Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1934, Page 10

A—10 SPORT'S ILLNESS 1S LAID TO PILOTS Ross Is Only Champion to Win Praise of Foster. < Sports Program In Local Realm WEDNESDAY. Basket Ball. St. John's at Roosevelt, 3:30. Maryland vs. West Virginia at Cumberland (Md.) State Armory. Bowling. Finals, Evening Star tournament, Lucky Strike Alleys. Promoters Starve. (This is the first of an exclusive series of stories written for the Associated Press by sports leaders or executives, discussing the 1935 outlook in all principal branches of athletic activity.) BY EDWARD C. FOSTER, President. National Boxing Association. ROVIDENCE, R. I, December 31.—Boxing certainly needs a major operation for 1935. In contrast with the record in all other major professional sports, espe- cially base ball, foot ball and hockey, boxing continued on the down grade last year from the standpoint of pub- lic interest as well as prestige. Attendance in most of the larger cities has fallen off to a point where a promoter is lucky to have 25 to 50 per cent of his arena filled for pro- fessional fight shows. The sport will continue to go down hill unless those interested in its support, not only for the sake of competition but as a busi- ness, realize that drastic steps must be taken to clean house. We need a new deal in boxing, from top to bot- tom, weeding out the chiselers and poor fighters. It's time to face the situation hon- estly and seek some remedies when it develops that a “world champion- ship contest” was held in our largest city (Rosenbloom-Olin in New York) and only a little more than 6,000 paid to see it. NQUESTIONABLY this deplor- U able condition today in boxing is due entirely to the present- day boxer and his so-called manager. I honestly believe that 75 per cent of these so-called managers should be relegated to the position which they really should hold, namely, that of trainer or rubber for the boxer. ‘With practically every State in the Union that has legalized boxing_hav- | ing a State atkletic commissiony it is | really unnecessary for the average | young boxer to be burdened with a | manager. It is the absolute duty of | every State athletic commission, when & contest is arranged in their State, to see that everybody concerned is amply protected, and this certainly goes for | the boxer. The first objective of the so-called manager is to see that his boy has a soft spot on any boxing card. He then demands twice as much as the | boy is worth, and usually, his next in- struction to the boy, if his opponent is at all worthy, is to take it easy and not put too much effort into the contest. This method has been in vogue for quite some few years past, and the result is exactly what we have to con- tend with today, namely, poor con- tests, bad matches and thoroughly dis- gusted boxing fans. ‘The present-day champions are certainly leaving themselves open to considerable criticism. Regarding the heavyweight division, I believe that the less said about this class the} better. | EXT we come to the light-heavy- | weight division, of which Bob Olin is the present champion. It remains to be seen whether Olin will | be a real fighting champion or turn | himself into a sort of safety deposit | box for the title. In the middleweight division Teddy Yarosz has certainly not shown much activity up to the present time, but I believe that a title match soon will be staged in Pittsburgh. The welterweight division has Babby-faced Jimmy McLarnin as the champion, and if he follows the same | procedure which he previously fol- lowed before meeting Barney Ross in | New York last May, very little action | can be expected in this class. I have nothing but praise for the | title holder in the lightweight di- vision. Barney Ross seems to be a very active young man, having suffi- cient confidence in himself and his ability to stand off any and all con- tenders. This division seems to have more worthy contenders at the pres- ent time than any other class and should certianly produce some won- | derful contests during the coming | year. ‘The outstanding bantamweight at this time is Sixto Escobar, not for- getting, of course, that Panama Al Brown is supposed, in Oontinental Europe, to be the champion. Brown, in my opinion, will never compete | again in America. He has aged con- siderably and I do not believe he | would be.even a worthy opponent for Escobar. HUNT MEETS BALL IN NET SEMI-FINAL Rival of D. C. Youth in Junior Title Play Seeded Third. Wildeats Strong. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, December 31.—North- western University held the strong hand today as play was resumed in the national junior indoor tennis championship after a one-day lapse. Two of the four survivors were Northwestern representatives, Russell Ball and Donald Leavens. The latter was favored to reach the final if not to win the title Frankie Parker relin- quished because he was over the age limit of 18 years. - Leavens, who eliminated the second seeded star, Jackie Behr of New York, in the quarter-finals, was booked against Alfred L. Jarvis of Hackley School in the semi-finals. Jarvis also sprang an upset Saturday when he put out the No. 4 seeded player, Robert T. Madden of Pittsburgh. The other semi-final sent Ball, seeded third, against Gilbert A. Hunt of Washington, first seeded player. Pairings in the semi-finals of the boys' division sent Kennedy Randall, jr, of Staten Island, conqueror of Robert Low, defending champion, against Marvin Kantrowitz of New York, and Henry H. Daniels, jr., of Choate School, against Arthur C. Nielsen of Winnetka, Il M W THURSDAY. Wrestling. Washington Auditorium — Main match, Don George vs. Tor Johan- sen, heavyweights. Two falls cut of three. Three other matches. Show starts 8:30. Basket Ball. Central at St. John's, 3:30. Alexandria High at Roosevelt, 3:30. Bowling. Finals, Evening Star tournament, Lucky Strike Alleys. " FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Baltimore University at George ‘Washington, 8. South Carolina vs. Maryland, at College Park, 8. Bolling Field at Gallaudet, 8. Roosevelt at Gonzaga, 8. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High at Western, 3:30. Hyattsville High at Washington- Lee High, 3:30. Armstrong vs. Cardoza, 3:30. Wilson Teachers vs. Virginia Medical College, at Richmond. Tech vs. Southern High, at Bal- timore. Gaithersburg High vs. Takoma= Silver Spring, at Silver Spring, 3:30. Bowling. Finals, Evening Star tournament, Lucky Strike Alleys. SATURDAY. Basket Ball. Drake at George Washington, 8. Gallaudet at Fort Meade Mount Rainier High at Chare lotte Hall. St. John's vs. Mount St. Joseph's, at Baltimore. Howard at Dover (Del.) College. Wrestling. Baltimore Poly at Gallaudet, 8. Bowling. Finals, Evening Star tournament, Lucky Strike Alleys. BISONS AND MIAMI HIDE GRID DRILLS Bucknell Bears Down While Foes Ease Up on Toil for Game Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. IAMI, Fla, Bucknell University and the University of Miami taper off today with secret drills for their Orange Bowl intersectional foot ball battle tcmorrow. The Pennsylvanians will hold a more strenuous practice session than the Miamians in their attempt to be- come acclimated to the warm weather. The Hurricanes’ practice will be con- fined to limbering up exercises. Coach Tom McCann will be in charge of the Miami team for the first time in five days. A sinus in- fection kept him at his home at an important period in the development of the Hurricanes for their toughest battle of the season. Hurricanes Go Easy. HILE the Hurricane eleven took it easy yesterday, the Bucknell squad ran through a snappy hour’s practice. Coach E. E. Mylin felt that the extra workout would help his boys get used to Miami’s climate. He predicted the Bisons will play a creditable game, although he does not | expect them to reach the peak of their playing form shown in their victories over Penn State, Washington and Jefferson and Villanova. Apparently the visitors will depend upon open plays. Coach Mylin said probably it will be too hot on New Year day to hammer away at the line. December 31.—| WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER. 31, 1934. Boxing in U. S. Sadly Needs New Deal : Lucky Strike Is Voted Star Roll-Off < "I WILL HIRE MY OWA PRIVATE DETECTIVE PIcK. K-O- UATIL [ GE " BOO Frow INJURY JINX AGAIN HITS EAST'S SQUAD Nott Joins Lund and Purvis | on Casualty List as West Stock Rises. By the Associated Press. AN FRANCISCO, December 31. —Another injury today weak- ened the squad of 22 college foot ball players from beyond | the Mississippi as they wound up | training for the tenth annual East- | West charity contest here tomorrow. | Doug Nott, Detroit backfield ace, limped from an ankle sprain grown stiff since the injury occurred in a practice Saturday at the East's Berk- eley camp. — PEN = A PERsONALLY |4 AUTOGRAPHED * RESOLVED : THAT I WILL NOT KING LEVINSKY To A WELTERWEIGHT IGUIN DURING ‘35 “IwiL NoT \_K.FIGHT AGAIN IN WASHINGTON T l RESOLUTION SUGGESTIONS. HAVE AN A-1 PITCHING STAFF AT ALL CcOsTS—- 1 WILL GIVE ANY AMOUNT UP To $ 2,135.22 FOR ROWE,GOMEZ AND THE PEANS | * * NEVER AGAIN WILL I ALLOW BILL McCORMICK To REFEREE , ,~&& ANYTHING!” A “ I WILL NOT RE-OPEN MY BOXING SHOWS UNTIL 1 FIND A PLACE THAT IS FIRE - PROOF,, RIOT- PROOF - AND PUBLICITY-BOMB-PROOF |~ L — e “—= THE MAJOR..,. * 1 PROMISE BE 1T AS5URED: THAY THE TAP ROOM OF THE LUCKY STRIKE WILL BE RE - To Toss Don GEORGE , JM BRowNING AND EVERETT MARSHALL ONCE A WEEK DURING NEVER Miss THAT 11250 . In New Year Rose B The Detroit player joined “Pug” Lund, Minnesota halfback recovering | from a severe cold, on the doubtful list. Duane Purvis, Purdue halfback, has a torn knee tendon which is expected to keep him out of the| game. | Although both Nott and Lund were | expected to see some service, their doubtful status and the injury to| Purvis caused sentiment among fans | to swing sharply to the 22 Western | stalwarts. Even money, instead of | the previous 10-to-8 odds for the East, | was reported available. Andy Kerr and Dick Hanley, Eastern coaches, indicated they may | | use an air attack against the heavy | Western line, leaving the ground as- | sault burden to Izzy Weinstock, line- | smashing Pitt fullback. West's Squad Intact. 'HE Western squad completed training with a light workout at the Palo Alto camp under the direction of Coaches Orim Hol- lingbery and Percy Locey. Al] play- ers were declared in good shape. | A dry field with partly cloudy skies Weather Bureau forecast. | Probable starting line-ups nounced by the rival coaches wer West .Morse. Oregon Maadox, Kansis St o an- MIEORIIA Y M i Wis. . Hartwigg. Pitt t. S. F. U. Akerstrom. Colg atus, Wash. St.Barclay. N.C S. F. U. .. Bengston Minn Fuqua.'S_'M. U Borganski, Colgate. Warburton. U. s Sobrero. Santa Clara Clemens. U. 8. C. .Shepherd. W. M .Nichelini, St. Mary's. Weinstock. Pitt. | PRO HOCKEY By the Associated Press. National League. Boston, 0; New York Rangers, 0; | | tie. _New York Americans, 0; Detroit, 0; B0 0-n “&t. Louts, 3; Chicago, 3; tie. International League, Cleveland, 3; Syracuse, 1. Canadian-American League. New Haven, 2; Providence, 1. American Association. Kansas City, 1; Tulsa, 0. Interleagu St. Louis (A.A.), 7; Eveleth (Cen- tral), 2. | was indicated for the game by the ASADENA, Calif,, December 31. —Stanford and Alabama, the | foot ball prides of the Far | West and the Deep South, re- sume in the Rose Bowl where they left off in a deadlock eight years ago. They meet in the presence of 84,500 witnesses with thousands of ticket requests turned back in the middle of a community that borders on foot | ball dementia. They come together as the twoi best matched teams in a physical way that ever met in this annual New Year party that goes back 19 years to the clash of the Oregon Cougar and the Brown Bear. Up to this point, if you care for vital statistics, the Far West has won 8, lost 6 and tied 3 times. The Midwest has won 2 and lost 1. The East-has lost 6, won 2 and tied 2. The South has won 3, tied 1 and lost 1. And Alabama has carried the South- | ern standard the greater part of the | way with three Rose Bowl starts and | | no defeats. | It is this record that is bothering | Alabama and the South today. Sooner or later the law of averages catches {up. There is no super man, and | there are no super teams. There is | no super section. There is no super | anything. Dempsey, Ruth, Jones, | | Hagen, Tilden—they all came to the end of the road. Well Matched. HESE two teams of Alabama and Stanford are more furiously and more evenly matched in many ways than any two teams we have ever seen. ‘Their colors are crimson and cardi- nal—Alabama averages 195 pounds— Stanford 193—Stanford's reserve force is heavier than Alabama’s, which evens the weight—Alabama has an all-America tackle in Bill Lee, who is 6 feet 3, weighing 222. Stanford has | an all-America tackle in Reynolds, who is the same height and the same | weight—Stanford has a great kicker in Alustiza and Alabama has a star kicker in Dixie Howell—Stanford has a briliant blocking back in Bones Hamilton and Alabama has a brilliant blocking back in Riley Smith—Ala- bama has an all-America end in Don Hutson and Stanford has an all- America nomination in Monk Mo- scrip—Stanford has it Grayson and There Was no Doubt the Kingfish Was Out THE SPORTLIGHT Alabama Is Given Thin Edge on Stanford owl Gridiron Classic BY GRANTLAND RICE. Alabama has its Howell—Both teams have big, fast lines and high-class ends—two of the strongest flank de- fenders in foot ball—Alabama is keen to carry on the tradition of an un- beaten West Coast invasion and Stan- ford is just as keen to improve a somewhat spotty Rose Bowl record. Debatable Points. O ONE can tell yet just how long Bobby Grayson and his two battered ribs will last in the various collisions that he must face. And don't overlook the fact that Grayson, working with Hamilton, is the peak spot of the Stanford attack. Stanford, with Grayson in top condition, is a far different foot ball team than Stanford is with Grayson on the sidelines. In the same way Alabama will need Watley most of the route at the tackle | assignment with Young incapacitated. ! For opposing tackles must face most of the brunt in the Stanford attack Lee is all set, but Watley is suffering from a throbbing appendix that can | be no great help. BREAKS 70 DECIDE ROSE BOWL SCRAP Alabama, Stanford Coaches Agree Luck Will Prove Big Factor Tomorrow. | By the Associated Press ASADENA, Calif., December 31. —Head coaches of the Ala- bama and Stanford foot ball teams agreed today that vic- tory in the Rose Bowl classic to- morrow will go to the eleven capi- talizing on the breaks. | “I feel that the two squads are closely matched,” said Coach | Prank Thomas of the Crimson Tide, “that the breaks will decide this |game. Naturally I hope we get them.” the same thought in his deep bass | voice, but he enlarged upon it. | “The team that makes the breaks,” | said towering Tiny, “and then takes | advantage of them, should win. I < —By JIM BERRYMAN EREBY. oy ENIAW A 0‘\‘;0 wfl"‘ 3 PN w,,f,f’;‘):‘vfl;’. { 9» o 1\“‘; ” //4 “I GUARANTEE T START THE ' LEEMANS For ALL-AMERICA’ CAMPAIGN NOT LATER THAN AUGUST 15-1935 [ TULANE, TEMPLE SET FOR BATTLE {Both Squads in Excellent Trim for Sugar Bowl | Clash Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. 1 EW ORLEANS, December 31.— Tulane and Temple took on the last bit of polish to their | attacks today and marked | | time for the kick-off tomorrow in the inaugural Sugar Bowl foot ball game. | Ted Cox planned to send the Green | Wave through a light signal drill to- | day while the “Old Fox,” Pop Warner, | | put his stamp of approval on the Owls | with a final “chalk talk” of last-min- | ute instructions. | Though each team apparently is to | play in the Sugar Bowl (Tulane’s sta- | dium) minus the services of a regular guard, the squads are in excellent shape for their New Year intersec- | tional clash. | | The Greenies will be without the | | services of Bob Simon, star guard, | | | while John Boyd, regular Temple for- | ward, is a very doubtful starter. Both | suffered injuries in practice. | Stars in Great Shape. iTHE impending duel between | “Dynamite Dave” Smukler, | | Warner's giant “better-than- | | Jim-Thorpe” fullback, and “Little | | Monk™ Simons, Tulane’s “touchdown- per-game” halfback, was the chief foot ball fans from all parts of the Nation here to see the battle. | Both offensive stars are in great shape. The individual clash between | | these two backs is looked upon es Topping of Stanford, a high-class | say, ‘makes the breaks’ because that | the most attractive feature of the end, is an uncertain factor from a physical angle and two of Alabama's backs are wearing wounded ankles. But outside of these details, more | or less of a minor nature, both teams are ready to go. Tough Game to Pick. HIS is a tough game to pick—but I like Alabama by a thin mar- gin. Alabama hasn't scuttled her way through the market schedule of the year by several spans—but in the same way West Coast hasn't been any too hot—compared with other years. Santa Clara, good enough to tie Stanford, fell before T. C. U, well below one or two other teams from the Southwest. California, two points below Stan- ford with Grayson and Moscrip out, | hes bumped into a moth eaten year, including a Hawailan invasion. St. Mary's had nothing like the | foot ball team that Southern Meth- odist brought to Fordham, so far as the Fordham test was concerned. And Stanford has had more than one hard, close finish in her own sector. There is more combined speed and running power in the Stan- ford backfield than Alabama carries. But it still is a question as to whether Stanford's attack will, be as varied as Alabama’s, including an all-around passing game and the ball carrying of Hutson and Bryant. This combination gives Alabama six backs to call on, as both Hutson and Bryant are big and fast. Alabama can't show the drive that Grayson carries with Hamilton and Alustiza blocking and blasting out the road. But even this trio will run into Stimulants were necessary to re- vive King Levin- sky, Chicago heavyweight, af- ter he had inter- cepted a hard right from Cham- pion Maxr Baer and been knocked out for the first time in his ring career in their re- cent scheduled four-round exhi- bition bout in Chicago. —A. P. Photo. a rugged defense that should make consistent gaining a difficult job. s The South’s Double Shot. The South rides double, with Tu- lane meeting Temple at New Orleans in the Sugar Bowl round-up. So the new year will have Dixie in the middle of a foot ball merry- go-round beyond all precedent where sectl:ml pride is always at a high mark. (Copyright. 1934, by North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) BASKET STREAK ENDS Stewart’s Pharmacy basketers final- ly were halted yesterday after winning 12 games in a row. They defeated the Takoma quint, 46-25, in one game of a double-header, but lost to the ‘Washington Tobacco quint in a 21-19 battle. Out at Hyattsville the Company F rs downed Miller Furniture’s quint, 26-10, in the opening game of a twin bill on the National Guard Armory court, but the Company F. Reserves bowed to Mostow’s Midgets in a 16-13 battle. Moose dribble: of Hagerstown turned back the Warwick A. C. quint in a 36-33 scrap in the Maryland city. Court Results Santa Clara, 28; California, 21. Oregon State, 29; Union Oil, 22. Oregon, 33; Multnomah Club, 27. Utah Aggies, 44; California, at Los Angeles, 39, 4 is just what a.good foot ball team | does. | “Blocked punts don't just happen. Most of the time they are premedi- tated bits of strategy. And fumbles come more often from hard, clean tackling than from bad handling of the ball.” Both Squads Primed. HESE carefully chosen remarks were made before the two men- tors took their squads to their | final practice for the New Year day classic to be enacted before a capacity crowd of approximately 85,000 per- sons. | For the most part, the coaches | feel their teams will be at full | strength. Thomas of the Southern eleven, still is a bit dubious about Jim Angelich, first-string halfback, who has a weakened ankle. “Of course,” continued Thomas, “a coach never knows for certain whether his team is at its peak prac- tically and mentally, or maybe a bit over the edge. But we feel we are ready for the foot ball game of our lives.” ‘Thomas frankly admits his line this year is not as good as that of other 'Bama teams which have appeared in the 19-year-old Rose Fiesta contest. But he is convinced that the present eleven is more versatile. Thornhill, on the other hand, clas- sifies the Stanford line as the great- est since he went to Palo Alto more than a decade ago. He hardly feels that the backs measure up to some of those of other fine Stanford teams but is satisfied they can take care of the situation tomorrow. W opinion that his injured stars, Bobby Grayson, Monk Mo- scrip and Keith Topping would be ready to start, there was a question of how well they would weather the expected hard knocks. Grayson's rib injuries have handicapped him in his passing but he has shown no evidence of being impeded in his running. Stanford will work out lightly in the Rose Bowl this afternoon to top off an intensive final training splurge. Alabama planned to work lightly. Yesterday was a Sunday of rest for the Red Regiment as it visited the United States fleet. While the odds on the game were quoted at 7 to 5 in favor of Alabama, or six points, little betting was being done except even money and it was expected there would be no favoritism by game time tomorrow. I Only Light Work Left. HILE Thornhill expressed the Ideal Weather Forecast. DEAL weather was forecast. The opening kick-off is set for 2:15 pm. (Pacific standard time). Probable starting line-ups: Alabama. Wt. Stanford. H 91 M ] S i NREORPTONET : eree—Bob ken). Umpire—Cort Malors (California). M. Phillips (Georgia Head linesman—G. M. Tech). Field judge—R. J. Ducote (Ala- bama Poly). - GOLF ARCHITECT DIES. NEW YORK, December 31 (#)— Devereaux Emmet, 73, who designed more than 160 golf courses, died yes- | terday following an fllness of & week, game. | | There were only a scattering few | general admission seats left and they | | were expected to be snapped up to- | day. Tulane Stadium can accom- | | modate 30,000. Both Cox and Warner were satis- | fied with the condition of their teams, but were suddenly reticent on the | result. The probable line-ups, ghyers' weights, follow: os. with the | Tulane Hardy (19%) Ary (198) Evans . Fopinson - .Russell (18 Moss "Anderson ‘Frey des ! !Mowrey (1 Testa (182) « .Smuckler mACONITOr T WrEweH0; X | SCHOOLBOYS SPEED UP | Games This Week Will Prepare Teams for Title Series. | Public high teams which begin play ;in the annual basket ball champion- ship series January 11 will start the last phase of their preparation this Jv‘tek. during which all the quints | except Eastern are carded for com- | petition. | Roosevelt is the first listed for action. The Ruf Riders are to face St. John's Wednesday at Roosevelt. They are to play again Thursday, against Alexandria High at Roosevelt. on the Kaydet court. Tech, Roosevelt and Wesiern are to perform Friday. ‘The McKinley gang goes over to Balti- more to battle Southern High, a team Tech walloped here a few evenings ago; Roosevelt invades the Gonzaga gym for a scrap with the Purple at 8 pm. and Western entertains the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High quint. TAMPA GRID WINNER. HAVANA, December 31 (#).—The Tampa University Spartans over- whelmed the foot ball team of the Club Atletico de Cuba, 25 to 0, in an | men—679—established Central meets St. John's Thursday | international contest here yesterday. SCORES HEAVILY INROLLERS' POLL Finals of Big Event Will Open Wednesday—Sched- ule Out Tomorrow. BY ROD THOMAS. OR the third year in a row, the roll-off of The Evening Star Yuletide Tournament will be held at the Lucky Strike. It was assigned there by a vote of the giant field that competed in the pre- liminaries. With returns incomplete, it is expected the number who bowled will total approx- imately 1,800, & record figure. The opening blast in the finals will be fired Wednesday night and the competi- tion will continue through Satur- day. All but $29 of the $500 purse. plus two gold medals, will be awarded in the roll-off. In tomorrow'’s issue of The Star the entire schedule will be published and this will be the only notification given those who made the grade. So every bowler with a sizeable score in the preliminaries is urged to run through the list. Jimmy Byrenes Many Experts Fail. 'OURNAMENT headquarters today was moved from The Star sports department to the Lucky Strike and all information concerning the event may be obtained there. The telephone number in Decatur 1636. Due to the heavy handicaps, an un- usually high score was necessary to qualify at most establishments. Mor- tality in the ranks of the stars was heavier than ever, many of them being eliminated with scores that might have gotten them places in most scratch competition. Notable among the failures were the defend- ing champion, Jack Whalen, and the top-ranking shooter of the National | Duckpin Bowling Congress, Joe Har= rison. In the matter of enterprise in proe moting the tournament, high honors went to the Georgetown Recreation, where Ed Schlegel and Red Megaw turned up an entry of 101, and Silver Spring, where Lee Rothgeb holds forth. The entry from Silver Spring last year was negligible, but this time, with Rothgeb a newcomer to the plant, it was more than 70. Heurichs Come Through. ESPONDING to the urging of Jimmy Byrnes, the Heurich Brewery Employes’ League rolled two double-headers to qualify some of Claude (Tiny) Thornhill boomed |topic of excited conversation among |its men for handicaps and helped mightily to swell the Georgetown total. Byrnes, incidentally, carried off top honors among the Heurichs. The Lucky Strike, with 451, had by far the largest house event, and Bill Wood's big alley drew many a vote from those who rolled at outlying plants. Trailing in the ballot on the roll-off were Convention Hall, the Arcadia and Columbia. To accomodate the finals the Lucky | Strike was forced to call on several leagues for the postponement of a set. All gracefully acceded. Handicaps given in the prelim- inaries will prevail in the roll-off, and the scores almost are certain to be higher than in any of the six previous Star tournaments. The record for last year by Whalen, appears doomed. Lorraine Gulli’s 607 in the girls’ division, how- ever, will take a lot of beating, even with most of the fair participants carrying fat handicaps. Those Occidentals: Again. RED BUCHHOLZ' brilliant Occl- dental Restaurant team is mak- ing a specialty of late rallies. By beating the Von Dreele All-Stars yesterday in Baltimore they made it two straight victories over great teams within 24 hours, having conquered the Sholl's Cafe quint the night before. " (Continued on Eleventh Page.) SOCCER RALLY TELLS Virginia Avenue Holds League Lead by Beating Millers, 2-1. Virginia Avenue booters still are in front in the Recreation Soccer League race. They rallied briskly in the sec- ond half yesterday to conquer the Miller Furnittre outfit, 2-1. In the only other league match Italian A. C. downed the Occoquan team, 4-0. Team standing: Games. Goals P.W.L F.A Pts. Virginia Avenue. . 83 Italian A C.... Sun Radio. New York Avenue Miller Furniture. Sherwood ... Occoauan Georgetown . Takoma .. German-American soccerists came through with a 10-2 win over the British United eleven. Gunn, with three points, led the winners' offense. i H ) 3 5 3 1 8 6 Village Fiesta of 1889 By the Associated Press. ASADENA, Calif., December 31.—Pasadena’s forty-sixth annual Tournament of Roses, to be held here Tues- day, will bear little resemblance to the village flesta of 1889, from which the present gala festival, with its parade and Rose Bowl foot ball game, derived. alVhereas in 1889 a mere handful of public-spirited citizens scattered a few flowers over their buggies and clattered down the main thorough- fare, more than 60 immense floats, some built and decorated at a cost of thousands of dollars, will partici- pate in the forty-sixth renewal of the festival. The Rose Bowl foot ball game, in which the Universities of Ala- bama and Stanford will participate Tuesday afternoon, is not merely Rose Fete Had Modest Start Has Grown Into Event Requiring Year of Preparation. an awkward and seemingly incon- gruous offshoot of the celebration. In 1889 participants in the first parade wound their way to the community playground for an afternoon of simple sports. As early as 1902 the first Rose Bowl gridiron contest was staged, Michi- gan defeating Stanford 49 to 0. ‘The original village fiesta, frem which grew the Tournament of Roses, was inspired by the Carnival of Flowers at Nice, France. An entire year goes into prepara- tion for the annual parade and foot ball game. Permanent committees are manned by a group of citizens and civic officials. This year the theme is “Golden Legends” and the various floats, entered by citizens, commercial firms and social and business or- ganizations, will be decorated to represent people and things of legend.