Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1931, Page 10

" A—-10 SPORTS. THE EVENT NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1931. SPORTS. Milder Sports Growing in College Life : Georgia Tech Hopes Passes Will Win STUDENTS LOOKING 10 YEARS 0 COME Tennis, Golf and Swimming Due for Development | After Depression. BY GRANTLAND RICE. OR some time past this de- partment has been ndvocat-J Army’s 1932 Grid List Ignores Navy EST POINT, N. Y., December 26.—If the Army foot ball eleven meets the Navy next Fall, it will be in another post- season game, for the schedule of the West Point team for 1932, as an- nounced today by Maj. Philip B. Fleming, graduate manager of ath- letics, makes no mention of the Mid- dies as a possible opponent for the Cadets. The list of games ends with the annual contest with Notre Dame, GREENIES, TROJANS POINT FOR BATTLE |Secret Drills Scheduled for Teams That Will Face New Year Day. which is to be played at Yankee Stadium, New York, on Novem- ber 26. ‘There are no changes in the so- called major games in which the Army will engage next Fall, for Pittsburgh, Yale, Harvard and Notre ing a wider swing in college sport to games which can be carried on through the rest of one's somewhat mortal life. The games referred to were such sports as tennis, golf and swim- ming, which are useful pastimes after one has finished college. One complaint made against this was that such a development would interfere with collegiate games, such as foot ball, for ex- ample. But the facts in the port this argument Stanford and Buck own college golf c only one group. Last season all four universities held just as much foot ball interest as they ever had known. The average play of the year was up to a high standard. Michigan lost onlv one game. Yale lost only one pame. Buck- suffered no defeat and Stanford shed with a rush There is sure to be a big develop- ment along this line later on when the economic swirl adjusts itself. It may be halted temporarily, but the move- ment is well under way. It may even reach the point where we will begin to hear about recruiting and subsidiz- ing and such, but that will hardly hap- pen for this generation to talk about, since these are games at which the crowds do the playing instead of the watching. e ORTUNES of war swerve back and forth in a hurry in modern sport. Not so long ago Hack Wilson and Charles Arthur (the Great) Shires al- most created a new American pastime combining the lures of both base ball and boxing. The act was a sensation, but after being pried apart, the- two set off in opposite directions. Wilson has had his ups and downs, and Shires took a turn in the minors. The great one was glimpsed as more than a fair ball player, with or without his Na- poleonic complex, and he’s proved it. Through last season he played with the Milwaukee Brewers of the Ameri- can_Association, and led the league in stick work, with a mark of .385 for 157 games. His base hit total set the league's pace. He's on the high road back to the big top, being due to cover the first sack for the Boston Braves next season. With his showmanship a bit calmed down and his ball playing style more polished, this colorful player should bolster the Braves’ strength and put a new magnet in the turnstiles. R. JAMES C. NAISMITH has the distinction of being the only man living who devised a sport which has been enthusiastically developed un- til literally thousands of men, women and children prefer it to all other Win- ter sports. Forty years ago he origi- nated basket ball, and the game is sub- stantially the same as its first pattern. with only minor changes. Recently Dr. Naismith sat on the bench with Nat Holman, one of the most famous professional players of the game, who also coaches the team of the City College of New York, and the in- ventor saw his brain child functioning at its best. The Lavenders’ present team looms as the best in the East, having won four games by landslide margins. The game Dr. Naismith saw turned out to be a rout of Dartmouth’s am- bitious team which had won seven games in a row and has already estab- lished itself as Columbia’s most for- midale rival in the Eastern Intercol- legiate Basket Ball League. C. C.N.Y.'s rhythmic passing and nimble floorwork make a vastly different game from that played in basket ball's hot bed, the Middle West, where more body contact is the rule and rugged defense pre- vails. 'HE fact that Lighthorse Harry Cooper, British-born Chicagoan, won the Pasadena open, playing the new-dimension golf ball, throws no particular light on the changes that will be wrought. For Cooper very near- 1y won the last important medal play event, the Lannin Memorial Open, which was played with the old ball and & full continent away. He was beaten out by Sarazen in the Long Island event. Similarly, the good form that Wiffey Cox is showing was not seriously impaired by the difference in the ball's weight. After winning the San Fran- cisco match play open, he chased Cooper over the line at Pasadena. From a scoring standpoint a little improvement was noted over last year, Cooper’s wining total of 281 being 6 strokes better than Manero's figure for last year when the balloon ball was the rage. But Horton Smith's 280 in 1929 gives the old the record. MacDonald Smith, the veteran stylist, who gave such a brilliant ex- hibition of play with the balloon ball in taking the lead with a 66 over a rain-soaked course in the Metropolitan Open last Summer, was the only Calamity Jane at the new ball's bap- tism. The balloon ball was a great favorite with him, as it sat up well on the fairway, just right for his clean- se fail to sup- Ycle, Michigan, ell all rave their rses, to mention rabbit ball Dame make up the group looked upon as the Army's sturdiest foes in 1932, just as they were in 1931. Michigan® State, virtually a major opponent last Fall, does not appear on the card for 1932. Another eleven of almost equal strength has been added in the West Virginia Wesleyan team. which will meet’ the Cadets at Michie Stadium on the Saturday preceding the game with 0LF BRGHTENED -~ GOLF BRIGH BY NEW CHAMPIONS Year in Links Sport Made Especially Interesting by Young Stars. BY HERBERT H. RAMSAY, | President United States Golf Association. EW YORK, December 26 (#).— ! The year 1931 has been par- ticularly interesting in golf be- cause of the rise of so many new champions. of Bobby Jones from all competition there was great interest in the question of who his successors were to be. In the open championship, Billy Burke finally was the victor over George Von Elm after a double play-off. Francis Ouimet, after 17 years, won the amateur championship for the sec- ond time at Chicago in a fine field which was distinguished by a large number of young players appearing in national competition for the first time. In the women's championship, Helen Hicks became champion by defeating Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare in the finals In the championship of the Professional Golfers' Association, Tom Creavy, sensational golf, was returned the win- ner. The public links competition pro- duced a new champion in Charles Fer- rera of San Francisco. As the year drew to a close, Wiffy Cox and Harry Cooper were making the best showing in the early Winter tourna- ments, and it may be that Cox will have another sensational Winter season. Golf Outlook Bright, We think 1932 gives prospect of being another interesting year. For the first time the association is sending a women’s team abroad to compete with a team representing Great Britain. This competition, which will be conducted along the same lines as the Walker Cup matches, likely will take place some time in May Another ~international feature, the Walker Cup matches, is scheduled this year in the United States, but as yet nothing definite has been reccived on England’s plans for sending a team over. ‘The open championship of the United States will be held at the Fresh Meadow Club, Flushing, Long Island, in June. This ccmpetition always brings out the finest field in the country and 1932 will be no exception. ‘The amateur championship will be held at the Pl\é Farms course of Balti- more Country Club in September. We believe that with a few minor changes in detail the plan of sectional qualifying utilized for this championship in 1931 will produce satisfactory results so far | as this competiticn is concerned. There | likely will be no changes in the actual method of playing the championship. The year just passed was the year in which the 1.68-155 golf ball became official for play. The association made a careful study of the playing results | of this ball in all parts of the country | and among all classes of golfers. i New Ball Most Desirable. The ball proved to be unpopular principally for two reasons. First, it was believed it did not act properly in heavy winds, due to lack of weight, and, secondly, it lacked proper putting quali- | ties. These reasons led the association to adopt for 1932 a ball of nct less than 1.68 in®hes in diameter and not more than 1.62 ounces avoirdupois in weight. We believe the 1932 ball, from _all aspects, is the most desirable golf ball that can be built. It is beyond question that many golf clubs in 1932 face a difficult time, due to resignations of members, with corre- sponding falling off in income lieve, though, that golfers are sports. | men, and that sportsmen have courage, ! and that couraga is the principal essen- | tial for 1932 in golf, in business and in | life. We hope it may prove to be so. TYPOS’ FIVE OPPOSES With the withdrawal | by | We be- | BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN, Associated Press Sports Writer. ASADENA, Calif, December 26.—Tulane's Green Wave, unstopped as it swept thc gridirons of the South this | season, rolled into the final week of preparation today for its cru- | cial foot ball game with the Uni- | versity of Southern California in | the classic Rose tournament it | here January 1. | Secret practice was on the schedule | n today, along with anotber sight- | s but it was obvious that | foot ball was uppermost in the minds | | of the team which must uphold the un- | beaten record of the Southern Con- ference in the Rose Bowl. Coach Bernie Bierman, who says his team probably will be beaten—all the | while keeping his fingers crossed—is doing his utmost to keep the prediction | from coming true. | That the team isn't more than cas- ually impre:. ed by Southcrn Californ lendid recory seems apparent. The | Greenies appéar to get just as much pleasure out of their daily grind chores |as their daily excursions to enjoy the communities’~ entertainments. Tonight a trip to a Hollywood theater to see one of movieland’s latest productions is on the schedule. An- other trip to a studio in Culver City, | Calif,, Monday will about terminate the ne. The rest of the | will be confined to the |tournament park field where it prac- |tices and what touring the Trojans | may permit at the Rose Bowl New Year | day. Sees Chance for Tulane. 1t you listen to Dr. Wilbur C. Smith, athletic director, there is a strong chance these may be considerable. Smith does not enter into a duel with Coach Bierman, who insists on singing a swan song. “Southern California has !a great team, we will grant, but their players are not super-human and I sce no reason why our eleven can't show them a good game. I will not go so far as to say we will win, but am sure that victory is far from impossible.” LOS ANGELES, December 26 (#).— With & day of rest behind them the University of Southern California Tro- jans turned into the home stretch of their long foot ball season today. hope- ful of clearing the last hurdle, Tulane, at Pasadena New Year day. Coach Howard Jones expected to see his entire squad ready for a good work- out this afternoon. While Troy probably will try to push through the Greenies from New Or- leans way with the highly-touted power | thrusts, it is krown a number of new Trojan plays have been in the making. | “As Ernie Pinckert, all - America blocking half, aptly put it, “We've been working on a lot of plays all season which have never been tried in a game, and gosh, we've needed them some- times.” This fact is dear to Ernie's heart, for one of them brings him into action as a | ball carrier. His packing of the pigskin has been confined all year to the one play, a reverse over the weak side of the line, with no one through to run interference. “Every time Coach Jones revises that said Ernie, “I get less assistance.” LEGAL TURF RACING ~ STARTS IN FLORIDA ! sl S Governor Who Vetoed Bill Invited | to Attend on Opening Day ‘i at Coral Gables. | By the Associated Press. | CORAL GABLES, Fla., December 26 | —A seven-event program today marked the inauguration of Florida's first legal- ized horse racing at a meet at Frank | 3. Bruen's Tropical Park track. Entry lists for the $2,000 Inaugural Handicap, the $1,200 Hillsborough County event and five other races were | jammed, as dozens of thoroughbreds were groomed to answer the call to the | post. |~ Approximately 200 horses were stabled | at Tropical Park today and Bruen said he expected several to be brought | here from Hialeah Park, where racing | does not open until January 14. A | fast track was promised the racers | today. | _Gov. Doyle Carlton, who vetoed the | Florida racing bill, ‘only to have it | passed over his head, was among the | | State officials invited to attend the | | first day of racing. | SEEK COURT EfiCOUNTER. Woodside A. C. basketers are after a | gime with an unlimited class quint for | | Tuesday night, on the Takoma Fire | Department court. Call Stewart, at Silver Spring 125, at 7 p.m. | Basket Ball Tips | length, and it also | hole in one. | Creek Park course CHECKING UP TIME. 1031 o AmLeTs A . e wmnom || oy AT % Fifty Aces on On e Hole, Low: Ball of 35 Among Rock Creek Links’ Numerous Distinctions BY W. R. McCALLUM. OCK CREEK PARK has many distinctions. to golfing fame as a links layout that is unique and which has seen many unique shots. In the first place it is one of those courses which has been laid out over extremely rugged country and instead of becoming a course where only goats or gents with cloven feet may play golf has become one which is a real good test of the game and one on which, like the Washington Golf and Country Club course, most of the play is down the valleys instead of over the hills. It is one of the finest public links courses anywhere, despite its lack of is the home of the hole on the Rock has been made in one at least half a hundred times and all the short holes of the layouts—all six of ‘em—have been made in one, not once, but many times, It also is the home of the longest hole in one cver made about the bunker-bordered Capital, for the first hole at Rock Creek Park—stretching 304 yards from tee to green—has been made in one stroke. History does not recall the name of the gent who made it, for Harry Graham, the course man- ager, says that, although it is a fact he cannot recall the name of the lucky gent who was good enough to knock the ball 304 yards with such accuracy that it went into the hole. The eighteenth hole at Congressional—256 yards from tee to green—has been made in_one and other long par 3 holes have been made in one around Washington, but that 304-yard ace made gy some anonymous gent at Rock Cfeek Park stands as the longest hole in one around the Capital. UT Rock Creek Park has another | distinction. It has an all-time rec- ord score of 35 strok exactly the same as that much-played course at Co- | lumbia and anywhere from 2 to 15 strokes below the all-time record scores of the other courses around Washing ton. Rock Creek Park has more play than most of the others? True, but, on the other hand, the probable class of | public links players, taken by and large, | is not as high as the class of those | more blessed with worldly goods wno play their golf and do their suffering at the private golf courses. So, on the whole, the thing probably balances itself, with more play on the one hand | against less class of play on the other. No fewer than seven aces stand out on the all-time record score at Rock Creek Park, as recalled by the ubiquitous Harry Graham, without whom Rock f One No. 14, 315 yards, par 4. made in 3 many ti No. , 451 y several times. 435 yards, many times. No. 17, 159 yards times. No. 18, 356 Harry Graham rds, par 5, made in 3 par 4, made in 3 made in 1 several yards, made in 2 by HIS gives a total of 19 for the last against a par of 34 and a total all-time record of the course It may is plenty tough, and only shots have made that al possible. If you know ton and particularly yo ton sports you may recognize some of the names mentioned “Uncle Nick” Altrock, who is as tough a golfer to beat as you could find in many a day's walk. is one of I who plays the Rock Creek Park layout almost every day. Nick came within a stroke of tieing the record for the first nine the other day, scoring a 32 for that nine. The record is 31, made by Bradley H. Burroughs. for Archie Clark, assistant pro at Con- fonal, is at his home in Fayett- N. C., tod: where he will re- nain for a couple of weeks before leav- ing for Cuba to play golf around Havana most of the Winter. Gene La kin, assistant pro at Chevy Chase. ex pects to be ¢t his Winter job at Lake Wales, Fla, by the middle of next week. Bob Barnett already is in Florida and Al Houghton plans to go to New Orleans to Play in the True Temper open early in February. while Sandy Armour is planning a trip to vis| his brother Tommy at Palm Beach. BISSONETTE IS REPAIRED Time to vI;terminew Success of Throwing Arm Operation. NEW YORK, December 26 'P\.—Dcl Bissonette, Brooklyn first baseman, is cut of the hospital after an operation which was expected to strengthen his throwing_arm. The arm was tightly bound when he left the hospital yes- terday and it will be some time before the success of the operation is deter- mined. Herrmann's Daughter Dead. CINCINNATI, Ohio. December 26 (). —Mrs. Carl Finke, 45, daughter of the late August Herrmann, former chair- man of the old Najional Base Ball Commission and president of the Cin- cinnati Reds for a quarter of a century, is dead at her home here. i gles exhibition. HUNT GIVEN FRST BOYS TENNI AN 'D. C. Youngster Is One of Seeded Players in Title Net Tourney. Associnted Press. LTIMORE, December 26.—Seed- ed players in the junior and boys' division of the last offi- cial tournament celebrating the golden jubilee of the United States Lawn Tcnnis Association, opening here ve been selected. There are six seeded in the junior division, embracing boys who have not ached the age of 18. and four in the boys’ group, players who had not rcached the age of 15 by January 1, 1931, The seeded players in the junior group are Mark Hec! University of Penn- nia, defending champion: E."Ram- sey Donovan., Fordham University; Kendall Crain, Tulan= _University: Bernard Friedman, West_ Philadelphia runner-up last vear; Richard Hill School: Giles Verstraten, School, New York City. boys' seeded players: Gilbert ‘Washington, Maryland boy in- champion; Harold Scheim, West- High, Newark; Bernard Freed- Vander Child High, New York: yman Crossman, jr., White Plains, N. Y. The play, beginning today and con- tinuing_until New Year, will be the fifteenth annual event for the boys and the seventeenth for the juniors. Thirty-one of 46 entered in the junior competition are from outside of Baltimore and 21 of 40 to play in the boys' division are from out of town. An added feature, it was said toda: to be held in connection with the play will be the appearance Tuesday of Bill Tilden and Vincent Richards in & sin- ELEVENS CLASH SUNDAY McMillan and Mount Rainier Bat- | tle for Second Place in League. McMillan and Mount Rainier elevens of the Burroughs Citizens' Association Foot Ball League will face tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at Taft Park. Second place will be at stake, Colonials having won the title last Sunday. Meridian gridders are to report at Fourteenth and Chapin streets tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 o'clock for a trip to Alexandria to meet Engine Company No. 5 eleven. S| CHIEVHENTS CALIFORNIA BY AIR Dixie Eleven Regarded Too Light to Try Smashing Bears’ Line. BY DILLON GRAHAM, Associated Press Sports Writer. TLANTA, Ga., December 26. —The supremacy of Pacific A Coast foot ball this season. already proved against four Southern teams, faced another test today as California met Georgia Tech for an intersection- al charity game on Grant Fleld here. Georgia, Florida, Southern Methodist and Loyola of New Orleans have fallen before the devastating attacks of Par Western teams and now Georgia Tech, with one of its weakest teams, may be added to the list. Apparently the only hope of the Southerners lies in thelr passes, which have shown to but little advantage in previous games. Tech's running plays are not expected to bring results against a powerful California line that will out- weigh the Dixie forwards by many pounds Bobby Dodd, rated one of the coun- try's best passers during his playing days at Tennessee, has coached the Tech backfielders in a series of baffling formations and the Yellow Jackets' chances hinged on their ability to pen- etrate the Bear’s aerial defense with screened passes. 20 YEARS AGO THE STAR. ANK O'DAY, newly appointed manager of the Cincinnati Reds. is expected to give the pitchers of the team valuable pointers as in his capacity as a big league umpire for several years he has had oppor- tunity of gaining a good idea as to what constitutes effective hurling. Jack Johnson. world heavyweight boxing champion, says he will be ready to step in the rmg again by Pebruary 22. H- says there are no boxers he really fears but he has much respect for Sam Langford. The latter, though, yesterday lost to Sam McVey on points at Sydney, Australia. LOW-SCORE GOLFERS Dudley, Farrell Have Rest Aver- ages Among Pro Linksmen. CHICAGO, December 26 (.—Ed Dudley and Johnny Farrell were the “low-score golfers” of American pro- fessional golf in 1931, official statistics of the Professional Golfers' Association of America have revealed. Dudley, winner of the Los Angeles and the Western opens, averaged only 71.39 strokes for the 30 matches he played against star opponents. Right behind him was Farrell. with an aver- age of 71.8 shots for each 18 holes of competition. Farrell also was the most active pro- fessional. taking part in 36 rounds of championship play. while the two lead- ing money winnefs were Gene Sarazen and George von Elm MARLBORO SOCCERS WIN. UPPER MARLBORO. Md.. December 26.—A penalty kick by G. Deck late in the second half enabled the Marlboro | soccer team to battle Locust Point Rangers of Baltimore to a 1-1 tie here | yesterday. Close Score Expected. I‘ Coach “Navy Bill” Ingram spent most of his practice period yvesterday after- | noon devising defenses for the passes he cxpected Tech to shoot at his boys. In. gram didn't look for a large score either way. With its large weight advantage, Cal- ifornia was a strong faverite to win to- day’s gaine Proceeds from the contest will go to the Scottish Rite Hospital ee years ago, when the 1929 Pasadena Bowl game, 8 to 7. The Califor- s remember this clearly and they w no mercy today. Ros¢ Georgia_Tech Vierick Thorpe Laws .’ Neblett Cas EAST-WEST GRIDMEN TO GET BRISK DRILLS Foot Ball Squads, Handicapped by Poor Weather, in Need of Heavy Practice. AN FRANCISCO. December 26— days of intensive practice before the New Y East-West Shrine game were in sore today for the foot ball stars in bay district, weather permitting. The two squads have been unable to do much practicing during the past several days on account of rain, but with clearing weather the coaches an- nounced they planned to do some hard’ field work. Straight foot ball was expected by fcllowers of the sport after coaches of both teams admitted there was little possibility of grooming the squads for intricate plays, due to the small amount of time left for practice. An acrial attack by the West team, which is outweighed by its Eastern op- ponents, was expected, while the East- erners planned to perfect line-smash plays. Possibility of a punting duel was seen if_weather conditions provide sloppy field. | THE SPORTLIGHT The 3rav est Bugle. The sheep’s in the meadow—the cow’s in the corn, The crowd's in the street—in the street of fear, So. Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn With the clear, brave call of a braver year: Keen and bold, like the north wind sweeping Mist and shadow and spectral wraith Over the world, with the reindeer leaping, Rally us back to a braver faith. | Little Boy Blue, you never will know Just how far we have wandered away { From the valiant call that we used to blow In the golden faith of a | Faint and low, like lost wi Soft and dim as a moth golden day; nds calling, er's prayer, Seeking us as the dusk is falling, i Groping for dreams that are never there, One by one we have searched for the crown Or followed the phantom wraith called fame; And one by one in the lonesome town CENSUS IN STARTER We've turned our eyes to the ancient flame From the hearth of home, with clear eyes shining, With young hearts facing the test of night, So lead us out from a world that's pining, Back to the berries of scarlet and white. clipping style of iron play, and he stoutly maintained that it was more reliable in the wind than the older ball. He insisted that although the wind carried it, the degree could al- Creek Park wouldn't seem like the park | at all. There are managers and man- agers at the public courses, but without ‘ Harry Graham at Rock Creek and Al | e Why Many Noted Grid Coaches Charlie Black's Nebraska Corn- huskers know their basket ball. As ways be foretold, while the rabbit ball sometimes bored through the cross winds and sometimes did not. One remembers that about this time last year the general note was ap+ proval of the balloon ball, which by late Spring was being roundly abused, | 80 it 5 yet far too early to take even the experts' opinions as final. €Copyright. 1931. by the North Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Amarican IOWA CONSIDERS SIX Field for Foot Ball Coaching Job Narrows From 35. IOWA CITY Iowa, December 26 ~—Iowa's search for a new foot ball coach to succeed Burt Ingwersen ap- parently has narrowed to six candi- dates, although about 35 applications have been received. Dr. E. H. Lauer, director of athletics. gaid he hoped to name Ingwersen's Zuccessor by PFebruary 1 and that he planned to interview six leading candi- dates in New. York City. ») OTTAWA TEAM WINS. BERLIN, December 26 (#).—The touring Ottawa all-star hockey team celebrated Christmas by defeating the Berliner Hockey Club, which will rep- resent Germany in the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, N. Y., 6 to 1. C.U. MAY TAKE UP RUGBY. Rugby may be added to Catholic Uni- versity's sports program next Spring on an intramural basis. The fate of the game will hinge on whether the cur- Tent C. U. basket ball season is a finan- clal success. | Printers Take Bureau of Investi-| | gation's Place Tomorrow in Federal Game. Union Printer tossers instead of Bu- | reau_of Investigation will face Census | Enumerators in the opening game of | the Federal Basket Ball League tomor- Tow afternoon at Silver Spring at 2 o'clock.” Most of the Investigation players went home for the holidays. Following the league game a match | will go on between Vic Sport Shop and Philadelphia Pro quints. It will be the | opening test for the Vic team. | saks Clothiers will be after their six- | teenth win in as many starts whéh they | face the Rockville quint tonight at Rockville. Play will start at 8:30 | o'clock. | | Knights of Columbus unlimited class quint will go to Baltimore tonight for | a tilt with West Baltimore A. A. tossers. | The Casey team tomorrow afternoon | will meet the Silent Five at 3 o'clock | on the K. C. court. | Skinker Eagles will be after revenge when they engage National Y. M. H. A. tossers from Philadelphia tomorrow | afternoon at 3 o'clock on the Boys' | Club court. The Birds bowed to the |Y. M. H. A quint by 4 points last | season. Games with leading unlimited class quints are sought by the Rockville A. A. team through Manager McDonald at Rockville 139-R between 6 and 7:30 p.m. Contests with 145-pound fives are wanted by Sport Mart tossers. Man- ager Gordon may be reached at Metro- politan 1573. proot they have some clever floor plays to break through a_defense. Here's one they use when they meet a man-to-man defense Guard (4) has the ball near the center of the court. He starts drib- bling toward left forward (2), who feints toward him as if to take the | crowded acres of the public links: pass. Meantime, the center (1) and right forward (3) break up- court toward 4. No. 3's course is toward the opponent of 2, whom he legally blocks. Thus when 2 completes his feint to the rear he reverses his direction, circles around 3 and cuts for the basket at top speed. As 2 starts, 4 makes a quick pass to 1 and 1 im- mediately hook passes the ball to 2, who is by now right under the basket for an easy shot. Tomorrow, another Nebraska floor play. | by _Arthur Urban. | most congested hole around Washing- Farr at East Potomac public links golf | | would need a dozen Jim Prestons to get anywhere. Those gents are buzzsaws, | and no mistake. When they put their | shoulders to a wheel it has to bulge, and always in the right direction. ERE is Rock Creek Park’s all-time record score, contributed by the gents who spell the game of goif, not with fancy club memberships, but | with the skill they have gained over the No. 1, 304 yards, par 4, made in 1 by a man whose name cannot be re- called by the management. No. 2, 281 yards, part 4, made in % by Nick Altrock. No. 3, 167 yards, par 3, made in 1 by “Dutch” Irwin. No. 4, 336 yards, par 4, made in 2 No. 5, 97 yards, par 3, made in 1 by | Larry Day and some 49 others. The ton, for Graham estimates it has been made in 1 at least 50 times. No. 6, 216 yards, par 3, made in 1| by Sam Parks. No. 7, 327 yards, par 4, made in 3 by Harry Graham and others. No. 8, 462 yards, par 5. made in by Luther Florine and others. No. 9, 318 yards, par 4, made in 2 by Ward Hubbard. This gives a total of 16 strokes for the first nine against a par of 34. Tie that, if you can. No. 10, 406 yards, par 4, made in 3 by Claude Lawrence, Walter Hall and others. No. 11, 148 yards, par 3, made in 1 by many folks. No. 12, 238 yards, par 4, made in by “Flick” Barrett. , No. 13, 168 yards, par 3. made in 1 many times—only the other day by Dr. ‘Thomas Linville. 3 2 | —The honor of developing one of the Should Believe in Santa Claus EW YORK, December 26—In| this merry season of giving it is timely and interesting to consider what the leading foot ball coaches got out of the late| season which will stand them either | in lieu of Christmas presents or as ad- | ditions thereto. Here's the Yuletide | list: : Howard Jones of Southern California greatest foot ball running machines that ever wore cleats. Glenn Warner—The fact that in his own native section, the effete East, he upheld his reputation as a coach of winning foot ball. California papers please copy. Lou Little—Out of material mainly below the top class, he constructed a Columbia foot ball eleven entitled to rating in the top class. Al Wittmer—That he got out of a situation in which few coaches would like to find themselves. Mal Stevens—That he could tie two games and lose one and yet have the most successful season Yale has had in three years. Navy Bill Ingram—He made a defl- nite start in building a new gridiron colossus at Berkeley. Eddie Casey—In his first year he de- veloped an eleven which satisfied Har- vard, even though beaten by Albie | Booth. | Frank Thomas—That his Alabama | team won't have to meet Southern Cal- ifornia at the Rose Bowl. Bill Alexander—That ke coached more Phi Beta Kappas this year than he ever saw before. Harry Mehre—Two dazzling victories in spots where victories mean some- thing nationally definite. Hunk Anderson—He will have less of a record to beat in 1932 than he had in 1931. ; Maj. Ralph Sasse—In true cavalry fashicn he led the charge of an Army team through disaster to a glorious culmination. Dick Hanley—That he plays Purdue | earlier next year. Bob Zuppke—He still has his art. Gil Dobje—Princeton remains on the Cornell schedule, Bernie Bierman—Goes to his reward at Minnesota. Maj. Neyland—He can coach a team not in the “big seven” of the South. Harry Kipke—That a terrible Mich- igan team could come into a tie in the “big ten” title race. Fritz Crisler of Minnesota—That help is on its way. Dr. Spears of Oregon—A Northwestern champion. Jimmy Phelan of Washington—That here will be yet another season. Babe Hollingberry of Washington State—He had a free trip to New Orleans, Jack Cannon of Dartmouth—He al- most got by with a team without legs. Ray Morrison of Southern Methodist —A championship in spite of being stalemated by Texas Christian. Dapa Bible—That Nebraska did not have two games against Pitt. Harvey Harman of Penn—That the gates plan excuses everything. Rip Miller of Navy—A promising start Wwith victories over Princeton, Penn and Southern Methodish genuine far Under the haystack, fast As dusk comes on where The braver dreams that It Pays to Punch. ,HAVING picked up $200,000 for his end since starting on the come- back road, Jack Dempsey has proved again that it pays to punch— and keep on punching. How much would a great defensive fighter have collected in this period? Just about expenses. Maybe. Demp- sey is now pointing in the general di- | rection of Carnera and Schmeling. He will probably take his first big shot at the larger target, the type of target that brought him his first fame, when such mastodons as Carl Morris, Fred Fulton and Firpo were in his path. Anyway, Dempsey's 1932 campaign will be one n{ the interesting spots of the new n just around the corner. now is parked under Pasa- dena sunshine, and whatever hap- pens later, it will be no Southern California stampede. The Green Wave's main problem will be in the way of re- serves. It takes reserve. strength to stand up against the fast, heavy pound- Ing of the Trojan charge, but if Tulane Deep in the Winter's ghostly shade, By crowded street or by lonesome hall, Little Boy Blue, as dim dreams fade We turn again to the bugle call; The eerfe roll of the toy drum lingers Under far skies where the fir tree waits, Music blown from forgotten singers, Long since passed through the morning gates Little Boy Blue—are you hiding still asleep? Sound one note with the old-time thrill the dark is deep; One clear call from a vanished morning Of sleigh bells singing across the snow, Back with the holly wreaths adorning we used to know. has the replacements, it will be quite a foot ball game from start to finish. The West Coast will see one of the best all-around backfields of the year in Dawson, Felts, Zimmerman and Payne, who can do about all & strong backfield is expected to do. The same goes for the other side when Shaver, Mohler, Pinckert, Musick and Mallory swing into action, “Do wrestlers feel pain?” asks Don Marquis. It may depend on whether they land on their knees or the top of | their heads. Suggested Christmas Gifts. Jack Dempsey—Any hostile chin or | stomach that will keep in range of & left hook or a right smash. The average fighter—Two or three wrestling holds and dance steps. The golf duffer—Any sort of change frol;l what 1931 brought down upon his neck. Babe Ruth—The old cut—at the baly not at the salary check. Pepper Martin—Make it the same— I'll stand pat. -