The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 3, 1931, Page 10

i i H t i Hi H : yun. a DELL ELL Oe ITAE Sa eR AIA REEES THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, APRIL 38, 1981 10 ockne WIZARDDARINGAS /The Immigra ~ PIONEER VIKINGS Famed Irish Mentor Was Lover ~ of Speed; Found Thrill in Modern Aviation WAS FIRST TO EXPLOIT PASS Developed Adventurous Spirit in Football Teams; Made Chemistry a Hobby (NEA Service) Knute Rocke was a son of the Vi- kings. His blood was like theirs and it called him to daring and adven- ture just as it called the Vikings of old Norway who pointed their ships {nto the trackless ocean. ‘The son of immigrants, who be- came the greatest football coach the world has ever known, died: finally just as many of his Viking forefath- ers had died, upon a ship, outward bound on a Western trail. ‘Rockne found in aviation the same thrill that the old Norsemen found in their crude and restless craft with dared the devils of the yhich they deer to do their worst. It was an- excitement that satisfied a desire as dear to him, a craving for savenvare that grew out of his Norse Detne ahips of his brave forebears sank in uncharted seas. The ship of Rockne plunged to the earth in flames. The craft in which he sailed differed from theirs, but the old urge that prompted him to fly was the game daring that sent them into the tempestuous darknes. Has Viking Spirit ei ‘An idea of this spirit of Rockne’s swas conveyed during a recent visit to Notre Dame. Rockne had an auto- mobile that had been presented te jhim in recognition of his champion- ship football team of the year be- fore. He had been in one of the chemistry laboratories where he liked to dabble around with strange com: and mixtures. It was almost time for the squad to practice when he emerged, met me and invited me to ride over to the football field, old Cartier Field it was then. He leaped in and grasped the wheel. We started with a rush and a roar, much after the manner in which his great grid teams started. Hard- Jy had I closed the door than the ma- chine shot out, up over the curbing with a terrific jolt. Was Fast Driver Rockne never was one to stick to roads, In his driving he used up @ car in a few months, and it had to be a good car to last a year under his ulsive guidance. he grazed a tree. Rockne, with no display of emotion, kept talking in that hard, metallic voice that his players learned to admire and obey. “I like to drive,” he said. “But I Ike to fly, too. Maybe if I hadn't been a football coach I would have een an aviator. There's something about it that gets you.” ‘We bumped and jolted across a shallow ditch at about 40 miles an hour. We went splashing straight through the center of a small pond, sending mud and water flying up over the hood. Finally we crossed another curbing, wheeled along @ gravel road and pulled up at the foot- field. econ shot on the brakes with bang and we slid for a few feet before stopping. Be leaped out and started at once giving directions to the squad, divid- fmg them into units for passing. blocking, tackling signals. Loved Adventure The picture that he left with me 4s that of him at the wheel, steering an uncharted course just as the Vi- kings of old drove their stout ships. If the Viking urge in him hadn't been so strong, Rockne might have become a famous chemist. His old teachers at Notre Dame often praised his brilliant efforts with the test tubes, But innate restlessness finally brought him to the football field, and to deeds of daring. ‘It was the Viking in him that led to his development of the forward pass. The story of that began when Knute, the son of poor Norwegiar parents who brought him to the New ‘World when he was still a baby, had to work hard during the summers to keep himself at school. Learns to Pass One summer while Rockne was still @ student at Notre Dame, he and Gus Dorais worked as waiters in a resort hotel at Cedar Point, O. It was there that Rockne with his flair for daring and dramatics, toiled with Dorais, a buddy, in the perfection of the pass. siete he 3 ach elit OCKNE = BROUGHT NeW (ORLD. Kaye Don S British Racer Beats Gar Wood Record With Speed of 103.49 Miles Per Hour Buenos Aires, April 3—(?)—A néw| world’s speed boat record was hailed here Friday—103.49 statute miles per hour, made by Kaye Don, British racer, in Miss England II on the sur- face of the muddy, swollen Parana river Thursday afternoon. The mark, which will be certified to the International Racing associa- tion at Brussels by the Argentine Yacht club, beats the record of 102.56 miles per hour set recently by the American, Gar Wood, at Miami Beach. Don, happy at success in the ven- ture which already has been attended by failure in two attempts due to mo- tor troubles, packed up his boat and took the Andalucia Star at midnight for England. Don proceeded to the course early ‘Thursday and once touched 100 miles an hour, he said. In the afternoon he proceeded back up the river and turning suddenly, darted off ccwn the Sourse. He steered according to two Argen- tine gunboats which were stationed at either end of the route, and was timed by automatic electric chrono- meter devices with three members of the Yacht club at either end of the course as officials. Don's efforts were made in connec- tion with the British trade exposition, which is in progress here. The Miss England II is the same boat in which Major H. O. D. Segrave met his death. Winnipeg Hockey Club Wins Title Defeat Hamilton Tigers 3-1 in Final Game of Amateur Cana- dian Play-off Series ‘Winnipeg, Man., April 3—(?)—The Winnipegs’ hockey club of Winnipeg won the Allan cup, emblem of the amateur hockey championship of Canada, Thursday night by defeat- ing the Hamilton, Ont., Tigers, 3 to 1 in the second and final game of the last playoff series. Winnipegs’ won the first game Tuesday 2-1. The victory also won the Red Shirted “Pegs,” the post as Canada’s entry in the 1932 Olympic games, and gave Winnipeg a clean sweep of the year’s amateur hockey honors. Last WINS HONORS AS ATHLETE AT NOTRE DAME. - c ~ He Pit Coltece BAND. ets New Speed Boat Mark WILL ROGERS AIDS Made Football History by Follo Se ‘WITH MAJOR LEAGUERS Memphis.—The pennant chances of the New York Giants appear to be in the hands of their young pitchers. Five of the 11 hurlers Manager John McGraw plans to carry this season are known quantities. Joe Heving and Jim Chaplin have shown some good stuff and some that was not so ‘gpod in past seasons while the high- ly promising Hal Schumacher, John Berly, Ray Lucas and Leroy still have to show whether or not they can help. Macon. — The Robins are due to be short handed for a while and they can expect little if any help from the latest addi- tion to their squad. Jake Flowers has been called home to Cam- bridge, Md., because of the illness of his wife. Harvey Hendrick is out of ac- tion for a while after having tried to stop a hot grounder with his ankle. Philadelphia —Chilly blasts greeted the Philadelphia Athletics as they ar- rived home from the southland Fri- day to open their annual spring se- ries with the Phillies at Shibe park. The Phillies arrived Thursday in time to take a breif workout. Bradenton. — Street of the St. Lous Casdinals Friday selected the “big five” of his pitching staff for the 1931 campaign. They are the five vet- erans of last year’s staff, Bur- leigh Grimes, Jess Haines, Bill Flint Rhem and Syl Johnson. Jim Lindsey and Tony Kaufmann appear near to the veterans in ability. Kansas City.—The St. Louis cpen a five-game series here which will determine who with the team and who is for Milwaukee, Wichita Falls or where, American Association last year, has shown little liking this spring for the offerings of major league hurlers. May Set Match For Clevelan Stribling-Schmeling Heavy- weight Championship Bout Believed Settled Cleveland, April 3—()—The heavy- weight championship bout between Max Schmeling and Young Stribling looked in the bag for Cleveland Fri- day. Emil Wetten, legal representative of the Madison Garden corpora- tion of Mlinois, and Joe Jacobs, man- ager of the German titleholder, were in Chicago Friday with the an- nounced intention of obtaining the corporation's signature to a Cleveland contract. William E. Carey of the Madison Square Garden was in New York after declaring Cleveland was virtually assured of the match. . The three said formal announce- ment of Cleveland’s selection would be made as soon as minor differences over the rental of municipal stadium week the Elmwood millionaires won the Memorial cup and the junior championship. and other terms could be straightened out. ‘The bout, 15 rounds, will be held the “HW” Doc SAYS MY SINCE “TH? Time I amr WRISTIS BADLY WRENCHED, FROM “UAT LADDER FALL! ~~ HE SAID (F rT WASART FoR MY STRONG PHYSIQUE AN’ IRON CONSTITUTION, I WOULDA GOT A BROKEN ARM }, Became ALAR’ AN’ BUSTED SHOULDER ! i a we MY RIGHT WRIST HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIT WEAK “To SOFTEN UP JHREE “TOUGH OH, You FELL 2 s ”» HAD WHY, I HEARD You GOT Your: WRIST CAUGHT (A “TH? (CE-Box DOOR! HEY SAID You" _ HEARD STEPS AN’ AN’ DIDWT GET YouR HAND OFF “TH” COLD CHICKEN night of July 3. The stadium, being erected at a cost of $3,000,000, has a capacity of 100,000, which can be in- creased to 120,000. Exhibition Baseball i (By The Associated Press) ‘THURSDAY'S RESULTS At Little Rock, Ark—New York N) 8; Chicago (A) 6. At Chattanooga, Tenti—New York (A) 14; Chattanooga (SA) phia (A) 11; Charlottee 1. : At Winstor N. C.—Wil- t Ky.—Louisville (AA) 5; Boston (A) 4. Birmingh: Ala.—Cincin- At Memphis, Tenn.—St. Louis (A) 8; Memphis (SA) 7. At New Orleans, La.—Cleve- Jand (A) 5; New Orleans (SA) 1. At San Francisco—Pitisburgh (N) 9; Missions (PC) 3. At Oakland, Cal—Oakland (OC) 7; Detroit (A) 6. a At Los Angels 9; Los Angeles (PC) 5. His FUSS OVER A MERE WRIST SPRAIN ! ~ HME 4 WHY , EE-GAD, I PADDLED A, CANOE FOUR | HUNDRED MILES INTHE CANADIAN WILDS wrth A BROKEN: OF CO! ENT DORMS TO FET t Racy KE OCKNE AT‘NOTRE DAME. IN QUEER ROGKNE MEMORIAL SERVIC Recounts Laughs When Mis- reading ‘N. D.” as North Da- kota and Not Notre Dame Los Angeles, April 3—(P)—A comedian with tears streaming from his eyes stood at a luncheon table here Thursday, and for 25 minutes told jokes about Knute Rockne. If “Rock,” from his distant Valhalla, saw this odd memorial service, it is certain it met with his full approv- al. ‘The comedian was not on the pro- gram of speakers at a luncheon by the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce for the great coach, who was to have been the principal speaker at the regular as- sembly Thursday. He was in the rear of the room when the toastmaster spied him and asked him to say a few words in memory of his friend of many years standing. Bat, After All ‘Will Rogers, wiping his eyes, stood for a full minute without saying a word. And then— “When a comedian is sad, it is ter- ible. “But, after all, comedy and senti- ment are not very far apart.” A crooked smile gleamed through the emotion which seemed about to get the upper hand, as he said: “It's hard that the death of a great man has to give a luncheon club its only legitimate excuse for meeting.” Quickly turning to football, Rog- ers said no part of the United States appreciated Rockne more than did southern California. Prevented Swell Head “We owe him more than he could know,” said Rogers. “His last foot- ball game was played in Los Angeles last December, and it kept us from contracting the worst case of swell- head the world has ever known. He cured us in a business like fashion when Notre Dame licked southern California. If Rock’s boys hadn’t won that game, we would have thought and craving action, wagered with five friends a few weeks ago that NX EW SY ILLNESS — STi NINE vo0S William R. Crissey Il, Young Philadelphia Broker, Has Year to Win Bet Philadelphia, April 3.—(#)—There was Jason, setting sail for the Golden Fleece; then there was Hercules, tell- ing the boys how he was going to get the Golden Apples of the Hesperides. And, down to date, there is William R. Crissey II, young Philadelphia broker, who, if he wins what has been. termed an impossible bet, is likely to put Jason and Hercules in the piker class, Crissey, finding that the brokerage business is not what it used to be, $2,000 within the period of one year he could— Dine with President Hoover. Golf with Bobby Jones. Golf with John D. Rockefeller, sr. Motor or golf with the Prince of Wales, Eats With Hoover He has until Feb. 15, 1932, to make good or pay off. In the meantime he is required to make his own way | Vidual records. and, when he returns to his colleagues, he must have $25 in his pocket—the tngpeial grubstake with which he set out. With more than one-twelfth of the Hoover in Washington Feb. 21, This was made possible through the cour-} Vic tesy of a newspa] who allowed Crissey to substitute for him at a cor- respondents’ dinner attended by the president. Moving on to Atlanta a few weeks ago with the hope of digging divots with Bobby Jones, the young broker learned that the emperor of golfdom to make Goes to Hollywood From Atlanta the chase led to Or- mond, Fla., where he was stymied completely and perhaps permanently by the elder Rockefeller. For more than a week Crissey met the Rocke- feller golf party at the fifth hole, but his request for a game brought the oil king’s answer in three little words, “No, not today.” every man east of the Mississippi was anemic.” The er said Rockne not only was @ football coach standing in & class alone, but “could do every- ” : thing.’ “He was the best after-dinner speaker we had. I would have hated to have to follow him. He told me many stories in my dressing room. I got ’em for nothing and then retold ‘em and collected. If there was any- body I owed royalties to, it was Rock.” ‘There was no sense of the incon- N. D. Man Heads _ Gopher Golfers Bill Fowler, Fargo, Elected Cap- tain of Minnesota Mashie- Swingers : Crissey abandoned ‘a game with Rockefeller for the present and hitch- hiked to California for a few holes with Jones before setting out on the trail of the Prince of Wales. ‘The “impossible wager” was the re- sult of a luncheon argument. “We were discussing bets,” Crissey ex- plained, “and mentioned several seem- ingly impossible ones of which we had hhad sufficient presence, good man- ners, a certain ingenuity and an in- difference to rebuff he could carry oe most incredible wager ever Sextette Sings ‘Victory March’ bout between amateur boxers from New York and Chicago, the with i E i Ege aff E i Z g [ i z g # E 1 iA i ii F i eg i t : rt g iu BEER ebay tuck, ite He FeGld | g i 5 & && E $2,000 Wager Causes Modern Jason to Chase Celebrities heard. I contended that if a man to Honor Rock | 9 All-American Track Stars on 31 Trojan Team Dean Cromwell’s College Squad to Be Led by Frank Wykoff, Speed Merchant Los Angeles, April 3.—Nine of the 15 University of Southern California athletes who won places on the col- lege track and field honor roll for 1930 will form the nucleus for Coach Dean Cromwell's Z Those athletes who won 1930 @wards and who . are available for the present sea- son of track activ- McGeagh, half mile; Bill Carls and Ernie Payne, low hurdles; Howard Paul and Dick Barber, broad jump; Jim Stewart, high jump, and Bob Hall, shot put and discus, —_——-_ merica How to Play Football pi A[fy, SSR DROP OUT; FRESH TALENT APPEARS Six Promising Rookies Have Come Up This Year to Un- derstudy Veterans HAIL JOHN VERGEZ AS FIND Majority of Newcomers in Mas jor Leagues to Get First Taste of Pro Baseball New York, April 3—Faces of the heroes of other years vanish from the picture, as year by year new players . come to the big leagues. The baseball season will open April 14, for the first time without Grover Alexander ina major league uniform, and for the lived, and one of the finest first basemen have given way to the big leagues’ constant call for youth. Breaking In Several promising young players are getting their first taste of com: Petition in the big show this One of them, Johnny Vergez, from the Pacific Coast League to fill the gap at third base for the New York Giants following the transfer of Fred Lindstrom to the outfield, is hailed as a find by John McGraw. Joe Vosmik, wha led the Blue Ridge and Three-Eye leagues in battling during the last two years, is breaking in with the Cleveland Indians, as an understudy to Charley Jamieson, the *” aging left fielder of the Tribe, Another Burns ‘There is usually someone Burns playing for one ef the league teams. A few years George Burns, playing first for Indians, set a season’s record for base hits. This year, Jack left-handed first baseman, Browns. 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