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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1928 y’s Retirement Is Viewed With Skepticism by Experts . po —_DICKINSON QUINT. (Gets tier BILLY PETROLLE | riend Benny — ie ie FROM YANKEE vade Twin Cities of Bigs About For Suitable Oppon- Breaks No Records, But Cap- Muddy This Week-end ent For Express tures Sensational Victory From Nine Aces ' | PAGE Six Dempse 3 | BOYS BELIEVE UAGK WILL BE SBT FOR GENE, . ( | | | | Shelving of Tiger Focuses At-) “e” tention on Uninteresting | Contenders | By J. G. McGREGOR Billy Petrolle is the most feared fighter in the lightweight ranks of the world today. Billy Petrolle is the most sought- after socker in his division today. These are the conclusioris reached by the Mysterious Promoter who lannounced definitely that he was bending every effort to bring the * From out of the west, the Dickin- son High baskeball crew will romp into’ the Twin. Cities of the Biz Muddy this eek-end with high hopes of defeating the two out- standing quints of the Missouri Slope tonight and Saturday. | Mandan will face the Midgets at . m. today on the Mai High New York, Feb. 3—(AP)—Dr. . Otto Peltzer, German philosopher and foot racing champion. has to his credit a sensational victory over some of America’s foremost middle distance runners as a result of his much discussed indoor debut. RIVALS NEED PUBLICITY Appears Incredible That Maul- er Will Pass Up Purse 8 p. floor with the Bi Pt ew ee of $500,000 BY A . GOULD (The Associated Press Sports Editor) New York, Feb. 3.--(AP)—The experts scem to feel they cannot be | By STANFORD BACK, WHO STARRED ON ores raves favored to! chalk up another vict pense of the green invaders. | Bismarck will face the Dickinson- | ites for the second time this season on the Bismarck High court at 8 p. m. tomorrow, Of the two Twin City prep fives, Coach Leonard McMahan’s ba: {Fargo Express to the Capital City, as the headliner on the big boxing progrem which is being proposed for the Grainmen’s convention. | After burning up the wires be- tween Bismarck and Duluth, the Twin Cities, Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, Denver and Butte, the Mys- While the doctor's most formid- able American rival, Lloyd Hahn, spent, his time coasting to an easy victory in the mile run. the German Square Garden crowd of 12,000 specs re Garden crowd o! spec- tators to its feet yelling ae eres to a thrilling triumph ia a 1,000- rican Blamed for sprinkling some salt and THE US.RUGBY keteers are the heaviest favorites to|’ terious Promoter said that Bill must yard race over nine Ame: run- skepticism on Tex Rickard’s idea TEAM IN win largely because they are deter- be poison. Every scrapper in the ners. The occasion was the annual that Jack Dempscy has fought his The 1924 OLYMPIC mined. that they have lost their last fight centers named wants to fight meet of the Millrose A. A. fast big figh e ES game of the season while Coach Roy —but not the Italian gentleman from There was no record breaking to ‘There are various and sundry rea- ‘De McLeod reports that his pro- | Fargo. the debut of Dr. Peltzer, who holds Hurley Wants Plenty the world’s half-mile standai t, In touch with Jack Hurley, the sl rd, bu ns why the “boys” believe every-| teges have been playing apathetic the tall, blonde Teuton exhibited H a WILL HYLAND OF STANFORD AGAIN: ing is not exactly as it appears on: ball ‘during the weekly drills andj 0 ¥ - 4 HN surface. They fecl that when | look the poorest that they have at debonair manager of Walloping Wil- flashy brand of speed as wel. as un- any time during the past two! lie, the Mysterious Promoter learned! +- usual gameness in winning under 1 proper moment comes Dempsey b muddenly decide he is in shape end ready for another two ion dollar battle with Tunney for oe “oaadeaed probably in New ‘ork. Just now, for instance, Mons Bick- strange and difficult conditions. Dodge Pushes ‘.euton Ray Dodge, member of the 1924 Olympic team and former national 1,000-yard champien, furnished the chief Hdgareey for Peltzer after the pack sifted out. These, two put up a stirring nip and tuck duel over the last three laps of -he six-lap race but Peltzer had the most in reserve and won by five yards in two minutes 18 3-5 seconds. The world's record for the distance, 2:1? 4-5, is | BENNY LEONARD The young man with the fat cheeks and the thinning loc::s uecd to look more natural in the corner than he ‘does in this latest pictare. Benny Leonard, retired a tweight cham- ion, is at home in business clothes, jowever, as he has been out of the ring for several years. He an- nounced recently that a dwindling fortune might force him to put on the gloves again as a welterweight, but fis friends doubt that he will penrersesre | that Jack and Bill will come to Bis- marck—for a staggering sum. Also, that Mr. Hurley has exactly 17 of- fers for his protege from middle | west promoters alone and that all the promoters are having the same diffi- culty—nobody likes the kind of wea- pons that Bill carries. “Here's the chance to put Bismarck on the fight map for good,” said the unknown, “all I have to do is get an opponent for Bill and the 48 states will know that North Dakota’s Cay ital City did what no other city coul months, | i Dickinson has only two veterans | De Me . |-from its crack outfits of the past; collegiate football: game and has| three years. Heidt and Windmuel-| starred since~then on. three great|-ler,\forwards, are polished players | Stanford teams. It. was.his. adept-| but the others of the squad are in- ness atthe college style of game} dulgihg in their first scason of that made him sucha ‘powerful rugby} regular basketball. i player and the same was true of the| Dickinson teams are noted for| other college players on the cham- ting slowly and finishing with | pionsbip rugby team... - a rush and it would not be surpris- e charging style of tackling, the rd running in the field the ine ite the westerners came through rygged style of attack the Ameri-, = BE STAR OF OLYMPIC RUGBY TEAM? Los Angeles, Calif., Feb.’ 3.—One of the unsung heroes of the 1924 Olympie battleficld in Paris was a Br, the At clininat ott cine football player, a member of Uncle about for an early summer oppon-|Sam’s rugby team that was organ- gent for Tunney, who wants no less|ized in a hurry, transported from than two title bouts this year. But|California to France in haste and bo long as Dempsey has been looked j hustled back home with the cham. fon as the one and only outstanding |pionship. _ s . apeeenet. it has been difficult to] The American swimmers, the oars rse odds. VICTOR HOLT Si r . Y return i held by Hahn. ie epee aes send the. sania: players, who; wonped ae cdsruporenions t9 cies batt ‘hey somn| NVincibles Defeat Norman, Okla., Feb. 3—#)—With | “Hurley was a little unreasonable ee Besies Dodge, the 1,000-yard 4 In other and perhaps plainer|in Paris were acclaimed gloriously,| realized that here was a new style Company K, 24 to Q1| Victor Holt, tallest center in the/ in his offer and I think that he will) Mike McTigue Returns field included such veterans as . {words it will be better serve the | but the rugby football players, who| and a better stvic than theirs. J Missouri Valtey. conference, jumping | bring Bill out here for a figure that e gue Scuyler Enck, formerly of Penn 2 —, purposes of Geen eo scored me rhaps the most Yanks St Ne Team « " Citsiatey Lo Dare Ulan eons for the University of Oklahoma, few | will permit me to stage the card. to Pugilistic Wars Gb til eg Ans ue : ¢ vas more undivided attention | astonishin, formance, were! Leading 2 - ‘1 . 2 is ts J 4 land and ‘ne ar cantersia # yy ued its never-ending winnil Set the eared Seeks Courareous Boy Boston Athletic association. J. + i| the Against Leo Lomski| th Foston te Gaiversity of Virz eiithe med 2 1 iculty in winit q in ™m McTigue, cal the Rodman ‘Wanamaker mile fe some 150 ring battles, returns to/the second straight year, hangin the p Coir aeradat ht in tree up his seventh consecutive triumph jadison are Gar- c den with Leo Lomski, hard hitting |°r,tte season a8 he rompec home ‘on the other contenders to shelve|barely recognized when they came Mr. Dempsey for the time being or | home. at least until after Tunney’s con-| Among the fifteen young Califor- | mad femplated title defense in June. nians who left their classrooms and | pressive. a Needs No Ballyhoo offices to take the rugby banner to] The French committee pleaded Critics make the point that a third|France was Dick Hyland, the same] that the United States enter a team Dempsey-Tunney melee requires no|smiling Dick Hyland who was oneyin the rugby matches because other tt stimulation in a public eye|of the big stars on the Stanford| nations hed declined and there were t reains a vivid picture of last] team that defeated Pittsburgh in the| only three entries. Perhaps it would y nt ing 4 : Streak by trouncing the ‘hard-fight-|treque-or* 37 ‘he Present ing. Sil rad K cagers, 24 to 21, in a struggle in which the sei od bucket tottered as the underdogs fought on even terms with the champions. Habeger of Company K provéd that he is one of the outstanding basketeers at Fort Lincoln by cag- “Right now I will concentrate on ransacking the lightweight regiment for a boy who will not be afraid to risk his chin and who will figure a possible knockout may bring him a crack at erated f Mandell, the inac- cessible ruler of all lightweights. “Once obtaining the signature of an opponent on a contract, I will be season. Holt, who is six feet, six inches tall, possesses extraordinarly long arms, and is a bat-in artist par ex- cellence. On his tip-toes, he reaches nearly to the lip of the basket. He weighs 200 pounds, but is fast and graceful on the court. New York, Feb. 3—()—Mike rrying the scars of ahead of Ray Conger and Jos. Sivak Scpieniber's thrilling bout. it is alannual Tournament of Roses game|not be fair to say that France had| ine a total of 13 point: and proving |” ‘This is Holt’s last vith Mr. =| youngster of Aberdeen, Wash. wh0/of the Illinois Athletic club in i patural return bout that needs no|at Pasadena. ™" the greatest team in Europe and did| to be @ const-nt threat to the In- Outten prolate He fen Pg Se eae at he awe Keeps canis te Crap art plier 4:18 8-5. 1 particular ballyhoo. On the other Was Big Star the greatest team in Europe oro he|vineibles. Harri.gton and McLean track ‘man, performing in the high |charge fighting if he is to be at al feypcitc’at toro to one to take th a Band, considerable “pilding, up.” is Ad was we big ee os ie means ofa eet ee wg fe Pieess usual fine games for | jump and the pole vault. peak when he meets Sammy Mandell ee eset iesist uate Babe Ruth Denies He ) consi essent efore Sharkey,| American team that astou e ic representatives in Cali- f in.” ij .pw Heeney, Delaney or Risko is accept-| French by winaing the champion- teeta ‘asked if it would be pos-| The lineup and summa: oust what plan of action the Mys- setae we lpaagh ry gga Is Overweight Now ed as a logical foeman for the cham-|ship from a French team that was| sible to nize a rugby team, It| _ Score by quarters: Promoter will follow in seek- Shoulde ah ee ar Senega- ila. Pl pion. ‘ é rated in its class almost as power-| was pointed out that ‘committee | Co = 3 8 5-21 ing out a natural rival for Petrolle pote the late: Battling Siki ine 50. Philadelphia, Feb. 3—()—Babe 8) It appears incredible to those ac-|iful as the New York Yankees. had no money to send the players | Co. 5 2 3-24 is not known, but it was plainly evi- ead bot in Di ‘olie, Ireland, in| Ruth tod m denied reports that h« Ne quainted with the big business| Little was heard of the playing of|and that the boys would have to get Co, K FT P Pts sh ~| round bout ublin, Ire! ut lay denied repo t he ‘ bs ; ying: ‘ y Leitz, f 0 32 2 2 dent during the telephone conversa-| 4999. was overweight and asserted that st sets ie iets paccennid ried ekg ee rinse! ala ssal pee va bee ate a oe = Habeger, 6 41 1. 13) areas ill a Lory pe ibccsrcsrad In 1925, Paul Berlenbach wrested| he would be in better condition at se) vh f close to $500,- irst ‘1 snag wl emselves | Enol. ¢ 122 0 4 the promoter has to dicker with ®/ tne title from McTigue sin a 15-| the opening of the spring’ training A Mees Gi wranped cp sepals for osthestitet parent the galls Dee sauicieai agby seats ownh, Kindler, g. 011 0 1) Fiji Islander or an Eskimo. rounder and the following year saw| season than he was last year. 5 ge Sheen eee us etn ein | Raby dpe Ee eda Morris YHA A ‘Dawson Teams Defeat! ssi eiaiot etsing | arto fae Spi" at Wer aay, Soeet 45 minis. of cial rin 8c-|dluondery tne geal with eave cuties | net yeeros but Eilend, ONeM, Pee-| «Totals 711-7 4 91! EARL SANDE SAYS ‘Steele Cage at beat grason apd hat he had never 4 . oe to the ho: wit shes og, NE on cach tala “ i H n | ge Brerc i was not sufficient | on their heads.” : Sethes | Sick Tard ‘some! ot thie other. boys,|Co- ls G FT P Pts| 1 feel quite sure that 1 will be re- Steele Cage Outfits) "‘Deianey voluntarily Price gapnwean felt: better. Ruth came here for a =* attraction, Dempsey undcubtedly| After the first wild outburst of| willing.to take # shot at the trip, or-| Harrington, f 7 0-0 0 14)instated and allowed to get back in- a cg the leadership of the ete ae brief visit with Jack Schaefer, a a retains enough of his fighting spirit | disappointment” and chagrin, the|ganized a --team. They practiced| McLean, f . 2 3-2 2 6\to the saddle before. the spring race|_ Dawson, N. D., Feb. 3.—Dawson ranks when he Soon —~ personal friend. ee oe pet mre ere he | French paihle tere cee dered | Sutouue ieee coment #03, Dove 3 Oe 2 fimectings open. I have always Setter, ‘ecle, and hard fought game| to make tye T7elate ‘Athletic com-| _SKI-JUMP_ON MOUNTAIN { - a wice, As as gan to realize that it was in alwi y its, 80- | e “ | that il- | a i 3 ‘ ‘ ~ « inch remains there is the chance of |great team the Americans had and licited funds from California bai: |Gibson, 0 09 3 0} “pty of ria half was 9-8 in favor of Steele. The | mission tossed the title back to Me-| St, Moritz, lage tere Feb. Aes ay crashing through. Tunney found | they recognized Hyland as a Babe|ness men. * \Korten, g .- 10 0 0 foul, though it|defense and offense of Dawson} Tigue. : f 35 @)—The Olympi Schiamp, wi - that out. Ruth of the game. i No one expected that they would) 7.44), Soe must have looked | P! an excellent game the sec- actiny ne oe nie’ out- peli rents 2 Rosie are A Defeats Local Otters and offers ie aeany large deat iad i Be: Sontied nee rnd | Referer Leschinakey a Nee ive {ici a eer cece ie Tne TP Pe Smarted by the agile Tommy Lough- pice; is located on a mountain side é rmy Defea | > lary bys themselves were any too opti-| ae : ¢ officials to take f t i ‘afford the slide yy We de to H: ¥ Umpire—Abbot. | ‘ Hoover, f 5 0-0 © 10| ran last fall and so must start sili where trees slide protec- ‘ College, 32 to 22) sarap ipl ii eres sehen ee ae rosa re eran ber ara Timekeeper—Harmon. t och Gras ection Watson, f 2-2 1 12)over egain in a campaign for the|tion are see sun. The jump also i tional team and coach, young. play-|spiting vietories of the year. | | ‘aiuiuacs Slack Ghaty | Hatter that race in| Johnston, £0. 9. 6) saiblem ‘ ple rere eee re god © S_ The crack army quint of Fott Lin- 1 fag tquard the offers until he Te-| iene backecin football, «fighter in| p Gibby Welch, captain of the) , A aSckews, y © uj Anderson, 0-0 1 2|Petrolle-LeRoy Bout possible for | non-participants te ‘Ss aa cam cringed socal cane = “a {ceived a cable from his father—jevery inch of his frame and, if any | Pittsburgh grid team this past fall, know, who are rid- oF are * Rernteetabiniie poate cae best Ee She Bismarck Business college five |"You come home and get back to|one should shout in. French from the | 712° the day when athletes in col-| ing always to win Totals .... 22 "3 32| Will Break Previous |of the Alpine sun with the thermom- ee an fant rame last ni ht by seove | College.” Pasadena ‘stands—Vous _peeg, | /€8¢ didn’t have to study is now, as I always have| Steele FT P Pts Record eter well below zero. Si in a fast came last nig t by a score | Fiend returned to Stanford, for-|Highland,” Pittsburgh probably | Past and that collegians soon learn | done, have to take|Omodt, f .. 0-0 1 4 Attendance is 1 aes 2 Ivihill and N got about rugby, turned back to the | vould be the ‘innocent victim. 7) that one must study to. play on any, chances that even|Darlquist, f 88 0 7 Papiiege i £ ZA Ebeltoft was the shining star of the turfman, Hardy rode 207 mounts to - dima apacrven se Panae ke "8 00) 0 Olsen be mach eet ercen Billy Be. club, he received only $87,000. When Sa bookeepers. Cotter with 14 points | first place out of 1,180 trials. ‘ PF kagcour ates raeaes ia ae "= — —]dfelte and Russie LeRoy in Fargo on|it was sold recently, the price was =~ rs or eee a8 tallies, aro Champioti Stallion: Fair Play, 22|| Stars of Games peperienesd Jockey wna. loner st Totals cnnnnen 8 2 1 Ha Bhat a record-breaking house | $280,000. < : ae The lineup and summary: years old, owned by Joseph E. Wid- Fail to Receive ex fellow lock like the offender. The|, Referee, Argent, (Steele); Time-|for North Dakota will be in order, Pg para cae ‘3 Si Score by quarters: ener, * Philadelphia, . led the stock : : nation older boys who were riding in that| Keeper, DeVore. hb Dawe eegraing to, Bromoter Jack HoRey,|__Norman Plitt, one of the few BY Army ..eeeecoeee 1 9—32 ~~" t horses -with -$316,269; to the credit Grid Insignias || race were willing to back me up, but) | In a preliminary game the Daw) | The Pinkey vie Billy Petrolle con-| spectacled hurlers in baseball, 8 os PG, saccseese 222 -{of hi at i it didn’t do any good.; son girls spanked the Steele girls, and Alf Simmons-Billy Petrolle bach cand to Los. Ai by the * 4 ¥G P Pts i of his progeny. i Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 3.—Al It has been suggested to me that| 17-6, in an interesting game. ‘tests hold all present “gate” rece New York Giants. ngeles by ‘ a 0 9 Famous Stable Owners Find) RAR ‘though “ier? Fleishhacker and I go to England or France to ride|!ineup and summary: ords, but North Dakota’s mee of Fenner aid ‘2 2 2 4908 Ch , Montreal ‘Canadiens || Dick" Worden played hero roles |[20¢, while, I know it would be| ner? ¥ ae cent promis tions. | ‘The New York Yankees, always ; ; yi amps Must Eclipse — ‘ : i eeser’ mared et easier to ride-in those countries be-| Lunner, f both these previous attractions. alert for new players, now ‘ id 3 7 Great Marks Lose Four Straight [pear ygelog ger mnerian, ee cause of the weight handicap, I don’t | Niles, £ ; In addition to 9 great Geieuen sale ragged +i Pa sok pogpealghe vim 1 ve i uunner, ¢ rom Fargo fans, q $ , pay N ke me) ___ |[ was awarded a football letter for Renter tie vhona’ ie sterieat ace Lunner, g are being received ffom every nook/|tional left-handed pitchers. ‘ A o| Louisville, Ky. Feb. paca Eee w, York,. Feb. 3.—(?\—Losing work this season. Pea taies bean awislly nico tote. Barnick, ¢ and corner in the state, \al from A rt ry a gs pep patricia ‘urf | streak -of the Montreal Canadiens, In giving out the letters, the piinbndionBayarts many points in Minnesota. =e champions of 1928 will find quite a award committee refused them STANFORD WANTS NEVERS Jack Hurley today announced that Jeaders in-the big time ice league,|! to the two ‘youngsters - they. had not played the number of minutes, for award. Fleishhacker was hero in the 13-13 tie with Southern Cal- ifornia and Worden was the de- ciding factor: in: the Pittsburgh- Hhantors game on New Year's aye the pasteboards will be placed on salc.at_the Grand Recreation and Nestor Billiard asiers at Fargo on Saturday. Mail orders will be re- ceived at both places, and these orders will be treated with equal consideration, ‘the first come, first served order having been issued to the vendors. p On account of the unusual demand for tickets, out of town. fat quested to, send jin thei ge out imi tely upon receij checks or’ money orders, San Francisco, Feb. 3,—(#)—Emie | Nee, the “blonde giant” of Le- land-Stanford University football, basketball and baseball, is mention-| 4 ed prominently for an assistant coaching job at his old school. The| Sterk, Totals mark to eclipse in money winning, | has mounted.to four. games in tl Fo? | owners of famous stables. find in| last tive -starte,-. > 26 ae 2 counting some of the purses brought. x ao bie ereete basis at Mo | forth b: ‘ real- last ni e Canadiens made 4 aly lenges ADEE 28: DARE a belated rally in: the closing period | 0|” Anita Peabody, champion two- which fell one short with. Toronto 1| year-old, a black filly by Luke Mc-] the, Victor by 4 to 3.'.It was the 3|Luke-La Dauphine, owned .by Mr: pee dictere of the season for the — | John Hertz of Chicago, won $111 we 8 22] She started seven time: ere feated once. Other champions for 1927 their winnings were: Champion Three-year-old: i Harry, chestnut colt, by Wildair- Ballotade, owned by the Seagram Stable of Canada, winner of .two . races including the rich Coffroth handicap, and.placed in six starts, He won $96,942. ‘ Champion Four-year-old: Chance Play, chestnut colt, by Fair Play- Chance, ‘owned by Arden because required i CooNR aan | swccote! monood big All-American, who was fullback and captain of the Stanford eleven of 1925, has been leading a profession- al football team. YOU REALLY CAN’? BLAME THE GIRLS ER Ream oreaycar se so eae eee Crawnon tn] COctentn . 2 F alooooaks! comiva e 2] coconmme! ae. furs. Write for wholesale prices on box lots of fresh frozen fish. Ship to the Northern Hide & Fur Co. 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