Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1929, Page 44

SPORTS, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. T C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1929 SPORTS. Notre Dame, a Real Champion Eleven, Had Luck, But It Also Made Its “Breaks”™ ONE MISTAKE SENT CADETS 70 DEFEAT Rockne’s Men Quick to Seize Opportunities in Making Great Grid Record. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. OU can't take anything away from Notre Deme. The fighting Irish played a number of the toughest, ‘teams in the country and won every game. They have a grand eleven. Navy, Wisconsin, Carnegie, Georgia, Southern California, Northwestern and the Army are no easy opponents to beat in the course of a single season. ‘They will tell you that in some of those games Notre Dame had the breaks. To be sure it did. How you going to make a clean sweep of such opposition without the breaks? | It can't be done. You need all the luck the gods give you. But you need great playing, too. One of Noire Dame’s strongest assets | s its instant ability to seize opportunity. It you make a mistake against the South Bend team, you pay for it. Army played splendidly against the Rockne-coached _eleven. Army made just one bad mistake—and Army lost the ball game. Army at Its Best. It was a powerful team that Biff Jones sent to the field on Saturday to pl gainst Notre Dame at the Yankee um—a well coached, stout hearted aggregation in beautiful physical condi- tion. Perry, Humber and the other forwards charged fiercely and frequently outplayed a Notre Dame line which has been described as all-American. Carl- mark played one of the most remark- able games at end that I ever have seen on any field. This was a case of two great lines meeting. Cannon, Twomey, Law, Conley, are all grand forwards, but Saturday they met their equals. And you will go far before you see four as fine backs on one fieid as Cagle, Mur- rel, Carideo and r. The Army | played Cagle back on kicks and it was evident that Notre Dame had no_de- ! sire to test his ability in a broken field. But, in order to keep the ball away from Cagle, it was necessary to a punter who could kick the ball where he desired it to go. Notre Dame had such a man in Caride. He never gave Cagle a chance to catch & punt and come whirling back with it. Carideo consistently kicked out on the side lines. Notre Dame could afford to take no chances. The Army was out to win and the soldiers’ condition was shown by the fact that the team did not make & substitution. It was the Army which continually applied the pressure and the Army which threatened to score. Start From Own Goals. Jack Elder's interception of that for- ‘ward and his 96-yard dash to & touchdown pulled his team out of a tight spot. Elder's run was not un- like the touchdown Ellis of Yale made against Dartmouth. Judging from this season’s results, a team’s best scor- ing position is from somewhere around its own goal line. Some players, such as Gentle of Penn, prefer to be a bit behind their own goal line when they set sail. It seems almost a pity that Army and Navy couldn’t have resumed relations on Saturday, when both were so plainly at their best. In spit: of the rather chilly Autumn climate of Hanover, N. H., the Middies proved their greater fitness for any arctic work over the Dartmouth players. Moreover, the most outstanding Navy back was M. Kirn of Kentucky, a State not noted for ice- Tgs. Army played to 93,000 spectators and Navy to 40,000. There were 35,000 at the Boston College victory over Holy Cross, and 20,000 in Detroit to s<e Georgetown lose by the margin of a missed goal from touchdown. Villanova beat Temple before 25,000 fans and 25,000 more saw Southern Methodist and Texas Christian battle to a tle. Southern California beat Washington State before a crowd of 35,000. So these comparatively few games were seen by a quarter of a million enthusfasts, and in the East they had to have a lot of enthusiasm to keep from freezing. ‘These comparatively few games took in $1,000.000 in gat: receipts. On top of that figure spectators’ traveling ex- penses, hotel bills, taxi fares, and the money they spent in restaurants, night clubs, theaters and various other amus ments and you will discover that foot ball plays quite a part in the spending power of the Nation. It is estimated that 15,000,000 fans is not an over-estimation of those who saw foot ball games this season. Figure out what the average fan spent to get to a game, see it, and get home again, and you will see that it runs into im- portant money. Add to that the ex- pense of the teams themselves and the value of various foot ball plants and you will find that the game is not only a thrilling sport, but a fairly im- portant industry. (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- paper Aliiance.) e CANADIAN TEAME VICTORS IN HOCKEY | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December about one-fourth of the National Hocky League season over, the indica- tions are that Pittsburgh’'s Firates and New York's Americans are due to be the cellar champions of the two groups. But even that is none too certain. So far, these teams can boast but one victory each in six games, while the teams which were down with them for a while are rapidly forging ahead. ‘Toronto’s Maple Leafs were close to the Americans for a while, but they proved their superiority last night and raised their point total to 7 by handing the New Yorkers their worst trouncing of the season. The final count of 6 to 0 was the first shutoug of the year for the Americans and the highest score To-| ronto has made. Pittsburgh fared better against Mon- treal Haroons, but could not get its sec- ond victory of the year. The biggest of Montreal's heavy players crashed down the rink twice in the second period to gain a 2-to-1 victory. ARMY TAKES CONTROL OF SPORTS IN TURKEY S sociated Press. Sports to militarized in Turkey, Kiazim Pasha, president of the Turkish Parliament, stated in an interview. The Turkish government desires a strong army of sportsmen, he said, but it is deplorable that the country as a whole has not understood that sport :‘wnmmus the strongest arm for de- ense. As a result of the poor showing of civilian sport federations, despite the subsidies nted by the government, all sports ‘Turkey will be put under military control the coming year. The "“Union of Sport Socleties of Turkey” will be managed by a high ranking army officer. Also, the gov- crnment will allow civilians to par- ticipate in the military sports clubs. An old cemetery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, used as a burial place since 1864, is to e made into a base ball park, are | 4—with | Banner Season | CTIVITY in independent basket ball circles is becoming marked. Nearly every available court in | the city and nearby sections 1s the scene of contests nightly. ful season. Potomac Boat Club basketers van- quished Woodlawn A. 34 to 30, in a fast game at Fort Myer. The Boatmen rallied in the late stages to win. Games with 115-pound basket ball teams are wanted by Ne-Hi quint, a game for tomorrow night being especial« ly sought. Manager Barnard is listing at Potomac 2017 at 5 p.m. Candidates for the Ne-Hi team are asked to report tomorrow night in the Langley Junior High gym between 7:30 and 9 o'clock. Union Printer basketers opened their campalgn with a 33-28 victory over the Fort Washington quint. Dumbarton A. C. courtmen are to re- port either tomorrow or Friday at Vic's Sport Shop to be fitted for uniforms. Manager Grove, at West 2134, is listing 140-150 pound teams. Jewish Community Center basketers ‘The game seems in for a most success- | Is Expected For Independent Basketers| | are to gather tonight. at 9 o'clock, in the Center gym. Games with independ- ent fives are being booked and scrim- mages are planned with the Emerison Institute five for next Monday and ‘Wednesday. L. Singman, Wallens‘ein, Hirsch, Fine, Levine, Abramson, Walker, Kish and DeBoskey are J. C. C. play- ers asked to report tonight. ‘Washington Grays suffered their first defeat of the court season when they fell before Knights Store tossers of Alexandria, in a 16-14 battle in the Central High gym. A return game will be played in Alexandria January 9. Trinity M. E. basketers routed G. P. O. quint, 35 to 8. De Luxe basketers will start their season tonight against Eastern Preps in the Eastern High gym at 8 o'clock. Stewart Bros. quint downed National Circles, 20 1o 15, in the Bolling Field gym. In girls games last night, West ‘Washington glpds'. d-feated Acacia, 30 to 13, and Als Athletic Club van- quished Strayer, 36 to 23. FORT WAYNE LEADS PRO BASKET LEAGUE By the Associated ress. NEW YORK, Dccember 4 —The Fort Warne Hooslers, who gave Cleveland a great battle for championship honors last year, had vaulted into the pace- setting position in the American Pro- fessional Basket Ball League today. ‘The Hoosiers' second consecutive triumph over the Brooklyn Visitations enabled Fort Wayne to replace the Visitations in first place. During the week Fort Wayne played only two games and won them both. Brooklyn split even in four games. Cleveland, which holds second place in the standings, divided two games with Chicago before trampling Paterson twice on successive nights. Paterson, inci- dentally, had a disastrous week, losing | four games out of five to take undis- puted possession of the cellar. 3 The official standings, to date, follow: 3 ] B amae’ Fort Wayne. Cleveland Brooklyn ew Chicago . Syracuse Paterson THIRTEEN TILTS LISTED BY VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL LYNCHBURG, Va., December 4.— Capt. Luck, center and guard, and Har- ris and Mayback, guards, three let- ter men, and a group of new students have reported to Coach Bond for bas- ket ball practice at Virginia Episcopal School. The schedule includes 13 games, the season opening January 11. The schedule: January 11—Bedford High, there. January 15—Glass High, Lynchburg. January 18—Glass High, at V. E. 8. January 25—Danville Military Insti- tute, here. January 20—Open date. February 1—Episcopal High, here. February 5 — Blackstone Military Academy, there. February 8—Fishburne, here. February 10—St. Christopher's, Rich- ond. February 11—Hampden-Sidney Frosh, there. February 15—Woodberry Forest, here. February 19—Fork Union, there. February 22—Augusta Military Acad- emy, here. February 26—Randolph-Macon Acad- | emy (Bedford), here. LERMOND AN.D OSBORNE TO MISS INDOOR MEETS BOSTON, December 4 (#).—Leo Ler- mond, the Boston Athletic Association’s star miler, will leave San Francisco for Australia on December 12. Harold Os- borne, Illinois A. C., and 1924 Olympic high jump star, will accompany him. is likely that they will not return home until April, thereby missing all of the American indoor competition. PSP, m Dribble Important Factor in Attack BY SOL METZGER. ‘The dribble in basket ball is not what it used to be. Legal restric- tions on its use and stronger defen- sive tactics to break it up have less- ened its value. Still it remains an important factor in attack, especial- 1y in finishing the drive for a bas- ket on cut-in plays. Its purpose here is to advance the free player close enough for a short shot. Dr. Walter Meanwell's teams at ‘Wisconsin are masters of this play. “THE DRIGBLE. HAND 16 SPREAD = tgnr 124 -l BALL IN FRONT BOUMCE BALL AHEAD WAIGT HIGH ‘They execute it at top speed, bounc- ing the ball ahead of them with one hand as they run, the ball rehound- ing waist high each time. The hand is spread and the ball bounced di- rectly in front of the dribbler. A player become sa proficient dribbler only when he can do the stunt while keeping one eye on the movements of other players. The dribble is generally used, as stated above, for the final advance. In this case, when the player drib- bling is blocked, he stops flat-footed and takes a long shot for the bas- ket, a two-hand chest shot. The method of shooting when the drib- bler is blocked will be covered to- morTow. " Auto Radiators Repaired and New Ones for Any Make Car New Ford Freezeproof diators Wittstatt’s Radiator and Fender Works 1800 14th St. N.W. and 319 13th St. N.W. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F T S T S APACHES POINTING _ FOR BALTIMORE TILT Apaches, who won the city inde- pendent foot ball titie by defeating Mo- hawks, 8 to 0, now are prepping for their game Sunday in Baltimore with the Irvington A. C. Hawks are readying for their battle Sunday with St. Mary's Celtics in Grifith Stadium. The Indians barely defeated the Celts, 7 to 6, recently. Arlington Preps have booked a gridiron game with Mercury Preps for Sunday at 3 o'clock on the Arlington, Va. fleld The Arlington eleven will drill Friday night at 8 o'clock on the Arlingt~~ school grounds. Manager Deuterm “n of the Arlington team wants the Iroquois team manager to call at Clarendon 1280-W-2 with regard to a game for the Arlington County title, Manager Ted Otte has announced that his_Northern Prep gridders will engage Palace A. C. Capital City League 135-pound division champions, December 15. Kennedy A. C. eleven is after a game with the Petworth Pennants for Sun- day. The Kennedy manager may be reached at Georgla 4136 after 7 p.m. Northeast Temple foot ballers will meet tonight at Eleventh and H streets, at 7:30 o'clock. Wolverines, who will meet tonight, at 7:30 o'clock, at 1332 G street southeast, are after a grid game for Sunday with a 135-pound eleven. Call Atlantic 1152, MISSOURI VALLEY FINE “LITTLE’ COLLEGE ELEVEN MARSHALL, Mo., December 4 (#)— Missouri Valley College, winners of the Missouri College Union foot ball title, had a four-touchdown complex this season. In each of five games it scored four touchdowns while its opponents tallied zero. Many critics classed the team the best small college eleven in the Missouri Valley area. Notre Dame Outplayed By Army, Says Zuppke BY BOB ZUPPKE. Poot Ball Coach, University of Tilinois. NEW YORK, December 4.—With any kind of break the Army-Notre Dame game Saturday should have been either a win for the Army or an 0-to-0 tie—probably the latter— rather than a_7-to-0 victory for Notre Dame. For the Army out- played the Irish in almost every de- partment of the game. 1 am quite sure that it was the ex- treme cold and the frozen fleld which brought about the result. The play- ers just simply could not dig in with their cleats. This made pivoting, dodging and quick maneuvering practically impossible. Cagle, more than any other player, suffered from this condition, and it was upon Cagle that the hopes of victory for the Cadets hung. The type of passing which Cagle employs depends for its success upon his ability to turn, twist and dodge with infinite quickness. The frozen fleld made this out of the question, and the result was his passes were Just a few inches or yards away from ‘his recefvers. Marvelous railroads! —so life-like!— 80 colorfull —realistic in detail and performance —so close to every boy's heart. The first gift you select for that boy of yours should be a Lionel electric train. Let him enjoy the thrill of model delightful to every boy. operated) at your local dealers! [Critic Bases Judgment on| |ing at the same time that others Lionel Electric Train railroading. 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But the Navy was nobody's setup at any time and Wisconsin was a far better team than her record for the season would indicate. The Badg- er's play against Colgate, Northwestern, Chicago and Minnesota was of high grade, and Notre Dame gave Wisconsin & worse beating than Purdue, Iowa, Minnesota and Northwestern. Southern California was a powerful outfit, a fine team judged by whatever exacting standard. And the Army, geared in- tensively to meet the South Bend team, was a great team last Saturday— whatever it' may previously have been. Of Pittsburgh's opponents, Waynes- burgh, Duke and Alleghany were minor teams. West Virginia did not amount to very much and Washington and Jef- ferson was below standard. Penn State was nothing more than fair to mid- dling; Ohio State was an in-and-out team, mainly out; Carnegie Tech was a good workmanlike outfit, not in- spired. Notre Dame und Pittsburgh met one team in common, Carnegie Tech. Pitt beat the Titans 34 to 13. Notre Dame defeated them 7 to 0. This would make it appear that Notre Dame's offense was less effective than Pitt's, her de- fense much more effective. But the writer happened to see the Notre Dame- | Carnegie game and witnessed as ex- | pert an exhibition of offensive stalling | by Notre Dame as any big team ever | had the nerve to perpetuate, ‘The writer heard the remark some time ago that Pitt could defeat Notre | Dame by two touchdowns. This opin- | ion was based upon the sustained power of the Panther attack. Well, practi- cally all the teams Pitt met were soft tor sustained power. Modern foot ball defense, brilliantly exemplified by an eleven as Notre Dame, can take care of power. You need more than power when you meet opponents who rank in the major class of foot ball. Foot ball games, of course, can never accurately be played on paper, and the vagaries of the present-day game are so manifold and so persistent that no one may with confidence predict the out- come of contests between teams of the same class. Accordingly, the writer will not hazard the opinion that Notre Dame could defeat Pitt were the two to meet, but he does, none the less, assert that on the basis of the relative merits of | the opponents of the two outfits Notre | Dame is entitled to distinction as na- | tional foot ball leader. And thus the writer defines this South Bend eleven | as a matter of personal opinion, realiz- | ve a perfect right to dissenting opinions, Sometimes & tie game in foot ball is as expressive as a victory. Had th Notre Dame-Army game ended in a deadlock in New York, none but the most unseeing partisan would have left the field with any emotion other than exultation over as perfect an exhibition of the art of foot ball as two teams ever have given. Even in defeat it would have been fitting at the close of that bitter after- | noon had an Army bugler gone forth solitary on that field and in the midst of a great silence huave sounded some call—if such there be—high in its brave, brazen notes that would have signalized all that is held to be worth while and immemorial among soldiers and gentlemen. ‘West Point came upon a hard, frozen fleld to face one of the truly great Notre Dame elevens of all time. It was called upon to handle a running attack which, at least so the writer thinks, is unexcelled in this country today. At the same time there was the problem of launching plays against as superb a defensive outfit as the writer has ever | seen. The way in which the Notre Dame thrusts were checked short of danger | territory—consistently throughout the | game—always will stand out in the writer’s mind as one of the most in- | spiring demonstrations of indomitable will, untiring energy and skilled posi- tion play that any eleven has given in years, (Copyright. 19 Thrill Your Boy On Christmas Morning | With The Gifs He Will Welcome Most BOYS! This is " Lionel Week™ You have watil Seturdar i i ‘membersh: ] Saturday, see the mew Lionel trains sk abeut the big Lisnel 41 Contest. ON THE RADIO » Uncle Don ™ and his Lionsl program overy Friday night a1 6:30 to 7 o'clock Eastern ard Time — Starions W O R (New York), WL W (Cincinnatiy, WBEM (Chicego). Write for Catalo :._ FREE! The new Lions! Rellroad Flas Write THE LIONEL CORPORATION, Dept. NP. 15-17-19 East 26th St., New York City SEE Lionel damonstration: ot ol leading Toy, Sporting Goods Eteerrical Hardware, Purhinre ‘and Depariment Siores. 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DES MOINES, Iowa, December 4.— Night base ball is the real solution to the problem of making minor league base ball succeed, Lee Kaiser, president g:lgu Des Moines Western League club, ves. “Schools that used to be broke now have money, particularly the small in- stitutions, use they adopted the night plan for foot ball” Kaiser said. “Why not night base ball? It will draw and offset the use of the auto and give the working man a chance to attend.” Kaiser said he intended trying the plan out in Des Moines next Spring. i, Horse racing, without betting, has been revived in Texas. HEY! THAT GARAGE ISN'T HEATED —YOUR RADIATOR WILL FREEZE TONIGHT !/ THREE COLGATE STARS TO PLAY ON COAST GRID HAMILTON, N. Y., December 4 (#).— ‘Three stars of the Colgate foot ball team, unbeaten in its last eight starts and scoring leader of the East, today accepted invitations to play with the East against the West in the annual charity game at San Francisco on New Year day. They are Capt. 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