The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 1, 1929, Page 8

- PAGE EIGHT MOORHEAD OUTRIT WILL CLASH WITH TENNESSEE ENTRY Both Teams Left From Moor- head for Chicago Inter- scholastic Yesterday 33 STATES REPRESENTED Vienna, Ga., and Johnston City, Ul., Play in Attractive Contest Chicago, April 1—(4)—High school basketball aces of America faced final drills today preparatory to the University of Chicago's 11th annual national interscholastic tournament. Forty teams representing 33 states, are entered in the championship struggle, which starts with the Ra- ton, N. M., and Portsmouth, N. H., battle at 10 a. m. tomorrow and con- tinues to Saturday night. Valley City and Moorhead high school basketball teams, champions of North Dakota and Minnesota re- spectively, left yesterday fcr Chicago, where they will participate in the University of Chicago's 11th annual nationalf basketball tournament. The teams were accompanied by their coaches, Claude L. Miller and Glenn Hanna. Valley City clashes with Lakeland, Ga., at 7 p. m. Tuesday while Moor- head meets College Grove, Tenn.. at 9 m. Wednesday in the first round, Chicago, April 1—(?)—-Forty high school posketball teams—the pick of the nation’s best—start their quest for national honors Tuesday in the Uni- versity of Chicago's 11th annual in- terscholastic tourney. Thirty-three states are sending their champions and near champions into the battle which terminates Sat- urday night. Twenty-nine of the teams are state champions, four were runnersup, three won interstate tournaments, one was an interstate tournament runnerup, and two are Chicago district title holders. Ashland, Ky., the defending cham- pion, completes the most representa- tive entry list in the tournament's history. The national title holder Jost out in the seimfinal round of the Kentucky state tournament, but was invited to compete. Strong Teams Paired Pairings announced Saturday place two of the strongest teams in the tournament together in the first round. Vienna, Ga., back for its third consecutive year after dropping one point games to the champions of the last two tourneys, is paired with the big Johnston City team, Illinois title holder, in the last ag of the first round Wednesday night. Raton, New Mexico, and Ports- mouth, N. H., champions of their re- gpective states, open the play at 10 a.m. Tuesday. For the-first time southern teams will outnumber entries from other sections of the country. Seventeen fives from below the Mason-Dixon line will carry the southern banner into the cage classic. Six teams are from the New Eng- land territory; 11 from the middle west and 6 from the west and far northwest. Hamlets Entered Three teams will be seeking to em- ulate the Carr Creek mountaineer team, which was the sensation of the tournament last year. Heath, which is described as a “wide place in the road,” enters the play as the Ken- tucky champion with a team that learned its basketball on an outdoor gravel court. Colorado is sending a team of farm- er giants from the hamlet of Joes in quest of the state's second national championship. Windsor, Colo., won the title in 1924. Joes is a village of 45° people, located 30 miles from a railroad in the northeastern prairies of the state. Louisiana makes a bid for national honors, with its state champion from dena, a village of 520. For the first tinge since the instigation of the tour- nament Kansas, winner of two titles, will not ‘be represented. The first Tound pairings: b . Tuesday 10. a. m.—Raton, N. M., vs. Ports- Mouth, N. H. * 11 a, m—Wheeler, Miss., vs. Win- nemuca,.Nev. 12 m.—Wheatland, Wyo., vs. Jean, La: 1\p. m.—Heath, Ky., vs, Hartford, 2p. m.—St. Paul, Neb., vs. Nauga- tuck, Conn. 3 p. m.—Miles City, Mont., vs. New- News, Va. * 4 p. m—Athens, Texas, vs. Cleve- ‘Tenn. ‘Olty, Okla. j rpm Valiey City, N. D., va. Lake- 2 P aa Ky., ve. Independ- Lakel: Two State Cham | Hamlets Win Places in National Tourney | Valley City Meets HE CHAMPIONS Teams from cross-road villages will be among the sentimental favorites at the national high school basketball April 2-6. ' Players on the Heath, Ky., team (above are left to right: (front row) Forston, Graham, Nelson; (back row) Craig, Davis, Bagwell, Miller and McElya. Joes, Colo., (below) left to right: Nikkel, Vaughn, White, Hudinburg h, Hall and Snyder. Pyle Bunien Derby Gets a Strong Start Elizabeth, N. J., Apsil 1.—(#)—The second edition of Charles C. Pyle’s cross-country ache and pain ‘parade is off to a good and apparently profit- With a crowd that dwarfed the best they could collect last year gathered to see them start and many thousands more lining the course ofthe first day's run, the 78 wearers by willing legs made their first day's run. of a|’ mere 21 miles. Today they continue with a longer jaunt to Trenton, the last stop in New Jersey, thence west- ward ‘on their 80-day, 3,500 mile journey that is due to wind up in Los Angeles, June 18. Ed Gardner, Seattle negro star who finished eighth last year, turned in the best performance of the day, lead- ing the pack home in one hour, 59 minutes 30 seconds. Billiard Stars to Stage Big! Matches New York, April 1.—(4)—Stars . of the billiard world will clash here. in two big matches this week. Willie Hoppe, a leader in every form of bil- Wards, starts tonight in a 600-point three- cushion match against Allan Hall of St. Louis. Welker Cochrane of Hollywood and New York, former 18.2 balkline cham- pion, meets one of his most dangerous rivals, Felix Grange of France, in a 12-block test. Each block will be at 300 points and the winner of the greatest numbers of blocks will get the decision. Both matches will con: tinue until Saturd ENJOYS SON'S BOXING. , Mdme. Edmund Pladner had: never seen any of the ring battles her boy, “Spider,” had wayed until he. flat- tened out Frankie Genazu in 47 ‘sec- onds, winning the flyweizht: charh- plonship of the world here recehitly. She enjoyed the spectacle. ©: meet in Chicago, Missions Hurler Killed in Crash |3x:: The Sportfolio (By ED POLLOCK) Who was manager of the old Balti- more Orioles in their pennant winning days? (8. Y. T.) Who were the three greatest out- * fielders playing at.the same time club in the major leagues? P.) San Francisco, April 1—(4)—Clyde Nance, 21, pitcher of the Missions club of the Pacific Coast League, was killed yesterday when his motorcar ‘Joverturned near Merced, Calif. A pas- Senger was not injured. Baseball Fans Set for Meeting Bismarck baseball enthusiasts. are set for their meeting at 8 o'clock. to- night at the Association of Com- Christy Mathewson’s record in the World Series against the Athletics in 1905? How. many hits were made off him and how + ‘many runs? (C. B. H.) What were the respective positions of Lioyd Hahn and Phil Edwards in the finish of the Olympic 800- meter race? . What was the time of the winner?’ (J. E. McL.) What is the nationality of Sid Terris, _ the New York boxer? .(W. C. D.) Any question relative to sport will be‘answered through this SPORTFOLIO, care of The All persons in the city who are in- terested in a cily team are requested to attend the meeting by Winfield 8. Ayers, chairman of the recreation Committee of the association. | Consideration of the manager prob- lem will receive the greatest time to- night. The local team at present is without a manager, Neil O. Churchill, pilot for the last three years, having announced that he will be too busy this year to handle the work. Fans are still entertaining the hope that “Church” will find time to do the job. If Churchill remains immovable in his announcement, a will be considered tonight. It will. be the first meeting of the year te ce local club ‘and its follow- Lajoie’s hest batting average|¢rs. Small towns in the Bismarck J 422, nig td and Mandan vicinities are organizing and Minot has ANSWERS TO SATURDAY'S , ERIES George Burns made his unassisted triple play for the Red Sox in 1923. Ernie Padgett was the Braves infielder who made an un- assisted triple play the same sea- Tommy) Gibbons was 34 when he Sought Jack Dempsey at Shelby. Anson's high batting average was .421. given its team a fly- Cox, of Penn State, former champion, eens was second to Luttman in the in- _ tercollegiate mile run last year. Luttman’s time was 4:25 4-5, Both, Frankle’Genaro and Corporai .,. Izzy Schwartz claim the world’s flyweight boxing championship. Ww. WITH LITTLE ROCK ‘ard, former. major e infjelder, will .play with Little Rock in the Southern League this summer. twas from Little Rock that Ward ‘the majors many’ years ——__. ANOTHER WANER? - An all-star amateur from the land of the Waner brother; has signed a St. Louis Cardinal contract. He ts Granville:Norris, a three-letter man at the University of Oklahoma last MISSED. TWICE -IN. TWO YEARS Earl Averill, Cleveland: rookie out- fielder, says he missed only two games in two seasons of play in the Pacific IT'S DER ADMIRAL'S V/A COURT ‘FAULT! DOT DUMMER | MARTIAL— (LEFT IT. UNGUARDED |] £ DEMAND. / MARTIAL MIT,, PSP.GO AFTER GAS. / A COURT. .[ 30 NEARSIN Baul ve VaNT SPE! MAKE AN EXAMPLE UF wim! DER TROOPS / VOT IT Iss! voTS DEMAND SuSTICE. 57 * GROSS NEGLECT UND INCOMPETENCE — DoT's MORE, 1 THINK HE |: and, Florida, in Tourney’s Fi pions From Villages Are Novel in Na Railroad, Will Represent Western State WILL GIVE MEET COLORING Kentucky Outfit Has Not Had _ Advantage of Practicing on Wood Floor Chicago, April 1—(#)—-The boys who play the best brand of basketball, even if it be on a dirt floor in an obscure village, win the coveted trips to the national high school interscho- lastic tourney in Chicago. Heath, a town of less than 100 People won the Kentycky state cham- pionship; and Joes, population 43, won the championship in Colorado. Joes, Colo., is a town consisting of two stores, one filling station, a post- office, and a dozen homes. It is 28 miles from a railroad. The basket- ball team developed there whipped Fort Collins, 34 to 17, in the final game of the Colorado state tourna- ment. Fort Collins is the school which won three national track and field titles in Chicago in the last four years. Joes with its six-man squad won 37 out of 38 games this season. Heath, Ky., April 1.—()—Five high school boys from this Kentucky vil- lage who won the state basketball title without the advantages of prac- tice on a hardwood court are primed to represent their state in the na- tional interscholastic tournament in They thus succeed the Carr: Creek five, runnerup in the -1928.state title race, which was the hit of the na- tional meet. Ashland, the 1928 state champion, won the national crown and much glory came to Kentucky, but this was because of the presence of the “Carr Creek boys,” an all- mountaineer combination. . Has 100 Citizens ‘This year's state winners are from @ community of approximately 100 in McCracken county. Citizens of Heath have hada struggle keeping the high school in operation. There was no money for a gymnasium, so the new state champions helped build their own court—a court of dirt—in a cor- ner of the high school yard, Except on winter's coldest days the team worked there-constantly. The players were not able to master the dribble because the ground was rough, but their passing was developed and their shooting eyes sharpened. Played on Wood All games Heath played were on wooden floors and to accustom the team to them, Coach Moore took his players to the Paducah high school gymnasium, 12 miles distant, each Saturday afternoon during the winter. Heath defeated the Paducah high school team later in the regional tournament at Murray, Ky. ‘When the time came for the state tournament at Lexington, Heath was considered a weak team that profited by “breaks” in the Levent fl ae aes gional games. Lexington school was picked to eliminate the Mc- Cracken county boys in the first round. ' 5 But Lexington was stopped by Heath in a one-sided game, Accur- ate and rapid passing cartied Heath to victory and enabled them to drive through to the state crown. Andy Graytak to his. last. three‘ bouts over the kayo route. i This, it seems, is going in for boxing in a big way for @ young lady just five years old like Lenora Bohen of Toledo, O. She stands in fighting pose here, with gloves—well, they weigh almost as much as she does, 22 pounds, to be exact. The gloves were made for her dad, who is an exhibition fighter around Toledo, but young Lenora has them on and challenges Gene Tun- ney, Jack Dempsey and all of them for a scrap. BASEBALI CARDS BEAT SENATORS Tampa, Fia., April 1—(4)—Although the St. Louis Cardinals ended their major league spring training exhibi- tion season in the south by dumping the Washington Senators yesterday, the American League entry had clinched a five game series by copping the third game yesterday. BROWNS CELEBRATE EASTER ‘West Palm Beach, Fis., April 1.—(#) —The Browns collaborated with the weather yesterday to make it a per- fect Easter by closing their spring season at West Palm Beach with a regular story-book ninth inning win from the Brooklyn Dodgers. to 1 decision, after the Dodgers had @ 1 to 0 shutout in the bag for eight and 8 half innings, gave Howley’s hustlers the ‘series. JONNARD NOW A CUB Chicago, April 1—(4)—Claude Jon- nard, right hand pitcher and storm center between Commissioner K. M. Landis and owner Phil Bal of the St. Louis Browns, has landed with the Cubs. Announcement of the most re- vent acquisition to the Cubs’ pitching staff was made last night. Last sca- son, Jonnard toiled with Milwaukee in the American Association, INJURED ROBINS IMPROVE West Palm Beach, Fla., April 1.—(#) —The Robins may have a complete roster able to get into action soon if Tecovering from their it the present rate. Jim Elliott was in uniform here yesterday for the first time since he pulled a Iknee tendon 10 days ago and Captain Glenn Wright is nearly ready to go gether. Lyons and McKain added to their brilliant spring hurling records yesterday by holding the Giants to two hits in six innings. ‘Thomas and Adkins relieved them and were bumped for 9 runs and the Giants PHILS READY TO LEAVE Winter Haven, Fia., April 1—(7)}— ‘Two more games in Florida and the Phillies will hit the home trail in al- most perféct condition to open the season Saturday in Philadelphia’ city series with the Athletics. "| men can be counted upoh this fall will MACK NOT OPTIMISTIC April 1.—(#)—Return- Florida where for the last five weeks he has watched the Phil- TIGERS FACE CUBS Houston, Texas, April 1—(2)—With two victories over the Houston club, champions of the Texas League, the Detroit. Tigers faced another engage- ment with Chicago's Cubs at Beau- Bucky Harris’ men played their first errorless game of the season yesterday in beating Houston 13 to 5. Cissell Ready Comeback. Attempt April 1.—The .Cissell fellow, ‘who cost the Chicago« White Sox $125,000 a year ago and then didn’t live up to the. big ! Penoacole, Flo Apr I edeeMiies |" Clnsell: in tn ining here with the a 9 - ler 5 ‘al Ag White Sox, thinks this will be his year. And from, the manner he is playing in the spring games, the ex- Perts are inclined to agree. Fight Al Watson Corporal Graytak, Fort Lincoln ae EE He rst Round- tional. Tournament CARR CREEK OUT [Wee WantstoFien? _—| REPLACED BY HEATH | AS KENTUCKY'S BEST Joes, Colo, 28 Miles From U Football Coach Sees Prospect in Bismarck Player Uniform First Time in Three Years ’ Grand Forks, N. D., April 1.—Spriiiz football drill at the University. of North Dakota will open Tuesday when some 45. aspirants for the 1929 Flickertail eleven will receive the paraphernalia of their. profession, C. A. West, athletic director and head coach, announced today. Faced with a nine game sched which opens Sept. 22, and runs until Nov. 30, the Nodak mentor has de- cided that all of April and part of oolong be needed to look over ma- A regular game between “iwo picked teams” will wind up the spring campaign, Coach West has stated. This will. be played’ in Memorial stadium as a scheduled conflict. Pa-» trong will be charged for the tilt and the funds will be used to pay off the stadium debt, Tentative plans for the encounter call for the appearance of Coaches Jack West, Clyde Star- j beck, Clem Letich and Tiny Lewis in the game for a short period. This feature, it is expected, will be a crowd-pleaser. With such men,as Cy Kahl, Glenn Jarrett, Curt Schave and Bud Lux back for ball carrying roles, Coach West's spring. inspection will be aimed principally at unearthing line- men. ‘True, the Nodaks are short a quarterback but West has ex; himself as being satisfied with the Possibilities of Vern Duchene, Man- uel Wexler and Milo Willson, a trio of freshmen signal callers. . Heavy linemen, especially tackles, are scarce. Assistant Coach Star- beck has been busy for some two weeks working underneath the sta- dium ‘with a few chosen freshmen who have looked impressive. One of these, beri Klien, a Bismarck six footer weighing 195 pounds, may come through, according to Starbeck. Klien Played at Bismarck a few seasons back but he has not been out before here despite his two years at the uni- versity. ‘ Whether he and some of the fresh- be determined in short order after the rough work opens. Petrolle Signs To Meet Miller Jor opposition -which stands in his Path to a lightweight championship match when he will meet Ray Miller, the walloping Chicago southpaw, in a 10 round contest at Detroit. A message from Jack “Iurley Sat- urday announced that he signed con- tracts with Dick Dunn and Scotty Montieth, Detroit promoters, late Friday in Chicago for the match, Hurley's message was filed from St. Paul Saturday, the Fargo manager explaining that he withheld the an- nouncement one day in accordance witha ‘an agreement made with the Olympic arena promoters. Hurley's message also pointed out that Dunn and Monteith had a con- tract drawn up for a Petrolle-Man- dell match to be effective in event the Fargo Express succeeds in de- feating the Chicago star. 4 Champs to Guard. : i ' Bowling Laurels Chicago, April 1—(#)—Defending champions in two divisions will take the alleys tonight in the American congress tournament. The Oh Henry Candys of Kansas City will attempt to repeat in the five-man Feminine Golfers. Starting Tourney _ Pinehurst, N. C., Lm— More than a hundred Pag n te taentt today i in ty-sixth north Emil Klien, 195-Pounder, Draw: © fe le will make his fi on season's Arner League, Managee May 3 toward pounding out the ma- Connie Mack today was far from op- timistic over the baseball outlook. He said he was disappointed, dismayed and somewhat disgusted with his