The mighty atoms in Philippines sports

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Title: The mighty atoms in Philippines sports
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Source: The Sports Review Volume I (Issue No. 2) April 18, 1931
Year: 1931
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Fulltext: April 18, 1931 The SPORTS REVIEW The c:./Vlighty Atoms In ·Philippine Sports Page 7 the 'World a decade ago, yet to Tomas basket-ball quintet leading sports writer and he never weighing over 115 is fast, cunning, clever, poses- feature man of THE SPORTS pounds, rather light for an sing a shooting eye that REVIEW. Garay captained American. is second to none, yet Silva Ateneo's strong track and In the Philippines we have is of a frail frame, small, light, field team in 1926 when the had a pretty long string of and short. Time and again Blues tied with La Salle in "mighty atoms" who although Silva has baffled tight guard- the annual NCAA relay Herminio Silva never weighing above the cen- ing by star defense-men like Carnival. Before competing The general conception of tury mark have met and de- Celestino Martinez, Maria- in NCAA circles, Garay was an athlete has always been no Sangle, Briccio Reynoso, MIAA sprinting champion. that of a powerfully built Nene Mendieta and Jesus In collegiate circles he was person, a collosus, with the Suarez, and Silva never weighs nosed out by Olympic celephysique of a greek god and over 100 pounds. Another brities but the "mighty atom" the strength of a bull. Jack star of atomic proportions is always ran in the finals and Dempsey, Jim Londos, Jim De Leon, the newest find was in every instance a conThorpe, Gene Tunney, De- of the year. De Leon shat- sistent point winner. He Hart Hubbard, Georges Car- tered the existing record of retired after finishing prep. pentier and other world ce- the hop skip and jump in school and to-day he is a lebrities are the real types of the Intercollegiate meet full pledged engineer besides athletic prow~ss, but without last season and (epeated his being a newshound. Nine having to go out of the con- victory in the Open PAAF chances out of ten, we would fines of our own sphere, we competition beating men be right if we ventured to have Paulino Fernandez, Vir- twice his size like Portacion, say that Garay is the smallest gilio Llobregat, Simeon To- Felix Ampon Sirius and Ico. Another mid- engineer in Manila, ribio, Manolo Nieto, Luis feated men twice their size get track and field performer As a newspaperman he is Pradera, Pedro Abiera, Cons- and weight. is Bernardino, recently elec- already rthe champion atotantino. Rabaya, Re~ino Yl~- Felix Ampon, Loreto net ted captain of the University mic weight so we would not nan, Vicente Jaropillo, Big star and 1928 National ten- be wrong with the former Boy Bi~tulfo and ot_her well nis champion never weighed assertion pr?~ort10,~ed athletic cele- over 105 lbs. yet to-day he Another track-men who does . bnlles. I hese great he~cu- is still considered as one of not scale over 100 pound1 lean specimens of physical the best tennis stars in the is Pertierra, La Salle's pride perfectio~ ?o not ~oncern us Philippines. His winning of in the middle distances. becaus~ it is taken for granted the National championship For three consecutive year!, that with such enormous ad- · 1928 was no doubt very Pertierra has repeatedly scoh . f . h in vantages to t eir avor m P y- strenous feat. red for La Salle in the 800 sical prowess they should be Enrique Medel, the great and 1,500 meter races, not world beaters, yet there are goal tender of Santo Tomas Bernardino only in NCAA competition quite a few celebrities who University was stopper for of the Philippines track and but also in PAAF meets. have become well known not the l 927 Olympic team. To- field squad. Bernandino was He was a candidate for a because of their strength and day he is still one of the best national champion in the berth on the Olympic team size but of their ability in goalies in the country, ·yet broad jump last year and of 1930 and would have surespite of their physical handi- Medel is not more than five although he lost outlo Porta- ly qu.alified had, it not ~~en caps to cope with the situa- feet two and practically weighs cion in 1930, it was only for his .parents opposition tion and beat out the "big 100 pounds. He has stopped after a hard fought contest to the trip. Being · fellows" in many instances. sure goals attempted by boot- between the two great broad a youngster, only There was Bill Johnston, ers like Sebastian Ugarte, jumpers. in his teens, he Tilden's partner in so many Llobregat and Perez, husky Perhaps the smallest ath- was not allowed Davis Cup encounters. The soccer stars. lete that has donned a pair of to leave with the Californian was ranked se- Herminio Silva, the scoring track spikes was Francisco delegation. cond best racquet wielder in machine of the champion San J. Garay, one of the city's Lorenzo Los Ba- I,.orenzo · Page 8 The SPORTS REVIEW April 18, 1931 c • ~rfi os star middle distance run- ket-ball guard and base-ball ner who finished second to outfielder. Today he is still the great Yata.r. his team-mate a pillar of support in alhle-. in the 1930 PAAP meet is ano- tics but instead of. playing for ther vacuum weight. Loren- the East High where he gra. zo is a new man in the cinder <luated a couple of years ago path, yet he placed second he defends the colors of· Na1.n the 800 meter and 1,500 ti~nal University where he is meter races in the NCAA just as valuable as he was onqhe Sidelines meet and later in the PAAF. in MIAA competition . . Ifoyong, Army quarter- Castro was olympic volleymiier and former Olympic ball player from 1925 to 1930 star, is another pride ·of the He is still a great perfor.mer small fellows. He was 1927 and his weight and height P AAF champion in the 400 are still the . same. meter run and in the Olympic Manuel Nieto, the greatest This month saw the return of Ignacio Fernandez-the Games held at Shanghai that local full-back of all time was boy on whom the Philippines banked to land a world title year, Simplicio Royong was proud of the fact that in his and additional laurels for his country in that greatest of a point winner losing only heyday, no forward could pe- all money-making sports. to his team-mate Serafin Es- netrate his admirable defense ---0----trada in the finals. but for one exception. Every And Young Fernandez who followed 1n the footsteps of Another great performer in man on an opposing team fea- Pancho \"illa, Clever Sencio, Pele Sarmiento, l'oung Naciothe track was Padua now a red Nieto, who wa~ the ter~or nalisia, all first rate fislicuffers, comes home for a rest and practising medico. Padua of any forward lme facmg .fur a chance to earn a few pesos for his depleated pocketbook. never weighed over the 100 lb. the Bohemian "Big guns"· --0-mark and was only a little There was a man on the Auro- Like 'lilla, Pete Sarmiento, Johnny Hill, and Young over five feet in height, yet ra outfit who later on became Nacionalisla, Fernandez went lo America full of hopes and his strides in the middle dis- a Espartaco star who played ambitions and, perhaps, good intentions and stern resolutions, tance events equalled those rings around the great Nieto hut he returns hrokc after having earned a small fortune with of a six footer. Padua was and annoyed him conside- his ring prowess-and spending it in the gaily lighted hroad mainstay of the U. P. track rably. Nieto would always while way. team frem 1923 to 1926 He promise that the next game has retired from active com- he would put this forward petition but at the peak of out of commission. He never his career he was easily one did and to-day old timers in of the best collegiate perfor- foot-ball still recall Nieto's mers in his line only nemesis. Whenever a Castro, National University man passed Nieto's defense all around athlete is an Olym- it was this player and yet pie celebrity, yet he is only he was only a 100 pounder. a paper weight. Castro start-. Solano, forward for the Aued his athletic career at the rora and Espartaco teams was East High School. He was the man who baffled the great volley-ball player for his full-back, and hard as he school, track performer, bas- tried, Nieto failed repeatedUJhen it's neathJ done, surell.].-. ILAYA P did it ESS 709 llalja, Manila --0-Fernandez if reports frnm America arl' correct, mns true lo form of the local fisticujfers who sl'l'k fame andforlum in the land of the Almighi!J Dollar. He went to the United Stales, started like a world healer earned a reputation made some money then started on the downward yrade. The reports slate that his toboggan began lo slide when he started to make whoopee. And that seems to be the finis which is written to the stol'y of all local boxers. --0-Fernandez never would have risen lo the same plane as the great Pancho but he might have been a world champion if he had kepi his head. He would al least be among the best five little fighting machines in his division in the world, and, as such could, for three or four years, at the least, command big money. Anf if he had used his head he would even now be comfortahlu fixed and able to retire decently. --0-Until our boys learn that boxing requires as much conscientious living and persistent work as any other job or profession;·thai they cannot let vice and dissipation. rule their lives if they expect to go very far, we will always have to write the same kind of FIN IS to the stories of their lives as has been written to that of Villa, Sarmiento, Hill and others who sowed their wild oats and reaped pitiful poverty. ly yet Solano is another of the atomic freaks. Fernando Villareal, Olympic half-back of yester years was a former Bohemian star an.d was considered one of the best players in this country yet Villareal never scaled over 105 lbs. at his best. (Continued on page 22) Page 22 SUMMER SPORT SPARKS By Joe Araneta No news had a more direful signifieance to the sport world at large than the sudden death of Knute Roekne. It· was even more startling than the bit about the sinking of the Lusitania, in a "'.llY it was. For who knew Rnythmg about the torpedoed ship? nobody in Patagonia prior to the deed. But who has not heard of Rockne in some way or otheT? Around South Bend, Indiana the news of t be Wizard'!> demise must have been terrificly stunning. But il must also be admitted that it was fell in Baliuag, Bulacan; Cagayan, Misamis and in fact in ev~ry lo<'us where Rockne followers exist. Only the other clay a country ~1thiete llr(·osled me and started to prattle tibout the catastrophe. This is the patrimony that Notre Dame's illustrious mentor has left athletie youth. A strong appeal to his imagination; a firebrand that sets him ablaze to go out and fight, and fight cleanly too eYe~ as Rorkne and his "Irish" rhamp10ns did. --+With the proximity of election time, here are few things that might come in handy with the can<lidato who can't think of a suitable platform or who wishes to appeal to the student-vote :-More recreational facilities for the towns and barrios, i. e. football, lrnskethall and tennis courts; swimming pool; wee golf course; and, of course a roller-skating rink will not· be a bad idea. Quite a few U. P. baskelb.all luminaries of former yeRrs are 111vading the courts these days '.it Occidental Negros. Alberto Belia Maroon center-man as far back as 1923, is on the go ag~in. :1'he others are Cordero, Luzurnaga, Santos, Lemonsito and Guam'?· Austria another ex-State player is eoaching . the San Agustin College hoop :-;quad at Iloilo. The Green and While is ably repr~sented in Occidental Negros hy Carlos Montilla and Ernesto Oppen both mainstays of past La ~alle football teams, who are playing with the Isabela Soceer squad. Montilla was also a miler of note ha~k in his college dayi>. fl looks mighty serious lhe way .lesse de Veyra, cage pilot of the '28 Blue and White varsity, is limbering 'llP these days_.. In fact it appears like an attempt at a come-back. Besides playing often at the Maao - The SPORTS REVIEW April 18, 1931 The Mighty Atoms... A slab-artist is usually a U. P; short stop is known as (Continued from page 8 ) big· powerful husky athlete. "leaf miner". among histeam --+--- Bertulfo Estorba Belmonte, mat~s. not because he i~ as · ' E h ' J 0 ·11o destruCtive as the insect that Lul·s Med1"na, star Olympic Bautista, c em ar p1 ' h . S . Al as given ecretanes una;n half-back toured Java with Armando and other· well and Vargas so much to worry the All Manila team. He has known harpooners have al- about but because he is so been a member of the cham- ways been either giants or of small that he has been compion San Beda A. C. team the regular type, yet Santos pared to the farmer's pest. three seasons. He was s~- Almuza, second string pit- Paner in ·spite of his physilected to play on the All Fi- cher for the Ateneo team is cal handicaps is one of the lipino eleven that met the a midget. He is not in the class best amateur ball· players in Chinan. He also played a?a- of the above mentioned stars the Philippines. . Villalon, inst Loh Hua, Fuh Tan, Samt but by the mere fact that he Olympic back stop and star Joseph's and other foreign is a varsity player proves Trade school catch.er . may outfits that have invaded the that the small guys can also still grow as he is only a Philippines yet Medina is pitch. Bunye, the Sto To- youngster, but he has starred only a player of the liliputian mas pitcher is another of Al- on the diamond ever since variety muza's size. Paner the crack he was an Intermediate stuCentral courts. he has just been on a long hike with E. Castillo, guard on last season's varsity to the peak of mount Kanlaon. What he saw from that "Times Tower" must have satisfied him for he plans to take up I:iw at U. S. T. next June. --+Contrary to reports made by Manila newspapers wee golf has never reaehed the craze stage here in Negros. Hacenderos are nrnch loo absorbed in the "wee" price of sugar. Support On the 19th of this month wil1 fine old foes facing each other un_ der different banners when the "Varsity" and "Kollege" cage squads clash in an exhibition game in connection with the Maao Sugar Central.Post-Milling season celebration. Probable line-ups will include, Varsity: Belia, Cordero, Austria, Bugarin, Luzurriaga, Pasing, Gordo1;, Molino; Kollege: Torres, A. Lacson, J. Suarez, E. Castillo, J. de Veyra, P. Araneta and J. Araneta .. Philippine Industry s M 0 K E 10 FOH 5¢' 20 10¢' INDIAN HEAD the beat and finest FILIPINO MADE CIGARETTES Manufactured by PHILIPPINE AROMATIC CIGARETTES MFG. CO. dent. Villalon is today one of the best catchers in the Philippines and he is more or less of Paner's size. Pablo, veteran ball player is also a pigmy compared to his team mates but his ability has never been questioned as he has made the Olympic team on several occassions. Carino and Jacob are two liliputian outfielders on Captain Yon's Mckinley nine but they are star clouters and all around players. Carino before becoming a ball player was National champion in the broad jump. There are also excellent performers in the prize fighting profession but due to the fact that even pigmies are pared against men of their own weight, the ability of the flyweight is not as outstanding as that of other athletes in track, baseball, foot-ball and other sports as the boxer fights a man of his weight whil'e pigmies in other sports hav:e to match their ability against men of all_ weights. In spite of this, Kid Balagtas, Malabon flash only weighing 96 pounds at the most has defeated men from Continued on page 27 April 18, 1931 The SPORTS REVIEW Page 27 Hunting in The ... Continued from page 11 -+-Celebrities Row (Continued from page 10) "Patsy Ruth" . . .. Continued from ·page 19 --+-The Mighty Atoms ... Continued from page 22 This season, however, is only for snipes, coots and wild ducks tain Ateneo's crack basket- tic bailer. At this stage 15 to 20 pounds heavier ball team which he so ably Guagua II was within than him. led during the collegiate sea- 300 meters ahead of the There have been other star . Pila; Laguna is famou~ for son, Suarez was one of the Patsy Ruth, Montee succeed formers practicjilly knee high, its snipes. So are Sanaya, stars of the league and ·n ded in passing her easily and hut of great ability who have Candelaria and Pagbilao, Ta- the annual mLythical 1n farther yonder Malabon III vanquished giants in varied yabas. These places are fre- NCAA selection he was easi- Squibb and Malabon I were and muetiform events, and ~uented by hundreds of hunt- ly picked as one of its st speeding a few feet away of years from now, when, the m~ addicts Snipe hunting is Suarez has still another Y:-:~ each other in the order na- present stars have faded away quite less expensive than at the Ateneo and m f med. The Palsy Ruth passed there will still be new m.en "?ig game" For Goots, _Na- his admirers expect hi~ny"~o them one by one and at the great athletes and among these pmd.an and Angono, R1z.al, bring home the bacon" next end of the first lap she was there will be midgets, who are famous. Hagonoy, Tahp- l'\eason. already leading. At the be- like those of to-day will hold tip and Bulacan are also ginning of the second lap the their own with the great known to have quite a big Suarez is not only a basket- Patsy Ruth showed signs of Goliaths of competetive Ath"order" of coots and some ball luminary. He is an all collapse and fearing lest she _e_ti_c_s. _________ _ Limes wild ducks. around man. Suarez has nose-dive Montee slackned her margin, without having been Although on the 15th of captained the foot-ball team speed to three-fourths open overtaken even once. Mr. this month, the permit for of his school in Hl29-30 and at the throttle, and main- Montee broke the World's last season was a p1'llar of t · d th' d t th d R d · I "D" 'th hunting in the Philippines ame is spee o e en ecor m c ass w1 expired, there are still many support on the same team. of the eight and last lap a 50 mile plus speed in a 2 The lanky star started h1's · · th b J · ·1 who enjoy their favorite past- wmmng e race y a )Ig m1 e course. time and a double thrill. ftootd-ballf' career as a . goal Th h ·11 en er ive years ago He ey t n at the chase of the · t'll d · · wild animals or birds and also is s ~ a ~oo goalie but at the thought that they might :os~1:s :e;;:1;~~a;,~:r~e ~~~~~~ be arrested by the Consla- ed t th" .t. . h' J l o is pos1 10n w 1ch he rn ary agents who are on the h II 1 look out for "out of season" as v~ry we P ayed. His hunters I t 1 game is so that other teams . n our coun ry on y d . th h t f 'Id b . ma e overtures to make him e un or wt oars is their full back. The newly WORLD'S RECORD Dec. 4, 1929 Newport B. Calif. Crandall Comet H. G. Ferguson Crandall Johnson 49. 484 mis. CLASS "D" Date Lora lion Name of Boat Driver Make of Boat Make of Motor NEW RECORD SET BY MONTEE Dec. 7, 1930 Guagua, P. I. Patsy Ruth T. D. Montee Sea Gull Johnson SO. 108 mis. allowed throughout the year, organized Philippine Columbecause the government pro- b" f' II th' -------------------------'---. . ian ma y go 1m and has tecls the animals dunng cer- 1 d L 1 As the Motor-Boat season Stevens, and Meneleo Carlos Speed lain months of the year to p aye severa games for the are gettin.o ready for the starts on August, we are I"> prevent their · extermination do Perrenoud, Primo Feliciano 1932 championships, building and to regulate hunting accor- J. Montenegro, Leandro Gruel informed that several com- new speedy boats. Prospects dingly. Feliciano Paterno, Mr. Hile- petitors, among them the for breaking more records To n~me all well-known man of Squires Bingham, Saldana Brothers Sioson, looks good. hunters m this country would Mr. Stevens Mr Myers, of be impossible, but to mention San Juan Co. ,Mr, Lennigin, some will be quite easy be- Mr. Floyd, the Elizalde Brocause these are always in the thers, Antonio· Roxas, Emilnews columns not only as lio Veloso, of the Filipino hunting enthusiasts, but Hand Embroidery and Hat also as addicts of other Company, his brother,· Jose forms of sports. Veloso, the Zamora brothers Among the best known G. Haygood, Adolfo Garcia, hunters here we have the- the well-known engraver and son of Mayor Earnshaw, Ma- the lithographer, Federico noling, who often goes with Montes, Max Stevenson and Club Squad. claim him today as a star in Another sport which has both. taken part of Suarez' time Recently, Suarez played was track and field. Three on the All Filipino quintet years ago, Suarez became that vanquished the crack known in collegiate circles Chenju squad and during the· as a crack miler. He beat P .. A. A. F. basket-ball cham .. well known middle distance pionships he represented the runners in pre-season dual NCAA in its winning rampameets in spite of the fact ge which finally landed the that he was a green horn. collegians the title. Suarez an other Manoling, (Beech), the Roces brothers, (Marcos and Rafael of Roces and Co.) and Andong of the TVT Publications), Miguel and and Juan de la Riva, sons of Mr. de la Riva of the Casino Espanol, Francisco Gregorio Domingo, EduarHe scored points for Ateneo d · h f h · many more. in several collegiate dual meets espite t e act t at he is To mention here how some in track but later had lo a guard, scored the greatest of the above are able lo con- hang his spikes because his number of points during tho tinue hunting even when the parents did not want him NCAA victory excluding, P. law prohibits it, would not be to overwork himself. Taking Martinez his team mate and fair to them, who have con- the advice of his elders and H. Silva of Sto. Tomas who . . . . his coach, he dropped the being forwards were the high fide~ to the wnter unsus- cinder path and limited point scorers in the collegiato pectmg that the data fur- himself to basket-ball and machinery, national cham4 nished would go to print. foot-ball, two sports which pion in basket-ball.