Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 12, 1924, Page 8

T per n E bas BR one ver o2€ the the wil wit day tor doe or ads PH acc wrseee FeKr Cette ats ws Olds «| THE World Results By Leased Wire COMMMISKEY WINS DECISION ON FOUL IN BATTLE WITH EHMKE Headline Bout at Elks Club Spoiled for Fans In Fifth Round; Ross Stops Lynch; Tate Outpoints Peppers. i Caught with a hard right in the left side, at the be- ginning of the fifth round, Billy Ehmke of St. Paul last night in the Elks card’ feature 12-round bout with Tommy Commiskey of Denver, was wiped out of the ring when one of his seconds threw a leg over the ropes, protesting that Commiskey had fouled Ehmke by hitting low. The impetuosity of Ehmke's second lost him a chance to win'on a foul, if there was one, or to finish out the fight. Referee Jack Leary handed the decision to Commiskey. It appeared from several sides of the ring that Ehmke had received Commiskey’s right blow under the short ribs on the left side. Prob- ably the referee was of the same opinion, for he started to call the count as soon as Ehmke doubled down and by signs of distress inti- mated that he had been hit low. As Leary counted he waved his seconds to the ring, one of them making the mistake of starting over the ropes. ‘This suddcn denouement in what had promised to be a real 12 round g0 to the very end, threw the house into an uproar, the gen- éral howling being directed against Yhmke for stalling. With every chance of carrying on erased, Phmke's only hope for cleaning his Slate was to have a doctor's ex- amination to determine whether or not he had really been fouled, Dr. Nolan was called*and he declared the man had been hit low. When Ehmke was- seen in his dressing room later he displayed e slight mark of doubtful origin on the right groin, the opposite side from which he had been hit. The gong of the first round found Ehmke feeling out his opponent, jabbing him with short lefts. It was Ehmke’s round. Still holding back In the second, Cormiskey t several more left hooks to head and jaw, but keeping away from the full impact of the blows by swaying himself with Ehmke’s mit. ‘There was a change in the third. It was Commiskey's left this time that started flailing. Ehmke covered up and led into the Denver boy two or three times without results. Again in the fourth Commiskey held his lead, but Ehmke was not weakening, There was every possi- bility at the end of this round for the full continuation of the scrap. A few flashing passes and Com- miskey drove a stiff jolting blow into Ehmke's left side at the very beginning of the fifth round That and subsequent happenings ended the fight. In the 10-round sem!-windup Ernie Ross of Casper snorted, charged and finished Eddie Lynch of Cleveland in the fifth round. Ross was not in Lynch's class when {t came to clev boxing. Ross simply doesn't box— he just fights, he’s a bull for punish- ment and has a terrific punch Lynch seemed to be getting in plen of solid blows but they were too light to: penetrate to Ross's cerebrum. It's the bellum part of the cerebellum that his opponents communicate with, making him vicious and form dable. The second preliminary of the evening bounced around in the ring, tapping, tapping, gently tapping be: tween Freeman Peppers of Casper nd Harry Tate of Butte. With a ferocious map and leaping limbs, Peppers whisked hither and thither. ‘Tate landed more frequently than did Freeman, but neither man could bring sufficient punch into the fight to make it ne. In the first preliminary of the card at the Elks last night the fans found their fun. “One Round Bar. of Torrington should eventually d with the “Wild Bull of the Pampas,” if pure, unadulterated wildness counts for anything in gain. monniker. Unskilled, sistable, Big 3 y smashed into Al Knapp of Casper There was never a lookin for Knapp. TRIBUNE’S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS |* LOOK BEST greater uniformity in interpretation and eliminate wholesale fouling were made by a joint basketball rules com- mitteo, APPLETON; WIS.—Young Stribl- ing, Georgia school boy boxer was credited with a technieal knockout hte Gunner Joo Quinn of Minnea- polls, PHOENIX, ARIZ.—Young Battl- ing Nelson of Glebe, Arizona, won a referee's decision over Jack Dono- van, Salt Lake City Mghtweight in ten rounds. MILWAUKEE, WIS. — Ernie Goozeman of Milwaukee, defeated George Butch of St. Louis, in ten rounds, PIRATE: INFIELD In the very first round both men| met, slugged and missed. So tremen- dous had been the swings that found | no landing places, that both Barley| and Knapp threw themselves into) lo ONE OF BEST the ropes. Barley managed to re- trieve himself, but Knapp went shooting over and banged heavily against the outside of the ring floor as he crashed to the ringside seats. A large welt grew on his back and he limped, but he climbed back into the arena. Gathering himself at the opposite side of the ring, Barley started for Knapp under a full head of steam.! There was a crunching impact and both men went high, wide and clear over the ropes. Because he couldn't keep his mits down and let one of them Jand on Knapp outside of the ring, Barley lost on a foul. But made good his name of “One Round The promoters ought to uncage him with another of his same build and wildness at the next op- portunity, Sport Calendar Racing. Meeting of Southern Maryland Agricultural association closes at Bowle. Meeting of Tiajuana Jockey club, at Tiajuana. Rowing. University of California vs. Unl- versity of Washington, at Seattle. Baseball. Western Intercollegiate confer- ence opens its season. Tennis. National amateur court tennis championships, at New York. Track. Southern California Intercollegiate conférence meet. Annual indoor meet of Cleveland A. C., at Cleveland. Bowling. Worlt’s candlepin championship tournament, at Boston. Central States championship tour- nament opens at Peoria. Swimming. National Y. M. C. A. champion- ships, at Detroit. National intercollegiate champton- ships, at Annapolis. Wrestling. Ohio-Kentucky Olympic at Ohio State University. Boxing. Midwest A. A. U. outs, at Omaha. Jock Malone vs. Augie Ratner, 10 rounds, at Boston. Jack Bernstein vs. Jack Hausner, 12 rounds, at New York. pet Kotaetrn 2 “etd SPORT BRIEFS NEW YORK—Charles Johnston, manager of Johnny Dundee, feather- weight end junior Nghtweight title holder, domanded $50,000 with travel’ ing expenses for three, from Lolal, a French promoter, who has pro- posed a title bout between Dundee and Eugene Criqu! in Paris. tryouts, Olymple try- PHILADELPHIA—Jimmy Sacco, California lightweight, won a victory over Nate Goldman, Philadelphia, when a court order struck a report- ed defeat of Sacco by Goldman in the ring from official records. NEW YORK—Minor changes tn the basketball playing code to insure sonal reply e (Copyright 1924, The Casper Tribune) Quostion—In a league where you have resident players and non-resi- dent, what constitutes a resident player? Is there a ruling anywhere that explains it? Answer.—There is no official rul ing as to a non-resident player. The by-laws of any league which recog nizes non-resident players should state explicitly from just what loculities playera may be drawn Question.—Can baseball players, such as Speaker, Cobb, Keeler anc other good batters, or any n Jeague player, place his hits do they just trust to luck, a right handed batter hit to one fleld and a left hand batter to an ether, In the bit and rum play are | twenty two. ‘President of Senators | Pays Pittsburgh Big Compliment. By JOHN B. FOSTER. (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune) ;. NEW_ YOR! April 12.—“Pitts. |burgh should haye the finest infield that team ever had when it takes the field for the champlonship fight this year, and one of the finest in the history of baseball—no matter what league. The speaker was Clark Griffith president of the Washington base ball club, who has admiration for. Wright, the shortstop Pittsburgh obtained from Kansas City, that de- mands superlatives for expression Griffith bases his opinion largely on what he knows of Wright. He |thinks that young player is forceful ;enough to reconstitute an. Infield |which certzinly has material of | which any builder might be envious Griffith said he had been willing to give $50,000 for Wright, and might have gone higher. He found jhe had no chance to get him how- jever, as Pittsburgh was in ahead of us. The Washington owner, who |has been in baseball iong enough not to be fooled by a flash insists that Wright today is the big cateh [of the big league fishing season. | The Pirates trained out on the |coast this year, where few of the jeastern scribes got a look at them They had their share of unseason- jable weather and ‘some other troubles, but all in all it was a good training season. \SPALLAON | HIS WAY TO NEW YORK MONTEVEDIO, Uruguay, April 12.—Erminio Spalla, European heavyweight, on his way to New York, today told the newspaper men that he had signed engagements with Tex Rickard, American pro- moter to meet Floyd Johnson and Quintin Romero Rojas in the United States { READY dition. Your Used Car IS HERE, AND A large number to choose from and most all of them have been through our shop and put in first class con- You can depend on any car purchased from The Lee Doud Motor Company. ~ che Casper Dally crivune REDS NATIONAL LEAGUE FARRELL DECLARES By HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor.) NEW YORK, April 12.—(United Press.)\—No baseball club has ever won the National league pennant four times in consecutive years. ‘That may be a superstition, but it is not a sensible reason why John McGraw should not achieve that record this year with the New York Giants. . The best ground upon which to base a prediction that the Giants will fafl to win the National league championship this year is that they are not good enough, and for that reason we predict that the “scourge of New Yorkitis’ will be removed from at least one half of the world’s series. By considering what the eight National league clubs were at» the close of the 1923 season, what has happened to them since the close of the season and what they showed n their training, we are willing to take the blame for predicting that tite elght teams will finish the sea- son in this order: CINCINNATI REDS NEW YORK GIANTS PITTSBURGH PIRATES’ CHICAGO CUBS ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BOSTON BRAVES BROOKLYN ROBINS PHILADELPHIA PHILS Fate, as was manifested in the death of Pat Moran, removed the Cincinnat! Reds from the position of an almost sure winner to one of a slightly doubtful condition. If Pat Moran could have led the Reds through the 1924 pennant race the nts could not have stopped them. * Moran passed on to Jack Hendricks, a good baseball man, the same hand that he would have played, but Hendricks may not be able to play it as skillfully, not be- gause he doesn't know how, but be- cause he may have trouble handling the cards. If the players on the Reds would rather have had one of their own members named to lead the club in- stead of a minor league manager who had been hired as a coach; if they feel any dislike against their manager and allow it to influence their play, the Reds may not win the pennant. o. However, the Giants seem to be in such a mood to blow up com: pletely that it seems possible that the Reds should go through on mo- mentum and instinct on the turns without a hand to shift the gears or handle the wheel. The Reds have a fine outfield. which includes a satisfied Roush, who will be playing ball from the first diy of the season and he is a They have a good in- worn a bit at first base and ball player. fleld, TO GO ! ! FORD COUPES ! ! BASEBALL QUESTION BOX If you have some question to ask about baseball— - If you want a rule interpreted— self-addre the batters signalled to hit through the Two of them; motors are in nice shape; rubber good; they are worth the prices of $425 and $350 that we are asking for them; one-thirc down, balance monthly. 1924 DODGE BROUGHAM Has been driven but 1,900 miles, It is in excellent shape and with its If you want to know anything about a play or a player— extra tire and bumper this $1,675 ¥ ‘ a ¥ car isa “steal” at $1,295. 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In {tis the duty behind the pla hit Que tell me how may « es, since the organi il, has any one played, and what was Charles Radbourne, 1584 We have a great many other cars ranging in price from $25 up that we do not list here. Fords, Dodges, Maxwells, etc. They include INVES?TIC Bod ATE! BY. The Lee Doud Motor Co. 424 W. Yellowstone Phone 1700 erratic at third base. They have a good catching staff and they have the finest pitching staff in baseball. Luque, Donohue, Rixey, Benton, M: , Sheehan, May and a couple of good youngsters ought to carry the team through to yictory, if the players have eyen the slightest de; sire to profit financially by partict- pation in the world’s series. Knowing Jack Hendricks well, it is our opinion that he will handle the team properly and that he will get along with the players, as there are no notoriously hard athletes to handle on the club. In their training, the New York Giants were said to have acted lke they didn’t know the world’s series was over. It has always been sald that when the Giants started to go, they would not make a poor job of it. Last winter McGraw said he had realized that the club had reached the peak of its usefulness and that he wanted some new faces. As new faces, he got Billy South- worth and Joe Oeschger from the Boston Braves, and four pitchers— Dean, Maun, Baldwin and Bradshaw —from the minors. With these pitchers assisting Nehf, McQuillan, Watson and Barnes, “he thinks his problem has been solved. McGraw needs a third baseman to help out Helnie Groh, He;needs a more experienced shortstop than Jackson, and Kelly ts sliding at first base. In Bill Terry he has a sub- stitute for Kelly, but he has no reliablo substitutes for Groh or Jackson, The Pittsburgh Pirates, avith the exception of Wright, a young short- are the same as they were r and they should finish in ame position because they t desperately in need of a shortstop, The Chicago Cubs are the same as they were last season and they’ should finish in fourth place. If the Pirates and the Cubs ahould finish higher t third and fourth, it will be because the Giants drop down to fourth place or into the second division, and that is not at all impossible. Among the teams that finished in the second division last season, only the Boston Braves have been improved. If the Braves had not had the misfortune to lose a good third baseman when Tony Boeckel was killed in an automobile acct- dent, the club might have finished higher, but it looks hardly better than sixth place, although it has a chance to beat the Cardinals, who are just as drab and droll as they were last year. a Brooklyn and Philadelphia are safely placed in the hole. Giants, of course, have Mc- Graw, but much of the gray matter seemed to have been taken out of that, “Master Mind” stuff last fall, and it was shown that McGraw cannot go on forever getting every- thing out of nothing. ' It‘looks like the Reds tn the series next fall. MODEN GOES INTO TRAINING Many Obstacles Still In Way of . Wills Bout, Claim. By FAIR PLAY. (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, April 12.—With a long drawn sigh Bartley Madden has begun to train once more for his battle against Harry Wills which has been transferred from Newark fo the Queensboro arena in Long Island City. This is the third time Bartley has got under way for this important bout and if he has an idea things may go flooey again no one can blame him. ° One good thing has resulted any- way. Bartley has got his fighting spirit worked up to fever heat. If there is another delay the chances are he will go out onthe highways and beat up a few German police- men. he “I_am.looking for fight,” says Bartley. ‘And that,seems to be so rare an attitude on the part of our heavyweights that some one- ought to accommodate me.” Here Bartley took a wallop at the punching bag and almbst tore {t from its lashings. “Tommy Gibbons—why doesn’t he give me a bout instead of ranging around the cactus knocking down set ups. Tommy didn't do so good against me before that he can pull any high hat stuff with me. I'd be glad to fight him any time and don't want a million dollars either. “Now they say Jack Renault is going to England because he can't. get any good fights hers. Why can't he? All he’s gotta do is drop around where I am sometime and hell vet all the fight he wants. He sets up as ao star. Well, any man can show a cigarette light in the dark and call {t a star if he wants to. I could myself. But me, I’m just an ordinary fighter, willing to mingle with anyone. Show me who. That's all.” As for Wills, Bartley says he will let the fight he makes do his talk- ing. : SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1924. First in News * Of All Events MAJOR LEAGUE FANS ON TOES FOR OPENING OF NEW SEASON Many Big Outfits Tuning Up on Home Fields for Starting of: Pennant Races Next Tues- day; Exhibition Results. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS). The resounding crack of the base hit and the shrill cry of the bleacherites have reached their native habitat and within a few days major league fandom will thrill to the arrival of the opening day. The battle between rookie and veteran, the long ex- hibition grind and the arduous changing processes cirtu- ally are completed. ,The hopes of a vast majority of recruits, in- evitably have been blasted and they are on their way back to more or less obscurity; veterans are round- ing into shape and followers of the national pastime are taking stock of the ghances of thelr favorites In what promises to be among the most Keenly contested races in re- cent years, By today many of the big league outfits will be on their home grounds for final tuning up. Next Tuesday the American League will inaugur- ate its twenty fifth season, and the National League will open its forty ninth. Wherever fans gather the “dope- sters” are discussing the question that looms biggest on the diamond horizon—will the New York Giants und Yankees repeat. Pennants of the last three season flutter from metropolitan flag poles and there is a majority opinion that McGraw and Huggins will make it four straight, a»feat which would find no parallel in American or Na- tional League history. The New York Americans will play in Yankee stadium today for the first time since they ‘became champions of the swatting universe, in the spring series with Brooklyn which closes with games here today and tomorrow. Both teams arrived today from Richmond, Virginia. Frank Chance, bronzed and heal- thy, today asgumes charge of the Chicago Americans, whose destiny he will guide as manager during the season opening in Chicago oh Tués- day. The “peerless leader” gets his first sight of his hirelings in action In the first of a two game exhibition series with the New York Giants. On the arrival of the White Sox and Giant players from Indianapolis last night, Chance held a conference with Coaches Johnny Evers and Bd. Walsh who have been in charge during ‘the traming period, and was given full details of the practice and the worth of the various players. ‘The meeting of the White Sox manager and owner, C. A. Comiskey, who is in a hospital recovering from a recent operation, was postponed yesterday until today. Chicago fans were hopeful the rain and snow of yesterday would not interfore with today’s game. Yesterday's exhibition game re- sults follow: At Kensas City— . R. H. E. Chicago (N) --.. 7°11 3 Kansas City (AA). Stind (0 innings.) Kaufmann, Bush and O'Farrell; Zinn and Skiff. At Memphis— Pittsburgh (N) Memphis (S) -. Cooper, Steineder and Schmidt; Warmouth, Rye, Sedgewick and Yar- yan. At Loulsville— E. Boston (A) -----.. 2 Louisville (AA) o Ehmke, Quinn and O'Neill, Picir- ich; Cullop and Meyer. HUNT BEAR WITH DOGS Special Permit to Hunt on the reserve with dogs; it may be your last chance. 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