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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-02
YANKS SHOULD
ADVANCE STEP
TOWARD TITLE
Only Three Successive Tennis
Defeats Can Make Amcri.
cans Lose 10 Japan

Chicago, June 2.--(F-Only three
successive upsets can prevent Cap
tain William T. Tilden, and his
United States tennis team from en-
tering the semifinals for the Davis
cup in Europe this month.
Their victory in the American
zone finals for the trophy was viz
tually assured yesterday when Tild-
en- ard Johnny Hennesscy of In
dianapolis swept the two opening
singles matches with the Japanese
stars. Tamio Abe and loshiro Ohta,
in straight sets on the Chicago town
and tel.lls club hard clay courts.
Only one more match victory was
necessary for the Americans of the
three lett and Captain Tilden and
George Lott of Chicago hoped to
win that today when they pared in
the doubles match with Abe and
Captain Tzizo Toba. Two singles
matches also remain to be played
Sunday, but victory in today 5
doubles will make them a mere
formality.
Tilden Toys
With a brisk wind swirling dust
on the course, Tllden merely toyed
with Abe in his singles match yes
terday. He loafed along much as
an instructor and when roints were
needed brought his back chopping
stroke into play with deadly effect.
At no time was he in danger OF los
ing set, while he had Abe racing
to and fro almost as he willed for
his deceptive returns.
Hennessey's task was a trifle
harder. Ohta started out with
dazzling speed, taking three games
in the first set before the Indian
apolis star could get started. When
he did unleash his powerful re-
turns, however, he baffled Ohta,
forcing him to double faults time
and again and winning the set.
From that time on, he took COM
Portable leads at the start and easily
won the remaining sets.
Tilden last night denied reports
that Francis Hunter. who is now in
France, has been dropped from the
United States Davis cup team. Aft
er reading press dispatches that
Hunter had been dropped, Big
Bill wired Joseph Wear, chairman
Of the Davis cup committee, who in
formed him the report was erron-
eous and that Tilden was still in
absolute charge of the American
team.
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Kansas City Drops
Full Game in Race
by Losing to Hens

Chicago, June 2.-(R-Because
Casey Stepgel's Toledo Mudhens
still have pennant aspirations, the
American Association race has
frightened up again.
Opening their second eastern in
vasien at Toledo yesterday. the
league leading Blues dropped . full
game in the race by losing to the
Hens, 5 to 8. The other Western
leaders. Milwaukee and St. Pau]
came through with victories and to.
day the Blues led the race BY only
one full game. Toledo, in sixth
place, was but three full comes
away from the top.
Minneapolis today was only one
game away from the fourth place
Indians.
st.. PEEL and Milwaukee kent
their deadlock for second and third
place, the Saints trimming Louis.
vile, Z to 4. ard the Brewers de-
feating Columbus 8 to s.
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Colorado Team
Is Favored to
National M e e t

Chicago, June 2.-(R-With a
star field Of Is qualifiers, Fort Col
Inns, Colorado, high school was an
outstanding favorite to win the uni
versity Of Chicago's twenty.fourth
annual National interscholastic
track and field meet at Stage field
today.
The Colorado team, twice winner
Of the National title, was challenged
principally by Detroit northeast
ems team, led by the two negro
stars, Beatty and Snowden. With
the best performers winning Olym-
pic. team tryouts, several National
prep records were anticipated.
With : heavy wind prevailing
yesterday, track and field prelim-
= events suited in compara-
lively mediocre time and distances.
Only one entry, Stokes of Baton
Rouge, La, came close to breaking
. record. He skipped the 100 yard
high hurdles in :15.5 seconds, only
lilo second slower than the meet
mark.
Fort Collins strength lay mostly
in the field events. The westerners
had six Of the IL qualifiers in the
hammer throw, 5 in the pole vault.
and one in the javelin, shot put
and broad jump.
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Though the Greeks started the
Discus, They Have Never
Won an Olympic Title in
the Event; America, Fin
land, and Hungary Have
Won Firsts
NOTE-This is the thirteenth
in the series of inside. stories on
the Olympics.
BY ALAN ]. GOULD
(Associated Press Sports Editor)

\ASsOclateO frcSS sports EdltOr)
New York. June o.-lP-The
Greeks started the discus throwing,
but the Firms and Americans have
put the finish to it. No Greek has
ever won an Olympic championship,
even at the native style of hurting
the big disc. OF the ten titles
America has captured six, Finland
three and Hungary one.
Arrangements were made for a
Greek killing" in this event in 1906,
when the Games returned to Athens,
but an 1rishman upset the program.
Georgantas, the Greek entry, was
the favorite. In fact. his country
men did not believe he could be
beaten, but Martin Sheridan, the
old 1rish-American star, won the
event and added ten feet to the
Olympic record with a heave Of 123
feet, 10 ID inches.
Sheridan. the first really accom-
plished discus thrower. won our
Olympic championships. Sheridan
was a famous all-around athlete in
Ireland before he emigrated to
America, became citizen and COM
peted on three Yankee Olympic
teams.
When Sheridan retired from COM
petition, Jim Duncan became the
worlds record holder. with a mark
Of 1856 feet, l 3-8 inches, made in
1912, but the Firms took a turn at
carrying off Olympic honors. At
the Olympics the same year he set
the worlds record Duncan did no
better than third. trailing the win
ner, Taipale of Finland, as we'll as
his American team-mate, Byrd.
Taipale set new Olympic record
with mighty toss of 148 feet,
3 $40 inches in the 1912 meet.
Eight years later he lost the title
to his countryman, Niklander, but
his record stood until the 1924
Games, when Bud Houser, the great
Southern Californian. pushed the
disc out ISL feet. 1-16 inches.
Duncan's world record stood for
Is years, meanwhile, until Houser
and another Californian, Glenn
Hartranft, started double-barreled
attack on it. Between them this
pair of stars shattered the worlds
record four times. Hartranft holds
the official record on the books, 1877
feet, / 5-8 inches, but Houser has
bettered this by approximately q
foot.
Houser brought the Olympic title
in discus-tossing back to the United
States. but it may not stay here UNI
less he and Hartranft devote little
more personal attention to the job.
Neither has done much in COMPETE
ton within the past year, but
Houser shows signs Of regaining his
old-time form. He was credited
with a toss Of over 157 feet in q
recent workout.
There are q lot OF young plate-
beavers around with good records
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to their credit, especially Eric Krenz
of Stanford. but neither Eric nor
any Of the other Americans outside
Iof Houser and Hartranft have
marks to put them in a class with
the new German sensation, Hoff-
meister Of Hanover.
Hoffmeister appears to be the
man the American discus-throwers
must get if they are to keep the
title. The Hanoverian hurled the
platter. on his latest effort, to q
worlds record distance Of 159 feet,
4 IA inches, r:ore than a foot be-
yond Houser's best mark.
This may be just the development
of spur Bud Houser on. Bud al
ways needed some inspiration to do
his best. He won the Olympic title
-four years ago with his last throw,
Krenz, 2O0.pound young giant, is
the best of the newcomers. In six
meets this spring on the West
Coast the Stanford sophomore did
not fail to better 149 feet. He be-
lieves he can do 100 in q pinch. Biff
Hoffman, who won the Intercol-
legiate title for Stanford last year.
also is capable of lettering 100
feet. Phillips of California, Ras-
mus of Ohio State, Anderson Of
Cornell and Gibby WEIGH, Pitts
burgh's All-American halfback, are
other capable performers.
Outside of Hoffmeister, the best
in Europe, according to Johnny Ma
gee, Bowdoin and Olympic coach,
is Hungarian, Marvalits, with .
mark Of 149 feet, 3 SO inches to
his credit. The Firms haven't been
heard from this spring, but they
probably will be at Amsterdam.
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REDS AND CARDS
WIN OVER EAST
Detroit Takes Four from,
Cleveland; Yanks and Ath.
letics Transform
,(By The Associated Press)

The opening conflicts of tn,
vests first invasion of eastern Ma
tional league strongholds toda,
found scaps dangling at the belt.
Of the Cincinnati Reds and St. Loui:
Cardinals.
Hugh Critz' home run in the tenth
gave the league leading Reds tc
6 triumph over Boston. Eight pitch.
ers saw service, five for the Braves
and three for Cincinnati. Circuit
drives by Picinich and kolp, the last
Red battery, enabled the pennant-
bound Ohioans to tie the score in
regulation innings and cash in or
Critz' blow, his fourth safety Of the
game. in extra innings.
Cards Beat Phillies
The st. Louis Cardinals gave the
Phillies their seventh defeat in a
row but knew they were in a battle
Singles by Hafey and Roettger and
a wild throw by Barney Friberg de-
clded the issue in the second inning
the Cards tallying the only run of
the game. Ten hits were made by
both teams, Reinhart and Pruett
each granting five.
The Pirates hatted hard behind
Grimes good pitching to beat the
Chicago Cubs. 10 to /. Sheriff
Blake suffered his first defeat in
six starts. The Corsairs batted him
out of the box in the fourth and kept
UP the assault at the expense Of Hal
Carlson and Holly. Aside from a
fourrun splurge by the Cub in the
sixth, Grimes was master Of the sit
uation. Joe Mccarthy, pilot of the
Cubs, and Coach Doolan were eject
ed from the field for disputing a
decision in the fourth.
Giants Still Second
John McGraw's New York Giants
kept firm hold of second place by
downing the Brooklyn Robins again,
to 3. in pitching duel between
Larry Benton and jim Elliott. Ben
tons victory was his eighth in ten
starts. The game was decided in
the seventh, singles by O'Farrell
and OFT, combined with Benton's
sacrifice scoring the winning run.
Travis Jackson made three errors
at shortstop for the Giants.
In the only American league en-
gagement, the Detroit Tigers made
it four in a row over Cleveland, S to
4. The Tigers hit Uhle hard in the
first inning to score three runs, a
lead the Indians never were able to
overcome. Langford, Indians out
fielder. hit his fourth homer Of the
year with none on in the sixth.
The Philadelphia Athletics and
New York Yankees went barnstorm-
ing. Connie Maek's crew beating
Buffalo of the International league,
II to ;, while the Yankees were
nosing out Toronto of the same
league, Z to 6,
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BASEBALL INTEREST
KEENER IN SMALLER
TOWNS THAN CITIES
American Legion Baseball
Tournament Attracts 'Hick
Village Players

Fargo, N. D., June 2.-(R-In-
terest in baseball il keener in the
small cities and towns than in the
larger cities Of North Dakota. ac-
cording to Bert Weston, state ath-
letic officer Of the American Legion.
who has just completed a swing
around the state.
Weston has charge Of the state
juvenile baseball tournament which
is being promoted by the Ameri-
can Legion and his trip was made
in an effort to stimulate interest in
the contest for the state sandlot
championship.
Although the final date for maxi
ing application for entrance in the
state contest was originally set for
June /, Weston said, an extension
until June Is has been granted. BY
that time he hopes to have many
more than the So teams necessary
to make the North Dakota titlist
eligible to compete for the national
sandlot championship. If less than
81 teams are entered the state
champion will have won only the
satisfaction which comes with
knowledge Of local supremacy and
will b eligible to compete in the
district contest at which . contend
|er for the national title will be
selected.
Sandlots Produce Stars
While boys in the larger cities of
the state havs been turning their
attention to other sports, Weston
found, those in the smaller places
are sticking to baseball and some of
the most promising players are be-
ing produced by the smaller places.
His present plan is to organize
the various entries into leagues. The
champion Of each small league
then would meet the winners Of
other leagues until all but a few
teams have been eliminated from
consideration for the state title.
These would meet at some central
point in the state where the state
champions would be decided by
elimination.
Many small cities are planning
to present strong arrays Of talent,
Weston said, and would not be sur
prised to see the representatives Of
> relatively small place walk off
with the bunting.
The various teams entered in the
contest are being sponsored by
local posts Of the American Legion
in most places. In some cases, how
ever, Legion posts have taken little
interest in the contest. In such
places as well as in towns where
there is no Legion post, Weston
urges that youngsters interested or
ganize their team and report either
to the local Legion post or direct
to him at Fargo. It is necessary, he
said, to list the name and age of
each player. Only those boys are
eligible to play who will be not
more than II years old next Janu-
ary 1.
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Art Ne hero Of several world SERIES like lost cause
last the uniform Of the Cincinnati year he is
the panges Of the Chicago Cubs foog as Of
Joe Bush Of the Athletics he: been ever since
we: cut loose from the New York Yankees From
going to turn the trick this
which he first won fame and the moniker BULLET ~
Joie Ray the Of American
hope Of maxim. the 1928 american Olympic team
to An.tfId:m 2: mai.tcner and his first
Mickey Walker when he relieved Of his weerwesht cham
believe he finished hack and becs
weight champion and after the heavyweight crown
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DEVILS LAKE GOLF
COURSE FURNISHES
OTHER RECREATION
Clay Tennis Courts, Traps,
Boating and Bathing Facil-
tiles Are Handy

Devils Lake. N. D.. Juno 2.--tp =
Sportsmen at the town and country
club here are accommodated not
only by we'll kept golf course but
also by two good clay tennis
courses, trap shooting equipment
picnic gronpds and boating and
bathing facilities.
The club, organized in 1920. has
about $50 members. nearly all of
whom are ardent golfers. The an
nual club tournament is being
planned for the latter part of the
summer. but as yet the date has
not been decided.
James Barrett is secretary of the
club.
The course cuts through heavy
belt of trees in several places and
many fairways are lined with brush
A hole by hole description Of the
course follows:
No. 1--427 yards. par four. The
fairway is slightly rolling, sloping
slightly forward towards the green
The fairway is cut out of a dense
forest and the rough is very diff
ficulty, which makes the hole one Of
the hardest par tours il. the state.
No. 2-1l9 yards. par four. The
green on this hole is slightly raised
and badly trapped.
No. 3-338 yards, par four. The
fairway is entirely surrounded by
trees, the green is raised and
severely trapped.
No. 4-18O yards, par three. The
fairway slopes downward towards
the green, paralleling the shore of
Devils Lake. Trees and shrubbery
nearly surround the entire fairway
with the exception of the lake side
The green is severely trapped.
No. 5-464 yards, par five. The
fairway slopes uphill for 100 yards
with a gradual incline leading to
within IS yards Of the green, and
then makes a down hill left dogs leg
to the green. The green is slopine
and is trapped.
No. 500 yards, par four. This
Is the easiest par four on the
course.
No. 7-527 yards, par five. The
eairway makes a left dogs leg zoe
yards from the tee. The fairway
Is paralleled on the left side BY
trees and the green is raised high
md severely trapped.
No. $50 yards, par four. The
Iairway slopes uphill all the way
making left dogs leg at $50 yards
rhe green is sloping, with no traps
No. 9-436 yards, par four. The
eairway is entirely surrounded by
koes, with the rough extremely diff
dcuk. Traps are placed 10 yards
q the right and left Of the green.
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PHILADELPHIA
CHAMPION WINS
IN LAST FIVE
Pudgy Pete Cuffs Youthful
Champ With Right and
Let's for Ten Rounds
Is, 900 SEE FIG H +
Tommy Will Meet Both Stat
terry and LOmski Before
Summer Is Over
Is, 900 SEE FIGHT

New York, June 9. fT)--Tommy
Loughran. youthful Adonis fror1
Philadelphia who rules the l75
pound branch of the flstc king
dom, perched bit unsteadly on
his throne today, happy that title
battles in this state must be carried
on through fifteen rounds.
For ten rounds last night. $4,000
of his subjects sat almost in awe in
the darkness OF Ebbets field. home
of the Brooklyn bail club while I'M
der the glazing canopy of light
that marked his throne room in the
center of the diamond, Pete Latzo.
Scranton coal miner. showed how a
champion may be dethroned.
Good Ten Rounds
For ten rounds. rudcy Pete, who
once was recognized as king in the
lat pound class cuffed the champion
with right and left hand swings
that came out Of most unexpected
places and landed. not infrequentIy.
on the chin and ribs of the puzzled
title holder. Many of them didn't
land at all, and in between times,
Tommy pounded the miners features
with his straight left and sizzling
right uppercut. At the end Of ten
rounds, four seemed to have gone
Latzo's way. three had been won by
the titleholder and three We're even.
About that time with his sub
jects calling hoarsely for rally
and the biggest fistic upset Of the
season trembling in the balance,
Loughran became the champion
again. He bounced away from the
ropes, where Latzo had punished
him severely, fought his fight in
the center of the ring and saved the
title for Philadelphia with surge
that carried the last five rounds.
Latzo Poor Bet
Latzo, poor to in the bet
ting at rngtime. gave up his title
chance stuhbornly but the strength
he had wasted in wild lunges and
excessive swinging through the
early rounds could no longer put
Loughran to the ropes. Throughout
the last five rounds. Tommy bat
tered Petes head with jolting up
percuts almost at will and raised
patch Of bright red above the chal-
langer's left kidney with overland
rights. The closing rally gave him
eight rounds to Latzo's four with
three even.
Tommy came out Of the arena
with split lips, damaged left eye
and cash in his chin to prove the
clcseness of Latzo's assault on the
title.
The champion will fight both of
the other challengers he defeated
once more before the summer is
over. He has date with Jimmy
Slattery Of Buffalo at the Polo
grounds. June 2, and match with
Leo Lomski after that is out of the
way.
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Why is it that batted balls.
which apparently strike in fair
territory in front of the batter
and then strike him on the re.
bound as he is about to start
to first. are invariably called
foul balls?
The batter's box is almost entire
~ within foul territory.
When batsman assumes the
proper stance he is always in foul
territory.
Ninety-nine times out of a hun
dred, a batted ball that strikes in
front Of the plate in fair territory
and then rebounds sharply, striking
the batsman as he is about to leave
the batter's tox, comes into con-
tact with his person in foul terri
tory.
When a batted ball strikes the
batsman in 70 territory it imme-
diately becomes dead, is simply q
foul ball.
Confusion is caused by the fact
that the batsman is hit with the
ball as he starts to take his first
base.
It is practically q physical i'm.
possibility for the one step to carry
the batsman into fair territory
Often the ball strikes the batter Be.
fore he has even q chance to make
a break for first base.
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|H0RNSBY TAKES
BATTING HONOR
Sheriff Blake Heads Pitchers;
Despite Slump Pirates
Hold Hit Lead

New York, June 2.-(P-Rogcrs
Hornsby, the new Boston manager,
displayed George Grantham from
the topmost position in the Nation
al League batting averages this
week, according to figures issued
today and including games of last
Wednesday. The Rajah not only
broke into the lead ahead of the in
jured Pittsburgh infielder, but also
lifted his mark to 1897 for 81 games.
Sheriff Fred Blake of Chicago
con .inued to lead the pitchers by
the simple process of engaging in
no games and maintaining intact
his perfect average of five won and
none lost. He was followed closely
by Clark of Brooklyn, with six and
one; Rhem of st. Louis, with five
and one; Lucas of Cincinnati. with
eight and two, and Benton of New
York, with seven and two.
The Pirates remained in the lead
IN team batting It 2.93, but this
clubbing was not sufficient to check
the Pirate slump. st. Louis pressed
the Pirates with .290, but New York
had only .27S for third place.
Regular players trailing Hornsby
in the individual averages we're:
Grantham, Pittsburgh, 1874; Callag-
han, Cincinnati, .394; Douthit, St.
Louis, 1872; OFT, New York, .37l;
Picinicn, Cincinnati, 500; Bottom
ley. St. Louis, .36E; P. Waner, Pitts
burgh, 1863; Rcettger, st. Louis,
.348; Lindstrom, New York, .346,
and Purdy, Cincinnati, 81.
Hack Wilson Slumps
Hack Wilson, Chicago National
League home run leader, with nine,
has slumped almost out Of the 800
classic .3O1.
Bissonette of Brooklyn, with
eight, and bottomley Of St. Louis,
with sevens were Wilson's closest
home run rivals.
Frank Frisch of St. Louis again
cornered fair share of the individ-
ual crowns. He led in runs batted
in with So and in stolen bases with
twelve, and tied his team mate,
Bottomley, for the greatest num-
Der of doubles. fourteen. Taylor
Douthit of St. LOTT set the pace in
runs scored with thirty-five and in
base hits with seventy.
Curt Ialker * und the reaches of
Red,and field convenient for three
base hitting, and showed the way in
triples with seven.
In team fielding, the flashy Gin
cin7ati team shared the top with
the Chicago Cubs. Each had an
average Of .972, but the record of
the Reds was made the more i'm
pressive by their adeptness in turn
ing up with double plays.
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The that said They
chm quite regularly here of late Although proved BY
EXCEPTIONS the ageod that
slipping from the heights frequently
OF us beginning to doubt its
Inc case Of Walter Hagen who recently the British Open
Golf championship
the sport stands out the most sensational comeback
baseball this there
who are hchng their belts and
Joe Haur after receiving serious knee couple
ago was CONSIDERED washed up He
game all last summer and the tickle forgotten him.
back with Babe humping
the home American League and nav;nc hc
a knee good - f~'-"e - = "''-
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1!s*S5' s4+446s

(By The Associated Press)
Br0oklyn-T0mmy Loughran,
Philadelphia, defeated Pete
Latzo, Scranton, (l5). Jack
Townsend, New York. won BY
disqualification from AL Walk.
er, New Haven. a.. Nando
Tassi. Italy, best Wyoming
Warner. Cheyenne. co.. Arthur
Flynn, Lawrence, Mass. defeat.
ed Eddie McMullen, Dublin, By
disqualification. (6).
st. Louis-Dave Knost. Sc.
Louis. knocked out Rocco
StraEoglia. Italy ~. Tommy