Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 65

SPORTS SECTION - The Sunday Stae Bowling and Golf Part 5—4 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1930. American Association Accepts Draft : Capital Has Banner Recreational Year ACTION APTTOEND MAGR-VINOR WAR League Breaks With Coast, Int. Loops as It Agrees to All Terms. By the Associated Press minor leagues, thrown to- | gether as a stone wall lnk their fight against the major| leagues over the draft question, broke at a strategic point today. ‘The break came in the American As- | sociation sector when a majority of that eight-club league voted to sur- | render to the demand of the majors by accepting the draft plan. It was the first_break in the fight, which had threatened to disrupt all business rela- tions between the big and small brothers of base ball. President Thomas Jefferson Hickey of the American Association, long one of the leading opposing leagues to the universal base ball draft, said that five clubs in the league had voted to accept the major league proposal on the sub- | Ject, two had rejected it, while another | club was still to be heard from. The | — question of final acceptance or rejection ‘was carried on by a mail vote. “Naturally, the outcome of the mail Yote means that the American Associa- tion will accept the draft proposal of the major leagues immediately,” Presi- dent Hickey said. Under the terms of the proposal the rs agree not to draft any player unm he hu had at least four years’ ex- perience in minor leagues, except college players recruited directly from college, and to pay a minimum price of $7,500 for each selected player. The action of the American Associa- tion was regarded as a death blow to the minors’ fight. The circuit, one of the “big three” of the minors, along with the Pacific Coast and International Leagues, has been one of the largest contributors of major league talent for years. Clubs belonging to the league are Louisville, Columbus, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Toledo, Kansas City and lndllmpollx CUBS TO START EARLIER Also Will Plny 31 Ex‘hlbltion Tilts, Seven With Pirates. CHICAGO, December 20 (#).—Man- ager Rogers Hornsby and his Chicago Cubs have mapped out a vigorous pro- gram for the 1931 Spring training trip. The m carries a schedule of exhibif games with seven clubs, in- | cluding Ptlr&‘ven contests with the Pitts- | first squad of batterymen and rockies will leave Chicago for Catalina Island, Calif, February 14, four days earlier than last season, and will be Joined a week later by the second con- tingent. BUCS TO PLAY TIGERS Teams to Meet 10 Times During Spring Training Grind. PITTSBURGH, December 20 ().— Ten games with the Detroit Americans and seven with the Chicago Nationals are included on the 28-game exhibition schedule announced today for the Pitts- burgh National League club for next Spring. ; KANSAS IS INVOLVED | IN ANOTHER DISPUTE | Eligilibity of Two Basketers Ques- tioned Following Bringing Out of Other Big Six Troubles. KANSAS CITY, December 20 (#).— ‘The University of Kansas was involved again today in a dispute over Bix Six Conference eligibility rules. ‘The accusations were made by the | University of Oklahoma only two weeks | after Kansas forfeited the eligibility of‘ James A. Bausch, insurance salesman | and star athlete. under a new interpre- tation of the rule against subsidization, and regained good standing in the con- ference. In the Oklahoma charges made pub- lic by Kansas authorities today Willlam and Kenneth Johnson. Jayhawker bas- ket ball stars from Oklahoma City, are | accused of having played in a ‘lme‘ outside the conference during the last Christmas vacation, in violation of a Bix 8ix rule. Dr. F. C. Allen, Kansas athletic di- rector and basket ball coach, said he ‘would withhold the sophomore brothers from competition for the present. The conference faculty council last Ociober at a meeting in Columbia, Mo., charged Kansas with recruiting and subsidizing athletes Kansas subsequently voted adherence to a statement against professionalism drawn up at a conference of member university and college heads, athletic directors and professors. After Kansas found Bausch ineligible the faculty| council December 5 rescinded its order to discontinue athletic relations with Kansas after the present year. Among the terms of agreement was the Kansas sthletic board’s promise to abide by the Conference Eligibility Committee’s rulings. REPEATS-1930 GRID LIST | Georgia Tech Will Play Same Nine During 1931 Season. ATLANTA, Ga. December 20 (#).— | Georgia Tech will play the same nine teams in 1931 that vwere faced during | the past season. Seven conference teams and two in- | tersectional opponents are included. The schedule: October 3+South Carolina. October 10—Carnegie Tech. October 17—Auburn. October 24—Tulane in New Orleans. October 31—Vanderbilt. | November 7—North Carolina. | November 14—Pennsylvania in Phila- delphia, November 21—Florids. November 28—Georgia in Athens. s seheduica | Winston-Salem and _Greensboro, COLUMBIA, ONCE KING PIN "ALLEYS, NOW BLICK PLANT Arcadia-Convention Hall Head Acquires Big Davis Bowling Establishment in Upper 14th Street and Puts Lonnie Krauss in Charge. OHN 8. BLICK, reputed to be the foremost bowling magnate in the country, yesterday came into control of the King Pin plant at Fourteenth and Monroe streets, operated for eight years by HICAGO, December 20.— | Meyer Davis, with J. W. Wood as general manager. Blick im- The battle line of the |mediately renamed the place the “Columbia.” The Columbia is one of the five largest duckpin establishments in Washington, the others being Convention Hall, the Lucky Strike, the Recreation and the Arcadia. The Arcadia, across the way from |famous Harry, the King Pin, and Convention Hall, the largest <lngle-floor bowling alley in the world, are in the Blick chain, which includes ‘establishments in Richmond, Norfolk and Roanoke, in Virginia; North Carolina, and Atlanta, in Geor- gia. Names Krauss Manager. The switch in proprietorship of the King Pin comes as a startling piece of news to Washington bowling fandom, but of little less interest is the an- nouncément, made last night by Blick, that Lonnie Krauss will have charge of the place. Krauss, a brother of the nationally in | fer. has been managing the Recreation, of which Harry I Carroll is_proprietor. The Davis lease of the King Pin expired late last night, and Krauss and Wood busied themselves immediately with details of the trans- Along with the bowling alley, com- prising 40 drives, Blick took over a number of stores, an indoor golf course and a billiard room, all housed in the Tompkins Building, the lessee being Albert Hislop of Boston. The golf and billiard features, Blick said, do not fig- ure in plans for the future. Acquisition of the King Pin boosted the total of drives controlled by Blick to 471. A year ago he made known an ambition to have 1,000. College, School Basket Battles College. TOMORROW. Catholic University vs. New York Knights of Columbus at New York. FRIDAY. rgetown, Vs. Bmkl}n Knights of Columbua at Brooklyn, N. Y, SATURDAY. Gallaudet vs. Southeastern Uni- versity at Kendall Green. Georsewwn vs. Crescent A. C. at Brooklyn, N. Benjamin “Pranklin U, vs. Georgia Tech at Tech High. Scholastic. TOMORROW. lmemn vs. Eastern at Eastern, 8 Cmtrnl Lightweights vs. Lightweighst at Eastern, 7 p. ‘Woodward vs. Central at c:mnx 3:30 pm. mwm TUESDAY. St. John's vs. Tech at Tech, 3:30 .m. P Central vs. Hyattsville High at Hyattsville, 3:30 p.m. CATHOLIC U. LOSES TOMANHATTANFIVE 2 Plays New Yorkers on Even Terms in First Half in 39-24 Game. EW YORK, December 20.—Man- | hattan College's basket ball | team, held to even terms in the first half, spurted and defeated Catholic University, 39 to 24, tonight at the Manhattan College gymnasium. The score was 16-16 at the end of the | second quarter, but Sheary, who had been C. U.’s most consistent scorer dur- ing the early part of the contest, was held to a single foul for the remainder of the contest. Kelleher, center, and McCormick, left forward, between them scored enough | points to tie the Washington quintet, the former netting 13, the latter 11. High scorer for the visitors was Spinelli, | The fifth Southern Conference boxing who totaled eight, a point more than | | Bheary. | gin! In the first half the lead changed no |27 and 28, James G. Driver, Virginia's less than seven times. Kelleher and McCormick of Manhat- | tan and Sheary of C. U. tied for scoring | committee on boxing and wrestling. honors, each netting three goals. Sheary | starred by lmklnhslonl shots from sev- | eral difficult angl Line-ups: Manhattan (39) MeCormick, 1. Mitehell, 1.. Koeck. f... . Ciecellelo, 1. Catholie U. Walsh, £... Oliver, . 3 Summano® Srommmoy 2l noonsslonaws Ryan 4l coonsonssunm: Totals 16 Totals Reteree Frank Brenna Bennett. Time of halves—20 minutes. CROWLEY STAYS ON JOB Signs New Three-Year Contract as Michigan State Coach. EAST LANSING, Mich., December 20 | | (#).—James H. Crowley, foot ball coach | | and one of the famous “four horsemen |of Notre Dame,” has signed a new three-year contract to coach the Mich- igan State College team. Announcement of the contract was made tonight at the annual foot ball banquet by Robert S. Shaw, president of the college. ':':l! new contract starts September 1 ne: Hawks and Celts To Battle Today 'OHAWKS and St. Mary's Celtics, alias the Quantico Marines, to- day will terminate the 1930 gridiron_activities for Griffith Sta- dium. 'rhey play at 2:30 o'clock. ‘The Hawks, 6-to-0 ‘victors over the Celtics earlier in the season, are underdogs this afternoon, mainly be- cause of the expectedh presence of Messrs. Peggy O'Nell IM Bob Gotko, Marine stars. ‘hopes in turning back Charlie Cor- bertt's charges, and should it ac- complish this feat, something the Anuh- failed to do last Sunday, will glaim the District championship, sccciding to Patsy Donovan, Mo- hawk manager, o L...10 42 Gmpiie Hares | | Gets Prize as Most Valuable to‘ | the New York Knights of Columbus at | | | |in the ‘boxlng teams in action. 5 VARSITY BASKET GAMES THIS WEEK Cards, Hoyas Will .Play on Foreign Courts—Blues in Home Tilt. HOUGH the holidays will I slow activity, District college basket ball teams are listed for five games this week. Only two of the contests, however, will be staged on a Washington court. Catholic University will appear against | New York tomorrow night in the week's Openie rgetown will show in Brooklyn durtn! the week, being down to m yn Kn\chu of Columbus y nl(h Crescent A. O. . Saturday udet will e Southeastern vn?v.:'r:ny on the xfln Green hard- wood and Benjamin mnklln Unlver- sity will entertain Georgia Tech the Tech High court Saturday nl‘ht in the games in District Georgetown alone of the Di.nr‘lct Col- e group will see action after this week during the waning year. The Hoyas are carded to play two games next week to 'indn; their invasion of Manhat- tan Island. They are to meet Man- hattan at New York December 29 and 8t. John's at Brooklyn December 30. George Washington and American University are through until after the first of the year. The Colonials will resume activities the afternoon of Jan- | uary 7 against the Navy at Annapolis, and the Eagles will swing back into action lnlmt Gallaudet January 9 orf the A. U. urt. Mary] nd will open its schedule Jan- uary 7 with Glllludfl at (‘ayqe Park. 'BIG BOXING TOURNEY FOR DIXIE COLLEGES South and Conference Bouts at Virginia in February Apt to Draw Well. UNIVERSITY, Va., December 20— umrnlment will be held in the Memo- rial gynasium at the University of Vir- ia, Friday and Saturday, February | athletic director, announced today. He is chairman of the aon{erence Vitginia won the title at. the first conference tourney, held here in 1927. | | North Carolina took the championship | next two finals. Florida is now | the title holder. In 1922 Virginia introduced inter- collegiate boxing into conference circles. Last year 17 members turned out ring | teams and 12 of these competed in the tournament. This season there probably will be only three member institutions without s FESLER RECEIVES AWARD Team in Big Ten. | CHICAGO, December 20 (#).—Wesley E. Fesler, Ohio State’s great all-around foot ball star, has been selected as wis ner of the 1930 Chicago Tribune awar for the Big Ten player most valuable | to his team. Fesler, an all-America end, not only | played the flank position during the re- ; cent season, but at the close of Lha‘ campaign was doing the Buckeyes’ punting, passing, most of the ball | clrrylnl al calling, along with play- ing a great defensive game. He is the player to receive the award. Previous winners were Harold “Red” Grange, Illinois. 1924; cago, na, 1928, and Wlllls Glassgow, Iown. 1929. FLORIDA HAS NEW FOES Three Changes Over 1930 Appear on 1831 Grid Schedule. GAINESVILLE, Fla., December 20 UP).—Syracuse, North Carolina, Ken- tucky, South Carolina and Citadel will be new opponents on the 1931 foot ball schedule for the University of Florida. The slate announced today calls for 10 , 8 of them with Southern Conference enu September Qetober 32 Novth *“Garolina ocwber 10—North Carolina. § S ne\ue at Syracu State at rn at J-zkunvme Georgia. MARTIN, WITH 143, MARJORIE BRADT SMITH. LEADS GOLF FIELD Four Others Are Only One Stroke Back in Play for Rich Prize. By the Associated Press. ASADENA, Calif., December 20.— Ernest Martin, Los Angeles pro- fessional, went into the lead in the second day's play of the $4,000 Pasadena open golf tournament | today with a par 71, which, with his 72 of yesterday, gave him a 36-hole score of 143. Martin eclipsed a string of tourna- ment favorites, including Walter Hagen, Tommy Armour, Craig Wood, Harry Cooper and Al Espinosa, who were from 1 to 4 strokes back of the leader. ‘Tony Manero, Herman Barron, Ray Mangrum and Al Espinosa were in a tie for second place at 144. Manero had a 73-71, Espinosa bagged a 71-73, Barron-74-70 and Mangrum 72-72. Mortie Dutra of Long Beach, Calif., ! shooting the best golf of the day, a 69, fell into third place with Joe Kirkwood, Philadelphia trick-shot artist, at 145. Dutra scored a 76-69 and Kirkwood 71-74. Cralg Wood, whose 69 yesterday set the pace, dropped to a 78 for 147. Horton Smith- bolstered his game and came in with a 72 for 147. after a good start, weakened and three- putted the eighteenth, getting a 75 and a 36-hole total of 147. Tommy Armour, like Hagen, d to a 75 after his opening round of 71 and was tied at 146 with Johnny Dawson of Chicago, who was the amateurs. Dawson hld a T4-72. to his 73 of Von Elm Pl Clementen, N. Thinks Grid Toil Is Ruining Game HILADELPHIA, December 20 (#). —Unless intensive and prolonged training for college foot ball is stopped, it will kill that sport in five years, Willlam W. Roper, for- mer Princeton coach, warned mem- bers of the Middle Atlantic States Athletic Conference today. College foot ball is filling a tre- mendous part in the development of the young men of this country, Roper said, but certain things will have to be changed or the game will greatly suffer. “This business of having six, eight or ten weeks of practice is all wrong,” sald the former coach. “It interferes with other sports. A youth in college should have the right to turn out for the particular kind of athletics he likes best. It's really ridiculous to call out a foot ball squad for any great length of time in the Spring. If Spring prac- tice cannot be cut out entirely, I would suggest not more than two weeks of it. In the Fall there should be no practicing until about September 10. If necessary, open the college foot ball season later. A team should have at least, three or four weeks to get in condition for its first game. “If this foot ball training durdg- ery is not eliminated in the next five years the player will step aside,” said Roper. “He wants to play for pleasure and not be driven. The game may be stopped from inside and not outside if these conditions remain.” WILL PLAY FOR CHARITY North-South Tilt to Go to Brook- lyn Emergency Fund. NEW YORK, December 20 (#).—Re- ceipts of the North-South foot ball game to be played at Ebbets Field Sunday, December 28, will go to the Brooklyn unemployed emergency fund, it was de- cided today. The two teams have been recruited 1’e.""a..“2"#°'.£2“’ S Bouthern colests orthern and 8o = Sy outhern colleges SHORTY CHALMERS. BOB CONSIDINE. SCHOOLBOY QUINTS ENJDYING RESPITE Double Bill Tomorrow Night, at Eastern Is Feature of Slim Schedule. of the District group, will play the most games between now and the first of the CHOOLBOY basket ball teams hereabout will play comparatively few matches during the holidays. Central, ever the busiest quint year. i Featuring the - scholastic card this week will be the double-header tomor- row night on the Eastern court, ar- ranged in c¢onnection with the annual alumni reunion at the Lincoln Park institution. Eastern and Emerson, old rivels, will clash in the main attraction at 8 o'clock, and in the preliminary the light-weight fives of Central and Eastern will take the floor an hour earlier. Central and Woodward are to meet in another game tomorrow, being down for an encounter on the Central floor at 3:30 o'clock. St. John's is to open its card against Tech Tuesday afternoon in the Me- Kinley gymnasium at 3:30 o'clock, and at the same time that day Centrai and | Hyattsville High will have it out on the National Guard Armory floor at Hyatts- ville. Central is planning one or two more games the latter part of this week. Two more matches remain on the schoolboy card after this week before January 1. Central is booked to en- gage Fredericksburg, Va., High Decem- ber 30 at Central and Tech is to play its annual game with the McKinley alumni December 31. FAVORS FORWARD PASS International Rugby Union Wants It to Be Legalized. TORONTO, Ontario, December 20 (#). —The Interprovincial Rugby Union to- day recommended to the Rules Commit- tee of the Canadian Rugby Union that the forward pass be made an official pln ol the nme Pt i PASS_NOW. use '.hm:hout Westetn Ca: m{' Alabama Squad Stop to Practice SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 20 (/).—The University of Alabama foot ball team practiced here from 1:30 till 3 p.m. today and then con- tinued on its way westward to meet Washington State at Pasadena, Calif., New Year day. Perfect l’oot ball weather was en- countered here—a bright sun and a “nip” in the air. Coach Wallace Wade ran three squads through brisk scrimmages, and the husky Crimsons were per- s iring freely when they took to the wers. Everybody seemed to be in flxu shape, and Wade said he re- garded the New Year contest as a “toss up.” TIGERS IN SPRING TOIL To Play 32 Games, With Bucs Only Major Club Listed. DETROIT, December 20 (#)—Pitts- burgh is the only major league opponent on the training schedule of the Detroit Tigers, announced here today. The Tigers will play 32 games, 10 of them with the Pirates The Tigers will train at Richardson Springs, Calif,, near Sacramento. The players report ‘between February 15 and Mtrch 1. 20 Years Ago In The Star Eighteen members of the 1910 Tech High School foot ball squad get em- blems. They are Capt. Tew, Ecken- dorf, Morris, Sinclair, Mansey, Gill, Thrall, Parks, Heinle, Kelley, Peake, Davis, Schroegler, Knight, Holbrook, Howard - and Henry. Brown, Bartle and Bul- lough also are rewarded. Coach Clarence Hecox receives a handsome signet ring, suitably engraved, from members of the Announce- to o( the 1910 M ‘...t ‘Willie o pion, breaks high run” with 205 points ™ inning and an lvefll: o! 33" for the evening .in match with John H.(clay‘ loc pert, at the Royal. Hickey easy prey for . DEPRESSION FALS TO AFFECT SPORTS Two National, Many Section- al Titles Are Attained During 1930. depression, unemployment worries and droughts may harass people, but still they will play. This is certainly so of those in the District of Columbia. Despite all their troubles, they have made 1930 about the great- est recreational year in the his- tory of the Capital. While no startling number of cham- pions of other than strictly local char- acter has been uced, District folk have flocked to playing flelds during the year now waning and taxed all recrea- tional facilities. An indication of the growth of sports and interest in them here is seen in the statistics given out by the Office of Pub- lic Buildings and Public Parks, which supervises only part of the recreational flelds of the District. Its flelds cared for 341418 golfers, 229,489 tennis play- ers, 86,828 base ball players, 30,996 foot ball players, 31,900 horseback riders, 13,500 quoit and horseshoe pitchers, 9,800 croquet—yes, croquet—players, 5,038 soccer players and 912 polo players. Big Army of Spectators. What a throng witnessesed thess players in action. It is estimated 378,- 200 saw the base ball games, 187,400 the foot ball games, 68,400 the polo matches, 28,000 the soccer contests, 14,008 the boating events along Potomac Park and 13,900 the archery tournaments on the flelds supervised by the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Considering the many thousands who sought recreation on various club and other private fields in and nearby ‘Washington, it is not difficult to realize just how great a playboy Mr. District bia has been during 1931. And not all were playboys. There were plenty of the fair sex who took advan- tage of recreational facilities hereabout. High spots of the sports year were the astounding success of the Washington base ball club in the American League championship race, the introduction of nunv. foot hll by the colleges, a gen- eral improvement in sandlot base ball and foot ball, exceptional activity in tennis, increased interest in bowling and the tion of more and bet- ter tournaments for the duckpin devo- ua-. of the activities of the District branch of the A A. U. and more efficient ua:nln tion of officials and regulation of play- ers in various pastimes. TUMBLING markets, business Many Titles Garnered. Only _the rifle shots and the bowlers of the District vided national cham- n titles were garnered rs, swimmers, canoeists, en, trapshooters, horse- shoe ylu:l'ms and pigeon fanciers. ‘While the Was| n base ball elub did not crash the championship ranks, it had among its members two who ranked at the top in their respective positions and one was selected by a national committee of base ball writers as the most valuable to a club in his Night foot ball, played in Griffith Stadium for the first time, proved pop- ular and did much to put more money than usual into the athletic coffers of several colleges. However, the college gridiron game was not so well presented as formerly, there being few strong teams in the District area. The game flourished, though, in the high and prep schools. Scholastic Sports Thrive. ‘There was a remarkable advance in interest in athletics and caliber of pldy in the high and prep schocls. The schoolboys turned out capable foot ball elevens and their basket ball teams went through good seasons. Canoeing in a competitive way enjoyed a revival and many laurels were garnered by Capital paddlers. In its review of sports in the Wash- ington metropolitan area this year, The Star presents reports of activities in more than threescore pastimes, rang- ing from archery, chess and billiards to the strenuous games of foot ball, la- crosse and wrestling. The review deals not only with the accomplishments of sports devotees in {he District of Co- lumbia, but also of those in the neigh- boring counties of Maryland and Vir- The review reveals in no uncertain manner how many forms of recreation appeal to the playboys and playgirls of ‘Washington and vicinity. —_———— COUGARS ARE ON WAY Have Toiled Hard to Get Ready for Alabama Eleven. PORTLAND, Oreg., December 20 (#). —Twenty-five Washington State foot ball players and the retinue that attends a big-time team, dropped in on Portland today on the way to Pasadena and the Near Year classic with Alabama. Champions of the Pacific Coast Con- ference, the Cougars expect to have their hardest game of the season with the much-touted Crimson tide of Ala- blmt undefeated in the Southern Con- Specm “homecoming” ‘were staged here for two Pofl.hnd boys, Mel Heln center, lng Lyle Maskell, nl:’dt The Cougars have gone through two weeks of hard practice and will get more of it before the game. Many of them have bruises and minor injuries. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Army, 31; Harvard, 27. Michigan, 46; Pennsylvania, 22. Manhattan, 39; Catholic U., 24. Syracuse. 46; Western Reserve, 22. New York U, 40; Toronto, 14. Minnesota, 39; Belon 18. Aggles, 34; Wasnurn 28, KINGSPORT WINS RACE. COI.LEGE HOCKEY. Yale, 3; ‘Dartmouth, 1. 3 PRO. BASKET BALL. Fort Wayne, 24; Paterson, 14, * Rochester, 28; Brooklyn, 24. -