Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 9, 1924, Page 5

ey | THE TRIBUNE’S PAGE NATIONAL LEAGUE MAGNATES 60. ~ INTO CONFERENCE AT NEW YORK As Leaders of Major Clubs Meet in Annual Gathering. NEW YORK, Dee. 9-—National League magnates meet today in the first of three sessions in which the major base- ball circuits will participate. The American League meet- v@ ing is set for tomorrow and a joint session follows Thurs- ym today’s meet are expected to come resolutions ex- GIBBONS BOUT IN GOTHAM TO DRAW B16 SUM Full Guarantee to Be Realized by Boxer Of St. Paul. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Tommy Gib- bons, St. Paul ight heavyweight, appears reasonably sure of collect- ing his full guarantee after his 15 round bout. with’ Kid Norfolk of Baltimore, the feature of the Christ mas fund boxing card tonight, for the public has shown an intense in- terest in the encounter. Although it is not a championship bout, it is a stepping stone to a title clash; with Gibbons practically as- sured of a meeting with Jack Demp- sey in the summer if he wins de- cisively. If Norfolk wins then he {zs entitled to consideration, for Gib- bons already has demonetrated his ability to withstand the blows of the champion. ‘The Gt..Paul contender ts a heavy favorite and {s a skillful boxer while Norfolk depends upon a crushing at- tack. Gibbons has yet to be counted out, while his opponent has been Knocked out four times, once by Harry Wills; another of the leading. contendérs for Dempsey’s crown. Inthe semi-final, Johnny Wilson, former. middleweight’ champion, meets Tiger Flowers. ‘Pressing confidence in the adminis- ration of Commissioner K. M. Lan- is, who may be unable to attend he sessions on account of the illness it his wife. Prediction also was made that the National league will ssue bitter critisisms of recent ac- tions of B. B, Johnson, American eague president. Baseball circles also discussing the possibility of a jot at Johnson ‘trom his own league, which is siad *o stand 7 to 1 for the commissioner with the only objector, Phil Ball, of ‘he St. Louis Browns too Ill to at- tend the meeting on Wednesday. The American league head is ex Pected to arrive some time today banked with his promised proofs of charges of alleged gambling in the Pacific Coast league. Out of the reports of imminent Player-trades comes the definite statement, that Rogers Hornsby hitting marvel, will be marketed, under any conditions. Several clubs in both leagues however, are flaunting bait and ap pear to be casting their hooks into New York Pools for the most part. _— on MILWAUKEE BOWLING PRIZES ANNOUNCED FR THO OINS DES MOINES, Ia., Dec. 9.—Prizer were announced today for two divi- sions of ee Milwaukee bowling tour- nament which ended yesterday. The first three prize winners of the five men event and their scores follow: 1—Oh Henry's, Chicago, score 3,000; .money $275 and five gold medals, 2—8t. Francis Hotel, 8t. Paul: Score 2,930; money $240. % 2—Charles Weber's, Chicago; score 2,906; money $210, The leaders in the double events also announced today were: 1—Davis-Wolseifer, Chicago; score 1,253; money. $115 and two gold Present indications are that at | medal: least four and possibly five of the eight. clubs in the Western League will start the 1925 season with new pilots at the helm. Right now the only who appear sure of down their jobs are Berger of Denver and Clarke of Lincoln. is. . 2—Frietag-Krems, Chicago; score 1,247; $116. 3—Carlson-Molakey, score 1,235; $100. Prize winners in the singles and all events section will be announce: tonight. fk Des Moines In Boxes of 25 or 50 Va flor te. lentine Unvarying High Quality Since 1848 THE NICOLAYSEN LUMBER C0. Everything in Building Material RIG TIMBERS A SPECIALTY FARM MACHINERY, WAGONS Uistrihutors of KONSET Three-Dav Cementing Process for Of! Weils. Phone 2300 and 62 er, Wyo. ‘Office and Yard—First and Center Sts. JOIN THE AMERICAN LEGION NOW Fight ne Fans Clamor For Novelty From Boxing Promoters By HENRY L. FARRELL. (United Press Spor.s ditor) NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Stccess of the New York Boxing commission -n arranging the first of the elimina- «on rounds in the tournament to Jecide the successor to the world's eatherweight’ championship may tart @ new vogue. B.xing needs a ot of new vogues, because it is gv: ng Bong like it did fifty years ago and times certainly have been sageged since then. daseball rues are changed fre- iuently to keep the game abreasi of -nodern conditions. The rules of -ourse, haven't been altered radicaliy vut when modern tmes brought about the trick of tampering with -ne ball, the rule makers got busy and legislated ihe spitter, the shiner, -a@ emery ball and other trick de- uveries out cf the game. Footbal. and basketball rules are -eing changed continually and golf, vne of the very oidest of popular games, hag been kept up with the -imes by legislators, Tennis, bused 4pon fundamentals that hardly could se changed, has had frequent rule shanges to meet problems that did sot exist in the old days. Until the Walker Buxing bill was passed in’ New York there had been a ‘Jous attempt made to ne a a rn'set of Fu.es that would bring he game up to date. There were znly the London prize ring rules and the Marquis of Queensberry -rules. Neither set of rules was thoroughly anderstood either by boxers or ref- 2rees ‘and the conduct of a bout seacheti the point where most any ching went as long as it was above -he belt. The vio‘ation of the rule wasn’t so much, as being caught at It. When Firpo and Wills fought re- cently in New Jersey Firpo and his friends complained that Firpo was touled many times by being he:d and hit and was hit on the breakaway. The referee, Danny Sullivan, a very high-class and consicientious officia” replied to the criticism hy saying that the two fighters agreed before the bout started that they could hit SPORTS - QUESTION If you have some question to ask about baseball, football, box- Ing or any other amateur or pro- fessional sport— If you want a rule friterpreted— If you want to know anything about a play or player— Write to John B, Foster, on baseball. Lawrence Perry, on amateur sports, and Fair Play on boxing and other professional sports. All are spe: cial correspondents of the Casper bined 814 World Building, New Otherwise your ques- fon will be answered in this co” umn. A—McMillin, Centre, quarterback; Casey, Harvard and Harley, Ohio State, halfbacks, and Rodgers, West Virginia, fullback. ‘ Q.—Garvey, the new heavyweight boxer is » Notre Dame man. Is he the first college man to enter pro- fessional boxing? A.—No, Sully Montgomery is a college man. Hia college was Centre. Two or three other collegians have entered the ring -game but did not last long enough to- have their names recorded. Q—Could Anson bat as well as Ruth and as far? A.—Anson was a better batter than Ruth. He was one of the great- est batters who ever lved, prob- ably the greatest. He never could have rivaled Ruth in home runs be- cause he could not run fast enough There is no comparison to be mad: in distance hits as the grounds o now are far different from the ol days in which the short fences were very few. with one hand free and that they were’ to protect theniselves at ai times. it would seem from this, and also from any other cases that could be Quoted, that come better rules are needed to circumvent the necessity vf having fighters make their rues when they go to the cenver of the ring. eee was hurt badly from a punch on the jaw that was delivered when he had his head turned toward the referee, who had been talking \o-him. Severa. year ago Ted Lew.s was knocked out in London by Georges Carpentier when he had his ead turned. toward the referee. _ Of course, in a hard game like she fighting racket,,a boxer is a icker when he fails to keep his eyes cn the man in front of him and when he negiects to protect him- self. There are occasions, however, when tne referee can distract the at- vention of one of the fighters in the cing. in trying to modernize boxing rules and general conditions, the various boxing commissions have had to vvercome @ dogma of boxing that a champion can be dethroned only by @ smack on the whiskers and that the word of the referee always is dinal and that there is no appeal -rom hig decision. - Some of the old-timers stil} inrist that Jt s wrong to-pass a champion- ship from one fighter to another cn a decision, unless the champion had been on the fioor most of the time. The idea of having judges to assist she referee in declaring a winner when there was no knockout scored was criticized by the old:timers and it st{li has {ts opponents, although the merits of the new system are slowly proving .thomeelves, Mike Ferrera and Joe Silvant, two promising young heavweights, met recently in Madison Square Garden. Silvan! was floored by a punch that he claimed was foul and ho was counted out, the referee allowing it as a knockout. Nearly everyone at the ringtide, in a position to see the two fighters, said it was a foul blow. The medical representative of the commission said there was no ques- tion that it was a foul blow and the fighter was forced to spend some time jn a hospita!, The referee, how- ever, was not in a@ postiion to see and the two judges, who could see the punch, were not permitted by the rules to act in the’ case of the knockout. Silyani should have won the. contest on a foul, but the result went on the record books as @ knock- out against him. * ; Most of the critics laughed at the attempts of the. New York commis- sion to arrange a featherweight tour- nament among the contenders for the championship vacated by Dundee. They said that the contenders would not agree to the plan and that it wouldn't mean anything, because Dundee sti-1 would be considered the champion. The commission, however succeed: ed in getting the six best contenders in the class to fight it out among themselves and they could have had six more if they had considered the others good enough and could have made way for them on thé card. ‘The first round of the tournament drew the biggest house of the sea son into the Garden and brought out one of the beat cards of entertain- ment ever produced in the historic old arena. The fans not only considered the start of the tournament as a ,suc- cers, but they clamored for an elim: ination’ in the other classes where competition has been slowed up by @ non-active champion. JOCK MALONE EASY VICTIM FOR WALKER MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 9.— Jock Malone, St. Paul, candidate for the welterweight title, was no match for Mickey Walker, welterweight hampion, in their ten round boxing mtest here last night, in the opin- on of newspaper men. Walker was he aggressor throughout and took he first, second, third, eighth and enth rounds, The other rounds ith the exception of the ninth in which Malone had a slight advan- tage, were evon. . Taser Dailv Tribune OF SPORTING NEWS |= Fifty Years Of Baseball National League's First Teams (Special Correspondent of the Casper Tribune) (Copyright 1924, Consolidated Press Association) From the time that the National League was organized until the present moment the Chicagos have been members of the circuit. Their first team was one of the best that the league ever had. If we com: Pare baseball by the skill and the success of each year in which it was played, and do not attempt a comparison of periods, which is not altogether successful because of the variance in the method of play, it will be found that the original Chi- cagos embraced all the best of the qualities that any team should have to win a pennant. The manager and captain of the Chicagos was Albert G. Spaulding one of the greatest figures in base- ball history. Modestly declining to assume any credit more than that of being a skillful] player it was he who really had as much to do with the organization of the National League and its ‘earliest success as Hurlbert. Players of the Chicago club were A. C, Spaulding, James White, C, A. McVey, Ross C. Barnes, A. C. Anson, J. P. Peters, Paul Hines, O Bielaski, J. W. Glenn, J. I. Cone, R. Addy, F. H. Andrus. With two exceptions all of these men became famous in baseball for one thing or another, Spaulding was the greatest pitcher of his day and in success the greatest pitcher of any day because he won more proportionately than any ri- val. Jim White, “Deacon,” was both a third baseman and a catcher and great hitter. Cal McVey has been called by his cronies the great- est -ball player who ever lived. Barnes’ was never excelled os a second baseman. The. record of Anson to this day stands forth as against that of any player in base- ball for all around ability. Hines was a fine batter. Peters was a smart shortstop and Glenn an out- fielder of much repute in his line. Addy made some pretensions as a base runner in a time when base running was an undeveloped art. Studley, an old player who was with the Washington team back in 1866 is said to have stolen tho first base. The Chicagos were a team of base- ball players who batted very hard and who could support a pitcher ad- mirably. These are the qua‘ifica- tions of any championship team and are as much needed in these days as they were then. The Chicagos won. the championship in the first year of the league with a percentage of 788. Their victories numbered 63 and thetr defeats 14. To start a major league with a championship team that could win more than 700 Per cent of its games was quite a feat and thore have not been many championship teams. since then which could make a like record. The first champions won almost four games to each one that they lost throughout the season and they raced completely away from come of the other clubs in the clrouit which had been formed with players who ware presumed to be able to hold thelr own at least half as well 4s the Cubs could hold theirs, Gn his next article Mr. Foster will tell jut the first Boston Nat- fonal Club. WALKER MAT "FIGHT SLADE By FAIR PLAY (Copyright 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Dec, 9.—Mickey Walker, according to a Jersey, re port, has told Leo Flynn, Dave Shade’s manager, that he will fight Shade in Jersey within the next six wooks. This agreement on the part of ‘Walker follows a period of careful observation of Dave Shade, both in training and in his battle with Philly Krug. Flynn gays he {is willing to let his man enter a no-decision battle in Nawark with the champion !f, in turn, the champion will agree later to meet Shade in New York . This may block everything. Wal- ‘er at present, is on the outs with he New York commission and he as a deadly fear of the sort of udges that might sit in judgement over the battle even if he and the commission patch up their troubles. BEATS oMtTh NEW ORLEANS, La. Dec. 9.— Gene Tunney today retained his ute of American light heavyweight champion, having decisively defeated Jeff Smith of Bayonne, N. J., last night in a-15 round no-decision bout here. For the first time in tho his- tory of his long ring career Smith was knocked down twice. Smith, unable to cope with the *hampion's speed, held an advantage in only two rounds. Two others were apparently even and eleven were credited to Tunney. Tunney's wicked punches to the Bayonne Aghter’s ribs sent him crumpling on the ropes in the twelfth round. Tunney weighed 179 pounds and Smith 166%. arrived in America and will make his debut at the indoor games ci the Finnish-American A. C. in New York on January 6. Landing a first baseman capable of filling the shoes of the late Jake Daubert is the chief concern of the Cincinnati Reds just at present. Hub Fordue, the old major league pitcher, is among those mentioned for,the job of managing the Spring. field Western Association team next season. Whether the Eastern Shore League shall expand to an_ cight- club circuit will probably be decided at the league's annual meeting to be held at Salisbury, Md., early in Januery. The Sheffield club, started in 1855 is the oldest existing football club in England. The Toledo American Association team which got into condition this year at Gainesville, Fla., has decided pion of First in News Of All Events to go farther south next spring and will pitch its training camp in the clty of DeLand. Cornell has won 17 of ths 24 in tercollegiate cross-country chan» rionsbips held since 1899. An amusing story is told in con. nection with the fight between Georges Carpentier and Bombardier Wells at the National Sporting club of London in 1913, Just before the men entered the ring @ spectator whe had paid seventy-five. dollars for a ringside seat adjourned to the bar for a drink, remarking to a friend as he left that he did not care to’ see the preliminaries and handshaking and would be back in a moment, when the real figting had commenced. On his return several minutes later he found that the fight was all over. The contest had lasted precisely seventy-three sec- onds, at the end of which brief per- fod of time the English champion lay beaten at the feet of the cham- ce. The Western Intercollegiate Co.- ference will start its basketball sea- son January 6. The Brown University eleven will play all of its games next season on the honte gridiron, January 15 is the date fixed for beginning the initial race meeting of the new Miami Jockey. Club, at Miami, Fla. — “Red” Grange, the Illinois star, will be remembered as the outstand- ‘ng gridiron performer of the 1924 football season, A new eight<lub baseball league made up of towns in northern Kan- sas and southern Nebraska is in prospect for next season. The Allentown baseball team, un- der the direction of Duke Landgraf, is arranging for another barnstorm- ing tour of Porto Rico this winter. 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