The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1928, Page 6

j ; E 5 aA oe Roy McLeod Leads Phantoms to 28 LOCALS HOLD INVADERS TO THREE GOALS Phantom Inaugural Lineup Counts Rapidly With Every Member Scoring STEELE LACKS PRACTICE} L. Loerch, Argent and Epstein Star For Independents in Final Quarter The Bismarck Phantoms and_the Steele Independents held a basket- ball field day on the Bismarck High court last night, the local rs emerging at the end of 40 m of rough-and-tumble scrimma the long end of a 28 to 11 sc Tt took the invaders from county fully 30 minutes to become acclimated to the iocale and in the final quarter, L. Loerch found the of the Phantom net dropped three sensational mid tosses to keep the Steele boys fre field goal shutout. During the preceding three quar- ters, the locals had the game p much their own w passed ar i shirts with - tally of 24 to 5. In the pa.., wteele and the toms have staged some of the be games, also the roughest, in the his- tory of independent bas! along the reaches of the Missou night was no exception when it c to hammer-and-tongs cage pla: Steele men and one Phantom benched for accumulating four sonals, me Steele Handicapped Steele showed the lack of prac- tice and the handicap of drilling on| a small floor, for invariably their passes and shots were short etal their defensive play far from co-} hesive, Roy D. McLeod, who plays. basket- | ball as well as coaches, celebrated his | advent as a regular performer on; the Blue Shirts by ringing up a to-| tal of 10 points, all of his scoring! transpiring in the second half. Just for variety, every member of | the starting lineup also coniributed at least one field goal, Art Haas be-| ing runnerup to the Demons’ mentor | with six points. Art’s dribbling and! passing also proved a thorne in the} Steele quint’s side. i Phantoms Start Fast | The phantoms started with a rush’ tit ig up nine points to the eastern- ers’ one at the end of the first quar- ter. During the second quarter they ambled along at a slightly slow- er pace but managed to send their total up to 14 while Steele collected an additional two points from char- ity cirele. With five minutes of the half re- yaaining, the inaugural five with- drew in favor of a complete new line- np Wutzke, was the only member of the second string that scored, the stocky fighter flipping a free throw. More or less solving the Phantom attack, the Steele quintet resumed the pak = i ea male fileg vigor and clam; jlown on the slip- pery Haas, Lobach and Doyle but neglected to enlarge their efforts by keeping tabs on McLeod and Loft- house who garnered the victor's zemaining points, Steele Trio Fought L, Loerch, the powerful Argent, and Epstein furnished plenty of fight for Steele in the final quarter and banged their way down the hardwod floor time after time for shots at the iron ring which wob-} bled out or bounced into the hands of some waiting Phantom. Thev! proved a powerful trio and fought vainly to overcome the lead but were simply outclassed. | Not daunted by defeat, the Stecle | boys issued a challenge for a return | pee and want to play it on the ismarck floor to show the locals that the worm can turn. Had Neil Churchill been at the courtside last night, he probably would have worn a smile for the first time this season as his charges played their best game offensively and defensively. Doyle and Loft- house showed some excellent guard- ing and allowed few close shots at the Phantom al while Lobach, and Mc! flashed some Pretty offensive work at times. | lineup and summary: | Phantoms | FG FT P Pts. McLeod, f 4 23 0 10 Haas, f 2 25 4 6 Lobech, « 1 37 1 8 le, g 1 Of 8 2 Telthoke, zs 2.00 0 4 Anderson, f 0 0-0 2 0 ‘Wiest, € 0 00 0 0 Wutzke, ¢ o 14 0 21 Middaugh,g 0 0:0 0 0 1s 0 00 0 0 10 «8-17 8 28 Steele FG FT P Pts. o too 1 B bt 4 7 = Oo 14 1 1 8 o 00 4 0 £ @ 22 2 2 0°00 2 0 © Of 0 0 |500-meter speed skating race in 1924, i chance, |New York, | Know Th | | | | \ | Both these smi yc ago, wears‘his on his feet. Jast | tetm that will compete in the Olympic winter games at St. Moritz. skillful in the use of sticks with his hands, and if hia companion is ¥ face isn't fami to those hundred he Chick Evans, who ‘OLYMPIC SPORTS CURTAIN RISES AS 500 ATHLETES OF 24 NATIONS STRIVE FOR ICE AND SNOW TITLE North Countries of Europe Fe vored to Repeat Triumphs of Four Years Ago—Yankee | Sprinters Hope to Retain) Hcnors—Canada Favored to, Take Hockey, Great Britain, Curling Moritz, Switzerland, Feb, 8.— Ringing up the curtain on St. P ort, more than 500 picked: athletes representing 24 nations be- | gin competition in the winter Olym- | pics here Saturday with all odds; favoring the north countries of Eu-| rope to repeat their triumphs of | four years ago. While Norway and Finland, which finished one-two in 1924, are odds-on favorites to top the field in the week! of varied and strenuous contests on Alpine ice and snow, contestants from the United States and Canada as well as Sweden, Switzerland, Austria and Great Britain, are con- ceded a chance for victory in individ- ual events, Charlie Jewtraw, the great young American sprinter who won the | is not defending his title, but the} United States skating contingent, captained by Valentine Bialis of Lake Placid,.N. Y., has hopes of keeping it in the United States. O'Neil Farrell of Chicago is the short distance ace of the team. The other American skaters are Irving Jaffe, New York, and Ed Murphy,| Chicago. Norway relies upon Lar-| sen, Evensen, Ballangrud and Strom. | Yank Sprints Best As in track, the Americans appear best in the short distance event, In the longer races, Clas Thunterg, the Finish “Nurmi of the ice,” seems almost unbeatable. Norway, which made a clean sweep of the skiing events four years ago, looms at least as strong there as does Finland in the skating races. Haug and Thams, the Norwegian aces, are sure of some determined opposition, however, from the Amer- | ican team which boasts such_per-| formers as Charlie Proctor of Dart- mouth College, Rolf Monson, Spring- field, Mass., and Anders Haugen, Chicago veteran, who scored the longest leap in the 1924 games, al-! though given but fourth place be- cause of form. In the women's figure-skating event, America has perhaps its best! Miss Beatrix Loughran of runner-up to the Aus- trian, Mrs. Szabo-Plank, four years ago, has improved considerably since. Both probably will get some spir- ited competition from Norway's 15- year-old sensation, Sonja Henie, Another event which may ‘go to New World athletes is hockey, the particular forte of Canada which now holds the championship. The Haugen Has Gained Fame With Skis and Evans on Golf Links ANDERS HAUGEN AND CHICK EVANS ng youngsters are adept with sticks, but Anders Haugen, He is a member of the United States ski eir Sticks x % His is Who spend hours in the bunkers is somewhat of a golfer. FISTIC TALENT | SHOWS FRIDAY IN FARGO RING Fight, U. N. D.-A. C. Basket- ball and Hockey Make Gate City Sport Mecca Fargo, N. D., Feb. 8.—(Special) —North Dakota’s most prominent| and most obscure fistic talent will be paraded before a capacity throng at the Fargo auditorium Friday night. The complete program, as arranged by Jack Hurley, follows: Billy Petrolle, Fargo vs. Russie LeRoy, Fargo, 10 rounds. Spud Murphy, Moorhead vs. Bat- tling Morris, Duluth, 8 rounds. Szymka Zabuil, Duluth vs. Fred Youngbauer, St. Paul, 6 rounds. Orton, Fargo, 6 rounds. Tommy McGough, Fargo vs. Babe Herman, Fargo, 6 rounds. Headed by LeRoy and Petrolle, the card offers battles featuring fighters of all weights. Russie and Billy will settle their difficulties at 140 pounds, while Murphy and Bat- tling Morris are 130 pounders. Phcnary ence wreidag eo full le eavyweights, the first pair to be presented in North Dakota inj a number of years, and they will recede a pair of welterweights, the Marvel and Orton. McGough and Herman, lads of less than 120 pounds, are just ready to graduate from the amateur ranks. The fistic program will not be started until 8:30 p. m., and a four round warm up affair between two youngst .s will ‘be shown at this time in order to hold the main pro- gram until after the fans return from the basketball game between North Dakota university and the agricultural cullege. The basketpall game will in at 7:50 o’clock in order that fans may see both events, °° Press Seats Filled George A. Barton of Minneapolis will reféree all contests while news- apermen from St. Paul, Minneapo- lis, Sioux Falls, Minot, Grand Forks, valey. City, Bismarck, Jamestown ean for the dail: to write reports for laily papers of the northwest, and for the vari- ous news services which flash the results of the contests over the en- tire country. Hurley said tqday that he has received more requests for press reservations than at any other time, since he started promot- | ing in this state. “Varsity Grad” team representing the Dominion is a strong favorite in view of the overwhelming Cana- dian victory four years ago and ab- sence of competition from the United States this year. Great Britain, holder of the curl- ing title, is favored to repeat in that tive Alps, perhaps have the best Bhanes to win the bob sleighing event. sport, while the Swiss, in their na-| tl The demand for ringside tickets been so great that Hurley has maker and promotor, to come. to Fargo to assist him.in handling the crowd, Special seats Will be erected to handle the ‘overflow from the main floor, and it is reported that hese seats wijl be even more de- sirable than those in the rear rows of the ringside sections. Because of the intense zivaley be- tween Petrotle and LeRoy, he- cause of the [ Phantoms 28; Steele 11. Mecalester 2 3 St. 27. ‘Basketball Results || te | winter's track activities made it in- Masked Marvel, Duluth vs, Earl “ rgo will be at the ringside | has requested Phil Terk, Duluth match- | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE to 11 Victory WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1928 Over Steele | { WILL BE ONLY CLASSY MILER Walter Okeson Assumes Czar- like Powers in Eastern Football Circles | cK" ¢ IS IMPORTANT GRID STEP Sultan of Swat Is From Five to Ten Years Younger Than in 1926 (BY ALAN J. GOULD) (Associated Press Sports Editor) New York, Feb. 8.—(AP)—The creasingly clear that Lloyd Hahn is the only American capable of break- ing this country’s jinx in the Olym- pic middle distance championships this summer. Unless Joie Ray stages a success- ful comeback Hahn appears likely to be the only first class miler Uncle Sam will have available for the trip to Amsterdam. ‘Three years ago Hahn, Ray, Con- nolly, and others all were doing their miles at around 4:15 and occa- sionally in better time. Ray did 4:12, the present indoor record, and Hahn 4:12 3-5 in one race. But of this group only Hahn has improved. There isn’t much room for improvement when a miler gets inside 4:13, but the rugged Boston Athletic association star stepped his best mile last season in 4:12 1-5. Hq will make his main bid for a record this winter in the Knights of Colum- bus games here February 29. Okeson mes ‘Landis’ Walter Okeson will be the eastern “Judge Landis” next fall, exercis- ing czar-like powers in selection of gridiron officials for most of the leading colleges of this sector. Having experimented with the system last year and found it satis- factory, the group of a dozen insti- tutions have opened the doors ahd invited the rest of the college fold to sail under Okeson’s banner. The others haven’t much choice now that the old central board on officials has been disbanded. ‘ It is one of the most important steps in eastern football organiza- tion in many years and gives the district a centrafized authority on officials, rules and other routine comparative to that possessed by the big conferences in other parts of the country. Ruth Is Younger a Babe Ruth is physically from five | -> to 10 years younger now than he; was two years ago, before his big comeback, in the opinion of his trainer, Artie McGovern. The Babe's waist line and gencral dimensions are much more sylph- like than they were in 1926, McGov- ern’s tape measure revealed when the big fellow returned to gymna- sium work on his 34th birthday yes- With the ball on its own-ten-yard line and the win- ning touchdown threatening, the Navy has an in- spiring song—“Fight, Navy! Fight Like Hell!” And, from the above picture, they start them fighting young at Annapolis. Spike Webb, boxing instruc- tor at the Naval Academy and the coach of two MONTREAL SEXTET FURNISH ICE FEAT Score Thrice in Four Minutes: to Tie New York Amer- icans at 8-All New York, Feb. (AP)—The feat of the Montreal Maroons i scoring three times within-four min- utes to hold the New. York Amer- icans to a 3-all draw has furnished professional hockey with an unusual performance. On the Montreal rink last night, goals by Burch, Himes, and Conach- er, gave the Americans a three to nothing lead by the close of the sec- ond period, ‘ , Opening the third session, Stew- art scored in nothing: 19 and 10 sec- onds later Ward skipped the puck into the cage. In 4:18, Siebert tal- lied the equalizing counter. The rest of the stanza and the overtime fad without a break in the dead- jock. At Toronto, the Canadiens over- ma the Toronto Leafs by 2 to 1, marking their first victory since sanuary: 24. It was the 19th triumph of the season for the Canadiens. Bailey and Morenz registered for the winners while LeDuc netted the single marker for the Leafs. Boston disposed of the Detroit Cougars by 4 to 2 at the Hub, Gal. braith, Oliver, Frederickson and Clapper counting for the Bruins. ar Long Count Dave Is Suspended by Illinois Comish Chicago, Feb. 8.—(AP)— Dave Barry, who counted nine over Gene Tunney last Septem- ber and won a name for himself has suspended indefinitely by the state boxing commision. Barry's license was revoked on the ground that he refereed an unlicensed. boxing match a week ago. The absence of Barry from the vd eeeite: Loge oo opportunity of ragging him for the count in the Dempsey-Tun- ey fight. At all boxing shows in which Barry has refereed since Viet September it has been the practice of fans to start a unison count between rounds, ‘going from one to 14. It — Dempsey's regpeeniactel ‘unney was on the canvas 14 seconds. tawa.Senators. Chink Johnspn, de- fense world champion for the New York sextet, was out of the lineup due to a battered rib received in the Pittsburgh contest last Saturday. Tony to Coach Baseball tion before he reports California before he reports. terday. foble and Cooper accounted for the Raise Funds for Olympics Here’s how the measuresments | Detroit goals. Watts Gunn and Bobby Jones are compare: Before a crowd of 10,000 in Madi-|to play a series of matches in the 1926 1928]/aon Square Garden at New York,| south during the next few weeks to| ai 230 22514 |the Rangers fought to a scoreless |raise funds for the American Olym- 1612 16 |draw with the world champion Ot-| pic team. iy 40 47 Oiympic teams, teaches the rudiments of the manly to the sons of officers stationed at the academy. i of his pupils are in the paperweight class, as } can see from our photograph, and a few. of those giants in the front row look like they couldn't hold the pillow gloves up much longer. ‘PURPLE MUST BEAT £ .$ ILUINT TO. REMAIN Northwestern Will Move Into Lead by Illinois Defeat and Michigan Win Chicago, Feb. 8. — (AP) — North- western, seeking to maintain second lace in the Western Conference bas- ketball race, will invade Urbana to- night for a University me with a crippled Tilinois five. With four wins and one. loss on the credit side, Northwestern stands just below Purdue in the percentage column. The game tonight is of spe- cial importance to Noi cause on Saturday night Purdue plays Michigan in what is looked up- on as being the Boilermakers’ hard- est test. Should Michigan and North- western both would move into the lead. western be- win, Northwestern The Illini have won one game and that from the strong Wisconsin five. That was before examinations and injuries had taken some of Ruby’s' stars. squad have dropped by the wayside within the last two weeks leaving me Ps hae nese six first -steing men avi Tony Lazzeri will get into condi-}Captain Olson, forward, and Lin to the|center, declared ineligible and Short Yankees this spring. He will coach|and Diemling out with injuries the the St. Ignatius College team in’ Illinois mentor has the task of finding a ew working combination. Coach Seven of the varsity ble for tonight's game. With say, been faced with Kicked Off Squad Because he failed to pass an ex- mination, Everett Olsen, captain of the Illinois basketball team, was banned from play early in February. Lloyd Hahn Is Expected to Break Y ankees’ Jinx at Olympics | NEBRASKA BOY [—___Fovons rowvavs avo pewpseve 2018 RAY WILL TRY ONCE MORE FOR OLYMPICS Hopes Fleet Legs After Two- year Rest Will Carry Him to Twice-denied Fame BY MASON E. TAYLOR (Associated Press Sports Writer) Chicago, Feb. 8—(AP)—Little Joie Ray, whom life has buffeted about none too kindly of recent years, has come out of murk of ithe steel mills in an effort to achieve the Olympic fame twice de- nied him by tough breaks on the eve of fulfillment. ~ Not for two years have Ray’s fleet legs carried him in a race, but he is as confident as ever that he can come back as America’s greatest runner at one mile. Ray never was low on confidence. For an unbroken fe of 11 years the little man with the big stride reigned supreme as a miler. He has run 30 races ‘in faster time than 4:20, a record probably no track at! lete has a hed. But that is not enough. Joie wants Olympic fame. Hart in 1 Injuries robbed him of it in 1920 and 1924 and Nurmi’s victorious in- vasion induced him to retire in 1926. Then Old Man Fate took a hand in his life. first tried driving a taxicab, but he decided he would rather run than ride and he gave that up. Next he worked in the sport goods department of a big Chicago store, but an A. A. U. official noti- fied him that punching bag exhibi- tions there would ruin his amateur standing, so he gav? that up. aon ‘Was Mista’ Meanwhile he had gotten married and that venture too went wrong for him, his wife finally obtaining a di- vorce. In the argument over the bag- punching he turned in his A. A. U. card and announced he would become & professional t .er. For a while he met with some success in amateur matches, but eventually he came up against a better lightweight and that was the end of his ring aspirations. its Steel Job He got himself a job in the Gary steel mills and his running prac- tice consisted of trotting back and forth from work to the home of his parents. Ray was still in his mid-teens when he ime America’s cham- jion miler at the Panama-Pacific ‘xposition at San Francisco in 1915. it was a long time ago, as the oe of an athlete are measured, ut here comes Little Joie, 13 years later, emerging from the steel smoke of Gary with the rhythmic “ee of a master on the cinder track, full of hope for his last fling at the game he loves better than anything else. More than $13,000,000 was distrib- uted to winners of running races on turfs in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Cuba during the past season. The Metropolitan courses were the leaders with §$2,463.975. Mllinois tracks finished a close sec- ond with a total distribution of $2,126,425, Kentucky tracks con- tributed more than $1,710,668, Mary- land tracks distributed $1,505,387. 39 Biceps Forearm MARY K. BROWNE SAYS: I have no present intention of ap- plying to the tennis or golf associa- tions for reinstatement as an ama- teur player. a Before I turned professional I con- sidered every # on eventuality and I must say that I am not a penitent in the respect that I have any great ‘ sin that I feel should be . ab- solved. My experience as a professional 5 } Sy been pleasant ee and rather profit-. able and certainly it has been more satisfying be- cause believe that I have been Mary K. Browne accepted by the public as an honest id I do not. mean to: cast any reflections upon anyone. : I believe the time will come when the tennis association will ize n competition as the golf asso- ciation does, and that in not many years to. come the class of women rofessionals in each sport will be creer and more re; tative. Goodness knows, however, I may not ible. to play first-class tennis or golf at that time. Why Not Give This Grid Game okers: _ Here’s your furthest North” for cool smoking! Aes rote os To earn a iiving Joie « nut j