Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1924, Page 5

MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1924 World Results . By Leased Wire Ruth Swings Axe On Farm To Keep In Tiptop Shape Mighty Mauler of Yanks Wants to Go South Next Month to Be Worked Off SUDBURY, Mass., Jan. 14.—Babe Ruth, who bats out home runs in the summer months, plays gentleman farmer on his Sudbury estate all winter, but not because he likes it. Ruth, busy at building a new hen house one mild January apr atons long enough to say that farming with him is justin incident in the serious business of base- day, suspended TO INVESTIGATE BOXERS DEATH Frankie Jerome, Killed In Bout, Was Contend- er for Bantam Title NEW YORK, Jan. 1: ‘An autopsy bas been ordered to determine whe- ‘ther the death last night of Frankie Jerome, bantamwelght boxer, was due to a blow received during a bout with Bud Taylor of Terre Haute, Ind, on Friday last at Mad‘son Square Garden. If this proves to be the case, officials state, action will be taken immediately against Taylor. Death followed an operation which failed to relieve a cerebral hemor- rhage. Jerome, whose real name was Frank Daugherty, fs the third New York boxer to die from injuries re- celved in the ring since the Walker Law legalized the sport in 1920, if he actually succumbed as a result of Taylor’ blows. The first was Lew Brody, who died in 1 and the second Andy Thomas who succumbed early last year. Neither was as well known as Jerome, who was a contender for the world’s title held by Joe Lynch. Threats of _ legislative _ action, againat ‘the sport” have been heard s'nce the discussion began a month ago of poor decisions. An investiga- tion of Jerome's condition before the fight is expected, particularly as he had been fighting often and it was apparent when his bout with Taylor began that he was not in his usual strength. Tex Rickard, who promot- ed the fight/ said Jerome was in good condition when he entered the ring. Brain specialists attempted an un- usual operation yesterday to save the boxer’s life, boring a hole in the skull to relleve a blood clot. Rickard, Billy Gibson, Jetome’s manager, and a few other friends were with Jerome when he was in- formed that an operation was to be performed. “Well boys,” the boxer said, guess this is my last fight.” The operation apparently was a “y success and his frfends left the hospt-) tal, only his wife and,his manager being with him wiggn he died. Previous to meeting Taylor, Yero- me never had been knocked out. Taylor pissse@ ths action in the fight Friday was and had a big lead in points when Jerome opened} up in the ninth. Taylor battered. his body as the twelfth opened and Jerome sank to the floor, rolling to- ward the ropes to assist himself to his feet. The referee stopped the fight. iS aes a | SPORT BRIEFS West Virginia may have a new class C baseball league the com- With Little Weight ball. The axe, hammer, saw and snow shovel, which are Ruth's winter time toys, are no more than instruments of training for the mighty bat that ts expected to pro- pel home runs in midJuly. ‘That's the idea,” said Babe, “a guy's got to keep right at it.” Impelled by an ambition and a ¢read, Ruth performs much hard work on his farm of 140 acres. The ambition is to outstrip all past records in long distance batting in the 1924 season, The dread is that winter may put cn the babo’s great frame many pounds of weight which he will be compelled to train away in_the early season, Ruth said he had too much reduc- ing to do last spring, that the pro- cess sapped his strength, and that he lost time at the opening of the season which told on his 1923 per- formance. Nothing of that kind is to occur this year, the Babe says, and he claims that he has added lit- tle, if any, to his poundage of the 1923 world’s series. He made one trip to New York this winter. It was to ask and ce- ceive permission from Colonel Rup- pert, owner of the Yankees, to go to Hot Springs Arkansas, early in February for the “boiling out" pro- Ruth does not pretend to be much of an agriculturist as the growing season of crops finds him engaged elsewhere and otherwise. His Sudbury farm contains sixty acres |" of woodland, and it is against this that Bahe' directs his efforts, He estimates the timber on his prop- erty at about 300,000 feet, and he swings his southpaw axe dally dur ing his sojourn. here, This win- ter, he has varied the program. in’ the building of chicken houses, intending to brahch out on a large scale in the chicken raising industry. Ruth swings at a tree with much the same wholehearted energy ho displays in driving at a baseball. —_—s— Sport Calendar Meeting of Business Men's Rac- ing association at New Orleans, Meeting of Cuba-American Jockey club at Havana, Meeting of Tiajuana Jockey club at Tiajuana. Trotting. Meeting of joint rule committee of American and National associa- tions, at Chicago. Bowling. Northwestern Bowling — associa- tion tournament opens at Fargo. Kentucky Bowling association tournament opens at Louisville, Shoot! ing. - Midwinter trapshooting ment at Bilox! Miss. is Gol. tourna- Annual. Bermuda amateur cham- plonship opens at Hamilton. National class B 18-2 amateur | championship opens at Hamilton. Boxing. Eddie Shea vs. Jimmy Mendo, 10 rounds, at East Chicago. Jack Renault vs. Joe White, rounds, at Trenton, N, J. Jack Wolfe vs. Young, Montreal, 12 rounds, at Columbus, O. Red Hill vs. Mickey Perkins, 15 rounds, at New Orlea: 12 ing season. Wheeling, Morgan- town, Charleston, Huntington and Bluefield are mentioned as possible members of the proposed circuit. University of Toronto, three-time winner af the Canadian interco!- legiate hockey championship, has started the present season with wood prospects of adding a fourth to its string of titles. The Michigan-Ontario league may find some difficulty in picking a g00d baseball town to take the place of Grand Rapids, in case the Michigan city should adhere to its intention to drop out of the Mint cireuit, —a The proposed new baseball league in the southeastern, section may mean a ball club for Savannah. At Present Savannah i ono of the few cities of its size in the entire coun- try without professional baseball. The ‘Montreal proposal having been cast into the discard by the International league moguls, Provi- dence is now mentioned as the best available city for a club in the event that Syracuse is e'iminated from the circuit. If he keeps all of his present en- fagements Harry Wills, the negro heavyweight, will be a busy boxer curing the month of January. With- in the next few weeks he is sched- len, ———— SCHAEFERIS — READY TOPLAY CHICAGO, Jan, 14.—Young Jake Schacfer, California billiard star, who will meet Willie Hoppe, world’ 18.2 balk Ine champion, in the sec- ond challenge match of.the season for the championship here next week, ic expected to arrive in Chi- cago today, Hoppe, in 1921, lost the title which he had successfully defended for 17 years, to Schaefer, came back a year later and regained it. Sehaefor, it wus raid, was not in form in the recent 1923 champion- ship tournament in New York and when it finished he was second in tine to Welker Cochran to challenge the champion, Schaefer has been playing in, a series of exhibition matches on the Pacific coast and his average in a majority of them, has been higher than either Hoppe or Cochrane were able to roll up in their two championship engagements. PEs eS Denver fight fans think they have good cause for grievance in the fact that their city, the capital and metropolis of the state, is virt- ua'ly the only city of prominence in the state in which boxing bouts are prohibited, PREPARE SHIP FOR LONG TRIP LOS ANGELES, Callf., Jan. 14.— The’ Good Will, owned by Keith Spaulding and said to be the lafg- est schooner yacht on the Pacific now is in a harbor ship yard, being Broomed for a 30,000 mile cruise, Which, according to present plan will*be made by Spaulding and his wife only, with the yacht in com- mand of a skipper. The boat will carry the Burgee of the Ca'ifornia Yacht club around the world for the first time. —< For results try a Tribune Classi led When the two suspects were brought aboard the searched. The smiles on the iace of t) provoked by his own wit. When guys are sure those words be misleading let it be little craft into eternity. was fired repeated'y. Finally the center ure shows the suspect salors. Seneca, they were he one shown In this picture was od: “‘Youse @ barn. all but sald the shots did blow the NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYERS BY JOHN B. FOSTER Copyright Casper Dally Trt 1934 NEW_ YORK, Jan. 14,—National league players probably will not be backward about signing their con- tracts for 1924. Usually players of the league that fai's to win the world’s series are not so fussy as those of the league that does win. Kelly and Young of-the Giants have holdover contracts and Ryan and Bentley have come to an agree- ment with the club. Both of them were late in hitching up in 1923. Frisch is almost sure to be made captain of the team in succession to Dave Bancroft and if he gets the job he will receive something in ad- dition to his regular sa'ary. Frisch is deserving of all he gets. He is a very fine player and a very square young man to his organization. He gives all he has and makes no trouble. The Reds are likely to LEAGUE START POSTPONED Pacific Coast Teams Will Get Under Way. Apnl 8 This Season OAKLAND, Callff,, Jan. 14.—The Pacific coast baseball league may open its 1924 season April 8, instead of April 1, the usual date, it was indicated at a meeting of league of- ficials here yesterday, The change, if effected, will permit the northern teams to hold their opening game: under more favorable weather condi. tions, it was pointed out. have an egreement with Roush, who has formed a habit of debating over terms. Hornsby has another year to go with St. haggle over a price that has been. The Chicago Cubs have their players pretty we'l in hand and the White Sox haven’t, that is one reason why the Sox have notified the world at large that any player who has not signed a contract will not go south. Detroit is not likely to have any trouble, Most of the players are anxious to get in line again and have another whack at the cham- pionship, Cleveland will reward some of its Players who did well in 1928 and will’ start the new season full wu drawi ptain P. F. Roach commanded The But lest |New Y. Louis and will not! HE [3 SPURNED suspect, fin: caught, was ‘ork, pending tar Canaan of tl sioner of the two men caught. No liquor was found aboard the but the men resisted arrest, and so they were detained. | ANGRY BECAUSE Mullins Says Fighters’ Sidetrack Negro | Too Good For Them By FAIRPLAY (Copyright Casper Tribune 1924) NEW YORK, Jan, 14.—Paddy Mul- When the Guns Barked ‘These peeeeeee are first to be taken aboarr a rum chaser. The U. § .8. Seneca, on its latest trip along the Atlan coast to pick up rum runners, staged a battle that recalled war days. Its four-inch gun quarry came to a stop. Photos show the actual firing during the battle. The ng up alongsile the Seneca. Note the ever-ready rifles in hands of the © vessel. SIGHING 1924 contracrs Ls MANAGER tled to the Seneca and brought into he hearing before the U. 5. commis- tiny boat, get in the ring with the brown pan- ther, Whether or not Dempsey will meet ‘Wills this year or later depends a lot upon Wills showing against Mad- den on February 4, Kearns tacit to date as regards to Wills has been easy to read. He figures that since| Wills 1s older than Dempsey the pas- sing years bring more changes due to age to the ngero than to Demp-| sey. In good time, when he feels| Harry is ripe, the fight will be hela— but not in New York. Right now a lof of Judges figure! that Harry's three years of com-| parative inaction have softened him and that Dempsey fs in a position to| take him easily. The delay is due to the ballyhoo necessary to get the fans of the country smokeg up to the | point where they will pay big money! to see the battle. This could be brought about in no more effective; way than by Wills ‘hounding Jack until Jack registers anger and in manner of speaking takes off his| coat and says ‘Come on you big) smoke.”” 0 | manufacturers and dealers in MMERCIALISM | NOPORTOHAS ° EFFEGT ON MODERN BUSINESS Vast Amount of Money —Railroads and Being Spent In Play Hotels Benefit Particularly (Copyright Casper Tribune 1924) NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—The com- mercialism of sport or rather the| effect of sport on business and in-| dustry is becoming more apparent every day. Polo, golf, fishing, motor boating, horse racing and aquatic Sports will be the cause of the ex- penditure of more money in the south in the next three months than ever before in a similar period. This | will react favorably not only to| ports: and goods, but to ralflrosds, clothing manufacturers. An illustration of the trend was shown conclusively Sunday when hotel: | members of the American Olympic Ski team practiced at Briarcliff, N. J. There was no snow at Briarcliff 80 the proprietor of the hotel there ordered a trainload of snow shipped from the Adirondacks. The cars of | the New York Central were sprinkl-| | than ed to form a coating of ice and tn this the snow was packed down with an ice blanket sprinkled over the top. The freight rate charged was sixty cents a hundred pounds. It would have been infinitely less ex- pensive to send the Skilers to the snow to practice than to bring the snow to the skilers, but there were no hotels where the snow lay. Racing is rapidly making the Shen- tucky blue grass region as a home andoah Valley a rival of the Ken- for the horse. There has been more $4,000,000 invested in eight breeding farms in ‘the valley on which are quartered 400 brood mares and such famous sires as Trap Rock, Sir Barton, Superman, Sun Briar and Royal Canopy. The high prices obtaining for burley tobacco and hemp, it is said have raised blue grass land values in Kentucky ta $500 an acre and more. By HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, Jan, 14.--(United Press.)—"Inside baseball will not do it all,” Connie Mack said recently, “the punch is more nec: ‘The tall leader of the Philadelphia Athletics was explaining the reasons that prompted him to start buying all the young minor league stars he could afford to acquire. Mack js one of the smartest of all baseball men and when he admits that the sock is more to be desired than brain, it is a striking Indica- tion of what Babe Ruth and the lvely ball have done to the game. MackYhas Wad ‘a smart baseball team for two years and Inst season he started out with the Athletics as {f his long-expected arrival had ar- rived. But the team slumped in mid- season, dropped twelve games in a row and was out for the year. Hitting, as Hans Wagner pointed out, has almost entirely chonged baseball. It has developed new ideas of fielding, rendered base stealing almost obsolute and removed pitch-| ing from the list of fine arts. Still, with all the slugging, poor | pitching and spotty fielding, it {s a good old game. Tne fans like hit- ting and it is the business of the magnates to furnish, as near as pos-| sible, the kind of baseball that {s| most desired, While the valuq of hitting has be- come exaggerated, It is no theory that a team needs a certain amount’ of slugging or consistent hitting to win a championship, It has been a good many years since a ttam went through to a pen-| nant without hitting strength. The | factor that hitting has become in the modern game was demonstrated last season when the Glants clubbed their way through to a pennant with a most miserable staff of pitchers. Out west, for good reasons, the fans are already building up the hope that one end of the world's series will be played in that section. With the Cincinnati Reds in the Na- tional League pennant race, the wish is not father to the thought that Ohio will have a part of the world’s series, with yim and fire. Ping, who m&nages Harry Wills, has ‘The St. Louls Browns will be in/8ccePted Rickard’s statement as to a jam with some of their playera,|the matching of Dempsey and Gib- but all the Browns probably will be in line for Mobile. Both Philadelphia clubs will start south with their men anxious to do what they can to help Philadelphia move up. Rumors of trades have been many so far as the Phillies are concerned, but it looks as if they will start the schedule pretty much as they are. ENGINE TESTS MAKE RECORDS SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 14, —Test locomotive runs from Los Angeles fo El Paso, a distance of 815 miles, with the newest type of mountain climbing engines have re- sulted in the breaking of all pre vious rail records, the Southern Pa- cific company announced yesterday. Locomotives ‘with which the tests were made, were of a consignment of fifty recently purchased for use in the west, Executive session of the league of- ficials opens today when this detail and other important business pertain- ing to the coming season will be ‘dis- cussed. * Fifty players, less than half of whom are characterized as regular performers have been ordered into tra'ning at Boyes Springs, by the San Francisco Club. Acording to Manager Ellison of the Seals, he has provided plenty of material for a thorough workout in the candidates. To date he has ned up 21 pitchers, 10 outfielders, i4-inflelders and five catchers, i REBT TSE TTT Crosley & Ace, Receivers ATWATER KENT “The Wonder Set” THE WORLD AT YOUR DOOR FOR $38.00 The famous Ace Type V. The little Radio Set with the big re- sults. 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It might occur to Mullins that Rickard’s attitude is governed by tips from men higher up, Any one who knows Rickard at all well knows that in his heart ho believes Wills is the best opponent that could be secured to face the champ. And he knows the bout would pay big. Then why does he turn Mullins down cold as he did ithe other day? Think it over, As for the proposed Dempsey-Gib- tons match, that doesn’t promise to be a fight. The whole 15 rounds will revolve around Gibbons skill in avolding Dempsey's wallops, Tommy can‘t hurt Jack and everyorfe who) saw the fight in Shelby is certain| of this. As for Wills, Mullins says he is going to pound Dempsey vunfil he! signs to meet his man somewhere.| Paddy thinks that a show in a big Jersey ball park next summer would be about the ticket, And he has eyes on Boyle's thirty acres. Mullins says that he is planning 2» campaign for his man every contender for Demp- sey’s title whereupon the champ wil} have to yield to a public demand to All the Reds need to win the pen- nant fs a little of wht Connie Mack, and all the other managers, as far as that goes, 1s seeking—a little more punch. The Reds have a good pitching staff. It ought to be the best in the league, if Luque does not overdo himself during the winter In Havana. Carl Mays will win at least ten games for Pat Moran. Donohue should have a better season. Shee- han ought to deliver. Rixey is not through and Moran might be able to bring out some of his other young | Congressman “L.. J. Dickinson of | Pitchers. Algona, Towa, addressing the gather-| To win the pennant next year, the ing today asserted that “farming| Reds necessarfly do not have to be FARMER-MANUFAETURER ALLINGE 1§ CONSIDERED CHICAGO, Jan. 14—A national) farmer-manufacturer alliance js con- templated by sponsors of a two day| convention opened here today with| representatives from these two ele- ments of the nation’s industries Present. either must be mace a safer business | Proved greatly over the team that| s or the present. standard of farm “d the runn'ng up in the Natfonal| civilization cannot be maintained.” |°asue pennant race last season. He expressed the opinion that legisia-},. Even if they are no stronger than tion can generally improye the farm. they were in 1923, the Reds ought to ers‘ condition. - make a better showing, because the The Wallace plan for the control, Giants will not be as strong as they of export wheat, the program of tha| Were last year. National farm Bureau relative to or.| Taka Daubert ought to have a bet ganization and cooperation, and or-|teT year and Pinellf, and Bohne ganization for commodity marketing | Should he of more value to the team. | control, were endorsed by the spenk.| The outfield Is about the best in the er., He suggested that by. organiza.|!¢asue. and the catching department tion, corn growers of Iowa and Illin-| §8 !n good shape. ois could control the prices of their| “Bubbles” Hargrave, in the op!nion products, of John McGraw, is the best young Ea SO catcher in the league, and Wingo is = good, steady, smart catcher. B E The Glants wil have more compet!- tion than they had last year and . | they have not been improved to meet | stronger realstance. | McGraw's most vital need ts for | pitchers, and will have a tough |time getting any. major league club CHICAGO, Jan. 14.—Riders’ who’ to give him the best of a trade for a competed in the six day"bicycle race good pite here last“weck left for the east. r Heinle h has been slowed up al: of the riders, . Taylor, most to a walk, although t rence and Hanley, will leave for Ger- third with’ the best {n the business In many next Wednesday to compete in a short series. No third basemen of a six day race in Berlin which starts any day could have done better than on January 29, Groh did in the last world's series, Four Law er, can play INSIDE BASEBALL CANNOT COMPETE WITH REAL PUNCH but he can’t do that through an en- tire season. , George Kelly will be no better than he was last year. He is a good, steady fielder and a great hitter with two down and nore on, but McGraw doesn’t think so much of him that he wouldn't consider him as trading material, Meuse! ts all slowed up in the field, but he 1s still a dangerous hitter. Jackson is the most promising young | Player in baseball, but regardless of | how good he plays, the Giants will miss Dave Bancroft at shortstop. The Giant catching staff is noth jing te rave about, althoughgit ts not | the worst in ehe league. Sr¥vder had @ good year last year, but he is slow: ing up and the work js telling on him, The greatest asset of the Giants Is | John McGraw, but the @ds have a great asset in Pat Moran, a manager, who may not be as good as McGraw, but who is one of the smartest men in baseball, The Pirates will be in race again, but they are a funny outfit that per- sists in falling short of expectations. If there is to be a dark horse in the pennant race, it may be the Chi- cago Cubs. Bill Killifer has been building well. He had @ good ball club last season, and there is no reason why it should not be a better club next season, ———_»—____. FOR THE GAME'S SAKE The Poor Pro Golfer He blew across the ocean in the spring of nineteen-ten, From a course in bonny Scotland widely known as Hielan’ Fen. What clothes he owned were on his back—except within his bag. A pair o’threadbare breekies, a jacket mostly rag. A bag of clubs he carried that bore no stamp nor brands. For he had made them all himself with his own skillful hands, had no pride of bearing, no braggadoclo—He was just MacNab, a dour crab, a bally Scottish pro. That line of dots betokens the pas- sing of the years. Since Jim Mao Nab arrived here the smallest of small beers, Jim's pro at Grassy Meadow now and sometimes may be seen, At practise on the fairway, or posing on the green, Not e’en the proudest member Gores breathe to him a word. Of getting some instruction from this toplofty bird. He gives his club distinctto cause of his prestige. He knows the abtle meanings of the phras§ no- blesse oblige. $ Ne Just now he'll be” in Texas ori orida so gay. His fee five hun- 1 iron men each time he deigns | He ar to play In garb no bird of plumage has a feather on this toff. His clothes come straight from Bond street, now try and laugh that off. Ten years ago he couldn't spell and scarce knew A from Zed. But now his learned screeds on golf by everyone are read. In short MacNab has learned the fact that in the U. S. A. The guy who sticks his chest out is the guy who makes h Break SNUFFY COLDS with antiseptic MENTHOLATUM Relieves head congestion Apply in nostrils