The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1930, Page 8

AGENTS OF BAD BOY SAD TO HAVE MADE OFFER T0 OPPONENT Bout With Battling Criss Post- poned When Great One Contracts Cold ALL CHARGES ARE DENIED Commissioner Brown Satisfied ‘Shires Does Not Belong in Boxing Game’ | Detroit, Jan. 3—(#)—Arthur (The Great) Shires, White Sox socker and a lad who might be heavyweight champion if he were half as good as he is reported to have said he is, is ‘under suspension by the Michigan boxing commission. The charge, which Shires denies indignantly, is | that his representatives sought to} have Shires’ opponent in a scheduled | fight here take a “dive.” ‘The commission acted yesterday after receiving a statement from Vance Gildersleeve, manager of Bat- tling Criss (who was to have been Shires’ opponent) in which Gilder- sleeve said Shires’ representatives told him Criss would have to “take a dive” or Shires would not go through with the fight. Shires Has Cold The bout which was to have taken place last night was called off when physicians for the commission found , Shires was suffering from a severe cold. Shires pooh-poohed the idea any- one representing him would suggest that Battling Criss “dive.” “if anyone approached Criss, he did so without my knowledge,” said Shires. “I can flatten Criss on the level and I wasn't worrying about him. I've got a stiff neck and a heavy cold, and the co~mission’s physician, Dr. Keane, told me I was n to fight at this time.” ll not be permitted to go h scheduled fights at id which * commissioner | ig game.” | | ds Hearing Hl Blumenthal, | nade to fix the fight with; If any attempt at fixing was de, he said, it must have been by --wamblees He said he would return to ‘Detroit at once and demand a in¢ before the commission. When fight was called off, he explained, with the understanding Shires the same opponent at a ing commission did not names of the per- | approached The com- 3 W se for boing the “fall it probably would be made perma- nent when the commission meets at Lansing Jan. 9. H Notre Dame Given National Honors: Albert Russell Erskine Football| Award Is Presented to Rockne Machine New York, Jan. 3.—(?}—Purther football laurels have been given to the Notre Dame team in the Albert Russell Arskine footbail award, de- signed to be emblematic of the Na- tional football championship for 1929. The award was made by a com-| mittee of sports writers in various cities after a poll had been taken. Notre Dame received 190 votes, Pitts- ; burgh, 41, and Purdue two. Smith Announces | Naming of Sasse, Assistant to Biff Jones and Line; Play Director Guides | Cadet Eleven Kansas City, Jan. 3.—(?)—The Army football squad will be coached next year by Major Ralph Sasse, who has directed tactics of the west point Appointment of Major Sasse to suc- ceed Captain Jones, who will be trans- ferred to duty at Fort Sill, Okla., was ennounced last night by Gen. Wil- liam R. Smith, superintendent at the acacemy. General Smith was travel- ing with the Army grid squad on its return from California. | Johnny Mostil Goes To Toledo Mudhenz ‘Toledo, io Jan. 13.—(?)—Johnny THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1930 _ Michigan Suspends Shires Saying He Attempted to Arrange ‘D1 PHANTOMS GET 13-5 REVENGE ON LINTON IN DEFENSIVE FRAY | There Goes the Bride! | While Eugenia Bankhead Hoyt, daughter of Congressman W. B. Bankhead . of Alabama, was in Reno getting a divorce from Morton M. Hoyt, she saw @ football game and fell in love with W. Lawson Butt, Nevada's star tackle. Three days later, when she got her divorce, she and Butt were married. Now the honeymooners are en route to Honolulu. This picture was taken as they sailed from Los Angeles. Bill Akin and Charles Welborn, two Preparations For Olympics Started On Western Coast Seating Capacity of Los Angeles | Coliseum Expected to | be About 105,000 acini } (This is another of a series of | stories written for the Associated { Press by prominent sports leaders, | iscussing 1930 prospects.) \ By WILLIAM MAY GARLAND President it Los Angeles Olympic Committee { Los Angeles, Jan. 3.—(?)—Los An- geles starts the new year in stride toward its preparations for the games | of the tenth olympiad, to be cele-/ brated in this city in 1932. \ California, as a state, more than a year ago put herself solidly behind this great project with a subtsantial contribution to its finances. Governor . C. Young some months ago ap- Pointed the California olympiad com- mission to cooperate with the organiz- ing committee, and this commission now is actively at work. The city of Los Angeles has for several years been | SCORE CLOSE THROUGHOUT of Butt's pals, are holding the bride aloft; Butt stands at the right. BADGERS AND PURPLE WILL PIT VETERANS IN FIRST LOOP GAME Captain Foster, Chmielewski, Matthusen, and Farber Are Titlists Left BUTLER BEATS ILLINOIS Captain Rut Walter, Rus Berg- herm, and Bert Riel Left to Northwestern Chicago, Jan. making Lake pobre and providing facilities and equipment. December 30 ewski, a great guard, and Matthusen and Farber, forwards. Captain Rut Walter, center; Rus Bergherm and) |Bert Reil are Northwestern's veter- ans. Paul, Wisconsin guard, is a sophomore, while both of Northwest- ern’s guards, McCarnes and Lockhart, are first year men. Illinois found Butler too tough last night and received a 28 to 18 beating at Indianapolis. Coach Craig Ruby, \of the Illini, has been forced to shift his squad of green candidates, but expects improvement when Captain Mills is able to return to duty. While Wisconsin and Northwestern jare tangling at Evanston, Coach Nels | Norgren of Chicago will take his team 3.—(?)}—Wisconsin 't Indianapolis for a battle with But- and Northwestern today finished ler. Butler the government of the city approved the ordinance providing for its part of the cost of improving the Los Angeles coliseum, where the games will be cen- tered. The county government already has indicated its readiness to provide its half of the improvement. The coliseum at present has a ca- pacity of 76,000 reserved seats, and the Plans provide for an ultimate enlarge-. ment to 105,000 seats. The olympiad auditorium is ready with 12,000 seats for the boxing, wrest- ling, and weight-lifting events. Plans are being completed for the olympic swimming stadium, for the rowing course, the, fencing arena, the yacht- ing, equestrian, pentathlon, and other departments of the games. The Los Angeles county government recently has completed a very large addition to the county museum ad- jJacent to the coliseum, in which the olympic fine arts exhibits will be shown under direction of General Charles H. Sherill of New York city, chairman of the Olympic fine arts committee. um in the | preparation for western conference against wie ie ejgematt ae ort ‘championship basketball season in- |S. having defeated Purdue in addi- hat Shisee dees not /augural at Evanston tomorrow night. |tion to Illinois. Minnesota, also will Wisconsin, with four veterans from the squad that tied Michigan for the title last year, will bring a record of four straight pre-season victories. victories and a like number of de- feats, but engaged in stiffer compe- tition than the Badgers in their early games. Captain Bud Foster, center, will head the list of four Wisconsin let- termen which includes Ted Chmiel- } The organizing committee is strenu- } ously engaged in completing arrange- has a perfect record windup its early season card, meeting Grinnell at Minneapolis. SHAWKEY IS TENTH Bob Shawkey is the tenth manager of the New York Yankees. Others were Clark Griffith, Kid Elberfeld, George Stalling, Hal Chase, Harry Wolverton, Frank Chance, Roger Peckinpaugh, Bill Donovan and Mill- jer Huggins. 14 Champions and Sports Lead- ers See 1930 as Great Athletic Year SHIRES IS AFTER $250,000; Pop Warner Thinks Football Will Enjoy Most Colorful Annum in History (By the Acsociated Press) Champions and leaders in the world of sport, at the special request of the Associated Press have set forth their views as to what the new year holds in prospect. Without exception they look forward to unusually keen competition, especially in internation- al rivalry, during 1930. Their state- ments follow: Bobby Jones, national open golf champion—“The only thing worthy |of comment in 1929 was the fact that there were no new arrivals in cham- | pionship golf. All championships were ; won by men and women who had held jthem before except the American Amateur which was won by Harrison Johnston, a contender for years. I think 1930 will see much action in in- ternational competition, jicularly in the amateur field. ie United States should be able to send a fine team over for the Walker Cup matches and the British side will be stronger than it was two years ago. Mack Is Optimistic Connie Mack, manager of the world’s champion Athletics —“I be- lieve 1930 will be a fine year in sports. Sports of all kinds are constantly be- | A! ing placed on a higher plane and for this reason I think they will be bigger and greater than ever in the year at ind, line under Coach Biff Jones. pa, Tommy Hitchcock, Jr., captain of American polo “Big 4”—“1930 will be a big international year in polo and the United States enters it with as fine a supply of material as the coun- try has ever had.” Gene Tunney, retired heavyweight champion—“As far as I am concerned my retirement is official but I have no thought that I have taken the fu- ture of boxing into retirement with me. The game will survive. During the new year a heavyweight champion. will be established and this will add balance to the situation which was somewhat unwieldly during 1929. No, T have no the future of boxing is behind it.” Knute. » Notre Dame fooball on option cel le nine first class foot- P a stiff 10-game schedule in 1930 but don’t feel sorry for us. We'll have a fair team and be scoring a few touchdowns. I’m almost well again and should be able to be of some help to my very able coaching staff.” | Arthur (The Great) Shires, White Sox first baseman—“What I’m going to do to American League pitchers in} 1930 is nobody’s business and what I’m going to do to some of these base- ball players who think they can fight is plenty. My goal is to get $250,000 and then settle down in some little town. I expect to get :. hunk of that in 1930 even if they do call me a | fool.” |, Jack Dempsey, former world’s | heavyweight champion—“Boxing will |crown a new heavyweight champion in 1930 and with him will come new interest and activity in all divisions. Let me add the conviction that the new | heavyweight titleholder will be chosen in the middlewest.” Glenn S. (Pop) Warner, Stanford football coach—“It was a great foot- ball season but I think next year will be even better, There will be many more intersectional games. Football is helping the east to get better ac- MACK OPTIMISTIC, ROCKNE IS _ Rockne Men Meet UNAFRAID, NEW CHAMPS SEEN ments for all of its preparations, and will have its report and all of its plans complete for presentation at the olympic congress to be held next May in Berlin. We are confident this report will be so satisfactory, especially in re- spect to the items of reduced trans- Portation rates, housing, and other expenses, that the olympic countries will be spurred in their arrangements to send large representative teams to make an outstanding success of the games of the tenth olympiad two years hence. In Banquet Jan. 8 Cannon, Law, Elder, Twomey, Moynihan, Nash, Colrich, Vezie Through South Bend, Ind. Jan. 3—(P)}— Coach Knute Rockne’s annual mono- gram dinner to the Notre Dame foot- ball squad will be held Jan. 8. Letters will be awarded and a cap- tain elected. Players who will attend the dinner for the last time as un- dergraduates are: Jack Cannon, Cap- tain John Law, Jack Elder, Ted Twomey, Tim Moynihan, Joe Nash, John Colrich, Manfred Vezie, Al Gebert, and Tom Kenneally. Lowest Sextets CAPITAL CITY LADS GET 14 GIFT TOSSES INHECTIC CONTEST Game Was Hodge-Podge Where | Spectator Sees Little More Than Tangle TIGHT DE PAUL North Dakota Aggies Are Beaten 22 to 14 in Hard Game at Chicago BISON MISS SHORT SHOTS |Victors Cut Loose in Closing Period and Run Lead Up Successful Stalling Game in Last Quarter Cracks Vis- itors’ Defense Bismarck’s Phantoms last night completed their two-act play, “Re- venge,” beating the Linton Legion- naire basketball team 13 to 5 at the high school gymnasium in another one of those freak defensive contests. The Emmons county crew. bested Neil Churchill's men 12 to 8 in an overtime game at the southern city in December. Last night's spectacle was another hodge podge in which the spectator, for the most part, sees nothing but a tangled mass of long, crooked, straight, and short arms, action at a fast, then slow, pace with apparent lack of direction, and a heaping kettleful of bad passes and inaccurate tosses at the hoop, Irregular games of this sort pop up regularly. Closeness Carried Interest | The closeness of the score until the last few minutes was the only thing that held the fans’ interest in this strange program. Becayse both teams elected to play @ defensive game on the compara- tively small floor, only three field goals were scored in the 32 minutes of ‘actual combat. Ben Jacobson, Bismarck, scored one and W. Kremer, who, by the way, scored all of the visitors’ points, dropped the other pair through. Not more than half a dozen shots were taken at both baskets in the first quarter, which ended with the Phantoms holding a 1 to 0 advantage. At the end of the half, the visitors had overcome the lead and the count was tied at 4, Going into the fourth quarter with only a 6. to 5 advantage, the Capital City youthe began the stalling game, and this broke up the close zone de- fense of the losing team. Though Bismarck failed to count from the field in the final period, they counted | ¢ seven times from the gift line. Lin- ton failed to score in the final canto. A good shane of the game's 18 fouls were called in that hectic. closing period. i Jacobson High Scorer Ben Jacobson kept the Bismarck club out in front in the final minutes with his free throws. He scored six points during the fray. Not a Bis- marck man failed to count from the free throw line, the winning team making 11 of its 17 chances while Linton made one in seven. Bismarck looked better in the sec- ond half with Doc Burdick shifted from forward to guard and Jacobson. from guard to forward. The team needed height in its forward wall be- cause of the close defense of the vis- itors and this change made more available. Manager Harry C. Lynn tonight will pit his Linton team against the Washburn Legionnaires at the north- ern community. The summary: FG FT PF 3-5 1 Bismarck (13)— E. Spriggs, rf F. Burdick, If, iz’: J, Schloss: : ¥. Brown, B. Jacobs Total: orl mom Linton Promise to Rise |: : Four Cellar Occupants Show, Surprisingly Good Form =| With New Year | New York, Jan. 3—(#)—The four lowest ranking teams in the National quainted with the west. The fumble rule worked out very satisfactorily.” New Champions Predicted James A. Farley, chairman of the New York state athletic commission— Hockey league are due to rise a bit. Toronto opened the New Year right | “Boxing will see more new champions in 1930 than ever before in the history should enjoy. the most prosperous and exciting year of its history.” Henri Cochet, world’s tennis cham- pion—“Our French 1m has just concluded its around-the-world trip with great success as < cable this from Cairo. I hope we shall have success in keepii the Davis Cup eninge the challenge of youthful mericans. William T. Tilden, American tennis champion—“Here’s hoping that Davis Cup returns to Ametica in 1930 in most successful year tennis has ever known.’ weight champion Tm going to fick chara ‘m going my title often in 1930 and while I ex- pect some tough battle, I believe I’ll still be the lightweight champ. It’s going to be a big year for boxing from the ove ae down, I think.” R, L. (Dink) Templeton, coach of championship Stanford track team— “The biggest forward step in track during 1929 was socevien of starting blocks, which I think will inevitably become uni Th chanical aid to the runner but by elim- inating the di the Je —“Thoroug! racing is in for a remarkable year not in New Or- leans but all over the country.” of the game. The sport as a whole| Sis! ‘Wednesday night and the other three followed with surprising victories last | ht. Pittsburgh, the lowest of the lot, took a new lease on life when Man- ager Frank Frederickson returned to the bench from a Toronto hospital and Gordon Fraser and Jesse Spring, newly acquired defense players, re- . The result was a 3 to 1 vic- tory over the Ottawa Senators. New York's Americans, the door- mats of the Canadian section, put a real hockey team on the Madison Square Garden ice against the rang- ers in the second game of the city series and won 7 to 1. : Les Canadiens of Montreal, lead- ers of the International group, found two games in two nights a bit too much and suffered their first shut- out of the year at the hands of De- Cougars. The score was 4 to 0. Last night's games brought no change in the standing. King Tut Is Matched With Bruce Flowers Chicago, Jan. ‘King rugged’ Milwaukee lightweight, has been matched with Bruce Flowers, B. Sautter, If H. Tracy, if . BI emer | Totals. i Score by qu | Bismarck . 1 3 2 713) Linton .. 0410-6 Referee, KR. H. Kratz; timer, T. Meinhover, Bismarck, TILDEN DESERTS TENNIS to 21 to 6 North Dakota used 10 men in at- tempting to overcome the Blue De- mons, six of them breaking into the squad got into action, most of them in the closing minutes after Coen and his five field goals had establish- ed a big margin. North Dakota State will meet the undefeated Loyola five tomorrow night. Lineups and summary: North Dakota State— Score at half: De Paul 6, North Da- kota State 4. Referee, Schommer, Chicago; um- pire, Pat Hanley, Northwestern, Hagen to Defend Long Beach Fame ee Oa ey 3 » Who lat has fs to the form whieh brought the British open crown to his Betting Favors Hawkeye Rein- statement and Corona- tion of Sharkey — fF Shields Loses to Bismarck Indians Girl cagers at the Bismarck Indian school defeated the Shields Independ- ents 6 to 3 in a fast rough game un: der boys’ rules here. The Bismarck team had of the ball most of the time but failed to take advantage of several scoring opportunities. The visitors had only one open shot at the goal and failed to count from the field. B. Neal played a nice ‘ floor game for the Shields Hon while the close guarding of Lockwood and LaFrance, for Bismarck, kept the visitors from threatening. The sum- mary: Bismarck (6) A. Slater, f .. wl poonooy uloon ost Totals .. Shields (3) E. Neal, f . s eee | aes M. Goodreaux, 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 8 0 1 Totals 3 5 Referee: Bismarck. ival of International Classics in Golf, Polo and Racing is Coming (By ALAN GOULD) New York, January 3.—(?)—The old year with all its thrills in sport has faded before the new, with the parenian that 1930 will furnish greater international rivalry, keener competi- tion for the ruling champions, and better bigger At the outset, one of the main de- bates left over from 1929 for settle- ment is-the east-west iron feud. The unbeaten University of Pitts-|first@ime in 10 years. SHARP SHOOTING BEAT BISON Chicago, Jan. 3—()}—A tight dé | fense in the last half and some sen-| sational shooting by Clarence Coen| Save De Paul university @ 22 to 14| Man Who Visited Bismarck Last| college pakethell team, ar Paul led Summer Is World's Three from the start, but it was not until Cushion Champ the final period that it was able to pull away to a safe margin in the — | game last night. New York, Jan. 3—(4)—Johnny Hard luck on short shots in the| Layton, holder of the world’s three half a dozen short shots, but missed} seven challengers in the field. expected | title-holders, Reiselt and Augie losing | Kieckhefer, Chicago, as well as from | scoring. The whole De Paul first). ea FG - PF ss, e i Fairhead, © 0-0 {tion tournament which has- pro- Belts, £ i 62} 2] gressed to @ stage where the only sur- gonneon. kee 1 00 tee Slattery and Low Sooasa Ton Nordstrom, _1 0-1 2| ski never did figure in the tourna- ‘Totals 6 2-4 14| ment, arranged by the New York | State Athletic commission, and Ros- yes ayes (22)— 5 1-1 11] ¢nbloom was shoved out of the pic- B. O'Connor, f : 1 0-1 2| ture when he dropped a decision at Asher, ¢ . + 1 0-3 2) Buffalo to Slattery. The fact that POR ere Ie ase + 1 31d 4] Slattery was stopped by James J.| Johnson, g ’. ry 1 eastootiba was soundly’ whipped | oti rewire) Rosenbloom apparently was of | QUESTION OF IOWA AND HEAVY | CHAMP POSTPONED UNTIL 1930! DEFENSE AND determined brow, today came forward to start a defense of his Long Beach open tournament title against a ficld | Municipal golf course. | The three-day contest, which will | end Sunday, marks the beginning of the final campaign for the pick of {the country’s professional and The ney will be followed next week by the $10,000 Los Angeles open and a week later by the big money competition, the Agua Caliente $25,000 open. [Layton Starts | Title Defense cushion billiards championship for two years, begins defense of his title at the Palm Garden tonight with Layton rules a favorite to retain his crown but considerable opposition may be from the former the other five challengers. To the winner will go @ yearly sal- ary of $6,000; a cash award of $2,000 as well as a major share of the gate receipts. The runner-up will get a! salary of $3,000; a cash award of | $1,500, and the second largest share ' of the receipts. Leo and Max Set of more than 250 entrants over the | ‘Dive ‘Demons Face 2nd Tes in Phantoms Bismarck High School to Try For Success Against In- - dependent Squad Bismarck high school bas- keteers will meet a second veteran lineup when they face the strong Bismarck Phantoms at the high school gym at 8 o'clock tonight. The Demons met their alumni a | Up will be three men who played le to- night as he did in the first game, making frequent substitutions get a line on several combina- tions. He used 11 men in the first holiday game. George Trafton Defends Shires Bad Boy's Victor Doesn't Be- lieve Art Asked Anyone to ‘Take a Dive’ Chicago, Jan. 3.—(?)—George Traf- ton, conqueror of Charles Arthu: (The Great) Shires in their recent five-round boxing engagement, leaped For Rubber Bout Rosenbloom-Lomski Fight Not Regarded As One of Import- ance in Class New York, Jan. 3—(P)—Maxte Ros- | Poned enbloom and Leo Lomski, leading light heavyweights for several years, clash in the “battle of nothing much” at Madison Square Garden tonight. Through a combination of circum- slight interest to the tournament | sponsors. Rosenbloom and Lomski have met three times with honors all even. The busy Harlem battler eked out one de- cision; Lomski, the Aberdeen “assas- sin,” took another; the third engage- ment resulted in a draw. Rosenbloom Tules a 6 to 5 favorite to win. The bout is for 10 rounds. meets Joe Banovic, Binghamton, ¥., in the semi-final-and Canada Lee, Harlem negro welterweight, takes on Meh Scheckles, Belgium, in the year lapoe. “in addition, Argentina te ‘year lapse. ion, Argent & team of riders who will start ir invasion on the Pacific coast. Horse-racing has the prospect of a $100,000 international spectacle at Ari mn Park, Chicago. Hl nited States is concerned, will be fought without Big Bill Tilden a ie ‘renc! burgh team and the eastern all-stars | won without LaCoste in 1929 and they will see! k to reverse the scales which ness, bequeathed to keep the historic hy for at least another year. arene As Helen Wills Moody, the Ameri- can queen of the world’s courts is ex- pected to continue her tournament by the old year to|career, and Tilden, even though out the new, are the case of Iowa, outcast | of team play, will be a factor once of the western conference, pi The Boston sailor, Jack Sharke horse- Set adem ate |i In befell and the se- box. touches, the chal-|battle where Old Man School Demons vs. Phantoms -- Tonight the men’s championships of land and the United te rein-| Connie Mack’s Athletics figure to the elevation of the|stick around the top in 1930. In the on tal is the surnames of 1988 |fo0e le ‘chal ormi cl in sul r from Pi ie, the Chicago Cubs and New bright plan capt of ha ie of Ale B nas Booth of ‘With all the sprightl of i 1929 left off. Albie, for the | 8 o’Clock. High School Gym. today to the defense of the great one, who has been suspended by thc Michigan boxing commission. ires was suspended on charges that representative of his had asked Battling Criss, whom C. Arthur was to have met in Detroit New Year's night, “go into the tank,” or lay down, for Shires. The fight was post- when Shires became ill. “I don’t believe Art asked to take | dive,” Trafton said. like a major and took a beating. If Criss really thinks Art ran out he don't need to wait until well for a fight. I'll fight him myself.” Cavanaugh Again Fordham’s Coach Rumors That Mentor of 1929 Undefeated Team Would Be Elsewhere Spiked New York, Jan. 3.—()—Major Frank W. Cavanaugh has been reen- gaged as head football coach at Ford- ham university, thereby setting at rest rumors he would be found else- where next fall. Cavanaugh turned out an unbeat- en team at Fordham last season. Blackhawks Buy ‘Wasp’ Campbell Kansas City Hockey Center Badly Needed by Weakened Chicago Club Chicago, Jan. 3—(?)—Garnet “Wasp” Campbell, star forward of the Kansas City American associa- tion hockey team, will not come to the Chicago Black Hawks as an- nounced yesterday. Major Frederic McLaughlin, owner of the Blackhawks, said the deal, whereby Tommy Burns and cash were to be sent to Kansas City for Campbell, had fallen through sud- denly after he had been assured of its completion. No reason was given for the failure to come to terms of the two clubs. Kansas City, Jan. 3—(?}—Garnet Campbell, brilliant center of ity American iy Associa- tion Hockey club, has been sold to the Chicago Blackpawks of the Na- tional League. ) Two-dollar bills may be bad luck but not having any is worse luck Admission: Adults 50c; High School Students 25¢ a