Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1931, Page 69

SPORTS SECTION he Swundwy Star Part 5—4 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1931. * | Bowling and Golf Alabama Wins One, Ties Two Charity Tilts : Trojans Smother Georgia, 60 to 0 b % Stecker’s Brilliant Playing Enables Soldiers to Conquer Midship DAY'S LONE TALL BEATS CATHOLIC U Dixians Outgained by George Washington, Georgetown in Scoreless Battles. O haps the strangest battle in the game’s history yes- terday in Griffith Stadium, rose a hero of an almost forgotten past to lead the Crimson Tide of Alabama to the single touchdown that marked strife between the men of Dixie on one side and those of George Washington, Catholic University and Georgetown, tak- ing turns, on the other. George Washington and Georgetown came away with scoreless ties. Cath- olic University fell, 7 to 0, and the gal- lant veteran who led the victorious charge in the late moments of the only decisive 20-minute skirmish was Pooley Hubert, approaching his middle thir- ties, actual combat for four years. A gross gate of $14,672.50, paid by 10,148 spectators, who received 60 min- utes of excitement at bargain rates, made the 3-in-1 show one of the most successful of the many foot ball at- tractions staged throughout the coun- try this season for charity. The Dis- trict fund for the jobless will be en- riched by $11,172, and more if expenses fail to total up to the $3,000 agreed upon as a maximum, a sum under- written with his personal check by Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of Gecrge Washington. Hubert Inspires 'Em. Hubert's name was written indelibly into the glorious history of foot ball at Alabama after the season of 1926, when he stowed away his war togs, he thought, for keeps. He came along with Crimson veterans of more recent campaigns more for the reunion than to play. But Pooley carried one man’s full share of the burden in all three of the struggles and assumed a good deal more when an opportunity came for Alabama to score against Catholic University. The tide got the oval on the Cardinals’ 32-yard line, when Leon Long, a conspicuous back-field per- former {hroughout most of the after- noon, intercepted & pass thrown by Johnny Oliver. Through the four years he played on regular teams at Ala- bama, four years in which he seldom trained seriously and never once called for time out, Hubert was an inspiring Jeader, and for about two minutes yes- terday he was that again. Rallying the Crimson forces that had begun to flag after a desperate session with George Was| n and most of a fast-moving battle with the Cardinals, Hubert took charge of a drive that ended behind the goal with Long clutching the oval. Campbell Big Help. Here's the way it went, that march: Flash Campbell got six yards on a spinner play, of which he is a leading exponent. Hubert crashed the line for a short gain to which a 5-yard penalty BY R. D. THOMAS. UT of a welter of gridiron warriors who fought per- was attached that brought a first down | Hubert tore off | on the 25-yard line tackle for six yards and followed with a plunge for three that made first down easy for Campbell. Flash was thrown on the 12-yard line. Then Hubert, on two successive charges in which he re- sembled a mad bull, planted the ball two yards from the goal. From that point Long carried it across on an off- tackle play, after which Ears Whit- worth made a perfect place-kick for the extra point “The ol man was just getting warmed up, Frank,” grinned the vet- eran when, late in the going against Georgetown, Coach Thomas signaled him to the showers. We take it from the Al that Georgetown was team they faced yesterday. was more versatile, it gained by far more ground cn running plays than George Washington and Catholic Uni- versity, but, most important, it was closest to scoring The Hoyas within 18 inches of a tous Washington within 11 Catholic University —never threatened abama players the _strongest Its attack yards The Cardinals' famed aerial attack, which, with the long runs of Johnny ‘Whelan made the Brookland eleven the | Sington on several occasions for size- season’s sensation in District foot ball, was stopped cold by the Southerners, whose gla a smaller Catholic passers asions threw with only bla of directior ‘The completed only three and had on est ‘Whelan took a row put the oval on the y line The 'Bamans had heard ‘Whelan's prowess as a roken er and effectually “laid” for him. Oliver on d enemy's The District’s leading point scorer, who | numbered a dozen long touchdown runs | achievements of the year was cut down quickly on every scrimmage. Fullback Bus Sherr, nal captain for the day, ac- is team’s 39 yards Colonials Surprise. lly a power brilliant aeria passes. with 22 re ground h had a gross of 137 “For a wh Crimson, after the game, o limbo.” e Carl performance with | placed aerials. One of these was gath- | ered in by Wayne Chamers, an end, for a 34-yard gain. Another, of about | the same’length, was taken by Johnny Fenlon of the backfield, and placed the Colonials on the 1l-yard line. Here George Washington made its bravest bid for a score, with Carlin trying | nearly everything in the category o/ of- fensive foot ball without success. He | slipped in attempting to round an end | and gained nothing. He got over a 5~l yard pass to Fenlon, but a second heave was grounded. Then he attempted & field goal from a difficult angle from the 20-yard line which was far short. A highlight of George Washington's e in the entertainment was a 55- punt return by Joe Certer from who hadn’t handled a pigskin in | came lown, George and seriously forwards, breaking through continually hurried the several the sem- Carcinals | dition es out of nine had to prepare Thelr great- | four workouts before yesterday's do- |downs in the first period, three in the 8-yard gain for which from Oliver and ard of | Georgetown and George field | Universities, effort | team, George d Alabama and al} means it gained 124 completed out 2 yards from than said Capt. Joe Shurpi' George Washington would pass | Hamrick ’ | Kelly was the all-round fancy man of the Colonials and studded his | Dickens ... . far-flung, perfectly | Glimore ... * X3 < 'How They Fought In Charity Games s Clement Howard Sharpe | Miller Sington E. Smith Campbell . Suther McRight Long v for Long Causey. Dobbs inegmar (Rapid). field judge Alabama (7 Pos John' Lyons Oliver Whelan De Melio Sheary (c.) EERPEEE] Score by periods Alabama Catholic U Substitutions hitworth ement. Sington er Campbell. E. Smith for Caldwe ng, Long for Campbell Perry Clement for Sington, Hagler for Mi for E. . ‘Campbell for Hubert. worth for Hagler, Sington for Perry. or Sharpe, Causey for Suther. Hul - Sharpe for Propst Ofmcials ree Mr. Metzler_(Springfield Y. ) PBeake (V. P. 1), field jude | bama (0) Geo'town (0). | i : Hudsor | | Clement . ‘Katalinas | B Becker | Howard . aceeker | | Sharpe . ‘McManus | V. Tremblay | \E. Katalinas Carolan Xing | Viskovitch | .. Alenty : 01111 ] "Bordeau ubstitutions: Alabama—Perry for Clement, £ Smith Yor Dopbs. Long for McRight, How- ard for Perry, Hagler for Miller. for | Elmore, Miller for Hagler, Whitworth for | Georgetown—Dubofsky for Becker, Dubofsky. Lione for King Mr. Eberts (Catholic U.), referee r (Maryland). umpire; Mr. O'Meara | linesman; Capt. Goettge (Ohio), | field sudge ., refe Q. Ay y L] EETEERIY Sut) | McRight .00 Long Ll | | two yards behind his own goal. A play or two later Carlin shot & 20-yard pass to Finis Parrish which put the Colo-| nials on the 20-yard line. Here they | failed with two Carlin tosses and a/ third was grounded in the end zone. The longest gain of the day was achieved shortly after when Caldwell of "Bama took a long heave by Hubert for & net of 55 yards, the oval sailing about half the distance. With a touchdown | drive apparently under way, none other | than “Papa” Hubert fumbled and George Washington recovered. It remained for the Hoyas to make | the two strongest drives of the day in | which the most consistently brilliant | foot ball was played. In one Instanct" they started from their own 10-yard line and with a skillful mixture of run- ning plays and forward and lateral passes, worked their way to midfield where they were forced to punt, Ala- bama getting the ball on its own 31. ‘The Crimson promptly essayed a pass which was intercepted by McManus and resumed its attack from the 30-yard mark. Caralon made & leaping catch of Viskovitch’s pass for & 15-yard net, but on the next play a pass bounced from his finger tips into the arms of McRight, an enemy beck, who was tackled on his own 11- yard line. Hoyas Try Again. | A fumble recovered by J. Katalinas | lon Alabama's 32-yard mark gave | Georgetown its second chance. With | Leroy Bordeau repeatedly smashing his | way through the powerful Crimson line for goodly gains, the Hoyas this time got to the 18-inch line and here an oddity occurred. A lateral pass Wwas intercepted. It was a stratagem of Quarterback Lione, who caught the entire opposing team off guard except one man. He was Long, who came seemingly from nowhere to grab a toss by Viskovitch meant for Bordeau. According to some of the Southern- o= Bordeau was the most formidable ball carrier they had to contend with. | “When they named that boy Ox,” to quote an Alabama player, “they didn't | do him justice. I'm too tired to think | of anything that might hit harder.” Alabama used all of its 23 available | players. Its most effective backs were Campbell, Suther, Hubert and Long, and standouts in the line were Fred Sing- ton. an all-America tackle last year, and Al Clarke, center and captain for the day, who was in all but about 2 of | the 60 minutes of action. Georgetown | had the satisfaction of boxing the great able gains. For some of the Southerners the struggle against constantly fresh op- ponents was an ordeal. There would have been no doubt of their supremacy e COASTTEAMTURNS | GAME INTO A ROUT Counts Early and Registers Aimost at Will—Smith Shines in Defeat. BY BRIAN BELL, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. LYMPIC STADIUM, Los Angeles, December 12— Southern California, by | defeating Georgia, 60 to 0, | showed again today that a good, big team will beat a good, little team every time. A crowd in ex-f cess of 75,000 saw the Southernersi suffer their first real rou’ in many | years. | The powerful Trojans, off to a flying | start with a touchdown in the first | three minutes of play and another be- | fore the game w2s 10 minutes old, | pushed the fast but light players from | Dixie all around the lot and seemed to b2 able to score almost any time they chose. | Georgla_fought courageously, but the Bulldogs had no chance from first to last. Southern California seemed at the | peak of condition, instead of completing | a hard 10-game schedule while the| visitors appeared to be at bit stale. On | the basis of today's play, Southern California deserves to Tate with the great foot ball teams of all time. Smith Sticks to Finish. One Georgia player, however, stood out. Playing for an obviously lost cause did not dampen the enthusiasm | of Vernon (Catfish) Smith, the great | QGeorgia end. When he was hurt in the third period, Coach Harry Mehre went on the field and seemed about to take him out, but Smith convinced his coach he was fit to continue and He played | the string out in impressive style. No | better exhibition of end play has been seen in the Olympic Stadium this year. | Southern California displayed an un- beatable exhibition of team play. Everything the Trojans did seemed to be just about the right thing to do at the time. The bewildered Bulldogs from classic Athens much of the time did not seem to be able to locate the ball as Coach Howard Jones' students executed intricate lateral passes, re- verses and spinner plays. To the amazement of the big crowd, Southern California put on a foot ball | act in which the players did most of the tricks in the bag. A magiclan would have fitted perfectly into the line-up. ‘They tossed lateral passes about the place and did not bother to keep the | ball in the air. They caught laterals on the bound just as well, and at times dribbled the foot ball, which is oval in shape and takes strange bounds, as though it had been a basket ball. ville Mohler on one long run the ball along the way, but picked it up without a break in stride and kept going. Near Goal Only Twice. Georgia had only two real chances to score. The Bulldogs, with three clever passes and a brief period of efficiency in running attack, advanced to Southern California’s 20-yard line, but here the ball bounded from the arms of Buster Mott straight into the hands of Harold Hammack, a Trojan substitute back, who dashed 80 yards to the distant goal line and a touchdown. In the final period the Georgians threatened again when Homer Key caught a pass good for 36 yards, but with the ball deep in the territory of the home team, the alert Ernie Pinckert, who played a sensational game for the winners, intercepted a pass, and the Bulldogs' last chance had come and gone. The Southern California line demon- strated in the first few minutes of play that the Georgia forwards had no chance to cope with it, and with this demonstration the foot ball game was | over. Georgia's backs had lots of speed, but little chance to use it on offense, and when the Pacific Coast Conference | champions had the ball they got so| much interference in front of the run- | ner the Georgians could not fight their way through Georgia, too, growing arm and leg weary, was guilty of some indifferent tackling, Mohler, Gaius Shaver and Ray sg:rlmg xalllov}nghnn to touchdowns after several of their opponents h; their bands on them. he ad It was Georgia’s last game of the season, but Southern California hag another foot ball engagement, the Tournament of Roses game in the Rose | | Bowl, Pasadena, against Tulane, South-. had all been in first-class trim, a con- unattainable in the time they The Tide had only ings. Four musical units, representing the S. Marine Corps and Navy and Washington in the dull U ably filled moments UNBI:EATEN ELEVENS TIE. RICHMOND, Va,, December 12 (#).— Two undefeated elevens, the Arrow Ath- letics and the Langley Field team, met in the Richmond Stadium today and after four grueling periods remained undefeated. The score was 7 to 7. Line-Ups of Tilt On Pacific Coast Sou. Calif. (60) Sparling R. Brown aker S, Wiliamson (c.) L_ Stevens Georgia (0 V. Smith se Maddox ... McWhorter . Leathers 5 4 mith . Arpelbide Shaver . Mallory Pinckert ‘Musick Sullivan " Chandler Score by periods seorgia RO NE Ty T o) Southern ‘California 14 19 14 1360 Touchdowns 2, Hgmmack ¢sub for ) 8mith) ou Bubstitutions Er- skine for E_Smith. Rosenberg for Baker, Mohler for Musick. Dye for Stevens. Clarke for Sparling. Palmer for Arbelbide. BArber for Shaver. for Williamson, Fay for Pinckert, for _Mohler. Hall _fi prown. Bestty for Grimth, ~Georsia—_Mo for Dickens, Townsend for Rose. Bennett for Leathers. Patterson for Maddox. Batchelor for McWhorter, Crenshaw for Smith. Moran for n. Officials—A. R. (Buck) Flowers (Georgia Teferee: Arthur Badenoch (Ghicase). California alifornia. o or tt Tech). el R iR ern Conference champion, New Year | day. | | = The winners today ed two touch- | second and two each in the last two. | | The game was practically settled in the first nine and one-half minutes of play Get Quick Touchdown. | Georgia received the kick-off, could |not gain and punted. The Trojans | took the ball on their own 33-yard line | and after a smash of 4 yards by Jim Musick, Shaver then ran to Georgia's | 20-yard line, but Southern Californis | | was holding on the play and suffered | |a 15-yard penalty | | On an end-around play, who was a great offensive and defensive | player today, sprinted 38 yards. Pinck. ert and Musick pushed the ball to | within 25 yards of the goal line and | then Sparling on another reverse mans the first touchdown. This was just | 3 minutes and 15 seconds after the start of the game and represented an ad- vance of 65 yards in five plays, | The Georgians received again, could do nothing with the ball and kicked to midfield. The home team held the ball for a steady advance down the field | | and Sparling again made a touchdown, | this time on & 15-yard dash. At least | | three Georgians had the slick end. in | their grasp but could not hold him, Other touchdowns came thick and |fast and before the second period was well advanced the only question was the size of the score | ~The winners gained 4 for the losers, Southern California mak. ing all its yardage from running plays The Trojans completed none of the | four passes attempted. Georgia gained | | 99 yards on passes and had a slight edge in punting, although Southern | California had to kickhonly twice. LEADS SOUTH CAROLINA. | COLUMBIA, 8. C., December 12 (). | —Harry Freeman of Dacula’ Ga. 4 guard, has been elected 5 11932 foot ball team at of South Carolina. were & Sparling, | 76 yards to 235 a faptain of ‘the ! e University ‘Twenty-six letters o o < " R SWEEPING BACK THE ‘BAMA TIDE. GEORGETOWN AnD GEORGE WASHA GToN CARLIN TO CHAMBER.S HAD ‘BAMA LEG WEARY - THENA BASKET BALL ATTACK, [N WHICH ALL OF G.W FIGURED KEPT UP ALL OF THE PERIOD P & S, A Faw S~ WENT nTo . Arter €Ws PAsSSING ATTACIKK THE TIDE's LEGS A BICYCLE OR A HORSE, PLEASE ; CAMPBELL WENT TOP SPEED IN THE FIRST TILT- AND THEAN FOLOED UP,00T oF JOHNNy OUVER WAS N A MEAN SPOT-0N A BUSY CORNER W(TH MACK TRUCKS COMING wo wAys... = i e P “Tom DOERER.. . GRIEE STAdGM.. S0BS WERE SO FREQUENT| THE BOYS MET THEMSELVES] COMING BaCk \mm.e SoiNG 2 D P2 \SORT OF ExPeCTED LOAS BARA, DARTED INTO TAKE BORDEAU'S LATERAL TO KILL oF G.0 CHANCES 1N THE MOosT DRAMAT(C PLAY OF THE DAY.... Army Gives Navy Pat on Back “You Played Wonderful Game,” Cadet Coach Tells Dejected Tars After Fray. By the Associaied Press EW YORK, December 12.— Ralph Sasse, coach of Army's conquering foot ball eleven, strode into the room where Navy's dejected warriors were removing their mud-splattered uni- forms. Gloom hung thick in the pungent atmosphere. Over in a corner sat M. H. “King” Tuttle, the Lenoir, N. C., youth, who had captained the Middies in defeat. If possible, he felt worse about that 17-to-7 score than any one in the room. Maj. Sasse grasped him by the arm. “You boys played a wonderful game,” said the Army coach. “I want you and your whole team to know how we feel. You played with the same fire and spirit that has characterized every game I've ever seen between the Army and Navy, and I've been around quite a whil You've nothing to feel badly about.” With that the man who guides West Point’s foot ball destinies turned and hurried through the pas- sage to the adjoining room, where his victorious huskies were celebrat- ing their well earned triumph over a traditional foe. But Maj. Sasse left behind him additional testi- mony of the renewed good will be- tween the service schools. Tuttle and his battered buddies possibly felt a little better about the whole ing. Itgwus a tough loss for “Rip” Miller, Navy's youthful coach, but he was unwilling to detract any credit from-the victors. , “Army just has a great team,” he told the Associated Press. “They've been good all year and ]iig Arm;Margin Shown in Figures YANKEE STADIUM, New York, De- cember 12 (#)—Statistics of the Army- Navy game today follow: First downs. .. Yards gained rushing Forward passes. .. Forwards completed Yards gained, forw Army. Navy. . 15 65 19 7 L Number of punts Distance of punts. Average _distance Run back of kicks. Fumbles Own fumbi Penalties recovered. y X ' Yards lost, penaltifS.esmmes 40 I think they reached their peak today. They had the power and they used it beautifully. But for that one break—a 5-yard penalty— that went against us in the last period I think the score might have been closer about 10 to 7 but that makes no difference. “I'm proud of my boys. They Put up a wonderful fight against odds. But it just wasn’t in the cards for us to win this time.” A disappointed Navy fan sug- gested the Army had used ques- tionable tactics in sending its full- back, Ed Herb, into the game with & coating of grease on his legs. It had been necessary to hold up the struggle while the grease was re- moved. That was all right,” Miller re- plied, and refused to discuss the matter. Referee Tom Thorp, who, like the other officials, donated his’ services, declared the game was the cleanest he had worked this segson Despite the flerce tackling and blocking that marked the fray neither eleven suffered an injury of any consequence. 10WA PRAISESRGWERSEN Liked Spirit of Resigning Gridiron Coach—Names No Successor, IOWA CITY, Towa, December 12 (&), | —The “University of Iowa's board o | control of athletics today accepted the | resignation of Burton A. Ingwersen as | head oot ball coach, r. E. H. Lauer, director of athl said the board did not discuss o rice: cessor, but outlined & ‘plan by ‘which applications will be consider Committee on Staff. Ll A statement issued by the board said: “The spirit manifested by Mr. Ing- wersen in voluntarily relinquishing his position as a means of promoting Towa's athletic interests, is - typical of his whole-hearted devotion to his appoint. ed work and to the interests of the university during his eight years of }servlce." FORMER PITCHER DEAD Pneumonia Fatal to Harper, Na- tional Leaguer in ’90s, STOCKTON, Calif., December 12 (). —George Harper, 66, base ball mv.crf:r in Stockton and for the Brooklyn club of ‘;.he N‘a(.lonnl Lc?gue in the late 80's and early '90's, died here last ni from pneumonia. e Harper had been in frall eral years. yuchl Poo' health sev- | Foune = F L Ton TROIANS AWARDED FOOT BALL HONORS Given Rockne Trophy Under Dickinson Play—Tulane Placed Second. | By the Associated Press. ern California’s Trojans today became national intercollegiate foot ball champions under the Dickinson rating system, by their overwhelming victory over Georgia to- day, and gained the first leg on the Knute K. Rockne Memorial Trophy. Its record of nine victories and one defeat gave Southern California 26.25 points, with Tulane, champions of the Southern Conference, ranking second with 24.85. Tennessee, undefeated, but tied once, had 23.10 points, while Northwestern, co-champion of the Western Conference with Purdue and Michigan, landed fourth with 22.45. No post-season games are ingluded | by Prof. Prank G. Dickinson of the University of Illinols, originator of the system. Notre Dame, which last year won permanent possession of the Jack F. Rissman Trophy, finished | with 16.17 points. | " The Rockne Trophy also was given by Rissman. The final rating: Southern California. ulane .. Tennessee Northwestern St. Mary's Georrla Harvard | Yale < Pittsburgh Purdue_ ... | Notre Dame OKLAHOMA IS VICTOR "IN CHARITY CONTEST " By the Assoclated Press. TULSA, Okla, December 12—In a charity game featured by the uncanny knack of Willlam Pansze in intercept- ing passes, the Oklahoma Sooners to- day won a foot ball game from Tulsa University, 20 to 7. The game, & post-season tilt for the benefit of the unemployed and for crip- pled children, was played in the mud, before a crowd of 7,500 that wondered how Pansze could snag passes in midair as often as big “Ish” Pilkington, Tulsa captain, could toss them. Pansze intercepted five passes, and ‘Whittington, a substitute, got another. Pilkington tossed one successful heave | at Clarence Greene in the last period | that netted a total single gain of 85 | vyards and six points for the Golden Hurricane’s only touchdown. Pilking- ton, in his last game for Tulsa, kicked for the extra point. Massad scored two Oklahoma touchdowns, and Young the other. The rain began coming down in bucketfuls in the second period and from then on the game changed from a fast, hard-fought one into a sliding and fumbling contest. Line-ups and Summary. Oklahoma (20). Tulsa U. (7). Watkins ... Potts Sanford Reynolds Morris Position. L E.. B w03 0 0 HICAGO, December 12.—South- | eleventh | —By TOM DOERER Louig, Tve BARBER wig VERY ClLose PREDICTED &.W 10 HOLD ‘BAMA. SConELESS, C.U. 7o GaT WH(PPED BUT S.U. FAILED To SCORE FoOA. BIRD-BuT ANO DUCKS IN THREE SHOTs / Varied Sports Foot Bal George Washington, 0; Alabama, 0 (20-minute game). Alabama, 7; Catholic University, 0 (20-minute game). Geo; a0- rgetown, 0; L] minute game). e Army, 17; Navy, T. Southern California, 80; Georgia, 0. Oklahoma, 20; Tulsa, 1. Basket Ball. City College of New York, 24; Cath- olic U, 3. Gallaudet, 35; Strayer’s College, 32. Pennsylvania, 32;" Franklin and Marshall, 20. Dartmouth, 41; Middlebury, 19. Indiana, 20; Notre Dame, 18. Minnesota, 40; Oklahoma A. & M., 27. Pittsburgh, 29; Temple, 21. | ‘fo;{,)hwesum, 22; Southern Califor- nia, 20, Ohio State, 30; Missouri, 17. Michigan, Michigan State, 5 Indlan?u‘.'B.c ?10, ND;N Dame “B,” 14, Concor ollege, 24; University of Northl; Dakn;? 15. Chicago, 30; Bradley, 38. Harvard, 40; Tufts, 23, Manchester, 29; Hillsdale (Mich), 19. Indiana, 23; Notre Dame, 18. 23}>|mme, 52; Washington (St. Louls), Loyola (Chicago), 35; Brigham Young, 30. Augustana, 35; Buena Vista, 33. Morningside, 22; Wayne Normal, 12. Soccer. Princeton en, | Freshm School (Baltimore), 0. College Hockey. Yale, 10; Melrose A. C., 0. Princeton, 10; Massachusetts Tech, 2. Canadian-American League. Bronx ‘Tigers, 2; Boston Bruin Cubs, 2. Philadelphia, 4; Providence, 3, Springfield, 3; New Haven, 1. Pro Hockey. (International League.) Syracuse, 1; Cleveland, 1. (Overtime | tie). | iE\.\flalo, 1; London, 1. (Overtime e). 7, Gilman | National League. Montreal Maroons, 7; Canadiens, 1. Toronto, 3; Detroit, 1. TOLEDO DEAL ON GRIDDLE Clauer and Bush May Buy Club Now in Receivers’ Hands, INDIANAPOLIS, December 12 (#).— Willlam Clauer, former secretary of the Indianapolis American Association Base Ball Club, indicated today that he and | Ownie” Bush are still considering the gz‘:ublbmty of ‘purchasing the Toledo lub. Clauer and Bush have been investi- gating the financial status of the Toledo Club, - which has been in re- ceivership for several months. Not! definite has yet beea deter- mined, Clauer said today. RED SOX SELL REEVES Ex-Griff Inflelder Purchased by Portland of Coast Loop. BOSTON, December 12 (#).—The Boston Red Sox m]: sold Infielder Bob Reeves to the Portiand Club of the Pacific Coast League. The amount in- volved was not disclosed. Reeves came to the Sox three years | ago from Washington. s | PACKERS SILENCE RADIOS, MILWAUKEE, Wis., December 12 (#). —A barnstorming group of the Green Bay Packers defeated the Ische Radios, champions of the Wisconsin State Pro- o lsa—Greene. _ Points afte; et Oklshoma.Btogner, Mae T fessional League, , in, -sided men, 17 to 7 ARMY'S STAR BACK SINKS NAVY ELEVEN Provides Margin of Differ- ence in Triumph Over Valiant Sailors. BY H. C. BYRD. EW YORK, December 12.— Ray Stecker, Army half- back, today provided the margin by which the Ca- dets defeated a hard-fighting Navy team before a throng of 77,000 spectators in a game which is expected to net $325,000 for charity. Although Herb scored the touch~ down that got the Army off in front in the second period, when Brown followed with a field goal, and also toted the ball over in the final quarter, as well as converted both points with placement kicks, it was Stecker’s brilliant ball-car- rying and his only a little less meritorious efforts on defense that spelled defeat for the Midship- men. Stecker was the only Army foot ball player with whom Navy could not cope. The soldier halfback, without doubt, established himself as one of the great Army backs of all time and placed himself on a pinnacle alongside Oli- hant, Wilson and other Army gridiron eroes, if indeed he did not surpass them. Not only a great player, in that he was the one Army back Navy could never consistently stop, not only was he the man who threw forward passes that two or three times broke down a superb Navy defense, but he was the one real leader of the Army legions who was constantly rallying his men. was the spearhead of the offense and the one outstanding back of the game, although, at that, he did not outrank to any great extent Lou Kirn of Navy. Stecker’s Foes Worthy. Stecker's performance was all the more brilliant, considering that he was not against a weak eleven, but against & strong, valiant and efficiently drilled team that put up a great struggle against greater weight and experience and actually might have been the victor had it got a little better breaks on two or_three occasions. ‘The Army has a great foot ball team. Its whole scheme of offense seems to be to shake loose either Stecker or his un- derstudy, PFlelds, and, of course, that gave both Stecker and Fields great op- portunities. But, even so, it took a mflt back to do the things that Stecker . Stecker graduates next Spring, and today was his final foot ball game for Army. It is doubtful if eight or nine foot ball teams of next Fall, all ;): Army’s opponents, will shed a single ar. Lou Kirn, also playing his last game for Navy, was the next outstanding | back in today's game. He was Navy's | main ground gainer, threw passes well and measured up in the punting duel far better than he was expected to. | Once he stood on his own goal line and booted the ball to Army’s 40-yard mark. While Stecker was downed in his tracks on that play on a great one-arm tackle by Smith, Navy left end, for a moment it seemed that Stecker had broken away, and Elliott, Navy right end, also dove into him hard—dove into him in & way that would have done joy to the heart of a coach—but officials, prob- ably a little overalert to prevent in- juries, penalized Navy 15 yards. That i;ld}“s"t.thunllie ulg-eckfrom what Kirn , but the Navy may well c with him into his later Navy daysm consciousness that his last effort was his best and that that best was brilliant, Both Teams Well Coached. Stecker and Kirn did not carry the Whole burden of their teams by any means, though they were outstanding. It was a case of two well drilled units that played good foot ball from start to finish and, while Army won, the ef- forts of both were such that neither has any reasén to feel a tinge of re- gret. The victor was the best coached Army eleven the writer ever has seen, and he has seen nearly all Army teams for a good many years. The Navy also was well coached, so well so that it is hard to see how any more could have been got out of the men who took part. Of course, there were mistakes by both sitles, tactical mistakes and mis- takes of judgment. But what foot ball game ever was played in which there were not mistakes, or what on the sec- ond guess usually are called mistakes, Once in the fourth period Navy got away a long forward pass from its own 30-yard line that was complete on Army's 45-yard mark. Then on the next play, from a point too close to the side lines, it tried a fake plunge into the line and a run around the weak side to the wide side of the fleld. The Army secondary defense was shifted too far that way for the play to be a success, and it lost 10 yards. The next play was a pass and Army inter- cepted. At that time the score was 10 to 7 and if Navy had given Lou Kirn the ball on one play, then opened with another long heave, there might have a different story. But that is a second guess and what the Navy quar- terback actually did may have been Just as good as anything else he might hlx: done. < ‘my, on the other hand, twice in the first quarter made the mistake of trying to rush the ball on fourth down on Navy’s 35-yard line. Had with the accurate up ud:. it work out of the perilous posi- Army Muffs Two Chances. Army got two breaks in that first period, neither of which it was able to ;TDI{:&RA #‘he first was when it loc] & Navy punt on Navy's 30- yard line and the second when it re- covered a punt fumbled when two Army ends hit Moncure very hard be- fore he had got a good hold on the ball. Army lost the ball on downs each time without any material gain, and each time brilliant work by Kirn got the Navy out of the bad spots. One tactical mistake the Navy me " foot | several times was in f: 40 Third