Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1929, Page 18

SP TRIO OF CONTESTS ONTONIGHT'S CARD American U., Gallaudet and Georgetown See Action. Maryland Winner. A ising basket ‘ball campaign to- night with Maryland State Normal as its guest foe. Gallaudet, too, will open its season, meeting Benjamin Franklin at Kendall Green. In a third game on_tonight's card Georgetown will play Baltimore Uni- versity in the Tech High gym and hopes to do & lot better than when it lost surprisingly to Gettysburg last ‘week as starter. Howev the Hoyas will be without one of the strongest players, Freddie Mesmer having wrenched an ankle in practice. Taking his place at guard will be Paul Dillon, a former center. Don Dutton will play center. Capt. Maurice McCarthy, jr., will play_the other guard and Hal Meenan and Wal- ter Morris will be the forwards. American University has back all of 1ts last year's dependables except Bruce Kessler and Forrest Burgess, the latter having transferred to George Wash- ington. LeFavre, Schloss, Lichliter, Olsen and Field probably will start. Gallaudet expects a decisive victory over Benjamin Franklin, In the spot- light will be Del Cosgrove, who led Washington collegians in scoring last season. Maryland is off to a victorious start, with & 27-t0-23 triumph last night over William and Mary at College Park. The Terrapins led by 16 to 8 at halftime, but the visitors rallied strongly and made it a real contest in the last 20 minutes. Bob Gaylor was Maryland's big shot. His four double-deckers and 5 points from the foul line gave him high total of 13 for the night. He was mostly responsible for Maryland’s advantage at halftime and late in the contest his successful free toss helped the Terrapins to build up a skimpy lead. Silverman at left forward was hailed #s the William and Mary ace, but Mitchell Mozeleski, at left guard, stole his thunder. Mozeleski got 10 points while Silverman was being blanked. Maryland used 11 players and six of them had only a few days of prac- tice, as they were with the foot ball squad until after last Saturday’s game with Western Maryland. Summary: Maryland. Evans.{. MERICAN UNIVERSITY, Which‘ had a successful foot ball sea- son this year, will open a prom- Q -3 = | cBuccomascon sonooowron Becesasaey Sowoccoanor | ermoooo0s0s Totals 27 10 7 e Referee—Jjohnny Neun ( ALLEN NOT CERTAIN 70 PLAY FOR CELTS ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 14— Following the final practice in Schuler’s Hall last night for the big game with the Apache A. C. tomorrow, St. Mary’s Celtics officials were still doubtful as to whether or not Dick Allen, their star quarterback, will be able to play to- morrow in Grifith Stadium. " 1 his ankle in the Cel- Q.l('::u e\rl"hfg:‘}::lnegver the Mohawks last Sunday. Virginia Midgets, champions of their d!ssg}:‘\ this city, have disputed the claim to the national midget title ad- vanced by the Charlottesville Fives of Charlottesville, Va. The Charlottesville team has prom- 1sed the locals a game if the Virginlans can defeat the Fredericksburg Tigers, an eleven that gave the Fives one of its best battles. Negotiations for a contest between the Tigers and the locals are underway. Foot ball will make its final appear- ance on a local feld this Fall when Douglas Hewitt’s All Stars, composed mainly of Virginia A. C. players, op- pose the Iroquois A. C. at 2:30 p.m. to- morrow on either Haydon Field or Bag- gett's Park. A sextet has been organized by girls at the Alexandria High School with the aid of several outside performers, play- ing under the name of Alexandria Flashes, The team is composed of Roberta Hoy, Angela Bell, Wells, Gaines, Cator, M. Wells and J. Caton. The new club is not connected in any manner with the school itself. The Flashes opened their season with @ victory Thursday over the Lee-Jack- son High School, 21 to 8. George Beach, former star center of the Virginia A. C. foot ball team, has been named captain of the Hargrave Military Academy eleven for 1930. Four Alexandrians received foot ball Jetters at Hargrave, including Beach, | Gene Bode, Jack Sampson and Charley Armstrong. Two Alexandrians are attracting much favorable comment in Washing- ton scholastic basket ball circles. They are Bottles West and Ellett Cabell, the Emerson guards. St. Mary's Celtics have signed three new basket ball players in Larry Ker- gey and Ernie Colliflower, centers, and “Pepco” Barry, forward or guard. Manager Robert McDonald has book- ed Lester McMenamin's Willlam and Mary Collegians for a Christmas holi- day game here December 30. Me- Menamin is an_Alexandria boy and a member of the Willilam and Mary var- sity. He has picked a team from the varsity squad to play several games in | this section during the holidays. The Celtics won their second game of the seaton Thursday night, trouncing the McLean A. C. of McLean, Va, 43 to 17. Del Ray A. C. basketers are aiter a game for Wednesday night with some genfor or unlimited basket ball team. Phone Manager Ted Miller at Alex- andria 726. GEORGETOWN U. OFFER |S REFUSED BY LAYDEN PITTSBURGH, December 14.—Elmer Layden, former member of the famed four horsemen of the Notre Dame foot ball eleven, has announced that he had declined the invitation of Georgetown University to- become director of ath- letics and head foot ball coach of that institution. Layden has been coaching the Du- quesne University eleven for the past two years. . COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Maryland, 27; Williams and Mary, 24. Pittsburgh, 35; Indiana, 31. Slufiton_ College, 32; Ohio North- ern, 25. Notre Dame, 59; Albion College, 11. Yale, 28; Wesleyan, 24 Harvard, 44; Boston U., 24. Swarthmore, 34; Philadeiphia College <f Osteopathy, 31. / J 23 | Noonan, center, were other consistent B ORTS. ming Victory Is S and White right now is a mighty 34 to 28. Swavely squeezed through toa 20-19 win over Western in the lat- ter'’s gym in another court game yesterday. Central High swimmers opened their season with a 29-36 victory over Baltimore City College’s na- tators in the Monumental City. Aside from the Eastern-Hoya yearling game tonight at 7:15 o'clock, which will be a preliminary to the G. U. varsity- University of Baltimore game in_ the Tech gym, two mcre contests in which schoolboy teams of the District area are to figure are listed. Strayer is to engage Army Head- quarters in_the gym at the War College and Bliss Electrical School and Blair- Takoma High quints are to fight it out in the Silver Spring, Md., Armory. Central's five was carded to engage the Fredericksburg Collegians in the Columbia Heights School gym tonight, but the game was canceled to give the annual Central foot ball banquet, also listed tonight, & clear field. Members of the 1929 Central grid squad will be the guests of honor at the banquet. They will elect & captain for their 1930 eleven. Though often they have proved to mean nothing, comparative scores, nev- ertheless, are interesting and so fans who are trying to get a line on the relative strength of the Central and Eastern teams are awaiting with inter- est the outcome of ‘the Eastern-G. yearling game tonight. Central last Saturday conquered the Hoya Freshmen, 28 to 25. in & game that required two extra periods. Eastern loosed a withering attack in the last three minutes of play to tri umph over Emerson yesterday. Th nggt Blue and White sharpshooters found the cords for three floor goals during those minutes to put the game in the bag. An 86-pound youngster, Kenny Fin- eran, forward, was the brightest figure in Eastern’s exhibition. This boy spar- Kkled throughout the first half, after which he was forced to retire through sheer exhaustion. Of the 12 poh.lts chalked up by the Light Blue and White during the first half, 10 were registered by Fineran. Barney Kane, forward, and Bill scorers for Eastern, each accounting for 6 points. For Emerson Jack Forney, center, former Tech stalwart, was a stand-out, while Eddie Scanlon and Jackie Lewis, erstwhile Business athletes, also holding forth as forwards, showed well. From the start it was a battle royal, with never more than a few points sep- arating the teams. Emerson had a 13-12 edge at the half, Forney coming through with a 2-pointer just before the intermission to give his team the bulge. Guyon used his light combina- tion throughout the first half. In ad- dition to Fineran, it comprised Danny Kessler, as the other forward: Lieb, at center, and Ralph Bucca and Ben Zola, guards. Beginning the second half, Coach Guyon sent in his heavier five. This combination, led by cngL Jimmy Ryan and Kane, showed ability to drop ‘em in, though it was given a nip-and-tuck fight until the final three minutes, when the Light Blue and White found the cords for the three straight baskets that gave it victory. ‘Western High basketers probably will be much more careful from now on as to how they disport themselves on the court. Numerous penalties yester- day cost the Red and White its defeat at the hands of Swavely. Just three floor goals were chalked up by the schoolboys from Manassas, Va., but they made good on 14 tries from the foul line. It appeared in the final moments that Western might force the game into| overtime. John Eaton then essayed a foul shot that would have tied the score at 20-20, but the ball trimmed the basket. Western was severely handicapped in the _second half through the absence of Bob Freeman, Everett Buscher and Dos Hatfleld, who were forced from the game on personal fouls. Freeman and Buscher re| red 7 and 5 poin respectively, before quitting the floo THE EVENING STAR, College Fives Busy : Star Gridmen on Conference Teams in S. A. Section —BY FEG MURRAY || FAGTER TO NAME SQUAD S = EASTERN QUINTET LOOMS AS CONTENDER FOR TITLE Guyon’s Squad Reveals Power in Its Triumph Over Emerson—Basketers Active Today—Swim- cored by Central. HAT Eastern High School’s basket ball team cannot be consid- ered in any other light than as a decidedly formidable con- tender for the public high school championship in the series starting January 7, is plain today. With two combinations, one an unusually light but exceptionally fast one, and the other a more seasoned, huskier five, the Light Blue sweet,_looking outfit. Eastern’s squad, which is coached by Charley Guyon, athletic director at the Lincoln Park School, will go right back at it tonight against the Georgetown University Freshmen following a grueling struggle yesterday in which it vanquished a rugged Emerson team, Western was trailing only 11 to 12 at the half. Coach Moore was forced to use Capt. Jimmy Thompson. He had hoped to keep this boy, who has an injured elbow, out of formal competition until after the holidays. Entering the final event, the 240- yard medley relay, tied with Baltimore City College at 33 points, Central's swimmers won the event and the meet from the Oriole City scholastics. Capt. Bob Varela, John Mayhew and Eddie Hickey swam for Central in the all-important _event. Varela did the backstroking, Mayhew the breaststroking and Hickey the crawlstroking. The summaries: 160-yard relay—Won by City College (Mor- fit, Robey, Bieren and Gampbell). Time, “100-yard breaststroke—Won by Mayhew (Central); second, Thomas (Central); third, Cowman (City). Time, 1:27%5. 40-yard dash—Won by R. Sandrock (City): second, Morfit (City); third, Burns (Central). Time, '0:22. 20-yard free style—Won by Gordon (Cen- tral) i second, Garter (Central); third, Sippel me, 3523 ard backstroke—Won by Varela (Cen- tral): “second Dodds (City); third, Pridgeon ral) (City). Time, 1:163s. 3 free style—Won by Bieren (City); WASHINGTON, WE VOTE FOR NOTRE DAME 100-yard mpbell (City); third, Burns (Cen- e, 1:012 second, Caj tra. ‘Tim s g—Won by Lyman (Central): third, Leverton Central (Central). tral 2:56%. 240-vard medley relay—Won by (Varela, Mayhew and Hickey). Time, | JEWISH BASKETERS TO PLAY TOMORROW Play in the Jewish Community Cen- ter Basket Ball League will open tomor- row afternoon, when three games are scheduled. In the senior league Vistas and Phi Beta Epsilon and Mosean and Evergreen quints will meet. Spartans and Ambassadors will face in the junior loop. In an added attraction the Jewish C. C. Regulars will engage Tremont A. C. Competition will start at 4 o'clock. Stewart Bros. five, which won its ten‘h straight game last night, defeat- ing Walters Whirlwinds, 32 to 31, will engage the Headquarters Company, National Guard, team tomorrow after- noon at Laurel, Md., Stewards are booking games at Columbia 9333. Union Printers downed United Breth- ren tossers, 26 to 21, in the Eastern High gym. O'Brien basketers are after games with 130-pound-class teams having gms, Call Manager Koontz, at Adams 3cLean, Va., A. C. basketers will drill tonight in preparation for its game Tuesday night against Fredericksburg, Va., Collegians. McLean tossers are booking games through Manager Don Funk at Metropolitan 6612, between 5 and 6 p.m. Boys' Club Optimists will engage Fort Myer Band five tonight at 8:30 o'clock at Fort Myer. Games with 130-145-pound class quints are sought by Saranac A. C. with teams having gyms. Call Manager Askins at Adams 4922, Scores of other games last night were: St. Martins, 24; De Molay, 23. Clark Griffiths, 40; Park View, 14. Immaculate Conception, 27; Southern Preps, 11. Corinthians, 17; Meridians, 16. Western Electric, 31; Army War Col- lege, 27. LERMOND, U. S. ATHLETE, WILL RUN IN AUSTRALIA SAN FRANCISCO, December 14 (®). —Leo Lermond, Boston Athletic Club star and holder of the national 1-mile outdoor and 2-mile indoor titles, sailed yesterday aboard the Sonoma for Aus- tralia, where he will run in several ex- hibitions. “Open” Plan to By the Associated Press. ATON ROUGE, La., December 14. —The Southern Conference to- day had before it a resolution proposing an “open and under- stood” arrangement for the sup- port of athletes in the colleges and universities of the South. The resolution was presented at a round-table discussion lasting until past midnight by Maj. W. H. McKellar, faculty chairman of athletics at the university of the South. Maj. McKellar proposed that each institution of the Southern Conference be privileged to award scholarships or an emolument otherwise designated to athletes, the sum to issued by voucher by university authorities suffi- cient to cover the athlete's college fees, text books, board, lodging and fraternity | or other college organization dues; that the universities keep a complete and public record of such assistance; that no other funds should be received by the beneficlary save from his parents or other legal guardian, and that the receipt of such other funds from out- side sources should result in the student being dismissed, or in the failure of the institution to do that, the explusion of the institution from the conference. Maj. McKellar declared the gate re- ceipts from foot ball season would amply supply revenue for the support of the athletes “which would eliminate the surreptitious subsidy now generally prac- ticed, not only in the South, but in the Nation at large.” He declared it to be his opinion that “there is no moral reason why men should not get an education through athletic ability, just as other men get an education through other specialized talents.” He announced that he did not believe his resolution ideal, but that “it offers a way out of the present condition of affairs.” The resolution was put before the conference after a group of Southern college presidents, led by Dr. George H. Denny, president of the University of Alabama, had generally condemned “the present system of surreptitious athletic subsidy.” On the other hand, a war against professiona’iam in college athletics was launched. The executive committee opened the annual meeting by vigorous- Help Athletes Suggested to Dixie Conference|:: ly recommending the conference take enter into agreements with professional | teams before the expiration of their col- lege careers. Coach Charles Bachman of Florida, who will direct the Southern all-stars in the New Year day charity game at Atlanta, said that he will meet his squad December 27 for rehearsals. Harry Mehre, coach of the Georgia Bulldogs, has been selected as one of Bachman's lieutenants. ‘The Northern squad also will practice in Atlanta several days before the game, but Maj. R. R. Neyland, the coach, was not sure about the reporting date. The stock of the Southern team took a decided slump with receipt of news that neither Tony Holm, Alabama’s all- American fullback, nor Vernon (Cat- fish) Smith, the Georgia end, will be able to play. This puts Bachman squarely up against it for a fullback, as Rainey Caw- thon of Florida, the other candidate, also finds it impossible to make the trip. Sewanee officials are on the lookout for & coach to succeed Kirkpatrick, who resigned. There are a number of can- didates for the job. coach, has booked Presbyterian College for a game in Charlotte November 1. This completes State’s schedule, which will end next year on November 22 with the South Carolina game. * Alabama and Tennessee have signed a new two-year home-and-home agree- ment. Next year's game will be played at Tuscaloosa on October 18. Dr. 8. V. Sanford, president of the conference and dean of the University of Georgia, who surprised the foot bail world by getting Yale down to Athens last Fall, intimated he may treat his friends to another surprise in 1930. Kentucky, which has added two con- ference opponents in Duke and Virginia, has a complete card, except for October 4. Florida and North Carolina are try- ing to get together on a day for 1931, ‘Tulane has two open dat Vanderbilt drastic steps to disqualify athletes who |1 Gus ‘Tebell, North Carolina_State | “THe 95 ¢ HE END OF THE TRAIL!" But how different from James Earle Fraser's fa- mous statue of that name, with the half-clad Indian bent low over his tired horse out on the snowy, wind-swept plain! The horseman of Notre Dame and his steed, Rambler, are both tired, to be sure, and they came to the end of the trail on an fcy, wind- swept fleld, but it was a trail that led to vicory, and so both horse and rider are proud and happy. The long, long trail that began last October 5 only ended on November 30, with Notre Dame’s toughest game of all, against an inspired Army team, and don't kid yourself that the Irish’s job of keeping their slate clean against the eleven Biff Jones -YARD LES PASS, TGk ELER ., S EEIG OF THE Nowe DAME -A) threw at them, after playing eight hard games in a row, was any easy task. ‘That 100-yard dash of Jack Elder’s wasn't just a “break,” and who can tell what Rockne’s men might have uncovered had they not got those precious 7 points through that lucky (for them) pass of Cagle's? I think that Notre Dame is de- serving of the 1929 national foot ball championship because the Rocks of South Bend went through the toughest nine-game schedule any team in the land faced, without losing or tieing a game. I think that Notre Dame’s claim is stronger than that of Pitt, which also won all its nine games, because Pitt had three “weak sisters” on its schedule, LY TOUCHDOWN, MY GAME D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 19%9. p 7 Metropolitan Newspaper Service ‘Waynesboro, Duke and Allegheny, or that of Purdue, which won ai its eight games but met such teams as Kansas Aggies, De Pauw and Missis- sippi. PFrom the Irish schedule you can throw out the Drake game. ‘To the arguments that Pitt beat Carnegie much worse than Notre Dame did, or that Purdue defeated Indiana by a larger score than the Irish did, all I can say is that it has been repeatedly proved that com- parative scores mean absolutely nothing In foot ball. I think that Notre Dame's 1929 record, considering Rockne’s {llness, the distance traveled and the fact that each opponent was pointing for the Hoosler's, was all-America champlonship stuff. By the Associated Press. OS ANGELES, December 14.— Carnegie Tech of Pittsburgh and the Trojans of Southern Cali- fornia meet today at the Coli- seum in an intersectional foot ball contest. On the strength of its record Uni- versity of Southern California was the favorite. The Trojans scored 400 points against their seasonal opponents, lost by 1 point to Notre Dame and bowed 15 to 7 to the California Bear, while Tech scored but 132 points, lost by & touch- down to Notre Dame and was buried 34 to 13 by the University of Pittsburgh. In addition the Tartans were tled by ‘Washington and Jefferson. Coach Walter Steffen of Carnegle dimissed the dopesters’ pre-game de- cision with “Don’t be surprised if we hand the Trojans a nice little upset.” Steffen said “Tank” Highberger sprained an ankle at Albuquerque, N. Mex., but probably will be ready, and that his star Jine smasher, Karcis, who has been afflicted with a serles of in- juries, also is ready. The Trojan reserves, four complete teams, swung the odds in their favor. Steffen brought 27 men with him on the long journey across the country. On January 1 the Trojans will meet Pittsburgh in the annual East-West game at Pasadena and today's game is expected to have a decided bearing on the guessing before the classic. ‘Tentative line-ups: Carnegie Tech. Positions. weeon.Left end ICeft tackie erina . Duncanis uarterbas “Left halfback Right halfback "Fullback BY LAWRENCE PERRY. Of the game which is to be played to- day at the Coliseum in Los Angeles be- tween Carnegle Tech and Southern California one thing may be said with | certainty—two strong teams will come | to grips. Every one, of course, knnws‘ that the Trojans are strong. Knowledge | to this effect concerning the Tartans is | perhaps not. so widespread. The score | in at least one important game played | by Carnegie, that against Pittsburgh, | may well misleading in picturing the | strength, r lack of strength, of Tech. | The sterling game which Carnegic| played against New York University will | be regarded by those who follow foot | ball closely as a more accurate indica- tion of the proficiency of that Pitts- burgh outfit. The team played & very good game against Notre Dame, but was not at the time as far along in scoring power as it later was. Chiefly that 34-to-13 defeat by Pitts- burgh has been held as showing that Carnegie in_the past season was below her form of recent years. Tne fact is that the score in this game is as excel- lent an example of the failure of figures accurately to reflect the relative merits of two elevens as could be cited. Score Is Misleading. Consider in detail how Pitt accom- plished several of her touchdowns. First of all with Carnegie flat-footed in the first minute of play Pitt's interference opened a boulevard for Uansa, who scampered for a touchdown. It dazed Tech undoubtedly, and it was not until the second half that she recovered her poise. Meantime, the Tartans fell vic- tims to the toughest set of breaks in the shortest time that has ever occurred in major foot ball. Pitt earned two points on a safety, which followed a pass over the goal line by the Tech center. Later a Carn back attempted to skirt Pitt’s right end. ‘Tackled from the rear, the ball bounced out of his arms into the grasp of a surprised Pitt man, who forthwith gal- loped to a touchdown. Not long afterward Pittsburgh at- Karcis . is_looking around for an opponent to take Sewanee’s place. tempted a forward pass. A Carnegie man had it covered. | Southern California Is Picked To Score Over Carnegie Tech but in falling it lighted into the hands not of the intended receiver, but of an- other eligible Panther who also ran for a touchdown. Then a Pittsburgh back started an end run. He, too, was tackled from behind and in this case also the ball flew out of the carrier’s arms. But, as luck would have it, the ball hit the ground, bounding finally at a crazy angle into the arms of a third surprised Pitt player, who made a long run to place the ball in such a dangerous po- sition that the discouraged Tartans could not check the scoring drive. Carnegie Tech Rallies. After the first quarter Tech made a foot ball game out of this affair, but multiplied disaster was not to be offset. All this is set down not by way of discounting Pitt’s victory but merely to show that Tech was not so bad as the score made her look, also to suggest that the Trojans will in all probability encounter plenty of opposition. Running and forward passing well mixed will no doubt feature the Tartan attack and her defense is likely to be worth while. So, although the edge has to be given to Southern California, although the Trojans herewith are pick- ed to win, the writer believes that those ‘who see this game will get their money's worth of thrill and good foot ball. Syracuse Offense Is “Cut-in” Play BY SOL METZGER. Syracuse, always strong in basket ball, uses the fast cut-in type of attack. One of the players in the front line of the play will drive at top speed for the basket, seeking to dodge or sidestep the defensive player assigned to cover him. If he succeeds the ball is shot to him on a long pass and he dribbles No.2 ORVES A{ GASKES A1 40P LPRED in and takes a one-arm short shot for the basket. This is a method of attack that has long been in general use. 1ts success depends upon the player who cuts. His skill in being able to feint and tie up the player covering +him is the secret of making the play work. He has to use great initiative in his first moves and dare not re- peat the same stunt in fooling his immediate adversary. Because of the fact that success in basket ball depends chiefly upon the individual be! able to .twit his adversary, its cl students claim it is the ideal sport for training a boy in quick thinking and quick action. (Copyright, 1920.) PURDUE LISTS BAYLOR. ‘WACO, Tex., December 14 ().—Bay- lor will meet Purdue, Big Ten cham- pions, at Lafayette, Ind., October 4, He batted it down, | next season. . COLLEGE NINES HIT BY GRIDIRON TALK | Connie Mack Declares Foot Ball Gossip All Year Hurts Base Ball. By the Assoclated Press. RINCETON, N. J.,, December 14.— Connie Mack, manager of the world-champion Athletics, blames year-round discussion of and interest in foot ball for “waning interest in base ball among university undergraduates,” according to an interview which the Princetonian, student daily, published today. general ban of golf among ball players was due to a fear of the same thing— that the players would begin to talk of nothing but golf. The physical damage of golf, he added, amounts only to leg fatigue, which is not serious. ‘The seven-time winner of the Ameri. can League pennant told the Princ tonian that a large measure of disinter- est in base ball had its beginning in the fact that the college game, at its height in the late 80s and the early 90s, began to deteriorate in quality. He urged colleges and universities to obtain the best possible coaching as the first step in reviving interest in base ball, on the theory that an improved game would better enable the Spring Zp(lvxrt to compete with year-round foot al “Without the backing of the campus,” Mack continued, “base ball players lack spirit. This suppert, revived, could help college base ball greatly. “I'm not in favor of signing a college base ball player for professional ball until he has been graduated. I'm strong for the boy who goes through college and begins his professional career after receiving his diploma, MISSOURI ASKS TEXAS FOR FOOT BALL GAMES AUSTIN, Tex., December 14 (#).— Dr. H. J. Ettlinger, University of Texas director of athletics, said today that an offer by the University of Missouri of a home-and-home foot ball agreement with Texas, to start in 1931, would be acted on Monday. Missouri proposed either a two-year gl;tfl;)utr‘;ye%r contract, Dr. Ettlinger said, i e first game if desired. . ks The Texas“athletic council also will act Monday night on a Missouri offer of a game at Columbia next October 11. That offer probably will be refused, Dr. Ettlinger said, as the Longhorns need a home game on that date. LEAD IN COUNTY LOOP LAUREL, Md, December 14.—Brent- wood Hawks today are setting the pace in the Tri-County Basket Ball League, Last night they won their second game in as many starts, defeating Berwyn A. C., 30 to 27, on the National Guard Armory court here. In another league game Headquarters Company, National Guard, downed Laurel Independents, 52 to 2 MEHLER, EX-CENTRAL BOY STARS ON VARSITY MAT George Mehler, former star fullback on the Central High foot ball eleven, Dow bids fair to make good as wrest- Last night as a member of the Wash- ington and Lee freshman grappling team he won his match in the 115- pound class over an opponent from William and Mary. $PORTS. THAN TO RICK ELEVENS Farris, North Carolina Guard, Selected as Eeader of Combination, With Sloan, Virginia Ball Carrier, as Alternate Captain. BY WILLIAM HA Here is the squad: Ends—Heagy of Maryland, Maryland. land, Willard of V. M. L. Hooper of V. P. I Duke, Dunn of V. M. I,, Magner of North Carolina, GAME IS ON AFTER Mack said that professional base ball's : HEATED ARGUMENT Apaches and Celtics Debate Five Hours Before Squads Are Approved. FTER a debate over eligibility lists the Apaches and St. Mary's Celtics have agreed to play to- morrow at Griffith Stadium for the South Atlantic independent foot ball championship. The game will start at 2 o'clock. It lggnred for a while the battle would be called off because of the Cel- tics' insistence on use players the Apaches thought ineligible. After a five-hour huddle Manager Sey- mour Hall of the Apaches consented to the addition to Pepco Barry and Buck Beach to the Celtic roster. ‘The Apaches are unbeaten and un- tied. The Celtics have lost only to the Mohawks, but wiped out the defeat with victory in a second meeting. Forfeiture of its share of gate re- ceipts will be the penalty if either team uses an ineligible man. The squads follow: Apaches—McCabe, McCann, Hilleary, Joe Sweeney, Boyd, Snail, Rice, Jones, Brown, Meyers, Farrell, Chalkley, Mos- | good ko, Carter, Tobin, Lytell, Carroll, Mon- tague, Frye, Fox, Cudmore, Clifford, Sullivan, Farran. Celtics—Thomas, Harris, Baker, Wil- llams, Kennedy, Moore, Budnick, Sheilds, Hamilton, Shapiro, Beach, Dreifus, Groves, Veach, Hayman, Gold- man, Padgett, McQueen, Crupper, Al- len, Wood, Mayhugh, Barry. Two warm rivals, the Palace and Northern elevens, will clash tomorrow at 2:30 at Silver Spring. 1t will be their fifth game of the sea- son with a timore team when the Mohawks face the Irvingtons tomorrow in the Monumental City. ‘With the 115-pound championship at stake, the Northeast Temple and Tro- jan elevens will play tomorrow at 11 a.m., on Monument Lot grid No. 1. At Arlington, the Alexandria All Stars vlllll e:gm the Arlington Preps, at 2:30 o’clock. Sport Slants By Alan J. Gould, Associated Press Sports Editor. HE All-America debate is about wrapped up for 1929, but it is interesting to note greater agree- ment this year than usual on a number of the outstanding stars. Four of the all-stars, Joe Donchess of Pittsburgh, Jack Cannon of Notre i Dame, Ben Ticknor of Harvard and Frank Carideo of Notre Dame, were unanimous selections, so far as any mythical team observed to date is con- cerned. Red Sleight of Purdue and Bronko Nagurski of Minnesota were so close to being unanimous that there was scarce- ly any difference, thus establishing extraordinary agreement on six of the 11 men nominated for honors. The widest range of opinion was re- flected in the choice of halfbacks, although the Associated Press country- wide consensus showed Toby Uansa well ahead of all candidates and Red Cagle, the Army captain, mustering sufficient votes to beat out Pest Welch of Purdue by a close margin. Lom of California, Glassgow of Iowa, Banker of Tulane and McEver of Tennessee ran strong in a number of precincts. Fesler and Tappaan flashed a close race for the distinction of sharing the flanks with Donchess. Montgomery and Schwarz furnished a good contest for the honor of being opposite Cannon at guard. Ticknor ran far ahead of any center. Among the fullbacks, Pug Parkinson of Pitt and Tony Holm of Alabama were the favorites, although Welch, Marsters, Nagurski and Pom- eroy were the pick of scattered experts. PERHAPS one of the strangest de- velopments of the All-America argument was the tendency to table Albie Booth of Yale for further consid- eration. Albie’s failure to shine at the close and the fact that as a sophomore he has two more chances to make the all-star aggregation contributed to this, yet support in the balloting was ccn- spicuously lacking for the youth who was talked about more than any other ball-carrier of the season. There can be no question about Booth’s class—not to any one who saw the Blue midget outplay the great Red Cagle and the equally great Al Marsters on successive Saturdays. When it's fig- ured that 150,000 saw Albie on these two days he ought to be able to muster a few votes. He got the cheers, any- way. Next year he may get the ballots. UITE a few of the gridiron heroes may be noticed tossing basket balls around during the next few months, even though there is mnot quite the glamour to tossing a two-pointer through the hoop as there is a plowing over for a touchdown. Booth is among the “cage” stars at Yale. He captained the n basket ball team. Stevens of Cornell, Tys of Columbia, Baker of Pittsburgh and Wittmer of Princeton are others making a quick hop from the gridiron to the court. Harmeson of Purdue, Schoonover of Arkansas, Rothert of Stanford, Clark of Colorado College, Churchill of Okla- homa, Fesler of Ohio State, Truskowski of Michigan, Tanner of lesota and Bergherm of Northwestern also rank high in the two sports, which have the | arts of passing and blocking in common. PRO BASKET BALL. Cleveland, 24; Syracuse, 12, A RLOTTESVILLE, best men who have played foot ball in 19! Southern Conference teams within the South Atlantic States this year has several advan! skillful players into first, second and d Holt of North Carolina, Nutter of V. P. 1., Scott of V. M. I, Turner of Virginia and Williams of W.and L. Tackles—Chadwick of V. M. I, Kistler of Duke, Koenig of North Carolina, Hawkins of W. and L., Leop of Duke and Lombard of of certain | Pass! 'WRANEK, Jr. Va., December 14.—Selecting a squad of the for the eight es over grouping these same teams. ‘Guards—Farris of North Carolina, captain; Adkins of North Caro- lina, De Butts of Virginia, Hubbard of V. P. 1, McDonald of Mary- Centers—V. Grow of V. M. I, Lipscomb of North Carolina, Madi- gan of Maryland, Taylor of Virginia. Quarterbacks—Branch of North Carolina, Evans of Maryland, Running backs—Sloan of Virginia, alternate captain; Buic of Hawkins of V. M. I, Maddox of W. and L., Miller of Maryland, Spear of ‘To select the four best backs, for example, is practically impossible, not to say wholly unfair. And even in point- ing out worthy material for a non- existing coach a good many accomplish- ed performers have been omitted. Farris Real Leader. Capt. Ray Farris of North Carolina is selected as captain for this mythical squad because he is a leader on the gridiron and off. He has earned a place upon All-Southern first teams and All- America second elevens. And the stu- dent body at Chapel Hill has named him as their president. Johnny Sloan, Virginia's captain, is named as alternate for very similar reasons. The only injury Sloan received in four years of foot ball at Virginia kept him from three games this Fall and probably cost him an All-Southern position. But he is recognized as one of the finest of Cavalier captains. And he is president of the Virginia Athletic Association and member of many stu- dent organizations. In three seasons as a regular, Sloan took the ball 499 times, kicks and plays called off by penalties excepted. He gained, by running it 1f or by ing, a total of 2,199 yards, or an average of just about 414 yards each time it went to him. And this was with & team that failed to win half its games. This season his average return of punts and kicks received was 26 yards. He has made a remarkable record. It is not possible to praise each of the men as individuals, though many deserve_more than mere mention by name. But some peculiarities are worth comment. Plenty of Good Backs. ‘This was a fine year for backs in the South Atlantic States, but none too for linemen. Centers and ends, on the whole, were better than tackles, and these, in turn, outshone, the guards. Adkins of Carolina, who played tackle, is named as guard largely because it is difficult to keep him off any squad. He could doubtless perform better than some of the guards selected. But, for all the wealth of backfleld men, outstanding fullbacks were few. Dunn of the Cadets is, perhaps, the only distinctive fullback in all this Piay the. fullback is gradiaty pasetng u s gradual as an individual performer. ? e, Hooper, the V. P. I sometimes performs the fullback's of defense. And for Virginia much of the line bucking was done by Thomas, who went to the safety position when the Cavaliers did not have the ball. North Carolina has placed eight men in this select company. But this is no less than is deserved by the great team g;fi !!\1:& been developed at Chapel Hill C. M. I. and Maryland are both rep- resented by six men. The Cadets this season won the Old Dominion title for the third year in a row. Maryland started poorly, but was a fine team in November. On the whole, the season just ended has been an interesting one within the South Atlantic group. Because of the backfield strength there has been more scoring than usual. A witness to this is the Tar Heel team, with a 32-point average. And in few games played have these conference eleven, failed to count. BIG NINE QUINTETS IN GAMES TONIGHT BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 14.—Five West- ern Conference basket ball teams will be in action tonight, two of them -?lmt major adversaries. Micl & quarterback, duty carry the Big Nine banner into the t, meeting Pennsylvania at Phila- delphia, while Purdue, Illinois, North- ;voe;lum and Wisconsin will play at e. Northwestern has a_ tough assign- ment in Pittsburgh, which last night won & thriller from Everett Dean's Indiana five, 35 to 31, at Bloomington. The battle should provide a great duel between Charlie Hyatt of Pitt, who is regarded as one of the outstanding players _in college competition, Capt. Rut Walter of Northwestern. Walter scored eight field goals and a foul shot in Northwestern's opening mw;y&;verhummell (Iowa) College, , while Hyatt's play has n the backbone of Pitt’s ggmi s Purdue will entertain Washington University of St. Louis, with Coach Ward Lambert of the Boilermakers matching his squad against one coached by Don White, who ranks as one of Purdue’s greatest stars. Wisconsin will tackle Monmouth College and Chicago will open its season with Lake Forest. Illinois is down for an experimental contest with Bradley Tech. The jum; at center is to be eliminated, the ball being put irto play by the team win- ning the toss, under its own basket. Thereafter, when a fleld goal is scored or a foul shot made, the ball will go to meeut;lmt;corgssknpon,heut of bounds neal e et whe! was made. S . CROWD TOO BIG, SCHOOL TITLE GAME IS PUT OFF NEW YORK, December 14.—Becaase there was too big & crowd present, of. ficials postponed the Alexander Hamil- ton-Franklin K. Lane basket ball game for the Brooklyn Public Schools Ath- letic League championship yesterday. Some five or six hundred had watched the preliminary Brooklyn Prep-Boys' game on the latter's court and stayed over for the second meeting. By game time 2,000 spectators were on hand, and the school principal asked that the game be postponed. No definite date was set. SOCCER TILT TOMORROW. Washington Soccer Club will Concord booters tomorrow on Mflnu::en: fleld No. 2, at 2 o'clock. Harold Suit, :epgl‘:uxunonmgdw‘lnhnny Malloch ly are rt 5 ager Bruce. e HOCKEY RESULTS. Cleveland, 2; Windsor, 2 (overtime). Minneapolis, St. Paul, 1. Kansas City, St. Louls, 0. London, 2; Toronto, 1.