The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1936, Page 10

HUSKIE, PANTH PANTHERS DRILL IN MIRE AS GAME TIME NEARS inner Considered Toss-Up; Great Lines May Carry * Brunt of Battle EAST, WEST TEAMS READY Sugar ‘Bowl Contenders Each Boast Husky, Hard-Block- ing Backfields Pasadena, Calif, Dec. 31.—(P)— Weather as unsettled as the color of the jerseys to be worn hy Pittsburgh and Washington threatened Thursday to throw a monkey wrench into the football machinery of the Rose Bowl classic. Rain soaked the big bowl, everything around Wednesday, the end is not in sight. If the field is heavy Friday it will make the mooted question of the color of the jerseys unimportant—mud will make purple blue or white equally obscure. Football on the Air Where and when to get your football game broadcasts on New Year's Day. Louisiana State vs. Santa Clara—WJZ-NBC—1:15 p. m. Duquesne vs. Mississippi State —CBG—1:15 p. m. East vs. West —WOR-MBC—3:30 p. m._Pitts- burgh vs. Washington—KFYR- NBC—3:45 p. m. also and The jersey question has been de- bated for the first time in Rose Bowl history. Each contestant expected to appear in its colors, blue for Pitt and purple for Washington. gested the other wear white with neither inclined to turn its back on tradition. Turf Is Soggy Pittsburgh reached Pasadena Wed- nesday night ready to work out in the Rose Bowl Thursday afternoon ‘but may have to forego this last-min- ute preparedness move to svae the turf. Husky and Panther practiced Wed- nesday in a downpour. Opinion was divided as to the ef- fect of a wet field. Under the War- ner system used by Pitt the ball is handled more than in the Notre Dame system of Washington and a wet sur- face might throw the timing awry. Odds were even or 5 to 4 and take your choice, The change in weather did not change opinions the game was @ toss-up. ‘The backs may not be able to keep their feet but rain or shine, slow or fast, two great lines will come to grips. Both squads are in shape, the bowl is sold out. All that is needed for a perfect day is a touch of sun. Parker, Cardwell, Toth Are Ailing San Francisco, Dec. 31—(#}—Col- lege football stars of the east and west who will clash here Friday in the Shrine’s annual charity game wound up practice Thursday with light drills. On the western team, Lloyd Card- well, Nebraska halfback, eased a “charley-horse” in a rubdown. Clarence “Ace” Parker, Duke half- back, and Steve Toth, Northwestern fullback, are the only ailing eastern players. These probable starting were announced: East Pos Wendt, Ohio S.LE lineups West McDonald, Neb. LG Den'lein, St, M. LG Kordick, St. M. C Conkright, Okla, RG Scottino, S. M. U. RT Callaway, Stan. RE Deutsch, St. Ben. QB Dougherty, W.S.C. Parker, Duke LH Goddard, W.S.C. Drake, Purdue RH Cardwell, Neb. Kurlish, Penn. FB Francis, Neb. Powerhouse Elevens Vie in Sugar Bowl New Orleans, Dec. 31.—()—It'll be power against power when Lou- isiana State's Tigers and Santa Clara’s Broncos settle their football argument in the Sugar Bowl Friday. The New Year's day opponents, each boasting husky, hard-blocking backs, will meet on Tulane’s gridiron before approxi- mately 42,000 fans. The kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p. m. (CST). Buckeyes Edge Out Southern Cal, 40-38 Chicago, Dec. 31.—(#)—The scorers will check and double-check tonight when the basketball Irish of Notre Dame and Northwestern's Wildcats meet.in their annual New Year's eve battle in Patten gymnasium. The scorers will give strict atten- tion to their duties to prevent recur- rence of the confusion of a year ago, when the teams left the floor with Each sug-| Morris Awarded Sullivan Trophy Olympic Decathlon Champion Beats Out Jesse Owens by 93 Points New York, Dec. 31.—(#)—Sports ob- servers in some quarters Thursday wondered just how much Glenn Mor- ris had Jesse Owens to thank for his} Sullivan award victory. The eyebrow-raising was Geoasionea| by the belief of those who think Owens decision to turn professional after the Olympic games and his sev- eral run-ins with Amateur Athletic Union officials may have partially in- fluenced the voting. Glenn Morris The award went to the world-rec- ord breaking Olympic decathlon win- ner by the slim margin of 93 points— 1,106 to 1,013 for Owens, Ohio State's great Negro who won three individual Olympic crowns and recently was named the outstanding athlete of the year in the annual Associated Press poll. Six hundred sports figures in all parts of the country ballotted on ten athletes, men and women, nominated for the award, The award—officially it’s the James E, Sullivan memorial—was announced Wednesday night by the A. A. U. By it, Morris is named the athlete, “who by his performance, example and in- fluence as an amateur and a man, has done the most during the year to advance the cause of sportsmanship.” Jack Medica, Seattle's Olympic swimmer, finished third to Morris and Owens with only 301 points. Trailing him in order were tennis player Helen \ Jacobs, Berkeley, Calif, with 204 points; sprint star Helen Stephens, Fulton, Mo., 174; polo ace Tommy Hitchcock, New York, 170; amateur golf champion Johnny Fischer, Cin- cinnati, 153; Lt. Charles F. Leonard, New York modern pentathlon star, 153; Olympic hurdler Forrest (Spec) Towns, Georgia, 123, and yachtsman Herman Frasch Whiton, 34. | Sports Round- Up ay SCOTTY RESTON New York, Dec. 31—(4)—The foot- ball coaches finally justified their stay in the big town by getting off some of the year's best banquet yarns . Harry Stuhldreher of Wisconsin was first with this one: His team was riding in a string of cabs back of a police escort at Madison . . . En route to the stad- nesota, and a big Swedish cop head- ed the parade... Sirens all traffic to one side of the road, except one old farmer who inch- Mullins ed along the mid- dle . . Finally the Swedish cop pulled up to the old man, grinned and asked: “You wouldn't wanna break into this funeral procession, now would you?” . Next yas young Larry (Moon) Mullins, former Notre Dame star, now coaching at St. Ben- edict's (Kansas) . . . He recalled going to the 1931 Notre Dame-South- ern California game with a pal, who was, in due time; in a very pleasant mood . Southern Cal won 16-14 +. And then Moon's pal was really drunk . So Moon decided they should take a walk. . . They passed a butcher's store, and the pal Stopped, began to weep + . “Look, another close one!” He wailed, pointing to the window, where read @ sign: “Hamburger 13, “Liver sausage 12.” “Tuss” McLaughry, of Brown, spill- ed one on himself . . . He was driv- ing several members of the Brown team to the last game of a disastrous schedule last fall . . They were riding in McLaughry’s big open tour- ing car . . . “Coach, you oughta be able to drive a bus after wheeling this big crate,” cracked one player . - . Towhich Tuss replied: “Yeah, and if you don’t get your blocking as- signments better than you have all year, I'll probably be driving a truck Tip: Don Seaton is on his way out as track coach at Illinois . . . Os: sie Solem has been offered the Syra- cuse job, but Iowa has decided it still wants him around . . . Football coaches have one distinguishing phy- sical likeness: Bowlegs.. . . Fred Thomsen, Arkansas coach, was & catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1924 . . . He also picked up School- boy Rowe several years ago and tried to sell him to Branch Rickey, std dictions: Washington to edge Pitt; L, 8. U, to thump Santa Clara; Texas season | Christian to beat Marquette; East to ium to play Min-| screamed | Dakota athletic dominions, point. six years. While such permanent sports fix- tures as baseball, golf, football, bas- ketball and boxing were cementing their position, other less-well estab- lished drawing cards, including ski- ing, hockey, six-man football and diamondball, made notable advance- ment in the eyes of Mr. and Mrs. Fan. Nodaks Win Two Titles Besides Pollard’s notable achieve- ment, the University of North Da- kota laid claim to two of the three major titles bestowed each year by the North Dakota Central Intercol- legiate Conference. Coach Jack West's football team copped off its sixth conference championship and Clem Letich’s hoopsters won their third consecutive basketball crown. Jamestown college, with Al Cassell at the helm, dominated the North Da- kota College Conférence picture, win- ning both the basketball and track titles but losing the football honors, they had held the year previous, the Wahpeton Science Wildcats. High school honors in the major sports were evenly divided between four schools. The Minot Magicians after walking off with the state Class A basketball laurels could not muster enough power to repeat their 1935 football record and bowed to the Val- ley City Hi-Liners in an unofficial battle for the state grid title. Two Midget teams paced the other schools of the state on the cinder path but failed to meet during the season to decide which was the greater. Dickinson came through with a team triumph in the fourth annual track and field meet at Bis- marck, an event sanctioned by the North Dakota High School League, while Fargo scored a decisive point- victory in the University’s annual spring event. Boxing Stages Comeback Working under the supervision of the North Dakota boxing commission of which Jimmy Moran of Minot is secretary, the fight game staged a remarkable comeback throughout the state both in amateur and profes- ‘sional circles, Although no official champions were declared in the professional weight divisions, two fighters were head and shoulders above their re- spective classes and deserve special mention. They are Dick Demaray, rugged Bismarck southpaw, who but ran out of opposition after whip- ping the best of the Northwest wel- terweights, and George Feist of Grand Forks, easily “tops” in the featherweight class. Amateur boxing, given a start at the University and Agricultural col- lege, got added momentum from the state Golden Gloves tournament held in Bismarck ‘last July. Champions named from the 64 “simon pures” jentered were: heavyweight, Bob Zel- ler, Mandan; light-heavyweight, Ernest Dancer, Dunn Center; middle- weight, Tony Brucker, Mandan; wel- terweight, Bennie Ries, Mandan; lightweight, Ray Baker, Grand Forks; featherweight, Henry Getty, Carring- ton, bantamweight, Billy Mears, Knox, and flyweight, Thomas Walsh, McLean county (decision contested). Bison, Sioux Active Coach Russell's mitt squad at the University made a fine record in the Northwest Golden Gloves tournament at Minneapolis and then fought matches with the Bison team, the University of Wisconsin and the Washington State Cougars, cham- pions of the west coast, breaking even in the four events. The Sioux gridders clinched the conference bunting by defeating South Dakota university, the only other unbeaten team in the confer- ence, after chalking up victories over Towa State Teachers college, South Dakota State and North Dakota State. Casey Finnegan’s Herd wound up in third place behind the Coy- otes. Triumphs over Ellendale Normal, Jamestown college, Valley City and Mayville State Teachers college and the Bottineau School of Forestry paved the way for the Science school’s ascendency to the top of the state college gridiron heap after the Jimmies had held the coveted cham- pionship for two consecutive years. Grid Tilt ‘A Natural’ The Valley City-Minot game was 8 football “natural” bringing together the only undefeated major prep teams in the state in s post-season encounter. Joe Rognstad’s powerful Hi-Liners emerged with a 13-6 win over Glenn Jarrett’s team and later placed two men on the coaches’ all- state eleven, which drew players from the largest number of Class B Baseball, Boxing, Golf Headlined in Sports Comebacks This Year Pollard’s Third-Place Victory at Berlin One of Year’s Notable Feats; Skiing, Hockey, Six-Man Football Take Big Strides Baseball’s “boom” both in organized and semi-professional circles, the rapid rise of a new group of young stars in the golf- ing firmament, Fritz Pollard’s third-place victor. pic high-hurdle finals at Berlin and the remar staged by the boxing game were highlights of 1936 in the North Larger crowds and better “gates” the line of sports endeavor, conforming to what was regarded as the most notable sports trend of the year from a national stand- Only a few of the athletic endeavors suffered financial set- backs during the past 12 months and a big percentage of the high school, college, amateur, semi-professional and professional ventures proved more successful than at any time in the past to| sions, while the Nodaks sewed up the RKIBUNE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936 -Rain Fails to Unbalance Betting on Rose Bowl Foes © 1936 Was ‘Boom’ Year for Athletic Enterprises in North Dakota . Demaray Facing [SAINTS WILL FURNISH STIFF HURDLE FOR BRAVES FRIDAY} Alumni Saturday in the Olym- ble recovery were general all down teams to represent each district has been devised by the board of control of the high school league. Lakota triumphed over the Benson County Aggies, 27-22, to win the Class B title in the eight-team tour- nament at Valley City and Eldridge handed Tokio a 35-31 setback to cap- ttre consolidated school cine ship at Carrington. Phantoms Repeat Repeating their performance of the year previous, the Bismarck Phan- toms copped the Class A independent crown at Devils Lake by turning back the Lankin outfit, 32-24, in the final game and Powers Lake emerged with the Class B honors when they defeated the Pillsbury contingent, 43-36, in the final contest of the Stanley tournament, Jamestown's veteran quint won the ,college conference laurels in a walk and defeated the Bison on two occa- North Central pennant in the an- nual four-game series with the Bison and represented North Dakota in the sixth district Olympic tryouts at Minneapolis. They lost a 49-46 de- cision to Drake in the opening game. Fargo’s Braves emerged with the title in the first state semi-profes- sional baseball tournament, ekeing out a dramatic 6-5, 11-inning victory over Wellsburg in the final game of a double-elimination event at Devils Lake. Other teams that competed were the Dakota Millers, Zeeland, Cooperstown, Strasburg, Kulm, Des Lacs and New Rockford. Bismarck Finishes Third Fargo and Bismarck, the latter nine defending national champions, then entered in the tournament of the Na- tional Semi-Professional Baseball Congress at Wichita, Kans, The Braves were eliminated in the second round but the hard-hitting Bismarck crew went to the semi-final round before they were beaten by Duncan, Okla. The Capital City aggregation wound up in a tie for third place. Victors over Bismarck by a score of 9-3, Grand Forks’ Junior American Legion nine represented the state in the regional event but lost to Pierre, S. D. Teams in the state event in- cluded Hankinson, Minot, Fargo, Mandan, Harvey, Dickinson and the two finalists. Los Angeles won the sectional tournament at Bismarck in which eight teams representing 16 western states competed. Jamestown’s Northern League club wound up on top of the loop stand- ings at the end of the regular sched- ule but was beaten out in the post- season playoff which was won by Eau Claire. Forx Softball Ten Wins Phil Raymonds of Grand Forks re- placed their fellow townsmen, the Havig Clothers, as champions of the state Class A diamondball tourna- ment, slapping down the WDAY team of Fargo, 8-1, in the finals of the state event at Devils Lake. The| Class B honors were taken by the Maple River Speed Kings of Casselton which downed Grafton, 2-0, Pollard ran third to Forrest “Spec” Towns, America’s ace timber-topper, and Great Britain's Don Finlay in the finals of the high hurdles during which Towns set a new world’s rec- cord. Jamestown's Jimmies won the state college track meet at Dickinson, scor- ing a total of 51% points. Dickinson's Savages placed second and the May- ville Comets and Wahpeton Science Wildcats finished third and fourth, respectively. Conference records were set by Bob Torson of Mayville in the high and broad jumps and the Jim- mie relay team in its event. Two Shattered Two old marks were shattered in the state high school meet at Bis- marck when Joe Walery of Gladstone negotiated the century dash in 10 seconds flat and Bill Spear of Dick- inson hurled the javelin 177 feet. Coach Denton’s well-balanced Midget squad scored 29% points for first place, Jamestown was second and Mi- not was third, 3 a E g Strub at catch weights, which would |Lou Jallos, Greek welter, and Strub His Biggest Test Maxie Strub Sidestepped by Topnotch Welterweights in East Recently Dick Demaray, hard-punching Bis- marck southpaw, faces undoubtedly the severest test of his successful ring career when he meets Maxie Strub, Erie, Pa., boxer, in the 10-round fea- ture bout of the New Year's day card at Fargo. Strub is a misfit in boxing circles because of his freak weight, being too heavy for lightweights and too light for the welters but it remains » fact that Tony Canzoneri, when he was lightweight champion, refused a $10,- 000 guarantee for a title match in Erie with the rugged Pennsylvanian. Strub has done most of his 1936 campaigning in Florida rings. He fought 11 fights during the year, scor- ing knockouts in seven, winning three on decisions and losing only one. His setback came at the hands of Chuck Woods of Detroit, rated third! among the nation’s welters. Fritzie Zivic, Pittsburgh battler, spurned an offer of $1,000 to square off against have been in Zivic's favor, and Harry Dublinsky, the Chicago puncher, could not be induced to enter the squared circle with Strub as his foe. Lou Ambers, the Heckimer Hurri- cane, required three rounds to stop performed the feat in the same num- ber of rounds, Demaray has had two fights this winter, outpointing Jimmy Best, Seat- tle Negro, in the first and stopping Buddy McCrea of Omaha in his sec- ond start. If he can beat Strub, Demaray is almost certain to get a chance in the “big ‘time. Freda Independents Trounce Leith, 67-10 Leith, N. D., Dec. 31.—Chalking up their seventh consecutive victory since the cage season opened, the Freda Golden Streaks trounced the Leith independents, 67-0, here Mon- day. Milton Ranum, Ole Nesja and V. Rossow paced the Freda quint in the scoring column while the Jones brothers looked best for Leith. Teams desiring to schedule games with the Freda quint are urged to connect Burnett Grudem at Raleigh or Ranum at Freda. The summary: Freda fg Leith fg fi Rossow Ranum Nesia Bormh’ft Westrum Grudem Totals 31 Anderson Jones Jones or] Hommnoe o2 | proonod Poeerers wl orrwconmeS Totals Football Gambling Is * Menace, Dorais Says New York, Dec. 31.—()—Gambling on college football has become a serious menace to the game, Gus Dorais of the University of Detroit told the American Football Coaches association Wednesday. “The increase in betting last sea- son was almost unbelievable,” Dorais said in suggesting appointment of a committee to see just what could be done about it, “I have been informed that more money was bet on football in 1936 than on horse racing. “When professional gamblers inter- est themselves in the results of our games I don’t need to tell you what might happen.” state tournament; William Kostel- ecky, Jr., of Dickinson, captain of the Northwestern university. team and winner of the Birchmont Interna- tional event; Maurice Cain of Wah- peton, Ken Rolf and Tommy Helland- er of Grand Forks, Chuck Pollock of Fargo and Herman Nitsch of Minot. Jeanne McPhail, 15-year-old Fargo high school shotmaker, beat Mrs. Roy Hall, also of Fargo, to win the state women’s championship, unde- fended by Nadine O'Leary of Bis- marck, who held the honor for four years. Miss McPhail had a 5-4 mar- gin over Mrs, Hall in the 36-hole finals. Take Trapshoot Laurels Winners of the state trapshooting laurels during the tournament at Bismarck included: singles, L. A. Hughes, Fargo; all-targets, EB. A. Lenneville, Dickinson; doubles, Dr. J. R. Pence, Minot; professional all- targets, H. E. Secord, Grand Forks; handicap match, G. H. Frosaker, Mi- not; and St. Charles hotel trophy for combined doubles and singles, John Tsoumpas, Grand Forks. By beating Fred Svaren of Bis- man oe See T. H. Lewis championship, Meyer of Pingree, who did not defend the title he won in 1935, Scrap Iron $R50 PER TON Also bring in your rabbits, rabbit skins, Hides and Furs Cattle bones - metals Inquire about carlesd prices on everything. Fights Last Night | {By the Associated Press) Chicago—Max Marek, 185%, Chicago, outpointed Billy Treest, 185%, Batavia, IIL, (10). Fairmont, W. Va—Charles Krist, 200, Charleston, W. Va., and Joe Melinkey, 189, Cleveland, drew (10). N.C.A. A. Orders Gambling Probe Rise of Betting on Football Games Termed ‘Serious Menace’ by Coaches + | r New York, Dec. 31.—()—Over- shadowing even such perennial bug- aboos as subsidization and rule changes, the rise of gambling in col- lege football has collegiate sports teaarte worried. “serious menace,” as the ne- tion's gtid coaches termed it, pro- vided the outstanding aftermath Thursday to the meeting of college athletic bigwigs, which reached a new high in “deploring” this-and- that about extra-curricular features of the game. For the first time the coaches are going to do something about gamb- ling, After hearing a committee re- port that more money was bet on the grid game last season than on horse racing, an investigation was voted. Kipke to Name Group Harry Kipke, Michigan coach and new president of the Football Coaches Association of America, will name & committee to make the study and submit recommendations at the 1937 convention, Among the officers elected with Kipke was Harry Stuhldreher of Wisconsin, as first vice president, an office which will automatically ele- vate him to the presidency next year. Another report asked whether the coaches who make weekly public predictions during the season are not helping to foster gambling interests. The N. C. A. A. already has opposed this practice by coaches. Sidesteps Subsidy Plan As usual, the N. C. A. A. talked ® great deal, but did little about the subsidization problem, agreeing it should be left to the individual col- leges. The association also announced opposition to post-season games. The coaches went into consider- able detail on the rules, but decided the game’s code will need little al- teration for next season. A six-year survey of football fa- talities, submitted by Floyd B, East- wood of New York, said 28 deaths were directly, attributable to the game this year, and that there will con- tinue to be 25 to 30 annually unless the high school fatality toll is re- duced. There were 14 high school deaths last season. BIG TIME COMING at the U. C. T. New Year’s Eve Dance Thursday night at the Dome. Tickets $1.00 per couple. New Playing Floor at Mandan Memorial Building Will Be Dedicated If Nicky Schneider and Johnny En- tringer continue to hit the hoop Fri- day night as they did in the game against Beulah and have consistently done during practices this week, Coach Leonard McMahan’s Braves will have to be very much on their toes to win the dedicatory basketball game on the new playing floor at the Mandan Memorial building. A preliminary game between the Angels, St. Mary's high school re- serves, and the Papooses of Mandan will start at 7:30 p. m., Bismarck time, with the main contest scheduled to go on at 8:45, Schneider and Entringer have been setting the pace for the rest of the Saint squad during practices this week and loom as distinct threats to the veteran Brave team, who are particu- larly anxious to win Friday's game as @ matter of proper christening. Maynard Entringer, regular center, and Eddie Reff and Dusky Schnei- der, guards, who round out Coach Clement Kelley's starting five, also have been looking exceptionally good this week and prospects are that the Braves will get a real taste of oppo- sition. Last year the Saints handed the Braves a 22-20 defeat at Mandan and then came through again in the sec- ond game here with a 19-16 victory. McMahan has been drilling his squad at the Memorial building this week in order to acquaint the Braves with the new floor. Veterans of the Mandan squad who are certain. to see action include Riedingér, Hduse, Smith, Miluk, Toman, Carlson and Friesz. SAM PARKS TO WED Pittsburgh, Dec, 31. —~ (7) — Sam Parks, former national open golf champion and Jean Davison, Pitts- burgh society girl, prepared Wednes- day for a New Year's eve wedding. / HOLIDAYS CALL FOR Jaomething from genuine brandy and true fruit. Delicious used APRICOT: CHERRY: PEACH Demons Will Play Stellar Performers of Performers of 1934-35 Bismarck Quints to Be Seen Here Again An alumni quint, composed chiefly of players from the 1934 and 1935 Bismarck high school teams, will furnish the opposition for Glen Han- nah’s Demons in a basketball game to be played at the high school gym- nasium, starting at 8:15 p. m., Sat~ urday night. Nominated to start for the alumni are “Peck” McGuiness at center, Ollie Sorsdah! and Neil Croonquist at forwards and Bud Kanz and Billy Owens at guards. Almost certain to get IRIS the Honky anc Gceae Ramen and Evan Lips, guards and Elferd fon, forward. McGuiness, high scoring Class A forward in the state last year, is a candidate for a position on the fresh- man squad at Minnesota this year and Lips is trying for a similar berth at the University of North Dakota. Sorsdahl is one of the three veterans on this year’s Phantom team. Hanna called his squad together Wednesday for their first workout since the start of the Christmas holi- days. He is expected to use Jack Bowers and Bud Beall in the fore court; Bob Tavis at center, and Capt. Bob Peterson and Glenn Enge at guards for his starting lineup. Tribune Will Sponsor Joe Louis Exhibition , Dec. 31. — (#) — The Tribune announced Wednesday it would sponsor a benefit boxing pro- gram headlining Joe Louis in a six- round exhibition Jan. 14 to raise money for the Minneapolis Parent Teacher association and to give poche eae an opportunity to see To our host of loyal patrons we extend the best of the season’s good wishes for a bright and happy New Year. Blackstone Club 116 Fifth St. Phone 1793 MANDAN BEVERAGE CoO.. H. H. WILLIAMS, Mgr. eee Wholesale Liquors Largest Beer Distributor in ° the State of North Dakota SERVICE TO YOUR DOG