Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1929, Page 52

w STATE “STRANGER” T0 GRIDIRON SPORT High School Youngsters Not Brought Up to Play Fall Pastime. BY H. C. BYRD. ALTIMORE people res the management of stadium in which virtually all big foot ball games in thnt city are played, are puti lorth, great pflnm to get a big crow: w at- tend the Navy-Notre Dame contest Sat- urday. In fact, it is doubtful if city authorities anywhere ever so went out of their way ‘n efforts to get cash cus- tomers to attend a foot ball game as they are doing now in Baltimore. It seems strange that in a big city with a game such as that between Navy and Notre Dame promises to be, it is necessary for the eity officials to go out of their way, away out of their way, in order to stimulate tick:t sales. If that game were played in any other city of the country, in all probability there would now be no tickets available. In New York, at West Point, it is impos- sible for one tobuy tickets to the Army- ;ntl: Dame game scheduled for Novem- T 30. Maryland simply is not a foot ball State. Of course, the race tracks take a good deal away from gridiron interest, but, even considering that, it is likcly that there is less foot ball interest in mry)und than any other State in the t. nsible for Youngsiers Don't Play Game. In the first place the high schools | generally do not play the game and those responsible for State-wide devel- opment of athletics in the public school system are not favorable toward the game and actually discourage it at every opportunity. Consequently, people in the towns throughout the State ncver get what might be called foot ball fever, as they do 1n other States. ‘Take the State of South Carolina, for instance, which compares in many re- spects to Maryland. There every high school has a team and a kind of town pride is developed in the accamplish- ment of teams representing its high school. Consequently, general interest in the sport is a natural growth, and Eeople come to know foot ball and to ke it. In Maryland, little is known of in many sections. In fact, outside of Baltimore -City the game hardly exists, as far as the high schools are concerned. Cumberland, Hagers- town and Annapolis, three of the towns, have recently begun to dev foot ball teams, and it may be that other small cities and towns will take it up, but until they do foot ball will ot attain the popularity that it has in other States. When foot ball is taken up and played generally in all the high | schools, then nobody will have to make | much effort to get out crowds for games anywhere. Officials Forced to Ballyhoo. A game between Navy and Michigan. 8 game between Navy and Notre Dame ought to fill any stadium in the country, and probably would in any city but Baltimore. Out in the Middle West in cities not more than a third the size of Baltimore stadiums are sold out and those in charge are sel able to fill more than half the lpg ications. But in the biggest Mnrylln ity it seems ecessary for even city officials to Datiyhoo In ovder o et emough_ people | to attend a big game t2 show enough interest to warrant again playing the game in Baltimore's stadium. Baltimore has the reputation of not being a “big time” city, as far as sports are concerned, and even less is (houlht of it for foot ball. lh:{ people in sports s of ‘Baltimore without much regard for the kind of expression use, but actually Baltimore is not !m-mt from what any other city would be under the same circumstances. New | ally Rich- Ym City, Urbana, Ann Arbor, , Palo Alto or New Orleans will flll a foot ball stadium for any big El'nfl. but how many stadiums would filled in these cities for an Eng- PORTS. Freak Grid Line-up Worries Opponents BY SOL METZGER. Rarely do strong foot ball elevens depart from the orthodox defensive formations shown in yesterday's ar- ticles, unless the team on attack L uses something in_ the way of a “freak line-up, such as Michigan's old spread play or the three-men out line-up Princeton learned from West Virginia. Defenss is 8o set in its ways that oddities in it meet with odd results. In 1926 Pennsylvania played Cali- fornia a New Year game on the Pa- cific Coast. California was then coached by the late Andy Smith, who was the coach of Lou Young, Penn's present mentor, when Lou Wwas playing on the Red and Blue. That year Penn had a great line O caLirorRMIAS GOAL-LINE. o O DEFENSE VS PENN [o]ece o) HTGCGTH E GOAL~LINE $ a 9 MEN OM LINE- |T WORKED E 2 OMI0 6TATE -OROPPED DKHM glunger in “Papa” Kruez. But when 'enn made one advance to the shadow of California’s goal Kruexz couldn't break through. Smith, in- stead of playing the orthodox seven- ‘man line, placed nine men on it, with but two to back up. Young asked Smith afterward what would ve happened had Penn used a forward pass. “No one would have been able to get across the line to catch it,” said Andy. “My men were instructed not to let a player get by.” Ohio State's departure from stand- ard defense against Princeton two years ago met with disaster. Jack Wilce, then coaching O. S. U., feared Princeton’s passing attack. To break it up he dropped his ends back from the line. Roper's men countered with smashing off-tackle plays to win the game hands down. Freak defenses against standard offenses seldom ‘work. You won't catch O. 8. U. using them to stop Iowa's plays at Colum- bus when these teams meet Saturday on account of the strong sweep off tackle Iowa possesses. 4 __ (Covyrisht, 109 .LELAND TO USE TRACK SPEED TOTING PIGSKIN By the Assoclated Press. Cy Leland, who has outdistanced such sprint celebrities as Claude Bracey and George Simpson, may be the fastest man in collegiate foot ball this Fall. Heummhnd-mmw- back berth with Texas Christian Uni versity Last year, as & sophomore, he Y‘:hye.r‘ more than enough'to win a Leland once was persuaded to abandon foot ball ambitions. Now he is convinced th» gridiron will not slow up his track carecr. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1929. SPORTS. orced Ballyhoo of Navy-Irish Game Shows Maryland Apathy for Foot Bali CAPITAL CITY LOOP MEETS SATURDAY To Iron Out Rules for Grid Campaign Which Will Open on Sunday. O complete plans for the opening of the Clr;“-ll City Foot Ball League schedule Sunday a spe- cml mml.nl of npruenuuz‘:u making uj eircuit vlfll be hcld Blfllrflly nitht at 7:30 o'clock at French's store, 721 Fourteenth strest. The manager and coach of each team entered in the lcague are asked to attend as well as Joe Mitchell, McClure, Simpson, hn< ning, Clapper, Wondrack, Stevens and Paul Smith, referees. League rules and changes in the of- ficial gridiron rules will be discussed. Eligibility lists must be turn=d in at French's store not later than Saturday at 9 p.m., by which time franchise fees must be pnld in full. Nine games in three classes are sched- uled Sunday. Four contests are to be played in the 135-pound class with three in the senior class and two in the 125-pound division. Here is the complete card: SENIOR CLASS. Marions vs. 8t Stephen's, Seat Pleasant Field, 1 Referse. Simpro llnd Fairlawn o Muhl'g Preps vs. No 3 e m Reteree, 3. Mitene Pfl!ndl vs. Mercury A. c. Fairlawn , 3 pm. Referee, MeClur 135-POUND CLASS. 7%, Nolvesines. Potomse Park 3 pm. Referee. Clap 3P, Tisrdteiats, Priendship, Referee, Fanning. llefldlnau 75 Golumbla A C. Potomac E e, ‘Clapper. Hawks 3u, Notrs Dame. Falr- lawn No. 1. 1 p.m., Referee, McClure. 125-POUND CLASS. Atecs vs. Brookland ' Club, Potomac Park N m. A § G. erals Mount Rainier. reliriawa Su 3,1 pm. Referee, J. Mitchell. ‘The latest addition to the Mohawks, District sandlot foot ball champion, who will open their home season Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Clark Griffith Stadlum against the Catonsville, Md., eleven, is Calaghan, former Villanova captain and backfield stalwart. In its only game so far the Catonsville team drubbed the Frederick, Md., eleven last Palace Ind dnwl sometimes as many as 1oo- rsons. The wmp-fllonu&roh u:muenuurmnitlho be, to show the reason for foot ball's lack of dnwtnz power l.n Baltimore, wt basic- reason for Mary] gen- mlly not holn( oufly enmulhmc about the game is that they do not know enough foot ball, do not come in con- tact with it frequently em:,x&h to de- velop real familiarity with a liking lish rugby game, a zame that in Eng- “Ir’s for 1 the right shoe for men of the younger set” « « « the Style Experts de- clared as they chose Bosto- nians’ Selected Style No. 3} ND they certainly knew what they were talking about. Look at it. Sunday, 21 to 0. The Hawks took the measure of the Landsdowne, Md., team, 13 to 0, Sunday, at Landsdowne, in the District eleven's opener. With Jerry Carroll, McCabe, Tobin, Augsterfer and Clifford, along with oth- er dependables in their une-up, Ap.chel, runner-ups to the Mohawks for District crown last season, hope to own their campaign with a victory when they meet the Fort Meade Tanks eleven Sunday at 3 o'clock at Union Park. At a special meeting of the 135-pound class Meridian eleven, to be held tonight at French's store, 721 Fourteenth street, players will weigh in preparatory to the team’s opening game Sunday in the Capital City League. Arlington Prep gridders will drill Pri- day night at 7:30 o'clock under lights on the grounds of the old school on the Columbia pike. Practice will be held tonight and to- morrow night by the Seat Pleasant, Fire- men eleven at Boyer swdima. Seat Pleasant. BRITISH RID-KAYOED. LONDON, October 10 (#).—Johnn: Cuthbert, British featherweight chxm! D‘mt' knoet:‘:‘ m::u""twper;d Pat” Daly, mosf mi fant Bruuhmboxlu Pl Senth round of t] ir bout at the i g stadium Club ly is barely 17 years old. world, In the eighth | also. WALTER J. FERGUSON CLAIMED BY DEATH Walter John Ferguson, 38 years old, formerly a crack sandlot base ball pitcher here, died suddenly Tuesday of acute indigestion. Until a couple of years ago Ferguson was active on the mound. At the time of his death he was connected with the Naval Proving Ground at Indian Head, Md. It was from 1910-1912, while ‘hurling for the crack Post Office team of the Departmental League, that Ferguson attained particular prominence. Despite that he was on the firing line for his nine virtually every game throughout this period he was never defeated. It was largely through his flinging that the Post Office team, after gaining the Departmental e flag, went on to win the city title. Norman Kraft, an- other well known former amateur ball tosser here, caught Ferguson during those years. In addition to the Post Office team Ferguson pitched at various times with the Cornell Co., St. Stephen's and Kenilworth clubs, all outstanding nines, and his work was consistently Base ball was not the only line of athleties in which Ferguson excelled. He was a star trapshooter and a crack swimmer and once was recommended for the Carnegie medal for life-saving. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 8:30 o'clock from the resi- dence of his sister, Mrs. Thomas D. Rodrock, 3004 South »Dakota avenue northeast, and then at St. Frances de Sales Church, where mass will be sung at am. Interment will be at Arling- ton National Cemetery. . NAVY EXPECTING FRESH SURPRISES Middies’ Scouts Have Line on Most of Rockne’s Bag of Tricks. Special Dispatch to The Star. NNAPOLIS, October 9.—Accord- ing to Johnny Wilson, backfield 4 coach and chief scout of the Naval Academy foot ball uun. Notre Dame has one of its great teams o!l all time u-u’-. ‘sedson t:;n%e some spectacular’ pl sure ex- hibited when nnf team opposes the uldnh.\pmm in Baltimore next Saturday. Kfl)fl inion of the m’.’fi action against In- diana last S-hlrd:y, and his_opinion is supported fully b{ Comdr, Jonas H. Ingram, director of athletics at the Academy, who saw the Notre Dame-Indiana nme. ‘The Navy scouts had one break in their favor, however, and that was that Indiana put up a fine game and forced Notre Dame to show a lot of its inside work to the Navy scouts. However, e is expected to use the present '-ek n " develoy Kln‘ something Rew o spring on the Navy Saturday. Elder, Brill and Corideo are regarded as fully up to the standard of the four hersemen of foot ball mlflon, and if one of the several lpllym who are trying for reuhu the hp is one of the great col- lue wfrrlnun has developed, according 3 and Ingram, mm a great Said Wion, “Elder was & great spiinter, sal n, “Elder was a great sprinter, he becom: back are regarded by Wilson and Ingram as all-Amer- ican timber. have this grip on the Road! Charge As the Winter proaches, once again the matchless, safer road grip of Weather tread leads motorists every- where to choose Goodyears for Fall BOSTON-VILLANOVA CLASH IS PUZZLER Undefeated Teams of Last Year Still Winning—Big Games on Saturday. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, October 10.— The season of heavy schedules for Eastern college foot ball teams begins in earnest Saturday. On a strictly Eastern basis, the least certain game is that between two of last year's undefeated teams, Boston College and Villanova, which | are still going strong this season. Pittsburgh has a good chance to avenge last year’s 9-6 defeat by West Virginia. Fordham’s rmmcu of victory over New York University are not so bright. N. Y. U. has lost several leading lights | of last year's victorious team, but | plenty of strength remains. ‘The Nebraska-Syracuse battle prom- ises to be one of the most exciting of the week’s intersectional clashes. Their last six battles have brought three victories apiece. Yale jumps from the first game right into the middle of a hard season with its pligrimage to Georgia. After re- turning the Elis must meet Brown, Army and Dartmouth in succession. with Maryland as the only possible rest before tackling Princeton and Harvard. Princeton tackles Brown for the first time in a quarter of a century, then goes on to meet Cornell, Navy Chicago. Harvard has a comp! nuvely easy opponent in New H‘mpnhlre be- fore moving into a schedule as hard as any of them. Navy has the rather doubtful honor of entertaining Notre Dame in the leading intersectional game of the week, but the ‘Midshipmen ve & few com- paratively soft spaots on their card. Army contdnues its tuning up it Davidson, but goes from there into one of the longest and toughest schedules of them Columbia, Dartmouth, Lafayete, Car- negie Tech and Penn S u remain in the early game stage opponents which should give them Htflo trouble. Colgate may have a battle on its hands with Mlch!xln State. SOUTHEASTERN LOOP CUTS ROOKIE’S COIN By the Associated Press. SELMA, Ala, October 10.—The Southeastern League, with CHff Green of Montgomery still at the helm, will operate next season under & “rookle rule,” reduced salary limits, increased guarantees and probably will be an eight-club circuit. The directors voted to ire_each club to carry at least five rookie players who have not had higher than Class C experience. Salary limits were reduced trom $4,500 to $3,200 and the guaran- required of each club was raised "(grl 3!00]0 to $5.000. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F driving season ap- the Goodyear All- ELEVEN IS REVAMPED AT ALEXANDRIA HIGH AI.IXANDRIA Vl October 10.—De- mwm on foreign gridirons, Alex- andria High Schoul will play its first home game of the new foot ball season tomorrow, when it encounters Western High School of Washington on Haydon Field at 3: 30 o'clock.. Coach W. L. Reynolds has made sev- eral changes in his line-up and is hope- ful of obtaining better results. Woodward School ~ of ‘Washington should make things interesting for George Mason High tomorrow, when the two schools meet on the Baggett’s Park . gridiron at 3:30. A large number of entries have been nlrd for the annual trials of the Northern Virginia Amateur Field Trials Associa- tion, which will be held Monday and Tuesday on the association’s grounds at Centerville, Fairfax County. Harold Butler, Virginia A. C. center, has been made coach of the Virginia | Midgets in addition to his duties as “snapper back” of the unlimited eleven. Virginia A. O. is is still unscheduled for Sunday and wants a game with an ua- limited team on Shipyard Field. Te'e- phone Manager “Pat” Gorman at Al- exandria 1819 between 7 and 9 p.m., or at Alexandria 190 between 9 a.m. and 4 pm. Francis McMenamin, a substitute on the Alexandria High squad, sustained a fractured skull Saturday while playing with a sandlot club St. Mary’'s Celtics would like to ar- range a game for Baggett's Park Sun- day with any Washington or Baltimore unlimited team. Telephone Manager Charles Corbett at Alexandria 564 be- tween 9 am. and 4 p.m. or write him at the Alexandria National Bank Build- ing, Alexandria, Va. Four games are scheduled In the Fairfax County High School Athletic Association Basket Ball League tomo row.. McLean will play at Clifton, Oak- | A. C. ton at Lee-Jackson, Herndon at For- restville and Floris at Fairfa: ¥ SEMI-PRO CHARGES BAN TWO AT 10WA Hawkeyes Regain Glassgow. Four Big Midwest Teams Go Abroad Saturday. By the Associated Press. day: of practice on their own fields today remained for four blz teams which will go abroad to do their share in opening the championship season Saturday. Towa will leave tonight for Columbus, Ohio, for its battle with Ohio State, assured that Capt. Willis Glassgow will be in shape to get into action, but minus two_substitutes, Matt Kelsh, an end, and John Furhmap, guard. The latter were declared l.nall(lb e last night following charges that they had played semi-professional foot ball. Coach Harry Kipke, his assistants and 33 members of the Michigan squad will head for Lafayette, Ind., tonight to meet Purdue in what shapes up as one of the big attract of the Middle West- ern card for Saturday. Northwestern will leave for Madison, Wis., after taking its final drill late today with hopes of causing a major upset by defeating Wisconsin. Coach Dick Hanley has named 31 men for the journey. Indiana will invade Chic: confident of defeating the Maroons in the fourth game on the Conference program. Minnesota will recelvé its first serious tést when Vanderbilt goes to Minne- apolis Saturday, while Illinois will meet another easy one in Bradley Tech. Janney A. C. has cancelled its sched- uled foot ball e with Northern for sundly and instead will face Virginia A. C. at 3 Dclock on Bhip- yard field in the Virginia city. HICAGO, October 10.—One more | pi MoLARNIN FLATTENS BAKER IN QUICK ORDER By the Associated Press. 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