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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1930
Page
13
Watertown event lists Lyman Cotton and Jimmy Wilson in a ten round main event with heavyweights Siemmermes and Gates in a six round special, Welterweights, and other bouts under referee Red Munsen. Time starts at 3 4 p.m with a brief preface from A F W Warweed.
Promoter L L Blake presents a 28 round indoor card at Daums Arena with four bouts starting with a four round opener. Main event features Lyman Cotton against Jimmy Wilson, plus Stemmerman versus Gates and Seaman versus LeClaire in lighter and heavyweight bouts. Maunders vs Huffman opens the show as two light heavyweights near 100 pounds.
New York police and organizers push hard ticket sales as Navy visits West Point for the Army Navy clash. A Broadway parade and a large Navy band are planned to boost turnout and raise funds for the unemployed. Navy offense shines after beating Pennsylvania while Army struggles to stop Plebes using Navy plays. King and Messinger return to boost Army ends improving prospects for stopping Navy attack.
Gann Valley and Plankinton met on the Plankinton floor with Plankinton winning 37 to 23 after a 16 to 13 halftime lead. Dexter led Plankinton with 42 points while Mebius of Gann Valley scored 9. Team rosters list Eggleston and Day among Plankinton players and Mobius, Mentzer as Gann Valley guards and centers.
Gus Sonnenberg, world heavyweight title claimant, loses to Don George, a Michigan collegiate, in two falls out of three at Los Angeles. George defeats Dartmouth and Detroit opponents, ending Sonnenberg's 23 month reign with a fall-and-a-half upset.
Claire Burcsy reports that the All-America selections miss key names such as Cinders Klenck of St Marys Gallopin Gip Battles of West Virginia Ot Vokaty and Jack Grossman of Rutgers. Grossman, Rutgers’ top scorer, was praised by Vic Hanson as one of the country’s best backs. Battles, WV Wesleyan ace, scored many touchdowns, while Klenck starred for St Marys Knights. Vokaty led in season defense and scoring for his team amid a broader critique of selections.
In New York the major leagues and big minors slow to settle a draft agreement amid talks over draft terms. Veterans seek work as Wally Sehang Perkins and Dugan sign with new clubs. Burns and Bender discussed with McGraw. Sisler and Blue seeking roles with no confirmed placements.
Avenue bowlers closed their short pre holiday schedule last night by taking two games from the Barbers. Underwood led Avenue with 554 across three games while Stafford topped the Barbers with 523. A tourney among Aberdeen Watertown Huron Mitchell and Plankinton teams is set for Avenue alleys tonight to run concurrent with a boxing card at Dallim’s Auditorium.
Johnny Martin, the current favorite, faces Angelo Puglisi of Duluth in a ten round 152 pound main event at Sioux Falls. Billy Petrolie, the Fargo Express, will back Puglisi. Martin, a southpaw from Larchwood Ia, is backed by Petrolle who boxed Jimmy McLarnin recently. Petrolle referees preliminaries including Irish McKenna and Howard Otterson in 147 pound semi windup. Two Sioux Falls youths Speedy Clayton and Denny Daly appear in a prelim card.
Old Heidelberg flattened all opposition, scoring 290 points to nil by the opponents. For the second time he was an All Ohio fullback and a leading individual scorer in the state. The Student Princes were among the nation’s few undefeated and untied elevens, with Mr Vokisty cited for the achievement.
WESSINGTON SPRINGS December 1 special coach Roy Welsandt and his undefeated Wessington Springs high school football squad will be guests of honor at a Kiwanis banquet tonight at the Congregational church. A. A. Chamberlain of Huron is set to deliver the address, a former Wisconsin Badger tackle.
The Associated Press notes a packed Saturday radio schedule with Army versus Navy and NBC chain coverage. Listings include WGY WAN WWJ WGN KYW KSD WOC WHO WOW KSIP HAL USM WMC KTHS KVOG WFAA WBAP WOATI WKY KOA KFAB EDKA C B 3.chain 11:15 a.m. WMAQ KOIL WMOX KRLD WDAY WCCO WRAX.
In Chicago on December 1 W L Young Stribling of Macon Georgia and Jerry Tuffy Griffiths of Sioux City Iowa set plans for a 10 round bout at Chicago Stadium the next night. Stribling remains 2 to 1 favorite due to experience and power while Griffiths trained hard to challenge. Griffiths weighed 186 and Stribling 188.
New York fans rally behind Battaline as Kid Chocolate becomes favorite at 7 to 5 for the Madison Square Garden 15 round title bout. Hartford backers plan 1000 strong to prove Battaline’s superiority while endurance and Chocolate’s defeats fuel doubt about the Cuban champion’s ability to finish strong.
Eddie Shea, a two fisted Italian from Chicago, rises to the top as challenger after beating Fidel La Barba in Cleveland. The match, one of three 10 rating bouts, drew the largest crowd in Cleveland boxing history and raised funds for Christmas charities. Referee Patsy Haley awarded the decision to Shea after ten blistering rounds. La Barba tired late while Shea stayed strong. Jackie Fields defeated Paul Pirrone in 16 rounds and Johnny Farr beat Ray Miller in 10 rounds for Cleveland victories.
George Watch, a Wessington Springs high school senior, suffered a broken arm during basketball practice this week. The same arm had barely healed from a previous break in a October football game versus Artesian high school.
Knute Rockne, exhausted by fame and physical strain, contemplates quitting football. He says he no longer cares about the game and plans a Mayo Clinic visit in Rochester, Minn., after a New York engagement, for a thorough two to three week overhaul.
Huron College basketball opens 1930 with a pre holiday three game lineup led by coach Ward Hell hag. The Scalpers host South Dakota State Jackrabbits in their first action, with Lefty Lamb and Nohlgren anchoring a strengthened defense and Captain Hamann leading the sophomores in a tentative lineup. A Christmas return game against Jameston NC is tentatively planned.
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