The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1928, Page 10

direction. About that time the chil- iy | PAGE noon ‘ World’s HANNA MAY CLAIM ETHEL CATHERWOOD, CANADIAN ATHLETE Won the High Jump at the Last Olympics; Holds Canadian Javelin Mark SHE EXCELS IN ALL SPORTS | Was Born of Canadian Parents | and Comes by Her Prow- ess Naturally The world's champion woman high- jumper and Canada's champion all- around woman athlete was born in North Dakota. She excels in throwing the javelin, basketball, baseball, and all other Sports in which women participate. She is Ethel Catherwood, Saska- toon, Sask., who was born at Hannah, N. Dak., of Canadian parents. Her taste for speed comes natur- ally. Her father was an athlete and encouraged his children to take a lively interest in sport. Ethel, fourth youngest of a family of nine, was put in training with the rest of the chil- dren at an early age. She lived in Hannah but a few months before her family moved to Saskatchewan. They took up residence in Scott. There she received her first training which put her on the high road toward cham- pionships. Trained Every Evening Each evening when the day's work was done and the children had fin- | ished their school work, they were | taken outside and put through their paces, It was this first “back yard” training that gets the credit for her success abroad ‘The favorite back yard sport was sprinting. All members of the family | entered the nightly competitions. Ethel and her brother began to show | racing form. Ethel made 100 yards in 12 seconds and her brother kept going until he won the provincial championship for the 100-yard dash. Ethel then concentrated on jump- ing. At eight years of age she be- gan to exhibit unusual ability, in that dren were ready for public appear- ances at the fall fairs of Saskatche- wan. They were duly entered in the ' sports events where Ethel won con- sistently in the 100-yard dash, 220 and 440-yard sprints, standing broad jump and running high jump. Make Sports Play If sport places any strain on an athlete, the game isn’t worth the struggle. Taking athletics seriously robs the game of fun, turns play into work and defeats the very purpose of ‘sport. In these terms Ethel Catherwood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, world’ champion woman high jumper, ex plains how to enjoy reaching the pin. nacle of sport in a chosen field with- out undergoing the grueling grind to make the grade. This attitude gives just one side- | light on the personality of one of the most remarkable world-beaters in present-day sport; a girl who has never known defeat; who scorns ser- | Just Kill the fun,” she karte fous training and who wouldn't diet | sides doctors tell me that high jump- @ day to accomplish her purpose; in brief a top-notcher who literally “plays” the game and plays it for the fun she gets out of it. Ethel Catherwood is 19 years old. | In August of last year she jumped five feet three inches at Amsterdam for @ world’s record and expects to beat her unofficial record of five feet four inches this winter. Next year she will attempt to better her record just for the fun she finds in soaring over the bar. Miss Catherwood, however, does not confine her sport activities to leaping to high jump records. She is Canad- jan woman champion javelin thrower. Her record stands at 118 feet. She hopes to make it 130 feet, provided she | can arrange to do so without too much effort. She has upon occasion hurled the discus a hundred feet and aims to better that mark. Basketball Marvel Saskatoon looks upon its Ethel as @ basketball marvel. This player has Set a scoring record that has never been approached in the home town. She is a member of the Bedford road Collegiate team which won two city championships in succession and, as @ fitting climax, won the provincial championship. Ethel Catherwood is popular with western hockey fans. She has taken @ leading position on girls’ teams in toon, where she is known as a ‘speedy skater, deft with the stick and an accurate shot. This girl also plays a regular man- sized game of baseball. She sniffs at the “soft” variety as a “sissified Spoiling of the real game”; likes to step into the box, warm up and de- liver her well and unfavorably known brand of ball to the discomfiture of aspiring Babe Ruths who stand at ‘ the pan ready to lay on it. . . and an. ‘The athletic world marveled at this young woman's superb showing at Amsterdam. Sport wri THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE i =, pA SA 00 Sy er ars MEMORIES - ,. ‘ & f yyUDAyypBDNNNOIAAVUND ANNU DBI Subject are to “take it easy.” She is| a labor-saving device in the flesh. She firmly believes that one can reach | stardom by going slowly; to work up| to a fast pace without strain. And takes honors from her rivals would appear to prove her point. | A discussion of training brings out ; the fact that it is merely one of find- ing out how to reach the desired goal by the route of the least resistance. | Each move is based on consideration /of the results of every acti This champion, 1 onfidence in the w F ves that she can and will jump five {eet five inches when it becomes necessary to do so. In the meantime there is nothing to be done about it. ! Shouldn't Be Serious i “To take training seriously would “Be- quiet ing for a woman might easily prove @ severe strain.” “And you would not carry it that far? . That would spoil the whole thing.” An amused smile played about the | corners of her mouth as the subject | of dieting was raised. “It doesn't mean a thing to me. I never diet. There is no use killing the sport. When training, I simply do a little routine work of going over the bar a few times a day to keep in trim.” Nor do stimulants hold a place in her scheme of things. Asked for an opinion of the use of brandy by a con- tinental swimmer entered in the Wrigley marathon swim at Toronto last fall, a ready reply frankly an- Swered the question so far as she was concerned. “If he had to resort to artificial means to sustain him in order to con- tinue the swim, I would say he did not possess the physical fitness to start. I never use spirits. I would not try it.” Although not interested in liquor and denying its value in a training camp, Miss Catherwood is quick to express a wholehearted enthusiasm for aquatics, but confesses being out of her element in water. Raised on the pairies where rivers are swift and lakes are widely separ- ated in the great stretches of farm and ranch lands, she has had slight opportunity to qualify as a swimmer. It is high-powered motion combined Her interests in sport, though wide and varied, line up strongly in favor of action aplenty. For instance, golf holds no attrac- the ease and grac> with which she ny i | topic with a shrug which plainly said, \for the degree of associate in the A slight grimace and a negative | toss of dark brown curls. “Can you cook?” A negative smile. At this juncture Mrs. Catherwood isagreed with her daughter. “Certainly Ethel can keep house and cooks quite well.” “Too much indoors. I do not care for it.” “Do you believe a woman can make | a success of home life and enjoy a public career at the same time?” “If a woman is going to marry, I ay let her marry and stay out of “You would not both?” “I would not tackle it.” Questioned as to the possibility of giving up athletics for marriage, Miss Catherwood simply dismissed the consider trying “I am not interested in the subject.” To play the piano well is her all- absorbing ambition at present. She is now in Toronto, Ontario, studying Toronto Conservatory of Music. The course will receive most of her atten- tion for the next few years at least. As a relief from long hours of scales, and finger exercises she will practice jumping and javelin throwing, and then just to round out a full day will continue her business course started before leaving for Amsterdam. At that time the champion was just beginning to discover that typewriter keys held speed possibilities which aroused her curiosity. She looks for- ward to entering stenographic con- tests next year. At the age of nine, in Wilkie, Sas- katchewan sports, Ethel was matched against other little girls in the jump- ing class. She won the individual championship with a mark of three feet ten inches. Trophies continued to pile up in the rural districts and then in 1925 the family moved to Sas- katoon. Ethel was enrolled as a stu- dent in Bedford road collegiate and soon proved a valuable addition to its athletic personnel. Up to her fifteenth birthday all training was carried out in the back yard. Ethel was jumping about four feet two inches. Although fourth youngest in the family, she was small- est in stature and was known as the “wee” girl. But that year she began Ny Ke) MONTANA STATE MIGHT REPEAT IN MOUNTAINS This jump came about as a result of a wager between Ethel and her father. Mr. Catherwood realized that his daughter was doing excellent work but was not satisfied that she was putting forth her best efforts. And he was right. In a friendly argument he brought his daughter to the point where she would bet on her ability to jump an even five feet. The stakes were agreed upon, Ethel cleared the bar at five feet. Another wager was made which called for a better mark a week later. When the appointed time arrived Ethel jumped five feet four inches. At the collegiate meets, represent- ing Bedford road collegiate. the new student jumped five feet to win in that’ class and then took the first prizes in the 50, 75 and 100-yard dashes. She completed the day's fun by winning the running broad jump by a leap of 14 feet six inches. Then systematic training started. Joe Griffith, University of Saskatche- wan coach, in 1926 undertook to re- Place the back yard workouts by pro- tessional coaching. At the provincial meet in Regina the same fall, Ethel made five feet 7 -16 inches. This was recognized by the Amateur Athletic Association of Canada at the Decem- ber meet in Edmonton, Alberta. The next field to be conquered was that of the Dominion championships at Toronto. Ethel conquered. From the Canadian championship it was merely a step to the Olympics at Am- sterdam where Ethel Catherwood won the world’s championship with her historic leap of five feet three inches, and incidentally became known as the “most photographed woman at the Olympiad.” M'CANN AND DILLON ARE WELL MATCHED err. to grow and show signs of reachi: her present height of five feet 10 1-2 inches, In the twelve-month she grew six inches and, as she grew, continued to show better jumping form. At the end of the year she made her unof- ficial record of five feet four inches. COXY PHANN. This is the time of the year when a fellow finally gets his license tag memorized Ing | St, Paul Paper Thinks Bismarck Boxer Is ‘Too Big-Heart- ed’ in Ring Jack McCann, North Dakota's heavyweight champion, would pro- vide the Twhr Cities with a neat ness.” Here's what the Daily News’ boxing critic says: McCANN HAD BIG CHANCE Bic McCann, iicl4 set up and fe- Bobcats Have Virtually: Same Team Back Which Won Cage Title for Two Years in Suc- cession; Play Wyoming in Championship Series. By F. H. FRAWLEY Denver, Dec. 22.—(AP)—Basketball is at the front of the Rocky Moun- tain conference once more, promising to be on a high plane again in 1929. Montana State college, with vir- tually all its 1928 roster intact, threatens to retain the championship, which it won last year for the second time in succession in a three-game playoff with the University of Wyo- ming. The Bobcats have “Cat” Thomp- son, their great forward; Frank Ward, giant center; “Brick” Bree- den, guard, and all others of the championship outfit save the late “Greenie” Worden, guard. Max Worthington will hold down a guard Position alongside Breeden. The Rocky Mountain conference is split into eastern and western divi- sions for basketball, with provision for a playoff between the best quin- tets from each zone. Utah univer- sity, Utah Aggies, Brigham Young university and Montana State are in the western division. The eastern includes Wyoming, Colorado College, Colorado Teachers, Colorado Aggies, Colorado Mines, Western State, Col- posed university and Denver univer- sity. Ernest Simpson, Colorado College forward, who set a conference record January 4, He scored 222 points for an average of 15 points a game. aged 15 3-5 points a game, but was under Simpson for the season's total. Colorado § g a ag) : : WINS FINALS FROM WORLD'S CHAMPION Ralph Greenleaf, the Former Champ, Loses Matches 97 to 125 and 41 to 125 CONTESTANTS ARE BITTER Both Games Go 23 Innings; Taberski Protested Dur- ing First Matches Chicago, Dec. 22.—(4)—Frank Tab- erski, the “Gray Fox of Schenectady,” is the first recognized world’s pocket billiard champion. The title and the bag of gold that goes with it fell to the gray-thatched shot maker early today when he up- set his rival, Ralph Greenleaf of New York, the national champion, in two matches of 125 points each, the finale of the first international tournament at Orchestra hall. The scores were 125 to 97 and 125 to 41. Both went 23 innings, and were poorly played. Greenleaf and Taberski started to play their match Wednesday night but after Greenleaf had left the play- ing arena twice and had stalled sev- eral times, Taberski unjointed his cue, refused to play and protested the match. The National Billiard asso- ciation, sponsor of the tournament, the first international meet, upheld Taberski on one complaint and or- dered the match replayed. Greenleaf led 95 to 81 at the protest. Last night and early today the match was replayed and so bitter were the players that Referee Joe Orr of Chicago had difficulty in restrain- ing them from halting play to quar- HAWKEYES ARE GLAD BURT INGWERSEN IS 10 LEAD THEM AGAIN No One Could Have Blamed Him If He Had Quit the lowa Schoot Abruptly Towa City, Ia. Dec. 22—No one, could have blamed Burton A. Ing- wersen had he resigned as head football coach at the University of Towa at the close of this season, as- serts the Daily Iowan, student news- paper, in applauding editorially the announcement that Ingwersen will remain as Hawkeye gridiron mentor next season. Announcement of Ingwersen’s re- tention was made last week, though athletic officials previously had de- nied that the athletic council had recommended such action. “That announcement, which has been anxiously awaited since the close of the football season, will be satisfactory to the great majority of Towa football fans,” the Daily Iowan editorial said Alumni Is Satisfied . “There has been little doubt that the athletic council, the alumni and the students were satisfied with his record this year and hoped he would remain at Iowa. “On the other hand there are few who would have blamed him if he had quit. Coach Ingwersen took more criticism last winter than the can assimilate com- ically, | Soland, df ever worn the Old Gold. Ingwersen a Sport “after such a triumph, many men Montana State aver- | Prod BRADLEY DEFEATS BISON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 192s Champion Woman High Jumper Was Born in North Dakota The University of Pennsylvania will be represented in the field of sports by an ice hockey team for the first time this year and the team will open its season soon. All games this sea- son will be played at home. Here's Francis Boggs of Hingham, Mass., who is captain and center of the team. NEW SALEM OUTFIT DEFEATS HAZEN IN OVERTIME CONTEST Final Score Is 21 to 18; Teams Tied at 14 When Final Gun Sounds (Special to the Tribune) New Salem, Dec. 22—New Salem defeated Hazen 21 to 18 here Thurs- day night, outscoring their opponents 7 to 4 in a thrilling overtime period. The score was tier at 14 when the Tegular game ended. Hazen was leading 9 to 6 at the end of the first half. With the visitors leading 14 to 12 and a minute of play left, Captain E. Kirchmeir, New Salem, dropped in a long field goal to tie the count. Lehmkull opened the overtime per- jiod with a field goal and Tysven, Hazen forward, followed suit. Kirch- meir made another long toss and Dettmann came through with a free foss, making the count 19 to 16 for ‘New Salem. Each team made a field goal before the gun sounded. The first half of the contest was listless, neither team passing well but both teams guarding well. Swartz played a nice game on the floor for Hazen, with Tysver leading the scoring with three field goals. McCormick, with three field goals, led the Salem tossers, with all the New Salem men playing a strong game the second half. The summary: New Salem (21) Fe Rohs, rf .... McCormick, r! Dettmann, If Tjaden, c ..... Kirchmeir, (capt. ... Lehmkuhl, lg ........ a Totals ......000005 Hagen (18 sl estenenBuluccwe+3 Slowensoudt! wwmwond Timekeeper: Jacobson. ' Fights Last Night 1 1 Fights Last Night _ (By the Associated Press) gusta, sas City (5). out Charlotte, N. C. (8). Jack Donald, Augusta (. W. Le “Young” Stribling knocked out 2) @). New York—Tutty Griffiths, flomx city, Is, ontpelnted Char (ab), Yale ‘Okun, New York, out- Peoria, Iil., Dec. 22.—()—Bradley |off seasons. defeated North Dakota , 37 to 10, ‘ Frank Taberski Wins World’s Pocket Billiard Title from Greenleaj : [______ TIME TURNS ANOTHER OLD PAGE FOR ANEW ONE SCHENECTADY FOX |[__Has Nice zou LEROY IS PLANNING TOMAKE STAKE FOR LIFE INDEPENDENCE Fargo Fans Picking Him to Beat King Tut in New Year’s Comeback Bout Fargo, N. D., Dec. 22.—Russie Le- Roy, Dakota's sturdy battler, has completed two weeks of intensive training in preparation for his con- test in Fargo New Year’s day with King Tut of Minneapolis, and rail- birds who have been watching him Perform since he was a “pup” in the boxing racket, declare they have never seen him so fit. The blond warrior, although only 25 years old, is a veteran of the ring, having participated in 131 contests over @ period of eight years. During this time he has amassed two good starts toward financial independence, but twice he was hurtled from this comfortable position by bad breaks. A few years ago, shortly after gain- ing national recognition by knocking .]out Mel Coogan, the great Brooklyn lightweight, with a single punch, Le- Roy suffered a shoulder injury which kept him inactive for more than a year. Then later he was unfortunate enough to allow his chin to connect with one of Young Jack Thompson's terrific right hand wallops, and the referee stopped *4e fight after count- ing “seven,” believing that LeRoy was too badly hurt to continue. As @ matter of fact, LeRoy was on once knee awaiting the count of nine to arise, but the referee's mistake in judgment cost him an opportunity to go the limit, and possibly outpoint the fine negro fighter. This setback forced LeRoy into idleness for five months, and another fairly good sized bankroll has almost completely van- ished. LeRoy realizes now that he must gain financial independence within the next two years, and he is bending every effort to be at his best for the struggle with King Tut. LeRoy’s workouts have been so impressive that many Fargo boxing critics—men who bet to win and not because of sym- pathetic reasons—have posted cash to say that Russie will defeat King Tut. Such a victory would mean matches with Ray Miller, Joe Glicl: and a return go with Young Jack ‘Thompson. Tut, outstanding contender for the lightweight championship, is training in Minneapolis and reports indicate that he expects to be at his best. Many of those who have seen LeRoy training for the past few days say that Tut had better be at his best, or be prepared to take a sound MINNESOTA SPORTS EARN HALF MILLION Gopher Institution Finds Athlet- ics Pays; Have Begun Building Program Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 22> — Athletic contests and matters in- cidential to athletics brought an income of $498,242.30 to the Univer- sity of Minnesota in the year July 1, 1927, to June 30, 1928, according to the report of Comptroller W. T. Mid- dlebrook, which has just been issued. Expenditures on athletics proper amounted to $165,024.13, but in ad- dition to the cost of athletics $619,- 288.95 was spent on the construction of the field house, $125,000 was de- voted to retiring a first batch of field house bonds, $13,500 to interest on the bonds, and $116,509.73 was paid out as the share of visiting teams in receipts from home foot- ball games. ‘By sports, revenue amounted to $1,293.25 for. hockey; $12,872 for basketball; $1,034.06 for baseball; $419,304.81 for football before’ visit- ors’ guarantees were paid; $30.50 from swimming; $40.50 from wres- tling and gymnastics; $40 from ten- nis and $42,482 from student books. Sale of the sudan books, carers all sports except s.imming, exp! the relatively low receipts from sports other than football and bas- ketbail. ‘The cost of the various sports was: swimming, $3,749.86; tennis, $897.58; Lae $10,522.09; salaries general, Notre Dame, and Michigan, IAG ce | Did you know that—! See Oe weer ee $34,943; Drake, $112,513.35. ate ,