The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1928, Page 8

\ § HAD TO SNEAK INTO | COUNTRY THROUGH BOLIVIAN SOLDIERS} Said Bolivians Had Forts Along the Paraguayan Border in 1918 | THERE IS OIL IN PARAGUAY Promoter Glad He Turned Down Generalship; Likes U. S. Too Well and Bolivia that if he ha mote “batt the Madison Square Garden, he | s: fighter himself. on a big s in the troubled southern te q For Rickard know this Chaco | country, the scene of all the trouble, | well. In 1912 he went down to Para- | guay and bought up some 5,000,000 f acres of xt the Pilcon } river, fo sian syt ate. Bought Big At that time he bought 325.000 acres for himself, which he still holds | and ica 5 one of is most prom- ising investme F and we might just as well have | started a war then as now,” Rickard recalled. “In fact, I was asked to} lead an army, but I declined. 3, I went down there, with vife. to live on the land we had] purchased. Coming to the Pilco-| mayo river IT ran into four new Bo- livian forts. The Bolivians would not let me bring by outfits in. But I finally found a place to cross, be- fF tween the forts, and went on to Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, and took over the deeds of the land. “I mentioned the forts to the go’ | ernment officials there, and they be- d came greatly excited; they knew! nothing cf them ‘ Wanted Him to Sign “Right off the bat they wanted to give me an arm: nd have me go drive out the Bolivians. That's not my kind of fighting, however, and I declined the general's uniform and the soldiers. I told them a few forts were nothing in my life. The forts are still there.” Rickard thinks it would be greatly to the disadvantage of both countries to go to war over the boundaries, since this is an old dispute and would doubtless be a long-drawn-out, bitter struggle. “The Paraguay cattle country is as| fine a region as there is in the world } today,” he says. “The land ‘s cheap, you can buy s-yor! property for a dol- | laf” 7 an acre, and the taxes are The value of the land 1 a little during the world ther, the war retarded the it, but there is no doubt ty there will be very val-| day. . Wealth in Oil 3 oil in Paraguay, no one sw much, but there is no Sut that oil is really at the! 9 the boundary disputes. EF oi has large interests Pi\rmour and Company has al Leeat, plant in San Salvador, on Mze of the disputed land, andj yentral Products company, an- American concern, has several mm acres of land and 75,000 head rattle in the disputed area. Bolivia is not a farming country— 3 chief industry is in metals. There « re valuable tin mines there.” « Rickard lived onhisSouth American by ranch for eight years after he pur- } chased it, but he docs not intend to go back to live there. it as an investment. Employed Wild Indians “The country is beautiful, and the Paraguayans are a fine race of peo- ple,” he says. employed Indians to build fences and doing the work on the ranch. They were wild fel- lows, who wear feathers on their heads and have three-day war dances, and lived much as the Amer- ican Indian. did when Columbus came over. But we had no difficul- ties with them. I left in 1918 and have never been back since. “Yep, it’s a great country, but I've never regretted passing up my gen- eralship. The little old U. S. A. suits me pretty well—particularly right HUDKINS AND DEVOS PREPARED FOR BOUT New York, Dec. 27.—(7)—One of the most important social events of the boxing season involves Ace Hudkins, ae -— momen ae He is holding one of the Hudkinses of Nebraska, | and Rene Devos, the Belgian middle- weight who is now connected with the | Biddles of Philadelphia. They will fight it out tomorrow night with the prospect that most, if not all of the white shirt fronts of the famous “600 millionaires” will be in evidence. Devos, fast and a good hitter, has impressed critics as the best foreign 160-pounder to come to these shores since Tommy Milligan. He will find Hudkins the most willing and per- opponent he has yet met. Male, N. ¥—Tuffy Griffiths, (10). iv stopped They’re Held in Fear by Easterners One of the generally accepted theories of castern basketball is that the cage squad of the University of Pennsylvania will be one of the swift ones of ection. And that theory holds true again this vith Coach Eddie MeNichol in charge, and the cage stars being led into battle by Joie Schaaf, leading scorer in the cast last year. Here's the Pen- nsylvania squad for this season, reading left to right: Standing, Jump, of Covington, Ky.; Gilfillian, Lazar, of Philadelphia; Noble, of Dayton, O.; Hartnett, of kebanon, Pa.; Scull, 1928 football captain, of Philadel- phia. Belov Peterson, Bonniwell, Schaaf, all of Philadelphia; Lobely, of Camden, and Broadbeck, of Mount Union, N. Y. REIGH COUNT’S SPEED WILL TEX WILL, ANNOUNCE BE TESTED ON ASCOT TRACK crpipiING-SHARKRY Mtoe oe oie a PENNSYLVANIA FRACAS FOR FEB, 26 BASKETBALLMACHINE ow voie Tinws Today Say COMING TO MIDWEST “otnconene tomorow Takes Year's Feed to Insure Chicago, Dec. 27—(P)—Defying al | Against Intestinal Troubles; Is Kentuckyp Derb, Winner. | ‘ iairs | |_ New York, Dec. 27.—(?)—The New tradition of more than a century, Mrs. | Te ae ane ee John D. Hertz of Chicago has sent! Pittsburgh and Penn Did Not Rickard will announce tomorrow from her big red colt, Reigh Count, to Eng-! Fare So Well in Early | Miami, Fla., that he has signed Jack land to prove in the Ascot Gold cup! | Sharkey’ to fight young Stribling at ace that he is the fastest. torough- December Jaunts Miami, Feb. 26. ied RS | ‘The ‘Times says it learns that the While the Kentucky Derby winner] State Colle 27. —(#)\—| differences between the promoter and will be entered in several other races,! nrid-west_b which j Sharkey HES He patched oe his greatest test next year will be the! adem amen xer's fi mands met by Ascot on June 17. The race has been) SS a compromise and that the only Taito: than 100 years, and ney-| With Penn and Pittsburgh will met a/ thing that remains is for Rickard to Sue acids seGny ae aie | ett SVvanl 2 7 |make certain of his guarantee to er has an American come in first.) third Pennsylvania team soon. Be iecane Spe fe ‘The course is two and one-half miles,| “Penn State opeas a four-game ser-|fym ee Of ® Glstnterestes out-of of the distance. Mrs. ies Dec. 29. The University of De- peel acura nee of ia e ks her powerful racer is troit will be the Nittany Lions’ fir feabeke 0. sChusinan ARLcu OREN suited to such a test. opponents. The other contests will be | eaveieishit iniethalh sho litehees fons On June 3, the colt will appear first, with Northwestern, Dec. 31; Michi-|) Seaver ; , Pe, Bec. eiball teams y in their recent in an English event, competing in the gan, Jan. 1, and Michigan State, Re teens ane Coronation Cup. If successful in! Jan. 2. hiees tin v \England, Mrs. Herts may take him| pitt, in its four-game road trip lost PS b to France |to Butler, Northwestern and Wiscon-, “I believe my horse is the fastest’ sin, defeating only Ohio State. Penn ever and I sent him to Eurove to dropped all of its three starts, losing Dy As prove it,” she remarked. “I believe! to Indiana, Ohio State and Michigan. he is even ¢roater than Man O'War.| penn Stat e's prospects are none too! eight races, seven of which he won, he Low Rei e out with injuries, and is in splendid shape. And as gentle) George Delp, two-season veteran, is| as a baby.” a member of the football squad igh Count, whose winnings Inst resenting the east in the asteWeet Former Center and North Caro- year were $112,640, will have the best of care on his European invasi B. S. Mitchell. trainer; Larry |game, Jan. 1 | lina Star Has Won Five 1 cS ‘ANT 17 Conference Titles cise boy, and “Bud” Alle aith- bs ful groom, sailed with him. A year's ie iol ie eae a nena wa v aken zlong to pre- | Coaching of the Dixie brand of foot- ball, inaugurated in the big six con- ference in the first year of its exist: ence this year by Bo MeMillin, will be conducted at a second conference | School next fall by Dana X. Bible, ‘newly named head football coach at the University of Nebraska. Coach Bible, goes to the Corn- husker institution to succeed Coach | Ernest E. Bearg. Bible was born in Tennessee, at- |tended Center and the University of North Carolina, then came to Texas to acquire football fame. Since be- |coming head coach at Texas A. and 'M. in 1917 he has won five south- | Western conference champiotiships. ride him in Europe. Lang will accom- pany Mr. and Mrs. Hertz to England an April Many American hors: ed the English tracks, | The basketball game between | the Bismarck Phantoms and the | Kappa Sigma fraternity team | from the University of North Da- has been able to gain any attention there. Parole, in 1837, followed up victories on this side with winnings over there,” but there has been none since that. GEORGIA TECH COACH GOD RECORD kota was canceled this morning, according to an announcement by N. O. manager. The two teams were scheduled fo meet at the high school gym- nasium tonight. The game was canceled when Willis Shepard and another mem- ber of the University outfit were called back to Grand Forks yes- Churchill, Phantom TEACHING HOW NOW Red Petty, All-Southwest Conference BOASTS terday. end this year and captain of the Tex- an eee: as Aggie basketball team, will act as RACER RAISES CHICKENS assistant football and _ basketball | Culver City, Cal. Dec. 27.—(#}—! coach next year. Atlanta, G Dec. 27.—(7)—Bill Larry D. Stone, former dirt traci: Alexander, coach of, Georgia Tech,/auto race driver, who escorts his team into Rose Bowl! of the late Lou scheibell, auto racer at Pasadena New Year's Day to meet |in designing motors, has transferred the Golden Bears, can point to a/his orkshop here from Kansas City.| Alonzo Stagg of the University of creditable record as a football tutor. | He is raising chickens on the side. Chicago, has retired as track coach. In nine years—since he has had charge of the golden-shirted array | ___——__""________—. in Atlanta—he has a winning per- centage of .784, or 58 victories, 16 de-| feats and seven tics against all oppo- | sition, and .877 against Southern; teams, or 50 victories against seven! defeats. ; The team that put a crimp in Alex- ender’s record has been Knute Rock-} ne’s Ramblers. Notre Dame has won six games from Tech and it required exactly seven years for the Yellow Jackets to record their first triumph over this eleven. In his nine year reign, however, Alexander saw nis team beat Penn State twice, repulse Georgetown Uni- versity on four occasions, beat Rut- who was a partner! ‘GRAND OLD MAN’ RETIRES Chicago, Dec. 27.—(?)—“The grand old man of Big Ten Athletics,” Amos Darlings Kisses for the * * Rough (?) Fighters Grease Their Hair, Rouge Their Cheeks and Wear Velvet Pants (By NEA Service) New York, Dec. 27—1t was bad enough, the old-time roughnecks mourn, when the customers at prize fights started to show up in soup and fish clothes and when the warriors jbegan to grease down their hair and rouge their cheeks. gers 48 to 14 when they had a repre- sentative eleven, and in 1920 send Bo McMillan and his Centre college co- horts home with the short end of a 24 to 0 score. Birmingham Player | Popular in Trades Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 27.—(37)— Ed. Bigelow, outfielder for the Birm- | hoy ingham club of the Southern associa- tion last year, who batted .393 for the season, is traveling widely—on pa- per. The Washington Senators bought Bigelow and then traded him with four other player3 to the Boston Red But to make it worse Tex Rickard came along with an order to his hired hands in the Garden to put on wait- ers’ clothes when they were showing the customers to their scats in the arena. And to make it still worse the war- riors adopted velvet trunks and white gloves as two parts of their three-part uniforms. The blame for the nice pure white gloves can’t be hung on the fighters, wever. The Illinols and Pennsyl- vania boxing commissions ordered them used. ‘They found that the lye used in col- oring leather was injurious to the skin and eyes of the targets, and -that white would not cause infections. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE! Rickard Wouldn’t Promote Fight When He Was Paraguay | OUTFIT 83 70 50 University of North Dakota defeated Brigham Young university, 53, to 50, fouled Lee and he added two more points from the foul try, making the Score 53 to 50 for the visitors. string lineup during the first half, which ended 31 to 24 for Brigham ‘Young. Kinn, If Solberg, rf ...... Gorder, c Jarrett, Ig Lindell, rg Letich, If . Brown, rf Lee, c Eberly, 1 Boyd, rg . Brimley, If Dixon, rf Reeve, c Magelby, Ig Cooper, rg . Rowe, c . Thorne, c . Balliff, c .. will Promises to give them their hardest competition so far this season at the and Jacobson, Spriggs, center, Fay Brown, O'Hare, ant Hoffman, FLICKS DOWN UTAH EXTRA PERIOD TILT Nomads Use Second Team First} Half, Score Ending 31 to 24 Against Them BRIMLEY IS STAR IN GAME Lee and Boyd Make Winning Counters After Game End- ed in 48-48 Tie Ogden, Utah. Dec. 27.—(”)— The here tonight in a fast contest that ran into an extra period. Tied at 48-all when the regu- lar game ended, Brimley scored to give Brigham Young a two-point lead. Lee added one point for North Dakota on a free throw, and Boyd, Dakota cap- tain, looped a field goal from a diffi- LEWY LEE cult angle to put his team in the lead by one marker. As the extra period ended, a Cougar North Dakota used its entire second THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1928 Nodaks Defeat Brigham Young; Bison Drop One to INinois Wesleyan’ [FOUR JAMESTOWN BROTHERS John, Harry, Max and Lloyd Follow Paths to Grid Fame at Chicago and Southern California; Lloyd Given Credit for Making All-Americans. Los Angeles, Dec. 27—(?)—Lloyd Thomas, sterling University of South- ern California halfback who formerly called Jamestown, N. Dak.. his home and who rode the pigskin to fame in 1928, hit the trail already traveled by his three brothers: The Trojan back, youngest of a quartet of footballers in the Thomas family, distinguished himself in a way that was strangely remindful of the work of the other three brothers, all of whom have seen competition dur- ing the last eight years. All of the Thomas boys have taken to the gridiron as a duck takes to the water. The oldest brother, John, full- backed for Chicago in 1921, 1922 and! 1923. He was the sensation of the| maroon squad in '22, romping through | Princeton for three touchdowns and making the late Walter Camp's all-| America team that year. | Chicago also was blessed with! Harry, the second brother, who played through the seasons of '22, '23 and '24 and was rated by football followers as the equal. if not better. than the fam- ous John. Harry played halfback while John was fullback in '22 and '23. John was more sensational, but Harry was considered ibe better all-around Player. Max, No. 3 and ti: smallest of the Pigskin-toting Thomases, entered Chicago during the fall of 1923, but played only on the freshman team, his family moving from Jamestown, N. D., to Riverside, Calif.. and Max The lineup and summary: North Dakota (53)— FG PI ht Totals....... Brigham Young (50)— oo slSéacueshum Sleanossasus wel ocowrnonnl ol wuwoornoooy Rl oonwonwed Bl wwermommnc Referee—Spencer, Utah Aggies. Umpire—Watof, Utah university. DEMONS AND ALUMNI SCHEDULE CONTEST Will Meet in Holiday Game at High School Gymnasium Tomorrow Night Bismarck high school’s cage squad meet an alumni team which high school gymnasium at 8 p. m. Friday, according to an announce- ment made this-morning by Roy Mc- Leod, athletic director. The alumni team will bé made up of Jimmy Olson, Johnny Lofthouse, Elmer Benser. Hank Brown, Thorn- berg, Haas, Slattery, and several oth- ers, the Demon mentor said. McLeod will use Loehrke, Landers, forwards, _ Eddie guards, in the con- BOWIAN RAS FIVE VET CAGERS BACK (Special to the Tribune) Bowman, Dec. 27.—Bowman has five of last year's regulars back in uniform this year and Coach Henry Zahn is anticipating a good season. Lettermen are Burdick Barrett, guard for three years; Ray Olson, center for two years; Trainor, two- year guard; and Pond and Hale, for- wards, each of whom has had one year’s experience. Promising candidates are Fhuren, Herzig. F. Wall, Hugg, J. Wall, ‘N. Barrett, Foii, Thiegs, and Thiegle. The Bowman schedule follows: Rhame, here, Jan. 11. Hettinger, here, Jan. 18. Marmarth, there, Feb. 1. Hettinger, there, Feb. 8. Scranton, there, Feb.°15. Baker, Mont.. there, Feb. 16. Dickinson Normal Preps, there, Feb. 22. “Marmarth, here, Feb. 27. Baker, Mont., here, March 1. Other games are scheduled with Bucyrus, Scranton, and Rhame but the dates have not been set, accord- ing to Coach Zahn. ——_—— WHOLESALE AWARDS HERE There were 13 backfield men on the squad. * WRESTLERS OUT STRONG entered Southern California. He lost & year of eligibility as a transfer, but was a mainstay at fullback on the trojan teams of ‘26 and '27. Lloyd, the last of the Thomases, has been called ky many the maker of all-Americas. He helped Morton Kaer to attain that mythical, but much-coveted position in the realm of football glory, in 3926, Morley Drury’s Path to the same honor the following years was made easier by the stocky Lloyd. In 1928 with his almost un- canny offensive and defensive ability, he cleared the trail for Don Williams, dynamis quarterback. SEATS FOR 5 BEST DEMON CAGE GAMES WILL BE RESERVED High School Officials Selling| Tickets Now After Fans Urged It Reserved seat tickets for the five | most important home basketball games this season have been placed on sale by officials of Bismarck high school. Plans for reserving the seats were formulated last_week by Roy D. Mc- Leod, coach, W. H. Payne, principal, and H.O. Saxvik, superintendent. Letters announcing the plan have been sent to 125 Bismarck fans, The idea has been urged by the fans many times, the officials said. Sale of the seats will end Dec. 31. The five games here for which seats will be reserved follow: Dickinson vs. Demons, Jan. 12. Valley City vs. Demons, Feb, 1. Mandan vs. Demons, Feb. 8. Jamestown vs. Demons, Feb. 15. Minot vs. Demons, Feb. 23. SANGOR TRAINS FOR TOD MORGAN FIGHT Chicago, Dec. 27.—(?)—Discouraged but still ambitious, Joey Sangor, the Milwaukee featherweight, who threat- ened to retire from the ring following his knockout by Armando Santiago, Cuba, recently, has settled down to a week of intensive training here for his 10 round championship bout with Tod Morgan, junior light weight title- holder. The championship match will be held at Milwaukee New York's after- noon. FIVE MEN FOR ONE Boston, Dec. 27.—(4)—Boston fans credit Bill Carrigan, Red Sox man- ager, with having put over a smart one in getting five Washington play- ers for Buddy Myer. Gillis and Reeves, the young infielders obtained in the deal, will be started at short, and third, respectively. OXY PHANN Speaking your mind isO.K., if you mind what your speaking FAMOUS IN FOOTBALL WORLD| Dale Vansickle tore around the south- ern gridirons this year with enough flash to crash right on nearly every All-America team in the country and now he’s scorching the basketball boards as one of the greatest guards in the south. He won three Florida “F” letters last year in football. bas- ketball and track and he probably will be decorated with three more let- ters in his second year of varsity competition. FRANCE'S ATHLETES GRABBED HONORS IN THEIR BIGGEST YEAR Work on Tennis Courts and Cinder Track and in Box- ing Ring Successful Paris, Dec. 27.—(4)—Undisputed world’s supremacy in tennis, a world’s championship in boxing, and a world’s record on the cinder path with the Olympic marathon laurel wreath thrown in for good measure made 1928 a highly successful year for French athletics. The Davis Cup, the singles cham- |pionships of Australia, France Great Britain and the United States, all in possession of France, testify that the three _musketeers—Henri _Cochet, Rene Lacoste end Jean Borotra— ruled the tennis courts of the world during the past year with a hand as steady as the year before when they wrested the cup from the United States. This has been a Cochet year, all the experts and officials in the tennis world granting the former Ly- ons ball boy the No, 1 place in world ranking. - Takes Feather Title Andre Routis’ victory over Tony Canzoneri in New York brought to France the official featherweight title of the world. Furthermore, French boxing fans felt that Emile “Spider” ranks near the top of the world’s fly- Weights by virtue of his victory here over Corporal Izzy Schwartz in a bout which did not involve the “title” the latter claims through gift of the New York State Athletic commission. “Sera”. Martin's world record of 1:50 3-5 for the £0u meters set last June, clipping a full second from that held by Doctor Otto Peltzer of Ger- many, and El Ouafi’s victory in the Olympic marathon proved to be France's only performances worthy of international notice in the field of Olympic athletics. The year saw a break in Rene La- coste’s two-year reign over the ten- nis world as Henri Cochet became the. new king. Cochet started with a de- cisive victory in four sets over La- coste in the French hard court cham- Pionship, suffered a lapse at Wimble- dca where Rene reversed the result and recovered top form in his straight sets overthrow of Tilden after the latter had defeated Lacoste in the Davis cup challenge round. Cochet topped it off by capturing the Ameri- can championship from Frank Hunter. Cochet Proves Supremacy Cochet’'s Davis cvp victory over Til- den at Auteuil provided probably the best tennis ever witnessed in France cr anywhere else. Cochet was the personification of tennis genius on that July day. The wizardry of strok- ing displayed by Cochet in the second set when he tied and finally won it after Tilden had led him, five-two, left the spectators gasping. The end of the year found Cochet reigning as champion of France and the United States; pion of England and Borotra as Aus- tralian titleholder. Mile. Manette Le Blan kept France in the running in golf by carrying off the English ; Rancher i™ aj it ILLINOIS CHANPIONS WINOVER AGCIESBY [_tes Loose Again} SCORE OF 37 10 22 v4 \eater, Wesleyan Guard, Plays Nice Game to Keep Da- kota Score Down MEEHAN LEADS WINNERS Bobby Hahn Sinks Four Field Goals and Free Throw for Scoring, Honors Bloomington. Il., Dec. 27.—(a)—- |Ulinois Wesleyan university's basket- jball team trounced North Dakota State college, 37 to 22, last night. With Baker breaking up most of the North Dakota scoring plays by jhis guarding, the Wesleyanites won handily. Baker also sank three field goals and one free throw. Meehan, Wesleyan’s right forward, led his team in scoring, sinking four field goals and three free throws, while Hahn led the northerners with nine points. Lineups and summaries: Illinois Wesleyan (37) FG Meehan, r! Buckley, P. Bliss, R. Shea, Neuhs, c . Baker, re Callans, lg . FT P! HwENooun Re Ronoe wee oer de Totals.......... sees 13 No. Dak, State (22) FG Hahn, rf .. : Bliss, lf . Maye... Smith, c... Gergen, rf . Hermes, rg Hayes, lg Johnson, lg ic} i} et - cooconwe Sasousand 11 Referee—Young (Illinois Wesleyan.) i POLO MEN, HORSES = GO 10 CALIFORNIA FOR GREAT SEASON » ¢ Practically Every Star in Coun- try Will Be Present for Del Monte Games Del Monte, Cal. Dec. 27—(@)— Promise of the greatest polo scason in California history is luring interna-| . tionally famed players and a million dollars worth of horseflesh to this state this winter. ; Practically every star in the coun- try will be on hand to try his mallet, on the Del Monte fields when com-. Petition opens Jan. 1. All but one of the American players who partici- pated in the interrational games have reserved space. A few of the principal contestants ”) will be Tommy Hitchcock, J. Cheever Cowdin, Averill Harriman, George Gordon Moore, Winston Guest, Charles Schwartz, Laddie Sanford, Eric Pedley, Elmer Boeseke and Carl- eton Burke. More than 200 pc-...s will be stabled here. These include Laddie Sanford’s horses, several of which he paid more... than $15,000 for. One team coming from Honolulu will have Walter Dillingham, Eddie Baldwin and three Australians in its line-up. An English team will be built around Captain Henry W. Forrester and Captain Woolfort of the 17th Lancers. Play for the Pacific coast polo championship will be from Feb. 3-17 while the high goal events are listed ¢ for Feb. 10-17. HURLEY ANNOUNCES THREE MORE BOUTS Fargo, N. D., Dec. 27.—Three pre- liminary bouts featuring northwest fighters have been:added to the fistic program to be presented at the Fargo Auditorium New Year's day by Jack Hurley, the promoter announced. Charley Retzlaff, Leonard, N. D., youth, whom Hurley believes is one of the best heavyweight prospects of the day, will make his debut in Fargo, meeting Gordon Smith of Minneapo- lis in one of the four round contests. Smith, according to Hurley, is a Tugged young heavyweight whose chief assets are a sturdy chin and a willingness to trade punches. Walter Jahnke of New Rockford, a Promising youngster, will meet Steve Koziak of Duluth, one of Phil Terk’s ae Proteges, in another four rounder, i ed