Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1929, Page 32

32 S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1%29. SPORTS. “Mac” Smith Waits for Big Golf Dough : England’s Ring Stars Giant Killers AGUA CALIENTE TOURNEY MADE TO ORDER FOR SCOT| Veteran Passes Up Small Change to Save Ageing Pins for Few Choice Tests—Horton Also Strong Contender in Major Events. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. + § ACDONALD SMITH, who is no relation to Capt. John Smith, although it seems he' has been playing golf that long, has been comglcuous by his absence in the early Winter tourna- ments tha have bloomed along the Pacific Coast. ‘They were in the main small money affairs, and with true Scotch canniness Mr. Smith always passes up the nickels when there are dollars to be collected. Mac Smith is not so young as he used to be, and his middle- aged legs cannot keep up with those of the more youthful Horton Smith and others of the boyish brigade. So MacDonald lets the youngsters shoot for the loose change while he rests up for the events that pay heavy money. ‘When the Los Angeles and Agua Caliente opens come along you will find Mr. MacDonald Smith of the Carnoustie Smiths in the front row and very likely among the first who stroll up to the cashier’s window for a large slice of the pelf. The Los Angeles open has a gross value of $10,000, of a fellow. J while $25,000 will be paid for the grand to the fellow who leads the The Agua Caliente open will be B}ayed in a way that will favor [ac Smith to win. There are no finer shot makers in the world than the tall Scot, but when he has to play 36 holes a day fatigue overtakes him and he slips a shot here and a shot there with the result that if he has played too much golf he loses all keenness!' for the sport. But at Agua Caliente the 72-hole championship will be distributed over four days, a single round per day. It would almost seem that Mac Smith made the rules for that event. He ‘will have plenty of time to rest between rounds, and, since the course is not par- ticularly rough. should be in his very best form—which usually finds him making a complete wreck of par. A Hazardous Guess. Smith has won the Los Angeles open twice since that event was instituted some five years ago. To say he will win its renewal in January would be a bit permormance of learned that again by Jones was plunked at Peb- ble Beach. “But if any one man were to e selected Los Angeles or Agua Smith would get a lot of votes. ‘There’s sound logic in Smith's scheme of battle. Too many phyum:d mrér the championships overy . eorge t‘:’ign !lmpwu burned cu‘co when he de- fended his amateur championship at Minneapolis two years l’v Johnny Farrell overplayed himself after win- ning the open in 1928 and Bill Mehl- horn once lost -2 good chance to win the national by too rous training. ‘Horton Smith and Walter Hagen can stand as much golf as any two players in the game, but both of them have hed championships a bit leg from their games. Too much golf is as fatal as too little golf—which usually the duffer’s complaint. Smith Family Favored. P! an open ‘thampionship over four days is one of the best in- novations introduced into golf in some time. It gives every player an oppor- tunity to play during the best part of Spcciaters an added. SpporCunIL 1o see TS an 0] un! see g g mmmwullm!twbéld%ldd cne more ‘even| - players syo many styokes behind the rs at the end of the sccond and third rounds the be reduced to a real champio; j caliber for the final 18 holes. o ‘The professionals * have two morg tournaments ahead before they get into the Los les and Agua Caliente opens. The ena open ends Sun- day and on January 3, the annual Long Beach _open be g}‘:ytd over the Long Beach Country Club. The coast chunplmlmgdm drawing the best flelds _ever on the Pacific slope with Farrell, Sarazen and several other Eastern stars, who usually hibernate in Florida in that section due to having participated in the P. G: A. Horton Smith has been playing bril- lantly in all of the Western tourna- ments and will be a strong contender in the major events of January. It's a good wager that the Smith family will v:: the high financiers of golf this HOOSIER SHUNS-PURDUE TO BE A STAR AT IOWA IOWA CITY, Iowa, December 26 (&). ~—Robert Spradling, an Indiana boy ‘who chose to come to the University of Iowa rather than Purdue, where his brother George made basket ball history a few years ago, seems destined to lead Jowa's first cage campaign in many years outside of the Western Confer- ence. Spr: , forced to take over the center duties when several basket ball Tegulars were declared ineligible a few weeks ago, has been the key man in the Hawkeye attack. WILLIE HOPPE’S PLAINT CHANGES BILLIARD RULE CHICAGO, December 26 (#)—C. A. Storer, director of players for the Na- tional Billiard Association, yesterday announced a change in competition rules which will permit any player who fails to finish first or second in the three major tournaments to compete in more than one champlonship meet. ‘Willie Hoppe, who said he wanted to compete in the world 18.2 balkline and the three-cushion tourneys this season, lodged the protest against the old rul- ing and secured the change. LINDSTROM IS LEADER OF NEW SEMI-PRO FIVE | CHICAGO, December 26 (#)—Freddy Lindstrom, third baseman of the New York Giants and a resident of Chicago, has organized a semi-pro basket ball team which will make its first appear- ance tonight against an aggregation of former Notre Dame stars headed by Big Tim Moynihan, center on the 1929 Rambler foot ball. team. i Johnny Colrick, foot ball end, and & member of the 1928 Joe Jachym, are included in Notre Dame eleven, Moynthan’s line-up. . PITT’S GRIDIRON SQUAD ON ITS WAY TO COAST PITTSBURGH, Pa., December 26 (#). ~—The University of Pittsburgh foot ball squad was §| westward today to meet the University of Southern Cali- fornia in the Tournament of Roses con- test at Pasadena, Calif., New Year day. ‘The undefeated Panthers planned to work out on’ Washington University Field at St. Louls on a brief stop-over this afternoen. T which left here last night, ture, the university ath- ncunced Coach John B. 2ct had been renewed - | _ Certain pitch ehot in the orthod MacDonald Smith is that sort winners at Agua Caliente and ten field. Slides Club Face Underneath Ball BY SOL METZGER. aFLIGHT Lvfl&h ROGER WETHERED LEFT FOOT 7% fine golfers do not play a lox manner. That is, they do not meet the ball as the clubhead is coming down. Roger ‘Wethered, one of Britain’s great ama- teurs and a brother of the more famous Joyce, is such a player. Wethered's pitch—and it has plenty of’ bite—is more of a scoop. It differs radically from the better known methcd from start to finish. You notice two differences in Wethered's iron play from that of a star like Jones. First, his stance is much wider. ond, he plays the ball off his left der instead of nearer the right. Thi means he meets it at the lowest arc of his swing through. Roger actually slides the face of his club under the ball, f the ball to Tun up the face of the club. It's a sort of slap through shot that few can imi- tate. But Wethered plays it with deadly accuracy. Sol Metzger has prepared a complete analysis of the pivot, with illustrations, which will aid any golfer. He will gladly send it. to any reader requesting it. In- close a stamped, addressed envelope. (Copyright, 1929.) By GEORGE TREVOR. AN FRANCISCO, December 26.— By way of diversion the Army foot ball squad was taken to San Francisco in motor-busses this morning. _With the- Stanford game only two days way, Coach Biff Jones felt that a day of relaxation' would tone up the players physically m-;’-hmm:nn]y ‘be light limbering ere up ex- ercises in Stanford Stadium this after- noon, but heavy contact work is over until the Cadets square off against the Cardinals Saturday. It was a wice-cracking jovial party of gray-coated cadets who toured San Francisco's Chinatown this morning. peering into joss houses, alleged opium dens and those so-called “underworld dives,” which are considerably main- tained for the edification of visitors. Fleishacker May Play. Meanwhile the coaches and staff offi- cers were guests of Herbert Fleishacker at the St. Francis Hotel. Fleishacker's son, s fnere 220-pound husky, plays quarterback for the Stanford eleven, perhaps the biggest quarterback in cab- tivity. He limps a lttle, but says he's certain to get into the game Saturday. Fleishacker, sr., Francisco's wealthiest citizen, was chiefly instru- mental in bring the Army eleven to the Pacific Coast. He will enter- tain the West Pointers at a mammoth party on the evening following the game. is is his son's farewell ap- pearance in Stanford colors. Luncheon over, the cadets were given an hour off for shopping on Market street. A leading San Francisco de- partment store allowed a discount of 20 per cent on purchases to members of the West Point squad. Those who | realize how little money the average | cadet has in his pocket don't have to be told that this discount made a hit. Christmas was a jolly day in Bran- ner Hall, Army headquarters at Stan- ford. Promptly at 8 o'clock the squad assembled in the huge dining hall, a | cheerful Spanish room. A colossal | Christmas tree, trimmed by the train- Wisconsin Clever On Short Passes BY SOL METZGER. BADGERS USE PIVOT ANC SHORT PALS One of the best Christmas pres- ents to those who play basket ball is this version of attack, as devel- oped by that clever coach, Walter | Meanwell of Wisconsin. It combines i blocking, pivoting and short. m!i No. 1 has been blocked of hi i advance and as he receives the ball No. 3 cuts past him. No. 1 pivots and passes to No. 3. Note No. 2, ¢ the forward on the other side line, | cut off from an advance to the bas- | ket. He does a half pivot, cuts to the rear of his guard and takes a pass from No. 3. This plan of at- tack, an advance over the short pass and cut attack of Meanwell's, i earlier shown, is a high spot in mod- ern play. L iprs——— R . Bec- shoul- [ had the at | had topped FOUR NEW MARKS FOR BATTING SET 0’Doul, Hornsby, Frederick and Klein Set National League Records. BY BRIAN BELL, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, December 26— Frank J. (Lefty) O'Doul of the Phillies was formally pro- claimed champion batsman of the National League today, with the issuance of the official ave ages for the 1929 season. O'Doul, a former pitcher and cast-off by other major league clubs, led the pack, with an average of .398. Unofficial averages had credited him with an even .400. O'Doul procured 254 hits during the campaign, establishing a new major league record. This M.Trd by four safeties the record of 250, established by Rogers Hornsby for St. Louis in 1622. O'Doul and Lloyd Waner of the Pirates each registered 181 singles. Rogers Hornsby, who won the most valuable player award, as a result of his consistent efforts for the Chicago Cubs during the season, also broke a al League record by scoring 156 Kl’fion Hum“::uyler. ndw a Cub_with Hornsby, scored 144 runs with Pitts- burgh in 1925 to establish the previous high. Hornsby led, too, with the most total bases, 410. Hornsby, however, saw one of his league marks shot away by another newcomer in such select class. Chuck Klein, also of the Phillies, making a new home run record, with 43. Horns- by hit/ 42 in 1022, Record for Frederick. Johnny Frederick’s 52 two-base hits were enough to create another record and Lloyd Waner led in triples, with 20. Freddy Maguire, Boston, topped the sacrifice hitters, with 26, and Kiki Cuyler showed the way to the base tealers, with 43. g The hitting in 1920 was better than that offered for 1928. Sixty players hit for .300 or bbe:r':rd while zl:’l 1928 the .300 hitters num only 47. Only five players participated in all the ny..me‘ ':heu- teams played and Philadelphia had three of exclusive quintet, O'Doul, Arthur Whitner and Frank Hurst. The others were Hornsby of the Cubs and George Sisler of the Braves, who probably has played his last season as a regular. O'Doul is the fourth mrhm to lead the National League while wearing the uniform of Philadelphia and the first L rwood Magee Hamilton in 1891. O'Doul won the batting champion- ship by 17 points from Floyd (Bebe) Herman of ‘The Robin out- fielder took the yunner-up position from Hornsby by a single point. MIAMI BEATS SALEM. MIAMI, Fla., December 26 (#).— Miami High defeated Salem (Mass.) High, 7 to 6, in a fast intersectional foot ball game yesterday for the unofficial g:punmy school championship of the tern States. Army Players Given a Chance To Relax Prior to Big Clash ‘when Biff Jones' children '"& e:! the room presents were pyra- mided. Frank Wandle, the jovial trainer, ap- peared as master of ceremonies. As each cadet’s name was called he ad- vanced with a sheepish grin to get his gift, to the accompaniment of razzing by his mates. Wandle had written to the. parents of the gridders to have all Christmas packages forwarded to him. So Wandle brought the gifts along and acted as Santa Claus. A Texas admirer sent Chris Cagle a gaudy dressing gown, with slippers to match. Frank Wandle got a Chinese Mandarin jacket from his charges, a gorgeous thing with silk dragons woven in fore and aft. “No chance for truants now,” laughed Wandle. * Jacket has eyes in the back.” Jones Is Given Watch. . The squad’s gift to Jones, hulutnm.mlwmtnwho; white gold. Biff's eyes were moist as he fingered the watch. He knew how his gluvu.l had stinted themselves to give him this tangible reminder of their affection. Jones is something more than a coach to his men. George , hulking tackle from the Kentucky hills, got a pair of dice 1 foot in diameter. is was Wandle's little joke. Perry's cronies spent the morning “rolling bones” in an up- stairs corridor. Kicking Coach Reeder, who has be- come the Casanova of the party, re- ceived a pair of spats marked, “With Clara Bow's love.” Fo’fihn sem‘;fw%" smoker, Military ce Sergl yman, drew s finely grained pipe, and Army Storekeeper Bill Hara got a pigskin traveling bag from the squad. “I've been lundh;fi out equipment for 20 years,” said Bill, “but this is the first time I ever got anything.” |ELIGIBILITY QUESTION SEEN AS BEING LATE By the Assoclated Press. IOWA CITY, Iowa, December 26.— Otto Vogel, base ball coach of the Uni- versity of Iowa, said today Virgil David, | ineligible Hawkeye basket ball captain, was known to be barred from competi- tion before he registered for the Fall semester, Vogel was commenting on recent charges that David had p,lyed semi-pro base ball. David was declared ineligible for com- | petition because of scholastic difficulties, Vogel said, but there was no need to announce the fact until it was necessary to_certify eligible basket ball players before the first game of the season, played with D_u%l:snt University of Pittsburgh, December 9. David's status was announced five days before the game and two days rior to the Western Conference meet- ing to consider the Iowa plea for rein- statement in the conference. Vogel said a scout for the Cineinnati Reds had approached David last week, |David told him, and Vogel advised signing a contract if the Hawkeye Eltchfl' wanted to play professional asket ball. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA.—Lew Massey, Phil- adelphia, ted Johnny = Datto, Cleveland (10). Matt Adgie, Philadel- phia, -outpointed Billy Jones, Philadel- phia (10). Baby Joe Gans, Los Angeles, outpoint Harry Brown, Philadel- phia (10). eles, ouf eorge Wilkes-Barre Ciy. hy ¢ ing M‘txtm were asleep, lent & festive touch. At ons [ 314 Eight Holes in 24 Strokes BY 0. B. nlLE'I. Associated Press Sports Writer. ‘We first heard of Wilfrid Reid in this country in 1913, when he came over for our national open cham- plonship at Brookline—the one in which Francis Ouimet tied with Harry Vardon and Edward Ray and beat them both in the play-off. Wilfred was a little chap—a very little chap—and he had an exquisite array of shots to the green, which more than took up any slack left by an inability to get great distances from the tee. Wilfrid began that famous tourna- ment in his best style and at the halfway mark he was tled, 75—72— 147, with Harry Vardon for the lead, two strokes ahead of Ray and four strokes better than the ultimate winner, Mr. Ouimet. Harry Vardon Now, Wilfrid and and Ted Ray had come over from England together, and they ‘were roomin, T, of, at any Tate, near each Y versing after dinner that evening when Ted and Wilfrid got into a political argument. It seems British politics are pretty complicated. Anyway, as I heard the story, they reached the stage in the argument where they resorted to the old British mode of settling disputes. ‘Wilfrid was about half as big as Ted, and he stopped a hard right with his nose—and the next two rounds his cards were 85 and 86, while Ray went on to a tie with Var- don and Ouimet. But that isn't the story, this time. T started to set down a card turned in by Wilfrid Reid at the beautiful Gleneagles course, in Scotland, the time he beat Arthur Havers in the British international of 1921. Havers apparently had him hope- lessly down, going into the last e, when Wilfrid suddenly fired the fol- lowing score at him, starting with the tenth hole: 3-2-3-3-2-4-3-4-x. Eight consecutive holes on the fa- meus King's course at Gleneagles in 24 strokes! The last hole was not played. Havers was beaten, 2—1. Try that on your own last nine. Tilden Tickled With New Job As Entertainer in Restaurant By the Associated Press. ONDON, December 26.—Bill Til- has at last found an audience to suit Bill Tilden, the some- cently completed, that of entertaining late diners at one of London's smart It is all very different—having his audience almost on top of him instead behind & wire screen. But he accus- tomed himself to it and even learned to ide table under his left elbow. - “They were very nice, these people to my monologue,” said the recent ac- quisition to the ranks of variety. “They were their attention. His Best Gallery. audience I have ever found. When I a long swing on the vaudeville cir- hard to work with. They were gath- ered too many varied sources; and a one-man act like mine has to have a one-pu audlence to play den, the restaurant entertainer, time tennis player. For Big Bill liked the job he has re- restaurants, “very much.” of at a careful distance in bleachers enjoy the beautiful lady sitting at a who came to eat and remained to listen ,‘I‘lnln and interested and gave me “Personally, I think they are the best cuit at home I found the audience very from they weren't as sophisticated as these, rposed to for the best results.” stands around the grounds. “When you play tennis, the game is the thing,” he said, “not the show you are putting on. If the audience THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RIC! A Better Army Team. YEAR ago the Army had just finished a battering game with Nebraska before tackling Stanford. The Army would have been beaten by that Stanford team regardless of Nebraska or anything else, but the score would never have been as decisive. Nebraska came East with a big, fast line and a set of powerful, hard- A running backs. The Army had to win—its best game by several laps. team that tried to get ready again for one of the best Far Western teams that ever carried a foot ball. ‘The Army will be an entirely dif- ferent outfit at Palo Alto, both physically and mentally. It re- a lot of confidence through the lotre Dame contest, for in that battle the Army proved conclusively ‘that it had a fine line from end to end. I was "hfm complete demol:uon of :ge Army e it down e avalanche a year ago. There will be no complete demolition of the Army line this year. The Army line is far better than it was against Stanford last | Fall, and Stanford’s line isn't as good. Stanford lost two of the best guards in foot ball and two star g;nrds can make & big difference in the Warner scheme of attack. The Army’s running game last Fall was cut down to almost less than nothing. Cagle and Murrel will have their chances to carry the ball somewhere in this Palo Alto con- test, and while they may not carry it any vast distances they will pick | up at least a fair amount of ground. Tgtey will at least go somewhere, even if it isn’t across the Stanford oal line. 'cagle will have better footing and warmer weather for handl! the ball! than he had against Notre Dame over the frozen turf of the Polo Grounds, | and with anything like a chance to| taks a step or two he is always dan- gerous—about as dangerous as any man carrying a foot ball for many years, | when you figure in his shift to a pass from running plays. The Next Champlon. **QUPPOSE Sharkey and Schmeling finally meet and the winner is awarded the Tunney-Muldoon trophy,” writes L. F., “will he be officially recog- nized around the country as Tunney's successor—the real. and undisputed huvmezht champion of the world?" A rnd!. Quite a lot. Sharkey is to_meet some opponent in Florida this Winter. The caliber of his op- ponent and the showing Sharkey makes will have & bearing on the finai round- up. If Sharkey wins and is then matched with Schmel next Summer ‘more will depend upon how the winner | flpem to look. . Sharkey and Strib] had been matched for the heavyweight cham- &}omhlp it would have been impossible have gotten any Nation-wide su; for the winner of that fight. Neither showed enough to prove he was a champion. If Sharkey holds something ere approaching the same dash and he uncovered against Loughran tg.“ will be nothing to stop him. But there 1s | and Junior Coen, for & start.” pleased, that's fine. But if it isn't vlel%ghw;e‘:}.—’th;c'u Just v?o bad. . - job your sole purpose to please the lufll:%oce and to entertain them with what you have to offer.” Bill Learned’ Something. ‘Tilden’s legitimate theatrical venture was brief and rather unfortunate, but he thinks it was great fun. Even though the play ran only four weeks in the provinces and was never brought to London, he figures that he gained a lot of valuable experience and will be @ better actor for it. ‘With the conclusion of his London engagement & few days ago, Bill the entertainer returned to his old role of Bill the tennis idol. He went to Paris, where he is to take in the covered courts Christmas Cup Tournament, be- inning today, with of land as his mrt.uer He plans to go to Riviers spend a couple of months playing at Monte Carlo with his young protege, Junior Coen. With sudden vehemence Bill became the Tilden of tennis as he reitefated his assertion that under no circum- stances would he become a member of the 1930 Davis Cup team. “Absolutely not,” he declared. The suave actor vanished and there was ;hn old Tilden of internationsl tennis ame. “There are lots of r players T, e el o y _confidently e cup mm the United States. Right now I could name part of the team I would select—Allison, Van Ryn, Lott play its best game of the year to But it was a pretty badly jaded seems to be a general idea now around that a champion should look a champion—a little like a champion, anyway. The real test cannot come along until Sharkey and Schmeling meet. And when they do one of the two must prove that he belongs. ‘Handling Fouls. best suggestion made in regard to handling fouls in the ring is that requiring a foul check, just as base ball issues a rain check. a foul developed where the fight is stopped the spectators should then be allowed to get their money blgké“m certain ny expenses de possibly, om allowed to use the! foul check to see a return fight between } the fighters involved. In case of a foul neither fighter would be paid, the money to be held over until their next meeting. There is no contest when a foul is committed, and the spectators are sup- posed to pay for the privilege or the what-you-may-call-it of seeing a con- test. There isn't always a contest even where there is no foul. But the priv- ilege of paying to see a foul committed before a knockout or & decision can be given is becoming a trifie too julcy to be digested. The main fdea is that in case of a foul, in the main bout, the fighters collect only after a return match and the public gets something for its cash. The best golf resolution for .1930 is to make the swing easier by making it easfer. And the best way to carry this idea out is to use more rubber and less steel in the e spin i ALIGNING GRID STARS PROVES TO BE A TASK DALLAS, Tex., December 26 (#).— Mentors of the Southwest and Middle West all-star {8t ball squads todsy had before. them the problem of placing players at team positions and holding s light workout in the first training ses- sion for the second annual Dixie classic here New Year day. Both Morrison of Southern Meth- odist University and Jimmy Phelan of Purdue, coaches of the teams, expected full squads at the initial practice. Starting Friday, two secret drills are carded dll?» until the game, which will mflu or the benefit of the Texas o Rite Crippled Children's Hos- A RISKO IS FAVORED INHEAVY BATTLE Held to Be Slightly Superior to Griffiths in Contest Tomorrow Night. N other for 10 rounds, or less, to- morrow evening in a contest designed to furnish Jack Sharkey' an opponent for the second annual battle of Miami February 27. Risko’s record this time last year was far better than the rest of the heavies, but for reasons best known to the Madi- son Square Garden crowd young Strib- ling drew the assignment. It was just as well that he did. Miami was un- proved territory and a Southerner had to be on the bill or the chances were that the gate receipts would not have mflea the high average it did. ko is in grand shape and has made a remarkable come-back for 2 man who fights as he does. Usually, a willing battler who swaps with his opponents does not last long in the game of hit and block, but rubbery John has stood up well under battering. Although Risko has not been promised the Miami engagement, he may still be the man, provided he wins over Griffiths de- cisively. Tuffy has been going great guns as & heavyweight. Ten starts without a defeat has enhanced his chances con- siderably, and the Garden geonle would not be making any mistake in giving the Sioux City battler the Miami as- signment, should he score over Risko. Tuffy brings color and a wallop into the heavyweight class. Some fans will say that Griffiths has not enough polish to cope with Sharkey. Bear in mind that Risko has a 15-round decision over the Boston sallor and Sharkey has not shown any inclination to wipe out that defeat. So, should .Griffiths prove good enough to whip Risko he surely should be good enough to give Sharkey a good run for the money. A pleasing t| about the pair who battle tomorrow night is that they love to fight, and fans are assured that a light blow, even & hard one as long as it does not really incapacitate, will not result in a disappointing ending to B, e. They are made of sterner sf Summing up the chances of the bat- lers, Risko seems to be a bit better at the present writing and should come home the victor. 111 JUNIOR NETMEN PLAYING FOR TITLE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 26.—The largest fleld in the history of the an- nual event, 111 players, starts play to- day in the national junior indoor singles tennis championship at the 7th Regiment Armory. Richard Murphy, Harvard freshman from Utica, N. Y., who won the title last year, is unable to defend it be- cause of illness. William Jacobs, speedy left-handed youngster from Baltimore, and ey Beligson _of New York _University, younger brother of the intercollegiate champion, Julius Seligson of uhlfil’:, have been eglm:ed at the top of the list * The. mationat begs” champlonship e nation: ' cl will start tomorrow. Doubles in both classes will begin when the singles flelds have been narrowed down enough to leave room for all to play. The National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People has charged that Reginald Weir of the City College team and Gerald Norman, jr, captain of the Flushing High School team, ha barred be- cause of their color. The tournament BY JOHN J. ROMANO. EW YORK, December 26.— Johnny Risko and -Tuffy Grif- fiths will throw gloves at each WEREN'T IN !:nfluh heavyweight whi ing; undefeated; “Dutch What these fans do all of these men were were heavyweights. fthe three were English born. big man. Mendoza weighed 160, Pearce stood 5 feet 9 inches and weighed 175 pounds. Like Joe Gans, he died of tuberculosis. Dutch Sam weighed little over 130. He only stood 5 feet 6 inches. Bendigo was a tall middleweight, although he might have scaled a few pounds under that limit. Jem Ward was a light-heavyweight. Sayers, Mace, Mitchell and Bob Fitz- simmons were all somewhere between the middleweight and light-heavy class. But they all beat heavyweights, even little Dutch Sam. Among English champions who were real heavyweights were Jack Slack, Tom weighed 202 pounds, and who beat the 240-pound Isaac Perrins, England's first Jess Willard; Tom Cribb, Tom Spring, John Gully, Ben Brain and Tom King. Other heavy men were Deaf Burke, who, like Slack, was about Tom Shark- ey’s build; Bill Neat, William Perry, the “Tipton Slasher,” and a few more. But the point I wish to make is that most of the men who made England famous as the boxing center of the world were not giants, but smaller men who could lick giants. As the art of fighting with the fists spread there de- veloped a class which had the speed, science and courage of the giant-killers, added to more weight and power. Pound-for-pound, Fitz was a better fighter than Jeffries—as big Jeff is the first to tell anybody—but not man-for- man. Jess was too big for freckled Moderns Appear Better. And I believe that Fitz, Jeff, Dempse; or Tunney would have beaten any of those old champs; not because they have any more courage, but because they know a lot more about the Boxing has improved, just as else has developed. But I do not believe that' Joe Beckett or Phil Scott are so much better than some of those old- timers. In fact, I think Fitz could have polished Joe and Phil off in the same evening without jover exerting himself. And I also think some of those old-timers might have beaten them. Broughton, who, like sunleixeuhell. kept on fighting after he had been blinded; Bill Neat, who fought with a broken arm—any number of those old warriors who didn’t know the meaning of quit—I think might have outgamed some of the boxers of today. You would not, for example, have found any of them stonping because of a spent hl?’vh on the leg. e Broughton—who, by the way, was 46 ears old at the time—was a_ right- nder, much the same as the one Sharkey hit Loughran. Tunney’s Counterpart. ‘There isn't lny'.hin’ new. The fans disliked Tom Spi for_the same rea- son many didn't like Gene Tunney— they thought he was too niee, too “high- hat™ They rooted for Bill Neat, the butcher, against Spring, but Tom won, S e s committee has made no move to reverse its action, FRIDAY SATURDAY in our stocks most resembled Tunney. Gully was the son of an innkeeper, and John, endoza, Henry Pearce, the Johnson, who was 5 feet 10 inches and’ 'Y | conference,” me. | involving punch which really stopped ! JOHN BULL’S BEST BOXERS HEAVY CLASS Moderns Better Than Old-Time Fighters Because They Know More About the Ring Game. " Gully Most Resembled Tunney. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. OXING fans constantly ask me why there are no more great champions. They figure that an island ch produced such men as Jack Broughton, father of box- ame chicken, who_retired Sam” Elias, the Whitechapel Hebrew; Willlam Thompson, known as “Bendigo”; Jem Ward, cg' for 15 years and also a fine landscape notice); Tom Sayers, Jem Mace, Charlie Mitchell and Bob Fitzsim- mons, should continue to breed great pugilists. not appear to consider is that, while almost world champions in their day, few of them The three best fighters I ever knew, pound for were Bob Fitzsimmons, Harry Greb and Jimmy Wil ampion of England inter (Robert Zuppke please found. robabl; de, lmf t two of Broughton was not what we'd call a general errand boy, was intended to be & butcher. It just happened that the youngster had sincere faith in himself, an immense loyalty to an idea and determination, capacity for work, and patience past understanding. He early announced his three ambitions to his family and close friends, who had a fine laugh.: John, bellhop at an inn which was not much of a road house even for that day, only aimed to be champlon of England, to own & horse which would win the Derby and to be- come a member of Parliament. It just happened he did all three. It was well those others had their laugh first. (Copyright, 1929, pyright, 1920, North Amertean Newspaper GRIDDERS ARE WARNED AGAINST FACING PROS RICHMOND, Va., December 26 (#). —Dr. N. W. Doughty of Knoxville, Tenn,, president of the Southern Con- ference, said conference athletes who participate in the New Year day game scheduled here between Denny Fried- man’'s all-star team a Virginia couzgl?timu:‘;:l'fll bl‘l?l‘3 eligible for further intercollegiate com- etition and will be barred from coach- g or officiating in conference insti- tution &mu. Dr. Doughty said he did not wish to interfere in any way with the here, but the conference rule was final. ‘The fact that Virginia college play- ers will receive no remuneration other then their expenses will still not vindi- cate the partici) ir op. ponents are a professional aggregation.’ When asked about the r.lurn‘y‘pme 1 also scheduled at Atlanta January conference players, Doughty said, “t] men were given - :lrunmt: Dlrluclplu I.:A :hhg game: by vote conference at the recent session at Baton Rouge. 5 LAST PERIOD DECIDES. HONOLULU, December 26 (#)— Washington State College defeated thc Honolulu town team, 12 to 0, yester- ANkl Suartes. Bane ouams porsen: quarter. 0 witnessed the game. g PRO BASKET BALL. 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