Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1934, Page 10

Foot Ball Fans La 0DDS SEEM LONG, ACTUALY SHORT Picking 9 Winners Nets 40-1 When Correct Figures Should Be 511-1. BY JOHN LARDNER. EW YORK, December 25.—The biggest single foot ball bet in the memory of most book- makers was $53,000, staked and lost six years ago by a Westerner on the result of a game in the Rocky Mountain Conference. Three book- | makers covered it. Today they grin and shake their | heads at the thought, for big betting | on foot ball is almost dead and the pool or parlay, designed to shake down the small bettor for a couple of dollars | & week, has taken its place. The pool has made foot ball the | favorite sport of the small bettor, next to racing. That's easy to understand. ‘There is no other sport in which he can multiply his investment six, ten, or twenty times simply by exercising what he believes to be his skill, shrewdness and judgment of form. | & ON BATTLE SGENE Dutra Voted No.1 By Golfing Pros By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, December 25— Golf professionals wintering here have voted Olin Dutra, national open champion, “leading pro of 1934 Dutra, winer of the recent Miami Biltmore open, received 12 of the 93 votes cast. Paul Runyan, the P. G. A. champion, placed second, trailing the Californian by one bal- lot. Tied for third with 10 votes each were Tommy Armour, Gene Sara- zen and Ky Laffoon. Others who received votes in order were Mac- donald Smith, Horton Smith, Craig Wood, Willie Macfarlane and Bobby Cruickshank. BAMANS PRACTICE Do Some Real Work Before Enjoying Christmas and Visiting Hollywood. 4 Easily Encouraged. E USUALLY loses, but he always H comes close enough to justify another try the following Sat- urday. One week, for instance, he will pick five winners in a six-game parlay. He thinks to himself: “If | Schultz had kicked that field goal I'd be $65 winner on my five-spot. This is easy. I'll hit 'em all next week.” The parlay bettor realizes, of course, that he is being woefully underpaid when he wins. Most foot ball pools pay off 13 to 1 for six winners. The actual odds against picking six win- ners in six even games are 63 to 1. ‘The percentage against the bettor in- creases with the size of the parlay. He gets 40 to 1 for picking nine win- ners when he should, mathematically, be getting 511 to 1. Foot ball pools have been popular for several years, but they hit the crest of popularity this Autumn. At & rough estimate the public paid $15,- | 000,000 to pool operators throughout the country. In New York City a dozen large and small operators grossed an average of $200,000 every Saturday. Pool betting became so | rife on Wall Street that the Stock Exchange ordered an investigation and discovered that several employes of member firms were acting as agents and collectors for the operators. How It Is Worked. r Y FOOT BALL parlay is run more or less as follows, in case you don’t know. The operator, who may be a regular bookmaker, & rack- | eteer, or even a small clerk trying to make big money, issues printed cards listing 10 or 15 of the closest | the upiversity’s foot ball history have foot ball games of the week. These are circulated by agents, most of | whom don't know the main guy by name. 1 At the bottom of each card are printed the odds which the operators | will pay for various achievements. On | & 10-game card, for instance, the odds are usually: Four games.. Five games . Six games .. Seven games ... Eight games Nine games Ten games ... to The bettor must be right in all his selections in order to collect. Since the bettor is usually an office hand or low-salaried employe of some de- scription, he seldom risks more than a few dollars a week. The operator has to depend on wide circulation of the cards rather than large indi- vidual bets. ‘Welsh When Hard Hit. HERE are lots of things wrong with this system of foot ball | betting. The odds are terrifically against the bettor. On the other hand, the operator can be hurt so badly that he welshes on his bets and | disappears. Commissioners like Jack | Doyle and Tom Kearney will have nothing to do with the pool form of | betting on foot ball. “The operator is running a gyp game as long as he wins,” says Doyle, | “and when he loses he takes the worst | beating in the world.” In some towns the operators dis- pense with cards and handle their foot ball parlays in the orthodox, word-of-mouth fashion. These men can't disappear when they lose, be- cause they are known to the public, but they can and do rely on the old formula of having their establishments raided by the police and their equip- ment confiscated. Then they have a good excuse for not paying off and also for opening up again a little later, The better bookmakers handle plenty of foot ball money, but they do it on single games or on two-and- three game parlays involving large sums. None of them cares much for | foot ball. It's too costly. The favor- | ites win about 85 per cent of the | time. A smart, steady bettor can | finish the season well ahead if he holds to this theory. Lots of people do. Foot ‘ball probably is the sound- est of all betting gamcs, as long as you stick to the form chart and play 1t one game at a time, (Copyright. 1934. by North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) Nats Last in Overtime ‘Wins sold. | 'EAST, WEST SQUADS | and went through heavy drill sessions | By the Associated Press. ASADENA, Calif., December 25. ~—The University of Alabama warmed up today for its | first practice on the famous turf where it will meet Stanford New | Year day. | The Crimson team from old Ala- | bama worked out perfunctorily yes- terday on the field of Occidental Col- lege, but today the scene shifted to the actual battleground, with & change, too, in tempo. The boys merely went through the motions yesterday, but Coach Frank | Thomas’ plans called today for some | real work. Three great Alabama teams have played before in the Rose Bowl, and some of the most brilliant pages in been written here, 3,000 miles from home. Two games were won and one tied, and way down South they talk yet of the heroes of the Rose Bowl— Pooley Hubert, Grant Gillis, Johnny Mack Brown, Jimmy Johnson, Rosy Caldwell, Flash Suther, Fred Sington and a dozen others, Held Strongest Ever, ONE of the current Alabama team has played in the Rose Bowl. The last appearance of the Crimson here was January 1, 1931. Many of the Alabama enthu- siasts think the 1934-35 eleven is the best of the four invited to the Tour- nament of Roses competition. After today's workout the players may turn to celebration of Christmas With a tree at their hotel and & visit to a Hollywood theater. The Southerners reached Pasadena yesterday morning 34 strong. They | left home with 35 players, but Bill | Young, a tackle, was left in a hos- pital in Texas, minus his appendix. The other players were reported in fair shape. | Stanford's big Red team will come to town Thursday to finish its training and work out for a time or two in the Rose Bowl. The record-breaking crowd of more than 84,000 was assured a week before the game, when all the seats were ARE GIVEN RESPITE Enjoy Holiday Relaxation After Getting Quota of Plays for Benefit Game. By the Associated Press, AN FRANCISCO, December 25.— With preparations well under way for their annual East-West battle here New Year day, 44 of the Na- | tion’s brightest gridiron luminaries re- lax a bit today in celebration of Christmas. Members of both squads yesterday were assigned their full quota of plays to prepare for the game which will be played for the benefit of the Shriners’ Hospital for Crippled Chil- dren, At Palo Alto the West squad, under the direction of Coaches Orin Hol- lingbery and Percy Locey, worked out both morning and afternoon. The East squad, headed by Andy Kerr and Dick Hanley, drilled two hours here before moving to new training quarters at Berkeley. PIN VICTOR ON RECOUNT Recheck of Corvelli's Handicap Gives ’Stakes to Maley. The winner of the Italian duckpin sweepstakes, rolled last Saturday, is Tony Maley, not Henry Corvelli, it seems. Following completion of Saturday’s rolling, Corvelli ostensibly was the winner by a single pin. But yester- day Corvelli’s handicap was checked— and found too generous by fouw pins. So Maley, who finished one stick behind Corvelli and his Saturday han- dicap, was declared the winner. Take Only 5 of 17 Such Contests—Tigers Easily Best, Losing HEN it came to winning extra-inning games in 1934, the Nationals sim- ply were not there. Forced to overtime on 17 occa- sions, the Washington club drop- ped the decision in 12 to finish last in the league in this respect with a rating of .294. ‘The Nationals did achieve the doubtful honor of participating in the longest game of the season. It was one of 17 innings and went against them. The Browns took them, 6 to 5, when Harland Clift got to Bob Burke, who hurled the last eight innings, for a two-bag- Only 2 Out of 14. This game that consumed four hours and four minutes was the first of a double-header here on May i2. Th> second game went only five innings and the Na- tionals iost it, too. The Tigers were in a class by themselves when it came to win- ning in extra innings. They took a dozen such games and lost but two. The defeats were by the Red Sox and the Browns. Extra-inning game records be- tween the club’s best and worst in copping in overtime follow: ‘Yankees, won 9, lost 3; Red Sox, won 8, lost 8; Athletics, won 6, lost 6; Indians, won 5, lost 6; ‘White Sox, won 5, lost 13, ‘ ¢ WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1934. THE FINAL WALLOP. GRAYSON RESUMES HIS AERIAL WORK Stanford Ace Tosses Ball| First Time Since Injury to Rib Month Ago. By the Associated Press. TANFORD UNIVERSITY, De- cember 25.—Forgetting for the moment the task which lies before them in Pasadena’s Rose Bowl New Year day, Stanford Uni- versity foot ball players celebrated Christmas today—many of them in their own homes. Seventeen members of the squad left last night for Los Angeles and way points where they will join their fami- lies around the Yule fireside. The others remained in this area and will go South tomorrow for a final week of preparation for their intersectional classic with Alabama. Yesterday's practice brought cheer to Cardinal backers, as Fullback Bobby Grayson resumed pass-throwing for the first time since a rib injury sent him out of the California “big game” a month ago. Although Grayson evidently was still slightly handicapped, Coach C. E. “Tiny” Thornhill expressed belief the all-America star would have regained much of his mid-season form by New Year. Larry Rouble, regular right guard, failed to appear for the workout. Rouble turned his ankle Sunday but is expected to be ready for the last week of drill ‘The last home practice will be held here tomorrow and the players will | leave for the South immediately afterward. New L.S.U. Tutor BERNIE MOORE, Freshman foot ball mentor at the Baton Rouge institution, who has been named head coach to succeed Capt. Lawrence (Biff) Jones, U. 8. A, who resigned after a quar= rel with Senator Huey Long. —A, P, Photo, € o s @, Sports Events. In Local Realm Thursday Basket Ball. Southern High vs. Tech, at Tech. Tech Alumni vs. Central Alumni, at Tech. Friday. Basket Ball. Wilson Teachers at Gallaudet, 8. | Swimming. | Central vs. Alumni, Central pool, 8. Saturday. Basket Ball. Maryland vs. Ohio State, at Col- lege Park, 8. 'COLUMBUS U. BOOKS FOUR BOXING MEETS Obtains Tech High for Renewal of Sport—McNamara Again to Be in Command. OLUMBUS UNIVERSITY once | C again will place a boxing team i in the intercollegiate field this | season, it has been announced, and a | four-match schedule has been ar- [ ranged for the McKinley High School gymnasium. Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology is slated to appear February 2, Villanova February 9, Springfield (Mass.) College February 16 and St. Johns of Annapolis February 22. Ath- letic bnoks, also good for ott.er sports activities, will be available for stu- dents at $2 for the season. The books will be placed on sale for the general public at $3. | Jim McNamara, athletic director | at the Jewish Community Center, will again coach the team. Columbus attempted to arrange a boxing schedule for the Tech gym- nasium last year, but the School Board, on a split vote, rejected its application for use of the spacious gymnasium, forcing Columbus to abandon the sport. LEADS WOMAN ATHLETES Phyllis Dewar, Young S'wimmer, Is Voted Canada’s Best. TORONTO, December 25 (P).— Phyllis Dewar, “The Mermaid of the Plains,” has been selected as Canada’s outstanding woman athlete of 1934 in an annual poll conducted by the Canadian press among the Dominion’s sports editors. The 18-year-old Moose Jaw, Sas- katchewan, swimmer, won four gold medals at the Empire Games and had just as easy a time in the poll, being picked by 25 of 37 experts for the 1934 honors. She succeeds Ada MacKenzie of Toronto, who won the 1933 vote with her victories in the national open and closed golf championships of that ear. ¥ Second to Miss Dewar in the 1934 poll was Aileen Meagher of Halifax, a sprinter. She received seven votes. Single votes were cast for Hilda Strike of Montreal, the 1933 winner in the ; Betty Taylor, Hamilton On- Mrs. Alexa Stirling Canadian woman's golf champion; Margery Kirk- Montreal golfer, and Irene Pirie, & open ham, GRID RIVALS TOIL, THEN SEE SANTA Jones Has Christmas Tree| for Temple—Tulane Puts on Early Scrimmage. By the Associated Press. EW ORLEANS, December 25.— The Tulane and Temple foot ball teams welcomed Santa Claus today, but the routine of their practices for the Sugar Bowl game here New Year day continued in spite of Saint Nick. “Pop” Warner's Temple Owls worked out in Baton Rouge polishing up their offense for the Greenies, while Ted | Cox sent the Wave through a stiff | practice session, also behind locked | gates. Capt. “Biff” Jones, who recently re- signed as head coach at Louisiana State University, acting as host to Warner and the Temple team, pro- vided the Philadelphians with a dec- orated Christmas tree, around which | the foot ballers arranged gifts sent from the North. | Cox scheduled his workout during the morning hours so that his players might celebrate the holiday in the afternoon. ‘The Tulane mentor planned a stiff scrimmage session today and another tomorrow with tapering off sessions Thursday and into the week end. QUINT WANTS GAMES. Basket ball games for tomorrow and Thursday with unlimited teams are | wanted by the Marvin Methodist Church quint. Call Lincoln 0966. May Tutor Tars L FRANK GOETTGE, United States Marine Corps cap- tain and former fullback ace of the Quantico eleven, who is re- ¢ ying Wagers in Pools Prove Easy Pickings for B —By JIM BERRYMAN THE SPORTLIGHT ative Sons” Not Quitting on Stanford, But Are Impressed by Alabama’s Drilling. BY GRANTLAND RICE. THE ANCIENT CALL. The sheep’s in the meadow—the cow’s in the corn, The crowd’s in the street, where dreams are few, So Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn And lead us back to a dream that's true, Soft and low, like a far wind sighing, Sound ome note with the old-time cheer, Most of our dreams are dead, or dying, So take us back to a vanished year, Little Boy Blue, you will never know Just how far we have wandered away From the little horn we used to blow In the golden faith of a golden day. Faint and dim like lost winds calling, Soft and iow as a mother’'s prayer. Now we stand where the dusk is falling, Groping for dreams that are never there. One by one, we have searched for the croun Or joliowed the phantom wraith called fame, And one by one, in the lonesome town, We've turned our eyes to the ancient flame Of home-hearth glow, with reindeer leaping Over the hills in their Northland flight, Over the hills where dreams come creeping, Back to the berries of scarlet and white. By farm and city we turn again Where shadows gather along the wall; Where wee feet patter across the den And voices come with a ghostly call. The eerie roll of the toy drum lingers Over a world where the fir tree waits, Music blown from forgotten singers Who've long since passed through the morning gates. Little Boy Blue, are you hiding still Under the haystack—fast asleep? Sound one note with the old-time thrill As dusk comes on where the dark is deep, One clear call from a vanished morning Of sleigh-bells singing across the snow, Where holly hangs on the walls, adorning The hearth of home that we used to know. There was a time when Christ- mas day was supposed to con- sist of resting under the holly and mistletoe around the old Yule log. Here in Los Angeles you have your choice between going to the big Santa Anita race track opening, with its 60,000 crowd, or watching Alabama take another workout for the coming Rose Bowl game, A ‘The spirit of sport has overshadowed the spirit of Christmas, although the spirit of Christmas is working over- time. So is sport. The Santa Anita opening is ex- pected to break all records for a starting day. Race followers have been trooping in from every section of the country and the vanguard was on the way out to Lucky Baldwin's old rancho by 9 o'clock. After this opening takes place there will be a check back to Alabama and Stanford from Wednesday on to New Year day, as both teams put on the final touches for one of the hardest games of many years. Alabama’s arrival on Christmas eve handed the debaters a new impetus. The combined size and speed of the Crimson Tide made a distinct im- pression on those who have felt fairly certain this is Stanford’s year. They haven't quit on Stanford, but they are not so certain. They are quite willing in this sec- tion to back their opinions with fairly importaut cash, but many of the larger wagerers are holding back un- til Stanford's arrival Wednesday. For that matter, it will still be a guessing match when the first whistle blows in the wake of the Rose Bowl flower parade next week. The Crimson Tide Arrives. 74 LABAMA'S Crimson Tide came OS ANGELES, December 25— It was the combined size and speed of the invading Southerners that caught the attention of Howard Jones and Bill Spaulding, as well as 2,000 others who were busy picking out Capt. Lee, the 225-pound tackle; Dixie Howell, kicker, passer and ball carrier; Don Hutson, the tall, fast end, and several others who caught the eye with their look of foot ball skill. Alabama team, on arrival, D M ookmakers @ TIME SUPPLY PICK INRACING REVIVAL ‘Head Play Second Choice in Feature at Santa Anita Inaugural Today. By the Assoclated Press. RCADIA, Calif., December 25.— On the historic ground of Rancho Santa Anita, where the thoroughbreds last raced in Southern California 25 years ago, will be heard again today the hoofbeats of turf’s bluebloods. Fifty thousand or more rabid fol- lowers will jam their way into the Los Angeles Turf Club's $800,000 layout to welcome the return of the sport of kings, Few in that crowd will remember the day of Elias J. (Lucky) Baldwin, and the track which once operated here within bugle call of the present oval. An even smaller number will Temember those four great American Derby winners which “Betcha-a-Mil- lion” Baldwin raced here and on most of the country's famous tracks. But the ghosts of those thorough- breds—Volante, Silver Cloud, Emperor of Norfolk and Rey El Santa Anita— will be pacing the winner of the $5,000 Christmas stakes, feature event of the eight-race program, for their burial ground, marked by a huge Maltese cross, is situated within calling dis- tance of the track. 15 Slated to Start. IME SUPPLY, recent victor in the Bay Meadows $25.000 handicap and other feature races, was to pack top weight of 126 pounds and was held at the short price to 6 to 5, while Head Play, Mrs. Silas Mason's great 6-year-old, commg out of a year of retirement, was w 41 fancied, being a 2-to-1 shot to win this event, at a mile. Fifteen were to go to the post, in- cluding some very important competi- tors that had a chance. Among these were Top Row, which has beaten Time Supply; High Glee, Dark Winter and Wacache. Probable odds favored Time Supply |at 6 to 5, with Head Play figured a | 2-to-1 shot. | Adding to the glamour of the event | will be the presence of many of Holly- ;uood’s motion picture colony. Box seats and club house accommodations have been sold out for many weeks. The starters for the Christmas stakes: Post Prob. Horse. pos. odd: Time Supply Head Play Top Row High Glee Riskulus Wacache Dark Winter Fleam Chictoney Navanod Frank Ormont Semaphore | Bonny Gratton | Trombone 1 Mad Frump | e | | RACE FOR $1,000 PURSE | Fantern, Rip Van Winkle Among Fair Grounds Entries. | NEW ORLEANS, December 25 (#).—New Orleans’ racing fans turned out today for the Christmas handicap, $1.000 added, one of the feature races during the Fair Grounds season. | Fanfern, winner of the Thanksgiv- | ing handicap, was expected to be a | brisk challenger. Rip Van Winkle, an }old performer on New Orleans’ tracks | and recent winner of the Houston, ‘.Tex.. $5,000 added handicap, was an- | other worthy entry. Weight. 126 117 Jockey. Westrope G SR Rat SR e smmem st e proved to be big, fast and ready for action. “I am making no prediction” Coach Frank Thomas remarked in the course of the first Pasadena practice, “but, outside of one or two ailing members, the team will be ready to go at top speed. This is the type of team, mentally and physically, that warms a coach's heart. As far as I can tell, it has everything a good foot ball team needs.” The keen spirit of the Dixie squad and its evident love of foot ball was another. factor that no one could overlook. Howell, Hutson and others com- pleted 20 out of 21 forward passes thrown in practice, proving the ac- curacy of the passers and the skill of the receivers in the immediate wake of a long train ride. From now on Alabama will con- tinue its daily drill up to New Year eve and there will be no soft spots or easy-going _moments en route to the first kickoff. (Copyright, 1 by the North American e er Alliance.) Selection as Jones’ Successor At L. S. U. Is Surprise to Moore ATON ROUGE, La., December 25.—Bernie Moore, assistant foot ball coach at Louisiana State University since 1929, woke up this morning to find the head foot ball coaching job protrud- ing from his stocking. Moore admit- ted it was a pleasant surprise. Moore, who also is track mentor at Huey Long’s school, succeeds Laurence (Biff) Jones, under whom he had worked for three years. Long put his O. K on Moore. Jones, who quit because of Long’s interference with the team, declared he thought Moore was a fine choice. Moore, who is spending the holi- days at his home in Winchester, Tenn., was notified there of his appointment. He said he hoped to retain the present staff of assistants, composed of Bert Ingwerson, Del Hunt and Bob Enis. “I didn’t even know I was being seriously considered,” said the mran who began his coaching career at Win- chester High School in 1917. “It Authorized Service SPEEDOMETERS came more as a surprise than anye thing else, and I don't know just what to say about it right now. We're going to carry on at L. S. U. and try to make a success.” | “Ileft Baton Rouge Friday morning to come here,” he said, “and I talked with Bert Ingwerson Thursday aft- ernoon. He told me he had under con= sideration at least three head coaching positions. But he didn't say where - they were, and I don't know. “He has been Biff Jones' first as- sistant coach, and they worked to- gether very closely. He's a wonderful man and a very close friend of mine. I met him at the University of Illi- nois back about 1920. I hope he finds what he wants, but I also hope he'l find it pleasant to remain at L. S. 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