The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-07
MARBERRY, DETROIT
ACE, STANDS OUT AS
.UNSUNC TIGER HERO
Dusky John Lewis Tops List Of
'Passed.Up' Fighters In
1894 Campaign
BITSY GRANT ALSO MISSED
Bill Shepherd, Leading Football
Scorer Of Nation, Neglect
cd on AlI-American

New York, Jan. 7.-(NEA)-Much
ado has been made over the Forgot
ten Man since the cards were shufflet
anew. That brings to mind that sew.
eral figures in the sports world In
1884 were sadly neglected In the rush
to honor others-who not always
were more deserving Of acclaim.
Let us take baseball, for instance,
Who was that big, rubberarmed
guy who stood out there on the hill
for the Detroit Tigers and turned in
Is wins against losses, came through
with his usual brilliant relief per-
Torrance, and was counted out Of
the picture when it came time to give
credit where credit was due after the
Tigers had won the American League
pennant? Three guesses!
Frpo Marberry was the guy-and
you'll remember that he didn't even
get q starting assignment in the SER
les for his good work-although we
aren't saying he'd have done any bet
ter than Schoolboy Rowe or Tommy
Bridges.
In the fight racket the forgotten
man was John Henry Lewis, the west
coast Negro better.
Forgot to Remember
John Henry wasn't forgotten due
to mental lapses on the part Of pro-
meters and fight managers. The
pugilistic potentates wanted to for
get him after he licked Make Rosen-
bloom, then king of the light-heavy-
weights, a couple Of times, and every
one in the game steered as clear Of
him as II he were an over.ripe chunk
Of camembert in disguise.
Lewis was the logical contender for
Rosenbloom's crown. But Make, too,
chose to forget that the colored boy
existed. and deigned to defend his
diadem against Bob DIN.
You know what the results Of that
bout were. DIN won the crown-but
he was the most surprised gent In the
house when his hand was held aloft.
DIN, too, we notice, has forgotten
that Lewis Is around-which is an
other Of those reasons why the fight
game has reached its present sour
stage.
Bitsy Grant, as usual, was the for
gotten man of tennis. It seems no
matter who this gallant little At
lantan whips, the U. s. Lawn Tennis
Association completely forgets about
him when 1t comes time to name
prospects for the U. s. Davis Cup
team.
Holding victories over stoefen.
Shields, Lott, Allison, and the rest Of
the big boys in the game, Grant
would have been a logical nominee
for tryout tests next spring when the
tennis fathers made their selections.
But he wasn't!
Hidden in the Bushes
In football, the boy We all forgot
when it came to All-America pick
ing time was Bill Shepherd, the lead
ing scorer Of the nation, from West
ern Maryland.
OF course, We were all ready to &C
cept him as head man Of the touch
down parade. but kinda excused this
fact with the remark that, "Well, he
was playing with one Of the smaller
schools"
But to prove that he was all wool
and three yards wide, Bill was Sc
lected to accompany the eastern all
stars to San Francisco for that game
against the west. And when big
Duane Purvis, Purdue line crasher.
was injured in practice, Andy Kerr
and Dick Hanley, eastern coaches,
were hard put to find someone to
take his place.
First they decided on Ed Bromin-
J ski, Columbia star. But that kid
Shepherd couldn't be stopped In prac-
tice, performing sensationally against
all-star linemen and backs recruited
from the best in the land. He got the
starting assignment, and turned IN
the longest eastern run Of the game
q 39-yard sprint for q touchdown.
Yes, Bill should have been on that
All-America team.
Beat JOnes-Forgotten!
In golf, Horton Smith stands Out
as the neglected individual.
The Joplin Ghost turned one Of
the biggest feats Of the year wher
he won Bobby Jones' Masters Tour
nament In Augusta, Ga. But aftel
that what happened to him? He wa
forgotten in the rush to honor Law
son Little, DIN Dutra, Paul Runyan
and KY Laffoon.
Smiths feat had q lot Of signifi'
canoe. He was the last man to beat
the great Jones before the Master re-
tired in 1030-and he was the first Il
beat him In his unofficial comeback.
Competing In q field that includes
the cream Of professionals and anna
teurs of the world, Horizons perform
ance was one Of the most outstand'
ling OF the year.