The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1929, Page 8

seorge | TLOORED THRICE IN + IRSTROUND OF GO ‘es Didn’t Want to Meet Big, Boy, and May Sock Man- | \ ager in Jaw iT NIGHT CLUB TOGETHER) ie Was Courageous, but Su- perior Weight and Boxing Were Too Much By PAUL MICK! ON hicago, Dec. 17 Napoleon his Wellington. Arthur “The ” Shires has met his “Big wy’ Yushed and self-admittedly great ause of his unofficial one round series over his erstwhile White Sox nager, Russell Blackburne, und _ 21 second knockout over danger- ; Dan Daly of Cleveland in his fessional ring debut 4 week ago. ae Great” Shires tackled George | “afton, the “Big Bear” of profes- | nal football last night and got the ating of his life. 5,000 Saw Affair 3efore a howling throng of 5,000 setators, who packed the White ‘y Arena to its creaking rafters, ‘afton met and decisively conquered “2 loquacious, punch slinging White “x first baseman. Packing thunder- +3 blows behind his 220 pounds, he ttered Shires to the floor three “nes and won the decision by a wide “argin after five rounds of toe-to- milling. it was the first setback for the _ ‘treat One,” but it didn’t finish his jig career. As a physician attended “3 split lip and damaged chin, he an- | }uanced with no little hauteur he was Wady and willing to carry through 8 agreement to meet the “Dempsey % the Cub Club,” Hack Wilson, in January. 4g did he feel disgraced by his de- | .at. He halfway admitted Trafton's q)periority but pointed out that he 73s outweighed by 40 pounds. “I didn’t want to meet that big | ‘uiser and I've got a mind to sock , ¥Y manager on the jaw,” he grunted. But I fought the best I could and ad my own laugh at the suckers— /s08e silly fans who paid five dollars | seat. Let ‘em laugh at me all they yant to. Let ‘em think I'm dumb. I % three grand ($3,000) for the fight ly to sleep. At the , he leaped like a f his corner, rocking the Bear” with a storm of hard and lefts. But Trafton, his by long months of SRALLBADBOY |GREENLEA No, This Isn’t the Prince of Wales! One might think, at first glance, that this is the latest picture of the Prince of Wales—but it isn’t. This remark- able bit of action photography shows a U. 8. cavalryman at Fort Bliss, N. M., getting a nasty spill while trying Trafton Decisively S to take a hurdle. Fort Bliss is near El Paso, Tex. Treatments Fail On Hartnett Arm Chicago Cubs Look for Another | Catcher While Gabby Tries Hot Rays Chicago, Dec. 17.—()—Operations and treatments have failed to im- prove the condition of Leo (Gabby) Hartnett's ailing arm, and the Chi- cago Cubs are looking about for an- other catcher. Hartnett has had two tonsil oper- ations, and serums and light treat- ments have been used, but without results. Hartnett, however, has not given up hope and is continuing with powerful electric light treatments in an effort to bring his throwing arm back to life. Cagers Beat Hurdsfield (Tribune Special Service) McClusky, N. D., Dec. 17.—Mc- Clusky defeated Hurdsfield 20 to 19 here while the girls teams of the two schools figured in a 20-20 tie ‘The Hurdsfield girls lead most of the way. Maxine Schwartz, with eight field goals, led the McClusky contingent. In the boys’ game McClusky led at the half only to lose the advantage and trail until near the end of the game. by Dahl and Buer tied the count and one by Fandrich broke the tie. A free throw by Har- ris gave Hurdsfield another point aft- er McClusky had i 0 1 | Years ago, Dale Gear of this city an-| Chicago, Dec. 17.—(7)—A_ special dispatch to the Tribune early today {sald Hack Wilson, Cubs centerfielder, had decided not to fight Art Shires here in January. | After learning that George Traf- |last night, Wilson asked the Tribune correspondent: “Why should I lick him, too?” The Tribune writer quoted Wilson as saying: “If Shires had beaten Trafton I | might have gone to Chicago and tried to talk President Veeck of the Cubs into letting me go through with it.|| But there is no use in bucking the Cubs and making my wife mad just to floor a guy who has already been Nicked. “I've been worried right along over whether to fight and get that $15,000 purse or to turn the fight down and please Mrs. Wilson and’ President Veech. Now, with Shires wripped, T'm going to stay right here in Mar- | jUnsburg and get ready to play some | great baseball next year.” { Cometic | Quit Baseball Kan. ‘Topeka, Dec. 17.—Fifteen | mounced he was through with base- zoo with the very tired after him, five feet It was all right with asionally, he would halt @ half hearted over- Both had the tired appear- of ditch diggers going i a hard day's work. Crowd Was Satisfied the large crowd, which paid $15,000 to see the fight, satisfied, realizing the every ounce of their little arena was in an was deafening when each round by toe-to- Friends of both climb- corners between rounds . Women and men during the fight swinging to convey more advice and was so great that fought overtime teferee couldn't hear the 0 0 4 $120,000 Awards Paris, Dec. 17.—(?}—Thanks to Hot- the French turf, winner of the great- est, prized double event, the French Prix de ing the flat racing season just closed. Captain Jefferson Davis Cohn, to- schild’s Sardanapale carried them off in 1914, » Beware of fat men who get mad all weed, tne champion three-year-old of | sociati | ball for good. He had enjoyed a bril- liant career as a player and manager but he'd had enough and determined to develop his milling business here | and forget all about the game. To show that he was in earnest he wit- nessed only three professional ball games in the first eight years of his retirement. The old urge came back to him in 1923 and it didn’t take much talking | on the part of a Topeka business | group to put him into the manager's seat of their team. Two years later he was named an official of the; league. | Towa City, Dec. 17.—During the last seven years the Western Conference has seen an array of remarkable scor- ing backs that included Red Grange, | Five Yards McCarthy, Pried- jman, Herb Joesting, Fred Hovde, Baker, Marty A Harmeson, Cowboy Kutsch and Willis Glassgow, but not one of these sensational performers has touched the record created in 1923 by Gordon Locke, Iowa's great All- fullback. |ton, football pro, had whipped Shires | Govern, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1925 BS z 5 : > E i fF Greater North Dakota tendered their appreciation to the University of North Dakota football team for its successful season on the the annual Service Club's dinner. 1930 team, received the captain's trophy from Stuart MacMillan, re- tiring leader. (By the Aanectated ry co ‘Teafton, — Chi Charles Arther (the Great) Sbires Solly Schuman. Chi risk Mickey Gi Trenton, N. J—Pae! ‘Trenton, outpointed M4; Chleage (10). ‘Boat ————— Fights Last Night | Press) pointed out- i Walker, yer Grace, jton——Al Friedman, Beaten, topped ton (5). Welte, Mempnt od. Jone Ge. ‘Telsa. ‘Topeka (10). Pat Kan— Brad Okia.. ontpointed Big Sey Rawson, Bos: int Gonsaies, Mexico City Corbet aan City, outpointed saad «tay Wilting nite me, England ¢ timore, outpeinced Sobyay Shes Dard, Beaten (10). Indianapelia—T rac: Ww; akte. 160, et Palmer, outpointed hellacks Arthur at OF 126 IN DEFEATING | | POE IN TWO INNINGS Long Run ts Made Possible; When the Record-Holder | Seratches on First Shot TABERSK! DID NOT SCORE: {Sensational Play Marked Third | } Time inTournament Two - \ Records Broken 1 Catalina Open, Paired Nov. 30, 1930 from Saturday, today faced a : Bost Ball; Pro and Ama- period of comparative as Rare, MD. Dec. 11—U—The tour Make Team Coach “Pop” Warner called off all State on the gridiron ‘but he requested precoapngesstis grid- next fall, G:C. Finnegan, North Da-| Sen COW cn srotemionsis eed |sers as possible turn out each day rector, signed a contract to play the Michigan echool at Lansing, Nov. 8. ; event is scheduled for 18 holes ball at medal play, with teams mede; Jimmy Phelan Has |!» mst as, < = ee one smatewr player. Seven Games Tony Manero, winner of the recent | Catalina open tournament, is paired ; —_—_ with W. L. “Bul” Jelliffe, of the Gir-; San Francisco, Dec. 17—(#)—Jim- | ard Gold club, one of Southern Cali-| Phelan, new foothall coach of the | fornia‘s leading amateurs. University of Washington, has been| Other weil known teams entered; given a stiff 1990 assignment by Pa-/are Johnny Parrell, 1938 national: lelfle coast conference schedule mak-|open ehlamplen, and Herbert Lubin. | debnny Golden, of was H seven conference games for the next |Conn.; Clarence @hockley, Ei Cebal-' season, more than any other school | lero Countey club; Denny Shute, Col-' ‘of the loop. Phelan coached the Pur-/umbus, Ohies Dr. L. D. Rankin, San due Boilermakers to their first Big|Gabriel; Merry Cooper. Les Angeles, Ten championship this year. and Dick Gmith of Rivera. | ' (the Great) F SETS TWO GREATEST POCKET BILLIARD RECORDS WASTER WAKES RN [Git Chemo etWomes Anim —] Smith and Wood | Exam Week Opens| Veteran Jap Net Stanford University, Calif, Dec. 17.! Shires | Leading Golfers ae, | Each Has Won Two Major Com- petitions of Six Held so Far This Season New York, Dec. 17.—(4)—Thus far at least, the race for the unoffic! winter golf championship seems to have developed into a personal due! between Horton Smith, the “Joplir ghost,” and Craig Wood, Bloomfield, N._J., professional. Of the six major competitions held so far this winter, Smith and Craig each has accounted for two. The biggest prize of them all, the profes- sional golfers’ association champion- ship, eluded both of them as Leo Dic- gel, pro at Auga Caliente, walked off with this honer for the second , Straight year. Another rich prize, the (Catalina Island open, fell into the jgrasp of Tony Manero of New York. who thus scored the first major vic- jtory of his career, | Smith and Wood divided the other four tournaments, the Joplin star, who was the sensation of the winter {cireuit last year, winning the Berke- ‘ley open and the Oregon open, while {Wood was countering with victories {in the Oklahoma City and Hawaiiar ioe Ee |Eastern Eleven “Has Ist Workout tournament leader, had a high run of | Dick Hanley and Andy Kerr Set Cub Outfielder Might Have Con- Glen Jarrett Is io cree rieme” Vearang eos ioe Out With 22 Gridders R had of 104 sidered Bout If Trafton c) W RIE peepee ne ol ipa for West Coast Hadn’t Won lodak that game was 125 to 9 and the game | ives | aE , — —— a ee | ailcetar feotbett squat’ whith eaten "Greenleaf billiards | an rote iWILL PLEASE WIFE, VEECK|cissny saithack te Elected at|tsrouchout ‘Ho wen ‘rough nine per | age a picked team from the West in a y St straight frames of 14 balls each and | seul, pele lew Year's ‘Now, With Shires Whipped, 'm| Annual Banquet Given by |e pin pa, ms wit le, PUing wp fe hl rt oe Sag ean es bended bet 1 Going to Get Ready for Service Club [eaperpenct poner “ore he = juts squad received its first work { —— ran ca- “4 Great Baseball’ | crowd ‘He GABRIEL | Northwestern university, under the sonal men 9 an gee ers GAN PRO-AMATEUR = servos Calif, where the squad will remain ~} until the day of the game. No stop- overs for practice were planned. Star Will Retire » 1%—)—Ichiya Ku- magae, acclaimed the greatest tennis interests to coaching promising young players and engaging in an occasional mild game for exercise and recreation. DUICH REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. a ne 3