The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-01-30
BARBUTI IS REINSTATED BY
Al u. AFTER APOLOCIZlNC
Eport SlantG

line quaint OlQ American custom OF
cracking worlds" records in indoor
track and field competition soon will
enjoy its annual revival. This curl
Gus business has been going on for
many years. It is good ballyhoo and
1t makes good winter headline ma
terial, II Joe Klotz skins over the 85-
yard high hurdles diagonally In SUCH
and-such record time, even though
the performance seldom, If ever will
find its way into the books and even
though, anyway, 1t Is not q worlds
record In the sense that 1t can get
international recognition.
It has been a jolly habit to consider
these strictly native performances as
worlds" records because no sustained
indoor track competition takes place
in any other country. The reasoning
is that since they cannot, therefore,
be beaten they must be the best.
In one exciting indoor campaign ]
recall a total of 1913 Worlds record
performances were made, most of
them in and around New York.
Paavo Nurmi contributed some very
legitimate records to this 1925 assert
ment, among them q two-mile mark
Of 1858 is that represents one Of the
greatest running efforts Of all time.
indoors or out, upstairs or down. Yet
barely a dozen of all the marks made
eventually found their way to the
record books and these for the most
part came under the head Of mote
worthy performances"-so designated
to segregate achievements at dis
tances or In events other than those
of international standard.
The annual invasion Of Madison
Square Garden by the circus will be
interrupted once a week this spring
to permit boxing to keep its regular
Friday night schedule In the temple
Of swat but II Primo Camera re-
mains among the heavyweight COM
petitors, the customers may not know
the difference. In fact, the night
might be turned over exclusively to
the fistic clowns.
Gran Pape, the University Of Iowa
speed-boy, has admitted the truth Of
charges he played professional foot
ball while still on the under-gradu-
ate gridiron roster but this. as Dick
Cullum remarks In the st. Paul Dis
patch. won't eliminate the last-min-
ute touchdowus by which Pape beat
Minnesota two years IN . row.
with q few notable exceptions such
as Bob Zuppke at Illinois, Alonxo
Stagg ct Chicago and (until the last
few years. Fielding Yost 1T Michigan,
the Western Conference has been ar
abode Of coaching unrest 80 Tar 8 the
football mentors are concerned.
Oregon's o~vertures for the service
Of DR.. Spears Of Minnesota followed
the departure Of Jimmy Phelan from
Purdue for q more lucrative berth al
Warrington. Spears had his diff
culties at Minneapolis. It seems, de-
spite the fine record Of the 0ophers
under hts direction.
The downtown Coaching club
Of Columbus was understood to havl
had something to do With the retire.
meut Of d. Jack Wilce ct Ohio statl
after Q long term Of office. Unit
more important matters occupied
their attention, Iowa alumni sough,
the scalp Of Burt Itgwersen. Wis
cousiu, Indiana and Northwestern
have changed head coaches In recen,
years, Michigan, with Yost takinf
over the larger scope Of work Is ath.
letic director. had difficulty reaching
. decision about the head football
coach until Harry Kipke took com.
mand last fall. I
The impression that Babe Ruth vii
continue to play with the Yankees 4
strengthened no little by the issuanc,
Of the clubs spring roster, with
half-tone cut Of the slugger promi
nently displayed on the cover Of TIL
folder. The vital statistics, however
are misleading. They give the Babe
weight as 2l6 but neglect 70 Say .
what period Of the last five years til
big fellow has been 50 syIph-like.