Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1932, Page 8

* G. W. Quint Would Continue Streak: America “Gets” Qver Olympic Money Hurdle - A8 COLONIALS IN LONE ; TILT HERE TONEHT S [ They, C. U. and Maryland Win—G. U. Loses Thriller | by Single Point. BY H. C. BYRD. ! EORGE WASHINGTON seems almost certain to| score another victory in the lone intercollegiate basket ball game to be played on | a local floor tonight. Nothing that| its opponent, Villanova, accom- plished last night against Cath- olic University at Brookland should give the Colonials more than a passing worry. The game, which will be the only college clash here tonight, swill be played in the Colonials’ gym at 8 o'clock. Maryland, which beat Washington and Lee in Lexington last night, 42 to 28, in two extra periods, remains over to battle V. M. I, while Gallaudet goes over to Annapolis to play St. John's. Maryland's boxing team also is at Lexington, being set for a match| tonight with Virginia Miljtary Insti-| tute. The Maryland-V. M. I basket ball game is scheduled at 7 o'clock, with the boxing match immediately after the court tilt Three games were played here last | night, Georgetown losing a _thriller to the noted St. John's team of Brooklyn, 26 to 27, Catholic U. downing Villa- nova, 31 to 25, and George Washington routing_ St. Joseph's of Philadelphia, | 43 to 25. Catholic University's victory over Villanova, by a fair margin, ceupled with George Washington's better show- ing against St. Joseph's, seems suf- fiient on which to base a prediction that George Washington ought to wade through to another triumph tonight. | When it is considered that St. Joseph's defeated Pennsylvania, George Washington's wide margin last night becomes all the more significant. EORGETOWN played great basket ball only to be the victim of a goal by Slott of St. John's in the last three seconds of play. Getting & 4-point margin in the last three minutes on 5 points in & Iow, | the Hoyas appeared to have sewed up the game, but the invaders quickly got two baskets to even matters at 25 all. Then Slott’s winning shot came after Murphy had put Georgetown ahead with a foul toss that apparently was enough to decide the issue. | It was one of the most stirring con- tests played here in a long time, the teams fighting it out tooth-and-nail from the very outset to go into the rest period with 11 points each. | Slott, who shot the winning goal, led | the scorers with 15 points, 5 more than | made by Carolan, who was the ace of Freddy Mesmer's Hilltop charges. Each team used only six players. Summary: 8t. John's (27) S Poliskin, 1 anors, ... 0 | Smith, 1. 3 McGuiness; c Georgetown (26 G F.Pt Referee—Mr. Menton (Baltimore). HITE set the pace for Catholic U.| last night with 11 points, and it/ was his shooting that enabled the | Cardinals to go into intermission on the | long end of an 18-to-14 count. i Villanova tied the score at 20-all early in the second half, but Sheary| came through with two long shots to| Enve Catholic U. & lead that it never re- | quished. It was the third straight victory for the Brooklanders. Summary: | Villanova, GF.Pts; Prusha. ¢, Edwards. ¢ Tracy. &... Hurles. & Weston. £.00. McFealey. .. | Totals ..... 8 935 Totals ....12 731 ; Reteree J. Mitchell. Umpire—J. Simpson. | | EORGE WASHINGTON, running up | & 19-to-9 lead in the opening half, never was pressed to defeat St Joseph's and to score its fourth straight triumph Using only five players against double that number by the visitors, the Co- Jonials showed vastly superior team play | and kept up a constant bombardment | on_the basket ! Parrack got 14 points for George Washington to be the leading scorer, but all of the Colonials figured in the counting. The game proved a fine tune-up for the Colonials tilt tonight with Villanova. Summary 8t. Joseph's (25) F Pis oty McVean. cwomernooory G. Washington (43) G FPts 5 414 3 e 3086 3511 Chambers, 5. 1 2 4 mith. c .. | ougherty, ¢ Kane. & Mander, & wa . 1343 Ben 25 Totals 15 G. W. Referee Totzls Score at hal{—19- ARYLAND won its first game in | three starts in beating Washing- | ton and Lee, but it did not have the fairly easy time that was expected. In fact, with only a few minutes to go the Old Liners were trailing by six points, but Buscher, Chase and Vincent came through with goals to tie the count at 36-all at the end of regulation time Vincent for Maryland and Martin for the Generals each shot a foul goal for the only points in the first extra period. Vinceni and Wilson made field goals and Norris shot a foul for the Old Lin ers in the second e five minutes. while a free toss by Sawyers was all that Washington and Lee could get Five players in all went out on per- sonal fouls Summary w. 3 Marylend (42) . GF Bawvers, 1 Chalmers, . Mogovic] Marlin. & olbrook, ¥.. . A Flolett, ¥ r. & 9 cunoommy i 6 € 2 0 3 7 0 al BLISS HOLDS LEAD Beats Strayer Basket Ball Team in Washington Conference. Bliss scored handily over Strayer, 22 to 12, to maintain its lead in the Wash- ington Collegiate Conference basket ball title series last night on the Silver Spring Armory court. Summary s SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1932. How They Stand ‘ In School Series Team Standing. | Won. Lost. Pt | Eastern s 0 1.000 | Central 667 | Tech . .500 Business . 333 Western .000 | Yegterday's Games. ‘ Eastern, 47; Western, 22. | Central, 38; Business, 18 | Tuesday's Games. Central vs. Eastern, 3:30 Tech vs. Western, Tech court. Previous Games, Business, 28; Tech, 27 Central, 28; Western, 24. Tech, 29; Central, 15. Eastern, 28; Business, 23. Other Future Games, Friday—Business vs. Wastern, Eastern vs. Tech. | January 26—Business vs. Tech, Cen- tral vs. Western. | January 20—Central vs. Tech, Busi- ness vs. Eastern February 2—Eastern Business vs. Central February 5—Central va. Eastern, Tech vs. Western. | February 9—Business vs. Western Eastern vs. Tech. - LAKE PLACID HAPPY AS MERCURY FALLS vs. Western, Long-Delayed Snow and lce Promised for Winter | Olympic Meet. ‘ By the Associated Press. AKE PLACID, N. Y., January 16. | —Falling temperatures brought relief and normalcy to the vil- lage of Lake Placid today, prom- ising all the snow and ice the Winter Olympics can possibly use. For a time it was a desperate situa- | tion, for Lake Placid, getting ready for | the third Winter Olympics, hed in- vested hundreds of thousands of dol- | lars in preparations, spending $200,000 | for the erection of & bob run second to | none in the world for speed and thrills, | and a like amount for & splendid in- | door ice palace. The coming of the Olympics meant | crowds and gayety and excitement, good | business for a village that flourishes | the year around on the attractiveness of its Adirondack scenery and climate in the Summer, and the Tugged beauty of the constant cold, snow and ice of the Winter and its outdoor sports. | Bob sleigh tryouts for the American | team, scheduled for yesterday and to- day, were abandoned as the thaw, gen- | eral throughout the East, even went | | as far north as the Laurentian Moun- | Saks. f tains in Canada. The Bob Sleigh Com- mittee, headed by Jay O'Brien, wiil meet in New York Monday to attempt | to decide on one American representa- | tive from the three crack teams of Henry Homberger, world record holder; Hunter Goodrich of Milwaukee and Billy Fiske, who headed the quartet that won the United States’ sole Win- | ter Olympic championship on the bob run at St, Moritz in 1928, Similarly in Albany the Speed Ska ing Committee will meet Sunday to de- cide on the method of selecting the United States skaters in view of the in- | definite postponement of trials sched- | uled there today and tomorrow. CLOSE FOR C. U. I;ROSH Catholic. University freshman quint | scored over Columbus University court- | men, 29 to 23, last night in the prelim- | inary to the C. U.-Villanova varsity game or the Brookland court. | Summary: C. U. Frosh (29 Columbus U 23) F.Pts Montague 1. Gallegher, 1.7 1 August'ter. 1. Scheele. 1. 1 Fleming. ¢ B Smiih, c.. 3 | Barron, c. ... Dougherty. . 1 | Garrity, § J.Smith. 7... 0 | Rosenfield, & Mulvihill, & Totals......13 Totals Varied Sports Basket Ball. St. John's of Brooklyn, 27; George- town, 26 Catholic University, 31; Villanova, 25. | Marylond, 42; Washington and Lee, 38 (two extra perods). Johns Hopkins, 32; Washington Col- | lege, 22 | Louisiana State, 37; Mississippi U, 34. Kentucky, 30; Sewanee, 20 | North Carolina. 38; Virginia Poly, 26 Mississippi_Aggies, 21; Tulane, 18. Alabama, 32; Florida, 19 Chattancoga. 28; Vanderbilt, 26 Texas, 35: Southern Methodist. 29. Medical College of Virginia, 36; Ran- dolph-Macon, 32 Carnegie Tech, 30; New York U., 25 Massachusetts = Institute of Tech- nology, 14: Harvard, 12. West Texas Teachers, 50; Ross, 21 Western State Teachers (Kalamazoo, Mich.). 19; Butler, 39. Washburn, 26; Hays Teachers, 19 San Angelo College, 37; Schreiner In- stitute, 34. Colorado Mines, 19; Colorado Aggles, 16 Sul Eastern Kentucky Teachers, 49 Western Kentucky Teachers, 23 Northern Michigan State, 29; North- land College, 24 Creighton, 43; Drake, 17. North Daketa University, 36; Morn- inaside, 24 Ripon College, 35; Cornell College, 24 Carleton. 42; Monmouth, 25. Mount Union, 42; Akron, 20. Denison Wab College, 26 Toledo, 20; Blufiton, 14. Marietta, 39; Ohio Northern, 36 27: Cincinnati, 26 State, 22; Xavier Uni- Brigham Young, 44; Utah, 36 McMurray, 19: Texas Aggies, 18 ! Colorado U.. 38; Western State, 20. Texas Aggies, 38; Centenary, 26. Washington State, 28; University of Washington, 27. | University of California, 29; Uni- versity of California at Los Angeles. 18. Southern ~ Califcrnia, 35, Stan- | ford, 28 | Utah Aggies, 48; Montana State, 26. | Colorado College, 29; Denver Uni- | | versity, 26 | | Baker. 15: McPherson, 13. | | East Central Teachers, 38; South- eastern Teachers. 24. Montana, 33; Gonzaga, 27. ‘ College Swimming. | Pranklin and Marshall, | Hopkins, 24. Nerthwestern, Detroit | Club, 24. [ College Wrestling. Towa State, 21; Northwestern, 11. Pro Hockey. Providence, 4; Bronx Tigers, § (over- time), | 35; Johns 51; Yacht DOPESTERS SCORE AS EASTERN LEADS Central and Tech Also Fulfill- | ing Phophesies in Basket Series. OME people will tell you that the | experts are never right, that if you want to be right, all you have to do is to find out the experts’ choice and bet against it. | For once, though, it appears that the much-maligned experts are going to have their inning. It seems that when they figured the battle for the public high school basket ball title would be among Eastern, Central and Tech they forecast accurately. Today with the teams in full cry| along the championship trail Eastern, which walloped Western, 47 to 22, is | out in front with two wins and no de- | feats with Central, which drubbed Busi- | ness, 38 to 18, and Tech close on its heels. Central has two victories and | one loss and Tech has won one game | and lost one. Business, apparently, with one triumph and two defeats is| about to fold up after a strong start, if it hasn't already done so, and West- ern doubtless is not strong enough to be a real factor in the race. OTH Eastern and Central lost little time In getting out in front to stay. Eastern, which found it not so easy to vanquish Business' little team, 29 to 23, Tuesday, had no trouble in turring back Western, In the first quarter the Georgetowners made a fight of it, hold- ing the Lincoln Parkers to a 6-3 count, but then Eastern, led by Barney Kane and Bernie Lieb, began to bombard the cords in withering style, while choking Western's offense, and it bécame a question only of by how large a margin It would win. "The half-time score was 23-8. ENTRAL, also showing decided im- provement over previous exhibi- tions, outclassed Business. particu- larly in the second half. With Bill Burke and Buddy Nau as its most con- spicuous performers Central flashed a smooth-passing, sure-shooting perform- ance that enabled it to lead the Stenogs to the wire in the first half, 16 to 11, and then go on to a commanding lead in the later going Shore and Tipton did most of Busi- ness’ scoring. Summaries: Eastern Kane. 1 Haves Courtney. 1.7 Davis. 1. Li 3 aviss! & Witers. & T Tou Mitchell, Totals feree—Orrel Mitchell Business. ts, Central. arke. Esenstad, { . Burke. {.. Smith. 1. Pistolas. Scheine swift, & idell. ¥ Nau, & Totals Referee—Joe Mitchell | nocosenrccsoniy amocomsomesn wososmrorossl | ~ | wrcoscsouseriy =l Totals ... § Mitchell. Umpire—Orr ECH again showed power last night in conquering George Washington | freshmen, 37 to 34, in the pre- liminary to the G. W. Varsity-8t. Joseph's match on the G. W. court. | Summry: ‘Tech (37) Reichardt, f. Wheeler, f... Gregorio, {. Deed. 3 Shirley, €. Totals . Totals ..... Referee—Mr. Sumner. Three court goals in_the final sec- onds, two by Tommy Nolan and the | other by Vito Perruso, enabled Gon- 2age to come from behind and conquer | its old rival, Devitt, 23 to 20, last night on the Gonzaga court. | Friends had little trouble scoring | over Landon, 30 to 9, on the former’s | court. | Priends G.F.Pts. Landon. 2 2 6 Baker, Orme. 1. Claggett. ¢ Becker. ‘¢ Setoonrd ] BESEIail 0 5 Seccomby 0 Cuvillier. 0 Gllis. 0 2 Totals 27630 Totals ....3 5 A strong third-quarter attack car- ried St. Albans to a 31-22 victory over Swavely. Summary: St. Albans Chesley, Magee, Swavely Sollinder. Stalnak G.FPts 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals Totals .....14 331 Referee Mr. Kall Georgetown Prep quint outclassed Loyola High of Baltimore to win, 26 to | 16, at Garrett Park. Summary: georpetown. GFPLs Lools. : it it 1 inn. © Donokhite. & Nee. % Stewart. Cannon! & Totals Referee Continuing its fight for the Mont- gomery County, Md., title, Takoma- | Silver Spring High swamped Gaithers- | burg High, 50 to 6, on the winner's | court. Summary: Tuk.-S. 8 Schuable, Boztevich Brown. i. Myeati. { 226 Totals .....5 616 Mr. Enrigh Sl conooroomas Gaithersb’ F.PL Wolfson, 1.. Glvod. Boter, { cocco-cy Beall, Totals...... 3 3 8 St John's and Leonard Hall quints| will face tonight at 8 o'clock, at St. John's, and in games this afternoon Eastern, Central and Western were to| show their wares on out-of-town courts. | Eastern was to engage Bethlehem (Pa) | High, at Bethlehem; Central was to face Swavely, at Manassas, and West- ern had a date with St. John's Fresh- men, at Annapolis. | GUEHRING T0O TOUGH German Heavy Punishes Grizzo So| | Badly Referee Stops Bout. BERLIN, January 16 (®).—Ernest Guehring, German heavyweight, stopped Attilo Grizzo in the third round last night. {)flm took s lacing all the way and the referee finally stepped in to save him from further punishment, - | Royce (G, tral) THEY HAVE THE ELECTRICAL SPARK. VICTORY OVER. BEN \GNATIUS J. BURKE FORWARD OR GUARD — CLEVER OR\BBLER. ROBERT FRANKLIN U PLEASING BLIS JUsT GoRTS ROLLIAG WHEN THE Boys QRADUVATE ... CHAMBERLIN CENTER oR GUARD - DEFENSIVE STAR. Basket Ball List ForD.C. Quintets Tonight. Villanova vs. George Washington t G. W. at G. W. Maryland vs. V. M. I. at Lexing- ton. Gllaudet vs. 8t. John's at Annap- olis. Bliss vs. Quantico. SCHOLASTIC. Today. Western vs. St. John's freshmen at_Annapolis. St. John's vs. Leonard Hall at St. John's, 8 p.m. Eastern vs. Bethlehem High at Bethlehem, Pa. Central vs. Swavely at Manassas, Va. SPLASH FOR CENTRAL Quantico Marines st |Routs Colonial Frosh Swimmers in Ambassador Pool Meet. Central High swimmers routed George Washington freshman natators, 54 to 11, | last night in the Ambassador Hotel pool. The winners captured all seven events. Summaries: 200-yard relay—Won by Central (Mullett, BII;L Taylor) X Time, 1 M‘y MacBonald - (Central), tral): Meatyard (Central). A 2 e lan (G. W. Freshmen), third. Time. 100-yard backstroke—-Won by Knight (Cen- 220-yard free siyle—Won by Snyder (Cen- Rose (Central). second. Time, 2:4 00-yard free styie—Won by Taylor (Cen- ICfnlrn‘\l i‘"fl“d‘ McMillan (Central) second; secand; Lane (G. | (G, W), third. Time s 150-yard medley_—Won by Central (Knight, | Maurer, Wood). Time, 1:28. Basket Ball Tips BY SOL METZGER. You have to have variety in basket ball. George Veenker had it in his Michigan attack, and you can bet anything that Iowa State is following this scheme during the current season. Here's its variation of the play shown recently. No. 5, taking ‘the rebound, has dribbled upcourt, where he passes to 4. No. 4 again passes to 2, breaking back toward him. But instead of 4 driving straight at 2's opponent, he now swerves more toward the basket and re- ceives @ return pass from 2. No. 2 again swings by 4 taking the ba)l frmeacr 1Y Jike a o k 4 But 2 doey merely *cirers, t o the bageet Mroung completing ji, 00 the coming oy then bregiy " Short receive 5 in for & close.y, d; | Crowley in a 1,500-meter tussle. 'HUSSEY, AT 26, TRIES ' COMEBACK ON TRACK Former “Boy Wonder” Opens Drive Tonight to Earn Place on Olympic Team. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 16.—The one- | | time “boy wonder” of the track, Frank | Hussey, plans a comeback in the Jef- | ferson Club games in Brooklyn tonight. | | One of the greatest sprinting pros-| pects in the country while a schoolboy, | |he is starting at 26 a comeback he | | hopes will lead to a place on the Amer- | | ican Olympic team. Tonight he is listed | to compete in a sprint series at 75 yards, 100 meters and 100 yards. In the field | against him will be the latest youthful sensation, Ed Siegel of the Swedish- American Athletic Club, and Ira Singer | of the Millrose Athletic Association. na- tional indoor champion, Half the field | will run at 75 yards and half at 100 | meters with finals at 100 yards, | " The outstanding event of the pro- | gram. however, will bring together Leo Lermond, Gene Venzke and Frank Ler- | mond, Venzke and Crowley finished in that order in the national i-mile cham- plonship last Summer. | MOUNT RAINIER FEARED Win From Sherwood Bo;sts Stock “ounty Basket Series. ‘ MOUNT RAINIER, Md., January 16. —That Mount Rainier High School likely will cause Hyattsville High plenty | of trouble In their series soon to be played for the Prince Georges County championship was evident, following | the 38-12 victory scored yesterday by the Mounts over Sherwood High of | Sandy Spring on the Mount Rainier | courts. | Hyattsville in two games with Sher- | wood trimmed the Montgomery County scholastics, but not decisively as did | Mount Rainier. | Sherwood gave Mount Rainier brisk | opposition in the first half, which ended | with the Mounts holding & 15-9 lead, | but the home quints stepped out to a | commanding advantagg in_ the second nalf. Sherwood gained a measure of con- solation when its girls sextet walloped | the Mount Rainer team, 27 to 9. Ruth Barnsley counted 12 of Sherwood's points, while Grace Click registered all of Mount Rainier's 9 points. It was the opening game for the home team. Summaries: in BOYS. Mount Rainier (38). Sherwood High (12). F.Pts’ G F.Pts Bellman, 1. Richardson, 1. Cashell, 1. coamwoacs uder, F. Hobb Turner, &. Totals. ol noosooronany 1| cocsco~coony: wosooouoso: Totals.......16 638 Referee —Mr. Timko. GIRLS. Mount Rainer (9) G F.PLS. Hoover, 1. Click. 1. Sherwood (27). &F Barncley dale, PO cocccccee P U wl esosccsceoncni | eesonoscccuwe: & H s S Bovs SPORTS. —By TOM DOERER NORMAN s ALMONY ATHLETIC BASKE BALL COACH‘r AT BLISS - 'WALTER SCHWAB CENTER. SAND AN | EXceLienT \ SAOT. Bliss Veterans Non-Existent Athletes Maks Most of One-Year Stay at School. BY LISS ELECTRICAL B SCHOOL’S undefeated basket ball quint’s coach, Norman Almony, is prived of an alibi which comforts many athletic mentors. Almony cannot say: “Well, we | are not so hot this season, but wait until next year and watch these boys burn the track.” They never come back next sea- son at Bliss for the very simple reason that the school's program calls for one year of study. After a season of athletic action, the Bliss boys take their sports prowess and show it elsewhere. Although handicapped by the short space of time in which Almony is per- mitted to whip his proteges into bas- ket ball condition, the team has been hitting_on all eight this season. And the caliber of opponents is top notch, the Electricians meeting and defeating recently the tough Benjamin Franklin University five, the team which won the Washington Collegiate Conference title last season. Bliss has been & member of the con- ference for two years, and has always | held its own. Last season the Almony tribe clicked in the South Atlantic tussle until the round before the semi- finals, and then went out after a stren- uous struggle. The team again will be entered. Another handicap which does not | seem to hinder the boys is the lack of a practice gym at school. The boys must go to Silver Spring Armory or Silver Spring High School gym to drill znd play. The school is located at Takoma Park. Add to this the work which is neces- sary to mold a team from boys who come from 30 different States and sev- eral foreign countries. Most of the players are strangers until they are introduced at practice. But the coaching is thorough, Al- mony having been a cage star at Baltimore, and & member of the '22- '23 all-Maryland Interscholastic bas- ket ball team. He is a three-letter man, having won his initials at Bal- timore Poly. Almony captained the Bliss team in '25, and has played for the Arundel Boat Club of Bal- timore. During Summer vacation period he is to play ground leader at Roosevelt Park, Baltimore. But one of the advantages Almony receives, however, makes up for quite a few of the disadvantages. Most of the boys coming to Bliss bave had previous basket ball experience, and conch does not have to start from scratch. de- | TOM DOERER: center. for instance, played smart basket ball before coming under Al- | mony’s tutelage. Burke played with , Springfield, Mass., Trade School for four years, two years with the cham- | plon “Emily Bell quint of New Eng- nd and is rated one of the best dribblers in this section of the coun- try. He is the team’s leading scorer, with 60 points for three regular and three practice games, averaging 10 points per game. ‘ Igratius Burke, Bliss forward and Octavius Minnici, forward, and act- ing captain, played with the Salamanca High School team of New York State for three years. He began playing the game in 1921. In recent years he has been with the Salamanca City team, ¥ teams, Pennsylvania Railroad quints and the City team of Ellicottville, N. Y. | Another forward, Charles K. Dean, | played for two years with Central High School's quint at Nashville, Tenn., and | | with Castle Heights Military Academy | of Lebanon, Tenn,, for two seasons. Walter Schwab, Bliss' center, & boy who towers 6 feet 4 inches, is from | Warrerten, Va,, where he played on | the high school team there for four years. He is a crack jumper and an | excellent man on rebounds, on both | ends of the court. And he can shoot | | like a mountaineer, guard who can turn center at any time, played five years of school and inde- pendent basket ball at Springfield, Mass. | He is an excellent floor man and the team’s dependable on the defense. | | Charles Casassa, a guard, is a Wash- ington boy. Has had two years of ac- | tion at Central High, one year at Emer- son. He is a sure shot and splendid on | | defense. Reserves Arnold Butler of Roscoe, N. Y.; Maynard Geisler, Dixon, IIl; Burgoyne Almoney, Stewartstown, Pa., and Bob Smith of Camden, N. J., have all had several years of ex- | perience with school and independ- ent teams. Coach Almony may have a lot of dis- advantages in lacking a gym and battle ground, but & squint at the experience possessed by his players shows them to have an advantage over most outfits in this territory. | OLD-TIMERS TO BOWL | HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 16— | | Competition in the /first annual Old Timers' duckpin sweepstakes of the Ar- | cade alleys here will open tonight at 7 | o'clock with entries from Hyattsville, | | Alexandria, Bethesds and Mount Rain- er. Men 50 years or more will participate. Robert Chamberlin, a 6-foot-2-inch | ' SPORTS CARNIVAL'S SUCCESS ASSURED Brundage States Finances Guarantee Presence of Best of Athletes. BY PAUL MICKELSON, Associated Press Sports Writer, HICAGO, January 16.— America has won its big battle of the 1932 Olym- piad. Wading through a veritable tide of discouragements because of world-wide business conditions, those in charge of the big games at Los Angeles and Lake Placid this year have handled the situa- tion so masterfully that a rousing success is assured, Avery Brun- dage of Chicago, head of the 'American Olympic Committee, re- | ported today. | “Discouragements have been met and conquered and nothing but complete success is assured for the games this year,” Brundage said. “Virtually every star of the first magnitude in the world will compete at Los Angeles despite all those rumors that business conditions would keep them home. The United States will have to be at its very best to retain the team championship. Expenses Are Reduced. “Those in charge of the games this vears have reduced expenses to a rock=- bottom low so that most European ath- letes, for instance, can go from their home port to Los Angeles and return with all expenses paid for only $50). “That big bargain has helped and the enthusiam of the various foreign societies in this country, which will help pay the expenses of their native land athletes through donations and large athletic carnivals after the Olympic games are over, have been tremendous aids in proving that America can put over the Olympic games in these times without paying the freight of the fore eign contenders.” Many sections of the United States will be able to witness great interna- tional track and field contests during the year because of the exhibition games, Brundage said. The usual meet between athletes of England and the United States already has been sched= uled for San Prancisco after the Olym= pic games while several of the other nations want to hold separate meets, “Germany, Finland and Japan are desirous of staging a post-Olympie match,” Brundage said, “and they prob ably will, either in New York or Bos- ton. The Hungarian-Americans are arranging for the Hungarian soccer team to take a tour; the Polish-Amer- icans want the great Polish ice hockey team to do the same thing, while the Germans, Norwegians and Swedish over here are doing the same.” Sees Threat to U. §. ’ _Brundage, a former Olympic star himself and present head of the Amer- ican Amateur Athletic Union, said he was “far from sure” of an American team championship in the Olympic games at Los Angeles this year. “This year America must pick three athletes for each event, as compared with four in 1928, six in 1924 and a dozen back in 1912, and the reduction is going to make it harder for us and easier for the forei invaders with smaller teams. Purthermore, amateur athletics are making startling progress road, even in Japan, where the broad iumpers are making records look bad. don’t mean to say that American athletes aren’t as good as ever. I mean only that the foreign athletes are gete ting better every day. We'll have s great fight on our hands at Los An- geles, you'll see.” HOWARD QUINT VICTO Syphax and Hall Lead Attack in Defeat of Hampton Institute. Howard University basketers drubbed Hampton Institute, 27 to 16, last night on the Bison court. With Syphax and Hall headis its attack, Howard held the whip nd most of the way. Summary: o5 Sosoo~mumon, Hampton (16) a o ooy Lancaater. J. Williams, ¢ Burke c...... Seott. & Campbell | Bavton, '¢. Will'mson, bbs, . | Stewart, g. Totals .. CENSUS BASKETERS TAKE LEAGUE LEA[] Late Drive Beats Patent Offic J. C. C. Revises Schedule for Senior Quints. &l ~orwsoroos Totals . Census put on a last-minute atta to down Patent Office, 25 to 186, take undisputed possession of first plj in the Government Basket Ball " last night on the Bolling Fleld cow Jewish Community Center’s re senior league schedule, just announced follows: Tomorrow—Phi Delta vs. Vi s. Les Amis: bye. Beta Phi ED»:I(él s. A: Beta Phi Epsilon vs. Vist: F(yhrl[l‘lu —Athliso vs. Phi Bets: Vi: Vs ruiry 14—Phi Beta’ vor & 7 AT Bors hi Epsilon vs. Les Am bye. Vista_ Athlio. February 21—Athliso Vista: Beta Phi E) Phi B e, A. Z. A, Les 28—Beta Phi Epsilon vs. Athltso: A. Z. A bye, Phi Delta, Vista. Athli: A Beta Phi is v March_ - Epeilon vs. A March 13—Vista vs. Be: Les Amis: bye. Beta Phi Epe A Z A March 20—Phi Beta vs. Les Amis; Athliso vs. A. Z."A,; Beta Phi Epsilon vs. Vista. Other scores: Crescents. 46; Petworth Mets, Delta Zeta, 31: Ross Jewelers, munity Center League) “Y'" Flashes, 38; Tech Grays, 11 Grazs, O H:" ' Anacostia St. John's Collese, 10. 0; ' Boys’ Club, 38. 32; _Phi 21 (Com- Cha'se 5. 13 Sacred Heart. 31 War, Depatmient Colorade U. Removes Witham, Tutor of Eleven Since 1920. DENVER, January 16 (#)—Myron Witham, head foot ball coich of the University of Colorado, has been re- moved from that position by the board of regents, which decided against re- newing his contract. Witham had been coach since 1920. Frank Potts, head track coach and freshman foot ball coach; Percy Locey, coach of the San Francisco Olympie Club teams, and Burt Ingwerson, fope ‘Three games will be rolled tonight mdl three more s week from tonight. ' mer Iowa University coach, ars undet consideration for the position,