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SPORTS. THE EVE TAR, WASHINGTON. First Night Grid Game Here Is Success CROW GETS KICK OUT OF HOYA WIN Bobcats Defeated, 67-12, but Thrills Are Many—G. U.’s Next Foe Is Tough. BY R. D. THOMAS. ASSING over the fact that night foot ball is a pro- nounced success, more than 10,000 having vouched for it, when Georgetown swamped ‘West Virginia Wesleyan, 67 to 12, at Griffith Stadium, the Hoyas today looked a bugbear straight in the eyes. )i Another name for the fearsome | object is the Green Terror of | ‘Western Maryland. ‘ ‘While Blue and Gray backs were run- | ning wild inst a weakened and dis- pirited Bobcat team, last night the Ter- ror was holding itself in leash in a con- test at Baltimore with St. John's of Annapolis, but winning by 16 to 0. A Washington sports writer who viewed the affair returned with the opinion that the thrice victoriou: Georgetown eleven, which has _score decisively over Mount St. Mary’s, Loyola of Chicago and West Virginia ‘Wesleyan, next Saturday will need all the strength it can muster to avert a ‘Waterloo. They Look Tough. *I never have seen a more formidable Jooking bunch of boys on one team.’ said the reporter, “and they can really y foot ball. Georgetown will never fi:t them with a running attack alone. Their line is too adamant. It's the overhead game for G. U, and a good one at that, or else.” The Blue and Gray will start prepara- tion Monday for their first big game of the season, which will be played in Bal- “ timore. - - In the meantime Washington foot ball folk are talking theit heads off about the doings last night at Griffith Stad- jum. A game with more semsations never was played: here. From the mo- ment Johnny Scalzi caught the opening kick-off and ran 95 yards for a George- town touchdown until the last few min- utes when the Hoyas pushed over their final marker, the game was & thriller, and oddly so because of its lopsided- ness. Quarterback Scalzi divided with Gyp Battles of the Bobcats in highlighting the show, with Johnny Bozek of George- town tossing in several brilliant bits ol -carrying. b.{llc&lfl yml%e two long runs within a space of five minutes. The crowd was still aglow with the squat general’s 95- yarder when he set it afire anew with a 72-yard prance for a second touch- down after intercepting a forward pass. Perhaps for fear he'd run himself to death, Scalzi was removed from the game after this, but returned in the third period. His final big thrust was a 75-yard return of a punt, which was his best run. In the other two the path was cleared most of the way by interference. On the last occasion he did & lot of maneuvering to get free. Gyp for All-America. the e this moming, MDMM' Pom';(x:!‘lx of Georgetown nominated Clifford Battles, who played left w'mhct‘i“ the Bobcats, for All- America selection. " is one of the greatest backs I have ever seen” was Mills' tribute to the rangy youth, who made two long runs for Wesleyan's touchdowns, gave an exhibition of punting remindful of Jim Mooney of Hilltop fame, was a power on defense and generally com- ported himself with credit. In the first period he evaded the en- tire Georgetown team for a 68-yard run from kick formation, and in the third quarter crossed the goal on an 85-yard punt return. In both instances the last man to confront him was Scalzi, who could not get close enough to attempt a tackle. Perhaps the cleverest piece of ball toting by s wn back was a touchdown run of 20 yards by Johnny Bozek in the first period. It was not much for distance, but how he got through the swarming enemy still is not quite clear. Were Battered Team. The result of the game was encourag- ing to some Hoya supporters, but the Georgetown coaches displayed little en- thusiasm. They desired stiffer opposi- tion to sharpen the team for the clash with Western Maryland. ‘The Bobcats had taken two maulings before coming here, several of their best | players were out with injuries, and their | morale palpably was low. | It appears to be the general opinion that night foot ball has come to stay. Except for a slight annoyance in the way of smoke created by photographic flashlights, conditions last night hardly ocould be improved upon. We shudder, though, to think of a game\at night in snow or bitter cold. In the excitement created by long runs one really forgot the game was| being played at night and that much | of the college atmosphere was missing. Rather, a circus atmosphere prevailed And Interesting? Yea, bo! of Scalzi. JUST BEFORE THE KICK-OFF IN A few seconds after this photograph was taken at Clark Griffith Stadium at spectators were treated to the biggest thrill of the contest, a 95-yard runback for CIiff Battles, star of the visiting array, who is seen standing in the center of the HOYAS’ the first intercollegiate night foot ball game ever played in Washington, the | D. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, Big Contests in Every Section Today YALE AND GEORGIA OFFER LEADING BATTLE IN EAST | Elis Given Edge Over Dixie Eleven—Notre Dame Entertains Navy to Open New Stadium in VICTORY OVER W. VA. WESLEYAN a touchdown by Johnny Scalzi, fleet Hilltop quarterback. The kick was made by picture with his arms akimbo. The figure nearest the distant goal posts is that —Star Staff Photo. The Scandal G ANG This is the final article in a series of siz revealing gangdom's grip on projessional boxing and disclosing | the part played by crooked poli- | ticians, gunmen, bootleggers and vicious forces generally in the con- trol of pugilism and the men in the ring. HE racketeers, the alcohol ped: dlers and mobsters have im- bedded themselves deeply in boxing, but it is not their guns | alone that keep them there. | It is the pressure of politics, the tenacious suction of influence, ! make digging them out a gargantuan, thankless task. | ‘Gangdom dominates boxing, but poli- tics rules it. And upon the machina- tions of ward heelers must the re- sponsibility rest if the present abuses result in the outlawing of the game. | “ Politics has protected the muscleman | and condoned corrupt practice; it has nullified the rulings of commissions and set aside their painful reforms. Recently there was a glaring illu- stration of the power of politics. The National Boxing Association, in which some 28 States hold membership, and which professes a dictatorship in the | sport, met to decide which boxers it would recognize as class champions and principal contenders. | The case of Carnera was certain to | come up. An uninformed person would | have assumed that, despite the fact | that California and New York are not | members, the association would have | continued to support the summary | manner in which Carnera’s fight with Chevalier was dealt with by those States. In May the National Boxing | Association gave the Venetian an in- | definite suspension. The association is avowedly dedicated | to cleaning up the sport and rooting out the highbinders. The Carnera issue called for action. Saving the Vote. HAT happened? Carnera happens to be an Itallan and the Italian . like that of other racial groups, | is vital to every big city machine, The Italian ward leaders went to their bosses and their bosses went further. Everywhere the big stick swung. Of course, it was all very cleverly done. Those back of the ‘fight for Carnera were satisfied to have him made out as the victim of overzealous BERG GETS SQUARE | FOR ONLY KNOCKOUT British Fighter Scores Clean-cut Victory Over Petrolle in Spectacular Bout. o7 the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 11.—Jack (Kid) Berg, British perpetual motion machine, has atoned, partly at least, for the one | bad setback of his boxing career | Two years l%o Berg was stopped In | five rounds by Billy Petrolle, the Fargo, | N. Dak., Express, and later Petrolle held him to a draw. Last night Berg poured in & never-ending stream of punches to | Petrolle’s face and body to win a clean | decision in 10 rounds of spectacular milling in Madison Square Garden, and thus again revenge for his earlier set- back. Petrolle, & dangerous puncher, gave the British lightweight lots of trouble all the way, but he tired .adly in the | closing rounds to let Berg gallop off | with the decision. There were no| knockdowns. A Berg weighed 135% trolle 137. l FIGHTS LAST NIGHT | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Jack (Kid) Berg, Eng- land, outpointed Billy Petrolle, Fargo, N. Dak. (10); Sammy Dorfman, New York, outpointed Steve Halaiko, Buffalo, N. Y. (10); Patsy Ruffalo, New York, outpointed Spud Murphy, Fargo, N. Dak. (1 CHICAGO. — Angus _Snyder, _Fort Dodge, Kans., defeated Otto Von Porat, foul (1); Edgar Norman, Norway, out- pointed Chick Raine, Fort Dodge, Kans. (8). OMAHA, Nebr. — Millio Millitti, Omaha, knocked out Lefty Cooper, Los pounds, Pe- | commissions. |was in the United States for a si: | geportation managers, a put-upon and unfairly treated aifen. Maybe he is, dut the incidents of his | “bulld-up” in America have put a blight on boxing. That Carnera was a victim is exactly | he state of affairs the National Box- | ng Association found to exist. The organization reporied that Carnera had not knowingly engaged in fake bouts, and reinstated him as a leading con- tender for the heavyweight champion- ship. * Whatever claim to leadership the as- sociation may have had, it forfeited it by this decision of reinstatement, | whether or not its finding that Carnera | was personally innocent is sound. The | decision was a great victory for the | racketeers—now they have ammunition | to use on the New York and California | The pressure being | brought to bear is great. Give Proof of Power, THE forces behind Carnera gave full | t 1 matter of his visa came up. Primo | month visit. The Department of Im. migration announced that the visa woud not be renewed. Carnera’s French | manager, Leon See, asked a stay of ‘The political barons went into ac- | don. They passed on the word that the whole Italian vote would go visiting | unless something was done. Some of by reports of that sort, even thowgh they have no basis. Suddenly there passport had been renewed for six | months more—until January. Max (Boo Boo) Hoff, the big Phila- | delphia refresh: {draws a lot of water in the Pennsyl- | vania pastures by reason of his reputed tie-up there with the Vare machine. The story of the Hoff-Gene Tunney “contract” still is fresh in the public mind. The first Tunney-Dempsey bout was in Philadelphia, and many months | later Hoff popped into the courts with RIDDEN | imagintaion of the public. that | 10 | and Johnston has denied it, too. The proof of their strength when the | Charles and Roberto Roberti, the big boys in Washington are alarmed | s the official word that Carnera’s| ment man, who has been | oy BT | previously identified in these articies, | Cision, is & qu of Boxing | p RACKE BY MILTON MACKAYE signed by Billy Gibson, the champion’s | manager, and “Eugene Joseph Tunney. Tunney Suit_Recalled. | 'HIS document called for the pay-| ment of 10 per cent of Tunney's $200,000 purse to Hoff in ex- change for “one dollar ($1) and anu-‘ able considerations.” Hofi nevc~ has explained the nature of these considera- | tions and_the phrasing, in view of his | lack of official connection with the bout, | has, accordingly, served to tickle the | The suit in equity has, to date, failed come to trial, but whether it has been lost in the shuffie or merely tem- | porarily pigeonholed as a matter of Jegal custom, no one seems to know.g Tunney has denied all knowledge of | the document, adding at the same time, | that if his manager did sign the “con- | tract” it was without his direction. The general story told by boxing men, however, is that Hoff cited his politi- cal connections and suggested to Gib- son that he sign the document as in- | surance that his fighter would get a square deal in the bout—that is, a square deal for & cut in his profits. | Tunney, wining the fight, had no fur- | ther need for political protection. 1 In New York State the pressure of | the wardheeler is as strong as else- where and possibly stronger, for it is in New York that the big money in box- ing is to be made. Jimmie Johnston's Good Fortune, OMPLAINT {requently is made that James Joy Johnston, the manager who is proud of being known as the “Boy Bandit,” gets from the New York Athletic Commission, or Boxing Commission, almost everything he wants. Johnston has been known in boxing as a smart fellow for a long time. He has managed such fighters as Mike Mc- Tigue, Ted Kid Lewis, Owen Moran and Gypsy Danlels. At one time he was the promoter at the old Madison Square Garden, New York. Johnston is a friend of James A. Farley, chairman of the New York Commission, and a friend of Mayor | Walker of New York, author of thej State boxing law. It was indeed the mayor who introduced Johnston to the commissioner. Mr. Farley has denied that Johnston is any favorite with the commission fact ‘remains, nevertheless, that man- agers and fighters who want to get on in New York continue to think he is. This feeling on their part has made & solid pot of money for Johnston. “James J. Johnston,” wrote & sports authority some months ago, “is 50 highly in favor with the New York State Boxing Commission, or he has | made it understoond thai he is, that | visiting_prizefighters always are willing to cut the “Boy Bandit” in for at least 10 per cent to get the good offices of the boxing commission. “New York State is where the big| money of the caulifiower industry has been made, consequently Mr. Johnston has pieces of many fighters and will have pleces of many more while the game L5 conducted that way.” Managed Phil Scott. OHNSTON, by his avowal, shared 10 per cent of the earnings of Jack Sharkey at one time. Johnny | Buckley is Jack Sharkey's manager. | Just what services the “Boy Bandit” | gave for that 10 per cent remains even now, when the agreement is voided, a matter of unsatisfied mystery to the| public. | Johnston next appeared as the man- ager of Phil Scott, the Fainting Eng- lishman, and this time he took the full 3315 per cent. Scott got his money’s worth. Scott's record had been anything but impressive when he came to the United | States, and he started his American | career by kissing the canvass at Madi- | son Square Garden when Knute Han- sen knocked him out in one round. He did outbox such gentlemen as Pierre and he | won over Paulino in a close decision, | but it was generally assumed that he | was through after the victory by foul | over Otto von Porat. ‘That foul roiled the customers. Scott put on an exhibition of pitiful pain, but | the doctors announced that the blow had struck on his abodminal protector. Scott went back to England; his career seemed weshed up. But Jimmy Johnston still was his manager. Scott came into the limelight next as the choice of the Madison | Square_Garden Corporation to oppose Jack Sharkey in the Spring feature match at Miami. Just what entitled Scott to_that match, just what made him a bjg-timer in the heavyweight answered. Of course, he lost to Shar- key. He claimed a foul and refused w‘ continue after the referee had disal- lowed the claim. Mr. Farley Questioned. AN Johnston get anything he wants | from the New York State Boxing Commission, as some of those on | & suit against Tunney for $20,000, pre- senting for the inspection of ai t Aneetas (7). uguet personages a plece of paper purportedly | the outside contend? The writer put the question recently to Mr. Farley. o “Jimmy Johnston 1s one of my best # olitics in Boxing | theless, he received all his purse. friends,” said the commissioner, pound- ing a fist on his desk, “but he wouldn't ask me for a special privilege. In the| first place, he values my friendship too | much to put me or the commission in an embarrassing position. In the sec- ond place, he knows I wouldn't grant it.” | Mr. Farley denied also that politics or | pressure influences the commission. | Nevertheless, boxers and managers, who have been indefinitely suspended with sharp words, have quickly been reinstated. It seems as a matter of fact, a rare thing when a commission ruling is made to stick. This attitude can result in only one thing—a collapse of discipline. Boxers violate rules with impunity and hold official reprimands in contempt. * ‘The Max Schmeling affair is a case in point. The commission demanded that Schmeling stick to Arthur von Bulow, German manager who brought him to the United States and who com- plained to the commissioners, and pub- licly, that smart Joe Jacobs had taken his heavyweight away. When Schmel- ing falled to fill a match with Phil Scott, a match negotiated by Bulow, Schmeling and Jacobs lost their licenses. Schmeling’s Reinstatement. 'HE commission was very firm. Man. agers must be taught they could | not steal fighters. This is hardly | the place to go into the merits of the | managerial row, but it is interesting to note that when a big-money bout be- tween Schmeling and Jack Sharkey was suggested the commission forgot how firm it once had been. ‘The Schmeling-Sharkey fight pre- sented still another example of commis- sion inconsistency. To counteract the epidemic of fouls, the commission had ordered some months previously that fighters fouling opponents should be paild only for the number of rounds fought before the foul. Commission- n‘ps;l:roved contracts contained that pro- vision. ‘That is, if a fighter were being paid $150,000 for & 15-round match and fouled his man in the fourth round, he would receive only four-fifteenths of that amount, or $40,000. And now we come to the contract between Sharkey and Schmeling. Sharkey was known for low blows, yet the commission nulll- fled its own ruling by approving a con- tract that deliberately deleted the foul provision, What happened? Sharkey fouled Schmeling in the fourth round. Never- ‘The New York State Commission’s activities have been difficult to fathom. ‘There have been errors of omission as well as of commission, and the errors of omission allowed racketeers to force their way into the squared-ring trade. Duffy License a Riddle. UST how Will Duffy obtained a man- ager's license is one riddle. Surely some of the commission powers must have been acquainted with his career. | 1t is true that some of the references | listed on Duffy’s license were impressive, | But in the light of the commission rul- ing that convicted felons may not be- do not entirely explain the situation. The commission, too, according to Mr. | New York boxing game which is known | as the “matchmakers’ racket.” And yet | nothing s done about it. | Seatt] Each boxing club has a matchmaker. | Theoretically, he is & man who knows | boxing and boxers and will use his knowledge to produce good bouts for | the fans. Actually what often happens is that the matchmaker does no such thing. Instead he often places on the card only boxers who will agree to pass back to him a certain specified cut on the| purse. 1f the purse is $10,000, the | matchmaker may get $1,500. If the | purse is smaller, his share drops accord- ingly. Internal Politics Grave. HIS internal politics of boxing is more grave than it might seem. It explains why such an excellent fighter as Tommy Loughran could get so few matches in New York City. It encourages corrupt and fixed fights, and even on the level it turns out bad bouts which disgust the fans and pound an- other nall in legalized control. ‘There are still other matchmakers who operate stables of fighters them- selves. They do not appear on the rec- ord as managers, for New York State rules say no salarled matchmeker can act as a manager—but they have a two- way slice of the gate. They have their own salaries and they have portions of the earnings of the fighters. Boxing in B New York Etate and in! Grid Struggles On Card Today College. American University vs. Gallaudet at Kendall Green, 2:30 o'clock. George Washington Freshmen vs. Pittsburgh Freshmen at Griffith Stadium, 8:30 p.m. Maryland vs. North Caroling at Chapel Hill. Catholic University vs. Holy Cross at Worcester, Mass. George Washington vs. Delaware at Newark. Howard vs. Johnson C. Smith Uni- versity at Charlotte, N. C. Scholastie. Gettysburg Academy vs. Emerson Institute at Grifith Stadium, 3 o'clock. Devitt vs. Newport New High at Newport News. WAR OVER DRAFT 1S THREATENING Majors and Minors Are Far From Agreement After Day of Wrangling. By the Associated Press. , Ostober 11.—The major and the three leading minor - leagues drifted toward an out-and-out base ball war today. Representatives of the American and National Leagues and the three Class AA minors—the American Associaiton, Pacific Coast and International Leagues —wrangled all day yesterday over the draft issue and adjourned almost as far from an agreement as when they started. The minor leagues acceded to the principle of the universal draft, which they had heretofore opposed, but re- jected the terms offered by the majors. At present the majors may draft one layer from each minor league club at a stipulated price of $5,000. The big leagues agreed to an upward revision of this amount, but declined to meet the scale demanded by the Class AA group, which was reported to have held out for $10,000. Representatives of the major leagues announced themselves ready to carry out their threat to break off all rela- tions with the Class AA circuits Decem- ber 1, and if such a break is averted, the next move is up to the minors. If the two groups definitely break, the majors will be deprived of one their most_fruitful sources of material, while the Class AA clubs no longer will profit from the prolonged careers of stars from the big time. The only hope for the situation was seen in the recession of the minors from | their opposition to the universal draft as a matter of principle. The conference was attended by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, head of the leagues involved; representatives of all but Washington of the major leagues | and 19 delegates from the three Class AA circuits. KOI.LY:WOOD HAS BIé LEAD. SAN FRANCISCO, October 11 (A).— The Pacific Coast League official stand- |come managers, even these references | ings is as follows: Team. Hollywood . | Farley, is cognizant of the phase of the | Los Angeles San Prancisco . Sacramento .. le . Portland Oakland Missions other States is in a bad way. This series has touched only on the major points, but it has revealed that gunmen, gangsters and thieves have gained a dominating hold. There are abuses and other evils, but they are of less imme- diate peril. ‘The newspapers must shoulder part of the blame. It is charged that some boxing writers are on the pay rolls of promoters, and that for this reason there never been a completely honest sports press to decry the fakers and frauds. What can be done? Boxing commis- sions can be appointed that will not be swayed by politics and pressure and will be thoroughly energetic and efficient. ‘The public can do more. It can stay away from questionable bouts and it can repress its admiration until real champions are made. It has, as a mat ter of fact, already begun to do that. ‘That kind of a commission would run the racketeers out. But a militant pub- lic can starve the racketeers out. The place where they suffer is the pocket- book. (Copyright, 1930. by North Amsriean News- | paper Alliance.) 1930. KNOCKS FOE STIF, Crusher After Bell Costs Von Porat Certain Win Over Snyder. By t Assoclated Press. HICAGO, October 11.—Asa can- didate for heavywelght box- ing honors, Otto von Porat, | the stately Norwegian, still is neither betwixt nor between. | Von Porat made a comeback appear- |ance in the Coliseum last night, his first since Willlam Stribling knocked him limp iIn a round several months ago, and knocked out Angus’Snyder of Fort Dodge, Kans., in the first round, only to lose on a foul for striking the Kansan after the bell had sounded. The Norwegian paralyzer, whose stiff | punching ability has kept him from being counted out of a place in the front rank of heavyweights, was a | much better fighter than when he lost |to stribling and when the bell rang |had_ Snyder virtually out. Amid the confusion caused by Von Porat's sur- prising _aggressiveness neither fighter heard the bell and Otto belted Snyder on the jaw with his right. Snyder was knocked stiff and had to be carried to his corner, where Referee Ed Purdy |raised his’ hand, in accordance with | the Tuling of the judges. Local. Georgetown, 67; West Virginia Wes- leyan, 12, Central, 7; St. John's, 6. Gonzaga, 7; Business, 0. Eastern, National School, 0. St. Alban's, 6; Landon, 0. Washington & Lee High School, 18; Western, 0. Training East. Western Maryland, 18; 8t. John's, 0. Temple, 7; Buckneil, 6. Oglethorpe, 19; Manhattan, 0, South. Wake Forest, 44; Baltimore, 0. | Southern Methodist, 34; Austin Col- lege, 0. Birmingham Southern, 50; Union, 0. | Northwestern State Teachers, 28; Northeastern State Teachers, 6. St. Edward's College, 0; Simmons u, 0. Phillips U., 31; McPherson College, 0. | _East Texas State Teachers' College, 13; Stephen F. Austin, 0. | Burleson College, 55; Eldorado Junior | College, 0. | ~ West Texas Teachers, 16; Christian College, 7. i Midwest. Duquesne, 7; Loyola, 6. Davis and Elkins, 44; Mt. Union, 12. University of Deiroit, 47; Grinnell, 6. | Marquette, 12; Drake, 0. | Kansas, 33; Haskell, 7. | _Northwest Teachers, 45; | Teachers, 0. Missouri Valley, 13; Wentworth, 6. Wabash, 12: ers, 6. Oklahoma City University, 27; Cen- tral Teachers, 6 Baker, 18; Wesleyan, 0. Grove City, 6; John Carroll, 0. | Muskingum, 25; Denison, 0. Western Teachers, 19; Eureka, 6. Millsaps, 19; Mississippi Aggles, 13. Superior State Teachers, 25; Mar- quette Teachers, 12. St. Thomas, 25: Dakota Wesleyan, 6. | Friends, 25; Ottawa U., 0. Southwestern, 0; College poria, 0. Hays Teachers, 6; Hastings, 0. St. Olaf, 26; McAlester, 7. Gustavus Adelphus, 39; Augsberg, 6. Evansville College, 7; Danville Cen- tral Normal, 6. | Augustina, 12; 8t. Ambrose, 7. Wichita, 13; Emporia Teachers, 13. Far West. Oregon State, 20; California Aggies, 0. North Dakota Aggles, 25; South Da- kota U., 7. North Dakota U., 32; Morning Side, 0. Southeast | PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Sacramento, 8; Hollywood, 0. , 6; Oakland, 3. ON THE S BUT LOSES FIGHT Ablene | Indiana State Teach- | of Em- | SPORTS3. One of Midwest’s By the Associated Press. Foot Ball reigs ed supreme over the sports worl¥ today with no real rival in sigh§ for the next three months, Today's Eastern schedule was marked by a serles of intersectional games, | chiefly between' the Eest and South, | with & few duels between major elevens on the Atlantic seaboard to give added spice to the program. Southern Conference and avenge a 15-0 setback of last year. An- other strong Southern Conference out- fit, Georgia Tech, faced the Tartans of Carnegie Tech at Pittsburgh. Other intersectional games brought together Virginia and Penn at Philadel- phia; Georgia Tech at Carnegle Tech, Pittsburgh; Washington and Lee and West,_Virginia at Charleston, W. Va. and Hampden-Sydney and Cornell at Ithaca. Of the purely domestic struggles, | Princeton’s tussle with Brown at Prince- ton packed the most elements of drama. Other major teams faced less serious oppositiol In this group were such clashes as Harvard-Springfield, Army- Swarthmore, Dartmouth-Boston Univer- Elis Slight Favorites. to see the Elis battle Georgia's formid- | able array in the East's outstanding fray. Yale, with the advantage of playing at home, was a slight favorite, but there was no doubt in the minds of the ex- perts that the Southerners would give the Blue a close fight, and conceivably might win. Yale went South to meet Georgia last year and took a 15-0 beat- ing at Athens, Ga. The Yale line failed to shake Albie Booth loose in their game and the “Mighty Atom” was certain to be the subject of some close attention on the part of Georgia's forwards today. Tigers Seeking Revenge. PRINCETON, N. J., October 11 (#).— Princeton’s young Tigers went out to- | day to seek revenge for a 13-to-12 de- | feat they received at the hands of | Brown a year ago. | The prospects were for a contest be- |tween the speed and strength of the | Princeton backs, led by the brilliant Jack James, and a powerful but some- | what slow Brown line. | | Midwest Program Heavy. CHICAGO, October 11 (#).—Battles for the right to be considered among the contenders for the Big Ten title were on today's Midwestern foot ball program. The affair at Notre Dame, where a | beautiful new bowl was being formally dedicated, held the spotlight. Knute Rockne’s” Irish and others had the United States Naval Academy eleven as collaborators in the celebration. Three Big Ten games of title im- portance were up for decision, with | the Northwestern-Ohio State and Micli- igan-Purdue struggles ranked at the top. The other contest brought to- gether Chicago and its new flanker passing attack and Wisconsin's some- ‘what mysterious 1930 eleven at Madi- son. Northwestern, playing at home and with a veteran team, was favored over Ohlo State, while Purdue, th: de- fending title holder, was given the pre- game edge over Michigan's also mys- | terious product. Indiana was pitted against Oklahoma A. and M, the team that defeated Iow: last week, while Iowa had an intersec. tional test with Centenary of Shreve: port, La. Illinols was down for another experimental test with Butler. The Far West was res)menled by Pop Warner’s Stanford eleven, which invaded Minnesota. The team coached by the father of the double-wing back | attack was a big choice over the inex- vlenenced and battered innesota eleven. Two Tech Teams Meet. PITTSBURGH, October 11 (#).— Amid all the color and with all the frills that usually surround & great intersec- tional foot ball battle, Georgia Tech and Carnegie Tech come together in the stadium here today. A last-minute rush for tickets indi- IDE LINES With the Sports Editor K.” That was the verdict rendered by more than 10,000 cash customers who turned out to see Georgetown swamp West Virginia Wesleyan, 67-12, in the first varsity night foot ball game ever played in Washington, on the nocturnal variety of the king of Fall sports. Probably half of the total of spectators were drawn to Clark Griffith Stadium out of curios- ity. They wanted to see how a grid battle looked at an hour when they usually v-re taking in a movie or listening to the radio at home, but after the novelty of aspect had worn off they remained to enjoy the maneuvers on the field, which they had no difficulty in follow- ing. %t might as well be set forth at the outset, however, that the illumination provided by elec- tricity, while satisfactory to a surprising extent, cannot com- pare with natural daylight, for which there can be no real rival. s Wearing distinctive uniforms, there never was any doubt re- garding which of the contend- ing teams’ any individual was performing for, and it was easy to follow the ball, painted white for the occasion, even when Cliff Battles, the out- standing player of the visitors, got off those booming punts that invariably soared for great height as well as distance, but the things to be seen could not be seen as well as on any aver- age Autumn afternoon, even .though the weather were cloudy. The difference in visibility was most noticeable in trying to identify the players by num- bers. Although the figures on their jerseys were of the usual large size, approximately a foot in height, it was not an easy matter to distinguish them at By DENMAN THOMPSON——m7F—— a distance greater than 100 yards or so, and almost an im- possibility for those of the spec- tators seated in the first base and right field stands when the teams were at the far end of the playing field. The Fans Have a Kick. LTOGETHER, the introduc- tion of foot ball after dark may be said to indicate it has a successful future in the Capital, which augurs well for the athletic treasury of George ‘Washington University, as well as that of Georgetown, the Co- lonials hnviag a pair of games scheduled for the Stadium this Fall, while the Hoyas have two additional contests listed. There is one angle that will have to be radically improved over that of last night if the public is to be properly served, however, and that is the ar- rangements for handling the spectators. There was unwarranted con- gestion in the approach to the turnstiles just prior to the starting hour, due, evidently to the fact that an insufficient number of %ates were being used; the ticket takers appar- ently were uncertain regarding the type of ducats they should accept, in addition to displaying a minimum of courtesy to those presenting them, and the ushers were insufficient in number—and size—to properly execute their arduous duties. It may be that the difficulties encountered by H. Gabriel Mur- phy, Georgetown’s graduate manager of athletics,' who was very much on the job at the entrances and did everything he personally could do to fa- cilitate the admission of ticket holders, can be blamed n the naturai confusion occa- sioned by the unprecedented circumstances. Tt to hoped, however, these prob- lems can be solved so that con- ditions more satisfactory for the fans will prevail for future games, EW YORK, October H.—Kin[' Yale played_host to Georgia of the | n hoped to | Many Attractions. cated more than 35,000 followers of the two big institutions and just piatn fans would witness the struggle. The famed Golden Tornado from Atlanta_was accompanied here by & crowd of followers who filled two special trains. The game itself will show the rapier- | like attack of Carnegic against one of the most rugged lines in the country. Sure of Rockne Victory. | SOUTH BEND, Ind., October 11 (#). | —Today was Knute Rockne's and Notre Dame’s foot ball day of days as, in col- Iaboration with the United States Naval Academy, they formally dedicated a 1$750,000 stadium. No one in South Bend appeared to have any doubt about the outcome of the battle, for “Notre Dame just couldn’t lose on Rockne's big day." | “The Navy, 88 strong—44 of the party | members of ‘the foot ball squad—arrived | yetserday in good shape for the en- | counter.” Edch eleven had been tested once, the Irish rallying to score a sen- sational 20-to-14 victory over Southern Methodist last week, while the Navy opened its schedule with a 19-to-6 win over Willlam and Mary. Every one of the 55,000 seats in the Sew brick bowl was leased and fair ®eather was promised for the rest of | the huge celebration. Bursting bombs, | 3 parade, speeches and cheering last tight ruined the rest of the few who cred to sleep, and all that was needed today was a decisive victory over the adets, the second opponent on Rockne’s “impossible” 10-game schedule. | Rockne was expected to send the | shock troops to start against the Cadets | and had " definitely decided to work without the help of Dick Donaghue and Prank Leahy, regular linemen, a@d Larry Mullins, fullback. In the piace of | Mullins Rockne had Joe Savoldi, the Sensational “Wandering Italian” from ‘.Three Oaks, Mich., ready for duty. | Stanford Heavy Favorite. | MINNEAPOLIS, October 11 (A.—A powerful Stanford foot ball eleven from Calitérnia made its first Midwestern ap- pearance for a clesh today with a com- paratively green Minnesota Gopher team. Minnesota was in much better shape |than it was a week ago, when the Gophers were crushed and humiliated to the tune of 33 to 7 by the Vanderbilt Commodores. | One of the Minnesota casualties of the past two weeks—Clint Riebeth, flashy halfback—was back in shape for | at least part of the game and his pres- |ence was counted upon by Gopher fol- | lowers to bolster what meager chance | they felt the locals might have to win. | Coach Glenn “Pop” Warner's Cardi- | nals, with their wealth of material and experience, were a decided favorite to score a victory. Minnesota’s chances to stop Stanford’s deceptive attack de- pended on the ability of the Gopher secondary defense to halt the West- | erners’ aerial onslaught and solve their | tricky off-tackle shoots, |« Northwestern Is Choice. | EVANSTON, Ill, October 11 (#).— | Ohio State's young but powerful eleven and Northwestern’s veteran Wildeats came to Dyche Stadium today to scramble for the same rung on the Big Ten foot ball championship ladder. | The Buckeyes were technical leaders in the conference race, having won their only start against a Big Ten foe ‘lz?tww?k' when Indiana was trounced, Northwestern had a clear-cut - tri- mph over Tulane to show for its oly ormal appearance of the season and | was favored to turn back the Buckeye threat today. Two great players were opposed in the battle—Wesley Fesler, Ohio State's twice All-America end, leading his |team against Hard Luck Hank Bruder, the Wildcat captain, and sparkplug. Classed as one of the standout bat- tles of the national schedule and with no distracting competition, the con- test was expected to be played befo: more than 40,000 spectators. ; Purdue at Michigan. ANN ARBOR, Mich., October 11 (#). —Purdue’s Boilermakers, foot ball champions of the Western Conference, meet Michigan in one of the standout games of the Middle West today. With warm and fair weather promised, be- tween 50,000 and 60.000 persons were expected to nearly fill the Michigan Stadium. Coach Harry Kipke has indicated his willingness to show everything in his bag of tricks in order to avenge the 30-to-16 drubbing administered by the Engineers from Indiana last year. Time was when a game with Pur- due was considered merely a stepping stone toward a Big Ten title, but those days are gone, and a Michigan victory today would be considered in the na- ture of an upset. Maroons Visit Badgers. MADISON, Wis., October 11 (#).— ‘The weather was an important factor as Wisconsin met Chicago for the thirty-fifth time in Camp Randall Sta- | dium today. The game was the West- ern Conference opener for both teams and was expected to attract 25,000 per- sons. Finding scant material this Fall, Coach A A. Stagg has fashioned the Chicago team around a forward Pm attack built mainly from flanker plays. | As a consequence, the Maroons wanted |a dry, fast field to execute the intrica- cles of attack. The weather man fore- jca.;t partly cloudy skies, with possible rain. |‘ Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite, of Wis- consin has concentrated on developing a defense against “Old Man" Stagg's air raids and relied generally on the | running attack his players presented in scoring 81 points in a dceble-header last Saturday. Big Games on Coast. SAN FRANCISCO, October 11 (#).— Two Coast Conference contests, one of which may go a long way toward decid- ing the Western championship, and & | non-conference battle between Califor- | nit and St. Mary's held the top spots in ! 'wndnty': gridiron program of the Far est. | _ At Pullman, Wash, the Washington | State Cougars, flushed with a 16-to-0 victory over the University of Califor= nla last week, faced the Southern Cali- fornia Trojans. A victory for the North= erners, observers agree, would practically amount to the conference championship, as the remaining games on their sched- ule are against weaker teams, The other conference tussle found Coach Jimmy Phelan's Washington Huskies opposing the Idaho Vandals, in Seattle. e Huskies were established as favorites. At Berkeley, the traditional early sea- son game between the California Bears and St. Mary's Gaels was expected to attract a capacity crowd of 80,000. The Saints were favored by most gridiron fans to win. MORRIS ENRIGHT —DIES. In the death of Morris V. Enright yesterday a popular former scholastic and sandlot foot ball player of this clty passed. Enright, who dled at his home, 2520 L street, of pneumonia, zhrg‘evg end on thn %ulsh!)css ieh cleven years aso and later wes a mem- ber of candlet elevens, o