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WASHINGTON, D. C, ning Staf WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934. * _Comics and Classified D—1 Browns’ Chief Spikes Deal for Hadley : Base Ball Markefing at Standstill AMERI[}AN U HVE Give Some Hope for New Nat Performers GRIFFITH, HORNSBY BOTH ARE PUT OUT Nationals’ Boss, Ireful, Is Likely to Return With Empty Hands. BY JOHN B. KELLER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. EW YORK, N. Y., December 13—With only a slender chance of getting something to help his ball club over the jumps next year remaining as the an- nual business sessions of the major base ball leagues drew to a close to- day, Clark Griffith is in no pleasant frame of mind. Repulsed on all sides as he endeav- ored to swing deals for the pitchers so0 sorely needed for the bolstering of the Nationals, the Washington prexy was to leave the scene of the circuit sessions early this afternoon probably empty-handed so far as new material was concerned. And he had banked heavily on getting reinforcements here. i Griffith withstood fairly well the beatings he took when his well-laid plans for deals with the White Sox of Chicago and the Indians of Cleve- land went awry, but the failure to put through the one that would have brought Bump Hadley, right-hand hurler, back from the Browns really hurt. Brownie Chief Kills Deal. HE stage was set for the transfer ¥ and up to a late hour last night o the Washington president was confident of success in this deal he regarded as his most important. After many conferences, Rogers Hornsby, the stubborn manager of the Browns, at last had given in to Griffith’s argu- ments. Hernsby had decided to part with Hadley for Luke Sewell, veteran catcher the Nationals put on the‘ block, and cash. The exchange had been sanctioned by Lou McEvoy, vice president of the St. Louis club, here to represent it at the business sessions. Only the okay by President Von Weisse of the Browns was needed to make everything hotsy totsy. For three hours after the evening meal Hornsby and McEvoy endeavored to get in communication with the Browns' president by telephone and telegraph. Finally the executive was located in a St. Louis suburb. Hornsby hastened to telephone his chief that everything was in readiness to com- plete the trade and strongly recom- mended it. And Von Weisse's answer, burning the wire from St. Louis, was short and sour—“No!” Griffith had taken his worst beating on the Winter ivory market. Griffith Is Ired. ON WEISSE backed his “no” with plenty more that led Manager Hornsby to believe there was little hope of doing any business at all with the Washington club. So Rogers reported to Griffith, and that | did the Washington prexy no good at all “They can jump in the lake with their proposed deals,” fumed Griffith. “I'm through. They'll have to come to me after this.” They had cooked up a neat little deal between them, Griffith and Hornsby, for Hadley, the pitcher Manager Bucky Harris believes could become a winner for a ball club such as Washington'’s. Griffith had agreed to part with Sewell and cash, amount not revealed. Now the Browns did not want Sewell for themselves, but, as Hornsby looked at it, the veteran catcher would open the way to deals by his club. With the White Sox clamoring for Bewell since the opening of the ses- sions here, Hornsby had his cards stacked. He would turn over Sewell to the Chicago club for Zeke Bonura, the busting first baseman. That would clear the road for the shipment of Irving Burns, sterling initial sacker, to the Red Sox along with Oscar Melillo, second beseman, and the Red Sox willing to make the Browns 8 handsome return. No wonder Hornsby liked the Washington offer. Sewell Offcr Ridiculous. HEN along comes President Von | 1] Weisse cf the Browns to throw a wrench into the works. And everybodv’'s sore. Thz White Sox made a direct offer for Sewell yesterday, but it was so ridiculous to Griffith that he enjoyed his only hearty laugh of the trip here. They were willing to buy Sewell out- right—and pay for him the American League waiver price, $4,000. “You don’t see any long whiskers on me,” Criffith cracked. “I'm no Banta Cluus.” That's been the main trouble with ail the proposed deals here, Every- body’s been looking for a Santa Claus. And the old boy never ducked down anybody’s chimney. . NAVY GETS GRID STARS Borries’ Brother, an End, Will Be Among New Plebe Players. ANNAPOLIS, Md., December 13.— ‘With the echoes of the Army game at Franklin Field still in the air around Annapolis, reports of foot ball pros- pects who will enter the Naval Acad- emy next year are making themselves heard. Of greatest interest so far is the news that Bill Borries, 6 foot 4, ved- headed brother of the great Buzz, will be a Navy plebe next year. He plays end and is said to have the same uncanny foot ball knack as his famous predecessor. ‘There also is interest in Bob Startzell, who plaved halfback on Southern Methodist in the first three games this season, including the tie with Louisi- ana State, and is now preparing at a local school. Still another young player of note is Jack Brenner, halfback at Severn School and the outstanding schoolboy back of Maryland last season. STRONG TO TRY AGAIN. NEW YORK, December 13 (P).— Ken Strong, the professional grid star, who showed promise as an outfielder until he injured a wrist playing foot < Sports Events In Local Realm TODAY. Basket Ball. Walter Reed, at Roosevelt, 3:30, TOMORROW. Bowling. Masonic League qualifying round in The Evening Star tournament, at Convention Hall, 8:00, Basket Ball. Hampden-Sydney, at American U., 8:00. Georgetown vs. Bucknell, Buckneli. £ Catholic U. vs. La Salle, at Phil- adelphia. Southern High (Baltimore), at Tech, 3:30. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, at St. John's, 3:30. Rockville, at Georgetown Prep, 3:30. ‘Western, at Baltimore City Col- at lege. Falls Church, at McLean, 3:30. SATURDAY. Basket Ball. Randolph - Macon, ‘Washington, 8:00. Georgetown vs. Carnegie Tech, at Pittsburgh. Catholic U. vs. St. Thomas, at Scranton. Wilson Teachers, at Bridgewater. Roosevelt vs. Alexandria High, at Armory Hall, Alexandria, 8:00. Bowling. Meyer Davis Sweepstakes, Lucky Strike, 8:00. NAVY EXPERIMENTS WITH BASKET VETS Borries May Perform at Center or Forward—One Regular of Last Year Missing. at George at T A NNAPOLIS, Md.,, December 13.— With but one regular of last year out of the game, Head Coach John Wilson of the Navy basket ball team is trying out alternate combina- tions as his starting varsity. Capt. Buzz Borries may play either at center, where he was used last year, or forward, his earlier position, depending upon whether Art Decker or Carl Fellows proves the more use- ful to the team. Should Decker, who started the sea- son at center last year, get back into form, he will take that place, Bor- ries shifting to forward, but if Fel- lows shows special ability he will go to forward, Borries remaining at cen- ter. Bob Dornin, at the other forward, with Bob Mandelkorn and Bob Badger at the guards, completed the varsity first string Jack Cline, George Whitmyre and Bob Ruge, forwards, are showing good form, while the re- serve guards will be drawn from the foot ball team, Tom King, halfback, and Lou Robertshaw, center and cap- tain-elect. Wilson will be helped with his varsity team by Lieut. George Car- michael, former Navy player, and Lieut. Tom Hamilton. Lieuts. Walter Graf Stelter will handle the plebes, squad at present numbering 100. “IRISH” LOS.E ROBINSON Observance of Big Ten Rule Ends Center’s Grid Career. SOUTH BEND, Ind, December 13 (#).—Johnny Robinson, Notre Dame's star center, has finished his college foot ball career because of the re- affirmation of the Big Ten freshman rule. Although Notre Dame is not & mem- ber of the Big Ten, it observes the conference’s rules. Robinson played one season on Notre Dame’s B team, which participated in an intercol- legiate schedule in 1931. and Fred the ball two years ago, thinks he can do a comeback and has asked permission to accompany the Brooklyn Dodgers 'n their training trip next Spring. A T0 START TONIGHT Will Play Hampden-Sydney. Georgetown, Catholic U. Take Inaugurals. MERICAN UNIVERSITY bas- keters open their campaign tomorrow night on the A. U. court at 8 o'clock against Hampden-Sydney. Meanwhile George- town will be starting its schedule in the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference against Bucknell at Bucknell, Pa., and Catholic University will be engaging La Salle at Philadelphia. Just one seasoned player will be in the A. U. line-up that takes the floor against Hampden-Sydney. He is Scott Crampton, veteran guard. Staff Cassell, member of the unde- feated Dickinson Seminary quint last season, will be at the other guard. Cub Sixby will vie at center in place of Bob Hill, who held the post last year but is ineligible. Bob Taylor and Walter Edwards will be at the forwards. Hampden-Sydney, which was the only team over whom A. U. scored last season, will bring a rangy squad expected to offer the Eagles all the fight they're seeking? EORGETOWN and C. U. will wind G up their week end forays Satur- day when the former engages Carnegie Tech in another Eastern Intercollegiate Conference match at Pittsburgh and C. U. takes on St. Thomas at Scranton, Pa. George Washington meets Randolph Macon in the G. W. gym. and Wilson Teachers going down to Bridgewater, Va., for a tilt with the Bridgewater College quint in other counters listed for D. C. college tossers Saturday. Georgetown and Catholic U. opened their campaigns with victories last night. The Hoyas conquered a stub- born Western Maryland quint, 39-34, on the Tech High court, and the Car- | dinals ran away from Maryland State Normal of Baltimore, 53-11, on the C. U. court. HE Hoyas figured to trim Western Maryland rather handily, started as though they were going to do just that and at the end of the half were in the van, 25-11. However, the Terrors rallied in spectacular style midway of the final period and finally contrived to get ahead, 32-31. How- ever, the Hoyas came back in the clos- ing three minutes and on four straight foul shots by Ed Hargaden and a clever pot shot by Joe Corliss got in the van again to stay. It was Bill Shepherd, the country’s leading intercollegiate scorer during the grid season just closed, who drop- ped in the two foul shots that gave his team their 32-31 edge. This was the only scoring Shepherd did, how- ever. Ryscavage, with 13 points and Mergo with 15 were their big shots on offense. Summary: Georgetown (39). Western Md. (34) GF Pis. Pt .. 11 Ryscavagef. 5 Gibeau.f. . 1 5 Shepherdf.. 0 Esenstadt 0 0 Lathrop.1. Parcells.c. 3 1 7 Kaplanc Young.c 0 0 Mergog gorliss.g. 214 Fowbleg... 5 02 00 00 Totals ..16 739 Referee—Mr. Menton (Loyola). ARYLAND STATE NORMAL proved easy prey for C. U., be- ing unable to score a single floor goal in the first half, while the Cardinals were piling up a 33-4 lead. Ben Novey scored both the visitors’ tv;:pombers early in the second pe- riod. Herbert (Zeke) Brown and Bernie Lieb, former Eastern High player, forward and center, respectively, led the C. U. drive. Brown took the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) + Clark Griffith (on right) in chat with Tom Yawkey, owner of Red Sox, and the chances are that it was not purely social. SPORTScopE Y JOHN B. KELLER. EW YORK, N. Y., December 13.—They've been quoting prices that made Clark Grif- fith dizzy, these dealers in base ball ivory, eager to unload some of their stock on the Washington club, but previous quotations promise. to look skimpy in comparison with what the boys will demand of the Old Fox during the remainder of the off- season. The dealers had based their fancy prices on what they thought the ‘Washington club actually had received from Tom Yawkey of the Red Sox in payment for Joe Cronin. They couldn’t believe more than $150,000 had been paid for the former player- manager of the Nationals, despite re- ports of higher figures. But now that the ivory sellers have learned that the million- aire owner of the Boston club really penned his name to an agreement providing for a $250,000 cash turnover to the ‘Washington club in part pay- ment for Joe there will be a sky- rocketing of prices. Charlie Parcells is basketing ball for a goal that gave the Hoyas a 29-to-18 lead over Western Maryland last night in the Hilltoppers’ opening game at the Tech the Terrors rallied and stage a comeback to win, + High gym. However, Georgetown had to 38 to 34. —Star Staff Photo. Harums Lay for Griffith’s —A. P. Photo. Coin—Deal for Cronin Involved $440,000. It’s a lot of dough any time in base | ball, that $250,000. These days, when most clubs need plenty to get the| wrinkles out of their money bags it's | a tremendous amount, Griffith may | have thought the prices the gang had been asking outrageous. Well, he | ain’t heard nothin’ yet. Cronin Plays Safe. | ULL details of the Cronin sale to | the Red Sox divulged here late yesterday astounded all the base ball world gathered for the business sessions excepting, of course, the two clubs involved. Never before in major trading had any amount approaching $250,000 figured in the price for one | ball player. And not th many years is there likely to be another sale in- volving such a stupendous sum. The original bill of sale was penned completely by Yawkey on a sheet of hotel stationery last October 25, when Griffith made a flying trip to New York to see the Red Sox owner. It provided for a down payment of $100,000, a payment of $150,000 be- tween next January 1 and March 1 and the transfer of the contract of Lyn Lary, shortstop, to the Washing- ton club in exchange for the con- tract of Player-Manager Joe Cronin. A feature of the contract, unprecedented in base ball, carefully protected Cronin’s in- terests. It provided that the Boston club must arrange terms with Cronin wholly satisfactory to him as player-manager to complete the sale. So that's how Cronin got his five- year contract at $30,000 per with the Red Sox, a contract with no 10-day clause that would give Boston a chance to fire him at any time. Joe dictated those terms that mean a cool $150,000 for him in the next five years, whether or not the Boston club wants to retain him. Deal Involves $440,000. \HERE'S enough money in this Cronin deal to provide playing material—and good material— for an entire average big League ciub. The affair represents a turnover of $440,000 without even considering the salary Lary will get next season. In addition to the $250,000 cash, the Red Sox are turning over to the Na- tionals $40,000 worth of ball player in Lary. They actually paid but $35,000 in cash to the Yankees for Lyn, but they also gave up a player that had cost them $5,000. That makes $290,000. Now add Cronin’s five-year salary and you have more money than any one of several big league outfits has netted in the past 10 years. Yawkey insisted upon going through with the deal, even through when he first made his offer of $250,000 he was told by Griffith that no ball player was worth that much money. ‘That was during the world series in Detroit early in October. Yawkey: again pressed Griffith after the latter had returned to Washington. Finally the Nationals’ presidents said he would make a deal if the Red Sox would give in addition to the $250,000 Lyn Lary, shortstop. Yawkey balked at that, but Griffith said there would he no deal unless Washington got a replacement for Cronin. ‘Yawkey yielded and in response to a long-distance call Griffith let a Washington boxing show to take a night train for New York, where on October 25 base ball's biggest deal was completed. DIAMONDERS TO FETE. ‘The fourth annual banquet of the Department Store Base Ball League will be held Saturday evening at Schneider’s Cafe, 425 Eleventh street, starting at 7:30 o'clock, Py < Buckey Harris, on extreme right, is discussing matters with Mickey Cochrane (left), manager of the ‘Tigers, and Jimmy Dykes (center), pilot of the White Sox, at the big base ball pow-wow in New York. Wide World Photo. Foot Ball Names Would Fit a Zoo NARDARKO, Okla.—Sportsmen are still puzzling over the foot ball team brought here by the Concho Indian School. Creeping Bear, White Buffalo, Black Wolf, White Turtle, Tall Bird and Two Lone Bears were on the squad, as well as a Whiteshirt, Loneman and one plain Hawkins. GOPHERS PLACE THREE Pitt and Stanford Put Two Each on New York Sun Eleven. NEW YORK, December 13 (#).— The New York Sun has announced | its annual all-America foot ball team. Minnesota places three men, Pitts- burgh two and Stanford two on the first team. The first and second Sun teams: Pos. Pirst Team. Second Team. E..Huston, Als......Moscrib, Stanford k n.’...Carter,’ So. Meth, Barclay. N.Caro, Kalbaugh. Prin. Bevan, Minnesots ....Lee. Alabama Kelley. Yale ms, Calif; . .Buckler, Army Purvis. Purdue Lund. Minnesota. . - Wetnstock, Pitts. . ‘Kostka, Minne THE SPORTLIGHT | Track Appears to Be in for Big Season as Yankees Look to 1936 Olympic Games. BY GRANTLAND RICE. HE Berlin Olympic games are more than a year away,” Bernie Moore re- ‘ I marked, “but just the same there are thousands of track and field stars all over the country getting ready now for a shot at the U. 8. team.” Bernie Moore happens to be the able track and field coach at L. S. U, where they have one of the strong- est squads in the country. “Torrance ought to get the shot put up to 60 feet by then,” said Moore. “Hardin will be even faster, and we have one or two more who will be hard to stop.” ‘The Pacific Coast already is get- ting Olympic conscious with Dean Cromwell, Dink Templeton and others looking over their talent well ahead of time. And the indoor season, which broke all attendance records a year ago, faces an even bigger splurge, Right after Christmas, athletes from all parts of this continent and Europe, including the Scandinavian, will start training in earnest for the menu of indoor competitions which begins in the East with the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden on February 2. Never has there been such a prospect for record-breaking distance runs and sprints. For one thing, Henry Nielson of Denmark, who recently fractured Paavo Nurmi's record of 8 minutes 20 2-5 seconds for 3,000 meters by 2 full seconds, has agreed to appear in New York as often as he is asked, which will be one Saturday night after another. Nielson is said to be the greatest running machine to appear on an American track since Nurmi and Willie Ritola. Nielson sets a fast pace and stays fast. His first appearance probably will be in the 3,000 meters in the Millrose competition, unless he can be persuaded to meet Cunningham, the Kansas cyclone, and Bill Bon- thron, ex-Princetonian, who may race the mile or 1,500 meters agan this Winter, Bonthron and Cunningham. ONTHRON now is employed by a New York accounting firm. Cun- ningham has married and settled down in Kansas, But when February comes around, both boys probably will be in the Garden pounding out a quar- ter of a mile a minute and breaking world marks each time they meet. Another distance specialist sched- uled to appear in America this season is Erik Ny of Sweden, who spells it either with a K or a C. Erik(c)’s first shot at American track titles in 1933 was ruined by lack of training. He fainted in his first start. But since then he has beaten Beccalisthe great Italian Olym- pic star, in a 1,500-meter race, which was over in 3 minutes 50 Because Ny likes shorter middle dis- tances it may be possible that Chuck Hornbostel, the Indiana greyhound, Milton Sandler, Ned Turner and Glen mmwmw):in,(me), Brown Will Put ’Bama Team Wise By the Associated Press. 'OLLYWOOD, December 13.— Carrying a valise full of foot ball diagrams and a per- sonal account of Stanford's grid- ifron prowess, Johnny Mack Brown of the screen has gone to ‘Tuscaloosa to give his alma mater, Alabama, the “low down” on its Rose Bowl opponent. Brown, former backfleld star for Alabama, has seen Stanford play several times this season. INVADING TURF ACE HAS GREAT RECORD Statesman Will Be Shipped to California in Same Car With Mr. Khayyam. By the Assoclated Press. ICTOR Emanuel’s Statesman, the ; 4-year-old English - bred colt which will furnish the interna- | tional angle to the $100,000 handicap | at Santa Anita, Calif., in February, | has arrived in this country and is quartered at Belmont Park. ‘The latter- part of this week he is| scheduled to head West in the same car that will carry Mrs. James M. Austin’s Mr. Khayyam to the scene of the rich stake. A son of Blandford, sire of three | English Derby winners, Statesman will | enter the handicap backed by a con- | sistent record in England. As a 3-year old, he finished fourth in the two thousand guineas and 10 days later wound up third in the Derby. | Before the end of the season he cap- tured the Lewes Nevill Plate at 1! miles, the Glamis Handicap of 1 miles at Windsor and finished third in the 2'4 miles of the Jockey Club Gold Cup. This year he did not meef the same high-class horses, but again won | the Nevill Plate and took the Duke of | York Plate in the fast time for English racing of 2:05 for 1!; miles. | Behind him was a field of six, includ- | ing A. C. Bostwick’s Mate, also slated to start in the West Coast special. | D. C. BOY IS CAPTAIN | Oehmann to Lead Swarthmore's Soccer Team Next Year. SWARTHMORE, Pa., December 13. | —Paul Oehmann of 3916 Morrison street, Washington, D. C.,, a junior at Swarthmore College, has been named | captain of the varsity soccer team for next year. He was graduated from Tech High School and is an honor student in economics. Oehmann performed at the left wing position on the Garnet team | throughout the season and also is a | member of the varsity lacrosse squad. | to a new indoor half-mile record. At | least they will. help Erik turn a bit | of the spotlight from the mile and | | 1,500-meter races, which have been | | the center of things for so many Win- | ters. Jack Torrance of Louisiana, the | | greatest shot putter of all time, is| likely to appear indoors in New York, i | and for the first time build that event | | into something more than filler on the | A. A. U. program. Torrance has done | 57 feet 2 inches indoors. He is likely | to beat his competitors literally by | yards if he enters. Outlook In the Sprints. N THE sprinting that has featured | the Knights of Columbus and | New York Athletic Club games in | recent years, one of the greatest in- | door flelds in history is being set up. Ralph Metcalfe, Jesse Owens and Dy- | namite Johnson, three colored sprint | aces, will be among a dozen great sprinters eligible and likely to start in one or more of the dash events. Owens is an Ohio State product who ran 100 yards in 9.3 seconds in high school. Johnson is Columbia’s To- lanian hope. Metcalfe needs no intro- duction on this or any other stage., Then there are Emmett Top- pino, Frank Wykoff, Don Ben- nett, Ed Siegel and Al Kelly, who can beat any sprinter alive + on a particularly good day. Toppino, his gathering weight hanging around him like the branches of a magnolia tree in New Orleans, is a sight few forget when he comes streaming into the tape, usually first in the shorter sprints. No runner of his time has as much beginning drive as this southern express. But old John Collier, the bald- headed teacher from Hill School, who walloped every one in the hurdle events last Winter, definitely has re- tired. John is a world record holder in the high sticks. “It isn’t very nice,” said John the othér day, “to go back to your classes and have your students say, ‘Prof. Collier, I should think you'd catch cold going so fast at your age and with your scalp’ No, thank you; the boys are getting too fast for this old- timer. -He knows when to hang up his spikes.” Off-Side Plays. ‘Those who look before they leap also lose the impetus of a running Golf is largely a matter of remem- bering the wrong things and forget- ting the right. As Hek once said: “It’s better to train today than wait for tomorrow to be outelassed.” You might also remember in golf that you never look up and see a good shot. There would be few rules in any game if human nature had never diss covered the art of cheating. ‘You can put it down as a crass fact that your alibi never is interesting to any one except yourself. Being able to take it is a fine asset until it becomes & habit. (Copyright. 1934. North n Newspaper W | home games at night, MAY END MEETING WITHOUT BIg DEAL Pittsburgh, Muscling In on Three-Cornered Affair, Creates Hitch, BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, December 13.— There is a strong probability that the current major league base ball meeting may wind up tonight without a single major deal to put an edge on the otherwise dull and lifeless proceedings. ‘This unheard-of situation developed when the three-cornered swap by the New York, Pittsburgh and the always- willing Philadelphia Nationals began wobbling and threatened to go by the boards entirely. Until midnight the thing seemed in the bag, with the Giants sending a young pitcher and a wad of cash to Philadelphia in return for George Davis, an outfielder for whom Bill Terry has cried since the day he sent him away; the Phillies, for their part, were to turn over the cash and Catcher Al Todd to the Pirates in exchange for Lloyd Waner and Earl Grace, & catcher. The hitch came about when Pitts- burgh, desperately seeking an out- fielder to replace Waner, tried to make the deal a four-cornered affair and lure Hal Lee from the Boston Braves. Give Up on Buddy Myer. ILL McKECHNIE, cagy pilot of the Braves, was willing to part with Lee, but he turned thumbs down n all the talent offered in return, for he weary traders called it a night, with the whole affair very much up in the air. One swap which may go through to- day would send Bill Myers, a short- stop, from one of the Giant farms to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Don Brennan or Allyn Stout, pitchers. No deals were closed yesterday and word went around that the Boston Red Sox have about given up hope of landing Oscar Melillo, St. Louis sec- ond sacker, or Buddy Myer, keystone guardian for the Washington Sen- ators. Having disposed of their own league affairs, American and National League magnates go into a joint session with Commissioner Landis today with the chief topics of conversation likely to be broadcasting games and a move to reduce prices for youngsters by half. The latter icea is fostered by P. K. Wrigley, principal owner of the Cubs. He failed to convince his fellow Na- tional League owners, but intends pre- senting the question at the joint meet- ing anyway. Okay Given Night Play. ESTERDAY was a dull day for both leagues. The American Leaguers concluded a new 25- year territorial agreement and called it a day. The National League took the spotlight by putting its official O. K. on night base ball, broached by Powell Crosley, jr., president of the last-place Cincinnati Reds. By a vote of 5 to 3, the league voted to permit each team to play seven although the consent of the visiting team will be necessary. New York, Brooklyn and Pittsburgh opposed the idea, but the Giants and Dodgers indicated they may change their minds. The matter of the Boston Braves | and dog racing apparently was settled with a brief but carefully worded state- ment by Judge Emil C. Fuchs, president of the Braves, to the effect that “noth- ing will be done by me to embarrass base ball or the National League.” un- der the rules of which betting is pro- hibited in “parks where base ball is played.” Crosley, who became president of the Reds just about a year ago, is finding that turning a last-place ball club into a winner is a tedious and costly propo- sition. He revealed today that he has spent more than $255,000 in bolstering the Reds and the figures do not include cash involved in major league deals for players like Koenig, Comorosky, Mac- fayden, Piet and Slade. PLAN BOXING TOURNEY. SAN FRANCISCO, December 13 (#). —Plans for the first annual national diamond belt amateur boxing cham- pionships, to be held here August 26 and 18, 1935, has been announced by Al Sandell, president of the Pacific Athletic Association. LIST HOLIDAY GAME. TAMPA, Fla., December 13 (#).— University of Tampa has completed arrangements with the Norfolk naval base for a post-season foot ball game here on Christmas day. HONOR FOR PANTHERS. Pittsburgh was the only team to score against Minnesota in 1934 while the Gophers had. their first string line-up in the game. Local Teams. Georgetown, 39; Western Maryland, 4 34. Catholic U.,, 53; Maryland State Normal, 11. Central, 48; Charlotte Hall, 18. Georgetown freshmen, 36; Western, 2 0. Takoma-Silver Spring High, 48; Bowie High, 7. St. John's, 25; Catholic U. fresh- men, 24. East. Baltimore U., 50; Shenandoah Col- lege, 28. St. John's, 23; Randolph-Macon, 18. Wo ‘est. Indiana, 31; Hamline (St. Paul, Minn.), 29. University of Cincinnati, 48; Han- over College, 34. Western Reserve, 60; Fenn, 25. Heidelberg, 27; Findlay, 25. Ohio U, 52; Wilmington, 0. Ohio State, 32; Marietta, 21. Purdue, 38; Depauw, 18. North Central, 39; Chicago, 22. “Mhml U, 35; Georgetown College, St. Mary’s (Winons, Minn.), 38; Winona Teachers, 31, »