Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1928, Page 47

SPORTS. Loughran and Stribling Eventually May Battle for Tunney’s Vacated BOTH ARE CLEVER AND PACK WALLOP Each Also Possesses Youth| and Is Gaining Weight to Make the Grade. BY ALAN J. GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, December 20—It that a good light-heavyweight, or even a first-clas middle- weight, such as was Bob Fitz- heavyweight division. There is a distinct need for some such cleaning up as the campaign of has been demonstrated before simmons at one time, can clean up the 1929 is about to get under way, and it would not be surprising to see the task | performed by one or the other of these light - heavyweight products — Tommy Loughran and W. L. (Young) Stribling. Speed and skill have been accom- plishing as much as, if not considerably more than, the old-fashioned sock in this heavyweight era. Loughran and Stribling have both. A long string of knockouts_also is produced to ballyhoo the so-called Stribling sock, but the Georgian has yet to demonstrate its potency outside the barnstorming cir- cuit. Thirty knockouts in some 36 fights sounds impressive enough, until the list ot victims is scanned. Yet there seems no doubt now to most critics that Stribling must be seri- ously reckoned with as a contender for Tunney’s vacated title. The Georgia acrobat has youth and unusual endu- rance in his favor. And it is significant just now that he is more willing to mix Wwith the top-notchers than they are with him. Compared With Tunney. Loughran’s rise to the fistic heights uently has been compared with that of nney, and with considerable rea- son. _The, broad-shouldered, good-look- ing Philadelphian is not showy, but is an unusually effective workman, fast, ring-wise and a good body puncher of Tunney’s type. There is another paral- lel, for Loughran came back to win one of his greatest fights, from Leo Lomski, after being knocked down and almost out, just as Tunney was in his last bat- tle with Jack Dempsey. Loughran dis- played rare courage, as well as defen- sive skill and instinct, in saving him- self from being knocked out by Lomski, for he admitted later he was punch- drunk for a half dozen rounds. Loughran, like Tunney, has had a thorough schooling in light heavyweight ranks, displaying a willingness to fight all comers. Loughran and Stribling, filling out and taking on weight to make the heavyweight grade, have a much better . chance against such full-fledged heavies as Sharkey, Risko, Paulino and Maloney than other 175-pounders who have essayed ring adventures outside their class. Berlenbach and Delaney. Few light heavies furnished more ex- citing moments than Paul Berlenbach and Jack Delaney in recent years, but neither was able to make appreciable headway against the bigger fellows. Berlenbach fought himself out in the lighter division, when still a young man, while Delaney either lacked the stamina and durability necessary to mix with the good big men or found his sharp- shooting ineffective against them. Loughran’ “and Stribling - probably would be bigger stumbling blocks for Jack Dem) than any other con- tenders in t, in the event: the Manassa mauler tries another come- vack. Dempsey has beaten Sharkey and would prefer the rough-and-ready going among such fellows as Risko, Paulino and Maloney. He would find Stribling and Loughran as elusive and shifty as Tunney, with all the speed needed to go at least 10 rounds at a fast clip, something that Dempsey has not demonstrated he can do in the past few years. DAKOTA PLAYS ILLINOIS. CHICAGO, December 20 (#).—North Dakota’s touring basket ball players, who will traverse 5500 miles before they return to Grand Forks, will engage the Illinois five tonight at Urbana in the only game in which a Big Ten team will participate. — REDS PAY COLUMBUS. CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 20 ). ‘The Cincinnati club has settled in full with Columbus for Joe Stripp, former Senator third baseman They sald Pitchers Jablonowski and Wykoff and Outfielder Bernie Neis, recently ob- tained, will go to the Senators. DISCUSS GRID GAME. Negotiations are on for a foot ball game next Sunday between the picked team which last Sunday defeated the Northern eleven and the Ali-Northern Virginia team which has been selected by Jack Tulloch, sports editor of the Alexandria Gazette. ive HIM G_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . THUHSDAY DECEMBER 20, 1928. MERCURY AND SOUTHERN ELEVENS BATTLE SUNDAY Southern A. C. and Mercury Prep foot ball teams are to clash Sunday at [2:30 o'clock at Union League Park to decide the unlimited championship of Southwest Washington. Mercury gridmen played in 150-pound Capital City League ranks and South- erns have had a successful season among independent unlimited elevens. Both teams have large followings. TWO NEW GRID FACES ON PRINCETON’S LIST PRINCETON, December 20.—Brown | and Chicago are the newcomers on | Princeton’s 1929 foot ball schedule. The new schedule also marks the re- turn to the seven-game policy. The traditional game with Yale at New Haven on November 16 is listed as the season’s finale. It has been a quarter of a century since the Tiger tangled with Brown, Princeton winning the encounter in 1903 by the score of 29 to 0. Princeton is tackling another old foe in Chicago, the last contest with the midwestern eleven being the thrilling 21-to-18 Nassau victory in 1922. Chi- cago will come to Princeton in 1929 on November 2. After its eight-game schedule of this Fall, in which Princeton met the Navy on the traditional Army-Navy date, the Tigers are returning to the customary seven-game schedule in 1929. The Navy series will be continued, however, the Midshipmen coming to Tigertown October 26, in accordance with an agreement made last Winter that the contest would be a midseason affair next year. ‘The schedule: October 5—Ambherst at Princeton. October 12—Brown at Princeton. October 19—Cornell at Ithaca. October 26—Navy at Princeton. November 2—Chicago at Princeton. November 9—Lehigh at Princeton. November 16—Yale at New Haven. OFFICIALS ARE CHOSEN FOR COAST GRID GAME PASADENA, Calif., December 20 (). —Officials for the East-West foot ball classic at the Rose Bowl here New Year day between the University of California and Georgia Tech, have been announced as follows: = Referee—Frank Birch, Earlham. Umpire—Herb Dana, Nebraska. Field judge—Bill Streit, Alabama Pol!ly. Linesman—Tom Fitspartick, Utah. 4 Ball Should Drop Straight Down BY SOL METZGER. Among the New England colleges one of the schemes for gaining a basket with the short-pass-change- of-pace type of attack, explained yesterday, is to have the No. 1 for- ward break for the basket. If his guard is a bit ahead of him he makes a quick pivot beyond the As No. 1 turns, No. 2, who then has the ball, shoots it to No. 1 while breaking for him. If No. 2 has a lead on the defensive man guarding him, the play is made doubly safe by No. 1 faking to return the pass from his left side but actually passing it back to No. 2 from his right side and then turning to break to his left. This automatically prevents No. 1's guard from interfering with No. 2's attempt at_the basket. In shooting a basket from the floor, just as in shooting & foul, the idea is to make the arch high, so the ball will drop almost straight down. One’s eyes would be on the basket all the while and the toss made so that it does not strike the front rim. The vertically descend- ing ball has a double chance of get- ting in. It may fall directly through the rim or it may rebound off the backstop. Don’t hit the front rim, as such a ball will rebound almost anywhere and has no chance of scoring. (Copyright, 1928.) ” ‘.' a‘l 12 Hours of real enjoyinent $725 g Filler lon DANIEL LOUGHRAN CO,, INC,, Washington, D. C., Distributors Phones: Main 391-4292 AR ARG SRS A AR AR R SR NR AR R ARG AR ARAAR AR ARAAARARW LLOYD AND WILSON TOP NAVY ATHLETES Leading candidates for the Navy Ath- letic Association sword, awarded each year to the midshipmen who has made the best all-around showing in athletics, are few. The most prominently mentioned for the honor are Russell Lloyd, New Jer- sey, a member of the second class, and Thomas R. Wilson, Michigan, who will graduate in June. ‘The work done by these two athletes d;ldflng the Winter and Spring will de- cide. Lloyd, who weighs 200 pounds and has much athletic ability along several lines, completes his third season of var- sity foot ball and basket ball this year, so that he will be limited to field and track next season. ‘Wilson, weighing 205 pounds and 6 feet and 4 inches in height, has also had three years of foot ball. The other sports in which Wilson has engaged are wrestling and base ball. _— Jack Hendricks, Cincinnati Reds man- ager, was one of the first colleg> stars to make good in major league base ball, huvlfig played for Northwestern Uni- vers! WOMEN IN SPORT When the Jewish Community Center sextet meets the Strayer Business Col- lege six in the Center gymnasium to- night for a pre-season game there will be cause for rejoicing among the host- ess, tossers, for Ida Weinbetg, star of the centerfield last season, will be back in the line-up. It was thought in the Fall that Miss Weinberg would not be able to compete with the team this season, but she has arranged her affairs so that she can give the time to it nad will resume her old place on the squad. Tonight's game is scheduled for 9 o'clock and all players are requested to report on the floor in costume promptly at_that hour. Florence Beall and Dorrice Anderson, both of Washington, have been active on the hockey field with the Brenau College eleven, at Gainsville, Ga., this year. Both played on the class squads at the school and in addition Miss Beall was named for the all-star team and Miss Anderson was accorded honorable mention. Many of Washington’s skilled horse- women will compete in the Riding and Hunt Club's horse show which inaug- | urates the indoor scason Saturday night at 8 o'clock at the club. Margo Couzens, | daughter of the Senator from Michigan, wi ! ride, awong uihe * mounts, her rib- bon vinner Dixie Child, which has at- tracted considerable attention on for- mer appearances. Among the others who are expected to participate in the show are Mrs. Marshall Exniclos, Ada Rainey, Elizabeth Jackson, Maude Preece and Eleanor Snyder. Otto Furr and Turner Wiltshore, both of Middleburg, Va., will act as judges. Girl Scout swimmers who have been reporting for the weekly class at the Y. M. C. A. pool on K street, 40 and 50 strong, are advised that activities will be suspended during the holidays. No class was held yesterday and none will be held next Wednesday afternoon. The next meeting of the group will be on Wednesday, January 2. Dorothy Greene and Loulse Sullivan, directors in charge of the swimming club, have announced that they expect to start a class in live saving after Christmas which will be conducted in conjunction with the regular weekly swims. All Girl Scouts in the city and nearby Maryland and Virginia are eligible to join” the group either for beginners or advanced swimmers' instruction, —_— WICHITA, Kans., December 20 (£).— The Cook Painter Boys, National A. A. U. basket ball champions, got away to a bad start last night in their first ap- pearance since they won the title last Spring by losing to the local Henry Clothiers, 32 to 24, in the Missouri Val- ley A. A. U. circuit. BOYS CLUB TOSSERS LAUNCH SCHEDULES Play in the 130-pound division of the Boys Club Basket Ball League will start tomorrow night and will continue each Wednesday and Friday through March. Optimists and Colonials will meet in the opener. Competition in the 115-pound divi- slon will get.-under way New Year day when Arcadians will meet Frenchy Midgets, Optimists will engage Speakers and Fort Myer will come to grips with Meridians, Complete schedules follow: 130-POUND LEAGUE. December 21, Optimtsts vs. Colonials: 26, Good Shepherd vs. Corinthians; 28, Colonial: vs. Good Shepherd and Times B. C. vs. January 3, Optimists vs. Times B. C. and Colonials vs. Corinthians 4, Colonials vs. Times B. C.: 9. Optimists vs. Corinthians and Good Shepherd vs. Times B. C.; 11, indoor athletic meet for intermediate mem- bers; 16, Times B. C. vs, Corinthians; 18, Optimists vs. Corinthians: 23, Good Shepherd V5 q Corinthians; 25, " Colonials vs. Corin- s, February 1. Good Shepherd vs. Corin- thians and Optimists vs. Colonials: 6, Co- lonlals vs. Good Shepherd and Times B. C. vs. Corinthians; 8, Optimists vs. Times B. C. and Colonials vs."Corlnthians; 13, Colonials . Times B. C. and Colonials vs. Goo Shepherd; 15, Optimists vs. Corinthians snd o Good Shepherd vs. Times Ehepherd vs. Times B ghepherd vs. and Optimists vs. n’s birthday (ath- letic carnival): 27, Colonials vs. Times B. C. and Optimists’vs,’ Good Shepherd: 29, Colo- nials vs. Corinthians and Optimists vs. Times B. C. March 4. Good Shepherd Corinthians and_Optimists vs. Colonials; 8, Times B. C. 13, Gorinthians and Colonials vs. Good Shep- e 3 rd. 115-POUND LEAGUE. Jandary 1, Arcadians vs. Frenchy Midgets, Optimists Vs. Smeakers, Fort Myer vs. Meridians: 3, Meridians vs. Optimists, Speak- ers vs. Prenchy Midgets, Fort Myer vs. A cadians; Meridians 'vs. cadians; 10, For % ridiang 'vs. Areadians, Optimists vs. Frenchy Midgets; i1, Fort Myer vs. Optimists. Me- ridians 'vs. 'Prenchy Midgets, Speakers vs. Arcadians. ond_half—February 5, Fort Myer vs. Meridians, Optimists vs. Speakers. Arcadians vs. Frenchy Midgets; 7, Optimists vs. Frenchy Midgets, Meridians 'vs. Speakers, Fort Myer 1. Arcadians: 12, Speakers vs. Arcadians, Frenchy M 3 a E imists: 14, Speak ans’ 8. imists; 19, Meridians vs. Frenchy Midgets, Optimists vs. Arcadians, Fort Myer vs._Speakers. No games scheduled between January 17 to_February 5. February Fort Myer vs. Meridians, Speakers vs. Frenchy Midgets, Optimists vs. Arcadians; vs. _Prenchy T_vs. Optimists, Meridians Maridhans s, 2 Afoudians, " Optimsiate " ve. 3 ans, imists Frenchy Midgets E March 3, Fort Myer vs. Frenchy Midgets. Meridians 'vs. Optimists, Speakers vs. Ar- cadians; 5, Fort Myer vs. Arcadians. Me- ridians Frenchy Midgets, Optimists vs. Speake: Meridians vs. Speakers vs. .. Base ball is played in California the year around. Throne 135-POUND ELEVENS WILL REPLAY GAME Another hard-fought foot ball game may be expected Sunday when North- ern Preps and Palace Athletic Club meet at Union League Park in the final game* of the Capital City League 135-pound division schedule. These teams battled in a deadlock last Sunday and a dispute which arose brought about an agreement to replay the contest to decide the league cham- pionship. nd Fertone Tt mght agreed to Topiay and Perrone last a Tepla; the game. A win for ‘;::rdthem will clinch the title. 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