Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1931, Page 56

Myer Fourth Griff to WL TRAIN EARLY 17 TOHELP H LEGS Buddy Will Start Work at Hot Springs—Operation on West Unlikely. BY JOHN B. KELLER. SOME players on the Wash- ington base ball club’s re- salaries offered for their .-mervices this year, but~Buddy Myer is not one of them. In fact, the young inflelder already is in line for the 1931 campaign, hav- ing notified President Clark Grif- fith of the Nationals he is satis- fled with terms mentioned in a . recent letter from the Washing- ton club headquarters. Buddy thereby becomes the fourth of the Nationals to qualify as an active member of the organization. Others who have accepted terms for this year are Joe Cronin, sensational young shortstop; Alvin Crowder, dependable veteran pitcher, ln"?d%l\'l Harris, right- hand swinging ouf er. ¢ Myer not only lost no time replying to Griffith’s canmunluue:;m but also serve list may not care for| MANY COLLEGES STRIVE TO “CLEAN UP” ATHLETICS Carnegie Report Causes General Effort to Do Away With Subsid.izing and Recruiting of Athletes, Country-Wide Survey Reveals. (Note. 15 of & serles of 8% Frhs St S BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, January 10.—Col- lege athletic officials are widely split in their reaction to the inquiry of the Associated Press, “What if any changes have been mani- | Man: fest since the publication a year ago of the Carnegie report on subsidizing and r:mutln'L o A substantial majority, perhaps two ocut of every three, to whom the 2:‘" was lddnuedm lldz-:ltepped lyt,he ue iving & negative reply. w’rfls ‘:m communicative third fur- nished a somewhat startling range of opinion, from the statement of H. C. Byrd of the University of Maryland, that “Generally, I believ,:n it t(thewC:r- negie report) gave an impetus e- cruiting,” to view of H. D. Gish of the University of Nebraska, that the report has forced & much more rigid check-up of alleged athletic subsidizing and recruiting. Try to Eradicate Evils. Substantially, the comment of ath- letic directors is that the Carnegie re- m, while not altogether satisfactory, brought out into the open condi- tions which have affected the best in- terests of collegiate sport. The remedies, it seems, are as varied as the conditions themselves, but there has unquestion- ably developed a widespread attempt by prominent leaders in every section to eradicate alleged evils. Much of this was tallized at the annual convention, of coaches and in | faculty men in New York duripg the way he does, have to fall lace the 5 $ i silfe {1 555 i i H ag‘g H] ¥g i : E: 3 e BEE 4 tisd in here. As relations between ternatoral League and the American League are now, however, not much &ngdflmwnmwnflnlihzcnp- e % MONG those likely to be with Sam Rice and B Myer at E.l‘a aprhl:z pre amg is Fred rberry, big right-hand al‘v:erwhomtorm‘mwnwu ace of the Nationals’ pitching staff. ‘The husky Texan was a trifie slow get- ting into physical trim last Spring and this handicapped him early in the championship cam) . Once in good form, however, —— VIRGINIA WINS EASILY o Opens Season With 39-14 Victory Over Hampden-Sidney. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., January 30~ Virginia opened its collegiate bas- ket ball season by defeating Hampden- Bidney tonight, 39 to 14. i Mayo was high-point man for the wvisttors. Hampden Bidney. a l'.‘u. —_— »-:~ BLOOMINGDALE WINS Tj'efimqnou Hoover, 3 to 0, in Junior Semi-Final at Soccer. 'aum-:amuw ;|CATHOLIC U. CUBS AHEAD . | Catholic University season, but whether the ringing resolut will have any practical effect remains to be seen. Meanwhile, the Associated Press sur- vey. has brought out some decidedly practical developments in various parts of the wunm George E. Little, Wisconsin’s athletic director, : “We have done away with the contact man we had and dele- holiday gated the of his work which dealt with on the athlete's grades to the individual coach.” “Employment Department” Goes. o S e e, ot T we! given employment as rubbers, Little said the “athletic employment depart- ment” has been At Penn Stgte College, Graduate ager N. Fleming advised the ;e.dl‘l:nfix of d-‘rm“:fi ‘;c’ho.l:rmip rm-; underg a lopted prio: to the bm]:t{on of the Camegle re- e's sports y, - 3 V. O‘neyp:ldd ““Temple never did subsidize athletes and was on a gr with the average college in recruiting, but this is practically done away with now.” In the Southwest Conference, faculty rulers have taken a m energetic lnffilt in the upkeep of athletic standards since the report was issued. ‘They epgaged a private investigator, from another section, who visited more than 50 Texas universities, colleges and academigs. See Need of Sharp Action. ‘The necessity for sharp action to curb subsidizing and recruiting was two Southern leaders, W. A, Alexander of Tech and Dan McGugin of Vanderbilt. On the other hand, Willlam G. Brill, faculty manager of Trinity College of Hartford, Conn., asserted “no such investigation as the Garnegie Foundation made can have much effect on the country at Because be out- More attention development of intra-mural sports 8 cited by a number as a consequence of the report. Bill Reid of Colgate nt time 860 g'( | some intra-muml activity aside competitive athletic teams,” western, Rut Walter, former track and basket ball star, has been put in charge of an extensive intra-mural program. Sam Jones One of Three Left ' In American League Who Have Pitched in Over .500 Coritests the release of Jack Quinn by Philadelphia there are left in the American League only three boxmen who have pitched in more than 500 major league games—Urban Faber, Sam Jones and Herb Pennock. worked 3,710 innings in M'Inm winning 237 and losing 181. Pennock has gone @ = - é;s ] 1 i 2 Sam Jomes. leats, and George Uhle 5 games, 174 wins and 141 de- Howard Ehmke was a member retired llcl: £ © ° ‘Warren Collins tops the “200” brigade with 294 games, winning 103 and los- ing 77. He is followed by Ted Lyons with 289 games, 126 victories and 102 defeats; Bob Grove, with 115 wins and 57 defeats in 272 games; Earl , with 104 and 91 reverses in alberg, with 258 muy 88 wins and 79 defeats; Gar- Braxton, with 49 wins and 48 de- of service against the A's and Yankees in 1931,” so says Manager - ter Johnson. o of five from S d .| him, and he knew that I didn't. 4 llz;y' gave him evfry'hhlz I had, and ’ Be in All Contests in Cubs’ Big Season. T. LOUIS, January 10.—Rogers Hornsby, & St. Louls County base ball, took time enough off today from his cows, horses, ducks, Chicago - Cubs would have a first-rate second baseman throughout the next man, he sald, would be Rogers Hornsby —“in all 154 gdmes, from the way I It will be Hornsby's sixteenth full season as a major league player and Managing major league teams, how- ever, fi gunhtnx new to him, stce he first National League pennant, and also once guided the Boston Braves of the “T've tramped a lot with my gun and dogs this Winter, and my It feel fine,” bothered me in 1929—is all right, and #how that my ankle had 7 Says Farmer Hornsby Will By the Associated Press. farmer, who also is interested in chickens and turkeys to predict the base ball campaign. The second base- feel.” his first as manager of the Cubs. guided the St. Louis Cardinals to their same league, but not to a pennant. Hornsby . “My- heel—the one that I feel I'm Ait for a full I'd never been broken. season. Five Strong Clubs. “We've got a good ball club, but we need to have, for it's goig to be & tough race. There will be five- tough clubs in the league this year. e Cardinals will be:prominent, and the Pirates will be more dangerous than they were last season. Glenn Wright made the Robins' infleld. McGraw, of course, will have a tough club at New ‘York.” “Yes, *it's going to be a tough race, and I want tflnbe at second base all the way. I'm going to California early to get some extra work and hog; to_be in pretty condition by the time terviewer asked Hornsby if he the Cubs to phsugor him with as much spirit as they for Joe McCarthy. . Wants Only Results. shouldn’t they?” he shot back. for a lving, want to I don’t care whether they like me per- sonally just so long as play for me. etimes you have to get rid of a few Bolsheviks, but there aren’t any o was asked if the sented his appointment as manager of the Cubs. b I as friends,” mm’::“mz%xm “Mc- Carthy told the players there were no mrdhyreellnp and urged them to do their best, and he wished me luck in their ce.~ I didn’ undcmln: ted me fine.” hefl‘cr:x:sby sald he regarded his ap- - | pointment as mansger of the Cubs as a S T il T TURF OWNER REPAID AS HORSE RECOVERS Sarent hed | goiffer's Ben Marshall, Broken Leg off 14 ellached Louis yer who does not 10 inches is a rare bird these days; but three of the American League rookies ‘register ton, are only 5 feet 7 gene Rye, the home-run hitter from Waco, stands but 6 feet 5 inches. Charles Kennow Marrow, right-hand pitcher, chased tt . He weighs 190 ds 6 feet 4 inches. m & fighter he might have made. Find Little Trouble in Disposing of Gonzaga, 28 to 18. Ability to take the ball from the back- boards at every opj rtkllmlty enabled eshmen to score ; m-.:&m‘;n victory over a l“ls;hml(y but | utive Gonzaga team last night in | the preliminary to the C. U.-Geneva | College game at Brookland. ‘Trailing by only 13 to 15 at half time, the. Purple youngsters could not cope with their larger and heavier foes in the late going. McVean, a former Gon- zaga tosser, starred for the frosh with 9 points, while Hester'’s floor play was outstanding for the scholastics. e Q o 4 | PEISIR— | coormsoncss? wl ccorcsccews Umpire—Mr. Simi right. Timi e OPEN POTOMAC S{AKES Bowlers of Metropolitan Area In- vited to Roll at Rosslyn. Fol @coromor o Referse—Mr. En ame—10-minute quatiers, NAVY PLEBES SCORE OVER EMERSON FIVE Young Middies Too Well Supplied | With Tossers for Capital Team. “ Count, 22 to 10. ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 10.—As a season opener on the basket ball court, B e S e as ere - SR e T oo of st of avy led to the victory, . In the first half Randolph and Bra’flsy several times ran clear of their op- ponents to take shots, and in the sec- ond Mumma and Rankin scored on the same kind of plays. In Shapiro, a guard, the visitors had their only. player who could score from the floor, and he was responsible for all three of their goals and also for one of their four scores from the foul line, Emerson held the ball a full half of the time in the early stages, but, except in the case of Shapiro, ed no abil- ity in breaking through for shots. the game the Navy team, plentitully supplied with substitutes; outran the visitors. Bowlers of the entire metropolitan | Beflcs” area of Washington are invited to take part in the Potomac Sweepstakes to be held Pebruary 14 at the Rosslyn bowling | Miie alley. The entry fee will be $5 for sin- bles. e gles and $10 for doul Formerly the event was Virginians. GRIDMEN CLASH TODAY Press Cards and Palace-D. G. s Meet at Seat Pleasant. National Press Club Cardinals and the Palace-D. G, 8. foot ball elevens to- %'lncluhusntl’lnnntwn open only _to 4 9 n}va‘nnvzol J“'l_fl —10 inutes. — —— TIGERS DROP EASTERLING. DETROIT, January 10 (#)—Frank J. Navin, owner of Del nounced tonight the conditional release of Paul Easterling, outfielder. POINTER WINS DOG TITLE. HOLLY SPRINGS, ., January 10 - Carolina Healed, Is Victor in Race at New Orleans. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 10.—Love for his thoroughbred race horse brought happi- ness and reward to D. L. Keiffer, a Chi- turfman, as eiffer saved Ben Marshall, a 5-year- old racer, from death when the horse gamely staggered across the finish line at Hawthorne just 15 months ago three legs. His left front leg was in the stretch racing. A broken leg usually means a pistol shot to end & e of Jcading the game thorough o e his death, Keiffer rshall under the care of thorne. The broken leg was incased in : u{t Time and nature repaired the Teak. ‘Then old Ben returned to the racing wars, turning up a winner at New Or- leans Thursday and rewarding those who still hzdhct');mdence'din him with 11.40 for eac! wfiger . 'lnvefurltlmmulb'ndhwto( Owner Keiffer's racing principle. D. C. RACKETERS PLAY All-Star Team Meets Navy Today in Indoor League Match. Wi 's all-star tennis team will meet the Naval Academy today at 2:30 o't in the Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore, in & Winter Indoor League in second place, the Cap- ital City racketers have a chance to crawl to within a point of the leading Clifton Park team. - Represen! ‘Washington will be Dooly Mitchell, Eddie Yeomans, Colin Stam, Frank Shore, who recently shar- ed a championship victory in the na- tional indoor doubjes; Clyde Yeomans and Bill Buchana Several Leech Cup players, will appear for the Navy. . BAN ON ORAL BETTING * Outlawed at Florida Track, Though - Certificate Wagering Is O. K. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, January 10 (/P).—Sheriff E. E. Boyce announced to- day that the oral system of betting at St. John's race track near here has been ordered discontinued. He said the system was in violation of the State anti-gambling laws and that he intended to see that the laws are enforced. The sheriff declared, however, the certificate form of betting, commonly known in racing circles as “synthetic” pari-mutuels, would be permitted through the remainder of the racing season, ending next Wednesday. The certificate form of betting, he said, has been held legal by Attorney General Fred H. Davis. PITT COMPLETES LIST. PITTSBURGH, January 10 (#).— University of Pit h its 1931 foot ball schedule today by book- ing Miami University of ord, Ohio, for the opening encounter, seg.mber 26, here. The Panthers will play five other home games with West Virginia, tern Army match, No on broken | Baer [ triple_win over Loret THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGIUN, D. C. JANUARY 11, 1931—PART FIVE Sign for 1931 Bus Curtailment Ires Public Linksmen “Big Money” Open Golf Events Follow Offer to Negro Boxer Lusty Cry Greets Meanwell’s Loss Mmmon, Wis., January 10 (P). —Dr. Walter E. Meanwell, the “little glant of Wisconsin basket ball,” lost & game tonight, but gained & son. About the time the official time- keeper was the end of the o Yot K which the lost, & nine- pound boy was born to Mrs. Mean- well in a Madison hospital. 'FOUR BOUTS LISTED ON GRAPPLING CARD 0'Shocker and Bartush Will Meet in Feature Contest of Audi- torium Show. e SRk Four more finish bouts will round out the weekly mat program at the Washington Auditorfum Thursday. Pat Q'Shocker, the flaming-thatched Irishman who spilled George Hilt last week, has been matched with Billy Bartush, who conquered John Maxos, for the feature bout. Maxos, fully recovered from his 20- minute knockout by Bartush, will stack up against Tiny Roebuck, glant Indian. ‘The third tussle finds Jmkmor:m posing Jim Clintock. A f« be named y, announced Promoter Joe_Turner, ‘The opening at 8:30 o'clock. CENTENNIAL MAIDS SERVICE SUPPLIED ONLY ON B DAYS Street Car Company Points to Loss of $14,700 in Five Seasons. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. ORE than a few- harsh words are being leveled in the general direction of the transportation minded gents who have seriously curtailed the facilities for trans- porting golfers from the city down to the wind-swept reaches of East Potomac Park, where they may play golf if they are able after the long walk from the nearest street car. It used to be that a bus ran from the south end of the Treasury, operated by one of the street car companies, but with the dawn of the New Year that ling cldsh will start promptly | Torr' e SHOOT HIGH SCORES |25, Set of 1,473 Is Second Best of Sea- son in Eastern Star Loop. Bethany Leads. ‘W n_ Centennial No. 1 rolled the secon hest set of the season in the Eastern Ladies’ League, 1,473. Marjorie Bradt Smith's 136 with and 323 set fea e Bet igton Cent 1 won three mmlfiyuflmlmhsflom " Team Standing. H by n iZD} ever had been made that ucc-g; re- | A High team se iny 7 n Centennial i : Centennial Ro. 1. $07: Bethany, “Hich averas: ng 04 E: x-mo—l'vtlya‘ lis, 1. *High spares—Owen, T8 ih “3trik nforth and ‘Youmans, "§fieh”net sames—Dobson and Greevs. 84, BLICK MIDGETS AHEAD Add to Total in Final Block With Silver Spring Team. Drubhing Silver Spring Midgets by 123 pins last night on the Silver Spring alleys in the last block of their six- home-and-home g match, Blick's Mmgnwonthecnnl‘!mtb!nmhl 106 of 224 pins. Blick's rolled 1,482 m urda; night to 1,359 for Silver Spring. In first block Blicks shot 1,495 to 1,394 for Stlver Spring, making the total, Blicks, 2,977, and Silver Spring, 2,753 Last night's scores: BLICK'S MIDGETS (1.480). Pirst block . Grand total SILVER SPRING (1,350). Sy Budley Faiconer Mooney First block .. Grand total GULLI AND.BURKE HIT ,FOR MAPLE RECORDS Lorraine’s 143 High and Made- line's 95 Best Flat Game of Sea- son in nghington League. n Ladies’ another brace of A Lorraine Gulll and- Madeline Burke accounted for them. Lotraine rolled 143 in her second game with Universit; Park, to establish a season’s g Jennis Egans. 95, Siso Wis pot e 's 93, down as the season’s highest. ‘The University Park shot games of 542 and 510 in winning twice over Hilltoppers. E - Pauline Bradburn featured Beeques' i X Dtrd.l.nl,!z" with a m set. Leaman’s topped losers’ totals. Consistent shooting marked Colum- blans’ two-game win over Daughters of Isabella. Shamrocks and Veterans' Bureau triumphed twice over Polly- annas and Agoes, respectively, Team Standing. . L. sty e ANOTHER GOLF' MARVEL 15-Year-0ld Wins Way to Final of | Miami Amateur Meet. MIAMI, Fla, January 10 (#)—Win Day, 15-year-old from CI ‘hicago, putted his way to a sen- | (il .555 E;Eififigi‘ % ? g i T i D:E 28k s “ B2 % g é‘fié Sg, et New Layout in May. Loeffler expects to open up in May the new nine-hole course he has con- structed the east side of the !pe.d"v and it looks like a bang-up good golf layout. It to be bunk= ered more heavily than any of the other nines, particularly around the putting lre:nl. which should make it a fine test of g Some! by way of a record for a days play In January was set at the Columbia ub last Sunday, ‘when 188 persons started from the first tee. D'Arcy n, the light-hearted statistician, said it this nears the top ly as mild & day as_Sunday. : ‘The record number of persons play- ing the Columbia course during Jan- uary and February in any Winter went over the layout in January, 1927, when a total of 1,510 players used the course. Of course all the other club courses were crowded, last Sunday, but only one or two of them kept accurate count of the play, and none reached ‘as high a figure as Columbia. CHANGES GRID SCHEDULE South Cl‘l‘olifll Adds Florida, but Drops Sewanee, Erskine. Florida is an while Sewanee and Erskine are missing from the 1931 I e e ame e . Gonderence foes. The schedule: October 3, Georgia Tech at Atlanta. October 10, L. 8. U, at Baton Rouge, «October 20, Citadel at Orangeburg. November 7, Furman at Columbia. November 21, North Carolina State at Raleigh, N. C. COLUMBIA, 8. Q. Januaty 10 (P).— foot, ball schedule of the University of seven « * them with Sout September 26, Duke at Columbia. ectober 22, Clemson at Columbia. November 14, Florida at Tamps. - November 26, Auburn at Columbia, BY GAYLE TALBOT, Assoclated Press Staft Bditor. AN ANTONIO, Tex., January 10, ll-fated visit to United States, the knickered clan might still be ing for trivial $500 and $1,000 purses %"M of the fancy prizes fashionable Got “Big-Money” Idea. Back about 1920, it was, the news ney’ tes the moment Jack began cogitating. sch February 1, for $6,000 in prizes. 3 m&uy all of the money tourna- ments inaugurated in recent cluding the $10,000 Los Anu{u Open, were patterned after the local event, O'Brien recalled. He supplied !hll'm “Scotty” Angeles :m‘lntolbm Coast. ¥ “It struck me,” he recalled recently, | to “that if an ignorant Ethiopian could | B: the | draw down that much money, then it & round with them? Ed Eynon thought with the big ball when the first nine at Columl 48 i : 1T 1z grid =. 52 my partner e mhllummuchym don’t think an m;“wmlnnvm ference after ball & few times,” the Columbia mentor says. to normal and the Spring blowing. The test of any golfer is his ability to play in a wind, ant ball will bring out his any.” Just to show how of golf is v.h‘: the ; re o balance, Commerce says that lul?‘glnm rts of rubber manufactures coming to the United States du; the years 1928 to 1929, inclusive. balls im- into the United States in 1929 numbered 2,617,125, valued at $835,440. R nlzlyl!:.lt the Rolling Road Golf ville, Md., st 8 o'clock. bullets. ington’s Birthday of & group of 20 s or W'wmmb’ig «ui'-' Al Wash Golf and shortly before Wash- ‘The Delegates from all four of the Wash- |G members of the 1 lubs which are me: agton & to attend the A dinner meeting of the Middle At- Assoclation mtz of Greenkee, is to Be held tomorrow night at m";'um- has ilton Hotel at 6:30 o' 'HATEVER happens to the award of one of the big national champion- ships of 1932—and it now is sure that an est_effort bring one to one of the clubs near Was] the Baltimore Coun Club will not be so hard hit by the re- cent burning of the Roland Park club- houl: as to preclude a bid for a title event. ‘The Baltimore Country Club is a wealthy club with somewhere near 2,500 members, and in any event & b ipionship Roland Park. of the club, located in the Green Bprl.n: Valley about 6 miles from the Rolan Park clubhouse, is the layout over which played and has been championship course. ‘The clubhouse has ample facilities for entertaining a small fleld of players, but would have to be enlarged for a cham- &l;mahlp of the magnitude of the nal amateur or open. The club understood to be ready to make a %d"lm the amatedr championship RRANGEMENTS have tically- completed for Beginning Monday is to be made to|catch tee tional League Pennant. JOPLIN, Mo., January 10 (#).—The St. Louis Cardinals will lead the Na- tional League again, Take Gabhy Street’s word for it. “Bure, the Cardinals are coming in first in 1931, the Red Bird manager said at his home here. “The same ball A GENUINE SALE! 3,000 Yards of lifiac:le;m; —TO0 BE HAND TAILORED INTO MADE-TO-MEASURE CLOTHES AT Select Early ROM the Ilargest and best stock of woolens in Washing® ton. Bkilled design- ing, combined with ex- The greatest values in the tailoring field. stock of light, medium and heavyweight all-w for Suiting and O’coats. Our entire 00l fabrics 31 HAT a golden opportunity to obtain one of our ;uulu‘ tailored to measure Suits or O’coats at 4 greatly reduced price. 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