Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1934, Page 15

Entire Qu ° AL DISSENSIONS ARE OVERRIDDEN One Voluntary Change May Be Made Here—Hagerty, Hamilton Star. BY H. C. BYRD. OOT BALL coaching systems in the Southern Conference section seem to be more stable than at any other time in the last two decades. From one or two institutions have come rumors of dis- satisfaction but these have been set at rest by public announcements that their coachés would be retained. It ‘is reported that a change may be made at one local school, but if this were done it probably would be at the request of the present coach and pot because his school regards him &s not having made good. Two of the new coaches in the sec- tion eame through brilliantly, - Down at North Carolina, Carl Snavely de- veloped one of the best teams the ‘Tarheels have had in many years and at Georgetown Jack Hagerty turned out the most successful eleven in four or five seasons. Anderson at North Carolina State lost the majority of his games, but there seems to be confidence among the Raleigh school’s followers that he will have a good team mext season. Tebell May Carry On. <" 2 US TEBELL took charge ¢t Vir- ginla’s eleven last Fall only as an expedient, and so stated when he accepted the job, but is so highly regarded at Charlottesville that he may continue to handle foot ball, along with basket ball and base ball. Coaching three teams like that, though, throughout the whole college year is too much of a strain and should hot be done by any man if it could be avoided. Tilsom at Washington and Lee, Faber at Maryland, Young at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Raftery at Vir- ginia Military Institute, Wade at Duke, Pixlee at George Washington, Bergman at Catholic University ap- parently are fixtures as long as they desire to keep their jobs. The general quality of foot ball played in this section speaks well for the coaching. The teams stood up well against elevens from other sec- tions and played some great games among themselves. North Carolina, for instance, beat Georgia and Geor- gla Tech, Richmond defeated Cornell, ‘Washington and Lee lost to Princeton by only 12 to 14, Maryland gave In- diana a great 14-to-17 battle, and 80 on. While usually it is not considered as one of the schools in this section, al- though it is geographically, the Naval Academy should be mentioned in any.) connection with successful coachiig. Tom Hamilton did a job there that was not surpassed anywhere in the country, and personally deserves the lion’s share of the credit for the achievements of Navy on the gridiron since last September. Conference’s Act Unusual. HE Southern Conference’s action ' I | in passing a motion to make possible the acquisition of new members withput doing anything to take in new members, on the face of it, may seem just a little unusual. ‘However, the conference had definitely in mind certain factors which prob- ably caused it to take that action. ‘These factors, while not announced may become very apparent within the next year. Right now the conference seems to be in something of a quandary as to membership. _Several members are desirous of admitting to membership two schools that have very pleasant relations with these members, but other schools are not willing to admit these unless others are taken in. The Executive Committee of the conference deadlocked on this issue Friday night in a meeting that lasted four hours. The Southern Conference and Southeastern Conference have agreed to change their present arrangement for handling of foot ball officials. The central booking office will continue to get its support from each conference, but there will be no more meetings of coaches, for selecting officials. Each coacly, under the new arrangement, is to furnish the central booking office with @ st of acceptable officials and from such lists the officials are to be named by the man in charge of the booking office. In this way no coach will know what officials he will have for his games until announcement of all appointments is made. No change has been made in the places where the annual Southern Conference boxing and basket ball tournaments have been held. The first is' to. be continued for another year at the University of Virginia and the second at Raleigh, N. C, under the oversight of North Carolina State College. Of course, committees ap- pointed by the conference are in charge of the tournaments and make all arrangements and rules theu(t‘n:. BIFF JONES SILENT ONQUITTINGLS. . Ufged by School Heads Not to Resign Due to Row With Huey Long. By the Assoclated Press. BANN ROUGE, La., December 17.—Louisiana State Univer- sity officlals today said they were attempting to persuade Capt. Lawrence “Biff” Jones, head foot ball coach at the school, to reconsider his “decision” to resign. Capt. Jones canceled a fishing trip he had planned for today, but refused to comment on reports of his resigna- tion. + Jones, who had a “run-in” with Senator Huey P. Long: over manage- ‘ment of the foot ball team during the -Oregon game Saturday, said last night he’ was going fishing, but today showed up at the university foot ball office as usual. He_still had no definite comment about his resignation plans, however. “I still have nothing to say,” he ;marked. “I Just didn’t go on the p." Although Louisiana State alumni in the capital and elsewhere have been uniting' with university officials in trying to smooth over the differences between Long and Jones, they re- fraiped from comment today. Louls Gottleib, Baton Rouge banker, who is president of the alumni federa- tion, denied reported plans for an alumni meeting tonight to discuss the matter. Beyond that, he was reticent. Athletic Director T. P. Heard said “All we knew about it was some ru- mors” he had heard. Huey Long became annoyed when Oregon led Louisiana State in the first half of their game Saturday and he gave voice to his opinion on how the team was being handled. He sought to make a “pep” talk to the team at the half, but Biff Jones ob- Jjected, The argument became so heated that the coach threw his hat to the ground and shook his finger under the Senator's.nose and refused to al- low the Senator in the team'’s room. The team came out at the half and won the game by one point, 14 to 13. Difference Is Acute. RIENDS of both men are pessi- mistic over the prospects of patching up the breach. Long is not accustomed to having his will blocked and Jores has insisted for the last two years that Senator Long let him run the team without interfer- ence. The coach came to Louisiana from West Point with that under- standing. The outbreak Saturday was an off- The Foening Sar Sporls b WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1934 in Southern Conference Area Seem Sure of Jobs ota of Grid Coaches IT WON’T BE LONG NOW. WELN_F oy 2y DN he did not appear enthused over the prospects of Jones remaining. “Jones is a fair coach,” he said. “There are someé better and some worse.” FREE TO QUIT AS COACH Army Job Is With R. 0. T. C. Unit Only, U. 8. Officials Here Say. | By the Associated Press. shoog-.of Senator Long's farte ov-.’(,\?%No official commuhication sbout making , Abe Mickal, " Tiger."star, State;Senator in a burlesque glection on the figllege campus. Jones ordered Mickal nog to report to the capitol for indu in office. That peeved the Senator: . Senator Long said last night that Jones could not'gesign as he was in Louisiana on s “military assignment from the War Department. Jones to Delay Aection. FTER the game Jones told uni- A versity officials he would resign, but he was persuaded to delay such action until Senator Long could be consulted. While the Senator de- clined to comment on the incident, the reported discord between Capt. “Biff”. Jones, Louisiana. State Univer- sity foot ball coach, and Senator Huey P. Long had reached War Depart-: ment officials today. Department officials said they did not expect any because Jones' as- signment at the University was with the R. O. T. C. Unit and foot ball coaching is optional. ‘They said. Jones was free to resign as foot ball coach whenever he pleased. Department officials would not have to be consulted, they said, éxcept in the event Jones should desire to be transferred to another Army assignment. THE SPORTLIGHT Santa Anita to Stage Biggest Race Opening. Ohio State and Pitt Loom Strong for 1935 BY GRANTLAND RICE CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS. NO. 2—H. JONES AND H. KIPKE. Dear Santa—{from your Northern snows Slip us no gifts of gold— But when the Yuletide spirit flows Bring back the: days of old— Put.all your reindeer on the track To haul.the perfect blend— A running. guard—a blocking back— Two tackles and arl end. Yes, we_can take it on the chin, But when the sun has set It’s better far to give—and win— For what do takers get? Bring-us a runner who can bowl His way through cracking bones, Who knows the path across the goal— H. Kipke—and H. Jones. Santa Anita. RCADIA, Calif., December 17.— Some 55,000 or 60,000 spec- tators,on Christmas day will Tun into a. new pictorial set- ting. They will see race horses opening a new megting against the background of snow-capped Sierra Madre Mountains gs they sit or stand /the midst of transplanted- orange beds s and_flower . All this"'may have no soothing effect | upon those who have picked the wrong ANAGER CLARK GRIFFITH . of the Washington Club is after Outfielder Dode Paskert of the Phillies, according to re- port. Joseph T. Daly has been made Potomac Boat Club director of ath- letics. George Washington basketers conquered the Gallaudet quint after a hard-fought, extra-period battle. Murray and Rockwell starred. Business downed Western on the basket ball court, 29-20. Culligan for the winners again was out- standing. Bob Fleming, former George ‘Washington 2-mile luminary, will coach the Hatchetites’ track squad and also will handle most of the arrangements for the G. W. track meet here in February. WIN ON MANOR LINKS. Golf tournaments still go on around ‘Washington despite a little chill in the temperature these days. At Manor yesterday the members played in a blind bogey affair, with the following winning prizes: Jack Buckley, J. B. McBride, G. E. Moore, N. L. Nettleton and W. J. Peters, horse, but that is a detail that can't be handled in advance. At Santa Anita teday, in midst of the old Lucky Baldwin h, . you hear the thud of 800 horses’ hoofs and the sound of many hammers get- ting ready for the biggest opening that racing has ever known. J “Biggest” is a large word, but when it comes to the ‘sporting side they shoot the works along the Pacific. What other place can give you a mix- ture of snow-capped mountains, orange trees and flower beds, to say his old speed, and he still likes to look some rival horses in the eye and say, ‘Let’s go.' " The Big Train looks as well in train- ing as he ever looked. Just how he will be, after a long lay-off, against such horses as Cavalcade, Equipoise, Head Play and other topnotchers re- mains for a future chapter. Equipoise will go into training at once. BIill Brennan expects to start Twenty Grand at least four times before the $100,000 shot comes off, and Equipoise will get about the same going over. Both still are gambles, but both still a;ay to be reckoned with on a good Looking Ahead. HE arrival of several hundred race horses hasn't impeded ‘the drift of foot ball coaches in this direction, Jooking to the Rose Bowl game. And most of them now are looking toward 1935. Who will be the leaders then? Elmer Layden of Notre Dame offers a guess in the direction of Ohio State and Pittsburgh. “Just watch these two teams,” he sald. “Especially Ohio State.” “What about Minnesota?” I asked “Sure to be good, but suppose you had a squad which had lost Kostka, Lund, Bevan, Larson, Clarkson and four or five more in the star class?” “How about Notre Dame?” I asked Layden. “Better than this year,” he said— “maybe. We have a set of good backs ready, including Pilney, Shakespeare, Mike Layden, Fromhart and one or two more. But we lose some good linemen and that's where the battle starts.” At this point Bob Zupke was taking nothing of Twenty Grand, Cavalcade, | PAin! Equipoise, Head Play and some 2,000 other horses expected here in the course of the 53 racing days? There have been stabling and entry requests for nearly 4,000 horses, which sounds.| ' more like & cavalry charge than any- thing else. But eliminations will take care of this. . Twenty Grand Moving Along, HE arrival of Equipoise added further interest, but at this point Twenty Grand is the main show—and will be until Cavalcade blows in from South Carolina. Bill Brennan, trainer for Mrs. Payne Whitney's stable is quite keyed up about Twenty Grand. “The old boy is coming along better than I thought he would,” Brennan says. “You get the idea that he is keen to get back in competition, and I like the ‘way he works and looks, He still can step at ‘You ean keep an eye on the and you won't miss the main trail. lmmfi'&g‘. h& ""_"‘En_f"“‘“ YOUT IN TH' COLD LAGAIN | FOLKS --- HERE'S OUR PAL AGAIN | ---. LET's go! CARRYIN’ ALoap/ T & - 37 ———— e e MARYLANDS RLE ON SENIPRO GRD Gain Top by 13-0 Victory Over Palace Eleven at Seat Pleasant. ARYLAND A. C. gridders to- day are on top of the semi- pro foot ball heap hereabout. Already virtually - assured of the National City League unlimited title, the Marylands yesterday fur- ther established their superiority by putting down a hard-fighting Palace A. C. eleven, 13-0, in Duffy Stadium at Seat Pleasant before one of the largest crowds to see a sandlot foot ball game hereabout in some time. A keen rivalry was accentuated when Palace, which defeated M. A. C. earlier in the campaign, 13-6, and went on to capture the first-half crown in the National City League, was ban- ished from the loop because of failure to keep a scheduled second engage- ment with the Seat Pleasant outfif. For three periods the Palace eleven, National City League 150-pound cham- pion last season, fought the heavier M. A, C. team to a standstill, but in the final quarter the Marylands, with Snail De Labre, veteran sandlotter, and Willis Benner, coach and quarter- back and former University of Mary- land athlete, heading the attack, shoved over two touchdowns. A twisting 32-yard run by Benner set the stage for the first touchdown. Prank Cumberland, former Western Maryland gridder, plunged over. The second touchdown came on a passing attack. De Labre scored after Cum- berland passed to Benner on the 2- yard line. Palace’s lone scoring - opportunity came in the third period when R. Ver- non blocked & punt and Pell recovered on Maryland’s 23. But the Southwest bg:fh could get no nearer the enemy L4 WARNER PICKS HIS MEN Three Teams of Owls Will Be Taken to New Orleans. PHILADELPHIA, December 17 (#). —The three Temple University foot ball elevens he will.lead into New Orleans againét Tulane in.the cam- " |paign to continue 1934's undefeated drive will bepicked at the close of today’s practice by Glenn (Pop) Warner, Warner plans to wait until his men reach the Southern training quarters at Baton Rouge, La., before sending them into scrimmage. FREDERICK, Md., December 17.— Irvington A. C. foot ballers today . | claimed the State pro title, following Frederi their'13-6 win over the eleven here yesterday. ck A. C. Irvingtons also bpuudfihe State title in 1933, A Sports Events * 5 wweret ¥ H & - ------.: H HEmw ! 2 T Bouwling Aces Up Against It In Evening Star Tournament BY ROD THOMAS. may be a rcarcity of stars in the roll-off of The Evening Star tournament, slated Jan- uary 2 to 5. Some are not far- ing so well in the preliminaries, to e concluded by December 29. Even when they roll better than moderate scores, the experts are not assured of places in the big final in which the bulk of the prize fund of $500 will be split. For the duffers, In Local Realm |vith mediocre scores and fat handi- TODAY. Basket Ball. St. John's at Central High, 3:30. Falls Church High at Washing- ton-Lee High, 7:30. Boxing. Riding and Hunt Club—Main bout, Buck Everett, Gary, Ind., vs. Steve Dudas, New Jersey, heavy- weights; 10 rounds. Twenty-four other rounds. Show starts 8:30. TOMORROW. Basket Ball. Geneva at George Washington, 8. Georgetown Prep at Central, 8. George Washington Freshmen at Western High, 3:30. Wilson Teachers at Eastern High, 3:30. Tech at Charlotte Hall. Kendall School at Takoma-Sil- ver Spring High, 3.30. Bowie High at Rockville High, 3:30. Boxing. Washington Auditorium — Main bout, Calvin Reed, Philadelphia, vs. Georgia Gibbs, Atlantic City, welterweights; 10 rounds. Twen- t.y-looux other rounds. Show starts ‘WEDNESDAY. Basket Ball. Roosevelt at Mount Rainier, 3:30. Swimming. Central at Baltimore City Col- lege. THURSDAY. Boxing. Wi Auditorium — Main bout, Phil Furr, Washington, vs. Jay MeCadon, Newark, N. J. wel- terweights; two o 8:30. at Eastern, 3:30. -Lee High at West- ern, 3:30. Rockville High at Priends, 3:30. Herndon High at Falls Church High, 3:30. St. John's ‘Washington- ers, 8. Baltimore Poly ‘at Tech, 3:30. Alumni at Takoma-Silver SATURDAY, Basket Ball Alumni at Gallaudet, 8. PRO FOOT BALL Chicago Cardinals, 41; California Maroons, 7. caps, are standing out in the early going. Billheimer Is Out. LTHOUGH 25 per cent of the field in each preliminary quali- fies, it's no cinch for the scratch player or for any with a small handicap to make the grade to the big coin. 1rving Billheimer, for years a crack bowler and a particularly fine tourna- ment performer, is definitely elimi- nated. Billheimer, with an off night in the Masonic League, which is add- ing two games to league sets to make up Star qualifying sets, is too far down the list in the Convention Hall preliminary to hope for a place in the roll-off. It was the second year straight that Billheimer failed to make the grade. But he had some flashy company on the sidelines in the last tournament. Among the notables who muffed in the preliminaries was the great Astor FROM THE Clarke, who found the fleld at Claren- don too fast and with handicaps too big for him." And Astor otherwise was the outstanding tournament bowler of the season. The year after Carroll Daly won The Star event he barely made the riffle for a chance to defend his title. Then Jost by a heavy margin in the final. ‘Whalen’s Chance Slim. F EVER there was a wide-open duckpin competition, this is it. The handicaps run as high as 100 pins for men and 40 for women. Jack Whalen, who won in the men's division last year, has bowled spas- modically this season, and what with a giant field and all but a few entrants receiving appreciable handicaps against a scratch of 124, his chance is slim, indeed, to repeat. No man has won The Star tournament twice. Lorraine Gulli, defending woman champion, will give away more pins than she ever has been called upon to concede; and the odds against her re- Deating are heavy. Miss Gulli, Whalen, Joe Harrison, No. 1 ranking bowler of the country whose last season’s average estab- lished the scratch figure for the cur- rent tournament; George Isemann, secretary of the National Duckpin Bowling Congress; Arville Ebersole, secretary of the Washington City Duckpin Association, and the writer will ralk tomorrow at 6:30 on a radio program at WMAL with Billy Coyle of the N. B. C. staff directing. PRESS BOX Baer on Right Track, but Two Men Not Enough for Champion’s Big Fight Plan. BY JOHN LARD] EW YORK, December 17.—It's a fine idea of Max Baer's to fight Lasky and Hamas on the same evening, but it lacks breadth and scope and vision. I would like to see an astute social secretary take the thing over and stage a real party, with room in or around the ring for Primo Carnera, Max Schmeling, King Levinsky, Jack Peterson, Walter Neusel, Vittorio Campolo, and several other eligible young chaps. Baer is on the right track. He fig- ures that his double-header will elim- inate two heavyweights for the price of one, saving the cost and trouble of another elimination later on. But why not eliminate all the heavy- weights at once? You could even throw in half a dozen featherweights :‘l;g lightweights who require elimina- They would not be noticed in the scuffie and their disappear- ance would relieve congestion no end. I am also in favor of settling the international debt situation and various on the Moved by Appetite for Cash. HEN Baer suggested this twin battle with Lasky and ! Hamas, he was motivated, of course, by his appetite for cash He's entitled to all he can money. Southern | get. But that’s no reason why other individuals, industries and nations Hack’s sad case was mentioned the other day by Jimmy Wilson of Phila- delphia, who employed him for a brief spell this year. “If Hack takes off 40 pounds between now and the training season,” said Jimmy, “I may be able to use him again as a ball player. Otherwise, I won't.” “And what will Hack do if you can't use him?” some one inquired. “Well,” said James, “he want- ed to be a prizefighter once, didn’t he? Maybe he can fight.” ‘There is no maybe about it. Hack can fight, and frequently does. One time, as pointed out by Jimmy Wilson, he became so interested in professional fighting that he hurled a formal chal- lenge at the great Arthur Shires. The great Arthur considered the proposi- tion, but was unable to accept it be- cause of the interference of Judge Landis, who notified both boys that their fighting days were over. ' Should Help Hack. HE judge has no reason to inter- SOLENL1S IN LINE FOR WILDCAT JoB Succeed Hanley, Who May Go to Hawkeyes. BY WILLIAM WEEKES, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, December 17— Northwestern University o< day was engrossed in fits search for a new head foot ball coach—who may turn out to be i | Ossie Solem of Iowa—while Dick Hanley started looking for another Job. Kenneth L. (Tug) Wilson, North- western's athletic director, said the identity of Hanley's successor might be announced “early this week.” He declined to give any names in connection with the search, but did not deny that Solemn’s name had been more than lightly mentioned. Wilson and Solem worked together for sev- eral years at Drake University, the former as athletic director and Solem as foot ball coach. Solem Seen Choice. ‘T WAS reported that a “trade” of I coaches between Iowa and North- western might follow Hanley's resignation _yesterday, with Solem moving to Evanston, and the former Wildcat coach going to Iowa City. Prof. Clarence M. Updegraft, chair- man of the Iowa Athletic Board, however, said he did not even know that Solem had any intention of leav- ing, much less that Hanley might go to Towa. While Solem was considered the foremost candidate for the North- western vacancy, several others were mentioned. Among them were George Veenker of Iowa State College, a former assistant coach at Michigan; Dana X. Bible of Nebraska, who has expressed satisfaction with his pres- ent position; Paddy Driscoll, one of Northwestern's all - time gridiron heroes, and Waldo Fisher, former Wildcat star, who served under Hanley as end coach. Hanley Well Liked. ANLEY'S formal resignation, vir- tually forced by the Facuity Athletic Committee, was ac- companied by little but praise from Dr. Walter Dill Scott, president of the university; members of the 1934 squad, and in a formal state- ment from the Chicago Alumni Club of Northwestern University. Dr. Scott called Hanley “one of the greatest foot ball coaches in America.” The passing of Hanley leaves Harry Kipke of Michigan as runner- up to Bob Zuppke of Illinois in years of service in the Big Ten. Hanley completed eight seasons at North- western, during which his teams shared the conference title” twice. Kipke has been at Michigan, as head coach, for six seasons—a mark which does not threaten Zuppke's record of 22 years at Illinois. . After collaborating with Andy Kerr of Colgate, in preparing the East All-stars for the annual Shrine benefit game for crippled children at San Francisco New Year day, Hanley plans for a three-week vacation. TULANE BEGINS TOIL FOR TEMPLE CLASH Green Wave Is Better Off for Sugar Bowl Game Than in Regular Season. By the Assoclated Press, EW ORLEANS, December 17.— Tulane, with the general plan of taking things easy for the first few days, began practice today for its New Year day Sugar Bowl foot ball game with Temple. Coach Ted Cox has issued a call for the entire varsity squad, out of train- ing since its 14-to-13 victory over its traditional riva], Louisiana State, more than two weeks ago. It was thought that two workouts a day would be held. Cox said the open- ing workouts would be light in nature, gradually speeding up to the date of the game. Freshmen were expected to come out toward the end of this week to furnish scrimmaging material. Tulane has a stronger squad noW than in many of its stages of prepara- tion for games during the regular seas son. Two regular linemen, George and Bob Tessier, brothers, who were out for more than half of the season, will start with the others, but “Little Monk” Simons, star halfback, is ngt expected out for a few days. PRO HOCKEY National League. New York Rangers, 2; Boston Bruins, 1. Chicago Blackhawks, 3; Montreal Maroons, 2. New York Americans, 2; Detroit Red Wings, 2 (overtime tie). Canadian-American League. Quebec Beavers, 5; Providence, 1. Boston, 3; New Haven, 1. American Associationt. St. Louis, 3; Tulsa, 1. International League. Windsor, 0; Syracuse, 0. Johnston has seen fit to ridicule Baer’s scheme. . He treats the maiter with levity, saying, “Why should Baer want to fight two guys when he don’t know if he can beat either of them?” If Mr. Johnston would draw on his powers of vision a bit he'd appreciate the opportunity offered by Mr. Baer for a good, clean, gilt-edged spectacle. Every contestant should have a num- ber on his back. Those remaining horizontal at the end of the contest could stage a spelling bee or a scenic pageant representing the discovery of Lake Ontario, or both. It doesn't matter, so long as all but one of them