The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-25
DATES FOR LEGION
EVENTS ANNOUNCED
HERE AT Meeting
North Dakota Meet Set for July
1928; Regional Tena.
lively Scheduled
WEBB GIVES MAIN ADDRESS
Governor Wexford Traces Base.
ball History; PLAY Ball.
Film Is Shown

The North Dakota and Region No.
1 tournaments Of the American Le-
gion Junior Baseball program will be
held at Bismarck this year.
Announcement that the Capital
City had been chosen as the site of
the two tournaments was made at the
American Legion meeting held here
wednesday to organize the fourth dis
trict's athletic program.
The state tournament will be held
here July 26, a and %, it was an
rounced by Frank j. Webb Of Grand
Forks, department athletic officer Of
the Legion and principal speaker on
the program.
Dates for the regional event have
been set tentatively for August Is and
II or August IA and Is with the exact
days to be determined later by the Of
ficers Of the local post.
Participating In the regional tour
nament will be the champions OF
South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin
and North Dakota.
Praising Bismarck and the Lloyd
spetz post for the interest In the jun
Tor baseball program, Webb said that
there was no hesitation when 1t came
to placing the state tournament for
another year.
Webb Commends Interest
Over 5000 boys are expected to par
ticipate In the baseball program in
North Dakota this year, he pointed
out In commencing the added inter-
est In the Legion's endeavor. Webb
in closing cited the Americanism
phases Of the program saying that 1t
instilled craftsmanship and good cit
1zenship In the boys who took part.
This year will mark the second time
that q regional tournament has been
held In North Dakota. The state tour
nament has been held here for the
past two years.
Speakers on the program were
Governor Walter Wexford, Ben Jacob
son, FE7A recreational director;
Buddy Beall, member Of the Bis
marck team last year; Fay Brown,
KFYR sports announcer; K. w. SIM
ons, commander Of the Lloyd Spetz
post and Spencer Boise, district five
deputy.
Film ID Shown
A talking picture. play Ball. was
shown by s. w. Corwin. Decidedly
educational for both boys and men,
the film showed the correct form for
pitching, catching, base-running. bat
ting, bunting and coaching. Right
and wrong ways to execute double
plays, to tag runners, to block runners
at the plate and to hold runners close
to the sacks were also shown climaxed
by shots OF the last world series and
closeups OF leading figures in the base
ball world.
Governor Wexford, q veteran ball
player himself and enthusiastic sup
porter of the Legion program, traced
the development Of baseball from the
old days when high scores were 1.-THE
thing" to the present day when one
End two-hit games are not uncommon
Jacobson talked on the development
Of baseball In Burleigh county plan
ned for this year. From 10 to II dia-
monds will be constructed in the
county this year at a cost OF be-
tween 800 and $500. he said. Plans
have also been made to organize a
county league and teams are being
enrolled for the league now. The
recreational director visualized the
possibility in the league for boys over
the junior Legion age to keep UP
with their baseball until they are
old enough to play on independent
clubs.
e. M. Davis, post and fourth dis
trict athletic officer, was in charge Of
the program.