Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1931, Page 31

fl " Sports News " ; @hfi WASHINGTON, bening Star. WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION B G, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1931. Features and Classified | RS R ] PAGE C—1 Georgetown Cuts Base Ball List : Spectators Hurt Foot Ball, Wood Declares FOLLOWS EXAMPLE OF OTHER SCHOOLS Whether Game Is Worth Its Expense Is Debated by Some Institutions. G tailed base ball schedule. ‘While no list has been an- nounced, it is understood to be practically complete, with a total of about 20 games instead of the 82 played last season. Also the Northern trip, with which each season for several years has been ended, will not be taken. Gabe Murphy, graduate manager of athletics at Georgetown, says that there 18 no particular reason for playing fewer games this vear than last other than simple inability to schedule as many through failure to agree on dates and 8 on. The Blue and Gray, according $o Murphy, plans to open its season late in March with games at Lexington, Va., with Washington and Lee and Vir- ginia Military Institute on March 22 and 3. The season is to run until late May. In curtailing its base ball schedule, QGeorgetown is taking action that fol- lows what several other colleges and | universities have done. The Blue and | Gray, while it does not say so0, and g?‘hly will not, is in something of position in which a great many other schools find themselves, which is that of asking themselves if they are getting from base ball full value for the money expended thereon. Running an intercollegiate schedule of 30 or more fames entails a considerable layout in cash, with nothing coming in and without much interest except among the actual players. For that reason a good many schools, and probably Georgetown among them, are quietly considering various aspects of the problems in 5 sports and seeking some solution which will enable them to use their money to get larger returns in the way o(h;'llluel to their student bodies as a whole. EEORGETOWN expects to announce its complete schedule within the next week or so. The list of games virtually is complete, except for one or two doubtful dates here near the end of the year. Appointment of “Clipper” Smith, as- sistant coach at Georgetown last Fall, to be head coach of foot ball at North Carolina State College settles the coaching situation there, but right here it brings out another problem for wn. The local school now must cast around for somebody to fill Smith’s shoes as line coach next Fall. In speaking of Smith's appointment, probably no more all-encompassing comment on the kind of man North Carolina State is getting could be made Mills’ estimate of BY H. C. BYRD, EORGETOWN this year will play a considerably cur- “‘Clipper’ 15 one of the finest men | T've ever known. I'd go the limit for him in anything because he's worth it. He was an All-America guard at Notre Dame, and knows more about line play than any man I've ever seen in the coaching game. He, in my opinion, was the greatest of Notre Dame line- men. He coached at Notre Dame when I was there and made and, unless I miss my guess, hell make good at Raleigh.” Ivfll be a great shock to his many| friends in and around Washington, as well as in otier sections of the coun- . The former Georgetown athlete was the type of man who made few | enemies and mony friends. His pass- m is all the greater shock when one of him as the kind of man from whom death seems Iarthest removed. Big, strong, cheerful, always with an g smile, he seemed well able to his own in competition with disease as with world stars of the cin- path and jumping P"" The pass- of such an one is’ just a part of Jjourney along that mysterious way which only the final rending of the vell can shed true light. University of Maryland’s basket ball feam goes to Baltimore tonight to play Johns Hopkins in the first of two games between these schools. Maryland won both contests last season, but Hopkins apparently has a much stronger five. The game is s the Loyola College gymnasium. Maryland is likely to start the same five men ‘who have borne the brunt of the cam- E‘m $0 far, Berger, Chalmers, Norrls, nkin and May. Tody Riggs, athletic director and head eoach of foot ball at St. John's College, sy that McCartee, former Tech High athletic star who entered St. John's last Fall, is the greatest basket ball player he has ever seen in a first year at col- lege. It is Riggs' opinion that Mec- Cartee should develop into one of the best men in basket ball ranks. Riggs also is authority for the statement that McCartee personally is just about as high type of chap as one ever comes in contact with. This opinion bears out the statement made by Artie Boyd, Tech coach, when McCartee was a star under him, which was that “McCartee is the best high school basket ball player I've ever seen, and one of the finest fellows.” EORGETOWN'S basket ball u»am‘, got back into the won column last night by defcating Mount St. Mary's, 34 to 22, in the Tech gym. | ‘The Hoyas were not pressed, the Mount, St. Mary's team was not stroog, and af a result a rather listless exhibi- tion was on tap. Georgetown ran up a 17-to-2 lead before the first half ended .and ‘after that the game was a mere formality of completing the 40 minutes of play. Bogek and Dillon got 27 of the Hoyas’ | news of Bob LeGendre's death | Ryscavage, I Bonner, 1.... Mt Bt Georsetown, Morris, 1.... 1 £ Q ] P P 2| ononobaliond 3 eirmenswecg ol noomcsoan~ Bl mssoonomrm rts (Approved Board). GIRL TEAMS TO PLAY “Hoj 1 of victory, Gallaudet's sextet will I'M.‘V, to the National Park Semi- mary Saturday. Like the I;Yyl. the girls have been pered by . Lucille Jones, high-scoring forward last year, has re- covered from an attack No Grid Captain For Tarheel Team By the Associated Press. NNOUNCEMENT that North Carolina would not elect a foot ball captain for next Fall's team, but probably would appoint & leader for every game and allow the players to name a captain at the end of the season brings the list of Southern Conference schools follow- ing this policy to four, For some time Maryland has worked under this plan. Next season Washington and Lee and Georgia Tech, in addition to North Carolina, will fall in line. In making public the change at Georgia Tech, Coach W. A. Alexan- der attributed decadence of sports at the Atlanta institutign to campus politics, which sometimes figure in the election of team captains. TECH AND EASTERN AFTER COURT LEAD Public High Quintets, Tied at Top of Basket Loop, Face Strong Foes. ECH and Eastern will make des- perate bids tomorrow to get out in front in that swirling battle for the public high school basket ball championship series. The Gray and the Light Blue, which are tied for first place each with two wins and one defeat, are apt, though, to find the going rough. Tech, defending cham- engage Central. Business and Central, each with only one win against two defeats, will be | fighting to prevent elimination from | the rac:. This Business team, led by Bobbie Lucas, as clever a little court performer as one would want to see, gol off to a bad start in the series, but now has its dander up. Just when everybody was about to count the Stenogs out of it they bobbed up and handed Eastern & Tuesday that stil has the boys buzzing. It was by far the bigg:st surprise of the series to date. The Stenogs hope to go right on tomorrow and cefeat Tech. Eastern trimmed Tech in the series opener and the boys who wear ihe Orange and Black see no real reason why they can’t also tak: the Gray. Central is figured to make a better showing against Eastern than it did in | losing to Western Tuesday. The Blue Had trounced Business and fell befcre Tech by only one point prior to that Western engounter. Many believe the Columbia Heights scholastics simply were a bit off-color against Western and expect that Eastern will have to hustle all the way to overcome the Blue. |6. U. NINE IS ASKED TO JOIN NEW LOOP Lead in Forming Large College League By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 22—Plans for & second base ball league of Eastern colleges are being formed by Jack Coffey | and Albert P. Nixon, graduate managers | of athletics at Fordham and New York | University, respectively. | Invitations to join the organization, | which is to be called the Eastern Col- lege Base Ball Association, have been extended to Army, Colgate, Syracuse, Boston College, Holy Cross, Villanova, Brown, Penn State, Lafayette, George- fown, Rutgers, Fordham and New York University, Coffey said. mmmuulorshc\'nduor Eastern Intercollegiate League. e ALEXANDRIANS BATTLE Two League Basket Ball Games on Tap at Armory Tonight. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 22— Local basket ball fans will be treated to a pair of league games tonight at the armory. ‘The bill will open at 7:30 with an Alexandria Junior League engagement between Central Cougars and the Boy Scouts, while Alpha Delta Omega and St. Mary’s Lyceum will tle up in a Cl'y Lengue tiit an hour later. Bethesda A. C. pinspillers, who copped _the national bowling title for Bethesda, Md.. last year with a set of 1,805 pins, will meet the Health Center Bowling Alleys' team here tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Plans are under way for the re- organization of the Alexandria City Duckpin Bowling League. Officials of the Potomac Yard Ath- letic Association are forming a noon- day bowling league. Clover A. C. basket ball team is to face two Army clubs within the next three nights. Fort Myer will entertain the Clovers tonight, while Fort Wash- ington will be host Saturday night. MILLER SHOWS SPEED Georgia Tech Freshman Is Likely to Enter 1932 Olympics. ATLANTA, Ga., January 22 (#).— Georgia Tech, represented in the 1929 Olympics by the broad jumper Ed Hamm, plans to send a Marathon run- ner to the 1932 Olympics at Los An- geles. Amos Miller, a freshman at the En- gineering School, has shown such form, speed and stamina in the early cross- country events that Hamm, now head track coach, and Trainer Mike Cham- bfumbmklmonmxwuuolym- pics. V. M. I. IN TWIN BILLS. LEXINGTON, Va., January 22.—Dou- ble-headers in boxing and et ball feature the Virginia Military Institute sports card for tnis week, the Cadet cagers being_slated to meet Virginia's varsity and Freshman quints here Fri- day and the boxers to open their sea- Soth S1ise Jones 4 jones j mp&a‘&'t“m'”“ e at the “Als were teammates a i bama Instituon s Tokalooss. son at Chapel Hill, with North Caro- lina’s varsity and freshman furnishing the & pion, will face Business in the opening | a" game at 3:30 o'clock and Eastern will H Fordham and New York U. Take‘z QUNT UNGHECKED Makes Western Fifth Victim. Playing Central Today. Other Fives Busy. ENTRAL next? Eastern, Business and West- ern high school quints have fallen before a sharpshooting University of Maryland Freshmen basket ball team, exponent of the zone defense. This afternoon the Old Liners play host to Central and will strive for their fourth consecutive victory over a team of the public high school cham- pionship_series. They were listed at College Park at 4 o'clock. Tech will play the Old Line cubs on February 11. In addition to trouncing the three high school clubs, the Terrapins have scored over the Catholic U. and Georgetown cubs. In five games the College Parkers have amassed a total of 186 points to their opponents’ 92. The OIld Line cubs simply have proved too big and too experienced for their rivals. ‘Western High School, in bowing yes- terday to Jack Faber's charges, 35-15, plerced the zone defense only once dur- ing the entire first half, Amidon’s field oal sinking through the hoop just be- ore the half-time whistle, while Mary- 1and scored 21 points. Anthony Latona, present leading scorer in the high school series pennant chase, was able to score only one goal. ine-ups: Md. Presh. G.F.Pts P.Pts. hase, 1. Western. G Latona, 1 E. Busche; Stebman, Freshman, Taylor, Yowell, c Lampson, Naughton, Davidson, {. Amidon, Fox, & Totals. Sl srmemacoms! | ecoconcssce | ssenmocons <l wsoorssco: wl corcosssse 5l anmonoosos g Referce—Mr. Enright. With the exception of Western, how- ever, all other local public high tcams to see action yesterday, Business, Tech and Eastern, were victorious. Business, after trailing at half time to Swavely, 10-9, rallied with the in- sertion of the regulars in the last half to bring from Manassas, Va., & 34-26 verdict. Line-ups: Business Esenstad,1f 2 1 g wonousooon” i ooomoouy —omBwoon” 2| comomooatin? cosrmoond Devlin,ri 5l wowoosson- 1 Totals.... 11 Referge—Joe Mitchell. Eastern, playing in Ballston, . also was fg,mydmm call on its first stringers late in the game after the subs had battled the Washington-Lee boys to a 21-all count at the end of the third period. The final score was 35-23. Line-ups: W. & Lee (23). GF Goodwinlf. Eastern (35) G.F 3 5l wormnuunon! nl oocorsscss: | sosnmaasca Totals ... 3 83 While it may not mean a whole lot, stock in Tech High's chances for the high school championship serles rose when the Manual Trainers swamped Gonzaga, conqueror of Eastern, yester- day by 32 to 17. Georgetown Freshmen, led by Carolan and Gellis, ran roughshod over the, Strayer Business College team in the preliminary to the G. U.-Mount St. Mary's game at Tech last night by 40 to 23. Qellis reached the cords for 10 points and Carolan 9. Line-ups: -ua-“.——-oe-og [ weneSocoseed canuMunncosH nacaasiy “ounasny Totals......18 & 4 Referee—Mr. Trembiay. Five games are slated for schoolboys and freshmen tomorrow, three of them on local floors. Swavely will play Gonzaga on the Purple court; Woodward clashes with St. John's in the latter's gymnasium; Western travels to Staunton, Va, to play Staunton Military Academy; G. U. freshmen play Bliss Electrical School at Bliss, and St. Albans opposes St. Chris topher tossers on the latter’s court. Emerson Institute has a game tonight with the Boys' Club five at 8 o'clock, in the latter's gymnasium. Central High will be met by the Boys’ Club Sat- urday, at 7:30 o'clock, on the same court. 3 . PURDUE COACH IS ILL Harmeson Lambert in Hospital, Has Basketers in Charge. LAFAYETTE, Ind., January 22 (#).— Purdue’s ».usket ball team, defender of the Big 7en championship, had an im- portart casualty today. It was the coach himself. Coach Ward Lambert was removed to a Lafayette hospital for treatment of a mastoid infection. He will be con- fined there for at least 10 days or 2 weeks, his iclan said. He turn team, already defeated twice in three starts in its title de- fense, over to Glen Harmeson, fresh- man basket ball coach and star of last year’s undefeated team. Basket Results Georgetown, 34; Mount St. Mary's, 22. University of Pittsburgh, 25; Car- negle Tech, 22, Fort Wayne, 29; Chicago, 23 (Ameri- can League). Army, 43; Bucknell, 21, Navy, 45; Randolph-Macon, 27. ‘Wooster, 53; Kent State, 35. ‘Wittenberg, 42; Center, 24. Heldelberg, 34; Ashland, 29. Ohio Wesleyan, 33; Denison, 31. North Carolina State, 22; V. P. I, 18. WALTER MORRIS, Guard. PEACH BASKET GAVE Ball, According to Naismith, . Inventor. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, January 22.—Basket ball just missed being christened “box ball.” Dr. James H. Naismith 40 years ago was charged with the task of evolving a Winter indoor sport to occupy ath- seasons. He tried indoor foot ball with neither runs nor tackling, but gave it up. An- other idea germinated in the brain of Naismith. He asked the janitor at the Spring- d, Mass. School, @ couple of boxes to the gymnasium. ‘The custodian replied there were no boxes available, but that he could fur- nish peach baskets. These were placed at oryt)poelbe ends of the first basket ball court. Near the biblical allotment of three score agd ten and professor of physical education at the University of Kansas, the stalwart inventor of basket ball is telling of the evolution of the game at 11:40 p.m. each Priday over the radio station KMBC in Kansas City. Dr. Naismith has closely followed basket ball development and has had a hand in its improvement. In his broadcasts, devoted partly to answering questions, he picks flaws in his 40-year- old brain child and prescribes remedies. COLLEGE TEAM ROBBED Mount . St. Mary’s Basketers’ Clothes Stolen From Automobile. Basket ball paraphernalia, valued at $275, last night was stolen from the Mount, St. Mary's quint following its game with Georgetown. ‘The loss was reported to police by Joe Lynch, Washington boy playing with the Emmittsburg team. The loot, in the form of seven bags, was stolen from the automobile of a Mount St. Mary’s player.. The car was parked at Massa- c:lru.!ifl-! avenue and North Capitol street. ALEXANDRIA HIGH WINS Beats Manassas, 19 to 10, in First Game in Title Series. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 22.— Alexandria High won the first game in defense of the third athletic district crown when it triumphed by 19 to 10 o;:;tumusn High at Manassas lasf night. Evans and Bruin kept the locals in the running, accounting for 14 points between them. Alexandria High girls were defeat by Manassas High's sextet, 10 to 6. S wl mmoousiy 5l nwosach Totals. GRID TOIL FOR TULANE. Bradley, 35: Eureka, 14. South Dakota Wesleyan, 51; Au- gustana, 17, 38; Omaha University, 13, NEW ORLEANS, J-nm.—am foot ball will start at e for new men on February 2, with the old men o work March 2 and continuing ve BASKET BALL NAME | Game Just Missed Being Called Box letes between the foot ball and base ball | 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. ATTLING NELSON will appear at a theater here tonight. The Battler is seeking one more crack at Ad Wolgast, world light- weight boxing champ. Georgetown University’s base ball team may make a trip to Japan next Summer. Sprigman and Man- ager Crosby decide that diamond candidates at the Hilltop will begin practice early next month. Sitter- ding is captain of the squad. Carl Morris, big locomotive engi- neer, now is the lone white hope for the world heavyweight boxing title, held by Jack Johnson. Morris has appeared in six bouts to date and has scored a knockout in each. National Capital Rifle and Re- volver Club defeats Oakland, Calif., Bank Clerks’ team and Osborn, Kans,, combination in league con- . Capt. Sheridan Ferree, presi- dent of the National Capital club, is is leading shot. Other members of the District club team are F. Holt, J. C. Bunn, M. B. Atkinson and H. H._Leizear. Birney School defeats’ Randall School at basket ball, 27 to 15. Ellis, for Birney, and Jones, for Randall, played best. Central appears the class of the public high school group in track. Gallaudet last night walloped Catholic University, 46 to 17, in basket ball. Western High defeats Tech by 15 points in the first of a series of shoots in the Interschool Rifle- Shooting League of the United States. Western’s team comprised A. Richmond, H. Baker, T. Rector, G. Newgarden and W. Herbert. Tech was represented by G. L. Kraft, W. Leary, W. G. Wells, E. J. Casselman . A. Fubershaw. Georgetown University's basket ball team, which is setting a fast pace, last night defeated Loyola of Baltimore, 34 to 15. Capt. Schlosser, center, with 20 points, starred for the Hilltoppers. Army and Navy Prep School bas- keters conquered Friends, 24 to 22. Stone and Wotherspoon, for the win- ners, and- and Baker, for the losers, played strongly. Mott School wallops Patterson School, 30 to 4; M Street High is a 35-10 winner over Business High and St. Mary's Parish defeats Balti- more High School, 15 to 10, at bas- ket ball. The players included: Mott—Horad, Bowser, Miller, Flem- ing, Wiseman, Turner and Herriott. Patterson—Green, Tibbs, Ellington, ‘Truss, Stevens, Tibbs and Thomas. M Street—Moody, < Hayes, Nutt, Jones, Green and Hughes. Business —Perkins, De Laney, Tatens, Bur- well and Dandridge. St. Mary's Parish—Adams, Harris, Myers, = ers, Fells and Bannister. _——— HILLTOPPERS TO RACE Coach John D. O'Reilly and a quintet of Georgetown cinder artists (LORG ET0W woW e PAUL DILLON, Center. | ASKET BALL fans are offered a trio of attractive games in the Washington League tomorrow night, with two of the six teams in action fighting for first place. Stewart Photographers, victorious over Northerns last night, 19 to 12, will take on Census Enumerators, tled for top place with Prench and Skinker Eagles. They play at Silver Spring High School at 8:30 o'clock. ‘The French five, batting 1,000 in two games, will battle the Northerns at 8:30 o'clock on the Alexandria Armory floof} While the Frenchies are favorites, the Red Birds are expected to put up & good fight. Two teams which thus far have not Northern Red Birds almost had a victory over Stewarts last night in the Independent when, with two minutes to go, they led 12-11. goals in rapld succession by Harrls, Curtin, Banta and Swift, however, scored & win for the Photographers. A three-game basket ball program is on tap for Saturday night at Immacu- late Conception. Census Enumerators &u] essay an_“iron-man” smntfiwohearox ey engage Marine Parracks at 8: o'clock and later play Anacostia Eagles. LLis o g at 7:30 o'clock, Census Flappers will oppose Epiphany girls. The Enumerators are to play in Hagerstown tonight, Palace-D. G. 8. ers will replace Clover A. C. team in the District of Columbia League at the Boys’ Club, it was announced last night. The Clovers Washington League Quintets To Fight for Lead Tomorrow were forced to withdraw because of & conflict in schedules. Palace will debut o'clock, playing Eastern Naval Hospital dribblers have an portunity to blast :‘ oy l'l-nz winning streak tonight when they en- gage Saks Clothiers on the Silver | Spring High School court at 8 o'clock. Scores of games last night follow: Community Center League. Pontlacs, 44; Company E, 11. Mercury, 27; Crescent, 25. Boys’ Club League. Spengler Post, 30; Noel House, 16. University lBho H 9. Christ ht at 8:30 lwinds. 8. Church, 14. 1 Olmsted Grill, Northwestern, 31;' W St. Jrs., 15. Washington De Molay, 37; Prederick D s, 38 hiphany, 22 askeeters, H , A N Medico idgets, 3. Brightwood L T, ‘W. B. Hibbs, 13; Peoples Hardware, 12 (tie). “Y" Flashes, 72; J. O. C. E, 11. ———— ARMSTRONG, DUNBAR WIN Keep Up Winning Streaks, but Both Given Hard Battles. Armstrong Dunbar and yest continued their winning streaks Basket Ball Tips BY SOL METZGER. It is most interesting to view bas- ket ball games with a full apprecia- tion of attack and how it is made to vary. Here we have Minnesota working a set play. The forwards, No. 1 and 2, cross, No. 1 blocking the opponent of No. 2, so 2 may cir- feating basket ball opponents in lngmzr;“ had a tough job in disposing % the Manchester A. C. tossers, 18 to Armstrong earned a hard-fought vie- over the Trojans, 23 to 19, st Manchester Holland, ls rooks, . jutler, ~orQs o g9 terday - | dreséing 5l smcomon! Totals.. Armstrong. worrfilly'{: iy | onooscoeh roromen? 4l onos. PR Totals...... 7 818 A. U. RESERVES IN GAME Score Over Weakened Gallaudet| Fraci Seconds by 25 to 12. The led at the end of the Bt A eyl u-n:‘:m G.P. g;url-ntl, 1. ¢ Springfield gers, 1. MARYLAND FROSH ND OVERENPHASS NOTED ON GRIDIRON Harvard Star Holds Game for Players Only—Decries Spring Practice. Note—Further in connection with the Associlited Press series oiving the somal views of nationally famous Sihietic stars, the Jollowing desl the views B Wood, auarterback ‘and 1931 caplain-elect. BY BILL KING. AMBRIDGE, Mass., January 22.—Although dozens of specialists have re-diag- nosed foot ball's allments and again traced them back to the epidemic of over-emphasis, it has remained for a player, Barry Wood, Harvard captain-elect, to attempt to isolate the germ of this pernicious gridiron disease. He belleves that the stands of the massive college stadia tors of this germ an® that the spec- tators are more susceptible to it than the players or coaches. { Harvard's wer-em&ehuh,". | i ] |1 2 i i il g i i B i | i i § i AT o i=iE8 : g 5 -3 o 1 * 3 E | : Ea ¢ E | i E : H | 3 2 i 2 i | : & § ] g § E ] %i g gf H is g g : ] 38s? ¢ 3 i 5 g ‘ 8 i E i i i i ir Pl the it has been season £ wed ¢ i L ’ g HH ;fii E i ¥ : g E i g H 58 £ better condi- manship on the field and fun when he E:e as an example the t Fall. game of L he had never seen & man He said l-nvmmmnoutof(-msm ‘Time after %ucl'm tackle e played their attitude enabled the removes and mental pressure and really makes intercollegiate sport a pleasure. After the game, which Harvard won, 3 to 2, the McGill players went into the room and mixed with the Har- vard squad. It was, to Wood’s mind, the ideal cir- cumstances that should surround inter- collegiate play. BENNIES FORGE AHEAD Beat Columbus to Take Undisputed Lead in Conference. For the fl::nflme since the season title, first ce occupies possession of lace to- virtue otlfl”-fl'lvl:&ryu over the tossers of Columbus ¥ Walters,rt... Boomacasl | weoncoss 8l amowmciin ol owonsouoriy: %l ooonantnn =l | s Hockey Scores (American League.) Indians, 2; Boston Ti- | e