The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25
Tells Why It's So Hard
to Pick Golf Winners

Notes on why It's almost as dlffl-
cult to pick golf winners as it is to
get football selections right KY
Laffoon was so pounds overweight
last summer. Jimmy Demaret has
the smoothest swing in golf but
lacks the winning urge. Harry
Cooper is sucker money for the
bookies because he lets his nervous
temperament lick him. Horton
Smith just can't get the touch of
Eastern courses. Vic Ghezzi is too
easily diverted by outside allure
ments. jug McSpaden is lost on
Florida courses.
Tony Galento, who never uses
sparring partners, always bills Man
ager Joe Jacobs for them anyhow
after a fight His friends insist
that one of the first things Middle
weight Harry Balsamo did when he
started fighting star bouts was to
buy a washing machine Cliff
Wilson, Harvara's very good line
man, wanted to go to Navy but
missed on the appointment because
of some dental trouble Dave
AIbritton, Ohio States Olympic high
Jumper who will double as hurdler
next spring, is conducting an or
chestra this winter Carl Brum-
baugh, new Dodger backfield ace
and former assistant to Coach Bez-
dek of the Cleveland Rams, scored
three touchdowns in six minutes
against Alabama in 1928.
Henry Armstrong, the feather
weight champion, plays the violin
and piano and sings in the choir.
He likes to bowl, and once was a
pin boy. Doctors claim his heart
action is slower than normal, and
he shadow-boxes six rounds in the
dressing room before entering the
ring for fight. Sports writers prob
ably have coined more nicknames
for him than for any battler of
modern times. He has been nick
named Homicide Henry" Illus
ting Hank" the California Com
et," "Black Blizzard = Cyclone
Buzz Saw-Windmill- Spider-Terry
McGovern." Aside from being a lit
tie gentleman, he is the greatest
fighter in the ring today.
Harry Gilmore of Chicago was the
first featherweight champion, large
ly because he claimed the title when
the class was established and rec
ognized in 1887. How many old
timers remember that Dial Hawkins,
usually recalled as a lightweight,
succeeded him on the throne? The
feather class limit in those days
was 11S pounds After beating
Abe Attell in five rounds Brooklyn
Tommy Sullivan held the title for
nearly four years. Then in 1908 he
lost it back to AtteD, who kayoed
him in four rounds Louis Kid
KapIan, now a Connecticut insur-
ance man, performed an almost un-
precedented feat after winning the
title via the elimination tournament.
He refused $500 for a fight, say
ing he could not make the weight
and would not take money under
false pretenses :. Johnny KiIbane
held the title the longest, ii years.
Eugene Criqui, who succeeded him,
was champion for only one month.
Noble Kizer, who will spend the
winter at Albuquerque, N. M, ex-
poets to return to Purdue in time to
conduct spring football practice :. !.
Pop Warner, who now advocates
adoption of the professional forward
pass rule to open up the college
game, was leader in the move
ment against backfeld shifts when
Knute Rockne was showing his fell
low coaches how to open up the
game Mique Malloy, Chicago
boxing promoter, served as a scout
under five Cub presidents. He
worked under Charles Murphy,
Charles Thomas, Charles WEIGH
man, Fred Mitchell and William
Veeck