Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1934, Page 35

WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1934 SPORTS SECTION he Sunday St * v/ \/g), NS . B—15 ‘Bama Gridders Grab Breaks, Win, 21-6: “Irish” Passes Beat Trojans, 14-0 FENLON'S 90-YARD RUN AVERTS BLANK Ancient Hubert Intercepts Pass to Score One of Tide Markers. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. APITALIZING on every break in a wild and wooly finale to ‘Washington's 1934 foot ball season, an alert, hard-play- ing band of Alabama All-Stars, repre- senting the cream of past and present Auburn, Alabama and Birgingham- Southern talent, downed a luckless group of Capital grid greats yesterday at Griffith Stadium, 21 to 6. Three times during a contest which attracted less than 3,500 spectators, lady luck frowned upon one of the best collections of collegiate aces ever assembled in Washington, and three times smiled in the direction of the red-and-white clad horde of invaders. Lee Carlin, hard-luck captain of George Washington’s 1933 eleven, was the “goat” of a game strangely hap- hazard, but entertaining—a game in which many foot ball players partici- pated, but in which little foot ball was played. Twice Carlin committed slips, and on each occasion Alabama’s | alert, experienced squad took full ad- | vantage, scoring each time. The third touchdown and resulting extra point, which, alone, would have been enough to beat the Washingtons, also could have been scored opposite lady luck’s _ name. Carlin Is Jinxed. T ONG before the most chill-suscep- tible fan began to shake and shiver, Alabama’'s aggregation was getting the breaks. Carlin, at- tempting to punt out of his own terri- tory shortly after the initial kick-off, booted the ball off Teammate Finis Parrish’s back and the oval rolled out side on Washington’s 31-yard line. Here Hank Crisp's band began ham- mering at the sturdy local forward wall. John (Hurry) Cain, great 'Bama All-America halfback of 1932, and Ernie Teel, star of this year's unde- feated Birmingham-Southern eleven, picked up four yards between ’em, and | then Teel faded back and threw a long pass to Ben Smith, end from Alabama U. The pass seemed destined to fail as Carlin, standing directly in its line | of flight, waited to knock it down. But Lee apparently underestimated its height for the oval slipped through his fingers and into the arms of Smith, who calmly stepped over the goal line, a yard or so away. Red Davis of Bir- mingbam-Southern _contributed the extra point with & placement. It seemed almost as if the foot ball gods were directing the dismal destinies of Carlin, when, removed from the game shortly after that Teel- to-Smith pass, he was sent in again by Coach Jim Pixlee midway the sec- ond quarter. A bad pass from center had lost 20 yards for the local aggre- gation, the Washingtonians recover- ing the ball on their own 4-yard line. Carlin was rushed into the fray, osten- sibly to kick, but it was the wildest kind of a gamble that Lee undertook. Hubert on the Job. TANDING 10 yards back of the goal line, Carlin attempted to cross up the 'Bamans by passing to Galloway, his teammate at George ‘Washington, but Pooley Hubert, in his midthirties and an _all-America (Continued on Page 16, Column 8.) Sports Events In Local Realm TODAY. Pro Foot Ball. Washington Nationals vs. Mohawks, Griffith Stadium, 2:15. TOMORROW. Boxing. Riding and Hunt Club—Main bout, Pete DeGrasse, Brooklyn, vs. Eddie Burl, Jacksonville, feather- weights; 10 rounds. Twenty-two other rounds. Show starts 8:30. TUESDAY. Basket Ball. Mount Rainier High, at Roose- velt High, 3:30. Falls Church High, at St. John's, 3:30. ‘WEDNESDAY. Wrestling. Washington Auditorium — Main match, Jim Londos, New York, vs. Vic Christy, California, heavy- ‘weights. Three other exhibitions. One fall to a finish. Show starts 8:30. Basket Ball. Western Maryland vs. George= town, at Tech High, 8:30. Maryland State Normal, at Cath- olic U., 8:00. George Washington freshmen, at Roosevelt, 3:30. Western vs. Georgetown fresh- men, at Tech, 7:00 (preliminary to ‘Western Maryland-G. U. game). Charlotte Hall at Central, 3:30. THURSDAY. Basket Ball. Shenandoah at George Washing- ton, 8:00 Walter Reed, at Roosevelt, 3:30, FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Hampden - Sidney, at American U., 8:00. Catholic U. vs. La Salle, at Phil- adelphia. Southern High (Baltimore), at ‘Tech, 3:30. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, at 8t. John’s, 3:30. 2 Rockville, at Georgetown Prep, :30. “v:uum. at Baltimore City Col- Falls Church, at McLean, 3:30. I SATURDAY. F‘ Basket Ball. ‘Randolph - Macon, at George , 8:00. Catholic vs. St. Thomas, at Scranton. ‘Wilson Teachers, at Bridgewater. . - Roosevelt vs. Alexandria High, at #Armory Hall, Alexandria, 8:00, & There Were Plenty of Foot Ball Aces and a Bit of Action in Cliarity Game Top: Ernie Teel, dium yesterday. ner he Representative Bankhead, TEXAS CHRISTIAN FELD GOAL WIS |Beats Santa Clara, 9 to 7, When Manton Makes Kick in Last Quarter. By the Assoctated Press. ORT WORTH, Tex., December 8.— ‘Texas Christian University scored a touchdown in the second and a fleld goal in the fourth period today to defeat Santa Clara University of Californis, 9 to 7. Thrice defeated within its own league this year, Texas Christian add- ed to Southwest Conference prestige by beating the team that played a 7-to-7 tie with Stanford, Rose Bowl selection. The Christians gained a 6-to-0 lead midway of the second period when Jim Lawrence, right halfback, raced 24 yards for a touchdown. Santa Clara forged to the lead before the conclu- sion of this period when Raymond Kaliski, right halfback, swept around end on a 6-yard touchdown jaunt and Robert Bosshardt converted from placement. Taldon Manton, Texas fullback, dropped back to the 17-yard line and kicked a field goal in the fourth, Line-ups and summary: Santa Clara (7). Tex. Chris, (9). .Duntton ... = . Rosch BEORIIOCETY R o ‘K Bosshardt " . Score by periods: Santa Clara Texas Christ Santa Clara scorine—Touchdown. Ka- liski: point from placement, Bosshardt. Texas Christian scoring—Touchdown, Law- rence; field goal. Manton. . ] HAPPY HELEN SCORES. NEW YORK, December 8 (#).—H. H. Brown's Happy Helen registered her second victory in three starts at Epsom Downs, Tex. today when she stepped home in front of two other 2-year olds in the $2,500 Lone Star handicap of 1 mile. Grid Results Local Teams. Alabama All-Stars, 21; Washington All-Stars, 6. East. Bethlehem, 13; Altoona High, 13. (Tie). South. ‘Tennessee, 19; Louisiana State, 13. Texas Christian, 9; Santa Clars, 7. Marb®head, Mass. High, 52; Miami Edison, 12. Michigan State, 26; Texas Aggies, 13. Midwest. Southern Methodist, 7; Washing- ton University, 0. Far West. Nomo Dame, 14; Southern Call- fornia, the visi- tors’ best backfield bet, gains a few yards for the winning Alabamans at Griffith Sta- Center: Vice President Gar- roved a good center when eaved the ball back to William P. christening the pigskin used in the contest. Bottom: Garner also made another “pass” as he slipped a pair of box seat tickets to the pair of ushers shown, Sam Foz and Albert Kata. PRINCETON, PENN BOOK GRID GAME Tigers Will Be Host Next| October 5 After Hiatus Lasting Since 1894, Special Dispatch to The Star. HILADELPHIA, Pa., December 8.—After an armistice which has lasted since 1894, Penn and Princeton will renew foot ball relations next Fall. This became known today when a Jjoint announcement was made by H. Jamison Swarts of Pennsylvania and A. 8. A. Bushnell of Princeton. ‘The game will be the opening con- test for both teams, being scheduled for Saturday, October 5, at Princeton. Originally the Red and Blue sched- ule called for Franklin and Marshall to come to Franklin Field on that day, but the latter has graciously with- wn. The Pennsylvania 1935 schedule, after the Princeton game, is followed by Yale, Columbia, Lafayette, Michi- gan, Navy, Penn State and Cornell. The only game away from home is with Michigan. F, and M, after a lapse of several years, had been put on the Red and Blue 1935 schedule, replacing Ursinus. GRANGE AFTER JOB. COLUMBIA, Mo., December 7 (#).— Reports are current here that Harold (Red) Grange, member of the Chi- cago Bear professional foot ball team and former all-America backfleld star at Iljnois, is seeking the position of head coach at Missourl. STANFORD PRACTICE INFORMAL FOR TIME Squad Will Not Drill Regularly for Battle With Alabama Until December 20. -4 By the Associated Press. TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif, December 8.—Foot ball practice at Stanford has been put on an ‘Llnlormll schedule until December 20 ALL-HIGH TEAM PICKED LAKE CITY, Fla., December 8 (P).— John “Red” Davis, chairman of the All-South High School Foot Ball Se- lection Board, announced tonight a squad of 44 schoolboy gridders from 11 States on the 16th annual honor team. Each State was represented by four players, picked as the outstanding performers during the last season. ‘The selections were made on the basis of ballots submitted by 40 coaches and sports writers. ‘The squad included: North Carolina—Osborne, Asheville; Koury, Greenshoro; Berini, Durham, and Bailey, Lexington. South Carolina—Clary, Gaffney; Robinson, Chester; Durham, Green- ville and Herring, Spartanburg. Virginia—Howard, Portsmouth; Cal- lis, Norfolk; Tipton, Petersburg, and Spangler, Newport News. SAFEGUARDS RACING. MIAMI, Fla., December 8 (#).—To raise standards of horse racing, the State Racing Commission has an- nounced creation of & board of ex- aminers to pass upon applications for Florida licenses of Jjockeys and trainers. 4 when the Indians will resume inten- sive workouts for the game New. Year day with Alabama. Coach Claude “Tiny” Thornhill was en route to Palm Springs to attend a Pacific Coast Conference meeting. He left individual practice schedules for the varsity players for the next two weeks. Coach Thornhill expected to find some scouting reports on the Alabama team awaiting him when he arrived in Los Angeles en route to the meet- ing. He was depending on friends of his in the old South to furnish him with information on Coach Frank Thomas’ conference champions. Hornsby Dubbed Marital Holdout By the Associated Press. 'T. LOUIS, December 8 —Rogers Hornsby, .flery manager of the 8t. Louis Browns, is just a marital “holdout” in the opinion of Mrs. Hornsby. ‘The base ball player’s wife, who yesterday dismissed a divorce suit, agreed that Hornsby could return home “if he will behave himself.” Until he meets the stipulation, however, Mrs. Hornsby_indicated the reconciliation would not be re- garded as quite complete.” Tennessee Beats L. S. U.;19-13, Using Old “Statue of Liberty” Play for Winning Touchdown BY KENNETH GREGORY, Associated Press Sports Writer. | NOXVILLE, Tenn, December K 8. —Resurrecting the old “Statue of Liberty” play dur- ing a belated attack, Tennes- see’s Volunteers rushed over a touch- down in the closing minutes of & bril- lantly fought gridiron battle to con- quer Louisiana State's Tigers, 19 to 13, this afternoon. The game, played before 18,000 fans who shivered in the cold of a bleak December day, brought to a close foot ball strife within the South- eastern Conference for 1934. Tennessee's victory was a glowing tribute to its coach, Maj. Robert R. Neyland, whose successful career of nine years with the Volunteers came to a close when the blast of the whistle ended the game. Maj. Neyland leaves next week for Panama, where the War Department has ordered him to report for two years’ duty. He takes with him a res markable record of 76 victories, seven defeats and five ties since he came here to pilot the Volunteers in 1926. L. S. U. Drives to Tie. bounds 3 yards short of the goal. On the third play Dickens lunged across the goal and Dorsey place-kicked the extra point. Goes 57 Yards to Score. OR its first score Louisiana State marched 57 yards, aided by runs * of 11 yards by Reed, a sub -half- back, a 23-yard slash through tackle by Yates and a 15-yard penalty. Yates scored the touchdown, plowing across from the 1-yard line and Mickal place-kicked the extra point. Sullivan intercepted a pass from Vaughan early in the third period and got back to his own 48, whence the Tigers engineered an attack that pro- duced the tying touchdown. The score came when Mickal flipped a short pass to Seago, who caught it on Tennes- see’s 11-yard line and continued across the goal. Seago missed the try for extra point. . Line-ups and Summary. Tennessee. Rose | Capt, ITH Tennessee leading at the | half, 13 to 7, Louisiana State ! opened up a furious passing | gL: attack late in the third period to rush over a touchdown and deadlock the score at 13-all. Tennessee received a “break” when only three minutes remained and took advantage of Mickal’s only short punt that went out of bounds on the Tigers’ 35-yard line, driving from that point for the winning touch- down. Dick Dorsey raced out into the flat zone to take a bullet pass from Char- ley Vaughan and galloped to the Louisiana State 19-yard line. The Volunteers tried a line play, but Vaughan was thrown for a 3-yard less. Then came the ancient “Statue of Liberty” play, unused by Tennessee in any previous game this season. They tried it once before today with a halfback taking the ball out ~of Vaughan's hands, but it did not gain. Vaughan's Pass Tells. /~\N THIS brilliantly executed play, however, Vaughan faked : the ball to another back, tucked it under his arm and backstepped a few paces. Roy Rose, a.Volunteer end, dashed far to the side of the fleld and snagged an aerfal toss from ‘Vaughan, sprinting across the goal un- molested. Rose, who turned in a great exhi- bition at end and caught two of Ten- b wuopened't!}: ring for t‘lz Vaughan, e scol voxnuen midway the first period. After taking s pur§ on its own 48- yard line, Tennessee failed on a line play and then Vaughan shot a long | Meglur pass to Rose, who caught it” on the Tigers' 28-yard line and dashed the remaining 20 yards for a touchdown. Tansil, & substitute end, missed the try for the extra point. Tennessee drove from - its 42-yard line for the second marker. Phil Dickens, sophomore halfback, com- pleted two passes to Tansil, the last one being caught on Louisiana State’s Tun out of Touchdowns—Yates, r touchdown—Mickai Foint atter WILSON TEACHERS - DROP BASKET TILT Lynchburg College Scores, 34-22, Its Zone Defense Baffling ® Washington Quint. Special Dispatch to The Star. YNCHBURG, Va., December 8.— ‘Wilson Teachers failed to pene- trate an air-tight zone defense of Lynchburg College tonight, despite their superior and polished midficor mfi and went down in defeat ‘The Teachers trailed from the open- ing whistle, but staged a late drive that drew them within seven points of the Hornets before a Lynchburg counter attack fced the game. Sacks and Tipton led the Teachers ln: Keyser contributed cool floor play an: : Trunkey and Barnum paced the Lynchburg attack and Brubeck, a freshman from Greenbrier Military Academy, shone defensively. » 3 ol erron Bl owmae® ,LEAD NORTHWESTERN. CHICAGO, December 8 (4).—Walter Cruice of Milwaukee, and Al‘Lind of IYOUNGER LAYDEN ALL-AROUND ACE Brother of Coach Garners Both Touchdowns and Shines on Defense. BY BRIAN BELL, Associated Press Staft Writer, EMORIAL COLISEUM, Los Angeles, December 8.—The Layden brothers provided the vital spark as Notre Dame defeated Southern California, 14 to 0, today before 50,000 spectators. While Brother Elmer sat on the bench as coach, the younger Frank ran rampant in the first half to score both the “Irish” counters against the fighting Trojans and play a great de- fensive game as well. In manner remindful of that day 10 years ago when Elmer dashed about the Rose Bowl intercepting Stanford passes, Frank was all over the huge coliseum today, but the most important location he picked out was a spot 21 yards from the Trojans’ goal in the first period, when the score was 0 to 0. He was there when & long pass from Bill Shakespeare came down, and after he caught it there was no trouble about sprinting across for the score. First Score Is Enough. HIS was enough to win the ball game, but in the second period Frank plunged over from the 2-yard line after Wayne Milner had made a sensational catch of a pass on the rebound. This time Andy Pilney was the pitcher. ‘The home team never was able to keep up with the visitors’ passing at- tack. Twelve times the “Irish” tossed the ball and four were completed for a total of 112 yards. In 11 overhesd efforts the Trojans were able to con- nect with only 3 for a puny total of 24 yards. The “Irish” with a late spurt also took the lead in rushing. 124 yards to 109, but the losers had an 8-to-7 edge in first downs. Gives Notre Dame Edge. Notre Dame entered the game a 2-to-1 favorite to beat the Southern Californians after the home team had won the last three games, and they left no doubt the odds were justified. ‘The victory also gave Notre Dame the :dle in the nine games played, five to jour. From the first the Green-clad host went out to get touchdowns instead of first downs for its scored its first counter, from a yard inside its own :,rmory, before it had made e first wn. Southern California had one great chance to score but the sturdy fore ward wall of the boys from South Bend stopped the drive just an inch from the goal line on fourth down and Notre Dame took the ball and kicked out. The Trojans were down on the Notre Dame 20-yard line, as a result of a recovered fumble, when this push started. Earlier in the game, almost at the start, another recovered fumble gave the home team the ball in the visi- tors’ territory and a smart drive for a few plays took the Trojans to the Notre Dame 13, where it was stop- ped and a try for field goal failed. Uses Many Players. 'OACH LAYDEN gave most of his squad a chance to play a while, twice sending in substitutes in wholesale lots, 11 at a time. As a sentimental gesture, late in the game, George Melinkovich, crip- pled halfback, was sent into the con- test for one play. He could scarcely hobble into position but turned and ran as a decoy toward the flank as Pilney hit the line for 2 yards. He limped off the field after the one }p;l‘lnydu the crowd gave him a big A threat of rain persisted until after the game was under way,’but in the first period the sun broke through the clouds and the remainder of the game was played in bright sunshine. The two Notre Dame starting ends, Dominic Vairo, and Milner, played great ball for the winning team as did Jack Robinson at center. The star for the Trojans was an heretofore unheralded guard, Joe Preininger, 6 feet tall and scaling 196 pounds, who stood like a stone- wall in the face of everything the powertul “Irish” could toss at him. Irvine Warburton and Haskell Wot- kyns, playing their last game for Southern California. also stood out. Line-ups and summary: 7 (). Sou. Calif. - MIEOPHBOL L Wm0, OHe idder - Wotkyns Score by period: Notre Dame .. T iR Southern California ->22 0 0 0 o0— o Dame scoring—Touchdowns, Lay- Points after touchdown, !ron!' 0—14 Notre den (2). hart (2). KERR COMPLETES TEAM. HAMILTON, N. Y., ' December 8 ().—Coach Andy Kerr of Colgate to- day completed the Eastern contingent of players that will join a Midwestern group for the annual East-West game New Year day at San Francisco by s Ed Br back; and George Akerstrom, Colgate center, have accepted bids. Capital Attains National Events Special Dispateh to The Star. IAMI, Fla, December 8— Washington, D. C., was awarded national champion- ships in three sports tonight by the American Athletic Union. ‘The marathon, senior hand ball singles and doubles, the junior high dive and women's outdoor Junior high dive titles for 1935 will be decided in the Nation's Capital. b