Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1931, Page 59

COLONIAL TOSSERS FACE STRONG FOES Cardinals Resume Action, Oid Liners Open Play. Hoyas Alone ldle. BY H. C. BYRD. OLLEGE basket ball this week makes its re-entery ( : on the athletic stage. Georgetown is the only local institution without a game, and it does not play until January 13, when it meets Johns Hopkins at Baltimore. George Washington, Catholic University and Maryland have several contests. George Washington has the toughest opening assignment, as it goes to An- napolis Wednesday for a game with Navy. The Midshipmen are about as tough & foe in basket ball, especially at Annapolis, as any quint one cares to meet. Few teams are harder %o whip. incidentally, George Washington has two other games not likely to be set- ups, Villanova and Drexel, both away. ‘Villanova usually has good teams in all branches of sports. Drexel is said to be way above its average. Maryland opens its season Wednes- day with Gallaudet and is far frcm expecting an easy time of it. In reality, it seems that Coach Shipley is ‘worrying more about this game than about some of those later in the year with the big schools. After playing Gallaudet, Maryland leaves Priday aft- ernoon_ for n, Va., where it lays Virginia Military Institute on ;fldny night and Washington and Lee on Saturday. Catholic University is to take part in two games, both at home. Thursday night it entertains the Benjamin Frank- lin University five and Saturday has generally is expected that basket ball competition in which local col- are to appear this Winter be as as any in the history game . George Wi n in the belief it will have just good a five as has ever worn veg gesEERpeRy §f§55i55%=55 Institute. Cornell University also is taking up boxing for the first time, but is to run only exhibition bouts, without decisions. It now is asking several colleges meet it on that basis. College, School Basket Battles College—Tuesday. B vs. Columbus University at Central High gymnasium, Washington Collegiate Conference game. ‘Wednesday. Gallaudet vs. Maryland at College Park. étorl! Washington vs. Navy at An- napolls. Shepherd College vs. Columbus Uni- versity at Central High gymnasium. Thursday. Ben Pranklin vs. Catholic University at Catholic U. Friday. Gallaudet vs. American University at erican U. ‘néflm vs. Bliss Electrical at Siiver Spring, Md., Armory, Washington Collegiate Conference game. Maryland vs. V. M. 1 at Lexington. George Washington vs. Villanova at Villanova. Saturday. Geneva vs. Catholic University at Brookland. Gallaudet vs. Columbus University st Kendall Green. uunm-nd vs. Washington and Lee at xington. ‘Washiny vs. Drexel at Oem‘;mn gton Scholastic. and that this five should wWith De Hart Is Sure Of W. & L. Berth ONFIRMATION of The Star’s mentor to Washington and Lee, his first Southern Conference assign- ment, was received last night from Lexington, Va. R. A. Smith, director of athletics at the university there, announced that the athletic authorities of Washington and “Lee have reached an agreement with De Hart on a . two-year contract and that the mat- ter lacks only formal approval of the university trustees. Smith also said Cy Young, freshman coach the past Fall, will serve as assistant varsity backfleld coach. SPORTS “ECONOMY” AI OF COLLEGES Reduced Foot Ball Gates Force Many to Curtail Athletic Programs. BY ALAN GOULD. Assoclated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, January 3.—With a few notable exceptions, col- leges throughout the country, large and small, will practice strict “economy programs” for 1931, the Associated Press survey of condi- tions disclosed today. Replies from more than 150 repre- sentative institutions so far have indi- cated a falling off averaging approxi- mately 15 per cent in foot ball gate re- ceipts. 4 In round figures, for the colleges and universities involved, this is estimated to represent a decline of more than $3,000,000 at the “gate” for 1930. At the bigger institutions, such as Yale, California, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Southern California, where college sports have reached the million- dollar , such as have been felt in receipts wiil not materially affect 1931 programs or ts. Ohio State, for example, despite a 20 per cent drop in receipts, is going ahead some n plans, including the addition of a swimming team. Boom at St. Mary’s, St. Mary's of California enjoyed rhaps the biggest boom of any col in the 1930 foot l?“ spotlight. increased more 50 per cent, from 205,000 to 320,000. As a result St. Mary's sports will be expand- ed all along the line this 3 Similarly, the combina of factors developing more intense gridiron inter- in the Pacific Northwest States of and Wash! ht about record attendance and recei] On the other hand, both Stanf and Cali- fornia off in re- reported some falling Tech ceipts, the former about $20,000, the latter about $50,000. wMO ‘Tomorrow. St. John's vs. Tech at Tech. Tuesday. Gonzaga vs. Business at Business. Hyattsville High vs. Tech at Tech. ‘Wednesday. ‘Washington-Lee High vs. Eastern at Business vs. Emerson at Business. ‘Thursday. Economy will be the rule throughout tl;:nmcx‘ren, but Iw‘s and whi:congn alone of this powerful group have in- dicated sharply defined policies of re- trenchment for 1931. Towa will cut out its Spring base ball and reduce the number of on othe: jaunts. Wis- consin’s program calls for a of costs, and fewer contests, the whole designed to slice about $35,000 from the athletic ‘budget. Big Ten Carries On. Tilinois and Northwestern have ex- ects ball. ‘The Big Six and Missouri Valley Con- ference groups nearly all will effect|pg) economy ‘Together arranged | ooy horing gz Ten, these with the schools to cut out long trips for track, ball and basket ball squads. N has canceled a Ol banner foot ball and collected record gate receipts to fortify thelr positions for 1931. Most, _Southern coleges varying decreases and plans for some wrunmzm,nnmguhuhuloper cent in track, base and basket ball for the new year. , however, dlldrd a 10 per cent increase, making a full program g-l.ble. while Kentucky and Alabama ly also indicated a “slight increase” in receipts, as compared with 1929. Some Luxuries to Go. None of the major Eastern colleges has reported plans for any substantial curtailment of activities, although most of them will blue-pencil some of the athletic luxuries. Pennsylvania, Cornell, Army, Navy, Colgate, Yale, Harvard, Carnegie and Pittsburgh all have declared business will be “as usual,” regardless of reduced income in 1930. ‘Temple has reduced its foot ball schedule from 10 to 9 games but West in | facing Princeton Freshmen a Rocky Mountain tu found night foot ball profitable and plain 8 number of Friday night gam<s next Fall. Six of the dra; colleges—Colorado, Utah, Den- ver, Colorado College, Colorado and Utah Aggies—have moved toward a closer al- lance to make foot ball schedules more attractive and profitable, Base ball and tracks are due for curtallment in the Southwest confer- o g e g 1 , but_foot programs for in that section are more ambitious than ever. DR. EUWE CHESS LEADER Capablanca and Sultan Khan Are|in Close Tourney Rivals. HASTINGS, d, Jan 3 (@) TS It Jieg we of Holland and ‘wiers S the Base | ihe ebraska THE SUNDAY § PUBLIC HIGH TITLE SET OPENS FRIDAY Teams Seem Well Matched for Annual Tussle—Many Outside Tilts. BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR. HRILLS galore will mark the I public high school basket ball championship series opening next Friday, ac- cording to all signs. Eastern will meet Tech, the defending cham- piop, in the first match, at 3:30 o'clock, with Business and West- ern taking the floor in the second game. As usual, double-headers will be played each Tuesday and Friday on the Tech court. Each one of the five teams appears to have a first-rate chance at the title, Jjudging from their work in pre-series games. Those who have followed schoolboy basket ball here for an ap- preciable time expect a knock-down, drag-out fight, with much depending on_the breaks. Some believe that the public high teams as a group are not up to the standard of last seison. Nearly every one is convinced, however, that they are unusually well matched and should put on a great series. 'N the opinion of some observers ‘Western hardly can be figured to show as stoutly as in the past two seasons. Coach CHff Moore apparently is making the most of his material, but the loss of such crack performers as Bob Freeman and Jimmy Thompson, all-high selectfons, will, it is thought, Erove a blow that the mentor of the squad cannot overcome for a sea- son or two. ‘Tech has lost & group of high-class performers, but has retained several capable boys, and its supporters have high hopes of the team landing its third straight title under Coach Artie Boyd. Many favor Eastern, which has a p of seasoned players, to win. hould Business get some breaks the Stenogs will be right around the top, it is believed by many. Central doubt- less has a club capable of causing plenty of trouble. Eastern and Tech and Busi-. ness and Western facing the fire. works should start with gusto Fri day. The victors will achieve a big ad- | vantage both cn paper and psychologi- | cally, though a good start is by no means a guaranty of success in the se- ries, as history shows not a few in- stances in which teams after beginning with a rush have faltered or after a ?oor start have shown a reversal of form. Almost anything can happen in a series in which each team plays the other twice. Central will not make its series debut until January 13, when it meets its traditional foe, Tech. . Here’s the complete series schedule: January 9—Eastern vs. Tech, Busi- ness vs. Western. January 13—Eastern vs. Western, Central vs. Tech. January 16—Business vs. Central, 'vs. Western. January 20—Business vs. Eastern, Central vs. Western. January 23—Business vs. Tech, Cen- tral vs. Eastern. January 27—Eastern vs. Tech, Busi- ness vs. Western. January 30—Eastern vs. Western, Central vs. Tech. February 3—Business vs. Central, Tech' vs. Western. 6—Business vs. Eastern, Central vs. Western. Pebruary 10—Business vs, Tech, Cen- tral vs. Eastern. the public high title games get most of the spotlight, a host of other engagements, some of them of more than usual interest, are scheduled for schoolboy quints dyring the week. In all 16 games are listed, with at least one carded every day as the scholastics plunge into the post- gym. The Gray had trouble downing the Kaydets shortly be- fore Christmas, 33 to 11, but the latter is determined to furnish a better fight tomorrow. In encounters Tuesday Business and Gonzaga will meet in the Stenog gym- nasium and Hyattsville High will face Tech on the Tech court. The host teams are favored to win. ‘Washington-Lee High will face East- ern at Eastern and business will have it out with Emerson at Business Wed- nesday. Three games are scheduled Thurs- day. St. John's and Central are to clash at Central, Alexandria High will battle Eastern at Eastern and George Washington Preshmen and Gonzaga are to try conclusions on the Gonzaga Aside from the public high frays Pri- day, Landon and Woodward are down for a tilt at the Central Y. M. C. A. and Georgetown Prep and Swavely are to face at Garrett Park, Md. ‘Though four games are slated Satur- day, only one is for a District floor. That will find Gonzaga meeting Catho- lic University Freshmen at 7:15 p.m. in & preliminary to the C. U.-Geneva Col- lege game at C. U. Tech will go up against opal at Alexandria, Cen- tral will fill an attractive en; 'ment, Prince- ton in a curtain-raiser to the Princeton- Columbia game, and Emerson will go over to mapolis to engage Navy Plebes. BASKET FIVES BUSY IN PRINCE GEORGES League Teams to Meet in Four Games This Week—Guardsmen ; Have Dates. HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 3.— Basket ball activities will be resumed here with a will during the com! week. Six games are scheduled, four in the Prince Georges County League and two which will ind Company F, Na- tional Guard quint, meeting opponents independent contests. A double-header will open the sched- ule tomorrow afternoon on the floor, Brentwood Hawks will meet Dor-A Boys' Club at 2:30 o'clock in a e game, after which Company F of Wi in an TAR, WASHING College, School Fives Busy This Week : Jones, Von Elm Out, Voigt Stock Rises P N, AL WATERS. D. C., JANUARY DALLAS SHIRLEY. 4, . 1931—PART FIVE. BILL NOONAN. HEAVY CAGE DUELS AT HYATTSVILLE HIGH Team to Play Tech and Other| Strong Quints—G@irls Also Booked for Games. HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 3.— Hyattsville High School basket ball squad, which will renew its schedule fol- lowing the holidays against Washington Tech High Tuesday in the latter's gym- nasium, resumed practice the latter part of this week and also plans to get in a hard session Monday. In addition to the Tech tilt the Hyattsville basketers also will engage Catonsville, Md., High at Catonsville Wednesday to complete its next week's card. Hyattsville girls will meet the Catonsville sextet the same afternoon. Tech will be the third quint of the Washington public high group to be met by Hyattsville. Business and Central visited here before the holidays and de- feated the Hyattsville boys, but both the Stenogs and the Blue had to battle hard to win. It is unlikely Tech will take undue chances against Hyattsville as doubtiess it has not forgotten the surprise 26-24 defeat, slipped it by the Marylanders last season in Tech's first game following 3‘:1 capture of the public high school e. Hyattsville boys will be out for their second win this season over Cetonsville High, the latter having bowed to Hyatts- ville in a 30-11 tilt here several weeks ago. Hyattsville girls will be striving to even the'slate for a 43-24 defeat handed them by the Catonsville sextet at the same time. KAPPA ALPHA PSI WINS BASKET BALL CONTEST Defeats Alpha Phi Alpha, 33 to 24, in First Game of Annual Interfrat Series. Kappa Alpha Psi yesterday defeated Alpha Phi Alpha in’the first game of the anual colored !nur(r“&rm‘g‘bukel ing | ball series, 33 to 24, in the St. Augustine auditorium, “Babe” Jones, Kappa guard, put the game on ice for his team in the second half. Comi out of a melee near his own goal, * " dribbled the length of the floor and sank the leather for a two-pointer that broke up a torrid tie. He repeated on the next tap-off. At this point Kappa drew away, baskets by Spencer and Simpson soon establishing & commanding lead. Spencer, Kappa forward, registered 13 points, and his sharpshooting put Kappa on the path to victory. Lanky Jones was outstanding for Alpha, The line-ups: G.P.Ps. aims, .. CHICAGO TO BE HOST. g B i A Rt Y v Washington-Concord and Newport News Teams Meet Today. ‘Washington-Concord Club and New- port News, Va., elevens will face in a semi-final match in the Washington and Southeastern Soccer Assoclation Cup tle this afternoon on Monument Grounds No. 2 at 2:15 o'clock. The game originally was scheduled for Sil- ver Spring, Md., but it was decided that the pitch there right now is not in espe- cially good sbape. Arriving here today at noon, the New- port News Club will dress at the Mu- nicipal Building. Marlboro and D. C. Kickers, at first listed to meet in the other semi-final today, instead will clash next Sunday, probably at Silver Spring. Leo Leckey will referee today's with Jack Caldwell and Ben BASKETERS WILL TILT ON COURT AT LAUREL Intercity League Teams to Meet in Four Contests—Other Games Listed. LAUREL, Md., January 3.—With the holidays over, basket ball teams will again become busy here the coming week. Four games are scheduled in the Intercity League and a couple: outside of the loop probably will be the quints representing Headquarters Company, National Guard and De Molays of Washington. Brentwood Hawks, league champions last season, will have it out with Head- quarters Company tomorrow afternoon. ‘This match, bringing together old rivals, is the most interesting of the loop matches carded for the week. De Molays will meet a team to be an- nxnu:ced following the Hawk-Guard clash. ‘Two more leagues are scheduled Tues- day night. Western Electric and Laurel Independents will try conclusions at "7:45 o'clock, with De Molay and Brent- ‘wood Hawks mixing in the second game. ‘Western Electric and De Molay are to meet Friday night in the final league match of the week. The game will fol- low a iiit between Headquarters Com- pany and a quint to be named. D. C. RACKETERS OPPOSE Washington and Dumbarton Teams Meet in Baltimore League. BOOSTERS IN SEMI-FINAL | COOK IS TRAP STAR IN FRANKLIN SHOOT Scores Two Class A Victories Over | ‘Washington Gun Club Range at Benning. Parker Cook, president of Washing- ton Gun Club, scored class A wins in both events of the Franklin Trophy com- petition yesterday among the club's trapshooters on the Benning range. A. V. Parsons, H. H. Shelton, W. F. Bur- rows and C. C. Fawsett were victorious in class B tests and J. R. Cain, with two 25s, shut out all competition in class C. In the regular spoon contest J. C. Wynkoop, Fawsett and Julius Marcey each shattered 49 of 50 targets thrown. Parsons won over a fleld of eight in a special miss-and-out competition. R. D. Morgan captured the added-target spoon arter a shoot-off. KEN FINERAN. THREE PLAYGROUND TITLES ARE DECIDED (g Towa Avenue and Columbia Heights Win in Basket Ball and Park View at Soccer. He?‘t:l;tu ngl 15‘31' 6:11!1', Columbia a 'w Playgrounds yesterday gained Municipal Garfleld, 33 to 14, to achieve the 130-pound basket ball championship, and Park View con- quered Rosedale in the Recreation Soc- cer League, 1 to 0, to win the pennant. However, Rosedale protested one of the decisions of the referee and the soccer game may be replayed. Iowa Avenue gained the final round in the junior soccer final, Hoover and Bloomingdale fought to a scoreless tie. Play in the junior cmagemhn will continue next Saturday. e-ups: 110-POUND BASKET BALL CHAMPIONSHIP. Towa Avenue (32). Hoover (17.) G.F.Pis. ] Kraft, f. White. Gellma; Kemp, Chumbris, rmroond; wl ocousco; 5] wunaoost Totals 130-POUND BASKET BALL CHAMPIONSHIP. Col. Helghts (33). Garfield (14). ¢ C&.P,P! G.F) 5. 010 Garges, f. 03 Raseim, 1. 1 3 Day, § § Huni, 8 Breen, Paul &. Totals......16 133 Totals RECREATION LEAGUE SOCCER CHAM- PIONSHIP, Position. Goal 5 RREEEED) R () ¥ . 1. o 8u 33 Fe Mendel. JUNIOR SOCCER SEMI-FINAL. 9 S"OI\'el'lw vidson | Teturn to the fold. ‘There will be no competition at Ben- k. h“i:l ington ning next Saturday, as the Washi gunners will be engaging Oriole Gun Club at Baltimore in the first shoot of | L. CI the 1931 intercity competition. Scores for yesterday’s 100 targets, in- cluding the Franklin Trophy and spoon events, follow: ‘Wynkoop, 21—22—25—24: —25—24; Marcey, 2224 2§—-23-25--23; Cook, 23- rows, 21—24—21-23; Wilson. Fawsett, 1 25—324; Mo 23; 624 | M Fr: listed by | B HERE are several good indoor golf schools in Washington, but after a look around in other cities, it seems to us that those whao promote indoor golf in the Capital are overlooking a good bet. That would be a bang-up school, with a restaurant and adequate lunching facilities, com- fortable lounging chairs, & flock of nets at which the tired business man could while away the half hour before or after lunch, and a real indoor pitch and putt golf course. ‘They do things that way in New York and Chicago and how the customers flock to them during the lunch hour. There are lots of golfers in both cities |1 S | who do mot care for Winter golf, but " Goals—Raymond, Whiti JUNIOR SOCCER SEMI-FINAL. Position. Bloomingdale (0). Goal . Outts T around midday and who would rather spend it driving balls into a practice net or putting around an indoor course than standing on a street corner. It appears that some of the Wi indoor golf promoters might take a leaf from the book of the professionals in other cities and put out a goodly gen- erous piece of bait in the form of a combined restaurant and golf school, thus making the tail of the cat wag- mu“ ?ngtl- LA'U;m itch and putt p at the L p and pu Mille running 3 EX-WASHINGTONIAN NOW HIGH RANKER George Given Three Years to Win Amateur Before Age Slows Him. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. OW that Bobby Jones and George von Elm have placed themselves outside the pale of amateur golf competition, who will be the out- standing figure in simon-pure golf in 1931? Will ever another figure like Jones come along to dominate the amateur golf world like a colossus? And is it possible that a former Washington boy, who learned the game on the pub- lic courses of the National Capi- tal, will become the 1931 amateur champion? The tip-off on these possibilities is 3 e Un} States Golf Msocw fation ln’me form of the names used in md.\n’o:‘l:e draw for the 1930 amateur champlonship. This seeded list virtually is a ranking list of . Jt first, Von second end Harrison R. Johnston Elm third, with George Voigt seeded fourth. Then came Dr. O. F. Willing. John Ouimet, Don Moe and Jess Sweetser. It is beside the point that only Jones and Sweetser sur- vived the first day of match play in the fracas at Merion, which went to show that lists are more or less guessing that on the 1930 ranking list, made before the amateur thllnplanlhlf Was pla; George fourth pair, he . it is also important that most critics of the game, who have seen them all come and go, would place Voigt at the top this year. / Anybody’s Guess Goes. 1931, based on their 1930 No. 1, Eugene to Jones last rice J. McCarthy, conqueror of Von Elm in & 28-hole match; No. 5, J. Voigt, who lost in the second round, and No. 6, Francis Ouimet, who also lost on the first day of play. J and Von £ vi | Pleness and sna) i d | dicted that George Voigt | the_top. Fatigue Hit McCarthy. Homans beat Seaver in the semi- was just plain fagged the strain of &n overtime hv.;‘l:d against George Von Elm. stages . clined to believe that Voigt took the coast boy too lightly and that if he had started earlier he might have won to win at all, for age out of trained muscles quickly after the 35 mark is passed, % | “Doc” Willing to the contrary. And ‘Dorr | Voigt never has been what one might call the most robust entry in the field. At a guess it might be safely pre- will win the amateur championship sometime within the next three years and that he will be given formidable opposition by the the Homans, the Moes and the , even if Jones not Certainly Voigt is as good a performer as any of the other top notchers. It is only 8 question of whether, at his age, he can stand the grind and keep his keen edge for six days. He used to be to do it when he was winning golf tournaments around Washington 8o fast, but time may have taken its toll. If the amateur championship were held in the Spring George Voigt n | would be very likely to win it, for he his best golf in the Sj . But doesn’t win soon hew'.h?:'b win McCarthy is not far from The Flatbush Irishman needs to_overcome those fraying nerves pl it"he at all. Maurice n to go far along the road that leads . I remember last year after that Von Elm match how Maurice told me he hadn’t slept a wink the night before. He played the last 20 holes of that match on his nerve, and won. A more philosophic atti- tude toward the {lll\e might bring him through, although just at present he seems to lack the finesse of Voigt. Sweetser may win again, but he also is aging. Ouimet, the grand old vet- eran and cel ly the most popular golfer among the amateurs today, seems to lose his stamina and keenness after the second day of play. Homans, Moe and McCarthy, Voigt and Pay Coleman seem to be the boys who will do the winning in 1931, And don't be surprised if the former Wash- y comes out on top. By %;Ss E o i [gii