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_A—10 s PORTS, THE ‘sl Nesds No Defetize” SEE EVIL CONFINED o e st Ol s To Better Condition Players [0 FEW COLLEGES Inquiry Reveals Grid Takes Less Time Than Many of Other Activities. By the Associated Press, EW YORK, December 29.— In answer to charges that foot ball is overemphasized, takes up too much time | and lowers class-room efficiency, a | special committee that has studied; the question a full year presemed‘ a blanket denial to the Foot Ball | Coaches’ Association today. | From a mass of figures compiled on | Fiv HE committee, consisting of Little, activity. That, on a basis of time devoted out of the regular season, foot ball ranks sixteenth, behind such sports and ac- tivities as swimming, lacrosse, crew, golf, track, boxing, wrestling, glee club and’ basket ball among others. | MARYLAND TOSSERS GO TO PLAY BADGERS | Coach Burton Shipley Takes Ten | Players for Opening Fray Tomorrow Night. University of Maryland's basket ball Equad, comprising 10 players, in tow of Coach Burton Shipley, left early this mfternoon for Madison, Wis., where, to- morrow night, the Old Liners, Southern Conference champions, will open their season against Wisconsin. Shipley is anything but cheerful over the game with the Badgers, who have been practicing since October 1. Maryland is expected to start the five players who have been practicing to- gether. Buckey Buscher, stellar guard of last season’s unbeaten freshmen, will be at one of the guard posts instead.of Charlie May, a regular a campaign ago, who returned to practice yesterday after & 10-day lay-off. May will not make the trip. Bazie Berger, All-America se- Jection Jast season, will be at the other guard,” with Jack Norris center and Bhorty Chalmers and Ed Ronkin for- wards. Reserves listed to make the jaunt are Rufus Vincent, Wilbur Wright, Frenchy Cohen, Bob Wilson and Spencer Chase. HOWITZERS TO FIRE | Plttsburgh and Philadelphia, the basis of the answers of 400 univer- | sities and 273 varsity captains to & questionnaire, Lou Little of Columbia University, head of the Committee of drew this conclusion Tt is the opinion of the committee the information obtained * * * ates that foot ball is not over- emphasized. That it may be over- emphasized in some institutions we do not deny, but to condemn the game because too much attention is paid to it in a few mstitutions is manifestly unfair and unjust “It would be just as sensible to con- demn a religious or political institution in its entirety because some official was Jax in the performance of his duty.” T Charles Bachman of Florida, Alvin (Bo) McMillan, Kansas _State; Noble Kizer, Purdue, and Paul Schiss- fer, Oregon State, was appointed at the 1930 meeting to examine the situation | statistically. _ Analysis of the ques-| tionnaires, the committee reported, | brought out these facts | That foot ball practice and lectures take up less than half the time & stu- dent must spend on_college publica- | tions; about two-thirds the time crew requires; much less than dramatics or lacrosse and even less than debating. That the time required for prepara- tion for academic courses, such as his- English, modern languages and “much exceeds” that devoted | 1 or any other extracurricular BY ALAN GOULD (Assoctated Press Sports Editor). EW YORK, December 29.— College foot ball coaches from all parts of the United States, in session to take annual stock of the gridiron sport, today were greeted by the declaration of their retiring president, John F. (Chick) Meehan, | that “the game needs no defense.” Meehan's statement, voicing the views of a big proportion of his associates, was accepted as the opening shot in a move by the coaches to check unthink- ing attacks or overzealous sitempts to alter foot ball rules because of the ex- traordinary number of deaths from grid- iron accidents in 1931. None of the coaches sought to mini- mize the gravity in a situation that has cost the lives of 48 youths. At the same time, they were not prepared to recommend any radical changes in the rules. . Stricter enforcement of some of the existing regulations, especially with ref- | erence to use of hands, was regarded by most. coaches as the vital factor. Meehan took the leadership today in an attempt to bring several contro- versial subjects out into the o) In his farewell presidential address. pre- pared for delivery at the opening ses- sion of the American Foot Ball Coaches’ Association, Meehan expressed himself strongly in favor of Spring training. ALL FIELDS ALIKE | IN GARDINAL DASH National League Champions Maintain Even Pace at Home and Abroad. ished By the Associated Press. EW YORK, December 20.— | Ability of the St. Louis Cardi- | nals to maintain their winning ways on the road proved the deciding factor in their dash to the 1931 National League pennant, official figures released by league headquarters reveal. The playing site meant little to the champlons, who set an even pace all the way, with a winning percentage of .692 on their home lot and .618 on for- eign soil. The New York Giants, who fin second in the race proper, had a | centage of .649 at the Polo Grounds | and .493 on the road with 37 wins and | 38_losses. i Four other clubs, Chicago, Brooklyn, | played | winning ball for the home folks but fell down disastrously on tour. Cin- cinnati and Boston played no favorites, | losing with equal facility in anybody’s park. Other assorted figures divulged by the league statisticlan show the Chi- cago Cubs were the leading sluggers, drew the most bases on balls and suf- fered the most strikeouts. Rogers | Hornsby’s wreckers had a slugging per- centage of, .422, getting almost one base for #very two times at bat. They knocked’in the most runs, 766, drew 577 bdses on balls and were strikeout | victims 641 times. | Among the individual stars, Chuck Kiein of the Phillies was the most con- sistent in hitting for extra bases. At bat 594 times, he hit for a total of 347 bases and & slugging percentage of 584, Hornsby was second with 574 and Chick Hafey of the Cardinals third with .569. Ten players were over the 500 mark. | 'JOE CRONIN NAMED ON ALL-STAR TEAM “Possibly one way to lessen the in- Juries and reduce the number of fa- lities,” he said, “is to be fair with the boys themselves and to allow the coach more time to teach his squad more thoroughly the fundamentals of the game. A boy should be allowed to enjoy reasonable Spring practice. “Pre-season practice should be suffi- cient also to allow the coach ample time to get his team in_condition for his first major contest. Let us consider the boys and not waste so much time talk- ing_about this overemphasis “We, as coaches, realize that the educa- tion of the youth is paramount. In our respective institutions our teams com- ply with both the entrance and eligi- bility requirements. Therefore the re- sponsibility of a foot ball program rests with the institution itself. “The game needs no defense and the game's value to the American youth will assert itself more than ever in the years to come.” Conspicuously missing at today’s gathering was the personal influence of one of the association's greatest spokes- men in former disturbing times—Knute Rockne. The coaches planned to honor Rockne’s memory in the annual meet- ing as well as at the banquet board to- night in the “Brown Derby” story- telling contest, a favorite outlet for the wit of the ard of Notre Dame. Yale will furnish the Coaches’ Asso- ciation’s next chief executive. Dr. Mar- vin A. Stevens, head coach of the Elis, ded the slate as the nominee for president to succeed Meehan. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. OE ENGEL, Washington boy, who made an excellent record as pitcher on the Mount St. Mary's College base ball team, may get a trial with the Nationals if he de- sires, according to Manager Clark Griffiith. Chick Gagnier, shortstop, obtained by the Washington team from the Lincoln Club, may not be ordered to report in the Spring. He no longer is a youngster and Griff is doubtful whether he would be of much hep. ‘Tom Smith, most consistent point winner for the Georgetown U. track team the last three seasons, is ex- pected to be virtually inactive the coming campaign because of an ankle injury which has not re- sponded to treatment. Carroll Institute and Y. M. C. A, quints probably again will fight it out for the Washington City Basket Ball League title. TRIBE T0 PRESENT FAMILIAR LINEUP Peckinpaugh Will Make Only Minor Changes—Hurling Staff Disappoints. By the Assoclated Press. LEVELAND, Ohio, December 29. —As familiar as an old shirt—that about sizes up next season’s edition of the Cleve- land Base Ball Club. Manager Roger Peckinpaugh will have all His Indians back at their old posts, “with but one or two minor ex- ceptions, General Manager Billy Evans came through the Winter dickers unscathed, and his principal stock in trade, Out- fielders Eddie Morgan and Dick Porter, fajled to bring an acceptable offer, altnough they have hit for .350 for the last three years. Manager Peckinpaugh plans next EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DE( EMBER 29, 1931. CAREER IN 1910 o=} HIS MAJOR LEAGOE — MAKING THE ROUNDS. T =TS RURGH 1930-31 C=> STLOUIS 2 ? », BURLE G4 GRINES —THE NATIONAL LEAGUES 8 ¥ TRAVELIN' man“ AL RIgiits Reverved by Tiie Asseciated Pross By the Associated Presg ADISON, Wis, December 29.— M ball coach at the University of Wisconsin sincé 1927, has tor George Little by resigning his post. The resignation of the coach was of the Athletic Council last night. The council received the resignations and Glen Thistlethwaite, head foot followed in the steps of Athletic Direc- made public after an executive meeting voted to recommend their acceptance of regents. Director Little presented his resigna- tion December 14. Thistlethwaite's resignation, contained in a letter to Prof. J. F. A. Pyre, chairman of the council, read as follows: “In arder to permit complete freedom of action on the part of the Athletic Council in its reorganization plans, as affecting intercollegiate sports at the University of Wisconsin, I desire to place in your hands for presentation to the council at its next meeting my request to be relieved of the duties of Y;gg foot ball coach, effective June 30, Although Coach Thistlethwaite had denied on several occasions an inten- | tion to Tesign, it was expected that the | adverse criticism to which he has been subjected would result in the choosing Coach Thistlethwaite Follows " Director Little’s Example in Resigning Wisconsin U. Post. to President Glenn Frank and the board ' |of a mew coach for mext year. Hope | that he would be retained for at least | | another season_virtually was dispelled | when Director Little resigned. The di- | rector had been the coach’s chief de- | | fender when certain alumni were de- | | manding a new coach at the close of the 1930 season. The athletic council's determination to make extensive changes in the ath- letic department was one of two rea- sons for Coach Thistlethwaite's decision | to retire from his present post, he told newspaper men last night. He expressed the opinion that the wide publicity given to the athletic troubles at Wisconsin | had created a situation that would put him under an extreme psychological handicap in_coaching future teams here. Dircctor Little induced Coach This- tlethwaite to come here five years ago, after the latter had brought North- western to a tie for the Western Confer- ence championship. Neither has ac- | cepted positions elsewhere, but Mr. Lit- | tle said he expects to Tesume his old | | role of professor of physical education | | rather than continue as an athletic di- | rector or coach. | The athletic council made no an- | nouncement as to the successors of Lit- tle and Thistlethwaite. In view of the | necessity for economy in the Athletic Department, due to decreased foot ball receipts, it is expected that the council will recommend the merger of the posts of athletic director and foot ball or bas- ket ball coach. ALUMNI STERN FOE FOR TECH TOSSERS “HYATTSVILLE QUINT ‘ WILL PLAY ALUMNI Squads Clash Tomorrow Afternoon Tilt to Be Played at Maryland U. in McKinley Gym—Strayer | 14. Matches Carded Tonight SZABO AND SHIKAT 10 GRAPPLE AGAIN Sandor Earns Return Bout With a Speedy Victory Over Jones. ANDOR SZABO'S smashing vic- tory last night over Paul Jones after 31 minutes of wrestling at the Washington Auditorium has earned for him a return match with Dick Shikat, it is announced by Pro- moter Joe Turner. Szabo was defeated here recently by Shikat when he dove through the ropes and so injured himself that he was unable to return to the ring and was automatically counted out. For a time last night it appeared as though it would be Jomes instead of Szabo who was going to get that crack at Shikat. Jones had firmly fastened his hook scissors on Szabo’s midsection but when Szabo made a fiying leap With Jones on his back and landed Jones downward, the Hungarian youth man- aged to score. In the other final match George Hagen won over Joe Cox after 39 min- utes of hard milling. Happy Scott was easy for Chlef White Feather who spilled the former Univer- sity of Indiana youngster after 20 min- utes. Doc Wilson and Matros Kirilinko went 30 minutes to a draw and Tiger Nelson threw Bruce Hanson. About 4,000 saw the show, which probably contained as much action as any presented this year. STEIN TO MEET LONDOS SPORTS. Max, His Eye O. K., Is on Way to U. S. BERLIN, December 2§ (#).—Max Schmeling left Berlin at 12:30 a.m. today for Bremerhaven, where he will embark on the Europa for the United States. Schmeling, who is to defend his heavyweight title against Mickey Walker in Miami, Fla., late in Feb- ruary, appeared to be in excellent condition. His injured eye no longer troubles him. ‘The champion exchanged jokes with a host of friends at the train and took an affectionate leave of his mother. Other travelers were the German tennis stars, Roman Najuch and Hans Nuesslein, who will play in the professional tournament at New York, and Gillis Grafstroem, the Swedish skating champion. TROIANS, GREENIES HOPE RAN IS OVER Both Squads Pulling for Dry Gridiron for Contest New Year Day. By the Assoclated Press. ASADENA, Calif., December 29.— Prospects for a dry gridiron New Year day at the Rose Bowl lightened the hearts of Tulane and the University of Southern Cali- fornia foot ball squads today. Officlal weather reports called for showers today and clearing skies Wed- nesday, and there was indication the storm had run its course. The Rose tournament game site, al- though below the level of surrounding ground, is well drained and the sod is nrm. Coach Howard Jones of the U. 8. C. Trojans admits a muddy gridiron would confine his team to its power driving | offense, making a diversified attack al- | most impossible. He thinks perhaps it well. director, expressed the opinion that be altered by heavy going. Coach | Bernie Bierman, given to a pessimistic outlook, was non-committal. Green Wave followers point out that Don Zimmerman, passer, has shown a marked ability at throwing a wet ball handily in games during the past season. Local sentiment continues to prevail that, rain or shine, the Trojans should | win by 2 couple of touchdowns at least, regardless of the invaders' record of only one defeat in two seasons. There has been considerable comment that | Tulane’s style of defense with a six- | man line is made to order for the crushing Trojan power assault. No team employing such a defense has effectively stopped Southern California | this season, except California. 'EAST-WEST GRIDDERS " GET WEATHER BREAK | Charity Game Warriors Enter Upon Siege of Hard Work as Sun Breaks Through. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, December 29— East and West foot ball practicing for the annual Shrine charity game here New Year had a hard work assignment to accomplish today, as California’s famed sunshine finally came out of hiding. Faced by difficult weather conditions ever since arriving, the men were greeted by the sun yesterday and both squads went through long outdoor practices on the fields of Stanford and the University of California. Coaches hinted what backfield com- | binations would be depended upon for | would handicap the Green Wave as| Dr. Wilbur C. Smith, Tulane athletic | the Greenies’ chances should in nowise | the chief forward | — Coaches Deny Foot Ball Over-Emphasis : Tulane Hard Put to Save Dixie Streak LUCK BIG FACTOR: IN CHANGE T0 WIN Coast Figures Trojans Simply Are Too Powerful for . Greenie Gridders. | BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. OS ANGELES, Calif., Decem- ber 20.—Southern foot béll teams have made a great record in Rose Bowl compé- tition; far better, in fact, than the East or Middle Western represen- tatives have been able to accom- | plish when they come out to meet | the best Pacific Coast elevens in | the New Year day game. Alabama | has been out three times and | scored two victories, Washington | and Washington State being the | Tidal victims, and Georgia Tech defeated a California team. But unless Tulane is luckier than most foot ball teams, the Dixie record will be broken when the Green Wave meets the Southern California Trojans Friday. The Trojans are just tap powerful and play too much foot ball for Tulane to win this time. That is the unanimous opinion here on the Coast and after watching the Greenies at practice the writer subscribes to thap thought. - This is Southern California’s greatest year on the gridiron, and the Trojans are not going to lose a single shred of glory by dropping the Rose Bowl ganie. Howard Jones' big squad is rounding into trim for the game rapidly, and 1B its practices, at least, is showing all the devastating power that came pouring over the dyke to beat Notre Dame in the final period of the game at South Bend. ULANE has some fine foot ball play- ers. There are few better backs than Don Zimmerman, who is & fine runner and passer, and the Green- fes have a pair of ends in Dalrymple and Haynes who would satisfy any coach. But, unless Tulane plays 60 minutes of inspired foot ball, the Trojans are going to do some terribfe things to the middle of the Southerners’ line. Bernie Bierman is depending largely upon his passing attack to score agams,{ the Trojans. Zimmerman has the label of & fine passer and in practice he has been planting the ball in the arms of Felts, Dalrymple and Haynes with ex< cellent precision. There are some ob- servers who believe El Trojan is week | against a good forward pass attack, and | Tulane has one ready for use. Then, of course, there is the possi: | bliity that_some *Tulane back, most probably Zimmerman, may get loose for & long run and touchdown early fn the game and put the Trojen at a disadvantage. Should such a thing occur the Rose Bowl may see a tou foot ball game, for the Tulane oul can and will fight, but as matters stood today when both Tulane and Southern | California began to put the finishing | touches on their work, it is hard to predict anything but a victory for the Trojans and that by & wide margin. 'ULANE will need to fear Ernie Pinckert :‘f}en it goes out to face the Trojand. Ernie well may be called the jron man of foot ball. He has been a 60-minute man for Howard Jones over his three years and his durability is one of the reasons for the Trojans’ success. As a sophomote ‘Pinckert played 481 minutes in 12 games; last year he worked 355 min< utes in 10 games, and this season he has been in action 470 minutes in 10 games. Apparently impervious to in- | jury, Pinckert has been the giant of the Trojan team and in addition has the best average of any Southern Califor- nia player in carrying the ball. Back East Pinckert is known best as a blocking back. But he is a fine ball carrier and one of the finest defensive men the Coast has developed in many seasons. Ernie is going into the newss paper business after his graduation in June and already has signed a contragt as a cartoonist. It will be many sea- | sons before Howard Jones finds his equal. Second Victory Over Freeman Wins Shot at Mat Ruler. | RV MOHLER, the race horse of the the scoring threat. Dick Hanley and Trojan _back field, looks to the Andy Kerr of the East had the run- |season to start Bruce Cannatser, New | Orleans product, at first and send Eddie BASKET BROADSIDE Game on Tonight. in Bowling Event. Rose Bowl Grubb's Club Will Play Opening Game Sunday—Other Quints Are Keeping Busy. Brooke Grubb, Silver Spring's sports Impresario, is at it again or still at it, gny way you like to look at it. Howitzer Gilants basket ball team, piloted by Brooke, will open its season Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock on the | Kensington National Guard Armory | court against a team from Baltimore, | to be announced. Kensington girls will face an opponent to be named in a| reliminary at 1:30 o'clock. ‘ Grubb has announced the signing, | with others, of Larry Boerner, Mike | Stevens, Warren Swift, Pete Nee and Clint Price. Vic Sport Shop tossers, prepping for their game Sunday with an all-Hawatian quint on the Silver Spring Armory floor, are drilling hard. Boys' Club Big Five, which defeated Meridians, 32 to 28, for its sixth straight win, will tonight face Gonzaga High tossers on the club court. Players are msked to report by 7:30 o'clock. Saks Clothiers have booked s game with Anacostia Eagles for tonight at ©:30 oclock at Central High. Eagles have won_their last four games, scor- over Fort Washington, Army War College, Laurel National Guards and Bolling Field. Saks has arranged a game with the arines for January 9 on the Spring High School will meet the Gyrenes in a Feturn game at Quantico January 23. Other results yesterday: | Northern Preps (unlimited), 33; Sport Northern Preps (145 pounds), 18; Red Birds, 12. Mount 3 Club, 29. Saranacs, 36; Washington Terminal, 0 Vernon, Potomac Boat These teams want games: Virginians, unlimited foe for tomor- yow night. Call Watt, Alexandria 2020-J | Oakley Club, Baltimore, unlimited foe for New Year afternoon in Washington. Ted Marks, 17 West Biddle street, Bal- | timore. Telephone Vernon 4542 between | 11 am. and 12 m. | Saranac A. C. opponents having pourts. George Ashton, Adams 4922, PITT QUINT MAROONED Brnowstorm-Bound Train Prevents\‘ Game With Bears. | BERKELEY, Calif,, December 29 (%) ~—The University of Pittsburgh basket ball team was marooned by & snow storm last night aboard a passenger Failway train near Truckee, Calif. Frisch and Traynor Only National | Leaguers Picked by Writers’ Association. By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, December 29.—An all- star major league base ball team, chosen by 229 members of the Base Ball Writers Association of America, is made up of eight American League and two Na- tional League players. The team, announced here today by | the Sporting News, is made up as fol- lows: | Al Simmons, Philadelphia Athletics, | left field; Earl Averill of Cleveland, center field; Bals Ruth of the New York Yankess, right field; Harold Traynor of | the Pittsburgh Pirates, third base; Joe | Cronin _of _Washington, shortstop; | Frankie Frisch of the St. Louis Cardi- nals, second base; Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees, first base; Mickey Cochrane of the Philadelphia Atheltics, catcher; Robert M. Grove and George Earnshaw, both of the Athletics, pitch- | ers Grove's magnificent pitching during 1931, the News said, won him the dis- tinction cf being the only unanimous choice. Only once before in the history | of this particular poll has a player been chosen unanimously, that honor falling to Mickey Cochrane, Grove's battery | mate, in 1929. | Outside of the unanimous vote for Grove, the balloting for pitchers was well distributed, Earnshaw finishing next to the A's southpaw with 76 bal- lots out of the possible 229. George was votes ahead of Paul Derringer of the Si. Louis Nationals, who received 56 Wesley Ferrell of Cleveland drew 36. A. A. U. LEADERS MEET _ | A meeting of the Basket Ball and | Registration Committees of the District A. A. U. will be held tonight at the Boys' Club at 8 o'clock. Plans for the annual court champion- | ships, to be staged at Tech High early | in March, will be discussed. Entry | Llanks for the tourney will be available in a week. Alexandria Lists Fistic Notables LEXANDRIA, Va., December 29. —Max Schmeling, world heavy- weight champion, is to appear in an exhibition here January 15 at Portner's arena for the benefit of the Day Nursery. It is proposed to have the cham- plon box “Reds” Barry and “Marty’ Gallagher, Washington heavy- weights, and “Baker Boy” Billy Schwartz, ~ local ringman, three rounds each. Plans call for the appearances of Gene Tunney and Jim Corbett, for- Failure of the Eastern team to ar- rive here resulted in the University of Califognia cake squad meeting the Oak- Jand Athens Club instead of Pittsburgh, with whom & game had been scheduled. mer heavyweight champs, and they will refered the champion’s exhibi- tion performance. Joe Humphreys, well known announcer, will preside. | 500. | next season and may give the mound | promising s to the outfield to fight it out with | Porter. | Two Gardeners Okay. Earl Averill, who batted .333 and hit 2 home runs, and Joe Vosmik, sand- lot find of 1931, should have no trouble keeping two of the outfield jobs. With the exception of Wes Ferreil, Willis Hudlin and Mel Harder, the Cleveland pitching staff was & distinct disappointment last year. These three regulars were the only ones to break Ferrell pitched excellent ball to win 22 games and lose 12. Two recruit right-handers will start | | crew needed stiffening. The most Oral Hildrebrand, who came up from Indianapolis at the end of the season. The other is Mont Pearson, purchased from Oakland of the Paclfic Coast League. CHAMPIONS REPEAT IN FIGURE SKATING Roger Turner and Maribel Vinson | Win National Titles Fifth Year in Row. for By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 29.—For the fifth consecutive year, two Boston stars, Roger F. Turner and Maribel Vinson, have captured the national singles fig- ure-skating championships. urner defeated a field of four rivals in the men’s division last night, while | Miss Vinson outskated six other com- petitors in the women's division. Making the parade of champions complete, Beatrix Loughran and Sher- win C. Badger of New York, national pairs title holders for two years, re- tained that crown in a test against four other combinations. The championships served also as & tryout for the American figure-skating team which will compete in the Win- ter Olympics at Lake Placid, N. Y., in February. Picked strictly on the basis of the national singles team will be made up of: Miss Vinson, Margaret Bennet, Min- neapolis; Lot Weigel, Buffalo, and Suzanne Davis, Boston. The pairs will be Miss Loughran and Badger; Miss Vinson and George E. B. Hill, Boston. Basket Ball Utah, 29; Denver University, 28. Utah' Aggles, 33; University of Cali- | fornia, at Los Angeles, 20, University of Washington, 70; Uni- versity of British Columbia, 24. Oregon State, 28; Olympic Club, 26. Geneva, 40; St. Louis, 18. Superior (Wis.) Teachers, 36; Ne- braska U., 33. | face a stern foe | alumni combination to be met on the | | center, and Capt. Artie Willison and championship the women’s | i Tech High's basket ball squad will in the McKinley ' school court tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Making up the undergraduate line- up at the start will be Everett Russell and Bert Wheeler, forwards; Jim Reed, Fred Thomas, guards. Reichhardt and Pinetta, clever reserve forwards, also probably will see service. | Those being counted upon by the | grads include Bill Werber, Chalkey Councilor, Joe Croson, Jakie Goldblatt, Bob MacCartee, Everett Johnson, Mal- colm Johns, Scrivener and Edelblut. ‘ Last season the Alumni conquered | the school team in close battling. | ‘Tech’s squad will scrimmage with Vic Sport Shop tossers Thursday | morning on the Tech court at 11| o'clock. | Strayer Alumni and Undergraduate court teams will face tonight at 8:30 o'clock at Central High. 26 GET GRID LETTERS. ton foot ball players received varsit: foot ball letters this season. Basket Ball Tips Tl | Here's a scheme that Nebraska uses to score on a floor play. As 5 begins his dribble, center (1) makes his break as though to block the guard of 3. This time such a block is not likely to work, which is just what Nebraska figures on Meantime, left forward (2) has | come across to the rear of the foul circle and taken a pass from 5. No. 2 again feints passing the ball to 3. Instead he throws it over this indi- vidual into the hands of 1 near the diately takes a pot shot for the Bingham Young, 35; Terrible Swedes, Humansville, Mo., 25. and Crosthwalt put out Pyles, 344 to |2 Twenty-six University of Washing- | > | this afternoon. | R Bowers |G basket with left guard (4) coming in on the far side for the rebound. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 20— Hyattsville High School’s basket ball quint will meet an alumni team of the | school tonight at 8 o'clock on _the Ritchie Gymnasium court at the Uni- | versity of Maryland. The game is an | annual affair. The alumni team will be composed entirely of members of last season’s five. York Hollingsworth and Alvin Mc- Chesney will be at forwards, Warren | Evans at center and Curly Byrd, i, | and Coleman Headley at guards. Carle- ton Heyser, forward and guard, and | William Morris, guard, probably will | see_action. | Hollingsworth, Evans and Byrd are striving for berths on the Maryland yearling quint, while Headley is a can- didate for the team at Hargrave Mili- | tary Academy, Va. | | Fourteen matches are listed tonight | as second-round competition gets under | way in the annual holiday bowling | tournament on the Arcade alleys here. In class B contests last night Liver- ette eliminated Wayson, 327 to 260; Middleton trounced Ross, 342 to 284, CLASS A. | m.—Beaumont vs. Temple, Tucker | vs. D. eorge, L. Smith vs. Holst. Ward vs. | Reeley, O. Hiser vs. Slinkman, 8:30 p.m. Wolfe vs. Naylor, H. Smith vs. Holland, Clay vs. H. Wolfe. CL. 7:30 P Mc- | anley. Haines vs. | Gude. Ogden v. NEW YORK, December 29.—Sammy Stein and Herb Freeman had it out on the mat again last night and, as in their last meeting, Stein came out on_top. for = the heavyweight championship and will meet Jim Londos, title claim- ant, at Madison Square Garden on January 11. This time Stein tossed Freeman in 31 minutes and 42 seconds, or about 4 minutes faster than in the previous bout. Once more Stein relied upon the flying tackle, WEINER WOULD HAND HAYMAKER TO BARRY Baltimorean Said to Intend to Go After D. C. Boxer From Outset Tonight. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 29.— Fistic fans are in for some lively mixing tonight if Herman Weiner, Baltimore’s “Blg Bertha” of the ring, keeps his word. He is slated to step eight rounds or less against “Reds” Barry, Washing- ton’s up-and-coming heavyweight, here ‘Rrr&rb, Liverette vs. e (byes Last night's scores CLASS B. Liverette Wayson .. Middleton ", (‘,:‘m\h\\ml . Prles ...... . . Bob Temple is setting the pace for junior bowlers and John Woods and Rodman Harrison are leading boy rollers in the singles competition start- ed last night. Play was to be finished Temple had a 349 set, while Woods and Harrison were tied at 303. The scores: JUNIOR. Temple . Naylor Lewis . Holland Lehman eorge Woods Harrison Ingram Hyattsville Juniors ha matches this week, bell meet a Bethesda All-s row night at 8 o'clock Clarendon Juniors on t! here Priday night at 7t WILL RESUME X4t SAN DIEGO, Calif, Dec ().—J. N. Crofton, presider’ nounced after ' conference of track officlals that racing, discontinued last Wednesday, will be resumed Jan 1, at Portner's Arena. The two lads headline a 30-round charity program sponsored by the Alex- andria Lodge of Elks to raise funds for | uniemployment relief. - This first bout is | scheduled at 8:30 o'clock. Word comes from Baltimore that | Weiner intends stepping out with a veritable bombardment of “haymakers.” The semi-windup should be produc- tive of some shrewd and rugged leather tossing with Harry (“Kid”) Groves, Mohawk Club welterweight, encounter- | ing a tartar in Sam Braunstein, Marine | Corps ringman, M a six-round setto. The program opens with Gabe Novas, | a former Filipino flyweight who has just moved into this city, meeting “Young” McLouey of Baltimore, while the other four-round bouts include: “Bingo” Brodie, New York middle- weight, vs. “Dutch” Schultz, Baltimore; “K. O.” Riley, Washington, vs. “Soldjer” Smith, Fort Myer; Patsy Lewis, Balti- more, vs. “Billy” Hooe, Washington. Tickets may be had at Vic's si)on shop or Atlas’ sport shop until 7 o'clock tonight. e CANADIAN TEAM PICKED Winnipeg Hockey Club to Carry Hopes in Olympics. _BANY, N. Y., December 29 (@) — | Canadian Olympic Winter Sports mmittee las announced that the * innipeg Hockey Club, senior cham- on of the Canadian Amateur Hockey .isociation and holder of the Allen cup will be represented in the third corner of the court. No. 1 imme-| Agua Caliente Jockey Club, nas an- | Winter Olympic here February 3-14. Elimination trials for the Canadian ski team will take place at Lucerne, Quebec, January 15-17, By the victory Stein earns a match | ning attack centered about Reb Rus- sell of Northwestern and Clark Hinkle of Bucknell. Both are big, hard-run- | ning ball carriers and may alternate at | the fullback and quarterback posts. Percy Locey and Dana X. Bible, West coaches, liked the work of Francis “Bud” Toscani of St. Mary's College so well they used him in both backfield combinations. One quartet included Hufford, Toscani, Mason and Davis, while the other had McCoy, Kleckner, Toscani and Johnson running together. Pilkington, Tulsa University ball car- rier, was not in practice because of ill- ness. East also listed casualties. George Ellert, Syracuse end, was in bed with a cold, while Gene McEver, Tennessee halfback, rested a bruised shoulder. The following have received the most attention: End—Hewitt. Michigan. McMurdo, Pittsburgh. Guard—Hickman, Tennessee. Center—Marsland, Colgate. Guard—Chalmers, New York U. Tackle—Maryil, Northwestern. End—Orsi, Colgate. . Quarterback—Russell, Northwestern. Halfback—Purvis, Purdue. Halfback—Morton, Dartmouth. Fullback—Hinkle, Bucknell, Western team: End—Wellendorf, U. 8. Tackle—Ehrhorn, Stanford Guard—Hurley, Washington Genter—Bican,’ Qlympic Clul a. ington State. ernier, Gonza End—] ga. Quarterback—Mason. Southern Methodist. Halfback—Toscani, St. Mary's. Halfback—Hufford. Washington. Davis. Glympic Club. n State. b. . Washi game with regret. When that game is finished Mohler will have played the last time with his pal Gaius Shaver. Those two have been the inseparables of the Trojan team and much of Mohler's success has been due to the powerful blocking fux- nished by Shaver. The Trojans always are at their best when Mohler is at quarter and Shaver at fullback, and | Howard Jones may start the palr | against Tulane, although it is his cus~ |tom to open a game with Shaver at | quarter and Jim Musick at fullback. Having made so many large scores this season it is unlikely the Trojans show Tulane any mercy. Hence the belief that Mohler and Shaver will work much of the game. | Both Trojans and Tulane resumed work Monday after a Sabbath rest, and will travel at high speed until Wednes- day, when Jones and Bierman will taper off the work and finish with a signal drill on Thursday. Tulane does not appear to be any great drawing card here, and unless there is a last- minute rush for tickets it is improbable that the Rose Bowl will be crowded for the game. GALLAGHER SPURNS BOUT. - Marty Gallagher, Washington heavy~ weight boxer, has turned down & match with Natie Brown of New York, it has been announced. The bout had been planned as the feature of next week’s Day Nursery card at Alexandria. BY JOE VILA. EW YORK, December 29.—Mag- nates of organized base ball gave a sigh of relief when they learned that Philip de Catesby Ball, owner of the St. Louis Browns, had withdrawn the celebrated Bennett case from the Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. The magnates were fear- reached the United States Supreme Court, to which Ball threatened to take it, & decision extremely harmful to the government of the national pastime would be handed down. Two years ago Kenesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of base ball, ruled that Ball could not send an outfielder —Fred Bennett—from the Milwaukee American Association Club, owned by system. In other words, Landis decided that Bennett was a victim of so-called sign with any major or minor league sent. Bennett then signed with the Pittsburgh National League Club. The Landis decision was taken to the Federal Court in Chicago by Ball, with the result t'.gelt Jud “plter Lindley 5 i!;lse i3all Magnates Relieved ful that if the players’ contract ever | him, to another club in his chain-store | o~pression and declared him free to! club without first obtaining Ball's con- | of Bennett Case At Dropping ball. Ball then appealed to the Circuit Court, at the same time threatening | to go to the Supreme Court if necess | sary. During the major league meetings in Chicago recently the Bennett case was a live topic and it became known that several magnates were trying to per- | suade Ball to quit. It also was reported | that Landis favored this move rather than involve base ball in further liti- | gation. - Ball announced that at the request of the American League, and particu- |larly Clark Griffith of the Washington gleudb ;éld fiob%n Quinn of the Boston X, he had agreed to droj m suit. It would seem that Ball's i action should put an end to much ap- | prehension and 11l feeling. CUTS TRACK OFF LIST. Sewanee, Tennessee, has abandongd its track activities. DOES YOUR CAR SHIMMY? “SCIENTIFIC SERVICE” O’CONNELL & PRATT W. DE. 374§