The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-29
After 20 Years Invulnerability,
Ralph Roses Record Tum.
bles German Threatens
Supremacy of Yank Aces
kuck to Lead Robertscn's
COterie
NOTE-This is the twelfth
in the series Of inside stories on
the Olympics.
By ALAN ]. GOULD

(Associated Press Sports Editor)
New York, May 29.-The beef and
iron brigade is forming to the right
for the big Olympic heaving con-
test. This year the athletic beef il
tossing out the 16-pound iron shot
to unheard of distances, at home
and abroad, to herald the prospect
Of record busting battle of Drawn
when the big fellows start massag-
ing their implements in seven
foot circle at Amsterdam.
For going on 20 years the boys
had been shooting at the 51-foot
record hung up in 1909 by that
famous Michigan mammoth, Ralph
Rose, but it wasn't until this spring
that they finally brought it down.
Once softencd up the record began
to be kicked around with ridiculous
ease. Out in the Pacific Coast
John Kuck. the sturdy Kansas prod.
uct. got in a fling Of 81 feet IL
inch. A few days later he put the
ball out an inch or so further. al
though this mark wasn't allowed. In
practice kuck has been credited
with heaves of around 81 and s.
feet.
Before the echoes Of kuck's rec
ord toss had died away news of a
sensational heave by German
Karl Hirschfeld, came from abroad
Hirschfeld was cerdited with mark
of 81 feet 8 1-2 inches, which, if he
can repeat it at Amsterdam, ought
to be good enough to win.
Kuck is the outstanding shot.
putter in probably the most consist
emily good group the United States
has ever had. Four years ago the
Big Three were Houser, Hills anc
Hartranft. Hills is out Of compcti-
ton now and the comebacks Of the
other two, including Bud Houser, the
champion, are doubtful. This year
there are at least a half dozen
college or club stars doing close
to SO feet or better.
Herb Schwartz of the Illinois A
G. broke the worlds indoor record
last winter in the National A. A. U
championships with a mark of AZ
feet. 10 inches. Dave Aldelmar
Of Georgetown, the indoor intercol
legiate champion, has bettered As
feet consistently. Besides Housel
and Hartranft out on the West
Coast there are Eric Krcnz, Stan
ford sophomore; Biff Hoffman, Ell
mer Gerkin and other huskies.
It would be difficult to pick thu
best four out of this group but un
less Houser breaks into the list
again Kuck, Krenz, Adelman ans
Schwartz may be nominated.
The first Olympic shotput cham
pionship in 1896 was decided by /,
toss of SO feet. inches, a mari
that high school boys would b.
ashamed Of nowadays. The Olym
pic record Of so feet, 3 7-8 inches
was set in 1912 by Pat Mcdonald
the big New York policeman, as tn
elimination of one of the creates
rivalries Of the old weight-heavini
era.
Mcdonald and Ralph Rose, thel
the worlds record holder, were tw'
central figures of this long-stand
ing duel of beef and Drawn. Tw'
mightier mortals have never toye,
with the 16-pound ball. They ma.
not have had quite the technique :.
some Of the modern weight men bu
for sheer bulk, strength and com
petitive spirit they have never BEEF
surpassed.
Rose had won two previous Olym
pic championships and was anxiou
Ito make It three. From the starr