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THE PLAIN SPEAKER, HAZLETON, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 1, 193C. PAGE 14 FISCHER THROWN BY DUSER IN FUilOUS WRESTLING S0WH Day's Sporting Hews And Views 3 VETERANS BOLSTER M. M. I. CAGE HOPES 'Patch Towners "Refuse To Grant Edge To "Slickers" In Big Game Saturday Over 600 Thrilled By Sensational Windup: Barber-Mazurki Draw Yoter Latest Mentioned As High's Succes sor Here Skiff Only M.

M. I. SCHEDULE Eastern Leaguers Game Likely To Re. solve Itself Into Due! Between H. H.

S. and Township Systems Fan Interest High and Big Response Will Meet Advance Sale of Tickets. knocked Dusek through the ropes and out of the ring twice. Both were groggy. After tossing Fischer out of the arena again, Dusek spun him over his head and soon after pinned him.

Barber-Mazurki A Bitter Scrap. Hank Barber of Boston, 220 pounds and Mike Mazurki of Albany, 218, fought a draw in a scrap that had the crowd in an uproar most of the time. Barber showed something new in technique and introduced numerous holds. He held a headlock for several minutes at the start and had complete mastery, of Mazurki during that time but it only made Mike all the more furious and there was lots of action afterward. At one interval their legs were lne base ball clans gather today for i the annual meeting of the National i in TO DECIDE INDIVIDUAL SCORING TITLE FOR '36 That charily football game at Buhler Stadium is likely not only to decide whether the city boys have it all over the lads from the sticks, but also just who is to wear the individual scoring crown in the region this season.

Only six points separate Joey Lisnock of Hazle Township and George Krarum of Hazleton High at present, the Church Streeters' big threat having 102 points and Kracum 96. On opposite sides of the big battle Saturday, both boys will carry the brunt of their team's attack; and when the smoke has cleared one or the other will be individual scoring champion. BASE BALL TRADE Indians and Browns Said to Be Planning Big Swap Franchise Trouble in "Int." MONTREAL, Dec. 1. (P) While ball Clubs, opening tomorrow, the International League has some serious business of its own to consider.

Most of the interest in the three-day gathering, which brings out both big league and minor league moguls, centers around the buying and trading of players, and any action which may affect major-minor relations. The International, however, has to check up on troublesome situations in two of its cities and con-skier the possibility of awarding new franchises. Reports have it that the Tornado Maple Leafs' franchise may be tak- en over by a syndicate headed by van nuwiey, lormer loronto ana Cincinnati manager. Financial entanglements also are reported at Syracuse and there's a rumor that the club may return to Jersey City. The most important action at yesterday's opening session put strict limitations on exhibition games against major league clubs.

With representatives of every major league club on hand, the hotel lobby whispering sessions began in earnest today with trade winds whistling around every corner. The chances are, however, that any deals concerning big league clubs won't become public until the major league meetings at New York next week. About the only club not particularly interested in trading is the New York Yankees and the world champions would listen to offers of a good pitcher or second baseman. Hot rumors have been circulating for some time concerning the Cardinals' illustrious Dizzy Dean and it seems likely he will be traded if some club can dig up enough in the way of cash and players to satisfy the Cards' demands." Another report concerns a big swap between the Indians and Browns, involving Rollie Hcmsley, Lyn Lary and Julius Solters on one side and Frank Pytlak, Roy Hughes and Joe Vosmik on the other. Detroit's Tigers are said to be interested in John Whitehead, Chicago White Sox pitcher, and mav offer Rudy York in exchange.

The uiants, Cubs and Pirates also mav become involved in the tracing while Brooklyn and the two Philadelphia clubs are ready to try almost anything. Per capita consumption of apples in the United States is half an apple a day for every man, woman and child. WIN Ml 1 111 1 1 tl.T ans Hasten From Ringside As Dusek Hurls Opponent Out of Arena Several Times In Spectacular Battle. Hank Barber and Mike Mazurki Give Great Exhibition Ghafoor Khan Pins Jim Wallis "Man Mountain" Morgan Throws Andy Meixner. The rasslin' sport got itself "in olid" among local fans last night when a cast of New York and Boston bone-benders gave as thrilling and sensational a show as ever was wit nessed here, before a crowd of over 600 in Feeley Hall.

It was the Hazleton A. second Wrestling show in two weeks and was even more successful than the first. Fans were still talking today about the furious battles that featured the program last night. And What A Finish! Ernie Dusek and Eli Fischer tangled in what may prove to be the most spectacular clash in many a moon. It was a grand climax to a great wrestling card.

Dusek, weighing 228 pounds, pinned his foe in 41 minutes with a shoulder slam. Fans delighted in seeing the ex-Rutgerg ace Fischer, who weighed 225 pounds, tossed about the ring and punished by Dusek, for they remembered how the Hebrew used foul tactics in beating Gino Garibaldi on the last card. It was different last night, though, for Dusek was accused repeatedly by Referee Latzo, of fouling his oppon ent by punching with his fist and using strangle holds. Steve grappled with Ernie several times when he refused to break holds at command. On one occasion Dusek threw both Latzo and Fischer out of the ring as they tangled on the ropes.

The crowd was in an uproar. Fischer retaliated by getting a scissors hold on Ernie's head and pounded the latter's skull on the floor. Then the "fun" began. Dusek tossed Fischer through the ropes, into the lap of ringsiders. As soon as he got back into the arena, Ernie tore into him and threw him out the other side.

The fans scurried away from the ringside as Fischer for the third time was heaved through the ropes, this time landing out of another side of the ring. Then Fischer, with a body slam, OLD-TIME FLAVOR NEW DAY SMOOTHNESS PINTS IEN BURK, BOSTON, MASS. Cod. No. $400 15SO Sk Signed ipper In Exhibitio ns.

home against Emaus, Pottsville plays Cass Township at Pottsville and Mahanoy City will play on its home court with Penn State Center of Pottsville. The names of Mike O'Neill, member of the O'Neill base ball family of Minooka, near Scranton and former star major leaguer; and Bill Schroeder, who held the post during 1935, are being mentioned for the business manager's post with the Scranton NYP Ball Club now owned by Joe Swift and Bill Schneider. The three former directors of the team, Fred Derby, Jack Klensin and Tony Pongonis, who quit the diamond game promotion, will offer all the assistance they can to successfully operate the club next season. BY THE WAY Harry Holsclavv, former ace hurl- er of the Hazleton, Binghamton, and Wilkes-Barre NYP clubs and with Williamsport early last season, will stay in his home town next season to pitch in the Delaware River cir cuit Bob Miller, Binghamton moundsman who fooled plenty of NYP batsmen the past few seasons wants to quit base ball in favor of a school teaching job Unable to reach Scranton in time to see the young son of Joe Glenn, ex-Hazle-ton NYP catcher now on the Yanks' actress-wife formally met Joseph Vernon (named after Vernon Gomez) over the past week end. GETS UNDER If With the joint Kiwanis club-city school board testimonial banquet to the Hazleton High football team at the Hotel Altamont at 6:30 o'clock tonig-ht as the opening shot, the 1936 "banquet season" officially gets under way.

The annual tribute of the West Hazleton Improvement Club to the West Hazleton High eleven will be the next big event on the schedule at the Altamont Thursday night. Coach Ernie Nevers of Lafayette will be the main speaker, and also expected are Coach John P. "Little Clipper" Smith of Duquesne, Alma Mater of Coach Jimmy Harri-gan of West Hazleton; Atty. Thomas McDcrmott of Nanti-coke, Coach Harrigan's former coach; Coach E. E.

"Hooks" Mylin of Bucknell; and Assistant Coach Marty McAndrews of Penn State. Outstanding speakers are also being secured for the big fete to the Hazle Township eleven, champions of the Mountain Conference, to be held at the Altamont a week from Thursday night, December 10. DIEHM'S ACADEMY ORGANIZES TEAM Diehm's Academy has reorganized a basketball team composed of former Hazleton High School boys. They are ready to meet any team in the Hazleton region particularly the Fourteenth Ward Firemen. The Academy lineup will be composed of Morrie Forte, Joe Toman, Patsy Obcrt, T.

Goach, Nick Cas-tura, C. Castura, Jack Katrishion and Jackie Mitchell. BEAT LUZERNE TEAM. The Hazleton Independents basketball team won its opening conflict of the season by defeating the Luzerne Trojans 30 to 20. The Independents' next home game will be the Pottsville Presbyterian quintet a date to be set later.

STEAMED And PRESSED "We Rent Tuxedos" Z.J r.U nm engagement of wife, June Dea. i Vernon "Goofy" Gomez and his 35- December: 4 Hazleton High, away. 11 White Haven, home. 12 York C. away.

13 Weatherly, home. 18 McAdoo, away. 29 Alumni, home. January: 1 Freeland High, home. 8 St.

Gabriel's, home. 12 White Haven, away. 16 Lehigh Freshmen, home. 22 McAdoo, home. 29 McCann School, away.

February 2 Penn State Center, home. 5 St. Gabriel's, away. 10 Penn State Center, away. 16 McCann School, home.

25 Weatherly, away. 26 Allentown Prep, home. March: 2 Hazle Township, away. 5 Penn State Center, home. 12 Freeland High, away.

stern battle with York Collegiate Institute, former national prep school champions, Weatherly and McAdoo of the Mountain League follow in order, and a joust with the Alumni concludes the December games. Face Freeland New Year's Day. The holidays will mean little rest for the Miners, however, for they must face their most bitter rivals, Freeland High in a feature home game on New Year's Day. Then will come the always-tough game with St. Gabriel's another game with White Haven, and another feature home encounter with the Lehigh University Freshmen.

Games with McAdoo High and McCann School will wind the schedule for January. February will be ushered in with two tilts with the Penn State Center team of town, between which comes a second game with the Fighting Irish of St. Gabriel's. Games with McCann School and Weatherly High follow, and the short card for the shortest month ends with another great home game on the 26th, when Allentown Prep will be entertained. The Miners wind up their season with three games in March.

Township and the State Center are faced on the second and fifth, and the traditional battle with Freeland High on the High School floor will wind up what may turn out to be an outstanding M. M. I. cage campaign. The annual selection of an All-Opponents football team by Dunmore High School honors Freeland High's Whippets, with two selections from Coach Herb Rathey's squad.

Bill Mrockowski of the Whippets is placed at right guard and Johnny Petchell at the fullback post. Petchell alternated at this position and at a tackle berth during the season, but played fullback on the day Freeland held the upper-enders to a 7-0 score at Tigers' Park. Seven players who were with Scranton Central and Scranton Tech against Hazleton High at Buhler Stadium this season are also on the team. They are: Schlesser, Central, left guard; Myers, Tech, center; Malachow-ski, Central, right tackle; Weber, Tech, right end; Walker, Central, quarterback; Jones, Tech, halfback; and Dougherty, Central, at the other halfback post. SIGNED TO MEET LOUIS.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 1. Eddie Simms, Cleveland heavyweight, was signed today meet Joe Louis in the main bout of the Cleveland News Christmas Fund boxing show December 14. Johnny Risko, originally scheduled to meet Louis, was forced to withdraw when he received a fractured rib in training last week. POTZNER CAPTAIN OF HAZLETON ORIOLES The Hazleton Orioles basketball team reorganized this week for the cage season and elected Jake Potz-ner as captain for the third successive season.

The players so far signed are: Frank Hines, Bennie Burns, Ray Rossi, Albert Dowgala and Honey-boy Berlitz. It has been estimated that there are more than 2,000,000 golfers in the United States alone. Coach Tony Dougherty Building 1936-37 Edition of Mining Basket-eers Around Gabuzda, Gallagher and Biasi Davis and Bartol Are Promising Newcomers. EDITOR'S NOTE This is the first of a series of articles to be run in The Plain Speaker reviewing the hopes and prospects of scholastic basketball teams in the Hazleton region. The second article in the series will appear tomorrow.

One definition of the busiest coach in the world might be that unfor tunate mentor who is called upon to be head coach of a team for an all- star football game and prepare a basketball team for a game with Hazleton High, all in the same week. That (lilcmna falls upon the broad shoulders of the jovial Tony Doug-erty, who spends his odd moments tutoring Mining and Mechanical Institute boys in the fine arts of football and basketball over in Freeland. As he performs his duties as head coach of the Patch Towners squad for the Elks all-star charity football game on Saturday, another highly important objective and one that can mean a lot to an ambitious Mining basketball season is the clash between M.M.I, and the "always good" Mountaineers of Hazleton High at the Blue and White gym Friday night. Not Worried. However, Tony, busily dividing his time and his talents between the two assignments, isn't worried.

He expects the footballers to make a good showing and three weeks of practice with the Mining cage hopefuls has convinced him the Institute can field a quintet this season that would be no disgrace to any school in the region. Bolstered by the return of three veterans Gabuzda, Gallagher and Biasi the Mining varsity promises to again be among the leaders in the regional scholastic cage firmament. Tony laughs off any hopes of regional championship honors, but it is entirely possible that the Miners may develop the stuff to knock off some of the regional contenders and if they start this upsetting Friday night, it will be just too bad for old Hazleton High. Will Carry Offense. Tony is definitely counting on Ga buzda and Gallagher to give him the pointed offense that has always been a characteristic of Mining teams in the past.

Such sharpshooters as Paulie Widzbor, Moskovich, Sosnow-ski, and Babon will sport Mining colors no more; but if these two come through, or if the veteran second-stringers Chaken and Hershock flash enough stuff to edge into one of these berths, offensive assignments will be taken care of. The center post's strength in the Mining cage chain will be largely an unknown quantity until Davis, a six foot one promising newcomer, is tested under fire. Right now, the rookie looks like the goods at the pivot post; but, should he falter, Gabuzda is likely to be shifted to center and either Hershock or Chakan will move up to the first team. Biasi At Guard. There'll be a newcomer at one of the guard berths also, Bartol, a promising Junior, but the veteran Irv Biasi of football fame will lend ex perience to the defense.

Both of these men will also be treats on the offense, and the Mining quintet may yet develop into a five-threat tartar for any opponent. The veteran O'Donnell, Petrosky, Greshko, and Lavinka are all fighting it out for the second string guard berths; and it's still an open race between the four. As a mat ter of fact, Tony says any position on the team will be open to a man who shows something during the next week or two, so the regulars will have to step lively to hold their jobs. 21-Game Schedule. The Miners will face a 21-game schedule this season, and should plans for an independent cage league go through, several more may have to be added.

But the schedule is nicely balanced among the teams of the region and several outstanding non-regional teams; and Mining officials wisely hold to the belief that hard work never hurt any sports outfit. After the opening test with the Mountaineers, White Haven must be faced; and then will come another JOE PALOOKA "Hot Stuff" from the Hot Stove League: Elmer Yoter, ex-Wilkes-Barre manager who's through at Scranton because the owners want a change, is reported under consideration to manage the Hazleton Club Although Mountaineer officials won't verify it Rumors are more persistent that Mike McNally will transfer from Williamsport to boss the Wilkes-Barre Barons own ed by Pete Margie, brewer for whom Mike works as a salesman And if McNally doesn't succeed Jakie Pitler as head of the Barons, maybe Frank Parenti, veteran second sacker who is coming out of retirement after a short absence from the sport, will He was mentioned for the post a year ago. The personnel of the 1937 New Y'ork-Penn managerial family is expected to be known not long after the annual minor league meeting at Montreal starting tomorrow. Considerable negotiating is done at the confab which President Eddie Kirschner of the Hazleton Club expects to attend. Scranton signed up Elmer Yoter as manager during last year's minor loop gathering at Dayton and i may acquire loters successor reported to be either Mike Martineck or Paul O'Malley, ex-Wilkes-Barre catcher, during the pow-wow this week.

Yoter is the fourth to be mention ed as a possible successor as man ager of the Hazleton Club, to Andy High, recently named a Brooklyn Dodger coach. Zach Taylor, whom High succeeds at Brooklyn and who once led Allentown in the NiP, is said to have applied for the Moun taineer pilot post, while it is said that if the Boston Red Sox have a working agreement or buy Hazleton outrig-ht, they will assign either Bing Miller or Herb Pennock to the job here. Now that High is set for 1937, lie 13 dropped off the list of those reported in line for the Elmira managerial vacancy caused by Rabbit Maranville's going to Montreal. Spencer Abbott, ex-big leaguer is said to have the inside track for the Elmira berth, having applied for it in person. Binghamton is the only NYP club sure of having the same skipper for 1937, Bill Skiff having signed for another year over a month ago already.

Clyde Sukeforth, former Brooklyn catcher is mentioned for the Allentown driver's scat if Brooklyn promotes Bruno Betzel but the rumor is said to have started when it was learned Sukeforth had ibeen placed on Allentown's reserve list. If Mike McNally goes back to Wilkes-Barre, the club he led before moving into the Williamsport Grays' command, then the Billporters must look for another leader. McNally gave the Barons an NYP title and was extremely popular there, but unless Pete Margie is able to outbid Williamsport's salary offer, he will guide the Grays again next summer. Trenton, owned by Joe Cambria, whose holdings also include the Albany Internationals, is sure to have a new manager next season since Walter Smallwood has definitely been dropped. Charley Jamieson, ex-Cleveland ball hawk is to get the post, Cambria himself has indicated.

Try and match this athlete for stamina! Wilson Fedder, Berwick amateur fighter, displayed great pluck in being one of those to finish the long nine and a third-mile grind of the Berwick marathon race Thanks-giving Day. Then the very next day the 165-pounder went to Lewistown and won a decision over Ken Decker of Huntingdon in an amateur boxing match. The marathon grind evidently was "just" a tuneup for his bout. While the Eastern Penn Basket Ball League campaign won't get un der way until a week from Friday night when Tamaqua plays Hazleton High here, most of the seven entries will open their campaigns with exhibition skirmishes Friday night. Hazleton High takes on Freeland M.

M. I. here, Allentown entertains Coaldale High, Tamaqua will be at 0- on so tangled the crowd didn't know whose was whose and at the wrestlers' own request, Referee Latzo had to unwrap them. The boys were given tremendous applause when the half-hour bout ended. The draw decision was popular.

Turkish Champ Wins. Ghafoor Khan, 225, champion from Afghanistan, Turkey, pinned Jim Wallis, 215 of Boston, in 18 minutes with a body slam. Wallis gave the fans and Khan, too, a laugh when he tickled his opponent's ribs in order to break a hold. He provided more mirth when he tugged at Khan's handle-barred moustache. Khan slammed Wrallis to the canvas several times, leaping like a wild man after each, then pinned the Bostonian.

Bearded Giant Throwg Foe. "Man Mountain" Morgan, 330- pound bearded giant from Houston, Texas, threw Andy Meixner, 220 in 16 minutes with an air plane spin and body slam. The big boy had too much weight and strength for his opponent, al though Meixner gave him plenty of trouble. Paul Cannon and Dinkey Hughes were judges, Milt Leichtman the timer, Steve Latzo referee and Sam Krick announcer. The Hazleton Aces won their first basket ball game of the season by defeating the Gravel Run A.

A. 33- 31. Thursday night the Aces will compete against the Hazleton Cadets at St John's Hall. The score: Hazleton Aces. F.G.

FIs. Tts. Matthaeus, 4 3 11 Clayton, 5 0 10 Bellizia, 1 2 4 Capparell, 2 0 4 Moran, 2 0 4 Totals 14 5 33 Gravel Run A. A. F.

G. FIs. Tts. Cramer, 1 0 2 K. Schneider, 4 0 8 H.

Schneider, 3 1 1 C. Filorette, 0 1. 1 Botchick, 2 0 4 Meikrantz, 1 0 2 Markovich, 3 1 7 Deans, 0 0 0 Totals 74 3 31 POTTERS TO START. The Pottsville High School basketball team, which is a member of the Eastern League along with Hazleton High, will open its basketball season Friday night, meeting Cass Township. OPENS WEEK TODAY.

The Carbon-Schuylkill Basketball League, of which Freeland and West Hazleton are members, will open its season December 8, a week from tonight when Mauch Chunk meets Summit Hill at Summit Hill. "What've they got that don't have?" That's the way genial Tony Dougherty of M. M. head coach of the "Patch Towners" squad fr the big all-star game between the cream of scholastic football players in the Hazleton region at Buhler Stadium Saturday, responds to re. ports that the City Slicker autrre." gation for the Elks' benefit bat, are favorites to come through the victory.

"We believe that our squad is the equal of theirs any day in the week, nnura or jvracum or no iiaum nni Kracum," Tony said as drills for the Patch Towners got under way at the Mining gym last evening. "We're going out with one purpose in mind, to win that old ball game; and we're not worried about stopping them. Let them worry about stopping us!" Stress Offense. Coach Herb Rathey of Freeland High, Vince Boyle of Hazle Town-ship's Mountain Conference champions; and Sammy Boyle of McAdoo reiterate Tony's conviction with emphasis. They feel that the stars they are bringing into the game are the equal of any H.

HT West Hazleton, and St. Gabriel's can muster; and they're out to settle a few arguments that have cropped up regarding the relative strength of the play, ers from the city area and those from the patches. If any further indication of the Patchers' confidence is needed, it will be found in the training schedule, which calls for four sessions this week on offense and only one on defense. The Patch Town coaching squad and impartial obscrveri agree that the game is likely to re- 0 a duel between the Hazleton High and Hazle Township SVstems: and it'll be a math ne versed in the smashing TownW) power plays that takes the field to uphold the honor of the Patch boys Saturday. Working On Backfield.

Vince Boyle himself is working on the backfield men, with Sammy taking the ends and tackles, and Herb Rathey concentrating on the center and guards. Head Coach Dougherty is maestro of the whole affair, seeking a unified system that will repiil the best efforts of the urbanites. Last night, the squad ran over plays and rignals in the Mining gym; but this afternoon they were scheduled to take the Tigers' Park field in full uniform. They are also scheduled to work out at St. Michael's Park and at the Township practice field.

Fan Interest Soars. As the game resolves itself from the early season dream of Chairman George Stecker and his Elks' committee interested in building up the Camp Fund for Underprivileged Children to the red hot battle that now looms Saturday, fan interest is soaring accordingly and a heavy response is expected to greet the advance sale of tickets later in the week. 1 Additional plans for the game decided on at a session of the coaches at the Elks' home on West Broad street last night call for the Sliri to be the "home" team; the jefi to be numbered in two sets, from 1 to 18 and from 19 to 36; and the field to be policed under the supervision of Thomas Arnold. Among the earliest timepieces in the world were candles. King Alfred of England, who reigned in the ninth century, regulated his work at night by means of a candle marked with hour intervals.

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