Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1924, Page 7

AIGKARD GUTS OUT BlG TASK Chilean Heavy Is Far From Being Title Contender. By FAIR PLAY (Copyright 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—Tex Rick- ard has laid out a dandy task for himself in building up Quinin Rom: ero-Rojas, the Chilean heavyweight for a bout with Jack Dempsey. Rickard wants the South American to fight three bouts this summer thereby getting a reputation which would draw many persons eager to see him annihiliated by the cham- pion. The trouble {s that any three op- ponents whom Romero figures beat would hardly give him enough prestige to make him look like a logical opponent of Dempseys. On the other hand there are ways by which men of reputation might be wiling to accept a few blots upon thelr escutcheons, said blots being a poor showing on their parf against the Chilean. Watch Rickard. He can make cheese into gold any old time. After Romero-Rojas beat Marcel Nilles, a French second rate heavy, in Paris, he challenged Carpentier and then set sail before Georges could reply. His excuse was that he was hurry- ing to South America to make Firpo fight or else drive him off the South American continent. Firpo probably will pay no attention to him unless he can see more money in remain- ing in Buenois Aires than could be made in this country—which, of course, is absurd. All the dope is that Firpo will leave for these parts right after his March 7 battle with Spalla and that In his train will follow Romero-Ro- Jas. rejoicing in the title of heavy- weight champion of South America, which by that time .he will have gained thru Firpo's default. Firpo brought that title to this country with him when he first arrived in the United States. Firpo says that it was worth exactly $125, the sum he received for his first battle in this country. PAID EARNINGS HIGH ON COAST | World Results By Leased Wire SPORT BRIEFS NEW YORK.—The New York State Athletic commission an- nounced It will conduct a private investigation into the charges of ticket speculation at the time of the Dempsey-Firpo fight last fall. The charges were made against Tex Rickard, promoter by Tom O'Rourke. Rickard, visiting the commission to demand a hearing and full investi- gation was asked to appear before the body at a special meeting to be called when tHe private investiga- tion is completed. HOUSTON, Tex—Bill MehIhorn, of St. Louis, and Joe Kirkwood, trick shot king of Rockwood Hall, N. ¥., were tied at the close of the first day's play of 32 holes in the Houston open tournament at the Municipal course, both had total scores of 129. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.—Newsboy” Brown, Omaha fiyweight, won a de- cision over Kid Pancho, claimant of the southern United States cham- pionship, associate holder of the to} Canadian and two Mexican titles, in a 12 round bout here. NEW YORK.—Willie Hoppe, pro- fessional billiard champion, will de- fend his 18.2 balk line title against Edouard Horemanns, Belgian cham- pion, in a 1,500 point match at the Hotel Pennsylvania, April 8, 9 and 10, playing blocks of 500 points each night. OAKLAND, Calif.—Defeating Stanford university, 26 to 23, by a sensational comeback in the last five minutes of play of a fast and exciting game, the University of California basketball team won the championship of the southern sec- tion of the Pacific coast conference and the right to meet a northern section team for the conference title. SEATTLE, Wash.—Tod Morgan of Seattle, Pacific coast feather- weight champion, fought a draw with Joe Gorman, of Portland, in a six round bout here. Morgan's title was not at stake owing to Gorman being called on to weigh 130 pounds. EL PASO, TEX.—Billy McCann of Cleveland Ohio, outpointed Billy Stearns of New York, in a 12- round bout here. K. O. Brown, middleweight champion of the First Cavalry division outpointed Sam Cimenlii, of Youngstown, Ohio, in ten rounds. 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. Califomia Expects to Make $750,000 in Next Season. By LAWRENCE PERRY (Copyright 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—While eastern educators are beginning to be horrified at the immense earning power of modern football, no one in California seems to be dismayed at the possibility of the Bears earn- ing between $750,000 afd a million dollars at football this year. This is by no means a wild dream. It may well come to pass. This statement is based on the financial showing of the gridiron game at Berkeley in 1923. In nine games the Bears rolled up gross receipts of $530,350.25. Expenses, exclusive of administration salaries, totaled $42,971.70. The share for visiting elevens at Berkeley was $205,623.01, leaving total net receipts to Call- fornia of approximately $300,000. In virtually every game played by California at home last fall thousands were turned away be- cause of lack of seating capacity in the old California field. Even in the final game against Stanford in the new Memorial stadium, thirty thous- and persons were unable to enter, Bowling. Annual tournament Bowling congress, at Skating. World’s figure skating champion- ship, at Manchester, England. International indoor speed skat- ing championships, at St. John, of American Chicago. N. B. = Basketball. Southern Intercollegiate A. A. tournament, at Macon, Southeastern A. A. U. tourna- ment, at Atlanta. Golf. Ormond Beach women’s cham- pionship opens at Ormond Beach, Fla. Annual Bon Air-Vanderbilt Cup tournament, at Augusta, Ga. being obliged to watch the game from the surrounding hillsides. Accomodations for spectators will be increased next fall. and all in all football as a producer is likely to rival some of those old gold mines that set the country to running to the west coast in 1849. George Kerrigan and Joe Turnesa are two youngsters who have been playing a most promising brand of golf in Florida this winter. Ker- rigan is a brother of the well known Tommy, who finished runner up to Jock Hutchison in the 1921 British open. SAY ‘‘BAYER”’ when you buy- Gonutne Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for Colds Headache Neuralgia - Lumbago Rheumatism Pain.- Toothache Neuritis 2 Accept only “Bayer” package (Y, g , ” bo: f 12 tablets G Rie otties of 24" and 100—Druggiata Which contains proven directions. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacia PICKING BEST IN NATIONALLEAGUEIS DIFFICULT--FARRELL By HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—(United Press).—Awarding of a cash prize f $1,000 and a diploma of merit to the player voted by the baseball writer's as the most valuable player in the National League will involve @ real contest next season. The American League has been recognizing a vote on the most val- uable player in its organization for two years, but the award of the honor involved practically no con- test. In 1922 it was a cinch that George Sisler, the dashing first baseman of the St. Louis Browns, would receive the majority vote, and he did. Last season it was even more cer- tain that Babe Ruth was the most valuable player in the league and he was favored so unanimously as Such that ever yvote was cast for him. There is no outstanding player in the National League like George Sisler was among the American League stars in 1922 and like the Babe was last season. Casually, it might be considered from performances last season that Frank Frisch was the greatest star in the league, but the prize is not awarded to the greatest s' The honor goes to the most valuable Player. The wonderful pitching of Jimmy Ring with the lowly Phils last year would have made him a candidate almost as meritorious and deserving as Rogers Hornsby, another of the outstanding stars of the league. Eddie Roush, the brilliant Cincin- nati outfielder, would be among the leading candigates for star prize, but Roush is not valuable team man, according to the ideas that the mag- nates had in putting up the prize. No player is a valuable team man who stays away for weeks from his team on account of a salary dispute. It must be admitted that the money is the main thing and that the di- ploma will not pay the rent in twenty years, but one of those di- Plomas will look nice on the wall in twenty years when a player will have to have some substantial proof Sport Gossip Flaming-red flannel shirts will be the distinctive feature of the uni- forms worn by the St. Louis Car- dinals the coming season. The basketball team of Valparaiso university wound up its western trip with the remarkable record of fifteen consecutive victories. A total distribution of more than 40,000 is provided for in the elabo- rate program prepared for the Columbus Grand Circuit meeting next July, The new home of the Kansas City Athletic club is one of the finest in the country. The building is 22 stories in height and cost $3,000,000. Throughout the season of 1869 and a part of the following season the Red Stockings of.Cincinnatt, the first salaried baseball team in the country, played without losing a single game. The Yale club of New York is planning to give a big dinner on February 29 to celebrate the ath- letic victories of Yale teams in 1923, regarded by many Yale men as the most remarkable year in the univer- sity’s athletic history. Horse racing was introduced jnto France from England during the reign of Louis‘XIV. Nowadays, and for many years past, the most im- portant cf the French races are those held in spring and autumn at Chantilly and the Bois de Boulogne. Bill Jackson, who is to pilot the Winston-Salem club of the Piedmont league next season, is one of the veterans of the game. His ‘experi- ence covers a period of 20 years, Dart of the time as a major league player and more recently a manager of minor league clubs in the middle- west. In one of the “back country” dis- tricts of Queensland, Australia, an aviator files every Sunday some sixty miles to his nearest neighbor to make up a four for tennis, plays tll almost dusk, and then files home again. Enthusiasm could ask no more, : George Sisler, who is to perform the coming season as pitcher, first baseman and manager of the St. Louis American league team, cele- brated his thirtieth birthday on February 19. Sisler first saw the light of day in the town of Nimisila, Ohio, February 19, 1894. Walter Johnson, the famous Pitcher, who has signed for his seventeenth year with the Washing- ton Senators, began his professional career with the Tacoma club in 1905. He was drafted by the Weiser, Idaho, club and played with that team until secured by Wash- ington in 1907. In the vicinity of Ravenna, Italy, there is a special breed of oxen that is used frequently for racing in chariots. The animals are remark- ably hardy, higher in stature than the average, muscular and sinewy. They are capable of running at high speed over courses of many miles, and it is as much as horses can do to keep up with them. to freshen the memories of the old timers and prove to the new fans that he once was a stgr. There are many valuable players in the National, just as many as there are in the American League, but it ts easier to pick out the more valuable players in the American League, perhaps because more at- FOUR FAST MILLS ON FIGHT CARD TOBE STAGED TONIGHT; 34 ROUNDS ARE SCHEDULED Tonight's Card. Elks’ auditorium at 8:15. Ernie Ross vs. Paddy Ricks, 4 rounds, bantams, Young Sol vs. Jimmy Woodhall, 10 rounds, junior lightweights. Al Webster vs. Bobby Corbett, 10 rounds, middleweights. Frankie Darren ys. Johnny “Kid” tention has been paid to them in the past two years. eee ‘You would say right off hand that Eddie Collins {s the most valuable player on the Chicago White Sox? ‘Who is the most valuable player with the Cubs? Howard Ehmke was pointed out as the most valuable player with the Boston Red Sox last year. Who would the Braves miss most if they lost him? Very few fans can say right out with an accurate judgment on the most valuable player, the Robins, the ites, the Reds? Inasmuch as there ts not known to be a provision against repeaters in the American League, it is quite possible that Babe Ruth will get a great many votes again next year. There is no logical reason why the Babe, if he is the player next season that he was last year, should not be re-elected as the most valuable Player in the league. * If the Babe should be ruled out of the competition, or if he should be asked to accept a penalty for hav- ing had the honor once, the award of the prize will bring about a keen contest in the American League. With Bisler apparently out of the running, there is no outstanding Player in the leagues, excepting Ruth, Of course, it ts quite possible and rather to be expected that some Player might step out next season and make a pennant winner out of some little considered club. “Spark Plug” Matthews looked like he was going to make a pennant winner out of Connie Mack's Athle- tics Jast spring, but he turned out to be a bust and the A's crashed when he crashed. If some young player comes out next spring and puts a team in the pennant race and keps it there in- stead of dubbing it, like Matthews did, he would be the outstanding favorite for the honors. There.are a number of fine young ball players coming up in the Ameri- can League next year and perhaps the 1924 sensation is hidden some Place in the crowd. The {deh of rewarding the most valuable player is fine. It might be possible to reward star players by naming them on the All-National League team for the year. Such a team would be like Walter Camp's All-American football team. The spectacular players would get all the credit, The most valuable title car- ries with it more equality because a player on an eighth place club can Mex, 10 rounds, lightweights. Tonight at the Elks’ auditorium the ficht card for which Casper box- ing fans have been waiting three weeks will be held. The program includes three 10 round battles and a four round curtain raiser. With all of the men evenly matched and rating high in their respective classes the matches should be pro- ductive of a real show. The two promoters, Charles Win- ters and Earl Evans, who have taken over the staging of the Elks’ cards, have made numerous im- Admirers of Zbyszko, who took the second fall after Lewis had taken the first, expressed loud disapproval and surged about the ring, After the bout Lewis and Zbyszko shook hands, but later followers of the Pole credited him with the state- ment that Lewis struck him on the point of the jaw with his closed fist, Referee McGill explained that the Pole had been heeled with Lew- is’ open hand. Lewis won the first fall in 24.29 with a headlock. Zbyszko, employ- ing arm locks continually took the second in 7:30 with a short arm scissors. In the third and deciding fall, Zbyszko brought Lewis to the mat numerous times with the arm local lock, but the champion each time managed to break the holds. While down the last time Lewis reached up with his right hand and the Pole’s head struck the canvas with a thud, The champion quickly ap- plied a front head lock and was awarded the fall and the match by be more valuable to his team than a laggard star on a champion team, who p! only for the averages. McGill. as ee Tribune wantads bring results. CD ODDO <P 0-1-1 0 Pe HoH] o-oo |} CPP PP Se Pe Se Gr Se H* So Pr Se SoH °° >e Sr oere > After all thing satisfies like a cigar PEP SSO O° S'S S2 G1 Sr G1 Ss rH provements in arrangements that should be appreciated by the fai The ring has been lowered nine inches to provide a better view for ringsiders and the corners will be kept free from the innumerable towel swingers and chair wielders that Have heretofore cluttered up the ring. All of the principals have finished off their training and are in tip-top shape. They are all confident of winning and getting lined up for further matches. All of the matches look so good on paper that it is impossible to Pick the best one. Darren and Mex Should put up the classiest exhibi- tion of the evening although the Corbett-Webster melee promises to be a knock down, drag out scrap with action from bell to bell. The opening bout will be started promptly at 8:15 and there will be no delay between bouts. “OT HANGLER? TAKES THIRD FALL BY KAYO ROUTE; Blow on Point of Chin Floors Stan Zbyszko In Chicago Match but Referee Rules in Favor of the Champion. FANG THREATEN CHICAGO, Feb. 27.—Ed. “Strangler” Lewis, world’s champion heavyweight wrestler, and Referee Pal McGill were escorted from the ring by policemen last night after McGill awarded the deciding fall to Lewis in a match with Stanislaus Zbyszko, veteran Pole, who was struck and knocked unconscious by Lewis. Thos. J. Lynch Of Big- League Fame Is Dead HARTFORD, ‘Conn., Feb. Thomas J. Lynch, former president of the national league, died here early today. —_ IOS ANGELES, Calif.—Young Nationalista, Filipino flyweight of San Francisco, won the decision over Abie Gordon of Portland, in a four round bout here tonight. Phil Salvadore, Sacramento lightweight, boxing Johnny O'Donell, of St. Paul, in the main event, won the decision. as PORTLAND, ORE.—Sid_ Barbar- jan, the rough and hard punching south paw from Detroit, won a fierce ten-round fight here from Young Carmen of Portland, 4 o>ogpe ogo > Sd ss irst in News Of All Events ADVANCE GOSSIP ON LEAGUES Short Sketches of the Clubs and Training Camps Selected for NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—The first thing that you hear In Orlando is that there is no place like it Florida, which is quite true, and the next is that the Cincinnatis train there to try to win the cham- plonship of the National League, which is also true, Even Cincinnati boasts of it. The ball ground ts tn the fair ground, at least it was last year, There was also a winter quartered show in the Fair Ground. That show, according to George Burns was a jinx. He insists that the saw- dust of the diamond and the saw- dust ring do not mix. This year the diamond to be used by the Cincinnatis will -be that on the new ground which has been built by Joe Tinker. There ts also much better club house and in every way, the Reds will be more handsomely upholstered than they were in 1922, The headquarters of Garry Herrmann will be on the same style of richness and ele gance, The mills of the sausage factory will grind fast and exceed ingly fine to satisfy the appetite of the Cincinnat! president for that rare German delicacy which comes in all styles and all shapes from all known kinds of meat up. The Reds found their diamond very hard last spring and their feet suffered. Rube Benton com plained one night that his “dogs were about used up.” “Well, well,” said Mr. Herrmann, “that’s too bad, but don't worry. I've got plenty enough to last for a week. What do you like best, Wien- ers, or cervelat?” Sut you can't expect a baseball president to know baseball slang as well as the song of the baseball turnstile. in Spring Work If the Reds do not win the cham- Pionship in 1924 they will continue to return to Florida because the location they have chosen {s ideal, the citizens cordial, and the sur. roundings all liquid. It ts quite tm- possible to step out of Orlando with- out stubbing your toe on a ldke and if there is any ong thing that a citizen of Cincinnati does admire it is water. ———> JOE LYNCH AND MICKEY WALKER WILL REGAIN STANDING IN GOTHAM NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—The New York State Athletic commission has taken two titles out of cold storage. Joe Lynch, bantamweight cham- pion, and his manager, Eddie Mead, and Mickey Walke manager, Jack Bulger, appeared before the commission, on a summons and it was agreed that both boxers would defend their titles in bouts sug- gested by the board Lynch was signed to meet Abe Goldstein on March 21, while Bulger, acting for Walker, agreed to meet any leading welterweight suggested by the commission on or before May 5. The commission left the matter of sites to the principals and the interested promoters. Walker's suspension in New Jersey does not expire until April 1 and for that reason he was given until May 6 to defend his title. —_ Expert watch and jewelry repair. ing. Casper Jewelry Co., 0-8 Bl and payments arranged to suit Consultation free. 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