Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1929, Page 28

28 TITLE ROUND FOR4 TEAMS SUBGESTED Elevens Picked as Best in Geographical Sections Would Compete. BY H. C. BYRD. PLAN to dedide an actual na- tional foot ball championship each year has been brought out by John W. Heisman, former Georgia Tech and Pennsylvania coach. This plan would provide for dividing the country in sections, and from each section to sclect the best team to meet teams of other sections in a short series of elimination contests. In this way, Heisman holds, a real gridiron champion could be found. Here is Heisman's idea as expressed in his own words in a letter to the writer: “Briefly my plan censists of divid- ing the entire country info four geographical divisions. A. The States east of Ghlo and north of the Mason-Dixon Line— roughly the New England and Mid- dle Atlantic States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, hiassachuseits, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and possibly West Vir- ginia, “B. The Southeastern States— south of the Mason-Dixon Line and east of the Mississippi River—to wit: Virginia, Nerth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessce, Mississippi, Maryland and Louisiana, “C. The Midwest States between Pennsylvania and the Rocky Moun- tains, or extendinz (on -the east), from the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the Rocky Mountains, to wit: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, i Minnesota, Wisconsin, Jowsy Mis- 1;’“!':]l l:)i:klunsn North Dakota, oul ota, Nebraskam, Kansas, Okhhom and Texas, cogmlt: uietrei"h division set’up im| of its own sports wrmers, similar to what you already have in the Southern Conference, and im- mediately at the end of each season let each committee get together and designate which team in their sec- tion was the best for the season, or could most fitly represent that sec- tion. That would give four teams— one in the East, one South, one Midwest and one far West. “Then let the two Western teams get together for a semi-final game on the second Saturday following Thanksgiving day and on the same day let the Eastern and Southern teams get together, wherever it might be deemed best, for their semi-final. One week later let the winners of these two matches clash for the final. “Locations of semi-finals and final could be changed from to if desired. sl “After all expenses of all three games have been deducted from the gross raceipts, set aside 25 per cent, or whatever percentage t be deemed right, for scholarships for boys, not necessarily ath- letcs at some institutions agreed upon—like the Rhodes scholarship at Oxford, for instance—the remain- der of the funds derived from these games to go equally to the. partici- pating colleges and the. :rlun Foot Ball Coaches’ Associal “I am sure I need not !xplnln how highly the entire country would ap- pmve such & plan, nor what zest it would add to the entire season in nch section and in the country as a whole. If some teams still wanted to continue post-season games with certain institutions there is no rea- 1] territorie !he champion team of their terrltory For, of course, t0 make the pi pracucable all teams would have to agree that in the event their com- Edp SPORTS.” Michigan’s Vicious Fast Ball Attack By SOL METZGER. All teams depend upon variety in attack on the basket ball court, just as do well coached foot ball elevens. Thus, Michigan not only has its dribbling floor play, but another type of attack that breaks like lightning once an opponent misses a try for basket and a Michigan guard takes the rebound off the backboard. ‘Then you'll see the three Michigan players, two forwards and center, rush at top speed down the court. No. 4 whips a long, fast pass to forward No. 1, and the latter im- mediately shoots the ball to No. 2, meantime rushing at full speed for his corner of the court, with for- ward No. 3 doing likewise on the opposite side. ‘When No. 2, center, gets the ball he dribblés for the foul line. This dribble centers attention on him, and as he is likely to be checked here in an attempt at basket, he shoots a pass to either No. 1 or No. 3, either or both of whom have broken away from their opponents and cut for the basket. The sketch shows what No. 3 does when taking this pass. He, as would No. 1 under like conditions, dribbles to the basket and lobs the ball in with one hand. This quick, long passing at- tack is 5o much a part of the game t.hat tomorrow we will describe how these passes are made. (covm.m. 1829.) DIXIE CONFERENCE FIVES TO BE BUSY By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., January 14—South- ern Conference basket ball teams this week launch out into the first major offensive of the season, 19 of the 23 institutions competing in 28 games. Seventeen of the contests will be be- tween conference quintets. The University of Misiulppl wul engage Tulane and Louisi State a couple of games each. Ole Miss is booked to meet Tulane to- night and tomorrow night, at New Or- leans, and then will return to Oxford to greet Louisiana State the last two days of the week. ‘The Tarpeels of North Carolina run into only one conference challenge dur- ing the week, the Blue and White cagers being at home at Chapel Hill Priday night to South Carolina. Sat- urday night they play Wake Forest. The Clemson Tigers and South Caro- lina Game Cocks clash at Columbia tomorrow evening. Another blood-and-thunder engage- ment will be the Virginia Tech-V. M. clash Saturday night, at Lexington. Conference games for the week follows: nOfonday might—Misissipp! vs. Tulane at Tuesday night—South Carolina vs. Clem- fon at Columbia, Mississippi vs. Tulane at New Orleans. Virginia vs, Maryland at Char- lottesville, Kentueky va. Georgia Tech at At- Mh%m:lna—xnzmy vs. Georgia it—South Carolina vs. Duke o Durhuu. ntucky vs. Tennessee at nisht_—Louistans State vs. l " Oxtora, North aroling v SOt cnqnan At Chapel Hil. Mississippl A. & M. leans. Saturdag-South Caraling vg, North Caro- . vs. lina State a% Raleigh, V_P. 8t Lexington, vs. Tulane at New Orlesns. Virginia vs. Washington and Lee at Lexington. Louisiana Mississippi at Oxford, Vanderbilt vs. Georgia mittee selected them for the honor they would have to play in the semi- “p boun- darles above because, first, they seem rather 'natural boundaries, and, second, because in each terri- - tory so outlined there are about an equal humber of - colleges and about an equal number in each of insti- tutions flut are now playing high< grade foof the four sections ‘would be sbout on & par with one another. The moré you study this nutement the more firmly, I think, will you be convinced of its verity. "M present all we have along that line is the Pasadena game. shortcomings of that arrangement I need not detail here. Those final games, under my plan, could take place in‘New York or Washington in the East, in Chicago or 8t. Louis in the Midwest, in Atlanta or New Orleans in the South, cisco, Seattle or Los Angeles in the #ar West, or nny other plnm “If it be argued t this would entail too long a senson for the four semi-finalist teams, the answer is $hat it would be for four teams only out of a total of 500 colleges and teams involved in the determination; and that those three - post-season games would not constitute nearly as many post-season games as are now being played anyway by various teams the country over, without any such arrangement. “It may take some time to put over some such scheme as this to decide a national championship in foot ball, but I believe that it will come before long. It seems to me that this is a suggestion that the American Foot Ball Coaches’ Asso- ciation might take up and possibly find some way to work out details to put it in effect.” University of Maryland goes to Char- Tottesville tomorrow afternoon to plaj Virginia in basket ball. The Old Liners have lost two of the three contests in which they have taken part. They bowed to Pennsylvania and to Ran- dolph-Macon after defeating William and Mary. And, rather unusual though it is, Randolph-Macon also beat Vir- ginia in the latter’s opening game, o actually when Maryland and Virginia meet tomorrow they will meet es two quints that have been whipped by a small school of less than 350 students, Maryland's main trouble seems to be lack of speed. The team as a whole g;obably is the slowest the Old Liners ve had in years. Several of the men know basket ball and can play basket ball, but simply are not fast enough to_break clear. Coach Shipley is de- veloping his offense with this full knowledge, and it may be that the team will get going and do far better than anybody expects it to. There is a lot of potential and actual basket ball abil- ity in the squad, and if it can be brought out and made use of by any- body it can by snipley. Catholic Unlvenlty is feeling greatly the loss of the stars it graduated last year from its basket ball team. The Brookland quint simply is not up to standard of that of 1928, and, for that E gE: matter, nobody ever thought it would be. Men like Foley, Harvey and Car- ney are not replaced so easily. likely to be ‘quite awhile before the ‘Brooklanders have a team as strong as \thatwhich. wore-their .colors- last. yrr ) It is wille. COLUMBIA FIVE PLAYS TIGERS ON WEDNESDAY NEW YORK, January 14 (#).—Inter- Leagu lumbia’s debut against Princeton at New York on Wednesday night. , h‘l‘hemfln ht’ into actie team ve on every the six-college circuit except Columbia. ‘There will be three other games dur- ing the week, but the - Pennsylvania team will be idle. ‘Tonight, Dartmouth engages Yale a New Haven. After taking on Columbia on Wednes- day, Princeton travels to Hanover to meet Dartmouth on Saturday. On 5:11;9 night Yale will clash with Cornell W. AND M. GETS KELLISON. RICHMOND, Va., January 14 (#). —Athletic officials of William -nd Mary | the College have announced that John S. Kellison, assistant foot ball coach of the University of Virginia, has been selected as assistant coach of the Indians. Kelli- son will assume his duties at Willlam and Mary this week. — PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. New York Rangers, 1; Detroit, 0. Pittsburgh Pirates, 1; Chicago, 1 (overtime). | New Haven, 1; Philadelphia, 0. Montreal Canadiens, 3; Montreal Ma- roons, 1. Boston, 3; Detroit, 2. AR PRO BASKET BALL. Brooklyn, 27; Cleveland, 21. Y | Neither students nor alumni need feel in the least disappointed because of this, but should rally to the support of the men who are doing their best. When the team is losing is the time when real men rouse themselves most ;thoroughly to its support. | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDAY, Heisman Offers Plan for Deciding National Foot Ball Championship Annually JANUARY 14 1929. SPORTS.” CATHOLIC . BOOKS [7DIAMOND FRAYS McAuliffe Has Good Nucleus for Team—Season Will Open March 26. Seventeen games have been arranged for the Catholic University base team for the coming season and & | match with Fordham may be added. SCHOOL TOSSERS FIGURE IN SIX GAMES TOMORROW ITH six games listed school- boy basketers of the District group will be exceptionally busy tomorrow. Public high school cham clnhu between Eastern and ess and Tech in the Tech mhlp d Busine gym will be the feature matches of the | Md. y. Eastern and Western will take the floor in the first encounter of the double header, starting at 3:15 o'clock. In the only other tilt on a strictly local floor Devitt and Benjamin Frank- lin University will try conclusions in Langley Junior High gym at 8 p.m. Other engagements are scheduled be- Despite that the start of practice is some six weeks ahead, Jack McAuliffe, Catholic University director of lth]eb!(l;‘:z already is thinking not a little al the base ball situation, though the weather right now is far more suitable to indoor sports. Eddie Lafond and Jack Clarke will assist McAuliffe in tutoring the Cardinla diamonders. La~ fond will aid with the Varsity and Clarke will coach the freshmen tossers. McAulifie will have available a trio of veteran pitchers and a catcher, in- fielder and outfielder who played regu-~ larly last Spring. Several varsity re- serves and most of the members of the l19"0d freshmen’ nine also will be on hand. Varsity holdovers are Gene Murphy, John Conlon and Lou Hurley, pitchers; Albert Flanagan, catcher; Babe Belli, second baseman, and Tom Dunn, left flelder. Bo Mansfield, . Duke McCabe and Louis Gioffre are varsity reserves expected to report, and Joe Raiche, who played first base on the 1927 nine, likely will be at hand. Al Reiter, Rocco Blasi, Will Riley, Sweeney and the Cosker twins, Norman and Louls, are 1928 freshmen of whom much i8 expected. C. U. will open its schedule March 26 against Washington and Lee at Lexing- ton, and will meet Virginia Military Institute the next day, also at Lexing- ton. Drexel, Boston College, Vermont, Harvard, Bucknell, Manhattan, Gettys- burg and Delawate are teams to be met here. Gallaudet is the only lfit.smc‘: n:lne“?ookxd for nnhenwunur ere Apri 5 game pend! with Fordham here Apn.l 3. Navy will w be faced at Annapolis May 8. The -schedule follows: n:dlrch 26—Washington and Lee at Lex- on. March 11—Vlrl1nll Military Institute at m‘rflflu). Abril ¢ -Vermont, April 10—Galls Abril 13— Hareare ADl’fl zknelnwn e b 0 e R R il 30—Quantico Marines at Quantico. Ml! 4—Manhattan. Ml’ 8—Navy at Annlpolll. 8y 9—Gettysburi My S HAWKS’ QUINT FACES | STERN ENGAGEMENTS HYATTSVILLE, Md.,, January 1é— Brentwood Hawks, who are heading the Prince Georges County Basket Ball League flag race with seven wins in as many starts, face two stern tests this week in games against the second-place Dixie Pig quint and the third-place Berwyn A. C. team. The Hawks wijl meet Dixie Pigs, who have won five contests and lost one, Tuesday night in L !the National Guard Armory at Laurel in one game of a double-header. Bervyn A. C. and Headquarters Company of Laurel will clash in the other tilt. Hawks will engage Berwyn A. C. in the Laurel armory Friday night in the fea- ture game ct a bargain bill. Headquar- {eam No. 1 Wi try conchusions i Fhe o conclusions e oniy other league game of the week Company F Reserve team No. 2 will hook up with Mount Rainier A. 0. in the nrmnry here Thumhy t in o preliminary to an t.wun regular basketers uf Company F and s | Calvary Baptist quint of wnhlnmn. Team Standing. Brentwood H Company F No. 3. the | ners with 9 and 8 FROZEN aw CRACKED % AUTO ENGINES Welded in the Car WELDIT CO. | 1st and F Sts. NW. & Mount Rainier A. Waahington, 31 15 11, and. the Gompany , 8y F Reserve team No. 1 took the measure of Hyattsville Comets, 30 to 17, in a Prince Count From the outset v.hts’h‘:.me‘“:um out- classed the Nusbaum tossers and Vincent were high worea for the win- points, respectively. Callahan, who caged three goals from m.(fdld 'usb&um'l attack. > Comef not offer Company No. 1 tossers serious opposition. ~The Soldiers were in front, 15 to 8, at the half. Jack Shanklin and Spicknall for Sropn ot Semtio, Qo were leading scorei 4 T 0 meef ‘Tuesday m 8 o’nlock in & 116- pound class matcl noyl Basket Ball A b that loop, in a do\lble-huder outside of that loop, in a double header outside of the league Saturday, 15 to 13 and 25 to 24. ‘Frenchys stand third in the league race. r Mink mu wlshes to fill a few open dates. Frenchys’ schedule with HE mnd class quints, and Griffiths and are especially challenged. uwu be telephoned at Hyattsville 483 be- tween 5 and 7 pm. Frenchys, !ho also play under the name of Hylme High Midgets, have booked home- and-home series wi the Hyattsville tossers will F‘egmary 4. renchy stalwarts include Mink Lewis and Woodrow Hurd, forwards; Tiddles Holland, center, and Ourley Byngj ir., Lee Goss and Burdette Cogar, guards. tween Central and University of Mary- land Freshmen at College Park at 4 o'clock, Hyattsville High and Charlotte Hall at Charlotte Hall at 3:30 o'clock and Hyattsville High and Leonard Hall at Leonardtown at 8:30 p.m. Eastern and Western probably will furnish & highly interesting setto. Each has won one and lost one game so far in the title series. Eastern has beaten Business and Western has trimmed Central. Each has bowed to Tech, the series leader, in close battles. Business will striving to stop Tech, which has won three games in as many starts in the McKinley team's rush toward the title. After losing to Eastern the Business quint came back last Friday to down Central. Should Nathan Newman, 5hlrpshoofin¥l llme forward of the Stenog five, who been out of series play since the Eut- ern nme. be in shape tomorrow Busi- ness is apt to furnish Tech a sturdy battle. So far Coach Artie Boyd's Ma- roon and Gray floor quint has van- quished Eastern, Western and Central. Both Devitt Prep and Benjamin Franklin University apparently have capable quints and are figured to put on & brisk encounter. In the University of Maryland Fresh- | Ii men, Coach Bert Coggins’ Central bas- keters will encounter a strong foe. So | Chic far, the Old Line yearlings have decis- ively drubbed Baltimore Poly and West- ern High. The latter team defeated Central January 5 by 26 to 19, in an op:‘:mx match of the public high uhool serfes. Hyattsville High is hopeful of victories both over Charlotte Hall and Leonard Hall. So far, Hyattsville has won three out of five games, both its defeats hav- ing been at the hands of Central High. Benjamin Franklin University tossers were to meet the Tanks School quint this afternoon at Fort Leonard Wood, BASKET LEAD SHARED BY PURDUE, MICHIGAN By the Assoclated Press. CHIGAGO, January 14.—Michigan § and Purdue were out in front, neck| Va. and neck, as the dizzy race for the Big| p: ‘Ten basket ball champlonship passed the quarter pole today. The traditional battle between In- diana and Purdue at Bloomington Sat- urday night tops this week’s nine-game card. Purdue also meets Chicago at home tonight, but isn't expected to have much trouble. Michigan plays one game, against Illinois at Ann Arbor tonight, but the Illini are not regarded as daugerous. The five games tonight bring_into action Northwestern at Ohio State, Chicago at Purdue, Indiana at Wiscon- ;}R. hllulnnesou at Jowa and Illinois at iC] saturdny night eight teams get into action—Towa at Northwestern, Chi- cago at Illinois, Minnesota at Wiscon- sin and Purdue at Indiana. Standing of Teams. M!chllln . Purdue Wisconsiny hio” 8 o oo CoormmIN omommmmoot 480 Northwestern Leading Mumhl. Purdue . Harmeson, Purdue Truskowskl, Michigani | Hevde, Ohio St Scorers, b E8elREuG waasoned Siricxiand, Tndian OLD DOMINION FIVE HAS TOUGH GAMES | ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 14— Old Dominion Boat Club basket ball tossers have listed three difficult games this week, the first of which will be| played Wednesday night with the Skinker Bros.’ Eagles in the Congress Heights gymnasium at Washington. Harriman Co. tossers of Washington will be opposed Thursday night at 8:30 in the A‘:mo Hall, and on Saturday the Old Doml.nlon five will journey to Richmond to plAy the Bl Manager E. E. Lawler, jr, has an- nounced the Old Dominlon schedule as follows: .Ylnullr 28, Cresap Rifles of Frederick, .; 30, uuburl Independents, at Lees- Skinker Bros. Eagles of Wash- laml Blies of Richmond, at Frederi ck, M ‘Washington: Hyattsville, 4, ame; 18, Jewish Com- munity _Cel ingt s H R . n; 27, Alex- ) o Miaren §. Washington-Lee Hish School, Mare ot Baliston, V. Johnny Bryant’s Epluml ‘Theol Seminary cagers will entertain the man_Clothiers tonight at 8 o'clock in the Episcopal chh School gymnasium. Washington All ehnlll“cly slated to play the St. Mary's Celtics tomorrow night in the Armory at 8:30 o'clock, will present a clmy combination. Louis (“Rip”) Hicks, third baseman of the St. Mary’s Celtics, has been of- fered & contract by Hal Weller. man- ager of the Wilmidgton, N. C., team of the Pledmont League. St. Mary's Celtic Junlors will play one of their most important games of the season Wednesday night, when they meet National Press Building Cardinals in the Central High gym at Washington. George Mason lll(ll School’'s quint and sextet will meet Manassas High School teams at Manassas, Va., in a twin bill tonight. G. U. NOT ON SCHEDUI.E EASTON, Pa., Jaanuary 14 —George- town University is among the schools cal off- $ | met last Spring n be in bue ball by ww- ette which coming season hry t!u Euumlt.m, according to the latter’s schedule just announced. “Yes, Suh/ N that are tobacco plant. Only a few of these silky baautizs grow on each that’s the kind OLD GOLD buys. HEART-LEAF quality Throughout...in both Domestic and Imported Tobaccos FAST MIAMI BASKETERS TO PLAY SKINKER EAGLES KINKER EAGLES who defeated m vaunted Cresaps’ Rifies team of Prederick, Md., P34 to 13 yes- terday in Congmu Heights Au- ditorium have booked an attrac- tive basket ball tontest for next Sun- day on the same floor at 3 o'clock, be- ing listed to the Miami, Fla., tnm. whlch. ueo ling to advance no- tices games in a Tow. Wednndly nllht l.hn Eagles will enter- tain Old Dominion Boat Club on the Congress Heights floor, following a pre- liminary between Sioux A. C. and Po- tomac Boat Club starting at 7:30 o'clock. Despite the absence of Ralph Bennie and Jack Faber, stalwarts, the Birds had little trouble acwnlng the Frederick tegm. Cresaps led for & short time in the early going, but the Eagles soon gained a commanding lead which they held. with six goals from Joe sweeney. scrimmage, 1 vmnn attack. [ 1 Ammh Eagles bowed to riginal Jewish Community Center in a 44-36 game last night on the Center floor. | Georgia Tecl Mississippt North Garal The winners gained an early lead and held the whip hand the remainder of the way. Dalglish was the ace of the winners’ attack, registering 9 points. In the preliminaries, J. C. C. teams also were victorious, the Flashes de- feating Mondaumin Club of Baltimore, 31 to 22, and the Whirlwinds defeating ;rolnt-ou;: Clubmen, also of Baltimore, St. Martin's basketers, who drubbed Knights of Columbus, 39 to 25, yester- day afternoon in the K. C. gym, will meet the Y. M. C. A. quint tonight at 8:30 o'clock in the St. Martin’s (ym. Wanley and Helss were big guns in St. Martin's attack. Thomas was the losers’ offensive leader. Silver Spring Natlonal Guard tossers took the measure of ix Athletic the Siver Bpring gym. - Latecky scorsd e Stlver ng gym. score: 10 points to head the Soldiers’ attack. S'.lnmn floormen vanquished Red Shields, 28 to 26, in lnothgr match nt Silver Spring. Stantons e: Gunners tomorrow night in &e llners gym at 8 o'clock. Tivoll Whirlwinds downed French A. C, 21 to 19, in the curtain.raiser to the skinkér Eagles-Cresap’s Rifles’ game, Premlers nosed out Iroquois A. C. &:&1 15 to N yestel’dly at Jewish unity Cente Kennedy Red shrl. new unllm!ted floor team, meet Ace A. lonlght at 7 ocluck in Central Hi‘h il sanager Ted Ote at Georsia s07 anager a after 6 p‘i‘: g Cleveland Park Flashes drubbed Chevy Chase five, 33 to 17, yesterday in lh: Chevy Chue gym. GEORGIA OUINT AT TOP IN CONFERENCE GAMES ATLANTA, Ga., January 14.—Georgla's basket ball team is leading the South- ern Conference teams in games played within the organization. The standing: u—eeeaoar aryland, Washi ginia Mlmnry Institute, Virginia North Carolina State, Mississippi Aggies and Aubumn have not played in a con- ference contest. P PENN TOSSERS AHEAD, NEW YORK, January 14 (#).—Penn- sylvania sits atop the Eastern intercol- legiate basket ball league and, for the at_least, no rival appears stronx enough to argue -bout it. Team. A, Pennsyivania SrRT Prln:ewn ween ‘ % fi Tatai s 1 3 Dartmouth’ L2 Columbia. o ° PELTZER IS DEFEATED. BERLIN, January 14 (#)—Dr. Otto Peltzer, German middle distance run- ning star, was beaten by less than a yard in a 1,000-meter race at the Sport Palace here by his countryman, Hans ‘Wichmann, Eat a Chocolate, light an Old Gold «..and enjoy both “Down here in my country, where the fine ciga- rette tobacco grows, every planter knows what keeps the coughs out of the carloads. “There are three kinds of tobacco that grow on the same stalk. The ground-leaves [‘sand lugs’ in plantation language] are thin and dry: they have little taste or flavor. The fop-leaves [‘gum my tips’] grow rank and weedy: they are harsh to your throat. But the heart-leaves [‘golden cutters’] are fragrant as a peach blos- som and cool as a dipper of spring water! “OLD GoLD buys the heart-leaves. Just a few golden beauties from the heart of each plant. That’s how OLD GoLDs get their ‘honey-like smoothness.’ That's why you can smoke them mornin’, noon and night.” 1 oF A semizs As fold by Tobacce . Planters of the Sunny South [1] Coarse, gummy fop-leaves o [2] Sand-burned ground-leaves - "13] Mild and silky Hears-Leaves SMOOTHER AND BETTER—“NOT A COUGH IN A CARLOAD"