The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 12, 1927, Page 6

recwrertrn: Lee were ewe wie EE Owe eperencats PAGE SIX 1 Dempsey FIGHTERS TAKE DRASTIC STEPS AS BOUT NEARS Not Even Newspaper Men Al- lewed to Watch Champ, ! Aspirant Work Out TRAVEL DIZZY PACE) Ex-champ Fighting With’ Spced, Viciousness—Learn- | ing New Tricks { Lincoln Fields, Crete, IIL, Sept. 12.—(AP)—Amid_ s | crecy so strict that not even; newspaper men will be al-! lowed to watch workouts, ! J will complete! training for his battle to win! back the heavyweight crown) from Gene Tunney at night} and under the glare of ring lamps similar to those that will light Soldiers’ Field, Sep-! tember 22. This radical departure from ring custom, rivaled in heavy- weight fight history only by the absolute seclusion of Georges Carpentier in train- ing at Manhasset, New York, for his fight with Dempsey in 1921, went into effect last night when the former cham- pion worked four vicious rounds after all but the newspaper men had left the camp. Pledges Scribe to Secrecy Pledging the scribe to secrecy just for the day, Demp the plan he believes will lead to regain- ing of the laurels lost to Tunney in Philadelphia last fall. Earlier in the day, Jack worked lightly at the punching bags. Then, shortly before 9 p. m. when) all of the newspaper but a lone guest for the day had arted, lights suddenly blazed up over t cring pitched on the rac With all but ¢ a half dozen sparring partners sed up about the ring, and Der appeared in full fighting regalia, Fighting with a speed and vicious- ness that N ded anything the former title holder has displayed at!, any previous point in the comebac! training camp for either Jack | Sharkey or Tunney, Dempsey whaled Roy Williams, a rugged negro middl ht t the ring for a round. nd Williams “out on his feet,” from the slashing attack and badly hurt from a searing body bombardment. For another round, Dem sey boxed Charley at a fast manner of | case Joe Gans, negro middleweight pos- sessed of a splendid left hand, took over the ng. landed scarcely a dozen le: c took “the worst lacing Jack e me in ail the months of trainin: Dempsey finished the workout opening up with every gun on All return Cole, a ston light hea who stood up under a terrifi less than two minutes. With workout over, Leo P, Flynn, b ager, then announced that I had boxed before the newspaper men for the last time before entering the ring against Tunney. nightly next week training Sunda admitted only for the exercise scheduled now for every afternoon unless Dempsey hangs up gloves. GENE BARS EVERYONE FROM TRAINING 5S! Lake Vill —Secret tra will work ish heavy "s program fr naining 10 day end his heavy- today on for the r Preparation de weight championship. “IL have my own ideas of training,” said Tunney. “There are certain punches I want to perfect and there is no use letting the entire world know the style of attack I am going to use in the Dempsey fight. I made a study of Dempsey when he defeated Jack, Sharkey and I intend to fight him ac. cording to the deductions | have made after’ seeing that fight.” The champion said the secret work- out was a part of his training which he had followed for several years, = Travels Dizzy Pace In midsummer heat, eysterday, he traveled a dizzy pace through five rounds. More than 4,000 fans, men, women and children, the largest crowd to see the champion in train- ing since he arrived at the Cedar Crest club, watched Tunney speed thzough two snappy sessions with Jack Williams, and then punch Billy Vidabeck around as usual for three more. The rounds were shortened to two mintues each because of the man in two, in addition to meeting! game. heat. Before the boxing he did four full rounds with the light and heavy bags to warm up, but he went to church instead of doing his daily five miles on thé road in the morning. Little Joe 2 Koc men cer /Took $100 to Meet Dan' The scribes will be ek training | 0 _ S10W —— EdCox Retains Country THIRD MAN AT CHICAG ¢ iis 7 Jimmy Gardner One of these prominent Chi- cago referees may he named the third man for the Tunney-Demp- ney fight at Chicago, Newspaper men at Chicago belleve that Dave Miller, who has refereed many of the important fights held in Chicago. recently, is_ the most likely Dave Barry and Jimmy Gardner are also being m often in the chatter about ring circles. HUNT FOR JOB BROUGHT GENE. INITIAL FIGHT O'Dowd; Strove Seven Years | For Heavy Crown Tunney Comple ‘ Dave Miller ve de qrrerrerioten ne ae ooo YANKS RANKED HIGH BY MACK s-—— Tall Tutor Hands Palm to Walloping Hugmen; Praises | Hitting Power GEHRIG IS ‘DANGEROUS’ |Larruping Lou More Consist- | ent Than Babe Ruth, Man- ager Believes — BY ALAN J. GOULD Associated Press Sports Editor New York, Sept. 12.—(#)—The Yankees not only are in a c themselves this year so American league is concerne it they rank unquestionably among the greatest teams of all time, in the es- timation of Connie Ma This year's ant race has been another big disappointment to the tall tutor, as his own team failed to mect expectations this season, but he showed no hesitation in handing the palm to the walloping men of Miller Huggins. “Yanks Have Everything’ _ he Yankees have everything,” said Connie, “People perhaps think of them mostly as a great bunch of hitters. Of course, they are, prob- ably the greatest that was ever got- ten together. But they have good pitchers, too, and reserve strength of such caliber that there is no ap- parent slacking in the team’s pace when regulars are forced out or pitchers show signs of weakening. They are a smart club, too. They can play any type of game. They can slug a team into submission or beat them by one run in a tight game. BY EDWARD J. N IL. | "(Associated Press Sports. Writer of Tunney’s Training Camp) ch » Sept. 10,—)—For three! a ter being mustered out of! Unele Sam's army in 1919, Gene Tun- ney tramped the streets of New his home town, searching for a job. Although he had boxed with a great deal of success in army. tour- Naments while with the Marine Corps in France, winning the light heavy- weig ampionship of the American Expedition Forces and defeating Bob Mart my heavyweight title: | ti holder, the thought of turning to the ring for a livelihood then was far n the mind of the future hi ve we king of fistiana. ght promoter from Jerse met Tunney during the latter s' of a fruit arch for work. He knew of Gene's fighting record over- seas. Offered $100 For First Fight “Dll you $100 to fight Dan ds no decision, at offered. used the offer, turned | rte ain to rejoin the nen combing the Iked a few steps for that $100,” he said. Once definitely launched on a fistie hen just a big: mid- dea jthe rame a f the world, chance of a co he said to win that 1 he heights et ag the d ight’s physique us of a heavyw anu savor ous Gene fought only five times, winning four contests, one by a knockout, in tada to the no-decision contest with O'Dowd, . ‘then 1olowed the slow building-up Dp: ading throug ha host of aters, flattening two-thirds of them with i -hand punch Tunney gre ight heavy weight ranks in the next three fh most prominent harley and Chuck Wige was a! Thole Harry Whipped Greb Twice In 1923, Gene whipped Greb twice and hammered down a host of lesser opposition. The next year, Tunney disposed of Martin Burke, E) i palla, Georges Carpentier, and Joe Lohman, as well as fighting no- ‘decision contests with Greb, Jimmy Delaney, and Jeff Smith. | Branching into the heavyweight ranks in 1925, Gene knocked out Tom Gibbons in 15 rounds, Bartley Mad- den in three, and Italian Jack Her- [sep and Johnny Risko in decision- Jess matches. Up to the time Tex | Ricard chose him in 1926 as outstand- ing contender for Jack Dempsey’s ‘crown, Tunney had engaged in skirmishes, winning 30 by knockouts, 15 by decisions. losing once and en- gaging in a 14 no-decisiaon contests. Didn't Concede Him Chance Few critics and close followers of the game conceded Tunney more than an outside chance of conquering Dempsey at Philadelphia. During the controversy over staging the fight, when Rickard, barred from New York state by Demopsey’s failure to secure a boxing license, took the fight first. to Chicago, and finally to Philedelphia, the New York State Athletic Commission declared Tun- ney “undesirable” to oppose the ter- rifie punching power of the Manassa Mauler. Harry Wills was still first choice as contender in Gotham. Yet the supreme confidence of the Greenwich Villag youth who “wasn’t afraid gf Dempsey’s: punches after Goschin gun bullets © in France, a Zag him {flunbheaty rough to the ject of seven years bps oy id mo preparation— ie Reatem ight championship of the world, OR WRATHFUL “Imogene took ‘umbrage .at ‘some. ‘GOPHER COACH S| address for the summer | within a few weeks, possibly at the 60} Bergman got the ball and wiggled Dave Barry HUNTS GRIDMEN: Many Players Forget to Leave Addresses When Going on Vacation Minneapolis, _ Sept. — Lost, trayed, or stolen—between 25 andy 0 good football players, all of whom | are needed on the Minnesota campus the morning of Thursday, September ! 5, when practice begin This is the flash bulletin just i sued by Dr. Clarence Spe: Minne- | solu head coach, who hastened to add that about thirty members of Minne- sota’s squad left without giving a summer address. As a consequence, although letters of summons to pra tice have gone out to 45 players, the! other 30 will receive no notice unless | they see it in the papers. “I wanted to send every candidate a notice, but when I came to do so I found that a lot of men had left no the doctor explained. “But every man who was out for football last spring ought to be out there on September 15. We've got work for every one of them, and we want them.” finger Is I Sherman Finger, Minnesota's fresh- man football coach and track coach, is lying ill at his home in South Da- kota and may be unable to join the couching forces of thé university at become known. Last word from . - 8i ger was that he was improving, but was still a sick man. At the athletic office, however, plans are being laid on the assumption that the frosh coach will be in shape to go ta work outset of the year. { Meanwhile, Dr. Spears has filled the vacancy on his coaching staff left by the resignation of Potsy Clark by securing the appointment of Arthur J. Bergman, star Notre Dame quar- terback in 1915, 1916, and 1919, Berg- man has been coaching at Dayton University for the past four or five years and leaves the Ohio community with a reputation that is worth ac- quiri Back in °16 when Bergman was playing his first year of ‘varsity football Rockne’s crew stacked up inst the Army in a midseason The redoubtable Elmer Oli- phant and everything was on. the Army team and the battle was rea- sonably close, in fact last few minutes of play. Then Dutch through the entire Army team for a touchdown that won the game by a 6 to 0 score. That looked so good-to the military authorities that he coached an army unit during '17 and ‘18, when he was in the army. In 1919 he went back to school. After graduation he coached for three years. at the New Mexico Agricultural and Mechanical College, going from there to Dayton. * Will Prove Helpful Doe Spears says that as soon as he finds out ‘what Bergman knows about football he expects him to be right tol’able of a help out on the practice field, especially in the d velopment of that shifty, shiftl the beginning of the season, it has| ¢, They can run the bases and they has great defense. What could they have?” ; “When we started out this season, I counted pretty heavily gh ‘our pitche Connie went on. “I thought we would get just about the best pitching in the league, based on what my men had shown the season be- fore. But it didn't measure*hp to my hopes. Couldn't Stop Yankees “That is chiefly the reason why we didn’t make ‘a closer race of it. But granting even that my- pitching had come through and that everything 1se had gone well, I am frank to ad- , that neither we or any ‘other club, could have stopped the Yankees. The won under any cir- cumstances.” ; ‘i Of the two Yankee big Berthas, rig is mow a more dangerous than Babe Ruth, in Mack’ estimation, “If 1 were a pitcher, I would rath- er face Ruth than Gehrig. The e the harder hitter of the two; that he vets ‘greater distance, greater than anybody the game h ever known. — But Gehrig is more con- sistent. He is liable to hit anything anywhere. But there isn’t much tb choose. Either one can break up @ ball game. BIG 10 PLANS DUE TO CHANGE Curtailment of Shift, Advent of Hanley Expected to Bring New Methods Chicago, Sept. 12.—()—Curtail- ment of the shift and the advent of this section of the country are high spots of interest in the 1927 West- ern Conference season. The greatest tional games in the history of the conference have been scheduled and one new stadium has been built and others greatly enlarged to care thousands .more football enthu- intersectional fania-Chi cago game at Chicago Oct. 22 an the Navy-Michigan battle at Ann Ar. bor, Nov. 12. 'y Changes Methods E.; (Dick) Hanley of Northwestern, the only new coach in the conference, is expected to create a mild revolution in time-honored Big Ten methods sf play He is an ponent of the ‘arner system. missing #rom hi Hanley’s advent er attention on agreement of eoi enee to enfore: after the shift been completed. Michigan will dedicate its new stadium, costing: $1,000,000 and seat- ing 72,000" persons, on Oct. 22, in a game with Ohio State, a tradi al ja campaign plans. focused great- ie gentleman's in the Confer- wo-second pause Stagg Field at Chicago has been enlarged to seat 66,000 and the new Northwestern dium, dedicated last year, has added seating capacity. Many Veterans Back : Conference coaches will build their 1927 elevens from a formidable array of experienced men. With little ex- ‘cention the strong teams of last year j will take the field with a good back- {hone of proven players or he ribbed }out with stellar performers in the ter, Positions. he flashing Moon Baker will be missing from the Northwestern but the Purple, under Capt. Gustafson, and Michigan, 1926 co-championg, both have prospects of another brilliant team. Hanley has 15-letter men as a nucleus. Benny Friedman is. gone from Michigan, but his famous net, shift which conference teams have adopted for the coming autumn, ‘Dr. Bpeaet is preparing a new and highly tegic attack based on the theory if you can gain ground when the backfield is.not in motion, you're good. ‘ BRRLENBACH TO REENTE 6 Be feubach, Wh 3 he light by i al . lost the eavy- weight crown to Jack Delaney, plans to reenter the ring during a tour to solsti tag os wouter Mra tie” ski aa Reg 0 Benny Osterbaan, albhmerietn ana is buck to captain a squad whieh will inélude 18 letter men and 10: addi- ti could not be stopped last year. ir “But, surely, Jones, lievingt” ’ ting Training for Title Fracas in Secrecy. | Club C IN ALL WAYS more | ¢ a coach with a style of play novel in| © of intersec- |” Both the huddle. and the shift are} ee n Title, Defeating Cook "LOUIS CARDINALS NOW ARE ONLY TWO AND ONE-HALF STAMES FROM LEADERSHIP IN NATIONAL LEAGUE marion ANS HONORS dara: Southern Nine Climbs Into! —————_______4 : AT 35TH HOLE. PORES REESE PET IE™ aa "Refuses Injunction ||" "n. wih Ghats Pee seccna|| Meets Bass Tonight { | Champion Takes 149 Strokes, | to Stop Title Bout || pisce—yanks Two Games! “OF ‘Feather Title | ————_—________, ; ——__—___"4 Removed: From American Eight Over Par—Cook Takes 1515 Ten Over Chicago, Otto Kernet in circuit, court tv- + refused to stop the y- Tunney fight here next week when he denied an injunction to restrain Jack from | tighting Gene Tunney wntit he | carried out an‘ all cont: with the Coliseum clab to’ ftgnt Marry Will: S a While Dempsey was gétting out of court procetdings, Tanney was becoming tangled in legal mat- ters. ‘Thomas M. McHale of New York, who said he waa ney’s social secretary last. ate talary ‘of 913,008, filed sult againat the warid’s c! for $15,000, alleging breach tract. McHale asserted that Sept. 12.—()—Judge League Pennant — Ruth Year MATCH PROVES CLOSE .,, (By The Assoectated Press) Further changes had been effected today in the bunched race among. four clubs for the National league | Penna: jin the fourth! Place club is only two and a half! games away from the le Youthful Golfer Gains Dis- tance on Drives—Cox Bet- ter on Approaching flamed ‘anew whipped Brooklyn in inte a tie for second place with the New York Giant: Glants to Invade. St. Lou! Only two separate St. Louis from first ard the Giants matching that pace, will invade the mound city tomorrow for what ma be considered an climination se: The Cardinals and the try to.crowd in seven in four s, and one of the contenders, if , may fall by the wayside. Frankhouse, a rookie hurler. St. Louis to a sia Ed Cox retained the open golf championship of the Bismarck Coun- try club, won a year ago, Sunda when he defeated Paul Cook, Bis marck’s youthful golf phenom and tournament medalist, 2 up and 1 to go in the 36-hole final match. Cox led practically from the start\ although he was unable to shake off his opponent and the match went to 35 holes before it was won. Cox ook 149 strokes, eight over par, for tne 3» holes, wnile Cook took 151 strokes, or 10 over par. Driving of both players was phe- ston, pitel | 6 to 0 win aver Brooklyn yesterda: nomenal, although Cook’s drives reg- (By The Associated Press) = He tet the Robins down with four kp cuAtune ularly outdistanced those of Cox by NATIONAL a bite Ht was Mia stcond successive 25 to 40 yards. Cox was in slightly victory in the majors. ii Sept. \—Ed | better form on his approaching an RNa teens : 4 Hack Wilson's 26th home run of the PE dle te tenia wana | putting, however, and most of the season started Chicago off toward a| of ¢} 7 to.5 defeat of the Giants. Virgil Barnes blew up in the sixth and the Bruins put over a half dozen runs. Cincinnati. eaptured both ends of a Brooklyn ..... double header from Boston, the St. Louis . scores being 8-4, 16-5. Donohue and Mi ! route. Mc- hard in the sec- ond game and Dick Rudolph, star; pitcher with the Boston Braves in 1914, took his place. The Boston coach gave two runs and cut loose with a wild pitch. Ruth Gets 50th Homer The Yankees were two games re- moved from the American league pen- i city, will meet. in a 10 round | holes were won on the greens. Each stadium to- | Player had only two poor drives dur- ing the entire match and each missed three short putts. 4 Barnes, Henry, Cantwell and. Tay. 3 Ci bout at the municipal Eee eager night for the world's featherweight | sh egal The title may pass by ' Mast Round In Best ‘The 126 pound throne has not had! Playing their best golf in the last an occupant since Lou (Kid) Kaplan’ found of the mateh, Cox made a 32 | "for the eight holes—one under par— SbSlodced neatly “two years: So" Be*| enilesGook'e card forthe elit holes cause he could no longer make the, oho weg par 33, weight limit. favorite,!, Although Cook made three birdies Bass is a seven to five aden de thre E ig the match, while Cox made Neither has ever been knocked out. {Qui mE ney mauct while Cox jms Phage ydhl gs Ghd mecting-| to 19 for Cook. Both players birdied peal Sil ial Abd Pim the 454-yard No, 5 hole on the final — On the morning Donohue and th Sukeforth. round, driving Second Game nant today, After having beaten the standard car races will be the first | ##ainst # strong wind, Cook was hole B HB — E/St. Louis Browns 21 times in succes- held on an A. A. A. track in years. | high on the long fifth hole in twe? Boston . 5 ,7 > sion, ‘the Hugmen fell before Milt Are Random HEP SBrgh MOE rae ae Cincinnat 1) Gaston's tight pitching, 6-2. Gaston} Chose at random from the stock,! made a birdie 4. On the final round 1.16 | 18 McQuillan, Rudolph and Urban; May and Picinich. Others not scheduled. AMERICAN goer! St. Louis ... 6 it New York 5 Pennoc! Shawkey, Pipgras and Bengough. R a Ez Chicago .....9 5. M 0 Washington 8 16 3 (12 innings) Faber, Lyons and Crouse; Zachary, Braxton, Johnson, Lisenbee and Tate. of the match, when he was dormie 3, Cook on the 306-yard seventh hole was hole high his drive and made a dirdie 3, winning the hole and prolonging the match. Cook led off with a 235-yard drive on the 35th hole of the.match (No. 8) and his second shot ‘went slightly past the 400-yard stake. Cox topped granted only five hits, one Babe Ruth’s 50th home run of the year. The Babe is now five up on Lou Gehrig and is only nine homers away from his record of the 1921 season. being: but —_ hours and hours of tuning at high speed, the cars lined up on the narrow White ribbon of the great board track will be identical with the automobiles of the highways. © Wind: shields, ranning boards, tons and New York added another record in! fenders, however, will be st sterday’s game, nevertheles: jane eneines pert rapning seer et fi the team| checked by. technical experts ot e Pa ‘4 cis i's tetera Teh one, better than the seer Amefican ‘Automobile Assectation. Tee eget a cone oul aunt son matk made by the Chiesgo White| _ Charoltte officials believe the stock, 150, Yards, after which ihis second Sox of 1884 car events will mark a revival of the |. ie - - ee a i ae Bluege’s double and Hayes’ single sabense sively Potwees epee Ot ae be, one ats hig’ ball Pe rs in the early days of the au ¥ ; ie e fr ae oye a ee $.t@ Somopile. oat of ae rough oe ne are yeas Judge opened the 12th with a triple] , “What the people want,” said Fred | tinct ie kreen than Cools secon but at lode ‘who ran for him, was de-|J- Wagner, veteran official starter, with th oth f ic ue leeds ef} adie hea fared out after cessing the plate on! Who will officiate here, ‘tis something | with their next, shot and both had § sacrifice for leaving third before in which they can be personally in- | putts of about 25 feet. Cook putte the catch, The Senator worked fopr terested. Two men drive different | first and laid his dead to the pin the cateb. | The Senators worked ‘ilut makes of car, Their favorite manu-| {oF @ par 5, while Cox sunk his putt teh Lisenbee working the facturer enters a mount. .They want | {tom the edge of the green for a par to see their personal judgment vin-|5 halving the hole and winning the dicated. They will attend such a race match, Mis aake ci Nin, gaiiecas ee er aaa At the finish of the first nine Hartz to Take Part : holes, Cox was 3 up and won the Bahind the: stecsine wheois/of the! ide to become 4 upon his youthful stock cars, as well as the special il i opponent. Cook evened the match en Faces will, be such drivers pe tnist’ [the 10th hole and they finished the 5 1 1 ks Others not scheduled. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ‘Milwaukee . . 4 1 St. Paul . 9 1 Orwoll and McMenemy; MeQuaid and Gaston. three ings. B/ "Both the first and second place teams in the American association Pennant race were humbled by the more lowly oa rg BA page: dropping a game ul 2 to 4, per s City bowing to Mjane- apatis. 6 Kansas City . ‘enna, Emmer 4-Baggers Rete 18 holes with Cox 1 up. At the ce teripe Hs Warmeuth sal ne McQuaid. St. Feat hurlers held the Wesabe Pert raLt peed Gone 23rd hole, Cox was 1 under par and 4 up. Cook won the 24th and 25th holes and they halved the 26th. Cook won the 27th, leaving Cox 1 MY as they started the fourth trip arow: gue leading Brewers ‘to four hits,| nd only one of them was.a clean jh. Leo Moon, Minnsgpelis pitcs ith & mi Tony Gullato, Frank Lockhart and Eddie The track record at Charlotte is ters; Moon and Kenna. Hearn. Firet Game ry h 136.3 miles per hour, made by Ben- isville ... 5 i * jacked out a homer nie Hill in a 26-mile dash, November the. CONTI a ‘i Columbus + § 12° "Yon base. Kenna and. Kemer also hit/t; 1926," The world record for a|, Halving the 28th hole, Cox won tho 20th. They halved the 30th and Cox won the 31st, after which they halved the 32nd and 33rd holes. Cook was (Continued on page 7) it being Emmer's No. mite on board spoedways is 144.2 ee 5594 held by Frank Lockhart,” The pilots ile and Columbus took turns) of the speciul racers will have this basehall panera k to sh h iret of Wilkinson and McMullen;, Meeker, Haris and Ennis. double heade: “i on the home team’s poor play’ ‘columbus copping th ‘4, on a flock of Louisville d ries coped ets aicvopslls oul eader w! c moved a bit closer to the one- E Louisville . 2 alae See SIS ustin, Tincup and Meyer; Zum- bro and Ferrell. First Game R b 4 E : “ position. This, the elo: Teas utcs ou Cen! oni ot Boe inant Nel sii siege note to tion that 20 points separ- — are Milwagkee and Totedo. Second T s yesterdsy were: Toledo|. omy 2-2: tadlanapall nd game, went 10-in ag i (10 innings) ‘ Schupp and Tesmer; Barnes ‘and O'Neil. Indianapolis .... Toledo . WESTERN LEAGUB 4-1; Denver 3-9. ity 13-1; Amat Lincoln 2-17. Tulsa 8. MilWaukee ....... Kansés City .. ‘Tatedo . Minneanolis St. Paul .. ‘Indianapolis . Louisville . Columbus" sseaseaer Reaults Sats: Mitwastee ii Peal \dianapolia 7; vend $. Columbus 1; Loutsvilte 2. riage 4. vecing cars, : are to. test 80-, and 100-mile events, but. atticiatt va the apeedway say the ival rac! ’ the cyte sporting fans. City at ilwaukee wt St. Paul.**" estore : Boston st Cincinnati. __New York at Chleags. i et Ssast INSTON & NEWELL