Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1924, Page 7

~ GAMBLING PEST AT OAKLAND TO GET SETBACK Change in Ownership To Aid in Rooting Out Big Evil. By JOHN B. FOSTER (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—One of dest things that fs likely to come it of the purchase by George Weiss and Walter Johnson of the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast league is the rooting out of the gambling pests who have. haunted the Oak- Jand grounds to the great annoyance ef the baseball fans in that city. The Oakland diamond really ts in Emeryville and the Oakland police have no jurisdiction in the baseball park. Betting is declared by Cali- fornia experts to have been carried on openly during games and this past season has been no exception to the rule. Oakland and Los Angeles have been the plague spots of the Pacific Coast League and the injection of new blood with the establishment of the new owners at Oakland should have an effect not only in that city but throughout the entire circuit where there have been ru- mors of gambling and “something doing” all season. It is sald that an investigation is under way now to try to fasten guilt upcn suspected players. If any coilusion between gamblers and players can be proved the players will be dropped. They may not be expelled Outright, but’ they will not be likely “to get a chance to play in organized baseball next year. Most of thé troubles on the coast followed the trp of ‘Nick the Gree! m Chicago to that section. Thero is a lot of enthusiasm in Oakland about Welss and Johnson entering the city, because Cal Ewing the retiring owner of the club has payed more attention to baseball politics than the building up of a winning team and Oakland has been a trailer so long that the fans had almost given up the idea that it could ever be anything else. Oak~ land has been with the Wrigley fac- tion as against San Francisco in const baseball politics. It is not like- ly that the new owners will side with any faction, as they have no axes to grind with other club own- ers. Oakland has kept up & either, there have been several ex- changes that have benefited the ma- jor league clubs more than they aid Oakland. The team did better in 1924 than tt has done in years, finishing fourth and being in the pennant race part of the season. Still, if the amount alleged to have been paid for the franchise is correct, the new own- ers paid a round price for what they it. * The purchase of the Oakland club TURKEY SHOOT SHOGREN’S GALLERY Petr ads vantage ebran, He batted 333 last lot more letica, fielded 95: F 6 a == ma CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—Why Coach Rockne of Notre Dame frequently opens an important game with a substitute lineup has been explain- ed. The ambitious substitutes fairly force him to it, he says. Those youngsters are rough and ready kids who sit on the bench all the afternoon and drive me crazy,” the Notre Dame mentor exp‘ains. “Every time some opposing back plunges for five or ten yards through the Notre Dame line, you'll see them jump up and wave their hands. ‘Let me in there!’ “Those fel- lows wouldn't get through if I was in the game.’ ‘I ought to be in that game Coach,’ is what you can hear. “I figured ff those fellows wanted action I'd give’it to them. I gave them instructions to get in there and make it tough for the opposi- tion during the first quarter. And believe me, they did. They wore Army and Princeton down and ruined Georgia Tech's line in the tirst 15 minutes of play. LOCAL CHANGE AT GRID TITLE ISRECOGNIZED CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 20—J. H. Powell, coach of the Cheyenne school football team, believes that Casper High school’s team may yet, find itself in postion to claim the Wyoming — gridiron. champion- ship of 1924. “At present the championship is very undecided, in the hi las, Laramie has beaten Casper and Cheyenne has beaten Laramie, Chey- enne at presént appears to be the strongest team in the southeast. ‘Kemmerer is now the only un- defeated team in the southwest. “Sheridan, the strongest team in the northeast, has been defeated by Thermopolis, which appea-s to have the best claim to the cham- Pionship, although it has played none of the strong teams of the southeast.” pres as EEE Wise folks’ Christmas shopping lists are composed just as soon as the Shop-o- scope is exposed. R. C. Montgomery, M. D. LOST NICKELS If Aero yields 20 to 25 miles to the gallon and common gasoline only 12 or 15, you lose around a nickel a gallon by not being particular about what goes into your tank. It costs from 380 to 65 cents a theory that eve: tankful to buy pevoune on that name is alike. the ing sold under Get your money’s worth in mile- age—use Aero regularly. for it by name. Aero Oil Products Co. CASPER \ al Ask The right type of Hi- way Of sil here kee; ‘our motor quiet, ef- tase (ese oe of the re} shop. We guar- amine it gn and is a money back guarantee. asoline “KEEP WYOMING MONEY IN WYOMING” TRIBUNE GENERALE BAMEOTLANTE Que claims to have the biggest pair of dogs. which ts campus Latin for feet. in the entire football world. Gary wears a size 14. B width nicks his immense bhow-wows up and 1 ‘When Gary lays them down the resultant clatter reminiscent of fire horses responding to @ three-alarm hinze HARVARD MAY “CHANGE COACH Defeat by Yale This Week to Sound End Of Fisher. By LAWRENCE PERRY (Copyright 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—If Harvard should succumb to Yale next Satur- day it is not at all likely that Robert Fisher will remain at Cambridge as head coach. Fisher is a man of fine personality and {s a competent foot- ball fnstructor, Despite the fact that the material he has had to handle in recent years has not in any way compared with the sort of players that the Crim- son found available in the Haughton regime, the deadly parellel between Fisher and Haughton elevens has been drawn with ever-increasing fre- quency. The Princeton debacle seens to have brought dissatisfaction to a point and a sound beating by Yalo will accentuate this state of mind, if that is possible. Percy Wendell, who played at Harvard under Haughton and has been doing well at Williams, is the one name mentioned as successor to Fisher. Roper says he will remain at Princeton if the Princeton athle- tie authorities invite him to stay. As it is foregone that such an jny tation will be extended, no coaching change at Princeton may be expect- Talk that William Alexander will depart from Georgia Tech is idle. Alexander is working along the right road, with the assistance of Hanson (illinois) as line coach, may be de- pended upon to keep the Yellow Jackets in the top flight of southern teams year after year. Alexander has the solid backing of the most influential men in Atlanta. — Cage Officials To Meet Tonight of will Officials and team managers the Casper Basketball league meet in executive session at this evening in the basement of t Methodist church, corner of Second and Durbin streets. The drawing up of the schedule is the most important matter up for consideration this evening. FOOTBALL QUESTIONS ADDRESS: Lawrence Perry, Special Football Correspondent of the Casper Tribune, 814 World Bullding, New York. if you have some question to ask about footbull— If you want 4 rule interpreted— If you want to ktow anything about a play— Write to Lawrence Perry, for fifteen-years an authority on the game as writer and official. If you want a personal reply en- close a stamped, self-addressed envelope, Otherwise your ques- tion will be answered iu this column. (Copyright 1924, Casper Tribune) QUESTION—Is it true that in the revised football rules for 1924 a player may make a flying tackle with both feet off the ground? ANSWER—No, not true, QUESTION—Team A {s near an opponent’s goal line and decides to line ceive the ball when na denfender pulls him down, What is the pen- alty? ANSWER — Ball team’s one yard lin QUTSTIO: right back. Is this ANSWER—Yea, ~ Shannon Beats Don Long Again In Laramie Go on defending Il and kicks it legal? LARAMIE, Wyo, Nov. 20.—Benny hannon, Laramie featherweight, was awarded a decision over, Don Long, Colorado Springs, in a ten round boxing bout here. tory Methods on Metal and Woodwork. on Autos—Welding— Brazing KEMMER BODY AND FENDER SHOP 426 W. Ye'lowstone Phone 2008 ’S PAGE OF SPORTING NE MANDELL MAY BE LEONARD SUCCESSOR By HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—(United Press.}—Sammy Mandell, a good- looking, polished little gentleman from Rockford, Ill., has a fine chance to succeed Benny Leonard as the Nghtweight champion of the world if Leonard will permit himself to be succeeded. Leonard has shown no disposition to defend his title and even if the New York boxing commission should apply the corrective measures of a suspension, his successor would not have the prestige or the recognition ef a champion who had come into the possession of a title in the orthodox manner. Mandell looks to be best of the crop of young 135-pounders who are growing into contending class. There are many more experienced and harder hitting aspirants for the class but most of them are in the trick division known as ‘junior welter- weight a class established by the New York commission and rather generally recognized for those who can't make 135 pounds and who are too light for legitimate welter- weights. ¥ Jack Bernstein, former junior lightweight champion, “Mandell and Sid ‘Terris are perhaps the only three legitimate Hghtweights who can be regarded as championship pos: bilities. Mandell has beaten Bernstein twice and fought one draw with him. It is true that the last decision Man- dell won over Bernstein recently in Madison Squere Garden was not by ® margin that would eliminate Bern- stein from further consideration. But the decision did make it more or Iéss certain that Mandell always can beat Bernstein and that Mandell will improve with experience while Bernstein probably is at the top of his form or perhaps past it. ‘While he has been before the pub- Ue for comparatively short time, Bernstein may be rgearded as a young newcomer but he has. been fighting for over ten years under various names, which is nothing against him, however. Mandell is just a kid. Hoe is younger than the age printed in the record book and he is just now filling out and developing into a sound physique. It is because he is young and only becoming matured and fully developed now that Mandell has not shown any great punching power. It will be recalled that didn’t have a great punch when he started out and that he stew into it. Mandell hits sharply and accurate- ly and {t ‘ts only natural to assume that he will get more power into his punches when he gets more strength in his shoulders and arms. As a boxer, Mandell is perfectly and adequately qualified. It is a question now that Leonard has a better defense, Perhaps he did once but he can’t possess the’same speed And boxing ability when he has re- mained out of the ring for so long. Mandell is the fastest boxer in the Present class at any weight and he is stronger and more endurable than his age and weight would indicate. To continue his way through the class, Mandell will have to beat ‘Terris who ranks next to him as a boxer and a fast worker. Terris will have a big following when he meets the Illinois youngster but he is almost sure to be beaten if Man- dell is in condition. There is hardly a chance that Man- dell ever will Be out of shape unless he hurts his hands. He is # clean- living boy and he is being handled by Eddie Kane, the manager of Tom Gibbons, who never will make the mistake of rushing him too fast. Kane has done, well in’ bringing the youngster along. He has de- veloped him by careful matchmak- ing with the purpose of schooling him against all kinds of boxing styles and the result is that Mandell knows how to take care of himself against boxers, punches and those few of the class who like to rough it. Mandell is supremely confident in himself. He asked that Kane get him the three matches with Bern- stein when every boxer in the coun- try was running away from the New Yorker. He asked Kane to get a match with Terris and there are few in the class that go out seeking an opponent of the class of Terris. He gave his manager a free hand in getting him any match offered and Kane merely wires him his date and his opponents without asking his permission to make any match. Mandell is 4 credit to the game. With Tom Gibbons, Gene Tunney and a few others, he has brought an intdlligent type to boxing that the game has been badly in need of. Tunney is losing friends through his tendency to duck hard opponents, but no one can say that he was not a credit to boxing for the good name and the standing that he brought into the bustness with him. Noth- ing need be said about Gibbons be- cause nothing could be said that hasn't been repeated a hundred times In the past. No finer charac- ter than Tom Gibbons has ever pulled on the gloves and that goes for Mandell, Benny Leonard and Jack Britton did much to elevate the game but Britton is through as a champion and it is doubtful that Leonard ever will fight again. Mickey Walker is a fine boy and he is going to be a great champion if he gets a chance from the misdirected zeal of the New York boxing commission. In general, the boxing game is now in the hands of a very high class type of champions, from the moral if not also from the physical standpoint. Jack Dempsey has néver done a thing since he became champion to bring either discredit upon himself or hie-profeasion;: If-he did anything before he became champion that could have been criticized it was be- cause he didn’t have the chance as a toy that the average youth has now. First in News Of All Events WELL, THEN, GIVE ME aN INSIDE CQBIN. WE SEEN @LL THAT PART OF THE OCEAN COMW' OVER FIRPO IGNORES LATE ROASTING Home Town Talk Does Not Affect Big Bruiser. By FAIR PLAY (Copyright 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Out in Newark, Luis Firpo professes to be undisturbed by the roasting he is getting in the Buenos Altres news- papers. From any indication he gives, he is just as well content to be a fallen idol as an idol. The “Calf of the Pampas,” as they now call him in the Argentine, said to the writer today that he will spend the remainder of his stay in this country proving to Americans and South Ameircans that he !s still a logical contender for Dempsey's crown, Whether he shows this or not de- pends upon Tex Rickard. As long as Luis stuck to Tex he got along finely, but the minute he went off on his own hook he got in Dutch. Luis: needs’ Tex. But»Jast. now it is not certain that Tex needs Luis. Rickard knows it will take a lot of his best showmanship to overcome the bad showing Firpo made against Weinert. He may decide the effort involved ts not worth the candle. Rickard has pulled the Wild Bull out of more than one hole. Hoe dis counted Luis’ rotten showing against Homer Smith and also “saved him when Joe Downey, a poor scrapper, went the distance with him. The fact that few readers will re call these bouts show t cleverly Firpo was steered by them. Whether someone does a Brennan for the purpose of rebebilitating Fir- po depends on ‘whether promoters think Luis still has power as a drawing card. He could go on the road and pick up good money but In the eyes of eastern promoters good money is not what counts. It is the big million dollar bouts that count. Firpo's most reecnt conqueror, by the way, has been offered a booking on a western vaudeville clreuit, prea § SPORT BRIEFS NEW YORK—Miguel Ferrara of Buenos Aatres, knocked out Joe Sil- vant, of New York, in four rounds, NEW YORK — Benney Leonard, world’ lightweight champion, ts- sued a challenge to any and all rivals for his crown, OAKLAND, Cal.—Jimmy Duffy of Oakland, won a decision over Jack Britton, former welterweight cham- pion, in four roun fides sartaaen a LUE 3) “Give and let give—liber- ally, yet economically, the Shop-o-scope rule, | Once a White Owl smoker, always a White Owl booster, For in no other cigar will you find ‘the re- markable VALUE made possible by sell- ing a huge quantity at a very small profit.