The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1930, Page 8

i Ht « \ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1930 ALABAMA BACKS 10 FIGHT HARD BATTLE IN GRIDIRON CLASSIC Former Games Contained Many Examples of Crimson Tide’s Bravery | WRIGHT WILL BE POWER Southern Tackle Is Fast; Re- sponsible for Many Gains During Year New names will be added to the roll of Alabama’s football heroes after the Rose Bowl! battle at Pasadena on New Year's day. Gridiron historians may write down ! in bright letters the names of “Monk” Campbell, “Flash” Suther or “Hurry” Cain, as one of these slash- ing Alabama backs lugs the leather across the last white line for the win- ning touchdown against the cunning Cougar. But how about Ralph McRight, the big block-and-tackle man, the Un- known Soldier of the "Bama back- field? Who is there to sing the praises of the man who doesn’t know what the football feels like except when he intercepts a forward pass or recovers a fumble? McRight Is Power McRight is the “other fellow” in the Tide backfield. All he does is knock down a half dozen of the ene- my while the ball carriers do all the work. Campbell or Suther or Cain may take the ball and gallop around the end. That is McRight’s cue to hurl himself at an onrushing body or two, clearing the. touchdown trail for the people who get all the glory. The football ‘world remembers Pooley Hubert, the passing wizard who flung three touchdowns worth of footballs to win the Rose Bowl battle from the Washington Huskies in 1926 by a score of 20 to 19. But it forgets the man who blocked the charging lineman or back who tried to break up the pass. Alabama Hero Jimmy Johnston, with his shoulder bandaged to hold it on, rushed through a great hole in the Stanford line in 1927 with the touchdown that tied the score for Alabama. He, too, is down in the books as one of Ala- bama’s football heroes. But who was the halfback who flung every ounce of his power at the tackler who would have stopped Johnston at the line of scrimmage if her hadn't been blocked out? Some unsung McRight was there at the instant when he was needed most, bowling over the enemy with a fietce plunge. McRight this year has been the hod-carrier, and it was his brilliance in that role that contributed much to the success of the victorious Tide. Big Mac is the heaviest man in the back- field, weighing in at 181 pounds, De- spite his bulk, he is fast, as big men go. In addition to being a deadly blocker, he is a demon on defense, breaking up passes, tackling hard and diagnosing the enemy's plays. On New Year's day when you see one of the Alabama backs go tear- ing across the line for a touchdown (or hear it announced via the radio) remember McRight, and the job he’s doing out there—and give the big boy a little hand. Gordon Named Head Of Game Association The board of directors of the Amer- ican Game Protective association an- nounced today that Seth Gordon, na- tionally known conservation direc- tor, has accepted the presidency of their association and will assume his new duties on Jan. 1. Mr. Gordon succeeds Carlos Avery, who died suddenly on Oct. 5 and is considered by the board to be excep- tionally fitted to carry on and en- large the far-sighted game conserva- tion program of the association. Mr. Gordon is known throughout the country for his work in conser- vation, having given 20 years to the fostering of interest and legislation in behalf of game and wild life con- servation, first in charge of the game conservation work of Pennsylvania and later as conservation director of the Izaak Walton League. Glen Ullin Cagers Win Game at Beach (Tribune Special Service) Glen Ullin, N. D., Dec. 16.—Glen Ullin’s independent basketball team has returned from Beach, were it de- Unsung Hero May Capture Li FOOTBALL FANS. FLOUT 1930 GRIDIRON DEPRESSION RUMORS | The ‘Unemployment’ Ball! | President Hoover was signing his name to an important piece of official | business when this picture was taken. The chief executive is shown auto-| graphing the football which was sold to the highest bidder at the, Army-Navy game in Yankee stadium at New York. the proceeds from the game, helped less. Above at the left is Capt. Henry D. Cooke, athletic director at the United States Naval academy, and white house attache. The money, like! to swell the relief fund for the job-) at the right, Capt. Russell Train, CHAMP SPRINTER DOES NOT LOOK LIKE RECORD-HOLDER Dash King Thinks That Running Is Fun; Is Good Stu- dent Los Angeles, Dec. 16—(#)—If Di- ogenes should trade his lantern for @ stop watch and invade the campus of the University of Southern Cali- fornia in search of the fastest run- ner, he might pass Frank Wykoff without recognizing the lad who did 100 yards in 9 2-5 seconds, officially. One would not pick “Frankie,” as his mates call him, out of a crowd, for there is nothing about him to suggest that he can run with anyone in the world. Wykoff Is Twenty Twenty years of age, eight and one-half inches over five feet, and weighing 160 pounds, Wykoff gives an impression that he would be a bear at the junior prom or in the University Drama club. Under a head of curly, blond hair he shows a glorious smile, on and off the track. There is no “fighting face” on display when Wykoff runs. He likes it. “Of course, running is fun when you get fast enough,” said the Glen- dale boy. “I hope to do well the rest of the year, I mean next year. My leg will cause me no trouble.” Horse Kicks Runner ‘The possible leg trouble was a ref- erence to a kick by a horse last fall, resulting in a' facture. Wykoff is majoring in physical education and is a good student. He has been running seriously since 1926 when he was in his second year at Glendale high school. He broke into the big headlines for the first time in the Southwestern track and field tryouts June 16, 1928, when he defeated Charley Paddock in the 100 and 200 meters. In July he ran in the Senior National champion- ships at Cambridge and won the 100 meters, equalling the Olympic record, Injured Leg Hurts His Olympic Record An injured leg a few days later slowed him up and he failed to reach his best condition for the Olympic games. ‘Wykoff uses his speed to good ad- vantage on the football field although he does not play. University of Southern California has a telephone system connecting the football field with the score board, announcer and HINKY LOANED us “TOWN AN’ PARK feated the cagers in the western city 34 to 10. M. B. Steig, manager of the Glen Ullin aggregation, hopes to schedule a game with the Bismarck Phantoms in the near future. f Fights Last Night * o>———. > the Associated Press) 5). 4 Christner, knocked out George Ireland, Boston ra! °. Panka, Pittsburgh (6). Boston—Con O'Kelly, Akron, ted Al Fiedman, ‘Tampa, Fla. (1). Newark, N. J.-Vince Dundee, Baltimore, knocked out Dennis 1%; hip pads, 1%; Dads, 2%; pants, 2%; jersey, %. Ibs.;_ helmet, shoulder AS’ TH? eH” REST! wwe Got “TWo LOADS OF Food DONATED NESTERD, plug in the connection at a number of strategically placed posts. His speed stands him in good stead on punts and long forward passes as he must have the line plugged in when the announcer is ready to tell the crowd what has happened. Wahpeton Guards Have Fight Card Leroy Gilles, Wahpeton, Beats Ellendale Negro in Head- liner Bout Wahpeton, N. D., Dec. 16.—(7)—Le- roy Gilles, Wahpeton, 142, won a de- cision over Battling Sukie, 132, negro, | Ellendale, N. D., in the main bout) of the season's initial Company I box- ing card here Monday night. Lawrence O'Leary, 108, Wahpeton, outpointed Harvey Lamusaga, 115, ‘Wahpeton, in the opening bout. Jack Cox, 130, and Bill Torgerson, 128, both of Wahpeton, fought three rounds, with Cox having a shade advantage. Raymond Peterson, 168, Wahpeton, and Lyle Jarvis, 170, Breckenridge, fought three rounds to a draw. Lewis Abraham, 147, Veblen, S. D., outpoint- ed Ralph Hoffman, 150, Mooreton, in three rounds. Kenneth McCullough, 1%5, Wahpeton, drew With Karl Freu- tel, 170, Dwight, in three fast rounds. Eugene Sanders, 145, Wahpeton, won over Bill Quine, 143, also of Wahpeton, in three rounds, Edward Hingst, 155, Grand Bend, and John Benda, 160, Wahpeton, slugged their way to a draw in three rounds. Harold Jorgenson, 205, Doran, and Roman Michels, 187, Wahpeton, gave a thrill- ing four-round exhibition, with Jor- genson having a slight edge. The next card by the company, according to Lieutenant Joe Dorn, manager, will be Jan. 5. TURFDOM’S TINIEST TRAINER ‘The smallest as well as one of the youngest trainers of horses on the American turf is Moe Simon, a former jockey. Simon is only four feet tall. Murray Averages Five Yards Durham, N. C.—(?)—Bill Murray, Duke halfback, has averaged five yards a try during the first six games | HIS EXPRESS -TRucKk, AN” ALL WE HAVE “TO Do IS CRUISE AROUND IS FRONT OF MARKETS, PEGPLE Do this year. He ran with the ball 97 j press box and it is Prankle's job to| times to gain 507 yards. | Nodaks, Coyotes Hosts to Cagers From Gopher Loop Concordia and Gustavus Play North Dakota and South Dakota, Respectively St. Paul, Dec, 16—(#)—North Cen- tral conference basketball teams will furnish opposition for Minnesota college quints tonight with Gustavus Adolphus playing at the University of South Dakota, Vermilion, and Concordia at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, Gustavus has won a pair of prac- tice tilts with St. Paul Luther and the Skelly Oils of Owatonna and al- though the Coyotes are a favorite to win the North Central title, the Gusties are favored to win tonight. The Cobbers and North Dakota each have played Valley City State Teachers college in practice games and each won. The Nodaks won by @ larger margin than the Cleve- coached team, however, and are ex- pected to take the game. Monday night Macalester opened its season with a 41 to 24 triumph over St. Paul Luther and served notice it will be very much in the running for the state title. The Macmen need a lot of polish- ing, however, before the conference race opens. Hamline took its second defeat of the season, a 44 to 26 re- verse from River Falls State Teach- ers college. River Falls plays at St. Olaf Wednesday in a return game, In the first tilt it won from the Oles. Four other games are booked for Wednesday. St. Cloud Teachers col- lege plays at St. John’s; Stout insti- tute at St. Mary’s, Gustavus at Madi- | son, 8, D., normal and St. Paul Y. M. C. A. at St. Thomas, Fifth Charity Grid Tilt to Be Planned Northern College Stars May Play All-Southern Foot- ball Team New York, Dec. 16—(#)—Something like $850,000 has been earned for the unemployment fund by four benefit football games in New York and-.ne- gotiations are under way for a fifth that might boost the total past the million dollar mark. Tentative arrangements have been instituted by the New York chapter, Knights of Columbus, in conjunction with the American Legion and the mayors committee for the relief of the unemployed, for a game between combination of Northern college stars and a similar team from the south here Dec. 27. Plans for the contest are ina nebulous state and even the sponsors themselves are not too certain wheth- er the game can be played. Difficul- ties have arisen in lining up players and in securing a suitable stadium. Adverse weather conditions also might be met with so late in December in this section of the country.” The four games so far played Lee for charity have earned an offic! aggregate of $838,000, divided as fol- lows: Army-Navy, $600,000; Notre Dame all’ stars-New York Giants, $115,000; New York university-Col- gate, $73,467; New York university freshmen-Fordham freshmen, $50,- 000. gs Serer eerie L Basketball Scores 4 College Macalester 41; St, Paul Luther 24, South Dakota State 35; Eastern Normal 24, Hamline 26; River Falls Teachers 44, SANGOR RUNS DRUG STORE Joey Sangor, once a contender for the world’s featherweight champion- ship, operates a drug store in Mil- waukee, his home town. OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern ONE FELLA CAME ALONG IN A LIMOUSINE AN" Gor OUT AN’? BOUGHT $20. WORTH OF FooD FoR “TH’ POOR AN? UNEMPLOYED ! ~ w HE TOLD us HE REMEMBERS “TH? TIME WHEN HE WAS So HUNGRY HE Gor ° > FLAT NOSED PRESSING ESR HELP FILL THIS Ble IT AGAINST RESTAURANT WINDOWS ! MOUTH WITH FOOD AND FEED MANY LITTLE ONES! “THe WHOLE owes CLUB IS ~~ __ HELPING = GRID QUESTIONNAIRE SHOWS SPORT 1S FAR}. FROM BANKRUPT CASE Gross Receipts Show No Reduc- tion in Size From Last Year’s ATTENDANCE SATISFACTORY Experts Believe That Public Is Becoming More Football- “ Minded . Intercollegiate football may have |©: to watch its pennies as an aftermath | 5 of its cruise through the doldrums of 1930, but it still is a long jump out of the bread line. z An examination of the business side of the game, representing an invest- ment that runs into millions of dol- lars, reveals a slump in some quarters but also discloses increases elsewhere which will make the aggregate almost the same as in 1929, the year of the golden gridiron harvest. Football continued to be a $100,-; 000,000 industry. Notre Dame, winner, of the unofficial “national” cham- Pionship, played toa total of 539,000 persons, who paid considerably more than $1,000,000 for the privilege. The Army - Notre Dame game, played in a cold downpour, attracted 105,000 , spectators—the high water mark for the season, and about 10,000 below the all-time record. u Institutions whose gross receipts totaled over $500,000 probably «de- creased in number, but remained in) the neighborhood of 10 or more. \ x ok O# Statements made to this writer by athletic officials of a selected group of Eastern and Midwestern colleges and universities, chosen because of their representative character, indi- cated that football suffered less from excesses this fall than at any time since the war. Alumni interference ‘was neglible except in rare instances, the attitude of undergraduates was ratiorial and far removed from the “campus hysteria” described by the famous Bulletin No. 23 of the Car- negie Foundation’s investigation of alleged evils, and the general trend was away from the “win-at-any-cost” idea which friends of the game feared would wreck the whole structuré if Permitted to go uncurbed. During the past season, crowds continued to flock to games which involved strong teams and remained away from unimportant contests, just as’had been the case in more normal times. Attendance at Illinois fell off 10 per} cent, according to George Huff, head of the athletic department, who add- ed that “with a normal team, I be- lieve our crowds would have been larger than last season.” The drop will not prevent the development of athletics at Illinois, Huff said. Plans of the department to spend $400,000 for additional facilities are uniter- rupted by the depression. * * x Belief that the public is becoming more football-minded and is choosing the game it will attend more care- fully than before was expressed by Robert Woodworth, director of sports relations at Purdue university. Wood- worth’s statement is significant since his institution recently announced that decreased patronage had made it necessary to curtail the program of minor sports. Football, however, was not responsible for the move, Woodworth declaring that the sea- son’s receipts of $172,000. broke all records. “So far as we are concerned, there has been an increase in football interest instead of a falling off,” he said. Major John L. Griffith, commis- sioner of the Big Ten, summarized the conditions which existed among the members of his organization—one of the most powerful in the country— as follows: “There will be some decrease in re- ceipts ‘this year due to Iowa's poor schedule, the playing of the Michi- gan-Harvard game at Cambridge in- stead of Ann Arbor and the Chicago and Illinois teams being below aver- age. However, the interest is just as marked as formerly. Our reason is limited, we play no post-season games and tickets are sold to students for 50 cents per game.” New York Man Leads in Pool Tilts | Greenleaf, Defending Titlehold- er, Is Runner-Up in Bil- _liard Tourney —_— New York, Dec. 16.—()—If anyone the \4 fending titleholder. Rudolph nosed out the New York “dark horse,” Onofrio Lauri, 125 to 124 in 21 innings last night, and thereby earned his fifth successive tournament victory. He has yet to meet Arthur Woods, another New Yorker, and Greenleaf. Rudolph’s five triumphs give him undisputed possession of the lead, with Greenleaf as runner-up with four victories and one defeat. Greenleaf gave further evidence that he is back in form yesterday when he trounced Woods 125 to 24 in \18 innings. Montana Coaching Job Open Helena, Mont.—(?)—There is a berth awaiting some football coach next year at the University of Mon- tana at Missoula. Major Prank Mil- burn, coach this year, must return to the army service. There is wide- spread Underwood Quint Win; Amelia-Soderquist Feminine Star (Tribuiie Special Service) Beats Washburn ddie Tauer Brilliant in 17-9 Eastern Grid Stars Leave to Play for Annual Shrine Game Chicago, Dec. 16.—(#)—Twenty-two eastern and Big Ten university foot- ball stars, under the direction of Coaches Andy Kerr of Colgate and Dick Hanley‘of Northwestern, will leave tonight for San Francisco to meet far western stars in the annual Shrine hospital benefit game Decem- Washburn, N. D., Dec. 16.—Under- | ber 27. ‘wood won its defeating Washburn 17 to 9 here. Exhibiting high school’s basketball team fourth consecutive game in an air-tight defense, the Burma Will Captain victors never were in danger and held | 9 N idd @ 10 to 4 lead at th id of the first ei at the en 31 Nodak Gridders Eddie Tauer was the most impres- sive performer for. Underwood. The Underwood girls defeated the Wash- burn girls 20 to 10 in a pre! liminary game, with Amelia Soderquist scoring all points for the winners, The summary of the boys’ game: Phantoms to Meet New Salem Squad Bismarck's Phantoms will clash the New Salem Hawks tonight at the Morton county time in what is ex-) Fairmont Man Elected at An- nual University Banquet Monday Night Feed a seat FG Pr PE) > Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 16—~()— 1 0 09|Yohn Burma, Fairmont, Minn., North 2 1. 09| Dakota's all-conference fullback, will 0 0 {captain the Nodaks in 1931. He was 0 0 0 elected at the annual gridiron ban- 0 0 9 quet last night and succeeds Captain Poe ed Glen Jarrett, who led his team to its 401 in third North Central Ray ae he} r past year. Burma is a junior an Mme cee FG FT PP/has starred in the Nodak backfield E, Tauér, 1. f. .. ea ea glen eee tae M. Landgren, c. 2 0 0 PE ea ee E. Hepper, r. g. 1 1 1!Raleigh Squads Win E. La a o 0 eee £ ° °%| Two of Three Games Totals... Ce eee | pect’: iigeiiser; “umpe 2| ° From Carson Cagers Thorstenson. two games out of a triple-header, the {Raleigh basketball ‘squads put up a terrific fight to lead Carson high school in a winning percentage on the Carson floor recently. “ In the preliminary game the Ral- jeigh grade boys defeated the inter- mediary grades boys of Carson 17-6. pected to be one of the hottest games | ‘The Raleigh squad made a final rush of the early season. N. O. Churchill, manager of the! |in the last few minutes of play to win. The Raleigh girl basketeers aefeat- Phantoms, said he expects to start/ed the Carson girl cagers 11-0. The Elmer Benser and Car] Thornberg at forwards; George Heidt and Austin Smith at guards and George (Shaky) Schaumebrg at center. Churchill said the Phantoms have scheduled a game with a group of former Bismarck high school stars who now are attending the state uni- versity at Grand Forks, to be played at the high school gymnasium De- cember 23... The “visitors” are expect» ed-to include two members of the university varsity squad. LONDON LIKES: NEW PUG In the younger crop of British heavyweight fighters, few have been as well received as John Pettifer, the 238 pound 21 year old boxer. Recent bouts of Pettifer showed him as a rugged puncher with ability to stand punishment. from Get Name Indians “Illini,” the name of a tribe of In- dians from which University of Illi- nois athletic teams take their name, A traditional Indian figure in Illinois affairs is Chief Illiniwek, who marches at the meang “brave men.” head of the Illini band. Raleigh team showed an aimost im- pregnable defense in winning. Carson's regulars trounced the Ral- eigh first string team in the conclud- ing a 47-21. The game was hard fought all the way through, Upsets Australian Champion Sydney, Australia. —(#)— Jack Haines, middleweight Soa aebugte Australia and New Zealand ht in the Antipodes to be a prospective world’s champion, was licked here by Ambrose Palmer, 19-year-old un- known. The normal daily consumption of water of an oyster is about five gal- Jons, and a colony of less than a mil- lion drink more water in the course of a day-than all the people of Lon- don, England. The female oyster produces at a spawning from ten to sixty million eggs, but only a small percentage of these survive. Only 39 per cent of the world ton- nage of ships depends exclusively on coal. 4 Raleigh, N. D., Dec. 16—Wwinning | 'Notre Dame Loses Second Cage Game Purdue and Northwestern De- feat Irish in Both of Its Two Starts Chicago, Dec. 16.—()—The Big Ten hasn’t been able to accomplish any- thing against Notre Dame in football recently, but the conference is. away to a good start against the Irish in basketball. Purdue, winner of the 1929-30 Big Ten title, accounted for the league's second triumph of the season over Notre Dame last night at Lafayette, 34 to 22. Last week Northwestern trounced the Irish 44 to 29. Towa suffered another setback last night and was defeated by Bradley college, 17 to 16. CANZONERI BEGAN AT 15 Tony Canzoneri, the little Italian« American lightweight champion, who has fought professionally more than 80 times in six years, began his career as an amateur of 100 pounds under the tutelage /of Pete Herman, former bantamweight champion. 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