The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1929, Page 8

Nodaks Lose to Bruins, 29 to 41, After H olding Comm nding Lead : SHARP SHOOTINGS —ee DECIDING RACTORIN. | They Don't Miss Many Sight J(CALIFORNIA BOUNDS {Sonnenberg Is New Wrestling Champ | Pos | BACK ARTER FUCKS |[ North Dakota Short Pass Game! Said Best: Seen on Pa- cific Coast .}BOYD - OUT .OF UNIFORM ROUGH-TUMBLE TILT High School Plays Nice Game but Breaks at Critical Point, Under Basket | BEN JACOBSON PLAYS WELL © Phantoms Play Cool Game and Make Points Through Cour- age to Take Chance (By WILLIAM MOELLEB) The Bismarck Phantoms, though outplayed on the floor for the great- er ‘part, played a heady and sharp shooting basketball game last night to defeat Bismarck high school 22 to 15 and earn an undisputed claim to the city championship. The contest was hardfought and a rough-and-tumble affair throughout. The high school youths took many more shots at the basket which should have been made than did the Phantoms, but could not toss the leather sphere through. It is doubt- ful if the Demons will ever exhibit @s poor shooting form again. Crack Under Basket The high school youths also cracked at the critical place, under the bas- ket. They played a nice floor game in neutral territory but their passes were wild as soon as they came near &@ scoring chance. The Phantoms, tiring toward the end of the contest because of lack of condition, played @ smart and hard game throughout. They made points here and there because they took a chance. Bermel and Burdick each made shots from the center of the floor which were both unexpected and sensational. Both teams were cautious the first quarter, with the score ending 3 to 1 for the veterans. The second quarter was all Phantom, the independent outfit outscoring the high school. 11 to 0 in this period and taking & lead which proved enough to cinch the game. The score at the half was 14 to 3 against the high school. t ‘The high school started a rush at the beginning of the second half and baskets by Captain Ben Jacobson, who played the best game for the Demons last night, brought the high school’s count to 11 before the Phan- toms could score. The third quarter ended 18 to 13 for the Phantoms. Throw Passes Away ‘The high school boys went into de- spair again in the last quarter and threw atvay pass after pass. Each team used one substitue in the contest. The referee found it difficult to keep the game under hand because it was hardfought, the result being that the contest was rough throughout. Fr 0-0 0-1 3-4 1-1 0-0 a 0 4-6 FT 0- 1- 0-' is 2- roonwoet of comms 1-2 58 5 Phantoms — Benser Bismarck—Landers for ‘Timeout: Phantom 1, Bismarck 1. ‘Referee: - Anderson, Timer: Dohn. Jamestown to Open Against Ellendale Cronund al conmout 60 Leading Teams Report That Only . Three Dropkicks Scored During Year Two of the 60 Reported the Three; Other 58 Teams Went ‘Dropkickless’ By BOB MATHEBNE (NEA Service Sports Writer) One of the surprise answers that came back from 60 representative football elevens asked for a list of their scoring plays in 1928 was-one to: the. question for the number of field goals made by dropkicks this season. It hardly was expected that these 6 colleges would report enough such scoring plays to make you dizzy counting them but it certainly wasn't thought beforehand that the number which would actually be reported would be merely—THREE! ‘The answer from 58 colleges to the question was—none. The fifty-ninth answer was’ from Colorado College and that ’institu- tion reported that “Dutch” Clark, standing on his 36-yard line, drop- kicked three points against Denver. Harvard checked in late with two dropkicks for field goals, one by Gilli- gan from the six-yard line against Springfield and one by Putnam from the 14-yard line in the Yale game. If it hadn't been for these three field goals by Colorado and Har- vard, the answer might have been NONE from all in this group. Goal Posts Too Far _ One can advance many réasons for this decrease in field goals by drop- kicking but the best reason to be given ts the fact that the crossbar of the goal post is much harder to get over since the posts are on the rear line of the end zone. Perhaps the youngsters are not as gifted with their toes as those of previous years were or it may be that the desire to shoot the works for touchdown and six points is much \greater than taking a chance for three points. ; Looks Like Poor Year Whatever the reason, it is hardly likely that the 1928 record book. will show a great number of field goals from dropkicks this year. Perhaps not as many as the 26 made in 1927, the first year the goals were moved back, and certainly not as many as the 126 in 1926, the last year the goal posts were 100 yards apart. One hundred and forty-eight place- ment kicks resulted in field goals in 1926 and only 34 such kicks were made in 1927, The 60 teams asked about this scoring play for this year reported 22, 80 it is to be assumed that this was ® far more favored method of attach- ing three points to the score than the dropkick was. It is doubtful whether any elevens profited more from placement kicks than Virginia Poly and Washington Tal rele i Four fellows with goggles aren't found on many college basketball teams. In fact, very few teams have one player who has to wear cheaters but Coe College has four first-string men on the freshman squad-who can’t play-un- less they are behind windshields. The four players pictured below in the guards they have to wear to protect ‘ their glasses are, left to right, Mark Blackman, guard; James Cotter, forward; Herman Brehm, guard, and Claude Appleby, forward. Dropkick Lost Punch During’28 Season (BASEBALL FOUL STRIKE RULE HANDICAPS BATTER UNFAIRLY | #7. SEAN TE ELDEST VT i Bobby Jones Joins. | | Fish Storytellers | beets trina e Miami, Fle., Jan. 5.—(#)—Roberi Tyre Jones, of Atlanta, the Bobby Jones of golfing fame, now is a mem- ber of the “It Was This Long” club. Robert Tyre deserted the golf course for the gulf course here and ‘proceed- ed to land a seven-foot barracuda. The giant fish had Jones stymied for an hour before the golf champ could lift.. Because of the roughness of the course and the many water hazards, Bobby’s one up score was considered unusual. FASTEST, DIZZIEST BiG TEN RAGE SEEN . AS SCHEDULE OPENS All Teams but Ohio State, Chi- cago and Minnesota Are Real Contenders Chicago, Jan. 5.—(#)—What’ prom- ises to be one-of the fastest and dizzi- est Big Ten basketball championship races in years starts tonight with eight teams in action on four fronts. Northwestern's Wildcats, who showed .more class than, any other Big Ten team during tlie preliminary season, tangles with Michigan's up and coming team at Ann Arbor; Il- linois invades Purdue; Ohio State in- vades Iowa, and Wisconsin clashes with Minnesota at Minneapolis. Only Indiana and Chicago do not start their championship campaigns tohight. , The championship’ race appears to be a toss-up. Every team, with the possible exception of Chicago, Ohio State and’ Minnesota, is regarded as a. contender. While Indiana has had a poor pre- liminary season, the Hoosiers. were believed to be very much in the race. Losing two and winning two games, they scored less points than their op- ponents, but they have a habit of coming back to win titles. Northwestern, Illinois and Wiscon- sin were the only three members of the Big Ten team to come through undefeated in the practice schedule and appear good. On the basis of past performances, however, Purdue, Indiana, Wisconsin, Northwestern and Iowa appear to have the best chances of landing on or near the . Michigan also has been improving rapidly and is feared as much-er more than any other team. Survey. of statistics of the prelim- inary season reveals Northwestern hung up the best record, piling up 12¢ points to 75 for its opponents, Wabash, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and. Penn State. Ohio State had the poor- est record, Evans Suggests That Revision Be Considered; Leaders Say Revision ‘Would Not Aid .300 Batters but Would Help .250 Batters; Change Needed. By BILLY, EVANS : How. about cutting out the foul Strike rule? That was. the suggestion of an American-League manager in reply to the National League proposal] that 10 men -be used on offense in order to create more action. This all happened at the recent; joint meeting of the major leagues in Chicago.- It’ was the aftermath of John , Heydler's suggestion: that ball clubs have a substitute hitter for: the pitcher. For a time, the proposed re- form was the chief topic of conversa. tion, causing the magnates to tempor- arily: forget all about trades. Opinions Are Stated. Here is the opinion of & prominent. baseball manager: Ss. “If the National League seeks more ,,action, I am sure cutting out the foul hf ills strike rule. would cause’ more tf! than simply having a substitute bat-. ter for the pitcher. Possibly the pinch hitter*for the pitcher would help ene. liven the game to a certain extent but I fear it would be very limited. It would be just as easy for the pitcher to pass the substitute hitter in a pinch. * “On the other hand, doing away with the. foul -strike ‘rule would in- crease action from the top to the bot- tom of the batting ordér. The justice of the foul strike rule is questionable. Often you have seen some batter: hit 8 ball into the stands for what-would @ been a home run had it not curved foul in the last few feet. Yet, that is one strike against the batter. His next offering may be a drive down the line that is foul by a few inches and that is strike number two. “The foul strike is too lopsided, : too much in favor of the pitcher. The. rule was adopted:to keep batters from fouling. off. the ball.to tire the pitcher and also delay the game. Larry La- Joie was a wonder at this stunt. I am told that in one time at bat he fouled os Zo baa heaters ‘he wes tiaally 20 change but if the action, let us have it all along. rather than only with losing two out of four.| with and scoring 112 points to its | eee Opponents’ 123. Al Espinosa and Mort Dutra Turn in Best Cards, 68, in First Lap Letich and Jarrett Lead No- daks; Linthicum Is High Scorer for Bruins Los Angeles, Jan. 5—(Pj—, being on the small end of 2 13 to score in the firct minutes of the game, the basketball five of the the iver= .| sity of California at Los night spurted ahead to win 41 from the University of North ‘The early lead of the visitors was due and..before which the Bruins seemed dazed. Letich, North Dakota forward, and Jarrett, guard, led the scoring for the]. visitors with seven points each. Lin- thicum, Bruin forward, was high point man with 16 points. 4 Sl wowomommad el msmonond plceEcecuaanel pire—Cox. JACK MOST RIGHT eurooee Together Six Years Ashmore, North Carolina Coach, Builds Offense Around This Duo of Stars playing together on the same basketball why Coach Jim at North reasons aggregation to be one of the fastest: in: the Referee Gives Title to Former Dartmouth Star After Lewis Leaves Ring ‘Dynamite’ Takes First Fall by ‘Flying Tackle’ After 29 Minutes Boston, Jan. 5—(F)—Wrestling had & new champion togay—“Dynamite” ““” Gus. Sonnenberg, former Dartmouth - football player, :lmost a novice at the game. Sonnenberg won the heavyweight mat title when Ed “Strangler” Lewis was disqualified in their match here |: last night. Sonnenberg had taken ° the first fall with his “flying tackle” .: "jin 29 minutes 45 seconds, and when they returned to the ring, he tried ta drop the champion again with the same tactics. i ‘The rugged football player, who after college continued his gridiron career with the Providence Steam- rollers, @ professional team, butted Lewis seven times in rapid succes- ° sion, forcing the champion to fall or crawl outside of the ropes to escape punishment. Each time Lewis sought safety out- side, he was ordered to return by Referee Leon Burbank.. The official © gave Lewis ample warning and, after the seventh butt, counted him out of his title, which he turned over to Sonnenberg to the great delight of the 20,000 spectators. ‘The decision, which stripped Lewis . ’. of the be-jeweled championship belt as well as his title, drew the voceifer- ous protests of P ly Sandow, the “Strangler’s” manager and confidant. Sandow claimed that his nan was , never entirely out of the ring, and that he had at least a foot or leg in- side at all times and that.Lewis was , willing and eager to continue the bout when he was counted out by Burbank. During ‘the bout, which lasted 38 minutes and 6 seconds, Sonnenberg ‘was on the offensive at all times and had to force matters to stir the cau- tious Lewis into action. " Lewis received $50,000 for his night’s work. Sonnenberg's share ran about $8,000. Total receipts ex- 5 jceeded $72, Paul Prehn, president of the N. B. A./through with them? (sas TOBECOME- CHAMP. commissioner, that Dempsey be rec-|ship amount to if commissions named sey ra ognized immediately as the champion,|champions without their coming | ‘ . 5.—(P)—The National | said: ' | Boxing association. will not’-recognize “while I believe Dempsey: {san “The:.National Boxing association|outstanding heavyweight prospect, Jack Dempsey or anyone else: as|is not in favor of naming champions yet I see no reason for naming him heavyweight. champion until he wins|in the heavyweight or any other class|the heavyweight titleholder now. © Let the title in the ‘ring. > until they win recognition as such in|him show the world he earns it and Concerning ‘the: proposal of William |the ring. What would be the pur-|that he is the best man in the heavy- | coached there, has |Muldoon, veteran New York boxing|pose and what would the sportsman-|weight division.” = (wish LIKE WINTER SPORTS Fifty. candidates reported for the winter sports team at the University of New Bay een Te Pa! varsity team, m the. champion for three years, will compete again in the intercollegiate championships at Lake Placid, N. Y. CAN'T BEAT MARK Knute Rockne's football teams at Notre Dame, in the per he has played 111 , winning 92, losing 13 and tying six. -: 695 Chrysler Motors’ “ladies canain teleieds ie HL i