The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 26, 1936, Page 4

erp eos sm tn rt THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, 1986 Behind Scenes|||_. Democratic BES Lanarcom sear = —|| Convention Mrs, Stella 1. Mann Democrats Pin Hope of ‘Penmsy’ President and Publisher ‘Triumph on ‘Philly’ Ballyhoo. 5 . By RODNEY DUTCHER Vice Pres, and Gen'l. Manager Seo'y-Treas, and Editor (Trt Washii C. dent) An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper 4 26. — Occasion- Subscription Rates Payable in Advance ay at nels o ooeamnce aes by carrier, per year ............... see gate stops to ask himself: by mail per year (in Bismarck) .. “Why are we here instead of having by mail per year (in state outside of by mail outside of North Dakota . Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press anmeeeacecu A42etda 8S ke 32. the bellyhoo out of Philadel ls aimed st the nation in gen- berg iad the sate ol My it Far! . _They’re All Cuckoo should have the conten: With the Schmeling-Louis fight pictures being shown here Many persons are wondering how in the name of everything pugilistic the so-called boxing experts could have been so mis- taken in their predictions of the outcome. They recall the overwhelming odds which favored the Negro and the fact that it was even money Schmeling would not last more than five rounds and find it difficult to understand how the “experts” could be so far wrong. The answer is simple if you know, for the plain trath is that the majority of the sports writers of the country are slightly cuckoo and the nation gets its ideas on sporting events from them. For proof of this one need only follow their mental pereg- hicaeiion ey mip ieee inati he hi igh’ i " Politically, it is very important to rinations on tt e heavyweig! t championship alone , ain: Manca A few brief years ago Primo Carnera was champion. How]| Roosevelt have been fooled once more. * ai ots Pei “lvania’s 36 electoral votes he got that way is a rather smelly matter of pugilistic history, are geceen a eelees oly. < nee. and anyway no one cares. York's 45. She may properly "be con- Then into the picture came Max Baer and all but knocked | * the giant Italian loose from his shoes.’ It was a convincing dem- onstration of punching power and the sports writers immedi- ately climbed onto the Baer bandwagon. He was young and apparently strong and fast. He didn’t HI The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Bewspaper and also the loca! news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved, Hl ul i i ait in capsule form. tg neared og « Democratic David Lawrence * (amma ’ (Copyright, 1936, By David Lawrence) [the grain of the old-timers, who;don him if, by chance, next autumn know enough to be a champion but they never thought of that. Philddelphis, June 26—There ere |know that, in the past at least, the Son rniieyosers ue ape The sports fans were gravely assured that Baer would be cham- beordreaoteslhi gained er ene gen hes See oa tive vote against the New Deal. pion for years. They wrote the same sort of laudatory gush i. poluaae ct ronaiatibg gist etait lscunarttanerenaereoeecsvesing tvioatr about him that they later wrote about Louis. {sm, and the internal, which betrays |With the common people. ‘ BIT OF HUMOR The result was to deceive the public as to Baer’s capacity. h R. bles Metlinoestne ot beige or Lat When he stepped into the ring against Jim Braddock a year ago i in tne heres a ales the odds were overwhelmingly in his favor but Braddock re- beac vad he fight dent's — to accept the word of the “experts.” He calmly went to & 5 pros, it it, obviow tat ihe work and knocked the Butterfly Butcher Boy right out from 5 conservative- Persons between his ears, thereby earning for himself the quaint title $ es E st rence npr ered of Cinderella Man. fsame reactions to restrictive legisla- Then came Louis. ‘The é He had flattened a lot of ham-and-egg boxers because he » matter to segregate here the oe Dest qr seas" yt aE nat yam oo Finally he was matched with Carnera, who had been fad- for Roosevel to mae that a Democratic ae cows are pastured on tue i I ii 5 . vative anything in common - MERC T Re: ing when he boxed Baer, ahd gave the Italian a sound wal-| Pennsyivenie saad st ;| Wesson ‘can ‘stamaaeeli tar — eh aN * . ite but already : The geno oceans likes -ie bee ee I have found that out ext he on Baer and gave that worthy a quick beat- wear ‘alism on jeeve | from experience.” ing and the ballyhoo began in earnest. The sports writers had en ia mode Solamia: pragma iar mith Riipcend . to have something to write about, so they vied with each other] The supreme court’s recent de- to the common people. | in coining titles for the Detroit Negro boy, such as the Black icsapuloned Destroyer, the Detroit Demon, the Dark Angel and the Brown ‘Sherman—It never seems large un- Bomber. 4% delegations. Left to themselves, they expect Mr. Roosevelt's second | ti T start to mow it The sports fans knew more about Joe Louis than they knew ain ad rior = sensed = all of peered as his frst = about Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alf M. Landon combined. The t man like Cordell Hull for president. & settling down, a trend | anna 49 the wecigg lggcalicr public was caught up in the swirl of the publicity barrage and bacctyyeg is not % ae: id na dis- | ond 2 cians the few sports writers who dared suggest that miaybe it would teen asec mare sie bape ‘the pail when, once be best not to bet the family silver on Louis were mere voices ever had. sercgriigreed in the wilderness. Louis wasn’t even matched with champion warfare, but Braddock, yet many scribes were already talking about what ‘i ra Billy—Daddy, what is this political he would do when he was champion and sneered when Braddock and iy wade tet ye ne valk 4p | Porn: ous remarked that he didn’t think he would lose his title to the comer 5 out, it is persuading people you ought Negro. ‘ Then Schmeling proved that he could both take it and dish it out and the Brown Bomber proved that he was also something of a puftball. and’ the iacs taoko de Reggie oa much of it will The public was amazed sports writers dropped, too. sneaking down the dark alleys lest they meet someone they Shove heen noes ieee find a:ets:, knew. Farley, One United States But they are not to blame, poor fellows. In their violent senator, for feaane. me is a loyal admiration for the black sensation they hypnotized themselves coe and the public as well. It may shed some light on the mystery to remark that all newspapers have rules for news writers which are supposed to govern all alike, yet there is an axiom in the newspaper busi- ness that no rules apply to the sports department. Sports writers are supposed to be cuckoo. The public is assumed to like them that way. nigit i Biggest Sidewalk Farmer North Dakota has its share of sidewalk and suitcase farm- reer by 8 boas 87 Morindin dye. COE A i el ae ae ee =z Ane Tiel ap reer) ae || | cc Bid PUR mere ie Bane oe ts Pee) eel ee PCP Pt ee (4and Je A CLILLIT TTT Perit i fiat