The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1929, Page 8

‘Bismarc PHILINERS ARE FOE TONIGHT: BLUBJAY aes ‘Both Games Are Expected to Be Hard Fought; Jims Are Especially Strong FARGO PLAYS AT FORKS $0 Teams Get Into Action This | # Week-End; Williston Quint kd Shows Strength Coach Roy D. Mcicod and a / husky crowd of Bismarck high _ school cagers boarded a train for Valley City this morning. They will play the Hiliners tonight and the Jamestown Bluejays tomor- tow night in two tough games. Coach McLeod took the follow- ing Demons on the trip with him thts week-end: Captain Ben Aagobson, Eddie Spriggs, Gordie Landers, aud Johnny Sprigss, forwards; Schwartz, center; Fay Brown, O'Hare, ani Earl Hoff- man, guards. Loherke would Wave made the trip but he broke his nose in the practice session last night. Going through warm- ing up exercises, be collided with Fay Brown. and came out of the mix with the injury. Bismarck Imps will mect the Glen Ulin high school five at 215 at the high school gymna- | slum here. A preliminary game > between two junior high school tonms will begin at 7:30 o'clock. St. Mary's. will play Glen Ullin tomorrow night. The Bismarck Independents will play at Steele tonight and the Phantoms played the Train- ers at the state training school in F Mandan last night. upsets last week end, and out in particular prominence on the North Dakota high School basketball program this week- ind. _The two choice games will find irgo high school at Grand Forks fand Bismarck at Jamestown tomorrow 2 it. Four of the strongest teams in the pstate, all of them favored to have a chance to enter the state tourn- nent next March, will perform in he, two contests. Interest in the hes is manifest in the four cities cerned but because of the strength the teams few predictions concern- the ome of the games arc be- amade. Charlie Kimball's Midgets. with pt Morris Long back in the fold a bang-up game at guard, | OUTRIT TOMORROW /4OUT The whispers about the reasons that might have been behind an in- tentional long count in Chicago were not the first insinuations of scandal that followed a world's heavyweight championship fight. There were more open charges made about the Johnson-Willard championship fight 14 years ago than there were about the count of 14 that was given to Tunney when Dempsey had him on the floor. It was openly charged, without much of a comeback, that Johnson had taken what the boys call a “dive” nd playing jas ruled a slight favorite to win over e Forks, two times state champions, the pessimistic purple mentor will H e none of it. Charlie says that his team’s 59 to 10 win over Oakes 8 week means nothing. He said pthat Ed. Bohnhoff may have a green ; » but the season is getting on in eeks now and the greenness is wear- Clinton Is Backbone The Forks team is built around mkie Clinton, all-state guard last tar and the only man of last year's team returning. The four new men bare coming along surprisingly fast, according to Grand Forks critics. “The Jamestown game will bring to- her two teams coached by brothers. oy D. McLeod is mentor of the Bis- & Demons and Bart McLeod is aching the Jamestown Bluejays. [Needless to say, basketball, as coached the McLeod brothers is of a pretty gh calibre. A third McLeod brother ° es at Kenmare. Jamestown has had an impressive peeason so far this year. First cvi- dence of their strength came to light mn they kicked Minot over 30 to )24 in’ easy fashion. And last week- jend. they showed both scoring power defensive power. Friday nigh: and Johnson in later years admitted it. But his admission did not cause ® sensation. The event had taken Place too many years before and it sounded like an alibi. Shading Eyes From the Sun Regardless of what actually hap- Pened, the above picture was a storm center at the time. It shows Johnson being counted out in the twenty-sixth round with his arm upraised to shield his eyes from the sun. Boxing men, at that time, said that Johnson's posi- tion could be explained in three ways —that he was faking the finish, that he was listening to the count with the intention of getting up before 10, or that he was exhausted and that the arm just fell into that position by the force of natural gravity. Some of the best writers of the day expressed the opinion that Johnson, obviously fat and out of condition as the picture shows, was battered into @ state of exhaustion by the superbly trained Willard and that while not actually knocked out he was physical- ly unable to get up and took an out. They recalled that in the rest be- tween previous rounds Johnson had nodded to his white wife, who was seated in one of the ringside chairs and that upon receiving the signal ey whipped the highly - touted La e Giants 46 to 26 in the biggest of the season. Saturday night, f th they lost by two points, they fheld the strong Aberdeen, 8. Dak., School quint to seven points. PJamestown is regarded in most parts ofthe state as a certain entrant in ithe’ state tournament, Bismarck defeated Mandan a: to ff An @ surprising game last week-end. wasn't surprising that the Demos. over their traditional rivals from orton county, but it was surprising tt their margin of victory was so » A hard-fighting spirit in a team was willing to work hard brought ty to the capital city. The De- a |en'the connt when he did. Admitting she had arisen hasitly and had left the arena. This was taken to mean that Johnson knew he was licked and that he didn’t want his wife to sec | him get the knockout punch. Johnson gave another reason for the exchange of signals in his story told years later. He said it had been arranged that money, he was to take the dive, but that he wouldn't fill his part of the} arrangement until the money had been paid to his wife. She was to Signal him from the ringside when the money was paid and leave the arena. He was then to continue long enough to allow her to get away. Opinions, of course, varied. It seemed agreed among the experts, ly beaten and that he would have been knocked stiff if he had not tak- Inst Priday, the » the Saturday night, the Satans off the 14count, a score | ¥ revealed Wi}1iston’s great ‘and: a high-powered center, Who scored 20\points to win over that point, however, there were doubts expressed that Johnson would not have had to take the beating if he didn't want to and that he could have won in half the distance if he so The picture, however, shows the! difference in the condition of the two men. Willard never was trained as well as he was that day and Johnson i Obviously was in very poor condition. | British Boxers Can “Resign” —_ | If Johnson had not “confessed” in | his act might have been only technic=1 cen- i k Demons threat of Les Canadiens of Montreal | to tie the New York Americans for the top of the International section of the National Hockey League, has Proved for the present to be merely a threat. The Americans stepped out las, night and scored a 2 to 0 victory over the Montreal Maroons while To- along by holding the Flying French- men to a 1-1 tie. vanced as an explanation for the) failure of the Flying Frenchmen to do better against Toronto. Howie Morenz, star center, was unable to start, and their goalie, Hainsworth, Played the game with a broken nose and with one eye almost useless. the New York Rangers gave the Pittsburgh fans a convincing demon- stration of why they are world’s shamniene by trouncing the Pirates, 3 to 1. four games since they passed the halfway point of the season. The vict for a certain sum of jover the idle Boston Bruins to six Purple Wrestler Has in two years of collegiate competi- tion, Ralph Lupton, captain of the however, that Johnson was thorough- | Northwestern University wrestling team, has won 27 consecutive college mat victories, Pound class, won both the national intercollegiate and Big ‘Ten titles last year but failed to land a place on the Olympic team, when he broke several ribs after advancing to the finals in the section trials, OF TH THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Bismarck and Fort Have Puck Teams Canadiens’ Threat Isn’t Serious Yet | New York Americans Win While} TEAMS WILL PLAY SUNDAY Montreal and Toronto Play Tie Game New York, Jan. 25.— (AP) — The winter. at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. Injuries and illness can be ad- and Ankenman. In the only American group game,|_ The soldiers are Tt was Pittsburgh's first defeat in tory increased the. Rangers’ lead | the two coaches say. near future Yet to Lose Decision Chicago, Jan, 25. (P)—Undefeated Evanston, Ill, Lupton, who competes in the 115 western conference. Olympic team. No home is complete with- out a man but every is champion. competitor, and | Bill Ankenman Organizes Bis- marck Independent Sex- tet as Starter | Lt. Earl Bergquist Is Fort Lin- coln Coach; Plans Games in Near Future | Bismarck and Fort Lincoln will |have hockey teams the rest of the ! Six strokes from par 71 in a prelim- The Bismarck team is being organ- being coached by Lieut. Earl Bergquist, another former University of North Dakota ice artist. The soldiers have a great many hockey players and Bergquist is counting on a strong team. If the two teams succeed in stirring up interest in hockey here, . games with outside teams will be arranged, Tentative plans are now being made to bring two Linton teams here in the tg meet Bismarck and Fort Lincoln in a doubleheader. Purple Hopes for Tank Title Again Jan. 25. Olympic point winner and two na- tional intercol!c=::te champions give hope to Northvestern’s chances to again win the swimming title of the Wally Colbath, captain, is the na- tiofial intercollegiate diving champion |He was a member of the United States Al Schwartz is the intercollegiate 220 yard free style champion and Dick: Hinch is.the 150-yard back stroke Eddie Lennox, breast stroke swim- mer; Don Peterson, also breast stroke exponent; Omar Miller, back stroke ul Collo) distance natator, complete Tom Robinson, coach, has assembled. The Northwestern water polo team has not been beaten. in three years, stg eet ere cee Smith May Snatch Texas Tournament Chopped Five Strokes From Par Yesterday to Qualify at San Antonio } | San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 25.—(%}— | Horton Smith, the youthful fast-com- ing pro from Joplin, Mo., became a | favorite to win the $6,500 Texas open, | Which starts today, when he sheared {inary event yesterday. The youthful Missourian seemed to This was indicated today when it | be fast returning to the form that Tonto’s young team helped them was announced that ice teams of Bis- | kept. him in the lead in the recent, ; Marck ard Fort Lincoln will clash in The Americans showed everything | ® P¥ck same at the Fort Lincoln rink | tio they had in the offensive line as well, playing a fast and open game. | Billy Burch, American center scored | game last Sunday, and the both goals on single handed attempts Will be a reguiar contest. after New York's passing attack had been broken up. |ized by Bill Ankenman, who was a former star puckster at the Universtiy of North Dakota. Among the most Prominent contenders for places on the Independent team are Chris Del- zer, Mark LaFrance, Stan Cervinsky, Several others will be given tryouts for positions on the sextet. winter tournaments on the Pacific | coast: where he collected a goodly por- of the cash prizes awarded. His 85 tied with that of George Aulbach The two teams staged a practice of Boston for low pro scores in the ; Warming-up event. One hundred and forty-seven golf- ers were scheduled to participate in the initial 18-hole round of the main event today. Another hot favorite of the tour- nament was bill Mehlhorn of Fenni- more, N. Y., defending champion. He went around in 68 yesterday. i Montana State Is Picked to Repeat Denver, Col., Jan. 25.-()-Montana, State college, basketball champions of the Rocky Mountain. conference for the last two years, looks like a re- Peater in 1929. Coach Stuart Dyche’s. Bobcats have |made an impressive getaway and number among their victims the Cook's Paint five of Kansas City, na- tional A. A. U. champions of 1928, ‘The Treasure state quintet was de- veloped by G, Ott Romney three years ago and turned over to Dyche when Romney last year accepted a posi- tion as director of athletics at Brig-\ ham Young University in Utaah. Hs: Bobcats have a wondertuly: de- veloped passing game. is left chiefly .to Frank Wards sist foot-four center, and Ashworth (Cat) Thompsonj diminutive forward. Every man on the team is an accurate shooter, ver, The Cgts employ the zone and man-for-man defense equally well and are quick to size up their opponents’ strength. and weakness and apply scoring checks. With the 4 = Fi i gs Seep ae aah re ite fire i A i i Leave for Games at V Phantons Lose to Trainers 12 to 19 eee SO ee ee ee ee alley City and. —_—_—— BISMARCK FIVE IS OFF-COLOR; FOES HURT BY SICKNESS Score at First Half Is 12 to 0 in Favor of Training School Squad a MIKE GESTON IS STRONG Phantoms Outscore Mandan in Second Half When They Strike Form With neither team playing up to expectations, the Mandan Trainers last night defeated the Bismarck Phantoms 19 to 12 at the state train- ing school gymnasium in Mandan. The Phantoms, all seven who Played, seemed off-color. Helbling, of the Trainers, could not play because of illness and Heidt played despite the fact that he was suffering from & bad cold. The only man on the floor who played his usual good game was Mike Geston, blonde-headed center, who proved the outstanding Performer of the game. The Phantoms, who failed to make 8 single point during the first half, looked worse than at any other time this season, but they came back and outscored the Trainers by five Points in the second period. Hardwick and Heidt each scored two field goals, Roche scored one, and Farr and Geston each scored a free throw in the first half to bring the count 12 to 0 at the half. The Phantoms committed five fouls during the period while not one was chalked up against the Train- ers. The Bismarck performers were Y, ; iawvary 951909 amestown After Playing Poor’ Game‘ BISMARCK INDEPENDENT CAGE Lloyd Spetz Post of American Legion Decides Not to Spon- sor Team; Schedule Will Be Carried Out Regardless; Jack Kreifels Is Manager ° Though the Lioyd Spetz the American meeting basketball team which was representing the post, the team will adopt 9 different name and continue the schedule and program which was outlined for it, 3 This statement was made today by Jcvk Kreifels, who has taken over the duties as manager, The team sprung into prominence’ @ week ago when it defeated a Fort Lincoln team by an to 12 count. ‘The team plays its second game to- night when it meets the fast Steele Independents at Steele tonight. The Phantoms were extended to take a nent 22 victory from Steele Tuesday night. Those who will make up the new team are Kreifels, Brown, Doyle, Hill, Martin, Benser and Slattery. Minot Manager Okays Kossick; ~ Favors Roberts Mert Whalen, manager of Tiger Johnny Compton, ferocious mauler who meets Lee Cavanagh in the headliner of a 41-round card here Feb. 1, will accept Leo Kossick, Moor- head boxing expert, as referee of the card, Haband it is impossible for Orris rts, Bismarck, to of- ficiate. slower last night than at any other time this season. Geston scored all of the Trainers’ points in the second half, getting two field goals and three free throws. Burdick, of the Phantoms, and Ges- ton each scored eight points last night and with Heidt were the best Performers of the evening. The summary: FG Fr PF +1 O01 3 + 0 46 2 + 0.00 1 »~ 1 00 2 - 0 08 1 +1 22 0 4 0 00 Oo Totals...... 3 G9 9 Trainers (19) FG FT PF Hardwick, rf . 2 0-4 2 Farr, if .. 0 1-1 60 Geston, c . 2 47 #421 Heidt, rg 2 0-0 Oo Roche, lg 1 O10 3 Haas, If 0 00 0 3 ‘Technical foul—Geston. Referee. McMahan, Hamline, Um- pire, McLeod, Jamestown. Sharkey Is Picked To Beat Christner ® New York, Jan. 25.—()— While sweet dreams of Miami Beach enfold them, Jack Sharkey and K. O..Christ- mer clash in a ten-round bout in Madison Square Garden tonight. A knockout: victory Pond Christner ‘The Minot manager told this to Isham Hall, Cavanagh’s manager, who with W. J. Godwin is Promoting the card, over the telephone yesterday. He said that he would prefer to ph rn rts officiate, mtd tald yesterday morning told Hall that he could not promise to be in Bismarck the night of the card. Because Roberts said he believed he would be here, but couldn't prom- ise, Hall fed ieee are still enter- ever, to be sure that he would have an official for the card. Whalen expressed confidence that Compton would whip Cavanagh here. Forks, Mobridge, Fargo Bowlers in Tournament Lead Fargo, Jan. 25.—(?)—With drives Prepared for -an invasion of crack out of town teams in the Fargo Bowling association tournament, leaders in the various events follow: Doul Morud - Johnson, Fargo, 1,238; Knutson-Bjerke, Fargo, 1,181; Kels- 'ven-Jewell, Fargo, 1,173; Ploof-Ed- AMERICAN LEAGUE: UKE CIRCUS WITH YANK RINGMASTER Teams Have Revamped infields, Uncertain Outfields, Some Good Newcomers Chicago, Jan. 25—()—With re- vamped infields, more or ‘less uncer- tain outfields and likely looking new comers among battery men, the American league this yeiir assumes the New York Yankees the ring- master. Although the off-season was pro- the various clubs it remains to be seer. the better. On paper the trades seem to have struck a more even balance among the entries, The weaker clubs seemed to have been strengthened while the first division teams’ activities in the mar- ket apparently have not bolstered their lineups to any great extent. Rookie Pitchers ‘The New York Yankees have picked up promising rookie pitchers in Ed Wells of Birmingham, Gi Rhodes of Hollywood and Floyd Pelt of Montgomery but they will enter the race with a revamped left side of the bled near the close of the 1928 season. Mark Koenig will probably be shifted to third with either Leo Durocher, little second baseman, or Lyn Lary. Soemaeted rookie, getting the call at The Philadelphia Athletics have added four ropkie southpaw pitchers and Sumna, & veteran outfielder, be- tween the seasons while the St. Louls Browns’ acquisitions consist largely of hurler and reserve- material. The Browns made a big play in coming up from seventh to Place in one season but they were ‘19 games out of first place last year when the Yankees nosed out the Ath- letics. Dick Ferréll, Columbus catch- er, made a free agent by Commission- er Landis. is the real important addi- toe may. get the regular. receiv- Ing . Walter Johnson is counting on a lot of young pitchers and Buddy My- er bought back from Boston for five Players, to make his first year at Washington a fguccess. The “Big Train” also will have an infield prob- lem, Joe Judge being the only cer- tainty and he is growing old. Sox Need Second Baseman The Chicago White Sox have their usual cavity at second base with no Promising prospect. Second base is not the only problem facing Manager Lena Blackburne. He has nine aspir- ants for the outfield, a weak catching staff to bolster and the improvement of Bill Cissell at short. In contrast to the White Sox, Bucky Harris is going into his first year as Pings} of leaegh hn abl ah “ifs.” Bucky is a great manager anew club and although his teritative iine- up lacks the outfield punch, char- acteristic of the Tigers, for 25 years, he has a hard working pitching staff strengthened by the Cleveland ‘ace, aah Ss as 9 poeta upon af and Roy: Johnson, the young west’ coast infielder. ugh does with What -Roger the Cleveland indienne on his lund, Fargo, 1, new outfield. Tavener at shortstop will help the Indians but the club needs a seasoned first baseman and. Pitchers. © The Boston Red Sox believe 7 made-an excellent deal in Getting tia FREE ial EERSTE EEE aOR Hy | Fights Last Night i —— (By the Associated Press) Jaekson, Mich.—J 4 2 Mason City, outpointed: Jackie Hammer, St. Paul, Minn. (10). _ Both men play from handicap of ie They are continuing the ‘compe- whether the changes have been for- - TEAM PLAYS STEELE TONIGHT - vn the aspect of a one-ring circus with ductive of deals designed to improve infield, ahd aging outfield and an ey Minot | uncertain pitching staff that crum- a rs