Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1924, Page 5

MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1924 First in News Of All Events | | World Results By Leased Wire JOHNSON SEEMS OBSESSED WITH SCANDAL TALES American League Head] Takes Stories of Crook- edness Too Seriously. ‘1 By JOHN B. FOSTER. (Copyright, 1924, Casper ‘Tribune.) NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Ban John- son has worrled so much over rumors of dishonesty in baseball that it has become an obsession with him, hence the impetuous in- erviews which offended Judge} Landis and resulted in his removal} rom the advisory council of base- ball. “Anonymous letters, purporting to give information of crookedness have preyed on Johnson,” sald the writer’s informant, ‘and he has at- tempted in every way a man could to get further information. ,communication came into the Ameri an league office which he did not Peive his personal attention if there as anything in it that reflected pon the honesty of baseball. “Since the scandal in his own Mleague Johnson has given more and amore thought to every report circu- Jated that had any bearing on the “honesty of the game or the integrity Pot the players. Johnson was brought up in the old baseball school, the ‘days of the early 80's, when the honesty of the game was preached day and night after an experience Pthe National league had when Billy Hulbert fired four players out of the vircuit for life. “With this trait in his character 1 with the thought he had in his jnind to keep baseball clean and| Fhonest, the suddenness of the an houncement of the alleged briber attempt on the very eve of the Livorll series excited him to a pitch ef frenzy and he exploded, in my P>pinion. . Judge Landis has never forgiven Johnson for the things he said ‘hen the Dolan-O'Connell scanda! broke. It was these interviews that impelled the judge to declare that he and Johnson could no longer Serve on the same advisory council. eecbaia do Set dewa ~JIMINY CHRISTMAS! “He” is the happiest man in town—because Nl his friends read the “Gifts for Pim" column in the Classified Sec- ton! aoe eee Open evenings until Xmas. Metro- ppolitan Store. QUESTION BOX if you have some question to ask about baseball, football, box- ing or any cther amateur or pro- fessional sport— ~ If you want a rule interpreted— 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 professicna! sports. All are spe- cial correrpondents of the Casper Tribune, 814 World Building, New York. If you want a personal reply enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Otherwise your ques- don will be answered in this col- Q.—If while first base ts occupied by a runner the third strike is called unless two are already ont, the rule third strike and it is not a called strike by the umpire? A.—It does apply. A called strike is not necessarily limited to a strike, at which the batter does not- swing. The umpire must call all strikes and that is what it means in’ the rule regarding © which information is asked. Q.—If one side of a grape arbor is the outside line of a football field and 2 forward pass is thrown which hits the arbor, a player catching it and running for a touchdown— should this score be allowed? A.—No. The ball should be con- sidered out of bounds and thus un- der Rule 17, section 8, be considered incompleted. Q.—Runners are on. first, second and third bases with no hand out. Batter hits a grounder to the third baseman who touches third and throws to second completing a double play. Runner on third crosses | the plate before the runner going to second is retired. Does the run count? A.—The run does not count be- cause it is made on the second half of a double play in which the third man is forced out. Fifty Years 1 Of Baseball, National League's Greatest Phyers. Wi better. known as than William B. through- out the United States. Some think he was the most expert ball player in the history of the national game. He was a product of the national league and perhaps the greatest of those players who have been more versatile than others. There is no doubt that he was the best catcher who ever stepped be- hind a home plate in any league. When he was at the head of the New York national league dub which became the Giants under his management, he exhibited to those who were privi'ezed to see his game of thet dav. the most masterly dis Salt Creek Busses Leave Casper, Townsend Hotel 8-2. m, and 2:30 p. m. Leave Salt Creek 8 a. m. and 2 p. m. BAG Bus Leaves 2:30 Daily Salt Creek Transportation Co. | B Oakland-Rickenbacker: or Gray SEDANS, COUPES, TOURINGS, ROADSTERS The Ideal Christmas Gift—See Them Today PATTERSON-OAKLAND. COMPANY 438 East Yellowstone + set ee edd bu eee arses ed Maki bs 2 thteibdé eb edb’ BILLIARD’S LATEST SENSATION THE MASKED MARVEL Meeting All Comers at Pocket Billiards Monday, Dec. 22, and Tuesday, Dec. 23, at the HENNING BILLIARD PARLOR HENNING HOTEL, as AGE AND EXPRESS |! 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The outstanding players ‘n the East were Garbisch, the Army cap- tain and center; Pond and Kline, the Yale backs and Koppisch, the Colum- bia back. * Garbisch, a veteran of eight years of vars'ty football, played one of the most brilliant games possible in ‘the game against the Navy when ho kicked four field goals for a 12 to 0 victory and p!ayed a phenomenal game on’ the defene. Pond and Kline distinguished themselves tn the Army and Har. vard games and Koppisch was bril- Mant all séason. The Eastern season ended with Yale, Dartmouth and Pennylvanta undefeated, but each had engaged in a tie eame and Yale had been in two. Dartmouth, perhaps had the New speed records were chalked up at the opening of the racing season on the Culver City (Calif.) track. This picture shows Benny Hill, who eventually won, .catching up with Ralph de Palma, while Tommy Milton in No. 6 ts leading the field. play of catching that has been seen in the United States and a close sec ond to him all of that period was Charles Bennett of Boston. In Bos- ton they were inclined to believe that Bennett was as good as Ewing but Bennett could not throw to sec- ond base 4s well as Ewing and there never has been a player who could excel Ewing in throwing perhaps none who has equaled him: He did not throw the ball to sec- ond base in the accepted sense of the term. There was no long, over- hand motion, no round arm effort to propel the ball. He seemed in some way to reach out with his forearm and hand tho bal] to the second baseman, or the shortstop who stood on the base and waited for the runner. Once the owner of a team that was playing against New York ask- ed his manager why he did not try to steal second base more often against Ewing. “We never make said the owner. “What's the se,"" was the dry reply, “of being a domd fool whe ye know yer out before ye start. Not every man kin be a Jonah an’ git out o the whale.” Ewing could play third base, shortstop, second base and the out- field. He could play the outfield well and finished as an outfielder. He could pitch well and did pitch in championship games, He was a big man, yet as fast on his feet as a monkey skimming tree tops, and could steal bases as well as any of the high class base runers. He was not as powerful a batter Anson but he was a hard line hitter with the ability to bat to right field, as well as left field, the abiity that Anson had, and oth were right hand hitters. He of the few batters who could place the Lall when he batted nd did place {t. He proved to be a fine leader ani ‘ried the Giants through to two pennants. By winning them the New York National league team acquired that great reputation that it has held most of the time since 1888 and 1889 in both of which years he proved that“he was a strategist who could meet the keenest wits of baseball in those day (In his next article Mr. Foster will discuss one of the greatest of the National league's fifteen great- est_p’ayers—Napoleon Lajoi same was one Ghd SEASON LONG EXTENDED Interest Unabated Middle West and Coast Region. in BY HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, Dec, 22.—Astonish- ing interest shown by the public as represented in attendancé figures that exceeded all calgulations made the 1924 football season the greatest in the history of the game and estat lished football as the leading Amer: can sport. It ‘is imposs'ble to estimate the number of spectators that saw the big games in the east, the middle west, the south and the far wost There were any number of game that attracted 80,000 spectators and the crowds were limited only by the seating capacity of the stands. Tix treat increase in attendAnce was not due so much to an Increased interest in an already popular game but it was the result of the opening of so ny new stadia with large capa cities. . From the techn'cal point of view the outstanding feature of the sea son was the vast improvement of the game in sections where the style of football was not up to first class standards a few days ago, From the results of intersectional vames it was shown strikinffly that football in the middle west has ob- tained the jump on the eastern game and that the south has made great progress under heavy handicaps. The season was an unusual one also, in that for the first time In a number of years it was possible for one team to make a leg'timate claim for a national championship. Although Knute Rockne refused to make any such claim, his Notre Dame team was generally régarded as being the best team of the year It was the only major team in the country that survived a terrifi chedule without’ being defeated | held to a tie. The Notre Dame team has the | hardet assignment of any team in the land to suryive a schedule in with the Arm Georg’a Tech, Nebraka | Wisconsin and Northwestern. But the team survived the schedule and nmany of the hardest games, Rockne used his regular Mneup in only part of the game. The Veteran Athletes Association of Philadelphia, which makes an an nual award of a champ'onship tro phy awarded a cup this year to the Notre Dame team as the national champions. The award of a na tional trophy {s made only when a team {s produced “whose standing is so preeminent as to make its se- lection as champion of America be- yond dispute.” Notre Dame gained fame also by sing_a backfield in Struhldre Crowley and Layder eran scouts and critics fr the east declare it the finest combi hation they ever had seen,. There were other fine teams the country. Chicago won the western confer- ence championship after Ill'nois had started away for what looked like 7 e Benny had his boat open to just 126.9 mi’es an hour on the final lap. a cinch victory. Alabama won the Southern Conference championship, ubt, as Notre Dame was the best team in the middle-west, Centre had ground to claim the championship ef the southern section. Stanford won the title on the Pacific coast and M’ssourl won the championship of the Missouri Valley conference. cee The phenomenal feats of Red Grange ,the star Illinois halfback, were the biggest individual accom. plishments of the season. Grange made history in the game against Michigan, a fine team, when he ran for four touchdowns in twelve min- utes of the first period and scored a fifth 'n the third period. He took the kickoff in the first period and ran the ball back 97 yards for a touchdown. From behind the line a eee Bans best cla'm to first rating. Intersectional games were the bic spice of the season and at the end of the season several big games were scheduled for next year that will assure another interesting sea- son. . . While interest was confined chief- ly to the college games, there were interesting events of the year in soccer and rugby. The outstanding .events of the years, from an: international view- point were the victories of the Unit- ed States and Uruguay in the Olym- Pic football’ matches. The United States won the rugby chimpionsh'p and Uruguay won the + Sana cham- pionship. As has been pointed eut before, the victory of the United States tsam over France in the final rugby championhine was pust as much an accomplishment as if a French base- ball team 'd come to the United States and defeated the Washington Senators after the world's series. ‘There aren't much over fifty men in the United States playing rugby he picked th ae WELL, yYOUCAN GET IMITATION PEARLS ACROSS THE STREET AT MERCERS | and they went over to play against teams that were regarded as the best | n the world. | The \vietory of the Uruguayan team Was not such a wonderful ac compli#hment as soccer is thefr lead ng national sport and they went to Paris with a big reputation whict they upheld The Uruguay team came to the United Etates late in the year for a tour of the country and it aroused great interest in a sport that 1s growing rapidly in public favor in this: countr TOMEET AGAIN By FAIR PLAY. (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune.) NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Boxing (mpresarios began today to “‘sét ‘em up inthe other alleys” and let the game go on. Mister Christopher Columbus Cannonball Martin re- turned from fifteen rounds Friday night with Abe Goldstein's bantam- welght crown. But the title passing was won and lost by so narrow a margin it {s practically certain the two 118-pounders will meet again None of the candidates waiting on the new champion's doorstep look dangerous. Joe Lynch, from whom Goldstein won the title, is through and certainly none of the bantams who appeared in the preliminaries to the main bout. showed anything like Cannonball's calibre. Abe, the bantam throne abdicator, could not hold off his shorter-armed opponent. Goldstein has a great left jab and 1s supposed to have a right cross to go with it, but the Brooklyn boy kept coming to close quarters TWO BANTAM. To Braves Pacific Coast league fans won't seo Jimmie Welsh in action any more—at least, not next season. 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