Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1925, Page 10

PAGE TEN “ alee! ; ge f e. | World Result CAGE TEAMS « “CITY LEAGUE STARS AND UI, W. > ALONINIWILL BATTLE VARSITY | -Bumann Captains Local Five and Four Former Ac Wyoming Captains Will Be in one Grads Lineup Next Week. Détails of the series of games to be played in Casper fc between the University of Wyoming cagers and local teams were completed at a meeting of the executive committee 4 of the Casper city league last night. Teams have been Se- 4 lected to represent the Casper league and th ealumni. The 4 committee also made necessary changes in the schedule . r both the city league games and| Traylor, Methodists; Hawks, Bus { s&the university games. company; Erickson, Standard; Son- ec: “Wormer basketball stars on the Un!-| ners, Pearl Whites; McLean, Tele- t ity of Wyoming team will be | phone: Mechifi Methodists; Rae, b t of the alumni team |Standard; Young, De Molay and the the sity squad | Kemp of the Ohio squad. I City League games that were and Simpson scheduled for Tuesday the 29th will 4 Kr ull former captains of the|be played on Monday the 28th and iy, Cowboy team will all be In suits for! games announced for Wednesday 4, the game. Simpson, who {s now in| are to be played follo eit. te will m: the trip to} ing. “ 4 fally to help -he alumnt.| ‘The announced for the 5 of the Casper high and | Universit: ries also has been e oft ge squad at the The revised games are; tt for t years, has also the Salt Creek all- = join with the alumni. Fox, Monday, Dec. nown in Casper 1s to arrive University alum- Mm the city in a few 4 play 29; Unt- ‘ old timers. Fox was on the . at Cas. * last year and won honorable nd Unt- n in the conference. ck ‘Thursday, a The Casper all-star team. will In- im Ss : Buman, captain, Pearl Whites; ALL STARS: ARE | SELECTED FROM PUPULARINN. Y, x ‘ 7 Gives Ege. Salt Creek Squad to pe Be 3 Meet Casper Fire : | (Copyrig er Tribune.) | ¥ Fi W. q NEW YORK, 19.—Fidel La a > esda 7. Barba, the coast flyweight, has made 5 ive Yyedn y a big bit In New York without rais- A ra heen {iN his fists. He has personality : Balt ( eer tees Ae ihe and pleases all the sports by his fa- . ked from the farity wi y go * Teo naka e Squad of 21 to be | Millarity with many’ gamey besides boxing—football chiefly. Despite his victory over Cenaro on the coust, the New York boxing commission refuses to recognize his flyweight title, But LaBarba, with rare tact, has not kicked about this. While he is in and basketball, ied th All-Stars, n of the star the tnd of the season at Salt « last Fr y evening. The gas am won the tournament at k w an average of 1,000 This is quite a record con- here were 80 games in the he men re chosen by a geregation MiSs Be eries. committee of t Ancee | Aelecteas tir the Teauals s Joo Lazarus, whom Tex Rick: which | will be cut later to twelve, ard has picked to face the coast lad, has a great chance to boost his repu- tation by slamming LaBarba as he are: Wingate, Sands, Macillany and Adams, all of the electric department See ard brad ae did in the days when the two were 8 _quinte! man, camp | amateurs, two year: 50. » Rich, Glen Rich, Williams pathy A healed >: Since then’ Lazarus has not dore much, while LaBarba has made rapid strides, It looks as though Rickard were using his master strategy in giving LaBarba a chance to make a blazing start. Northwestern Captain ‘Most Valuable Player’ of the Lewis camp five: Freudenthal, Shaver, Hall Thomas, and Gallis all of the championship team from the gas plant; Metz, Don Clemme and Rowe of the Warehouse; ard of the commisrary and Na- | sle of the paraffine club, Harry Schroth was selected as I ger of the team and John Hawes hag been put in charge of the schedule. Hawes will be able to sehedule games for the Salt Creek team at any time, On account of xpense involved in taking to the field or bringing the 1 to Casper, Mr. Hawes has to | y t the teams a CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—(United Press) “Fighting Tim" Lowry, captain of 1925 rthwestern University all team, has n awa enter for Wildcat téams for | ars and in the season. just | fee nen oo eee | tinguished himself by his i kaiyentiond met | aying. ' He was selected + nd clothiers o! gerton. |an movt of the honora All’ con- S her'is one of the best bas: | rorence’ elevens, 1 men in this part of the state. | The Tribune trophy, & huge gold A raaketa Dinced lrootball, 1s elven wash year to” the | ils Rho—according to the con- University of Chicago. | census of opinion of tootball coaches a # couched two teams that Won'/ang sportawriters—was. the. moat y championship of‘Bouth Dakota’) veiuabia man to. his)tedin.: lt) dpes ra Areher has bear a coach inthe’! io: “iecessarily go .to' thi: mont. brits ; , © for some time and | int player, head of the Tend. |" Harold “Red! Grange won the a, team. Due to busi-| trophy last year, but this season he| ! ements: It will be. impos | was not eligible under the ru All-Star az st | |Sox Will O pen | company if ser! Season Mar. 13 : T9.—(United Press) | CHI The American baseball team will training trip with exhibition games against. Shreveport, La., March 18 ARMY, NAVY . p MAY PLAY IN |ink dem mene Oy League | its spring 1 it ope champions of the Texas pnd regarded ms the best te in the south, March \POLIS, Md. Dee. 19.—{19, 20 and Press)}—Naval academy offt. | ther games are yet In the mak- Indicated today that’ the 1926] ing, but Dallas cf the ‘Texas League ‘l_ game with the army would|and the New Orleans Pelicans are in Philadelphia cr Baltl-| being negotiated with, | Only the larger cities In the south FIDEL LABARBA THE NEWEST “LAJOIE” Witt Make Bid for Second Base Job With the Browns THE CASPEF TRIBUNE-HERALD PICKED FOR GAMES WITH COWBOYS | His FIELDING ATTRACTED THE ATT 7 Le ve HAVE YO PLAY Five eositions A By NORMAN E, BROWN orge Sisler, in perfecting his team for what he earnestly belleves will be THE YEAR, is aware that, while his outfit has plenty of bat- g strength it needs a more ef- ive defense, This is, in « way, puratory to | Introducing, therefore, Mr. Oscar Mellilo, young second baseman ac. quired by the Browns from the Mil- waukee club of the Amerticafi asso- tion. Meliilo has been called ‘the new Lajoie” by association writers, He >| OF BIG LEAGUE ScouTS © Centra! Press Ass'n. is not only a graceful infielder but he set, last year, a fielding record that surpassed’ the one hung up by Napoleon the Great, Of course the mark was set in | the miners, as against Larry's ma- | Jor league achievement, but there is interest In the figures, nevértheless, In 152 games he chances afle:d, us against the 1052 Lajole accepted in 154 games with Cleveland years ago, It must. be / Was Loows ‘ om { Goon FoR} SIS HE ONLY Ary 2903 LAST SEASON Bur MADE 179 KITS Goon FoR 256 BASES probably did not have the zip to it the present day rabbit ball boasts. That Meililo ts fast in his field- ing is further attested by the fact that he took pegt in 12 double plays ind started an @ven 50 of them him- self. i He hit .293 with the Brewers last season. This isn't a healthy mark accepted 1066) as batting averages of youngsters g0 nowadays, but his feat in collect- ing 256 bases on 179 hits indicates that he makes the most,of his hits. said in behalf of Mellilo and his| He socked 27 doubles, six triples and work that the ball Larry handled! 13-homers. DOWS, Iowa, Dec. 19.—()Mts, Joseph Hubbell, night telephone op- erator, succeeded indirectly in no- tifying the outside world early Fri- day morning that a gang of bandits were terrorizing the village, despite the fact that some of them were battering in the doors of the tele- phone exchange at the time This was revealed late today by Mrs. Hubbell, who also told how some of the robbers, who took $10,- 000 in cash and more than $20,000 in Liberty bonds from the State Bank of Dows, forced August Wel- zipe, the night marshal, to assist them tn carrying out their plans to cut the telephone wires. While the intruders were batter- ing away at the door of the ex- change with a crowbar, ‘Mrs. Hub- bell was plugging in on the phone ERROR MADE 1 CHOICE OF LEADING PITCHERS RAISES NEW QUESTION My JOHN B. FOSTER (Copyright, 1926, Casper Tribune.) NEW RORK, Dec. 19.—The un- fortunate premature naming of Pen- nock, of the Ranks, ag the leading American league pitcher for 1923 in earned runs when, as a matter. of since-established fact, Coveleskie, of Washington, really has the honor, will result in some revision of th method by which these honors + ulated hat the title of best pitcher should not g6 to the man who wins the greatest percentage was well demonstrated this year in the casés of Rommel, of the Ath- letics, and of the Boston Americans, for the other players of the teams have as much to do with a winning and losing record as the Pitchers themselves, Rommel and Ehinke, in mechanical skill, were almost {identical in 1923, but in the matter of percentage of victories, Rommel's stood at .667 to .310 for Ehmke. An.effort will be made to incor Porate something in the revision of the rules to establish a new meth- od of rating victories and defeats for the pitchers or el¥e the whole matter mony be recommended for abolishment, It may be practical to establish some system whereby pitchers shall not recelve a game 2 rangement be- | will see the White Sox in action, demles, the | Officinis haye decided on this step ; th : refer a ktn-| because of the financial uncertainty h the t Konting « of scheduling games in smaller 1 the newly enlarged Fra towns, 4 stadium in Philadelphia may | The Sox will leave Chicago March the choice, ie i rating unless they piteh complete games, while ff other kames, in which theystwirl oniv rort of the route, thelr ratings will be caleu lated on their euecessful and non- successful Innings. games | New York, he says | he is under the control of the New | York commission and that fg that. of the exchange manager, A. W.-An- derson, but before she could get the cail through the robbers were in the bullding. Anderson was unable to get any response to the ringing of his telephone bell as by that time one of the robbers had placed his hand over Mrs. Hubbell’s mouth and nose, advising her to keep still. Anderson, however, realizing that the incomplete call meant that some. | thing as wrong, and being unable tos call out on his line, went outside and rounded up two linemen who ac- companied him on a. walk to the nearby countryside, where they plugged in on a long distance line to notify surrounding towns’ that bandits were ruling the village. > STANDARD OIL SMOKER WILL SEE FINE CARD An all-star smoker featuring -box- ing and wrestling events will be staged Monday evening by the Stan- dard Oil company Employes Athletic association at the Industrial Rela- tions building on West Yellowstone. Tickets are selling fast, Indicating large attendance. The program of ts will start at 8 o'clock. Kirkpatrick an@ Borsch will wres- tle 20 minutes or to one fali in a wrest)ing match that is expected to furnish plenty of thrills, while the headliner of the boxing card will find Cralg and Buckley, 125 pounders exchanging blows, Bowler and Staunton will fight four rounds | Gilardt and Hallock will ‘go the same length, and Moore and Blakely will | box three rounds, A comedy bout will feature Schnoor and Jack Keewe, of Tribune cartoon fame, A sack rush and other novelties will round out an excep: tional. program e Ross Back From | - Mormon Capital Ernie Ross, Casper boxer, has re- turned home for a brief reuvt after following @ lively program of bouts in Salt Lake City for the Inst five weeks. In’One of these he performed & sensational feat by stopping Jack Andrews in the first ind of a scheduled 10-round go. It was a clean knockout, Ross has signed for © bout In Denver in two weeks ut his opponent hag not been named. First in News Of All Events ‘GOLD COAST’ ATHLETES ARE FOOTBALL’S WORST: MENACE, SAYS CALIFORNIA EXECUTIVE BERKELEY, Calif, Dec. 19— (United Press)—Declaring that the turning professional of such grid- iron stars as “Red” Grange and Er- nie Nevers will have an “extremely serious” consequence on football as a college sport, President W. W- Campbell of the University of Call- fornia today issued a _ statement pledging himself to do all he could to “prevent the University of Call- fornia from “ecoming a prep school for professional football.” “If the gold coast type of profes- stonatism does not fall of its own weight,” he sald, “football stars in college are going to leave cclleges as soon as their last ‘big games’ are played and get $25,000 or $50,000 or even more almost before they can JONES SLATED TO BE ARMY’S ELEVEN COACH WEST POINT, ,N. Y., Dec. 19.— (United Press)—Captain “Bift” Jones, Mne coach at the U. S. Military acad- emy for several years, probably will succeed Capt. Jack McEwan as head football coach for the Cadets, it was reported today. Captain’ MeEwan, who Is on his way to Porto Rico, resigned his com- mission to accept,a three year con- tract to coach the University of Oregon team. Unlike the nayal academy, “the army officials depend upon graduate coaching and McEwan's successor will be picked from the service. Bi sei Si ei Hoppe to Meet Jake Schaefer For Cue Title NEW YORK, Deec, 19.—(7)— JONES-HAGEN HTH IS NEAR International. Interest to Be Attracted’ by January Clash. -. BY THE SPORTSMAN (Copyright *1925, Casper Tribune.) NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The one golf match scheduled for the imme- diate future which will arouse in- ternational interest. is that ‘between Bobby Jones and, Walter Hagen to Je played early in January, with one game over. Hagen’s. course-and the other at Sarasota, where Bobby is quartered for the winter. The two have ‘never met before and their first meeting. along these lines will attract a lot,of attention. In every open tournament except one, that at Columbia in 1921, Janes has finished ahead of Hagen in po- sition as well as in strokes, However, the admirers of Sir Wal- er argue that Hagen's record 1s none- the-less quite as brilliant as Bobby's in this same period and that his feat of winning the British open cham- Pionship twice and finishing second once in the past 12 years, as well as winning the American pro champlon- ship twice. in succession, is proot enough that he is the greatest golfer in the world, Pirates Seek to Swap Smith For Philly Catcher PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19.--(United Press)—Officlals of the world's cham- pions Pirates have offered to trade “Ol” Smith, thelr hard-hitting catch- er, to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jimmy Wilson,,a young catcher, it was reported here today. Tho Pirates Rave, in Earl Smith and Johnny Gobdch, two left-handed hitters and the Phillles have two catchers who bat from the right elde of the plate. The Phillies, {t was understood, were willing to. swap Henline for Smith, but Bill McKechnie, manager of the Pirates, would prefer Wilson in a trade. Boulder Grid Star Refuses Pro Offer BOULDER, Dec, 19,--4)—Wil- lam McGlone, star guard of the Colorado untversity football team the last two years, tonight announced that he had declined an offer to play professional football in Mlortda in the autumn of 1926. To did not make known the name of the Flor ida team, ; Angeles Athletic club eleven here to- Willie Hoppe has been offered $10,- 000, by a Miami. +, Promoter, to defend his world’s 18.1 balk line billiard title against Jake Schaefer during February. Hoppe sald to- day he would aecept the offer if Schaefer could arrange his affairs to compete. INDIANS SCALP ANGELS, 12-10 LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19.—()— The Haskel Indians’ football team of Lawrence, Kansas, defeated the Los day, 12 to 10, after the club team had hel the long end of the score until the fourth quarter. Ward of the Haskell team scored the winning touchdown when he intercepted a pass on his own 35 yard line, and ran 65 yards to the ‘goal posts. eM sahiaihs et Lasse CAGE SCORES Drake Defeats 20 to 16 : MOINES, Ia., Dec. 19.— )—In a fast basketball game here tonight, Drake University defeated the University of Illinois Both season five by a score of 20 to 16, teams showed good early form. Doane College Beats 8. Dakota CRE Neb., Dec, 19.—{United Press.)—Doane College defeated the University of South Dakota five by a score of 35 to 20 here tonight. South Dakota defeated Nebraska Unt- versity last night 20 to 19, Kersen- brock of Doane threw eleven baskets. Chicago Loses to Michigan Stato CHICAGO, Dec, 19.—(United Press) —Chicago’s basket tossing quintette lost Its first me of the season to the flashy Michigan State five, 28 to 21, here tonight. The Maroon of- fense was slow in starting while the Wolverine cagemen displayed un- usual early season scoring ability. Both teams showed strong defense. Hoosiers Down Wabash Quintet BLOOMINGTON, Dec, 19.—(United Press.)—A flashy but belated rally in the second half by Wabash failed to overcome Indiana’s overwhelming early lead. The Hoosiers downed the Little Glant basketeers 35 to 27 here tonight. Indiana led at the half 18 to 1. At Des Moines—Drake 20; Illinots 16. At Chicago—Michigan State college 28; University of Chicago 21, At Omaha—Minnesota 21;, Creigh- ton 20, ‘West Point—Army 30; St. John’s college of Brooklyn 18, ADD CAGE SCORES -.. -.. .---- At Spokane—Montana State col lege, 38; Spokane Amateur Athletic club, 23, turn around in thelr tracks, and the effects on fogtball as a college sport will be extremely serious, “ven from the first days of, high school and possibly earlier a great number of boys will be planning to go to college not because tney have an interest in scholarship or in any- thing else that colleges were estab- lished to foster, but with the {dea of remaining in college only until they become football stars of suffi- cient magnitude to command salaries in accordance with their dreams of wealth. “Such students even while in high school and college, will at heart be thoroughly professional.” president Campbell continued. “There will threaten to be so many of these pre- mature professionals in every foot- ball squad that the presidents of universitiés will be driven to prohibit intercollegiate football contests.” paki cal ee ent LS) California Grid Coach Stricken With Pneumonia PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 19.— (United Press)—Andy Smith, football coach of the University of California was takerl to the University of Penn- sylvania hospital here this after- noon with pneumonia. His condl- tion way reported at the hospital tonight as Jittle changed since after. noon but was sald to h ‘favorable.” Smith, who has gared fame through mary years cf successful ccaching at Calffornin, was in the east to attend the recent football conference in Chicago and to attend late season games in Chicago. He wes visiting the University of Penn- sylvan.a when. stricken. Grange and His Bears Start For Florida Monday . * CHICAGO,, Doc, 19. < (United Press.)—Hareld “Red” Grange and the Chicago «Beara will entrain for Florida Monday to play a series of ames. Grange Is believed to have vecovered sufficiently from his in- jured arm to take his place in the ‘ineup. Dr. E. B. Cooley, Danville, Ml, Grange’s pergonal physician, will ac- company .the Bears on the trip, to see that the red head does not oyer- exert himself again. According to Dr. Cooley, Grange, aside from his ailing arm, !s in ex- cellent physical condition. 7_ WESTERNERS ON ECKERGALL'S STELLAR SQUAD Chicago “Critic Gives Two Dartmouth Men Place. CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—)—Seven westerners are given places on the all-American football team selected tonight by Walter Eckersa’l, foot- ball critic of the Chicago Tribune, poplar referee and all-American hackfield star in his collegiate days. Ed Weir of Nebraska, Red Grange of IIinois, and Ernie Nevers of Stan- ford, are again placed on Eckersall’s (rst team, Oberlender of Dart- mouth, the most effective forward passer In the country last fall, is placed at right half, and Ooster- baan ef Michigan, the most success- ful pass grabber, at left end. Tho difference of opinion on Nevers and Wilson of Washington, is solved hy putting Nevers at fullback and Wil- son at quarterback, the latter be- cause of his great defensive play in the games which Wasliington won from California and Stanford. The three teams picked by Ecker- Sall as all-American, follows: FIRST TEAM Oosterbaan, Michigan . Weir, Nebraska . fehl, Dartmouth McMillan, Princeton Sturhahn, Yale .... Edwards, Michigan , Dilweg, Marquette Wilson, Washington be Grange, Illinois (c) .. she be Oberlander, Dartmouth ......1. h. b. Nevers, Stanford ... -f. be Second Team Third Team Tully, Dartmouth Thayer, Penn, e. le Chase, Pittsburgh Lindenmeyer, Mo, Lite Hess, Ohio State Ruckler, Alabama log. Hutchison, Neb. Lowrey, Northwst, c. Walsh, Minn. Mahan, W. Vir. r. g. Parker, Dartmouth Hawkins, Mich, » t r. Kassel, Ill. Sloan, Drake re. Friedman, Mich ‘lournoy, Tulane a. b. 'eefer, Brown (c- 1. bh. b, Slagle, Princeton 1), Harmon, Wis. Tryon, Colgate rh. Hubert, Alabama "nright, Dame 5 Big Munn Will Wrestle McGill CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—(United Press) Wayne Big Munn, former Nebraska University football star, will wrestle Pat McGill, Chicago, here January 1, it was announced toda: DON’T FAIL TO ATTEND THE All Star | Smoker MONDAY EVENING DECEMBER 21, 1925 Given By Standard Oil Athletic Association STANDARD INDUSTRIAL BLDG. PROGRAM BUTLER—Comedy Act. ‘BOXING—Three Rounds. ‘ Schnoor vs. Jack Keefe. BOXING—Three Rounds. Moore vs. Blakeley. WRESTLING—20 Minutes or One Fall Kirkpatrick vs. Borsch. SACK RUSH. BOXING—Four Rounds Craig vs. Buckley. BOXING—Four Rounds. Dowler vs. Stanton. BOXING—Four Rounds. Gilardi ys. Hallock. Admission 75c and $1.00 Two Busses Leave Stockmen’s National Bank at 7:45 p.m.