing @ partner out of a no-trump declar- ation—weakness, strength, and imbe- cility. The last term is rather harsh, it includes taking out a partner who is an inexperienced player, and “may be imbecile in nothing but the game. Our western correspondent uses this pregnant phrase: “You must take it for granted that your partner knows what he is doing when he asks to be allowed to play the hand at no-trump. How many times hayo you heard a player say that he did not want to be taken out of a no-trump with hands of @ certain character?" In this our correspondents and the others mentioned strike a false note. Players do not or should not try to tell their partners in bidding that they want this or the other thing. A play- er’s bid merely describes his own hand and his partner must use his judg- ment in connection with that informa- ton or the game becomes childish. The weak take out is so important that it seems absurd to discuss it at all. To take your partner out of a no trump with any five card suit when your hand does not promise more than @ single trick pays more than ninety- nine times out of every hundred, and this the cards will prove if players merely take the trouble to try out both declarations, ‘The fact that the take out Increases the contract is of no consequence whatever, as the hand which would have been dummy at no trump will take several tricks at the trump dec- laration which otherwise would have been lost; also the no trump hand will make more of its high cards merely because the sults may be led from the weak hand toward the strong in- stead of the other way about. As tricks in all suits count the same at no trump, there should be no dis- tinction whatever between major and minor suits in a weak take out. Strength take outs will be discussed in another article. The following deal is for the initiate. D-9, 5. 3. S—A, Q, 8, 4, 2. Hs ca. 10, 7, & D-K 10, 4 Score, 0-0. West dealt and bid one no tramp, North Passed. East bid two no trumps, and the Bidding closed. North had the initial lead. THE PLAY, zB EP Somsene: a3 West secured nine tricks. East excused his bid after putting down his hand, on the theory that his partner was a gooll pliver, * then left the room to telephone, glancing at his partner’s hand on his way out. Returning after the deal hid been com- pleted, he inquired how much his part- ner had lost. Refused to believe the score until it was confirmed by all present, The prospect looked poor enough to the declarer who had bid no trump with absolutely the minimum of strength required, The best feature of the deal was perhaps the lead of the low club from dummy at trick 2. The conventional way of leading from the west hand and finemsing the jack simply would not promise enough tricks to pull out of the deal. South, of course, expected the ace to be in the west hand and could not pos sibly afford to play the ten on the first round, The declarer also hoped to se cure a spade lead from north, although, as it happened, this would not have worked so well as the actual play. However, after north had played the queen and jack of diamonds, the de- clarer ceased to worry about the aca of spades, knowing it must be in the south hand. Had north held the ace of spades in addftion to the strength he had already shown in the other three suits, he would not have allowed a bid of one no trump to pass, therefore, the declarer overtook the second round of diamonds and threw south in with the ten, in order to compel that player to lead a spade. After the sixth trick the game ran smoothly for tho declarer, the last three tricks beir point of view. South did not perceive his danger until it was too late to extri- cate himself, He should have discarded his ace and queen of spades and kept antiful from his the deuce of that sult on account of the club situati n other words, his minor tenace jn clubs demanded a card of exit instead of a card of reéntry. RIDES 77 HOURS. _ON MOTORCYCLE Arch Rife of cramento set what is said to be a world record for endur- ance motorcycle riding when he com- ploted his seventy-seventh hour of rid- ing. Officials stopped the race. Ao cording to Kenneth Lee, referee of the Auto Trade ion, the former world endurance record was 70 hours and 19 minute AGREE NOT TO DANCE. Corne es have agreed uot to dance uring the training scasoa, MOST OVER COLLEGES RESENT SCOUTS SNARING STAR PLAYERS Major League Agents In- vade Classroom. BY HUGH FULLERTON. Invasion of the ranks of the colleges by scouts for the major league teams seeking material and incidentally the big prices that are being offered the discoverers of baseball talent, has brought about a strained: feeling bor- dering on open resentment in the colleges. Charges that some of the scouts for major league teams have been invading the campus, the classroom, and even the rooms in the dormitory with offers calculated to tempt the boys to desert and go into professional ball, ‘The indignation on the part of some of the coaches and faculty representa- tives has become so great that recently the gates of one large university were closed against two scouts who had been pursuing a player persistently. Georgetown university faculty has taken the stand for years that the students there should be discouraged and warned against going into profes sional baseball at least until after their college courses were completed, and even at graduation they are informed that their instructors consider it @ waste of time to play ball profession- ally, and that, in the long run, they will not profit. Griffith Against Tempting Players. Clark Griffith, owner of the Washing- ton club, has conferred with the Georgetown leaders and agrees with them that the tempting of college play- ers is wrong. His team never has ap- proached a Georgetown player. Yet this season several scouts have persist- ed in approaching players of that in- stitution. It is known that two Princeton play rs have been approached, that efforts have been made to sign Huntzinger, Penn's star pitcher; Cutier, the Brown, shortstop, who has been incapacitated recently with a broken le endinger of Holy Cross, Carroll of the eame institution, and Carney, Prince- ton’s star left hander, have been “looked over” by major league scouts, It it known, too, that no fewer than three of Knute Rockne's best players at Notre Dame have been app: hed, that two Ohio State men have been offered tryouts, and it is stated@t La- fayette that three, and perhaps four, of the players there are to enter the professional field. Gehrig, the terrific hitter of the Columbia team; Sheedy, Georgetown's first baseman; Foley of Boston college, and others have tbeea sounded out with tentative offers. Discourage Pro Baseball, ‘The majority of the colleges discour age boys from entering baseball as a profession, but make no active resist- ence unless the temptation is placed before an undergraduate to get him to quit school and play ball before finish- ing his course. Yet in their eagerness to find promising material and because of the scarcity of good players, they are swarming upon the colleges. Aside from Florence, Georgetown; Sheedy of the same school; Huntzinger, Penn; Carroll, Holy Cross; Cutler of Brown, and Gehrig of Columbia, L have not seen a player in the eastern schools who could make good in the majors without much more experience, and perhaps not then. Even those named would require a year or more of seasoning. The coaches are justified tn their stand against the raids of the major league coaches upon the undergrad- uates, and it is probable the major leagues will be forced to agree to keep hands off the college athletes until they have finished their courses, JEFFRIES GIVES DEMPSEY ADVICE ABOUT RETIRING Jim Jeffries and Jack Dempsey ran across each other in Los Angeles. Dempsey spoke about Jeffries’ finan- cial troubles, “That's all right, Jack,” sald Jeffries; “ these things hap- pen and I'll pull out all right.” ‘What Dempsey said on that particu- lar subject is not a matter of record. But, during the course of the con- Versation that ensued, Jeffries sald: “ Jack, I don’t know what your plans @re. But you are pretty much in the same fix right now that I was when I retired, because I had nobody to fight. “Take my advice and don't retire. If you can't fight, stay in training, keep fit. “If you retire, sooner or later theyll drag you out to fight again, as they did me, and the fellow you'll have to fight will be younger than you—prob- ably stronger and faster. Dempsey thanked Jeffries and said: “T have no intention of retiring, Jim; I'll keep in condition if I have to wait ten years for a fight WILLARD-FIRPO BOUT IN CFFING Jess Willard and Luis Firpo, victors in the two star bouts of milk fund boxing carnival at the Yankee stadium, New York City, will be matched in a fifteen round contest to decide a cham Pionship opponent for Jack Dempsey, Promoter ounced at the concl The fight, h held in the Ya bably w © stadium J 11d be ne 30. Pacific Coast Leaguer Hits § Homers in 1 Game Schneider, right fielder of the mon Coast league club, set what is supposed to be knocked five home r Salt Lake. He dr Verr