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" The Foening Star Fporls WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1935. Great Duel Promised Rose Bowl Throng : Star Pin Roll-Off Opens Tomorrow L3 SPORTS copE New Year Promises to Be Kinder to Some D. C. Sportsmen. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. E WAS a good guy when he had it,” murmured the little geezer wear- ing the 1935-inscribed ribbon as he regarded the be- whiskered corpse that was 1934 «“ *Bama and Stanford, Rated Even, Play Under Clear BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN, Associated Press Sports Writer. An eight-year-old argument was up for settlement today awaited the start of the twentieth annual Rose Bowl fiesta foot ball With all of the 84474 tickets gone many days since, the largest crowd pected to see the struggle between the two universities that fought to A perfect setting was promised for | the struggle, with clear skies forecast | There was a fast turf under foot. There was little to choose between day a few had quoted Alabama on the heavy end. Scarcely any money FOR GRID CLASSIC Skies on Fast Turfl PASADENA, Calif., January 1.— as Stanford and Alabama game. in the history of the classic was ex- a 7-to-7 tie here in 1927. and a slight Wintery tang in the air. the two, although as late as yester- was in sight, except at even figures. Dixians Bank on Passing. LABAMA, a team with an amaz- ing Rose Bowl reputation of having never tasted defeat, planned to stake its chances on a finely balanced passing attack, built around Dixie Howell on the throwing end and Don Hutson as the chief Teceiver. Anxious to make a name for itself in the Rose Bowl annals, Stanford, | victim of a surprising 7-to-0 defeat by Columbia a year ago, was expected | to make its bid for victory on power, | with Bobby Grayson, sure-footed, | hard-driving fullback. and Bob | (Bones) Hamilton, a halfback, as- signed to the heavy ball-packing duties. By comparison, Stanford ap- peared to have the better line, pru-‘ vided a full afternoon of duty could be had from Monk Moscrip and Keith ’ Topping, Coach Tiny Thornhill's great ends who have been handi- | capped by knee injuries. | Coach Thomas frankly admitted he | would be surprised if his forwards could hold off the Stanford power at- tack for 60 minutes of hard foot ball. On the Red Regiment's versatile of- fense alone did he pin a pessimist’s hopes for victory. Not inclined to overburden himself | with worries, Coach Thornhill pride- fully pointed to his sturdy line and opined that if his team could make | the breaks and take advantage of | them, it would win. Same Debatable Angles. TANFORD played a “ball posses- session” game to win the Pacific Coast Conference title, outkicking | its opponent when necessary, but the | Indians usually turned on the power and marched right down the field | with the ball after its opponents were | halted by a great defense. It was a disputed question, howeve whether such kickers as Frank Alu: tiza and Stanley Anderson, could out- punt Howell and Riley Smith of the | i/ | hangover since B. V. D. (Before Tide. And as for the “ball-possession” | business, 'Bama boasted that it had | marched to a touchdown the first time it gained possession of the pig- | skin, in five of its nine games, and missed another one with a fumble on! the two-yard line. i The opening kickoff was scheduled for 2:15 p.m. (Pacific standard time). Probable starting line-ups: IO B W E-nSE QH? " Angleich ~ Hamilto ‘Demyanovich H Grayson eferee—Bob Eval ire—Cort _ Majors, inesman—G. M Field judge—J. D; ns_Oaitliken). um. | Ccallforniay. e Phillips (Georeia_Tech). te “(Alabama Poiy). FIGHT IS POSTPOI-\TED, NEW YORK, January 1 (#)—After considerable shadow boxing among the New York State Athletic Commis- sion, Madison Square Garden and Lou Ambers, the proposed Ambers- Lew Massey 15-round lightweight bout scheduled for the Garden Friday night has been postponed until January 11. | PRO HOCKEY By the Assoclated Press. International League. ‘Windsor, 0; Detroit, 2. TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE. National League. Montreal at Chicago. Canadiens at New York Americans. Detroit at Toronto. New York Rangers at Boston. International League. Detroit at Lordon. Canadian-American League. Providence at New Haven. American Association. Tulsa at Eveleth. 8t. Louis at St. Paul. Scores East’s Basket Rulers Keogan of Notre Dame Says Game Slowed by Whistle Tooting on Unimportant Factors. By the Associated Press. OSTON, January 1.—George B Keogan, Notre Dame basket ball coach, today said that not until the Eastern col- lege quintet officials “become lenient will basket ball have the grip here that it has in the Midwest and other sections of the country. “I do not mean that the officials should shut their eyes to fouls,” he said, “but I do mean that the whistle blowing on trival happen- ings in midcourt should cease. It 15 the continual whistle blowing which slows up the game and kills the interest in this section of the country. “The Eastern officials,” he con- tinued, “could well lou:nr the ex- until this morning. The young- ster, starting life as the biggest Volstead Descended), continued his first interview: “Frcm what I hear, the old boy did all right by almost everybody except Heinie Miller and a few others. He gave Washington its fights, its liquor, and pretty nearly everything but votes. But what 1934, bless his soul, did was only the beginning, only the beginning. What I'm gonna do when I grow & little will go down in history. Whatta Keed! “YIRST of all I propose to settle a crisis by seeing that Heinie Mil- ler gets a pair of sure-fire, sound-proof earmuffs. Maybe I can do better than that, but, failing, the earmuffs will have to suffice. “For Washington I can almost promise to get that build-a- suitable-indoor-arena movement beyond the vague headline stage. Ditto for the proposed munici- pal stadium. “One of that old corpse’s dirtiest tricks was the way he treated Mr. | Griffith’s Washingtons in the Ameri- can League race. Of course, 1934 kinda made up for it when Joe Cronin was sold for 250 G's, and I can't guar- | antee to duplicate that. But I can practically promise that Mr. Griffith’s Washingtons will finish no worse than | fourth, | Thesanius for Josephus. OR that hard-luck guy on Ninth street—Goldie Ahearn—I abso- lutely will promise a new boxing | arena, bigger than the Hunt Club, and the clientele to go with it. For Mr. Fatso Cornell I can prom- ise success as a fight matchmaker if he will give his word that he will keep Red Barry on the West Coast and send Frankie Hughes to < WEATHER BREAK MAY AID TEMPLE Cool Day Is Promised for Sugar Bowl Tilt With Heavier Tulane. By the Associated Press. EW ORLEANS, January 1.— The “Sugar Bowl” was filled to the brim today for the in- augural of the foot ball classic of that name between the Temple University Owls of Philadelphia and Tulane’s Greenies of New Orleans. Visitors thronged the city for the New Year event, and an attendance of 30,000 fans was anticipated for the grid battle starting at 1:30 p.m. (Cen- tral standard time). For two weeks Glenn (Pop) War- ner’s gridsters and Ted Cox's Green ‘Wave have been carrying out syste- matic practice attacks. Both sides expressed confidence of victory, de- pending on the weather. A drop from the Summertime tem- perature of yesterday would favor the Eastern visitors, who found the warm practice sessions little to their liking. May Drop 20 Degrees. A hangover of the balmy weather would work in favor of the husky Green, who outweigh the unbeaten Eastern team an average of 10 pounds in the line and are “native” to the weather, which has been entirely too warm for foot ball. Tulane did not lose a game in the Southeastern Con- ference this season. The latest weather forecast for the game warned the fans to leave their raincoats at home and carry topcoats. It was forecast to be 20 degrees cooler by late afternoon with the tempera- ture to drop below 60 degrees. A threat of rain was removed in a special forecast for the game issued by L. Grady Norton, associate mete- orologist of the Weather Bureau here. The highest yesterday was 78 degrees. The greatest feature of the day promised to be the line plunging, end running and passing duels between pairs of foot ball heroes—Testa and Smukler of Temple and Simons and Mintz of Tulane. “Little Monk” Simons has proved Australia. “A guy I always sympathized with is Joe Holman, especially when he sits down to bat out five different hunks of baloney on a rassling show. If I can't do any better, I give Joseph my word that he gets a hundred new | adjectives if he’ll promise not to use | them not oftener than every other word. If I have any adjectives left | over, Jack Espey will get 'em. “A Chance Is AlL” ki OR Bucky Harris I think I can do better than that reprobate | 1934—bless his soul again—did for him. Out of all those kid throwers he’s taking to Biloxi he's gonna find one who can step in and win a game now and then. “And for Washington sports fans I can promise much if they'll only string along with me. I'll do things like wiping out Dixie date-lined stories about Bobby Burke putting on needed weight, doing away with Frattini-Hughes decisions, toutirg guys like Ray Impellitiere to the skies and barring C. U.-Baltimore U. 65-t0-0 foot ball games. Just give me a chance.” COL. WAYT RENAMED Glenmore Club Enjoys Extensive | Season of Hunts. STAUNTON, Va., January 1.—Col. Hampton H. Wayt has been re-elected president of the Glenmore Club, hunt organization, with Mrs. Tate Sterrett, first vice president; Dr. Guy Fisher, second vice president; C. P. Hoilis, treasurer; Hugh B. Sproul, secretary; Col. Charles S. Roller, master of hounds; Dr. Ralph Crosby and Forest Taylor, whippers in, and Moffett Black and Agnes Sproul, alternates. ‘The Christmas season hunts of the club have been quite extensive. The most successful, a live-hunt, was en- joyed by 35 members. The full fleld | assembled at Glenmore at 6 am. in a | heavy rain, returning after the chase | in bright sunshine. Mrs. John Todd, | jr., served a hunt-breakfast at Glen- | more to 60 members and guests. D.C.PIN ACéS TO TRAVEL Delegation Will Compete in U. S. Sweepstakes at Atlanta. Washington will be represented by its best bowlers in the Fifth United States Sweepstakes Saturday on the John Blick alleys at Atlanta, Ga. Astor Clarke, defending champion, who won the title last year at the Arcadia alleys here, heads the Dis- trict of Columbia entry list, which also includes, so far, Joe Harrison, | No. 1 ranking bowler of the country; Eddie Espey, Tony Santini, Ed Blak- | eney, Lee Rothgeb, Johnny Anderson and Howard Parsons. | Nick Tronsky, who fell before Clarke here last year by 73 pins; Jack | White, Bozo Dente, Tony Innarone ; and Bennie Kosky are among out- standing duckpinners from Connecti- cut listed to appear at Atlanta. ample of their Western colleagues in their interpretation of the rule book. For example, here they are quick with the whistle on an extra step or shuffie of the feet at the middle of the floor, but let holding on a scoring play go uncalled. “Contrary to opinion here, basket ball in our section is not unneces- sary rough. It is faster than the game in the East, chiefly because unimportant things, which are bound to occur in the middle of the court, are overlooked.” Notre Dame played to a 16,000 crowd in the New York Garden Saturday night, when it was de- feated by New York University. Last night the Irish trimmed Holy Cross, which resumed basket ball this season after & four years' lapse, 45 to 19, N one of the South's leading backs dur- ing the 1934 season, and Dave Smuk- ler was declared by his famous coach, Warner, to be the greatest sophomore back he has ever seen. Both Appear at Peak, OTH teams have been finished up to peak strength, and there were virtually no practice injuries to interfere with the line-ups. It was still problematical early in the day whether George Tessier, veteran Tulane guard, could enter because of his midseason’s injury, but he has been indulging in light prac- tice. ‘Temple’s hopes improved when it became known that Johnny Boyd, left guard. was pronounced fit. Another probable eleventh-hour change in the line-up of the visitors was the re- placement of Mowrey at left half by John Stonik, who is rated as one of Temple's best backs. Probable line-ups of the Sugar Bowl game: Temple. ... Wise .Docherty ..Liston Stevens (c.) Loftin (c)) Officials: Strupper (Ga. Tech), referee; Hollenback (Pa.), head lines- man; Thorp (Columbia), umpire; Powell (Wisconsin), field judge. BREAKS SWIM RECORDS Mrs. Jarrett Lowers Time in Trio of Backstroke Events. MIAMI, Fla., January 1 (#).—Three national backstroke records were racked yesterday as Mrs. Eleanor Holm Jarrett raced against time in the national Olympic stars’ aquatic meet here. Mrs. Jarrett lowered the national short course 100-meter backstroke 1ecord to 1:17%5 from 1:2035, made by Dawn Gilson at Seattle in May, 1931. She clipped one-fifth of a second from her own 100-yard record, and one-fifth from another of Miss Gil- son’s time, this for 75 yards. Her time for the 100 yards was 1:10%, for the 75 yards, 0:5125. HE SHOWS PROMISE! | South on Edge as 0S8 ANGELES, January 1.—The | South, in a sporting way, flces] New Year day with one of the | largest programs it ever has | known. Alabama, its champion, meets Stan- | ford in the Rose Bowl game be(ore! 85,000 spectators, the greatest foot | ball crowd of the year. Tulane, one; of its stronger teams, faces Temple in the Sugar Bowl affair at New | Orleans before a sell-out. So here we have two crack South- lern teams riding double, facing the | Far West and the East, in a two-play +est. No wonder the South is goggle- | eyed as it waits for the double charge. | | “Alabama, facing Stanford, cham- | pion of the Pacific Coast, has just| one weak spot in its armor. No one | knows yvet just what the strength of | this team is since the Tuscaloosa schedule was not of the highest order and outside of the Tennessee game, Alabama was never pressed to any degree. Stanford has two weak spots, with all its strength. No one can be quite sure how long Bobby Grayson and Keith Topping, back and end, can hold up against hard tackling and hard blocking. That is one guess. On the other side, Stanford hasn't been overpowering in a year where West Coast foot ball was certainly not at its peak. For all that, Alabama and Stanford look to be two of the best teams in the Nation and two of the best that ever fought for the Rose Bowl trophy. This time you can gamble that Stanford will shoot the works. There will be no lethargy and no Célumbia overconfidence. Alabama has never lost a game on the West Coast and this isn’t the type of Alabama team that cares to break that amazing record. It can be said again that both teams are big, fast, experienced and ably coached. ‘That has to mean a foot ball game. D. C. Lad Nears Net Title + GILBERT HUNT, Local product and M. 1. T. student, who to- day meets Alfred Jar- vis in New York for the national indoor junior tennis cham- pionship, having reached the final yes- terday through his victory over Russell Ball in straight sets. ~—A. P. Photo. ATTA KID!)-- STARTING RIGHT OFF WITH A THE SPORTLIGHT Two of Its Teams Figure in Intersectional Struggles BY GRANTLAND RI One answer to this is that the van- guard of 85,000 spectators will be on their way to the Rose Bowl before 11 o'clock to avoid the last-minute jam. Tulane and Temple. ULANE shot the works against L. S. U. and Huey Long. Pop ‘Warner is bringing down & big, fast team, one he considers the equal of Pittsburgh in the East. I doubt this, but the gap isn't wide. Tulane has a big, fast team, with certain weaknesses, shown in the Colgate game and other close calls. Tulane isn't great—but Tulane is good—with a star back in Simons. Whether Simons can match Dave | Smuckler is another argument. I know Tex Cox had a hard time get- ting him team keyed up after the L. 8. U. victory—a natural sequel. Temple has the better material on the physical side. It all depends on Tulane’s mental attitude after a seri- ous let-down—just as California col- lapsed in Hawaii after the Stanford game. East and West. HERE will be a third big game on this day at San Francisco, when the pick of the East and Midwest meet the Far West in the annual charity affair. Dick Hanley and Andy Kerr have collected one of the best teams of the year and both are masters in swing- ing their talent into line. The East and Midwest have a big jump in na- tionally known stars, but this doesn't always count in foot ball. One of the big features of this contest will be Cotton Warburton's play back of a big, aggressive line. After a star year in 1933 the U. S. C. luminary fell away in 1934. It re- mains to be seen whether or not he can come back to his 1933 contribution. The South also is well repre- sented in this game, but not nearly to the same extent that it happens to be at Pasadena and the Rose Bowl, where its foot ball pride will be at stake. Alabama and Tulane carry the col- ors of Dixie—and this applies to Ala- bama especially, the one team that has yet to lower its flag along the fairly well known Pacific. So the new. year starts off with foot ball drawing over 150,000 people in three games, leading the way in inter- sectional interest, where the six teams involved call upon the leading stars of the college game. t. 1035, by the North American (cnp"‘mwln Alliance. Inc.)m o GAMES AT WARRENTON. WARRENTON, Va., January 1.— ‘Warrenton A. C. boy and girl bas- keters open their season tomorrow night against Aldie A. C. teams in the Warrenton High School Gym- nasium. Mrs. Moody Out To Regain Title By the Associated Press. AN FRANCISCO, January 1.— New Year resolutions of the sports world include one of Helen Wills Moody to try to regain the women’s national tennis title at Forest Hills this Summer. “But there’s a great gap between the trying and the winning,” said the former tennis queen, who has not been on the courts for more than a year because of a back injury. “I think I will be practicing be- fore the end of January and I shall certainly be terribly thrilled o be able to 8 & racket again.” ! the University of Miami Hur- | —By JIM BERRYMAN BUCKNELL PICKED T0 DEFEAT MIAMI Both Make Forced Changes at Last Minute—Bisons Fearful of Heat. By the Associated Press. IAMI, Fla., January 1.—With the Thundering Herd favored | to win, Bucknell's Bisons and | ricanes meet today in the Orange Bowl intersectional foot ball game. The kick-off is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. (Eastern standard time) and the game is the first to be played in Miami's new stadium. More than 10,000 fans are expected. Both coaches had tales of woe con- cerning injured players, and Edward E. (Hooks) Mylin, Bucknell mentor, launched a special shaft of complaint | | at the hot weather. Both, however, | professed to be confident of victory. Bison Backs Heavier. A last-minute shift of line-up gave | the Hurricanes a weight advantage in | the forward wall, while the backfield averaged considerably lighter than the Lewisburg. Pa., team’s starting line. | Bucknell's starters tip the beam for an average of 186 pounds, while the | Hurricane front line averages 193 pounds. The local backs average 168, | while the Bisons weighed in for an| individual 182. Probable starting line-ups: Bucknell. DeLa 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. | all-round backfield ace of Purdue | | Hanley and Andy Kerr. ki | not hesitate to pay respects to the <@ SHEPHERD START FOREASTS TEAM Terror Back Takes Place of Purvis Against West in | Charity Battle. By the Associated Press. AN FRANCISCO, January 1.— America’s gridiron greats, the men whose names have at- tracted thousands of fans to stadia during the last three seasons, lined up here today to play their last game as collegians—the tenth East-| West benefit game for the Crippled Children’s Hospital, More than 35,000 spectators were | expected to witness the annual classic. With the exception of Duane Purvis, University, both teams took the field | in good physical condition. Purvis suffered a knee injury a week ago and his place will be taken by Bill | Shepherd, Western Maryland half, | who led the Nation's scorers in 1934. 1 Game Rated Fairly Even. URVIS' unexpected setback, cou- pled with rapidly improved showings made by the heavier West eleven in practices, changed the odds from the lopsided favor of the | East to a more even affair. A last-minute knee injury to Doug Nott, Detroit University fullback, and a slight cold picked up by Francis “Pug” Lund, Minnesota’s great half, were not expected to be serious detri- ments to the outfit coached by Dick ‘The West, despite a bulkier line, did East’s imposing array of all-Amer- icans. As a result, the boys tutored | by Orin “Babe” Hollingbery and | Percy Locey were prepared to break loose with a wide open game. The kick-off is set for 2 pm. (Pacific standard time). Probable starting line-ups: g emering. 8. Theodoratos. Wa. 8. . .Barber. San Fr. Fuaua. S Meth. Finals, Evening Star tournament, Lucky Strike Alleys. THURSDAY. Wrestling. Washington Auditorium — Main match, Don George vs. Tor Johan- sen, heavyweights. Two falls out 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 Bsll. Baltimore University at George ‘Washington, 8. South Carolina vs. Maryland, at College Park, 8. Bolling Fleld at Gallaudet, 8. Roosevelt at Gonzaga, 8. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High at ‘Western, 3:30. Hyattsville High at Washingtone 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. SATURDAY. Basket Ball. Drake at George Washington, Gallaudet at Fort Meade. Mount Rainier High at Char- 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, IO PIOAL feree—C. M. Price (California). pire—Dr. Albert Boles (Minnesota). judge—Lloyd Yoder (Carnegie Techi. Head linesman—W. M. Kelly (Wisconsin). PR e e $578,000 TOTAL BET. CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., January 1.—During the 17-day race meet that ended here Christmas day a total of $578,000 was bet on the winners. The daily wagering never dropped below $25,000 and the highest day drew $53,000. T he State received 3 per cent of all pari-mutuel bets and the Fed- eral Government a tax on admission tickets. GIRLS' SIX WANTS GAMES. Games are sought by the Sacred Heart Alumnae “A” basket ball team with 115-pound teams having courts. Call Manager Clem Giebel at Adams 7790 after 6 p.m. EXPERTS SCARCE, DUFFERS REJOICE Many Famous Bowlers Fall by Wayside in Prelims, Beaten by Handicaps. BY ROD THOMAS. ASHINGTON'S star bowlers today are checking the qualifying list of The Eve- ning Star tournament and wondering what happened. If you are not a duckpin shooter, these names may not mean a lot, but here are a few of the famous who stumbled: Jack Whalen, defending champion. Joe Harrison, officially ranked No. 1 among the country’s duckpin bowlers. Joe Pricci, captain of the crack Sholl’s Cafe team. Red Megaw, probably the best bowl- er over a decade stretch the Capital has known. Weidman Is Missing. LEM WEIDMAN, former Evening Star tournament champion and one of the finest team bowlers extant. Charley Walson, a Sholl's shooter. Irving Billhimer, a star in innumer« abie tournaments, but always a failure in The Star tournament. Whip Litchfield, former Campbell sweepstakes champion and one of the high-ranking bowlers of the city. Sam Simon, 1934 champion of the Howard Campbell sweepstakes, blue ribbon “money” tournament. Charley Phillips, former holder of the District record for a league set— 458 (it stood for many years). Bess Ackman, the only woman ever to win two championships in The Star tournament. Catherine Quigley, seldom out of the money. Vivien Burns, who won first prize in the woman's division two years ago. Rena Levy, holder of a national record with a league game of 177 and the game's foremost girl southpaw. Best Bowlers Benched. HE duffer in this tournament is in a curious spot. Modt of the experts will be spectators. A few remain to struggle against the handicaps of the mediocre, but with doubtful confidence. The battle to start tcmorrox night will be one of the most interesting ever fought in the history of the game. “With so few of the good ones left.” says Max Rosenberg, “the per- centage is so much in favor of the duffer, figuring numbers and handi- caps, that it's hardly worth while for the star to shoot.” (Rosenberg has won a prize in every Evening Star tournament ex- cept this one, in which he didn't roll, although he was the first to enter and pay for a five-game quali= fying set.) The scramble for close to $500 in cash prizes and two gold medals will start tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at the Lucky Strike, the field con- sisting of 25 per cent of the bowlers who participated in the preliminaries, one of which was held at every bowl- ing establishment in the Washington metropolitan area. A second squad will take over the drives at 9:45. The same schedule will be followed Thursday and Satur- day. Friday is an open night. POTTS IS FAVORITE FOR SKATING CROWN Kit Klein Heads Woman En- trants as Mid-Atlantic Tour- nament Opens. By the Assoclated Press. EWBURGH, N. Y., January 1.— Allan_Potts of Brooklyn, rated one of the country's best sprint- ers, was favored to retain his title as 162 men and women skaters met today in the Middle Atlantic skating cham- pionships. Odds on Potts soared when Alex Hurd of Lakeland Hills, Ontario, con- sidered the foremost Canadian con- tender, withdrew because of a torn leg muscle. Hurd had been regarded as the chief threat to Potts’ crown. Clear and colder weather was prom- ised for the largest number of entries the event ever has drawn. Several contenders are given a chance to dethrone Potts. One of these is Val Bialis of Utica, N. Y., the tireless veteran of three Olympic campaigns. Another is Herb Flack, North American indoor titleholder. Heading the women entrants is Kit Klein of Buffalo, who won the wom- en’s title two years ago, but who did not glefend it in the last race, won by Dorothy Franey of St. Paul. COURT RESULTS Ohio State, 31; Xavier, 28 (over- time). i Cincinnatl, 47; Vanderbilt, 20. Northwestern, 41; Butler, 36. Wisconsin, 23; Michigan State, 21 (overtime). ‘Westminster, 28; City College of New York, 24. Notre Dame, 45; Holy Cross, 19. Washington State, 39; Whitman College, 30. mfinm, 48; Drake, 26. ‘Ham’ Fighter Is Boxing Ruler McCloskey, New Head of Pennsylvania Commi;- . sion, to Insist on Scra| By the Associated Press. OHNSTOWN, Pa., January 1. —Two-fisted Eddie McClos- key, scrappy mayor of Johns- town and new head of the Pennsylvania Boxing Commission, today toid the Associated Press “I never was a champ myself, but now I'm going to dictate to champions ~—even Dempsey couldn’t do that.” Eddie, a former prize fighter, was named to the $5,000-a-year post last night by Gov.-elect George H. pperé “Putting Out.” stration now is taking over the affairs of the Keystone State. “I was just a ‘ham” fighter,” the red-haired mayor continued, “and not much of a ham, either, but I always did my best and I'll expect the boxers to do the same. “T want to see the promoters get paid, the fighters get paid and the public get its money worth. I've always got most of my votes from the women and now you're going to see more girls and women going to fights in Pennsylvania than ever before—give me a little time and I'll have more than men g ok

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