Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1927, Page 46

48 THE TEVENTNG STAR, WASHINGTOX Grid Scouting Favored in Missouri Valley : Reclassification in Minors Urged REMOVAL OF BAN NEXT YEAR LIELY Prohibitory Regulation Found 0. K. in-Theory, but Not So Good in Practice. ANSAS CITY Mo., December 7 All the hullabaloo over ball scc t confin the New Enzland prec where Harvard and Yale are on opposite sides of The Missouri Valle: d to ts, aside another back in their roles, to judge coming “from the coaches hereabout of scout- but not so more blunt as breeds season, with the sco open-and-above-board from sentime most of the v At least a & and other feel that ing is all right in theo good in practice. Oth about it, term non-scoutir “bunk.” They consider hypocrisy and suspi ings between old rather than helping t so-called “overemphasi riva eliminate the *in foot ball. Disadvantages Cited. ident of the I blown over here cite it as an exam advantages of a non-sc This contest is the ¢ of the Mis- souri Valiey Conference. It was un- derstood t neither university would have any official scou But it seems that an ex-Kansas offic initiative, scouted Missouri Jowa State game. His obser found their way back quite nat: to the Kansas coaching staff. sas, after a mediocre season, rallied to wallop Missouri, the conference leader. There were reverberations and explanations. Yale, an ardent supporter of the non-scouting policy, effected agree- ment with most of its 1927 opponents on this principle, but there was noth- ing to prevent rival coaches from studying play-by-play accounts of Yale’s games in the newspapers, ob- serving published photographs ~and other informative matter about the Elis. but e of the dis- g policy Harvard Opposes Idea. Harvard already has served notice that it does not subscribe to the non- scouting principle. The Crimson en- tered its agreement with Yale this year largely as a trial measure and without much- enthusiasm. It was while he was-at Cambridge that the late Percy D, Houghton built up one of the most efficfent scouting systems in‘the country. Scouting, Haughton held, was fundamental. His influ- ence carries ‘on. So it seems likely that the latch- string _will be out pretty generally next Fall for the visiting scouts, ‘whether they are from- Missouri or Harvard. The . idea, -of . having.. two Varsity | g elevens in competition adopted by Michigan for 1928 and apparently likely to be followed by lowa and other schools, may give the record keepers some additional moments of worry. It will be all right so long as there 1s a clear line between the “varsity” and “junior varsity,” observers point out, but the cheering sections may be a bit puzzled if two evenly-matched teams, each playing regular sched- ules, are turned out by a single school. ‘What Might Happen. r instance, the roar for the vic- tory of team A on any Saturday aft- al. on his own | Anoy MURRAY- Showing Speed as HALF MILER- 3 By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, —A foot ball series, which started in 1881 and ended in 1914, will be re- sumed in 1929 when Harvard and Michigan renew a rivalry that has thus far seen the lads from Ann Ar- bor thwarted in four attempts. Announcement of a_home-and-home agreement is made by Willilam J. Bingham, Harvard director of ath- letics. The agreement precludes any possi- bility that shattered relations with Princeton may be patched before 1931 I AATES thatPermsylvanta - wilk ot Be on eithér the 1929 or 1930 Har- vard schedule, Harvard is permitted to play but a single game away from home each season. | The first Michigan game will be played at Ann Arbor on November 9, 1929, the secod at the Harvard Stadium, November 8, 1930. The game at Ann Arbor will be the December 7. ernoon might be stilled by reports of disaster to team B on a foreign grid- jron. Or the claims of a champion- ship for team X of another institution, might have a hollow echo in the ta#i}S: end position of team Y. st Then, too, critics point out t! while the formation of two teams give more players a chance to partiefs pate in_competition, it hardly conigs under the head of discouraging "ov_g emphasis,” with two games to played and two “‘gates” to be collected. APACHES PREPPING FOR VIRGINIA GAME Apaches, newly crowned District sandlot foot tall champions, are drill- ing briskly for their engagement Sun- day at Unlon Park with Virginia A. C. The game was called off last Sunday because of the snow. Another attractive grid game book- ed for Sunday is that which will bring together Waverly A. C. and . Seat Pleasant Firemen on the Maryland Park fleld gt 3 o'clock. Waverly will meet !rvln;mn All Stars at Baltimore December 18. - Collegian and Harlem gridironers will face Sunday at the Tidal Basin. KESSLER NEW CHAIRMAN OF BASE BALL WRITERS Gene Kessler, sports editor of the News, ve: was _unanimously elected chairman for 1323 of the Wash- ington Chapter, Base Ball Writers' As- sociation of Americ its annual meeting held at the Post. He succeeds ank H. Young of the Post’'s sports staff. Fights Last Night By the Associated Pre s NEWARK, N. J—Ray Miller,, Chi- cago, defcated: Pets’ Nebo, Newark a0). y 3 INDIANAPOLIS, — Art Wiegand, Buffalo, and Frankie*Wine, Roundup. Mont., drew (10). ‘Mieky 6'Dowd, Mun- cie, Ind, won from Jimmie Dalton, Indianapolis (8). Ga.—Herbert (Baby) L.defeated “Kid” Dor- Okla. (10). Dundee. Baltimore, outpointed Baby Joe Gans, Los Angeles (10). MASON CITY; Clemons, Atchison, Kans., knooked out Artie Schere, St. ‘Paul, Minn. (4). PORTLAND, Oreg.—Willie Gordon, Portland, beat Bobby Eber, Toronto @€0). Towa. — Battling e e Tilts with 105-pound sought by Corinthian_b: have the use of the Petk gym. Call olumbia_1280. IRESTONE TIRES & are ~Among the teams Jerome Cal ‘newly-elected foot ball captain % rgetown University, will lead hi r en next year wiil be West Vir inifg Weslevan. Announcement from f ‘Buckhannon, W. Va., is that the Bob- cats will come here for a contest with tie Hilltoppers on October 20. - Carroll was: el @eorgetown team 188 played at gpard gl for two seasons an Law School. égight. He I team at Catholic Univers! are " to graduate from the: ins n_next June. They are: Capt. Ray Foley Raymond Dufour, William Linekey; Johnny Long, William Hgrvey,' Steve Towell, Paul Saffo, Joe Tierney, BPa- ard Geyer, Jim -Carney and . Bill Byrne. . . YOUNG GRIFFO STRICKEN AND DIES IN POVERTY NEW YORK, December 7 (P).—Al- tred Griffith, 55, known to fight fans of 25 years ago as.Young Griffo, died suddenly early teday. in a basement room on the West Side,: where he had lived for several' years, Tn the absence-of\a report by the medical examiner’_acute _indigestion was believed the cause of his death. Fortune had torned its back on the ee famous fighter in_recent years. s earned & precarious livelihood ped- dling papers and dofng add jobs. PR MERERG VIRGINIA INDOOR MEET SET FOR FEBRUARY. 19 CHARLOTTESVILLE, December 7. —Saturday, February 18, has been se- lected for the date of the fourth an- nual invitation indoor track and fleld games of the University of Virginia to which have been invited the universi- ties, colleges, preparatory schools and high schools of Virgi Maryland, North Carolina, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Six track and three fleld events have been scheduled, with separate classes for' high schools, preparatory schools and college entries, THE FINISH is everything ina job that'is done over; for unless it s skillfully ap- plied by an expert there is a ess that Is easily detected, ro is a failure to last that is a disappointment to the owner. Our auto refinished jobs look like new and they endure. A block below the Raleigh srzhk?fnvl Sterrett & Fleming, Inc. 2155 Champlain St. N.W. Col. 5050 “We guarantee our work” captain of the | Ten regulars of the 1927 -foot. baff]; KARL WILDERMUTH - HARVARD AND MICHIGAN IN TWO-YEAR GRID PACT first time Harvard has ever Big Ten Conference team on latter's field. met a the ANN ARBOR, Michigan, December 7.—The University of Michigan's re- newal of foot ball relations with Har- vard, revealed in announcement of home-and-home games in 1929-30, will give the Wolverines a chance to de- feat a school it never has_beaten. The “champions of the West,” as the Michigan hymn has it, hold a winning margin in foot ball over Mid- western, Southern and Far Western opposition; ot have been unfortumate throughGiit the years in games with ern teams. nce 1881, when Michigan pped out of her territory an iccessive beatings from Ha ale and Princeton, the Wol have played 60 games with Eastern teams, winning only 18, losing 33 and getting tles in the others, PALACE PROS DRILL FOR DETROIT CLASH ington’s professional basket team, whose next American pgue engagement is with Detroit at | Arcadia here Sunday, plangsbrisk s in the meanwhile. z’ .- afternoon first Knights of Colum- aged in’ a and_Ripley's Georgetown versity squad will be pitted against pros tomorrow or Frid xOwner George M all of the local entry nas denied that he is consider- Passon, forward. £ he was not satis- fied with the condition of Passdn and several other mambers of the team. Rochester- . Philadelphi: New York; . Washingten , o 1 4 3 . 9 WESTERN SECTION. Cleveland .... (Fm'! Wayne. Chicggo Det:'?)lt . GAMES TONIGHT. New York at Detroit. Philadelphia at Chicago. GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Chicago. RESULT LAST NIGHT. Fort Wayne, 25; Philadelphia, 18. 000 fagtion, 3585 T.E from and every.p. 85 _ 368 The Values Range From $7.00 to $14.00 EDMONSTON, Inc., 1210 Successor to N. Hess Sons |WOLTZ TO PLAY Y. IN LEAGUE OPENER Y. M. C. A. tossers will engage Woltz A. C. at the Central Y tomor- row night at $:30 o'clock in the open- ing match of the Washington Ama- teur Basket Ball League. Knights of Columbus and Company F. National Guard, of Hyattsville will face in an- other league game Saturday night on the former's floor. Ace basketers routed District Na- tional Bank, 42 to 12, who meet tomorrow re after Call Peerless A. Alexandria, Va., Firemen night in the Virginia city, games with 120-pound teams. Lincoln 6838, Basketers of Jewish Community Center will drill tonight at 9 o'clock for their opening game Sunday night. The Center Juniors will appear in a preliminary Sunday. In a real battle, St. Martin's court- men vanquished Commercial National Bank, 31 to 27, at Central High gym. St. Martin’s Seniors, however, bowed to St. Mary's Celti 14 to 3L. Joe Croson, clever cager, has been added to the roster of the reorgan- ized original Holman Wonder quint. Games for Wednesday with senior or unlimited class teams having gyms are sought by Washington Loan & Trust Co. five. Challenges are being received by Manager J. T. Howard at Columbia 8425, between 5:30 and 7 Bond's Whirlwind basketers visited Frederick, Md., and nosed out Cre- sap’s Rifles quint, 21 to 20. Holden Ourand’s long shot in the final min- ute decided. Engagement with teams having gyms are being listed by Yosemite tossers, who have been strengthened by addition of Blayne Thomas. Call Lincoln 6456 between 6 and 6:30 p.m. or“write the-club at 109 Fifth street northeast. American Security & Trust Co. courtmen bowed to Eastern Preps in the Eastern High gym, 14 to 26. Pennants are on the trai] of 120- pound teams having floors. The man- ager can be reached at Adams 6532 between 6 and 7 p.m. Calvary Reds overcame Noel House Seniors, 33 to 23. Jewish Community Center juniors downed St. Martin’s juniors, 23 to 21. Peck tossers fell before Montrose, 24 to 43. Contests with teams having gyms are sought by Company E cagers of the District National Guard. Call Adams 1107-W between 6 and 7 p.m. Carolina_basketers, who eked out a win over Dixie Pig A. C., 20 to 19, are after more .action. Challenges are being handled at Lincoln 600 after 6 p.m._Dixie Pig entertains Senators in the National Guard Armo vijle, tomorrow night at 748 FRANK FARRELL - Likely Lookitg Titmber Topper A TRIO OF PROMISING GEORGETOWN TRACK TEAM CANDIDATES Promising Dash Man ~ LEAGUE GROUPING BASED ON 1930 CENSUS SOUGHT President Sexton Also Wants Dallas Convention to Revise Rules Governing Player Deals—Major Scouting Methods Are Criticized. ecommendations for the ns a population By the Associated Press, ALLAS, Tex., tecommendations for revision of rules governing player deals and a suggestion for re- ’ classification of minor cireuits today occupied_delegates to tho con- vention of the National Association of professional Base Ball Leagues here. The recommendations wers ad-| nced at the initial session of the | secured convention vesterday by President| ed the impr Mike H. Sexton, who aiso criticized al activities of major leagues. | President Sexton found that after seven years of operation the major- minor agreement caused more or less widespread complaint_from hoth par ties. He urged an effort be made to climinate ohjec nable features befor an open rupture resulted. | The agreement provides that the | minor leagues recognize the office of | | comm| ner as cr ed by the major | leagues and submit themselves to his | furisdiction. ‘The agreement also pro- vides a schedu - promotion .llh\‘ selection of players, nging £1.000 for class D to $5,000 for AA. | were class A, 400,000 80,0 1,000,000t class C class ss E, less than 80 found that the maj r ned b; ed for t nd that they usually D, purposes route t my jnds his eriticism of scouting activities, Mr clared the present indiserir far-reaching signing of youns had proved a serious handi minors. He s he believed tic source of suprly, from colleges a eandlots, would be destroyed unless some sort of protective measures were major ap to th urged minor leagues to adopt new classifications on the basis of the Federal censue in 1930, He believed this would prove an important factor in keeping down expense suj ed a new cl E, for all lesser leagues, with sove of the class D leagues dropping to th level. He proposed to prohibit circuits below class B from the of option players. Leagne pleted eserve hasketers : use 7:15 o'clock at When Fights The Famous§ "¢ B y 5 Deat Kid Lavigne’s i Terrific Memoirs of a Savage The Char Not BY GEORGE (KID) LAVIGNE, of the world, led, two over er England’s . Dick Buige (AS TOLD TO P. RUCKER.) WENT to New Orleans in De- cember, 1894, to meet Andy Bow- en, a_mulatto, one of the toush- est lightweights in the country. and a fine fellow personally. Andy had beaten his fellow towns- man, Jack Everhardt, a few months before in a desperate struggle th: lasted 85 rounds. He also had e gaged in the longest fight on record | when he and Jack Burke fought 110 rounds (7 hours and 19 minutes). That historic event took place at ‘| New Orleans, April 6, 1893. Bowen was a terror to the light- weights and most of them were side- stepping him. He was trained for his fight with me by no less an e pert than the original Jack Dempsey. a master ofiring science. But poor Andy wasn't able to use much’ selenée against me. I set too fast a_pate:*From the first tap of the bell I was on top of him with- out a second's pause. Bowen had, three famous old in his corner, “Australian Bill \ Carthy, Billy Layton and Al Spitz- fadden. My seconds were Sam Fitz- patrick and Jim Hall. The referee was John Duffy, who had refereed the Sullivan-Corbett battle. Orders His Own Death. Andy Bowen was responsible for his own death. He insisted that all -pad- ding be taken from under the ring canvas. He complained that it made the footing slow. The ring floor was of cypress, hard as oak. Overthis hard surface we fought with nothing covering it but canvas. ' Press reports gave the first two rounds to Bowen. He certainly socked me some mean wallops in those ses sions. But by the third round I had the range and from then on until the end I gave him a one-sided whaling. The fight should have been stopped long before its finish, for Andy was repeatedly groggy and almost blind. Bowen was game, however, and fought back desperately. Both of us bled freely, but I never was in trouble. Much water had been thfown on the ring floor to wash up the blood. I caid to Referee Duffy once, between unds, ““Have 'em throw a little resin und,” but every one seemed too ted to do anything. I was anxious to end the slaughter, but Bowen doggedly kept his feet. As we started up for the fl)ur!eemh‘ Clearance Sale ’OftheFamom Hess Shoes The reputation of Hess Shoes for style and quality and long life has won them recognition for Thirty Years in Washington. Hence a sale of this fine footwear always attracts unusual attention. Come here tomorrow prepared to receive the greatest Shoe Values of the year. Your choice of our entire stock, in all the wanted styles. - A Fit for Every Foot There are many thousands of pairs of shoes to select air is backed with a guarantee of satis- $Q.85 $Q.85 G5t Hitting Floor moved Padding. Kid Were Fights! attle. With Andy Bowen, New Orledns Terror, Which Resulted in His h. . e Him Down, Which He'd Head Re- Sent from low - Arrested on_ Manslaughter ze. But Coroner’s Jury Found Him Guilty. round, Jim Hall yelled, “Work him |into a corner and saw into him. this damned thing over.” In one of the corners the canvas d been pulled back. It was there 3Jowen made his last rally. He started rush, but I met him with a pile- driving & His head hit that cypress with a thud. and he lay still with his head under him eut. Lavigne Is Arrested. Five minutes latet I walked over to Bowen's corner to shake hands, | but he was still out. I went to my dressing room, put on my street clothes, and then two policemen came and took me in a patyol wagon to the jail. Bowen, still unconscious, was taken to a hospital. The poor fellow died at 7 o'clock the next morning without having spoken a word. I was charged with manslaughter, but was released when the coroner’s | jury reported a verdict of not guilty. |1 attended Bowen's funeral and | there met his mother. It was an or- deal T would'hate to go through again. This tragedy cast a_shadow over me and I considered quitting the ring. No one outside Bowen's family mourned his death more than I. It was six months before I con- sented to another match, and then it was with tough Jack Everhardt, who had developed into one of the siest of all lightweights. I beat erhardt in 20 slashing rounds at Coney Island. Three months later T knocked out Jimmy Handler in five rounds at Maspeth, Long Island, and then came my long-desired 20-round battle with Young Griffo. (Next—Another meeting with Young Griffo). ANOTHER CUE MATCH. ‘William Kelly and James Maynard were to face tonight at 8 o'clock at the Arcadia in - the District pocket billiard title tournament. William D vidge last night vanquished Joe New- lin, 100 to 48 PO Dupont A.'C. basketers are casting ahout for beushes with senior and un- limited teams. Ar made by calling North —_— At the Sign of the Moon X7 o % o XZXTXY Evening > ® X Dress SUITS Made for You In the Latest Styles Silk Lined $4.5.00 We guarantee to fit and satisfy in every respect. Order now and have ready for the Holi- day Season. 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Manager McGraw of material s h to his élub. “We don't need them as drawins cards, for the Gi well,” McGraw They are not playe o be better than the . they are more ht handed and McGraw hopes to develop him for left-hander ely to go | ‘Then they would want:large sal- We would have to draw about 100,000 more persons into the park | to pay them. And they can't‘be such good drawing cards or such valuable | players, because if they were, the Athletics and Nationals would not let them go. If they are not good enough for the American League, they are not good enough for me.” Speaker still belongs to Washington and Cobb to the Athletics, but it is LEHMAN’S TIRE SHOP 923 H St. N.W. Main 464 Pac. 0f.-- FINE AS ANY IMPORTED Continued and in creasi L the one best teste ineton. B G ¥o. S 650,