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Sports News RAUBER TEAM WINS FOUR OUT OF EGHT Keefe and Abramson Stars . as Mount Pleasant Eleven Loses to Devitt. HOUGH Central ended its foot ball season yesterday with a 19-0 loss to Devitt, it has been by no means an unsue- cessful campaign for the Blue and White gridders coached by Louis J. (Ty) Rauber, In eight contests Central won four, tied one and lost three. In the public high school championship series. the Rauber-coached eleven bowed only to Tech, 6 to 12, and finished second to the McKinley team, which won %the title. Beginning the season with a 13-0 wictory over Forest Park High of Bal- timore, Central then waged a great fight before succumbing to the Mount Vernon, N. Y., High eleven, 12 to 13, at Mount Vernon. Then the Blue and White fought the York, Pa., High eleven to a 7-7 tie, after which it lost to its dearest foe. Tech, 6 to 12, in the cham- Ties. boys drubbed ~-— . Rauber's 31 to 0, in the next series game for Central and then went on 1o defeat Western, 6 to 0, and Eastern 13 to 6, before falling before Devitt yesterday. Stars to Be Lost. Yesterday's game marked the last in a Central grid uniform for Capt. George Brandt and Cassasa, ends; La- mond, stalwart guard, and Eicholtz, rugged tackle, as well as for Murray, Magill, Hays, Johnson, Bannerman, Black and Follansbee, all forwards. Sabatini, Graves and Rose are Blue and White backs who will be lost. However, Central again will have the services of Picnkney, Cumberland and other dependables when the next campaign rolls around. While the game with Devitt was the last of the campaign for the Central eleven Devitt may play one more game, on an out-of-town field, before calling it a season. There is understood to be & possibility that the St. Peter’s School team of Jersey City may be booked. Decisiveness of Devitt's win yester- day was a surprise. It was thought the game would be considerably closer. Devitt, however, led by Tom Keefe, hard-running halfback; Capt. Milton Abramson, fleet quarterback, and Capt. Fannie Knott, plunging fullback, was the aggressor virtually all the way. Central was unable to get within the enemy 10-yard line and only twice got close %o that stripe. On the other hand Devitt, in addition to scoring one touchdown in the second period and adding two more in the third, came dangerously near counting another, hav- ing the ball on the Central 4-yard line ‘when the whistle for the half sounded. Pinckney Fails to Shine. Larry Pinckney, big Cent failed to show Lbe%u agalnst Devitt that was expected of him. Both he and Capt. George Brandt, two of the Blue and White's outstanding players, were forced from action during part of the game with injuries. In the first period Central made the initial threat of its two when it con- trived to reach the enemy 13-yard line. After the Blue and White obtained pos- session of the ball as the fesult of two Devitt penalties for offside, Paul Hinkel made another first down and then Quarterback Frank Cumberland shot a pass to Brandt that was good for 12 yards and put the ball on the Devitt 13- yard line, but here Central was held. In the second period Devitt got its attack functioning in high and as the result of a 70-yard drive pushed over its first touchdown. Keefe scored the touchdown when he ripped through the line from the 7-yard mark. A pass for the extra point failed. Devitt counted its last two touch- downs in the third period. Keefe scored early in the quarter when he made a short_sweep to place the ball behind the Central goal line. Keefe put the ball in scoring position when he made 15 yards at left end. Knott accounted for the second touchdown of the period and the last after Devitt had recovered a Centr: fumble on the latter'’s 6-yard line. ‘Sf)em failed to drop-kick the point this ime. Just before Devitt scored its second touchdown Central had possession of the ball for the first time since the first quarter. . Central, playing desperately, made its best stand in the final period, holding Devitt at bay and reaching the enemy 10-yard line when De Lisio, substitute fullback, intercepted a pass and.ran a short distance. Central however, soon fumbled and Devitt recovered. Line-up and Summary. . Position. Devitt (19). Left end. L Ke .. Knott o— o Pinckney Central Devitt ..o Knott. drop-kick) - ns tni for *Magill, Johnson for ty. n for Banner- an. De Lisio for Cumberland, Brasch for inckney, Magill for Sabatini, Pinckmey for o, De Lisio | people and an 85-piece band followed. Brandt. Johnson_for iner for Beazley, Hen- Shriver for Abramson r, Beazley for Abram. .~ Referee—Mr. Ma- mpire — Mr. Tower: e t is). Pield judge—Mr. (£ringfleld). Time of periods—12 BUSINESS TOSSERS EASILY TAKE GAME That Business High is going to en- oy a markedly better season in basket ball than it did in foot ball during the cempaign just closed is clear today fol- Jowing the Stenogs' 54-18 victory over the Hyattsville High quint yesterday in the Stenog gym. It was the opening gome hereabout of the scholastic court sesson. With Capt. Natie Newman, forward, and Spencer Chase, lanky center, head- ing its_attack, Business soon stepped way out in front and at the half held a 25-15 advantage. The Stenogs widened the breach in the final half. Newman registered 15 points and Chase 14 minutes. Rolph Jerrell, forward, was most con- sistent on attack for Hyattsville, scor- ing 6 points. Appearing in the Business line-up were: Newman, Kotzin, Lucas, Lafsky and Nemorolsky, forwards; Chase and Duryee, centers, and Finley, Koontz, Loftus, Levy and Cook, guards. Hvattsville used Jarrell, Hollings- worth, Hurd, Carr and Byrd, for- wards; Evans, center, and Schoenbauer, Heyser, Morris and Cogar, ihe Zp WASHINGTON, D. C, 'WITH SUNDAY MORKING EDITION BiLL WILLINGHAM - Tack/e ROCKNE USES PHONE 10 CHEER GRIDDERS He Talks With 35 Over Long Distance When Kept at Home by lliness. +BY PAUL MICKELSON, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. OUTH_BEND, Ind., November 28. —One of Knute Rockne's psy- chological foot ball secrets is out. Two or three hours before a few of the hardest games, which he was forced to miss because of iliness, the Vital Viking of Notre Dame brought his_personality in direct contact with \yer by talking to them on the long-distance telephone. ‘The players—usually 35 of them— would assemble, and one by one Coach Rockne would cheer them up cuss what he hoped they would do in that particular foot ball game. The quarterbacks were given extra tolls. “Not only did those long-distance chats raise my spirits, but they gave me a greater personal touch with my boys,” Rockne confided. “They prom- ised me clean ' victories and they de- livered the goods every time. “Am I going to do it for the Army game Saturday? No, I think not. You know the boys are afraid now that if they lose I'll get worse. I can't attend our annual foot ball banquet next Wed- nesday night either, but the boys un- derstand why.” Confident of Recovery. ‘While great anxiety is felt among 3| Rockney's friends at Notre Dame, in | South Bend and other parts of the world over his condition, he and his physician, Dr. Robert L. Sessinich, are confident there is no danger. The swell- ing on his right leg, caused by thrombo phiebetis, or the clogging of blood ves- sels, has gone down, and complete re- covery is expected within two or three weeks. “As soon as the foot ball season is over,” Dr. Sessinich said, “improve- ment should be rapid, as he will not have that to worry about. Nervousness, you know, is the greatest ally of this type of iliness, as a fragment of a blood clot is apt to break loose and affect other regions of the system.” As soon as he feels stronger, Rockne | plans to go to Florida for an extended | vacation. He and his physician agree rest and Old Man Sunshine will make him a well man quickly. Coach Rockne said there is no chance | of a post-season game this year. His | players, he said, have played more than | enough’ foot ball for one season. ‘The Ramblers, 35 strong, and headed | by Assistant Coach Tom Lieb, headed |for New York and the Army battle to- | day. Several hundred students, towns- |them. Every regular was in good physi- |cal shape for the game except Tim Moynihan, center, who fractured a bone :|in the Northwestern game last week. He will be replaced by Joe Nash, who might have received the pivot position call anyway because of his ability to break up passes such as the Cadets are expected to heave. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CUTS SCHEDULE FOR 1930 v “HICAGO, November 28 (#).—Falling in line with other base ball circuits, | the American Association has trimmed its playing schedule for 1930. The sea- |son will open April 15, and close on | September 21, for a schedule of 154 games. Last season, it opened April 16 and ended September 28 for a 168 game schedule. Manneapolis at Toledo, St. Paul at Co- lubus, Milwaukee at Indianapolis and Kansas City at Loulsville. s | AUSTRALIA TO RETURN TO TENNIS CUP PLAY MELBOUURNE, November 28 (#).— The Australian Lawn Tennis Associa- tion has decided to challenge for the Davis Cup in 1930, it was announced today. ‘The country was not represented in the 1929 zllly. Australia probably will compete the n gone &8 in (Fr Western clubs will open in the East— | 38ain CAPT BRYAN- 3 Quarterback PACIFIC COAST TO NAME CHAMPION DECEMBER 16 STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif, November 28 (#).—Prof. William B. Owen of the Stanford Law School, president of the Pacific Coast Confer- ence, has announced here that the conference foot ball champion will be named at & meeting in San Francisco, December 16. ‘The conference does not recognize percentages and when the season ends four teams will bs tied for first place in number of games lost. Stanford, Clhmm:t.. 'iouthdernorcflfl’fln’fll, Crd.‘h; ington an egon are al present, but either the S. C. Trojans or the W. 8. C. . C. Cougars will be elim- inated in this Saturday’s game the teams in Los Angeles. ALEXANDRIA ARMORY ALLOTTED TO QUINTS ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 28— Eight teams have been allotted the use of the Armory Hall basket ball court for the impending cage season by James M. Duncan, jr., who was placed in charge of the allocation of the hall by City Manager Wallace Lawrence. St. Mary's Celtics, Virginia A. C., R. E. Knight Store Five and the Del Ray A. C. teams are the unlimited combina- tions who have received permission to use the hall, while the preliminary games will be divided between the St. Mary's Juniors, Alpha Delta Omega, Knight's Buddies and the Clovers. ‘The dates set aside for the unlimited teams are as follows: St. Mary's Celtics—December, 5, 12, 26; January 2, 16, 30; February 13; March 6, 13. Virginia A. C—December 6, 18, 27; .‘Izml’l:ry 8, 22; February 5, 26; March, Knight's Store Pive—December 7, 19, 28; January 9, 23; February 6, 27; March 13, 27. Del Ray A. C.—December 11, 25; .s'l.nix’lrylal, 15, 29; February 12; March Virginia A. C. was to play Hose Com- pany No. 5 of Martinsburg, W. Va., here this afternoon at 2:30 in Baggett's Park in the only unlimited contest of the day here. A preliminary was listed between Bobby Vogt's Yankees and the Virginia Juniors. Del Ray A. C. left Potomac early this morning in machines to go to Fred- ericksburg, Va., where they were to play the Fredericksburg Collegians this afternoon. —_— SOUTHERN SCHOOLS JUGGLING GRID LISTS By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., November 28— Schedule juggling goes on apace as the big Southern Conference teams prepare to wind up the most thrilling and colorful season in many years, Supposedly reliable information from Knoxville and Chapel Hill says that Tennessee and North Carolina will meet next season. ‘Tennessee, so the story runs, will take South Carolina’s place on the Tarheel schedule. Just which team Tennessee proposes to drop has not been an- nounced. Alabama is said to be dickering with both Tulane and Florida to replace Georgia Tech, and Tulane and Vander- bilt have been reported negotiating. Georgla Teéh has dropped Notre Dame, Alabama and Mississippl A. & M. and add Carnegle Tech, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. Atlanta newspapers today printed story that next year's Tech-Florida game will be played at Atlanta Thanks- giving day, instead of at Gainesville, Fla., where the Tornado was to have helped dedicate the new Florida stadium. Florida is expected to play Tengpessee and there has been much talk about a 1930 clash between the Alliga- tors and North Carolina. Tennessee is said to be trying hard to_book a big intersectional game. Georgia already had two, wi ew York University and Yale. Vanderbilt plays Minnesota again and Georgia ‘Tech will make two trips into the East wl play Carnegle Tech and Penn- sylva yNot 1 of the schedules will be com- leted until after the conference meet- at Baton Rouge, La., next month. PRO BASKET BALL. Rochester, 28; Paterson, 22. Cleveland Rosenblooms, 14; Chicago Bruins, between I PAOLINO IS LIKELY 10 STOP GRIFFITHS Basque’s Defense Is Apt to Annoy Tuffy, Who Often Fights Aimlessly. . =wBYJOHN J. ROMANO. EW YORK, November 28.— Paolino Uzcuduh risks his fu- ture ring career tomorrow eve- ning at the Chicago Stadium in a 10-round contest with Tuffy Griffiths. Paolino has not been in the flng since the fearful beating he took at the hands of Max Schmel here and has asserted that unless he can whip the walloping youngster from Sioux City, Towa, he will give up the game for good and retire. ‘The Basque has asked two post- ponements in order to be right for Tuffy. A bad injury to his right el- bow curtailed the use of his hand so that he was unable to do himself jus- tice against the German Jack Dempsey, he said. Paolino says he is right now and the match is on. Griffiths has been going great guns against the big fellows. A victory over Johnny Risko and a knockout over the German _heavyweight champion, Dr. Ludwig Haymann, attests the punching power of the plunging battler whom Jack O'Keefe confidently expects to annex the heavyweight title. ‘Tuffy will have his work cut out for him when he tackles the wild-swing- ing woodchopper. Paolino in shape is a big morsel for any of the big fel- lows to chew on and Mr. Griffiths will know it long before the 10 rounds are over. Paolino Ready Fighter. Paolino is temperamental. Happy-go- lucky out of the ring he is a tiger when once roused. The idea of losing out on the golden flow of American dollars does not agree with him. He wants to regain the place he held as one of the outstanding contenders for the heavyweight title and with this incentive Paolino can be depended up- on to maul and swing away at Griffiths for the entire contest. ths, an open fighter inclined to draw back his punches too far to get extra weight into them, may find it difficult to evade the lunges of the Basque. With an open target in front of him Paolino is at his best. Unless the long- lay-off has affected his form Paolino should show the, way against Griffiths. Tuffy depends on his punching to bring home the bacon. The turtle-like defense of Paolino may cause Tuffy con- siderable annoyance and probably result in broken maulers. Griffiths turns punches loose without regard to an apu:ln\n( and this will count against hi A hard fight is on tap. Both men like to slug and the edge favors Paolino because Griffiths has never tackled a man who fights like the Basque. (Copyright, 1 MOHAWKS, APACHES NOW ARE TUNING UP Mohawks, District indepéndent foot ball champions, and ‘Apaches, who will meet Sunday afternoon in Griffith Sta- dium for the city title, are winding up preparations for the battle. It is expected to prove a real bat- tle. The Apaches will be out to avenge the defeat handed them by the Mo hawks last season, when the latter W the city crown from the Apaches, ‘Today was to be an active day for league and independent gridironers hereabout. A dozen or so games, most of them to be played early in the day, were carded. —— FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Assoeiated Pre NEW YORK.—Kid Chocolate, Cuba, knocked out Eddie O'Dowd, Columbus, Ohio (2); gore Kimura, Japan, out- pointed Ji y Logan, New York (6). CINCINNATI—Vincent Hambright, Cincinnati, knocked out Tug Phillips, Erie, Pa. (1). OAKLAND, Calif—Johnny Benedett!, San Jose,'won from young Harry Wills, |San Diego (7). Wills disqualified. S THURSDAY, ening Star. NOVEMBER 28, 1929, GRID STAGE HELD BY PENN, CORNELL East’s Largest Crowd to Be on Hand for Struggle in Philadelphia. ] EW YORK, November 28 (#).— Pennsylvania and Cornell at- tracted the largest crowd in Eastern foot ball today, but the | oldest rivalry was the Washing- ton and Jefferson-West Virginia clash at Morgantown, W. Va. West Virginia and the Presidents have been at it, with more or less regularity, since 1891, where Penn and Cornell began two years later, 4 Pittsburgh followers expected to see the Panthers merely go through the | motions to ring up a victory over Penn State in the big Pitt stadium, and thereby nail down a logical claim to the Eastern championship. Carnegie Tech invaded the Yankee Stadium seeking revenge for three straight defeats by New York Uni- wversity. Columbia and Syracuse were involved in another metropolitan argument. This feud dates back to 1901, and so far has been all Syracuse, with Colum- bia getting only one tie and one victory in eight starts. Colgate and Brown entertained with a morning fray at Providence, Colgate )rxiulnot n defeated by an Eastern val. Foot ball faces the grand climax on Saturday, headed by the battle between Notre Dame and the Army in New York. The Navy and Dartmouth will meet at Franklin Pield. Boston Col- lege and Holy Cross will put on their anpxal skirmish in Boston. Will Pedal 50,000 More Miles Not to Be “Piker” CHICAGO, November 28 (#).—Bi- cycle riding is a serious avocation to Melvin Stmes. ‘This week he steered his etrusty bike home, wiped the perspiration from his brow and announced to friends he had pedaled 50,000 miles in seven years and was going to retire. ““Why, I once read of a fellow who pedaled 75,000 miles,” one of his mengs piped up. “You're just an ur.” amal B “You did? Well, I'll beat that mark,” Melvin challenged. “T'l pndu“xw.gflo more just to prove I'm no_piker. ‘Melvin will start out next Satur- - day, pedaling toward Florida as & starter, FIVE OF 11 CLAIMED BY WASHINGTON-LEE ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 28.— Five members of the Washington Lee High eleven of Ballston, winner of the Third Athletic District championship, and a semi-finalist in the series for the Class B title of Virginia, are named on the all-Third District team selected by J. F. Wilson, George Mason High ath- letic director. Alexandria placed three men on the team, Fredericksburg two and George Mason High one. Culpeper and War- renton High Schools, neither of which had a representative on either the first or second team chosen by Wilson, each obtained one honorable mention. Wilson's selections follow: First Team. Agner (Alexandria), left end: Brown (Fredericksburg), left tackle; Hender- son (Alexandria), left guard; Robinson (Washington-Lee), center; Via (Wash- ington-Lee), right guard; Chewning (Washington-Lee), right tackle; P. Wil- liams (Alexandria), right end; Morti- mer (Washington-Lee), quarterback and captain; Lowery (Fredericksburg), left halfback; Nixon (George Mason), right {‘)‘:!l:lk‘ Goodwin (Washington-Lee), full- Second Team. Harrison (Washington-Lee), left end; Brown (George Mason), left tackle; Ho- gan (Washington-Lee), left guard; Pey- ton (Alexandria), ~center; Fritter (George Mason), right guard; Conner (Washington-Lee), right tackle; Chase (Washington-Lee), right end; Balley (Fredericksburg), quarterback; Maho- ney (George Mason), right halfback; Luckett (Alexandria), left halfback; Young (Washington-Lee), fullback. Honorable Mention. Petersilia (George Mason), Hugh Travers (Alexandria), Jennier (Alexan- nis | dria), Glasscock (George Mason), Thorn (Culpeper), Wilson (Warrenton). BOXING WORLD TO PAY TRIBUTE TO MULDOON NEW YORK, November 28 (#).—The boxing world will rise tomorrow night to pay homage to William Muldoon at a testimonial banquet in the Biltmore Hotel here. ‘The 85-year-old member of the New York State Athletic Commission will be the guest of 850 friends, who will pay $85 apiece for the privilege of paying their respects. Each reservation for the dinner will include a ringside seat for the bouts at Madison Square Garden, where Al Singer and Pete Nebo will en- tertain the affluent as well as the ordi- nary fight fans after the feast. Famous sport figures from all sections of the country will be grouped around the board. Following the dinner, which been promised as “practically speechless,” Mr. Muldoon w!fi be pre- sented with a life-sized oil painting of himself. The picture fund already totals $4,000. g THREE OREGON PLAYERS BARRED FROM GRID TRIP EUGENE, Oreg., November 28 (#).— Because faculty members believed their scholastic standings such that two weeks’ absence just before examinations would endanger their grades, three members of the University of Oregon foot ball team have been declared in- eligible to make the trip to Miami, where the Webfeet met the Universit; of Florida in an intersectional foot ball game December 10, The players are Austin Colbert, tackle; Irvin Schultz, substitute tackle, and, Charles Spear, backfield, VIRGINIA WILSON TO WED. CHICAGO, November 28 (#)—The engagement of Virginia Wilson, one of Chicago's first ranking golf stars, to Charles Dennehy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Dennehy of Chicago and Pasadena, has been announced. No date has been set for the wedding. Squad to Get Good Players From Last Plebe Five. Schedule Full. NNAPO : - Noveiber 2 o Vy losses by gradua- tion the outlook for ?fie basket ball team at the Naval Academy during the coming season fis encouraging and the spirit of the can- didates excellent. ‘The team will lose C. R. Miller (cap- tain), Farrin and Dennett, forwards, and A. J. Miller and Bernet, guards, by graduation. Also, Lloyd, who has been on the squad for three seasons, is in- eligible. Colestock, who has been elected cap- tain, and H. Bauer, centers, remain, as do Allen, D. Bauer, Freshour and McCracken, forwards, and Bowstrom and Hagberg, guards. ‘The plebe squad of last year was particularly strong as to forwards, in- cluding McGuire, Keyes and FPrazier. ‘These and several others will be varsity candidates this season. Bowstrom and Hagberg are both foot ball linemen and have had one season on the basket ball squad. Weighing around 190 pounds each, tall and ac- tive, they should make a very powerful pair of guards. The squad is already at work under Lieut. Ault, assistant coach. Johnny Wilson, head coach, is now engaged with the foot ball squad as backfield coach and will assume charge of the basket ball squad shortly after the com- pletion of the foot ball season. A number of the leading basket ball players are still engaged with foot ball. They include Bowstrom, H. Bauer, Hag- berg, McCracken and Freshour. D. Bauer is recovering from a foot ball injury. Ensigns Ken Cralg, Bill Walsh and Erle Dennett, former Navy players, will be among the assistants coaches during the coming season. ‘The first game will be played on De- cember 14 inst William and Mary. The only other game during Decem- ber will be against Lafayette on the 18th. Both games will be played at the Naval Academy. ‘The other games, all to be played at the Academy, unless otherwise stated, are: January 8, Wake Forest; 11, Duke; i5, University of Pennsylvania; 18, Catholic University; 22, University of Maryland; 25, University of Pennsyl- vania (at Philadelphia); 29, Western Maryland. February 1, Randolph-Macon; 5, Le- high; 8, " University of Virginia; 12, Princeton (at Princeton); 15, George Washington; 19, Georgetown; 22, Uni- versity of North Carolina. ' —_— LAUREL, Md., November 28.—Double- headers to be played Sunday afternoon on the Armory floor here are sought by the unlimited and senior class basket ball teams of dquarters Company, National Guard, of this place with quints in these classes from Washington and Baltimore. E. Elliott, director of athletics, Vocational School of Balti- more, will referee all the games. Last Winter the Laurel Guards had a team in_the Prince Georges County Basket Ball League, but this season il;ey have shifted to the Tri-County, ague. Lieut. Thomas F. Murphy is’ coaching with the Guard teams. Members ot the unlimited team are Lieut. T. E. Sullivan, Gordon Gary, forwards; Harley Easten, center, and Harry Hi g and Lester Young, guards. Senior team stalwarts are William Edmondson and Willlam Tatspaugh, forwards; Lee Fulton, center, and Martin German, Jesse Easten, Donald Kaiser and Eddie Easten, guards. Opening their season last night, the Laurel Guards, using both senior and unlimited ~combinations, dropped a heart-breaker to the Noel House five of Washington, 18 to 19. Ray Henderson dropped in a floor goal in the final seconds to give Noel House victory, Against the Laurel senior team, the Wash! ians gained a 9—4 lead at the half, but were forced to battle much harder against the unlimiteds in the second half, Features and Classified 1930 ALABAMA ELEVEN WILL PLAY NINE GAMES TUSCALOOSA, Ala., November 28| ().—University of Alabama's foot ball team will play eight conference con- tests next year, their nine-game sched- ule released by the athletic committee reveals, ‘The schedule: September 27—Howard at Tuscaloosa. October 4—University of Mississippl at Tuscaloosa. Qctober '11_Sewanee at Birmingham. October ~ 18—Tennessee at Tuscaloosa ng): 8 vanderbilt at Birmingham. November 1-—Kentucky at Lexington. November s _Fiotida at’ Gainesille: vember 151 8. (ontgomery. Thanksgiving day—Georsin at Birmilng- STAR G0 PASSER 1 ALMOST BLIND Chicago U. Player Sensation of Season in Western Conference Circles. By the Assoclated Press. HICAGO, November 28.— With the aid of Amos Alonzo Stagg's patience, environment has con- quered heredity in the case of Ben Wattenberg, an almost blind foot ball player who gave two of the most amazing forward passing exhi- bitions seen on Western gridirons this season, Wattenberg's visual index, according to doctors, is 31>-4, while 20-20 is nor- mal, making Ben's sight about 20 per cent effective. But after three years of trying to find a spot for a youth whose faithfulness, in spite of his han- dicap, appealed to Stagg, the old man made Ben the outstanding passer of the conference since Bennie Friedman, Perhaps he tossed ,them by ear or smell, but Wattenberg shot seven times for 76 yards and a touchdown against Illinois and came back last week to really show what he could do. Against the huge Washington..eleven he fired 16 successive passes out of around 30 attempts for gains totaling more than 250 yards and -made possible four out of Chicago's five touchdowns. Wattenberg did not play foot ball in high school, but turned out for the Chicago team during his sophomore year. He didn't get anywhere the first season, but improved during his sec- ond season enough to cause B'-Ilf to have a special helmet with built-in glasses made for him. The experiment failed because Ben could only see straight ahead and the glasses became foggy. This year Stagg needed a passer so bad that he finally tried Ben, and firing at maroon blurs Ben delivered for Stagg. HYATTSVILLE CHURCH QUINT TO BE STRONG HYATTSVILLE, Md., November 28.— | Despite that it is without the services of Bennie High and Sammy Crosth- waite, capable members of last sea- son’s_team, the basket ball quint of the First Baptist Church of Hyatts- ville is hopeful of making a good show- ing in the Washington Baptist Young People’s Union League. The Hyatts- ville team'is to play its first league game Monday in the Bethany Church gymnasium, Washington, against a quint to be announced. Leading members of the Hyattsville squad, which will play one league game a week, include Alfred Pettit, Bill Eaton and Carl Eaton, forwards; Jack Harring- ton and George Watts, centers, and Alton and Ford Oberholtzer and Stan- ley Crosthwaite, guards. Tied for third in the 16-team Wash- ington Baptist Young People’s Union Bowling League, the Hyattsville Baptist duckpinners are showing well, despite that their line-up is composed largely of young and comparatively inexperi- enced rollers. Henry Nau, A. Yates Dowell, Bill Crawford, George Watts and Bill Eaton make up the Hyattsville team, which last season made a treditable showing in the league. A special bowling match has been scheduled for Saturday night on the Arcade alleys here between Hyattsville All-Stars and Federal League All-Stars of Washington, starting at 8 o’clock. It will be the first block of a 10-game home-and-home series. Making up the Hyattsville team will be Deputy, Francis Halloran, Bill Kess- ler, O. K. Hiser, Walker, McCall, Hugh Waldrop and Wolfe, Games for Thursday nights and Sun- day afternoons on the armory floor here are sought by the basket ball team of Company F, National Guard, of Hyatts- ville, and a contest for next Sunday afternoon is glrtlcullrly wanted. Lieut. Hugh McClay, athletic officer at Hyattsville 378 after 7 p.m. [FLIPPIR OF VIRGINIA U. HAS MARK RECOGNIZED UNIVERSITY, Va., November 28— Harry Flippin, Virginia track captain, has had his American record for the 60 yard indoor high hurdles approved by the A. A. U. This record, held jointly with Weems Baskins is also a world mark for this distance. Flippin covered the 60 yards over the hurdles in 725 seconds in the Knights of Columbus games in Madison Square Garden on March 16. In the same week Flippin made a new world record of 6lsseconds for the 50 yard low hurdles in the Virginia indoor games. But lack of official timers prevented recognition of this. RIVER SPRINGS GIRLS WIN. LA PLATA, Md, November 28.—La Plata High School ‘fleld ball team was defeated in a hard-fought game, 4 to 1, by the girls of River Springs High School, St. Marys County. R. EORMEREOPME: ore by Plata River Springs YANKEES BUY PITCHER. ST. PAUL, November 28 (#).—Ameri- cus Polli, leading pitcher in the Ameri- can Association last year with 22 vie- torizs, has been sold to the New York Americans. Polli is a right-hander. FOOT BALL YESTERDAY. | Devitt, 19; Central, 0. North Carolina State Freshmen, 19; North Carolina Freshmen, 0, ' Duquesne, 14; Waynesburg, 7. r—”’-\ - of the company, is receiving challenges | s | over G. PAGE 29 Central Ends Half Successful Season : Five Foot Ball Tussles on Tap Today | STALWARTS OF BAYLOR, TENNESSEE, TEAM, WHICH PLAYS EMERSON HERE SATURDAY PERRY PICKS PEN TO DOWN CORNELL Sees Oregon Game as Test for St. Mary’s—Pitt Due to Win Again. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. HOSE who through force of habit, adherence to tradition and other motives give up their Thanksgiving day dinner every year and foregather at Frank- lin Ficld to watch Cornell and Penn- sylvania play their annual classic are likely to see a better game of foot ball today than in recent years. That is to say, the Quakers are not likely to win by a score so one-sided as has been the case of late. On the other hand indications are that the Red and Blue will be waving triumphantly over the smoke-grimed battlements of Franklin Field when the final whistle blows. The Quakers seem to have more weapons of attack, a more pronounced will to score. But, as said, Cornell this year is not an outfit to be despised and she will make the going tough for old Penn all the way. And, of course, modern foot ball being what it is, the Ithacans might shock us by turning in a victory. Big Game Interest. Out on the West Coast a very inter- esting game of foot ball will be played today, Oregon against St. Mary's. Aside from a scoreless tie with California, little St. Mary's has won all her games, beating among others the Olympic A. C. of San Francisco, a team made up of men who have played oufstanding foot ball on many university elevens. Oregon, coached by Capt. John McEwan, whose contract with the Web- foots terminates this year, has had & splendid record this season. We shall know a lot about the real merits of St. Mary's after tomorrow's setto. Pittsburgh and Penn State will en- gage the interest of Western Pennsyl- vania. No one knows just how strong Pitt is; many think she is by & good margin the strongest outfit in the coun- try. In any case the Panthers cer- thnly figure to down Penn State. Tulane should defeat Louisiana State and will have an easier time turning the trick than Tennessee will have in beating the rough and tough Kentucky Bobcats. Other Selections. Texas University-Texas Aggies. Not in a long time have both these teams been so far out of the Southwestern Conference race, but the two have a little rivalry of their own which al- ways packs the spectators in. It rather_looks like Texas. Baylor is the faVorite over Rice and Arkansas over Oklahoma Aggies. Carnegie Tech-New York University. This will be a rousing battle and the Tartans will try hard to go after a record which now reads four straight victories for the New Yorkers, Tech is picked. o niversity of California-Mohtana. ‘This should be & difficult game for the Golden Bears to win, A rousing tussle Alabama-Georgia. this will be with the odds, the writer thinks, favoring Alabama. North Caro- lina is picked to beat Virginia and Georgia Tech has an excellent chance to end a sequence of defeats by beat- ing Auburn. Columbia-Syracuse. This game prob- ably will be won by Syracuse. W. & J.-West Virginia. Two very evenly matched teams. But W. & J. seems to have greater facllity in scor- "Colgate is picked to m¢ game. Oklahoma-Missouri. Oklahoma is picked. Marquette is seclected es a winner over Kansas Aggies. Virginia Military Institute is picked to beat Virginia Poly. eopsrient, 1920 G. W. ELEVEN LOOKS SOFT FOR CARDINALS" Catholic University was a lopsided tavorite to beat George Washington to- day at Brookland and Maryland was a strong choice over Johns Hopkins in Baltimore in the only two turkey day clashes involving Washington college elevens, ‘The Card-Colonial freshman game got under way at Brookland at 12:30 o'clock, with the varsity contest sched- uled for 2 o'clock. Georgetown's gridders leave this aft- ernoon for Detroit, where Saturday they will meet the University of Detroit. It will be the Hoyas' final contest and they ve high hopes of winning it. u Little thinks well of his team’s chance for victory. According to the head coach, the Hilltoppers have shown much improvement in practice, NORTHERN A. C. FIVE TO"PLAY SATURDAY Northern Athletic Club senior bas- | keters will open their season Saturday "mght. meeting Boys' Club Optimists in the Boys’ Club gym at 8 o'clock. Bob Leverton, Al Huntt and Bill Aus- tin, forwards; Francis Stan and Tommy Niles, centers, and Max Jeweler, Frank- lin Leverton and Dave Scheer, guards, make up the Northern roster. Northerns are booking with senior teams in and around the city at Colum~ bia 4144-J between 5:30 and 6 p.m. Monroes gained a 27-25 victory over Company M quint of Fort Myer. Games are wanted by the winner$. Call Man- ager Mann at ‘Adams 3964. Crescent Athletic Club was a 24-18 winner over the Peerless quint. It w: n-:he victors’ second win in as many starts, After two extra periods Army Medicos conquered Woodlawn _ Athletic Club quint, 37 to 33, in the Fort Myer gym. Led by Miller Remsen basketers squeezed through to an 18-17 victory &\:r dOumpmy E, District National ard. Calvary Reds were winners, 43 to 13, P. O. Apprentice courtmen. Winton Athletic Club basketers are after games with quints in the 135- 8=1|pound class. Call Manager McPherson at Atlantic 2619-W. WADE KILLEF.ER RETAINS BIG JOB WITH MISSIONS SAN FRANCISCO, November 28 (). —Wade “Red” Killefer, has been re- elected president and manager of the Mission base ball club of the Pacific Coast League for three years and given an increase in salary, He is en route East <.. A quest for new talent for his club, negotiatin for the sale of several 2% his star players, hl A} e,

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