Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1930, Page 30

SPORTS. Stigma, Says Stuhldreher. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. ARRY STUHLDREHER, former Notre Dame quarterback and present Villanova coach, believes heartily in the rule which prevents the defending side from picking up and running with a fumbled ball. “Under the old rule, which made a fumble a free ball,” says Stuhldreher, “there always was a chance for the play to spoil two men: The man who dropped the ball and the man who recovered it.” This is true. Play usually is fiercer in the vicinty of a goal line. If in a tight game, with the ball inside an op, nent’s 10-yard mark, a player fumbled and a man on the other eleven got the ball and ran for a touchdown, the penalty was too heavy for one manual mistake. If it happened to be the big game of the year, a boy’s error ‘was heralded in every paper from coast to coast. If the play hap- ned to lose the game, the boy might have made 50 brilliant plays, ut all were erased by that one mistake. The player went down to history as the man who failed in the pinch. Sometimes the thing affected the boy’s whole after life. Then there was the player lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. It prac- tically always was luck, because no one can tell which direction a bouncing ball will take. So For- tune’s child used to find a foot ball bounci into his hands, and he would gather it in and, usually with little opposition, gallop to glory, with the stands thrilled and cheering. Next day he would be the hero of the headlines. He would be interviewed, and his views sought on everything from a base ball league to the League of Na- tions. He might only be a fair player, but is it any wonder that he soon would develop temperament and consider him- self a star? The chances are that he would be small use to the team the following year, and pretty soon would begin to have a persecution complex. He would figure that others were chosen Bccost o the toughist v of i 1o Success g of al stand. So, this boy’s whole life might be changed by an accident. Different From Base Ball. In theory, I never have believed in protecting a player by rule from the jpenalty for a manual error; but in prac- tice, the thing has worked out well in foot ball. You may say that is like re- fusing to permit a base runner to ad- vance on & fumble in base ball, but really the two cases are not the same. In base ball the defending and in foot ball the attacking sides handles the . The therefore, tances, the fielders are not considered to have a fair chance to field the ball. So, in foot ball, the attacking side is not considered to have a fair chance to de- fend itself against a fumble. The error 1s still pes , but by loss of the ball, which often is heavy punishment. Take More Chances. Many of the coaches declare that they have been willing to take many more chances under the present rule, and those chances which they took made this last season one of the best from the spectators’ point of view the ever Saw. e argument appears I never was much in favor of the fum- 1 . Foot ball, in my day, was & game where the opponents were entitled to profit to the utmost by your mistakes and their alertness. To the victor be- longed the breaks.* All the loser got was sympathy, and not much of that. Foot ball is growing more considerate and polite, and also more serious. It used to be a game of grim humor. It was only a few years ago that a field judge accidentally drciped his gun. ‘An end ran to pick it up, but didn’t return it to its owner. Instead, he ran over and offered it to an oppos- ing uck‘lfi. ‘whom he had been pushing round all afternoon. \-rm it.,” he said. “You're no good ‘without it.” (Copyrisht, 1930.) SARAZEN WILL DEFEND TITLE IN MIAMI OPEN MIAMI, Fla., Japuary 3 (#).—The annual Miami open tournament will of- ficially usher in the 1930 Florida golf season Saturday. Gene Sarazen, twice winner of the event, will defend his crown against the largest entry list in the history of the tournament. Prizes totaling $3,000 will be split among the leading scorers. Bring Left Arm Back Straight BY SOL METZGER. If you can start the new year with the picture in mind of the cor- rect swing for an iron to the green, you will be in a fair way to greatly reduce your handicap during 1930. No_club adds more strokes to the duffer’s round than this one. e way to improve play with the iron is to simplify the movements. Note Hagen taking it back. Open stance with body fairly close to the ball and well over it. That leads to compactness. “The Haig” starts the club back with & straight left arm without bending the wrists. ‘That opens the face at the half-way mark, LEFT ARM TAKES CLUB BALK-—~ AT When the left arm fulfills its mis- sion and will not go farther back without bending, then the wrists lift the club up and over the shoul- ders. This arm pull going back bas pulled the hips and shoulders s'ightly 2round and moved the weight to the right. Brace the right leg and lock the right hip to preserve your balance and to keep you from swaying. Sol Metzger has prepared a com- plete analysis of the pivot, with illustrations which will aid any go'fer. He will gladly send it to any reader requesting it. Inclose a stamped, addressed envelope. (Ceprright. 1930.) YOUNG BOXER WINS 3 BOUTS IN YEAR Tony Lehouri, Aged 20, Gets Sensational Ring Start. Fights One Draw. BY JOH! . ROMANO. CHECK-UP of the records of more than a thousand fighters during the past year is far more illuminating than & lengthy re- view touching on the high spots of out- standing boxers. The little fellow, the | trian, up-and-coming youngsters are lost in the shuffie and overshadowed by the glamour surrounding the names of the stars of the ring. ‘The writer has been filing the records of individual fights of thousands of fighters during the past year for the boxing record, an annual feature. By far the most impressive record compiled by any youngster is that of a light- weight by the name of Tony Legouri of Des Moines, Jowa. The amazing string of victories is unbelievable. But the dates, cities where the contests took place and the names of the opponents are there in black and white 50 that a | POrt cursory examination is proof enough that the list is genuine, Forty Bouts in Year. Legouri is but 20 years old and ac- cording to his record has been boxing but a year. In that time he has par- ticipated in 40 contests. Nine of these were settled by the decision route, 30 ended in knockouts and one draw. Un- defeated in 40 starts is something worth while recording and a mark for others to_shoot at. ‘Tony started off by celebrating the New Year with a two-round knockout and ran the string up to 16 before El- mer Leonard succeeded in evading the sporific punch of the Des Moines lad. ‘This occurred May 27. ‘The winning streak was halted by Cowboy Eddie Anderson November 4 and the affair was called a draw after 10 rounds ogm hard battling, For sufficient honor in itself and Legouri’s winning streak was enhanced by this performance. Legouri wound up the season by scor- ing a technical knockout over Henry Falegano and those who knew Fale- gano will tell you that this was no easy trick. ‘The Des Moines boy on the strength of his 1929 record is by far the most promising prospect unearthed. T R it L05 ANGELES BUSY ON OLYMPI PLANS Enlarging Stadium to Seat 105,000 for Games Two Years Hence. NOTE—This is another of a series of atories written for the Associated Press By prominent sports leaders, discussing 1930 prospects, BY WILLIAM MAY GARLAND, President, Los Angeles Olympic Committee. OS ANGELES, January 3 (P).— Los Angeles starts the New Year in stride toward its preparations for the games of the tenth Olympiad to be celebrated in this city in 1932, California as a State, more than a year ago put herself solidly behind this great project with a substantial con- tribution to its finances. Gov. C. C. Young some months ago appointed the California Olympiad Commission to co- operate with the organizating committee and this commission now is actively at work, The City of Los Angeles has for several years been making preparations and providing facilities and equipment. The government of the city on Decem- ber 30 approved the ordinance providing for its part of the cost of improving the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the games will be centered. The county government already has indicated its readiness to provide its half of the improvement. The Coliseum at present has a capacity of 76,000 réserved seats and the plans provide for an ultimate en- largement to 105,000 seats. Plans Being Completed. ‘The Olympia auditorium is ready, with 12,000 seats for the boxing, wrestling and weight-lifting events. Plans are being com?ltwd for the Olympic swim- ming stadium, for the rowing course, the fencing arena, the yachting, eques- tathlon and other departments of the games. Los Angeles County government recently has completed a very large ad- dition to the county museum, adjacent to the coliseum, in which the Olympic fine arts exhibits will be shown under direction of Gen. Charles H. Sherill of New York City, chairman of the Olympic fine arts committee. The organizing committee is strehu- ously engaged in completing arrange- ments for all of its preparations and will have its report and all of its plans complete for presentation at the Olym- glee congress to be held next May in rlin. ‘We are confident that this re- will be so satisfactory, especially in respect to the items of reduced trans- portation rates, housing and other ex- g:nm. that the Olympic countries will l?umd in their arrangements to send large representative teams to make an_outstanding success of the games of the tenth Olympiad, two years hence. SEALS BUG SIGAF00S. LOS ANGELES, January 3 (&). Purchase of Francis L. Sigafoos, second baseman of the San Francisco Seals, was announced today by the manage- ment of the Los Angeles base ball club. Sigafoos played with the Detroit Tigers last year at shortstop and third base, but failed to solve the infleld problem of the Tigers. EMERSON IN UPSET. Emerson Institute’s basket ball team took the measure of Potomac Boat Club, 21 to 14, last night. It was something of an upset. MARTY TO TRY AGAIN. Marty Gallagher, Washington heavy- weight boxer, will try for the third time to defeat Johnny Grosso, veteran New York husky, next Friday in'a 10-round semi-final to the Von Porat-Paulino bout in Madison Square Garden. Dixie prices to pieces! § And that's the big reason is going to start an umy.of‘-un ‘marching HIGH SHOE! SENSATION! These - snappy styles for, the SHIRES IS BARRED INMICHIGAN RINGS Art Denies He Knew Pro- spective Foe Was Asked to “Take a Dive.” ETROIT, January 3 (&).—Ar- thur (the great) Shires, White Sox socker and a lad who might be heavyweight cham- pion 1f he were half as good as he is reported to have sald he is, is under suspension by the Michigan Boxing Commission. The charge, which Shires denies indignantly, is that his repre- sentatives sought to have Shires’ op- ponent in a scheduled fight here take a “dive.” ‘The commission acted yesterday after recelving a statement from Vance Gildersleeve, manager of Battling Criss (who was to have been Shires’ op- ponent), in which Gildersleeve said Shires' representatives told him Criss would have to “take a dive” or Shires would not go through with the fight. The bout, which was to have taken place last night, was called off when physicians for the commission found Shires was suffering from a severe cold. Shires Denies Charge. Shires pooh-poohed the idea that any one representing him would sug- gest that Battling Criss “dive.” “If any one approached Criss, he did so without my knowledge,” said Shires. “I can flatten Criss on the level and I wasn't worrying about him. I've got a stif neck and a heavy cold, and the commission’s physician, Dr. Keane, told me I was in no condition to fight at this time.” Shires will not be permitted to go through with scheduled fights at Flint, Jackson and Grand Rapids, James M. Brown, chairman of the boxing com- |y mission, said. The_suspension also will be reported to the National Boxing As- soclation, whlfih ;lmslub‘eul‘s"ked '?m sus- nd him in the gOVerns. pe"we are satisfied,” Commissioner Brown said, “that Shires does not be- long in the boxing game.” ngl Chicago Nessie Blumenthal, Shires manager, denied any attempt had been made to fix the fight with Criss. If any aitempt at fixing was made, he sald, it must have been by gamblers. He said he would return to Detroit at once and demand a hearing before the commission. When the fight was called off, he explained, it was with the un- derstanding that Shires would meet the same opponent at a later date. Names Are Withheld. ‘The boxing commission did not make known the names of the persons Gilder- sleeve said approached him with the “dive” offer. The commissioners also declined to state how much Battling Criss was supposed to have been offered for beln%the “fall guy.” ‘The Shires suspension was indefinite, but Commissioner Brown said it would probably be made permanent when the commission meets at Lansing January 9. Brown said the commission had pos- session of data which would support its action, and that more details probably woulkd be revealed at the meeting next week. Kenesaw M. Landis, commissioner of base ball, said at his Chicago offices that he had no intention of taking any action in the Shires case on the basis of present information. Later, he in- dicated, his office might have something to say, if it were determined that the Michigan commission's action was based on sound evidence. 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The fight was postponed when Shires became ill. “I don’t believe Art asked any one to take a dive,” Trafton said. “He didn't ask me to dive, and stood up like a major and took a beating. If this Criss really thinks Art ran out on him, he don't need to wait until Art gets well for a fight. I'll fight him myself.” ROSENBLOOM, LOMSKI TO BATTLE TONIGHT NEW YORK; January 3 (#).—Maxie Rosenbloom and Leo Lomski, leading light heavyweights for several years, clash in the “battle of nothing much” at Madison Square Garden tonight. Through & combination of circum- stances neither figures in the light heavyweight championship elimination tournament which has progressed to a stage where the only survivors are two Buffalo residents, Jimmy Slattery and Lou Scozza. Lomski never did figure in the tournament, arranged by the New York State Athletic Commission, and Rosenbloom was shoved out of the picture when he dropped a decision at Buffalo to Slattery. The fact that Slattery was stopped by James J. Brad- dock, who was soundly whipped by Rosenbloom, apparently was of slight interest to the tournament sponsors. Rosenbloom and Lomski have met three times with honors all even. The busy Harlem battler eked out one decision; Lomski, the Aberdeen “assin,” took another and the third engage- ment resulted in a draw. Rosenbloom rules a 6-to-5 favorite to win. The bout is at 10 rounds. George Court- ney, Oklahoma light heavyweight, meets Joe Banovic of Binghamton, N. ., in the semi-final and Canada Lee, Harlem Negro weltherweight, takes on Arturo Scheckles of Belgium in the first PHOENIX A. C. LISTS GAME. Phoenix A. C. basketers have listed a game with the National Press Build- ing Cardinals for the Eastern High gym tomorrow night at 9 o'clock and have booked a contest with the Woodlawh A. C. for the Fort Myer gym next Wednesday night. HOCKEY PLAYEE SOLD. KANSAS CITY, January 3 (A).— Garnet, “Wasp” Cl.mrbell, brilliant cen- ter of the Kansas City American Asso- ciation Hockey Club, has been sold to |the cin the Chicago Blackhawks of the Na- tional League. FASTEST SPRINTER HAS NEW AMBITION Hand as Well as Foot Block|s Likely to Be Used This Year by Dash Men. + BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. OLUMBUS, Ohio, January 3.— George Simpson, the world's fastest human, who stepped 100 yards in 9.4 seconds to break a record that had stood the test of years, is starting to tune up for the coming track season. ~ ° Besides hoping to duplicate the time he made at Chicago last Spring, Simp- son has ambitions to set & new mark in the 220-yard dash. It will be the Ohio State streak's last season of in- tercollegiate competition and he would like to set up records that will stand. The pictures of the race in which Simpson established a new world mark SPORTS as foot blocks in the next outdoor sea- son. The hand blocks are the develop- ment of Dink Templeton, the Stanford coach, who believes that foot alone throw a sprinter out of balance for a proper start. A valuable addition to athletic Mt- erature has been made by the Western Conference in the publication of a booklet containing the history of each member and its lete is given a page upon which to display photographs of its present and past athletic heroes. Strange as it may seem, Illinois does not include Harold . Grange’s mon- 1 have to be the paths he ‘;\ Michigan, Pennsylvania, , Ohlo and others who attempt- t his steps. GIANTS LIST 23 SPRING GAMES, 16 WITH CHISOX NEW YORK, January 3 (#).—The New York Giants have announced an exhibition game schedule of 23 games, opening March 6 and closing April 14. Sixteen games will be playsd with the Chicago White Sox. The Sox and Giants train at San Antonio, Tex. ‘The schedule: March 6—University of Texas at Austin. h 8-9—White Sox at Houston. Chic: ed to are quite interesting and unquestionably | San Anton had much to do with the acceptance of his 9.4-second time by the Amateur Athletic Union. The fleld running in the finals of the 100-yard dash did not break from the starting line until after the starter’s pistol had been fired. One photograph clearly shows the runners taut on the line as the smoke ballooned from the gun. Had Late Start. Simpson broke sixth in the fleld and at the 50-yard line still was well back in the field. Then he began to pull ahead and put himself well in the lead. In more than a dozen races last year the Ohio State star was.over 10 seconds only once. That was on a heavy track at the Penn relays. His work in the 220-yard dash was almost as brilliant and his time in that event was the fastest of the year. Simpson's ambition always was to score touchdowns for Ohio State. He reported to the Buckeye varsity last Fall, but after being out for several days he was persuaded to devote his efforts to the track because of the pos- sibility of injuries. George played foot ball in high school, but did not attain enough weight to make him a likely college prospect. Simpson Has Rival. One of Simpson's most dangerous op- ponents next Spring will be Charles Tolon, the colored sprinter from the University of Michigan. Steve Farrel, Vveteran Wolberine coach, declares Tolon is improy rapldly and is going to be one of the best in the modern crop of sprint He is short and stocky, but his sturdy lmflbut a ng’m u:wo on e can outsprint many rangier men. Many sprinters will use hand as well h 13, 14,715, 16, 28—White Sox at March 29—White Sox at Fort Worth, March 30—White Sox at Dallas. March 31—Shreveport at Shreveport, La. April 1:2—Cleveland at New Orleans. April 5-6—_Memphis at Memphis. Tenn. April T—White So; x at Evansviile, Ind. April 8—White Sox at Terre Haufe. Abril S—White Sox at Indianapolis. April 10—White Sox at Fort Wayne. April 11—White Sox at Toledo, Ohto, April 12-13—White Sox at Chicas April 14—Army at West Point. .. CUBS DROP GONZALES, 14 YEARS IN MAJORS CHICAGO, January 3 (#).—Mike Gonzales, one of Cuba's first contribu- tions to major league base ball, became a free agent today as the Cubs gave his unconditional release. ‘Thirty-eight years old and hampered by a weakened salary wing, the veteran Cuban backstop probably has passed out of the major league picture for good after 14 years of service. Gonzales' release indicated the Cubs were convinced that Leo (Gabby) Hart- nett’s right arm had healed and that he could be ready to take his turn be- hind the plate in the 1930 champion- ship drive. ! BUSH SIGNS WITH CUBS FOR TWO MORE YEARS CHICAGO, January 3 ().—Guy Bush, righthanded pitcher, who scored the Cubs’ only victory over the Athletics in the last world series, has signed a two- year contract with the National League champions. The salary involved was not revealed, but was sald to represent a substan- tial increase. : _ PRICES OF | “STANDARD” GASOLINE effeetive ANUARY 6™ 5 | ONG BEACH OPEN HAS CLASSY FIELD w|Horton Smith Favorite for Title Walter Hagen Seeks to Retain. BY PAUL B. ZIMMERMAN, Associated Press Sports Writer, ONG BEACH, Calif., January 3.~ The great Walter Hagen, who lately has falled to show the form which brought the British open crown to his determined brow, to= day came forward to start a defense of his Long Beach open tournamems title against a field of more than 250 en- trants over the Municipal golf course, ‘The three-day contest, which will end Sunday, marks the beginning of the final campaign for the pick of the country’s professional and amateur links experts. The $3,500 tourney will be followed next week by the $10,000 Los Angeles open and a week later by the big money competition, the Agua Caliente $25,000 open. Sir Walter will be pressed to capture this session, unless he shows a marked reversal to the game he displayed in the Professional ~ Golfers’ Association championship, the Catalina open and the Pasadena open. ‘The Detroit pro barely got in under the wire in the qualifying round of the P. G. A. and was eliminated in the semi-finals. Going to the Catalina meet, which he missed winning by a stroke a year ago, the Halg all ‘but failed to win caddy fees. The Pasadena :fllsh' was the same story. orton Smith, the Missouri youth, with three championships already to the good in the Winter campaign— namely, the Oregon; Berkeley and Pasa~ dena opers—not to mention a second prize at Honolulu, is classed a slight favorite against the field, which in- cludes such starters as Tony Manero, New York, Catalina champion; Craig Wood, Bloomfleld, N. J., winner of the Hawallan open; Johnny .Farrell, New York; Harry Cooper, Buffalo; Al Espinosa, Chicago; Tommy Armour, De- troit, and a host of others. Among the amateurs entered are George Von Elm, of Detroit; Fay Cole~ man, Los Angeles, and a good support- ing cast. Johnny Dawson of Chicago will not compete, The qualifying Flny will require two days, with half of the entrants taking the course today to play 18 holes and the remainder playing their - 18-hale round tomorrow. The 64 low pards and ties will put these golfers in Sun- day’s_final 36-hole round. FREEZEPROOF Radiators for all makes. Damaged iators repaired. WITTSTATT'S RADIATOR, FENDER AND BODY WORKS. 319 13th 1800 14t LW, Met: '3 Doors from 8. Sh: NW: The Standard OQil Company of New Jersey announces the foltow- ing retail prices for “Standard” Gasoline, effective Monday, January 6th, at its service stations and/or sub-stations in Washington Sales Branch: STATION Alexandria, Va. . Benediet, Md. Bethesda, Md. Bowie, Md. . Brandywine, Md. - Culpepper, Va. Falls Church, Va. Front Royal, Va. Herndon, Va. La Plata, Md. Leesburg, Va. Leonardtown, Md. . Manassas, Va. Marshall, Va. Mechanicsville, Md. 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