Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1924, Page 15

ps DECEMBER 28, 1924 Che ae Sunvap Cridune PAGE SEVEN. World Results Bu Leased Wire TERRIBLE. SWEDES = METHODIST FIVE, 44 TO 32 f |NATIONAL LEAGUE'S GREATEST PLAYERS THRILLS. STAND OUT IN GAME UST EVENING. Cas Threatens in asper Last Half but Lead Is Too Great. Chalk up one more for Olson’s Terrible Swedes. Casper’s scalp last night was added to the long string annexed by the Coffeyville, Kan., clan on their present tour when the Methodist champions of last year went down to a 44-to-32 defeat before the visitors. The game was witnessed by a large crowd of fans who crowded the Casper high school gymnasium and found thrills in what will stand as one of the best and fastest games of the season. Playing brilliant basketball the visitors by speedy work took a safe lead in-the early part of the game and when the whistle sounded the end of the half the score stood 32 to 12, Casper’s comeback was staged in the Iast half with Pester starring in shots at the basket. In a few minutes he connected with the hoop for a total of nine baskets, or 18 points, ‘The visitors lead was cut by eight points in the last half but not in time to turn defeat into vic- tory. Olson, left forward, starred for the visitors in sensational shots through ¢ \ the fron ring. Most of his baskets were made from near the center of the floor, Others of the Swedes were almost as adept at aking baskets from all but imposmule posi- tions. A feature of the contest was the good sportsmanship displayed, only three personal fouls being called. Two of these counted in the visitors’ soore: © The Swedes played but five men, a policy followed on their tours of the last six years when no substi- tutes have ‘been carried. . Last night's victory madé them 14. wins out of 15 starts on their present tour, Today they go to Glenrock to play at 8 o'clock this afternoon. The official score of last night's fame here follows: Bwodes G. F. Pts. Williams, f, ---. Oy Olson, f. o-. 6 0 12 Pound, ¢. soss~. 6 1 18 Johnston, @, ca-neeee-e 5 0 10 Newell, . --------. i S0fh ue Potala abe aspera Bl 8/46 Methodists G. F. Pts. TrayloPfHEl acconeseeen 4) |) 04-58 Pester, Ea We aso Pont, ee THe i) 8 o 6 0 0 9 Hathaway, & o 0 0 Mechling, g. o 0 ° Byram, &. <=. o o 0 Totals, .janngnncesenal’ Oo 32 Referee, George A, Layman; um- re) ‘Varnadore; timekeeper, A. ont Radios To Be Installed For First in News Of All Events [STAR FIVE IS EXPECTED AT COLORADO U. BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 27 (United Press).—With Colorado university Prepar'ng to back a championship team in the coming basket ball sea- son, Coach Howard Berresford is Preparing to precede his conference games with practice contests. Prospects for a winning combina- tion at the st school are the brightest in years, notwithstand’ng the absence from early practice of three first string men. Captain Hatfield Chilson {is directing the university's football startegy against Hawaiian islanders, and with him are Waite, premier guard of last year, and Dickey, a forward. Practice will be resumed immedi. ately after Christmas holidays, and the first week-end games with Boulder preps. Early season lineup appears to be Ed James, crack shot from last year’s Greeley high school squad and Dickey, forwards; ‘Holbrook, center, and Captain Chilson and Waite, guards. Beersford's greatest difficulty ap- Pears to Ile in the forward play with James. Chilson and, Waite, the for- mer an all-conference running guard, and the iater @ towering on defense, are practically invincible in their pos'tions. TIGERS GRAR OFF COLLEGIAN Owen Carroll of Holy Cross Will Join Disabled Men WASHINGTON,, Dec. 27. (United Press),—Radio will bring added com- fort to thousands of war veterans being cared for in all hospitals under the direction of the Veterans’ bu- reau, General Frank T, Hines, director of the bureau has announced that contracts for the installation of radio recetving sets in 80 of the 49 hosp‘tals operated by the bureau have been awarded, while the re- maining 19 are at the present time ba partially or completely equlp- ped, In all hospitals now under con- struction or heing designed, conduits and wiring are being included as Part of the regular électrical he 49 tems so that rado sets can be Stalled as soon as each hospital ts opened. In the tuberculosis and Seneral hospitals a head set will be provided at each bed and loud Speakers-!n the assembly rooms. In neurd-psyohiatric hospitals only loud Speakers are being installed in Wards and assembly rooms, head sets being inappropriate for this class of. patients. Adoption of the radio installation plan in veterans’ hospitals followed an Investigation of a board appoint- ©d by the director which considered the question from every anglé. Af ter determination of the legality of uch procedure, the board submitted tentative specifications for “such equlpment which were placed in the ands of leading rado apparatus. manufacturers, Tests’ made in: different hospitals Where radio equipment was install- 4 for experimental purposes, left no Possible doubt that the equipment ts Well worth its cost as no single ele- ment in the recreational facil ties of the hospitals has been productive of greater entertainment and com- fort to the disabled men according ‘o Director Hines, Mound Staff. By JOHN B. FOSTER. -Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—To the De- tro{t Tigers. is' reported to have fallen the juciest pitching plum on the collegiate athletic tree. He is Owen Carro'l, of Holy Crores, a right-hander with speed and» drop ball that have been the admi- ration of every scout who has seen Carroll's work. College men who have played against him say there 1s no college pitcher like him and some of them expect to see him ‘de- velop into the best pitcher who ever left college to enter professional baseba'l. Two years ago every effort was made by scouts to induce Carroll to rign a big league contract. He did not wish to leave college and turned down the offers, one of which was said to be as high as $10,000. It was reported then that Carroll had de- cided to give up baseball after he left college and to continue his stud- jes for the priesthood, That report ended the rivairy for his services. Now, it begins to appear, Carroll id not, really intend to enter the priesthood, but did nothing to pre- vent that report from circu'ating be- cause he realized it would head off the importunities of big league ecouts, which were interfering with his college pursuits. Next year is his last _at Holy Cross and he will captain his college team. YF NHetFoit has ‘him ‘safetly captur- ed, and it seems fairly certain that such is the case, the Tigers have a pitcher who may rate as highly as any college man who has ever been a member of an American League club. His staunchest supporters en- visage him as a second Matthewson. Carroll should be able to start in with Detroit at once if he really has been signed. He is good enough and has been well enougk coached not to need a long tryout season in a mi- nor league. NAVY BEATS MINNESOTA RESUMPTION OF uled for each night. the Pearl Whites take on the Vet- erans Tuesday night while the Mid- west plays the Texas ahd the Leg- jon will be seen in action against the Standard Wednesday night. All of the teams are on their toes and will be up and at ‘em this week. The teams that won in the opening set of games are anxious to retain their perfect percentage ‘but they will be given a battle all the “way. BATTLEFIELD IS READY FOR GRID ELEVENS PASADENA, Cal., Dec. 27. (Unit- ed. Press).—The battlefield for the annual New Year's East-West foot- ball: game bétween’” Stanford** and Notre“Dame. is. cleared for action. Only the’ arrival of .the opposing team is awaited.” Stanford squad {is due tomorrow morning. The team will be quar- tered at the Vista Belle Arroyo ho- tel. Coach Knute Rockne and his Notre Dame Irishmen*are rest’ng at Tucson, Arizona, getting accustom- ed to warm weather fn anti¢ipation of the change of climate in which they will piay here. The midwest squad is due het Mi before the New Year's game atid will put. tel Maryland. . Pasadena and the whole. of southi. ern alifornia. has gone football mad. Never before in the. h'story of. the annual struggle has there been. such, interest as there is inthis , year's game. —a 4 QUESTION | BOX If you haye some question to ask about baseball, football, box- ing or any other amateur or pro- fessidnal sport— If you want a rule interpretea— If you want to know anything about a play or player— ¢ Write to John B. Foster, on baseball. Lawrence. Perry, sports, and Fair Play on boxing and other professional sports. All are spe- clal correspondénta of the Casper ‘Tribune, 814 World Building, New York. If you want a personal -reply enclose a stamped,, self-addressed envelope. Otherwise your. ques- dion will he answered in this col- umn, on. amateur Q—Who won the most games in 1924, Grimes or Nehf? A—Grimes won the most games and played more than Nehf. He also lost more than Nehf and the winning percentage of Grimes was higher than that of Nehf. Q—Did Jack Jc Sharkey ever fight Jimmy Wilde of England? If so, what result? A.—Ten round ‘no-decision bout in 1919, CITY BASKET LEAGUE WILL SE ‘Telephone Five to Battle Methodists and Pearl Whites Meet Legion Quintet in Tues- day Night Contests. Fully recuperated from holiday feasting, the Casper Basketball league players, eight teams strong, will get in action Tuesday and Wednesday evening of this week at the high school gymnasium, a double-header being sched- The Telephone quintet clashes: with the Methodists and PLAY THIS WEEK The standing of the teams to date is as follows: Team L.. Pet. Pearl Whites 0 1.000 Methodists © 1.000 Standard 0 1,000 ‘Texas - 0 1.000 Telephones .. 1.000 Legion = 1.000 Midwest 1 . .000 Veterans 1 CHLIFORNATO. AE MECCI FOR STARS OF ING Encouragement Seen in Appointment of Commission.’ By FAIR PLAY,, (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Dec. 27,—Eastern boxers and their mahagers perked up ike wilted flowers when you pour, water on them. since word from California as to, the per- sonnel of the new boxing commis: sion, If talk amounis. anything, chee willbe an pa ster. ed re 'n response to summons from, Jack Doyle, of Los Angeles, and.Tommy. Simpson of Oakland, two west coast promoters who seem to know more about how things shoul@ be done than a lot of (their compatriots. Every indicatioh is that the- new boxing commission in California is favorable’to boxing and that no ob+ stacle will be put in the way of a thoreugh tryout of the sport. For instance, Captain. Seth W. P. Strellinger, of the American legion, who ts one of the ‘newcomers, has for the: paht year been director of the Legion stadium boxing shows ut Hollywood, Tiger Flowers is a wise young ne- gro. Some one asked him the other Gay whether he ever intended to seek a bout with, Young Stribling. And the Tiger turned 'to the ques: tloner—it was Fred Bendel of New- ark— and spake these beautiful ‘words: ’ “Man, I'm not stepping out of anybody's way, but I’m not invit- ing death, either. I have got no part ofa hankering to meet a white man from Georgia. Because you know some day I may want to go back to that fine state to live.” pas a MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 27.— ‘With polar blasts pouring over Wis- consin from the Canadian northwest and the mercury already down to 10 degrees below zero here tonight, W. P, Stewart, local. weather fore- caster, predicts the thermometer will register at least 15 below before morning. Sa eeiiEEEe ean NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—(Unitea Press.)\—Facing death by cancer, Art Lotave, internationally known Willie Keeler. By JOHN B, FOSTER. The experts of baseball recognize tho. greatness of Willie Keeler bet- ter than the enthusiasts of base- ball, although there were many. of the more discriminating “‘fans’’ who, in his time,-appreciated his value as a player of unusual skill. Keeler could do more with’ a bat than’ almost any ball. player’ who has lived and his flelding was nearly perfection year after year: It’ v this quaint character, who was born in Brooklyn and who finished his baseball in New York, who was the author of the best: maxim for be- coming a successful batter that ever was devised. Ho was asked. the secret of doing well with the bat on the ball field and with a characte istic gtin and a twinkle in his e replied: * “Hit ‘em where they ain't Nothing could tell better than thosé words the secret of batting success. Keéler was not a-player of the Ruth type, the Lajofe type, the Kelly type or that of a half dozen more great ball players who might easily be mentioned. He was strict- ly a player of the Keeler type and it was his suce as a man of slight. physique and wonderful skill that for @ time revolutionized base- ball and gave the little fellow a chance.” Indeed the effects of: Keel- er’s baseball are still felt in, the professional athletic life of the United States. ‘Keeler, more than any bal player who has lived, revolutionized bat- ting. He was not a free swinging slugger although he could hit ball free and hard if he felt like it, willingly. tapped spot where tho. fielder the ball to had the the He was «% placs hitter, a hitter who some they had advanced within the bound. ary of the base line he would tap the ball over their heads or line it over... If the infielders remained back he would push the ball to the infield quite out of the reach of any of them and get to first. If a hit were needed to get'a run over the plate he would cut the ball to some part of the fleld where it was most difficult to handle and get the run home. _He was fast on the bases himself and as he was on them much of the time he was a. run maker for his team in more ways than one. Keeler played ball around his own city before he started his profes- sional career in earnest with Bing: ¥ N He went from Bing amt ew York City to play third He was-a left hand thrower and for that reason could never hope to be much of a success at third. He was changed’ to the outfield which he played until he was through with baseball and he played with championship teams a fair share of his baseball life. For thirteen years he never batted less than 302. Once. he batted more than 400.» Six years he batted better than 360 and frequently he verged’on 400. His was a wonderful baseball’ life ‘to do that.. No one equaled him before his day in-plac- Ing the ball and making the short hit count and no one has equaled him since: It was largely because of Nis success with the bat that others who. were not natural swing- ers tried to’cultivate the same thing and many of them succeeded. hamton, ‘There never has been another Kéeler and there {s not a ball player of the present.time who shows the slightest indication .of equaling the most_perfect hunter day in and day out who has lived. By PAUL NEW YORK, Dec. greatest difficulty to handle it and He would draw the infielders’ in and when outflelder, Fred Clarke.) GREAT FINNISH RUNNER LENDS EREST TOINDCOR PROGRAMS Olympic Star in United States’ to Compete In Big Events; Joie Ray and Others Are‘ Contenders: > Keeler in- batting expertness. (In his next article Mr. Foster will discuss the great Pittsburgh W. WHITE (United Press Stat¥ Correspondent) 27.—Increased interest in» indoor track meets, occasioned somewhat by the visit af Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner whose capture of four titles in the Paris’Olympics was one of the outstanding athletic per- formances of the year, is'‘reported by the Amateur Athletic Union. Three major meets and one cham pionship fixture have been arranged for this\season.and the ‘union ex pects these events to outdraw those of any previous year. It is highly probable that several records will be shattered. On January sixth, the Finnish- American games at Madison Square Garden will serve to introduce Nur- mi to American competition, on Januery 27 and 28 will come -the Millers James, on February 7 the Wilco A. A. games and the National run his usual race indoors is a sub- junior championship will be run off ‘n Madison Square Garden January 15. Whether Nurm! will, be. able. to run his usual race indoors. ig. a sub- ject for considerable speculation. In the workouts he has had, thé. great Finn repeatedly found .difficulty in accommodating his marvelous stride to the wooden track, and,there are, many.who believe his f'rst appear- ances here will see him go down to. defeat. In the mile he will have Joie Ray, Leo Warrievie, Jimmy Connelly, Ray pearance is expected to be staged, He will be opposed by Willie Rit- Studenroth, the Philadelphia star, George Wachsmuth, and pos- sibly . Verne Booth, intercollegiate title holder. But of, these © only Ritola is conceded a chance, and the race between the two Finns is like- ly to be marked by something more than rifairy. Rumors of a “grudge” between the two distance men have become increasingly prevalent ever since the 5,000-meter race at Colombes sta- dium, when Nurmi gained frst place by a scant yard. It was the yictor refused the congratulatory hand ex tended him by. Ritola, and that when Nurmi was given an ovation upon his return Finjand, Ritola was conspicuously absent. Six other special events will ap- pear on. the Innish-American card a 50-meter and 250-meter run, 2,000meter walk, running high jump. and 1%-mile relay. Among the nationally known. ath- letes to compete are Loren Murchi- son, Ray Watson, Allen Woodring, Allen Hellfrich, . Harpld . Osborne, ola, U.S. Athlete Is Returning For Big Meet NEW YORK, Dec. 27. (United Press).—Emerson Norton, runner- up to Harold Osborne in the American tryouts for the Olympic games last summer will complete a trip around the world started June 16 when he arrives here for the Finnish-American games Jan- uary 6, Norton, with Jackson Scholz and Ralph Sparrow, were guests of the Japanese Amateur A. A. at the Paris games. Ho returned across the Pacific fo his home in?River- side, Cal,., and will make his first appearance tn the east competing against Osborne and other stars in a high jumping event Norton despite his 200 pounde, regularly clears the bar at. six feet two inches, and hung up a mark of six feet four inches in the Colombes Laoaicksht eae MISSOURI GRID TEAM PUT UP GREAT BATTLE Forward Passing of Cali- fornia Eleven Spelled Defeat. By LAWRENCE PERRY. (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Although defeated 20 to 7 by the University of Southern California, the Misscuri eleven played strong footbal and did nothing to cast reflection upon the sort of game they play in the middle west. Chiefly interesting among the phases of this game were the further development that there were two. kinds of forward passing, the scor- ing punch attached and those that merely gain ground. Missour! and the latter variety and Southern Cal- ifornia the more efficient sort. The reason for this was that the Los Angeles eleven seems to have been able to use her running attacks not only as a definite gainer, but to cross the defense by making a for- ward pass attack behind it ‘Two of the California passes were productive of clean and unquestioned touchdowns right out of the box. The ball, thrown from the 45 yard line was caught by receiver, who stood with one foot over the Missourt goal Ww you have a passer who can accurately hurl a ball 45 yards, you SPORT LEADERS OF TODAY AND OTHER TIMES Henry Farrell Talks Of Those Who Have Held Spotlight. By HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor.) SW YORK, Dec. 27.—(United Press.)—Jack Dempsey might have been knocked out in one round by Sulllvan when John L. was tn. hid prime.- Benny Leonard might hayvé gone down before a couple of Jack McAuliffe’s punches. Perhaps there isn't a champion of today in a class with Joe Gans, Terry McGovern, Abe Attell, Stanley Ketchell and some of the illustrious fighters of the last generation. If you listen to old-time fightera and veteran fight fans you will bé convinced that in the boxing gamé. there isn't a fighter today who cati compare to the old-timers. Perhapé that does hold good as far as boxin¥ is concerned, but it does not apply to other athletes: Only opinions are good tn judging the merits of past and present. fight- ers, but in other divisions of sport. there are facts and figures to show that we are living in the day of supreme athletes. Perhaps the outstanding athletes today in sports that are internation- ally known and practiced are Paavo. Nurmi, the Finn runner, and Wile. liam 'T. Tilden, the world's chamy pion tennis player, Run tennis are almost univ Most of tie others are more or less local. Golf is confined ‘to a few countries of advanced civilization, Polo is a sport only for the wealthy.. Baseball ts a North American gama, exclusively. Football is played uns der a variety of rules. Foot running is one of the most ancient sports, and when Nurmk was acclaimed in Paris last summer: as the greatest runner that ever lived, a lot of territory was taken in. Some of the coaches who said ever seen took iti a period of forty years oremore of experience anc perhaps that is far enough to go back for comparisons: It is quite certain that modern styles and betr ter {deas of training have made the rugners of the present decade tha [superior of old-timers at standard distances. After Nurm! had won four events at the Olympic games last summer, coaches expressed the opinion that he could beat the best runners in stand an excellent chance of making @ score, Upon another occasion, a Southern California receiver, hav ing eyaded the defense dnd caught a twenty-yard pars in the clear, con- tained another 24 yards for a touch- down. The difference ih effectiveness of the forward passes thrown by the two teams is to be read in the fact that Missouri cempleted seven for a gain of 65 yards while Southern Cal- ifornia’s nine passes, four were com- pleted and one counted for a touch- down. Any team is likely to score on the overhead route, so the score of 20 to 7 seems worse for Missouri than was really the’ case, It was evidently a so0d game of football. BUILDING AND LOAN FUNDS IN GOOD DEMAND AT SATURDAY MEETING the artist, killed himself in his New| Buker afd several others to con-| Bmerson Norton, Frank Hussey,} At premiums of 35% to 36% per Q.—Where was baseball origl-| York studio today by inhaling] tend with. Of this competition, Ray | Ph!l Granville and Dick Landon, cent, $45,000 was disposed of at the —| nated? illuminating gas. is much the best, and probably will ae eee re meeting of the Casper Mutual Build- 7 PERIL aie A.—Baseball originated at Coopers- be the only one to extend the Olym:| Girl’ students attending Cardiff|ing and Loan association at ball team defeated Minnesota Uni-| town, N. Y., in 1839 The first field] Among most American Indlans| pie hero. ; |collese, recently heldir g a “smoking | court house last night. Redemptions versity 24 to 18. At the end of the/on which a» ball game was played| the final selection’of @ new chief 1s) It is in the 5,000 meter (about 4% | concert," and every girl attending | on the No.6 issue of stock amounted ‘apolls midshipmen had it|now has become a memorial field} usually left to the 12 oldest squaws| miles) event that the principal| had to be 5 feet 4 inches in helght|to $18,500. Collections for the past ey eons ‘ at Cooperstown. of the tribe. drama of Nurmi’s first public ap:+and attired in male costume. month were reported to. be $63,500. ————- x YOU KNOW ME AL---Adventures of Jack Keefe ~ Mer. KEEFS, LIRE To GOTHER IS eens: y ONCE @ WEBK 2 By RING LARDNER the world at any distance from a mile to ten miles. They also sald that if he would train intensively for each distance and go out for a record he could make faster time than any other runner has made. He has made a record every he went out for one. When he.ar- rived in this country he said h was going to run a mile some time In 4:06, and it was not idle chatter. If Nurmi {s beaten on the boards here on January 6, don’t fool yours self thas his ability has been exw aggerated or that he is not the rune, ner that they said he was in Parjs, There is a vast difference between running on small board tracks in« doors and running on standard four hundred meter cinder tracks in they open air, time eee What Nurmi is to the distance runners, Charley Padock, the Calle fornia filer, closely a ches the sprinters. He holds rds for nearly every distance from one hun- dred up to threo hundred yards Paddock perhaps is past his primé now, but when he was going good he was tho king of them all Bill Tilden, taking the word of critics who are competent to pask judgment, is the greatest tenn player whd ever covered a court? Practically all of the great playerd before him were seen by vetexaft critics who have declared the pres- ent world’s champion the great t of them_all Johnny Welsmuller, the Chicagg swimmer, has more records than any other swimmer of the days pr¢ ceding’ him. He has made new marks for practically « distantg that he went out after Willie ‘ Hoppe universally re warded as the great ballt-ling billiard player of afl time. He js much alone in’ the balk-line game that he has taken 1 billiards and it will be no surprise if he wins the championship. as all of the stars but Bole . the champion Ruth is the gre all's history. H for t © runs that mag ver be: beaten’ and he was thé champion batsman of the America In addition Rutt best pitchers in hig garded ag thé has beaten hitted s madé test was one t the best all-around nerally player in oung player, a record of the Why buy an Open Car or SemiOpen Car —W hy not a Hudson or an Essex Coach? he was the greatest runner they had- 5 RAST