Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1934, Page 47

& PLAYS GONQUEROR OF TERPS TONIGHT Hoosiers Unimpressive in 30-25 Victory—Colonials Trim Wittenberg. BY H. C. BYRD. EORGE WASHINGTON, which last night defeated Wittenberg, 47 to 33, should win its basket ball game to- night with Indiana. The Colonials, provided they play up to the standard set in their contests so far and if the Western Conference five is not better than against Maryland last night, in all probability will take their first major victory of the season. Indiana did not show anything against Maryland that would entitle it to particular distinction. Certainly its play was not of a sufficiently high caliber to warrant a prediction that it stands an even chance with George ‘Washington. The Middle Westerners are not a set-up by any means, but they lack a pivot player around whom whom the other members of the squad could rally, a man like Weir of last year’s quint. Maryland played some good basket ball against the visitors, but was not consistent. The two outstanding fac- tors in the Old Liners’ performance were the fact that they were not in as good condition as their opponents and seemingly lacked knowledge of | when to shoot. s good many oppor- tunities were lost in the second half | with passes between players that| might just as well have been shots at the baskets; and on a percentage basis some of these shots would have been turned into points. ‘When Indiana runs up against George Washington tonight it will find itself against more experience and against a five that has played several games. Both these factors should count heavily for the Colonials over and above the caliber of play put up by Maryland. Indiana will be the underdog against the Colonials. HE Colonials got a fine tuning up ! I for the game with Indiana in : the clash with Wittenberg, a | strong finish enabling the Colonials to pile up their sizable margin. The Colonials led by only 21 to 20 at.intermission and let the Ohioans | g0 to the front at 24 to 23 before | starting an irresistible spurt. | Ben Goldfadden and Hal Kiesel set | the pace for the Colonials with 14| points each. George Washington missed its stel- lar guard, Walter Bakum, who was taken to the hospital yesterday sut- fering from grippe. Kiesel also was reported ill, but he didn't perform like a sick man. Summary: Geo. Wash Howellf, Reiley, Goldfadden.f Kiesel,c by 5 IO Oy ). Wittenberg (33) GFPt Maurer.f... Sunt...... b SO oo e? onfel Freilicher man Shirley.s. 10 Totals ..161547 Totals .. 81533 Referee—Mr. Keppel (A. B.). Umpire =Mr. Enright (A. B.). ARYLAND has a basket ball team that before the year is ended will be better than the team that wore the university's colors a year ago. More accurate shooting and a disposition to take more chances at the basket can more or less easily be acquired. Condition of players also is likely to show a good deal of improve- ment after the holidays, and the men on defense should then know better when to leave one man to pick up an- other, something in which they fell down last night. The team, though, is made up of intelligent chaps who will profit rapidly from good coaching which they are certain to get. Last night's summary: Indisns (30), Maryland Walters, f... 2 Buscher, 1. g orotu e 0! (25), o | omsisomalt swskoSg | Referees—Messrs. Menton and Neun. HEN one stops to consider the i financial side of a foot ball ‘ game out on the Pacific Coast, the Tournament of Roses game, that' is, one should not marvel very much that a good many teams would like to have a bid to take part in that contest. The receipts probably will go close to $200,000 and both teams will share generously in the division of that sum. What can be done in building up and maintaining equipment and personnel in a physical education or an athletic plant with even a third of that is not difficult to Mgure out. A pencil and paper anff knowledge. of arithmetic are all that anybody needs. And if one nas id mind exactly what one wishes to do mot even pencil and paper are neéded. The great majority of Southern schbols are pleased when they have as-much as $5,000 for their share of “gate receipts from foot ball and & gate running above a hundred thou- SPORTS o Santa Gets Fat Order; Joe Harris Begs for Job With Cronin. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, R. KRIS KRINGLE, General Delivery, North Pole. Dear Sandy Claus: 1 never believed in you until boxing was legalized in the District this year, but now I am writing you a Christmas note, for the first time, as a confirmed, penitent convert. How could any one who parks his chin on our rings and hears some of the decisions deny there is a Santa Claus? You must be all you are cracked up to be, buddy, so, in hopes that you will live up to your “rep,” I hereby humbly submit a Christmas list which you will find unselfishly devoted to some of our deserving unbelievers as well as yours truly. Please don't throw us down. C. C. Grifith—A couple of pitchers and a box of guaranteed poison for the 1934 injury jinx. Goldie Ahearn—A couple of fire escapes. Heinie Miller and the D. C. Boxing Commission—A little credit for a job well done. Dutch Bergman—Two or three big foot ball games for Washington, Bill McCormick—A hole in the ground (big enough to hide in). Al Schacht—A tailor who would stoop to creating another white tweed suit. Read On, Kris. 'ACK HAGERTY—A couple of soph- J omores to fill the shoesies of Charlie Parcells and Joe Saverine. Dave Harris—Bigger and better nickel-in-the-slot machines at Albany. Jack Espey—a cellophane-wrapped, honest-to-goodness George Washing- ton all-America. Marty Gallagher—more Ray Im- pellitieres. Ed Linke—a couple of pulse beats in the arm. Phil Furr—a box of good cold cap- sules. Denny Hughes—somebody to ap- plaud when he steps in the ring to referee. The Detroit Tigers’ infield—four small-meshed wire baskets. Morrie Sherman and Frankie Hughes — another “sucker” fight town. Joe Turner—a Joe Louis-Billy Jones match. Jim Berryman—a main-event fight kayo to cartoon. Gallaudet—another Johnny Ringle and a couple of good linemen. Petey Sarron—a crack at Frankie Klick's junior lightweight title. Yours Truly—Twenty pounds of weight, 6 more inches of elbow room en boxing club press benches, backs to the press seats at Griffith Stadium, a raise in salary, and Lyda Roberti to hold my hand and sing “Take a Number Up to Ten.” Yours truly, Ye Olde “Civilian” Clouter. OE CRONIN was lounging at his suite in a New York hotel during the Winter base ball meeting when the phone,rang. “Greensboro calling,” operator. “Go ahead.” Joe warbled a hello. “Hi, Joe,” came the answer. “This is Dave Harris. Say, do you know where they sent me? To Albany (moekingly). They sent me to Albany—me, a swell right-hand hitter, who can bust ‘em into the left field ‘civilians’ like nobody’s business. “Lissen, Joe, you know how I can hit. How about me playing at Bos- ton next season and banging 'em out | like I used to do?” “And,” predicted Cronin yesterday in Griff’s office, “there probably will come many a time next year when I wish I had Dave to send up to that plate. What a pinch-hitter he was in 1933, and he went up there cold, mind ya—cold!” Ah, Sweet Mystery. OT only in the ring, but out, Phil Furr had a tough time last night. Jay MeCadon thumped him for 10 rounds to earn a unanimous deci- sion and inflict Fitful Philbert's sec- ond loss in a meteoric professional career. And after he dragged him- self to the box office for his stipend, Phillip received another shock. The “gate” was a mere $803, causing Furr's share to be less than 200 smackers for the toughest fight of his life. ' And only a few weeks ago at the Riding and Hunt Club, from where he shifted his allegiance to fight under Joe Turner’s ban- sand dollars is almost unknown. As 8 matter of fact, many of the uni- versities in the South are finding it very difficult to maintain even fairly edequate programs. The financial situation in which many Southern schools find them- selves also is true of a good many in the N and Middle West, es- pecially in those schodls that, through their relationship with other and more fortunately situated institutions, hfive tried, and are trying, “to keep up with the Joneses.” One rather prominent Northern school, one that has for years stood out in foot ball, 1s°$50,000 in debt and has not paid its coach any part of his salary for this year. At least, no part of the salary had been paid prior to Thanks- giving. ' NAVAL ACADEMY foot ball play- A er recently paid the University of Maryland a high compliment on its attack. Said this midship- man: “The Maryland attack was the hardest we faced all year, as we never could tell just where the team was going. to strike, with the single ex- ception that Pittsburgh had greater manpower, We never were able to cope with that Maryland passing at- tack as we did with other passing we ::m during the year.” ner, he fought what he himself called “the easiest fight of my career.” In that tussel he de- feated Bob Wilson before a ca- pacity crowd which paid more than $2,800. His share was more than $600. Basket Briefs Bureau of Investigation basketers today boast the honor of being the first team to conquer the Sholl's Cafe quint in the District in four years. The Sleuths last night overcame the Cafe team, 31-22. Jimmy Thompson and Lynch led the Investigation scorers. Other results: Community Center League. St. Joseph, 48; Sigma Nu Sigma, 12. | E Stewart’s Pharmacy, 27; Millers, 20. Other scores: Olympian Club, 37; Georgetown Boys’ Club, 15. mwllhlnmn Grays, 39; Penn Tires, lét. Mary's Celtics, 36; Company F, College A, C, 25; Company F Re- Jserves, 15, = chirped the < | | HOT HIGH BASKET | Werber.g. £ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Fhar WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1934, G. W. Five Picked to Defeat Indiana : Yale’s Defeat of Tiger Year’s Ace Upset & SERIES PRESAGED Teams Have Done Well in Tuning Tilts—Baltimore Fives Visit Today. ITH their pre - Christmas campaign virtually com- pleted, it now appears al- most a sure-fire bet that the public high school basket ball teams will wage an unusually close fight for the championship in the | series opening January 11. Baltimore teams today were to fur- nish the last opposition for public high combinations before Santa grabs the stage. Tech was to meet Balti- more Poly on the McKinley court and Central was to engage Calvert Hall at Central. Both games were to start at 3:30. . Eastern, Tech and Western all won handily yesterday. Eastern walloped Gonzaga, 50-9, in a feature of the annual alumni reunion at Eastern; Tech romped over McDonough School | at Baltimore, 48-18, and Western was a 53-32 winner over Washington-Lee High on the Western court. Eastern Alumni trimmed Tech Alumni, 53-32, in spite of the fact that Bill Werber, Boston Red Sox third baseman, held forth for the Mc- Kinley grads. This game was another | high spot of the alumni doin’s at| Eastern. ASTERN had little trouble wallop- ing Gonzaga, gaining an early lead and widening it rapidly as the game progressed, but the Eastern- Tech alumni game was more interest- ing. The Eastern grads gained a 22-6 lead at the end of the first quarter, but then the McKinley alumni got going and at one time got within ceven points of their foe. At this stage, however, Otts Zahn of Eastern was given five free shots and made good on four, as the result of Joe| Croson, Tech center, yelling several times to Referee Caruso to “give 'm | another.” Thereafter Tech bogged down and Eastern proceeded to widen | its lead. Summary: East Alumni_(53) G.F. e Bassinf..... 5 Cappeliif. . Courtney .. Cis DRI Doy EPNE Wilesg... Russell g.. Totals Reter: ®EzizBRS IR Led by Billings and Farrell, who scored 13 and 12 points, respectively, Tech gained a big lead over McDonogh in the early stages and was never headed. Summary: McKinley (48) G.F.Pt Daly. f.... 3 Farrell Billings, Rea, c.. McDonough _(1 F. Rouse. f .. Peeples, 1. Stevens. 1. . % ). Socazmon® om0 1915003y Rolan Mulitz, . Hahn. g Kalvitnos, g. Totals ..20 848 Totals.... 5 818 N SPITE of the absence of Joe Brennan, its high-scoring for- ward, and Bill Page, capable guard, Western outclassed Washing- ton-Lee High viriually all the way. It was the Georgetowners’ first win | of *he season, although they have made stout fichts against several strong opponerts. Summary: Western (38). G.F.pts. Do oo 0 oper. f. Copeland. Wheeler, Ewers, ¢ Blare.' ¢ Boswell, Blake, Withow g. Totals ... —_— BASKETERS BREAK EVEN Oakton Boys Defeat Lee—‘hckaon,‘ but Girls Are Beaten. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 21— With Young and Thompson heading | their heavy gttack, Oakton High bas- | keteers, defending Fairfax County titlists, walloped the Lee-Jackson | quint, 33-9, in a county league game last night. Lee-Jackson girls, however, squeezed out a 17-16 victory over the Oakton High lassies in a championship match played as a preliminary. Summary of boys' game: Lee-Jackson. G.F.Pts. Oakton. Koci.f. 070 0 B. Hawes .. Thompson.f, 3 Butler,f 1 190 iz 9) P 0 0 o 0 [ 3 | o 0 0 0 6 0 7 o o [ Walker, ROCKVILLE HIGH WINS Routs Friends School—Takoma Alumni Beats Varsity. Montgomery County schoolboy fives broke even 1n two encounters yester- day with Rockville High routing Friends, 29 to 6, on the former’s court and the Takoma-Silver Spring Alumni trimming the current varsity, 23 to 10, in the school gym. Line-ups and summaries: Totals . Totats ...12 933 Referee—Mr. Y EES B P — Wilsol Buchannon,f Darbye. .. Bakerg.". Durbing. .. N ol oore. Totals.. 12 529 Alumni (23). GF) 5 33 g woo ok 8l comomnsisisiocss? o B .Robinson.t Bozievich.{. Butler.{ C.Vand'v'rt! L r'ld. i W S ohs! i woss0omes 20, Turner.s Finchamg. . | ooiesins nlsessssssscsone rousso~oo s; oS - = ACTION APLENTY AT AUDITORIUM. THE RIGHT THAT FINALLY .STOPPED FITFUL PHILBERT ! J@mm«! - (AupiTorIum) "FROM THE L) HEEM NO BuLLDOG! *=-JUSTA -- How You SAY EET-? =--PooDLE / RIVERS, THE LITTLE MEXICAN, DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TTROUBLE TROUNCING THE REINSTATED DOUGAN.... ‘Ko RILEY KNOWS THE Rores / BALL PLAYER SAT UP IN A BOX WITH HIS Ex-Boss/ ..., WHO TUT-BATTERED THE D.C. WELTER CHAMP IN THE MAIN BOUT LAST NIGHT AT THE AUDITORIUM..... Aa’flr:n For SEMI-FINAL - — THE LOWRY -SCIPIO MATCH WAS SO SOUR, THE PRESS BENCH AMUSED ITSELF BY GIVING Dick O'BRIEN A SHOT OF DEMPSEY'S FAVORITE TRICK- “THE HOT FooT” ! PRESS BOX Meehan Trembles at Thought of L. S. U.; Shaughnessy Also Probably Is in Hiding ———BY JOHN EW YORK, December 21.—A look of alarm crept into the honest eyes of Chick Meehan. “What's that you say?” he demanded. Your correspondent said it again. “You have been tapped by Huey Long, Mr. Meehan. The Senator has got you on his list of prospective coaches “for Louisiana State Univer- sity, a school which——" “I know all about the‘school,” interrupted Mr. Meehan. That's where Biff Jones used to coach, e iff was there three years, wasn't he?” “Correct.” “He only lost two conference games in all that time, didn’t he?” “Quite s0.” He'll Stay at Manhattan. “ A ND Senator Long wasn't satis- fied?” said Mr. Meehan. “It sounds like a very soft spot. You can tell the public that I am happily established at Manhattan, that I love and appreciate my sur- roundings here, that in spite of my deep interest in the welfare of Louisiana State University I believe | I will stay in this part of the country indefinitely. That's all.” And Mr. Meehan began to mop his brow with a handkerchief. When last seen by your correspondent he was humming a few bars from the execu- tioner’s song in “The Mikado.” “He’s got ’em on the list And they’ll none of ’em be missed.” I imagine that Huey Long's list of 4 | prospective coaches for Louisiana State is causing the same sort of re- action everywhere. Clark Shaugh- nessy of Chicago is right at the top of it. I haven't seen Mr. Shaugh- nessy lately, but I wouldn't be sur- prised if he is looking over his shoul- der at this moment to make sure that he is not being shadowed by a crew of Louisiana body-snatchers. An offer of this kind from Huey Long is more of a threat than a favor. Look what happened to Biff Jones. He put Louisiana foot ball on its feet. He established one of the best major records in the country over the last three years. But Biff had a little weakness peculiar to foot ball coaches. He wanted to coach the team without political assistance from any party, including the Democratic. Long More Hurt Than Angry. ENATOR LONG couldn't under- stand this. The Senator likes to help everybody in Louisiana. He was more hurt than angered by Capt. Jones’ offish attitude. He figured that Dempsey Quitting Coast for Gotham By the Assoclated Press. home in New York. Joe Dempsey, brother, yesterday said the former heavyweight cham- LARDNE! it might be better for all concerned if he could find a coach who would listen to reason and accept some friendly political aid between the halves in the form of a speech. 1 think it enly fair to the Senator to warn him that Mr. Meehan and Mr. Shaughnessy, his new choices, will not fill the bill. ‘They are just as mullish and tem- peramental as Biff Jones. Mr. Mee- han’s faverite orator between the halves is Mr. Meehan, and Mr. Shaughnessy feels same way about Mr. Shaughnessy. ey do not care for guest speakers. Their attitude is strange and most annoying, but that's the way with foot ball coaches. Senator Long has a problem on his hands. If I were he (strictly in fun) I would take over the management and instruction of the foot ball team myself. The Senator is the best orator in Louisiana. His speeches might not win foot ball games, but they would put the boys on the right track and make them good voters and good thinkers when they grew up. I advise the Senator not to bother with Mr. Meehan omsMr. Shaughnessy. They are wolves in sheep’s clothing. They would try to run the team by themselves. I say this for the Sen- ator’s own good and also as a favor to Mr. Meehan and Mr. Shaughnessy, who probably will be ‘haunted by visions and bad dreams until the Sen- ator announces, once and, for all, that he has picked some one else to coach his ball club. (Copyright. 1934, by North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) —S CENTRAL SWIMS ALUMNI Meet Old Grads Following Vic- tory Over Baltimoreans. Encouraged by their 42-33 win over Baltimore City College's natators, Cen- tral High's swimming team now is prepping for its meet with alumni of the school a week from today in the Central tank. Summaries of the Central-Baltimore City meet, the first of the season for the winners, follow: 160-yard relay—Won by Central (Me- Queen, Tarbett. Porterfield. Kelley . Time. 100-yard breaststroke—Won by Gold- berg (Central); second, Hunt (City); third, Shipley (Central). _Time, 1:20. 40-yard dash—Won by Fenn (Clty): sec- ond. Zimmermann (City); third, Bro (Central). T}me. 0:21. 0-yal ree le—Won_ by Jordan &?e'lfiflzél"!m Pl’ll;l (City); third, T00-sard’ backstreke--Won by Fitzhugh (Central): second, Etridge (City); third, Abrahams (City). Time, 1:13:2. 100-yard free style—Won by Kellz (Central); second. {hllhlml (City); thire Porterfield (Central). Time. 1:02. PFancy diving—Won by Tarbett (Central), second, oemmhtéam; third, Crawford & 330:yard medley—Won by Central (Pitz- ug] EASY FOR FALLS CHURCH Runs Away From Herndon in| Basket Ball Game, 22 to 9. HERNDON, Va., December 21.— Falls Church High School’s basket ball team ren away with the Herndon Buck TAYLOR AND FRANKIE LITTY FOUGHT A BANG-UP DRAW --- THE FANS WANT A RETURN MATCH / (STORY ON PAGE D-3.) THE SPORTLIGHT Movies of Races One of Big Safeguards California Will Take Against Chiselers. BY GRANTLAND RICE. CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS. No. 4—John Henry Public. Will you kindly, Mr. Kringle, as you pass along the way, Leave us another Dempsey in our stocking Christmas day? Just another old-time mauler from Manassa, out to win, With a fusillade of leather deftly thrown against the chin? Will you kindly, Mr. Kringle, in your answer to our plea, Hang another big bambino on our comin, Christmas tree? Will you roll away the seasons to the Springtime of his youth As you leave us on your journey just another bloke named Ruth? Won’t you bring another Hagen? Won’t you leave another Jones? Won’t you send another Tilden to our warring tgnm‘s zones? And in moving from the Northland, where the flying snow careens, Won't you kindly stop and leave us siz or seven Dizzy Deans? Checking Up on the Chiselers. I OS ANGELES, December 21.— Hal Roach, president, and Charles Strube, general man- | ager, of the Santa Anita track. | have outlined a complete check on all chiseling and cheating, as far as this maneuver can be carried out. In the first place, each horse will be given a thorough physical exam- ination before he leaves his stall. There will be no chance for the old sponge trick or any other form of tampering to get by. On the way to the barrier each hoofprint will be given the same go- ing over, to see that each entry has been properly shod. Once the race is underway, moving pictures will be taken to show every detail of the race, so there will be a pictorial record of everything that' happens. The camera will be trained on a dead line with the finish, and these pictures will be printed and ready for inspection within two minutes after the race is run. In addition to Mr. Strube and his associates, the California Racing As- | sociation has an ideal leader in Carleton Burke, who was one of the main factors in sending the Western polo team to Meadowbrook. The chiselers in any game are hard to surround and whip, but they will have an extremely tough time here, with the barricades thrown up against them. A New Angle. 25 HEN it comes to slipping some- thing over, the wrestling game is still up around the front. Here is the latest. In a recent wrestling match, one of the contest- ants soon was caught in a scissors grip, the same being wrapped around his_head. + The snared wrestler put up a gallant effort to break the head scissors, but, after a few- desperate lunges, his rally died away and he finally sprawled out on the mat, dead to the world. Upon further examination it was discovered that the first wrestler, with the scissors hold, had inserted a large or ether, inside his trunks. A few inhalations from this was quite enough to break up the battle. This Incident is entered to show just how far the boys will go at various times when given any leeway. But there will be no sponges or 14,000 motor cars, crowding. Also, the track has been built such a way that | so all right with us that I'm worried. The team is in fine condition, every one is fit, we have no cripples and are ready to go. The situation is almost too good to be true.” Against this, Stanford still has sev- eral bear stories to throw upon the Western winds. Grayson's condition still i= a guess. One or two others | are reported ailing. But, from inside sources, I understand that Stanford also will be ready for the first whistle. Last year's experience was a heavy shock to the Stanford plan of battle. Everything was bullish, ripe and rosy, until the game got under way. 1t was the crafty Dr. Lou Little who issued all the bear details, moodily and morosely hoping that Columbia could hold the Cardinal camp to four touchdowns. Mr. Little’s guile was a blasting shock when the Columbia line began surging 1n and Barabas finally wan- dered over the goal line at a half- canter. So Tiny Thornhill and his aides have decided nothing like this will happen this year against a team given a far better ¢hance to win than Columbia ever carried. (Copyright 1934 by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) GEORGE PINS GARIBALDL. TORONTO, December 21.—Ed Don George ninned Gino Garibaldi in a wrestling match here last night in 48 minutes. Sports Events In Local Realm TODAY. 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. Calvert Hall at Central, 3:30. TOMORROW. Basket Ball, Alumni at Gallaudet, 8. JranKMEDICO REVOLUTIONIZES PIPE SMOKING This simple :mfln‘ yet amazing rbent filter invention with Cellophane exterior cool screen interior keeps juices and flakes in Filter and out of mouth. Comics and Classified D—1 CARDS' FLAG RUSH 5 & CLOSE SECOND Collapse of Giants Rated Third in Topsy-Turvy Year in Sport. This is the fourth of a series of stories analyzing the results of the annual Associated Press poll on outstanding sports competitors and developments. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, December 21.— Judging from the reaction of the country’s sporting experts, 1934 is the year of the big | earthquake in athletic results. There may be sharp differences of | opinion as to just what constitutes an “upset” in sports, but there appears | no doubt, on the basis of the Asso- | ciated Press fourth annual poll, that the experts experienced more and big- ger shocks this year than ever before. From Pasadena on New Year day, when Columbia’s Lions upset Stan- ford, until the Polo Grounds in De- cember, when the foot ball Giants bowled over the Chicago Bears, it was one big surprise after another in every major branch of athletic competition. Yale Springs Big One. IGGEST of all “upsets,” apparent- ly, was the foot ball triumph of Yale's *iron men" over previously unbeaten and heavily favored Prince- ton, but the experts had a difficult time choosing between this stunning achievement and the collapse of the New York Giants in base ball or the consequent rush of the St. Louis Car- dinals to the year's major league heights. Arriving at a decision on “points,” based upon the listing of first, second and third choice of surprise packages, Yale's victory tops the list with 126 points, one more than the combined National League and world series con- quests of the Cardinals, already pro- claimed the year's outstanding team. The downfall of the Giants ranks | third, with 84 points, although it ap- peared much more surprising, to those giving the matter first-hand attention, than the rise of the St. Louis club. Foot ball's next biggest upset. the overthrow of the Bears by the Giants for the national professicnal title, was closely pressed by Columbia’s Rose | Bowl victory. Michigan's gridiron collapse was viewed as more startling than the decline of Southern Cali- fornia’s fortunes. Indiana’s upset of | Purdue startled Big Ten circles, while | Nevada’s defeat of St. Mary's was | the major gridiron shock to the Far West. Baer Fools Ring Folk. | HE biggest upset of the fistic year, | of course, was Max Baer's spec- tacular knockout of Primo Car- nera for the world heavyweight | championship. Polo contributed to the general upheaval with the tri- umph of the Eastern “kids” over the all-star Western team, at Meadow Brook, while experts also ranked the comeback of Rainbow to defend the America’s Cup, after losing the first (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | Aussie Sportsmen Battling Insects By the Associated Press. ELBOURNE, Australia, Decem- ber 21.—All bowling, tennis and croquet club members organized today to battle an ap- proaching great army of grass- hoppers, and keep them off the greens. Advance guards of the grass- hoppers already have reached the suburbs of the city. The march has been stopped momentarily by a southerly wind. Householders are trying to pro- tect their gardens with straw and lime. To Health Esslinger’s Beer aids health in three ways: 1. Aids digestion. 2. Gives energy. 3. Quiets the nerves. Esslinger’s is the purest and most healthful of Beers. Esstingens DISTRIBUTED BY BEITZELL & COMPANY, Ine. 1357 New York Ave. N.E. Phone: ATlantie 1233