The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-02
Sport S1antS
 ALAN J.6oulD

One of the best ways to commit lstic suicide that we can think of off-hand is to swap punches with young MT James McLarnin. The baby-faced kid celebrated his 23rd birthday on Dec. 19 and if there is a more dangerous seeker in the ring for his weight, inches and age than this Celtic clouter, he can't be located at the moment.
 McIarnin is one of the most de- cept.ve and at the same time most destructive fighters in the game Jimmy has mild, almost inoffen- sive manner Before a fight, ne sits tense, unsmiling in his corner, beautifully controlled. At the bell he glides about the ring, arms poised in manner all his own. There is little waste motion in the McLarnin technique. Coolly he fences, side-steps, and blocks with natural grace. At the sign of an opening, however, he shoots for the mark with both hands and with stunning force. In his graceful foot work and lightning handwork, the welterweight Irishman is pocket sized Dempsey.
 Few who have chosen to punch with McLarnin have escaped being carried to their corners. Jimmy's victims have included sluggers like Kid Kaplan, Stanislaus Loayza and Phil McGraw; boxers like Sid Ter ris, Ruby Goldstein and Jackie Fields, now the welterweight cham pion.
 McLarnin knocked out Fields in 1925 in two rounds at time when each was a comparative novice, al though Fields had won Olympic honors as an amateur the year be- fore Both have grown from fly weight to welterweight poundage. Fields is the first to climb the title heights but he can't rule the. 147- pound ranks much longer without accepting the challenge of Irish Jimmy.
 McLarnin's extraordinary record shows he has fought champions or ex-champions all the way up to the welter line. He has victories over Rancho Villa, Bud Taylor, Kid Kaplan and Sammy Mandell to his credit, but no title was involved on any one of these occasions In his one real title bid, McLarnin in 1928 absorbed a scientific beating at the hands of the dapper lightweight ruler, Mandell, who was entirely too fast and clever at the time for the Irish lad.
 Jimmy evened the score with Sammy a catchweights in a 10- round match at Chicago a year and a half later.
 At least a partial explanation is at hand for the surprising way Ok lahoma City Universitys Gold Bugs walloped the previously unbeated Davis -Elkins football team The Gold Bugs, it seems, took advantage of the rugged boys from the West Virginia hills, using variation of end running described as the slick CT play" to account for two touch downs.
 Bronko Nagurski, the versatile Minnesota footballer, may be par dcned some surprise at being named All-American tackle for 1929. The Brcnk, according to the agile sta- tisticians, played exactly 30 minutes all season in the line as compared with 268 minutes at fullback. He may be induced, however, to accept the nomination with the under ftanding that he can carry the ball now and then when the All-Ameri- ca team needs a few extra yards.
 Add to the flowery 1930 gridiron intersectional prospects: Stanford end Minnesota; Iowa and Penn Etate
 Incidentally, all that Notre Damc will do as climax to it's 1930 cam raign is play the Army in New York one Saturday and Southern California in Los Angeles the next.