Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1924, Page 5

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1924 World Results Oe aces ve TRIBUNE’S P AMERICAN GOLFERS CARRY OFF HONORS IN CLASSICS OF YEAR Review of Performance During Last Season Holds Promise for Future; Walker Cup and British Open Titles in U. S. WHAT eel g ING-TO DO Siew OURSELVES @LL OAY CHRISTMAS in the International polo matches against the British challengers was By HENRY L. FARRELL. ] perhans the most spectacular event (United Press Sports Editor) in the class of so-called society other International sports, golf en-| America waa represented by “Four joyed a most interesting and success: | Horsemen" who were genergily re- were unusually successful in inter-|‘uperior of the famous ‘Big Four,” national competition in which they | who carried the colors to such distin- The Walker Cup, symbolic af the | team consisted of Devereux Milburn, worlds champicnship at team play, | Tommy Hitchcock, J. Watson Webb, American amateur team in a series | Strawbridge, Jr. Stevenson was {n- of matches p-ayed against the Brit-| jured in the fifst match and had to matches have been played annually | Were only two matches and they and George N. Kuntzsch, who had for several yearr, but It was dec.ded | Were won by overwhelming scores. been president of the Syracuse club this fail, because of the expense en-| Dissension and political troubes in the. old International and New tailed in spending a large team| Were raid to have caused the poor York State leagu across the ocean, to hold the contests | Showing of the British team, as It . Perhaps the most Interesting fea-| team was not as bad as the scores ture of the season was furnished by | Would indicate. The first hint of 0 Receipts Show star, who became a finalist in buth | Who had organized and financed the the woman's national tennis and golf| Tip. packed up suddenly the night oe .| to England. He was criticized at ac Miss Browne, who was the nation home for having uged poor judge- P. ific League to try a comeback and she played 80 | 11) 4),, eo : ig said that several better play- wel: through the tournament at For- ers than those who were appointed P : M F k Naat ott she was beat- | the team were left at home. ‘al An increase of 409,594 paid admis- en by ‘Miss. Helen Wills, the defend: ere Soares ina) * thes foctety Ch oran, TANK | one over the preceding year is the re tea- be: Micra he tured by the presence of the Prince ance and Jake Dau- 2on's records established during 1924 by clubs in the Pacifi baseball tournament, she started play in the! 9 jot of chattering to do also about id clioa hart tean goif championships and played 80)/ some spicy bits of gossip connected at league headquarters. This in- round, where she was defeated by | wimbourne. NEW YORK, Dec, 23.-The ranks | to have set a record for minor leagu Mrs. Dorothy Campbel’ Hurd. the! The Olympic polo matches were|of the baseball fraternity in 1924] baseball. as ywas another of the most interesting | Paris and were attended by crowds | number of well known players and features of the year. Miss Edith | that were larger in proportion than|vthers ‘prominently identified with was eliminated in one of the tield eports in the Colombes stadium. | managers in the major leagues have rounds of the tournamen’ The championship was won by a| Passed away during the year now O f B t l 1 profersional, had a big season. He| was the first organization to make| Early in the year Pat Moran, man- ase won the British open championship, | an Olympic champion out of Argen:|ager of the Cincinnati Reds and for which is regarded as the nearest | ting @ number of years a diamond star thing to a world's championship, and| America was represented by alof the first magnitude, died at By JOHN B. sional championship. brilliant young Tommy Hitchcock.|ness. He died fighting his | im per Tribune) The American entries in the Brit-/ although the polo association con-| battle with the Rei eae “Nap" was a National league ships didn't do so well. The British | not given much more than moral| On September 15, Frank league career with the National amateur was won by EB. W. Holder: | support, and hig team. under the cir-| Chance, manager jolt the oa Spe league at Philadeliphia, alfhoush from making the trip to the United | getting as far through the tourna-| for {the American league than he did States with the British Walker Cup| ment as ft did. Sandine famee. tan the, mations | with the National, because of one was won again by Miss Joyce Weth-| vitead to enter the American open|career as {the led the affairs of organized sport ered, the sisier of Roger, and the| championship tournament, but the |Chicego National leseue teame or| every now and then. for family honors. so much time !n Europe that they | leagu +_ | Dave had his services for a song but Sonnay Anderson put the Amer | wee cnahe to neclect thelr bush |oumue Dennanta and two world’s! the awner of the club let sip an the French amateur championship, player who would have given the Dut the open title went to Cyril his final exit was Jake Daubert. | National league as much publicity whose death occurred in Cincinnati champion, Tolley was a member of on October 9. Daubert had a long| uth Droumht to it since. bh the invading Walker Cup team, but Philadelp! got him and when ‘eagues, making his greatest reputa- ‘3 the club owners broke out Phila- BOX ton as firat baseman of the Brook-| Geipnia lost him because Lajole star, dropped one of his titles and for nine seasons, Twice he led the Phil’ 1d not hi Ja Picked up another one, He failed to ational league in batting, ae While. Fa The. Philadelphia. successfully, the title being won by | lask about baseball, football, box-| | most umpires the game of baseball pare Cyril Wa'ker, the New Jersey pro-| | ing or any other amateur or pro||has known and for several years ner ee lhe fcaeoee a enough glory in winning the ama- If you want a rule interpreted—| | died at Hartford, Conn., on February major , ne in all his league career. He teur championship and taking the|| I¢ you want to know anything||27, Hia connection with baseball was one of the greatest of hitters the Philadelphia player. Write to John B. Foster, on/|his career as a pitcher for the Na- Dexter Cummings of Yale, brother | | baseball tlonals of Washington. ‘a wy he was iS es wrandeetul mer woman's champion, was one Of| | sports, and ited with having been the possi! " the few champions of 1923 who were Fair Play on boxing and other| | pitcher to discover the curve ball, Be wie a eee x ey = legiate championship from a strong | | cial correrpondents of the Casper||was in a college game at Cam-| base on balls if he did not wish one. teld. Tribune, 814 World Building, New| |pridge, Mass, in 1867, that the] As long as he could reach with the If you want a personal reply | | used with great effect the first curve| when the pltcher was trying to enclose a stamped, self-addressed | | known to baseball. prevent him from getting to first, fon will be answered In this col-| | third baseman of the Bo powerful right arm, reached out and t umn. league team, died at Sen} hit the ball over the fence with one February 16, from injurtes| hand for a home run. Question —Team A tried for place) received in an autemobile ‘accident.| He could bat anything. If the touehed by player of Team B but)... j.anaged teams in the New York|for him, If it was high he batted is not materiaily de State, International, South Atlantic, | {t just the same. If it was.a curve NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Alcng with | sports. Yul season in 1924. American players | sanded as being the equal if not the ‘won mest of the important classics, | Sulshed victories a decade ago. The was supcessfully defended by the| Malcolm Stevenson and Robert E. ish team in this country. These|be replaced by Strawbridge. There every two years in the future, was generally admitted that the Miss Mary K. Browne the California | ‘rouble came when Lord Wimbourne, fe r Big Gain I chacspionebto before the first match and retufned TOLL IN | 994 9 G 4 nw al tennis champion in 1914, decided) one in the selection of. the: fear est Hills that she was able to reach LOS ANGELES, Callf,, Dec. 23.— most notable of a long list of sea- Just a few weeks after the tennis | of wales and his party. Society had bert Among Victims Fah ia nH 9 eats one ees brilliantly that she reached the final! with the sudden departure of Lord crease in attendance also is believed champion of 1910, whose combsck|aiso big features of the games in| fave been thinned by the deaths of Cummings, the champion of 1993.) those thet attended the track and] ‘ho game. Two of the active club Fifty Years ‘Walter Hagen, the Prat Amariean fine team from Argentine, which | drawing to a close. he also won the American profes: | team organized and captained by the | Orlando, Fis., after a lingering il!-| (Special orapeiet ce tie Cas- ish amateur and woman's champion-) sented to an entry, Hitchcock was|he showed on the baseball field. discovery and began his major ners, who was prevented by illness | cumstances, did unusually well in| White Sox, died at Los Angeles.|"® pleyed more years with team. The woman's championship| ‘The Argentine champions were in-| game, reaching the peak of his|°f those baseball wars which tang. rivals of the American South American playere had spent|1906-1910 which won four National], T8® New York Nationals could can co’ora to the-front when he won| ness to accept the invitation. ‘Another noted veteran to make|°PPortunity to have acquired a ‘Tolley. the former British amateur captain of the Cincinnat! Reds. 11. New York in Lajole'’s day as ever he did only fairly in his tournament career in the minor and mar line war between the players and “Bobby Jones, the young Atlanta lyn club, which position he held|Sinpea to the rival league. ‘The defend his 1928 open championship If you have some question to Thomas J. Lynch, one of the fore-| cit always had been operated on a fessional. Jones, however, found | | fessional sport— the president of the National league,| Jajole batted 340 approximately title that was held by Mex Marston | | aoout a play or player— dated back to 1880, when he besan| tiie style was all his own and tha: OF IH JE CommminEn. fe S06, Reercenoe -Persys OR: amapeyy Arthur Cummings, generally <6. any other, except possibly Wagner. able to repeat. He won the intercol-| | professicna! sports. All are spe-|| tied at Toledo in his 76th year. It| quite as impossible to give him a America’s overwhelming victory | | York. youthful Cummings discovered and| pat he swung on the ball and once, envelope. Otherwise your quas- Norman D. (Tony) Boeck Lajole, grasping the bat with his kick. The ball goes wild and ts! “anthony Walsh. who had played| pitching was low {t had no terror dit‘onal impylee. te givers and Blue Ridge leagues, met acc!-| outside he would go after it and ball continues over the 7 dental death at Wilkes-Barre, Feb-| probably hit the ball, and he could . Piaget (oh Toei as Bote ruary 6. bend back—not step back—and hit sone and abtenste Stark, former|an tnshot harder than any batter He ts tackled before line. What ts it? Answer,—It is a toyuchback. Question—Are there harness trot- and in 1916] who ever lived. Pitchers quickly manager of the Memphis Southern] learned that {t was poor policy to league team, was killed in Memphis.| bait him with tnshoots. ‘Among those Identified with the] His best batting average was 405. : game in a bygone era were Bob|In later years not main: tng and runing reces fo the etme | mpage, 0 famous: pitcher of the Cin-|tain the pace that he did in earlier OD sce} pal ‘3 sche |cinnat! Nationals years ago; Carl| years but part of it was due to the eer retinas muse to Kal.| Wellman, who had heen a pitcher |fact that he bothered with the man- Grand Ciroult (trotung) goes to wees | for the St. Louis Browns; Harry C.| agertal end of the game, ae acs n ee sor’ Canada, just] Stine, = pitcher for the Brookirn| Lafole could play first deve, He Oe ke line teem Dekrole: Nationals in the eighties; Clarence | could play the outfield. His natural Frans ae See ee ©. (Pop Boy) Smith, who had pitched | position ‘was second base and he for the Chicago and Cleveland teams: | played that part of the infleld with George A. Wood, star outfielder of such ease and grace that he never the Philadelphia’ Nationals in the| Sot credit for what he did because latter eighties; Charles B. Robinson,| he could make astounding plays a celebrated baseball catcher of the payin it oer were ordinary stops barehanded days; George Kaler, who | © gam jevelan: Gn his next article, Mr. Foster had been a pitcher for the Cleveland | ii) aiscuss one of the best hitters Indians and Columbus American | "som all—Bdward J. Delehanty.) —_—_—_—_———S : cruntioss diversions Chicago's are cendily accesst bie from the Belmont Yet itis tar enough trom the business district to De quiet and resttul. Visitors, charm- ed with its locativn. Gnd the service Mou MeLawwar, President G.b BILLrwestny. Manager eu ZRIDAM ROAD AT BELMONT Association teams; and James F. Macullar, a star of the Baltimore hth 4 who Orioles in the elgntion and who ™t! Rockne Eleven Answer—The umpire did not| left hand pitcher to throw a curve. agree that the bat had been tipped| Among those {dentified with the To Spend Day and the decision in = case of this|}same in Capacities other than as kind would have to be made by the players rp tags hn pong tn tn dur- rs) T St ire in Inowley that the|ing the were tut had Yten tipped, bio Jonn B. Brtice, ex-secretary of thi 7 exas Op ——————— old National baseball commissio: H. J. Benson, who was president of the San Antonio, Texas, league club, Phone 2904R5, Seyey’s orchestra, for holiday music. HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 23.—The = Notre Dame gridiron team will ar- rive here tonight en route to Call- fornia, where they will lock horns Oakland-Rickenbacker or ‘Gray with the Stanford eleyen in the bat- SEDANS, COUPES, TOURINGS, ROADSTERS eras Geek a Manon tp Sezai The Ideal Christmas Gift—See Them Today coach. The stop-over in PATTERSON-OAKLAND COMPANY |] Since’ to cxertice before beginning chance to exercise before beginning 438 East Yellowstone the last leg of their journey to the golden state. he Casver Dally Cridune AGE OF SPORTING WHAT CAN WE 0O wrrHour Q@NY MONEY Y JUST SET HERE IN THE HOTEL OR RE INTHE sSuUGway PLAYERS BORN IN YEAR OF FI ONLY FORGET iv CueisTMes, tT WOULDN'T ‘GREAT BLIZZARD’ ARE STILL Adams, Pirat hero In 1909, to prominen Milwaukee SCAMMON, Kans.—Bily Britton, | 1.44 as mana . ger. Lewis ts Columbus, Kans., knocked out Spider | 7 the Portland team of the Pac!- McFadden of San Francisco, In the! ti. Coast league a round of a scheduled ten round) That year, 1888, brought a band of series (By The Associated Press) NEW YORK.—Tommy O'Brien,|#nd Duffy Lewis. Like Hooper, outpointed Johnny Lombardo of Philadelphia,| Speaker was not far away. Tris known as Ray Mitchell, rounds. ten PERFORMING IN THE MAJORS NEW YORK, Dec. 23. (By the As- sociated Press)-—A full baseball players born about the time of the “great bilzzard’ of 1888 still perform in the nation’s major league parks. Dean of them al! {s Charles (Babe) sturdy moundsman of the . who was a nd toils on, returning in a decade seems to have given many veteran -PORT RRIFFS pitchers a new lease of life. Adams was born in 1888, A year later came Jack Quinn, and in 1886 down in Georgia, Tyrus Raymond Cobb, des- tined to be baseball's greatest out- fielder, was named. Vermont pro duced Larry Gardner and Massachu- setts contributed John (Shano) Col- Uns, The year 1887 provided more his- tory for the national game, bring- ing Into being Grover Cleveland Alexander, Walter Johnson, Harry Hooper and Eddie Collins, four of thei game's best known names. Hooper was to watt another sea- son for the two men who later were to become his partners in one of the greatest outfields ever develop- ed, the old combination of the Bos- ton Red Sox—Hooper, Tris Speaker Lewis was born in California, but is a native of Hubbard, Texas. Two of the combination remain in the major leagues, Hooper with the White Sox, and Speaker with Cleve- a anager pitchers, outfielders and catchers which has cluttered baseball's ros- Loren Murch’son and Charlie Pad-| ters: for many season, Zack Wheat, dock, will sail from San Francisco, uary 14, on their world tour. pair will make land, Sweden, sailing for carly in August. More Unusual reliance is being placed pitchers by Major clubs fortifying themselves for the Lewis Alsman and Bill Lester, Connie Mack part-| both of whom are Casper young “Lefty” Groves,| men attending the University of Washington | Wyoming, are getting back into has acquired three veteran twirlers,| ood basketball form during the Gregg, | early season workouts at the State while the New York Yankees, to| Unversity, according to reports from obta'n Urban Shocker, handed over| Laramie. Altho a wealth of Fresh- Joe Bush, veteran box man and|man basketball material {s pressing two young pitchers to St. Louis. upon 1925 campaign. ed with $100,600 for Baltimore moundstar; Coveleskie, bantamweight title shifts | Wallie Schang who etlll catches for have occurred In recent years than | the Yankees. any other boxing division. Eddic (Cannonball) Martin, 21, is the sixth 118 pound title holder since 1914. SM AND LESTER Kid Williams ruled unt 1916, after which Pete Herman, Joe Lynch ae Johnny Buff turns occupy thedmeng ot league famous American sprinters,| marvel of the Brooklyn outfielders, Jan-|came along at that time. So did The | Gladstone Graney, Clarence Walker, a one-day stop at| Bob Veach and Fred Williams. For Honolulu, then proceed to New Zea-| mound duty came Urban Faber of where they will spend most|the, White Sox, Ray Caldwell, Dick of February. From there they will| Rudolph, and Jim Vaughan. Cat- stop off at Australia, Japan, China| chers produced were Lew McCarty and the Philippines, then leave the| Bill Rariden and Chet Thomas. Orient for South Africa. Going on|Owen Bush, Eddie Foster and to Europe, they will compete in Ger-] Wheeler Johnston straggied along many, France. England, F nland and | for infield assignments. home probably In 1889 the volces of Joe Wood and Rube Marquard were heard for the first time, along with that of —_———- TO MAKE VARSITY FIVE PAGE FIv First in News Of All Events 1S |= COuLd @ND FORGET Y THEY WONT BE RIOTHIN? TO REMIND WAS RON 12-2 Brae FIRPO WILL COMING CAGE TOUR FRANCE FIVE ROUNDING PARIS, Dec. 2 wis Angel b Firpo, who esailsd from New York last week, mace an unpretentious entry into Paris today. Tho Arger tine boxer came here alone, his | manager having’ gone to London jwite the Intention of rejoining him later in Paris, He plana to motor Successful Season in|” "=" Prospect for Bas- |Frisco Turkey ketball. Price Soaring LARAMIE, Wyo., Dec. 23.—-“Con- aaa dition {s the watchword of Coach} SAN FRANCISCO, Calit., Dec, 23 Stewart M. Clark, head basketbail|—Christmas turkeys will cost San and assistant football coach at the| Francisco buyers 50 cents a pound, University of Wyoming. ‘“Condi-|retallers said today. Heavy pur: tion” has always been a hobby with | chases of the birds inland explained Clark and the Cowboy basketball} the high price. coach is roundng his squad into splendid form for the opening con- OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 23.—Addi- ference game of the season on Jan- | tional shipments into Washington of uary 24th. lve poultry from North and Sout Many of the Cowboy quintette| Dakota, Missour!, Kansas, Tilinots, stars took the floor in early work-| Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and Okla outs before the close of the recent | homa were prohibited in a quaran: gridiron season and within a week/tine order effective !mmediately, after the last fotball game was play-| 'ssued here yesterday by F. H. ed, approximately fifty candidates | Gloyd. director of agriculture. for the “varsity squad had report- % UPN ETE ed to Coach Clark. The “weeding HAPPINESS IS brought home to out" process has reduced the first|}you by reading “Gifts for the string squad to twenty eight and it} Home.” You'll find them in the is beleved that the squad will re-| “Christmas Gift Suggestions” col- main practically this number during S Section. the remainder of the season, The Cowboys have available this year, five out of the first seven basketball men last year and In ad- dition have a dozen Freshman hoop artists who are making strong bids in their atempts to land “regular” berths. From present ind cations, several of the Cowboy veterans of last year are likely to be shoved aside of the aspiring yearlings. The Cowboy basketball schedule this sea- son calls for a non-conference game with the “Terrible Swedes" on Dec- ember 29th; Nebraska Normal, J) Salt Creek Busses Leave Casper, Townsend Hotel uary 2nd and a tentative ¢ 8a. m. ana 2 been scheduled with Regis College of Leave Salt Denver. Games may also played | 8 a.m. and 2 p. m with the Parco quitette and the BAGGAGE AND EXPRESS Wheatland town team. The confer- ||| Bus Leaves 9:30 Dally Salt Creek Transportation Co, ence schedule is as follows: Jan. 24th, Montana Aggies, Jan, 29th, Colorado University; Jan. 31st, Col- ~ - orado College; Feb, 6th and 7th; i Denver Un'versity, Feb. 13th, Colo- rado College, Feb. 27th and 28th, $5 00 R W. d Colorado Aggies. Additional con: * ewar ference games may bd added which| Five dollars reward will be paid will include another game w'th|to the party furnishing the Casper Colorado University and a two game. Daily Tribune information leadir last year's first string men !t {s Mack figures that with the addi-| believed that the Casper men have ASK OUR SERVICE MAN FOR THE 4 FLAT RATE PRICE We Want Your Business and Will Make An Earnest Effort to Please You CLYDE W. 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