The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-15
(eY JACK KEENE.)


right hand as result OF q. recent
hunting accident. One finger was
shot of and the rest OF the hand was
so badly shattered that 1t viii be
practically helpless. Dineen used "a
earn big money with his right paw.
He pitched winning ball for the Bos-
ton Red Sox when they won the
American league pennant back ia
1904. He has been umpfring in the
American league for nearly ten years
and is highly regarded by Ban
Johnson.
The first man who faced him
walked; the second hit out for q
three-bagger, the third for a double
and the next was hit by a pitched bali
and took his base. That was enough.
Billy Sunday was gently but firmly
taken out Of the box and he never
tried to pitch again for the National
helder, the records of the day say,
but he demonstrated in that one i'm
ming that he wasn't pitcher"
The suggestion credited to Charles
a.. Comisley, owner of the Chicago
White Sox, that 1t may become neces-
sary as q war measure for major
league clubs to pool their players
opens the door for discussion. The
chances that anything OF the sort ever
will be done are remote In the ex-
treme, but 1t is fascinating PROPOSE
ton in theory.
Under existing conditions four
teams almost invariably are out OF
the race by midseason. Theoretically,
by the pooling of players a scheme
could be worked out by which all
eli G1N
In October. For instance, the clubs in
the major league could be numbered
from to 8. No. j would then be per-s
mltted to pick first baseman The
other clubs then would pick one in
whatever was left. But No. 8 would
get its first choice of second basemen.
The choice of shortstops would begin
with No. 2, the choice of third base
man with No. z. No. would have the
pick of outfielders and so on with
catchers and pitchers in rotation.
I'm times of peace prepare for war;
is an old adage. So in times Of war
prepare for peace. Hurry Up" Yost,
the Michigan football mentor, already
Is looking forward to 1913, when his
charges return to a place in the con-
ference group, and Indications point
to a strong team. Unless many more
Of his men are called to the colors,
there will be an abundance of good
material on hand when the. 1913 prac-
tice season starts. The obstacle en-
countered this fall in the scarcity of
real material will not be present I'm
1918, according to all the available
dope. Although the names Of the men
who. won their letters this year have
not been announced as yets the list is
not hard one to form. And, Of
course, of those fourteen or fifteen men
who viii receive M" sweaters, eleven,
and possibly twelve, will be back in
college next fall. Goodsell and Weske,
tackles, are the only men Yost is due
to lose through graduation, and there
is a chance that Goodsell will be elig-
ibie 70 play.
If Jess Willard really is anxious to
box Georges Carpenter, the thing
have to do would be to enlist for
active service and the bout could be
held back Of the first line trenches.
Uncle Sam has collected thousands
of dollars from the Maryland and
Kentucky race tracks in the form Of
excess profits taxes. It is said that
Laurel and Pimlico each handed over
nearly $4,000 to the government this
year, while the other Maryland tracks,
Havre de Grace and Bowie, each yield
ed about $4,000. The Latonia, Louis
lucky had to pay a total of $4,000 in
taxes on the spring and fall meetings.
The government Melted S35O,000 from
these seven race courses, at all of
which the parimutuel betting system
was in vogue. The Maryland tracks,
by the way, will so before the next
legislature with licensing PROPOSE
ton calculated to prevent the wiping
out of the sport in that state.
The ,uorld,s cbamuton xUhfta Co.
have another strikeout king in Paul
Musser, purchased from the Des
Moines club OF the Western league.
who was given a trial by the
club in 1919, fairly burn
ed up the Western league this year
and seems due for a triumphant
'scome back" in the league in which
he once failed to show enough stun to
his being retained. Besides
leading the league in the matter of
keeping down the average of runs
earned OF his delivery, Musser struck
out twenty-five men in one game,
seventeen in another, thirteen men in
each OF four other pasttmes and on
i've more occasions tanned ten or