The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1937, Page 8

Managers, Promoters Mark Time on Proposed Louis-Brad BISMARCK TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1987 dock Bout - COULD KEEPS RIVAL Towa Hawkeyes Win Nip-and-Tuck Battle from Classy Sioux Quint, | GUESSING, DOES NOT|SIM BRADDOCK’S MEDIOCRITY |Bakery, Tribune APPEAR WEDNESDAY|BOON TO YOUNG HEAVYWEIGHTS| Bowlers Victors f Free-for-All Feud Developes Between Principals in Heavyweight Circles $500,000 OFFER UNTOUCHED Donovan Tells Board Baer ‘Could Have Continued in Fight With Joe Louis ‘New York, Feb. 4. — (P) — What started out as a proposal for a Jim Braddock-Joe Louis heavyweight championship fight in Chicago, Jooked very much like @ free-for-all feud between promoters and mai egers of the principals Thursday, while all hands marked time on the proposition. In New York, Madison Square Gar- @en promoter Jimmy Johnston and Braddock’s manager, Joe Gould, long hhave been in the name-calling stage. ‘Now, in Chicago, Louis’ managers have taken to berating Mike Jacobs, who promotes the Brown Bomber’s battles. Offer Waits Signatures Meantime, the $500,000 offer from .Bheldon Clark, Chicago sportsman, for Braddock to defend his crown Louis at Soldiers’ Field in June was waiting for signatures. Gould was due in Chicago some time this week, as he explained, to sign the papers, but Jacobs, who has Louis under contract, planned a more wait- ing game. Gould was scheduled to ask the New York Athletic commission Wed- nesday for return of the $5,000 forfeit Braddock posted as evidence of his intention to fight Max Schmeling for the championship in Madison Square Garden’s bowl on June 3. The shrewd pilot of the titleholder did not appear, however, and left everyone guessing as to his intentions . Delay Rouses Black Jacobs, returning from Chicago Jersey Stevedore Democratizes Title; Louis’ Kayo Also Cheers Peagreens By HARRY GRAYSON New York, Feb. 4.(NEA)—Jim Brad- dock’s inactivity and apparent medi- ocrity has put ideas into the heads of young heavyweights. Joe Louis might have frightened them away had not Max Schmeling bounced the supposed Negro terror around. But now Louis will have to flatten someone vastly more formid- able than any of those he has ironed out since the Black Uhlan caught up with him to again convince the newer crop that he is a super fighter. Un- til then the Johnny-Come-Latelys will talk like Bob Pastor, and at least at- tempt to take a poke at the Brown Bomber. There are big fellows today who wouldn't dream of scaling the heights if a warrior of the caliber of Jack Dempsey ran the works. Braddock coming from so far in ¢he Tuck and proof that Louis’ knees will turn to wet blotting paper just like those of anybody else has brought out the largest heavyweight field in years. If Braddock could do it, so can they, reason Gunnar Barlund, Red man, Tom Beaupre, Andre Lenglet, Phil Brubaker, Bob Nestell, Max Roesch, Al McCoy, Art Oliver, and Arturo Godoy, to name a few. John Henry Lewis figures that he is wasting his talent and time as a light-heavyweight. Maxie Rosenbloom clamors for a shot at Louis in Los Angeles. Jack Peterson and Ben Foord threaten to destroy the fine old tradition of British heavyweights. Ger- many has a new one in Arno Koblin. Pierre Charles, the antiquated Belgian, is pulling his creaky joints together for another whirl. No Way to Gauge Ability And why not? There is no way of telling how good Braddock can fight and Louis has yet to demon- strate that he can stick in there with where he heard Clark’s proposition, |® ell-emuinved battler who isn’t afraid said he was looking into the matter thoroughly. This delay apparently didn’t please Julian Black of Louis’ managerial staff. He accused Jacobs of “stalling” and of “protecting” | Schmeling, whom Jacobs also has signed for a title go. The state athletic commission got around to several matters at Wednes- day’s session. . . . It heard Referee Arthur Donovan explain he was sure Max Beer could have continued in “hig fight with Louis, instead of being counted out....And indicated it would bar Baer from a fight with Bob Pastor in March in the Garden. Murray Paces Beulah Cage Five to Victory \ Beulah, N. D., Feb, 4—William Mur-. ray secored five field goals to pace the Beulah high school five in @ 22-6 victory over the Golden Valley bas- ketball team here. The Miners held the visitors to a pair of free throws in the last half. Beulah’s Co-eds won their 12th game of the season by de- feating the Golden Valley girls’ team, 32-9, in a preliminary. The summary: Beulah fg ft pf Golden W Mur'y fb 0 Valley Mulha’r f 1 Murray, c 2 Bates, ¢ 0 Shirley, g 1 £0 David, c 0 Renden, f 1 Totals 10 fg ft pf Fenske, § 0 Siegle, 5 0 Sasee, ff 0 Isaak, f 0 Totals 2 2 8 rs: . 10 20 22—22 2 4 4 6-6 0 2 2 0 1 0 leonccene! Braddock hasn't lifted hand in de- fense of the crown since winning it from a slovenly and complaining Max {Baer in June, 1935, Braddock, who appeared to reach his peak as far back as 1929, when he failed to lift the 175-pound leadership from Tommy ‘Loughran, wasn’t rated highly when he |went into the Baer engagement, and has done absolutely nothing since to strengthen his position. Schmeling wants the title above everything else, and there is every reason to suspect that he has the cor- rect slant in insisting upon the Brad- dock bout and no detours. The Pretzel Pounder's refusal of a $300,000 guar- antee to give Louis another chance last fall is something in the way of evi- dence that he isn’t exactly certain in regard to what might happen in a second edition with Smoky Joe. It is to Braddock’s credit that no heavyweight champion ever demo- cratized the title to the extent that he has. The plain Jersey stevedore has returned the crown to the ordinary gymnasium. Not long ago I saw a half dozen glovemen shadow-boxing in one ring in stuffy Stillman’s Gymnasium on Eighth Avene. One of them was Braddock. Jersey Jim Just Another Fighter Even when the division lost prestige with the retirement of Gene Tunney, the champions continued to work off by themselves, usually at some fash- jonable resort. Considerable fuss was made over the workouts of Schmeling, once Sharkey, Primo Carnera, and r. Champion Retires —_——<—<—_<—_—$=_$_ $$ Milwaukee, Feb, 4.—(?)—Hank Marino, American match bowling champion for the past three years, announced his retirement Thurs- day from individual match com- petition. Marino said he was giv- ing up competition to devote his time to managing his alleys here. did everything but kiss Schmeling the night the Teuton knocked out Louis. ‘The former stevedore is a caller at the camps of the principals in all im- portant scraps. Jersey Jim dropped in on Louis at Pompton Lakes the other afternoon and remarked that the darky’s only weakness was fried chicken. Working at Stillman’s with Pastor, he appeared no more important. He took as much interest in Pastor as the collegian’s handlers, and easily might have been mistaken for a sparring partner with a healthy rooting inter- est. Braddock toils virtually unnoticed. When Dempsey entered a Willard’s bulk attracted attention. Jack Johnson liked to kibitz with the rank and file of fighters, but stood head and shoulders over the rest. Jim Jefferies was as gruff as the Grizzly he was called, and preferred to be alone. Bob Fitzsimmons liked to demonstrate punches on anybody who would stand for it, but everybody knew that Ruby Robert was boss. Jim Cor- bett’s natural showmanship made it- self felt in his drills. . But plain Jim Braddock, as champ- ion, remains just another fighter. OILERS BLANK SAINTS Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 4.—(#)—Tulsa’s ice oilers blanked St. Paul 2-0, in an American Hockey Association game. Armstrong county, 8. D., is the only county in the entire United States Braddock hopped into the ring and which does not have a postoffice. GAME AT IOWA CITY WAS TIED 6 TIMES; CLOSING DRIVE: Johnson Clinches Verdict for Big Ten Team; Robertson, Finnegan Star dunior Association of Commerce and Will Seed Company Beaten in Commercial Bismarck Bakery and Tribune fives swept to three straight game victories in Commercial “League bowling matches Wednesday night with Gor- don MacGregor of the Tribune team copping off high single and three- game scoring honors, MacGregor rolled a 217 in the sec- ond and had a 532 three-game total for the evening's top total in that de- |" 4, te bid of the classy North lesperat Dakota university quintet on the Iowa floor Wednesday night to win a'35-: victory. ‘The. game was @ closely battle which was tied five first half and once in the Neither team ever held five-point advantage.. score found Iowa in the Sam Johnson cinched Towa. With but one minute re! ing in the final half and the holding @ 31-30 lead, Johnson neat one-handed shot from under hoop. Ed Thompson, alternating guard with Al Bobby, pushed in an. other basket to give Iowa the 35 to 30 verdict. After Johnson opened the scoring on a free throw, both teams played near even ball with neither more than two points in the lead. With the score tied at 13 points apiece, Ben Stephens, zensational sharpshooter for the Iowans, started @ one man scoring campaign to push Iowa away, 18-13. ‘The Nodaks, led by Finnegan and aE i ? uE g ez i i merge all. Thompson and Walsh, added four points to the Iowa cause before the half. North Dakota came back strong in the second half to count six points on baskets by Birk and Finnegan which saw the invaders capture the lead for then took matters into their own hands and ran the count to 31-26 with five minutes of play remaining. Ben Stephens, the high scoring Iowa, forward cashed in.on three field goals 160 147— 463 3 3 9 Totals...... 753 748 748—2249 Notre Dame Hands Purdue 2nd Defeat peepee Chicago, Feb. 4.—(7)—For the first| No. Dak. fg { time in @ long while Purdue's Boiler- ee and had a perfect night from the foul | Le: line, registering ten free throws. Robertson and Finnegan were the high scorers for the polished North Dakota quintet. The former gathered ten points and the latter nine. The tp Iowa ff 5 Stephens f 3 1 9 Johnson f 3 0 Bratten, f 0 9 Deller, © 2 He eoooscons: Kittle'n g Pepke, ¢ Olgierin s Totals 13 ooowalm 0 1 0 Bobb; 3 wl onenoonn Totals 12 11 38 Score at halt—lowa 22; North Da- 0 Dame's rejuvenated Irish at South Bend We ht. kota 18. fouts—Birk, egan, night. Notre Dame held Jewell Young, Pur- \due’s Big Ten individual scoring leader, to eight points while its own star, Johnny Moir, led the victorious at- tack with 15 points. Towa returned to action by choking off a late North Dakota rally to de- feat the Sioux, 35 to 30, at Iowa City. Jean Bauer Praises New Sportsmanship Coral Gables, Fla., Feb. 4—(P)— Pretty Jean Bauer looked back over eight years of tournament play Thurs- day and said sulking and clubhouse rows slowly but surely are disappear- ing from women’s golf. “We're learning to take the game for what it is,” said the Providence, R. I, miss. “Time was when the gals would quit in the middle of a match because of the way their opponents acted.” Miss Bauer, runner-up last year to Patty Berg in the Miami-Biltmore women’s tournament, eked out a one- up victory over Mrs. A. U. Rodney of New York Wednesday in the first Personal Finn McCosh, Robertson 2, LeMaire 2, Pepke, Johnson 3, Bratten 2, DeHeer 2, Van Ysseldyk, Thompson 2, Bobby. Free throws missed—Johnson, De- Heer, Thompson 3, Birk 2, Finnegan 2, Robertson, LeMaire 4, McCosh 2. Officials—Referee Fred Winter (Grinnell); umpire, Frank Cullerton, (Chicago). Hockey Team to Hold Drill Session Tonight ‘A practice session of the Bismarck coach, Smith said it was imperative that every man on the squad report for the workout and looked for good ‘weather to increase the turnout. | Fights Last Night | 2). 191%, Chicago, Chicago—Leo Rodak, 127, Chi- 16 points for high honors, the Jim- mies drew away gradually and at the half held a 14-8 lead. The sum- the first time. Johnson and Stephens | vey, | New York, Feb. 4—(?)—James Joy johnston, matchmaker Believed Near; Bergman Also Interviewed Fz i rE g88 hing ition by Ossie Solem, who accepted the renee university coaching position jan, 2, Jimmies Defeat Wildcats, 33-15 Jamestown, N. D., Feb. 4.—(?)}—The Jimmi Led by Erik Peterson, who scored as g OhHonmHoon® Jamesto’n fg ft pf Petern f£ € bf occons; Sooooonne:! Manney g 4 Schlicken. meyer wl ones Bl omrowonwonh eon ‘Totals Totals 1) Referee: Dick Holzer, Moor! a1 eer Bl rocrrsenseon Steele Scores 29-16 Win Over Napoleon Steele,.N. D., Feb. 4—Steele's here ‘Tuesday Tt was the local quints fourth straight | $250,000. . the | Tuesday, and not until day later did vic-|someone dig his 3 _|scurity of the obituary column and | which an electric current Napoleon fj ren: Silbern’l ft eHocoem®t 3 ° 2 ° 1 ° 6 4 alo Tot Referee, Wigton; umpire, G. Grens. Basketball Scores if (By the Associated Press) on 35; North Dakota University SWIMMING Minnesota 64; Carleton 18, HOCKEY REE i Re Eg: ae 8 22°, Dodgers for 1930-'32, day, sold Edward J. McKeever and | Steve McKeever into the Dodgers. school basketball team defeated Na-| That was in 1912, md their down pay-| Most night. | ment on 50 per cent of the stock was | mouths, cannot PROF. 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