The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 27, 1928, Page 10

rm PRACTICE TILTS SHOW RELATIVE TEAM STRENGTH McMahan Forecasts Victory by 20 Points for Bismarck High Machine MANDAN LIGHT, GREEN McLeod Says Braves Strength! Should Not Be Underesti- mated, However Scrimmage sessiops this after- noon for both teams and a light workout and signal drill tomorrow are scheduled to put the Mandan and Bismarck high school football squads in shape for their annual game Saturday. The Bismarck Demon football machine is out for revenge this year for two stinging defeats handed them last season at the hands of the Black and White outfit, and the chances are that the Morton county crew is prepared for any such :n- vasion. The first game of the double bill will be played at Mandan at the Fair Grounds. The game will be called at 3 o'clock, Mandan time. Coach Roy McLeod yesterday aft- ernoon sent his team through one of the most strenuous workouts of the year. No special team wa: picked for the scrimmage yester- day, resulting in both teams having a fair representation of the first string material. Although not exactly satisfied with the showing last Saturday when the Demons opened the season against the light, green and inex- perienced Linton team with a 90 to © win, Coach McLeod announced _ yesterday that he expected to start » the same lineup against Mandan. No changes in position are anti ‘ pated. , McLeod yesterday was training Spriggs in the kicking de- rtment while O'Hare, Potter, inders and Larson were used to carry the ball. landan Inexperienced Bismarck has a number of per- + formers from last year this sea- son to show their abilities on the gridiron. Mandan will be weak for the lack » of experienced material. MacDon- + ald is the only old man in the back- ld for Mandan. Fleck, last sea- 4 son’s end, who sustained a cracked * shoulder in the game with Was + burn Saturday, will probably be in * the game, although his injury has + kept him from practice this week, _ according to Leonard McMahan, the Braves mentor. | Besides Fleck and MacDonald, ) McMahan has Ellison Toman, last - year’s tackle and Vosika, guard. The rest of his team will be com- eter of men who have never been in me in their. lives. Bismarck football fans remember ' well the outcome of last year’s en- counters with the Mandan aggrega- tion when the Morton lads subdued the Demons 13-0 and 14-6. Mandan also copped one game the year be- ) fore by a decisive score and tied an- other, 14 all. This year, howev different story, fans / agree. Even McMahan, the Braves’ mentor, has himself conceded Satur- "day’s game to the Demons. He ‘says the local performers have at ; least a 20 point advantage over his | proteges. EY Both teams have won one e each this season, although these test games were not so encouraging (asthe scores would indicate. They P green and inexperienced ms, Bismarck winning from Lin- pfton 90 to 0 and Mandan emerging Wietorious from an encounter with Washburn by a score of 41 to 0. 3 Reserve Strength Fair It was during the Mandan-Wash- n game that Fleck, the flashy f idan end, was injured which added to the weakness of the Man- dan mage for the Saturday game 5 the Demons. Both teams have plenty of re- material. Twenty-eight men d for the Demon workout day, and the Braves were rep- ed on the field with the ap- of a squad of about 24 : é mt a fine codched machine. ir strength should not be under- ited, said the Demon mentor At the same time, it is d out, Bismarck will put a im on the field that has worked together and one that will be to down. ndan, despite of Sot et will | Demons Out for Revenge i THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Here are the four Nodak tutors, Northwestern. North Dakota’s New Coaches specialists all. On the left is C. A. West, football coach, track coach, and general boss of the North Dakota ath- letic ranch. Next to him is C. L. Starbeck, who already has a great following among the North Dakota players. He is a line coach, and a good one. Then come, C. W. Letich, basketball coach and freshman foot- ball instructor, and last but not least, as the trite saying goes, Tiny Lewis, all-western, some time ago at These four gentlemen already have a worthy. football team, the fans think, at North Dakota, and it will be interesting to see how it stacks up against such foes as Carleton, Morningside and South Dakota State, three October opponents at Memorial Stadium. Cubs Do Final Dash in Pennant Race Begins Today; Yankees Seek Sixth Pennant With Five Games at Detroit; Giants Face Cubs for Four Games (By Associated Press Sports Writer) The mad drama portrayed by base- ball in the season of 1928 sweeps into its final scene, where the great climax must be reached by nightfall on Sunday. It is decreed that on that date the curtain must drop on the current extravaganza, but it may be the this latest spectacle provided by the master dramatists of the ame will yet eclipse anything that las_gone on before The Yankees have dragged them- selves into Detroit with some trep- idation regarding the final five ames of the season, for all of the t that three victories will put them where they cannot be caught, even if the embattled Mackmen suc- ceed in taking four straight from the White Sox. Many things have hap- pened to the Yankees in the last three unhappy (for them) months, and they won't believe this sixth pennant until they can feel it. On the other side of the stage, the master showman of all prepares for the final stirring scenes designed to give its actors the front and cen- ter. John Josenh McGraw has no hundred million fans praying for his success, but he gets there just the same. He has made himself wealthy on the eood-natured (or not) hate of baseball fajlowers outside of New York, and yet he enjoys giving them hie other things for which to hate ‘im more, The Giants, now only half a game behind the Cardinals as a result of Dazzy Vance’s brilliant victory in Brooklvn yesterday, are face to face with the Cubs for four engagements, beginning with a doubleheader this afternoon, and a pennant hangs upon every pitch. The Cubs remained theoretically in the running yesterday by taking a parting shot at the Phillies by 8 to 3 while the Cardinals were losing, 4 they plan to fight the Giants td enough at least to keep John McGraw’s boys out of the flag, even Shough they realize it no longer is possible for Chicago effort to be rewarded with a championship. The Cardinals at times this sea- son have shown suspicious symptoms of reaching the same state of dol- drums achieved by the Yankees against everybody but the Athletics in the last three months. Something ng that Mandan will offer n resistance to their charges ‘while not over-confident by any ins, the Demons will go into the expecting to win. Mandan, will enter with the same deter- and any one believing of these two teams will be to down will have another coming. With lidlifters last with the mentors of the two ma- did not have much chance to } out their rough spots, ir, those that were brought = initial play, have been considera! the that attention lighter and weaker] ful always has held them up. Would tensed nerves be able to stand the strain if the Giants should win out today and tie the Redbirds, who are Powerless to win more than of The desperation, if a to the St. Louis situ: moment was brought about yester- day afternoon upon the chilly teaches of Ebets field. The disgrace- misconduct 6f certain Robins, notably Dazzy Vance and Gink Hen- drick, toward their betters is to! blame for it all. Brooklyn defeated St. Louis 6 to 1. _ euat ae teerican, eames teams e a day off yesterday in an- Rerretes of the final surge sched- to begin this afternoon. Rochester, N. Y., Showers and cont ws was fore- and cast for the second game of the + 27.—{P)— 1 we 7 of cool weather Three Wins Will Cinch Flag tor Yanks; wn Phillies; Robins Beat Cards CARDS-ATHLETICS BEST FORTIFIED FOR WORLD SERIES PITCHING DUELS Of Four Leading Pennant Con- tenders Yankees and Giants Are Weakest in Box Mate- rial—Mainstays Fell Effects of Overwork BY ALAN J. GOULD (Associated Press Sports Editor) New York, Sept. 27.—(#)—A fam- ous manager once declared pitching to be sixty. per cent of the world’s series battle. Most of the champion- ship history bears this out, punc- tuated as it has béen- by the feats of Mathewson, Coombs, Babe Adams, Chief Bender, Coveleskie, Johnson, Alexander and Pennock. No matter how the stirring pen-! nant races finish there should be a number of pitching thrills, whether it turns out that Larry Benton faces Waite Hoyt or Lefty Grov or whether old Pete Alexander matches his cunning with old Jack Quinn or George Pipgras. All four of the pennant contend- ing clubs have great sharpshooters but the Cardinals and Athletics have expended more on their moundsmen than either the Giants or Yankees. Both the Cards and A’s have a wealth of box material while the two New York clubs have had to rely on two or three stars. The Yankee staff, in fact, has been pretty well shot to pieces this year and even its are fecling the effects of over-work. Won 25 Games Larry Benton’s great twirling did as much as any single factor to keep the Giants in the race. He has won 25 games. He had a lot of help most of the year from Freddy Fitz- simmons, who has won 20, but late- ly Fitz has fallen off, being unable to fish the last two games he has started. To the rescue has come young Karl Hubbell, the sensational Texas League recruit, who beat the league-leading Cardinals twice in a row last week. Hubbell has real i o along with his pitching ‘e will bear watching if he gets a chance to work in the series. Joe Genewich and Jack Scott, who was a hero of the 1922 series for the Giants, are in the second line of Mc- Graw’s pitching defense. The Cardinals have three veterans in Alexander, Sherdel and Haines who know what the world’s series battle is all about. Old Alex has earned a place alongside Bender as one of the greatest “money pitchers” of all time. If the Cards win out it would not be, sur} ig to see these three bear the entire pitching bur- den, with Clarence Mitchell, Flint Rhem and a few others in reserve. Wil Miss Herb Pennock The Yankees, if they stick to the top, will miss Herb Pennock’s crafty left arm in the big battle. He hasn't Pitched since late August and prob- ably won’t be able to do so again this pest It is a bad break for the Fox-breeder. of Kennett Square, tco, for he has won five aged and nev- er met defeat in competition, a record he shares with Jack Coombs, Wilcy Moore, who i tor in the 1927 triumphs o! Yankees, also is out of action, ting all the more ‘burden on “little world series” here today. In- dianapolis won yesterday's game 3 eagle Bes Std i rr si id for the American and Their Stadium HAWKEYES AND BADGERS RIVAL BIG 10 LEADER Both Teams Show Great Strength With Season Just Begun ILLINOIS IS WKRAKER t FLICKERS MEET CARLETON NEXT North Dakota Huskies Face First Big Test of Season on Oct. 6 Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 27.—(#) —The first practice tilt of the sea- son against Manitoba out of the way, Coach West and his University of North Dakota huskies are polishing up their attack this week in prepar- ation for the game with Carleton college here October 6, The Carleton game is considered by coaches of the football squad as ne of the hardest games on the No- dak schedule. The Nodaks were smothered un- der a 27 to 0 score by Carleton at Northfield, Minn., late last season Minnesota and Michigan Also Suffer from Effects of Graduation BY DR. C. W. SPEARS Coach University of Minnesota Football in the Western Confer- ence will be quite up to standard this year in material and in high quality of play, but the alignment of strength is likely to be consider- ably altered from 1927. Michigan rag Minnesota, two of the more suc- cessful teams last year, are the most damaged by the loss of de- pendable players. Indiana and Pur- due, two teams that have been a tle backward in other seasons, gained the momentum last year which promises to carry them to the front rank in 1928. Illinois is, of beta the outstand- ing team in any preliminary specu- lation. Bob Zuppke’s team of 1927 was essentially a sophomore and junior team so perfectly balanced in line and backfield and so ably coached that it finished its season without a defeat and was conceded the Big Ten championship. What is more it was rated, or deserved to have been rated, with the two or three greatest teams of the season. Illinois suffered few losses from graduation and starts with 20 vet- erans including Crane, an All-Amer- ican guard, Nowack, an All-Western tackle, Timm, an All-Western back, and other experienced men. A vet- eran team that has already won a championship, its prospects are ex- ceedingly bright Next to Illinois, the most hopeful groups appear to be at Wisconsin and Iowa. Reports come of abundant new material to add to squads that remain fairly intact from 1927 and squads that, toward the end of 1927, were beginning to show great pow- er. Wisconsin had a big, fast, rangy line last year but lacked backfield power and experience. The line re- mains. Rebholtz and Rose, two great natural backs, will have the plunging of Smith, a sophomore, to help round out a strong attack. Wis- consin should have its best team in several years. Towa also had an immense and powerful liwe°in 1927 and this year’ brilliant: strengthens its backfield with Mc- Lean, the 230-pound plunger. As a member of the Haskell team he was the highest scorer in the country two years ago. McLean will be sup- ported by Armil and Glascow, both good backs with experience, and by Gensvold, who was outstanding as a quarterback on the freshman tea: Purdue will be another dangerous team if Jimmy Phelan van find a line of average strength to help a backfield which may turn out to be the strongest in the Big Ten. “Pest” Welch, 190 pounds and fast, but fans here are expecting a hard battle when the two teams meet this season. Delegations of fans from many ints in this state and Minnesota fave already made reservations for the game, and athletic officials of the university are expecting one of the largest crowds of the season. “Crookston Day” will be celebrated reliables, such as Hoyt and Pipgras,| 8 the Carleton game and a large number from that part of the Gopher state are expected. In Sohave and Jarrett, speedy sophomores who are playing their first year on the varsity eleven, the Nodaks feel that they have two men who can match the work of the Carleton huskies. In the Manitoba i » won by the No- daks 63 to 4, Schave scored three touchdowns in the third quarter and reeled off 210 yards in 10 tries from scrimmage. The Flickertail lineup for the Carleton game will be strengthened by the return of Mike Knauf, reg- ular quarter last year, who joined the squad recently. Coach West now has a versatile yy of backfield material with which to form an of- fensive. : ~ Besides Schave and Jarrett, back- field men who stood out in the open- ing game included Paul Boyd, big fullback, Cy Kahl and Buck Thore- son, newcomers on the varsity squad. All three put in their time at the fullback position and are big fel- lows with plenty of power and block- ing soils, ud Lux and Carmen House, let- termen from last year, and Thorlief- son, a sub last season, also showed well in the backfield. In the line, ‘Willis Shepard, captain, and Austin Smith, at the end positions, gave food = accounts of themselves. ten and Kotchain, guards, and Showers and Vern Smith gave promise of developing into a capable pair of tackles. If my totel wealth were 2 nickel Td buy Little Tom and go broke— For a nickel’ s a 's only should be one of the season’s out- standing a fect ~=man und whom to build a versatile ick, for he can kick or pass and is a remarkable ball carrier. “Welch will have Carraway, a Prep school- mate, and Harmeson, a heady quar- terback, to help him. Chicago Needs an Offense Pat Page was getting ready in 1927 with a big and scrappy but somewhat gteen team for a great season in 1928 and there is every reason to believe he will have it. Certainly it will be Indiana’s best team. Pas ‘draws upon a splendid freshman squad to round out a {team that lost few regulars. In Bennett he has o truly great back and, in Mathew, an exceptional man in a well balanced line. His team will be hard to beat. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 192s of course, will be Notre Dame. This year Marquette also will rank near the top. Rockne has 22 monogram men back and excepting for the need of developing some new ends to help Colrick, who is one of the best, he has men of more or less experience for every position. 1 Niemiec is a great back who can kick, pass and run. The Notre Dame passing suffered last year be- cause he was out when Flanagan. was in as Niemiec was Rockne’s best passer. This year Niemiec will be a regular and the forward passes will fly to the mark in every game Notre Dame lays. Chevigny, another halfback, is ex- ceptionally fast and the best defen- sive back I saw last season. Elder, the sprinter, is about to do sensational work on the gridiron. Stagg started with a sophomore team at Chicago three years ago and has it ready to play football for him now. It was a powerful team near the end of last season. Chi- cago has always had a strong de- fense but has lacked backfield pow- er in some seasons, This year, how- ever, Libby and Anderson are backs around whom a strong attack can be built. Northwestern lost heavily from its line by graduation and said a reluctant farewell to Lewis and Gustafson, both of whom were bril- liant backs, but the backfield re- placements are said to be more th-n adequate. Fisher, an end, and John-, son, a tackle, are gone but Dart is a powerful man around whom to build a line and Hanley, Coach Dick Han- ley’s brother, will doybtless give Northwestern the best field gener- alship it has had in several seasons. Holmer, Levison and Calderwood are These are only,a few of the men with one or two years of experi- ence from whom Rockne should be able to build a typical Notre Dame team. In the line the Irish will be stronger at center, almost’ as strong at guard and a bit stronger at tackle. The ~ backfield will be stronger defensively than it was last year and practically’ as strong offensively in spite of the loss of} Flanagan. Marquette starts with one of the country’s greatest all-round backs in Captain Gebert, a big fellow, who can do everything brilliantly. Crow- ley, Corbett and Waschick are also dependable backs. Ten linemen who had experience last year will be back and the best information obtainable is that the ,oncoming sophomores are of exceptional class. Several of them will pass last year’s regulars for starting positions. good backs who will be better for the experience they have had and Bruder is a sophomore back who was considered one of the best prep school backs ever developed in the state of Illinois. Yost Lost His 1927 Star Ohio State loses some veterans, but retains some of the best includ- ing Raskowski, an All-America tackle, and Huston and Grimm, wh: would stars in any backfield. Some strong replacements will be needed, however, to make that team @ strong contender. Michigan lost ‘etal all of its great team of 1927. The key men in that team were Gilbert, the west’s best punter and an exception- al forward passer, Oosterbaan, a great leader and an end whose equal may not appear anywhere for a sea- son or two, and Baer, an All-Amer- ica guard. These men are gone and, with them, many other veterans. Rich and Miller remain as a sound foundation for a strong backfield and m4 iis has ve eicsnli = strength. ‘ichigan has a great dea! of building to do and must depend rather heayily. upon new material. Minnesota, like Michigan, suffers severely from losses by graduation. Four regular backs, Joesting, Alm- quist, Nydahl: and Riddell are gone and the line has lost: MacKinnon, a center;~ h @*powerful tackle, and Hanson, one of the best guards in the country last year. In all 15 lettermen are lost, men of more or less experience re- main to make ‘a moderately good line but line reserves are lacking and Barnhart alone remains of the first string backs, Minnesota’s re- | Placements must come, in the main, from the reserves of 1927, for the posers. squad is somewhat below grade. Don’t Think Rockne Is Weak | Outside of the Western Confer- ence, the stronges’: team in the west, Enough | 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE RH ‘ +» 8 12 Philadelphia 3 6 0 Malone id Hartnett; Walsh, Ring, McGraw and Lerian. R Chicago . H St. Louis 1 6 7 é nd Wilson; Vance and Deberry. Others not scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Open date. LITTLE-WORLD ms ee Indianapolis Rochester . Swetonic and Gowdy. WESTERN LEAGUE PLAYOFF Oklahoma City 9, Tulsa 10. —— SS , | Major Leaders ’ 1 seseeeee 2 18° 4 Spencer; Keen and (By .The. Assoicated Press) National SEs Braves, .391, uns—P. Waner, Pirates, 140. bie batted in—Bottomley, Cards, Hits—P, Waner, Pirates, 223, Doubles—P. Waner, Pirates, 51. i r, Pirates; Bot- Homers—Bottomley, Cards, 31, Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 36. Pitching—Benton, Giants, won 25, lost 8. American Batting—Goslin, Senators, .376. Runs—Ruth, Yanks, 153. , Runs: batted *in—Ruth, Gehrig, Yanks, 137. t n Traditional Clash at Mandan Saturday Conference Squads Are Ready for Action as Practice Season Closes NODAK HUSKIES | MEET JIMMIES IN CINCH GAME South Dakota Outfit Plays Two Games With Southern Normal and Yankton AGGIES MEET VIKINGS Morningside College Practices for Hard Tussle With Da- kota Wesleyan (By The Associated Press) Practice games over for two members of the North Central foot- ball conference, and one team the etter for a real fight, coaches from five conference teams are warming up their squads for the official opening of the race this week-end. Mentors of the University of South Dakota, North Dakota State College and the University of North Dakota are anticipating easy vic- tlh leh Sper ete and they are inning to utilize the games to the st benefits of their trams, At the South Dake™ institution, Coach Montgomery plans to put all his reserves into action against the Southern Normal and hold the reg- ulars back for action later in the Coaches of the two North Dakota squads plan to bring out many of their huskies and candi- dates for regular berths for action under actual fire. Two ieee have been scheduled by Coach Montgomery of the South Dakota state outfit, one with the Southern Normal tomorrow and the heb host in hong enlace ye games wi on the Vermilion field. aad The University of North Dakota will tt one more limbering-up game before going into action with the Carleton college squad at Grand Forks October 6. It will meet the Jamestown cogs eleven on the Grand Forks grid Saturday in what E enthusiasts at the Nodak institution term a good workout. The state college is ex- pected to have little or no trouble with the Valley City college squad, its Ha nets on the Fargo athletic field Saturday afternoon. Although it will be the first game for the Ag- gies this year, Coaches Finnegan and Borleske are anticipating an easy afternoon of it, but are trim- ming their huskies into shape for ‘@janything the Valley City outfit might have. The coaches are work- in 2 ire line os now, in an effort 0 e wei speeded up. With one game under its bc It, Morningside college of Sioux Ci.v, Towa, will be idle over the week-end, but practice work is going on every day in preparation for the hard tussle with Dakota Wesleyan at Sioux City October 6. 4 Hits—Manush, Browns, 233. Doubles—Manush, Browns, 47. Triples—Combs, Yanks, 21. Homers—Ruth, Yanks, 50. Stolen bases—Myer, Red Sox, 28. 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