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ee ~ THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1924 PAGE SEVER World Results | | spring training camp FIRPO REPORT (5 DISCREDITED Withdrawal From Ring Not to Be Taken Seriously. By FAIR PLAY (Copyright, 1924 Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, March 20.—Luts Firpo's announcement of his retire- ment from the ring might be accept- ed as part and parcel of Dempsey's conflicting statements of late. No- belfeves that the Argentino will not fight again. In short, it looks as if Kearns, Firpo and Rick- ard were all playing poker and not letting the public see what ‘cards they hold. . Or Firpo’s statement may have been due to {irritability over the necessity of working a lot of fat off of him before he comes to the United States. Luis most enjoyable task is to put fat on. Taking It off affects him grieviously. Just now every- one who has seen him says he is in no shape to make any good fighter. Probably not until he feels the neces- sity for more money will he nerve himself to the hardship of real train- ing. Carpentier who will shortly leave for this country, is charged in Eng- Tand swith.do Jack Bloomfield. Just why he should wish to Bloomfield is not clear, At any rate he ‘will not escape punishment if he adheres to his determination to » meet Gene Tunney and Tommy Gib- Carpentier's bad showing Marcel Nilles, who stayed against eight rounds with him, was due to a cracked knuckle which he received when he first came in contract with Joe Beckett's jaw. Joe’s jaw has not been in the habit of treating fists so brutally. Possibly, thru mis- fortune, Georges’ right connected ‘with the one spot in Beckett's jowl that was capable, so to speak, of hitting back. Carpentier’s fist is now about well. The fact that Gene Tunney is eredited with outpointing Jimmy De- laney out in St. Paul gains Gene some increased credit. Insiders had a sneaking notion that Tunney would have trouble in weathering this mixup. By Leased Wire | RATES AND WHITE SOX LAUNCH BARNSTORMING SEASON TODAY Three Weeks of Exhibition Games to Follow Completion of Training Camp Work; Yesterday’s. Diamond Results. CHICAGO, March 20.—(By The Associated Press).— The Pirates and the Chicago Americans join the ranks of the major league baseball barnstormers today with their programs completed. Exhibition games will be the order for the next three weeks or more with managers making their final tests before the weeding out process. DETROIT, Cleveland and Phila- delphia will be strong opponents of the New York Yankees in the Ameri- can league pennant race, according to Fred Clark, former Pirate mana- fer, who has made a tour of most of the training camps. In yesterday's exhibition tilts, Cleveland beat Cincinnati, 8 to 7; St Louls Nationals won over the New York Giants, 4 to 2; the Boston Braves defeated the Chicago Amert- cans 4 to 0; St. Louis Americans beat Mobile, 11 to 7, and the Phillies fell before Milwaukee, 3 to 4. Rogers Hornsby’s home run fn the seventh won the Giant-Cardinal game. Tris Speaker of Cleveland suffered bruises when he crashed into a fence in the Indians-Reds game. Roy Elsh and Amos Strunk of the Chicago Americans collided in the game with the Boston Braves and had to be carried from the field. The Boston Americans and New York Yankees were idle yesterday. Brooklyn's regulars defeated the Yannigans, 5 to 4. The world's champions meet New Orleans today. The Washington Senators are Primed for today’s engagement with the New York Giants, with all reg- ulars in the lineup. Detroit plays its first exhibition game of the sea- son with the Toronto Internationals at Macon, Ga. Sport Calendar Racing. Meeting of Cuba-American Jockey club, at Havana. Meeting of Tiajuana Jockey club, at Tiajuana. Bowling Congress, at Chicago. Basketball. Midwest A. A. U. senior women’s championships. at Omaha. Golf. P Gulf States championship tourna- ment opens at Biloxi, Miss. winter championship tournament, at St. Augustine. ‘Women's national indoor cham- Dionship tournament, at Boston. ‘restling. Rocky Mountain , Conference championships, at Boulder, Colo, Joe Uynch vs. Abe Goldstein, 15 rounds, at New York. Bobby Garcia vs, Kid Kaplan, 12 rounds, at Waterbury. Casper Monument Works 508 South Conwell Phone 2542 SEND IT TO PEARL WHITH LAU: PHONE 1703 ° RY THE TRIBUNE PSE: 48 ieee Beatles fi Fs Lee Fohl, (No. 1), formerly manager of the St. Louis Browns, is now steering the Boston Red Sox, and Frank Ch ce. (No. 2) whom he succeeded, is with the Chicago hite Sox. Stanley Harris (No. 3) will con- tinue to play second base for the Washington Senators although he has assumed the managerial Cuties. Dave Bancroft (No. 4), formerly captain of the Giants, is now managing the Boston Braves. Jack Hen- iricks (No. 5) became the leader of the Cincinnati Reds following the recent death of Pat Moran and George Sisler, (No. 6) succeeds Foh! as pilot of the Browns. GAME’S SAKE By LAWRENCE PERRY. (Copyright 1924 by Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, March 20,—Harvard intends to do somethmg radical with regard to athletic schedules. They are to be shortened. At least this is the report that has been current among Harvard men of late. And the current Harvard alumni! bulletin gives it the color of an imminent fact by suggesting that the authorities proceed with some advisement, that they be not too headlong. The idea seems to lie in tho direc- tion of some curtailment of com- mercial enterprise now so widely associated with the conduct of inter- collegiate sport. How this will af- fect football and other important branches of athletics remains to be seen. The action of students at boxing bouts at Cornell has called forth re- proaches from Gradunte Manager Romey Berry who employs such an ugly phrase as “abysmal ignorance of how to behave.” And at Prince- ton they have been admonishing over-ardent spectators for booing and other manifestations of bad taste at basketball games. Are the baseball bleachers, after all, the standard by which our young col- lege gentlemen set their task? ——_ Expert watch and jewelry repair ing. Casper Jewelry Co., O-S Bldg. ces La hae owt Da For results try a Tribune Class! fled Ad cA 10 for 75° in the Handy Package million a day / Foil-lined, keeps your, cigars fresh and fine, with all their original flavor, Easy to carry—fits your cket, A good cigar always handy when you have a Handy Package. White Owl O Bennrek Coan Ce: Malinak Shand FORTHE || WILL MORAN’S DEATH CHECK CINCY RED? By HENRY L, FARRELL (United “Press Sports Editor.) NEW YORK, March 20.—{United Press.)}—Baseball critics do not agree in their opinion on what effect the death of Pat Moran will have on the Cincinnati Reds and the Na- tional league pennant race for 1924. Some feel that Moran has passed on to his successor a ready-made pennant winner and one that might go almost unguided to the cham- pionship on its own merits. Others maintain that the club's chances for the pennant depend en- tirely upon the pitching staff and without the genius of Moran, the Reds will havé only an ordinary staff. While other points may be in doubt, however, it is certain that if the loss’of Moran does not hurt the Reds, it certainly does not hurt the New York Giants. The Reds may be no weaker without their old manager, but they certainly are not stronger without him at the wheel. Pat Moran's success was due to individual brilliance, to unusual skill in handling pitchers and to a win- ning personality and a genius for leadership. Pat Moran won on Pat Moran, and not on any system. He left nothing at Cincinnati by which his successor could say: “You do just as Pat had you do.” If John McGraw should step away from the New York Giants, his suc- cessor would find an established systery of McGraw baseball. He could tell the players to do as Mc- Graw always had them do and they could carry on. That old “master mind” stuff of McGraw's has been shown to have been the bunk. The players on McGraw teams do follow his instructions closely, but they do not take the order from him on every play. . If a system could be applied to the playing of baseball and the de- velopment of baseball teams like it is applied to football, the loss of a manager would not be such a severe blow. ’ Harvard ts sald to have the great- est football system in the country, When Percy Houghton, its founder, stepped out, Bob Fisher stepped in and followed the same system with just about the same success. But it ‘can't be done in baseball because the situation that requires different kinds of plays mre vastly more numerous in baseball than they are in football. The haseball manager cannot hand his players a book of plays when he takes them to the training camp and tell them to get busy and learn the signals and run off the plays. The baseball manager can’t look at a book himself or hand his cap- tain a book that would tell him when to take a pitcher out-of the box, when he was going to blow and when he was settled, when to hit it out and when to lay It down and a hundred other whens. ee Moran, until this spring, never had an assistant with the Cincinnati club. He had at his disposal excel- lent counsel and advice when it was needed. Johnny Evers helped him out when he won his first pennant in Cincinnati in 1919 and had assi: ed him after that, but never as a regularly retained assistant. Perhaps the players will rally around and establish such harmony that they will not blow the fine chance everyone thinks they have to win the pennant. Tragedies have been inspirations in the past, and it may be one in this case. It ts not unfair nor is it disrespect- ful to the memory of a very fine man, to recall that there were rumors that Moran was to have been relieved last summer in the middle of the season. There wasn't the harmony on the club at that time that there should have been on a team that was standing for the pennant. Some of the players felt that Jake Daubert could do a better job of it than Moran. They questioned their manager's judgment about many things and criticized him for the way he was alternating his pitchers. Harmony apparently was estab- later, because the Reds came back enough to get into second place and finish ahead of the strong Pirates. Early in the winter John McGraw said he couldn't see the Reds as a threat, and he figured that the Pittsburgh Pirates were going to furnish the hardest opposition for the Giants. He has changed his mind now. He thinks that the Reds are going to be the contending club, an¢ a hard club to beat. The Giant players all grant the Reds a chance on their fine pitching staff, but they all seem to think that there is an infleld weakness at first and third bases, and they figure that it will counterbalance the de- fensive strength of the strong pitch- ing staff. No one seems to figure how much of an asset Eddie Roush may be to the Reds. Everyone knows he is a great ball player, a brilliant fielder and a fine hitter, but no one knows what Roush will be when he goes out to play ball with all his heart from the first game of the season. Roush 1s satisfied now. He has no salary worries. He has the con- tract he always wanted. And, above all, he would like to have that prize money that the league is going to give to the player voted the most valuable in the league. It might be well to watch Roush. Write to John B. Foster, (Copyright, 1! Casper Tribune) Question—Shortstop throws wide to first base and the baseman reach- es out to get the ball. He catches it with his gloved hand but he touches the batter who was coming down the line with his bare hand. He does not touch the base. Is the batter out? Answer—In this case, No. It is too evident that the batter fy not touched by the ball Question—Three strikes are on the batter. Catcher fumbles the third strike and the ball rolls behind him and is lost in the grass. The batter continues on his way and ts half way to second base when the um- pire calls him back to first saying it was a passed ball. Could the um- pire do that? Answer—Not legally unless there were a ground r Question—Batter pops an easy foul behind the plate and the catch- er muffs the ball. Is it right to charge him with an error even if the batter does not get to first base afterward? Answer—Give him an error. The batter's life ts prolonged if an easy foul is muffed. BASEBALL QUESTION BOX If you have some question to ask about baseball— If you want a rule interpreted— If you want to know anything abont a play or a player— rules under which the game is played today. If you want a per- sonal reply enclose a stamped, wise your question will be answered in this column. ddress—John B. Foster, Special Baseball Correspondent of ie Casper Tribune, 811 World Building, New York. ’S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS |+| KNOCKOUT OR TWO MAY CUT LE OF ROUNDS ON ELKS CARD FRIDAY NIGHT Tomorrow night at the Elks the,tion. Fontana ts an experienced big monthly fight card takes place with a well balanced set of bouts that should produce some of the best scrapping of the year. Four bouts, 36 rounds in all, are set down for the evening's entertainment? with a possibility that a knockout or two will cut short the number of rounds scheduled. Bobby Corbett of Colorado Springs and Al Webster of Billings, two clever and hard hitting welter- weights, occupy the calcium glare in the leading session of the eve- ning. Both boys are in town and in first class shape. Corbett has fully recovered from the broken hand he suffered here a month ago and believes he will win handily from the Montana battler. Webster seems just as confident so ‘the fur should fly. Ernie Ross will have to step out this time as he is matched against Lou Fontana, the Cheyenne battler. Ross has won every time out in the last five starts but tomorrow night he is up against a tougher proposi- NEW FIGURES FOR BATTERS Percentage Column Not Complete in Showing Value, Is Said. By WALTER CAMP. (Copyright 1924 by Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, March 20.—The writer has an interesting communi- cation from L. B. Foley of Oak Park, Ill, suggesting a new method of figuring a baseball batsman's value to his team. The ideq is based on the theory that a man who bats .260 and drives in 40 runs is more valuable than a man who bats .300 and drives in only 25. ‘The general proposition is to give @ man .001 for a single or a base on ball -002 for a double, .003 for a triple and .004 for a home run. In addition the batter would be credited .001 for each base he ad- vanced another runner. Thus a man who hit a single and sent a runner home from second, would get credited with .003—as much as !f he had tripled. x This an interesting thought, and one that might be developed. George Huff, who for more than 15 years has been athletic director of the University of Illinois has come in favor of permitting coliege men to play baseball for money dur- ing the summer vacations. Huff offers the argument that a life guard who is paid for his sum- mer services may be a member of an amateur swimming team, and that the A. A. U. permits play- ground directors to compete as amateurs. Despite the fact that our Ameri- can mermaids are beating the rec- ords ajl the time New Zealand be- leves that Miss Guithashand will make trouble for them at the Olym- pics. She swam the 220 recently in 2 minutes 47 seconds—within a fraction of a second of Gertrude Eéderle's mark. the man who helped make the self-addressed envelope, Other- Nes 2\ KEEPING WELL——An Wf Tablet (a vegetable aperient) taken at night will help keep you well, by toning and strengthening your di- YH alii te 5 Heereds) js mcm o/h the Old Block Mt JUNIORS—Little Me One-third the regular dose, Made of the same ingredients, then candy coat For children ‘and adults. GOLD BY YOUR DRUGGIST: SMITH & TURNER hired hand inside the squared circle with many fights behind him. If Ross can beat him he is destined for bigger game. Young Sol, conqueror of Jimmie Woodh stacks up against Joe Kelly, a bantam who has fought most of the good ones in the last five years. Sol has a handy left hand’ that will be given plenty of opportunity for practice tomorrow night. All tn all the card looks lke a good one. The preliminary for four rounds is between Missou Pyle and Harry Burnham, two flyweights. Tom Meany will referee the matches, and tickets are on sale at the Smoke House and the Henning billiard parlors. goonies SE SPORT BRIEFS | MINNEAPOLIS. — Roland Todd, middleweight champion of England, was signed to meet Jock Malone of St. Paul in a ten round no dects- jon bout March 28, NASHVILLE. — Tiger Flowers of Atlanta, negro middleweight, knocked out Bob Lawson of Pitts- burgh, in the sixth round of a sched- uled eight round bout. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Charles Bentrop, Little Rock, defeated Clar- ence Eklund of Wyoming, lght heavyweight champion, in a catch weight match. MANSFIELD, Ohio, — Eddie War- ner of Philadelphia, outpointed Johnny Horvath, Matsfield in twelve rounds. NEW YORK. — Sectional tryouts to select candidates for the Amer- {can Olympic team will be held In April and May at Philadelphia, Chi- New Orleans, and either Los Angeles or San Fran- according to announcement cago, St. Louis, claco, by Roy E. Moors, of New York, chairman of the Olympic and A. A. U. committees. NEW JIAVEN, Conn, — Richard First in News GIBBONS AND CARPENTIER ARE MATCHED MICHIGAN CITY, Indiana, March 20.—Georges Carpentier of France and Tommy Gibbons, St. Paul heavy- weight, have been matched to box tn Floyd Fitzsimmons blue sky arena here July 4, with Jack Dempsey as one of the financial backers, it was announced today. Fitzsimmons made the announce- ment himself, It was explained that Jack Dempsey had become asso- ciated with Fitzsimmons by paying the taxes due on the arena. Fitzsimmons said he may stage the Dempsey-Firpo return match Labor day. Carpentier and Gibbons are ex- pected to arrive at least a month before the fight. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 20.—Asked about the report from Michigan City, Ind., that he was one of the financial backers of the proposed Gibbons-Carpentier match next July fourth, Jack Dempsey to- day declared “I have nothing to say." The world’s heavyweight cham- pion will leave here this afternoon for Los Angeles. He hae been spending several days here with his mother and father. scam SEO S DERN PINS MIKE YOKEL SALT LAKD CITY, Utah, March 20.—Ira Dern, of Salt Lake, clat- t of the world's middleweight ling title, won from Mike Yokel of Wyoming, two falls out of three here last night. In forty minutes Dern won the first fall with a top body scissors; Yokel took the second in twenty-two minutes with @ re- verse body hold, and Dern the third in seventeen minutes with a com- bination headlock and toe hold. Jack Dempsey, world’s heavy weight boxing champion was the roe- teree. L. Luman, a junior of Pinedale, Wyo., was elected captain of the Yale varsity basket ball team for next season at a banquet of the team. Luman has been on the team two seasons, playing center on this year’s team. He played right end on the football team last fall. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. — The Intermountain high school basket ball tournament will start this eve- ning at 6 o'clock, with the game between Butte, Montana and Gree- ley, Colo., as the curtain raiser. The other games following at hour in- tervals are: Rock Springs, Utah vs. Helena, Mont. vs. Laramie, Wyo, Wyo. vs. Pangquich, Utah, L. D. 8. U. Boise, Ida., Blue-j ay BIGGER \AT THE March 24, 25 MUSIC WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THE Casper Auto Show BETTER The Third Annual Auto Show Auspices of the Casper Automotive Association EDUCATIONAL ARKEON , 26, 27, 1924 ENTERTAINMENT TRAIN SCHEDULES Chicaso & Northwestua Westbound Arrives Departs No. 603 _... 2:15 p. m. 2:35 p. m. 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