Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1932, Page 27

Sports News Che WITH SUNDAY MORNI Foenin NG EDITION Star, WA SHINGTON, D. €, MO JNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1932. PAGE G. W. Basket Ball Outlook Bright : Eligibility Clash Still Army-Navy Bugaboo COLONIAL SUCCESS UPTO NEW CENTER Pivot Has Chance to Make Great Quint Otherwise Composed of Vets. BY H. C. BYRD. HIS Winter George Wash- ington University rests its hopes for a place in the athletic aun on what may be the best basket ball team it ever has had. Athletic Director and Head Coach Jim Pixlee does not go so far as to approve the expression, heard frequently during the holi- days, that “George Washington is going to have a great basket ball team,” but hesitates not a moment to say that the team should be good. George Washington had a good team last Winter and the five which gets down to the serious part of its scheaule against the Marines at Quantico Wed- nesday night is likely to be made up, with one exception, of the same play- ers wno did so well in the 1930-31 | schedule. It is on the possibilities cf what this one exception may accom- plish that Pixlee feels the real strength of the team will depend. | In all likelihood, Mulvey and Bur- gess, the two men who held down for- ward positions 1§t season, and Zahn and Chambers, at guards, are going to be regulars again. The ifth job, cen- ter, now is in the hands of Hertzler, a 6-teet-5-inch giant from Oklahoma, and if he comes through as he may, then it is Pixlee's opinion the Colonials will be strorg enough to face any quint. Much Depends Upon Hertzler. “I would not go so fa; to say that our team will be ‘grea said Pixlee, “but we should have & good team, pos- sibly better than last Wiumter. Much depends on how well Hertzler comes | thiougn at centerg He is big and 1| have in hun a lot of contiaence. 1 nhope we can get through the game with the Marines all right, but I expect we shall have a real pattle aown there, as 1 understand they have an exceptional ' outfit.” George Washington originally was scheduled for a game with Davis and | Elkins Friday nignt, besides the setto | with the Marines on Wednesday, but 1!‘ was called off It is not the intention of the George Washington athletic_authorities to put | out any team this Winter other than | basket pall. The Colonials do not have | tacilities such as they would like to de- | velop indoor track, while boxing mi Wastiington is & dead expense witn no | return. Changes, however, have been‘ made in the Colonial gymnasium which | give better facilities for basket ball, | especially for accommodation of spec- tators. PEAKING of this chap Burgess, George Washington forward, it is not amiss to relate a statement made about him recently by a man who knows what he is talking about when it comes to basket ball. ~Burgess of Gegrge Washington is one of the best offensive players I've | ever seen,” was the opinion, “and I| Jook for him to stand out among the Jocal colleges. You watch him this | Winter and just see how many for- | wards you think are as good as he s. | Garden International Event First| If he could play defensively as well as he can otherwise, he would be one of | the greatest in the country.” | Which, if it means anything, may be | taken to indicate that the Colonial for- | ward js & player with whom his op- | ponents must reckon in no uncertan way if he is not to run wild and have a lot of scoring sprees HAMBERS, guard on the G. W. quint, was one of the foot ball stars last Pall. He has held down & job at both center and end on the eleven, and filled both assignments in a | way that caused his coach little worry | and drew for him practically no criti- | cism, outside the constructive criticism | that is the lot of every man on a foot | ball squad, or any athletic team, for that matter. Arthur Zahn, the Colonials’ other guard, is & former Eastern High star, and his work last season was just about | as good as that of most of the other outstanding college guards in this sec- tion. Coach Pixlee expects much from him in this Winter's schedule. A gopd many basket ball experts look upon Mulvey, the other G. W. forward, as one of the best all-around players in the colleges hereabouts. He can do al- most_everything and anything and do it well, according to many who have watched closely his play. N team may be from a standpoint of its guards and forwards, without a good center that team can never at- tain the heights. The center is the pivot | of the whole show, both on offense and defense, and makes or breaks the team One coach recently remarked that he wished he had a team made up entirely of centers, meaning boys who had played center in high school. And, this being true, there is little wonder that Coach Pixiee is giving a good deal of thought to what his new man, Hertzler, may do in the position | Certainly Hertzler has every requisite for the position, as fa physica being is concerned. He is tall, strong and fast. If he has the other qualifica- tions he probably will turn the George Washington five from & good team into one that may border on the great MARYLAND 1S FAVORED 'O matter how good a basket ball Bouthern Conference Basket Ball Competition Under Way. ATLANTA, January 4 () —South- ern collegiate basket ball will make its 1932 bow tonight, with Maryland fa- vored to take the championship. The Old Liners, who won the title last year, will not open their season until Saturday, however, when they meet ‘Washington and Lee at College Park Tgtnnh(eo will open its schedule to- night with Clemson at Knoxville. Then will follow a string of games which will bring into action all of the contenders for Maryland's title. ENSOR MAKES COMEBACK Jockey Bcores in First Ride in Several Years. HAVANA, January 4 (#) —Lavelle (Buddy) Ensor, crack jockey of a decade ago, has made a comeback. Riding for the first time in several s, Ensor booted home Nelson, a -year-old gelding, the winner in the fourth race at Oriental Park yesterday. Nelson, the favorite, won by two lengths. Victory THE WEEK’S SPORT WASH. Ble FAIR... DPR. OPINION I Y G Z/,/Z/g‘/‘//zgfi‘j/ /s “{ Y HEY, AATER . ~ BALL HEAVER 4 A : THIS YEAR'S SALARY CONTRACT. one 7 — - v g —By TOM DOERER l TR ~ 4SS =S = ARMOUR COLLECTS ON LIS AT AV Victory in Open Golf Meet, Florida Curtain Raiser, Nets Tommy $825. the Associated Press IAMI, Fla, January 4—Tommy Armour, British-open cham- pion, has added the $2,500 Miami open, curtain raiser for the Florida Winter golf season, to his By / 1 | 118t of victories by marching around the | Fers Syer 72-holes with a 285 that broke the record for the event. He wound up yesterday with a nine- hole margin over his nearest rival. His victory gave him $800 for first money With an additional $25 for his low score at the first 18 holes Friday, when he set a new record of 68, five strokes under par. John Kinder of Caldwell, N. J., came in with a 204 to <laim the $500 second money, while Mike Turnesa of Flmsford, N. Y., took $300 third money with his 295. ' Eddie Williams of Cleveland, Willie MacFarlane of Tuckahoe, N. Y., and Joe Turnesa, the defending cham- pion, of Elmsford, N. Y., tied in the next place with 297s. Wild Bill Mehlhorn of New York and willie Klein of East Williston, Long Island, had 299s, while in the 300 rung of the scoring ladder were Henri Ciuci | of Mill River, Conn.; Jock Hutchison of | ting the range of the cords Chicago and Al Nelson of Yardsley, Pa. Johnny Watson of South Bend, Ind., and Ralph Kingsrud of Fargo, N. Dak., | split further scoring honors with 301s.| University of Maryland players, were TILDEN HEADS FIELD IN PRC TENNIS SHO of Series, With Big Bill Defending Crown. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 4.—Big Bill Tilden, world champion, tops an inter- national field in a twe-day professional | tennis carnival, starting Square Garden tonight. Tilden will play Albert Burke of France and Vincent Richards will tackle Frank Hunter of New Rochelle, N. Y. in singles tonight, while Richards will team up with Bobby Seller of California against Burke and J, Emmet Pare of Chicago in doubles. ‘Tomorrow night the tournament will in Madison |wind up with singles matches between Tilden and Richards and Hunter and Burke and a doubles encounter with Tilden and Hunter opposing the C mans, Hans Nusslein and Roman juch. The tournament is planned not only for charity, with the Knights of Cc lumbus sharing in the receipts, but as the opening shot in a title defense by Tilden. Other matches will be played in Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago St. Paul, the player winning the grea (‘.;L number of sets to be declared cha pion. In addition to Tilden, Richards Burke, Hunter, Seller, Pare, Nusslein and Najuch, Karel Kozeluh, the Czecho- slovakian flash, and Bruce Barnes youthful Texan, will participate in the tour. MILANES KAYOES CANEVA. MILAN, Italy, January 4 (& Pastor Milanes, Cuban middleweight stopped Romano Caneva, Italy, in the third round of an eight-round match here last night. UREAU OF INVESTIGATION | tossers will meet Patent Office | and Bolling Field five will en- | gage Interior in Government League matches tonight on the Bolling Field court. The former game will open the competition at 8 o'clock. It will be the initial appearance of each team in | | league play. | | As the result of Fort Myer's 37-25 win | over Government Printing Office tossers | | yesterday the fort quint and Census Enumerators are tied for first place in | the league. | Team Standing. Pet. 1.000 1/000 2000 000 | 000 000 000 000 000 | Investigation | Patent_Office | Naval Hospital'. | Bolling Field . Interior Union Printers GRS O coccocor-# IC SPORT SHOP semi-pro basket- ers, beaten yesterday in & 22-21 | battle by Hawalian Aloha Stars on | the Silver Spring Armory court, will en- gage the highly touted West Baltimore | A. A. quint there tomorrow night. | Skinker Eagles, Washingtons other semi-pro quint, won yesterday for the | second time in' as many starts, defeat- | ing_Pennzoil basketers of Cleveland, 41 | to 32, at the Boys’ Club. It was & foul shot in the last min- ute by Johnny Schrei that gave Aloha | its triumph over the Vic qutfit. Just | before Schrei scored the winning foul, | Banta of Vic's had dropped one in | from the foul line to tie the score. | " Pennzoils put up =& strong fight | against the Eagles, but the latter, get-| with a | | will, scored heavily in the closing min- | utes to clinch victory. Duke Allen and Julie Radice, former the big shots for the Eagles. 8id Rose, Pennzoil forward, however, was the | scoring ace of the afternoon, caging 15_points. | 1t was the Eagles' last game on the | Boys’ Club court, as a regulation | passed by the club’s board of governors | | prohibits further use by pro teams. | i Virginians, Alexandria basketers, who | have won 10 straight games, will meet Potomac Boat Club in the Virginia city tomorrow night, Northern A. C. Wed- | nesday night at Takoma-Silver Spring High School, United Typewriters’ Grays | Priday night at Alexandria and Indian | Head Marines Sunday at Indian Head. | Because Nativity and Northern | quints have withdrawn, two berths in the Boys' Club Unlimited Class Lcmzup‘ are open. Franchises also are open in | the 100-pound and 145-pound loops Teams interested should apply im-| mediately to club officials. | Here's the unlimited loop card for the week: Wednesday, D. C. Firemen | vs. unnamed opponent; Saks Clothiers | vs. Capital Awning Aces; Saturday, Boys' Club vs. unnamed opponent; | Delaware and Hudson vs. Tremonts: | Sunday, Saks Clothiers vs. Delaware | | and Hudson. | ORTHERN PREP unlimited tossers | will meet Chevy Chase Grays to- night at 8 o'clock on the Takoma- Silver Spring High School court and | Northern Prep 145-pounders are after | a game to be played as a preliminary | at 1 o'clock. Call Carl Deénnison, West | In addition to their game with Vir- ginians tomorrow night Potomac Boat Club five will face Tank Corps of Camp | Meade Wednesday, Tremonts in a | Community Center League game Thurs- | day at Central High and Saks Sun- day afternoon at Boys' Club. Potomacs defeated Tremont A. C., 38 to 16, in a vl:r&mnry to the Eagles-Pennzolls en- counter. Swann's Service quint will play a| double-header tomorrow night at the | Kensington Armory, facing Boys’ Club Celties "at 8 o'clock and then Wilson ssers. Other games are sought by | anns. Call Adams 2901 after 3:30 pm £300,000 Gate 80,000 Pay to See Grid Greenies Swap Compliments, | By the Assoclated Press OS ANGELES, January 4.— | Despite threatening weather, | the Tulane-Southern Cali- fornia game at Pasadena New Year day smashed all Rose Bowl records for attendance and gate receipts. | Approximately 80,000 persons paid | $300,000 to see what was declared | to have been the best of the East- | West classics. Arnold Eddy, Trojan graduate manager, said today his figures indicate the two teams and the Tournament of Ros>s Assocla- tion, sponsor, Wwill receive $85,000 cach., The Trojans pledged $50,000 of their end to charity. The largest previous attendance was 7,000 at the Southern California- Pittsburgh game in 1930, Th: Green Wave today was Yoll- ing back to New Orleans, but its praises still were being sung here- abeut. Coach Howard Jon-s said he had wanted t> le! Erny Pinckert, | Capt. Stanley Willlamson and other | =enicrs playing for their last time | lea the field before the game ended so the crowd could ncclam; them as High for Bowl Classic—Trojans and individuals, but he did not dare take them out, for fear Tulane would pile up a winning score. “They were all great guys,” was the collective comment of the ‘Trojan squad. “The game was one of the cleanest we ever played.” And the Tulane players and ad- herents left some kind words for the Trojans. “We tried every trick We had on ’'em and they beat us,” said Ted Cox, who will succeed Bernie Bierman as head coach next Any team that scores = three touchdowns on Tulane,” added Red” McCormick, guard, referring o the 21-12 scors, “has got to be 802d. Nobody has scored that many Points on us since way back in Ctober, 1928." | Tad Jones. coach at Yale, gom- | pared Gaius Shaver, Trojan quarter- back, to Barry Wood of Harvard, Al rica, for that position. haver can do everything Wood ¢an and in addition he far outclasses him as a ball carrier,” said Jones. ‘But if that boy Glover of Tulane didn't steal the show when it came to ball ' 155t hgn.'?'"km" I don't know my | Regular Five Defeats Silents, but Four Government Loop Fives In First Title Play Tonight Victorious over Marions in a practice tilt yesterday, Knights of Columbus un- limited tossers will meet Chevy Chase Grays tomorrow night at 8 o'clock on the Casey court. ERIDIAN 145-pound basketers will face Knights of Columbus 145- | pounders tonight at 6:30 o'clock on the latter's court and Wednesday will meet McLean High's quint in the McLean stronghold. | Other scores follow: Howitzer Giants, 24; Frederick Pros, | 3 Bethesda Firemen, 46; Chevy Chase Grays, 11. Jewish Community Center, 57; Fort Washington, 16 Aza, 33; Phi Beta, 20 Celtics, 41: Manhattan, 25 Indian Head Marines, 54; Washing- ton Cardinals, 33. Celtics are after pound teams. Cal tween 5 and 7 p. games with 145- Adams 8037 be- Takoma Business 's unlimited five | is after a game for tomorrow night. | Takomas have a court. Call Drake at Shepherd 2151 between 6:30 and 7:30 | p.m. LAUREL GUARDS DIVIDE | Reserves Bow to Warwicks. LAUREL, Md, January 4.— Head- quarters Company, National Guard, basketers yesterday walloped Silent Five of Washington, 59 to 23, on the Armory court here. Led by Jimmy | Salyers, who hit the cords for 23 points, including 11 floor goals and a | foul, the Guardsmen gained an early | lead and never were threatened | Rallying strongly in the final quar-| ter, Warwick tossers of Washington overcame Headquarters Reserves, 25 to 23, in the preliminary. Warwicks tied the score at 23 after trailing from the | start, and Pumphrey came through | with a 2-pointer, enabling them to win. Sterling Levie of the Reserves, with 13 points, was the game’s high scorer. Cicala, with 7, led Warwicks. | WASHINGTON NETMEN | SCORE IN BALTIMORE\ Beat Maryland Casualty Team in | Winter League—Dumbarton Squad Loses. BALTIMORE, January 4.—Washlng-‘ ton’s indoor tennis team was victorious over Maryland Casualty Co.’s racketers, | 5 to 3, but Dumbarton netmen of the| National Capital were defeated by Mount | Washington 1n a 7-2 encounter yester-| day in Baltimore Winter League play on the 5th Regiment Armory courts. Washington now stands third in the| race, only a little back of the leaders, and Dumbarton is last. Summaries: WASHINGTON, 5; MARYAND CASUALTY, 3. | ngles. hington, defeated Ralph | W Jr.. Maryland Casualty, de- feated Anthony Latona. 6—2 Lawrence Brockman. Mar defeated Willlam Buchai Clyde Yeomans. Wi James Flynn, Jr., 6—0, 6— . ‘Washington, defeated Elmer nan. —2, 6—4. ashington, defeated Alan Staubly, Washington, defeated Blaine Diven. 62, 8—6. Doubles. Robinson and Taylor. Maryland Casualty. | defeated Latona and Shore. 63 (second set, 4-4. stopped on account of closing_time) Brockman and Fiynn. Maryland Casualiy. gefeated Staubly and Yeomans. 14—16. 6. Buchanan and_Stevens. Washington, de- feated Preston Herring and Waudby. 6—1. DUMBARTON MOUNT WASHINGTON, 7: CLUB, 2. Singles. d“("" And,riews. yfiu}nlo ashington, defeat- | flbert Hunt, 61, 6 orFred Doyle, Dumpaiton Club. defeated Ed t 5. Mount Washington. defeat- ed -0. 6—2. onal rove, Mount Washington. defeat- ed_Hartley Fellows. by default Dr. Harry Wilson. Mount Washington. de- feated W. H. Callan. 62, 1113, C. E._Dawson. Dumbarton Club. defeated Joseph Schreiber, 6—8. 6—0. 6—2. Doubles. Andrews and Roberts. Mount Washington. defeated Hunt and Rutley. 6--3. 6—2. Grove and Harding. Mount Washin defeated Dawson and Doyle. 9—11. 6—4. Griepenkerl and Schreiber. Mount Wash- ineton, defeated Callan and Fellows. by de- | fault. v gton. 78, Team Standing. Interparks .. : Mount Washington Washington. D. Maryland Casualty Co. American Legion Dumbarton Club . Meridians, Firemen Scoreless In Alexandria Grid Wind-Up| LEXANDRIA, Va. January 4— The Meridian A. C. of the | Capital City 150-pound Foot Ball League and No. 5 Engine | Company battled to a scoreless tie be- | fore some 1,000 fans in the final game of the gridiron season yesterday. It was the second game of the year between the two clubs, the Waskington aggregation having captured a 12-to-0 Basket B;ll List For D. C. Quintets | COLLEGE. ‘Wednesday. Baltimore University vs. George- town at Tech High. George Washington vs. Quantico Marines at Quantico. Thursday. American University vs. Randolph- Macon at Askland. Columbus vs. Strayer at Central High. (Washington Collegiate Con- ference game.) Friday. Davis and Elkins Washington at G. W. Maryland State Normal vs. Gal- laudet at Kendall Green. | Catholic University freshmen vs. Maryland freshmen at College Park. Georgetown vs. Crescent A. C., at Brooklyn, N. Y. American University vs. Virginia Medical College at Richmond. Wilson Teachers’ College vs. Bliss at Silver Spring Armory. Saturday. Georgetown vs. New York U. at New York. American University vs. Hamp- den-sidney at Hampden-Sidney. Strayer vs. Shepherd College at Shepherdstown, W. Va. SCHOLASTIC. Tuesday. St. John's vs. Tech at Tech. Eastern vs. Emerson at Emerson. Business vs. Maryland freshmen at College Park. ‘Wednesday. vs. Western at Western. gfi:l’:egs: vs. George Washington freshmen at G. W. Friday. Business vs. Tech, 3:30 o'clock; Central vs. Western, Tech court. (Public high school ' champlonship ries games.) ‘emtgrn vs. George Washington freshmen at G. W.. 7 pm. (Pre- liminary to G. W. varsity-Davis and Elkins game.) Boys'g Club vs. St. John's at St. John's, 8 p.m. Knights of Columbus vs. Gonzaga at Gonzago, 8 p.m. St. Albgnm vz, Episcopal Prep at Garrett Park. Devitt vs. Swavely s!: Manassas. vs. George | decision two weeks ago, but No. 5 bol- stered its line-up and was prepared for the Meridians’ second invasion. No. 5 Engine Company and Hopkins Furniture Co. have decided to call off their 150-pound championship series after three unsuccessful efforts to de- cide the local title. All three meetings ended in scoreless deadlocks. Potomac Boat Club tossers of Wash- ington will come here tomorrow night to face the Virginia five at 8 o'clock in Lee-Jackson High School gymnasium. The Virginians won their tenth straighs last night with a 30-to-16 victory over the Marx A. C. at Fort Humphreys. Robert McDonald, manager of the powerful Columbia Engine Company quint, is dickering with Olsen’s Terrible | Swedes of Missouri for a game here this month. The Columbians this week will swing into action after the holiday lay-off. Manager McDonald has gathered to- gether a strong aggregation and plans to make a bid for the sectional cham- Ppionship. Among the performers signed by the Firemen are Ellett Cabell, Buddy Zim- merman, Bussy Brenner, Eddie Colli- flower, Billy Travers and Larry Kersey. Shorty Scrivener is hunting strong unlimited opposition for his Fraters five, which will inaugurate its schedule within the next 10 days. Teams in- terested are asked to telephone Man- ager Scrivener at Alexandria 1700 be- tween 6 and 7:30 p.m. | Last Quint Used Will Get Main |will be canceled. Mexico apparently |await a definite decision. |a Afth when his men return for the | first_drill. 'AMATEUR-PRO ACK JOHNSON, world boxing 20 YEARS AGO N THE STAR. J champion, has signed for a bout with Sam McVey in Paris on June 30. “Lil” Arthur won clear title July 4, 1910, when he defeated James J. Jeffries. Lockwood and Crane are valuable performers who have been lost to the Cathedral School track team. An investigation of the ticket scandal during the last world base ball series now is being made by the national commission. A new park with a concrete sta- dium is to be bullt for the Brooklyn base ball club, according to an- nouncement by Charles Ebbets, owner, Play in the District Scholastic Basket Ball League will open to- morrow with Eastern and Western meeting at the Y. M. C. A. Friends, Army and Navy Prep and Cathe- dral Schools also are in the league. Wright, Larned, McLoughlin and Wright of the United States team all are beaten in Davis Cup tennis play by Australia. The Aussies have won the cup since 1907. C. U. COACH TO TEST FIFTH COMBINATION| | Attention When Basketers Resume Drills. Catholic University’s cagers convene for their first post-holiday practice with the resumption of classes tomorrow. The Cards, after a two-weeks lay-off, have 10 days to get back in shape for the second portion of their schedule. Originally the Brooklanders had a tilt January 8, but it is probable the fray with the University of Mexico reconsidered its proposed invasion of this country and called off the sched- uled games. However, C. U. officials Already having tried four combina- tions and found each one wanting, Coach Forrest Cotton intends to use The outfit was used against St. Peter's in the Catholics’ last clash and worked to the satisfaction of the Card mentor. The new battle-front finds Tommy Whalen and Bus Sheary at forwards, Bob McVean at center and Lou Spinelli and Ed White at Guards. This quint worked well together the first time started, and will get ample opportunity to show its worth before any change is made in the TEAMS RESUME GOLF SCRAP Prizes in Santa Monica Tourney Sought Today by 65 Pairs of Linksmen. By the Associated Press. SANTA MONICA, Calif., January 4.— Sixty-five of the original 197 amateur- pro teams in the Santa Monica $2,500 golf tournament concentrated today on the final 18 holes in quest of the re- | maining $1,500 and trophies. The scores during the first two days will have no bearing on the final out- come. All start from scratch again, with the pro of the winning team col- lecting $300 first-place money. While six teams have turned in rec- ords of 65, 6 under par for the course, those which shot as high as 71 and 72 are every bit as much in the running. Only two combinations were able yi terday to match the low cards of 65| set on the original day because of the | wind. Laddie Hillman, Los Angeles am- ateur, playing with Ed_Gayer, Los An: geles pro. and Earl Berryhill, Tulsa, | Okla., simon-pure, teamed with Ky Laf- foon of. Denver, topped, the list. ‘ Siegel Is New Sprint Sensation Casey Meet Also Gives Spitz, High Jumper, Great Start for 1932. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 4—An 18-year-old sprinter, a new- comer to “big time” com- petition, and a 20-year-old world record holder are off in the lead in the 1932 track and field race which ends at the Olympic games at Los Angeles next Summer. Ed Siegel of the Swedish-Ameri- can Athletic Club of New York, making his first appearance in an invitation event, provided the great- est surprise of the opening meet of the metropolitan indoor season, the Columbus Council, Knights of Co- lumbus, games Saturday night, when he made a clean sweep of the sprint series at 60, 80 and 100 meters, out- running a fleld of stars that in- cluded Ira Singer, last year's indoor sprint champion. Along with Siegel on the honor roll came George Spitz, 20-year-old New York University .sophomore, who last year set an indoor high jump record of 6 feet 7 inches. Jumping in flat shoes from a smooth board floor, Spitz failed by only one inch to equal his world record. All Siegel did in three races was to equal the indoor record of 71-5 seconds for 60 meters in the first race, beating Singer by a foot; win the 80-meter dash by another small margin from Bernard Krosney of N. Y. U. and then spread-eagle the fleld at 100 meters, leading Krosney to the tape by 5 feet. Gepe Venzke, one of the coun- try's best milers, and Joe McClus- key, Fordham distance star, won the other two big victories of the meet. Venzke retained his title in the Mayor Walker half-mile run, beating Frank Nordell of N. Y. U. and Donald Fleet of Boston College in a close finish. McCluskey ran away from his field in a special 5,000-meter race, finishing a half ]}?p'l'.:‘lud of George Barker of KEEN BASKET RACE N EASTPROSPELT Columbia Favored to ~Hold League Title, but Others Have Improved. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 4.— With one of the closest races in years in prospect, the Eastern Inter- collegiate Basket Ball League will open its 1932 season this week. Three games are on the schedule, and every league team except Yale will swing into action. To the defending champions, Colum- bia’s Lions, fall the honor of starting the campaign. The Lions will face the Princeton Tigers here Wednesday night. On Saturday Dartmouth will travel to Philadelphia to clash with Pennsyl- vania and Cornell will battle the Tigers at_Princeton. Yale will open her season at New Haven against Dartmouth January 11. With four of the 1931 regulars back this season, Columbia rules the favor- ite to win the title for the third con- secutive year, but there is promise of fg:\petmon all along the line this e. Dartmouth, particularly, looks for- midable, but Yale, Penn and Princeton all seem stronger than a year ago. Cornell, on the basis of its pre-league season record, apparently is the weak- est team in the circuit, but the Itha- cans may show plenty of improvement should John Ferraro, foot ball star, find time to turn out for basket ball. NEW VIRGINIA DATES vised Basket Ball List Has 18 Games, 12 at Home. UNIVERSITY, Va., January 4— Home contests with Navy and Ohio State are features of Virginia's 1932 basket ball schedule which has just been revised by James G. Driver, ath- letic director. Six Southern Conference rivals also are to be played on the home court in Memorial gymnasium. Of the 16 games | on the season’s card, 12 are scheduled to be played here. The revised schedule: January 6—William and Mary. January 8_Navy. January 13—V. M. I. at Lexington. January 16—Washington and Lee. January 21—Maryland. 5—V. P. I at Blacksburg. mpden-Sydney. anuary 29—V. P. I. February 1—St. Johi February 3—North _Carolina State. February 5—Ohio_State. February 8—North Carolina. February 10—Catholic _U. February 13—Maryland at College Park, February 17—V. M. L February 23—Washington and Lee at Lex- ington. February 26—Southern Conference tour- nament in Atlanta. e TROJAN TURNSTILES HUM Exceed 1030 Record With Grid In- take of $1,262,000. LOS ANGELES, January 4 (#).—The year 1931 was not bad financialy for the University of Southern California foot, ball team. Student officials today estimated total receipts for the 11 games played at $1,262,000, against approximately $1,- 190,000 for last year. SPORTING GESTURE /SHORT OF SOLUTION Play Game at Any Cost At- titude Is Fraught With Complications. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, January 4.—All that prevents a definite agreement for a resump- tion of athletic relations in all sports between the two na- tional service institutions is the fact that the higher authorities of the Naval Academy have not yet decided to recede from the stand concerning eligibility of athletes, which caused the original break. On the other hand, the officers in charge of athletics at Annapolis are in favor of a resumption of competition pretty much on the original basis, which gives West Point the right to permit students three years of competition on Army varsity teams, irrespective of the | number of years they may have in- dulged in sports at civilian colleges. In other words, Capt. Wilcox and Lieut. Comdr. Hall, heads of the ath- letic staff of the Navy, want to play ball with the Army and are willing to overlook minor evils in view of the larger good. In this stand they are bulwarked by the almost unanimous sentiment of naval officers and by the unceasing demand of the midshipmen. E present situation, in which the athletic officers of the two insti- tutions have met and come ap- proximately to an agreement, is pre- cisely the same as was set forth in this column three weeks ago. It all began at Poughkeepsie the day before the regatta, when the Nelson House was filled with graduate man- agers, athletic directors and other au- thorities affiliated with the various uni- versities involved in the boat race. West Point does not row, but, as it happened, Maj. Philip Fleming and Maj. Ralph Sasse, graduate manager of athletics and foot ball coach at West Point, re- spectively, were on the scene. It was here that for the first time they came into contact with Comdr. Hall. Comdr. Hall, who had succeeded that bluff sea-dog, Comdr. Jonas Ingram, as graduate manager of athletics at An- napolis, had not, it appeared, inherited Ingram’s attitude toward Army eligi- bility. A former foot ball player for the Navy, as was his predecessor, Comdr. Hall revealed a genial personality and a broad tolerance, which was altogether winning. N the end Maj. Sasse went down to the Navy boathouse and saw the Navy win the great regatta from the official Navy launch. Comdr. Hall's sentiment about Army-Navy foot bell and other sports were summed up rather eloquently in-his statement to the effect that he wanted to play the Army, if the Army drafted the Green Bay Packers, Later on the eve of the Pehnsyl- vania-Cornell game, Maj. Fleming and Comdr. Hall had an informal confer- ence at Green Hill Farms, after the famous Prexy Wood gridiron round table, and this led to the official con- terences that have been held in the last week. As Maj. Fleming nears the end of his administration at West Point, he wants to leave as one of the many monuments marking his achievements there a restoration of athletic relations with Annapolis, and Comdr. Hall has the ambition thus signally to mark his advent as graduate manager of Navy athletics. UT there are higher powers in- volved. The attitude of Gen. Smith, superintendent of the Mili- tary Academy, has been forthrightly expressed. So, in terms equally definite, have the high authorities of the Naval Academy placed themselves on record. Not merely because the athletic of- ficers of the service institutions are in rapport would the supreme powers at Annapolis wipe out what they regard and what happens to be a matter of principle. In the end they well may; but not without a lot of thought and scrutiny of all the elements involved. As the situation now stands the Navy eligibility rules conform ‘to those of her great civilian rivals, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Notre Dame and other institutions. West Point rules do not. It hardly seems likely that the Navy would be willing without deep thought to discard a principle of sportsmanship which is high-minded and fair; a principle upon which she has long stood and for which in a measure she has suffered. It does not seem as though the Navy, playing the Army under present diverg- ing rules, could hope to make a much better showing than in the past, where- in Annapolis has won 1 service game out of 10. So it will be seen that the problem, so far as the Naval Academy is concerned, is a difficult one, full of complexities and hardly to be solved by a sporting gesture. THE LISTENING POST BY WALTER AX SCHMELING, the German leather pusher, is due today. ‘The plans now appear te be to let him do a bit of pre- liminary training, by running around the country on an exhibition tour, and then to take him to Miami for a little conditioning and a large portion of ballyhoo, before putting him in the ring with Mickey Walker, the toy bull- dog, the latter part of February. A Schmeling-Walker bout does not look any different with the scene of action moved to Florida than it might have looked in Illinois. The theory is that there are a lot of persons around that neighborhood betting on the ponies and that there will be a lot mon}on the beaches and golf courses and that they have to go somewhere at night. If a sufficlent number of them can be kept from going home and to bed, the bout may be a great financial success. It has one promising asset in Jack Kearns, manager of Mickey Walker. Tex Rickard and Old Doc Kearns be- tween them once coaxed an astounding number of customers to turn their pockets and crowd the arena for a bout much resembling this one: The terrific struggle between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier. If memory serves, Kearns was con- siderably concerned about that engage- ment. He was afraid that something would happen to Carpentier before Dempsey got him in the ring. After that, he was certain something would happen to him. This time the cld Doc is on the other side of the fence. He has the middle- TRUMBULL safely against a bigger, tougher, heavier opponent But we must be fair about the thing. Some very good judges of boxi and boxing appear to believe that fiickey Walker has a fine chance to win. They think that he will be faster than Schmeling and that he will hit just as hard. They say that he has defeated larger men before and can give away weight and do the same thing again. Walker assuredly has plenty of courage and confidence. How far those assets will carry him remains to be seen. N Friday night Bat Battalino will defend his title against Lou Feld- man of Brooklyn in New York's Garden. Feldman, born in Scotland comes from two very hardy races and can fight. But Battalino is one champion who never dodges the tough ones, Show him an opponent and he will show you & battle. To get down to weight for this bout he will have to take off a dozen pounds, no light job for a little fellow. But he doesn't appear to mind that either. This should be a worthwhile encoun- ter and one that will ‘draw customers in large numbers. In Capt. Lawrerce “Biff” Jones Louisiana State will obtain not only a fine foot ball coach, but one of the most popular men who ev:: has been connected with foot ball i~ ‘e North, The former West Point ch can count his friends by regim Capt. Jones will not leave the Army in going to Louisiana State, they have an R. O. T. C. there, so it will be pos- sible for him to be stationed there for the next few years in the regular weight and it will require all his experi- ence and gulle to bring him through (Copyrisnt, course of Amm:’ ‘muung, Newsbaber Allunee, e "5