The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1936, Page 10

Max Schmeling COUNTRY’S EXPERTS CHOSE HEAVY WEIGHT BY LANDSLIDE VOTE Alice Marble, Hercine of Tennis Courts, Is Only Rival: to German M’LARNIN PLACES THIRD Grove, Wykoff and Louis Finish in That Order in Poll of Writers By ALAN GOULD New York, Dec. 17.—(#)—The laurel wreath for the year’s greatest come- back in any sphere of sport adorns the black thatch of Germany's in- domitable heavyweight fighter, 31- year-old Max Adolph Siegried Schmeling. The country’s experts, who were just about 100 per cent wrong in their predictions as to what would happen on the night Schmeling scored a sen- sational, 12-round knockout over Joe Louis, accorded the German a land- slide vote in the annual Associated Press sports poll. Forty-six out of 73 ballots listed Schmeling as the hero of the No. 1 comeback, based upon the fact that when the German left the United States three years ago he was con- sidered “all washed up.” The voting revealed Alice Marble, heroine of the year’s finest tennis comeback, as Schmeling’s only rival. The California girl, who scaled na- tional championship heights three years after being forced by ill health from all competition, was listed at the top on 10 ballots. Her point total of 57, however, was far below Schmel- ling’s 152. Grove Places Fourth Lefty Grove, despite the fact he did not have as good a pitching season as he enjoyed when, he returned to form in 1935, collected sufficient votes to land fourth place, on the heels of Jimmy McLarnin, Johnny Fischer got a few citations for his remarkable finishing rally to overhaul Scottish Jack McLean and win the U. S, amateur golf crown. Joe Louis won applause as well as several votes for his return to fistic knockout form after being flattened by Schmeling. Flying Frank Wykoff, who came out of retirement to make his third Olympic team and anchor the record-breaking U. 8. 400 meter quartet, was recognized as the come- back hero in foot racing competition. Baseball comebacks were numerous but one of the greatest, achieved by Danny MacFayden in pitching 17 vic- tories with the sixth-place Boston Bees received surprisingly. little at- tention. Tabulation of the poll follows, with points tallied on 3-2-1 basis: Leading Comebacks: 1. Max Schmeling, knockout winner over Joe Louis .... 152 2. Alice Marble, U. 8. tennis CHAMPION .,....22..000000 57 3. Jimmy McLarnin, four fis- tic wins over Canzoneri and AMDEFS ......--.seeereeeee 4 4. Bob (Lefty) Grove, Boston Red, Sox pitcher .......... 23 5. Frank Wykoff, anchor on U. S. 400-meter relay team in Olympics 6. Joe Louis, for return to form after K. O. by Schmeling .. 1 4. Johnny Fischer, U. 8. ama- teur golf champion Points = Denny Shute and Tony Manero, golf champions; Paul Waner, National League batting king, each 10 11, Tony Lazzeri, Yankees, scc- ond baseman Wildcats Trim Irish; Purdue Mauls Butler Chicago, Dec. 17.—()—Northwest- ern’s basketball warriors appear head- ed this season for a record as specta- cular as the football Wildcats com- piled last fall. Coach Dutch Lonborg’s squad es- tablished itself as a powerful threat for Big Ten honors Wednesday night at South Bend by trouncing Notre Dame, 38 to 19, the most decisive score of their series. The triumph was Northwestern's third straight, the Wildcats having whipped Carleton and Pittsburgh in previous starts. Purdue won its third straight by mauling Butler, 44 to 14, at LaFay- ette, and Iowa made it four in a row with a 34 to 30 decision over Denver at Iowa City. The trio of victories added to the huge edge Big Ten teams have piled up over non-conference foes. In 26 games, conference teams Thursday had lost only two, Chicago having bowed to Marquette, and Minnesota having been defeated by North Dako- ta State's strong five. Halliday Wins Fourth Wins Acclaim As ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1936 Sport World’s Maddest Whirl! Picture Story of Six-Day Bike Racers It's six-day bicycle race season q Once more the riders whirl endlessly around the track at Madison Square Garden. New ‘orchy Peden in- again. York. Here spects a wheel while resting. Tribune, 0. H. Will Bowlers Triumph Service Electric, Capitol Cafe Teams Victors in City League Matches Bismarck Tribune trundlers swept to three straight wins over the O. H. Will Seed store five while the Junior Association of Commerce was copping two out of three games from the Bis- marck Bakery in Commercial League games rolled Wednesday night. Tuesday night in City League matches the Service Electric and Capitol Cafe bowlers emerged with two to one margins over the Catholic Order 6f Foresters and the Economy Grocers, respectively. Earl Kuehn of the Junior associa- tion team with a 232 in the second game and a 582 three-game total was high-scorer in the Commercial League | matehes while Davis of the Capitol Cafe five tied with Joe Patera of the Economy Grocery with single high games of 206 and won the three-game honors with a 574 total. The scores: COMMERCIAL LEAGUE L, Brown ... Starkle ... Stalz ... 165-153-119— 437 J Brown . 152-134-135— 421 Schubert . 182-170-203— 555 Totals ......... 106-774-709—2189 Bismarck Tribune Moeller + 169-180-120— 460 | Walstead . 120-154-125— 400 Ottum 154-204-142— 590! Youngstrom 132-162-165— 459 MacGregor . 166-152-175— 493 Handicap - 22— 66 Tota 763-874-750—2387 Jr, Association of Commerce i Bates .. 159-152-145— 456 Dummy 143-143-143— 429 Warner . 126-139-191— 456 {Glitska . 130-136-138— 404 Kuehn . 157-232-193— 582 Handicap 2- 2- 2—- 6 Totals ......-.. ‘717-804-812—2333 Bismarck Bakery Laakso + 114-129-108— 351 178-124-165— 467 142-162-155— 459 134-165-159— 448. 180-167-176— 523 ‘148-747-763—2248 CITY LEAUGE C. O. Forresters 133 121 140° 111 147 136 153 169 Aller ... Schmidt W. Schneide: Martin . Keller .. Handicap 172— 426 119— 370 177— 460 120— 408 133— 446 46— 138 IM— 515 133—2316 180— 574 Game in Five Starts pulling power. stealing a lap. The pack put the flat, spills those behind. TN Jams and spills—the unexpected—give six-day racing its crowd Out of the orderly pack darts a culprit bent on rsues. Resting teammates join the chase. That’s a jam. As often as not, jams end in spills. A blow- out, loss of contro! on a steeply banked turn—the racer hurtles to Handlers above aid spil victims. And does it hurt when you spill! Ask Jerry Rodman, who's being helped to his bunk. Dust covers his trunks (at left) and shirt, and his thigh stings with splint- ers and bruises. Year’s Comeback King Demons Take Road Without Bob Tavis; Saints Split Squad “The Human Squirre) Cage” are some of ignations for the six-day grind which moves Sepa lew York to San Francisco with stop-overs at Bigger cies. At each ace tae ee aa mile. tworriders com” Me ”, bons 3 teat ‘and they take turns on the track. “The Race to Nowhere”, Basketball Scores COLLEGE (By the Associated Press) 8. D. 8. (Sioux Falls) 34, Chadron Teachers 61; Teachers 23, Western State Teachers 41; Ham- line 34. | 8t. Cloud Teachers 41; Winona; Teachers 31. Carroll College Teachers 44. Eau Claire Teachers 32; (Decorah) 22, N, D, 8. 34; Jamestown College 2: House of David 48; Mayville Teach: ers 35. Towa 34; Denver 30, ‘Lefty’ Grove Leads Hurlers in American « Chicago, Dec. 17.—(AP)—Counted | “out” as a topnotch pitcher two years; ago, “Lefty” Grove of the Boston Red! Sox led the pitchers in the American League for the second season in a row with an earned run average of 2.81. Official averages released Thursday also showed that Young Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians, though he won five games and lost three, was second to Grove with an average of 3.34, Though he appeared in only 14) games and pitched only 62 innings, ; Feller fanned 76 of the 227 batters he faced, an average of almost one | in three. Though Grove's game record of 17 won and 21 lost was not so impres- | sive, for the second time in a row hej was the only regular pitcher in the league to have an earned run mark under three runs per game. Behind Feller came Johnny Mur- phy of the Yankees; Johnny Allen, Cleveland; Pete Appleton, Washing- ton, and Tommy Bridges, Detroit. Braddock High Hands Wishek First Defeat Braddock, N. D., Dec. 17.—Brad- dock’s high school basketball team ran up its third victory in defeating Wishek, 9-8, in a strong defensive battle. Wishek had won five games prior to the defeat at the hands of the locals &nd led 8-1 at the half- time. Peterson and Naaden were out- standing for Braddock while B. 41; Augustana Ellendale 46; Platteville \ Luther mons, whose string was broken in 1935, Hal Trosky Paces American League Drives in 162 Runs to Finish Ahead of Gehrig, Foxx and Bonura Chicago, Dec. 17.—(7)—Hal Trosky, husky young Cleveland slugger, added another year to the growing tradition that first basemen rule the American League in the art of batting in runs by belting mates across enemy plates 162 times in 1936. Trosky, who finished fourth last ear with 113 runs batted in behind Detroit's Hank Greenberg, Lou Geh- rig of the world champion New York Yankec¢ and Jimmy Foxx of Boston— all first basemen—led anyother four- man set of first-sackers at the top of the list, Gehrig again finished second, this time with 152. Foxx jumped from 115 to 143 to retain third place, while Zeke Bonura of the Chicago White Sox moved up to fourth position with 138. Gehrig, who started the first base- man dynasty in 1930 with 174, estab- lished-the junior circuit record of 184 in 1931, Foxx was high man with 169 and 163 in 1932 and 1933, respectively, and Gehrig bounced back in 1934 with 165. Gehrig was over the 100 mark for the eleventh straight season, tying Simmons’ major league record. Sim- ame back for his twelfth season in which his bat sent 100 or more runs home, one short of Babe Ruth’s all- time standard. Gehrig also passed the 150 mark for the sixth time of his durable career, tying one of the Babe's records. Joe DiMaggio, the Yankee fresh- man sensation, batted in five runs in one inning to equal the league record Sports Round-Up| By EDDIE BRIETZ New York, Dec. 17.—(?)—Marshal Goldberg’s dad, who runs a movie| house at Elkins, W. Va., couldn’t get newsreels gf the Notre Dame-Pitt game, so the rival house packed ‘em in by advertising “See Biggie Gold- berg Against Notre Dame.” . . Cincinnati Reds have the shortest manager in the majors in Charlie Dressen and the tallest coaches in Tom Sheehan and Long George Kelly. . . Moe Berg, educated catcher of the Red Sox (he speaks seven lan- guages) is doing the town with Al Schacht, They say Frank Higgins is pretty set by Ty Cobb in 1909. A new major league mark was es- tablished when 18 players knocked in 100 or more runs. The former stand- ard of 17 was set by the National League in 1930. New York's team total was 995, bet- tering its own former major league mark of 991. Gehrig again led in walks with 130, while Foxx was far ahead of all “rivals” in striking out, going down 119 times. MAGICIANS WIN Williston, N. D., Dec. 17.—(7)—Mi- not high defeated Williston at bas- ketball Wednesday night, 22 to 13. Bailey showed up well for the visitors. 157— 515 Amateur Tourney Is Mott, N. D.,, Dec. 17.—(?)—Het- tinger amateur boxers will take part in = county-wide ring tourna- ment here Saturday under is Scheduled at Mott Tus Curious Wortb a By William Ferguson sure to wind up playing the hot cor- ner for Cleveland. . . Pitt has shipped hundreds of gallons of drinking water on to Kansas City, Albuquerque and other points where the Panthers will stop on their way to the Rose Bowl... A storm is brewing over the firing of Bob Harlow by the Profes- sional Golfers’ association. . . Jimmy Braddock and Joe Gould head for Miami right after Christmas. . . Lou Ambers has started work for what is sure to be a tough fight with Enrico Venturi. At the meeting of Pacific Coast coaches the other day, Bernie Bier- man was a guest-and told the best story... While en route to play Wash- ington, the Gophers stopped over- night in Missoula, Mont. . . Fire broke out in the hotel during the night. . . Flames were shooting all around and some of the gridders couldn't decide}. what to do... “Shall we jump for it, or try the fire escape?” one of them yelled. . . Through the smoke thg) answer came back: “If you are subs, go ahead and jump; otherwise use the fire escape.” . .. Bernie was given the gilt-edged picture frame for that one, Now that his title shot with Brad- dock is assured, Max Schmeling has, gone uppity uppity. . . One of the newsreels missed out on the contract- signing ceremonies last Saturday and asked Braddock and Max for # special pose. .. The champion was glad to oblige and made the trip downtown. ... Schmeling was “too busy” to ac- commodate. . . Les Scarsella, Cincin- nati’s big first-sacker, claims he can’ hit better under the arcs than in the day time. . . Paul Sokody and Erwin Graf, brothers-in-law, are fighting {tv out for for the left forward berth on| the Marquette cage team. Havelock Five Downs Buffalo Springs, 12-5 Havelock, N. D., Dec. 17.—Have- lok’s boys’ basketball team defeated Buffalo Springs, 12-9, and the Buffalo Springs girls downed the Havelock cagers, 16-5, in a doubleheader bas- ketball game here Saturday. Eide of Buffalo Springs was high-point man in the boys’ game with eight points followed by Sackett of Havelock with seven. Nigrad for the winners was high‘ with eight points in the girls’ game. Summary: Havelock tg ft pf B Springs f Morris, f. 1 0 9 Boush’e, ft 0 Raffe'y, £0 0 1 F ft Ry Schi t 0 0 0 1 3 ° a4 Crawford Candidate for Sioux Rifle Team | enecccet wo crmnmnod :] Bison held a 23-7 lead at the half. Watford City, 32-17, and added their second win of the season last Friday in downing the Werner high quint, 27-16. Pederson, Killdeer center, led the winners while Red Cook set the pace for Dickinson game Friday. The summary: Killdeer fg ft pf Werner fg ft Scholl, f. 0 09 0 Odums, f£ H Doh'y f 4 Swen'n, f Peder'n, c 5 Cook, ¢ . Herd Turns Back | Fights Cast Night { Jimmies, 34 to 22 Be Aneel (By New York—Solly Krieger, 161%, 1591, New York, (7) f Jamestown, N.D., Dec. 17—(P)—| -™, iat H / ‘The North Dakota’ Agricultural col-| ,, Vaneouver, B. C.—Gorden Wal Jace, 14314; Vancouver, Canadian lege basketball team scored its) 14 ight champion, | a second victory of the week by de-| oy Harry Dublinski, 143%, Chi- feating: the Jamestown College Jim- (5) Z y mies Tuesday night, 34 to 22. The cage, 5 Les Bolstad Among Golf Open Leaders Glendale, Calif., Dec. 17.—()—The second contingent of golfers set out ‘Thursday over the Oakmont course to conclude first round play in the sabe Southern California Open tor = ment. In Wednesday’s initial round, Or- ville White of St. Louis shot a 68, four strokes better than par, to lead the field. Two strokes back Was Jules Huot of Quebec, Canada. Leading scorers in the first round include Les Bolstad, Minneapolis, 75. Gainor and Sturgeon Bid to Charity Game San Francisco, Dec. 17.—(?)—Se- tection of Carl Mulleneaux, towering Utah Aggies end, Thursday completed the western squad which will play here New Year’s Day in the annual east-west charity football game, Co- Coach Percy Locey announced. ‘The western players include: Tackles—Martin Gainor, North Da- kota University, and guards — Lyle Sturgeon, North Dakota State. Beach Prep Cagers The Jimmies took the lead only once, early in the game. After Bob Saunders had scored his first field) goal of the game, putting the Bison ahead, 2 to 0, Ernie Manney sank a free throw on Wendell Kielty’s in- fraction and then Ralph Rothstein flipped in a field goal to give the Jimmies a 3-2 Jead. Saunders and Anderson led the Bison attack, scoring 22 of the 3¢ Bison points between them. Anderson’ was high scorer with six field goals, while Saunders was close behind with five. The summary: NDAC fg ft pf Jamest'n fg ft pf Rorvig, £ 0 1 Agre, f.. 2 0 2 Stevens, f 2 Dunwell,f3 0 Kielty, f. Westb: Phillips, f 0 Ander'n,-c 6 5 0 Rao Fraser, Totals 15 @| coco! ol ourowe Totals 10 2 Referee: Dick Holzer. ' Killdeer Cage Team Trims Werner, 27-16 » Dec. 17.—After los- Killdeer, N. Werner. Killdeer plays the second team in its next c) 0 6 Palmer, g 2 Oyan, g.. 1 Hovden, g 1 Bessar, g 0 Burd: Quill... 4 7 Hoffer .. Totals . Rameey . Doherty . Ramsey. Totals 12 Score by Killdeer wl coowoce! wl croswock ~ S ol cHocommne’ 5 Referee, Malmsta Gascoyne Scores 36-5 | Pitt Special Rolls . Victory Over Amidon| ° Westward to Bow! D, De Pittaburgh, Dec, 17.—()—Jock Gascoyne, N. D,, Dec. 17.—Paced by Peirson, who dropped in 10 field goals, erreteue Leesreiehd ld Gascoyne’s Hornets chalked all of Amidon’s five points. A team of seniors and juniors defeated the sophomore-freshman quint, 12-11, & preliminary game. The ft pf Gascoyne fe ft p 0 © Jeirson,f£10 1 Saints Down Millers; Flyers Defeat Hawks 8t. Paul, Dec. 17. — (#) — St. Pat won its sixth game.of the American association season to take sec- place in the race 14 points be- hind the league-leading S&t. Flyers. {to 1, after more than five minutes or wertime Wednesday night. En anv exehltion capes See mayers: Veteran Center Forced to Ree main Behind Because of Mother's Iliness Maynard Entringer, center, and Eddie Reff and Dusky Schneider, guards— his regular starters—and Kenney Hessinger and Joe Schneider, teserves, here for the Hazelton game. Tom Fox, George Garske, Clayton Crane, Steve Brown, Nick Becker and Frank Weisgerber will make the trip to Fort Yates. . A preliminary to the St. Mary’s- Hazeltom game, between the St. Mary's seventh and eighth graders and the Bismarck junior high school teams, will start at 7 p.m. at the high school gymnasium, Demons making the trip were Bob Peterson, Buddy Beall, Helmuth Clausnitzer, Jack Bowers, Glenn Enge, Alwyn Potter, Gilbert Olson, Harry Rishworth and Warren Kraft. Braves Elect Toman, Patterson Captains Ray Toman and Art Patterson have been elected co-captains of the 1937 Mandan high school football team. Toman, regular center for the past two years, served as captain of the 1936 team and called signals from the line position. Patterson, a mem- ber of the squad for the past two years, played at the tackle position. Toman was voted the “best all-around player”; Douglas Campos, veteran fullback, was rated as the best blocker, and Patterson was named the best tackler in a poll of the team mem- bers conducted by Coach McMahan. the Trim Wibaux, 22-19] 7eschers colese BRING YOUR WHOLE JACKS AND AN : le Oa “ taks Clog the World's Finest Peas— SO PARKER GAVE y Simos pen- Popehogel ies ieee eats ‘Steda by Oia Hiebers of the Colctratad Pater Pos