The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1928, Page 6

SIERRAS PADS LORE TUE APRS ERS EORE TESS a Eee EE eC EES crerrr rerees PAGE SIX THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1928 Billy Petrolle Was Victim of Perverted Judging in Flowers: Fight REFEREE GAVE DAKOTA BOXER | THE DECISION Billy Now in Minneapolis) Preparing For Third En- counter With Spug Myers HURLEY TELLS THE TALE) George B, Underwood of New York Telegram Pans Offi- cials’ Ways and Means Billy Petrolle, the Fargo Express, who is now in Minneapolis training for his third meeting with Spug My- | ers in the Minneapolis auditorium | on March 29, was evidently another victim of the perverted judgment of New York “judges” in his fight with Bruce Flowers one week ago. Bruce Flowers takes a decision from Billy Petrolle after ten rounds of sensational milling. That was the gist of the fight message carried by the wires from Gotham the morn- ing after Bill had headlined a great | card. Immediately the hot stove league swung into action and criticized Jack Hurley for allowing North Da- kota’s pride to meet the black boy | or stated that Bill was on the down- | grade and never would have a chance at the championship. Listen to this! Referee Jack Dorman gave Pe- trolle the verdict over Flowers but the two judges decided in favor of Flowers! - The majority of fight critics at} ae gave the Fargo boy the nod! Leading sports editors of the east | gave Petrolle the victor’s gage! | Hurley Speaks Jack Hurley in Duluth after the fight said, “Flowers is not a pleas-| ing fighter. For two minutes and a! half of each round he backs away in| a shell. The last 30 seconds of cach round he comes out of his shell and} fights. If Petrolle never has any tougher boys than Flowers to whip he will be lightweight champion of | the world.” | Petrolle’s manager was not talk-| ing through his derby when he made } the above statements. He is corrob- | orated by no less an authority than George B. Underwood of the New} York Telegram. “With a wiliness that would have charmed the birds from off the bushes and does credit to Machiavelli, Petrolle’s esteemed compatriot, Flowers, for eight rounds let Petrolle do all the work and he himself get all the credit. “Ho did it by coasting through the first two minutes of each round and then cutting loose with such a wild one minute finishing burst that he appar- ently made the judges forget all about the points Petrolle had piled up during the other two- thirds of the round. Such barefaced trickery often fools the uninitiated, but it couldn’t fool experienced ring | officials. No one keeping close | tab on everything that happens | from bell to bell should be so bamboozled. “From the first through the eighth round Flowers crowded all of his fighting into the last | minute of each spasm. Perhaps in some of the rounds Flowers really did score as many points in the last one-third as Petrolle did in each two-thirds. But if ‘rounds won rule’ of the state athletic commission had been strictly adhered to Petrolle had to be awarded is @ great boxer, about as classy a man as there is in the lightweight division, and when he cut loose at the start of the ninth round and fought straight through the full three minutes he gave Petrolle an artistic lacing. Bruce fought all the way in the 10th round, too, and took that round by a clear margin.” Has Happened Before This_isn't the first occasion on ‘which Billy has been “judged” out of a just verdict. It isn’t the first occasion when his followers have shook their heads the morning after the night before. st Sid Terris and Sammy |® Vogel, Billy looked a coming champ. ‘That is what the majority of New ‘York newspaper and tabloid critics said the next day. Yet the “judges” gave his opponent the best of it. It looks as though Billy just can’t win in New York as long as he hails from the “sticks” and has a “hick’ manager. But Sticks 4nd Hicks do Bip tis J x Cee? Observers See N oO SURE OF OLYMPIC CHOICE | Here’s pretty Georgia Coleman, Los Angeles girl who recently won the 10-foot board-diving champion- ship at Pasadena, Calif., competing against the best divers of the coun- try. She’s regarded by experts as a sure shot for the Olympic squad this summer. Whe wouldn’t put her on the team? Indoor Races the Past Winter With Such Stars as Conger and Hahn Reveal Many Olympic Contenders in Hith- erto Barren Cinder Terri- tory of South BY HORACE C. RENEGAR (Asscciated Press Sports Writer) Birmingham, Ala., March 23.— (AP)—For the first time in track history, Dixie this year is making a bold bid for national recognit: The nimble feet of Galen & of the University of North lina; Sid Robinson, Mississippi A. «& M. College; Ed Hamm, Georgia Tech and Weems Baskin, former | Auburn, Ala., college star, are bring- ing the southerners to the forefront. Baskin recently won the National jA. A. U. indoor hurdles champion- ship and in another race tied the world’s record for the 60-yard high hurdles with a mark of 7 3-5 sec- onds. He now runs uncer the colors |of the New York Athletic Club, where he is training for the Olympic trials. Hamm, winner of the National Collegiate A. A. running broad jump event at Chicago last yea and Elliott, a sterling mi are considered Olympic pot liti The fact that Hamm will com- pete along with Elliot, . Robinson and others as outstanding gives promise that track and field meets in the south this spring will be the | one most interesting in history and in|the country. ‘DIXIE FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY WILL MAKE BOLD BID FOR NATIONAL COLLEGIATE TRACK AND FIELD TITLE some cases may see new marks es- tablished. An indication of what may be ex- pected when the Southern Confer- ence meet is held here in May and the Dixie relays in Atlanta next month is found in the showing of Elliott in finishing second to Lloyd Hahn, crack Boston A. A. runner, in the Meadowbrook games at Phila- delphia, recently. Rodman Wanamaker mile—Hahn broke the record for the event, set by Joie Ray. On the previous night, Robinson was second to Hahn in tne Baxter mile event at the Millrose games in New York, finishing a scant 25 yards behind. Elliott was third. “Looney” Smith, of Alabama, while taking part in_ none of the eastern meets, set a fine mark in winning the historic Birmingham Athletic Club road race some time ago, doing the three miles in around 16 minutes and showing the ability, if pressed, to better the mark con- siderably. z As for relay events, the Univer- sity of Maryland has won over Pennsylvania and Harvard, among others, the College Park team rare- ly being pushed on the last lap. Within the unaffiliated ranks of southern institutions is to be count- ed the javelin star, Bonura, of Loy- ola University of New Orleans. He is considered an Olympic prospect. Virtually every institution in the s. | Southern Conference is the scene of work now in preparation for the meet here which will be held at Le- gion Field. This stadium with a seating capacity of 30,000 boasts (By The Associated Press) O'DOUL STARS activities against the Red Sox yes- terday included three safeties in four times up, three runs, two stol- en bases, four putouts and one as- sist. Harper contributed a homes in the Giants 8 to 7 trumph over retty well in the fight game and one ‘Of these mornings Little Old New York will awake to ‘the fact that there can be champions from other woods. So far we haven’t heard a word from Manager Eddie Kane, Sammy Mandell’s pilot, or from Jim Mullen, promoter, about canceling the le-Mandell fight of June 21, Evidently they are satisfied that Bill is still quite a drawing card despite the New York decision. a The Associated Press) . Te O—Bushy. Gr: itica, N. Y., won from Joe Ry- » Brooklyn, (12). sei defeated Joknay Ceecoti, : Pa., (10). Ted Sand- won a tech- wine, Germany, Boston, HERMAN HITS A Clearwater, F' abe Herman’s batting orgy carried through yes- terday when he smacked ome run, his second in two days which aided the Brooklyn club to clear out of Clearwater with 7 to 6 victory over gaa He played in the out- BOSTON WINS THIRD St. Petersburg, Fla.—The Hug- men took a 6 to 2 beating yesterday in the last of a four-clash series, Boston won three, LUQUE GOES LIMIT Orlando, Fla.—Adolfo Luque pitched the full nine innings against ee mares gia Oriales qiztercay, lelding one run, giving its and striking out 9 batsmen. LANDIS SEES YANKS St. Petersburg, Fla.—The Braves slammed the Yanks here yesterday 6-2 despite home runs by Combs and Lazzerri. Judge Landis and President Barnard of the American League saw the encounter from the NEVERS THROWS TODAY West Palm 8 Ay Bradenton, Fla.—Lefty O’Doul’s| di tory here yesterday and the Boston lads, Russell, Wiltse and MacFay- showed even less. PELICANS GOBBLE Cleveland.—Light stick work and one bad inning by Pitcher Joe Shaute were contributions to yes- terday’s 5 to 2 beating of the In- dians by the New Orleans Pelicans at New Orleans. PIRATE TRIO SICK San Francisco.—Pie Traynor, ca tain. and third _basemén, of t! Pirates was.complaining of a sore back and throwing arm; Grimes, spitball artist, had a cold nd Glenn Wright, shortstop was ‘afflicted with overwork.” HOLM SUPPLIES PUNCH - Avon Park, Fla.—Watty Holm third baseman supplied the winning punch for the Cardinals in thei: to 3 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics yesterday. The bases full, Holm smacked a clean single scor- ing two men. ly der pitched four innings during which the Mackmen got no runs, Fort M; © he ike: ‘ort is aker res, peak two inst _the St. Louis Cardinals at Avon Park yesterday, but the Athletics lost 8 t6 3, \ WILLIAMS HITS FOUR inter Ha: "2 home run len, In this race—the| the few standard tracks in| j, a] Held Burleigh | ° ‘FIVE BIDDERS | ARE CONCEDED TITLE CHANCE Champion Pirates May Expect Opposition From Cubs, Reds, Giants and Cards Phillies Can Hope For Best,| But Many Youngsters Make Outlook Dubious BY BRIAN BELL ~* (Associated Press Sports Writer) New York, March 23.—(#)—There will be no odds-on favorite in the National League as the eight clubs start along the trail leading to a pennant at the end of September. At least half of the entries are! conceded chances to* make it a race and as close an observer of things baseball as John McGraw has called the contest “open” for five bidders. The defending champions, the Pittsburgh Pirates, may expect stern opposition from St. Louis, Chi- cago, Cincinnati and New York. On the face of the early spring returns, the other three places will be divid- ed between Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia. Many forecasters, who have made the pilgrimage to Avon park to look over the Cardinals, pxpect Bill| McKechnie’s team to résume_ the} fight with the bold buccaneers | where the same_ outfit, under Bob} O'Farrell, left off last year. Concede Private Power The Pirates are conceded to be in better position to beat back the op- position in 1928 but rooters for the! other clubs insist there is more strength in the assaulting forces. | The addition of Earl Adams to do Pittsburgh’s second basing and the resultant switch of George Grant- i ham to first base has plugged the! Pittsburgh weakness in the middle! of the infield. Burleigh Grimes’ crafty arm may also be expected to help the Pittsburghers and last j year’s pitchers are back again, with the exception of Vic Aldridge, the | Indiana schoolmaster, who may or | may not help the Giants. The Cards, too, have been strengthened, not by the addition of new players, but in improved physi- cal condition of the stock on the/ shelves. O'Farrell promises to do the catching without the handicap of a balky thumb, Hafey’s eyes have responded to treatment and| two bi legs, divided between Thevenow and Blades, are believed to be whole again. Flint Rhem will be able to pitch at the season’s opening. Alexander seems more than ever a ‘living illustration of the brook which was said to have gone on forever. The passing of Lester Bell, may leave the Cardi- nals a third base problem. View Giants Skeptically Skeptics are found who refuse to believe that the Giants who finished third last season with Hornsby at :ccond base can do better with the hard hitter doing his hitting for other club. Frank Hogan to take care of the bulk of sthe catching, TWO B's ARE QUANDARIES ,. HUSKY CREWS WORKING FOR - OLYMPIC TRY Oarsmen of Seattle Show Ter- rific Driving Power and Form in Early Season Seattle, Wash. March 23.—(?)— With the Olympic games as the ul- timate goal, the University of Washington varsity crew, three times intercollegiate rowing cham- pion, and last year second only to Columbia, is showing terrific driv- ing power and beautiful form in early season practice. Its first race is against Califor- nia here April 6. California won last year’s event. The chances of the: Huskies, | working under Al Ulbrickson, their new coach, appear unusually bright. Only three seats of the 1927 varsity chell need to be filled and Ulbrick-, son has last year’s junior varsity champions to select from with the exception of one man lost by grad- uation. With these oarsmen and a horde of last year’s freshmen, fight- ing for a seat in the first shell, the five regulars are having to exert themselves to keep their positions, Points For 3 Races The 25-year-old Washington coach who stepped into the shoes of “Rusty” Callow when Callow went to Pennsylvania at a salary purport- ed to be the hic¢hest ever paid a crew instructor, is pointing for three maces. They are the duel with California, the Intercollegiate re- gatta at Poughkeepsie and the Olympic trials. The Husky mentor’s most diffi- cult problem at present is choosing a stroke. He has four men includ- ing last season’s varsity pacer who probably could handie the first suell in a creditable manner but he hasn’t decided which one he will use. Ellis MacDonald, Hal Phil- | brick, Ray Morse and Stan Valen- tine compose the .quartet seeking the coveted seat. MacDonald stroked the varsity on the Hudson last year. Philbrick stroked the junior ‘varsity at Poughkeepsie and Morse the junior varsity against California, Valentine is a new man. Rounding into shape, the crew often takes pulls of six to eight miles on Lake Washington—open the year around—and their stroke now is being raised gradually, trials usually ending in a snappy beat of 30 or more a minute. Eastern Fives Hold Catholic Cage Edge Chicago, March 23.—(AP)—With only two first round games to be played, eastern teams today had an edge on the chase for championship honors at the National Catholic High School Basketball tournament at Loyola university. Five of the second round entries were from the east while the other nine were scattered between the west, middlewest and south. The tourney will end Sunday night. Andy Cohen as Hornsby’s successor d Jim Welsh and Frank O’Doul added to the outfield com- lement m: the major changes in icGraw’s team. The Chicago Cubs have added strongly to their offensive power by the acquisition of Hazen Cuyler, who will not be called on to hit sec- ond in the batting order, and in Gabby Hartnett they have a catcher who will run one-two in any ballot- for the best in the league. The * worries, if any, center about Cul of their gloves. Jack Hendricks, manager of Cin- cinnati, regards his team as a dark horse with red legs. Hendricks pins his hopes as a contender on improved lesa condition of long rge elly, an appendicitis victim last and added speed in the out- to be contributed by fast Ee og who have been carefully ought along and are now pro- nounced ready, he is standing pat on Me two B's, Brooklyn and Bos 0 B's, al a tm, may have race ah their ove gers Hornsby’ wi @ punel to the Braves offensive it has not known in pe and the Boston en- try si strengthen the infield and should mate well with Hornsby nd Farrell. The Redskin pitching i doubt equation. A catching crisis was solved by the return of outfield which may or may not work themselves out. The Brooklyn situation is in con- feet ‘to Hat ot eyed find if e power ve the rs some runs to work on. The Robins will flatbush fans, the rotund pilot hop- ing all the while that they will say it with bats. The Phillies, introducing a new “Old Pete” Alexan-| Mana | a SETTLING AN OLD SCORE... ‘MOORHEAD BEATS — VIRGINIA, 13 TO 12 Northfield and Fargo’s Sister City Favorites to Go to Min- nesota Cage Finals Minneapolis, March 23.—(AP)— With the field narrowec to four champior.ship contenders, the .second chapter in the stste high school bas- ketball tourney being staged at the University of Minnesote field house, will be written today. . Consolation matches will bring to- gether Thursday’s losers clearing the stage for the sccond round of \the championship. At 3 p. m., Virginia, the range’s highly touted contenders, which was forced out of the running oY Moor- head, 13 to 12. will play Excelsior and at 4 p. m. Austin and Appleton will hook up in the second match. At 8 p. m. Moohread and New {Prague will tangle for the right to |remain in tHe championship flight, and at 9 p. m. Edison, the Twin Cities’ standard bearer, will face the Northfield challenge. On the basis of Thursday’s show- ing, the official dopesters were peg- ging Northfield, led by Captain Reber, as the clzss of the field re- maining in the running for the championship. Moorhead was installed a slight favorite over New Prague by virtue ele its triumphs over the Virginia upe. To get into the semifinals of the championship round,. Northfield downed Austin, 30 to 22; Minneap- olis Edison won from Appleton, 19 to 16;,.New Prague defeated Excel- sior, 15 to 13, and Moorhead edged out Virginia, 18 to 12. re the flint of wdeclinbwerded opening round games are competing today in the championship semi- jfinals, the losers of four open- ing games play in the consolation semifinals, finals will be played at 7 p. m., at 8) p. m., the loser: of today’s cham- pionship semifinals will play for the runner-up honor, and at 9 p. m. the championship finals will take nlace. Favorites in National League Pennant Race TILDEN BEATS GEORGE LOTT Junior Coen and John Hennes- . sey Also Show Form in Davis Cup Practice Augusta, Ga. March 23.—(7)— America’s tennis experts, here in training in an effort to make the Davis cup team to meet Mexico in the first round of American zone play, are rapidly rounding into form with Big Bill Tilden, Geor, Lott, John Hennessey and W. E Coen, Jr., especially showing fine condition. Althgugh the veteran Til- den started the test play by losing to Hennessey he came right back yesterday to defeat Lott in a close match, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5, both players displaying improvement over their play at the beginning of the week. Hennessey. yesterday won from Allison in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, while Coen was beating Arnold Jones of Providence, R. I., sixth ranking player of the nation, 4-6, ~ , 6-3, 7-5, 6-4, Wray Brown of St. Louis showed improved form in belie # from Edward (Bud) Chandler, Harvard law student, 7-5, 6-2,.1-6, 6-4. 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