Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1932, Page 46

n D—4 s PORTS. THE EVENIN G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ' C.,. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1932. SPORTS. Berg Gained High Favor in Odd Manner in His Pugilistic Debut in New York PROVES: GAMENESS IN FLOWERS CLASH Jack Fights From Bell in Bout He Was Rated Far From Choice. BY WILBUR WOOD. EW YORK, April 1.—There | is no better example of a fighter making himself a popular favorite overnight than Jack (Kid) Berg, who will attempt to turn back that up and| coming Bostonian, Sammy Fuller, in Madison Square Garden tonight. Father Knickerbocker's boys had their first peek at Berg on the night of May 10, 1929, when he went to the post with Bruce Flowers in the semi-final to a 10-rounder between Louis (Kid) | Kaplan and Billy Wallace in the Garden. Jack had been in this country the previous _year, but had confined him- self to Chicago. Few in the gathering of 10,000 in the garden that night knew anything about him. The customers, those of humane turn of mind at least, felt & bit sorry for him when they saw him in the center with Flowers listening to Referee Danny Ridge's instructions. Berg was a pale, spidery, anemic- looking lad, who seemed better fitted to be a plano player than a fighter. Those who enjoy a first-class mas- | sacre settled back for some genuine | enjoyment, “Flowers will murder that limey,” they predicted, with relish. | “Shake hands now and come out fighting,” were Ridge’s final words to | the boxers. Never did any two boys follow instructions more faithfully. At the opening gong they rushed out and | began firing with both hands | For 3 minutes they never tried to block a punch; just stood there and | pumped away with both hands. They | even kept going after the bell. Berg, | the underdeg in the betting at 4 to 1, had the house with him in 30 seconds. | Incidentally, by the time the seventh | Tound arrived the gamblers were trying | to lay 6 to 1 the Englishman would | win. | Nobody dreamed Berg and Flowers | could hold their pace for long. But they did, whaling away for the full 10 rounds at an unprecedented clip. More punches were thrown in those 30 minutes than had been cut loose in months. Flowers tired a bit in the | late stanzas, but Berg never once let | down. | Some of the juclest entertainment was missed by the fans. The remarks in Berg's corner were priceless. Sol Gold, his manager, had told Jack not to let Flowers get the jump on him; that under no circumstances was he to | give ground. After that first round Berg came back to the corner muttering to him- self, “He cawn't bull me, you know; he cawn't bull me.” His accent and manner was in such contrast to the fury of the action as to make those within hearing burst into laughter. After five rounds of furious slugging | Gold became worried. Berg had not | boxed in five or six months, and was in none too good shape. Sol feared Jack might go to pieces unless they slowed down. As the Whitechapel whirlwind came back to his corner at the end of the | fifth Gold asked: | “How do you feel?” | “Just fine, thanks. And yourself?” ‘was the reply as Jack calmly sat down. Gold laughed hysterically. That one brawl made Berg famous. ‘The customers left the Garden talking to themselves and to any one else who would listen. They talked so much that 13 days later Berg and Flowers were rematched, and Jack again outslugged the New Rochelle colored boy. They met a third time later in the year and Berg won & third decision. ST. JOHN'S EXPECTING, ANOTHER FINE TWELV Annapolitans Already Looking to| Their Big Game With Mary- land on May 7. NNAPOLIS, Md, Aprii 1—8t. John’s College, national lacrosse | champion, will launch its campaign tomorrow by playing Washington Col- | lege, but it is the game with Maryland | on May 7 at College Park that the | Johnnies are pointing for. In fact, it is the only contest on the schedule that promises to furnish St. John's a battle. Coach Dinty Moore, despite that he lost & number of st Tom last year's feam, expects & highly formidable”com- | ination. ing heavily upon last n, among whom are Carl y and Bunny Casassa, Wash- ington b McCarthy will play attack and Casassa defense Athey in home is expected to be the | ace of the attack. Joh, who caused a change in lacrosse rules because he held his racket against his chest in a for the net o eran attack play- | J. Trader and standout is P. Lotz, all- t. In addition there is Parks and _Sheffanacker, and the latter captain- Lamond of last sea- but he at 2, n will be goalie, t proved his ability either ing the ball or halting shots. n, Johnson, Kilmore, Purvis, Russell, Willlams and Win- > freshmen from last year who have made the squad. In addition to Washington College, the Orange and Black lacrossemen will meet Virginia, Western Maryland, Penn State and Colgate in April. A‘\r{'ins Nin; Basket Victories in Day By the Associated Press. OACH FRANCIS SCHMIDT of xas Christian University is ranked as the wizard of South- west Conference basket ball, but winning repeated titles is really nothing compared to Schmidt’s work while_coaching in 1914 at Arkansas City, Kans. He coached high school basket ball and his teams won nine victo- ries in a single day. It happened this way: He took his second string boys' teams and two girls teams to Wichita to participate in the Arkan- sas Valley League round-robin tour- nament. His boys’ teams won three games and his girls' teams two apiece to win the championship in their di- visions. Schmidt and his basketeers returned to Arkansas City that aft- ernoon to see his eighth grade team trim Winfleld, and then he directed his first-string to victory over a strong Wichita team that night. Fuller Is Choice In Go With Berg By the Associated Press. EW YORK, April 1.—Sentiment may be with Jack (Kid) Berg in his 10-round bout with Sammy Fuller of Boston in Madison Square Garden tonight, but hard cash fa- vors the New England youngster. Odds 8s high as 2 to 1 have been quoted that Fuller will outpoint the British veteran and perhaps earn s shot at Tony Canzoneris light- weight championship. POTOMAC BOAT FIVE FACES SCHOLASTICS Basket Ball Battle on Tomorrow at G. W.—Interleague Title Series A G. 0.s Aim. OTOMAC BOAT CLUB basketers and Central Scholastics will face tomorrow night in the George yechington U. gymnasium. The game will 2 match en St. John's 130-pounders and Eastern lightweights, starting at 7:45 o'clock. War Department A. G. O. quint, which last night conquered Labor Department, 33 to 29. to win the Ped- eral Leegue title. is out with a chal- lenge to Bureau of Investigation, Gov- ernment League champion, for a three- game serfes. The War _Department overcame Labor_in the last three minutes, dur- | ing which Labor lost three players on fouls Managers of Government League | teams have picked an all-star team. It includes Hirsh, Investigation, and Singman, Census, forwards; Kiesel, Patent Office, center, and Fisher, In- vestigation, and Dalglish, Unfon Print- ers, guards. Kiesel was chosen the most valuable player to his team. A second quint was selected comprising | Wallenstein and Levin, Patent Office, | guards; Perkins, Naval Hospital, center, and Hager, Belling Field, and Ryan, | Investigation, forwards. Led by Bousman, who scored 10 points, the Just Cats quint last night defeated Fourth Floor Dormitory | tossers, 29 to 19, to win the Central Y. M. C. A. trileague title MAPLE LEAFS NEAR MUCH-MISSED GOAL Have Advantage Over Montreal in Play-off for Place in Stanley Cup Series. By the Associated Press ONTREAL, April 1.—The Toronto Maple Leafs, who have been candi- dates for hockey's highest honors for several seasons, but failed to make the grade, appeared well on their way to the final series against the New York Rangers for the anclent Stanley Cup today. Mathematically, the Leafs and the Montreal Maroons were even in their “semi-final” battle for the right to meet the new National Hockey League cham- DEMPSEY 70 TRAIN FOR BIGGER GAME Unimpressive in Win Over Hunt—To Rest and Then Prep in Mountains. By the Associated Press. ETROIT, April 1—The first stage of his comeback cam- Paign at an end, Jack Dempsey was headed westward today for |8 few weeks of rest on the Coast be- | fore going into intensive training for a | final crack at the title he lost six years ago to Gene Tunney. The former champion's exhibition tour ended here last night when he out- | pointed, but failed to knock down, Babe Hunt, Ponca City, Okla., heavyweight, | whose long arms and vicious left hook | | made him dangerous throuzhout. It was not a decisive vi Associated Fress score c: d the | first and third rounds even and gave | Dempsey the second and fourth by a shade. There was no official deciston. | The ex-champion intends to do some intensive mountain climbing at a camp | near Reno, Nev., to strengthen his legs and bulld up his stamina in anticipa- | tion of heavy fighting this Summer. orobably with Primo Carnera, and, if |avowed hopes are realized, with Ma { Schmeling for the title. | Fistic Battles | BY the Associated Press. DETROIT—Wesley Remey, _Grand | Rapids, Mich, outpointed Battling | Gizzy, Pittsburgh (10); Johnny Dunn | Pittsburgh, outpointed Carlo Mazzola, | Detroit (6). GRAND FORKS, N. Dak.—Kid Fet- tig, Grand Forks, and La Reine Udell Aberdeen, S. D, drew (10) STOCKTON, ~ Calif —Andy _Divodi. New York, outpointed Tommy Herman, | Los Angeles (10); Al Greenfield, Chi- | cago, outpointed Paul Tuason, Stock: ton (6) | Wonder pions. They tied at one goal each last night in the first clash of their two- game total-goal series. But the advan- tage today appeared to be all Toronto The second game will be played Sat- urday night on the Leafs' home ice, where they play their most effective hockey. This fact alone puts the bur- den on the Maroons. After completing the “semi-final” series the winning team will be faced with & lot of travel before the Stanley Cup series is decided. The first game of the cup play-off is scheduled for New York next Tuesday, and the Rangers, after & futile attempt to e the Canadian teams to play twd games in quick succession soon after the current series, chose the Boston Garden as their home ice for the second clash, April 7. The coming of the circus at Madison Square Garden precluded play- ing there. The third game, and as many more as are needed to decide the 1932 world championship, will be played on the home ice of the victorious Canadian ;«:dm“ The dates set were April 9, 12 ———— BASKET COACHES BUSY CHICAGO, April 1 (#)—More than 200 members of the National Associa- tion of Basket Ball Coaches met today in the first regular session of the an- nual meeting, with reports and addresses the big items on the program. The board of directors met yesterday and outlined suggestions for changes in the rules, but they probably will not be considered until tomorrow. Msj. John L. Griffith, Western Con- ference athletic commissioner, was the | morning speaker, and this afternoon E. | C. Quigley, National League umpire and Missouri Valley Conference basket ball official, Was to speak. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. NEW BRITAIN, Conn.—Gus Sonnen- berg, 208, Boston, defeated John Spell- man, 207, Providence, 24:52 (Spellman ected to start at | unable to continue after being thrown from ring); Harry Hamas, 198, Hart- ford, threw Steve Samblin, 195, Spring- fleld, Mass. 24:41: Pat McKay, 213, Ireland, and Leo Numba, 216, Sweden, drew, 30:00. HUDSON, Mass —George Zarynoe, | 196, Russia, defeated Pat O'Hara, 200, Ireland, straight falls (14:40 and 9:30). HARRISBURG, Pa.—Dick Shikat, 220, Philadelphia, threw Sandor Szabo, 204, | Hungary, 32:10; Fritz Kley, 213, Ger- | many, threw John Maxos, 202, 8t. Louts, 120:10; Ralph Wilsor,, 206, Philadelphia, outpointed Sid Wistrick, 212, New York, 30:00; Herb Freeman, 209, New York, 'éhrg(v\' Tony Felice, 207, New York, 7:30. 250 YARDS DOWN THE FAIRWAY! The thrill of golf is a long, sizzling drive. You can per. fect your drive by reading and studying Joe Gl il trated golf feature paper every day. He offers a free illustrated leaflet on Driving which con- tains promi below. (CLIP OUT THIS COUPON) JOE GLASS, Care of The Evening Star. Inclosing a stamped, for your Address City voeeveeeeas State..sos —for your choice . Hundreds of NE [TA A URNGTILTS! ON BILL TOMORROW Semi-Finals and Finals at Alexandria Promise to Offer Much Action. NUSUAL rivalry will revolve around the 126-pound final to- morrow night, when the Dis- trict A. A. N. romps down the home stretch of its third annual cham- | plonship boxing tournament at Port- | ner’s Arena. Outstanding in a series of 17 bouts, semi-finals and finals, involving 26 principals and starting at 8 o'clock, will | be the revenge go in which Mike Tar- dugno, defending champion, shoots leather at John Ryon, American Legion- naire. When the tourney got under way Wednesday night many were under the impression the championship would | narrow down to a family quarrel be- tween the Tardugnos, Mike and Joe. But Ryon surprised by upsetting Mike’s kid brother. Championships in four divisions will | be decided in as many mills when the mixing starts Eddie Marmel, Jewish Community Center, faces Lou Gevinson, 112-pound champion of a year ago. in a bout in- lving 118-pound honor The T Ryon is crown; Gu ke for 1 Farrell tles a fellow is Wolfe, in the unlimited final. At _least one defending champion, slugeing “Mickey” O'Connor, apper heads and shoulders above those surviv: ing in his field, the 160-pound class. HAS TENNIS STADIUM. Tulane has a new tennis stadium' seating 4,000 persons. 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