Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1924, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. oe World Results By Leased Wire LE BATTLE BETWEEN PIRATES AND AEDS IS CENTER OF INTEREST Cincinnati to Try for Flying Start in the National League; Detroit-Cleveland Game Also in the Spotlight. BY JOHN (Cop; NEW YORK, April 15. curtain raising game that w: B. FOSTER, right, 1924, The Casper Tribune). Perhaps the most important ill be played in either major league on the opening of the season today will be that between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati of the National cir- cuit scheduled for Cincinnati. In it Cincinnati will try which is about the only thing that can land it in championship row. On the other hand, it will be the first testing of a club about which Jess is known than any other club of the league. The Pirates having trained on the far coast, have come under the eyes of few critics. It 1s not beyond the realm of possibilittes that this game may decide the Na- tional league championship. Both clubs are prominently listed as con- tenders against the Giants and the ational is golng to be a tight race. Both leagues start the season simultaneously this year. Last year, because of the placing of some Sunday and holiday dates the Ameri- can started one day later than the ational. The lineup for the other National ague clubs is as follow: ew York at ¥ at Boston Louls, Little less interesting than the Pittsbygh-Cincinnati struggle, if any, {s the opening game between the Lake Erie Bobcats, Detroit and Cleveland, in the American league, who are tossed together with their tails tied right at the jump off. And not much leas interesting than that affray is the St. Louis-Chicago con- test for everybody is anxious to see what Sisler, the boy manager, will do in his first start. The reinforced Athletics are up against Washington and the built over Boston Red Sox against the champion Yankees, Opening games, and opening series are always important in baseball, because they usually give # lino on what may be expected of the vari- ous teams, at least for the first six weeks, Teams that start with a rush and with ambition, even though they seem to lack reserve power to tarry them through, make the race hard for the old timers. On the other hand, if the older clubs are able to start with something like mid-season form, look out for them. ‘They are usually on their way up. Here's how the varlous clubs lined up for the first game of the season last year: National—Brook- lyn, Ruether pitching, against Bos- ton, McNamara and Marquard_pitch- Sport Calendar Racing. Meeting of Tia Juana Jockey elub, at Tla Juana. Baseball. National league opens its season. American league opens its season. American association opens its on Southern on. Philadel- 0 at St association opens its Golf. Southern California amateur championship opens at Pasadena. Fourteenth annual mid-April tour nament Pinehurst. Bowling. n championship ton. apionship tour- nament, at Peoria Mine e champlonship tour- nament opens at Chicago. Minnesota I ion championship tournament opens at St. Paul, Why Boston Garter Hie ait Because it has these @ exclusive features— @® ALL Rubber Oblong Button, holds stockings taut—for trim ankles, Hook and Eye Cast-off — for convenience, = @®™ Slide Adjustment —for fit and service. No metal parts on face of pad—no wrinkles. @@ The pad without a | pucker—comfort. | How did your Garters ook this Morning? Treat yourself to a fresh pair of ‘‘Bostons”’ today. QHORGE FROST COMPANY, BOSTON to get off to the flying start ing; New York, McQuillan pitching, against Philadelphia, Hubbell, Mit- chell, Winters and Betts; Pitts- burgh, Morrison pitching, against Chicago, Osborne and Kaufmann; Cincinnati, — Donohue _ pitching, against St. Louis, Pfeffer. American—St. Louis, Shocker, Danforth, Wright and Root pitch- ing, against Detroit, Collins and Francis; Cleveland, Coveleskie pitch. ing, against Chicago, Faber and Mack; Philadelphia, Harris pitching, against Washington, Walter John- son; New York, Snhawkey, against Boston, Ehmke. Some of the pitchers who started last season will start this season for the clubs, Just how many, it is impossible to s: SIKI VICTORY IS FORGOTTEN Carpentier’s Services Seem to Be in High Demand Again. By FAIR PLAY (Copyright, 1924 Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, April 15.—Amid all the wild rush of promoters to secure Georges Carpentier's services for a big fight in this country, his con- vincing defeat by Battling Siki seems to have been forgotten. That meant only one thing—that Carp was but a shell of his former self. ‘True he may have taken the battle lightly, but even so he was so hopelessly out classed that any rugged mixer has the tip-off on him. Stay away and box with him awhile and he would make a good owing during that time. But in rlose, when the heavy wallops begin to fly from every angle, and he will go down. Carpentier anyway has been fighting since the day: when Kraus was middleweight cham- pion and he ts way past due to be a mark. Carpentier never has led the care. ful life of Dempsey for instance, and the most conscientious training can- not do a whole lot for him now, Just the same there isn’t any doubt that be still is an attraction here and while the chances are he will not be the drawing card he once was he will make it worth while to pay a goodly sum for his appearance in the ring. see Tommy Gibbons makes a_ better pshowing against men bigger * than he 1% and 1s not so much at home against smaller men—a curious fact which marks more big men than Gib- bons—{t would seem that Jack Demp- sey's manager is shooting pretty high in trying to match Berlenbach’s conqueror with the St. Paul fighter. In fact, the idea seems so ridiculous and it is ikely no promoter would offer much money for the fight. It is a cinch Tex Rickard would not Why doesn't Delaney tackle Jeff Smith, Harry Greb, Jock Malone, and other classy fighters who are in his weight division, QUESTION—How long did Herb Pennock pitch for the Athletics? Did he ever pitch In a world series : if so what was his record? | ANS'VER—Pennock pitched for etios In 1912, 1918 1914, and 4 in the world series of won the second and sixth | gar | QUESTION—If possible could you |tell me she salary of Ty Cobb and Tris Sneaker and the eaptain of the Cleveland team? ~ | ANSWE Salaries a They are guessed at NUESTION—When did Babe Ruth BASEBALL QUESTION BOX If you have some question to ask about baseball— If you want a rule interpreted— If you want to know anything about a play or a player— Write to John B. Foster, the man who helped make the rules under which the game is played today. If you want a per. sonal reply enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Other. wise your question will be answered in this column. Address—John B. Fokter, Special Baseball of the Casper Tribune, 811 World Building, New York! See ec see aed In Wind-Swept Parks for the Opening, CHICAGO, April 15.— (By The Associated Press). —Baseball drove politics and Teapot Dome into the background teniporarily at least today when “What did Babe Ruth do today?” became the most important topic of the nation, Thousands of Americans sat in wind-swept baseball parks to view their favorites in action or watched bulletin boards for results of the first battles of the pennant cam- paigns. The 1924 race, baseb=l leaders sey, promises to be another record sea- son from the standpoint of attend. ance and close finishes in both ort ganizations. Ban Johnson, esi dent of the American League, fore- casts a close race, with the world's champion Yankees as the logical choice to capture the flag. Presi- dent Heydler of the National League declures the Giants will have a des- perate time winning their fourth pen. nant,'as the other contenders, even Philadelphia and Brooklyn, are much stronger than in 1923, With six new managers in the two leagues, every club is reported to be ready for the cry of “play ball’ Three of the new managers will be making their major league debut in that role and each will be a play- ing manager. George Sisler, outstanding star of. the 1922 American League season, returns to the game as leader of the St. Louis Browns after a year’s ab- sence due to impaired vision. Stan- ley Harris takes the reins Wash- ington, while Dave Bancroft, star shortstop of the Giants last season, becomes manager of the Boston Braves, Frank Chance, who won four pen- nants with the famous old Chicago Cubs machine, shifts to the man- agement of his old time rivals, the Chicago White Sox, Lee Fohl, former manager of the Browns, succeeds Chance as manager of the Boston Red Sox. THE TRIBUNE’S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS |~ BY HENRY L. FARRELL {United Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, April 15—(United Press.)—Baseball gets its 1924 start today with the opening games in the National and American Leagues. Opening games have been opening seasons for so many years that they have worn out all novelties and na- tional sentiment at the debut in a sort of casual: “The old game's back, Let's go!” The National League will start with Boston at Philadelphia, Brook- lyn at New York, Pittsburgh at Cin- cinnati and Chicago at St. Louls. The American League will step oft with St. Louts at Chicago, Cleveland at Detroit, Philadelphia at Washing- ton and New York at Boston. John A, Heydler, president of the National League, said today that he expected one of the most successful seasons his league ever had enjoyed. “Our teams have been improved,” he said, “by the bringing up of a number of fine young ball players and by several crades made since the last season closed. Strength in the league is divided by several trades made since the last season closed. Strefigth in the league ts divided as evenly as I ever remember seeing it. “We have four teams standing for the pennant and two other teams that havé all the makings of a dark horse, if there is to be one in the race. The public is certain to be interested because the competition will ke first class and because base- ball is growing In popularity Heydler does not agree with some critics who have expressed the opin- fon that baseball is in danger of being superseded by golf as the na- tional pastime. “Golf has grown amazingly,” he sald, “in the past few years, but baseball has grown also. The at- tendance figures that the major league clubs can show indicate that baseball has grown steadily along with the other sports and it stil! maintains its position far out in front.” Jack Hendricks, former manager of the Indianapolis club and one time manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, will attempt to fill the shoes of Pat Moran in the management of the Cincinnati Reds, Reports from the major league cities early today revealed plans for the usual opening day ceremonies, band concerts, flag raisings nd speeches, Kenesaw M. Landis, base- ball commissioner, will view the Car. dinals in action against the Cubs at Louts, while President Johnson will attend the opening between the Yanks and Red Sox:at Boston. ———.——— SPORT BRIEFS SAL LAKE CITY. — Herman City junior 1 from Virgil Idaho, in the of a scheduled six ight, won a fc Sperks, Pocatello, fourth round round bout. NASHVILLE, Tenn—Ed “Strang- ler” Lewis, world’s heavyweight wrestling champion, pinned, Frank Jenkins, Oregon lumberjack, in straight falls, t PHILADELPHIA. — Willam 1, “Young” Stribling, Macon, Ga., light heavyweight, scored a_ technical knockout against Tex McEwan, Canada, in the seventh round of a scheduled 10 round bout. BUFFALO.—Dave Shade, Califor. nia, won a decision over Frankie Schoell of Buffalo, in 10 rounds. HARTFORD, Conn.—Jack Taylor, Omaha, Neb., negro, refused to go through with his scheduled fight with Harry Wills at Hartford, April 30, for the American Legion, PARIS.—Georges Carpentier left for Vienna to meet Arthur Townley, English light heavyweight, April 27, Correspondent (Copyright 1924, The Casper Tribune) get Into the game last season? How many home runs did he make? What was his salary and bonus for each home run and his pe: ntage Ruth was in the game all of the se 1 made 41 home is figured on > no knowledge of his salary and doubt very much that ho was paid a bonus for home runs It fs a capital story but ff it is true there never another baseball on earth. _ was Uke it contract SEND IT To THE PEARL WHIT LAUNDRY PHONE 1703 With times good and contests Promised in both leagues there is no cause to believe that the club owners will not have a prosperous seaSon, Witp the possible exception of two clubs, the major league teams mnde money last season and they should ‘make more this season, al- though boxing did cut in heavily on baseball patronage last summer. The decision of the policy framers of the majors to do‘something to curb hitting: by curbing the use of new balls will bring out an interest- ing feature. It was thought that Pitchers would get a better break than they have been having since the ban was placed on “foreign sub- stances" and it was also thought that the fans might be getting fed up on homers that used to be two baggers. Babe Ruth, naturally, will be af. fected {f the experiment works too much to the advantage of the pitch. ers, but, as Babe wisely puts it: “If it keeps me from smacking ‘em, it'll keep the others from smackin,’ too.” Ruth's hitting did so much for base- ball, however, that no chance will be taken on stopping him entirely, If the experiment proves too success- ful, the league presidents will mere- ly have to tell their umpires to be @ little more lenient. Ruth was the big noise last year, as he was the year before, and if he gets away to a good start this year he will be an attraction just as big as he ever was, Baseball will have a lot of com- petition this summer from the race tracks, from the golf courses and from tennis courts and from the ring because there are more big classics to be staged in this country this sum: mer than there ever was before, However, the big events that might offer competition to ba all will come just at the time when the pen- nant races, if there are to be contests Games Today National League. Chicago at St. Louis, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at New York. Boston at Philadelphia. American League, Bt, Louis at Chicago, Cleveland at Detroit. Philadelphia at Washington. New York at Boston, FIRPO GETS BIG OFFER TO FIGHT WILLS BUENOS AIRE , April 15.—Luis Firpo has received a cabled offer from Jimmy Johnston, New York matchmaker, of $250,000 for a fight with Harry Wills, negro ‘heavy weight he offer includes per cent of the gross receipts and 26 per cent of the motion picture rights. Firpo, who recently announced his retirement from the ring, indicated that he was not interested in the offer, No fewer than 7,000,000 Americans use firearms for sport, should be at thelr most interesting stage. Efforts of the two New York teams to make a new record by winning four pennants in a row will be an- other interesting feature of the sea- season. For John McGraw, a fourth pennant for the Giants would be the height of ambition, as he has achieved practically everything else that a manager could aspire to. “It is one of the breaks that makes base- ball so interesting that finds McGraw in a position where it is doubtful that his team will be able to win. Defeat of the Giants or the Yan- would be welcomed in many parts of the country, and {ff both teams failed to win the pennants some sections would be overjoyed, There is no doubt that New York has had more than its share of pen- nants in the last four\years, but if the New York clubs are good enough to win the pennant and if New York is big enough to support the world’s serles as generously aa it has been doing, there is no reason why the Giants and the Yankees should not win the pennants. SHINGTONIN ‘BIG REGATTA Representation of the ‘ West Coast Assured At Poughkeepsie. BY LAWRENCE PERRY (Copyright, 1924 Casper Tribune) NEW T defeated California in the annual Pacific coast regatta rowed on Lake Washington, Seattle, the champion Washington crew will surely come east to row in the Poughkeepsie re- gatta. It is interesting to note that the huskies regard the Poughkeepsie af- fair as having greater importance than the Olympic trials which will be held at Philadelphia two days be- fore the big regatta on the Hudson, Washington has not yet said any- thing definite as to participation in the Olympic rowing tests but Wash- ington is most likely to send crews east, one trained for the three mile thresh at Poughkeepsie and the other for the short Olympic course of less than two miles. Callow*the coach, believes he has sufficient material Hf ¢ Copyright 1924, Liggett & Myers Tobaceo Co, AGUERS SWING INTO ACTION IN EIGHT Thousands Gather|BIG LEAGUE RACES | LAUNCHED IN EIGHT CITIES OF COUNTRY YORK, April 15.—Having two for _two crews aes <9 sare eran peek |] y @ BS HITS don’t just happen. Popularity doesn’t come ready-made. Xn pictures, pla success must be thing REAL. Thus Chesterfield’s swift rise to or products, uilt on some- Chesterfield 5 Pi and there {s more than a chance that he will break up his first var- sity eight and choose enough second varsity men to fill another shell. In this way Washington strongly entered in both the Olym- pic trials and the Poughkeepsie, As arrangements are now, the suc- gesstul crew in the trials on the Schuylkill will leave for Paris on June 16, the day before the Hudson river regatta and it would be up to Rusty Callow to decide where *he wanted his strongest eight, on the Hudson or the Schuylkill, Huskies have won the incercolleglate championship for two years in suc- cession there is of course temptation to make history by winning it for the third year. there are international honors await- ing abroad, pe WASHBUAN’S INCLUSION IN DAVIS GUP SQUAD 15 IMPORTANT, SAYS CAMP BY WALTER CAMP (Copyright, 1924 Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, April 15.—Inclusion of Washburn in the Davis Cup squad from which the team will be picked, and on the Olympic team, despite the fact that he is ranked, fifteenth is a good move for it shows that the ‘ TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1924, could be Richards, Kelleher, As the On the other hand} 0ne- The women's wilh ertheléss. Such popularity must be deserved opularity was no accident. imokers were ready for a better cigarette and in Chesterfield they found it. Taste convinced them. That's why men are turning by thousands to Chesterfield, CIGARETTES Thy Sodispy=mitions! First in News Of All Events committee realizes’ the importancs. of doubles play. Willams and Washburn have teamed successfully before and coulg again if necessary, make yp the Davis Cup squad really offer Such a formidable array that there can be lttle doubt we are on safe ground for this year, men are Tilden, Johnston, Williams Hunter, Fischer, Snodgrass, Johnson, Gri. fin, Anderson, Washburn, ‘King ang ‘The team named for thy Qlympica consists of Williams, Ty. den, Richards and Washburn, with Hunter the Kinsey brothers ang Fischer as alternates, selection captain “is an admirable He knows tennis as few do, is a sportsman and not likely to for. get all that that demands. team also haw a goog captain in the famous Hazel Hotch. kiss, now Mrs. Wightman, and the women she will handle aro Miss Goss and Mrs. Jessup, with Miss Scharman, Miss Bancrot and Miss Sigourney as alternates, Not as strong as the mens te: and likely to face strong opposition the womens team {s a good one ney. pS cf a CINCINNATI. — the Cincinnati Polo club: won the women's polo championship of the United States by defeating the Polr Club Green team in an elimination tournament in which Chicago and Philadelphia participated. he red team of The men who These the Kinseys, ‘Williams Mig (Contributed.)