Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1929, Page 33

1 Sports News * 'WITH SUNDAY MORRING EDITION @he Foen ny Stas. WASHINGTON, D C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1929, Features and Classified L PAGE 33 Dixie College Heads Defend Foot Ball : Brandt Apt to Miss Four-Letter Goal GOOD FAR EXCEEDS EVIL IN SPORT TIGERT AVERS Other Southern Conference School Presidents Join Florida U. Leader in Praise of Game—C. U. and G. W. Start Basket Ball Seasons. BY H. C, ‘ life, according to presidents talks in which they frankly admit . BYRD. OLLEGE foot ball is all right and filling a big place in campus of six universities who were in at- tendance at the annual convention of the Southern Conference at Baton Rogue, La., last week. All six of these men made brief ted that foot ball at times and in some places is productive of undesirable things, but not to any greater extent than any other Furthermore, human agency of its size and importance. it was pointed out that foot ball holds such a val- uable place in college life that its undesirable features are so far out- weighed as to be almost negligible. . John J. Tigert, former United States commissioner of educa- "iong‘;d"now pres‘fiicnt of the University of Florida, made one of the frankest and most intelligent talks on foot ball that ever has come { any university executive. What he said was in an executive ses- ;::lrln of {he conference and not for publication, but he later stated that he would not object to some of the salient points of his remarks being brought out. It Izvas his opinion.that foot ball is nothing more nor less than a cross section of American life ani that as such it is subject to the same tendencies to error and, as such a human agency, éannot be expected to be perfect. With that as a promise, Dr. Tigers discussed ‘the values and the nandesirable factors in foot ball, #nd showed that the former are seldom men- tioned, while the latter are accen- tuated far beyond their true pro- ortion. PO was Dr. Tigert's opinion that it is unfair to the game to lay so much cmphasis on one undesirable factor. Shich the colleges all recognize and understand and are trying to eliminate, until it seems that foot ball is all wrong. What, rather, should be done, accord- ing to Dr. Tigert, is to recognize that the patient as a whole is organicaily sound and that the little sore on the end of a finger should be cured by the best means available and as rapidly as possible. It also was his opinion that 1o make the open charge that foot ball has reached a point where it is under the control of alumni and the sports writers simply is not stating the facts. Others Defend Game. Dr. Dinwiddie, president of Tulane University, sald he believed those in charge of athletics should be trusted to manage athletics and that they would elXectively handle all problems that Yave to do with foot ball, including those problems that arc concerned with «-"0lastic requirements. Dr. Knapp, president of Alabama Pnlytechnieplnsmute. was of the opin- jon that a boy who is an athlete ought 1o be allowed to receive legitimate aid 1o go through school just as do other boys who are not athletes, and that he did not consider the scholastic part of the problem a very big one, because at is school the athletes averaged higher their school work than the remainder of the student body. Other college presidents. including Dr. %1cVey of University of Kentucky and Dr. Morgan of University of Tennessee. +poke pretty much in the same vein, all stating frankly the various problems that have come out of foot ball, but not one speaking a word against foot ball itself, all l&plunfly accepting as 2 general premise that the game is holding a solid and desirable place in the colleges and that such undesirable factors as are concerned with it must b2 eliminated as quickly and in the best way possible. Bob Neyland, coach of the Univer- £1'y of Tennescee's great team, says that McEver, his star back, is the greatest Pell carrier that ever stocd in a foot ‘ball suit. Neyland's opinion of McEver's ability is worth giving: | “MCcEver is the greatest ground-gain- ‘x 4ng back I ever have seen, and that in- | cludes Jim Thorpe. When I was play- ing at West Point I played against Thorpe, but the Indian was not as hard to stop as McEver. There is nothing on a foot ball field that Mc- Ever cannot do. He weighs 188 pounds, is a hard runner and at the same time is clever in the open fleld. He is a great defensive player, and altogether is the best man in a foot ball uniform I ever have known.” Maj. Neyland, who besides coaching the foot ball team at Tennessee is de- tailed by the War Department to Ten- | nessee as professor of military science | and tacties, was the center of a big |laugh on the part of many to whom he was speaking about the tie game his team played with Kentucky. Tennessee had a clear road to the Southern cham- pionship if it could beat Kentucky in the final game. However, Kentucky tied Tennessee, or Tennessee tied Ken- tucky, according to whether one looks at it from Tennessee or Kentucky eyes, and Neyland, in talking of the title he did not win, spoke thus: “We did not mind at all about Ken- tucky tying us. I think it really was a good thing for foot ball The 6-t0-6 score was a credit to both teams. Ken- tucky played great foot ball and so did we. Probably it is well that we do not have to bother about a Southern cham- pionship. It is not a good thing for any team to b2 too successful, and we are just as well satisfied as it is.” Pavsing at that point for half a second or so, but before anybody else could speak, Neyland continued: “But, gesh, how I would like to have got that extra point.” There is not much doubt. that in future years many more foot ball games will be played between schools in the northern end of the Southern Confer- ence and the schools down near the Gulf Coast. Had schedules of the teams in North Carolina, Virginia and Mary- land not been filled already- they coul have listed as many such games as they desired. It is understood that scveral commitments - were made for contests in 1931. It is certain that Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Florida and ‘Tulane will be on the schedules of schools in this section at that time. Catholic University and George Wash- ington open their basket ball schedules tonight and tomorrow night. g Brooklanders meet the High Point, N. C., College quint this evening at Brockland at 8 o'clock, while tomorrow George Washington entertains the Shenandoah College five in the Colonial gymnasium. Bof Catholic U. and G. W. are expecting to turn out teams and figure on opening eir schedules with victories. Of course, Fred Rice always has a good five at C. U. and probably no other school in the section has becn so consistently suceessful in basket ball for the last 15 years. Leading Brentwsod Basketers in County Loop . Play Tonight —Play enters. its fifth week to- night in the Prince Georges County Basket Ball League with tional Guard Armory floor here. g:ellmot:cod ‘Hawks, which are out in front in’ the league with four victories yuthern Methodists in the first game, ?!‘:l‘fln! at 17:30, following which (‘:um-I any F, National Guard, basketers of H YATTSVILLE, Md., December 16. two games scheduled on the and no defeats, will engage Hyattsville ?hls place will mix with Mount Rainier A C. erwyn A. C. won its first league game vc?l:rday afternoon, drubbing Mount Rainier A. C.. 40 to 15. This contest was a preliminary to an independent game in which Potomac Bat Club's quint | of Washington conquered Company F, 23 to 19. ‘Presenting a line-up strengthened by pPaul Brown, former Washington Tech High luminary, and Richmond Reeley, erstwhile Company F stalwart, Berwyn assumed the lead in the opening minutes and steadily wldel?ed it, holding a 25- argin at the half. .‘BrrEWn and Reeley accounted for 22 or more than half of their team's points. Brown registered 13 and Reeley 9. Goodwin was the losers’ highest scorer with 7 points. ‘Battling was brisk all the way in the Potomac-Company F game. ~Getting away to a slow start, the visitors were unable to score until the second quarter, while the Soldiers were counting 5, but then the Boatmen rallied to gain a 10-7 edge at the half. Thereafter it was all Potomac. ‘Atkins for the winners and Crosth- walte for the guards were offense stand- oputs, each registering 8 points. The league team standing follows: w. Brentwood Hewks Company F. Berwyn A ount Rainier A. C Maryland Colles mwrRm—or Hyattsville High's basket ball team, \'hlg’h was to meet St. Alban's School tossers this afternoon on the latter's court in Washington, -will entertain Oakton, Va., High tossers on the armory fioor here tomorrow afternoon. Hyatts- ville High girls will open their season tomorrow afternoon against the Oakton High lassies. Hyattsville boy tossers also will play two more games this week, playing host 10 Rnckv\l?e High here Wednesday and going to Washington Friday to meet Tech High. Managers of Prince Georges County ‘Basket Ball League teams will meet to- night at 7:15 o'clock in the National Guard Armory here to map a schedule for the league’s second half, which opens January 6, and also to pass upon the cligibility of proposed new players. University of Maryland by one of its graduates, Bob Gaylor of Berwyn. Gay- lor has made his mark both in basket ball and base ball. He started the pres- ent court season, his second on_the varsity squad, in impressive style, hav- ing scored 13 points in Maryland's winning game against Willlam and Mary last Friday night. STUART WINS TITLE IN SOCCER LEAGUE By beating Columbia, 3 to 0, the Stuart team clinched the championship of the Junior American Soccer League. A 30-yard goal by Fitzpatrick was the feature shot of the game. The entire team of youngsters played well, Lewls and McKenzie were the Columblia stars. In the Washington Soccer League the Gaelic-Americans fooled the dopesters by holding Rosedale to a 1-1 tle and g}o':ctl;rd trimmed the Washington Club, In the Capital City League, Marlboro pasted Gaithersburg, 6 to 1, and Hyatts- ville forfeited to Fashion Shop. PALACE ELEVEN WINS 135-POUND GRID TITLE Having won the Capital City League 135-pound chlmpionsl‘:lp and de{u{e“d the Northern Preps, 12-0, for independ- ent honors, the Palace A. C. today con- siders itself a city title holder. Eddie Heflin fell on a foozled punt behind the Northern goal for a touch- down and another was scored after a 000 | long, hard drive. WEEK END SPORTS By the Assoclated Press. AVALON.—Tony Manero wins Cata- lina Island open golf tournament with 54-hole score of 186, 12 under par; Olin Dutra, California, is second. COLUMBUS, Ohio. — National Pro Foot HEall League season closes with Green Bay Packers as new champions, CHICAGO.—Chicago Cubs' manage- ment opposes Hack Wilson's contem- plated boxing match with Art Shires; Wilson says he won't fight unless given permission. MEXICO CITY.—Cuba wins last two singles matches in Hidalgo tennis tro- phy matches captured by Mexico, three victories to two. ANGELES.—Southern California :%otw b-l; team smothers Carnegie Techk, 13. BOSTON. — Massachusetts Boxing Commission absolves Champion Jackie Flelds of blame in bout with Gorilla Jones, which was halted in seventh Hyattsville High School is proud of the ‘athletic record being made at the round and declared no contest. 4 JAP DAVIS CUP NETMEN SEEKING EUROPEAN PLAY TOKIO, December 16 ().—The ex- ecutive committee of the Japan Lawn Tennis Assoclation decided today to is- sue its 1930 challenge for the Davis Cup in the European zone instead of the American zone, as it has done hereto- fore. The committee said the action was taken because the European zone offers a greater variety of competition. The Davis Cup team for 1930 named today includes Takeichi Harada, Yo- shiro Ohta, Tamia Abe and Ytotart Sato. The first three are veterans of international matches, while Sato Is rated as the best of the newcomers. APACHES MAY PLAY ORIOLE CHAMPIONS Washington and Baltimore Foot Ball Titles Are Decided Same Day. ASHINGTON'S undefeated sandlot foot ball champions, the Apaches, with the scalps of the Mohawks and St. Mary's Celtics included in a lengthy string, pointed tomahawks threateningly today at the Lansdownes, who yesterday defeated Homestead for the championship of the Baltimore league, while the Apaches were polish- ing off the Celtics, 12 to 0. However, it was the Lansdowne team that challenged for a meeting next Sun- day. Manager Seymour Hall, the Apache manager, had said the Celtic game would be the last for his team. but nevertheless is considering th> Baltimore challenge. A victory over Lansdowne would give the Apaches a clear right to the South Atlantic title. ‘The Apaches got a touchdown in each of the first two periods, both through steady driving, McCabe and McCann scoring. The winners threat- ened to score on three occasions in the last half. It was a thoroughly de- cisive victory. In the third quarter, little Bill Thomas of the Celtics ran 45 yards across the Apache fi)nl‘ but the ball was called back and his team penalized for holding. Later he was taken to Garfleld Hospital with an injured shoulder. . Near the finish, Coach Rube Hayman of the Celtics and Boots Brown, Apache end, were ruled out for swapping punches. Five thousand paid to see the game. A scoreless battle was fought in Bal- timore by the Mohawks and Irvingtons, but it was a moral triumph' for the Irvingtons, who early this season took a beating from the Washington team. The Irvingtons came closest to a touch- down, putting the ball on the 4-yard line. Two Mohawk fleld, goal attempts were made in the last half. By virtue of a 32-to-6 victory over the Northeast Temple eleveny the Tro- jans appear to have sewed “wp city honors in the 115-pound class. . ALL-EAST GRID TEAM BEGINS DRILLS TODAY By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 16.—Twenty- two Midwestern and Eastern foot ball stars who will represent the East against the West in the Shrine benefit game on New Year day at San Francisco to- day began active organization. The squad includes 11 Eastérn play- ers and a like number from the Mid- west, the former selected by Coach Andy Kerr of Colgate, and the rest by Dick Hanley of Northwestern. The first workout was set for today at Dyche Stadium, Northwestern's home field, which will b2 the training ground until the squad starts west. The team this year appears to be more powerful than last year in the line, while the list of backs also is im- pressive. Outstanding among_ the line- men are Cannon and Twomey of Notre Dame, Anderson and Erickson of North- western, Bronko Nagurski and Tanner of Minnesota, Jim Mooney of George- town and Red Sleight of Purdue. 9 Famous backfield men of the season who will invade the West are Frosty Peters, Illinois; Willls Glassgow, Iowa; Lloyd Brazil, University of Detroit; Tommy Dowler, Colgate, and Tony Holm, Alabama fullback star. Four games have been played in the series, the first three resulting in vic- tories for the West, while last year's classic was won by the East, 20 to 0. BASKET BALL CARD FOR SCHOOL TEAMS TODAY. Business vs. Catholic University Freshmen, at Brookland (preliminary to the C. U. Varsity-High Point game). Business vs. Woodward, at Business (afternoon). Eastern vs. Alexandria High, at Alex- andria. Landon vs. at Epiphany Church gym. TOMORROW. Emerson vs. Business, at Business, Alexandria High vs. Western, ‘Western. Potomac Boat Club vs. Eastern, at Eastern. Faculty, at Cenf vs. Silver Spring High, at Central (afternoon). ¥ Central vs. George Washington Freshmen, at G. W. gym (preliminary to G. W. Varsity-Shenandoah game). Y. M. C. A. College vs. Ben Franklin, at Langley Junior High gym. Oakton (Va,) High vs. Hyattsville High, at Hyattsville. ‘WEDNESDAY. Central vs. Catholic _University Preshmen, at Brookland (preliminary to the C. U. Varsity-Maryland State Nor- mal game). Business vs. George ~Washington Freshmen, at George Washington. THURSDAY, Emerson vs. Central at Central. Business vs. Woodward at Woodward, Western vs. Rockville High at Rock- ville. Emerson vs. Western at Western. Hyattsville High vs. Tech, at Tech. Episcopal vs. Eastern, at Eastern (practice game). Landon vs. Georgetown Prep, at Gar- rett Park, Gettysburg High, Central vs. at r*'vs. Baltimore Strayer, at Gettysbu: Strayer Baltimore. o CARDS BEAT WOLVERINES. Scoring two_touchdowns in the first uarter, the Press Bullding Cardinals lefeated the Wolverines, 12 to 0. Club Basketers, Already Busy, Craving Stil: More Action MANERU IS Vl[}mR NDEPENDENT basket ball teams hereabout have started another busy week, during which action is carded among all classes on courts throughout the city. That the Jewish Community Center basket ball team will again shine on the court this season is plain today following the easy 44-17 win it registered yesterday over Tremont A. C. Abramson led the winners’ attack with 15 points. Walker registered 8 points. Nick Galotta was the most consistent on offens: for the losers. Stewart Bros. Photographers yes- terday won their tenth straight court game, handing the Laurel National Guard quint a 41-13 drubbing in the midway city. Games fll¥0 sought with leading 145- pound and unlimited class teams for tomorrow and Friday nights by the Zhotographers, the contests to be played at the Silver Spring, Md., Armory. Doc Hessler is booking for the Pho- tographers at Columbia 9333. Games with unlimited opponents for tomorrow and Wednesday nights are sought. by the Remsen basketers, who use the Takoma Fire Department gym. Call Georgia 4330. National Press Building Cardinals will meet Bunny Collegians tonight at 7:15 o'clock in the Boys' Club gym. De Luxe passers, who meet Para- mount Flashes tomorrow night in the Boys' Club’gym and the Y. M. C. A. five in the Central Y gym Thursday night, are after games with the Pullman | Preps and other fast quints. Call Frank Mansury at Lincoln 8333-W. Games with District 145-pound and unlimited quints are wanted by the West Baltimore A. C. team of Baltimore. C. W. Humbert is receiving challenges at 1621 North Fultcn avenue, Baltimore. Spengler A. C. 115 and 145 pound quints are after games this week with teams having floors. Coach Baker is | booking at Lincoln 8837. Defeating Hess basketers, 38 to 16, Immaculate Conception's quint yester- day turned in its fifth straight victory. St. Martin’s five rang up its sixth in a row, defeating Northerns, 27 to 18. Phoenix A. C. quint swamped Herndon basketers, 31 to 7. Alexandria High Quint Opens Against Western Tomorrow LEXANDRIA, Va., December 16. —Alexandria High School will open its basket ball season on a foreign court tomorrow after- noon, the Maroon and White cagemen encountering Western High School in the latter’s gymnasium at Washington. A delegation of several hundred students will accompany the team. Coach W. L. Reynolds, handling Alexandria’s court performers for the first time, has only one regular of last year's speedy team available. He is Pete Willlams, guard, who has been mentioned on several all-State teams the past two, seasons. Four substitutes of last year's squad are in harness and they may get the call with Williams in the starting line- up. They are “Sinker” Sinclair, Fran- cis Gorman, Denton Hoy and Hugh ‘Travers. Boran, a St. Mary's Celtics Juniors product, and Jimmy Luckett are also showing up well in the prelim- inary training period. Coach Reynolds’ squad that will make the trip to Washington probably also will ‘include Harry Sperling, Jackson, Hanson, Stone, Jones, Carter Back: Bruin, Frank Backus, Schreiner, Moria ity, Crawford, C. Williams, Janney, Cohen and Garvey. Alexandria will play Benedictine Col- lege of Richmond here Friday night in the Armory Hall at 8:30 o'clock. Marshall Smith, former Alexandria High School basket ball star, is playing forward on the University of Richmond cage combination this year, his second at the Capital City insiitution. Smith was a member of the first Alexandria team to win a State high school title, the basket ball quint that won the State champlonship in 1927. W. L. Reynolds, Alexandria High athletic director, may take over the coaching duties of the Knight's Store | Rs five, it was sald here today. Knight's team Is expected to make a bid for the unlimited title of this vicinity. Whitestone’s Store quint will play the National Circle A. C. in Washington to- night on the Bolling Field gymnasium floor. The Whitestone's Store combine will open its home campaign on Wed- nesday night, appearing in a prelim- inary to the St. Mary's Celtics, which are dickering for a game with several of Washington’s speediest teams. Alpha Delta Omega Fraternity is seeking senior class basket ball games. Its manager, William Farr, may be reached by telephone at Alexandria 940, between 6 and 7 p.m. The fra- ternity team this year will b= composed of Garland Sisk, Alexandria High cap- tain two seasons back; W. L. Reynolds, Alexandria High coach; Sidney Han- cock, Edgar Martin, Harry Spear and Jimmy Luckett. St. Mary's Celtics have arranged two court games for New Year's day, play- ing Inter-Woven Mills at Martinsburg, W. Va., that afternoon and the Cum- berland Knights of Columbus at Cum- berland, Md., at night. Alexandria All-Stars were defeated, 19 to 0, by the Arlington Preps, at Ar- lington, yesterday afternoon. Jerry Augustine, Seat Pleasant Fire Depart- ment star, was the outstanding per- former for the winning eleven. CANADIENS ATTAIN PRO HOCKEY LEAD By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 16.—For the first time since the start of the season, the international group of the National Hockey League has a new leader, but the American section still is plodding along in the wake of the champion Boston Bruins. Taking advantage of Ottawa’s slump, Les Canadiens of Montreal, one of pro- fessional hockey’s most brilliant teams, turned in victories in two of their three games last week to take first place. After downing Detroit Tuesday in a 5-3 overtime game to get a tie, the flying Frenchmen took the deciding contest from their rivals Saturday night by a 6 to 4 count on the strength of Pete Lepine’s shooting. Lepine scored five goals and assisted in the other. The standing, including last night's games: AMERICAN GROUP. 4 Coman B vasset Detroit Pittsburgh INTERNATI! Canadiens . Ottawa 200 NeaS: Toronto 4 Americans” . e YOUNG GARDINI ON MAT WITH TURNER THURSDAY Joe Turner, District veteran middle- weight wrestler, will grapple with Young Gardini in the main match of the regular Thursday night mat card this week at the Strand Theater. Dick Gravely will meet Gene Spiller, Canadian, in another middleweight bout and Bull Martin and Abie Kaplin, hervywelkh(s. will clash in the curtain- raiser. THE SPORTLIGHT By GRANTLAND RIC Helpful Mistakes. as “the goal-line fumble.” S OME one in foot ball next season should develop a play known In the Harvard-Yale game Albie Booth fumbled a Harvard kick-off close to the Yale goal line, picked up the ball and was finally in the clear, 35 yards away, when a long-reaching hand snagged his jersey. In the Pennsylvania-Cornell kick-off right at his goal line to game Gentle fumbled a Cornell start the second half. The ball bounded back across the line, Gentle picked it up, and then ran 101 yards or more for a touchdown. The odds are that if Booth and Gentle had handled both Kkick-offs cleanly they would have been cornered and stopped, with little chance to get away. But a fumbled kick-off close to the goal breaks up the order of defensive play coming up the field. The scattered mass begins to close in on the runner, who usually starts straight, and then swerves off to the right or left. Booth ran into a mass and swerved to his left, where no one remained on guard. Gentle ran into a mass, and then swerved to his right, where he found open territory. Once the ball carrier can get the majority of the other team into a mass he has a great chance. And apparently this is just what the goal-line fumble does. Next Fall it might be a play worth working out. It Wwon one big November game, and it came within one step of winning another. One of the queer features of foot ball as it is played today is that often an error might work out better than a flawless play. Putnam ran & fumbled or badly thrown lateral for a touchdown in the Michigan game, where a perfect pass probably would have been good for 10 or 15 yards at most. No wonder coaches spend most of their Saturday afternoons gnawing at benches or biting their wrists, A Few Men. LAST Fall Georgia Tech, after a tough schedule that included Notre Dame and California, never lost a contest. This Fall Tech lost Pund, Lumpkin and one or two others. But Mizell, Thomason, Jones, Maree and several other stars remained. Yet this Fall Georgla Tech lost six games. Which shows the difference just one or two men often can make to a foot ball team if available reserves are not ready to jump in and fill the gaps. With Pund back at center and Lumpkin at fullback, Tech might have saved at least three or four of her lost battles. Next Fall Notre Dame loses Moyna- han, Cannon and Law from the center —and these three made up as strong a center trio as foot ball has known for many years. It isn't likely that even & Rockne will be able to find three men to fill their places without some loss of strength, but he will have men there » who can handle the job. Notre Dame lines are nearly always strong—strong and fast and ably coached—and with ‘Tom Leib around to look after line play, there will be little weakness from tackle to tackle. Pound for Pound. L. F_G. writes in to ask the best * _ fighter, pound for pound, meas- ured by pounds and ability, in the his- tory of the ring. There are several candidates to be entered in this parade. One is Jimmy Wilde, the British flyweight, a great boxer and hard hitter, at 108 pounds. Another is Joe Gans. Still another is Bob Fitzsimmons, the only fighter in the game to middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight champion. Fitz was the best of all the heavy- weights, pound for pound. Weighing less than 170, often under 160, he was still a terrific puncher and one of the smartest boxers that ever dabbled in the leather trade. Another great fighter for his weight was Harry Greb, who at his peak could have come close to whipping any heavy- weight living. Not to forget a certain fighter by the name of Sam Langford, who is still picked by many experts as the greatest of them all whenever he felt like open- ing up with his full line of stuff. It won't be surprising now to see any number of golfers attempting the Diegel Elbow Spread for putting. Leo has a spread of 4 feet from elbow to elbow when aiming at the cup from the putt- ing green. It isn’t a bad idea for any one troubled with locked wrists or the tendency toward nervous jabs around the cup. “Did Hagen, taking three putts from a foot's distance, set a world record as far as champlons are concerned?” asks Ripper. Few champions have at- tempted to keep or turn in any records of this sort. The best method is to forget them as quickly as possible. N CATALINA OLF Shoots 54 Holes 12 Under Par for 186 Card—Dutra Second With 187. By the Associated Press. VALON, Catalina Island, Calif., December 16.—Tony Manero, 24-year-old professional of New York City, today holds the second annual Cata- lina open golf title as a result of some superlative shooting in the final stages of play yesterday when he wound up the 54 holes for a 186 card, 12 under par. Trailing Manero was Olin Dutra, na- tive Californian, one stroke behind, while “Wild Bill” Mehlhorn of New York, won third money with 188. The three best scorcs: Tony Manero. . 64 63 59—186 Olin Dutra . . 65 61 61—187 Bill Mehlhorn .... 63 67 58—188 For - his title-winning performance Manero got $1,500, while Dutra, the husky Los Angeles pro, took second- place money of $1,000. Mehlhorn’s 188 for third place won him $750. Frank-Walsh, Chicago, who turned in a score of 64—68—57—189, for fourth place, was awarded $500, while Charles Guest, Los Angeles; John Golden, Pat- erson, N. J., and Leo Diegel, Agua Caliente, who also turned in 189 scores, each received $450. Others in Money. Harry Cooper, Buffalo, N. Y., came in for $200 of the prize money by winding up with 65—63—62—190. Others who were awarded priz:s of more than $50 were Ray Mangrum of Los Angeles, Tom Stevens of Culber City, Calif., Joe Turnesa of New York, and W. H. Cox of Brooklyn, N. Y., who won $125 each. Most of the well known professionals will bs seen in action today at the San Gabriel Country Club, where they will pair with amateurs in the club’s an- nual $1,000 tournament. ‘The second annual Pasadena open championship, scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Brookside, the Rose City's municipal course, will see a number of top notchers in action for a share of the $4,000 purse offered by A. K. Browne, Pasadena millionaire sports- man. Craig_Wood, Horton Smith, Walter Hagen, Leo Diegel, Tommy Armour, Al Espinosa, Bobby Cruickshank, Bill Mehlhorn and Johnny Farrell are among the players who have signed for the Pasadena affair, DOZEN AMAT.EUR BOUTS ON AT COLUMBUS HALL Knights of Columbus, Nehi, Ward- man A. C. and Catholic Boys' Club boxers are scheduled to be represented in & program of 12 amateur bouts to be staged tonight at Columbus Hall, start- ing at 8:30 o'clock. Zube Sullivan, Casey director of ath- letics, has arranged the program. COAST COLLEGES PLAN NEW ELIGIBILITY RULES SAN FRANCISCO, December 16 (). —Graduate managers and faculty rep- resentatives of the 10 Pacific Coast Conference colleges will open a three- day meeting here today to draw up 1930 foot ball, base ball and track schedules. ‘With foot ball dates the outstanding matter of business, the delegates also had before them a question of appoint- ment of a commissioner of foot ball; iadvancement of the opening date of ipractice from September 15 to Septem- ber 10, and a revision of eligibility rules. Members of the conference are Cali- fornia, Washington, Southern Califor- nia, Stanford, Oregon, Washington State, Oregon State, Idaho, Montana and University of California at Los Angeles. 110 ARMY GRIDMEN 50 T0 CALIFORNIA Scrubs, Plebes to Travel With Varsity in 13-Car Special Train. By the Assoclated Press. EST POINT, N. Y., December 16.—Foot ball interest has begun to die out in most parts of the East, but at West, Point it is approaching its highest pitch of the season. It is only two days until the Cadet team starts its long journey to Palo Alto, Calif., for the final and perhaps the most important game of the 1929 sea- son against Stanford. The squad, which comes closer to being a full company, is scheduled to leave here Wednesday aboard a special train. Head Coach Biff Jones has plan- ned stops for workouts at Galesburg, Ills.; Syracase, Kans, and Needles, Calif., before reaching Palo Alto Sun- day afternoon for a week of hard prac- tice for the game, December 28. The return tour, which includes visits to the movie studios at Los Angeles and a day’s stop at the Grand Canyon, is due to wind up at West Point January 4. The party which will make the long trip will total 142 people, of which 110 are foot ball players. “As a reward for their services during the grueling prac- tice season, the scrub and tglebe teams will be taken along with the regulars. Only the members of the squad or varsity will take part in the game, but the others will be used to give the regulars practice along the route. A train of 13 cars, fitted out with every possible convenience for & travel- ing foot ball team, has been made up to take the squad to the Coast and back. It includes six Pullmans, two dining cars, an observation car and two spe- cially equipped cars, one fitted out as a dressing room and the other as & room. When they arrive at the places where they are due to stop and practice, the players can be all ready to take the field, and when the practice is over, downs on the run. " ALONG THE WATER FRONT BY CARROL F To the long roll call adds And the Thunder KLOTZBACK. AREWELL, old friend, may your stout frame Find comjort in Old Ocean’s arms; Safe you are from hurricane, God’s alarms. another name, Of a gallant ship, her cruise now done; Time will but add to Car Secure her place in the UST as we were discussing some in- teresting reports, written the Car- negie Institute by Capt. Ault of the institute’s famous ship, the Carnegie, there came news over the radio of the destruction of the vessel and the death of ‘her gallant commander. We were particularly touched by this grievous accident, being present when she de- parted on her last voyage, and, - our good Swan had shared the pier with her for the Winter preceding, so she was really an old friend. Ericson, the old sailing master, was always much amused at our, and others, efforts with boats, old square-rigger men are that way. Notwithstanding he was our good Golfers Confused By Term Straight BY SOL METZGER. The swing for the pltch to the green is the same as is used for the drive. True, it is shorter and more compact; but the same basic princi- ples are involved. Many golfers are confused by the term, “Take the club straight back from the ball.” They attempt to move the clubhead on a straight line from it, on the line extended from DOTTED LINE. * 16 WAY YOU TAKE CLUB BACK INSIDE. LINE OF FLIGHT CRUICKSHANK £0 PLAYS A PITCH el M Ggw— 12-16g the flag through the ball. This is not the idea intended to be conveyed. Bobby Cruickshank might well say he takes his iron straight back from the ball. In reality, though, he does not mean quite that. The idea to be conveyed by this expression is that you take the clubhead back under control of a straight left arm and without bending the wrists. That brings it back on an arc inside the line of flight, as the illustration shows. Next—a further explanation of this point. ‘The pivot is the least understood ger has prepared a leaflet on “Thz yger has prepared a leaflet on The #Pivot,” which he will gladly send to any reader requesting it. Inclose a stamped, addressed envelope, (Copyright, 1929.) 1 £ ‘negie's fame, Sun. | friend while here and we are glad to learn that he escaped serious injury. No need here to go over the curious details of her construction, of these we are all familiar, but we all must regret the passing of the greatest unit of beauty that has graced the water front for many years, no modern steam or motor-driven vessel having the grace and picturesqueness of these living links with a glorious past with their skyrak- ing spars and shapely hulls. Good-by, old piermate, we shall remember you always. NE never knows what will occur. Take the case of Paul Muller, for example. In search of fame and for- tune Paul sailed across the broad At- lantic in an 18-foot boat, rigged with a 14-foot mast and triangular sail for motive power. Our account is not clear as to just how many days this journey consumed though it s evident that the journey took up a couple of months. _After many varied adven- tures Paul was finally wrecked on_ the coast near Charleston, S. C., the boat being burned for a signal fire. Later, upon reaching Charleston, he was pre- sented with a new boat by the good citizens, his sweetie, for whom both boats were named “Aga,” sent for, and the usual happy ending occurred, the mayor giving the bride away. The perils of the sea are nothing compared to those to be met with ashore, and another hardy adventurer passes from active duty. I imagine Paul will find it difficult after such a great adven- ture to settle down to a life of wash- ing the dishes and carrying out the other requirements of domesticity. The usual prophecies of a long hard Winter are being made, only those un- familiar with the forscasting abilities | of the self-appointed prophets being | impressed, however. We are more in- clined to give credence to the Weather Bureau than to the mumblings of what are known as “Old Rivermen.” ‘Those caring to take advantage of the free course of instruction in piloting to be given during the Winter by the United States Power Squadron's local unit, the Potomac Squadron, may as- sure themselves of remembering at the right time by sending their names and addresses to Comdr. J. Nelson Nevius, 1860 Columbia road. A notice regard- ing the classes will be sent you by the squadron. HAVE you drained your motor and shut off seacocks”as yet? If not, you had better do so immediately. The channel freezes regularly each night now ,and unless you intend leaving the boat at her mooring, you had better bring her in before ice makes this mm- possible. We have it from none other than our old friend “Buck” Kerper that the Spring models (Spring?) of outboard motors are to be equipped with electri starters and “many other new features.' What with the rapid strides being made in this fleld, we won't be at all sur- prised if some one comes out with an outboard motor with a boat attached. How about mounting an anchor wind- lass and self-lifting sort of bootstrap attachment; the latter named may be considered an essential since bigger and g:;::x“ horsepowers have come into 8. they can take their showers and rub | GRID HURT CHECKS CENTRAL ATHLET May Keep Foot Ball, Field and Base Ball Star Out of Basket Ball. BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR. EORGE Brandt, Central athlete, is destined not w real- ize his hope of galning letters in four sports, a rare accom- plishment for a public high school athlete here, it appears. It had been thought that Brandt. a senfor, might this season earn his in- signia in basket ball, the only majo sport in which he has not achieved “C.” However, though he has sho ability to play the game as a guard on independent quints, a shoulder injur in Central's foot ball game with Devitt the last of the season for the Blue anc White, is expected to prevent him fion doing much in basket ball and ma seriously handicap his efforts in ba: ball, At least it is likely that he will nc be able to do any pitching on the nin next Spring. Brandt, who has bec playing third base on the Central tean is declared to have the making of good pitcher and Central followers we* looking for him to take his turn on ti mound the coming campaign. It is not at all unlikely that his ir jury may also keep Brandt from thro ing the javelin with the track team the Spring. Brandt, incidentally, plans now to far afleld to continue his education, i idea being to enter the University Oregon next September. Buiness' hustling basketers, who far have won four games in as ma: starts, are expected to encounter a sto: foe in the Catholic Untversity Freshm' to be encountered tonight in.the b gym at Brookland. The game will I a curtain-raiser to the C. U.-Hig Point varsity clash. Tonight's game will be the first f the Cardinal yearlings as it will be fC the C. U. varsity. A Business will enter the game follov: ing an afternoon contest with Wooc ward which was set for the Stenc gym. Eastern and Alexandria High quint were to clash on the Eastern floor an Landon School's five was to open i: campaign against a combination mad up from members of the facuity of tha’ school in the Epiphany Church gym i1 other court games hereabout this afte:- noon involving schoolboy teams. Business and Emerson basket ba! teams will clash tomorrow afternoo- at 3:30 o'clock in the Business Hig gym in the brightest game of the bi proszam of seven in which quints ¢ he District area are to figure tomor- row afternoon and night. Though Emerson lost to Eastern, 2 to 34, last Friday, the P Streeters hav a formidable, rugged quint, which doub: less will furnish the fast-going Stenog a stiff battle. Eastern will entertain Potomac' Boo’ Club in the Eastern gym in a game in which the Lincoln Parkers are expected to meet the toughest sort of. opposition. The Boatmen have a quint of high- caliber players. Eastern, haz looked mighty sweet in disposing of Emerson and Georgetown Freshmen in its last two games. Western will play host to Alexandria High and Coach CUff Moore's protegcs will be baitling to take the scholastic: from the Virginia eity to camp. The Red and White lost a 20-19 thriller to another team from the Old Dominion Swavely, on Friday. . Central will be the busiest team o the bunch, being down for two game: The Blue and White is not expected { encounter so much opposition in Silve: Spring High, to be engaged in the r- noon in the Central gym, but may find the going considerably tougher against the George Washington University Presh- men, to bé met in the Colonial gym in. the preliminary to the G. W.-Shenan- doah varsity game. It will be the open- ing contest of the campaign for thc Colonial yearlings. In other games tomorrow Ben Frank- lin University and Y. M. C. A. .College tJ}uh‘;ts l}lif :) fight it gut ln'aleu%lngley unior High gym and Hyattsville High and Oakton, Va. High teams are to face on the National .Guard Amory floor at Hyattsville, Md. Value of Feinting Most Important I think it was Sam Barry, former Towa coach, who claimed that basket ball developed more initiative than any other sport. Many agree with him. It's up to the individuals in this game. The coach perfects them in fundamentals and gives them what game strategy it is possible to s;!-! on. After that it is up to the VS. The game becomes a battle of wits. Like Willie Keeler's batting, to hit 'em where they ain't. "A‘.xlz example, take a look at some of the stuff Barry's teams pull. In the up- per panel (Fig. 1) the defense has been made to think the player with the ball is about to hand it to his teammate who is rushing by, pur- sued by his immediate opponent.. In- ;eld he shoots it to another (Fig. ). In the lower panel the defense has stopped the player with the ball (Fig. a). This forward makes a fine bluff of throwing it over his oppo- nent’s head to another. flash he changes to a bounce pass to a second teammate (Fig. b). No chance of such a pass being de- flected. Basket ball players are al- ways thinking ahead and passing the ball to unexpected spots. The; are trained that way. The game l{ a mental one almost entirely. If not, the five playing with its’ mus- cles goes down to defeat.