Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1930, Page 17

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1580. -SPORTS. :Hn Kennedy, N. C.A. A. Head Would Curb Foot Ball: Blown Spares Mark Star Tourney URGES SCHEDULES OF 5 OR 6 GAMES Against Early Fall, Spring Practice—Also Suggests Player Authority. N schedules, elimination of early Fall and Spring practice, and a return of author- ity to the player was recommend- ed to the National Collegiate Ath- letic Association today by Dr. Charles W. Kennedy of Princeton, its president, in a code of prin- ciple and procedure he has framed. “To all friends of foot ball who prop- rly believe in the "potential value in- erent in that fine game,” Dr. Kennedy aid, in his annual address, “I would recommend so soon as existing sched- uled engagements permit, the most careful consideration of the following | principles for application in the sched- uling of intercollegiate foot ball games. “1—A reduction in the length of foot ball schedules to not more than five or six games. “2—The scheduling of these games (and with the diminished number this would be possible) so that the first game shall be played sufficiently after the opening of college not to require the beginning of foot ball galmng in August or early Sepiem- EW YORK, December 31.— A shortening of foot ball T. “3—The scheduling of these games as far as possible with institutions of similar standards, ideals and edu- cational purposes. “4—The scheduling of these games with institutions with which there exists a natural, frienrdly and often traditional basis of rivalry. “5—The scheduling of these games as far as possible with institutions of size and geographical propinquity. “6—The scheduling of these games to be played on home grounds in an atmosphere of friendship and hos- pitality. * “7—The scheduling of all inter- collegiate games with recognition that sports exist for the under- graduates and that their desires and point of view should receive ade- quate and effective representation in all athletic councils. “8—The elimination of Spring foot ball practice. “To all friends of foot ball I recom- mend cousideration of the following rinciples for application in adminis- tion of the sport: “1, An administration of the game that recognizes the luthori&y and restige of the undergraduate cap- &Lnu{;d under him the initiative and independence of the under- graduate players. An adjustment of the duties and authority of the coach that will make him a teacher, a councel- or and a friend, but not a ring- “I am aware that the program I have outlined probably would result in a reduction of the gate receipts of foot | ball and that, in the average case, the money accruing from foot hall supports all college sports. But if tne things I have discussed in foot ball are wrong, the fact that it contributes to the sup- port of other teams cannot be used to Justify that wrong.’ Dr. , referring to criticism of | the sport, said he believed the game was “one of the fine games of amateur it there has developed around the itself parasitical growths, con g periods, overextended , unnatural rivalries and undue | influence of the coach.’ Sees a New Challeng~ The N. C. A. A. was born 25 years ago of a movement to purge foot ball of “evils which at that time seriously threatened to bring about a discon- tinuance of the game,” Dr. Kennedy #ald, “and the members of the associa~ tion can do no greater service to college | sport than to meet this new challenge | as effectively as the old was met.” Vice presidents of the association, on the year just past in their respective districts, painted a more rosy picture, in the main, than did Dr. Ken- nedy and found less to criticize. general tenor of their reports was that of Dean S. V. Sanford of the University of Georgia, who said. that much criticism he had heard and read was inaccurate and “half baked,” lnd‘ that, as to the sport itself, “it has been a most pleasant year.” ROCKNE QUITS MAYOS MAT SHOW ATTRACTING Advance Sale Indicates Fans Like Thursday’s Program. Advance ticket sales indicate a big house for the wrestling program tomor- row night at the Washington Auditor- ium, the feature match of which will bring together Jim Londos, claimant to the world heavyweight title, and Billy Bartush, young former masked marvel. However, good seats still are available, according to Promoter Joe Turner, and may be had either at the Auditorium or at Goldie Ahearn's, 500 Ninth street. . CRONIN GETS PLACE ON ALL-STAR TEAM Base Ball Writers Proclaim Grove Season’s Foremost Diamond Performer. By the Assoclated Press, T. LOUIS, December 31.—Lefty Grove, pitching ace of Connie Mack’s Athletics, is the star of the 1930 all-stars. Such is the verdict of 228 members of the Base Ball Writers’ Association of America, 218 ¢f whom named the southpaw twirler in ballots returaned to the Sporting News of St. Louis in the selection of its mythical club, The all-star squad includes six play- ers from the American League and four from the National, as follows: Al Simmons, Athletics, left field; Hack Wilson, Cubs, center field; Babe Ruth, Yankees, right field; Bill Terry, Giants, first base; Frankie Frisch, Cardinals, second base; Joe Crecnin, Senators, shortstop; Freddie Lindstrom, Giants, third base; Mickey Cochrane, Athletics, catcher; Bob Grove, Athletics, pitcher, and Wesley Ferrell, Indians, pitcher. Cochrane Popular. Cochrane, Grove's battery mate, now named as the Sporting News' all-star catcher for the third successive year, ran a close second in popularity with the experts, polling 212 votes. Hack Wilson, Chicago’s home run king, was next with 200. For the first time since the selections were inaugurated six years ago, Rogers Hornsby failed to place. Another | feature of the vote was the strong competiticn against Ruth in right field, once the almost unanimous choice for this position. The Babe received only 80 votes this year, compared with 63 for Hazen Cuyler of the Cubs and 56 for Chuck Klein of the Phillies. At first base Terry was far ahead of his rivals with 196 votes to 24 for Lou Gehrig, next in line. There were, in fact, no close races for infield posi- ns. Of the 16 candidates mentioned for pitching honors, Ted Lyons of the White Sox was closest to the two victors | with 41 ballots. | YOUTH IS RIFLE EXPERT Edwin Hartman Gains Unusual Distinction in Qualifying. . Edwin 8. Hartman, 1416 Foxall road, has qualified, under the instruction of his father, H. H. Hartman, as an expert rifleman in the junior division of the National Rifle Associaticn, it has been announced by H. H. Goebel, manager of the junior division. Young Hartman’s feat is particularly noteworthy, as few junior shooters qualify as expert or distinguished rifle- men. the two highest grades. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By the Associated Press. CHICAGO.—George Nate, South Bend, Ind, outpointed Phil Tobias, Brooklyn (8); Jerry de Barbieux, Bel- glum, outpointed Baxter Calmes, ‘Wichita (8). INDIANAPOLIS —Tracy Cox, In- dianapolis, knocked out Babe Ruth, Louisville (2); Young Jack _Dillon, Louisville, outpointed Russ Rowsey, Huntington, W. Va. (8). iliheimer ) 107 87 Billhe: 111 143 107 opr o 2 Lsaacs Detained for Day as Wife "nder- goes Minor Operation. ROCHESTER, Binn., December 31| (P —Coach Knute Rockne of Notre | Dame planned to start the new year by | being up and around with friends at South Bend, Ind., today. He was well enough to leave the Mayo Brothers Hospital, where he has been receiving treatment for more than | a week, and he hop:d to get home in| South Bend to greet the new year. He was to have left yesterday, but the condition of Mrs. Rockne, who un- | derwent a minor operation, caused a day's delay. FOOT BALL IS DEFENDED Bays Opponents Played Grid Game. DALLAS, Tex., December 31 (#). Robert C. (Pighting Bob) Zuppke, Iili- nois foot ball mentor, Zuppke game with a Southwest team in the annual Dixie classic, spoke yesterday before a luncheon club, decrying at- tacks on college sports. “Por the most part,” he said, “the people who are out to abolish foot ball are those who have never played it.” | College athletes put more time in on track and basket ball than in foot ball, | Zuppke said. MONTROSE TOSSERS AHEAD. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 31.— gonm A. C. of wzn'n‘xntngz‘;)n defeated . Mary’s Lyceum, ket ball game last night in Armory Hall here. In a preliminary Alpha Delta Omega Fraternity downed Machine Gun Battery of Fort Myer, 55 to 15. Driefus, player-coach, led the winners' attack with 11 points, Marries Between Rounds on Links CHICAGO, December 31 (A).— Golf is golf and a small thing like one’s own wedding shouldn't inter- fere with a good game, Florence Beebe, former State cmh...lnplm and a national figure on links, ap- reasoned when she . N. , wealthy art collec- tor, between rounds at the Olympia Fields Country Club. R o ever | H here to coach | the Midwest team for a New Year day | %,V , in & bas- | > 5 Roberison McC: Ot pms CERRSSERR> R 3 CLT) 0z zZ!“!:. W. [ J. Dye Tony Maley W. C. Sommeis.. A’ Pipei . Harry Penfold 1. R S00mE e “Thom Frank Mueller h Boyd . & v W. Al Kesmodel Emma_Thoma E. Blorkland ne Qs Pauline Bradburn . Bronson Quaite: Viola Robinson Myrtle Barret Prancis Walker Pauline Shugrue M 5™ Rusperi rs. J. uppert . Maude Landis &"fi“fi {he-1deis were Bt 22853 3 R ETOEEONN P NE SIMIZ R S SN SRR NP 0N ZOSD) . BEOVACRE IR I n0 R =g mEEZEEOR<reEZ> BILLY CAN Here’s an action shot of Jim Londos executing an effective version of the flying mare against a husky opponent slam.” who is on his way to getting a “grand The champ is expected to exemplify this maneuver and a lot of other | trick stuff in his match with Bartush, the feature of Promoter Jee Turner’s wrestling show at the Auditorium tomorrow night. Pennant Looms for Rendezvous As Jack Whalen Joins Line-U P BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ANGWAY, King Pins, here we come!” Capt. Maggie Wood of Rendezvous and Parkway Filling Station is all grins today. So is Jack Whalen. Red Morgan, Al Work and Carroll Daly are wearing smiles, too, thinking about the District and National Capital League pennants. For Rendezvous and Parkway PFilling Station bowlers are convinced they've found the fifth man in Jack Whalen, No. 1 ranking pinman of the District in 1928, who has signed to roll with Maggie Wood's pair of teams. Jack, who returned to the Capital Monday after a year and & half in At- lanta, is happy to be back with his old teammates. Many a battle they've fought and won while rolling for Con- vention Hall, which swept to several successive District League pennants [13 while Whalen, Work, et al. were sport- | ing the “Hall” colors. This season Rendezvous in the Dis- trict League and Parkway in the Na- tional Capital have been in the thick of the pennant chases, but haven't been able to hold first place, giving way to King Pin repeatedly by the narrowest of margins. Phil Goodall and the vet- eran Johnny Welsh have been unable to get going in their old-time form as fitth men. Scores in Star Tournament SR 23CEEEREeEEEE 75 | first place. Fip St 23-sie3zetiade g 328288238 52838183252330888 238 >0, agerman Shaughnessy . . Elliott 4 Ton. 23 2 3 Hagerman. .. Worle 3 gt ga R PR P L LR =R =3, 521 358as8etnenstss 89338553 ot it 0 Ch Stott falling when Boston rolled 621 and “Watch us sail now,” enthuses Mag | Wood Rendezvous, which presents the same line-up as Parkway, will roll under the tag of Columbias in special matches, so named for John Blick's newest bowling acquisition. ‘With a postponed set to bowl, Ren- dezvous is one and a half games behind the league-leading King Pinners. : the National Capital League they're third place, but within striking « .- tance of the top, which also is oc- cupied by King Pin. ‘Whalen’s 127 average in Atlanta was the highest in the country. By way of initiating him back into the local bowl- ing fraternity he and Mag Wood will stage a five-game special match at the Columbia Friday. F you see Lonnie Krauss wandering around with a goofy kind of look in his eyes, don’t worry, he’ll snap out it. Lonnie lost the southpaw champion- ship and first-place money last night by four pins, and lost it doing something he probably never will do again. In | his fourth game, well along the string, Lonnie’s first ball veered and cut out two pins on the left side of the alley. To his consternation he rolled the next two deliveries through the “gate” for a two-box. Harry Aiken, with a total pinfall of 1,166 for the 10 games, won the left- handers’ tourney. Krauss followed with 1,162 and Al Work placed third, with 1,146, 'HERE was a large crowd looking over these National Pale Drys last night at Lucky Strike in the Hyattsville match, and though the Nats were victorious, it was just a question 198 which team’ was worse. Both were o |of | Up. until last night, the Pale were going like a house afire. Twflfid be a bad time to falter, just three days before the match with the Connecticut All-Stars. If they do, however, it'll be too bad for somebody’s pocketbook. Neither team could reach the “600" mark. Eddie Espey, who rolled a string of 12 consecutive “600” sets, shot 542. ED MORGAN did some neat one- ball rolling last night to wind up the John Blick one-ball tourney, but he had a narrow squeak in winning Totaling 641 for the 10 games, Morgan barely nosed out Louis Rose, practically unknown, by 3 pins. Burt Parsons was third with 620. Ben Hare, who tock the lead in the first block, was fourth with 610; Mrs. Wesley Miltner, fifth, with 600; John S. Blick, sixth, with 588; G. R. Umali, seventh, 579, and Wes Miltner, eighth, with 581, COUPLE of tournaments will wind up tonight, closing all special bowling events for 1930. Up at King Pin No. 1, now the Co- lumbia, Dey Boston and Jimmy Jolliff e will oppose in the final match of the %39 | Columbia elimination tournament. The field was cut down from four last night, Charley Young and rlje Jolliffe 596. The other tournament s the husband and wife. Mr. and Mrs. William Quig- |ley. with 668, are holding a comfort- | able lead over Mr. and Mrs. Al Fischer, but should Al Fischer toss in another big 178 game like he did to take the lcad in The Evening Star tournament on opening night, the Quigleys may have to bow. Should the Quigleys win, the husband and wife cup will become *"h theirs permanently. The Pischers have 638 with Mr. and Mrs. Goodall standing third with an aggregate total of 619, ‘TRIO of Odd Fellows League rec- ords were smashed last night while Mount Pleasant was sweeping a set from Mount Rainier on the KE\I Pin No. 2 drives. The new high individual set record went to Sam Ehrlick, who rolled 375. Mount Pleasant established a 618 game and a 1,746 set. BOYS' CLUB LISTS : fiOUTS. Marking the tenth anniversary of its organization, the Boys' Club will hold its annual New Year eve party and dance tonight and a boxl.n{l show offering eight bouts Friday night. The matches wll.l:..nn‘e from the 40 to the 140 pound cl A NP SPAPA Sti T Cardinal A. C. foot ball team claims the 85-pound championship of the Dis- mmv\ng won 10 games in as many e Challenges will be received a4 3099, between 8 and 7 pm. Title Bout Mitts Now Baby’s Size NEWARK, N. J., December 30 (/). —The boxing gloves with which Jack Dempsey flattened Luis Firpo in their spectacular bout a few years back couldn’t hurt a baby now. The gloves, stored in a Belleville, N. J., leather factory, were shriveled to the size of an infant’s mittens by fire yesterday. THREE BIG TEN FIVES LOSE TO OUTSIDERS| Purdue, Wisconsin, Chicago Drop | First Games of Season, All by Close Scores. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 31.—Big Ten basket ball suffered from the after- effects of a painful nightmare today. Three conference teams, including a pair destined to fight it. out for the title, were beaten in preliminary gemes last night. Purdue’s Boilermakers, champions of the conference, were toppled, 24 to 22, by Pittsburgh; Wisconsin was stunned to defeat by its old rival, Marquette, 16 to 14, while Chicago fell before Brigham Young University of Provo, Utah, 38 to 35. The defeats—so close that the total margins were but seven points—were the first suffered by the three teams this season. All of them were due to the tnability to loop certain free throws for_extra points. Of the three setbacks, that of Pur- due's was the most startling, although Wisconsin's fall caused a lot of gasps. The Bollermakers won all their games during their championship drive last | season and threatened to repeat again during the 1931 drive. 'The Badgers also displayed much power in their first few games this season und the fans at Wisconsin_were grumbling about “too easy” preliminary games before the downfall last night at Marquette. Three more Big Ten teams will at- tempt. to say good-by to 1930 with bet- ter success tonight. Northwestern, an- other title favorite, meets Alabama at Evanston; Indiana invades Pennsyl- vania, which was treated roughly dur- ing its recent invasion of Big_Ten camps, and Michigan tackles Ohlo Wes- leyan at Ann Arbor. BOXING BIG INDUSTRY Fans Pay More Than Million at Bouts During Year. CHICAGO, December 31 (#).—Pro- fessional boxing in Illinois during 1930 was better than a million-dollar in- dustry. Willlam H. Troxell, secretary of the State Athletic Commission, today re- ported 428,000 fans paid a net total of $1,015,181.50 to see 257 professional boxing shows during the year. Ama- teur bouts attracted 277,000 spectators, who paid a total of $231,686.90 in ad- mission fees. Out of these totals the State obtained $145,000 in State tax and license fees. BOWLERS UNABLE | T0 GET WARN-UPS Shortage of Mapleways for Practice Blamed for Low Scoring. BY R. D. THOMAS. T might well be termed “The Battle of Blown Spares,” this Evening Star Yuletide tourna- ment at the Coliseum. Bowler after bowler with opportunity to lead the pack has moaned after- ward, “If only I could’ve made my breaks!” The venerable Harry B. Halley, Coliseum manager, avers that never in a career that has spanned most of duckpin history has he seen such second-ball inaccuracy. There is a plausible explanation for the condition. Because of the large entry and the limited time to run off | the tournament it has been necessary to use all the Coliseum's drives and nearly all of the participants have taken their turns without a warm-up. ‘This explains, too, the general low scoring ‘in the tournament. When Al Pischer shot 614 on the opening night the odds were heavily against this score standing up for more than one session. It has survived four nights of competi- tion in which hundreds have bowled, including a fair sprinkling of stars. ENR'Y BROMLEY of the George- town Recreation League was one of the few to take advantage of | his breaks consistently and a 608 set was the result, placing him second. More than one man’s share of hard | luck befell Jimmy Burns, former Mary- land University athlete and a member of the peppy Intercollegiate Alumni League. Burns bowled with enough ac- curacy to deserve a great set, but scored only 594. In one game he hit the et seven times and got as many splits. ‘The failures of experts in the tourna- ment have been so numerous as to be commonplace, but that of Georgle. Friend hardly can pass unnoticed. The | famous stake roller rolled 445! After the second game Georgie quit trying. His score for the last string was 62. Irvin Billheimer of Petworth entered the fifth game needing 127 sticks to take the lead and was in a streak of fine bowling, having shot 143 in the fourth. But he suddenly lost his wizardry and struggled to get 105 for a total of 593. ¢ A surprise performer was N. Almony, who rolled a set of 598, which included a 67. Almony was brilliant in all of his games except the third, the 67 standing out strangely among scores of 130, 146, 122 and 133. HENRY HISER, the District League leader, was off to an unpromising start wtih a game of 99, but kept ';;!zlnl and finished with & respectable Malcolm Watson of the Masonic League also started with a 99, but got hot in the second and third games, in which he had scores of 141 and 130. His total was 585. Emma Thomas was the only woman to beat 300 last night. Her games of 103, 99 and 99 totaled 301. Rena Levy, secretary of the Tourna- ment Committee, took a workout when the tournament bowlers were finished and regretted her scores didn't count in the event. She shot 108, 97 and 132 for a set of 337 that would have put her far in the van in the women's division. 'HE tournament will have a snappy wind-up if many more stars post. pone their appearancas. Chairman Ebersole is planning an all-star squad for the final night, Among others, it will include Max Rosenberg, Al Work, Jack Whalen, élddl: Espey, Tim Dunworth and Abby ark, Washington bowlers ars notoriously tardy, the habit having bren formed through leniency of the Washington City Duckpin Associition. Some have been fooled in the current tournament. When late they have found their places taken. So far every squad has been started on time, which is a record for ‘Washington tournaments. Competition has been suspended until Priday night to avoid conflict with New Year celebrations. (CUBS TO BUILD UP LOS ANGELES CLUB |Sale of Reading Farm Will Send More Promising Youngsters to Coast Outfit. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 31.—The sale of the Reading, Pa., International League farm by the Cuhs promises big returns for another Cub farm, the Los Angeles Angels. Hereafter, the Cubs plan to build up their en instead of splitting the annual crop of promising ‘younnml into two sec- tions—one for the other for the Angels. Several stars on the Reading club, al- ready set for transfer to the Cubs, will find service with the Angels in the event they do not make the major league grade during the Spring workouts. The deal transferring the Reading club to Clarence Rowland, former man- ager of the Chicago White Sox, was| to be closed officially today. The final agreement needed but the signatures of Rowland and Willlam Veeck, president of the Cubs. Rowland, who piloted the White Sox to their last world base ball title in 1917, was enthusiastic about the ven- ure. “We have big plans ahead for the club and we'll be right in the best side of the won and lost column in a hurry,” he said. BASKETERS WANT GAMES. Holy Name basketers are after games with 120-140-pound class teams having gymnasiums. Call Lincoln 917 in the Pacific Coast League | Kt | at: GOTHAM MAY DRIVE BATTLE T0 CHICAGO Attitude Toward Schmeling Helps Plans for Matoh- With Stribling. EY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, December 31.—The New York State Athletic Com- mission seems to have paved the way for the staging of & heavyweight champlonship fight in Chicago. Whether or not that proves to be the case depends upon Max Schmeling, the titleholder, and his man- ager, Joe Jacobs. Taking the bull by the horns, the commission yesterday ordered Schmel- ing, through Jacobs, to agree within seven days to defend his title against Jack Sharkey here in June or else face forfeiture of the championship in this State. The next move is strictly up to ths ‘Teuton slugger and his manager. “ly may decide to ignore the commission edict and accept, instead, an offer of $500,000 for a_championship match at Chicago with W. L. (Young) Stribling in the challenging role. More than & few boxing critics believe Stribling has a better right to a crack at the title than Sharkey. Commission Consistent. 5 The commission’s action, however, was highly consistent if nohing else. ‘The =oxing solons iave maintained from the start that Schmeling should abide by his promise to meet Sharkey in a return bout fcr the title. Schmel- ing promise was mace after he had won heavyweight chlmrlnnlhlp recog- nition by winning on a foul from Shar- hly unsatisfactory bout here president of Madison b Sharkey 2hq. Siibing - Miam ween Sharkey a a this Winter. The fro uj this despite the fact that Sharkey 1f would like to make at least oneu:!li’! before he takes another shot e Litle. Promoters and critics alike have in- sisted that a Sharkey-Schmeiing bout is foredoomed to financial feilure un- less one or the other, in the mean- | time, can do something to stir up public | interest. ., December 31 (#).—The Macon Telegraph said “Pa” Stribling last night announced W. L. Stribling will fight Max Schmeling, huvywei,ht champion, in Chicago next June, “if nothing goes wrong in the meantime. “Pa” said he talked by hone with “a party in New York and ol ed his mise of a bout with the German itleholder.” He would not give the name of the New York party, but declared he was ‘“‘a man of authority.”