The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1937, Page 14

THE BUCKET By John Bjete Old Jake Kilrain, last of the bare- knuckle fighters, was a bitter enemy of John L, Sullivan before the two men clashed in Richmond, Miss.,; back in 79, Edward G. Patterson, proprietor of the Patterson hotel here, recalls. Patterson was personally ac- quainted with both Kilrain and Sul- livan, the two having stopped at the old Sheridan House in Bis- | marck when on tour during the late 90s, Kilrain | died in Quincy, [* Mass., Wednesday. But after their %%-round battle- to-the-finish, Pat- tose terson recalls, the Kilrain two became warm personal friends, which they were when they visited Bismarck on their exhibition tour. Patterson, himself a leather-thrower of no mean ability in his younger Gays, once saw Kilrain fight Charlie Mitchell in New York. John L., in Patterson’s opinion, was “the greatest fighter that ever was.” And he met the best of them in those historic times when every fight was a fight to the finish and a round ended only when one of the principals ®cored a knock-down. Sullivan was well past his prime when he took on Kilrain, according to the Bismarck hotel proprietor, which accounts for the faci that Kilrain was able to keep the pace through the 75 stanzas in the face of Sullivan's murderous punches, * * * ZECH TO WASHINGTON Albert Zech, former Northwest Gol- @en Gloves middleweight champion nd for two years boxing instructor @ NDAC, has accepted 2 teaching fel- Jowship at the University of Wash- ington. .. For the past six and one- half years Zech has been boys’ advi- gor at Roosevelt junior high school in Fargo. . . At Washington he will coach boxing while doing additional work toward a degree... ***2 * ‘KIDS LEARNED A LOT’ So says Tom Scott, Concordia col- ege basketball coach, by way of ex- pressing satisfaction over the way his boys performed on their recent 11- game invasion of several midwest states... Scott thinks his team did fits best work against his own alma mater, Pittsburgh Teachers, at Pitts- burgh, Kan... The Pittsburgh team ‘was one of four the Cobbers defeated on their road trip... Art Ernst of n, N. D., co-captain with Larry Schneider of the Cobber squad, and Vern Law turned in the best per- formances, Scott opines, but he was also well satisfied with the way Schneider did his duties at guard... Larry looked good on the defense and East the scoring attack in some games as well. *** * ‘FAST AND EXCELLENT SHOT’ Dave MacMillan, University of Min- nesota basketball coach, is directing the Gophers’ cage fortunes for the eleventh year... But last year was the only time any of his teams has been able to snag a share in the Big Ten title... Twice before they fin- fished second... George Roscoe, for- mer football and cage star, is one of @MacMillan’s aides... And here's how Publicity from the Minnesota school Gescribes Jim McGuiness, former Bis- marck star now a member of Mac- Millan’s squad: “Fast and an excel- dent shot” . . McGuiness, by the way, 6 home for ine polars. * ANENT CLEM LETICH ‘University of North Dakota basket- ell teams nave never finished below second place in the North Central con- ference standings since Clem Letich took over the coaching reins... The Sioux mentor is a graduate of Upper Towa university at Fayette, Ia., where he was a four-sport star... Before coming to the university he coached @t Yankton high school in South Da- kota, turning out several state cham- ee quintets. . . Don Pepke, No- back-court man, is called the @moothest paseing: pad in the loop... SHREE STAY ON TOP ‘Three North Dakota class A basket- all teams, as we have it, remain un- beaten and untied. Bismarck, Fargo @nd Williston have come through their Mre-holiday schedules unscathed. damestown and Grand Forks played € a tle for the only blots on their Fespective records. Devils Lake has fost to Bismarck and Grand Forks and @efeated Mandan; Mandan, by way of offsetting the loss to the Satans, upset, Valley City; Valley City has been de- feated by Grand Forks, Bismarck and Mandan; and Minot has lost to St. Leo's in state competition and to Edi- @on of Minneapolis in out-of-state Play. Wahpeton, not listed among the first eight schools in the state, still giaintains its undefeated status. And thus it will ride until competition is ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 19387 In j uries Plague At Bowl Entries As Game Day Nears Two California Ends on Shelf With Hurt Legs; West Vir- ginia Loses Star (By the Associated Press) Nine embattled coaches will hang &; | up their stockings tonight, hoping the genial gent in the whiskers will drop just one football player who is sound of wind and limb into the hosiery. Injuries are spreading like a pig- skin plague on the bowl front. Call- fornia, Santa Clara, West Virginia, Alabama, Louisana State and the East and West teams all report in- juries of varied degrees of importance as the teams start the last week of : | work before the big push, New Year's day. Here’s the late developments, with coaches holding*skull practice in the handiest clinics: Ends Hurt s Rose Bowl—First and second string ends Willard Dolman and Henry Sparks of California are on the shelf with leg injuries. Alabama, California's opponent, worked out at Tucson, Ariz. with Leroy Monsky, All-America guard, who was injured Wednesday, taking part along with Lew Bostick, who crashed into Monsky and opened & cut over the latter's eye. Sugar Bowl—Santa Clara lost Bryce Brown, brilliant end, when he frac- tured his rib in an intensive scrim- mage, ordered because Buck Shaw wasn’t satisfied with the Brones’ men- tal attitude, Louisiana State lost Jabbo Stell, star halfback, but Larry King re- turned to the fold for a light dummy drill against Santa Clara plays. Cotton Bowl—Here the situation was better. Colorado's eleven bore down Thursday with two drills, which stressed defense against Rice passes. White, Colorado's All-America half- back, shone in the scrimmage at Fort Worth, Tex., while at Houston Rice was released for the Christmas holi- days after a smooth performance in a hour's scrimmage. Johnny Pingel Injured Orange Bowl — Michigan State, which meets Auburn, went through two long scrimmages Thursday with Johnny Pingel, ace back, held out of action. Coach Charlie Bachman is taking no chances of an injury ruin- ing the Spartan mainstay. Auburn is still on vacation. Sun Bowl—West Virginia, due Fri- day in El Paso, reported Sammy jon, Pony halfback, has deevioped water on the knee as a result of a biocking practice injury suffered on the home field at Morgantown. Texas Tech, which meets at Mountaineers, will not start practice until next ‘Thursday. East-West—Each squad lost a man THursday. Don Heap, hard hitting halfback from Northwestern, went on the East’s bench because of pulled tendons and the same sort of injury put Hugh Wolfe, Texas back, out for the West. Both should be ready for the San Francisco game. CHRISTMAS JUST ANOTHER DAY OF PRACTICE FOR THEM San Francisco, Dec. 24.—(P)—| here. Christmas will be just another day of practice for 44 of the country’s out- standing football players preparing | an, for the Shrine East-West charity game here New Year's Day. ‘There won't be much time out for Yule festivities. The Easterners may even hold their. first scrimmage Christmas Day’ against the amateur Oakland Cardinals. New Salem Rallies to. Defeat Taylor 13-9 Bile Taylor, N. D., Dec. 24.—Staging @ last-half rally after trailing 6 to 5 at the midway period, New Salem's school basketball team defeated Tay- lor here 13 to.9. It was the first set- back for Taylor on its home floor in. several seasons. The Taylor quintet played without the services of Gabe. New Salem scored six field goals and one free throw while Taylor made good on three tries from the floor throw line and tallied three times from the floor. SOCCER TALENT COSTLY London—The average price paid for players in England is $25,000. Zenewed after the holidays. ** * @HORT SHOTS Capt. Peter Paulson, Hatton, N. D., ‘vas chosen “most valuable player” on this year's Ifinot State Teachers col- football squad. county territory, an annual project of the McClusky Wildlife association, are the transfer of star football (soccer) | Bet —— | Fights Last Night | Ae the Associated Press) — Tommy Forte, us, outpointed Joe Maffel, 122, Philadelphia, ( Havana, Cuba—Kid Chocolate, former featherweight champion, knocked out Johnny Mirabella, Bid York, (4); weights unavail- ile. Klein’s Quintet Heads Cage Loop Toggery Team Unbeaten in First Five Games; Brewster Tops Scorers Undefeated in its first five starts, the Klein's Toggery ads held un- disputed possession of first place in the P city basketball league standings after the end of the first round of play this week. Tied for second place with three wins and two setbacks apiece were the Bank of North Dakota, Fort Lincoln and Morley Electric entries, Thomas Brewster, high-scoring Fort Lincoln forward, was far out in front in the race for individual scoring hon- ors with 57 points, followed by Melvin Sonnenfelt and James Kirkland, also of the. Fort quintet, who had 42 al 41 points respectively. The standings: L_Team Opp. Score Score 0125 90 Missourt ‘Slop Guldahl, Horne Tre For Tourney Lead Miami, Fla, Dec, 24—()— Dec, 24.—(#)}—The win- ter circuit parbusters had a pair of champions to catch Friday as they moved into the second round of the south’s oldest golf fixture, the 14th annual $2,500 Miami open. Ralph Guldahl, United States open champion, posted a sparkling three- under-par 67 Thursday and then - | Stanley Horne of Ottawa—unherald- ed despite his Canadian P. G. A. title —did the same thing. Close on their heels were the ever- dangerous Sam Snead of White Sul- phur Springs, W. Va. and young Frank Champ of Terre Haute, Ind., each with a 68. Mulhauser Sets Pace Springing a Gelandesprung cain ; These intrepid skiers are springing a double aeinndeserurg, Le, leap in the open country, to clear an obstacle, not from a prepared jumping hill. The picture was snapped at the Seigniory Club in the province of Quebec, Farr Claims Per Cent ‘Braodribb Nearly Ruined Me,’ British Fighter Tells New York Scribes By GAYLE TALBOT New York, Dec. 24.—(?)—The aston- ishing thing is that Tommy Farr, the Welsh wonder, wasn’t killed entirely in that battle he had with Champion Joe Louls three months ago. Tommy, here for a bout with former Champion Jim Braddock on Jan. 21, qnarvels, himself, that he escaped with nothing more fatal than some deep cuts on his face and a record 25-min- ute fainting spell. “Til be at least 50 per cent better fighter the next time you see me,” said Farr, conservatively. “Nobody will ever know what I put up. with the last time. That man Broadribb nearly rumed me.” He was referring, of course, to his former manager, Ted Broadribb, whom he contrived to Jettison at con- siderable expense after they returned to England. “No wonder you fellows thought I had a bad temper,” said Tommy. “I wasn’t getting any sleep. That man Broadribb was running up and down stairs all night to keep me awake. When I got up to tell him to cut it out he gave me an argument. It cost As Beulah Wins, 30-15 Beulah, N. D., Dec. 24.—Led by Joe Mulhauser, who chalked up eight field goals for 16 points and individual scoring. honors, the Beulah high school boys’ basketball teanf trounced Stanton 90 to in a high school game ae sand Williams looked good de- fensivaly for Beulah with Sagehorn outstanding for Branton. me all I made out of the Louis fight to get rid of him, but it’s worth it.” Tommy is managing himself now, exclusively. Hereafter he will have no one in the ring with him except his trainer, Tom Evans. He claims Broad- tibb kept dabbing alcohol on his face during the Louis scrap until he was half-blinded. “But what he did to me when we reached the-hotel after the fight was the worst,” Tommy related. “I was lying there, my face feeling like some- body had been jabbing me with a ulah | meat hook, and what does this Broad- Ina preliminary game the Be girls defeated Stanton’s girls 21 to 11. ‘The summaries: Beulah Miners ff Renden, f ef Multau'r eo 8 Murray, ¢ Bates, g Fours! Z Hopewell Totals Salecowurocd * 3 ° al Hocone | cocceno? wloommocn® - Totals 10 q a esordece® EY ry Gir! . Hyland, t Bossen, f @ Bperiock c : aie ock's 0 «| cnoconen’ wl coct mon’ 8 0 O 3 th ribb do but douse me, eyes and all, with a whole bottle of alcohol. I fainted for 25 minutes.” He Is 50 Better Now Alumni Quintet Turns Back Magicians, 26-24 Minot, N. D., Dec. 24.—()—The Mi- not high alumni defeated the Minot high Magician basketball team 26-24 Thursday night in a fast, rough game. The Magician B squad was also de- ested eee by an older team of Budge Should Take Offer, Public Says New York, Dec. 24.—(7)—J. Donald Budge’s parents undoubtedly have the general public on their side when they urge their tennis-playing son to take the $50,000 and turn professional. A quick turn around town made that clear. “Sure he ought to take the dough,” said Dominic Pistone, the oracle ‘of Spring St. “If he don’t he's crazy.” “What a sap he'd be not to grab that kind of money,” agreed Tom Savigear, the barber, gestering wick- edly with his shears. “What I say is: When you're winner, go to dinner.” Pro Grid Game Turn Sissy? No, Declares Hala Bears’ Owner Says Money Play: ers Will Not Forget Ground Game for Passing Chicago, Dec. 24.—(#)—Anyone who believes professional football is likely to degenerate into the “sissy” class because of the increasing use of passes will get an argument from the man who “fathered” the national profes- sional league 17 years ago—George Halas, owner-coach of the Chicago Bears, was amazed by the passing ability of Sammy Baugh, whose tosses enabled Washington's Redskins to de- feat the Bears recently and win the national title. Baugh is the greatest passer he ever. has seen, Halas said, but his amazing performance of three touchdown passes in one period doesn’t indicate to the Bear coach that pro- fessional football will swing to an ex- treme in which the ground game will be entirely forgotten. Concentrate on Offense “All teams in the circuit concen- trated on offense last season,” he pointed out. “Of a total of 1,543 pass- es attempted, 594 were completed for an average of 38.5 per cent, two full points above the average of the 1936 season. “There also was a 122-point scoring increase for all teams over the high mark of 1,424 made in 1934, the high- est scoring year in the league's history. And I believe there will be a further increase in offensive concentration for another few seasons because that is the game's natural trend at this time and apparently what the public wants. “However, I do not believe there will come a time when passes will be used so much that the game would resem- ble touch-ball, in which passes only are permitted. If the league as a whole continues to concentrate on of- fense, some team suddenly will switch to a study of defense which could, I think, make it equal to, if not superior, {the tens CinEIng, mMsy ct ers Linton Cagers Beat Strasburg Team 21-7 Linton, N. D. Dec. 24. — Holding their opponents to but three field goals throughout the game, Linton’s Lions scored a 21 to 7 triumph over Strasburg in a high school here. ‘Van Soest with five field goals paced Linton attack. Behind 4 to 1 at end of the first quarter, Linton Of all those aieried ¢ on the eae B only Walter Pate, who captained the victorious American Davis Cup team | Wald, to England this year, entered « slight | Brich demurrer. He inferred that Budge should give the matter a powerful lot of thought before making the leap. Pate probably could be accused of bias, because he is high in the coun- cils of the U. 8. Lawn Tennis assoct-| 1 into; ation, which wants the redhead to re- main an amateur. FARR IN GOTHAM New York, Dec, 24.— (#)— Tommy Farr, British heavyweight champion, arrived on the Normandie Thursdey to begin training for his Jan. 21 bout|’ with James J. Braddock, former world’s titleholder, in Madison Square Garden, . Harry Mehre Offered Michigan Job, According to His Father New York, Dec. 24.—()}—Mebbe this will be a Christmas present for U. of Michigan alumni: Harry Mehre’s father-in-law 1s quoted down in Huntsville, Ala., as saying Harry was to | 1939 both | lett of air conditioning business with his uncle, Here are the first candidates for the All-America: Jack Fletcher Of Mississippi State and Vaughn Tol- Alabama, both triple threat +». Watch those kids gq to 2+. Note to Denny Jones, Charleston, 8, C.: There'll be no top »| notch grid teams in your section New Year's Day.... But you might contact the Washington Redskins who are Christmas To all our customers, present and prospec- tive, we wish the very best holiday possible. Thank you for your friendliness. Halliday Independents before Defeat Golden Valley|= Halliday, N. D,, Dee. Dec. 24.—The Hallf- day independent basketball team had ttle trouble winning from Golden Valley's independents here 40 to 27. H. Fjosne with 10 field goals paced in- dividual scorers. : Ste 5 3 f OF »| cocoon? lee POLAR PICKET Two months after its dedica- tion by President Roosevelt, Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, Ore., a $650,000 structure built with WPA. money, is picke eted by skiers demanding open- sing of the building’s sanitary facilities to snow enthusiasts. An operator has not been found for the massive Alpine nee, corporation xhibition in a Hol collection of medals for $90,000 plowing Loni toe pissed’ on Mrs. Broaca Hoosiers Defeat Nebraska 43-42; Wildcats Beaten Butler Rallies to Beat North- western 30-21; as Big Ten Ends Pre-holiday Bill Chicago, Dec. 24—(#)—Indiana’s ‘Hoosiers were back in winning stride, but still panting Friday as the Big ‘Ten suspended basketball warfare un- til after Christmas. ‘The Hoosiers who had won only one out of three games, conquered Ne- braska Thursday night at Lincoln, 43-42, @ free throw by Guard Ernest Andres in the closing seconds break- ing up a spectacular battle. The score was tied five times in the first half and six times during the second 20 minutes, with the Hoosiers lead- ing by 22-20, at halftime. Andres and Platt led Indiana with 10 points each, Amen, Husker forward, pro- duced the same total. The Big Ten was forced to settle for an even break for the night, how- ever, when Butler defeated North- western 30-21, at Indianapolis. The Wildcats got away to an early lead, but trailed, 9-12, at the half and failed to threaten in the second half. Jerome Steiner, tiny Butler forward, was high-point man with five field goals. Activity will be resumed Monday with Minnesota meeting Long Island university in Madison Square Garden, and Ohio State entertaining Creigh- ton. Minnesota continues its eastern trip with games at New York univer- sity Wednesday and at George Wash- ington Friday. Other games next week: Tuesday, Chicago at Marquette; Indiana at University of California at Los Ang- eles; Purdue at Southern California; California at Ohio State; Purdue at urday, Ohio State at Baltimore; Marquette; Michigan at Rangers Cut Down Montreal’s Margin ae particule, Rangers remained hot on the Boston Bruins, leaders of i vii t 5 z g & & g granted grount and abusive treatment, by Judge Collen ©. Campbell. Ths decree gave ‘custody of John J. ugust. MISSOURI SLOPE Distributing Co. 813 Main Ave. Bis: marck, N. Distributors of Schlitz and Schoen’s Beers |. Dak. Phone 128 Christmas ® Greetings 4 ‘And a sincere “Thank You’ for your friendliness and patronage during ". Sharks . our first year in Bismarck. a2¥ MEN'S STORE ws a a Christmas Happy 43? MEN'S STORE we? Year