The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1928, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | Tunney Declares He Will Fight Twice in 1928--Tex or No Tex | -HASSURPRISE §=Pittsburgh LooksLike1928 Winner of National League Flag FOR MADISON | — iaaoiiiaa — SQUARE Mou Pests Fe fens Are—Sow nine Forsooe J] ACQUIRING OF [[—_Pretmen ess obs nern J UACK HORLEY | Considering Offer of $125,000] . 2 “ yy: . SPARKY ADAMS : : IS CLEARED sre ‘h Rear PLUGS INFIELD OF CHARGES i | $s —— FIELD ee he et Tunney came home from the south- land today with a_double barreled surprise for Tex Rickard and in- creased determination to defend his heavyweight championship twice in| Tossers kee when the latter fighters boxed in Duluth last Dec. 2, was complete- ly absolved from guilt by the mem- bers of the Minnesota state athletic commission. Complaint against Hurley was lodged with the Minnesota commis- sion Frank Mulkern, Milwaukee two days before Kahn and Petroile fought in the last show of the National A. C. at Duluth. Mul- kern cha: that Hurley had bought n’s contract §=from Thomas McAneny of Milwaukee Just previous to the time Kahn was up to box Petrolle. Acting on this information Chair- man Andrew Sivertsen of the Min- nesota commission ordered that the Kahn-Petrolle bout be canceled un- less Hurley would make an affidavit and post a bond that he was not the manager of Kahn. This Hurley did and the fight was permitted to be st but the money of the two fighters was held up by Commis- sioner A. P. Macdonald of Duluth pending a further investigation in- to the charges. Denies Allegation About a week following the fight Huriey appeared before the mem- ’ Pittsburgh, Jan. 4.—(%)—A | Strengthened infield and_prospects ‘of better pitching make Pittsburgh jlook like a winner in the 1928 Na- tional League baseball pennant chase, in the opinion of Pirate lead- ers, sports experts and close follow- ers of the team. Despite the departure of Kiki Cuy- ler, stellar outfielder traded to Chi- cago, and a weakness in the catch- ing staff reserve material, it is the general opinion in baseball circles here that the National League champions of 1927 stand an excel- lent chance to win the bunting again. ‘ An outstanding improvement in , q the ee ee be oe Udge trad a Spe: ga Sparky jams, acquired throug! orener the Cuyler deal at second base to plug a weak spot in the Pirate ma- chine. -With Adams on second, George Grantham will br available for regular duty at first, replacing the veteran Joe Harris, who will held in reserve. Harris will fill an- other hole in the team—a tried and Vigorous after a two-week so- journ in Miami, Fia., the champion with light topcoat opened and whip- ping about in the bitter winds of a ™m tn cold snap, stepped from his train and immediately opened fire on the Madison Square Garden pro- moter. ‘Tex Sahin, a eine sur- prise awaiting him on February 1 when he is due to post $100,000 under a clause in the optional agreement he holds on my services as heavyweight champion of the| world.” said Tunney. “He will find himself in a nice predic: “Right now I am co offer that amounts to $125,000 more than Rickard will give and from a promoter who can stage a heavy: weight title match anywhere in th United States, It is sure to go over. He is not Jim Mullins, the Chicago Promoter, although I also am con- sidering a proposition he has made.” While refusing to name th vinager Trois Beili-willig0- le refusing to nam- the pro- Manager Donie Bush will go into moter, Gene would not deny, either,/Qne million dollars! That much at least would have been needed a few years ago to have bought Rogers |the race with the famous Waner aad bosie Ciel pcre reread in = that the man was a metropolitan| Hornsby, Walter Johnson, Eddie Collins, George Sisler, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker from their respective |brothers—Paul and Lioyd—in the be Kae, nel oe lel rival of Rickard. Nor would he ad-jowners. And today?—well, Hornsby is the only one of the lot whose playing service is worth any sum near |outfield. For the other outer gar- HENRY J. BONURA ayaa dee vith roa be mit that Humbert J. Fugazy, who|the hundred thousand mark. Johnson is in the minors, Sisler was sold for a paltry sum just a few |den has has Barnhart, and Pete inked tha oad has announced plans for a $5,000,000 | weeks ago, Speaker and Cobb are seemingly unwanted, and Collins, expected to be the next manager of | Scott, late of the Cubs to fill in the New Orleans, Jan. 4.—(AP)—The south ig pinning its hopes for an) 7:8 Mile solid cabernet Wo indoor arena here, had named the the Athletics, is through as a player. breach left by the departure of Cuy-| Olympic champion upon Henry J. (“Zeke”) Bonura, 20-year-old javelin levee ppm ed tt throwing freshman at Loyola University of the south, who will compete in an appearance at this meeting al- sum he admitted was enticing. On . ler. Pirate followers feel that the basis that Rickard’s preliminary while the loss of Cuyler will be felt,/in the southern trials at Dallas, Tex., in June. though they had been requested to Bonura sprang into the limelight at San Francisco in 1925 with @ do so. | 1 eo ef for 1928 with the cham- KINGS OF SPORT i iB ASEBALL HEROES the acquisition of Adams will more pion calls for a financial return sim- YOU WILL NEED than balance the scales. javelin throw of 205 feet, as measured by A. A. U. officials, seven feet,| | Since then the members of the ilar to that received by Tunney for One of Best Infields five inches short of the American amateur record established at Los| Minnesota commission, acting in his title defense against Dempsey REALM CONVENE THESE RULES FOR BECOME JOBLESS Glenn Wright will be ct his old| Angeles the same year by Jonni Myyra, the Swedish athlete. aoe with Walter Langinger in Chicago last fall, the rival f WINNING SQUAD station — shortstop — while Captain The Loyola star was not in competition last year, but this year is| of Milwaukee, secretary of the Wis- would wate approximately $1,- 9| Pie Traynor will be at third, assur- Saaetericeracestcs| AT FIRST DINNER| "| AS YOUTH FADESIEs sree = wrist inney : ioe ds y ss., Jan, 4.— : fields in the circuit. at Soldier's Field. Mas trecoatior escent bas- —_— Book needs another catcher to training hard for the Dallas trials. He is a four letter man, starring in Fesigeet state athletic commission, “The option Tex has on my serv- ketball team is the same’ old or fo thie dapartin ati dismn ata e has th investigation football, baseball and basketball, besides the field events in which he a thoroug! i piled up many records for St. Stanislaus, of Bay St. Loujs, Miss., bis pre- oe nl ngreer rt “a evens Aa . \ e' ices is a legal joke and doesn’t pre-|Tunney, Ruth, Jones, Tilden|| recipe needed for a success in,]|Cobb, Speaker, Johnson}, Col-|ency ‘the veteran Earl S vent me from fighting either first any cre 4 peacea teamwor! and Johnny Gooch, but is paratory school. against his record. Kahn, as near for some one else or later,” Tunney and Milburn Among i] and spi lins, Hornsby and Sisler [Shout for another’ dependable re- as can be learned, is a free agent. Sid Terris Signs to” {Gene Sarazen Wins | Who takes care of his own business Fight Jim-McLarnin| Miami Beach Title | “4! S.eny, te nas been shown, was | “The basis of law is common Celebrities That is the opinion of Edward. |) Are Through cciver. sense, the fundamental principle of aaa \] Wachter, basketbal 4 parent Pursued by ill luck in th> form of With Card of 292) ever, Kahn's manager, but rather a contract is equality an: just. re- Harvard. satya: one | thjuiioa ‘and. illness during 1927 Pi-| . New York, Jan. 4:—()—Sid Ter- ith | of had done some work in training ris of New York and Jimmy Mc-| iami Beach, Fla., Jan. 4.—(AP) oo = yrs ~ sega hodonicg Ped Larnin of Los Angeles, two of the} Gene Sarazen, who numbers a na-| money. The matter was settled foremost contenders in the light-|tional open crown among his many| when McAneny was paid $100 by weight division, were matched Sun-| past achievements, today had gained| Kahn. Hurley’s name appeared on day for a 10 round bout in Madison|a perceptible jump on his profes-| this paper as a witness to the trans- Square Garden on Feb. 3. McLar-|sional golfing conferees now going| actior. nin jumped into the front ranks of|the rounds of Florida tournaments.| Two checks, one for Billy Petrolle, his class recently by knocking out|Yesterday he won for the second | calling for $662.72, and the other to Kid Kaplan. Terris defeated Phil' year in succession, the Miami Beach| Kahn calling for $750 have been McGraw of Detroit less than two| open, with a card of 292 for the 72| forwarded to Commissioner Mac- weeks ago. holes of medal play. donald at Duluth to be turned over go Pig ead ls gg a Mg Be gee ‘was repo! ve en bones ‘or second money. Joe in both hands but Matchmaker Jess|of Albany, Ga., was third, with 296.) Jamestown College McNamon said Terris aggreed to £ box McLarnin despite the stated in New Hobby for Suzanne Drops 28-19 Clash jury. The winner on Feb. 3) Suzanne Lenglen’s latest hobby is to Ss h Ped: probably will be ponies for ‘a tilt} collecting stamps, with special at- pearfis is against Sammy ndell, the light-| tention being paid to —_— weight champion. stamps. N FS ish, S. D., Jan. 4—M)— : qT a three [toed lead during yithe first half, Spearfish Normal @|cagers baffied their opponents with % | their “stall” game in the second pe- riod and scored a 28 to 19 victory R| over Jamestown, N. D., college last Xinight in their opening lash of the m | Pi ro Last night’s contest saw the count knotted at 9-all at the end of the first with Spearfish holding a 16 to 13 lead at half time. man for the Yel- — turn on one side for privileges re-] New York, Jan. 4.—?)—Kings af “These three attributes are || New York, Jan. 4.(?)—Stretch| rates feel that, with an even break linquished on the other. _ various realms in the sports world || needed for a winning team,” |/your memory back four or -five|the pitchers who won the pennant * finest of legal minds have/will assemble under one roof here || Wachter says, “and they must ||... last year, will give a good account told me that Rickard’s contract|tonight at the first world’s cham-|| be found together. If any two |,°°2"* and dream of the money that |o¢ themselves during the coming does not embody these principles | pions’ dinner to be held by the Madi-|] of them are disconnected, the | would have been required to get Ty| season, Miljus Kremer, Meadows, and is worthless. Besides, there is!son Square Garden club, Inc,, in the || chain will not be complete—and || Cobb, Tris Speaker, Walter Johnson, | Aldridge and Hill will be on the fir- sveed. ie favs may opponent net ero" ot set Comme] acim wb fone waning” |/Eiio Can, Rogers Hort ot], Wea ha tg Sta must be able to both Rickard] Mingling with these celebrities George Sisler! " 1 believs he will make the big league and myself and can be named when | will be two United States ambassa- | Cobb was a priceless piece of De-| pitching ~rade. the Promoter posts his forfeit on|dors, 17 bank presidents and as |B; b: ll Atte dai {troit property. Speaker was a civic] A score of rookies will be on hand Fel ae sie tieMex mau, es eee Decainenia along | DaseDa: ndance aSset of Cleveland, Johnson was the | for ae elie nevis ee prise for Tex vit] a inj iness es i i teri xpects This, Tunney intimated, was the ot the ct “Mayor Welker will Soared to New Marks: jsentimentat heart of Washington. haley baseball players. While shell that held the explosive he in-|be toastmaster. During 1927 Campai ign wi "ed the ‘bosiot the Chicago | Pirates adherents already count the loose on Rickard when ron T. Herrick, ambassador bigger we am leaders agree ‘time comes for fulfillment of carly Fey Ogden’ beseade Ete |than the St. Louis ball park and Sis- cigs ia ‘vill sur some real opposi- Provisions of the agreement. The) bassador to Spain, head the gather-| New York, Jan. 4.—(?)—Base-| er was « mint in the same town. [tion from the Cardinals, the Giants Seite Tex decleros gives him an ex:| ng, "uch Wil pay trite fo ama-/ ball attendances soared to new! Cobh ‘and Speaker are non grata) *™d the Cubs ¢lusive option on the marine’s serv- ences ne thar eeapaetive ance ie) record heights during the 1927, on the market. Johnson is in the St. Mary’s Parochial ices until October 1, 1928, is inequit-| Guests of honor will be Gene| campaign. |minor leagues. Sisler is in Wash- 3 ’, able in that it fails to make any/| Tunney, heavyweight champion, rep-| Business Manager Edward G.|ington for the price of a1 ordinary) Rive Will Make financial provision for him if Rick-| resenting boxing; Babe Ruth, repre-| Barrow of the Yankees today dis-|"0ckie. H ; A " ard fails to produce a challenger by sentative of baseball; Bobby Jones,| closed a total paid attendance of one lornsby and Collins are set-| BOW Against Mandan |} . A Potato 1. Aunney said that, jf the| golf; Bill Tilden, tennis; Devereaux | 2,246,096 at home and on the road. haat but pollies aera to be % Twenty Years in Baseball fina in the Bromoter’s ‘I imina-| Milburn, polo; Bill Cook, hockey; | About 100,000 free passes were dis- af his playi ne pe resgehe at the end! Making their first home bow, the|% se es, Bron nogr. al owing, Fred Spencer and Charles Winter, tributed for the Yankee stadium fi,."5 Playing Gays he seems set for | sp Mary's high school basketball | % Billy Evans, one of the greatest umpires hase- should Weeeencs ae challengers w h De erate of British. sporta- and a like amount at visiting parks, Hornsby is still a great ball play- team will engage an all-star team : ball has ever known and now general manager of Richard ould not ‘bo obliged Ste nsusigreantcn The Yankees broke their own| or commanding a fine salary. eye | from Mandan high at 8 p. m. today./% the Cleveland Indians, kas writ eines ie hal user | Mel, chan, ncn | ma at hme ant el Sein ce ttone® fr theRecate | eaameon wll te once, | a in Rickard is managing enough) pe read from Colonel Charles A.| were 1261015, while avay the un (of tne New York Giants when Jobn| towing performers probably will see| ® fighters now and he never will man-| Lindbergh, who cabled the commit-| {21 ‘aggregated 982,081, The at- Hl dof oped and, sccondleg: =t0 action—Jimmie ‘McDonald, center; |% axe me,’ Gene said as his color) tee from San Sclvador to that ef-| tendance for the Hugmen surpassed ike and Sebastian Goetz, forwards; | Ser... as poe ate aa fae iondheca Was fe hase been that of the Chicago Cubs by" more | nod ere play be renaanss ball, that oe pal Boesflug cae Be ple 2 arte haseall fons ’Steat tolleeine tis years ! aerred mre see gain hve hd a rough time ih SE npn hea at | Sas TOM, he Coby a Tey yee wih Hornsby ami Ene Sere a Hughie Ho | fe empie toa Sarina Se eel’ shall nee by rated he {cepted an, invitation after he had} tronage of 1,190,000 at home inj \°"* Collins I: Edmund Schreiner, reserves. %.600000600050056¢ $$6046069966900060008 = anywhere. I shall not be ruled by |landed in Mexico City, but that was | 1997, | wea ieee ee en With one month of solid cage play ’ Jones Turns Down eget in ihe interest of others at before: he had decided upon his good) ‘Although the Yankees outdrew| that Collins y set, "“°" “°* ® €8¢¢lbehind them the St. Mary's crew is! The Most Ludicrous Incident in My Career Chance For Record Gene returned to New York for| i! “isnt to South America. the Giants in New York, the New| “At the end of the 1927 season,|itSPlendid shape and they predict or the sole purpose of attending the ; York, Nationals were the bigger at-| when the Philadelphia Athletics | “tat first blood between the ancient CHAPTER 13 er “all-champions” banquet of Tex Hockey Standings Are} traction on the road. McGraw’s again had disappoonted the aged|?ivals, Mandan and Bismarck, will Atlante, Ge., Jan. 4—()—In de- Drama as well as comedy featured the most amusing situation I have | ciding against to England ever witnessed on the ball field. : next summer to etend his British It ie drama when, with your team a run behind and a runner on firat,| open championship, you hit what you believe is a home.run, putting your club ahead. Jones an opportunity to It is comedy when you later discover that you didn’t make a home run | accom; rm bas not recorded in ands need. « =f being a hero, 7M are regarded as the’ “goat” because of es annals of English golf since lumb baseball, alleged or real. * 5 « . ” p your head up”.as well as “keep your eye on the ball” have long| Not since then when’R. Ferguson been slogans of baseball. ‘Inthe particular instance which I am about | carried off cup of victory to ED rid the batsman litérally'kept his head up. and thereby failed to| the third ‘tea? has od ¥ illionai *. lub drew more than 1,000,000 ° ‘i vats | be_drawn by the capital city. Retard ein, mitionaies’ cub] Again Shuffled When {ibaat"tyne"sem itt oct; |Comle Nac ibvae taken tr erat |*yftatt ae at Ben an will discuss only the hjstory of box- | Co) rs Whip Rangers) °f the closeness of the National! ye made in the Philadelphia club, nounced but it is known that they ing and some of its Tighter phases. uga P s' League race in which the Giants| “cobb, Wheat and Collins probably | #7 Some of the flashiest basketeers He plans to leave January 10, for 2| yaw y, with: Wheat and Collins probably | across the river despite their moni- TOeday stay at Dover Hall, Ga, be- | NOW Yeti Jan. 4-WP—The Mt. V oc eg ot Collins,” was the significant | Ke?—"The Pickups.” -fore returning to Miami to set up ithe National Hockey league had un- ernon Cage Five | remark made by Mack. i Might fenlning quarters with several | ergone another shufie day with| Wing Mississippi Meet! mire ret -<aeehit,,¢| National Football 0 a rss a poms but Eddie let it be known that he| Mules Committee Is were contenders to the finish. any i i ne keep his eye on the ball, © tot won the Britah open three 1 + St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 4.—Mt. Ver-| Was not interested. He started with Cc to T mn Members customary with fast runners after they once Soller fe ee Deane Ae ieot non, IL, high seool on the eighth |the Athletics, has his home and close ut aap. into Nigh to run with their ‘heads tilted sl ch y in Harry Siles, mote himself last year joined is v ua) oa Ss fac ie) pip vistery fee, sp Rouigera sch sti iss: : ne 7 os ey Ante Pik ted or a f° a a alacy “and Pd York, Jan. Ac m—The Na- one s me Basak eure ee he Biles: of . = of that type. the slim roll of those with two the Detroit point total to 21, which |here Friday night, defeating Witt, |Congenial surroundings, | al gaamais. Aisles. asic c Tha 5 : — led by the Boston Bruins, |Ill., high, 17-16. ‘Witt led at the|_ Also, it was learned, Collins has | tion voted to reduce the membership most ludicrous situations I have ever seen on the ball field. first Setending, champion half, 7-5. The winning basket was been told that the Athletics will be |0f the national football rules com- How It Maneased through a_ scoreless tie with the This style of running, peculiar to Niles, caused him to receive credit Pit rgh Pi: thrown in the last te of play, | his ball club, when Mack decides to | mittee from 13 to 10, including two J ; ay brn Nocke we a tn ig ee siandings: te: ES me ih . “wo of thre Fotite * ie 3 tons trae pany g. eight N. C. . A. pages 72 pe hee, Poe Mame. Bn oe 8 Ay ce Ba Po the Tuskegee Is Unbeaten in America | point allowed for a victory and |legs on urney cup. g : Cc. A, AL ie oF hacebel : othe of ar down he it ane fr 2 i ea 4 anges, who | pleceaenaenenner. had, te, sp: ee revised personnel of the rules soe Niles was with the Boston Red Sox at the ‘time, the ggzie being in 43 -“ rn f v 5 n_ deadioc! previously for first : : 4 Q it by Claim. : was the leader with| place with Boston, now tail the pres- selyes out of a job about this time|committee follows: | Members-at- peek eae piashington. Tiest has ng Fin pellet io sat natet; Fiat mnsthod eed ational last winter. But fortune turned and |large, Edward K. Hall, Dartmouth, tossed to them better propositions | Present chairman, and W. 8: Lang- than they had before. one Trinity, present sec: See Meee ok Cat | Tne Eee 0c the Pieatos enabled » l= ie draw tor the seeond with $188,955. | Pittsburgh to come out of the cellar situation that. I believe is without 1. a oa re is wi paralle! believe, Niles came to bat with on first base. One man was out! the without a loss is the { had | position for. the first time this sea- : D Salar strict members: A.D. donee | ot ta kine ines Tr were to put the Red Sox in the Tuskegee Institute of Alae sUaok, one bene | on,” piscine the Crohns tee ts Press) Ale oe is ee anea Een eee Had'| Niles flashed the signal for the hit and ron play on the first bell pene a osgeeieee in the Pimlico | front of the Chicago Blackhawks. Miss. —Bi them and they hed baseball in such | Universit pitched. : iy of these games were won wockEi- chin amp ‘aera ayes, His effort. was a long drive to right field, which Danzig, after getting | andthe Ssuringat tien “Tee, one Foteter, Mins, tae te—-| Peay ee Bible, tenes Shan within about 20 feet of second torawate developments. Sten Siar Ia Sem eeee ot Co South St. Paul club has with- _— nell, settle. Mikes, Whe Wis She Bell, carty sade wo Rie syind t no-one wee going | Serkoiete é of Ades wn from the Southern Min: Les Angeles.—Newsboy All of these members retain their | to catch it. The drive looked like a home run to him. 6 to 0. ry Eg in Brown, New York, won over positions, but reduction of the Man on Second * f have scored 1,246 Johany McCoy, California, (10). MN ennaitiea rateesttntaa When Niles firat\base he was traveling in high, carsying his cagannt 181 for thos one ping of two Eastern members, |head in the alr, tilted backwards. He passed Dansig, batwe and | nente 158.375 one from the West. The| second like an express tran slips by a Riiee ws ck. For ies poet, three they etl made vacant by the death of It. ‘0, happened that the of Niles was The right | have the negro 121,725 land Dr Janee yas not | Helle stball teas relayed burnicily to the infield bot Mles'was in cone a Having, Havertord, und Pret G . Savage, | siderabl phoad of th ball, ‘ Mentals of fitbell: bebe hese tae attack TE s ton one run behind, late in the game, the eighth inning, I| Forty-three consecutive games on -