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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
Ems Enthusiastic
Over Pirate Club
In Pennant Race
Pittsburgh chieftain Has I'm.
pressive Hurting Staff and
InfieId at Training Camp

00AA EI0AlOloGVs mdIVA1 zA.-tH)-
Whether the race be rough and
tough; one Of inside baseball or q
slugger's nightmare - don't rule out
the Pittsburgh Pirates. So says
Jewel Ems. blond manager Of the
colorful National League club whose
fifth place finish last season was its
worst In a decade.
This isn't Dragging contest" says
the mild-mannered leader OF Barney
Dreyfus' Bludgeoneers, but I can't
help feeling enthusiastic over the out
look. We have some needed infield
reserve strength this season. Our in
field. outfield end pitching staff will
do for anybody's league. Our main
worries are illness and injuries. which
crippled us last year. Steve Swetonic,
whom I counted upon as one Of my
star right handlers, returned home to
undergo an operation for q Clipped
bone in his right elbow. He probably
will not be able to pitch for two or
three months"
Satisfied With Hurlers
Although Swetonic is out for some
time, the Pirates will present one of
the best balanced twirling staffs in
the older circuit. Ray Kremer, vet
eran right handler, led the league In
victories last season with 20. Erwin
Brame chalked up II after being out
six weeks. Larry French, only sea-
soned left hander on the club. posted
IT wins. Manager Ems expects effec-
tive work from Heine Meme, Glenn
Spencer, both regulars, while Andy
Bednar. youngster farmed out to
Wichita last year. has possibilities.
Charley Wood may be another bril-
liant southpaw. He won "a games
and lost three for Wichita before
joining the Pirates late in the season.
Claude Willoughby, acquired from
Philadelphia's Nationals in a trade
for Dick Bartell. stortstop, and
George Grant. drafted from Roches-
ter, both are experienced. while James
Bivens- and Vernon Kennedy. two
youngsters from the Mississippi Val
ley League. will be looked over care
fully.
Pittsburgh's outfield combination
Of the two Waners. Lloyd and Paul,
and Adam Comorsky would make any
manager happy. Jimmy Mosolf. chief
reservist, and Forest Jensen and Gus
Dugas, two rockies from the Western
League. shape up impressively for
utility roles.
Infield Is Impressive
There may be better infield group
than "Pie" Traynor, third baseman;
Tommy Thevenow, stortstop, George
Grantham, second sacker. and Gussie
Suhr. first abseman. but Manager Ems
is satisfied. He looks for Suhr to hit
better this season. his second under
the "big top" The big first sacker
had only a .286 average last year, but
batted in 107 runs. Bill Regan, for
mer Boston Red Sox second baseman,
is sure for the utility berth In the in
ner circle. with Ben Sankey and
Stuart Clark. youngsters on hand.
At the start of training, Ems "un-
known quality" was his catching de-
partment, but the acquisition of Ed
die Phillips, formerly with netroit
appears to have solved the problem.
Ralston Hemsley. one of the peppiest
receivers in the circuit, is slated for
the first string position and Maurice
Mealey. acquired from Wichita like
ly will be third.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
Bismarck Fighter
Wins at MissOula

Missoula, Mont, March 21.-(P-
Jack McCann. Bismarck, N. D.,
heavyweight, won a decision in 10
rounds over Eddie Shelton Of Great
Falls. Mont, in the main event Of a
fight card here Friday night.
Shelton staggered McCann in the
fourth round, but the latter recovered
and punishe the Great Falls fighter
severely the rest of the way.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
DEVILS LAKE TROUNCES
WALSH COUNTY AGGIES

Devils Lake, N. D., March 2l.-(Pe
Devils Lake overwhelmed the Walsh
County Aggies Of Park River here
Friday night, 65 to IL. to win the
Region F championship and the right
to enter the state tournament.
Led by Weaver, elongated center,
who Tailed "a points, the Lakers
scored almost at will. Moylan with 18
points and Weibler with fifteen also
played well for the victors. The Ag-
gies were permitted only three field
goals and they failed to tally single
point in the second and third quar-
ters.
S>M>...
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
Lady Broadcast Is at Long End
Of 4 to I Odds for Sec.
ond Place in Race

Aqua Csliente, Mexico, March a.
-shakespearian words my King
dom for Horse" were paraphrased
Saturday by thousands Of turf follow
ers seeking thoroughbred which
might have chance against the big
short odds bay. Sun Beau. in the
worlds largest stake, to be run Sun
day.
-Four years ago this son of Sun
Briar could have been purchased for
5000, yet Saturday he stood the IA
vorite by wide margin to lead eight
other probable starters In the second
renewal Of the $l00,0oC Aqua Caliente
handicap and become the greatest
money winner Of all time.
The Willis Sharpe Kilmer 6-year-
old. with Frankie Coltiletti astride,
will go to the post with l29 pounds in
the boot, 13 pounds more than his
nearest opponent. Even In the face
Of this and the threatening possibil-
ity that McGonigle, trouble -maker
at the gate. might be allowed to 20,
Sun Beau stood at odds Of four to five
on the future books.
Lady Broadcast was next at 1 to 1,
even though the question Of what
jockey would pilot the five.year-old
remained unanswered. Should George
Woold's infected hand heal suffici-
emily, he will be in the saddle. 9th
erwise Lafe Cunningham will handle
the reins. H. M. Woolf's entry will
go to the post 16 pounds lighter than
Sun Beau.
Third place In the future books was
held by Mike Hall, packing 1l6
pounds. and Pigeon Hole, carrying
113. These geldings ages and 6 re-
spectively, both representing the Hal
Price Headley stable. are quoted six
to one. as Is the Choctaw, which re-
Gently bested several of the outstand-
ing starters In prep race.
| Hope for q Pacific coast winner
rests entirely with Alexander Pan
tages. Figured as an outsider last
year, this horse, owned by the the
atre magnate. sons Rodney and Lloyd.
placed second to Victorian In the first
running of the re-created Coffroth
handicap and has appeared In better
form this season as six-year-old.
More than twenty thousand persons
are expected for the handicap, which
will be the tenth Of fourteen events.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
Lankin Five Wins
FourthStraight
Basketball Title
CoIeharbor Wins Third Place by
Defeating Se|fridge En-
trant % to 19

Valley City. N. D.. March 21.-(R}-
Lankin won its fourth successive
North Dakota consolidated high
school basketball championship here
Friday night. defeating Dodge IS to
a In the final game Of the state
tournament. =.
Coleharbor won consolation honprs
by beating Selfridge, % to 10.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
Noted HOrseInan Dies
In Kentucky Hospital

Lexington. KY. March M-Rr
william n. Harrison, 81. well-known
trotting horseman, died here Saturday
81 heart disease. He returned Friday
frona the Longwood track in Florida
and went directly TO = hospital. Mr..
Harrison was q native Of Lincoln.
Neb., but had resided here for many
years.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
It's The Rir Game

Although the Carnegie Tech Mo-
tire Dame football game will not be
played until Oct. 81, Tech athletic
authorities already have applications
for more than 10000 tickets.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
This Hole-in- Ones q SNAP

The nineteenth hole of Kilauea
golf course at Hilo, Hawaii, provides
the worst golfer in the world chance
to record his hole-in-one. It Is the
Halemaumau fire-pit OF Kilauea VOL
cano and is half mile wide and 1900
feet deep.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

Galveston, Tenn.-After rolling up a
II to 0 lead In the first two hoops OF
their exhibition stop-over with the
Galveston Buccaneers. the Sox final
" won a game 13 to IL Friday.
Bill Cissell and Fred Eickrodt sent
q couple over the left field fence, and
were allowed conventional two-bag-
gers. They arc still trying to find
the baseballs.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
CAMBRIDGE DEFEATS OXFORD
CREW EIGHTH STRAIGHT TIME

play gave Bowman Q 1915 victory
over Halliday in. the Region D finals
here Friday night. Bowman led 1o.s
at halftime but Halliday. ralytng IN
the third quarter took . 14-12 lead
Both squads resorted to long shots, but
Halliday had the smoother team play.
Hebron won from Mott 24-l3 In a
preliminary game.
Iyha summary:
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
lime of Demon Brave Game Is Changed D. M Bismarck Time
FRIDAY NIGHT
WITH MAJOR LEACUERS

Fort Myers.-One might think .
bunch OF ball players away down In
Dixie on q training trip wouldn't care
what kind Of uniforms they wear.
That isn't 50. The Philadelphia Ath-
letics are quite fussy about their
working clothes, and the f,lssiest man
IN the outfit about appearance Is
Manager Mack.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
Football kicking Robot

E. G. Robertson, Purdue football
player in 1900, kicked seven goals
from placement against Rose Poly.
One was from the 35-yard line while
two each were booted from the 80,
Is and 20-yard marks.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

Tampa.-Efforts Of the Cincinnati
Reds management to acquire at least
one additional outfielder have become
almost frantic. injuries to Harry
Heilmann, key man In the outfteld,
and failure o. several rockies to show
what was expected Of them, has Man
ager Dan Howley worried.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
MAYVILLE UPSETS
GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL

Grand Forks. N. D., March 21.-tN
-Mayville high schools basketball
team, surprise conqueror Of Grand
Forks Central IN the district nine
finals, pulled the ultimate In upsets
here Friday night by winning the Re-
pion Z crown from 0rafton's strong
club n to Is. Dave Nelson scored 18
points for Mayville from his forward
position.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

Leeds, n. D., March 2l.-(H1-Minot
won the Region q championship by
defeating Cando high school here TO-
night a. to II. Demots. Minot center
was high point man with four tield
goals and q free throw. Minot led at
the halt, 10 to z.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

Beating even the big leaguers, UNI
versity of Missouri baseball ca1di-
dates began practice this year IN
mid February.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
JAMESTOWN LOSES TO
VALLEY CITY HILINERS

jamestown, N. D., March 21.-(R)-
After taking a lead in the early part
of the game. the Jamestown high
school basketball team lost to Valley
City, II. to 8, in the Region B cham
pionship game here Friday night.
r1,n c,lrrnmQrV.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

San Francisco.-Charley Root,
who went out like q busted lamp,
with q brittle fin during the last
month Of the 1880 National league
season, beat off the Pirates, 6 to 3
In the first Of the spring series
between the Cubs and Buccaneers
Friday.
Root stuck the whole nine-in-
ming scamper. holding the east
crncrs to seven hits. He put six
out on strikes.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

New Orlcans.-Second base IL
Manager Roger Peckinpaugh's
chief worry for his Cleveland In
dians these days. Johnny Ho-
dapp's trick knee will be mended
before the season starts, but the
prospect that It may slip out Of
place again II bothersome. In
!, the meantime, Peck has shifted
! Johnny Burnett over to second
to compete with Carl Lind, -leav-
ing third In custody OF George
DetOre.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

San Francisco.-Thev veterans Of the
Pittsburgh Pirates believe that Lee
Johnson, tall pitching recruit from
Salt Lake City, has the story that de-
serves award Of a gold-plated tooth
pick or something.
According to johnson, while he was
q hurler in the Nevada State league
his team was playing "in one of those
hard boiled towns in the copper min
ing belt" and q "lunatic with a gun
got an idea that he would kill a
citizen whose name was the same as
mine."
johnson said he convinced the
stranger Of his mistake but not be-
fore johnson "gazed into the barrel
of q gun which looked larger than
the biggest smokestack I ever had
seen."
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

Miami-That persistent holdout,
Dazzy Vance, Is starting to worry
Wilbert Robinson. rotuud manager OF
the Brooklyn Robins. Daxxy was
among the missing when the Robins
embarked for q series Of intra- club
games st Havana and Robby ad-
mitted he didn't like it.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

BOWMAN WINS
FROM HALLIDAY
Mott. N. D.. March 21.--Tvo long
| field goals In the last two minutes Of
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

st. Petersburg.-When Babe Ruth
hits home run it is not considered
anything remarkable unless he does
1t in st. Petersburg. In seven seasons
that the Babe has trained here with
the New York Yankees, he has hit
only four homerS. Three Of them
went over the right field fence near
the foul line and the fourth, which
started bis 1881 homer hitting We'd
nesday, crossed the barrier 80 close
to the left field foul line that Ruth
stood at the home plate until t:ae UNI
pire decided the hit was fair. Distant
fences, except where they approach
the foul lines, explain the shortage OF
Rutl1ian homers.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

Los Angcles.-Joc Dugan, once
considered one of the best third
basemen In baseball, Is not as fast
~ when he covered the hot cor
ner for the Yankees, but he is
making = great showing With the
Detroit Tigers, In exhibition
games.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

Referee, Holgate; umpire. Kimbail,
Fargo.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

San Antonio.-After leoking
over the situation for 4 couple Of
weeks. John McGraw, manager Of
the New York Giants, has come
out with . cautious statement to
the effect that Freddy Lindstrom
will remain in the outfield.
That Is, Freddy will stay until
McGraw Is convinced neither
Johnny Vergex nor Urban Picker
ing can fiji the third base post
LindStrom leaves vacant.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

Totals

|! Referee, starbeck, s. d. State; um'
pire, Strutx, jamestown.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

Bradenton.-"Dizzy" Dean was dis
appointed when Manager Gabby
Street Of the st. Louis Cardinals told
him he was to start Saturdays game
against the New York Yankees.
He explained he had hoped for q
situation like this: Going into the
ninth inning, the Cards run ahead
the Yanks with men on second and
third, ore down and Ruth and
Gehrig coming up. Distressed, Cab
by would send him in to pitch.
"Then," he said solemly, I'D strike
'em both out and they wouldn't get a
foul off me-" Gabby said 1t would be
Just as well to strike out Babe and
Lou earlier in the game.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21

West Palm Beach.-Infielder
Lin Storti and Outfielder Frank
Waddey, the former from Wichita
Falls and the latter from Men,
phis, continue to attract much at
tention in the st. Louis Browns
training camp. Storti, who is as
sured q utility berth, collected six
hits out OF seven trips to the plate
against Columbus and Buffalo
while Waddey, who is filling in
for the injured Fred Schultz in
centerfield has been fielding bril-
liantly and getting more than his
share Of hits.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-03-21
Summaries follow:

Totals. D To-
Referee, Kidder, TOwner; umpire,
Crawford, Towner. /,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20
HUNGER MARCH
Frs FRAMED UP
Stools Disagree on the
Testimony"

NEW YORK. - Friday at Essex
Market Court the police plainly
showed their intention of aInmerci-
fully riding" Zaroff and BoscM off
to Jail on the framed-charge of fell
.onious assault. These two workers
were in the hunger march last Thurs
day.
Neither had anything to do with
the beating of the cop. The cops are
prepared with stool-pigeons whose
stories glaringly contradict each
other. The magistrate constantly
helped them when they failed to re-
member their rehearsed parts in this
Iframe-up. The objections to the
courts interference by the I. L. D.
attorney were constantly over-ruled.
The motion to dismiss the case on
the ground Of contradictory testimony
of the states attorney stool-pigeons
was refused, lowering the bail from
$4,000 was also refused Tomorrow
the case is continued All workers
must come in defense of our two
comrades and, in mass, protest the
frame-up. Tomorrow at 10 a. m,
Second st. and Second Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20

says, perhaps correctly, that the
Soviet forced labor balIyhoo' is just
the latest stunt of the anti Soviet
propagandists."
The Izvestia editorial also prints a
letter from a British technician in
the Soviet Union who denies that
there is "forced-labor" in the Soviet
Union.
It is significant, of course, that
Fish, Vol and the socialist party
kept stressing this lie in calling for
war against the Soviet Union Speak
ing about the treatment of criminals
in the Soviet Union, as contrasted to
the brutal treatment in capitalist
countries. Duranty says:
Criminals, in the ordinary sense
of the word, are better treated in
the Soviet Union than I'm any other
country-with due allowance for the
universal shortage of living quar-
tiers and commodities. They work,
but they get trade-union rates for
their labor, the produce of which is
sold exclusively within the Soviet
Union, and they have parole holt
days yearly, which they almost
never break.
Political exiles are not criminals,
convicts or prisoners in our inter-
probation of those words. :"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20
Lackey Throws Out
Unemployed Worker
From Strauss Agency

NEW YORK.-Steve Traub. unem-
ployed worker, member of the Un-
employed Council, was collecting sig
natures in an Employment Agency on
18th ST., between Third and Fourth
AYES
One of the workers in front of him
was interested in knowing what the
Unemployed Council stood for, and
fellow-w worker Traub explained the
Unemployment Insurance Bill and
the fight for immediate demands. A
bully probably the manager of the
Strauss Agency, grabbed Traub and
started to put him out Of the agency.
He slammed the door and crushed
the unemployed workers finger.
Traub has been out of steady job
for nearly two years. He has ex-
listed on stray. part time jobs since
that time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20
.JOBLESS LEADERS
TO HAVE NO JURY
Unemployed to Back
Oct. Is Delegation
By RYAN WALKER

NEW YORK,--Judge Levine OF
General Sessions ruled Jan. 9 that
the three workers, Sam Nesin, Rob-
ert Lealess and Milton Stone, of the
Oct, 16 Unemployed Delegation, cam
not have jury trial but must face
three special sessions judges, where
appointees of Mayor Walker will try
the case of the three militant work
ers who were beaten up and thrown
out Of the chambers of the board OF
estimate at the behest of Mayor
Walker.
When the Oct. 16 Unemployed
Delegation, consisting of j. Louis
Engdalll, Sam Nesin, Maude White,
Robert Lealess and Milton Stone, APP
peared before the Board Of Estimates,
presenting the demands of 100000
starving workers, the police arrested
them in an attempt to railroad these
working-clas leaders to prison IN the
same way as the March Unemployed
Delegation were imprisoned.
Judge Levine, in deciding that these
three miitants cannot have jury
trial, but must face Tanlmany ap.
pointees for trial, is preparing an.
other long prison term for NesiYi.
Lealess and Stone, according to the
international Labor Defense, the or
ganigation defending them. and Is
calling upon "alI workers and their
syrnpathizers to rally behind this I'M
employed delegation when they come
to trial on Jan. 26 or they viii be
railroaded in the same way as Foster,
Minor, Anter, Raymond and Lesion
were.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20
Facts Explode 'Forced>Labor'
Bunk of Capitalist Papers
Dur2nty Admits, Reporting Railroad Labor
Mobilization, that U.S.S.R Is a
Workers Country"

Reports to the capitalist news
papers from Moscow tell of the de-
cision of the railroad conference
signed by Labor Commissar Tsikohn
and countersigned by Railroad Com
missar Rukhimovitch providing for
the mobilization of all railroad work.
ers in the country to increase the
efficiency of the railroads in connec-
ton with the F1ve-Year Plan. The
Daily Worker has not received direct
information on this plan, but the
capitalist newspapers are trying to use
it to further their lying propaganda
campaign of convict labor" in the
Soviet Union.
Admits It's Balyhoo.
In reporting the news of the rail-
road decision, Walter Duranty, New
York Times correspondent in Moscow,
admitting that the forced-labor" cry
is lot OF ballyhoo, says the basic
fact that must be remembered is:
This is a workers country and
workers government and is run for
the workers benefit, whether they
know it or like it."
Commenting on an editorial ex-
posing the forced labor" propaganda
of the bosses, Duranty says:
cit is an eloquent editorial and
convincing as one reads it, and it
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20
CALL CONFERENCE
in B'KLYN FEB. 1ST

BROOKLYN, NJ. VA call for a
Mass United Front Conference has
been sent out by the Executive Com
mittee of the United Front OF Will
liamsburgh Boro Hall and Green
Point, to be held Sunday, Feb. l, at
975 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn.
The call states. in part: 1.-THE grow
ing misery and starvation of the un-
employed workers of Williansburgh.
Green Point and Boro Hall, with the
continuous attack upon the conditions
of the employed workers, who. due
to unemployment, are speeded up to
the last of their energy, and their
wages being reduced to minimum,
calls upon all working class organisa-
tons to mobilize for action"
Each organization is called upon to
elect three delegates to this United
Front Conference for Unemployment
Insurance and Immediate Relief
which will be held Sunday, Feb 1, at
1 p. m. at the Williamsburgh Work
ers' Club Hall, 795 Flushing Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-20
Molinari Returns to
Philharmonic, Thurs.

Bernardino Molinari makes his first
appearance of the season with the
Philharmonic symphony Orchestra
on Thursday night at Carnegie Hall.
The program: Cocerto Crosse, No. 8,
Corelli; New World Symphony, Dvo-
rak; Rossinian Suite (first time).
Rossini- Respighi; Fire Bird" Suite,
stravinsky. This program will be re-
pes ted on Friday afternoon and OH
Saturday night.
Ernest Schelling will conduct the
third concert of the chilcren's series
on Saturday morning at Carnegie
Hall, with program of illustrating
dance forms in music. Jascha Hell
fetz will be the soloist on Sunday
afternoon, Jan. IS. at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House, playing Castelnuovo
-Tedesco's violin concerto.