The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 16, 1928, Page 6

eee poo sno Bula ret oy rior 99a, EH syevivive if zi} ae mimes es PAGE SIX SHARKEY AND HEENEY FAIL _ AS ASPIRANTS, Tex Rickard May Use Jack De- laney, Who Is Great Gate Attraction HORNSBY IS CLUB SAVER Stecher Practices For Lewis by Bursting Corn Sacks With Scissors BY ALAN J. GOULD (Associated Press Sports Editor) New York, Jan. 16.—()—With-! out the necessity of lifting a finger in his own behalf, Jack Dempsey stands up more prominently than ever as the main heavyweight title threat for 1928, Aging though the Manassa Maul-| er may be, critics still place him head and shoulders above any of the present crop of contenders. At their present rate, experts think will have eliminate themselves by spring unless there th is e startling reversal of form. On their latest showing, neither ‘Tom Heeney nor Jack Sharkey, Picked as two of the - outstanding contenders, can be ballyhooed into a title match, although the fact that their match was declared a draw leaves room for further argu- ment and another substantial gatc. Delaney Looms | Of the others, Jack Delaney, if! he can get over his tendency of be- ing an in-and-outer, looms as the most timely candidate for a big shot. If Tunney is to have two cham- pionship bouts it would seem now that Delaney has a good chance of ic Tel e§ a title holder's op- , with Dempsey figuring in the other clash, + if there is only one title tilt, a final elimina- tion between the two Jacks, Delaney and Dempsey, would furnish an at- tractive melee. As this observation tower has suggested before, there is little question that Delaney’s backers have high hopes of building him up for one of the main bouts of the year. The erratic French Canadian always has been a big drawing card from the time he knocked out Paul Berlenbach four years ago. If he can successfully negotiate one — two more ese) Delaney will be sitting pretty in fistic row. The Boston Braves may be Spurred to some more miracle stuff this vear by the acquisition of Rog- ers Hornsby. It has been 14 years since the Hub’s National League team upset all the dope by winning the pen- nant race, but the ex-Giant captain may provide the punch and playing spark needed to make the Braves again a real contender, just as Rab- bit Maranville did in 1914. They have a good twirling staff and at least three stars, ex-Giants, who would like nothing better than to wreak a little revenge on the ity New Yorkers. Kent Green- field, right handed aprehing sharp- Fr) » is one of the members of the anything-to-beat-the-Giants club. Around second base, Horns- by renew working relations with Eddie Farrell, where the pair left off m the Giant infield last epring. Hornsby Talked The Giants have sold, traded or released several platoons of players in the last quarter century of John aw's regime, but Hornsby is the first to be let go for talking too much or out of turn, as the owners seem convinced he did. McGraw has always leaned to the truculent type, such players of the MeGraw school as 'y Doyle, Buck Herzog, Art Fletcher, Earl Smith, Heinie Zimmerman, George Kelly, Ross Young and others al- ‘ways were ready for a debate any time. By comparison with many of them, Hornsby was a sphinx, on the field at least. Rogers is an aggres- sive type but his remarks on the oe i paaelly pave: Bee short - to point, layers say. Stecher Trains If Joe Stecher treats Strangler as rough as he does sacks of corn in training, there will be noth- ing resembling a pink tea when these two grapple for the world’s heavyweight wrestling champion- ship in St. Louis next month. ~ ports of the Nebrasgan’s condi- . tioning stunts detail how he applies > his famous body scissors to sacks of corn until the seams give way * gnd spill the grain. Scientific tests, it is said, have demonstrated that Stecher can ap- py 2,800 pounds of pressure with scissors. Tunney Contenders \ Will Fight Tonight New York, Jan. 16—(AP)—Two for Gene Tunney’s heavy- championship into action in the Metropalit in district. ‘one in a boxing card at the St. Nicholas arena, Jack Delaney of Conn. one of Tex ligibles, will battle in a oN against Sully Montgom- ‘exan. ‘ giant Ts y the new Broadway arena in oklyn, Paulino Uzcudun of Spain, title as: Ed i Pai irgely tonight, most of | the other heavyweight aspirants,! HE WILL SHOW ’EM | { i ‘ | { { { | | i | | | ngler Lewis denies the claim of Joe Stecher and various commissious he ix not the heavyweight wrestling champion and he Is preparing He Is pletured abovo resting after some tree-sawing exercise with Tiny Roebuck, a bexer, on rm near Kansas City, Lewis is at the left. Robinson Hopes to Have Heftier Batting in 1928 PHANTOMS WILL PLAY ARMY FIVE Fort Lincoln Will Be Scene of First Real Cage Game in History Consistently Brilliant Hurling Exhibitions Went For Naught Last Year in Face of Weak Hitting — Robbie Acquires Minor League Swatting Stars New York, Jan. 16.—(AP)—Wil- bert Robinson, 61-year-old bese sia of the Brooklyn Dodgers, hopes to have something besides a pitching staff to keep him in the race for the 1928 National League pennant. Consistently brilliant hurling ex- hibitions by the Dodgers’ well-bal- anced staff went for naught last season because the team could not hit and the infield left something to be desired from a fielding viewpoint. Time and again the aces of the mound corps held the opposition to a run or two, only to lose the ver- dict because the scoring punch nec- essary to cash in on these perform- vances was lacking. The Dodgers finished last in the deague in both fielding and batting. Harvey Hen- drick was the lone Brooklyn rep- resentative in the more or less sel- ected .300 circle. . Fort Lincoln will introduce its post basketball team to North Dakota in- dependent cage circies for the first time Tuesday night when the Bis- marck Phantoms play the army all- stars at o'clock in the post gym- nasium. This will mark the first time that a basketball team foreign to army jcircles has ever appeared on the Fort Lincoln floor, basketball having been inaugurated for the first time in the post’s history this winter when an inter-regimental league was formed. Nothing is known of the strength of the army crew aside from the fact that one of the companics stationed here took the championship at Fort Lawton a year ago. That would in- dicate that khaki-clad cagers will give tlfe local independents a royal "Wal Churchill fs ‘ ei! urchill’s performers are Rendered desperate. by the _im-| still in the polishing stage, the Phan- portant bats of his charges, Rob- vi R in s i ie reached into the minor leagues |‘e™* Bee eee in sccating and grabbed Del Bissonette, Inter-| national League slugger, Harry! Riconda, of Milwaukee, and Al Ty- son, of Buffalo, in addition to get- sive training sessions. _. Marked improvement in the qual- ity of the play has been pronounced ting Dave Bancroft, former manager. 12 sachiwans rie cea of the Boston Braves, to give his lathed ith their playing to dat wobbly infield some much needed a iar a poi colors sb" he mba steadiness or he has issued new uniforms ¢ ue a reesive their baptism in De ; Ever H the Fort Lincoln contest. Few, rere pelle Lag ac-|, Organizaiton of a quint at the fort company the portly Mr. Robinson’s| to represent the regiment and their nightly sleep but he hopes that these | first game against the Phantoms is new additions will enable the Dodg-| Preparatory to scheduling some -of ers to finish higher in 1928. than the strong independent aggregations the sixth that was their lot last sea- | f this section. son. Prior to the feature game, Com- With Vance, Petty, Doak, Elliott, |Panies I and L will settle a league McWeeny, Ehrhardt and Clark to;4ispute. The preliminary game call upon, Robinson is assured of as | Will start at 7 p. m. pt eenate? as apy ena in the rs league will get. The first string|*— 474, wi.) | Basketball Results | tchers, “Butch” Henline, Charlie, | i o—<$<$—$$—____________¢ a pine and Hank DeBerry, ‘ance’s side kick, generally are rated Mandan 13, Valley City 18., Bison 41, Moher & as the best receiving corps in the Borleske 30, Moorhead 42, Devils Lake 14. circuit, The outfield, too, seems to be pret- | Jamestown college 18, Moorhead Teachers 28. : Minot ty well taken care of by Hendrick, | Wahpeton Science 50, Max Carey, Arnold Statz, Max West, | a recruit from Waco, and Tyson, who | has been service with the New York | Giants. } The starting infield probably will seo either Bisonette or Babe Her- mann at first base; Jay Patridge at second; Bancroft at short; and Ri- conda, once with the Athletics and the Braves, at third. The reserve infield strength includes Ty Freigau, who was worn the uniforms of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Braves, Jake Flowers, Chuck Corgan an | | Normal 22. Bison frosh 37, Hope 25. Morningside 32, North Dakota U 19. Michigan 42, Indiana 41. Marquette 26, Creighton 20. Towa 36, Illinois 30. Wisconsin 35, Minnesota 26. New York University 33, Georgetown 27. isi" Emmas, Minneapolis, 43, . M.C. A. 20, Washi U_32, Grinnell col- lege, Iowa, 20. Macalester 18, St. Olaf 16. River Falls Normal 28, Le | Crosse State Teachers 24. Minnesota Agsies 28, Mankato Teachers St. Mary's, Winona, 32, Val- paraiso University 30. Carleton 32, Lawrence, Apple- ton, Wis., 12, Drake 32, Nebraska 28. University of Kansas 34, Okla- homa v4 and M college 31. 49, St. John’s An- Billy Rheil, a highly regarded rookie from Atlanta. capacity, the anonymous sportsman sald, ‘and he stated. fame on my card, aside from Jimmy Dugan, the Bismarck for a hard winter campaign to prove that he still fs entitled to the crown.| J but I can evening ot Tex Rickard would be envious of,” the quiet little gentleman of the telephone said. Tribune over the identity of the mysterious promoter. When the unknown first called by telephone to announce the card last Thursday, we fi; the stranger would reveal his iden- tity before the card was staged. will keep his secret. marck fans approve of my efforts to give them simon pure cauliflower entertainment, I intend to stage at stamped with approval, I will bring the outstanding amateur fighters of tion tournament in Bismarck for the boxing boys of North Dakota is something that has never been tried before in North Dakota. Jack Hur- ley, the Fargo sportsman, attempted it two years ago but never finished his series of elimination bouts. thousands pf dollars and much lient publicity to the Missouri the local high school floor for inten-| Slope, Po kota boys who aspire to any of the boxing teams that the United States will send to the Olympics at Amster- dam this summer, an opportunity to test their wares and gain recogni- tion as candidates for the Yankee team. tions along the fisticuffing highway put first, I must analyze the sport- ing blood of the Mfssouri Slope to determine whether they agree with me,” our ambitious knight of the wire concluded. steppin; an bill, according to the sponsor. Morningside Cagers THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Pasteboards For Friday Bill at Rex Theatre Will Go on Sale at Grand Pacific Billiard Parlors and Patterson Hotel Tuesday—Boxers in Strict). Training Pasteboards for the first boxing} card of the New Year in Bismarck which is billed for the Rex theater on Friday night will go on sale tomorrow at the Grand Pacific bil- liard parlors and the Patterson hotel, it was announced by the mysterious promoter today. Five hundred seats will be the from casual ob- servations about the sportways of the city that the house is likely to be a sellout. “There are no boys of interna- tional, national or even northwest uncher, and loe Wicks, the Glendive hell-cat, | deatred the ringworms an fistic entertainment that The sports editor of The Bismarck is considerably intrigued red that i if Today we learn by wire that he} 5! Benefit Cards Possible Further—“If I find that the Bis- least three benefit boxing cards in| o the next three months,” the business- like voice declared. “Bismarck’s championship base- ball team should have a little nest egg to start out their 1928 season, | I the boys of Company A can use a few extra dollars, and a charity show will not go amiss,” he said. “And finding that my efforts are ? eae Grand Forks and Fargo to the Wisconsin Rallies to apital City for an amateur elim- . ination tournament for the cham- Defeat Minn., 35-26 pionship in various divisions,” he dyaee Minneapolis, Jan, 16—U)—Wis- Staging of an amateur elimina- Furnishes Olympic Chance Such a fistic tourney would bring ex- lope. It would also furnish North Da- “Of course, I have ater ambi- Boxers on Friday’s program, are through their paces daily will be in fine fettle for the Gallop Away From Flickers, 32 to 19 Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 16.—()— Morningside took the measure of North Dakota university, 32 to 19, in a ‘North Central intercollegiate basketball ‘game here. Although the Morningside five won rather handily, it was ay: body’s game during at | least first three quarters of the contest. The invading North. Dakotans, al- though never in the lead, never were far in the wake of the Maroon sharpshooters and had the visiting basket tossers hot” as they gave promise of doing at several ints, the outcome might have n different. As‘it was, the Methciists ambled along the victory, always maintain- ing a lead of five or six points and always maintaining a tight defense that North Dakota seemed unable to trate, the North Dakota forwards did succeed in breaking through to scoring range, their attempts at the basket were most unsuccessful, : Morningside took an early lead, 14-to 8 at half time. With about five minutes to of 28 to 15, the Maroon in his second team, which succeeded in adding to the tally. Morningside, and Letich and ‘Boyd orni for the visitors. the first week’s competiticn Wis- consin and Northwestern emerged to share the lead in the Western Conference basketball three victories apiece. the only other conference team with a to its credit. list of contests will ten‘ to equalize but played four games when semester examinations call a temporary halt next week. sota have been consin’s light but speedy machine. Northwestern scored its three wins over Michigan, on the greatest battles of Saturday night. Twi:e beaten, th fairly easy. of the fra: mes. flichigan at Ar Arbor. they team without a match this week. Michigan. consin’s troupe gave a brilliant second half exhibi- tion of basket shooting to ring up their third Western conference tri- umph at the expense of Minnesota here 35 to 26. sive first h the Gophers withered under the ter- rific pace and the Wisconsin men drove through the shattered defense is drop in short shots in rapid or- er, team of Behr and Andrews hit an unstoppable stride as the game ad- vanced and between them accounted for 20 of the Badger points, most of them in the second half rally. BADGERS AND PURPLE STILL TOP BIG TEN Have Won Three Games Apiece—Michigan Upsets Indiana Greats Chicago, Jan. 16—(7)—Out of race with Purdue is vlean slate, having a single win The seven games on this week's itions of the squads, as all linnesota and ‘Purdue will have Ohio State, Michigan and Minne- the victims of Wis- Towa and Chicago. The Iowa and Michigan teams put ey tore into he opposition furiously and won. indiana was upset by Michigan by a ‘ingle point, and Iowa found Illinois jumps into the thick this week, with three fonight they encounter Thursday lay Northwestern at Columbus iturday Chi ppostition on the Ohio floor, innesota is the only conference Ohio State ind The sched follows: Tonight: Indiana at Chicago; linois at Wisconsin; Ohio State at Thursday: Northwestern at Ohio tate, Saturday: Chicago at Ohio State; inois at Indiana; Pur? , at Towa. of sharpshooters After getting away to an inipres- lead of five points, The smooth working forward Bo Poach WE eet | basketball Claudie Miller's Valle ers, rhea la in a lat- er stages of a torrid struggle to pak the Braves by a score of 18 to bolt way homeward Sunday rumin- atin, cessful invasion of the Slope, for while the victor: Mandan was sweet, their defeat at the hands of the speedy Bismarck Demons Friday was bitter. not prove as adept at staving off the bounce and lob pass used by Claudie Miller's quint. ship fashion. They ran up a 7 to 0 score in the first quarter as u result of some of the speediest passing and cleverest teamwork that has been shown on either side of the Big Mud- dy this winter, and their defense was perfect. Donald and Helbling nailed Hi-Liner passes and galloped up the court jesse lightning speed for short at- m4} speed; ing with a long basket from midfloor and counted two points a minute la- ter on tiated throws and the lank; ted the second toss, a dud, through the net from a wild scramble, . Olson into the game in DuVall’s down to a brought thém within one point of the leaders at half time, simultan- eously shutting out the Braves. Valley’s cool play was in - _ MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 199” Dempsey Is Still Leading Heavyweight Title Threat Despite Age o BestM andan, 18-13 Valley City Spurtsin Final Minutes 1 MYSTERIOUS AMATEUR BOXING CARD PROMOTER WOULD STAGE BENEFIT SHOWS FOR CAPITAL CITY GROUPS BRAVES TAKE EARLY LEAD, BUT BLOW UP McMahan’s Guards Fail to Produce Enough Speed to Cope With Hi-Liners SHRUM IS TURNING POINT Terrific Backboard Fusillade in Dying Minutes Unavailing of Victory By J. G. MacGregor Mandan tasted the bitter cup of defeat Saturday when City Hi-Lin- Valley City’s cage prides wended sharp contrast to their nervousness of the evening before. Valley Ties Score Mudgett opened the second half, when he tied the count at 7-all with a free throw and then put Valley in the lead for the first time with a other successful flip from the char- ity circle. McDonald slipped in his only field goal of the game when he dribbled iPad the net for a setup. Stenshoel then tied the count with a free TBs and Mudgett __ nlimbered itz an tt. nlim! during the next few minutes, bring- ing the coupt to 11-all as the rooters shrieked frantically for a winning Brave rally. Stenshoel and Arthur brought the third*quarter to a close with the score 12 and 12, both boys sinking free throws. Shrum Sinks Long Toss Seitz put Mandan out'in front as the final quarter opened with one successful gift toss out of two at- rum, s\ ing is - tion, lifted the spheroid over the heads of both teams to sink the longest and most sensational shot of the game. That, floor-length toss was the turning pat of the affray. It was the break that brought despondency to the Braves and the will to win to the Hi-Liners, Valley City” brought boos and on their successful yet unsuc- Missouri over Victory over Mandan and defeat by Bismarck hinged on one factor— the speed of the respective guards. Where the Demon duo, Thornberg and Brown, completely equelcher the blue - white stall - and- break game, Mandan’s duet, Morris and Helbling, were a little s to break up t! it had penetrated the first line of de- fense. wer afoot and failed Valley offense once Then, too, Mandan failed to pro- duce a Hank Brown. The red-head- ed center of the Demons was large- ly instrumental in frustrating the furnishes the Beppe offense before it ever start- and Arthur’ did Mandan Starts Brilliantly Mandan started off in champion- On repeated occasions, Seitz, Mc- at the net. + ly Seitz opened the scor- am shots. McDonald nego- the first of a pair of free jorresen bat- At this juncture Miller injected It put new life in the Hi- Liners and they immediately settled » cool game that, frantic groans from the crowd as they stood deep in their territory for seconds at a time without passing the ball. They exhibited a cleyer stalling game that Mandan failed to break up. Driving in to smear Shrum, Berg- erson and Stenshoel as they dallicd with the leather, the Mandan for- wards allowed Olson to break away on a twisting dribble that carried him under the Mandan net for a setup. Stenshoel repeated a few minutes later for the final counter of the game, the score standing at 18 to 13. As the timekeepers’ clock ticked off the fatal seconds, Seitz missed his third free throw and the rest of M the Brave cohorts found the Valley City hoop an elusive ring of iron, their frantic bombardment failing to even touch the ne’ the strongest Leonard McMahan’s quint both on the offense and defense and Morris gave a good account as standing i guard. Valley City’s players were on a ar, their unity in defense and of- Cl lense pane ured accountable for their comeback and final triumph. The lineup and summary: 3 Score by q 2 Valley City 0 6 6 618 , Mandan . 70 5 1-13 Valley City— FC FT P Pts. Stenshoel, f ..... 2 25 3 6 DuVall, f . 0 00 0 0 Mudgett, ¢ 12314 Bergerson, gcc i 0a 1 2 rgerson, ¢ Olson, f ......... 1 O-1 0 2 Total ......006.. 7 4-9. 7 18 P Pts. 17 13 02 10 30 9-1 Total ........... 4 “5-12 Technical fouls—H el blin Arthur. Referee—Kratz, Hamline. MONTREAL ICE SEXTET LEADS HOCKEY LOOP Canadiens Have Won 16 and Lost One—Boston Bruins Top American New York, Jan. 16—()—Brees- clip, ing al at a championshi; the Montreal Canadiens. todsy ‘y the 16th victory turn it the National Hockey scram: ble with a 10-point advant over the borne grou & New York it, spinning the puck the goals of the fly- Frenchmen. jus far in the racc, the Cana- diens have sustained but which occurred on November 27 at Detroit. There were four tie con- tests, also. Bruins Jockey Ahead , The past week saw the Bruins Jockey ahead of the New York Rang- ers and Detroit in the sprint of the American contingent but the Rang- ers crept to within a single point of Boston by a 2 to 1 verdict over the Cougars last night. Bill Cook = Thompson counted for the By the tri the Ra: Tl > sere cl ee lace, leavi in tre standing by a two point differ- ence. Standing of the clubs to International Grow Team wWwee’t GE GA Pts Montreal Canadiens 16 1 4 66 19°36 lontreal Maroons 10 7 2 38 37 22 Toronto 9 9 3 41 39-31 Ottawa 8 8 4 88 387 30 New York 12 3 87 57 17 Group Boston 10 6 6 42 34 26 New York Rangers 10 8 5 46 44-25 Detroit 10 9 3 47 43 23 Pittsburgh 3 10 6 20 40-12 16 2 29 59° 8 50 Rinks Are Booked in Hibbing Bonspiel Hibbing, Minn., Jan. 16.—(AP)— More than 50 rinks are entered in the annual bonspiel of the North- western Curling association, open- ing. here. today, and continuing through the week. Cities represented include Win- nipeg, Man.; Fort Frankesont, Ont.; Grafton, Grand Forks, and Fargo, N. D.3 Milwaukee, Phillips, Super- ior, Wausau, and » Wis. and ie ege jee St. Paul, Duluth, Wan- es, ibbing and other Minnesota cities. One of the leading events of the week is scheduled for Wednesda: when the International draw wil bi four American and There will be competition in 14 events during totaling $3,000. A iN the ‘spiel, with prizes yy