The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 29, 1928, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ooo OHIO BATTLER HAS BIG TEST IN LOMSKI MIX ‘Bohemian’ Lad Who Has Fought For Only One Year on Short End of Odds ee cnt eB ALA Nace sd TS | ‘LEO FLOORED LOUGHRAN Dayton Blonde Only 21 Years Old Looks to Heavyweight Title Some Day New York, March 29.—(P)—Joe Sekyra, blonde Bohemian ffm Day- ton, abel will sted his bid | hel light eavy-wei recognition st Leo Lomski It won't be long millionaire playm roundings of a training camp. @ year of fighting. alone has forced the betting odds to $ to 5 against his chances of beat- tough veteran who _ twice ‘Champion Tommy Lough- ites and go back He is Tunney Expected to Desert Millionaire Friends For Training Camp Soon wiv until Gene Tunney will have to give the air to his én July 12 or 19 and his play season ig finished. two of the best known financiers in Ne® York. At the extreme left is James I, Bush, vice president of the Equitable Trust company and one of the big money men back of Tex Rickard. In the center is Otto Kah: WILL SOON BE OVER ' s. * * to the plebelan and uncultured sur- going to fight someone in New York With him above are multimillionaire banker and philanthropist, patron of the arts and mi sic, backer of the Metropolitan Opera fit only for a Tunney intellect. Th sou Billy Barton, Owned by How- ard Bruce of Baltimore, Backed by Hundreds of Americans’ to Win Grand National Steeple Chase in Liverpool Tomorrow Livi , England, March 29.— (AP)—Hope.spelled with capitals might the middle name of sev- eral hundred Americans who came 3,000 miles to see the crack Yankee old, has lost but| steeple chaser, Billy Barton, perform rear of camp: tomorrow in what is unquestionably 0 took his mea-/the world’s biggest gamble in racing gained a draw in|—the grand national steeple chase. return engagement. He has fought| Billy Barton, owned by Howard times, including many amateur| Bruce of Baltimore, and Bargoright, battles. owned by Benjamin L. Behr of Chi- cago, are the American bred horses entered in the most grueling contest for horseflesh ever conceived by SFARCH 4S ON FOR D-MPSEY SUCCESSOR jew York, March 29.—After the 1 showii i @xand- fj stand on account 2 is on again for the young un- the rush from who will come up from no- where as Jack Dempsey did and be- come a champion and a millionaire. Numbers of youngsters nave tried and failed in the last ten years and they are still failing. Young Strib- ling looked like the “real fiud” for a while but he never be- yond a three-quarter stage. At the present time a pleasant man from Dayton, O., Joe is receiving a lot of atten- been no world heater an clamoring for seats weeks ago. m ‘fost of these yes- rvations were ‘ade by cable and “me by transat- 5 antic telephone. Yanks Flock in Mr. Bruce arrived nearly a month ago and groups of Baltimore friends ip si uent steamers so that the land metropolis will have by far the largest representation at the meet of any American city. The race, which this year is at- tracting large crowds, had a novel e begii It was conceived by a ey ere and peices, years «to. He upon the idea of a long distance struggle with the view. of attracting to his bar in the Waterloo hotel at Aintree which had been in the doldrum for years. The scheme worked, the race being a crowd win- ner from the beginning. Lynn. died a pnd Age man, in the last five years the " nsdbonagoaen has been won by an horse, but never has it beep Won by a horse bred and owned in’ America. Sergeant Murphy, owned oy. Stephen Sanford of Ams- terdam, N, Y., won in 1923 and Jack Horner, by A. C. Schwartz, New York city won in 1926. These men with another compatriot Harold Fowler are competing this year with horses bought abroad. Well Known CRACK YANKEE STEEPLE CHASER WILL BID FOR WORLD'S BIGGEST GAMBLE IN HORSEFLESH DOMAIN company and the owner of a libra Mn ngel to posed with them do ith. MOIST HURTERS FAST BECOMING BXTINCT TRIBE Renks of Once Great Galaxy of: Spitball Pitchers Dwindle to Half Dozen New York, March 29.— (AP) — Another famous tribe — the Poot pitchers of baseball —is rapidly be- coming extinct. Now that Urban Shocker has made up his mind ‘to_moisten: banknotes in his St. Louis radio shop in prefer- ence to wetting the old spheroid, the ranks of this once great galaxy of hurlers has dwindled to a mere half dozen, Only eight years ago the maj leagues decided by concurrent ac- tion to ban freak deliveries and agreed that 17 bona fide spitball ppitchers then performing in the big ‘circuits would be the only ones exempt. | Promising Fans 45 Rounds J oe Sekyra Makes Bid for Light Heavyweight Recognition Friday Fort Lincoln Fifteen Fights Will Be Listed of Boxing—Second Tourna- ment Bill Promises Eveh Better Mauling Than First —Seats in Demand By J. G. MacGREGOR Those soldier boys out at Fort Lincoln are going to battle again, Some of them may have enlisted to see the world but after watching an amateur fight card out at the post two weeks ago we have come to -the conclusion that they really joined the army to fight. Since Uncle Sam is content to use his marines in Nicaragua, China and other nations where revolutions are the favorite indoor 8) the up- and-ups at North Dakota’s regular army garrison have decided to re- lease the impounded fighting spirit in each doughboy in the boxing ring. sageaf ft £27, aa nyway, . C. Jones, a officer of ‘Fort Lincoln, announced ‘yhatnecet dl that another fight card as been billed for April 5. That's Thursday night. Remember the date,, It had been many long months since the small coterie of fight fans who attended the first card two weeks ago had seen such seateten e inaugural show R he boys ing as That was some card! weren't fighting for money. They fought for the glory of their com- any because the cards that are ing staged are held on a tourna- ment pasis and eventually one of the companies is going to be hailed as the boxing champion of the bat- tallion. Gave Everythin; In that carnival swititng gloves there were no pulled punches, were no carries or dives. Bach boy ue wile the Bide tap of the was bent on‘ winning his fight. He gave his-all. By Every one of those boys had to be almgst carried from the Have you ever tried to fast rounds? Try it and your gloves are made of arms neh hice pi some one a iron in each one of That is the way that boy battlers felt when the had sounded, Maulers Swamp There can be every ed oot aoa card next night wi as good as It will be even better, for he has been swam] cations for places on the Forty-five rounds of planned. Fifteen bouts rounds each. And each round goes three minutes. That is some cauliflower menu and it’s an evef bet that there won’t fi ice lin BS bea? aplireail uit i want to see the show. Of that number, the National had eight, namely, Bill Doak, Shufflin’ Phil Douglas, Dana Fillingim, Ray Fisher, Marvin Goodwin, Burleigh Grimes., Clarence Mitchell and Dick Rudolph. Today, only Doak th: Robins, Mitchell of the Phillies, and Grimes of the Pirates, survive. “Trio Alone Remains With the passing of Shocker of the Yankees, three of the moist ball League. When the rule was passed in 1920, there were A. Ray Caldwell, Urban Faber, Quinn, Allan Russell, Shocker Allan Sothoron, Coveleskie, now battling for a regular berth with the Yankees, Fa- ber of the White Sox and Quinn of the Athletics remain on the Ameri- can League. active list. Sothoron, formerly with the Browns, is a coach with the Cardinals. The ancient Polish heaver, Covel- eskie, has turned in two good per- formances during the softhern train- ing grind and seems assured of a. contract with-the world champions. W. Ayers, Stanley Coveleskie, H. B. Leonard, Jack Quinn Starts 25th Jack Quinn, the Methusaleh ‘of baseball, is entering his 25th year on the diamond. Now 43 years old, Quinn began tossing his puzzling spitter with the old Yankees. It is an odd twist of fate that Quinn in his early major league days had his poorest luck aggies Connie Mack’s Athletics, of whom he is at present Barton Both Billy Barton and B: right are so well known in the United States their entry attracted at- tention from the start. The best horse does not alwa: win. There are thirty obstacles four and a half mile course, and are ite of ting on start a horse is Tocuent danger o! toppled over by the herd of pers whose jockeys all song ve and are sleeping ips on wi h haar. are nm is visitors. Many. have also to witness number of starters is ween 45 and 50, scurry | ch [ Quigley on First | : @ member. Mitchell, Doak, Grimes and Faber flingers are left in the American| seem to be ready for at least an-| to Need More Seats Seating arrangements are bound to causé Lt. Jones some puzling for every one of the Bi and Man- dan fans who Were at of his friends. Where to put them? The fighters have been divided into classes. In Class II. If there and|@re not enough opponents for the eight winners then the Class III boys can challenge the Class II rs. Announcement of the participants on the card a week from tonight will in the next few days, HANDBALL MERT NEARS CLIMAX Last Year’s Champs Eliminat- ed and Fresh Upsct Senicrs in Surprise Win Semifinals in the doubles and third round games in the sii are ing played today in urnament in progress at other season but 1929 may bring| high farther reductions in the fast-thin- ning line of these moundsmen who acquircd their skill in the days when ewing tobacco was an art in itself. Vacation in Years Williamstown, Kas., March 29.— (AP; wn on his farm near here, Ernest C. Quigley, nationally known official in thi is ‘igh school. Completion of the sible today, accord! ton, who said run off on wil opening. of the baseball season for | 21-1 first vacation since 1910. Quigley’s farm is not far from ie ope here Saal wierd, former vy wei champion, used to raise It consists of 127 acres and is devoted to dairying. owning the- farm seven Plan Card for April 5 Therej availing to sto; THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1928 IN NATIONAL CAOB TOURNEY Scrappers Purple and Badger Golf Teams May Be Graced by Women Evanston, Til, March 29-— (AP)—K the University of Wisconsin enters a woman stu: dent in athletic competition this spring, it will establish a pre- eedent that North en aged ok ol fe entre} “Bette ileie pond ans sit pone tains ve ie sex among the athletes, Wi-eonsin: professor's ‘dat nes and former women’s tern golf cham is anxious for a tryout on Bacger uad. If Miss Page is e: Kenneth L. Wilson: ‘i , G TRANG FoR, Sree ONES: FOR NET REVIVAL Wimbledon, Englend, March 29. —(AP)—Eng'and is hozing for something of a renaissance in tennis, and decision has been reached h-re to send a tcam of English playcrs to the United States toward the end of the coming summer to compete in bacyl country’s national champion- ‘ips. Great Britain in the last decade bas seen French and American players romp off with cup after cup, the efforts of British players un- Beaten singles cham has the United States singles cham- ety Hol won by an English. man, ‘is was 25 years ago, and H. L. Doherty, who did the trick, also won the Davis Cup, a1 with his brother, for England for the first time. 5 . Since then the invasion of Great: Britain by American tennis stars been steady and successful. But Enclch tenia players han ) tennis ‘weak, hephanand and fruitless. The Lawn Tennis association is which 52 teams played, is one of strongest of the esstein teams, (By Tie Associated Prozs) DILKES SENT HOM3 Ai Ga.—Howard Dilkes, a semitie ‘pitcher of Philadeipaia, iets been sent home by the Giants to take treatment for sinus troubie, DODGERS SINK BRAVES Miami, Fla—The Braves were held to /@ lone bingle yesterday as the Dodgers took oif tne opener of a four-game series by 9-to 0. LAZZERI STRAINS SIDE Colorful Quints Enter of. the most cames last season due to lack of proiiciency in bunting. 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