Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1928, Page 34

- SPORTS.’ Few Changes Among Dixie Grid Coaches | NEW MEN AT HELM AT FIVE COLLEGES Chance That V. P. I. May Lose Foot Ball Tutor. Basket Ball This Week. BY H. C. BYRD. W changes will be noted southern foot ball conching s tems next Fall So far known, only five institutions south of the Mason-Dixon line e to have new men in charge thei s out for pr The other squads will be under men who have been di- recting them for at least two years, with the possible exception of Virginia Polyvtec b in are whe on ana State Univer: who much to the of eve connected wth ath Donahue savs he is through with ball coaching. He was at Auburn for 19 vear d the past Fall was the fourth vear he h ched at Louisi- r no announcement eed Donahue has been known as chnic Institute, a regu 'm center for coaches Alabama Pol lar foot ball sto the last t who 1: ar coached the M College squad of Clinton, Miss. Mississippi College is a Baptist school and entirely distinct from the Missis. i and M. College and Univer pl. of South Carolina h for several years at Fur- ‘William and a new man to r. and it is reported that lose Gustafson, due to being made to him by Col- said_that so good an im- pression did V. P. I. make at Colgate Jast Fall that the foot ball commis of that institution decided that the man who coachad V. P. 1. would be the ideal man to head the sport at Hamilton. If Gustafson leaves Virginia Poly- technic Institute, his going probably will mark the only change in a South Atlantic school. except that due to take place at William and Mary. Neale is to be back at Virginia for three more vears, Herron is a fixture at Washington and Lee, Raftery at V. M. 1. and Tebell and Collins at North Carolina State and North Carolina University will be back at their po: No change is likely in a local school unless Ci of George Washington goes to Williamsburg to take the Wil- liam and Mary job. Some exceptionally capable men are | handling coaching jobs in the South. Of course, coaches like Rockne and Warner and some others have made greater reputations, but the kind of material coached has a good deal to do with that. Good material takes a | good coach to make a good foot ball team out of it, but a good coach alone 18 not going to get very far in scor- ing startling victories with mediocre material, and the victories Tad Jones, Rockne, Zuppke, Warner, Dobie and others have scored have not been scored with poor material. For the kind of material that makes up their squads, it is probable that Dan McGugin_ of Vanderbilt, Bill| Alexander of Georgia Tech, Wallace Wade of Alabama, Mike Bennett of Sewanee, and others are getting just as 20od results as coaches in other sections. And it is rather remarkable that the foot ball teams of the South that have gone to the far West to play have accomplished more than | the teams of the North. Gil Dobie’s theory of « saching is in | effect as simple as can be, yet effec- tive, Doble says “Give your team a few standard plays, drill it to m chanical perfection in those plays. then teach it the fundamentals of de- fense, and anytime you have better | material than the other fellow you | will give him a beating; and when the | other team is made up of a lot better erial than you have, you are going 1 get Jicked any way, no mat ter what kind of plays you have And plays alone never win any foot bail game.” Romeny Berry, graduate manager of athletics at Cornell, has a lot of dry humor that sometimes passes un- noticed, but often excites real laugh- ter, the kind the musical comedy uriists long for. Recently in New York, Berry was discussing winning Here in what he sald ows, when a coach g weason he talks but when he has had a g seaxon he talks about building developing resoursefulness And sy, you we've had to acter and building up men. s st Cornell Laracter like hell since Thanks. | Hege track and basket ball sguads are getting down to practice alp in preparation for the competl ghortly to take place in each spurt. Beveral of the basket ball wiunds are due to get in action thix week, while the track and fic.d men iniy those of Georgetown and Mar) not sehed: d 1o do a Who # month and Feb rean University fn the first lo to play afier the holidays s listed ¥riday nig Gettyshurg y night b ington poew 1o An Biue Ttidge plays a Boat Geors U ] . Club entertaing n of Alrandria ball been sunounced, th hiew, 1t s understood ged on exveedingly wttraeive The trst clash e with Ruteers on January 12 Yimer Wipley Georgemwn quint of keeping of he Thin in probubly anket Py csrd Fer ¢ perber of the st ot Klyn ) that $tph re profess wut Jenwt for the i 1) bt niig gelting and s sdvunced in wx by rgetoy s Sk arrives, b movement 16 Intercolleginge ence of which 5 ruggested ¥ @ member the Hillop that was Inlerenten 1 would tend 1o 10 be 1y prictice e 1oty Bt ovement rpe e conrt B o yearhed for segarding the no o one i propused TAKES LEAD AT HOCKEY. EW YOIK, dJunuary 4 U9) » kroup of the Vv i " the fast night by 4 goale Lo 2 Py he South. | enim | e | | dinner, | Byuure THE EVENING ASHINGTON sportdom the relinquishment of t Basket Ball League. which will take up the race wher that this city now has representa ity—base ball. in the circuit, which has so cffi motional picture ostensibly for a best are confident he will be ma and, judged by what he has eventuality much to be desired by sportsmanship. Marshall’s efforts to provi able for followers of one of Wintes serving of their keenest appre entered the fastest circuit exisitin able and continued to give gencro become discouraged and quit nd to which red ink figured in his are excelled by none. Increasing giving up, for the time being at interest in sports of all varietics, vote of thanks from Washington' One veteran known as Benny Leonard—annou ity after an absence of former, equally well known here, of J . Leonard, one of the cleverest retired as undeieated lightweight three years ago, after pi nounced purpose of pleasi; career, in which he has b Poor investments are an ext. ke the poundage ring except at catchweights, with is not staging a comeback, merely provided his bread f Turner is at least Spring, but still is good enough shown in the case For about a decade Turner champion of the world. The in this class, but apparently hav weight with advancing years, as Rob Roy Mackey and Gayety. By GEORGE MORIARTY Manager of the Detroit Base Ball Club. Fly It HE well known alibl is a handy device the world over, because the habit of shifting the blame is a widespread human trait, It gets a heavy workout on the ball field, for the game is replete | with incidents that result from mental negligence in observing ' blunders an the motto: “Heads up.” Failure of the runner to catch the hitandrun signal from the batter probably is responsible for more alibis thap any other situation on the dia- mond, except battery blunders, In case of the hitand-run, the run- ner's fallure to start with the pitch | makes him easy prey for a force-out at second base if the hall is hit on the kround to an inflelder; also, the bat- ter often figures that the dozing base runner beats him out of a hit. Then the alibl begins, “Didn't you mee the hit-and-run 7" chirps the batter. n't see it if you don’t give it!" is the reply, ““Well, the next time, I'll paint one on the fence for you! the bat- ter. During the war, Bill Coughlin, old Detroit third baseman, went to France where he orgaunized teams among the soldlers, He developed good teams, but not being professionals, the play ers displayed little skill in grasping the “inside stuff.” One day Coughlin assembled his hest With the Sports Editor ———=======By DENMAN THOMPSON: i ON THE SIDE LINES le the very perience, costly though it has been, way clear to returning to the pros near future, but if not he will cont long as he is able to get about, an Leonard to Return; performer of the ring— oe Turner, who meets Archie Calker of a three-hout card at the Arcadia Turner, although he has not appeared locally 10 years older than Leonard, performers are effective up to and of old Stanislau Middleweight Champ for Years. now claims the “junior middleweight” Pocket, Cau has suffered a distinct loss through he local franchise in the American Transfer of the Capital team to Brooklyn interests, e the Palace club leaves off, means tion in but one major sports activ- The lack of an entrant in the big-time pro court game is no more to be regretted than the fact that it marks sports promoter of George P. Marshall, how. The proprietor of the Palace club, in dispo: the passing as a ver,. ng of his holdings ciently been conducted under the supervision of President Joe F. Carr, ‘steps out of the sports pro- Il time, but those who know him NR a re-entry one of these day accomplished in the past, this is an all admirers of clean play and good best entertainment obtain- T's most outstanding games are de- tion. Did Things in a Big Way. Thoroughly apprised in advance of the risks attendant upon such an enterprise he did not hesitate to make the plunge. He 2, got the best playing talent avail- usly of his time, as well as money, in an effort to put \\'ashingl_fln on the basket ball map in a big way. These efforts were continued long after most men would have to those familiar with the extent trial halances ever since he enteres ety & s d the game it is remarkable that he held o In Marshall this city boasts of n as long as he did. a_sportsman whose attainments business interests made necessary least, all side issues, but his ex- has in no wise dulled his keen It is to be hoped he will see his motional end of athletics in the inue a thirty-third degree fan as d he already has earned a hearty s sports fraternity Turner Carries On. Benjamin Leinert, better nces his intended return to activ- several years, and an even older mat per- still is carrying on in the person in the feature attraction tonight. boxers produced in the last decade champion of the world more than ling up a sizeable fortune, for the an- ng his mother, and entered upon a stage een more than modestly successful, of his class and refused to enter the his title not involved. ¢ for many months, carrying on at the game that has who will he 32 next le in a sport where past the hali-century mark, as is s Zbyszko. to boast a tit was the recognized middleweight pace finally got a bit too fast for him ing taken off instead of putting on is customary with athletes, Joe crown. id Joe Grant, Washington mat luminaries, whom Turner succeeded in popular favor here, at the ringside to see him defend his trick title many of the old-time fans who used to take their wrestling com- bined with burlesque shows at Kernan's Lyceum, undoubtedly will be tonight, as will be the Bijou and the STOVE LEAGUE STUFF The Alibis of the Diamond—The That Was Caught in an Air g Rookie to Miss team and hied them over to St. Na. zafre, where they were beaten in n close game., Being a fighting player of the old school, Conghlin was a hard loser and he began to wall about the fallure of his pet plays to go over. the 8t. Louis Brow tator at this game. “Bill, fsn't it too much to expect | those players to get the hitand-run signals? asked Friel, “That's just the trouble, T wish I could devise a mignal they couldn't miss,” sald Coughlin, Thelr conversation was Interrupted by a terrific explosion in an ammuni. tion dump some distance away, “That's the kind of hitand-run sig- nal I need for those fellows,” Coughlin exclaimed. One of base ball's prize alibls came from a young outfielder who played with Jimmy Callaban's Logan Squares, a sem!-pro team which flour. ished in Chicago after Callahan haa finished his major league career. The recruit had miswed an easy fly ball, and the error accounted for the oppo. sition’s lead in the ninth inning, “How did you drop that fly ball demanded Calluhan, when the player came to the bench, It got caught in an air pocket,” the youngster replied. (Copyright, 1028, North American Nows. vaper Alliance,) was & spec. LEADERS IN SPORTS AT BANQUET TONIGHT By the Asesint g Pry W YORK, January 4.— Kings of varions realms in the sports world will ammeinh)! und one roof here to night at the bret world champlony to be held by the Mud Gurden Club, Ine., In grand ballroom of Hotel Commodore Mingling with these celebrities will two United Htates Ambussadors, IT bank prexidents und an many bank vice presidents, slong with a host of other leading business wmen of the country, Muyor Walker will be toust i Myron T. Werrick, Ambamsador 10 France, and Ogden Mammond, Ambax | | tative of Lase ball; 15 wador 1o Bpain, head the gathering which will pay (ribute to amiteur nid professional standard bearecs in their VeRpective pursuits, iucats of honor ney, heavywelght ¢ tutlve of hoxing; 5 will be Gene Tun Snplon, repres JLuth, reprossn Wby Jonen, golf tennin, Devereaux Mil I Cook, hockey; Fread Hpencer and Charles Winter, cycling The Aclegats of Rritish sportsmen will be Bir Willlam Wiseman Ttegrets ut fnability 1o atfend wili be resd from Col Charles A, Lind hergh. who cable the commitiee from Han Balvador 1o that effect. Lind bergh, wha cabled the commities from tative of the Natlon as the champlon birAman. e hed wecepted an nyity tvivien, along the | oigy bt thit | | e | ¢ 1 Cougars moved o tirst plece | phis el m wfter e hsd lunded in Mexic, wan before he hnd de upon hie good will fight 1, America 1Aen Bouth MACK DISPOSES OF HUSTA, PHILADELIWIA, January 4 (A oninle Muek, mannger of the Philadel Athletics hus announeed ha Carl Husta, third hascina o the Toledo Chlib, Anwrican Aw mocintion, on option. He wi Inwt yenr from the Rock Moun Club uf the Piedmont Lesgue, , had beer | Fights Last Night By the Associated Pr BILOXI, Miss.—Big Boy Peterson won by i technical knockout over Jack Clifford, St. Paul (3) LOS ANGELIH. ~Newsboy Brown, w York, won over Johnny McCoy, Californm (10). INDIANAVOLIS - Angeles, defeated Juck Chiot §lkhart, Pueblo, Colo, (101 Tony Handers, Chicago, outpointed Jackis Feynolds, Muncie, Tnd. () WINNIPEG, Munitob. - talne, « welght ¥ Red Ullan, Los el nudian Aofented Kins, Columbus, Ohlo (10), FRENCHMAN WILL fRAIN SPANISH OLYMPIC TEAM PAIUN, Junuary 4 (B).—The team which will represent Spatn in the 1925 Olymple gamen will have & French man uw tralner. George Andre, vet eran French hurdler and alluro athlote, han been engaged for the p Andre, who st an Olymplo rec by representing Krance at Btockholm, 1912, Antwerp, 1920, and Paris, 1924, recently moved 10 Barcelons, the Hunniwh “capital of aports, Krench athletic followers vesent (he teparture of Andre for Bpain, belleving he might have been used 1o good i | vantage In his own country, OUTFIELDER bF BROWNS HURT IN BASKET BALL BELOIT, Wis, January 4 (A A Bhoite, outhelder for the Loutw Brownw and former Milwai autfelder, sprafned hiw loft ankle n bawkot ball game hero. Mo was [olaying with w Stockford, 111, team Finctors swid {f he did o more plny g s weason he would he ahle (o vempuah for Bpiing hise ball practice, Fon middle Mickey Bill Friel, now business manager of | STAR. WASHINGTON. D. ©., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1% : Pirates Bolstere ATTENDANCE IN 1927 NEW YORK, January 4 (#).—Base ball attendances soared to new record heights during the 1927 campaign. Business Manager Edward G. Bar. row of the Yankees today disclosed a total paid attendance of 2,246,096 at home and on the road. About 100,000 passes were dis- tributed for the Yankee Stadium and a like amount at visiting parks. The Yanks broke their own mark at home and in their travels. Paid ons to the stadium were 1,264, while away the total aggregated 08 The attendance for the Hugmen sur- passed that of the Chicago Cul hy more than 70,000. The Cubs set a new National League record with a patron- age of 1,190,000 at home in 1927, Although the Yankees outdrew the Giants in New York, the New York Nationals were the bigger attraction on the road. McGraw's club drew more than 1,000,000 customers awa from home hecause of the closeness of the National League race, in which the Giants were contenders to the finish. IS HEADED BY PREHN By the Ascociated Press. CHICAGO, January 4—Starting at the bottom and working up is nothing new in the life of Paul Prehn, who be came today. by that method, chair- man of the Tllinois State Athletic Com. mission. Phren is the only survivor of the threa commissioners appointed by Gov. Small to take charge of hoxing when the Lager law went into effect in July. 1926. 0. W. Huncke and John C. Righeimer, the other two chair. men, were, with Prehn, the original commissioners. Samuel P. Luzzon, Chicago Iabor leader, was appointed to Huncke's place ‘several months ago, and the vacaney caused by Righeimer's resig nation fs still unfilled. The appointment of Prehn to the chairmanship places Tlinois in line with Kansas fn having boxing con- trolled by those trained in_develop- ment of colleze athleties. For elzht years, since his return from the Army. Prehn has coached hoxing and wrestling at the University of Tllinois, winning the Western Conference title in wrestling six times out of eight. In the Army he was a bayonet and box- ing instructor. At his inaugural meeting yvesterday Chairman Prehn announced several suspenstons, accepted the apology of a manager who had flouted the com- mission’s judges and pigeon-holed the appeal of Joey Sangor, Milwaukee featherweight, for reinstatement. This stern policy of discouraging hoxers and managers who do not produce good, clean. lively exhibitions will mark his rule, Chairman Prehn sad. like a college coach in advising scores of aspiring voung mitt slingers who come to the commission for counsel He interrupted his first meeting as chairman to describe to an 18-year-old lightweight the qualifications he #«hould look for in taking on a manager, AUTO RACE FOR NEW CUP LONDON, January 4 P).—A gold cup valued at more than $5.000 has been donated by the Royal Automobile Club for world-wide perpetual speed competition. It will be to automobile speed what the Schneider Cup is to airplane speed. The first race for the trophy will be held at Daytons Beach, Fia., in February, If the Royal Automobile Club can arrange matters with inter. national clubs by that time. The cup is the gift of Sir Charles Wakefleld, a former lord mayor of London. YANKS WILL PLAY THREE NATIONAL LEAGUE CLUBS NEW_ YORK, January 4 (P —St Louls, Boston_and Brooklyn clubs of the National League will furnish the chief opposition for the New York Yankees during the Spring training exhibition schedule. The world champlons’ first squad has been ordered to report to St Petersburg, Fla., February 27. The re. mainder of the team will arrive a week later, PITT T START TONIGHT. LOS8 ANGELES, January 4 () University of Pittsburgh Panthers, de- teated at the annual tournament of roses foot ball game last Monday, will leave mouthern California tonight for San Francisco and probably will stay vwer at the Bay City for a day or ILLINOIS BOXING BODY | At the same time, he acts almost | YANKS DRAW RECORD ' TUNNEY IS DETERMINED ON TWO FIGHTS IN 1928 Deciares That Agreement Is Mot Binding and That He Will Do of the Dictating, By the Associa IZW YORK, January 4.—Gene Tunney came home from the Southiand today with a dou- ble-barreled surprise for Tex Rickard and increased deter- mination to defend his heavyweight championship twice in 1928, Vigorous after a twoweek sojourn in Miami, Fla., the champion, with light topcoat opened and whipping about in the bitter winds of a North- ern cold snap, stepped from his train and immediately opened fire on the Madison Square Garden promoter. “Tex Rickard has a genuine sur prise awaiting him on Kebruary 1, when he s due to post $100,000 under a clause in the optional agreement he holds on my services as heavyweight champlon of the world,” said Tunney. “He will find himself in a nice predica- ment. Has a Bigger Offer. “Right now T am considering an of- | | fer that amounts to § 00 more than Rickard will give, and from a pro moter who can stage a heavyweight titlo match anywhere in the United States. It is sure to go over. He is -not Jim Mullins, the Chicago pro- moter, although I also am considering a proposition he has made.” While refusing to name the pro- moter, Gene would not deny, either, that the man was a metropolitan rival of Rickard. Nor would he admit that Humbert J. Fugazy, who has an- nounced plans for a $5,000,000 indoor arena here, had named the sum he admitted was enticing. On the basis that Rickard's preliminary agreement for 1 with the champion calls for a financial return similar to that re- ceived by Tunney for his title defense against Dempsey in Chicago last Fall, the rival figure would aggregate ap. proximately §1,116,000 for a single fight. Rickard paid Tunney $991,000 for his services at Soldier Fleld. “The option Tex has on my services is a legal joke and doesn’t prevent me from fighting either first for some one else or later,” Tunney said. “The PLAYING THE GAME Foot Ball Profits Defended BY FIELDING H. YOST For the Associated Press. Foot ball of 1927 and 1895 present sharp contrasts, The latter year is the one in which I played my first| foot ball at West Virginia University. In time the two dates are a third of a century apart. Foot ball has just ended its most successful year. Its greatest crowd was in Chicago recently. The East witnessed its largest crowd in the an- nual Army-Navy game. The West Coast added its feature with 90,000 to see two beaten teams decide honors. | TO BE HELD AT DAYTONA Michigan's team. in round numbers, ‘ed before a half million people this vear, this being regarded as the high attendance mark for any college team. Had to Buy Own Suits. A third of a century ago most of the undergraduates of West Virginia who played foot ball purchased their own €quipment. The university ath- letic association did not have the money to secure suits. Buying my own foot hall to periences that first vear. when trips were taken In general, the players hought their own railroad tickets and | were reimbursed when the manage- ment collected the small guarantee at the end of the game. In those days, the players, the captain, the manager and the coach—if the team had one— virtually had control of foot ball and ita_funds, Today all equipment 1s supplied by the athletic heads. The financial side of the game is under the direction of the governing boards of the uni- versities, and the dollar of the foot ball zate i materially different from the dollar the university gains from student fees, endowment and appro- priation. The size of the gate does not make a dime’s difference in the pay of any of the coaches nor in the care or equipment of the foot ball team. Profit-Making Falr, The advance of foot ball, first to self- support and then to profit, has caused much to be said about commercialism in the great Fall sport. The financial success of this year has caused a re. sumption of the talk of money mad- BY JOAN A. FERRALL. 1112 K1 came Into the office at noon, “I'm oft for the rest of the day,” he announced Tow nbout going over and shooting w few games this afternoon.” “You're always off,” admitted the Old Pimer, significantly, “Hut an for bowling with you, I'm’ dated up fo the afternoon. 1 promised Allce A to take her over for a few games oday at o i wa milta me.” wald the Kid, “ana 1'd be glad to hnve Allce Ann witness the trimming 1 prepared to hand on Y“%itow come this afternoon off and all thin tallc wbout bowling, any wiy,” the Old Timer wanted to know on told me Haturday that you were flat.” 1 wan," ted the Kid, “but 1 landed an_accounting job and cleaned up three bucks Sunday,” The OId Timer waw horrified “You broke the Sabbuth? he de: manded, “What would your Hunday school teacher say about that?* It Was the Kid or Nabbath, “One of us had to be ‘hroke,' and 1 thought it might an well be the Hab wald the Kid, defonsively. “Well, I 10w all vight with Allce Ann, 'L k and go over with you at hat wulte me Al right” wald o Ann, Who hiad been |intening In “Phe KIA I sieh a hard loser,” ex- platned the Ol Thner. I things are not break ||1 Fight for him in a bhow! ing mateh, he talks to the pine In & way that might shock you, and if he trien to restrain himself, it may kil him." an't 1t terrible to howl agreed Allos Ann. Well, vV opart,” admitied the Ol Timer, frankly, “I'd much rather bowl with & hard loser than with wny Kind of a winner. 1Us all vight about including the Kid, then, Maybe Biw vavings will ke my mind off my own howling tranblen | gertainly wim shooting ‘whete they aln't' (hese days "Fret wot vour glakard over ad verss fales, for a fret glesnrd in- capaciinten,’ " g the Kid, eons solingly. “You certatnly oan fonl yourself easily, The tough ek you are complaining ahout te mevely that YOu Bre getling back (e your normal with ness among colleges, although it 'Some Bowlers Are of Top Rank; Other Bowlers Are Just Rank What you know remember those cracks when 1 get you over on the alleys,” promised the Old Timer. Takes Private Lessons, “Yen? mald the Kid. “I understand you've heen practicing with Allce Ann wpeed, down goen up must come !1 hope she's taught you a few of the fine really know slow points of bowling. The game demands intelligence, — you which is why you make such progress,” Alles Ann ta really protty xplained the Ol Thmer, *She 4 the other day and once she picked off the two corner pins with successive whots for a 10" “That's a 1ot hetter than T usually 0" admitted the Kid. "It must be a 1ot more interesting for you—bowl. fng With some one ubout your own wpeed Why he's a good bowler,” Inalsted Allee Ann, coming to the OK Timer's vencue o had gamen of 81, 87, 92 and the other dav. Ian't that ViEht ™" whe asked, noticing the Ol Pimer's “lay off ylenal “ONh, he's Just modest about his hig pamen wald the KL “That's a lot botter than he usually does. Mo fust tinoren seores —-bowls for the exer A av, 16 T conldn't ek you with one hand tied hehind me-—" began the Ola Thmer, What Class? “Why, Rudy savs the Ol Timer s good —a howler of the fiest rank." put in Allos Ann PRt fn partly trae, admitted the KiA, cheertully, an he made his way toward the door, “I'll be back In halt an hour, “What do you mean—partly tru the OI4 Tlmer onlled after him “Well, vou've cortainly « rank how! o maid the Kid TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F s R ‘was one of my ex- | He Has With Tex Rickard basis of law 15 common sense, the fun- damental principle of a contract is equality and a just return on one side for privileges ~ relinquished on the other, “The finest of me_ th al minds have told 1's contract does not these principles nd is worth- Besides, there i a elause in that option that Tex has overlooked, says my opponent must he agreeable to both Rickard and myself, and l':lfl‘ be named when the promoter posts his | forfeit on February 1. | ‘This, Tunney intimated, was the | | shell that held the explosive he in.| tends to loose on Rickard when time comes for fulfillment of early provi- sions of the agreement. The champion believes the contract, which Tex de- clares gives him an exclusive option on the Marine's services until Octo- ber 1, 1928, is inequitable in that it fails to make any financial provision for him if Rickard fails to produce a challenger by October 1. Tunney said that if the finalists in the promoter climination series, through poor show- ings, should eliminate themselves from | public acceptance as challengers, then Rickard would not be obliged to stage a title match this year, Tex Not His Manager. | “Tex Rickard is managing enough | fighters now, and he never will man- age me,"” Gene =aid as his color mount- | ed. “In the future, I shall protect iene Tunney's interests and his alone. 1 have had a rough time get. ting where I am today—if T am any where. I shall not be ruled by peo. ple with the interest of others at heart."” Gene returned to New York for the #ole purpo: of attending the “All- champlons' " banquet of Tex Rick- ard’s “600 Millionaires’ " Club tonight. If called upon to speak, he will discass only the history of boxing and some of its lighter phases. He plans to leave, January 10, for a 10-day stay at Dover | Hall, Ga., before returning to Miami | to set up light training quarters V\'Hh‘ several sparring partners already on the ground. might be asked of the dollar critics if it is a crime for a department of the university to pay its own way. ‘With the conversation in progress, however, it might be well to find out into what avenue these foot ball dol- lars flow? When I came to Michigan as athletic director in 1921 the receipts from foot ball were just about paving for the physical education program. This is a condition that quite generally prevails throughout the college world, even to- day. In the short space of six vears| the ‘profits from foot ball have made | possible-the planning, and largely the lization, of a $3.000,000 expansion program in facilities for athletic com- petition and facilities for student play. Has Aided Michigan. This program has added 80 acres of ground and has provided a fleldhouse for men, an intramural sports building, | a fleld and fleldhouse for women, an | ice coliseum for skating, a stadium and tennis courts and developed grounds for intramural play. It has increased the instructional staff supervising | sport and play from 9 to 27. What has been done at Michigan has been accomplished at virtually all the other schools in the measure fin | which foot ball profits paid for more | am. far as T can see the dollars of foot ball are providing funds for plant |and equipment to all the non-foot ball | competitive teams, at Michigan num. {bering seven, and also are providing apportunity for recreation for all mem. {bers of the student body. commercialism in sport—if this is high | numbered among those who have some part in it development | 'BIKEMEN AR n the existing physical education ea 1t this is | finance in foot ball—1 am glad to be | ! SPORTS. WEST AND BARNES SIGN WITH GRIFFMEN FOR 192¢ Receipt of two more contracts for service with the Nationals next | season was announced today by President Clark C. Griffith—Out- flelders Sammy West and Red Barnes being lfla athletes to climb aboard the band wagon already graced by Manager Harris and tchers Bob Burke and Idoyd Brown. Barnes sent in his document from Suggsville, Ala., and that of West was received from Rochester, Tex. Both reported themselves in tip- top physical condition and this was particularly gratifying in the case of West, who was ailing most of last season, but has been tentative- ly picked as regular center flelder of the Griffmen this year. resident Griffith, Vice President William M. Richardson and Secre- tary Edward B. Eynon, jr., were re-clected directors of the Washing- ton club, at the annual meeting held yesterday afternoon. No di demd for 1927 was declared, it hav- ing been decided to concentrate on rebuilding the club for the next campaign. BROWN GAINS CLAIM T0 FLYWEIGHT TITLE By the Associated P; LOS ANGELES boy Brown of throned Johnny oy, flyweight champion by | | | | fornia Athletic Commission. Brown's victory over McCoy by a| decision in a 10-round bout here last night gave him a new start in his | campaign for the disputed world fly- welght title. The Newsboy recently | was defeated by Izzy Schwariz In New York, in a bout recognized there | as for the division championship. Admittedly a menace to any fighter | of flvweight poundage, Brown started | his ruching tac h tha opening bell. The Newshoy was awarded five | rounds, McCoy three and two were de- | clared even McCoy also showed a willingness | to mix freely and the first round was even. Left hooks to the jaw and| rights to the body gave Brown the edge in the second and third periods. | The fourth was even. Prown took | the fifth, sending McCoy into a cor- | ner with a wicked lef: hook to the | jaw. The Newsboy continued the ag-| gressor to outhox his opponent in the sixth and seventh rounds. | The Californian came back in the | elghth with a series of hard rights and lefts to take the round. He kept Brown off balance in the night with a left-hand attack and also won the | tenth, knocking the Easterner down.| Brown, however, was up before a count rted. | Brown weighed fn at 11% pound: while McCoy weighed 112, the fiy- weight limit. E PAIRED FOR SIX-DAY EVENT By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 4—The teams entered in Chicago's nineteenth | | six-day bicycle race, starting next Sun- day night at the Coliseum, were fina! paired off today, with eight of the li conceded at least a fair chance of | carrying off first-place in the endur. ance peddling. | Reggie McNamara, six-day bleveling | iron ‘man, and his partner Charley | Winter are one ofthe favorite team Alfred Grenda, Tasmanfan veteran, after a lengthy retirement, is to racs again, paired with Carl Stockholm of Chicago. | lowing is the lst of teams. | Me! Newark, N. J. and York . }r‘ k. and Freddi Tand Gerard Debaets. d Jvineton. N. J. and Kisas , Sermany. and Norman Hi 3. Chicago, and Altred Reneratto, T and " Alp! Secaucus, N. and t Vermee er and Fddie Merkner, Ct Gams g W J. Srencer. Ne cinco. and B and Lawrence | feated d for 1928 Campaign INFIELD, SLABBING PROSPECTS BRIGHT Bucs Not Expected to Feel Loss of Cuyler—Strong Catcher Needed. fleld and pros- pects of hetter pitching make Pittsh, hom a winner in National League base se, in the opinfon of sports experts and 3 of the team that the 2 of 1927 s win the bunt: An outstand ment in the club will be the presence of Spark Adams, acquired through the Cuyler deal, at second base, to plug a weak spot in the Pirate machine. Adams on will be availab chance to secon nd _true pinch hi ger Donie Busn wil race with the fa and hart, of the by the followe: the acquisi than balance the nor will be at third, assuri rates one of the best infields needs another catcher to forti- department in an eme the v Johnny Gooc F injuries and il Pira’ luck in the form of ness during 1927, the feel that with an even break the pitchers who won the pennant last vear will give a good account of them. selves during the coming season. Mil- jus, Kremer, Meadows, Aldrige and Hill will be on the firing line. Bush expects m of Fred Fussell, Texas League star, and believs make the big league A score of roo for Sp: ivities, from this mat expects te giean a few real base ball players. While ate adherents already count the pen as won, team lead- ers agree that they will get some real opposition from the Cardinals, the Giants and the Cubs. LEONARD WIL.L RE-ENTER RING AS WELTERWEIGHT NEW YORK, January 4 (P.— Benny Leonard, who left the ring about three years ago as the unde htweight champioh of the as announced that he would the gloves again as a weliter. world, n weig] Leonard said he hoped to make his return by next Summer. KENNEDY A. C. TO MEET. Kennedy A. C. meets tonight at the home of Manager Ted Otte, base ball and foo: ball manager, to plan the annual club smoker and dance. AR SERYICE STATION + e smame 120 We match this against them all— regardless! 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