Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1930, Page 31

‘Sports News WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1930. PAGE Maryland Is Set for Biggest Home-coming : Dull Gridders Decrease in High School INTEREST AT HIGH " PITCHINW.-L. GAME Freshman Clash in Morning to Start Party Lasting Until Midnight. - BY H. C. BYRD. ITH the prospect of a \;\/ great foot ball game with Washington and Lee as the center of its activities, the University of Mary- land is planning for one of the biggest home-coming days it has had since they were instituted back in 1923. Not only is the foot ball game, which, of course, is the source of main interest for graduates who come back to spend.the day in familiar surroundings, listed for “the afternoon, but a game be- tween the freshman teams of Maryland and Washington and Lee is to be played in the morn- ing, and other events are to fill = the interim from morning until midnight. The day’s activities are to begin with the freshman game at 10 am. At noon a buffet luncheon is to be held in the home economics building and this is to be followed by a rally in which students and alumni will get together for yells and songs. The varsity game is to begin at 2:30 o'clock and it will be followed immediately by a supper dance for alumni and students, after which will be held the annual home- coming ball. Ought to Be Exciting. What will be the outcome of the wvarsity foot ball game is the main ques~ in the l;l{ikndlu:)l .lulliml. but ‘\;:: e e previous cont - mm“v pmd Lee and it might be mentioned rather a sarcastically with that 7- snaedeie ing | to run. Noel Mellon, another reserve, | has sophomore fullback, relieved Pat Mit- big, powerful eleven and fast backs, in Lee Willlams one of the best pass _receivers in the South. ‘Willlams weighs about 185 pounds and stands six feet three, and it is said that it beats W n and Lee must stop him. Maryland is not able to do much in the way of prictice, as it is trying to get its first string line up in good . It is likely that today and to- & morrow, though, will find the squad foot ball. It may that the Old Liners will send their second-string players through a hard workout on Fri- day. as some of them need the prac- tice, especially those that have not been in the last two games. | E are few foot ball teams that I have @s clever men behind their lines as Bozek ":!dh sc.;mm of Georgetown. Any time either of ese get clear of the line of scrim- he is likely to go right to the line. Only once did Scalzi -t wyond the Michigan State forward wall and clear of the first two backs, but that once was for a touchduwn. ety Saimiag o sustained S on 7 *uckcig.f::z l:lf'i'lnl ‘:ucx mlt‘ gets consistently whenever 1. ut_that was the kind of t Michigan State had, and against the ano;:‘-‘ ground nece games except one, 18 chap Robinson, who played in the backfield for the Marines ‘l:: ~« iss H g P i ] ] H ginE} H A e & %, {C. U. INTRAMURALS W, ANDL GRDES ORL OV RAIN Generals Turn on Heat in| Preparation for Game. With Maryland. EXINGTON, Va., November 5.— A driving rain that forced spec- tators to sheiter did not stop Washington and Lee's Generals from going through a scheduled two-hour workout yesterday, with more heavy work due today. Coach Gene Oberst is losing no time whipping his men into shape for the Maryland game Saturday at College | Park. Several backfield combinations were tried and the men juggled about so that every man had a chance to run with a different trio, ahsence of Monk Mattox from practice gave Bev Smith, reserve halfback, an opportunity cavorted at Thibodeau's place, right | half, and Nace Collins, hl-l'd-drlvlnxi chell. Today Coach Cy Young was to bring his yearlings over to the varsity fiela to use Maryland plays against the varsity. Further emphasis was placed on the double shift, backfield and line, and Line Coach Walter “Beef” Hoffman spent the better part of an hour work- ing with the linesmen. " WILL START SUNDAY Classes to Compete in Series of Sports—Trophies Go to Teams and Individuals. The annual intramural athletic pro- gram at Catholic University will get under way Sunday, when teams repre- senting the senior, junior, sophomore and freshmen classes clash in a series of Fall and Winter sports. | The C. U. intramurals will consist| | of touch foot ball, soccer, cross-country, | wrestling and indoor base ball. Joe | Carven and Duce Devin, senior man- | agers, have been assigned as Director Eddie La Fond's assistants. A junior manager for each sport also | | has been appointed. They follow: Joseph De Santis (soc- cer), Joseph Mundo (touch foot ball), Girard as_yet. Gold symbols and plaques and cups will be awarded individual and team wn ley and Beury are the other | .| York for the benefit of RED OLSEN, Fullback. 'Wildcats’ Mascot Is Really 'Wild VANSTON, Ill, November § (#). —Northwestern’s wildeats will have a real, live, wild, wildcat for a mascot when 's eleven comes to Dyche Stadium a week from Saturday. The animal, recently captured in Colorado, was offered to Northwest- ern today by John C. Shaffer, Chi- cago newspaper publisher, and was ;c:pud by President Walter Dill ott. ‘The cat will be the third to serve as mascot for the team during the past seven years, the two p ones having pined away in captivity. GALLAUDET PLAYERS “SHAKE OFF” BRUISES Not in Good Trim as They Prime for Shepherd College Game Here Saturday. Battered and bruised from last Sat- urday's Hard-fought game with Service Medical College, Gallaudet's Blue are preparing for the Shepherd College game here Saturday. Shepherd College, already a 14-12 turns to Kendall Green Saturdsy for feat and to get revenge on a District eleven. . Boasting of some good players, Shep- herd will have a worthy representative in Halfback Rankin, who caused plenty of trouble both last year against Gal- laudet and against American early this season. Fleet, a good kicker and passer, Rankin will make “Rabbit” Rin- gle 180k to his laurels before the day is over. V. M. 1. 1S ENCOURAGED Pleased Over Way Team Performs in Beating Davidson. LEXINGTON, Va., November 5. Back in the winning column at the ex- pense of the Wildcats of Davidson Col- lege, the V. M. 1. Flying Squadron is concentrating on the game at Norfolk Saturday with Josh Cody's Clemson 73, Coaches Bill Raftery and Ed Hess were pleased with the way the Cadets smeared Davidson's running and passing attack, but there still is much room for im- provement in the scoring department. CAPITAL MAY LOSE GAME Marine-Coast Guard Foot Ball At- traction Offered Gotham. ‘The All-Marine vs. Coast Guard foot ball game for the President's cup will be played in New York instead of here on December 6, if Mayor James Walker of Gotham so decrees. Mayor Walker today is considering an offer by Maj. David L. Brewster, Marine Corps athletic officer, backed by Maj. Gen. Fuller, Leatherneck com- mandant, and Admiral Sillard, Coast Guard chief, to stage the game in New the unem- e ployed. 3 % Maryland U. Tilt Tickets on Sale victim of the American Univexsity, re- | X two purposes, to wipe out last year's de- | 98 RUSS LAMBERT, Left tackle. By . Associated Press. B’ EW YORK, November 5.—An- other indication that foot ball in the East is nearing its sea- juries, results of “tough” games, that has swept through the colleges this week. On every hand stories are com- ing in of hurts to star players and other mishaps that dim the prospects to teams for-next Saturday’s battles. Among the worst sufferers are Co- lumbia, which tackles Colgate; Army, which engages Illinols; Pennsylvania, which comes up against Notre Dame, and Princton, which has had a fairly easy opporent in Tehigh, ‘The of New York started the week seven casualties from the Cornell game, but all but Ralph Hewitt and Joe Stanczyk, star backs, were able to get back into action for yesterday's practice. Hewitt, suffering from & bad ankle injury, probably will not be able to face Colgate. Up at West Point, Army reports the loss of Bowman, regu- lar quarterback; Miller, center, and Carlmark, end, in addition to that of Letzelter, who has been sick for a week. If Bowman misses the Illinois e, the Cadets may be in a bad situation, as Carver is the only capable replace- ment. Quarterbacks Out. Three Pennsylvania backs, Gett~ Graupner and Gentle, and one tackle, Olsen, were not able to join the rest of the team as it began preparations for the Notre Dame game, due to the bruises of the clash with Kansas. Bob Zundel, Princeton fullback, who twisted a knee playing against Brown, hurt it again in yesterday's practice and is not expected to play again this season. Pittsburgh is not counting heavily on Paul Reider, 150-pound back, who won a regular position only to get some bad bruises while playing Nebraska. The Panthers tackle Carnegie Saturday. Cronin went to quarter in place of Chuck Jackwhich, and Clarence Kap- lan played ht half for Paul Ohio State's preparation for its game with the Navy BSaturday been slowed down by numerous injuries. None has been serious, but they have Coach Sam Willaman from con- centrating on the same line-up each the | ©'Connor. Pyurdlle is so little worried about Chi- cago that Coach Kizer has not drilled his first string and reserves this week. They were down for work today, but Kizer said they would get just enough to keep on edge. The Maroons put in a session on defense against Boiler- maker running plays yesterday, and probably will stick to defense drills all week. Indiana Hopeful. Defensive preparation for Northwest- ern’s land and air attack is the main item at Indiana this week. The Hoo- son’s climax is the wave of in- | Columbia, Army, Penn, Princeton Are Heavily Hit by Injuries are still hopeful of having their annual “good day” against the Wildcats. At Harvard, where Coach Arnold Hor- ween again shifted his backfield in an effort to find the best combination to send against Michigan, two linesmen, Kuehn and Richards, were reported out of Saturday's game, while Harding afanldlg{lcknrd, backs, are on the doubt- ul 2 Other teams came through last Sat- urday’s games in good condition and were able to get their preparations started with little delay.” Coach Jack- son Cennell of Dartmouth sprang the day’s surprise by rescinding an order for a two-day rest and putting the crew through a long scrimmage when his Scouts reported about Allegheny, & small college opponent, but one of the ‘n’.:z."”b"m and united teams in the MIDDIES, BUCKEYES APPEAR ABOUT EVEN Ingram, Navy Coach, Thinks Play of Rival Lines on Offense Will Decide. ANNAPOLIS, November 5.—The re-| enlt hatwnam Ahie State and Navy will depend upon the work of the lines while their teams are on the offensive, was the frank statement yesterday of Bill Ingram, Navy foot ball coach. Ingram spoke frankly of the strong and weak points of his team and its prospects against Ohlo State in Balti- more Saturday and believes that the elevens are weil matched and that there will be a close and well played game. ‘The Navy coach called attention to the fact that his backfield is light and that his best ground-gainers are not line-smashers, but clever in arriving at openings at the right time and, in some cases, in making use of the opening to stretch out the yards. This is why Ingram feels that every- thing depends upon the work of his line next Saturday. He has a good, hard-fighting line, though not a par- ticularly heavy one, and if it can out- play the Ohio State forwards on the offensive he feels that his team has a fair chance to win. ‘The team is in good condition physi- cally for this period of the season. e “DUTCI—I—" EBERTS MARRIES. Bernard L. “Dutch” Eberts, former Catholic University athlete and now a prominent basket ball and foot ball offi- cial, was married last Saturday to Ruth Elder of Newark, N. J. Manhattan, 52; Baltimore, 0. [!ltn, as usual, will be underdogs, but of their wits by Wade Woodworth, anxious backs, it is Wade Wood alarm fire. Purple Guard Grid Terror Powerful Red-Thatched Northwestern Lineman, Who Distains Headgear, Awes Foot Ball Foes. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. VANSTON, Ill, November 5.—Residents of this quiet little city that houses Northwestern University still are somewhat divided on the reasons for the Purple’s splendid success on the foot ball field. ‘The majority say the team is strong, smart and well coached, but there are those who claim Northwestern's opponents are frightened out The latter contention is a gross exaggeration, of course, but if any one is thoroughly capable for the hualn::; of frightening nervous linesmen and worth. and it's not a quiet, retiring réd either, but the kind that glows like a three- His disposition matches his hair. 'OODWORTH, who is the Wildcats’ right guard, disdains the use of a headgear, stockings and much padding. Dick Hanley is alarmed that - before the season is over the young man will ask to play in a used to wear a but after a session with .hx ded there WOLVERINES CRAVE WIN FROM HARVARD Want Vietory Over Crimson as Much as a Tie for Big Ten Title. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, November 5.—Even a Western Conference foot ball champlionship, or a tie for the title, toward which Michigan apparently is headed, would not offset a defeat by Harvard Saturday, and preparation for the struggle has reached life-and-death proportions. How much Michigan nts a victory over the Crimson—and apparehtly ex- pews it—is indicated by the fact that 8,500 supporters and a 100-piece band will accompany the Wolverines to Cam- bridge. Michigan's first triumph over Harvard in gridiron history was re- corded last year, when the Wolverines suddenly came to life after a sad early season and gained a 14-to-12 victory. ‘That game was the turning point of the season, and Michigan went on to hold Iowa to a tie and defeat an ad- mittedly superior Minnesota eleven. Newman Is Keystone. Coach Harry Kipke has developed a fine forward-passing attack around Harry Newman, sensational sophomore quarterback, but is working to organize a running attack. Every regular except Bill Hewitt, a good end, will be in con- dition for the battle at Cambridge. Of the other Midwestern elevens which will conduct raids into the East Saturday, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Illinois, only the Illini are not. being driven this week. Coach Bob Zuppke has so many cripples at Champaign that he doesn't dare take chances on any more and is concentrating on a new offense and replacements for his | line. Illinois surprised the Army last year, but does not appear capable of doing much against the Cadets Sat- y. Knute Rockne hasn't let up on his first and second teams this week and is still trying to drive out the danger of overconfidence before Pennsylvania is met at Philadelphia Saturday. Yester- day he revised the shock troop back- fleld, which did not operate as he wished against Indiana last week. ARMY SEES TROUBLE IN ILLINOIS BATTLE | | Anticipates One of Hardest Games of Year and Is Making Special Preparation. WEST POINT, N. Y., November §— In comment! on the Army-Iilinois ing .| foot ball game at Yankee Stadium Sat- urday, Maj. Ralph I. Sasse, head Army coach, said that his squad anticipated | one of its hardest games of the sea- son and that no feeling existed here that the game would be easy. Sasse pointed out that in several of the games which Illinois lost this sea- son they had outpassed and outrushed their opponents, but had lost on bad breaks. ‘Their luck is bound to change, and Sasse, with his assistant coaches, is working to smooth out. and perfect sev- eral new plays in the Cadet repertoire which have been developed especially for Zuppke's charges. Sasse also announced that the Army squad would establish its headquarters at Briarcliff Lodge, Scarsdale, on Fri- day morning. ight workouts will be held there. The team will not practice at the stadium, which has been turned over to Tllinois for the afternoon. I'LL agree with anybody who says there has been too much effort to make foot ball an exact science and a gate attraction instead of a game, but I think that, in some instances, restric- tions have been put in the wrong place. For example, I have said for years what Arnold Horween is saying now: That the agreement made among Harvard, Yale and Princ ‘which prevents the starting of foot ball prac- tice before September 15 is a bad agreement. It results in rigorous, in- tensive training, instfad of gradually getting a lot of young players into shape. Foot ball is not war; foot ball games are not battles. Foot ball is a game, and what is the use of playing a game unless you get fun out of it. isn’t much fun in trying to pack so much training into a couple of weeks that : ou are sore, bruised or tired when it’s time for the first contest. d a boy has to keep up in his studies, or he is not permitted to play. A tired boy isn't keen for study. OU may say that if a boy comes back in fine physical shape two weeks of foot ball preparation are Plenty. But most boys who are ath- letically inclined go in for more than one sport. They train in the Autumn for foot ball, train in Winter for some indoor game, train in Spring for base ball or track. Is it any wonder that in Summer they just want to loaf? Most of them get exercise. Any healthy young animal is restless enough to get a lot of exercise, but it isn't the type of exercise that hardens them for foot ball. The 10th of September would be a better starting date for all concerned than the 15th. Those few days would make a lot of difference. '00 much emphasis in foot ball today is placed on winning; too little on sport. The one object of an eleven is to go through a season unbeaten rather than to get as much fun out of & season as ble. Yet there is more glory, and believe more enjoyment in holding certain opponents to one Chicago’s Punts Seldom Blocked anmo, November 5 o?“—um- Texens are ok going 0 mAKS & habit of punts be blocked as as A. A, Stagg is coach on the Coach of Track Is Too “Speedy” IOWA CITY, Iowa, November § (#).—Charles Brookins, holder of the world record in the low hurdles, will be relieved of his duties as as- sistant track coach at the Univer- sity of Jowa “as soon as & successor can be found.” His dismissal was announced last night by E. H. Lauer, director of athletics, four days following Brook- ins’ marriage to Dorothy Coby, Oska~ loosa, Iowa, athletic department stenographer. His dismissal, Lauer said, was the result of his matrimonial ventures. * “Two wives in 60 days is too fast a | pace for the athletic department ‘whatever speed might be wanted on the track,” the director said. Brookins, Lauer said, admitted he was married on September 4 at Medo,ull}léilw :(pl’:flfl:.hel Heid, for- mer af c dej ient secretary, The track coach declared, however, that Mrs. Heid, mother of two daughters, the elder of whom is about 17, had obtained a divorce at land, S. ., & Wweek after the 3 he was sending an attorney to Midland to obtain proof of the divorce. VIRGINIA COACH BIG Tebell, Assistant Mentor, Lauded for Development of Sharp Pair of Ends. UNIVERSITY, Va., November 5~ Gus Tebell, assistant Virginia coach, has been receiving much praise for the way he has developed ends season. In Segar Gravatt and Bill Condon, Wwho played on the flanks in the Mary- land game, Virginia presented what some observers say to be the best pair of ends that have worn the Orange and Blue since the days Sam Preidburg and Harold Ahner played together. It has taken much tutoring by Coach Tebell to get this skilled end play. And he is by no means satisfied that these men are doing the best that’s in them. Meanwhile he is not neglecting other end candidates, some of them men who th!md in earlier e Clair, orwood Orrick, rlie Payne, Charles and James Platt all {.: v along. One or two of them are close fld‘m heels %’ Gravatt and Condon may nose them out bef - son has ended. ke o McGUIGAN BEST SAILOR Wins Trophy for Consistency in Season’s Canoe Competition. Devotees of canoe salling in the Dis- trict have just ended a l:l‘gh.!y success- ful season. In the last event of the campaign, the race- for canoes unlimited sall area, conducted by Sailing Club, Jimmy Hood of the Sail- ing Club was winner. Jack Hazzard of the same club was second, gnd C. H. Wagner of Washington Canoe Club third. The winner’s time was 1 hour 35 minutes. There were seven entries. E. 8. McGuigan of Washington Canoe Club won the cup offered for the most consistent, performance in the unlimited sail area class during the season. Hood and Hazzard tied for second. Hood won the championship for craft with a single sail with an area of 80 feet, and Hazzard won the intermediate est sall area. UTAH ELEVEN WILLING NEW YORK, November 5 (#)—The University of Utah, Rocky Mountain Conference champions and one of the Far West's strong teams, THE LISTENING POST BY WALTER TRUMBULI { winner. - £ terday, flnfiefl out in dis- yes! 3 mfl" oeinree. i the. Inst 10 years. , appeared a possible opponent for New York Uni- versity in a pnn-lu&n unemployment, here, sibject to decision of city officials. é'zu;hdon than in beating others 100 To give you & personal illustration, I once finished second in an event to the best man in the world at that particu- lar thing. I don't remember the names of the men I defeated, but I still get a comfortable feeling out of the reflec- tion that it took a champlon to beat me. Never mind how much he beat me. That has nothing to do with the case. But it was fun to compete against him, It might, it is true, have been still more fun to finish first, but he had other ideas. NY boy who wants to win to the extent that he employs dirty tac- tics, or loses his temper, with the same result, doesn’t belonz on a college foot ball team. is a great game because it is supposed to teach anship, courage, initiative, self- sacrifice and self-control. I don't blame a coach for wanting to win, because his employers demand it. I do blame him for squealing if the team he is coaching is licked. That isn't a pretty example to set his pupils. Sometimes I think that, after selection, all coaches should be given 10-year contracts and police proteetion against old grads. (Copyright. 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) PETWORTHS DRESS UP ‘Will Sport New Uniforms Sunday in Game With Centennials. Petworth Pennants, who will face Centennials Sunday in a Capital City Foot Ball League 150-pound class en- gagement, on Saturday will don new ersies of navy blue and white with large white numbers on the backs. Pets will engage Centennials, leaders in the '150-pound flag race, Sunday in a game at Silver Spring, Md., that will have much weight in deciding the flag Practice will be in order for the Pen- nants t, as well as Saturday inght, on the Towa avenue playground at 7:30 o'clock. MALLOY IS REINSTATED ST. LOUIS, Mo., November 5 mf— The difficulties between Mique 3 ccommissioner, 'HELP TO FLANKMEN | u.c es. Bill St. ., | sort FEW ATHLETES KT BY CLASS FLUNKS Proficiency Now Will Help * Youngsters Make Grade on College Teams. BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR. T won't be long before athletes l with a “chalreyhorse between the ears,” to use an expres- sion sald to have originated with Knute Rockne, will be as scarce in the District high schools as stay-at-home flappers. In other words, it appears that the day of the good athlete who is ‘poor student is rapidly passing ?h ol:r falr city. For instance, marks for the advisory period just ended in the high schools reveal that few foot ball players failed in their studies. In fact, for the most rrt material was gained through oners who had been ineligible mmnl up _their grades to passing. School authorities are gratified by scholastic improvement shown by athletes. They point out that the Atk da gy average college; act, to o Ly pdede ) 88 percent of | good athletes who also are efficient students increases the quality of - formances in the variots high Acml improve in proportion. An athlete who alert mentally neces- sarily will prove a better one than & boy whose wits have not been sharpened mwum application to his text . UR good friend, Dan Ahern, West- ern School coach, seldom makes a kick about an: be- cwu::e big fellow is not , but_he anent u:ment Eastern-We Ahern, emphasizing to take any credit from class honors for canoes with the small- Lewis, Piebes st THREE TEAMS AIDED - BY ADVISORY MARKS Central, Business and Western Squads Gain—Tech and East- ern Aren’t Weakened. Annapolis. expected to help team. They are Howard Reeves, fleld candidate; Furr and Hnl:a TO HAVE MORE SPORTS National Training School Is In- spired by Gridiron Success. So successful has been the foot ball tional