w THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 11.1937 Major Leagues to Spend Over Half Million in Training Camps H. Y. GIANTS $60,000 Promoters Set New Contract-Si gning Date for Tide Warfare in Chicago, JOURNEY TO HAVANA Death of Virginia Cadet Reveals HOPE TO GET LOUIS FIRST SETBACK IN 35 GAMES Blackstone Club, TOPS EXPENDITURES FAILS TO UNSEAT 'A' LEADERS Tribune Victors Need of Reform in College Boxing BRADDOCK TOGETHER Frank Patera of Bakery Team Minot Holds Top Position; De­ Cards, Yankees, Athletics ant Poor Conditioning Another Rea- Has High Single and Three . Tragic Example Was Victim oi Joe Meyers Leads Tigers Receiving Substan­ mons Trail Aggies by Few Game Totals . Mismatch Frequent in son for Current Attack FEBRUARY 18 OR 19 tial Guarantees Pack Team to Win Percentage Points Collegiate Sport on Coaches Blackstone dub trundlers won two Soldier Field Site Still Uncer­ (By the Associated Frees) out of three games from the Bismarck match may be 4-4, each of the bouts Tallies Four Timet at Bismarck Despite their lone black mark in the Bakery and the Bismarck TMbune BEDS RETURN TO TAMPA By RICHARD McCANN may have been a pitiful mismatch, tain; Sheldon Clark I* took the Rlggs Place team by the same' NEA Service Sports Writer losers column, a defeat handed the like the Eastham-Lombardo bout. Weary of Delays Sextet Defeat* Mandan, Minot Magicians by the University margin In Commercial League Billy Eastham, his youthful pink Poorly Conditioned freshmen ending a string of 35 con­ matches rolled Wednesday night. Lifting of Ban on Pacific Coast cheeks speckled with blood and But even if the boys are equally 10 to 5 secutive victories cm the maple court, Frank Patera of the Bakery aggre­ splotched with angry red welts, matched in ability and experience it Chicago, M>. 11.—J. Coach Harley Robertson's basketball gation rolled games of 186, 304 and Expected to Increase stumbled down out of the ring and does not naturally follow that they Braddock and Joe Louis will sign the Bismarck's veteran city hockey team squad remained on top of the high sputtered protests to his coach. 211—a total of 581—for the evening's should be in there catching heavy papers Feb. 18 or 19, for title war' again demonstrated their superiority school major league fight Thursday high single and three-game scores. Gate Receipts Why'd you stop it? Why'd you punches on the head and in the over the Mandan six Wednesday with the Park River Aggies and Bis­ stop it? I could've gotten up." stomach. Many of them, you see, fare somewhere In Chicago sometime The score: In June—provided current obstacles night with the rugged Joe Meyers marck Demons pressing closely. BLACKSTONE CLUB New York, Feb. 11.—m—Major Billy slouched down disgustedly aren't properly conditioned for such leading the local skaters to a con vine The Magicians' upset came Tuesday into his seat on the bench with the a pastime. are overcome and no new ones arise. Frazler 191-204-161— 5fi« league clubs will spend ap­ Although still not certain of obtain' ing io-5 victory. night when the University freshmen Theigs 154-153-121— 428 rest of the Virginia Military Institute You may be right off the football Meyers drove four shots into the eked out a 37-36 triumph over Mlnot's proximately $600,000 In spring train­ boxing squad to watch his fellow stU' tfam and rugged enough to play four ing huge Soldier Field, upon which nets for the Capital City team while 1998 cage champions. The Magicians Knudsen 103-113-100— 318 ing this season, with the New York dent-fighters carry on against the full quarters in a tough game, but Joe Gould, Braddock's , has his teammates in the front line, Mike had scored 33 consecutive victories Moe 188-184-147— 520 Giants' $80,000 trip to Havana top University of Maryland team. that doesn't mean that you can take Insisted for the fight, Joe Triner, last year and 13 this season for one Anderson 168-204-165— 537 Nobody knew it, but he was dying chairman of the Illinois State Ath­ Jundt and John Hanson, counted ping the list. a lusty right hand In the stomach or three and two times, respectively. of the longest unblemished Class A Handicap 22- 14- 24— 60 then. ffll stand the fury of fists around your letic commission, and the sporting Bismarck's other tally was made by basketball records in years. These figures represent the cost During the course of the next bout, eyes. club of Illinois, set the new signing The Walsh County Aggies' triumph Totals 827-872-718-3417 Billy, who said he could've gotten Clark Swick, who teamed at the de­ of transporting players to the train­ William Judson Eastham Professional boxers train the year date late Wednesday. fense positions with Baska. Fred over Grand Forks Tuesday gave Coach BISMARCK BAKERY ing camps, paying all expenses in up again, fell limp against the shoul­ round. College boxers don't report to The formal signing, one of the im Pmkey Palgren's club second position FaUbel 167-143-188— 488 der of a teammate and his blood- M. team was matched with Mary­ Relbe was at the nets for the locals. training, and bringing them back to coaches and trainers until a month portant scenes in the buildup for t Sinkler tallied three times and with 14 victories and two defeats Van Fossem 147-142-152— 441 crusted lips turned blue. land and because he and Lombardo or so before the season opens and heavyweight title battle, was to have while Bismarck was third with 13 their respective major league cities He died a few hours later. each weighed 155 pounds. Magilki twice for the Mandan team, Laasko 151-104-136— 391' for opening games. there's no telling what they have been been held last Monday. which put a new lineup on the loe victories In 15 starts. Hektner 177-184-167— 528 It is to be hoped that his death Just to show you how silly—or Is doing in the way of eating, sleeping, Valley City and Wahpeton wore tied While most clubs get a minor guar­ in Lexington, Va„ may prove to be Triner made the announcement and showed considerable Improve­ Patera 166-204-211— 581 antee from interests in the cities that quite the proper word to use and exercising. after a telephone conference with again this week in fourth position another shot heard around the world when a boy has died?—the whole Then, too, there is the coaching ment over their former appearances while Mandan and Fargo shared fifth where they train, only five are under­ like the one that started a revolu­ Sheldon Clark, head of the Sporting here. Totals 808-777-864—3438 stood to have received substantial ad­ set-up is, imagine a fight manager angle. Most of the coaches are pro­ club. Weary of delays, Clark told place in the league race. vances this season. They are the tion at the other Lexington. And saying to another fight manager, fessors of mathematics, or tennis Devils Lake, though still at the bot­ perhaps he will not have died in 'Say, Joe, I've got eight fighters, coaches In the spring. Triner and Joe Foley, matchmaker BISMARCK TRIBUNE Giants and St. Louis Cardinals in for the club, to set a signing date, tom of the heap, climbed a notch by Moeller 189-202-157— 548 the , and the New vain, and maybe he has been a each in a different weight; how Only a corporal's guard such as upsetting Grand Forks. martyr to a cause and will bring about about matching 'em with your eight Leo Houck of Penn State, Henry notify the fighters and. their man­ Ambers Bouts as The standings: Walstead ...... 131-156-144- 431 York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics reform, if not complete abolition, agers, and take care of the obstacles •nd Detroit Tigers in the American. fighters, huh?" Lamar at Harvard, and Heinle Miller Martin 118-147-132— 397 of college boxing. No thought whatever as to whether of Maryland have fought In the prize as quickly as poesible. Team Won Lost Pet. Ottum 119-165-158— 443 Despite the guarantees, most teams The main obstacles are to line up Champion All Even Minot ; ii J ; £23 figure to lose money on the trips. Unequal Matches Joe's featherweight, for instance, ring and know how to condition and Park River Aggies ... 14 3 .876 MacGregor 168-203-152— 521 TOe Cincinnati Reds are turning Cadet William Judson Eastham, 18 might be the world champion and drill fighters. Most of them have Soldier Field, or convince Gould that Bismarck is 3 . jun Handicap 42- 42- 42- 128 year-old sophomore and scion of a the other featherweight might be only an academic knowledge of the Comiskey Park*, the Chicago White Lightweight (Titliet Gains Close down a guarantee from Puerto Rican Valley City 10 S •833 : Interests to return to Tampa. good Washington, D. C., family, was Just making his debut. sport, If ijt can be honored with such Sox' home, would be just as good Wahpeton io a .833 Totals 766-815-786—2468 The greatest innovation of the the victim of college mismatching. Would any boxing commission tol­ a classification. spot. Decision Over Davey Day RIGG'S PLACE When teams drilled by men such tnrtan 8 4 J667 training season is the Athletics' trip His death was accidental, to be sure, erate such matchmaking? Triner said Louis, who meets Natle of Chicago Fargo 8 3 *87 Mannerow 180-167-168— 515 •11 the way to Mexico City. but it could have been avoided, Most emphatically not. Opponents as Houck meet teams taught by the Brown in a 10-round bout at Kansas Dickinson 7 4 .636 Oolville 149-170-154— 473 The Cards also have changed should have been avoided. in the professional ring must be com­ untrained coaches, bouts frequently City next Wednesday night, and WUistoQ S 4 . .556 Berg 163-157-147— 467 camps to improve the state of the Young Eastham wasn't matched paratively equal in ability. are bloody, dangerous mismatches. Braddock, who has a refereelng en­ New York, Feb. 11. — (JP) — light­ Grand Forks 8 T .462 Rohrer 178-169-126— 473 % exchequer, shifting from Bradenton, with the murderous-punching Mike On the other hand—and it looks Until college heads change this set­ gagement the same evening, would weight champion Lou Ambers looked Jamestown 4 5 A** Person 157-152-129— 438 71a., to Daytona Beach because of Lombardo, a tried and true veteran, like blood on this hand—college box­ up by hiring expert trainers and ex­ have ample time to reach Chicago over the records Thursday and found Devils Lake 6 1 An greater financial Inducements. because it appeared to be a good ers are seldom equally matched. pert coachers and permitting only by Friday for the signing. be finally was all-square with the op­ Totals 827-815-734-3388 Receipts of teams training on the match. Young Eastham was match­ Teams may bo, but not the individu­ equal matches, there is danger of position during his title run. CALLS HOOSIER GRIDDKBS Pacific Coast this year are expected ed with Lombardo only because his als. And though the score of a team Death being the second In one corner. Anything but impressive since be Bloomlngton, Ind., Feb. 11.—— MILLERS BEATEN to be larger, because the Coast League whipped little Tony Canzoneri for the Indiana university's spring football Minneapolis, Feb. 11.—(JPj—The has abandoned its rule against play crown last year, the "Herkimer Hur­ practice will start March 10, Coach Minneapolis Millers lost a hard, Ing major league teams. season. He won't do so much damage Sports Roand-Up there, the Indian management be­ By SCOTTY RESTON ricane" from up-state at last had Bo McMUlin said Thursday. A six fought American association hockey The Yankees are playing Texas BIG LEAGUES WORRIED ABOUT lieves. reached a spot where his record as a weeks' training period has been game to the league-leading St. Louis league teams again this spring. And then over in Brooklyn the champion showed two victories and a scheduled. Flyers, 3-1. The Tigers will return to Lakeland, Dodgers are stringing along with New York, Feb. 11.—W—If those draw against a pair of defeats. Fla. LACK OF CAPABLE Babe Phelps, whose hitting doesn't Chicago promoters want to get He gained that spot Wednesday make up for his slowness afoot and Heavyweight Champion James J. night by outpointing Chicago's Davey Fights Last Night| to limit a team to eight mep and da other shortcomings. The Philadel­ Braddock in Chicago to sign for the Day in ten ronds, although he ab Age and Extra Poundage Is away with the receivers. Which, at phia Athletics (yeah, they're still in Joe Louis bout, soibed heavy punishment in the last that, would be in tune with the times the American League) have 22-year- they should ad­ three, rounds in doing it. (By the Associated Pre*) Overtaking Receivers; Good At that, be gained only a split de New York—Lou Ambers, 135, since receivers went out of vogue with old Frank Hayes as a first-stringer. vance him (18.30 Republicans. Frankie is promising, but so is that cialon, winning the votes of the i*. world lightweight champion, oat- Prospects Lacking of his $500,000 for judges, while Referee Frank Fullam pointed Davejr Day, 136 !4, Chi­ But, as we were saying, age is guy who owes you five bucks. There's catching the catchers. The 16 "boys' no telling when he's going to make railroad fare. balloted for the Ohicagoan, who out­ cago (10); non-title. By RICHARD McCANN who will be entrusted with the re good. "Shanty Hogan is weighed the tltleholder 138 Vi to IM. Chicago—Jack Roper, 192, Im (NEA Service Sports Writer) ceivlng duties for major league clubs Most of the old gents—especially rounding into Angeles, knocked out Ed Shelby, Old Father Time is pitching strikes this coming term average 30 years of the most used ones such as Oabby shape," says a Steele Avenges Only WARMING 21VA, Cleveland (1); Andy Scri- past major league catchers and age age and three of them are nigh onto Hartnett—have been carrying their Washington head­ vani, 133, Chicago, outpointed is catching them. that figure where life is supposed to years most gracefully, to be sure, but, line. We believe Season's Loss, 28-22 GOODNESS Charley Hack, 134, Milwaukee (5). And unless the baseball bosses soon begin. as the fellow walking tbe gangplank it. . . Even in the Oakland, Calif.—Jim Movey, discover some bright young men Heading the parade down the hill remarked, there's an end to every­ winter Lou Gehrig Steele, X. D„ PVsb. ll.-

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