Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1924, Page 5

BABE HASN'T TAKEN FLOP INGE HE CUT DUT THE ‘ROUGH STUFF Frank Baker Said To Be Responsible for Re- formation of Home Run King, Who Is Now Exponent of Simple Life BY HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, Feb. 4—(United Press).—Babe Ruth, getting ready for another big season, has been chopping wood, tilling the soil and minding the chickens, since he de- pesited his world’s series money and his end of a few exhibition games. From all evidence the reform that the Babe announced this time last year “took.” For personages of the Prominence, the means and the dis- Position of the Babe, reforms sel- dom “take.” Ruth caught himself, however, be- fore he had dissipated to the danger ine, and as long as he grants per- manence to his resolution to attend strictly to the business of playing baseball, he will have many more seasons as the greatest of the ball layers. come to the attention of 8: the fn rather lenient amateur players to be “London Athletic News.” ness while they were playing. case, was stretched in several letter recetved from an Eni following: had two star forwards. their affection: up in busines: business has boomed to such an ex tent that the two forwards now can. not find time to play football.”* Ever since Rush was made to see the error of his ways, fans and pro- fessors have been curious to know who are and what was responsible for his reformation, Frank Baker, the former home- run king, according to a story that was told recently, was really the one who got the Babe back on his feet. Baker was a star before the day of the big money, but he was sober in his habits and saving in his ways, and he is now financially for- tified for the future. Baker lectured the Babe constant- ly on the wisdom of saving his money, but the Babe had plenty and he saw piles coming tn, 90 the ad- vise of his friend did not take. Turning to the ponies for amuse- ment, Ruth was “taken” for every- thing he had, and he went $30,000 “on the nut.” He started to slip as a player, and the source of his revenue was threatened. After having the lessons that Beker preached to him rather alarm- ingly Mustrated for him, Ruth then turned over, and he hasn't flopped back, Wambsgans ‘Wamby) (usually to the Boston the world’s series in 1920. vivors are Speaker, Sewall, Gardn Coveleskie, rr, Morton and Jamieson. years. Champion ball clubs never last of the Brooklyn Robins, posed Cleveland in the 1920 series. Johnston, Wheat, Griffith, Olson in the series. as it was in 1920 one of the oldest for what he does. “The; plains, in the class and then, after a while, they say I am all in, regardless.” Although he did not make any slugging records last season, Ruth had his biggest year, and he won the prize as the most valuable play- er in the American league. To a player who loves glory as mucly as’ the Babe does, the ward of that prize to him was more than new records and a lot of money. The Babe may not break his home-run: record next season, and it 1s probable that he will’ not. He does not like the right field layout of the New York stadium, and he is bothered by the. mental belief that he can’t hit in his home park. He is keen about the Polo Grounds, and he sald he felt sure if the Yanks had played all their home games on the Nationa! league grounds last season he would have hit seventy homers. Ruth also has changed his bat- ting style. He is secure as the home-run record holder, and he is satisfied with the mark he has es- tablished. He wants to have at least one season as the champion batsman of the league, and it is al- most certain that he will confine his attention to beating out Harry Heil- man next season for the champion- ship. ever meet pounds. the welterweight class, lightweight class. There are possibly only two legit- imate lghtweights ‘in the class and they are Pal Moran and Rocky Kan- sas, OLYMPICS T0. BEGIN JULY 8 Ceremony Is Planned For Formal Opening At Paris Stadium. PARIS, Feb. 4.—(United Press)}— The officiat of the Olympic gathes, which will fly from the mast of honor Curlng the sport at Col- ombus StaCium {s simply a chain of five colored links set on a back- ground of white without border. The colors of the links will be blue, yellow, black, green and red, with the b'ue at the top and atthe right. ‘The ceremony for the opening of Speaking of amateur rules, of which there hag been much recent Sport Calendar | Racing: | Meeting of Business Men’s Racing Association, at New Orleans. Meeting of Cuba-American Jockey club, at Havana. Meeting of. Tiajuana Jockey Club at Tiajuana. Golf: Annual St. Valentine's | tourna- ment opens at Pinehurst. Morida_ championship | +1, games will be held July 5. At 2 tournament opens at Palm Beach. { ooiock. President Millerand will ar- Wanter Sports: rive at the stadium and at the gate will be received by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, president of the Inter- naticnal Olympic Committee, who will likewise present his associates. The ¢wo committees will then con- duct he president to the tribune of hoor where-he will be raluted by the ‘“Marsefflaise.’* The procession of the athletes will then begin. Each. contingent will be precedeO by one assignéd to carry the name of the country, and by the national flag. They will file in alphabetical order, and after a turn of the stadium they will range themselves in groups behind their flags and facing the tribune at honor. The International and -French committees will form a semi-circle in front of the tribune, and after a brief talk by Comte Clary, Presi- dent Millerand will open the games with the simple words. ‘I proclaim the opening of the Olympic Games of.Paris, celebrating the eighth Olympiad of the modern era.” There will then be @ flare ‘of trumpets, a salute of guns, and the olympic flag will be hoisted. A group of pigeons, each having around its neck a ribbon of the col- ors of one of the contesting, na- tions, will take the air. and a chorus will give a cantata. After the athletes take the oath they will file out of the stadium and the trials will begin. The Chamber of Deputies has sanctioned a special postage stamp in honor of the gamea. .Olympic™ winter sports compett- tions, at Cha-nonix, France. » Curt Patterson Memorial match play, “at Saranac Lake N. Y._ Bowl Ohio State championship tourna- ment opens at Cleveland. Field Trails: Alabama Field Trails Association, at Courtland, Ala. Motorcycle; National Motorcycle, Bicycle and Accessory Show, at Chicago. Bo: xing: Jock Malone vs. Young Fisher, 10 rounds, at Toledo. Young Stribling vs. Jack Reddick, 10 rounds, at Winnipeg. Midget Smith Eddie Martin, 6 rounds, at New York. Pal Reed ys. Frank Moody, rounds, at New Bedford. Rockey Kansas vs. George Wer- ner, 12 rounds, at Buffalo. Jack Zwick Byddy McDonald, 10 rounds at Racine. Jack Taylor vs. Jamaica Kid, 12 rounds, at Columbus, 0. EOE GIVE QUICK RELIEF For Th roat Troubles: 10 Tt seems that football associations Europe have been following the Policy of allowing reimbursed for the time lost from thelr bus® This leniency, as ts always the cases, as was shown by the “News” in a residing in Europe, who told the “One of the richest clubs in the In order to be sure of them not transferring first division of the Italian league the club set them in their town. The Release of Steve O'Neill and Bill known as Red Sox leaves on the roster of ghe Cleveland Indians very few players who won The sur- George Burns came back !n the deal with the Sox after being away two long, as is shown in the personnel who op- and Grimes are the only players: re- maining on the team who took part It was expected, however, that the Robins would not hold together long ball clubs that ever won a pennant. Benny Leonard, roaming around the country doing his vaudeville stuff, weeps that he can’t get credit say I’m through,” he com- “until I beat the best man No one has ever said that you were through, Benny; but the boys do Say that you'll’ be through if you @ good man. at 135 Leonard ought to get out into the he could get plenty of business and hold his own just as he did in the conversation, an amusing case has the United tes Football association through Carruthers, H. D. Juki BY MILTON BRONNER LONDON, Feb. 4.—A dark night. Fog along the coast. A trawler comes to a Geserted cove with its Joad of innocent fish—and not so innocent booze. No, this is not about the United States Rum Row where ships are smuggling British booze to Amer!- can beotleggers. This particular story deals with British boats which smuggle French booze into merry England. For just as anti-booze rules the roost in-the United States, so booze 4s a'l powerful in Great Britain, It is powerful in Parliament, pow- erful in the party machines, power- ful in society and powerful in the press. It even has its friends in the churches. It has no strenuous opposition in the college’ and unt- versities. It permeates ‘all branches: of British life. That is why the makers of. beer, whiskey and gin in Britain. don’t worry much. Peerage Now the “Beerage” The last Parliament had in the House of Lords 12 members who were directors in ten big whiskey and brewery concerns, A number of these had made their entire for- tune out of booze. In the House of commons there wefe 16 brewers and distillers interested in 27 com- panies whose capital stock was a quarter of.a billion dollars. None of the big newspapers of Great Britain is owned by the beer and whiskey lords, but the press, as a whole, is favorable to their bus- iness for two reasons; the owners think the pubic sentiment favors the wets and the owners make huge sums Out of booze advertisements, Makers of well known brands of whiskey, beer and gin take columns of space in British newspapers to boost thelr wares. Not only that, but the big depart- ment stores of Great Britain have liquor departments on a scale of Here is the crack British hockey team, picked for the C, Ross Cuthbert, A. Anderson, | THE TRIBUNE’S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS Defeated by Americans, 12 to 0 smuggler is not watered down. far more to the drinker. The business of bodze smugg’ing| with two loads, one for night traf- in England is almost entirely in the Olymple games. Left to right; B. Carruth and C. B. Beldun. - Saongeba BOOZE RING ALL-POWERFUL IN BRITAIN AND PROBLEMS ARISE It; Belgian fishermen, who sel! brandy, is full strength and therefore worth| rum, wine and liquors by case loads. First in News Of All Events lal NO CONTENDER! A LEONARD Neither Moran Nor Dun- dee Need Cause the % STELLAR RIN€ EWENTS TO BE STAGED FT THE COLUMBIA Fighters scheduled to appear on the big card to be staged at the Columbia theater Thursday night of hall and Kid Ross should also prove a star attraction. this week are beginning to assemble Champ, Any Worry in Casper and those who headline = the program will al! be on hand be. BY FAIRPLAY te sahoaulea. To astive:thiareveninte (Copyright 1924, Casper Tribune) | while Webster, who will clash NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—Benny| with Conley in the windup, is due to arrive tomorrow. Frankie West will also arrive Tuesday. Tt is not likely that the fighters will stage any hard workouts before the night of the bouts but fans will be able to see them go through some Ught exercises at tne Casper Athletic Leonard will probably not have to cancel any theatfica! contracts hur- tiedly in order to prepare to defend his lightweight title. At least, not @ result of the Johnny Dundee- Pal Moran battle. Friday night. lub ym. The result of that clash was some | °C? &™ what of a disappointment altho the| Although a smashing bout ts as- milling itself was of the fiercest and} ted in the, headliner, there are some fans who believe that the bout between Frankie West and Young Sol of Pueblo will be the feature event of the evening. The fight between Young Wood- SUMMARY OF NIGHT NEWS most spectacular variety, for it did Not provide Benny with a logical opponent. Had Moran flattened Dundee or even “outpointed the western holder of the featherweight title decisively, the fans would have clamared to see him exchange wallops with the light: | weight king. Moran was not equal to the task however. ; Dundee hag fought Leonard be- fore and exhibited nothing in these | former frays on Friday ANY are the eyes that ar turned to gaze with keen ad: miration on the well developed, healthy girl no matter where she the rapidly movin; the champion or even make the lat may be—on ter extend himself fully. Neverthe- x ~ thoroughfare \r gliding gracefull: less Dundee and Moran put up aj WASHINGTON — The Mexican | over the da 2 floor, scintillating battle, Moran was on|ebel forces, menaced by the ad-|~ al eyes turn because we all ap- vance of government troops, are contemplating evacuation of Vere Cruz an dthelr hold on Tuxpam is reported seriously threatened, the state department was informed by the aggressive much of the time but, while he had the heavier artil- ‘ery he was outpaced and outguessed in the majority of the rounds. Johnny was in splendid condition preciate the girl with the figure”! 80 firm and plump—the girl with radiantly red cheeks, cheeks that « carry a touch of roses from naow ture’s own garden—the girl witin. In the evening the British return ticking and one for daylight. They hands of the fishermen of the | have the:r pals along the coast wh0lor he never could have weathered | the American eeu seen ay | the sparkling s7es, pene ergy Southern and southwestern English | guide them to secluded coves by|the storm of blows to the ribs and| ‘hese Points who ye ie aby % —the mr bine uoyancy coasts. means of signal.lamps. Here the| body in the ciosing session. De et ras fo! “bet 2 afte Swing of you Every morning these men put) booze is quiet'y landed. The fish: —_— described to them as be! ‘af forth in their steam trawlers or gas: cline motor boats and head across the English Channel to the fishing coust sections near the French Here they also_ find French BRAMER MAY SECURE FlbnT Is Being Groomed ‘for Possible Battle With Lynch ~ DENVER, Colo., Feb. pion, pounders most bantam, 4.—Joey Lynch, world’s bantamweight cham- may be forced to defend his laure's against one of the best 118 in the western country He is Harry Bramer, Colorado's fore Bramer is an experienced batter He has conquered some of the lead- Not necessarily an out-of-doors girl. creasing blood cells. ing boats then innocently make for the nearest harbor which has a fish ebb.” Federal troops advancing on Vera Cruz appear to have taken SEND IT TO THE PEARL WHITE LAUNDRY Hi Just a girl with ever in. uf Just a githe, f o dispose of thetr fish in the morning. 8. S. S., since 1826, has stood for 2 : A : . 5. S., se H The owner of a fishing boat can As soft or hard as you wish increased blood cells. 8. 8. Syy make more out of “his contraband means restored strength—rekin- booze than out of his fish. died vitality—added energy. Take" S. 8. 8. and watch the bloom of youth return to your cheeks, Watc! 's that flabby, fll nourished flesh fad@’™ away before fiesh that fs firm and t plump. Red biood‘cells will do it’ and S. S. 8. will build them. 1° ENU S contains ,ouly pure vegetable in®" gredients. 8. 8. S. is sold at allh® rt good drug stores. The large? > size bottle is more ectmoriie u 17 black degrees—and 3 copying | American Lead Pencil Co., 220 Fifth Ave., New York CHARLES CHAPLIN’S “A WOMAN OF PARIS” STARTS TOMORROW AMERICA At al dealers throughout the world ing little fellows in the business of fisticuffs Hamilton. Joe “ lavishness never known even in New York and Chicago. It is no unusual thing to see these depart- ment stores taking a quarter of a page at a huge price to advert their bargains in liquor. It is no unugual thing to see some ad wax- ing lyrica! in its praise of 100-year- old brandy—"the very soul the grape"—and only $50 a bottle! With Great Britain the most high- ly taxed country in the world, the booze interests have another poten- tlal argument . They point out that owing to high taxes on their bust- ness, alcohol has yielded an increas- ed revenue of about three quarters of @ Di'lion dollars per annum which could not be raised so easily and so expeditiously any place else, And so just as bootlegging is a recognized “business” along our coasts, so Is smuggling a ized “business” ‘along’ the English chan- nel. S80 much so that Parliament may be asked to provide money for a coast ited States prohibition In the U: is the cause of bootlegging. In Eng- land the main cause of smuggling is taxes. Before the war the British reve- nue tax on French bggndy and on European wines. was merely ndmi- nal. It didn’t pay to smuggle. After-war conditions changed this. In the endeavor to make its budget balance, the government has soak- ed all Uquor with a very heavy duty. A bott'e of whiskey which sells retail at 12 shillings and 6 pence has already been taxed 8 shillings and 5 pence haéf penny. In other words two thirds of what the consumer pays for the booze is government tax. Half of what the consumer pays for French Brandy is account- ed for by government tax. Wines are taxed anywhere from two shil- lings up to 6 and 8 shil'ings per gal- lon. Fishermen Get Rich Running Rim With a government tax of over $2 per bottle the smuggler can eas- fly afford to take the risk and split what {s saved on the tax. In other words, he can sell his booze to a dealer for $1 less than {t wou'd have cost him to buy from regular whole- salers, Often! the smuggler can get the full price that is paid for booze on which the tax {s paid for this reason: brandy that comes by way of the some good socker February 22. lody at Laramie, Wyoming. have earned the right to eastern rings in crown. Record Harry Lewis (above) of New York City, broke the record for 100-yard swim by traveling that distance in ond from previous record. 56 2-5 seconds, clipping 2-5 of a sec sion was national interscholastic S¥imming.races in Philadelphia, wful” Coffee, Pueblo’s lead- ing aspirant for fistic honors, will be the Denver boy’s next opponent. They will box ten rounds in Puéblo the night of February 12. Following this go Bramer will be matched with for Harry H. Brown at Midwest, Wyoming, about He also has matches coming up with Eddie Mack at Al- buquerque, N. M.,.and Leonard Ma- If he wins all these the local entry will invade quest. of Lynch's . including Dick Griffin, Earl Puryear, Frankle Osner. Eddie Coulon, Danny Edwards and Bud Invested by the people of Casper in lots in Mountain View Suburb during the month of January. Be the Poorest Month to Sell Real Estate Has Been a Record Breaker In Mountain View PEOPLE, There Is a Reason. | What Is Supposéd to Where else in Casper can you buy a 50x135 foot lot with water, gas, telephone, (bus.service guaranteed March 1), for $250.00—10 minutes from the shopping district. Those of You That Regret Not Having Invested in Casper Real Estate Now Have a Golden Opportunity. 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