Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1933, Page 10

SPOR1S HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. O, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1933. ' SPORTS. T laShy Brooklyn Five lo Play Hoyas : Eastern Colleges Also Facing Rigid Sift ST, JOHN'S RECORD SHONS N0 DEFEAT Mext G. U. Basket Ball Foe Has Won 10 in Row—Tilt at C. U. Tonight. BY H. C. BYRD. EORGETOWN s forward to its basket ball game Friday night with St. John's College of Breoklyn as one that probably will take precedence over any other it is to play here this season. St. John’s has not yet lost a game and has 10 straight victories. This, coupled with the fact that Georgetown also is playing ex- ceptionally well, ought to produce & brilliant contest. Certainly. so far as can be foreseen, there should be no other team here this Winter that right now seems anything like as strong as the Brooklynites. Something of the strength of the St. John's five may b2 gauged by. its vic- tory over City College of New York Some time ago Nat Holman, coach of the City College quint, made the state- | ment that he had the strongest team | he had ever turned out, and consistent- | ly hos turned out some of the t | fit in the only year. . Georgetown expects the game to prove | 80 attractive thai it is planning to take | the university band down to the Tech gym, thus to liven up still more what game it has lost this ronises to be a very lively. evening, | e Blue and Gray has seldom planned | to put on as many sidelights as it is trying to develop for Friday night's game. ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY'S quint goes on the floor again tonight at Brookland, this time with Loy- | ola College of Baltimore as its opponent. The Baltimoreans usually aze well rep- resented in basket ball, and often have had brilliant teams. And any team that whips C. U, this year must travel & fast gait, especially on the offensive, | as the local five has exceptional ability @s a defensive combination. ARLY word came from Annapolis| that Navy this year would gun especially for three of its basket ball opponents, the three to which it lost last year. One of these, American University, already has been taken into looking | Kerr Likes Terms; Harridge Visitor OHNNY KERR thinks well of the terms offered for his services this year by the Washington Base Ball Club. The utility infielder dropped in at club headquarters yesterday, consid- ered his contract and lost no time reaching for a pen. He became the fourth to fall in line for the cam- paign. The others are Manager Joe Cronin, Pitcher Al Thomas and Out- fielder Dave Harrie. Among Clark Griffith's visitors yesterday was Willlam Harridge, president of the American League. He stopped over for a chat with the Nationals' prexy,while on the way | to ihe schedule meeting in New York. iSpurns Contract Offered by Yankees—Cut Believed , 1o Be $15,000. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Assoclated Press Sports Writer EW YORK, January 17.—The an- | nual battle over the figures on | Babe Ruth’s salary check has | started in customary fashion. More in fear than hope, the Yankees | mailed Ruth a contract for 1933 yes- terday. Hardly giving the ink time to | dry, the big home run slugger an- | nounced he would return it, unsigned, today. The Yankees, he intimated, might do what they liked with it. He himself had no use for it. ‘While unwilling to discuss what terms the world champions had offered him for his exertions next season, Ruth left no doubt in the minds of interviewers that it wasn't enough. “What they offered me is something for them to anno%ce if they want to,” the Babe caid. | offer wasn't enough by a long shot and they'll have to raise the ante if they expect me to sign.” USINESS MANAGER EDWARD G. | | ports that the club had proffered same time, appeared not even . mildly surprised when informed that the big without signature. “After all,” Barrow remarked, “the camp, and the other two, Pennsylvania | Babe has been doing that with almost and Maryland, are to be met this week and next. So far the Navy five has been cutting down its foes with such ease that one can hardly believe anything other than that at Annapolis is about the best five that has worn Navy colors in many years. Navy is not only winning its games, but winning by big scores. Given fast players who are fairly good shots, Coach Johnny Wilson can put together about as good a basket ball team as any other man in the coaching profession. Any way, over a period of years his teams have bril- liant records. NE sport that seems.in a fair way to take a rough bump, possibly cven rougher than those sbeing taker by the other Spring sports in amany colleges, is lacrosse. In former years many big Northern schools came regularly to the State of Maryland, but | right now the list of teams due to visit the Old Line State is dwxdling consid- erzbly. It may not be long before the Maryland teams have few opponents | exczpt among themselves. Lacrosse is the most expensive of Spring sports, except rowing, and that | is the factor not mitigating in the least | in its favor. It begins to seem very | much as if intercollegiate sports may | develop along lines of those sports that | will carry themselves financially, while | many of the others given intercollegiate Status in recent years may be rclegated | to the realm of intramural contests as a part of a general physical education plan. If such a plan is not in the offing, | then the signs of the times are not | truly indicative of the trend. | OLLEGE bas> ball is in rather an unusual situation also, as well as lacrcsse. A summation of the con- ditions in the colleges in the South At- lantic section seems to indicate that little interest exists among college stu- | dents in the game. To the question, “How many spectators do you have at your base ball games,” the invariable reply is from 50 to 100. And, if that Teply aciually represents all that is be- ing got out of base ball by the students, then the game in the colleges is not worth the money being expended on it because the money could be expended in other ways to gt larger returns, EORGE WASHINGTON received little more than a workout from 3 the Marines last night at Quan- tico. The home basketers: went down to a 66-t0-20 defeat. The Colonials, led in victory by Wick Parrack, giant forward, displayed a passing attack | which bewildered the Marines. | The regular G. W. quint, with Par-| rack scoring 19 points, rang up a lead | of 34-6 in the first half and although | the collegians’ line-up was dotted with | reserves in the final 20 minutes the | Leathernecks were unable to gain. The | play of a G®W. reserve forward, Jimmy | Howell, showed promise. Substitnting for Forrest Burgess, Howell rolled vp 17 Points in the second period. Line-ups: George Washinzion * (;vl"va Marize: Parrack.!. . McGrath.f. Wray.{ Shell.{ Sterling.1. . [ Posik.f... Tipton.c Williams.c Carney.g. Dupier.g. Gann.g Kerr.g. Totals Noonan,c Zahn.g Parrish.g Chambers, Fenlon,g. Totals. .. ; Referee—Mr. Kail. —e ARESKA WILL STAND | AT DOELLER ESTATE French Stallion, From Littauer| Stables, Has Distinguished Line of Progenitors. Dispatch to The Star. RLEAN, Va., January 17.—A new and valued addition to Virginia's long list of illustrious sires has been made with the arrival here of Areska, well known Prench stallion, | shipped from the stables of Col. Wil- | liam Littauer, under whose colors hei has achieved notable success on the flat and over jumps in England and Prance. Arveska will stand at the country estate of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Doel- ! Jer, Prospect Hill, Orlean, 10 miles distance horse, Areska, was sired byAPlzchots. known in France for his | staying qualities, and subsequently sold | to Italy as a stallion. His dam, Hu-| moreska, was by the famous American yoce horse, Hermis, whose speed has i bined to give Areska that quality every contract we ever seni him.” ‘That Ruth’s $75,000 salary was going to be reduced has been an open secret for some time. Ruth himself indicated he would be willing to take a modest cut, say $5,000 or so, without much of a grimace of pain. for a much larger slash, but, then, that simply repeats history. The Yankees annually make a tentative first offer to the home run king, not with much hope nish a basis for argument. the whole salary dispute will be ironed But the conference with the colonei will have to be held first. That's a Winter base ball feature. e SWEENEY WITH NEW QUINT Will Play With Baltimore Outfit ) Against Lustines Tonight. against the strong Lustine-Nicholson quint of Hyattsville, - Sweeney will continue to play Sun- day ball with the Eagles. . College, School Basket Contests COLLEGIATE. Tonight. | Catholic U. vs. Loyola (Baltimore) | at Brookland. American U. U. vs. Bridgewater at Tomorrow. Maryland vs. Johns Hopkins at Baltimore (Loyola gym.). Thursday. American U. vs. Randolph-Macon at Ashland, Va. | Friday. Georgetown vs. St. John's (Brook- | lyn, N. Y.) at Tech High. Saturday. George Washington vs. St. John's (Brookiyn, N. Y.) at G. W. gym. Catholic U. vs. Gallaudet at Brookland. Maryland vs. V. P. I at College Park (basket ball and boxing), 7:30 pm Georgetown vs. adelphia Howard vs. St. Paul at Lawrence- ville, Va. ‘Temple at Phil- SCHOLASTIC. Today. Eastern vs. Tech, Roosevelt vs. Central, Tech gymnasium, public high school championship games. First game, 3:30 o'clock, Eastern vs. Tech. Western vs. George Washington Freshmen at Western. Alexandria High vs. St. John's at St. John's. Friends vs. Georgetown Prep at Garrett Park. ‘Tomorrow. ‘Tech vs. Episcopal at Tech Eastern vs. George Washington Freshmen at Eastern. Roosevelt vs. Gonzaga at Roosevelt. Central vs, Washington-Lee High at Central. s Emerson vs. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High at Leland. Thursday. Georgetown Prep at Maryland TFreshmen Tech vs. Garrett Park. Eastern vs. at College Park. Friday. Central vs. Western, Roosevelt vs. Tech, Tech gymnasium, public high school championship games. First game, 3:30 o'clock, Central . vs. Western., St. John's vs. Leonard Hall at St. John's. St. Albans vs. Swavely at Amer- ican U. Eastern vs. Georgetown Preshmen at Tech, 7:15 pm. ( to G. U. Varsity-St. John's ( ) game). vs. Hyattsville High at Jm. Gonzaga Gonzaga, 8 o Prep vs. Loyola High Georgetown (Baltimore) at Garrett Park. Y. wau:htv‘!hil - Saturday. Friends vs. Donaldson at Donald- son (Baltimore). “MUST RAISEANTE” - RUTHTELLS CL0B ut I will say their | BARROW declined to confirm re- | Sch Ruth a contract for $60,000, but, at the | £ outfielder was returning the papers | Evidently the club's first offer called | that he'll accept it, but simply to fur- | As in the past, it is expected Ruth | and Col. Jacob Ruppert soon will get | | together for a personal conference when | out amicably and with dispatch. Ruth | At | probably will sign for $65,000 or $70,000, | Wilia Joe Sweeney, forward of the Aero Eagles, will hold forth with the Dobbs | Trous Pros of Baltimore, who open their sea- | son tonight in the Monumental City | ™ TECH SBASKETERS - - OPPGEOLDRNVAL Episcopa High to Pay Visit | Tomorpw—Double Bill in Tith Series Today. LDithletic foes will have it out odthe basket ball court to- | O w when Episcopal High's | gt of Alexandria comes | here to dofattle with the Tech tossers on the Mdinley floor. Some ofyr tilts of more than usual interest ar'!isted. Gonzaga and Roose- velt meet|t Roosevelt, Eastern and George Wiaington freshmen at East- ern, and tral and Washington-Lee High at Cftral. Emersonjourneys to Leland to en- gage the pthesda-Chevy Chase High quint. Eastern pcounters Tech and Roose- velt engagt Central in that order in public higischool title games this aft- ernoon onthe Tech floor, starting at othd tilts George Washington frosh an St. John's nd Friends and Georgetown Prep battllat Garrett Park. ASHINTON-LEE HIGH basketers werejaore than a match for the Roosevlt rescive tossers but they were unall to cope with the Rough | Riders’ fig-stringers, which tells the tale of the3allston team’s 32-51 defeat yesterday i the hands of Coach Lynn ‘Woodwortl' charges. At the @i of the first quarter W-L. was les the Roosevelt second- stringers, |<to 3, but then Woodworth sent in thi tough Riders’ regulars, who gained thilead at the half, 22 to 16. After thalt was just a cakewalk for Roosevelt., an with 23 points and with 16 led the Roose- Bone and Willlams did losers® scoring. Wash.-Lee (32) FPts 15 a8 g MRS Srory on e, ¢ 5 Kaminsky, ¢ Bunch. 2 o a 37 pasting on the Landon | Sch ve at Garrett Park. Lan- ating and Nee led the basket bomardment of the winners, | who gainedan early lead and were in the van athe half, 21 to 5. Landon (7) L Totals. .. § TR | Kane an Alfaro headed the attack of the Gege Washington Freshmen quint as ifturned back the Gonzaga | five, 42 to {, on the G. W. court. The frosh werea front all the way, hold- | ing.a 19-§¥half-time advantage. | i | Totals. ... F Pl 1t appe Roosevelt figh will have a base ball g Spring. Much dends upon whether the dia- with the pysical education of the boys’| as a whole and whether | field will be ready for| | the sport. Flk FIVE BUSY. Four Baskt Ball Battles Booked fq Bethesda Vols. Special Dispgh to The Star. BETHESA, Md., January 17.—Four games willze played by the Bethesda e Department,_cagers dur- ing the nejweek, starting here tonight in a clash Jith the Silver Spring A. C. |at 8:15 inthe Bethesda-Chevy Chase | High Schd gymnasium. The Wapington -Whirlwinds will be | at Washinjon Friday night, while the | tossers will be played at | ashington University gym | | Sunday af X | of Columb{Firemen will be entertained Vaied Sports $llege Basket Ball. George Washington, 66; Quantico, Marines, Penn Mitary Academy, 44; Haver- ford, 25 Oregon Rate, 26; Washington State, 14, {5 ° Towa, :hffimcago. 32, Milligap.#4; Tennessee, 26. ‘Texas CHstian, 27;. Texas A. & M 26. Ohio Stge, 33; Illinois, 22. Kentucky 67; Clemson, 18. Dartmom, 29; Yale, 23. Purdue,[d; Minnesota, 16. , 49; Monmouth, 29. 30; Illinois College, 28. ; Oklahoma City, 25. Wesleyan, 35; yan, 59; Central, 43. 28, Missouri Valley, 19. Emporia, 38; Ottawa, 28. 7; Marqus Elkins, s, 41; Gustavus Adolphus, Nebreslf Wesleyan, 19; Hastings, 17. ge, 46; U. of Louisville, 41. ‘Transyl- State, 62. Meijl University 0. ; Intermountain Union, 34. versity, 28; Fals of Mexico ette, 22. 36; West Virginia PROF. MANN TRIES SOMETHING. / MR . FRANK MANNS \ IDEA OF A NEW DEAL 15 TO KiCKk OUT THE OLD ONE.. THERE ISA'T MUCH® TWO-STEPPING WHEN SHERIFR TOLLOCH 'S PE EPING... ~i ALEXANORIA STiLL § TURKEW - DINNER TO THE Bl BOYS,. T MAY AOT PAY BIG-BUT T —By TOM DOERER THERE. Mave RECENT OCCASIONS WHEN A CusTom ER AROSE AT PORTNERS T SAY IT APPEARED AS F N MR, MANN GOT SOME OF HIS TALENT RIGHT OFF THE DANCE FLoOR -~ -TMEY WERE THAT GOOD AT WALT2\NG Tuey'Ls 88 RINGING FOR ME SQoN, PALLY.. THE HEADLINERS Wit BE on THe Fence AWAITING THE CALL - PRELWA TALENT Soes JosT So RAR.. N DUOE GONFERENGE PROBEPAVESWAY ‘Fight Forecast at Meeting of Middle States Association Next Week. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, January 17— Storm signals fluttering against a threatening hori= zon mark a troublous fore- cast for the meeting of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools next week. Even more definite augury of what is going to happen is contained in the statement of Dr. Ralph C. Hutchinson, president of Washington and Jefferson, in commenting upon the dnnouncement of a thorough investigation of low scholarship, subsidization of athletes and general athletic conditions in the Southern Conference. He expressed confidence that sub- sldization and other evils will have been eliminated by a majority of Eastern col- leges and universities by next Fall. In some cases, he said, this would be voluntary, but whether willing or un- willing, such & step will be mandatory, he added, through a ruling of the Middle States Association enacted at ity Fall convention at Atlantic City. LL members, he added pointedly, that value their academic stand- ing and reputation will conform to the rule. But will they? One or two impor-~ tant institutions, very likely more, are not so keen about this rule, and all in- dications are they will make their ob- Jections known at the coming conven= tiop. I?I other words, there may be a fight. If 50, it would seem as though the re- bellious ones will not get far. For the Middle States Association is an ex- tremely powerful body—more powerful t.h;‘sr most persons realize. example, a seat of learning not in good standing with this omnh‘aum may find that its graduates will have to face refusal of medical schools and other post graduate institutions to recognize their diplomas and other credits. This fact alone is a_most formidable club for the Middle States body to wield, and additional weapons will not be lacking. All n all, events at the meeting of this organization next week will be worth watching. AB for the Southern Conference, it will be recalled that this body now is composed only of South Atlantic institutions as a result of the with- drawal of 13 universities laying farther South and their association in a South- eastern Conference, Jt may be suspected that an investi- gation of the new Southeastern organ- ization might, if it were searchingly conducted, yield more startling and spectacular findings than will be dug out of the parent body. But just now no one seems to be in a curious mood in the deep South. If the new Southern Conference ‘wants a model of academic rigidity and athletic purity to use as sort of a basis of departure for its lnvzmgmon. the writer herewith nominates the Univer~ sity of Maryland. . Home Talent o n Trial in Ring Mann Hopes Resident Punch-and-Pummel Pugs Will Please Portner Hissing Trade More Than Mild Big Mugs. ,BY TOM DOERER. OTUND Mr. Frankuel Mann, | R the Jimmy Johnson, the| Jess McMahon, the Bobby | Gunnis of District and| Virginia fisticuffs, inaugurates his ‘buy at home” campaign tonight | at Alexandria. | Qut-of-town products of fistiana at | various times during recent months have caused the Hon. Mr. Mann no lit- tle embarrassment as he sat among the hissing trade at his emporium of swat | | and wallop. As a result, Mr. Mann will go in for | local talent tonight in an effort to give | the customers less name, probably, but | more fight. What the young men who | fill up his scrapping menus tonight lack in luster, ballyhoo, reputation and rank- ing, they will, he hopes, make up in fight and action. ‘Whether it works out as the per- plexed Mr, Mann hopes is a ques- tion, but like Mr. Clark Calvin Grif- fith’s base ball club, 1933 edition, it will be a change of faces and names. And this seems to be the time for new deals, new faces and general readjustment in every line of en- deavor. If the local young men of clout go in there and swat it will please the cash customer. It always does anywhere at any time. But if they are punch-shy and waltz in and out of one another’s way, the trade will bellow for “names” once more, figuring that if a fighter is | not going to do much in the ring it will at least take a glimpse at & young | man the gossips in pugilism are dis- | cussing. Of course, Mr. Mann’s “buy-at-home” campaign will have it; limitations. There is just enough talent in this neck of the woods to go so far—and then there isn't any more. All that Frankie | can hope for in his local-talent combats |is to develop some youngster he can | build up to pit against some of these | “names” from other bailiwicks. That is the happy and ideal ar- rangement, a local boy against an out-of-town fighter. All promoters | strive for this, and all of them will | tell you That until they reach this | spot in promotion the game is noth- ing but a séries of headaches, There is little doubt but what the battle of the breezes last week caused Mr. Mann to shuffie the cards for a new deal. While there were not even slight murmurs of complaint among the members of the expert squad, who watched the brawl of the breezes at the time it was taking place, later com- ment —not for publication—indicated the boys when they came around to Phinking the matter over were not so m\‘: that it was a very scientific con- Les Kennedy, the big fellow, Eddie Shea, the feather; Frankie Genaro, the banty, and other boys listed for con- tests here have been moved back for a week or so until Frankie gives his local cards a try-out. But the boys will be along. A strictly local card will go just so long, just as does one which features all visif If there is a game Authorized Service eed Lockh $ Hydraulic ' Brakes o b dictum for a while, but the run-of- mine fighter cannot keep repeating, oo 1ot is o be pleased. So_far, Mr. Mann and his asseci- a have done very well in a ticklish fight spot. There have been flaws, naturally, and comment which indi- cated that Frank might be using too many of his own boys, but, altogether, the Portner trade has been watching fights of a better caliber than are be- ing served to fans in other localities. ‘That Frankie has been using good judg- ment in arranging his fights is cated by the exploding of fight clubs Bai- timgre, while Mann has been moving ahefd. Prank has not made thousands at the Alexandria show, maybe not even nickels, but promoters in Baltimore have been losing thousands. Mr. Mann, however, and promoters of ali sports, must look for plenty of criticism this year. This is going to be the semester when the man with a shinplaster in his mitt wants to see plenty for it. His amusement money is going to be scarce, and when he does flip it down at the ticket window he wants something for a dollar which was 80 hard to corral, . - So there is going to be squawking galore by the trade, and, after all, I believe i is going to be a good thing all around. It will make for keener competition on the part of the pro- moters and the athletes as they bid for the ticket holders. For a long while the customers had to take what the boys offered or leave it. That caused the influx of smart boys into the sports games, who had a peculiar_view of the customer, figured him to be lined with pockets, and all of them filled with frog skins which went one way—their way. ‘THis goes for all sports. If the boys behind the games have any ideas of showmanship, if they have salesman- ship, this is going to be the year to show it—or else, K. OF C. FIVE CANCELS. Knights of Columbus 145-pound basket ball team is forced to cancel its game scheduled for Thursday with the Warwicks, also 145-pounders. Neo package con- of King C. Gillette. They | ('CONNELL QUSTED, YALE QUINT FADES After Captain Is Removed | -Eli’s Are Easily Beaten by Dartmouth. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 17.—Appar- ently Yale's hopes of going somewhete in the Eastern Inter- collegiate Basket Ball League championship race this year will de- pend upon Capt. Bob O'Connell. Making their first league start last | night fn New Haven, the Elis had Dart- mouth”s highly touted Indians . well | trounced when O'Connell was removed from the game after his fourth personal foul. Then Dartmouth snapped into action and scored 15 points in the last eight minutes of the game to earn a 29-23 decision. While O'Connell was at_center Yale was an impressive outfit. It piled up a lead of 13-9 in the first half and boost- ed the count to 21-14 with only eight minutes to play. But as soon as O'Con- nell was removed the Eli's team play vanished and Dartmouth quickly pulled into the lead and stayed there. It was Dartmouth’s second victory in three league games and left the Indians firmly intrenched in third place. Penn with two successive victories, 'is the leader, with Columbia, victorious in its only start, a step behind. Tonight Columbia will receive a thorough test, for the Lions must the champion Princeton Tigers at Princeton. Although beaten by Penn in their opening contest, the Tigers will be heavy favorites. Columbia has shown marked improvement in recent games, but the Lions do not appear to pack the punch to stop Princeton. — WOULD LEGALIZE BETTING. OLYMPIA, Wash,, January 17 (P)— A horse-racing bill which would permit pari-mutuel betting is to be introduced in the House of the Washington State Legislature. SENSATION The sharpness, uni- formity and shaving .qualities of the “BLUE BLADE?” are truly sen- sational. If you are a “BLUE BLADE” user you know- this is true. Others can try it and see for themselves. Ohly the price is changed. . . FLORSHEIM a fow pr and “FLORSHEIMS” at Sale Prices Are Real Buys! After the Sale back to $8 & $9 Men’s Shops 14th at G 7th & K *3212 14th