Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1931, Page 29

he Foening Star. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1931. PAGE C—1 Alabama Victory Booms Dixie Grid Prestige : DeHart Back as Generals’ Coach WON GREAT MORAL TOPS ALL INVADERS - OF PASADENA BOWL Defeat of Cougars, 24 to O, Gives South Three Wins Without a Loss. + By the Assoclated Press. ASADENA, Calif, January 2. —Southern foot ball stood at a new high-water mark today, swept there by Ala- :ma’s Tidal Wave, which yester- day swamped Washington State, 24 to 0. One large quarter, featured b} three brilliant plays, and the Crimson Tide surged to a record of two victories and a tie for the last six years of the Rose tourna- ment fiesta’s 16-year-old classic here. The triumphs left the South with three wins and no defeats, while in the previous 10 years the East and Middlewest managed to pull out with ™ one victory apiece against Pacific Coast opponents. Alabama’'s tide broke loose in the second period and with a couple of long passes and a 41-yard run burst through the dike of the Cougar defense with ap- parent ease for three touchdowns and the game. The contest had moved along at a standoff in the first 15 minutes. Coach Wallace Wade had scorned Washing- ton State's chances by starting his sec- ond team. Crowd Is Startled. # The scoring started with a reverse, which pulled Jimmy Moore from end. e faded deep into his own territory with the ball, and heaved a long pass to John “Flash” Suther, yards over the heads of the Cougar’s secondary defense. No one was present to challenge the 'Bama halfback’s jaunt across the goal. « _As startled as the 70,000 who braved the drizzling rain were, their surprise was augmented a few minutes later ‘when Moore duplicated the toss to Ben Smith, his fellow end for a 30-yard rzln, which put the ball on the 1-yard ine.” An intercepted pass had put the tide in a strategic position, Smith leaped high over two defender’s heads % nab the oval. John Campbell scored in one plunge. Campbell's quarterback play was spectacular. He climaxed *the scoring splurge the fourth time he ‘ook the ball after the second touchdown by sifting through right tackie to sweep unscathed down the sidelines on a 42- yard touchdown canter. For the third time his goal from placement was per- fectly executed. > Kicks Field Goal. Coach Orin ~Babe” Hollingbery's forces rallied with the third ouarter, but even then “Ears” Whitworth was able to add three more points by xick- ing a field goal from piavement after the tide had been stemmed on the 23- yard line. Pighting a losing game to the end, the Cougars launched a belated pass- ing attack in the dying moments, with George Sander, sophomore halfback, on the thro end of three success- ful tosses which took the ball to the 4-yard line. Capt. Elmer Schwartz was stopped for no gain on the first «+ play, but on the second he reached the 2-yard line, only to fumble. Fred- die Sington, the reliable All-America Bama tackle pounced on the ball to terminate the drive. A few minutes later the final gun ‘barked. Brains, brawn, deception — Alabama ‘was superior in all these. That the Cougars put up & valiant fight was the factor which took the edge off of de- feat. Porter furnished the Northwesterners with the greatest num- | foer of yards. Almost unassisted he once side-stepped and pivoted his way 87 yards through the 'Bamans. Statistics Given. The Tide made 9 first downs, com- In total yards gained the Cougars col- lected 261, against 396 for their South- ern opponents. W. 8. C. completed 7 of 17 . Alabama attempted 7 and completed 2. Carl Ellingsen of the Cougars and John “Hurry” Cain of the Tide were aliost even in punting. Campbell, by virtue of his deceptive spinners through the line, led in indi- vidual ground gaining with an aver- age of 11.6 yards in a thrusts. f William Holly was not far behind with a 105 average in half a dozen chances. Lainhart was next with 9.3 yards aver- [l sge in 7 runs. { Coach Hollingbery sald the defeat was “a big surprise to ' Coach ‘Wade, in his last appearance for Ala- bama, said he could think of no com- ment to make. HOOSIER BASKETERS BAG ANOTHER VICTIM Follow Victory Over Penn With Defeat of Pitt—Purdue and Illinois Also Win. . By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 2—The Big Ten Conference continued its basket ball comeback in the intersectional free-for- all of practice games by taking three decisions last night, one of them from one of the best teams in the East. Greatest honors went to Indiana in its 27-t0-19 victory over Pittsburgh on the Panthers’ own ficor. The Hooslers, undefeated so far this season, had de- feated Pennsylvania in Philadelphia the preceding night. Purdue, champlon of the Western Conference and a recent loser to Pitt, had no difficulty in defeating Temple University last night, 45 to 17. The | Philade dedicated their new e. 2 f Bradley fi:mmnwmmemtm 30 seconds. University, invading _the Buckeye State, defeated Ohio Uni- ity in Athens last night, 38 to 33, ter losing to_Ohio State University i Young U LEONEL DICK. 20 Years Ago In The Star. Central High School, which has been the whole show in track among scholastics here for some time, may get opposition during the coming season from Business, Western, Tech and the Cathedral School. Rath- ‘bone, Scott, Black, Goldsmith, Shore and Bridget are Business stalwarts. Reuter and Hamilton are Central mainstays, the former in the dashes and the latter in the 440. Tanner, Adams and Barclay, milers, and Up- man, hurdler, are Western hopefuls. Georgetown, George Washington ’1nd the mal;‘gd"mk ; n{ me col- lege group ack training. Johnson, Hughes Walker and Doc Reisling are being counted upon to see the Washington base ball team through in a pitching way the com- ing season. Groom and Gray are uncertain quantities. Moyer is re- garded as the best of the youngsters. ‘The death of Dr. D. Elmer Wiber, prominent in sports circles here, is A. A U. He attented Central High and National University (now George ‘Washington). Later he represented the Old Columbig -Athletic Club in track and rowing. Dr. Wiber was a director of the playground associa- tion and was president of the Wash- ington Grove Athletic Association, which was in charge of the local municipal games. ALEXANDRIA FIVES WIN Alpha Delta Omega and Railroad- ers Defert Capital Teams. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 2— Alexandria teams successfully withstood the invasion of a pair of strong Wash- ington quints last night at Armory Hall. Alpha Delta Praternity downed Robert Le Bruce Chapter of De Molay, 20 to 14, and the Richmond, Predericks- burg & Potomac Rallroad Co. defeated the Anacostia Eag 32 to 12, ‘Three games be presented at Armory Hall tonight with the 8t. Mary’s Lygeum five opposing the St. Martin's A. C. of Washington in the feature at 8:30 o’'clock. The two preliminaries will bring the Whitestone'’s Store team into action against the Falls Church five and the St. Mary'’s Buddies against some op- ponent. Jerry Augustine, fullback of the Al- cova Motor Co., has recovered from in- juries suffered in a recent game and will be back at his regular post Sunday when the Iroquols A. C. is met in Bag- gett's Park here, A banquet will be held by Director Charles Corbett for his St. Mary's Ceitics base ball team tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Ruth Kidwell, 1424 Duke street. Washington Uhion Printers are to face the Del Ray A. C. here tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock on the Armory Hall court. HOLD RING SHOW TONIGHT. Members of the Boys' Club will take 43 | part in nine boxing bouts tonight at the Year day distance . Mrs. Connle Erinkhurse of Vancouver was second. i { i club, -wunfi at 8 o'clock. There will be scraps all the way from the 40- pound class to the 145-pound. GRIDMEN REFUSE TO QUIT. SCHOLASTICS TOIL FOR TITLE SERIES |Scant Formal Competition Billed Prior to Start Next Friday. UBLIO high school basket ball squads now have entered the home stretch in their prepara- tion for the championship se- ries, which starts one week from today. There will be little in the way of for- mal competition for the scholastics the remainder of this week, though each will keep hustling. All save Western have games carded next week prior to the start of the series, and the George- town scholastics probably will book a game or 50, Central and Gonzags quints, sched- uled to meet tomorrow night, have post- poned the engagement until affer the high school series. Central bowed to its Alumni, 38 to 40, in their annual court game yesterday on the Central floor, Woodward de- feated Montrose A. C., 30 to 21, in the only other match of the day involving a schoolboy quint of the District group. It was by a great finish that the grads squeezed through to victory over the Central quint. With only a few minutes to play, the undergraduates, led by Burke and Rice, s out to overhaul the Alumni and e the lead, 36 to 34. Then the old boys got busy and held the school team to one court Alumni over the un juate team. Forrest, Burgess, now playing with George Washington, with 14 points, in- cluding 5 from scrimmage and 4 from the foul line, was the big noise on at- tack for the winners. Burke and Rice, each with 9 points, did most of the losers' scoring. (40). G.P.Pts. |l 5| H ). G.F.Pts 0 Varsity ( Cumberla’ ouosnccss W. Or Castell, &l uomonosmme! Bl mosoommon | ooscoresnc 1 s Woodward exhibited general superi- ority in trimming Montrose A. C. e Us and ‘were high scorers for the winners, Moore got in some de- fensive work. Shields and Craig did most all of the losers’ counting. Woodward (300, | wewese® g s 5 5 Dick Radue and Walter Stokes, with 87 and 85 hits out of 100 targets, led a Central alumni rifle team to victory over an undergraduate combination in a shoot was one of the attractions of the tral alumni program. Varsity. 80 Fotse: . WARREN COLISON. BASKETERS TO MEET TO ORGANIZE LEAGUE Four Teams in Line for Independ- ent Loop and Eagles Quint Mey Join. A first organization meeting of the Independent Basket Ball League will be held tonight at French's Sport Store at 8 o'clock. Census Enumerators, French, United Typewriter Grays and Stewart Photog- raphers have joined the league and Skinker Eagles, who won the title last season; Alpha Delta Omega Fraternity of Alexandria and St. Martin’s are an- nounced as other possible entries, Potomac Boat Club beaketers will hold a short meeting tonight at the Boys' Club at 7:30 o'clock. The Potomac boys later will take in the boxing pro- gram to be put on by members of the Boys' Club. The Boatmen have ar- ranged a basket ball game for Sunday with the Company M quint at Fort Washington, Md. and Y. M. C. A 24 to 21, Jewish Community Center basketers are after a game with an unlimited class five for Sunday. Challenges are being received by Sol Stein at Lincoln 5159 or Jim McNamara at the Center, Decatur 3030, during the day. Imperial and Georgetown A. C. quints will battle tonight at the Naval Reserve gymnasium at 7:30 o'clock. Spengler Post and Boys’ Club Opti- mists will clash at the Boys' Club to- night at 7 o'clock. “Y” Flashes conque;ed Shipleys in an (szrflmu game, 33 to 31, on the former's loor, BATTALINO IS SIGNED ‘Will Fight Shea or Taylor in Chi- cago ofl January 28. CHICAGO, January 2 (#).—Bat Bat- talino, world featherweight champion, was signed wdg.mr a lo-rvgnd en- m Chicago lum, Wunry 23, with either Eddie Shea or Bud Taylor as his opj it The title will not be ived. — |intends to take a long rest in either Nye House quint won a couple of games, drubbing “Y" Hawks 40 to 26, GEORGE OLSEN. Duquesne, 32; Lehigh, 25. Indiana, 27; University of * Pitts- | burgh, 19. Oklahoma, 35; Southern Methodist, 30. Wittenberg, 43; Utah, 36. New York U., 27; Yale, 25. Michigan State, 25; Ohio Wesleyan, 17. Cornell, 38; Ohio University, 33. Washington College, 30; Princeton, 23. | Illinois, 18; Bradley, 17. Toledo, 24; Brookiyn, 18 (pro.). . Raghuwr, 33; Chicago Bruins, 28 pro.). BY FAT PEN OFFER $25,000-a-Year Newspaper Berth | Wouldn’t Restriet Him as Gridiron Coach. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 2.—Worrles never cease for Knute Rockne, All that was worrying the famous Notre Dame foot ball coach today, after emerging from his overhauling at the Mayo brothers’ clinic at Rochester, Minn., was decision to accept or reject an offer of $25,000 a year to become a Journalist. Rival Chicago newspapers were re- ported bidding for Rockne's journalistic services, temping him with an offer of $25,000. Under the terms offered him, his writing job would not in any way interfere with his coaching activity. . Rockne, greatly refreshed by 10 days of hospital rest, was in Chicago for 15 minutes yesterday, and, carrying out his physiclans’ orders, did not make any radio speeches, write any magazine articles or attend any banquets during his visit. He arrived at 7:45 am. and caught a train for South Bend, Ind., at 8 o'clock. He rested and recuperated there until noon, then caught a train for New York to attend to business in connection with the automobile show. 8o far as Rockne knows, there will be no banquets for him until January 15, when letters will be awarded to Notre Dame foot bail players. After that he California or Florida. Sington Big Star Of Coast Battle BY FRANCIS J. POWERS, JASADENA, Calif., January 2.—In the analysis of Alabama’s 24-t0-0 victory over Washington State in the sixteenth annual Tournament of Roses foot ball game here yester- day, Freddie Sington, the Crimson Tide’s gigantic all-America tackle, was the outstanding player on the field. Sington was being compared with Turk Edwards, the Washington State tackle, whom Westerners praise highly, and he outclassed the Cougar at every turn. Sington was & _stone wall on de- fense, and on offense he furnished. almost perfect interference and his blocking was d But most of all he showed TRIUMPH AT DUKE Gave School Its Strongest Team Afier It Asked Him to Resign. BY H. C. BYRD. ASHINGTON AND LEE'S \ ;s ; foot ball coach next year, and probably for several years thereafter, will be Jimmie DeHart. No an- nouncement of DeHart's appoint- ment has yet been made by the university authorities, but it is definitely understood that a for- mal statement to this effect is due shortly. DeHart coached at Duke last Fall and is to be suc- ceeded there by Wallace Wade, now at Alabama. Generally De Hart is regarded as one of the best coaches in the South, and has been for several years. This will not, be his first experience at Washing- ton and Lee, as he was head coach at that university before he went to Duke. De Hart played quarterback and half- back for Glenn Warner at Pittsburgh and was brilllant, especially as a _ball carrier. He graduated and went to the University of Georgia as coach. From Georgia he came north to Washington and Lee, where he was head coach for several seasons. Five years ago he re- ceived a big offer to succeed Tom Jones at Duke and accepted. However, except for the season just ended, De Hart never enjoyed the same success at Duke that he won at Washington and Lee. Had No Choice. De Hart's stay at Duke University | shows the uncertainty of the coach- ing profession and the unfortunate sit- uation in which a coach often finds hjmself. During the early part of his regime at Duke, it is told, De Hart found himseélf up against a proposi- tion of having to arrange a money schedule without much consideration for the winning or losing of games. By a money schedule it simply is meant that games expected to yield the greatest | financial returns are the games sched- ! uled without much consideration for anything else. The result of this kind of schedule making usually is that few games are won, and when De Hart did not turn out wini teams people around Durham began to yell for his scalp. It is said that they even went so far as to dis- tribute handbills saying that “De Hart Must Go.” Duke authorities took cog- nizance and apparently yielded to the sentiment, and, according to report, asked De Hart to resign a year ago and offered to pay him his contract in full, the contract being good until the end of the current year. Sticks to His Guns. De’ Hart refused the proposition, a proposition which, by the way, most Ppeople would have been, under the cir- cumstances, glad to accept. But De Hart had too much courage for that and his reply was, “I have a contract to coach your foot ball team next year and I'm going to coach it and show you that I can coach successfully, then Tl resign and be glad to.” De had the courage to stick on through, and last Ball turned out the strongest and most successful eleven in Duke's gridiron history. The results of Duke's games last Fall were more than a mute testimonial to De Hart's ability as a coach. To those familiar with his situation at Duke, the successes in recent months represent a tribute to real manhood which any university ought to be glad to have in its faculty. During his previous stay at Wash. per dollar Victory Deserved, Statistics Show ASADENA, Calif., January 2 (). —The story of the sixteenth an- nual Tournament of Roses game which Alabama yesterday won from ‘Washington State, 24 to 0, as told by statistics: ‘Yardage gained—By Alabama from scrimmage, 261; passes, 98; penalties, 30—grand total, 396. By W. S. C., from scrimmage, 145; passes, 71; penalties, 45—grand total, 261. First down—Alabama, scrimmage, 7;_passes, otal, 9. W. S. C, scrimmage, 7; passes, 4—total, 11. Punting—Alabama punted 11 times for average of 40.1; W. S. C. punted 12 times for average of 37 yards. ball twice; Alabama two, losing ball once. ington and Lee De Hart turned out some fine teams, and it is expected that under him Washington and Lee again will enjoy the thrills of victories such as it has not known since De | Hart left. The coaching situation at the other two schools in the South Atlantic sec- tion, where new head coaches are be- ing sought, is unchanged. Virginia has discussed the possibilities of its job with Bill Roper, but Roper, while frankly interested, has so far been very noncommittal, North Carolina State College, if it has done anything toward settling its problem, has made no an- nouncement of its action. May Make Promotions. At both schools there is a possibility that men now members of their ath- letic departments may take up the reins next Fall as head coaches. Many peo. ple at North Caroljpa State feel that Slaughter, former Michigan man who has been line coach for several years, would make the most effective head coach who could be got, while at Vir- ginia there is a.strong sentiment that Gus Tebell, who took a job at Virginia last Fall as assistant foot ball coach and head base ball and basket ball coach, would fit in well as head of the foot ball system. He was head coach at North Carolina State before going| to Virginia. The situation at Virginia, though, has been such that Tebell probably would feel a measure of embarrassment over accepting the job as head coach. How- ever, there really is no reason why he should, as everybody who knows him | holds him in the highest esteen, and Virginia has cleared its record to take any action it desires by discharging in full its obligation to Earl Abell, BENNIES UNDISCOURAGED | Beaten by Georgia Tech, Toil for C. U. and Mount St. Mary’s. Undismayed by their decisive defeat at the hands of Georgia Tech last Sat- urday, Benjamin Franklin University basketcers now are pointing for games next week with Catholic University and Mount St. Mary’s, the former to be met Thursday night at Brookland and the latter Saturday night at Emmitsburg, Adherents of the Accountants feel 3}';‘{, n‘a‘r‘vo?neu had qu.c_hr:o do with oir defeat by, Gie ech and that the team #m this as the season progresses. MURPHY REJOINS BRUINS. CHICAGO, January 2 (#).—Charles (Feed) Murphy, former Loyola Uni- versity basket ball ace, tomorrow night | will return to the line-up of the Chi- | cago Bruins of the American Pro League. Murphy quit the club several weeks ago to accept & place as fresh- | man coach of Loyola cagers, but found | he had time to handle both jobs. || FOOT BALL RESULTS Alabama, 24; Washington State, 0. Southwest, 18; Midwest, 0. Fumbles—W. S. C., three, losing i 'SOUTHWEST STARS PROVE GREAT TEAM Hailed as Strongest Eleven Section Ever Produced on Beating Midwest. By the Associated Press. § | ALLAS, Tex, January 2.—One of the finest foot ball machines the Southwest ever saw was being dissembled today and its | parts strewn from here to Florida, its purpose having been achieved in two brief, thrill-crammed hours yesterday. For individual brilllance and all- round efficiency it is doubtful this sec- tion ever will see a greater team than the Southwest eleven that trampled the Midwest All-Stars, 18 to 0, in the third annual classie. The defeated forces of Coach Bob Zuppke and the Southwest eleven help create a large fund for the Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children here. Officials expressed doubt the net ‘would be as high as a year ago, $10,000, but it promised to approach that figure. Coach is Lauded. Coach Morley Jennings of Baylor University, who assembled the South- west squad and whipped into a great offensive and defensive unit, won wide- spread praise. Zuppke's vehicle lacked both the in- dividual stars and the team work of the Southwest. Leo Jensvold, driving halfback from Iowa, was almos. the entire Midwest offense, his passes and flerce plunges accounting for virtually all of his team’s gains. He made one 43-yard gallop, Only once did a Midwest score seem That when the visitors re- covered a fumble on the Southwest 33- yard mark in the third . - strong, burly Missouri tackle, offered a threat when he intercepted a and chased it back out to midfield, almost getting away for a touchdown. Hackman Shining Light. The individual hero was Buddy Hack- man from the University of Tennessee. He was the mainspring of the winners' attack, scoring two lowns, one of them on a brilliant 40-yard run, and throwing the pass that paved the way for a third score. Louis Long, Southern Methodist, ran 40 yards to the Midwest's 1-foot line after taking a short pass from Hack- man in the first quarter. Hackman drove across for a touchdown. The play that led to the Southwest's second score was a triple pass, Brown to Hack: man to Peterson, Texas end, who grab- bed the ball from two interferers on the n:r'd line. it . receiver, the Tennessee versed the field, cut to and wormed his way past tacklers to reach the 3 terference was lupplles?d American League. Duluth, 3; Chicago, 2. Tulsa, 2; Kansas City, 1. Buffalo, 2; St. Louls, 0. National League. Bo;wn Bruins, 4; New York Rang- ers, 3. Toronto, 2; New York Americans, 0. Montreal Maroons, 3; Ottawa, Chicago Blackhawks, 10; Hawall, 37; Idah phia Quakers, 3. Harvard, McGill, 2 (college), HEESALE 1885 Few styles, $9. 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