Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1924, Page 5

re or rs mn, ea lex ca. ch m, * ee World Results cent of the net receipts, gentine has cast his lot. A group of wealthy men, whose identities have not been revealed are back of the syndicate. By FAIR PLAY. (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Jan. 30—A Jersey sporting man who has always been closely in touch with Luis Firpo on authority for the statement that when Firpo leaves the Argentine next month {t will be for good. In the U. 8. A. he sees a land not only of sporting opportunity but of busi- ness opportunities as well, and moreover he is thoroughly sold on the states. Firpo has made no sort of a hit in Buenos Aires since his return. He came under the black cloud of flawed patriotism, an aspect due to his taking initial steps to change his citizenship from the Argentine to the U. S. A. Luis has never been able to explain that away, or to laugh it off either. And the Jersey informant says Luis’ auto- mobile business has not filled him By HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—(United Press).—Major league managers and club owners deny that they have among themselves a gentle- man’s agreement not to interfere with each other's trading activities by claiming useful players. upon whom waivers have been asked. From time to time, the fans, who have not access to the inside of base- ball, find evidence that points to such an agreement. The players, who certainly are in g:00d position to hear back-stage talk, accused the club owners so directly, with being willing to slide players out of the big leagues that they started to form a union a year ago to fight it. 4* When fifteen major league clubs recently allowed Elmer Smith, a .800 hitter, the champion pinch hit- ter of the American League and a fair fielding outfielder, to be slip- ped out to the Anmrican Association without a claim being made for him, it seemed strarge. to say the least. and a hard hitter would offer big money to gamble on a minor league Player when they would not accept known ability. Perhaps it was natural to figure that the Yankees wanted him to complete a deal with Louisville for young Combs, a rookie with two season's experienc: and that the IAI STAYS COMBED, GLOSSY Millions Use It - Few Cents Buys Jar at Drugstore Even obstinate, unruly or shani- pooed hair stays combed all day in any style you like. ‘“Hair-Groom’ is a dignified combing cream which gives that natural gloss and roomed effect to your hair— that final touch to good dress, both in business and on social occasions. “Hair-Groom” is greaseless; a helps grow thick, y. lustrous hair. Beware of harmful “imitations.—Advertisement, By Leased Wire 650,000 GUARANTEE AND SHARE N STADIUM GRANTED TO FIREO South Amencan Gian! to Have Double Interest In Receipts When He Meets Harry Wills In Big Fight Next July. NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Luis Firpo will have a double inancial interest in his fight with Besides his $250,000 guarantee, It was hard to understand why clubs in need of a reliable fielder for the waiver price a player of f Harry Wills next July. with a privilege of 25 per he also will have an interest in the special sunken stadium near New York which is to be con- structed by a newly-formed syndicate w'ia which the Ar- with the iden that he can clean up a million {: the South American marts of trade. If all this is true and Firpo is really getting ready to pull up South American stakes he could not in his recent actions have given a more life-like imitation of @ man who ts preparing to do just this thing. His latest stunt has been to snap his fingers at, the South American boxing federation which has been trying to force him to meet the Chilean heavyweight, Romero. Luis had just as Hef meet him, only as he puts it, he has not time to bother with small fry when he can mingle with the elect of the boxing fraternity in the United States. This surely is no attitude to take if Firpo intends to continue as a resident of South America. Firpo could make himself ex- tremely popular in this country if he were to live here and of course, to maintain his boxing prestige. He is a big lovable sort of man—is all that Carpentier looked to be and was not. RAILROADING IN THE . MAJOR LEAGUES IS DISCUSSED BY SCRIBE other clubs acted on the agreement ‘not claim yours, if you'll not claim mine." Beyond an abstract denial of charges that the old “railroad” was still working, only one club official would take the trouble to explain how such things would happen reg: ularly asa. part of routine business: John McGraw, vice president and Manager of the Giants, suggests that in the case of Smith several rival managers might have wanted to take him away from the Yan- kees, “but they" might not have been able to do it. “Major league clubs are allowed to haye only forty vlayera on their list at any one time and just before the training season starts, it is sel- dom that a manager has a place on his team at a moment's notice,” Mc Graw said. It is a well knoln fact that the “forty player limit rule” is one of those rules that looks good on the books and that is respected only as a good looking rule by the baseball People. It ‘s also believed generally that the rule never will prevent a club owner trom taking on a player that he really wants. There is more to another argu- ment pfesented by McGraw, how- ever, that frequently a fancy con- tract prevents one club from taking player from another club, for even the low price of the waiver. If Smith had a three or four year contract at a salary of $7,000 or $8.- 000 it is not likely that one of the club owners not in the wealthy class would care to assume the obligations of a contract—it they would consider a baseball contract as placing any obligations on the club owner, With a lot of sound wisdom be- hind the point, McGraw also calls to mind that major Jeague managers may know a lot more about the ability of players than the fans and the writers. He points out that all managers are not In such a position financially that they can impose a burden on the payroll just to have a pinch hit- ter on the bench and that the title of “champion pinch hitter” is not as high meaning as it sounds, A pinch hitter, it must be admit- ted, might finish the season with an average of .999 and yet he might not win a sinsle game. cee Just a couple of years ago George Burns-was being peddled around the American League for the wafver price and was used at odd jobs tn the outfield and around first base- man. From the sacrifice in playing strength that Tris Speaker had to make in getting Burns back from the Red Sox to the Cleveland In- dians, he is the most valuable first baseman in the league. Rather strange, because low sur- roundings usually drag a player down, Burns developed into a bril- lant player with the lowly Red Sox. He had a chance to work regularly and hit all kinds of pitching and it is possible that ‘the coaching of Frank Chance may have enabled him to find nimself last seasori. At the age of thirty-one, the average basehall player is far past his prime, out Burns seems to be just arriving, at that rather “‘ad- vanced” age. cee Tris Spenker has bee. one of the greatest of all yers and is still a fine performer in the field and at hat. He is a capable manager and a brilliant leader, but from the re- sults of two big trades he has made showing ter form Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, international tennis champion, gets into action at Cannes.) It was her first appearance this year, than ever, according to observers. and she's TEXAS AND MIDWEST CAGERS WIN GAMES; RED CROWNS AND METHCDISTS CLASH TONIGHT The Texas beat the Postoffice by a score af 17.to 12 and the Mid- west defeated the Polarines 24 to 17 in the double header played at the Natrona County High School /symnasium by these teams of the y Basketbal! ‘league, In both games there was some good play- ing demonstrated and the Midwest quintet uncorked a surprise when it won its first victory of the sea- son. The score speaks for itself in proving the hard fighting neces- sary in winning both games, for the results were in doubt until the final whistle in each case. Another double-header is sched- uled to start at 8 o'clock tonight on the same floor when the Methodists: and the Red Crowns and the Legion and Smoke House-Pearl White str:ve for pre-final laurels. The Red Crowns hold the lead thus far in the games while the Methcdists are second with a chance for first place ig they defeat their HARVARD GRID WORK SPEEDED Coach Following in Steps of Rockne ‘In System. By WALTER CAMP (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YOFK, Jan, 30.—Harvard according to her new football cham- pion, Malcolm Greenough, proposes to take a leaf out of Knute Rockne's hook. He has notified the crimson candidates that. like Rockne’s Notre Dame players, they will have to put twelve montus concentration on the game and while not playing it must “think” it. Well, anything that a man wishes to do better than anyone else in the world is worth thinking about—and to make himself perfect at {t, he must concentrate a good part of his waking thought upon it. Harvard aiso is following the ex- ample of Yale and Princeton ~in putting her football men into box- ing. It only remains for the athletic conimittee to approve the step. One wonders whether the head- ings in the newspapers upon the appointment of Fielding H. Yost as professor of the theory and practice of athletic coaching will entirely please Michigans veteran football mentor. “Hurry up Yost now a professor.” However, the honor is a deserved one and the director of athletics will now hold fuil academic ranking on the campus, he is the worst peddler !n the bust- ness. In giving O'Neil, Wamby, Con- nolly and Boone to the Red Sox for Burns, Fewster and Walters, the In- dians, however, may have been forced by the han of Ben Johnson. Johngon is out to rebufld the club that Frazee wrecked in Boston and it is probable that Johnson has not sold the stock in the Cleveland club that he was shown to be in posses- sion of during the Carl Mays litiga- tion. —_— Don't forget to set your oréer in to the Tribune for several copies of the big Annual Industr‘al edition so that you can send them back home to your friends thereby advertising the s' hone 15 and 16. ———__—_— Oi Opoyne Manor fringe shades at $1.50. Hunter-Goil Co., +241 .-W. First. Phono 986J. opponents this evening. The Le. gion and Smoke House-Pearl White are tied for third place in the league anl tonight's contest wil deter- m'ne which is to elip into fourth place. Because these games are the last ones before the finals it is but nat- ural that interest in them should be keen and it is expected that the gymnasium will be packed with fans Sport Gossip Three hundred colleges and schools throughout the country have been invited to participate in the second annual relay carnival at the University of Kansas on April 29, With nine National league pen- nants to his credit, John McGraw of the New York Giants leads all managers in both major leagues in the number of league championships won. Walter Miller, former champion middleweight wres' bas obtained leave from. the ‘Los Angeles A. C., where he is, engaged 4s instructor, in order to make a professional tour of Australia. world’s Okluhoma A. and M. college has won the Southwestern Confegence wrestling championship for “lght consecutive years and hopes to re- peat when this year's title event is held In the home gymnasium at the end of the February The Cincinnati- preacher who of- fered a prayer ‘for the success of the Reds in the world’s baseball ser- {es has a counterpart in an English clergyman, Canon Gowing, who has held a service attended by a thous- and men, in which prayers were of- fered for a victory of the local foot- ball team in a coming title match. Recently the centenary of Rugby football was celebrated in England. It would, however, appear from a discovery recently made in Athens that the game is much older. Dur- ing an investigation of the wall of Themistocles, erected 478 B. C., 2 statue base of stil) earlier date was found built into the wall, It bears two bas-reliefs, one of six youths Playing hockey, and another of six youths playing Rugby. SAY “‘BAYER” when you buy-Gonuine NORWEGIAN SKI {¢ TAR 1S VICTOR Captures Marthon in Olympic Events at Chamonix. CHAMONIX, France. Jan. 30.— (By The Associated Press}—Thor- Met Haug, Norwegian skiing star, won the ski marathon race in the Olympic winter sports today. Thirty-four ski marathoners, rep- resenting France, Latvia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Jugo Slavia, Italy, Switzerland, Czecho Slovakia, Pol- and and Hungary, engaged in a jaunt of fifty kilometers across the mountain passes and valleys. The American ski team, although reg- ularly entered, decided not to start in the marathon ag they only reach- 4 town yes*érday and are in poor condition. They feared the effort of the long race might prejudice their chances in the sk! jumps in which they were especially anxious to make a good showing. It was clear and cold today with the temperature at about zero Fahrenheit at sunrise. There was virtually no wind in the sheltered valley although the clouds of snow which were swept off from the sur. rounding peaks testified to the gales blowing above. CHAMONTX, France, Jan. 30.— (By The Associated Press)—Canada defeated Switzerland in an Olympic hockey match here today, 33 to 0. a New Argentine Street Named For Luis Firpo GUAYMALLEN, Argentina, Jan 80—The municipal council of this town voted yesterday on the name of a new street. Five of the city fathers thought the thoroughfare should be called Vincente Lopez, in honor of the author of the Argen. tine national anthem. Five others voted for Luis Angel Firpo. The tle necessitated the casting of the decisive ballot by the president of the council with the result that the street will henceforth be known as Cale Luis ‘Ange! Firpo. ‘When some af~the counctllors later took the president to task for voting for the boxer instead of the patriot-composer, that official ex- claimed: “Carramba! I thought you meant Vincent Lopez the tax col- lector who was my. enemy.” ————.—_ Sport Calendar Racing Meeting of Business Men's Rac- ing Association, at New Orleans. Meet of Cuba-American Jockey club, at Havana. Meeting of Tiajuana Jockey club, at Tiajuana, Hockey Olympic matches at Chamonix: United States vs. France, Canada vs. Switzerland, Grear Britain ve. Bel- gium. Billiards Tadeo Suganuma suyama, for national balkline championship, York. Track Annual indoor games of the Mill. rose A. C., Madison Square Garden. : olf: Kinrey Mat junior 18.2 at New ‘Women's January tournament at Belleair, Fla. Championship of Miami Beach, at Miami, Fla. 2 ee Sa ¢ Job For Iron Man LOS ANGELES, Cal. - (United Press)—The police are looking for a single man with a cast iron stom- ach, a strong constitution and ‘an acid proof throat. He will be offer ed a job as liquor “taster” for the department, snd the job wilil consist of trying all seizures made under the prohibition act to determine what percentage of muriatic acid or vitrol they contain, Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for Colds Headache Neuralgia Lumbago Pain (Toothache Neuritis Rheumatism Accept only “Bayer” package (UMN wisi contains proven directions. Handy ‘Dayer” boxes of 12 tablets | Aspirin ws the trade mark of Bayer Manufactare ttles of 24 and 100—Drugzists, Of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid fal a heavy lead throughout the entire BY LAWRENCE PERRY (Copyright 1924, by Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Jan. 30—Is there any serious obstacle to changing the CASPER FIVE TRIMS PREPS BY BiG SCORE LARAMIE, Wyo., Jan. 30—(Spec- to The Tribune}—Maintaining game, the Natrona “County high school basketball five defeated the Laramie Preps here last night by the overwhelming score of 28 to 2. The score at the end of the first half was 15 to 0. Davis was the chief point maker for Casper. The game was the fourth which the Casper squad has p's'yed on the trip through the southern part of the state, Three defeats were met before the Oil City, aggregation was finally able to seture a victory. The boys were in fine trim ang went into the game with a .spirit that would have carried them through to success {n an even hard er game than was played with the Preps. Sport Briefs NEW YORK — The Firpo-Wills fight next July will be held in a sunken concrete stadium to be built close to New York City, it was stat- ed by members of the promotion syndicate which Firpo hag joined. ATLANTA—W. L. “Young” Stri- bling, Macon, Georgia, light heavy- wejght, outpointed Bill Shade of New York, * HOT SPRINGS—“Red” of Little Rock, defeated Herring Frankie Tucker, Los Angeles, lightweight in ten rounds. eco DYNAMOS BEAT SCOUT TROOP BY LONE POINT The close score of 19 to 18 re- sulted last night when the Dyna mos defeated Troop 9 of the Boy Scouts in a game played on the The Dyna- Baptist gymnasium. mos are a Methodist church team. The lineup was as follows. Dy- namos—Dowler, c, Conley rf, Crow If, Chilcutt rg, Allen Ig. ‘Troop 9 —Cole c, Bundy rf, Hicks If, Mc- Graw rg, Harvey lg. HULLESS OATS Yes sir! Not a sign of hull. Kernel like inside kernel of or- dinary Oats, only larger. Yields 60 to 70 bu. to acre, weighs 60 lbs. to the bu. ALKALI GRASS Will grow on your worst alkali ground. Requires alkali to make it w. Relished by all classes of stock. Out catalog tells you all about these two new introductions and many others. Catalog gladly furnished free on request. 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None the less he ts gener- ally recognized just now as the leading American professional golfer, 2 position considerably strengthened by his splendid vic- tory over Arthur Havera, The play of beth Havers and Sarazen in the unofficial Califor- nia match was extremely fino, the Italian-Ame n winning on the offic'al championship? It would give us a great international event at a time when go'f is frozen up in most sections of the golfing world and at the same time would give the Pacific Coust a surt of recogni tion that is richly deserved. There would probably be no great difficult, the winner of ovided he be open. giishman —t visit this ami-| basis of his work on the green. The able climate. particularity as the] fact that both men finished well question of expense should not] down in the California open re prove @fficult to solve in view of] cently held shows how speedily the immense gallery such an at- traction would draw. 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