28, 1938

 

 

~ SPORTS
_ROUNDUP |

New York, Feb. 23. (P)—Nathan.
Mann is a good strong kid, but if
he lasts longer than six rounds to-
night Joe Louis will have gone back
plenty ... Edward F. Rozmarynos-

i, trainer of the Marquette ath-
letic team is a good sport... When
on the road with his charges he
always earns votes of thanks from
hotel clerks by invariably regis-
‘tering as “Rosy”... . Ellsworth
Vines and Fred Perry are making
plenty of dough for themselves, but
how about their backers? ... Prof.
Billy McCarney, the suaye New
York fight manager, is shaking
hands with himself for getting
$15,000 as Steve Dudas’ share for
| that tune-up with Max Schmeling.

 

 

The big town seems to go in for
first sackers ... A few Broadway
has turned out are Lou: Gehrig of
the Yankees; Hank Greenberg, of
\the Tigers; Buddy Hassett of the
Dodgers and Frank McCormick of |
\the Reds ... Keep your eyes peeled |
on a basketball player named Don
Timmerman: on the’ Wisconsin
squad next season’... He stands.
6:10 and cay go to town when he
gets warmed up... Sonja Henie
banked almost $500,000 last year
.. . J6e Gould will cut in on 25 per
cent of all Tommy Farr’s earnings.
except the dough he gets from)
writing for a British newspaper
syndicate . . . Fillum_ producers
just won’t let Maxie Rosenbloom
|fight for acting in the movies. /

Don’t be surprised if Stub Alliso
comes up with another sweet foot-
ball team at California next fall...
Alabama, which turns out football
champions just like that, never had
|a ring champ until Arthur. Fowler
won the Southeastern conference
featherweight title at New Orleans. |
. . . Trotting horses get but one |
haircut during the racing season...
‘|So wrasslers are dumb, eh? ...]
Well, Sam Arlich of the Michigan
State squad is the smartest athlete
in collitch ... Every year he comes
up with a straight “A” grade...
Young Stribling’s kid brother now
| stands five feet, ten inches and
weighs 175 pounds. but they still
call him “baby.” —

Lou Gehrig made a big hit with
coast sports writers and almost
to a man they’re backing him in his
salary demands from the Yankees
. .. Big time pros are boosting |
|Bobby Rosburg, 11-year-old San
Francisco kid, as a real comer... |
He tours almost any course in the |
lew 80’s ... Jimmy Johnston, the
erstwhile “boy bandit” of Eighth |
avenue, is in mourning because of
Don Budge’s decision not to turn