Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1934, Page 53

WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1934, B OTETIOTTIRY AT & Van Wie Voted Top Girl Sports Star : Many Grid Coaches Join Unemployed SLRVENERS PLACE BAMANS PRIMED SHIFTS WILL ADD LFTEGT IR beningy WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SLIPPERY GOING FOR BIG SHOTS IN STAR TOURNEY. —By. JIM BERRYMAN Horseshoe Game Booms in Boston IN TRAINING -0 Boy---More SPINACH / vasson TH'TROUBLE 15 NET QUEEN SECOND Kight Trails Jacobs, With Rawls No. 4 in Poll by Associated Press. This is the third of a series of flve stories analyzing the results of the Associated Press annual poll on outstanding competitors and de- velopments. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, December 20.—To Virginia Van Wie, 25-year- old girl who captured the United States women's golf championship this year for the third successive time, goes the distinction of being rated the outstanding girl sports star of 1934. First fair golfer to win this honor in the four-year history of the As- sociated Press sports poll, Miss Van Wie gained the No. 1 ranking posi- tion, in competition with rivals in all women’s sports, by vote of the coun- try’s sports editors and writers, Although the poll disclosed a wide range of opinion, Miss Van Wie finished with a substantial margin over her three closest rivals, Helen Jacobs, three-time national tennis champion; Lenore Kight and Kath- erine Rawls, famous swimmers, who were ranked in that order by the voting fraternity of experts, Didrikson Stars at Golf, Too. ISS Van Wie was put at the head of the list by 37 out of 102 observers and accumulated a total of 177 points, figured on the basis of all placings. Miss Jacobs, winner of the 1933 Associated Press poll, trailed Miss Kight in first-place nominations, 16 to 19. but won second position on points with a total of 131 to Miss Kight's 89. Miss Rawls, the little Florida girl who holds all-around swimming honors, obtained 11 first- place votes and 72 points. Mildred (Babe) Didrikson, the Texas girl who was a 1932 Olympic sensation and won the No. 1 ranking | position in that year’s poll, finished fifth, with 20 points, one more than Stella Walsh, Cleveland Polish girl and Olympic sprinting champion. Miss Didrikson, although not so conspicu- ous since she turned professional, at- tracted attention this year because of her latest demonstration of versatility by scoring a 77 in a golf tournament. How the Points Went. 1SS DIDRIKSON and Olive Mc? Kean, Seattle swimming star, each_received 4 votes for first place. Miss Walsh received 3, Glenna Collett Vare and Eleanor Holm Jar- rett, 2 each, and Dorothy Round. Anne Townsend, Maureen Orcutt and -Mrs. Lela Hall, noted trapshooter, 1 each. Tabulation of the poll on the out- standing woman athlete of 1934, show- ing total points (figured on basis of 3 for first place, 2 for second, 1 for third), with the individual,” sport, position and total points, given in that order, following: Virginia Van Wie, golf, national champion, 177. Helen Jacobs, tennis, national cham- pion, 131. Lenore Kight, swimming, national champion, 89 Katherine Rawls, around champion, 72. Mildred (Babe) Didrikson, around competitor, 20. Stella Walsh, track, Olympic sprint champion, 19. Dorothy Round, champion, 14. Glenna Collett Vare, golf, former national champion, 14. Eleanor Holm Jarrett, backstroke champion, 12. Olive McKean, swimming, national sprint champion, 12. Anne Townsend, field hockey, 6. Sarah Palfrey, tennis, 6. Carolin Babcock, tennis, 4. Helen Hicks, golf professional, 4. Mrs. Lela Hall, trapshooting, 3. Betty Jameson, golf, Southern champion, 3. Maureen Orcutt, golf, 3. Single votes for the following: Dor- othy Traung, runner-up for national golf championship; Betty Nuthall and Katherine Stammers, British tennis players; Alice Marble, tennis; Loretta ‘Turnbull, speedboat racing; Lisa Lindstrom, swimming. swimming, all- all- tennis, British swimming, PRIMO KAYOES HARRIS. BUENOS AIRES, December 20 (). —Eduardo Primo, Argentine heavy- weight, knocked out Cecil Harris, North American colored fighter, in the ninth round of a 12-round bout last night. Primo weighted 197}2 pounds; Harris, 244. COURT RESULTS Local Teams. George Washington Frosh, ‘Washington-Lee High, 20. Alexandria High, 51; Training School, 16. Roosevelt High, 24; Mount Rainier High, 15. Eastern High, 53; St. John’s, 35. Kendall School, 26; Takoma-Silver Spring, 14. Other Scores. Princeton, 25; Harvard, 20. St. Cloud Teachers, 48; St. John's (Collegeville, Minn.), 33. 35; National Moo, Youngstown Y. M. C. A, 33; Al- legheny, 29. North Dakota, 63; Augustana, 31. Tilinois State Normal, 32; Oshkosh Teachers, 26. Illinois “B,” leyan, 24. De Paul,.35; Valparaiso, 17. Kokomo Junior College, 70; Dan- ville Junior College, 15. Simpson, 29; Macalester, 23. Doane, 29; Nebraska “B,” 26. Muskingum, 35; Franklin, 21. gflofl. 24; Monmouth, 23. likin, 55; Southeast Missourl ‘Teachers, 35. Defiance, 45; Adrian, 35. 7 Davis-Elkins, 52; Wittenberg, 31. Michigan, 26; Western ‘Teachers, 25. Sioux City Negro Ghosts, 35; Whit- man College, 21. New York U, 59; Lafayette, 39. Temple, 32; St. Joseph’s, 18. 35; Ilinois Wes- State | ¥ ONDON, Ohio., December 20.— ‘There were 22,346 participants in horseshoe pitching games in Boston City parks this Fall, accord- ing to an announcement made by R. B. Howard, secretary of the Na- tional Horseshoe Pitchers’ Associa- tion. The sport nearest approach= ing the horseshoe game, tag foot ball, had 15,902 participants. BATTLE OF ALUMNI S GOURT FEATURE Former Greats of Eastern and Tech Clash—Seven Games on Today. ITH a seven-game program today and three contests tomorrow, schoolboy basket ball quints of Washington and suburbs will wind up pre-Christ- mas activities. Today's program will be featured by | | the third annual clash between alumni teams of Tech and Eastern, which will be played at 7:30 o'clock in the Lin- coln Park gymnasium. At 9 o'clock on the same floor, Eastern’s regular | quint will oppose Gonzaga in a prac- tice game. Both alumni line-ups are dotted with former greats of local scholastic basket ball. Playing for Tech will be | Bill Werber, now of the Red Sox; Bozie Berger, property of the Cleve- land Indians; Harry Councilor, Ever- ett Russell, Waverly Wheeler, Artie | | Boyd, now coach of Tech; Joe Croson and Knocky Thomas. Eastern will | have available such standouts as | | Tommy Nolan, Harry Bassin, Bernie | 1Lleb. Ben Zola, Bruce Kessler, Bill | | Noonan and Dallas Shirley. | 'Eastern won both of the previous | games. | Y N OTHER games on today’s program ! Western was to entertain Wash- ington-Lee High at 3:30 o'clock; | Friends was to play host to Rockville | High at 3:30 o'clock; Tech was to meet | McDonough Prep in Baltimore; Hern- | don and Falls Church were to clash at Falls Church at 3:30 o’clock, and Ta- | koma-Silver Spring High School guint | will meet an alumni team on the Silver Spring court at 8 o’clock. Eastern High's 1933-34 inter-high champions were off to a flying start today and with high hopes of an- nexing their second fitle in-a row. Opposing St. John's yesterday in the | Eastern gymnasium in the opener for | the public high boys, Coach Charlie | Guyon’s crew romped home with a | 53-t0-35 victory that left little doubt | in the minds of onlookers that East- | ern will be a formidable team in the forthcoming series. Employing 15 players, Guyon saw his team assume a 25-to-13 lead at Fthe half and coast in despite the | varied combinations on the floor. Capt. | Lavelle Dean, guard, hung up an in- | dividual scoring mark for schoolboy tossers to shoot at when he counted nine field goals and five fouls for a total of 23 points. Summary: East'n (53). G.F.Pts. heible, 5 010 | E. | Eeb 2 Regis,c. 3 Simone. Colley,| Crisaful, Counselm’ Hollidge, 2 Shaver.c. Totals...16 335 OOSEVELT made it four in a row for the season by whipping Mount Rainier yesterday on the District school’s floor by a 24-to-15 score. It was the second win of the campaign for the Rough Riders over the Mounts. Summary: Roosevelt. Pts. i’ 02 0 0 0 4 a ) 0 0 Mt Rainier. G.F. E. Miller.f.\ 1 Kol Thompson.f. 0 0 0 Mostow. 2 Totals.... 9 624 Referee—Mr. Chase (Maryland). With Tommy O’'Brien heading the attack with 18 points, George Wash- ington’s freshman quint won its first game of the season yesterday by down- ing Washington-Lee High of Ballston, 35 to 20. Charlie Cooper scored a dozen points for the Virginians. 315 . Wash.-Lee. G.F.Pts. Riggs, L0000 Milstead f.". 1 Cooper.{. 2 0 ] Totals.. 5 Referee—Mr. Hughes. ALLYING in the final period, Kendall School outshot Takoma- Silver Spring yesterday to win its third straight victory. Ramsay, with 8 points, led both teams in scoring. Summary: Kendall Silver Sprini i u: 6! Ly o, 1 i »| ormoorusoa®” couonal »| onocoroos; 00050000k cosonaind suwooonosw@® 2| National Training School was no match for Alexandria High's promising court band yesterday and dropped a 16-to-51 decision on the Training School floor. Burrell and Nugent scored 15 and 14 points, respectively, for the winners. Summary: Nat. Train, Alex. High = 'Y s 2 Q~ eSSy et o) ol sorrrrrosy e el e Roantwmom! Bl qoumarson 21 - FOR GOAST-SCRAP Rose Bowl Squad Totals 35—Thornhill Pleased Stanford Is Underdog. NIVERSITY, Ala., December 20 (#)—With departure for the Pacific Coast less than 24 hours away, Alabama’s Crim- son Tide today faced its last stiff scrimmage on home soil with offensive work scheduled for this afternoon. A light signal drill tomorrow completes the practice work. “Every player will be ready to go against Stanford in the Rose Bowl game New Year day,” Coach Frank Thomas said. “They are fit both phys- ically and mentally.” Thomas was pleased with work of the first-stringers yesterday in a scrimmage against Stanford plays as presented by freshmen and red shirts. The Stanford plays were stopped cold by the red regiment. Thirty-five players, including regu- lars and two substitutes for every po- sition except tackle, will make the trip. Only five tackles are on the roster. Betting Pleases Thornhill. TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif., December 20 (#).—Stanford Uni- versity’s foot ball players, dogged by sickness, injuries and examinations for the last two weeks, discard the medicine bottle and the fountain pen today and settle down for a long prac- tice grind to prepare for their Rose Bowl battle New Year day with Ala- bama. Coach C. E. (“Tiny”) Thornhill heard with some amusement the news that Alabama favorites have installed their team at even money to win by 18 points. “If true, that's the best news I have heard in weeks,” he said. “The boys should react nicely to such barbs. They have been favorites too long.” JACK WHALEN, DEFENDING CHAMP IN THE ‘EVENING STAR DUCKPIN TOURNEY. ... 20 Years Ago IN THE STAR. ALTER JOHNSON has signed a three-year contract with the Washington Ball Club, having broken his contract with the Federal League. Manager Griffith says the famed pitcher's salary will be $12,500 a year under the contract. ‘Washington Y basketers defeated the Baltimore Y team. Frazier, Dieman, Matthews, Hoppe and McKay played for the D. C. team. Ingram girls downed George Washington U lassies at basket ball. Ingram players were Misses M. Craig, Smith, Little, Quaites, captain; Whitcomb, Grinnell, Boyd and Jeffreys. G.W. used the Misses Reeve, Seibold, Field, C. Craig, Tyndall and Ramsay. George Washington lost to the Navy basketers in a 42-20 game. Almon, Bryant, Johnson, Hammer, Groesbeck, Murray and Wolf rep- resented the Colonials. Catholic U. was beaten, 33-25, by the Baltimore Loyola team in an overtime battle. White, Caffrey, Donelly, captain; Cartwright and Kéegan played for C. U. Maurice E. McCloughlin has been rated No. 1 tennis player by the U. S. L. T. A. for the third year in a row. Mary Browne again has been rated the No. 1 woman player. Barron, Murphy and Martin have been elected 1915 foot ball captains at Georgetown, C. U. and Gallau- det, respectively. Georgetown lost to Army and New York U. at basket ball. The Hilltoppers used Curry, Flanagan, Tormey, Foley, Kelly, Perry, Cor- coran, Klauberg and Dinn. IR o ENEEE, MEL SHOREY ON AIR. Mel Shorey, local golf pro, will be interviewed by Joe Holman between 8 and 8:15 o'clock tonight over WOL. BY DILLON GRAHAM, Associated Press Sports Writer. The small-town sheriff who braved the wrath of John L. Sullivan in a vain attempt t3 stop the “Boston Strong Boy's” bare-fist fight with Jake Kilrain 45 years ago today reminisced over it. He is Irvin O. Magee, long a county officer in Mississippi, who now—at 76—lives here with his son and daughters. It was a scorching day, that July 8, 1889, when the heavyweight champion and his challenger fought 75 rounds in a ring in a pine grove on the edge of Richbourg, Miss. “Sheriff Cowart and I rushed over to try and stop it,” mused Magee. “Special trains from New Orleans, bearing the fighters and hundreds of rough people had arrived at Rich- bourg. A ring had been roped off in the woods and the grounds were full of spectators, many drunk and most of them drinking. “Charles Rich, owner of the saw mill, the fight. We were unable to make him halt it. Cowart went about* through the crowd trying to find people who would support us, but no one would.” After mingling with the onlookers and hearing their views, Cowart and Magee felt they could not stop the fight without bloodshed and decided to let it go on and afterward arrest the participants. “We climbed into the ring, ordered TULANE'SSTOCK UP AS TEMPLE'S SKIDS Simons’ Return Cheers Dixie Squad—Five War- nerites in Hospital. By the Associated Press. HILADELPHIA, December 20.— Five of Temple University's foot ball stars were hos- pitalized as the squad pre- pared to start tonight for New Or- leans and the Sugar Bowl game. The five have been undergoing treatment for grippe “as precaution- ary measures,” but will be on hand when Coach Glenn (Pop) Warner loads his boys onto a train, the coach hopes. “The players were in excellent shape at the start of this week,” Pop said yesterday, “and many still are, but a few days of illness surely isn't going to help them. Therefore, I can’t help but feel our chances of beating Tulane are slim.” Simons Heartens Wave.. EW ORLEANS, December 20 (#). N —Tulane’s Sugar Bowl stock soared to a new hign when “Little Monk” Simons, Green Wave’s “touchdown - a - game” all - Southern halfback, rejoined the squad after Dr. Lucian Landry, team physician, had pronounced Simons’ broken col- larbone healed. Simons sufered a broken collarbone | in the Greenies’ final regular game— against Louisiana State—following the thrilling play in which he dashed through L. S. U.'s entire team for the winning touchdown. D. C. Resident, 76, Recalls Vain Effort as Sheriff to Halt Bout Of Sullivan, Kilrain Back in >89 IRVIN O. MAGEE. Sullivan kept pounding him. There was lots of betting and the crowd yelled loudly for its choice.” ‘The fight started around 11 o’clock, Magee said, and lasted for two hours. Sullivan and Kilrain got away on WAXING JOB - AND THESE AREN'T GREETING) ( CARDS EITHER/ ~ K ARVILLE EBERSOLE -~ OFFICIAL HANDICAPPER S THE SPORTLIGHT South Has Great Chance to Sit in Grid Saddle in Rose and Sugar Bowl Battles. BY GRANTLAND RICE. WITH ALABAMA PREPARING FOR STANFORD AND TULANE FOR TEMPLE. Dashing Jeb Stuart is riding again And Forrest is knocking ‘em dizzy— Morgan and Mosby are forming their men § And Fighting Joe Wheeler is busy— They are off to the wars with a rush and a zest From the bayous to Miss Aimee Semple, As Ole Alabama starts out for the West And Tulane is training for Temple. John Pelham is planting his guns on the hill And Stonewall, the mighty, is storming— The Southland again knows the far-away thrill, Where the legions of Lee now are forming; There’s a glass that is lifted in one final toast To the dream they are hoping to garner, As Old Alabama moves out to the ecoast And Tulane is ready for Warner. OS ANGELES, December 20.—It has been quite a spell since Missionary Ridge, the Wilder- ness, Antietam, Gettysburg and, finally, Appomattox. But Dixie again is on the war path. - Advance guards reaching Los Angeles report a foot ball fever and fervor unknown before, even in a land where they take their foot ball in deadly earnest. The double menu of the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl games, with Southern teams meeting Stanford from the Far West and Temple from the East, has been responsible for the increased- interest now sweeping the South from Kentucky to the Gulf and from Texas to the Carolinas. The South is banking heavily on a crack Alabama team to keep the old flag flying—even against the power and speed which Stanford carries. In the same way Southern camp followers are looking for Tulane to T the invasion of Pop Warner's big, fast Temple team, with an at- tack headed by Dave Smukler, the blasting fullback who has answered Pop Warner’s prayer. Two Unbeaten Teams. \HE Southern advance guard takes greater pride in the fact that the two Southern entries have a double shot at two unbeaten teams. Stanford and Temple have played hard schedules and no rival has yet rolled either back. Every indication points to a com- game is one of the hardest of the year to pick. The same is true of Tulane and Temple. Typical Arguments. HE debates around Los Angeles T now work along this line: Stanford Rooter—“Yes, How- ell and those other Alabama backs may be good, but how are they going to get around Moscrip and Topping?” Alabama Supporter—“Well, we've heard a lot about Grayson, Hamilton and Alustiza, but they haven’t tried to break through that Alabama line) or slip away from Hutson and Bryant.” Stanford Rooter—“Did any of you people ever see Alustiza kick?” Alabama Debater—“No, but we've seen Howell kick—and he can carry our money. Hear about that 85-yard boot he delivered lately?” Stanford—“How often has way? That makes a difference.” Alabama—"How often has Stan- ford bumped against a tackle like Capt. Lee?” I finally put the argyment to How- B3 (Copyright. 1934, . Newspaper Alliance. Ine.) TWO TILTS TOMORROW. I DON'T KNOW WHO I'VE GOT To BeAT ! MAKES TRIP HERE 10 GETBIFF JONES Head of Mississippi State Would Have Him Handle R. 0. T. C. and Coach. By the Associated Press. ATON ROUGE, La., December 20~Two Southern schools, Mississippi State and Ten- nessee University, today were reported to be angling for the service | of Lawrence “Biff” Jones, who re- signed as foot ball coach at Louisiana | State University following a dispute | with Senator Huey Long. Coach A. Ross MacKechnie at Mis- sissippi, the reports had it, has asked the alumni for @ change, and Presi- dent Duke Humphreys of the college has‘gone to Washington in an at- tempt to have Jones assigned to the R. O. T. C. unit that he might take over foot ball directorship also. Tennessee is looking for a successor to Coach Bob Neyland, and reports were that appointment of Jones to the berth is under consideration. Senator Long mentioned Coach Clark Shaughnessy of Chicago Uni- versity, as a choice to succeed Jones at L. S. U., but the official announce- ment of the successor is not ex- pected to be made until January 1. Bernie Bierman, head coach at OTHER OPEN J0BS Shaughnessy Is Declared Choice of L. S. U., but Meehan Also Mentioned. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, December 20— Somebody’s going to get up an All-America team of un- employed foot ball coaches if the firing doesn’t stop soon. Already “at leisure” for one reason or another are such nationally known teachers of the game as Dick Hanley of Northwestern, Capt. Lawrence (Biff) Jones of Louisiana State, Eddie Casey of Harvard, Bill In- gram of Califor- nia, Frank Ca- rideo of Missouri, Maj. Bob Ney- land of Tennes- see and Dan Mc- Gugin of Vander- bilt. The “squad” may be much | larger by the time the coaches gather for their Clark Shaughnessy annual conclave here immediately after Christmas. McGuigan dropped the coaching reins he held at Vanderbilt for 30 years in order to become director of ath- letics. It took a War Department order to get Neyland out of Knox- ville. But the others all have re- signed after persistent sniping by alumni or other sources. Ingram was subjected to consider- able criticism before he quit his post at California and abandoned his coaching career to enter business. His place at Berkeley has been taken by Leonard (Stub) Allison. The other vacancies, however, still are wide open. L. S. U. Situation Interesting. HE situation at Louisiana State perhaps is most interesting. Jones was a highly successful coach at West Point before he traveled South. His Louisiana State teams dropped only two conference games in three years, but Jones resigned after tangling, verbally, with Huey Long, to whom L. S. U. is “my university.” At the moment, Clark Shaugnessy of Chicago is mentioned most promi- nently for the job but John F. (Chick) Meehan of Manhattan College, whose New York University teams of a few years back were nationally famous, also is understood to be under con- sideration. Vanderbilt definitely is trying to lure Ray Morrisog away from South- ern Methodist but the others still are undecided. Although Jones has been mentioned as a possible smecesor to Maj. Ney- land at Tennessee, it seems more probable that Maj. Bill Britton, Ney- land’s assistant, will be stepped up a notch. Harvard Looking Around. ON FAUROT, whose Kirksville, D (Mo.) Teachers College teams have compiled an amazing rec- ord in the last few years, apparently has the inside track for Carideo’s job at Missouri. Northwestern, reports say, would like to get Ossie Solem from Iowa. William J. Bingham has been given the task of finding a coach for Harvard and has done much traveling in the Midwest and the East in quest of Casey’s successor. The latest head to fall was Robert (Doc) Erskine of Loyola of the South. Erskine succeeded Shaugnessy at the New Orleans school. His resignation yesterday was accepted “with regret,” but the fact remains that there was considerable alumni muttering over Loyola’s comparatively unsuccessful campaign this year. Minnesota; Frank Thomas of Ala- bama, “Chick” Meehan of Manhat- tan, Ray Morrison of Southern Methodist University and Bernie Moore, assistant to Jones at L. 8. U,, were among others mentioned for the berth. STANFORD QUINT TRAVELS. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif., December 20 (#).—Stanford’s 12-man basket ball squad and Coach John Bunn have gone on a barnstorming tour that will reach as far East as Michigan. The 10-game series in- cludes a December 27 meeting with Michigan State at East Lansing. COUNTY QUINTS CLASH. Lee-Jackson High School and Oak- ton High will oppose on the basket ball court in the Duke street gym- nasium, Alexandria, tonight. In a preliminary the girls' teams of the two schools will play. Hockey Results By the Assoclated Press. Canadian-American League. Providence, 6; New Haven, 2, American Association. St. Paul, 5; Kansas City, 3. Tulso, 2; Minneapolis, 1. Oklahoma City, 4; St. Louis, 4 (tie). McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario), 4; University of Michigan, 6. Sports Events In Local Realm TODAY. Boxing. ‘Washington Auditorium — Main bout, Phil Furr, Washington, vs. Jay MeCadon, Newark, N. J. wel- terweights; 10 rounds. Twenty- two other rounds. €how starts 8:30. Basket Ball. Washington-Lee High at West- ern, 3:30. Rockville High at Friends, 3:30. Herndon High at Falls Church High, 3:30. Indiana at Maryland, 8. Wittenberg at George Washing- ton, 8. Maryland State Normal American U,, 8. Eastern Alumni vs. Tech Alumni, at Eastern, 7:30. Gonzaga at Eastern, 8:30. (Alum- ni night program features.) TOMORROW. Basket Ball. Indiana vs. George Washington, at Roosevelt, 8. Baltimore U. at Wilson Teach- ers, 8. Baltimore Poly at Tech, 3:30. Alumni at Takoma-Silver Spring High, 8. at SATURDAY. Basket Ball. Alumni at Gallaudet, 8. Bucky Not on Spot, Says Boss Can’t Produce a Winner Unless Club Owners Get More Material, Griff Tells Optimists. LARK C. GRIFFITH, an- swering critics who hinted that the Washington club president was ‘“putting Bucky Harris on the spot” when he failed to effect a trade or pur- chase at the annual Winter base