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7A—10 s PORTS. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DEC EMBER 28, 1931. SPORTS Grid Leaders Face Unexpected Problems : Tulane Hampered by Continued Rain MUST TAKE ACTION 10 CURB INJUR'ES Adjustment to Strengthen A'-- Likel, to Become Serious Topic. BY GRANTLAND RICE. EW YORK, December 28— J Few of the major problems confronting the American Foot Bell Coaches’ As: ciation and the National Col- legiate Athletic Associaticn, meet- ing in annual session in New York this wee cubled them a year ago, or were even dimly foreseen The great Fall game has taken sudden unexpecied twists and tuins whi nd some code wais g power of tat.d a curb- iven further th> a ing of impetus by th the legislators concentrated on purely technical matters. Through 1928, 1929 and 1930 foot ball scoring per game steadily rose, and the problem presented was a clear one | Now, suddenly, there has been a | right-about-fac During the 1931 an, which was played under un- ditions, the at- | lowest level y a new ad- t be made stment that al adjustment of the etween attack and th be the bi issue however. Two major de- nforese'n and the 7 4 out boldly mu-t be taken io toll of injarics me. An s of over- b: de de’e ate e 1 that the mer: stanch baca arried extensive and cost programs of intramural and non-sel r athletics critics used to take this argument very lightly. Now, when the budgets everywhere are being pared because of lack of in- come, there won't be such a tendency to criticize the commercialization of the sport N the t always rages over ent has moved from treme to the other. Only a year ago Spring foot ball sessions, early Fall conditioning and the hocus- pocus of getting a squad into condi- tion were roundly condemned by the self-appointed defenders of true ama- when mounting injuries have battle the siz, the Week End Sports Briefly Described s the Associated Press NEW YORK.—Joe Jacobs an- nounces Schmeling will defend heavywelght title against Mickey Walker at Miami in February. BALTIMORE. — Gilbert Hunt, Maryland indoor champion, reaches quarter-finals of boys' national in- door tennis championship; Kendall Cram loses in junior champlonship to Edward Bordin of Temple, 2—8, 62, 6—4 ATLANTA.—California’s foot ball team conquers Georgia Tech, 196 CORAL GABLES, Fla.—J. C Ellis Leros wins $2.000 Inaugural as new Tropical Park n Foot Ball ppoints com- to_ study_rules and iles Committee. Coel n beats Ikline Dbilliards, loses &t three YORK Eis As-osiatic N. C—Dick Wilson v nd for CHDRCN DOCTORS WOULD CURE ILL Kick-off Dangers and ‘“‘Rab- bit Punches” Coming in for Most Consideration. By the Associated Press EW YORK, December 28.—Foot ball is feeling a bit low, as it always does at this time of year, and the physicians have gather- ed around to see what can be done about it The physiciens, coaches, officials and college sthletiz heads, gathering for the annual meetings of the Eastern Foot Ball' Cfficia’s’ Association, the National " Association and the 1 1 e Athletic Association, alreacy have proposed. informally, a few changes designed to remove some of the hazards of the game. There has mand for rule changes as a result of the nearly 50 deaths charged to foot ball this season. Most of the suggestions have been designed to remove the dangers of the kick-off and its attendant possibility of the wedge form of interference “Rabbit punches” by defensive line- men have been blamed for some in- juries and it has been suggested that the defensive lineman use_his hands on the head or neck of a charging rival. The'e and cther changes will be dis- cussed at the meetings of all three crganizations. been a widespread de- | e forbidden to | rttention on the necessity for the players in good condition there will be a reaction in favor of well organized training programs, and more rigid supervision by capable authorities. You don’t hear so much, nowada; sbout giving the game back to the play ers. The colleges can use the money | that expert foot ball draws, and few BASKET LCOP PLAY T0 OPEN TOMORROW of the players want to take the respon- sibilities involved in training a team, making judicious substitutions and keeping the competitive spirit in bounds LL sorts of suggestions will be made to the rules body before the 1931 code is revised. but the technical suggesiions may be grouped under on of the kick-off play to angerous e 1A prevent the formation of the fiving w by the receiving Increased penalties for roughness, cially roughing the passer Restraining the use of hands by the defense, especially on the heads of th> offensive linemen Burt A, Ingwersen Rules Committee of the coaches’ or- ganization, recently published three prepoeals which he will make this week. They are 1." Place the higher and sh chairman of the ball on a tee to get r kick-offs receivers be prevent the spaced flying t to formation rd nt the a penalty e inside the lso sa t the wed: nent is earljer 1g players on found present of the them sta kick-off leading coa have forms and n hes throughout the coun! d thet the ratio of injuries is opening play was really The cause may be laid re properly to poor condition, so they say, and the fact that, at the start of the game, both teams are keyed up to almost teric but not warmed up One of the m for the opening the b play the kicl suggestions ’ e was to put from ge, with bootir 'man from hobble the de- And now that the n cf runnin s, every possible de- vice op nse must be us d used br foot b and far more thinly_cloaked d be banished that > may negle would otherwise take, ack the vast mafority of injur ceived in scholastic sandlot this point is doubly important. And closely related to it is matter of protective pads and harn The urge for speed has tempted many players to cut their nor to a minimum se foot ball is a game founded impact, the best method of guarding st its costs is to see that, as far as possible, foot ball is kept in the hi of 'experienced directors, who will keep the men in cond‘tion to take without multiplying them e here and there in the rules 5, but foot ball will not soon be into a totally different kind Its roots are deep. The the colleges and the public ame on ac may h prettified of game. layers, ave a love for it. want to be cured. (Copyright. 1931, by the No! Newspaper Alliance, Inc. A Six Teams in Intercity League That Will Stage Contests in Laurel Armory. LAUREL, Md, December 28.— Play in the six-teem Intercity Basket Ball League will open tomorrow night on the National Guard Armory court, Wwith Brooklyn Boys' Club meeting Kenil- worth 7:30 o'clock in a match bringing together Washington quints and Headquarters Company, National Guard, and Laurel Independents, hot rivals, facing in the second game. Other teams in the league, will continue play through March 22, are Sport Mart of Washington and El- licott City, Md., Hoplites. at Each team will meet the other three | times during the schedule. There will be two games each Tuesday and Friday nights, De Molay of Washington, which won the league pennant last season, is not entered this W. The league again will operate under auspices of Headquatters Company. George Sul Laurel. High School > official referee and official scorer. redule follows, with the s first mentioned in each in- stance meeting in the opening game at 7.30 o'clock Tomorrow—Brookland Boys' Club vs. Kenil- Wwortn, Laurel lnependents ve. Heaagubrs ] “Elicott City Hoplites_vs. Sport 8—Kenilworth vs. Ellicott City urel Independents vs. S5ort Mat: 5 12—Sporc Mar. vs. - Brookia lub, Kenilworth Laurel nd . La BS Vs, Inae- iiualy 15—Sport Mart vs adauar Brookland Boys gloadauariers [ Club vs. Ellicott Brook- M ependents Vs, adauarters Company vs 2 el Independer ompany. Brookland Bo.s s. Head- Club s Club vs. Head- Hoplites vs vs. Sport Hoplites. urel Inde: 1 Independents s oLt Boys' Club vs. El- d s Sport Mart vs. Head- | . mpany 16—Kenilworth vs. Sport Mart, Lau ndents vs. Brookland Boys Febru licott 19—Laurel Independents vs. El- Hoplites, Kenilworth vs, Head- omps Eilicott City Hoplites vs. mpa Da Brookland Bovs' Club vs rel Independents vs. Head- es vs. Sport Brookland t City Hopl ers Company vs worth vs. Ellicott Independints vs. 11—Sport Brookland dependents vs. Brook- enilworth vs. Sport Mart Headauarters Ellicott h ompany. ty Hopi March 22— Headquarters Company vs. t City Hoplites Managers of teams entered in the 8 Kenflworth Vs, g Laurel Independents vs. i tes, | league are asked to call Capt. Julian B. Anderson at Laurel 134 tonight at 7 o'clock, especially Joe Santucci, Brook- | |land Boys' Club pilot. Basket ball teams of Headquarters Company won and lost in a double- header with Washington quints on ihe armory court here yesterday. Dixiana Barbecue tossers defeated the Guard first team. 33 to 31, in a scorching bat- tle, but Headquarters Reserves downed De Molay, 27 to 16, in the preliminary. BULLFIGHTS TAME. BOGOTA, Colombia, December Even if a patient is | (#).—Sidney Franklin, American. bull- | 11}, it's hard to cure him when he doesn't | ighter, made his Bogota debut yester- day, but the bulls were 50 lazy that the performance disappointed the 5,000 rin, American | CoC e tora, FAGLES AND VICS GET GOOD Capital's Leading Semi-Pro Quintets Winners Over Philadelphians. ASHINGTON'S two seml-pro basket ball teams, Skinker Engles, who have ruled su- preme hereabout for several s, and Vic Sport Shop, both are to winning starts. sing an array containing four for- mer University Heagy, Evans, Allen and Radice, Eagles conquered Philadelphia Y, M. H. A tossers yesterday on the Boys' Club court, 30 to 26. The Quaker City team, aided by the accurate shooting of Wein- who hit the cords for 13 points, atened several times, but for the t part the Birds' supcriority was unced. Ralph Bennie with points was high scorer for the Ea It was a higaly acceptable victor: the Birds as the Philly crew trimmed em list season Penzoil of Cleveland, Oh o, will appear ogainst the Eagles at th> Boys' Ciup next Sunday afternoon Vic's tossers threw off a determined late enemy challenge to squeeze out vic- tory over Philly Pros. The half ended in a tie at 15-all. Jakie Goldblatt, for- |mer Tech High stand out, with 10 points, led the winners, but Paul Rubin of the losers with 11 was the game's leader on attack. er, {hr n Census Enumerators took the meas- | ure of Union Printers, 34 to 20, in the | opening” game of the Government | League. The contest was staged as a | preliminary to the Vic Sport Shop- Philly Pros game. Lester Singman of the winners was high scorer wih 13 points. Northern Prep basketers will play twice tonight on the Takoma-Silver Spring High court. The unlimiteds will face Sport Mart tossers and the 145- pounders will engage Fairlawn A. C at 7:30 o'clock. Simon Atias Chapter, No. 126, quint of this city won two games in connec- tion with the na.onal convention of the A. Z. A. on the Jewish Community Center court. Baltimore was defeated in the first game, 29 to 28, and Chester, Pa, in the second, 49 to 24. Other results Ballston A. C., 42; Troop E, 34. Saranacs, 67; Artillery, 23. Fort Washington, 43; Tremonts, 27. K. of C. (unlimiteds), 40; Silent Five, 18. These teams want games: Seks Clothiers, unlimited foe, for to- morrow night. Saks has court. Call Dick Mothershead, District 3050, during | day. Company F, Hyattsville, especial- ly challenged. Palace A. C, having_cou Ed Scanlon, Columbia 3563-W, between 5 and 7 p.m. Virginians, unlimited foe, for tomor- row or Wednesday night, home or away. Watt, Alexandria 2020-J, between 6 and 7:30 pm Saranac A. C.. unlimited foes having courts. Adams 4922. PALACE GRIDMEN WIN Conquer Mercurys, 20-0—Mount | Rainiers Beat McMillan Park, 7-6. | | Palace A. C. eleven, 150-pound cham- | pions of the Capital City Foot Ball | League, today also claims the South- | west unlimited title, following its 20-0 | victory yesterday at Silver Spring over | Mercury gridders, runners-up in the leagu>'s unlimited flag scramble. Palace outclassed its heavier foes to register its fifteenth straight win. Conquering McMillan Park, 7 to 6, Mount Rainier's eleven vesterday gain=d second place in the Burroughs Citizens' Association Foot Ball League. It was the loop’s final game. MOUNTAINEERS LIST G. U. Home-and-Home Tilts With Hoyas on 21-Game Schedule. MORGANTOWN, W. Va, December 28—A 21-game basket ball schedule, which includes all traditional rivals, has been announced for West Virginia. Georgetown is listed under home-and- home arrangement. Tt which | Virginia Wesleyan: 9. 16, Bethany; 26, Selem at Pittsburgh 6. Washington and Lee at Beck- Georgetown at Washington ladelphia; 10, Army at West A. C. at Brooklyn: 17, Georgetown: 20, Penn ge. Pa: 22, Creighton Washington and Jefferson ton. Pa Carnegie Tech at Pittsburgh; 5, 8, Pittsburgh’ at 10, West Virginia Wesleyan at OTTAWAS WIN ABiIOAD. KATOWICE, Poland, December 27 (#)—The Ottawa All-Stars hockey team, touring Europe, defeated & picked Polish team, 3 to 0, here. THE LISTENING POST BY WALTER TRUMBULL | Another few days—only next year, in fact—and the Tulane team will line up against Southern California in the Rose Bowl. It appears as if it might be quite a foot ball game. The Trojans cannot afford to take Tulane lightly. Here is a veteran eleven with a decided will to win, and, what is more, the chances are that the New Orleans men expect to win. Un- less Southern California enters that game mentally, as well as physically fit, there may be unexpected results. Every man in that Z formation back- fiela that Tulane uses can kick, run and pass. Felts may be the best punter and Zimmerman th: best passer, but all of them are good. No matter which man is back, the play may de- velop as a pas buck, end And all and Decolign: of the best high hurdlers in the South. he chances are that Tulane will not do a great deal with that Southern Cal- ifornia line, but it may show some pretty passing and nice handling of the ball on trick plays, and also may be expected to do something with the | quick kick, a play at which it is adept. | With those speedy, powerful ends, the Southerners can cover these kicks to any opponent’s confusion. This is likely to be quite a battle. The Californians will, if there is any- thing in the dope, gain far more ground by rushing, but this does not always mean more scoring. For all that, at its peak, Southern California probably | eleven in the land. to have a fine | s the most powerful Marquette expec 28 | track team and hopes to qualify sev-| eral members of it for the Olympics. The strength of the team will be in- creased by some sophomore stars. At any rate, & most ambitious track sched ule has been srranged, in which STARTS of Maryland players, | unlimited opponents | the 190-pound tackle, is one ! Mar-- THE TIMID SOU WEBSTER | | [ 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. | | | E woTeHA GOoN' T DO WIT DA ASHES. BIG BOY? HUH? UR-ER-WHY, I'M GOING To cARRY THEM DOWN TO THE FOOT OF THE STREET AND DUMP THEM IN THAT VACANT LOT. NICE DAY FOR SLIDING ISN'T IT? | HIS WIFE SENDS HIM ouT TOo THROW ASHES ON THE OF THE HOUSE SLIPPERY WALK IN FRONT @13 nyTrinE, e AY MORGAN and Eddie Foster are expected to battle it out for the third base job on the ‘Washington baell team next season. Joe Tinker doubts whether Chance and Evers will be able to dellver for the Chicago Cubs the next cam- m. It is doubtful whether “Three-fingered” Brown and Over- all will be with the team another season. Clark Grifith, Washington man- ager, has suggested that all Ameri- can League clubs install dressing rooms for visiting teams at the fleld. e L MIDDIES TAKE THREE Sports—Supreme in Boxing, Gymnastics, Shooting. ANNAPOLIS, Md. December 28.— | Completing one of the most success- ful athletic years in its history, the Naval Academy boasts of undisputed claim to athletic leadership in three | sports and an equal right to two other | titles. Contesting in seventeen branches of sport, Academy varsity athletes won | 98 of their 138 dual meets, lost 36 and tied 4 for a percentage of .708. Plebe teams. also contesting in 17 | sports. won 46 of their 67 enzagements. [lost 20 and tied 1 for a percentage | mark of .686. The greatest cause for pride is ‘in | winning three intercol'egiate tourna- ments, these being boxing. gymnastics and indoor rifie (smell bore). Besides these, the crew and the water polo team can make strong bids for leader- ship in those sports. The Academ: keepsie regatta, while the water polo team finished in a tie for the league championship with Dartmouth and Pennsylvania, but defeated the Quak- ers in a dual engagement. Four Naval Academy teams finished their season with a record of 100 per cent won, the successful aggregations and rifle. The records were also made in_basket ball, wrestling and tennis. The Navv lacrcsse team lost its only | game tn Marvland, the wrestlers were | defeated onlv by Lehigh, while the ten- | nis tesm won 9 out of 10 matche: | 1osing to Harverd. | “In enly two sports, b‘Me ball and gagements than were won. NET A(iES AID CHARITY GILBERT HUNT WINS THREE TENNIS TILTS| District Lad Advances to Quarter- Final Round of National Boys’ Indoor Championships. | BALTIMORE, Md. December 28— Gilbert Hunt of Washington, District | and Middle Atlantic boys' singles tennis champion, today !s in the quarter-final | round in the fifteenth national boys | indoor " championships. which opened | yesterday at 5th Regiment Armory. He is seeded No. 1. | Hunt, Eastern High student and the lone Washingtonian competing in either | the boy or the junior competition, being | staged concurrently, won three matches yesterday, losing only one game. | After drawing a bye in the first| round he drubbed F. G. Boyce, 3d, of this clty, 60, 6—1, and then van-| quished Jacob Selis’ of Forest Park | High, Baitimore, 6—0, 6-—0. | “Three others also reached the quar- | ter-final, Including William V. Winslow, |ir. of Columbia High School, South Orange, N. J.; Lyman W. Crossman, | White Plains, N. Y. and Joseph Feld” man of De Witt Clinton High School, | New York City. | e | BASE BAL |Heart Quits After Boy Rushes ‘ Home to Beat Rain. | | SPRINGFIELD, IIl, December 28 (). | —A game of base ball made possible by | unusually mild December weather | | caused the death yesterday of John Stevenson, 14, from heart disease. | Rain interrupted the game and John, gasping from overexertion, ran to his | home nearby. He collapsed and was dead when a physician arrived. L GAME FATAL o = B | NURMI IN TWO EVENTS | Announces He Will Run Olympic 10,000 Meters and Marathon. | | ABO, Finland, December 28 (#).— Paavo Nurmi, the “Phantom Finn" of | ‘the track a few years ago, plans to | compete in both the 10,000 meters and | Marathon runs in the Olympics at Los Angeles next Summer. | " Paavo told the Associated Press today | he would resume training in April. quette men will meet the best the Mid- dle West has to offer. 1 Considering the fact that it was| | Harvey Harman's first year as coacn, it would appear that Pennsylvania did pretty well during its foot ball season. It is true that Penn lost to Notre Dame, Cornell and Navy, but it won from Wisconsin, Lafayeite and Georgia Tech, besides scoring victories over Lehigh, Franklin - Marshall and Swarthmore. That is & pretty good percentage. Within a few days over 130 persons have been killed in automobile acci- | dents. It looks as if there were work | | for a Rules Committee here. | When the St. Louis Cardinals have to cut to a limit of 23 players, they | are going to have a hard time getting some of thos: base ball men of theirs | out of the big leagues— unless, of course, there is what the national game | knows as “a gentleman's agreement.” | This never has seemed a fair proce- | dure. It is one which has been en- forced by the power of the big clubs. | The weaker clubs never have much trouble getting a man out. But these “gentlemen’s agreements” are unfair |to the players, the weaker clubs and | the public. | Army has scheduled four hard foot | ball games for 1932. They are with | Pittsburgh, Yale, Harvard and Notre Dame. The Pitt and Yale games fol- | low each other, and the Notre Dame | contest is the last on the list, coming on November 26. | Bat Battalino does not dodge the tough ones. The little Hartford fighter is to meet Ray Miller at the New York | Garden on January 8. Most of the men who are anywhere near his weight have been avoiding Miller as they might a cobra, but they all look alike to Bat- talino, & grand little scrapper. (Copyright, 1931, by the North Hewspaper Alliance, Inc.) | American | gmaller Boy_s Lo Coach Uses Ad for 6-Footers FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., December 28 (#).—Six-footers brought five successive Southwest Conference basket ball championships to the University of Arkansas starting out in a businesslike way to regain that prestige this year. The following advertiseme! Arkansas Traveler, student newspaper: ly enrolled in the university, 6 feet 2 inches in height or over, No previous experience needed. See Coach to play basket ball. Bassett.” in Chicago Exhibition. it se Cage Tlt 69 CHICAGO, December 28 (A).—Four outstanding ~ prospects for the Ellsworth Vines, George Lott, Shields and John Van Ryn—will play for charity at the Chicago Stadium to- morrow night. Vines, | meet Lott and Shields and Van Ryn | will meet in the singles matches and | Vines and Shields will meet Lott and | Van Ryn in doubles. and Coach Charles Bassett is | GOLF CLASSIC DELAYED nt recently appeared in the “Wanted—Boys proper- TITLES, TIE FOR TWO | Win 98 of 138 Dual Meets in 17| oarsmen were victorious in the Pough- | being in fencing, gymnastics, water polo | crew. did Navy teams lose more en- | — | Vines, Shields, Lott and Van Ryn next | United States Davis Cup tennis team— Frank the national champion, will | Last year a few inches were taken off the court squad’s | average height and the Razorbacks finished well down in the list. Varied Sports COLLEGE BASKET BALL. (Late Saturday night scores.) Pittsburgh, 25; Colorado Univer- sity, 23. | Utah' Aggies, 39; University of Cali- | fornia at Los Angeles, 27. California, 27; Oregon State, 22. | City College '(New York), 41; Ge- | neva, 20. | Loyola (Chicago), 33; Montana State, 24, PRO HOCKEY, ~ Detroit Falcons, 1; New York Amer- icans, 0. New York Rangers, 3; Chicago Black- hawks, 1. London (Ontario), 2; Syracuse, 1 Chicago Shamrocks, 4; St. Louis Flyers, 0. Buffalo, 2; Tulsa, 1. New York, 3; New Haven, 2 (Cana- dian-American League). SARAZEN, FARRELL WIN Johnny's Long Putt Beats Ha- waiian Amateur and Pro. HONOLULU, December 28 ().—Gene Sarazen and Johnny Farrell won & | best ball 36-hole exhibition golf match here from_ Francis Brown, Hawaiian amateur champion, and Arthur Bell, Honolulu professional, 1 up. Farrell sank a 15-foot putt on the final green for a birdie 3 to win the match. STRAYER FIVES CLASH to Basketers Tomorrow Night. Alumni Play Undergraduate For the first time an undergraduate alumni Strayer College basket ball game has been arranged. It Wll]l be played tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock at Central High and will be made an annual feature of the Strayer schedule. Sam Hook, Leo Gubisch, Bob Lever- ton, Pete Miller, M. Dix, Gene Nichols and Meyer Rosenblatt are players upon whom the alumni will count. Alexandria Notes ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 28.— No. 5 Engine Company dropped & 12- to-0 decision to the Meridian A. C. of Washington here yesterday at Baggett's Park before a gallery of nearly 1500 ans, George Watson, the visitors’ tiny half- back, scored both of the Meridians' | touchdowns, one on a 80-yard run with an intercepted forward pass in the sec- ond quarter and the other on an 8- yard off-tackle plunge in the final pe- riod. Ralph Scrivener, manager of the Fraters' basket ball team, has called a meeting for tomorrow night at 1012 Prince street, at 7:30 o’clock. All can- dldr:tu for the team are asked to re- por Ballston A. C. handed Troop E a 42- to-14 drubbing on the latter's court at Fort Myer last night. King and Ball led the winners’ attack, while Bechtel and Harvey stood out for the Soldiers. John Watt’s Virginians are without a game for Wednesday night and would like t) hear from some unlimited club baving the use of a_gymnasium. Tele- phone Alexandria 2020-J between 6 and 7:30 pm. Alexandria High School’s basket ball team is to get back into action after the Christmas holiday layoff on January 6, when it will play the Charlottesville fives at Charlottesville, Va, Agua Caliente to Wait a Day to Avoid Los Angeles Conflict. SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 28 (#). —Agua Caliente’s $15,000 Open Golf Tournament will be postponed one day, starting January 13 instead of Janu- |ary 12. The postponement followed receipt of | The Western foot ball squad, in train- | ¢ay against the Olympic Club team of | weather permits. | centrated | ford, Uunversity of Washington, and | |put on a strong second-half attack to | defeat not finish until Monday, January 11, DOWN TO BUSINESS o R CUE TOURNEY PLACED Toscani Wins Foot Race Among Backs—Hinkle Sparkles as Line Cracker. line Title at French Lick. CHICAGO, December 28 annual Class A Amateur 18.2 Balkline Rilliapds Championship Tournament to- | day was awarded to French Lick Springs, Ind, by the National Billiard Associ- By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, December 28.— ing for the annual Shrine East-West charity game here New Year day planned to get its first scrimmage to- 7, 1932. | defending champion. San Francisco. The scrimmage, Coaches Percy Locey | and Dana Bible said, would be held if Basket Ball Tips word that the Los Angeles open would Amateurs Will Play for 18.2 Balk- (#).—The | ation of America and will start March | Edgar T. Appleby of New York is the | PLANS T0 DEVELOP AR OFFENSIVE HIT | Hard-Working Trojans Live at Unannounced Hotel to Shun Well-wishers. BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. ASADENA, Calif., December 28. — California’s weather, dripping wet since Tulane’s foot ball team arrived for its Rose Tournament game with the University of Southern Cali- fornia here Friday, today served to lengthen the face of the Greenies’ mentor, Bernie Bierman. Rain last night further damp- ened Tournament Park, and the | forecast called for more rain to- | day, putting a crimp in Bierman's | plans for a long, hard workout. The Green Wave board of strategy | had a heavy training schedule mapped out up to Thursday. A wet gridiron is | not conducive to concentrated practice efforts. | Not that the Greenies are unused to sodden sod, for 10 of their 11 victories | this Fall were on wet gridirons, but Coach Bierman feels his team needs much work the remainder of this week | to get back into its winning stride for | the clash with Tro; HOULD the rainy spell continue through Friday, it probably would work further inconvenience on the | Greenies. The Green Wave appears to | have rolled much better via the air than the Trojans during the last season, with | Don Zimmerman's accurate passes so | effective, and a wet greensward prob- ably would spoil the timing of the | aerial plays as well as the accuracy of | the tosses. | The Trojans are unused to muddy going, but with their superior weight |and a preference for power drives a | slow field would probably work to their advantage. Only in the California con- test, which they won,.6 to 0, was the gridiron soggy. OS ANGELES, December 28 (#).— Southern California’s Trojan grid- sters will remain in seclusion from now until their Rose Tournament foot ball game with Tulane at Pasadena New Year day. Coach Howard Jones will bring the men of Troy to Bovard Field each day for practice and then drop out of the picture again. The squad is being kept at_an unannounced hotel, The idea is to keep the players away from well wishers and aid in prevent- ing a possibility of overconfidence for the impending struggle with the Green Wave. Hard workouts are scheduled to- day and tomorrow, but the Trojans probably will taper off Wednesday and Thursday. GEORGIA SCHEDULES OUT 1932 Dates for Foot Ball, Basket Ball and Track Announced. ATHENS, Ga., Decemher 28 i~ University of Georgia today nnnnu(?céd | dates for three ‘sports for 1932, foot' ba;l_,hbaikot ball and track. e foot ball schedule shows eight Southern Conference and one 1nt§rf sectional contest. ‘The Bull Dogs again will play New York University in %.'ew Yorkpclgy, but Yale is off next Fall's slate. The schedule: October 1—V. P. I, in Athens. Octo= ber 8—Tulane, in New Orleans. Octo= ber 15—North Carolina, in Athens, October 22—Vanderbilt, in Athens. October 29.—Florida, in Athens. | November 5—N. Y. U, in New York | City. Novem! 2—Clemson, in Athens. November 19—Auburn, in Columbus, Ga. November 26—Georgia Tech, in Atlanta. The basket ball schedule shows 1T games, 11 of which are with Southern Conference opponents. The schedule includes: January 16 —New York Celtics, in Athens. February, 2—Clemson, in Clemson, February 9—" Clemson, in Athens. Five dual track meets are listed in addition to the Southern Conference championships at Atlanta May 20-21. The schedule includes: April 2—Fur- mon, in Greenville, S. C. April 9— Clemson, in Athens. The Weather Bu- reau forecast was “unsettled.” The Westerners, braving mud, work- ed out in Berkeley Stadium yesterday | morning, but during the afternoon con- | in plays and formation in the gymnasium. During the morning session, Bud Toscani, St. Mary's half- back, won a speed run of 65 yards from seven other backfield men. Merle Huf- Variety is the spice of life, and Coach Black’s Nebraska basket ball five makes use of it in their fcor attack. For example, this play starts exactly like the one shown yester- day; that is, 5 dribbles toward right forward (3). As he does so, center (1) cuts toward the right forward corner of the court and then comes in and pivols between 3's guard and the basket. No. 3 next runs around this block Nick Bican, Olympic Club center, were chosen captains of the West team. At Stanford, the Eastern squad, un- der Coaches Andy Kerr and Dick Han- ley, confined itself to the gymnasium The coaches said they were particular- | ly impressed with the showing of Clark | Hinkle of Bucknell, who has been mak- ing long drives through the line in scrimmage. SOCCER UPSETS MANY | Columbia Heights' Deteat of Brit- | ish United Is Latest. Upsets are adding plenty of zest to the flag battle in the Capital City Soc- cor League. In the latest surprise Columbia Heights yesterday downed British United, 5 to 2. A strong attack in the opening minutes told. Concord drubbed Brandywine, 7 to 1; Marlboro licked Fort Myer, 8 to 0, and Gaithersburg claimed a '1-0 forfeit over | Rosedale as the result of the latter's failure to appear. | and cuts full speed for the basket. Meantime, left forward (2) swings to the rear of the foul-circle, takes a pass from 5 and relays the ball to 3, headed for the basket and a close- up shot. Left guard (4) breaks downcourt on the left side for the rebound in case 3 should miss his try. Tomorrow—another version of this floor play. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 28.— Shade Shop basketers of Washington Company F, National Guard, quint, 29 to 18, yesterday on the armory | court’ here. Companv ¥ was ahead at | halt time, 11 to 9. It’s “Babe,” or Punch on Beezer “That’s My Name,” Miss‘Didriksony Texas Ath- letic Star, Tells Writers Wary of A. A. U. ican track and field records and a candidate for the 1932 United States Olympic team. The rule drew a grin from the “Babe” as she took the opportunity to write the A. A. U. as follows: “I am sorry to foil your plans, but my birthright name is officially Mildred Babe Didrikson. Babe is not a nickname.” Later, discussing the matter with sports writers, Miss Didrikson issued her ultimatum: “The first one of you guys refer- ring to me in his stories as Mildred instead of Babe is going to get & punch on the nose,” By the Associated Press. HAT'S in & name? Just plenty where the | National A. A. U. and Mildred Babe Didrikson are concerned. At its recent meeting in Kansas City the National A. A. U. ordered elimination of all reference to wom- en athletes by nicknames as “un- dignified.” Some Texas sports followers be- lieved the rule was aimed at Miss Didrikson of Dallas, holder of Amer= __ | from Baltimor D. C. COACHES AT CONFAB Pixlee, Walsh, Mills, Bergman and |, Byrd at New York Meeting. | Five college foot ball coaches of the District area are attending the meet- ings of gridiron mentors and officials, which opened today in New York. They are Jim Pixlee and Len Walsh. of George Washington, Tom Mills of Georgetown, Dutch Bergman of Cath- | olic University and H. C. Byrd of the: | University of Maryland. LASKY, BOXER, KILLED Middleweight Scrapper Is Victim of Automobile Accident. GARRISON, Minn., December 28 (#). —David Lasky, middleweight boxer of Minneapolis, was killed last night when an automobile he was riding in went into a ditch near here. He was 20 years old and had ap- peared in preliminary bouts on the Pa- cific Coast. He was a brother of Art Lasky, Min- neapolis heavyweight. GARRITY TO ATLANTA Crackers Acquire Catcher on Op-, tion From Chicago White Sox. ATLANTA, December 28 (#).—The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern B-se Ball Association have announced the acquisition of Frank Garrity, a catcher, on option from the Chicago White Sox. By obtaining him the Crackers com- pleted their backstop roster for the 1932 | season. Joh O'Connel!, purchased will be No. 1 catcher, with Garrity as a reserve. SOCCER TEAMS TIE. MEXICO CITY, December 28 (#).— The Iberia soccer foot ball team of Havana played to a 2-2 tie with the Atlante Club of Mexico Cil TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'’S, 7th & F BAYYERIES LS. JULLIEN, Inc 1443 P St. North 8076 -