The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-06
STATES PAIRED
WITH MEXICO IN
DAVIS CUP PLAY
Psavo Nurmi May Pass Up
Short Runs and Try Mara.
thon at Olympics
HAS SCORES TO SETTLE
France Has Won Majority Of
Major Tennis Titles
Of World
HAS SCORES TO SETTLE
by ALAN J. GOULD
(Associatcd Press Sports EditOr)


New York. Feb. G.--tPy--The hud !
die system of deciding on athletic
maneuvcrs has spread generally
since Bill Roper started to make it |
popular on eastern gridirons Il few
years .go.
1t seems to be necessary, for in
stance. for Doctor Otto Peltzer TO-
70 into hubble with amateur ath
letic union officials every time the
German schoolmaster displays de-
sire to get off the marks. 1t took
at least six separate and distinct
huddles before the doctor finally
galloped out to win his first race
in the Mil!rose meet.
Doctor Peltzer will not make
more than three racing starts while
in the United States but he will get
plenty of exercise sprinting from
one conference to another.
Gene and Tex Huddlc
The difficulty with these huddlcs
is to put any time limit on them as
is done on the football field
Gene Tunney and Tex Richard
have been budding together on Flor
ida links for some time without yet
disclosing the signals for the next
big fistic display. The chief de-
velopment so far has been to put
Jack Dempsey on the sidclines.
Perhaps Richard has borrowed
the Rockne system and decided to
save Dempsey for the second half
of this years heavyweight cham
pionship, game. meanwhile using
Delaney, Sharkey, Risko and Hceney
as shock troops.
kinseys Have Problem
The Pan-American conference
and Lindbergh may not have had
anything to do with it. but the
United States and Mexico arc
paired in the first round of the
Davis Cup tournament, anyway.
This will develop curious situa
ton if Robert Kinsey. a former CO.
holder Of the American double.
championship. is again a member
of Mexico's Davis Cup team.
Kinscy told the tennis authorize!
last year that for competitive pur
poses he was a Mexican. He mar
ried Mexican girl, established ,
residence in Mexico City and playet
in the Davis Cup matches agains
japan at st. Louis last summer.
Brother Howard kinsey. VIII,
helped brother Robert lift the ma
ticnal doubles t. :, in 1924 at Long
wood. is now a professional, which
is the same thing as being a Mexi
can so far. as helping the Unite,
States in this years Davis Cul
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Finland May Surprise
The latest tip on Finland
Olympic preparations is that tn
famous phantom, Paavo Nurmi, ma!
pass up the shorter distances ant
run the marathon at Amsterdam.
This will be Paavo's thir'
Olympic and possibly his last. H
is represented as being anxious t
cap his career by leading the pacl
over the long grind, adding his nam
to those Of his countrymen, Koleh
mainen and Stenroos, previous win
ners Of the classic.
On the other hand Paavo seem
a bit young to take up the mara
thon. He is only about 50 and mos
Films don't go in for the longe
route until they are around 40. Tn
older they are the longer they rur
Moreover Nurmi has score o
two to settle with Peltzer and Wide
who beat him in Belgium last sum
mer. To do so he will be obliged t
meet them at 1900 at 5000 meter.
at both Of which distances the Fin
holds the Olympic championship
He won them in single afternoo
at Paris four years ago becaus
neither one, alone, offered him sui
ficient exercise for a day.
France Takes EN- All
If there are any important ter
mis- titles that Frances agile Dav
Cup players haven't won within til
last year it's probably because the
haven't heard of them.
Jumping Jean Borotra has ju.
travelled half way around the worl
to win the Australian champion
ship. He also holds the America
indoor title. Rene LaCoste defca
ed Tilden for the French and Amer
lean crowns while Henri Cochs
lifted the British honors at Wimbl,
don.