Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 26, 1925, Page 5

MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1925 : z The PAGE FIVE asvet Daily Tribune ’ World Results By Leased Wire CASPER BASKETBALL LEAGUE REFEREE REPLIES TO ARTICLE CRITICIZING ROUGH PLAYING “Cage Play Critictsea” an article appearing in Sunday's ‘Tribune, caused considerable comment. The following is an answer to the orig- inal article recelved. First in News Of All Events Friend Al: The tailor that has a store on the ground floor of the hotel here says that pickpockets bother the crowds looking in his winders and he wants to have a few of them caught, Knowing that [ have got a eye like the well known eegle he asked the boss to have me play the part of the behind him jumps into his back fn an attempt to get the ball, the op- ponent commits a foul even though he is “playing the ball." In this January 26, 1925, "To the Sport Editor: “It is not my object in submit- ting these few lines for publication In your paper, to indulge in public debate with the author of the article which appeared in yesterday's Trib une entitled, “Cage Play Criticised’ Rather, since the article is particu larly directed toward those who are mainly responsible for the conduct of the games, it behooves me, as on+ of that number, to say a few words in reply, Not that I feel it is neces sary as a vindication of our wor! but to dispel al! fears and doubts in the minds of the fans as to any prejudice, bias, or partiality entering Into the decisions that are made. “At the outset, I am unwilling to concede that the author of the ar- ticle is a “dyed in the wool fan (?)" or he would not have chosen the Standard-Methodist game as an ex- ample for his text. No few games have passed into oblivion where the spirit of football has been better ex- araplitied; but that ie dither “here unless his actions justified the latter. By HENRY L. FARRELL. they mature? Most of our training (Special Correspondent of The bie ens LP RN an taaie Eat ein kee 8 “My impression is that 99 per cent (United Press Sports Editor) methods have been copied by obser. + Casper Tribune) nor, there. Permit me, for your! or. the misunderstanding. bétwean vation of American methods and I a S| ediffeation, to set out in haec verbal «art: ‘of the crowd and the reteree|_ NEW YORK, Jan. 26—Feeling| /ooo" 0 Amurican methods xe (Copyright, 1925, by the Consolidated | the “Supplementary Note to Rule! tices from the fact that. certain | that any general method of teaching lation "eet dy pacntanibersre Gace Prise Association) ee toe abbended to the Official rules: !iuminaries feel hetter qualified to In-| HOW to run cannot be applied to i0-| years in our country. ~ When Fred Merkle ‘forgot to Although basketball is theoreti-|tonoret the rules than the referee | “lvidual cases, Paavo Nurmi, the CFE RCINAR aE 4 couch second base” in the game Jimmy Dufly and Ber cally a 'no-contact” game, it 1s ob-| hi ise, And perhapn they are, for} World's greatest runner, follows the ican boys have a great ad- vious that personal contact cannot be avoided entirely when ten play- ers are moving with great speed over a limited playing space. For in- stance, the ball s free; two oppon- ents start quickly for the ball and Ck e! ci u i 0 devel tho elling of the story than a ee + " feltarious, setPif both sore in fax, | ns st does not quality him to speak| with the same systema. What might| (0 ™e like Ideal games to develop game of its eventfulness played in|. | BY FAIR PLAY — ' be serious, vet if both were in fav-lana, ag a result, an unfavorable at-|he good for me might riun enother| the lungs and the muscles of the Freier al Ieee: (Copyright ho Casper ‘Tribun crable positions from which to set! mosphere is created for the official. | boy. The same aplies to training and | °4Y that are used in running. Skat- : EW YORK, J ty ar the ball, and were intent only upon h P. ft {nfallibl fe 4 the ave ¢ living.” * ; ing is one of the few sports of that ‘The situation was this. Merkle was) vetting -eady Wal getting it, an unavoldable accident, ne ght ern the gett | MOR tay Slee ae alk kind that our boys have for diver on first base. McCormick was O/ er @ fine 1 ble and not a foul occurs. On the|{, lslobaces: for they nee acing theatre], Nurmi says that he {s not willing] sion, | third and Bridwel! at bat for Newlout to the omn other hand, if one player is about) y.8¢ and wil’ continue to do so. If an offer ies ghana itn rue: “[ don't believe there is any good York. Bridwell batted is ae Salve Simpso neh o, to catch the ball, and an opponent | nas ts unsatisfactory, it would seem| 7S oF lving with the idea \that| - son why the United States should that went to the left field aide of sec | San Francisco. pr us the they shoudl be adopted by American | .°+ have good distance runners. ‘Th ond base and from there straight to | competition to land a match betwee a better plan to direct a letter to| boys, as his opinions are expressed | the outfield. It could not be fielded | the welt na: Sirus eh the head of the league setting forth| only with the understanding that | ™ateria! certainly should be avail © . ripe agi eceeierd po p and Jimr uff the grievances. But I do not be-| oo ¥ x anes able and no country tn the world has by any man on the field bees a4 z regard STOLER GOING Prete pte »| mete 'n various countries,” he eays.| Oe 1, ohh Beiaiend 2 Me ak? turned off the field, and Bridwell 1 x ne hy on mh are een States./_ year or two years. J would say touched it. | : Perhaps the climate and domestic e eran iets ‘ Ses hiavinercentes| Chaikecand:yi Dict Shea and Martin \Fonavions ix rintana are more eats (oom crmerignce, at Stakes from y pieeinn, ite srpn paring, cunts | chars and ie able for the development of runners] gation and build upon it.” Merkle nad done and-nct vers, as | the former weltec Br, LOgte, San, 26--@y the Ae) Meet tr) Feria ry an they sr6 'n the United states, (The Ena) has been asserted time and again.|head. He was knock sociated Press)—Veterans again will J y “In Finland we haven't the ways Hothmancyelled to I5vers to get the |in the four rounde be re'led upon by Manager George of amusement and entertainment Sat and pelt on feecend tase. (Sf Sight. One of Sisler to place the St. Louis Amer-| GpycA4Go, Jan. 26-—~Eddte Shea,| that American boys have. Woe are RA TERIA kn \eentbenipr chad catarten)| has veh bone tie jeans in'the championship running | chicago bantam, and “Cannonball” |® ®mple living nation and our boys for Merkle to drag bim’ back trom | Keep;the rosin off his this yeaty Eddie Martin, world’s bantamweight | 2@ve to amuse themselves in a very the club houre to the field and did. | and.so Duffy per Despite several trades this winter,| champion, have been: matched to|*!mple way. I don’t imagine that Merkle touched second. Jos McGin-/even granting that B the Browns’ pilot has indications] rent ten rounds at Mi!waukee, Feb.| American boys would be satisfied to Altye suspecting that Hoftman dld|the fighter ho was there will be no substantial ps ruary 27. They will fight at 120) 2mNse ee el on a woliaay by (By The Associated Press) : Ti dicta Stra mea aoe took ‘ef tts in the team's battlefront, with the ss mee Bddie Macey Ing a long cross-country run. Jo games are scheduled for this a ere ee 4 , judging by Joe's ert Colima possible exception of the battery|lr Catltornin here February > | They would rather go to a motion | No Sames are scheduled for this| 7 42°5 tate picture of illle. Gusanné Lenglei.—Bhe looks mighty well aan ont eat noid of rand threw {UP to meet Walker in staffs. Ro ee Se picture house, to a baseball game or| ha] League due to midyear examin-| fOF & person reputed yery {II, ‘probably out of tennis for good. Perhaps it Into the left fleld bleachers where | club in I Ange’es The biggest question mark in the ‘ to take an automobile ride or a trip| ations. Princeton and Dartmouth | her improvement in health 1s due to the fact that Helen Wills ts in Calt- | !t !uto effectively out of play for the |!"& either Browns’ makeup, in Sisler's opinion to the begch. But our boys can't do| onter the vacation period on a par| fornia, not Europe. “Recently she made her first appearance in a singles Natiaigdier et the eeknows time ago is the pitching staff. Although the A ERSO that. They don’t play the many|at the top of the league heap with| match since she retired in June. Her health was s0 poor she didn’t lose att eincchion doe Aba ODE absence of Urban Shocker, the 4 games that amuse American! three victories in three starts. Cor-| -- a came, Still whooping for a ball the Cht-| “f Browns’ mains' for several sea- youngsters. They entertain them-| no and Yale appear out of the race, cago players got one from thelr | t sons, will be felt, Sisler believes that selves by running. I have heard that | the former with two defeats and the bench and hurried tt ou ioe a the ocquisition of Joe Bush, Mi'ton several American c@aches blame |tatter with three. who held the ball on second bi : Gaston and Joe Giard, from the what they call the poor quality, of eae jthen O'Da, aahes: $2,0eh ‘Yankees in exchange for Shocker has your distance runners on the auto-| An official check of Notre Dame world what he thought ij strengthened his twirling depart-}| CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 26—| mobile. There is something in that | football history reveals that {t has While this had been going ‘ ment Harry Battling Leonard, Philadel-| 1 noticed in Paris last sunimer that] won all but seven of 152 games crowd, which was not o nile Wingard, Danforth, Davis, Grant|phia featherweight, meets Benny} your athletes were disposed to ride| played over a span of elghteen years. | , ingly large, had bolted hen and Pruett, all mound veterans, will) Gershe, Cleveland, in a 12 round|as much as possible, and I am not| ana Nebraska has been the biggest stands to the field to see be back, and also several youngsters, | hout here tonight. Eddie Anderson, | criticizing them for it, because I| harrier for the South Benders to | taking place and to listen {ncluding George ,Blaeholder, who! Casper, Wyo. and Jackie Nicholas,| know that they are accustomed to| hurdle, the Cornhuskers having won logue which threatened to becoi ands teu has had a gdod season with Tulsa,| Detroit, featherweights, meet in an| that. The American athletes rode]two and tied one of the last seven more and more interesting. O'Da is of the Wes:ern leasue, will be given | ejent round semi-final. to the stadium from their training | games with the Rockne athletes. paced out to the infield and pney are r camp and back to it in motor busses. ees —_—__ udde wheeled around and I Veteran Hank Severetd again Most of the Finnish runners ran| fa “Strangler Lewis former : Br 7 ! : | led for the umpire's dressingroom at t 1 is expected to Dandie most of the back and forth, although I must/heayyweight wrestling champlon,| BY JOHN ae = ba ON aL Eel een sone to night | on speed. 1 : catching, wich the addition of Leon point out that our camp was closer | wil] have opportunity to demonstrate | (Copyright 1 The Casper Tribune) |r i Maen ar te ilkely thee it Th OY and the r J 1 Dision, of the St. Paul club, who to the stadium than the American] whether his defeat by Wayne Munn| NW YORK, Jan. 26.—If the Cin 1 and HE: the Natinnial 1 atid wished t whether the pigs ay ranked last year 03 ore of the best camp. for his title recently Indicates | cinnati Reds fail to win the National] pass him along through tl rj counted, and through an emiss . Lew! receivers fm the American Assocla- I noticed at the meeting where I|s'owing up and a loss of the power thave lehadneriors sheds? dat | got word from O'Day that it 1 1 van made my first appearance in New| ot headlock he once applied ac League pennant next season here channel it {s figured hat | fi 2 " t first ton. > of the headlock he on F - : 1 dela’ vou| willl be etre take him, a» Ceveney | count all they wi ; Whe inflx.d on outfield are ex- York that several of your athletes |effectively when he meets Joe| will be more than one 1d! you} : fe at wecond base in| know for ff it countea York) | Sct peered to remain intact. came to the arena in automobiles. I | ‘Toots Mondt at Chicago, F $0", critic to. rise v PAL SEE ARS | ntach< ‘amas ha " " I of 2 _ bet every one of them used some] 3 Wrestling followers ssert/tion that it w ry e lec ; 4 p : , | alt ; \) nh . E | d If you have some question to] | kind of conveyance in getting there.| Lewis is slipping 4 to re cll sh he | he tata tor the | d n uits ng an ask about baseball, football, box-| | 1 walked to and from the place. | learn new holds to recover his ¢ to play f f } ‘ : é th 1 ; - - “oo ing or any other amateur or pro-| | am not criticizing the Americans for | Mondt, by victo would t e y Ellison | ry ‘ " J ’ : F ' fessional sport— pointing to it as|for a title match x 1 Red | 3 \ Oe If want a rule interpreted— ; case, as in “guarding from the rear.” the player behind is usually respon: sikle for the contact because of his unfavorable position relative to the ball and to his opponent. In short, ‘f personal contact results from a onafide attempt to play the ball; ¢ the players are in such positions hat they us: due care to ayoid con- uct; such contact may be classed s accidental and need not be pen- alized. “A careful Interpretation of this note should reveal the fact that a ~eferee may many times find it very Ufficult to determine whether the contact which resulted, and which ‘enerally floors a much lighter op- nonent, was mado wilfully and ma- lictously, whence it “is a personal foul, or must be classed as an un- avoidable accident, to which no pen- alty attaches. Unfortunately, we fre not psycho-analysts, so where that indistinguishable situation has arisen, we have deemed it the wiser to call it an unavoidable accident than accuse a man of playing “dirty” it Is quite poss'ble to see a play in divergent lights, and thus render a decision at variance with that of the oficial. But it 1s a’so possible that a play ts often criticised by one whose knowledge of the rule cover: leve the problem bas assumed such monstrous proportions as to require pressure from public opinion to af- fect a change. If you want to know anything | | me methods of PARIS—Charles F j nt oout a play or player— | training can’t be anplied in all cases. | pic light heavyweigh ‘ | th e game t Write to John B, Foster, on} | As far as training to keep in con-| weight lifting, broke I 1 u RID 3 of the board: of c ge baseball. dition {s concerned, T eat what | records for all catego at the top. Frow vat can t sek plalmed..tt or ithe « 1 Lawrence Perry, on amateur) | want when I want it and I indulge|hand snatch and raise | learned, Cincinnat! wou'd have beer Raber ciaart Wisi? aN pelt von sports, and F in alcoholic drinks whenever the de-| pound, a4 shouldering a glad to 1 oT Salad fait ae Tim Preeteant’ of ihe Fair, Piay on boxing and other | | sire strikes me, I don't smoke, not | 342.1 pounds. Francisco | . sel Gast tars 4 suerlts try a Tribune Classi profegsicnal sports. All are spe-| | he-nnse I. believe smoking to be in- tee price. ing decision took’ pre |! Ad. cial correrpondents of the Casper but because I jhave never| PARIS—The American bred trove] 4a it ts, the ise We Py on areas seiaec Tribune, §14 World Building, New tha Saete of tobaded, ter, Remac Gregor, won the Amer-| inci intention of us Sechene meilatans. had skh uakent ie iearever they sell good cand York. f In Finland we haven't much|ican stakes, 125,000 france added) ii. aitnough } CHICAGO, 26.—Football is| to this kame ‘that be #onid rule | 7 If you want @ personal reply|| meat and I believe that it is well|money, the most important fixture Sine ined the American na weir the “dnbldent evar | "Y enclose a stamped, self-addresser | | that we are not a meat-eating na-|of the trotting season in Fran future, if sta because this by the | s envelope. Otherwise your ques | | tion like the Americans, Of course, — — ¢ rs sutitton 68 what had r fon will be answered in this col || 1 believe that it would be injurious| The present year marks the 175th | pe 125,000 or more| } 1 Pittsburgh where Chi- se for a young American to cut meat| anniversary of the founding of the] Mi nay A » tching t id | ceecneat aide a: elet bairetadie! ated A out of his diet entirely when his| Jockey club in England thar iaviela 3 © made over L. Grittith, ¢ whee Dali urpicee “MBA aala LHKS QUESTION—When ball players go| system had been regulated to it, —-— - ae missioner of tt or n r to training quarters in the spring dummy in the winder and wile so doing that I should ought to keep my eye out for the dips. So this morning Il] be dressed up with a sine on me reading take me home for $23.98 \ and so 4th. And Al think how Imitation .wood is some job for a man but nobody will try harder than | your pal still I have to stand. Jack ee AUTOS HAVE EFFECT ON U.S. TRACK ME same theory in giving his ideas about the proper method of training. “All boys,” he says, “are not born from the same parents and they haven't the same racial character- isties so you cannot coach them all he is telling what has been of bene. fit to him. “Living ‘conditions naturally are influenced by the nature of the cli- When TI am not in training, I eat Keefe N vantage over our boys in the num. ber of games that they can play that will develop the running machinery of the body, Since I came to this country I have seen games of bas- ketball and hockey and they looked such facilities for developing talent. The desire to run distances, how: ever, Is the most important thing and back of the desire must be a lot Some of the most prominent play Fifty Years Of Baseball By JOHN B. FOSTER played between New York and Chi go on the Polo Ground in Septem ber 1908, the baseball world turned upside down for the tlme being. That game has been more niishandled in fubsequent description of it and in was out of human reach. McCormick scored what was pret umed to be the winning run, Merkle ran more than half way to second base and then seen anything. Emsile did "WALKER WILL BE TENDERED AEA Colima Both Waiting For Champion. (Hyman ¢ gon wil Fners be find hin do they recelve salary and do they| what I want and plenty of {t. Cer-| ers in the squash tennir ranks will t The, Eran ; None vork anol given the ears pa ytheir own expenses? Do they | eals, lots of milk potatoes, cabbage| compete fn the first national vet ton in sports pe vr was it taken away, but it was of get any recompense for the time| and cauliflower are my favorites.|erans’ championship, whi it be ‘ Boney: Dani beet ae d to be played over because a that they are in the South, When Iam not in training, my| conducted at the Columbia univer- f | Diohahip prise) te heav-| tio and then it was lort, because Cy | ANSWER—Ball players do not|welght increases to about 160] sity club in New York the and | welght jae our forgot to play a deep out recelve salary during the spring| 2unds. When I start trainin I cut| January 19 2 t the su f he had been {Instructed to training season and they do not pay| down on my meals with the idea of —— epends upon & high ad notions of hie own | EWBRY thelr own expenses. While they| getting down to about 145 pounds,| The first recorded tr ; v - asthenia prise haeee all EV BITES A DELIGHT are in the south they are the! taking off the welght gradually #o| ine tn the United States r : sah pear toe asthe: i rick eral satan 2th ites Babe = “guests” of the club that I will feel strong. I always| 1818 at Boston, when “Boston Blue” ‘ationals have bee rt Wintec entrtee terior pies ver do m lot of walking in the morning | trotted a mil within 2 m thelr. tanta fer. the 3 m1 ateckle ala.ndt forget to toch « $5 00 Reward QUESTION—Does Tom Gibbons| and afternoon. I increase the dis. -_—— 7 eases Las hens Mata the | ond because he did not have th . hold any title in the light heavy-| tance and the stride every day for a Curling. {f not ‘ndleenous to Scot } firat basem ian for ach time} return of the Am ‘ reolleg: ng A : Pine H x joe «1 F welght class? month nnd not until) then do 1|tand. has been plaved there for at|/and the trade with Pittsburgh wa! tate football code tanford and|oo8 when he knew thet Bode ANSWER—No. Gibbons holds no| quicken my pace {nto a run. When | least three centuries, and certainly | made as much to get a high class) Caifornia has H paratively | 0M ei he knew ohne MeCor.|eet ave Sollars reward will be paid title in any division, Tam training for a race run in tho| owes its davelopment to that coun-|first baseman as anything elne. Tho| recent.” ralek bad trucked othe plate fk ches | Canoe eae, cumleting toe, Calpe Cheah ees lee 2 Diego ppt mapa as tt 2 Jo Ak “Calesor ped eis a8 wv! mete of the 1924|0870R4 the colleges, thelr students ‘butteeds of others haa considered | fraudulently collecting subscriptions of the Albany Eastern League play-| {n the morning and then on a empty The Royrl Caledonian Curling | largely 1 : Asteat bel and alumni, Major Griffith Jared, tt ta Over. ated ‘hitn? ia bolt: from Tribune subscribers. Patrons ers in 1922? stomach, That {s vitally important. | club of Scotland. founded in 1838, | shnmplonship ison | ata Thin has come 1 the development | the game 5 fF re him i of the paper should not pay any« ANSWER — Dameron, Murphy,| “When Twork down to my normal | {a recognized in all parts of the|in *24 in 201 games, Tf he could | or inaividual stars od. eacond base because he couldn't) one thelr subscription except the Donovan first hase; J, Murphy, Don-| weight, I start taking the regular | world aw the mother club and legis-| do vhay voll in Ce iforn sp a Baseball, the big ten c sioner | 8€¢ the alighteat: r rn why he|/carrier who delivers the paper or ohue, Dowd, Martin, Williams, neo-| exercises, such as are suggested by | lative body in regard to curling. oo Us Tipe anette OE Napiyc te ve dir 1s experiencing a stump in| should have touched the base, ex-|an authorized collector from: the rs Vom = lond base; ‘Tamm, ‘Taylor, Woods| American conches to develop. the leanue, f cven if ha baited only) popularity in col'eges and has been| CPt for a technicality, Good sport | office the oleh ape ere ouaate Zine’ ©. Hil, one of ineland’s ey ake Darne shoristops| miadied ahd’the tines, Tie tteath. (Two national champtonships, four | 82g he would be a lot of | to the! inandoned’ by one collegiate confer.| Would have given st he Glants the paging t Ma Serdectte tonne him Brrutent ‘distance runners. tf exPBCt] pate Tesey, Van Dyke. MeHush,| (nw exerciaes are almple and mast |Pacifio Conet firet honors, and one| Reds ence, the Midwest gane. Te Eiey had won it they inight | 04" G0 "so please call’ the Tribune, e410 urvive in this country shortly: | cresmut, outfield: Huseell, Brown,| effective, I understand they are| Northwest ¢onferonea title were| Daubert, ut hie best, wos not a ——————— have won the Density but that ts ? He intends to aettie down with | Mattox, G, Morgan, Kirley, Etten,| taught th all the American schools | won Inet year by athletes renresent-|unitorm hitter of that svnigth, c ee Ailes oy iat 1 A a te friends in Ohio. Hill at various Ketcham, Ross, Wanner, Thormahl-| and I wonder {f tho Amerioan boyn|inw the University of Washington, The Sen Francisco cluh fs in nee: It is estimated that more won they might not have had as times was half-mile, one mile 8nd) os Tavis, pitchers; Murphy, Damm, |apreciate what those few momenta | seattle, ot pitchers, and some mnjir organt-| 69,000 caddies are employ much success after that as they did foursile British chawpion, _G Bweatt, Callahan, catchers, of exercise will mean to them whon gation that needa a flirt baseman! golf clubs in the United States, . J They fought Uke blazes for the re- \Telephone 15