Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1932, Page 29

Spo rts News 1 @he Zoen ® WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. Radio and Classified WASHINGTON, D €, TUE = SDAY, JANUARY 5, 1932. New Hoya Quint Is Quietly Confident : High Schools to Speed Court Battles MESMER BUILDING FINE G. U TEAM Basketers Quickly Respond to System Followed by Graduate Coach. BY H. C. BYRD. teams get back Baltimore University at Tech High gymnasium at 8:30 o'clock, and the latter with Quantico Marines at Quantico. Both local universi- ties realize they may encounter snags, but think they ought to wind up with the margins in their favor. The same line-up that started for Georgetown in the victories _over Mount St. Mary’s and Duke probably will take the floor again. That ltne- up had Carolan and Connors, forwards; Murphy, center, and King and O'Nefl, guards. George Washington's team for its as Mulv and Burgess, forwards; Hertzler, center, and Zarn and Cham- bers, guards. Four of these five men were members of the Colonial quint last season. XCEPTIONAL interest attaches to the Georgetown game and to its remaining games also, for that | matter, largely because of the circum- | stances surrounding the development of its team. A year ago the Blue and @ray thought it had exceptional ma- #evial and looked for a great year, but ¥hen the final results were summed up it was fowad that only 5 games of 21 played were chalked in the won column. Now, with material that seems in- ferior, Blue and Gray supporters firmly | expect a much better quint. And ths | record made in the games with Mount ; St. Mary’s and Duke indicates there is | some real foundation for the optimism Much of the feeling centers in the ocnfidence Georgetown has in Precdie Mesmer, the new coach. Mesmer laved on Georgetown teams some years ck under Ripley, now coaching at Yale, and was a real star. Small of stature and physically hardly half as big as some of the men he played against, he was a brilllant performer, | making up in keen iatelligence what ke lacked in physique. Mesmer is teaching Georgetown men the professional type of play, the type he learned under Ripley and which | proved so successful under Ripley's regime. His efforts so far have brought success, and generally Georgetown peo- ple expect the results that have been shown so far to be continued. Not that Mesmer is expected to de- liver more .than a man reasonably should be expected to accomplish, but simply because the quiet, yet forceful way, in which the coach has taken hold of his squad has built up a feeling of confidence In his ability to do. And the players have the same kind of confidence in him and are developing rapidly. LA are not going to have a world- beating team, we haven't any right to expect one,” sald Gabe Murphy, graduate manager of athletics, “but from what we have seen of Mes- mer we belleve he is going to come | through. We do not have as good ma- terial as last year, but I'd be willing to lay any kind of a bet that we make a much better record. Mesmer dqes not have the easlest sailing you could think of, but so far he certainly is get- ting results.” As far as Baltimore University is ence. Virginia enjoyed revenge in 1924 | Sunday, concerned, Georgetown expects to send it back to the Mounmental City a de- feated team, although the Blue and Gray realizes that it may be up against a stronger quint might expect. Last moreans came over here and gave the Jocal quint a great battle. ALKING of his game with the Quantico Marines, Coach Jim Pixlee of George Washington ex- pressed a feeling somewhat akin to doubt, although admitting that his team probably would win. Pixlee is up against & game about which he knows little of the opposing five and has little idea of the kind of offense or defense his team must overcome. That kind of situation for a coach really is worse than full knowledge that the opposing quint is exceptionally strong. In all probability a good many stu- dents will make the trip to Quantico to watch the play. The situation in regard to intercol- legiate sports in some of the colleges in this section certainly is unusual, to say the least, and probably in large measure reflects the interest and per- sonality of the men in charge. At Virginia, for instance, it has proved quite impossible to put wrestling on a satisfactory basis and bardly enough men could be got out for it to make up a team. Consequently wres- tling has been dropped from Virginia's intercollegiate program. On the con- trary, boxing at Virginia has proved a | great sport and it is difficult to ac- commodate all the men who want to try for the team. Such crowds at- tend the matches as pack the gym to capacity. At Washington and Lee just the op- posite is the situation. So many stu- | dents go out for wrestling and wres- tling is such a popular sport that the | university has difficulty taking care of | from a standpoint of equipment | and room for practice bouts. However, | this is not the case with boxing as the Generals have difficulty keeping up interest in it and so far have not made any great showing moral of which seems to be that the sport which is a great sport at one | school may not be such a great sport at another, most of which probably de- pends on the ability of the coach to| arouse and maintain interest in what | he is doing. Wrestling, incidentally, as far as the South is concerned, seems to be having | & rocky road. Last year the Southern | Conference tournament, scheduled at Virginia Military Institute, was called off because there were not enough en- trants. North Carolina, Washington and Lee and Virginia Military Institute are | about the only schools in this section due to have teams thi. Winter. terest in the sport, but is having & hard time because of its inability to find competition. The college boys just are not capable of putting on the show that the pro-! fessionals do. SKATING MEETS AWARDED. OCONOMOWOC, Wis.. January 5 (&), —The Amateur Skating Union of the United States has granted permission | to the Oconomowoc Chamber of Com- | merce to sponsor the men’s and | women's national speed skating cham- & pionships here January 16 and 17, ¥ EORGETOWN and George | Washington basket . ball | into | formal competition again | tomorrow night, the former with| reopening already has.been announced | ‘ ]Sasket Ball List | ForD.C.Quintets COLLEGE. Tomorrow. Baltimore University vs. George- | fown at Tech High. George Washington vs. Quantico Marines at G. W. Thursday. American University vs. Randolph- Macon at Ashland 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. Benjamin Frerklin U. vs. College at Trenton, N. J. Saturday. Georgetown vs. New York U. at New York. American University vs. Hampden- Sidney at Hampden-Sidney. Strayer vs. Shepherd College at Shepherdstown, W. Va. Benjamin Franklin U. vs. New Jersey State Teachers' College at Trenton, N. J. | SCHOLASTIC. Today. St. John's vs. Tech at Tech. Eastern vs. Emerson at Emerson. Business vs. Maryland freshmen at College Park TomorTow. | Gonzaga vs. Western at Western. | Business vs. George Washington freshmen at G. W. Friday. Business vs. Tech, 3:30 o'clock; Central vs. Western, Tech court. | (Public high school championship series games.) Eastern vs. George Washington freshmen at G. W, 7 p.m. (Pre- liminary to G, W. varsity-beavis and Elkins game.) Boys' Club vs. St. John's at St. John's, 8 p.m. Knights of Columbus vs. Gonzaga at Gonzaga, 8 p.m. St. Albans vs. Episcopal Prep at Garrett Park. Devitt vs. Swavely at Manassas. Saturday. Tech vs. Navy Plebes at Annapolis. St. Albans vs. Episcopal at Alex- andria. vs. George Rider CENTER BASKETERS SWING INTO AGTION |Two Games Tonight Will | Open League—Vics to Play i West Baltimore. LAY in the 20-team Community Center Basket Ball League will open tonight when Saks and | Heurich-Logan quints will meet | at Central High and Griffith-Consum- | ers and Capital Awning fives will clash | at Eastern High. Both games will start at 9 o'clock. All four teams are among the 10 in Section A. After tonight at least one game will be played every night, save Sunday, through next month. Vic Sport Shop semi-pro quint, which lost to Hawallan Alohas by a lone point Sunday, will strive to get back on a winning stride tonight when it engages Wesl Baitimore A. A. tossers on the Silver Spring armory court at 8:30 o'clock. The Baltimoreans boast 10 wins in 12 starts this season. Census and _Bolling Field quints, leaders in the Government League with Fort Myer, are slated to face in a pre- liminary at 7:30 o'clock. | Bolling Field routed Interior in a league game last night, 40 to 12. It was the first loop match for both teams. A tilt between Investigation and Patent Office was postponed. CALVARY M. E. courtmen will play a_ double-header tonight on the | Calvary court. Calvary reserves | will face Kenilworth Reserves at 7 30 o'clock and Calvary first stringers will meet Census Enumerators in the main | game. Calvary regulars have several open dates and unlimited teams interested are asked to call Manager Paul - walls at Georgia 1680. J.g St | In a game tonight at Langl Jumm'i High at 7 o'clock De Mcllyeind In- terior Deportment basketers will try | conclusions. Potomac Boat Club courtmen are to gather at their club house tonight at | 7 o'clock for a trip to Alexandria to face Virginians at 8 o'clock. Kensington Armory will be the scene of a double-header tonight in which Swann's Service tossers will meet Boys Club Celtics at 8 o'clock and then the Wilson five. VIRGINIA CARRIES ON | RING DUEL WITH PENN. School That Had Place on First Cavalier Boxing Schedule Again to Be Met. UNIVERSITY, Va., January 5—Ten years ago University of Virginia helped introduce boxing into the South as an intercollegiate sport. Today the Vir- ginia ring squad resumed preparations to defend the Southern Conference title won last Winter. Pennsylvania is the only feam on the | 1932 boxing schedule that has a place | on that first ring card of the Cavaliers | in 18922. The Quaker scrappers won that first encounter by a 4-to-2 score. But they haven't been able to win from Virginia since. Penn has been on the Cavalier boxing | schedule more frequently than any | other team outside the Southern Confer- by taking a 4-to-3 victory. The Cava- | | liers won again in 1926, 1928, 1930 and | 1931. Last year the score was 5 to 2. | " Virginia opens the season on January than it ordinarily | 16 against Duke in Durham. Trips are | weak, year the Balti-|also to be taken to meet Virginia Tech | 3679 and Penn. Three home engagements | | scheduled are with V. M. 1. on January | 23, North Carolina on February 6 and Yale on February 20. For the sixth season the Southern | conference championship tourney s 1o | | be held in Memorial Gymnasium_ The dates are Friday and Saturday, Febru- | ary 26 and 27. | Johnny La Rowe, who coached that first Virginia boxing team 10 vears ago, and who has been in charge every sea- son but one since then, is having to push his charges in order to have them ready to face the strong Blie Di combination Wwithin two weeks. Several of the veterans, yweight champion, ou | Myers, middleweight champion. have | had little or no preliminary work wit | the gloves. They have been giving their [ time to foot ball, Herbert Bryant. Lewi | Reiss and Ed Rohrbough are other grid- | iron lettermen out for the ring team : ' | Basket Ball Tips l 1 ‘ Successful basket ball plays are | usually based on perfect timing | That is why the Henry Clothiers succeeded in winning the National | A. A. U. Championship at Kansas City last year. George Gardner, the Washburn College coach, took charge of this team three weeks before the A. A U. tournament, and Immediate: put into effect some simple play one of which follows ‘This one broke through every defense encoun- tered. In guard play, this particular floor As he (4) has the ball. v passes it to center (1), guard (5) breaks directly for the basket but makes & sharp left turn and crosses in front of 1, taking the ball from 1 and continuing with one or two dribbles to set himself for a shot Meantime, forward (2) cuts across the end of the court to draw his guard out of position, wnile forward (3) breaks upcourt to do the same with his guard. Thus 5 has & set shot. - KNIGms OF COLUMBUS quint will meet Cheyy Chase Grays to- court and Friday night will night at 8 o'clock on the K. C. engage Gonzaga's five at Gonzaga, also at 8 o'clock. Wilson Avenue Baptists will engage Franklin Printers tomorrow night at 9 oclock on the Langley Junior High School court. 2 ” Other results: Grace Baptist, 45; Wilson Avenue Baptist, 10; Heurich- | Logan A, C. 46; Isherwood A. C., 18; Nativity Hornets (115 pounds), 34; Army Medicos, 33; Ross Jewelers, 37; Calvary Drakes, 16; St. Stephen's (145 pounds), 45; St. Martin’s, 21; Fort | Myer (145 pounds), 28; Wilson Avenue Baptists, 26; Dixianas, 34; Aladdins, 32; Chevy Chase Grays, 22; Northern Preps, 17; Knights of Columbus, 32; | therldlguns, 24; Palace, 47; Machine un, 9. Naval Reserve basketers, with five wins to their credit, are after games, with unlimited quints having courts. D. D. McPherson is booking at Lin- coln 9129-W after 5 pm., or by malil at 1361 Ives place southeast. Other teams seeking games include: Boys' Club Celtics, for Saturday or | with a team having a court.| Call Adams 8037 between 5 and 7 p.m. Fairlawn, 145-pound team, for to- night. Fairlawns have court. The | team also wants other games this| Call Manager Davjs, Atlantic SMACKING CONNIE’S COIN SACK. o o, g VIEW WHICH WiLL NOT MAKE | CONNIE'S HIRED MEN HApey Basket Ball. Ohio State, 29; Iilinois, 28. Purdue, 49; Indiana, 30. Chattanooga, 29; Mercer, 28. Monmouth (Ill.) College, 38; Wooster, 4. ‘Tennessee, Loyola, 27 St. Johns 6. 3 23: Clemson College, 18. ; Centenary (Louisiana), 22. (Brooklyn), 36, Niagara, Marquette, 36: Chicago, 21. University of Towa, 24; Drake, 18. | University of Colorado, 25; Uni- versity of Kensas, 22. | Wittenberg, 23; Wabash, 19. Carlton College, 40; Nebraska, 30. Minnesota, 50; South Dakota, U., 24. | Northwestern,” 31; Wisconsin, = 30. (Overtime.) | College Hockey. Michigan, 3; Ontario Aggles, 1. St. Mary’s College (Winoma, Minn.), 3; Brown, 0. Pro Hockey. Buffola, 1; Chicago, 1. (Overtime.) tie.) Trojans’ Switch Plays Helped Upset Tulane In West Coast Grid Tussle BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. OS ANGELES, Calif., January 5.— A simple reverse play with either | Ray Sparling or Ernie Pinckert | carrying the ball was the greatest | ground gainer for the Southern Cali- | fornia University foot ball team, that | admittedly was the strongest of the | 1931 season. Howard Jones adapted | this play that has long been the ground- work of the Warner offense to his own | attack, and with a few variations made | it work even better than its originator. | Ray Sparling, nominally an end, was the Trojans' greatest ground gainer on the play. Sparling dropped back to | he left half back position for the play | d Tom Mallory, the regular back, ed into a guard _position. | arling's play erroneously has been | led en end-around run, but on every | occasion the Trojan flanker was in the | backfield Plays for Stars Varied. When Sparling carried the ball Tay | Brown, a tackle, and Johnny Baker, | e running guard, always led the play, e Garrett Arbelbide, the right end, | | Pinckert, the right halfback, | ked on the defensive tackle. Mal- lory then would come out and take | the defensive left end. It was Sparl- |ing’s reverse runs that started Notre {Dame on the road to its defeat, and | he was a consistent gainer against all of the Trojans’ foes. When Pinckert was called upon to carry the ball the Trojans had a dif- ferent formation. Mallory would move into the strong side guard position and Baker would shift to the short side, moving Tay Brown out on the flank. Sparling would drop back to the left and Arbelbide would come around to lead the interference. Sparling’s runs always were the most | effective until the Trojans tackled | Tulane, but the Southerners had built | @ defense to stop Sparling, so the Tro- | jans shifted to the plan of running | Pinckert. The Trojans further crossed- Up Tulane in making their first touch- | doWn by driving Sparling off tackle in- stead of sending him wide. | _When Jim Musick, the bucking power of the Trojans, left the game Tulane | made the error of not spreading its line. With a fairly tight line Tulane was | unable to stop Pinckert on his two scor- | ing reverses, although he ran with prac- | Ucally no interference. Jerry Dalrymple, 1;?;81 All-American _end, went T ‘ght and was quickly cu [ play.se that all Binckert nee%‘:’n do Was outrun or stiff arm the secondary. | Over the run of the season the Tro- | 100 | basket ball team will face Rockville of Reverse jans won on sheer power and the reverse plays were the most devastating. U. 8. C. had only a fair pass attack; | its sweeps had no great amount of speed | except when Orville Mohler was in the game. Second to the reverse plays, | Southern California’s best weapon was Shaver’s cut-back inside of tackle. The | Trojans also gained much ground dur- ing the campaign due to the kicking style of Shaver and Mohler. With less manpower it is unlikely the Trojans could have successfully played a six- man defensive line_over the greater part of the season. It was Tulane that drove the Trojans into a seven-man | line and a diamond secondary. The Trojans were entirely unused to | that type of defense and their lack of familiarity made it possible for the| Dixie champions to work short passes| over the middle of the line | Ernie Smith, a tackle, was the best | of the Trojans on defense and should rate as one of the best line men of the year. i In looking back over the season the writer is inclined to rate Rodrigues, the center, as one of the best playe under personal observation. He roamed | wide on defense and had the uncanny | | knack of always being at the polnt of | the play. Rodrigues outplayed Wil- liamson, the Trojan center, by a wide margin_and stopped many plays that | might have been serious to the South- | erners. | Papa Felts, the Tulane fullback, was | one of the most underrated players of the year. Against the Trojans it was | Felts and Rodrigues who stopped most | of the plays over the center of the line. Tulane played a six-three-two defense | against Southern California and that obviously put the burden on Felts and Rodrigues and they handled the task nicely. Best in West and South. With the exception of Schwartz of | Notre Dame and Rentner of North-| western, it is the opinion of the writer that the best players of the season were | on the Pacific Coast and in the South. At least it is true in so far as Southern California and Tulane are concerned and the odd part is that, while South- ern California loses eight regulars by graduation, Howard Jones will be back next Fall with another squad almost as tremendous in physical power and speed as the one that beat Tulane on New Yéar day. PLAYING AT ROCKVILLE. Takoma-Silver Spring High School High's quint Friday afternoon on the Roc‘gkmlg court, at 3:30 o'clock, in a game bringing together important Montgomery County, M., rivals. CARL REYNOSLDS THE NEW GRIFF RIELDER, AMONG THE SENATORS AND YANKS WHO ARE i CRACKING CONNIE MACKS DOUGH BAG Mack Would “Talk” A’s to Flag “No Pay Cut” Speech Seen Move to Ruffle Griffs, Yanks. BY TOM DOERER ELL, well, playmates, and what do you think? | No? Yes! There is a “we - want -Washington” movement among the base ball experts, and there is not a bit of kidding to it, either. It has been flashing up in spots all over this man’s acreage, and the boys who pick ’em right and wrong are placing their predictions on their be- liet that Washington has added the necessary punch to put it over this year in the acquisition of one hired man— Carl Reynolds, the boy with the bat- ting get-up-Malindy, from Chicago. Can you imagine that, custom- ers? No? Well, that tall, lean man up in Philadel- phia is taking so much stock in what the boys are yodeling that he comes cut loud and hot to an- nounce that there is nct a hired man on his roster who will suffer the loss of a penny this year. Of course, when | you begin to add up on the Chinese counting board you learn that, after all, Connie is not paying his men in tall buildings and frogskins by the bale. What Mr Mack is doing is to give those pea flippers just about as little as they will stand, without having them hold up the concessionaire at Shibe Park in an effort to get their laundry each week. But with the rest of the loop taking left-hand hooks at the players’ pay envelopes, Connic is taking the nanny goat by the horns both by making his players feel that there is a Santa Claus | on the club, and the hired men of other clubs think that their boss is not giving them a break. OBODY ever accused the sage of Germantown of sleeping in his high hat. And this is one of the occasions where he is out to prove his sagacity, horse sense and knowledge of | the base ball business, 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. 9 s 'OM HUGHES, Washington pitch- er, is to undergo an operation for a hand injury received last season when he landed upon a dis- gruntled fan in Chicago. A screen 45 feet high is to be placed on the right fileld fence in the Washington ball park to prevent flukey homers. Ordinary flies to this part of the field now go for eircuit blows, Georgetown will meet University of Maryland and Catholic Univer- sity will engage Navy in basket ball games tomorrow. Eller, Carrigan, Martin, Campazai, Gibbs and Davis are among George- town U. track dependables. In the meanwhile you can lay it on the little dots that Col. Jake Ruppert is going to see that Lefty Gomez, Lou Gehrig and the Big Bam are not going around behind the barn to sulk over a few missing dollars. Think what you will, that man Ruppert is going to take another serious whack at the crown, and it is coming at a time when he has only the Washington club and, maybe, Biliy Evans’ Cleveland Indians to battle. Connie Mack’s tired elephants may be as much out of the running in this year's chase as they were in last year's world series. Philadelphia’s leaning tower of base ball waited to make his announcement until the ball heavers of the title- contending clubs received their ab- breviated con- tracts. Not that there was any malice afore- thought from the mahout of the elephant herd; no, sir. But he timed his dcuble-barreled announcement sweet and lovely. “I have never believed in_cutting salaries,” chiortles Connie to none other than his boy friend Jimmy Isaminger, the Philadelphia scrivener. But failed to add, “And I never believe in boost- ing ’em, either.” Pals, the keynote of the words and music by Connie Mack, as played by Mr. Isaminger, is “Discontent.” Con- nie stresses that word so frequently that a sophisticated observer may be led to believe that he would like the word pasted into the hatband of ever: member of the New York and Wash- ington ball clubs. UT failure to slice salaries is not going to win little flags for Connie this semester. The patriarch of the pastime will have to shcot his herd full of ambition and fire. There is not much of that left in a club which has taken a handful of crowns and then let down with a thud. However, the story is this: Connie Mack has tipped his hand in this com- ing American League struggle. He has | indicated in no slight measure that his | pack of pachyderms need more than his inspiring leadership this season. These babies from the City of Brotherly Love will need all of the astute cun- ning this graet old man of base ball can muster fo bring them to the top of the heap this year, despite the Foxxs, Groves, Earnshaws and Cochranes. Connle’'s move proves the base ball experts were not shinning up the wrong tree when they named Washington as the threat of 1932. iACK AT OLD HAUNTS. NEW YORK, January 5 () —Casey Stengel has returned as coach to the Brooklyn base ball club of the Na- tlonal League, where he got his major league star® 20 years ago. - —By TOM DOERER ARMY-NAVY BATTLE WANTED BY PHILLY Starts Concerted Move to Obtain Service Tilt, It Feels Sure Will Be Revived. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 5.—Con- fident that an Army-Navy foot ball game will be arranged next Fall, Phila- delphia civic leaders moved yesterday to have it played here. Philip S. Gadsden, president of the Chamber of Commerce, telegraphed 40 Pennylvania Congressmen asking them to use their influence in behalf of this city as the battle ground. This line of agitation was backed by a Chamber Committee headed by W. Van C. Brandt and Col. Herbert B. Hayden, alumni of Annapolis and West Point, respectively. At the same time a second commit- tee called upon Mayor J. Hampton Moore after his inauguration today to enlist his support. Members of the Philadelphia Alumni Associations of both academies and the hotel men have united in the cam- paign. NAVY IS ASSEMBLING SQUAD FOR OLYMPICS Vanguard of Talent Now Is at Academy, Where Training Will Be Done. ANNAPOLIS, Md, January B35.— While material for the Naval Academy representation in the Olympics has not been selected in its entirety as yet, the vanguard of athletes to represent the Navy has begun to arrive at the academy here, where training will be carried on. Included among the early arrivals are: Ensigns MacKenzie, track; Crink- ley, boxing; Ashford, wrestling; Lock- wood, gymnastics, and Lieut. Bartlett, pistol shooter. According to Lieut. Comdr. Overisch, gymnasium officer at the academy and recently appointed manager of the Olympic squad, the entire group will consist of about 35 officers and nearly as many enlisted men. Housing accommodations will be ‘wk‘ile here, aboard the station ship. | Reina Mercedes, but the officers will | be compelled to provide for their own homes. Chief among the athletes to arrive in the next few days is Lieut. Harry Henderson, a member of the last United States Olympic boxing team. Henderson also will assist Spike Webb on coaching the Navy mitmen | while here. ey JOCKEY ADAMS HIRED. BALTIMORE, January 5 (®) —Jockey Albert J. Adams, who set a world rec- ord 2t Marlboro in 1930 by piloting nine consecutive winners, will ride for Mrs. Robert H. Heighe, owner of the Prospect Hill Stud in Harford County, near Belair, Md. provided for the enlisted personnel, | CLEVER OFFICIALS T0 HANDLE GAMES Mitchell Brothers Likely to Send Students Home to Early Suppers. E in the public high school basket ball championship series, which opens Friday after- noon, at 3:30 o'clock, with Busi- ness meeting Tech and Central engaging Western on the Tech court. It is realized by the school au- thorities that the present ar- rangement of playing two games each Tuesday and Friday, starting at 3:30 o'clock, is by no means a perfect plan, but they have been unable to evolve a better one. Under the present plan those who stay for the second game usually do not get away until 6 o'clock or later, and by the time students get home and have thelr suppers they haven't a great deal of time left for study. Consideration has been given by the authorities to the idea of playing the first half of each game first, with the second halves following immediately, but this plan has met objection on the gro;xé-‘d that the players would get too “cold.” However, with the Mitchell brothers, Joe and Orrell, again officiating, it is certain play in the coming series will be hustled as much as possible. Cer- tainly these officials kept things mov- ing last season. ONZAGA and Western, rivals for years, will have it out on the Western basket ball court tomor- row afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in a game promising to produce fine battling. Western will be particularly hot after victory to avenge the 24-0 foot ball de- feat handed it by Gonzaga last Fall. Business will engage George Wash- ington freshmen basketers in another game tomorrow afternoon on the G. W. court at 3:30 o'clock. The Colonial yearlings walloped Business, 35 to 21, before the holidays, and the Stenogs will be giving all they have to even scores, In court games this afternoon Tech and St. John's were to clash at Tech, Eastern and Emerson at Eastern and Business and University of Maryland freshmen at College Park. BENNIE BASKETERS TOUR L —— Play Rider Collegé Friday, Jersey Teachers on Saturday. Benjamin Franklin University bas- keters will go to Trenton, N. J., Pri- day to the Rider College quint that night and New Jersey State Teach« ers’ College Saturday night. Three wins and ee defeats is the record of the Accountants, who have shown improvement in their last two games, which they have won handily. L. S. U. JOB FOR JONES CONSIDERED CERTAIN Former Army Coach Mum as Re- port Installs Him With Ing- werson as Aide. VERYTHING possible will be done to speed play of games By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., January 5.— Appointment of Capt. Lawrence (“Biff") Jones, former head coach at West Point, as head foot ball coach at Louisiana State University, with Bert Ingwerson, former head coach at Iowa, as his as- §s€t:né :Ju regarded here today as a at T con.flrmxuo:?.“m only time for official It 15 understood Jones will bring with him a trainer, Maj. Frank Wendel, who served with him during his years at West Point. Ingwerson also is expected to bring an assistant from Iowa. WEST POINT, N. Y., January 5 (#). —Capt. Lawrence (“Biff”) Jones, as- sistant graduate manager of athletics at West Point, had little comment to make on a report from Baton Rouge that he had been definitely picked ss head coach of Louisiana State. “I think some one is shooting blind " he said. “My original statement still stands—that we have discussed the matter. I don't care to comment fur- ther.” . INDIANS VIS.IT VIRGINIA Basket Game Tomorrow to Open Cavalier Indoor Season. UNIVERSITY, Va, January 5—Wil- liam and Mary’s basket ball team comes to the Memorial Gymnsium tomorrow night for a game which will open Vir- ginia’s 1932 indoor season. Virginia is expecting to have plenty of trouble with the Indian basketers. Last year the Cavaliers were fortunate to be able to nose out a 36-to<34 victory. Accommodations are being arranged for more than 2,000 spectators. Navy will come to play here Satur- day night and the gymnasium will be filled to overflowing for this contest. It will be the first appearance of the An- napolis quint in Memorial Gym, By the Assoclated Press. HICAGO, Januery 5—Ping pong, that long derided dining-table version of ten- nis, celebrates its comeback this month by going intersectional— Just itke all the other big sports! Six-man teams, selected only after protracted and painstaking trials, will represent New York and Chicago in a big ping pong pow-wow here January 16. Devotees of the dining- table diversion see in the meeting an epochal chance to make the gen- eral public ping pong cgnsclous. Ping Pong Stages Comeback Six Man Teams of New York and Chicago Will Clash in Windy City on January 16. But the sponsors of the match— and they are amateurs—are serious about it. A loving cup, which would do justice to the, trophy table at a major golf tourney, %0 to the winning team, and lesser cups will be awarded individual winners m singles and doubles. Going the “outdoor ‘version” of the game ‘one better; the teams will be_uniformly attired.’ Each sextet will wear blue trousers, the Chi- clfrm‘m wp&l.:[ these with bR shirts with ignia of the Inter- fraternity: Club ana the New gork- ers wearing gray wit