Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. július-december (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)
1940-11-28 / 48. szám
Page 10 November 28, 1940 Verhovayak Lapja ♦ SPORT PAGE ♦ Sports That veteran of a thousand gridiron battles and now lootball diagnostician and all-around sport expert, Jack Patterson, told me a story. I think it is a good one, but I shall let you decide that, as it will immediately follow a brief preamble by me. PREAMBLE: Jack told me the story. It is here in my words but on his responsibility. He swears it is a true story, but that is the universal claim of all story tellers. However, I ask you to take his word for it. If his word isn’t enough to take then remember that truth is stranger than... Oh, all right, I’ll drop that hackneyed quotation. This story shall be told simply, with conjunctions substituted for adjectives wherever possible, and what ever evidences of style may appear in it shall be due to the linotype man. So without further ado ‘this tale we shall unfold.’ A SPORT SHORT STORY or A SHORT SPORT STORY or MARTY AND ‘LEX TALIONIS’ To make the story as simple as possible, I shall employ the process of elimination, that is, to take out all characters not directly Decessary to the plot. Now you say a heroine is necessary to a plot. I grant you that. Therefore, the heroine will appear here for a moment, just for the sake of the books. She lived happily ever after with the—hero of course. This brings us to the hero. His name is Marty. Thus, briefly, shall nomenclature be appeased. In high school Marty was the football star and hero of the campus, a triple-threat man. Now I must deviate. It has always been my contention that the greatest backfielder is a quadruple-threat man. (Technicalities shall claim you but a moment.) A triplethreat man is one versed in the combined arts of running, passing and kicking. Always blocking (which is most essential) is left out when speaking of a triplethreater. There you have a hero with a flaw in his character. He has been tried By JOHN “DIRK” FULOP and found wanting the ability to block. Therefore, our contention that a passer, kicker, blocker, and runner is the “greats.” Or putting it another way, the greatest player would be an O’Brien, Evashevski, Tipton and Harmon rolled into one. But in the inability of our hero to block liés buried the plot of our story. There has always been stark drama (pronounced dray-ma) behind the story of the short who was unable to cover. When Marty carried the ball he had the front half and the full and quarterbacks to bow down before him, thereby making the opponent do likewise. So you see, Marty did not have to be a blocker. Unlike many another high school star, Marty, to put it in the vernacular, did not become bigheaded. Instead, or because he was not big-headed, he received a scholarship from a targe eastern school. He was not long on the college gridiron when the freshman coach discovered he could not block. He proceeded to tell Marty so. He did not stop telling him so throughout the rest of the season. Sophomore Marty went out for the varsity. He was not long on the varsity gridiron when the head coach discovered that he could not block. He proceeded to tell him so. He did not stop telling him so throughout the rest of the season. By the time Marty was a junior he became thoroughly disgusted at the everlasting gibing his coaches had been giving him due to his inability to block. We do not, dear reader, know why Marty could not block. It is denied us to look further into a man’s bosom than the starch on his shirt front, so it is left to us to recount his conversations. Marty confided in his father. They had a man to man talk (which proves that in some respects Andy Hardy is not original). Marty told his father that, instead of the coach teaching him how to block, all he did was ridicule his inability to do so. His father suggested that he change schools. He did immediately. Marty went to the midwestern school which at that time had the greatest of all coaches. He was not eligible, however, for football until his senior year. Autumn found him out for the varsity. He was buried on the fourth team. During scrub games Marty time and again would refuse his signal to carry the ball. He was determined to learn how to block. In time he did learn how. But still in practice games he refused his signal to carry the ball. Nothing escaped the eyes of the great coach, and Marty’s efforts did not remain unnoticed. The following Saturday found Marty on the first team. The other three backfield men were famous. Marty continued to block often, refusing his signal to carry the ball. Thus it went each Saturday, Marty blocked, hard, low, viciously, beautifully. But came the day when Marty’s school went to play the school he originally attended. Long since his teammates had learned his story and had planned a revenge for him. Marty’s team received the opening kickoff. The fullback returned it to the 33 yard stripe on the very first play the quarterback called Marty’s signal to carry the ball. He refused; the quarterback insisted, Marty went off tackle for 67 yads and a touchdown. It is useless to recount the rest of that day’s happenings except to say that four more touchdowns were made by Marty’s team and the final score was 35-0. The next day Marty read the Sunday paper along with millions of others, but he had a good reason to smile when he read the following headlines on the sport page: “Brill Gains Revenge as Notre Dame Wins Over Penn State” And then beneath those headlines was printed a story, the story we have just told you. Mary was that Brill referred to in the headlines. His backfield companions that day were Frank Carideo, Marchy Schwartz and Jumping Joe Savoldi. The coach referred to was none other than the immortal Knute Rockne. That newspaper was dated November 4, 1930, and the event really happened. SPORT FLASHES FROM BRANCH 36 Detroit, Michigan With the bowling season now in full swing, the bowling team of Branch 36 of Detroit has reorganized and has entered the Verhovay Bowling League, which has eight teams entered. This is the third year of the Detroit Verhovay Bowling League and promises to he a banner year for all the bowlers. Officers elected by the League were: president, Frank Szopko; secretary, Mike Gurin; treasurer, Steve Szarzi. The League howls every Sunday at 2 P. M., at West End Recreation, on West Jefferson and West End Avenues. Standings for the League as to teams and individual high games are as follows, taken as of November 10th for twenty-one games: Team Won Lost Total 1fk Total Points 1. Club 440 15 6 4 19 2. Papp’s 13 9 4 17 3. Verhovay 3612 9 5 17 4. Yale Inn 10 11 4 14 5. Petho’s 9 12 3 12 6. Mandell’s Bar8 13 4 12 7. Delray Cafe 9 12 2 11 8. Lane Service8 13 2 10 TEAM HIGH 3 GAMES 1. Mandell’s Bar .2511 2. Verhovay 36 2508 3. Club 440 ... 2507 TEAM HIGH SINGLE GAMES 1. Lane Service .891 2. Delray Cafe 886 INDIVIDUAL HIGH 3 GAMES 1. John Czonka (Lane) ___569 2. Bill Toth (Mandell’s) ___563 INDIVIDUAL HIGH SINGLE GAMES 1. John Czonka (Lane)____222 2. B. Korody (Papp’s)____216 This is just a start and, as the boys are all set, all íecords are sure to topple, and perhaps Verhovay 36 will be in for its share of them. Members of the Branch 36 bowling team this year are Oscar Petoskey, Kenneth Toth, Zoltán Vincent, Frank Szopko (captain), Mike Szopo and Andrew King. The Verhovay 36 howling team is accepting any challenges for match games. Teams from Cleveland, Lorain, Chicago etc. take notice. Address communications to Frank A. Szopko, 8556 Vanderbilt Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. SPORT TIMETABLE BOWLING The Bowling League of Branch 164, Chicago, Illinois, holds games every Tuesday at Monte Carlo Recreation Center, Lincoln and Beiden Avenues beginning at 9 P. M. * * * The young men of Branches 21, 108, 364 and 514, Youngstown, Ohio, bowl every Friday at Grand Alleys, beginning at 7 P. M. The young women bowl every Wednesday evening at Grand Alleys. * * * The Detroit Verhovay Bowling League, Detroit, Michigan, bowls every Sunday at West End Recreation, on West Jefferson and West End Avenues, beginning at 2 P. M. SPORTS NOTICE FROM BRANCH 366 Cleveland, Ohio The howling team of Branch 366, Cleveland, Ohio, would like to book out of town games, and will accept any challenge made to us. Please address communications to Bill Torda, 8702 Nevada Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.--------------O-------------BRANCH 366 KEGLERS Cleveland, Ohio We were only too glad to be host to Lorain Branch 372 Bowling Team, from Lorain, Ohio. The Verhovay A. C. bowled the Lorain boys here at the Verhovay Home and again we have that sorry report to present. They really gave us a tanning, but we still have revenge. Our boys will will be guests in Lorain in the near future, hoping to even the series. Summary: Lorain Branch 372 A. C. 3 games 809—847—831 Cleveland Branch 366 A. C. 3 games 756—745—773 This gave the Lorain Cracker jacks a victory by a total of 213 pins. Thank you, Mr. Frank Soszpko, and your bowlers of Branch 36, for your kind cooperation in arranging a match game. We are hoping to be there in the near future. Fraternally, BILL TORDA, Publicity Director. v
