The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1928, Page 6

PAGE SIX. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1928 Four Teams Have Big Ten Chance, According to ‘If’ Reasoning 'Gobhers BADGERS MUST DOWN GOPHERS TO GRAB TITLE Two Elevens Meet at Madison Saturday in 38th Contest Between Two MINNESOTA FAVORED Cuppke Eleven Is Quite Con- fident of Win Over Ohio State Machine Chicago, } #)—By com binations of reasoning, four teams have a chance either to tie tr win undisputed possession of the Big Ten football championship in Saturday's grand finale. Four times since 1896, the race has ended in a triple tie, but never} have four teams been deadlocked at the pinnacle. Indefeated even through it 3 dule, Wisconsi ad the we to win the eted title ing Minnesota in the game “sui- innesota - Wisconsin game, the thirty-eighth between the rivals, will be witnessed by a capacity crowd of 45,000 at Camp Randall, Madison. Coach Glen Thistlethwaite| gave his men a light workout last night, but plans to give them four a of scrimmages starting night. Every Badger is in good con-| dition excspt Bill Lusby, halfback and hero of the Iowa game but he| will be in the Minnesoat game. Minnesota will enter the game} without Wayne Kakela, its veteran tenter, but Captain George Gibson ill be back at guard. The Gophers are laying a defense against Wis-| consin’s passing attack and bolster-| ng their running attack. Coach Bob Zuppke of Illinois at last is satisfied with his first string eleven and plans to make no changes for the first time this season. So decisive was the Illini attack against Chicago that Zuppke is quite confident, for once, of a vic- tory over Ohio State. With Saturday’s game the last for its coach, Jac': Wilce, Ohio State im a send-off by to- downing Illinois. Northwestern may rely on an aerial attack to beat Dartmouth, al. though the easterners have a power- ful forward passing game of their own, Purdue and Indiana will throw their full front against cach other in their traditio1 battle Saturday. SPEARS CLAIMS GOPHERS LIGHT Minneapolis, Nov. 20.—(AP)— Coach Clarence Spears of Minnesota contends that his team is not the heaviest but one of the lightest elevens in the Big Ten. “The colored effect of the forms our players wear have al provided an optical illusion,” Spears said, “and year after year, Minneso- ta is referted to by sports writers as having one of the heaviest if not the heaviest team in the nation.” The Gophers weigh less per man than Wisconsin, its final opponent Saturday, Coach Spears said. JIM MULLEN IN GOOD STANDING Chicago, . Nov Mullen, Chicago's Promoter, was uni- 20.—(AP)—Jim leading boxing yack in good standing with the state athletic commission today, but expensively equipped loop gymnasium has been taken over by Dave Barry, former Canadian lightweight champion. Barry will reopen the gymnasium tomorrow and will give special at- tention to amateur boxing. Mullen was suspended by the com- mission for failure to pay the cus- tomary state tax following the re- cent Dave Shade-Rene De Vos bout. He explained he forgot to pay be- cause he was busy in the political campaign. His gymnasium was closed by creditors, RATZLAFF WILL VIE WITH LIGHT Minneapolis, Nov. 20.—()—Two Seem to Have Jinx Following Them | An excellent means of propulsion is this if you want to get somewhere in a hurry, but the trail of smoke and flame that it leaves precludes the chance of using the rocket attachment on your town car or the kiddies’ tricycle. Captain George White is shown at the top with his motorcycle, powered only by the 20 rockets you see mounted on the side car. These, when lighted, produce the effect shown below, when the nervy rider tried out the device on the New York velodrome, Phat Willie Meehan, Conqueror of Jack Dempsey Three Times When in His Prime, and Jack McMann, North Dakota Champion, Talk It Over Two exponents of the heavyweight boxing ring, the first being one who looks back upon his record and who ‘was once an international figure, the other being North Dakota’s young champion who is seeking a future, met behind the curtains of a legiti- mate stage here and grasped hands last night. The first was Phat Willie Mechan, former ’Frisco and United States Navy scrapper, who won three de- cisions over Jack Dempsey when the latter was in his prime. The latter was Jack McCann, the man who has a resemblance to Jack Dempsey, who is getting ready to open his winter campaign under the management of Leo P. Flynn, New York city. The two men had met for the first time five years ago on the Pacific coast when McCann was doing a little fighting out there. What they were talking about, behind the scenes, is “nobody's busi- ness,” they said. McCann claimed that they were talking of old times, but Meehan pleasantly disagreed with him, and said that they were planning something good. What was Willie doing here? Is Property Man The former recognized champion of them all is now the property man traveling with the dramatic produc- tion “Appearances.” Today he is 33 years old, and though he is port- ly, he says he is not nearly as fleshy as he was when he was in his box- ing prime. Interested in fighting he is, but he said would never make the mistake of trying to pick the next wearer of the world’s boxing crown, “None of them are very good, the new contenders,” Willie said. “Jack Dempsey was the best champion of them all. I was greatly disappoint- ed when he didn’t stop Gene Tunney the last time. Gene never was as good a man as the Manassa Maul- er.” “Did I ever fight Dempsey? I should say I did. I fought that baby six times and he was plenty tough. I won the decision three times. He took me twice. The other one was called a draw. “Wanta know something about bouts, each of which would be be a headliner under ordinary circum- share the interest of fans boxing program here Herman Ratzlaff of Minot and Billy Light of St. Paul had the top- notch aoa. ae Lagpo Abas until ie ‘ommy lo agreed to fight their way out of the hole into which they fell when their last “ehut, © Mill City fighter, aod hi a Mi y fighter, and his he Sete opponent, have been laced in the semi-windup bout, of- it their mix is rated by as having as much inter- The Phat hoy. last | tighter of all time, it is said, my record? Here it is.” And the fat boy pulled out a book of memoirs, newspaper clippings, that was almost a foot thick. “That's only half of them,” he said. “But it will give you a pretty good idea of my record.” Was Navy Fighter _ Willie, the book revealed, was a Sener in the United States Navy, being stationed at San Francisco in Prime, 1917 and 1918, He won over Dempsey in December, 1918. That was his last important fight. Meehan never would fight a negro. Nor would he fight anyone who was not paling te turn part of his purse over to the fund to aid injured ex- servicemen. He was called “moth- boy”, because he was just her. kiddie.” was the strangest e is sbout five feet eight inches in it, His girth is almost as great he says he has started out, he was de- a.clown fighter. He drew ‘And fe, ened the ‘fans im ( | | | [i errr i Fights Last Night Oe?) TWO EXPONENTS OF HEAVYWEIGHT RING CLASP HANDS BEHIND STAGE CURTAINS dinner. He labeled it “Willie Mee- han in Training.” Sailors Respected Him But the sailor buddies of the form- {er grand man, respected him, backed him, and always wanted to see him fight. And he says he did his best always to come through on top to prove he was deserving the moral support they gave him. Willie has a cauliflowered ear to remind him of his 300 battles in the | ring. Before and after the show last night, he was busy taking care of the scenery. And he is happy in his work. He says he is much happier now than he was when he was fight- ing. le is making more money, is allowed more pleasure, and he likes to travel, he said. 4 McCann arrived here last night from Sanger to talk to Willie. Jack has just returned from the Twin Cities for a few days rest and he is planning to return soon. He has fights pending with Dick Daniels, Minneapolis, and Ralph Alexander, Waterloo, Ia., on some future Min- neapolis card. Jack says he is in the best of shape. He has been working out in St. Paul gymnasiums for three weeks with Honeyboy Finnegan and several other light heavyweights. “Except for a slight cold which I caught on the train coming home, I have never been in better fightin shape than I am today,” the Nort! Dakota champion said. ROCKNE ORDERS TEAM T0 REST South Bend, Ind., Nov. 20.—(P)— Knute Rockne has egain ordered the rest cure for his shocked “shock troops” of Notre Dame. The Ramblers, who have had to carry the full burden this season because of the weakness of the re- serves, are underweight and badly bruised. Rockne plans to give them a rest until Thursday. They will leave Sunday night for their grid- iron battle with the undefeated Uni- versity of Southern California eleven. 2 (By the Associated Press) Philadelph tinez, Spain, Murphy, Billy Wallace, Clev pointed Jackie Pilkington, New York (10). Tony Ascencio, Philadel phi May, Sava Ne (10), Johnny Mc- y, Ind., given Hunt, Indian- apolis (1). Augusta, Ga.— Abe Lucky, Augusta, knocked out Herbert (“Baby”) Stribling, Macon, Ga. (7). Jack Ryan, St. Paul, knocked out Bil} Morris, Au- gusta (6). New York—Kid Chocolate, Cuba, knocked . cut Jackie Schweizter, New York (6). Ruby Goldstein, New York, sto, Al ant, Newark, a ales ” Oil City, Pa—Bucky Lawless, Syracuse, N. Y., outpointed ‘oung Saylor, Charleroi, Pa. 10). 5 ofa Seis "het Forb Chieage. 2). Kenneth Shuck, Louis: » AY rae ed Frankie Buff; (8). Watts, Atlanta, oft expend 4 ‘Sam New York (10). Rockne Says Good Team Encouraging ‘| the schvol as a who! Mr. Knute Rockne thinks so. And, like everything else this noted foot- ball coach thinks and says, it is worth paying attention to. “A winning team helps the schol- astic standing of the whole school,” he observed here recently. “When the team is winning, the student | body moves along in its studies with zip and pep, but when the team is losing the students slump in their scholastic work.” JACK DENYING FIGHTING PLAN Salt Lake Ci Reentering the ring where jevent of a fight card here last night. He called the engagement between Adrian Elton of Salt Lake and Dave Popp of Denver a draw. The Manassa Mauler, who stopped joff here to visit his parents before returning with his wife to the coast, was given a tremendous ovation. He told newspapermen that while he was keeping in good shape, he would not fight again. “I want to get out while I’m whole,” he said. PREP GRIDDER DIES OF HURT New York, Nov. 20.—(AP)—The death yesterday of Mark Carey, Follansbee, W. Va. high school player, was the 15th fatal injury of the current football season. during a football game against Chester high school. Blood poison- ing developed and the boy, who was 16, died yesterday. Of the 15 fatal accidents, only three involved college _ players. These were Miles Fox, of the Naval academy eleven; James Fenton of Holy Cross, and Leo Goodreau, of Villanova. All the other victims to Diligent Study South Bend, Ind., Nov. 20.—Does a football team net the studies of fe? ov. 20.—(AP_| he} jfought in preliminaries years ago| Jack Dempsey refereed the main} Carey suffered a blistered heel]. HEAVY OUTRIT | LOST 3 GAMES BY LONE POINT Fumbles Have Raised Particu- lar Havoc With Dr. Spears’ Eleven ROBBED OF Chuck Palmer and Oran Pape Are Latest to Crash Ma- roon Hopes VICTORIES By BILLY EVANS There seems to be some sort of jinx following Dr. Spears’ Minne- sota elevens these days. For just when the Gophers apparently are well on tleir way to success they do a complete dipsy-dew. And for, it Would seem, no good reason at all. Take this year’s team, for in- stance. Minnesota, early in the cam- Paign, looked the team to beat in order to cop the Western Conference title. Then came that 62-yard last- minute gallop by Pape of Iowa, which turned a 6 to 0 Gopher lead into a 7 to 6 defeat. The following week the Gophers appeared a pop-eyed cinch to win from Northwestern. It was just a matter of bow many points the Northmen would score, apparently. But when the smoke of conflict had blown away it was the Purple and not Minnesota that was on the long end of a 10 to 9 count. Have Lost Chance Those two reverses, obviously, put the Gophers out of the running in- sofar as any Big Ten title hopes are concerned; a situation which even the most pessimistic Minnesota fol- lower wouldn’t have dared to pre- dict when the season got under way. Last year with the great Joesting in the lineup, the men of the North appeared a sure bet for the Big Ten crown. And they would have won it, too, but for that unexpected tie with Indiana. Figured to trip the Hoos- iers by a 40 to 0 count, the Gophers eo to be content with a 14-14 ver- ict. Two seasons back they had a chance to share the title, or at least were high school or sand lot play- ers, HARVARD COACH SAID THROUGH Boston, Nov. 20.—(P)—The Bos- ton Post says today that it has be- come a generally accepted fact at Harvard that Arnold Horween, of Shicego, head coach of football, will Yale next Saturday. Although no official action has been taken, the Post says it is ex- peeted that Eddie Casey, all-Amer- ican halfback in 1919 and for the |last three years head coach of as many remarkable Harvard freshmen teams, will succeed his chief. Harvard freshmen under Casey have met but one reverse since he took charge in 1926 and their vic- tories have included three straight wins over Yale. * HUNT LOSES IN ° Blackwell, -Okla., Nov. 20.—(#)— Babe Hunt of Ponca City, Okla., who has a long string of one- and two- round knockout fights to his credit and who is regarded as a coming heavyweight contender, has met his master out of the ring, and today has a permanent memento of the en- counter. A knife gash, extending from Hunt’s mouth to his left ear, which jdirect the team for the last time at|® ROUGH, TUMBLE}: keep their old rivals, Michigan, off the top. But after outplaying the Wolverines for 58 minutes of the game, a fumble gave the Yostmen a touchdown and victory, 7. Fumbles, by the way, have raised [orice havoc with the Gophers. e miscues, it seems, always pop out at the most inopportune times. That's how the Purple won the other Saturday, Calderwood picking up a Gopher fumble and racing 75 yards for what proved to be the winning touchdown. . Should Have Won wasn’t the first time, either, a Minnesota miscue has helped orthwestern aggregation. I re- call the famous 7 to 7 tie played be- tween these schools in 1922. The Gophers had much the better team that day and with but a few minutes to play had a lead of 7 to 0 and the ball deep in Purple territory, Led af Earl Martineau, famous back of those days, Minnesota reached the foe’s three-yard line. Another touchdown and _ victory seemed certain. But on the next play the ball-carrier fumbled just as he crossed the final line. Chuck Palmer, Northwestern star, picked up the bounding oval and cantered 102 yards for a touchdown. Goal was kicked and Minnesota could get nothing more than a tie against a team it outclassed by two touch- iowns, Minnesota probably has lost more games on last-minute rallies than any other team in the Big Ten dur- ing the last few seasons. Fumbles played a big part, t The one-point defeat also has been a bugaboo to the Gophers. In their last three setbacks the Northmen have been dropped by single-point margins—by Michigan, 7 to 6, in 1926; Iowa, 7 to 6, and Northwest- ern, 10 to 9, this campaign, ~ + will keep him from the ring for two months, always will recall to the heavyweight that he lost an argu- ment over the right of way on a bridge to an enraged farmer here lastnight. Hunt’s car sideswiped a wagon driven by Jim Vickers, 40, a farmer. A companion of the fighter jumped from the car end seized the farmers’ horses, while Hunt himself ap- proached the driver. Vickers, who said he feared a beating, went into a knockout blow early in the opening round. He was arrested, but Hunt said he did not wish to prosecute. Former High School Buddies Will Meet as Opponents Soon Los Angeles, Ca! Nov. 20—Boon companions of high school days will find themselves grid opponents here on Dec. 1 when Southern California plays Notre Dame. rancis Tappaan, Trojan end, and Johnny O’Brien, the young man whose leap for a pass brought a touchdown and fame ini Army, are the yours men in mind. Tappaan, in high school played one tackle and O’Brien the other. They were the best of friends, being con- stantly together. uae Tt eine te," ime for ge ai ‘appaan choosing the Trojan school and O'Brien the Irish school. the and O’Brien, 17 is used by Rockne,~will ploy against Tap- paan. HAVE ADDED THE PUNCH thinks that action with his pocketknife to deliver apy Disqualification Means Nothing to This French Hare Paris, Nov. 20.—()—Sera Martin, the world’s 800 meters running rec- ord holder, undeterred by the dis- ualification of the French Amateur thletic Federation, forbidding him 10 taki and organizers to use him in amateur athletic meets, con- tinues to particleate in sthletiea, He ars in better form than at Amsterdam. “You can’t run!” shouted Secre- tary Pierre Mericamp at Martin at @ recent meet. “We will disbar you for life. You simply can’t run.” “Can't I though?” replied Martin, ee Sit watch me.” 4 en he went in and broke the French record for 500 meters, turn- ing se ae 8-5. The former record was 1.05, ‘TOM M cIcA or other, m Ten circles ing placing one end above the general run of wingmen this season. But that shouldn't be so hard, says Robin Bell, who played end for Ohio State last “This Bill Fesler, with Ohio State, looks to me like one of the best around this section for a long time,” he says. weight, he would be than Benriy Oosterbaan was.” And, to be opinion. of many critics—that Fesler, although only a sophomore, stands out as one of the best ends in the Western Conference this year. One of the latest seekers of fistic honors in this country from abroad is Dod Oldfield, shown here, arrived recently with the reputation of b ing one of the best flyweights of Enel land. one and he is expected to get lots of work here in the next few months. ARGENTINE HAS His record is a good UPSET RECORDS Buenos Aires, Nov. 20.—()—The Argentine Olympic swimmer Alber- to world’s record for 400 meters back- stroke, swimming the distance in five minutes and 47 2/5 seconds. The previous record held by the Belgian swimmer G. minutes, 59 second: Billy Light Matched With Gorilla Jones Zorrila yesterday broke the St. Paul, Nov. 2 End, Bids for Post Columbus, 0., Nov. 20.—Somehow round Big difficulty ear, “If he had a bit more even greater frank, that seems the A round, {Wants to Feit] TITLLINOIS BANS who Blitz was 5 (AP)—Billy Light, St. Paul welterweight, signed for a ten round bout with Gorilla Jones at Chicago Nov. 23. Light is scheduled to meet Her- man Ratzlaff, of Minot, in Min- neapolis tomorrow night in a ten round match. Fesler, Ohio State on All-Star Eleven — ‘PUNCH DRUNKS’ drunk” boxers hereafter will be barred from Illinois rings. 2 All those suspected of suffering from the ailment will be called be- fore the "Illinois State Athletic com- mission and if found to be “punch drunk” will have their licenses suspended, Z “Shuffle Callahan, Chicago’s hard hitting middleweight who will take {four punches to land one, was the first to be examined. He passed the test. Chicago, Nov. 20.—(AP)—“Punch | Critic Says 250 Turn Out for Eli Aquatic Team New Haven, Nov. 20.—(?)—Two hundred and fifty men are out for the Yale swimming team. It is one of the largest squads in the history of the school. ‘The increased interest is tributed to the repeated successes of the Yale teams coached by Robert J. Kipputh. Kipputh, tank coach here for 12 years, has developed teams which won 141 of 143 intercollegiate con- tests, chalking up 57 world’s records and 94 intercollegiate records. Princeton and the Navy have been the only schools to score victories over Eli swimmers in 11 years. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. ‘TUNEIN THE DUTCH MASTERS’ Dist MANDAN BEV Phone 337 Mam MINSTRELS ators AGE COMPANY, dan, Nor+h Dakota crer-rweetened orl i at or eateles And not at- - | ees eel | | ey W al sz 124 W W ¥ T | 1 | 1 : 1 4 | 4 ft it ' % j 4 a rf ah