Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1935, Page 14

EVENING R STA TOURANEY @he Foening Staf Sporls WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1935. Howell G 5000 THRILLED BY VERSATIL ACE 29-13 Win Over Stanford Is Brilliant Chapter in Grid Game’s History. BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN, Associated Press Sports Writer. ASADENA, Calif., January 2.— Alabama’s Crimson Tide rolled homeward today leaving in its wake the greatest chapter of 20 years of Rose Tournament foot ball history. For yesterday before a record crowd of 85,000 astonished spectators the Tide inundated a powerful Stanford eleven, 29 to 13. On the crest of the tide as it surged through the classic Rose Bowl rode Millard (Dixie) Howell, as great a passing, punting, running back as ever Jaid hand on a pigskin in this annual New Year intersectional series. First he booted long, high-spiraling punts. He threw passes, and then he | reached the heights with a sensational | 67-yard run. It was a victory of passes over power as Alabama added another page | to its record of defeatless Rose Bowl | play. Lots of Excitement. HERE wasn't a dull moment from t the time Bobby Grayson crashed | over in the first period after | Btanford had turned on its power at-l tack to the closing quarter, when Howell fired the last of his amazingly accurate passes into the arms of Don Hutson for 46 yards and the Red Regiment's final touchdown. The two teams had battled along on a fairly even basis until late in | the first stanza, when Joe Demyan- ovich, 'Bama fullback, fumbled the ball on his 27-yard line and Keith Topping recovered for the Tribesmen. In two driving plays Grayson took the ball to the 12-yard line. Robert | (Bones) Hamilton, on a reverse, raced around right end to the 5. Behind | massed interference Grayson pushed | to the 1-foot line and dove over on the next play. The Tide started surging shortly after the second period opened. How- ell returned Frank Alustiza’s punt 24 yards, and started sharpshooting. He threw a short pass to Hutson, another to Jim Angebich and a third to Paul | Bryant, who was spilled on the 5-yard | mark. Then he hit left guard, scoring standing up. A few moments later Smith put the invaders in the lead with a field goal from the Stanford 20-yard line. Figures Glorify Howell. HREE plays after the Stanford | kickoff Dixie found a hole over left tackle. He swept through, cut back and outran the Indian sec- | ondary, going 67 yards to score. He was taken from the game imme- diately, but there was no rest for the | pass-dizzy Indians. Joe Riley stepped right into Howell's shoes and threw a long one to Hutson for a third touch- down, a 54-yard play, just before the half ended. | On sheer power from their 25-yard | fine the Tribesmen battered their way | to a touchdown shortly after the third | period was inaugurated, with Buck | Van Dellen sweeping left end 12 yards | to score. But their energy was gone, Howell put the finishing touches to the game with his 46-yard-pass play to Hutson for the final counter in the fourth. While the statistics somewhat be- littled 'Bama’s triumph they added to | Howell's glory. He ran the ball 117 yards, not counting his return of punts and kickoffs, averaged better than 44 yards on 6 punts and threw 12 passes, 9 of which were completed. and | Temple, 40; Drake, 19. Whitman College, 41; Idaho, 36. Iowa State, 41; Iowa, 33. Purdue, 48; De Paul, 37. Indiana, 32; Miami, 13. Denver A. C., 45; Colorado Teach- ers, 33. Rider, 52; Wheaton, 31. Pittsburg (Kans.) Teachers, 23; Colorado U, 18. Moorhead Teachers, 35; Concor- dia, 30. BISONS 100 600D FOR MIAMI TEAM Heavier Bucknell Gridders Even Stand Heat Better in 26-to-0 Game. By the Associated Press. IAMI, Fla., January 2.—There M were no excuses today from University of Miami gridmen for the 26-to-0 trampling they suffered as the Thundering Herd of Bucknell University marched roughshod through the Orange Bowl foot ball game here. One Miami player, bruised and worn by the fight to stave off the unde- niable thrusts of the Lewisburg, Pa., eleven, expressed the team’s senti- ments when he said: “They out- weighed and outclossed us—they sim- ply were the better team.” The overmatched Miamians, on the defensive for the entire game, got only three first downs, one of these on & penalty. Even the heat, long counted upon as favoring the Miamians, failed to slow the invaders. Instead of the Bisons wilting as the tropical sun bore down upon the clashing elevens in Miami's new stadium, it appeared the Hurricanes were the sufferers. Approximately 5,000 watched the intersectional contest. WESTVTORTTH TIHE N 10 YEAS Bill Shepherd Among Aces as East Is Defeated in All-Star Game, 19-13. By the Associated Press. AN FRANCISCO, January 2—A Western victory recorded for the seventh time in the 10-year history of the East-West foot ball classic, a host of the Nation's leading gridiron stars turned home- ward today from the scene of their spectacular New Year battle here. Playing for the benefit of the Shriners’ Hospital for Crippled Chil- dren here, the two all-star squads gave some 55,000 fans a thrilling afternoon yesterday before the final gun boomed a 19-to0-13 victory for the team coached by Orin “Babe” Hollingbery and Percy | Locey. Taking the lead when the game was less than two minutes old, the West- erners amassed all their touchdowns in the first half, and then staved off a second-half rally on the part of the Eastern eleven. Scores on Blocked Kick. IM BARBER, San Francisco Uni- Sports Program In Local Realm TODAY. 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. TOMORROW. 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 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- gflsver Spring, at Silver Spring, :30. SATURDAY. Basket Ball. Drake at George Washington, 8. 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 Siar tournament, Lucky Strike Alleys. versity tackle, provided the win- ners' first touchdown when he scooped up Miller Munjas’ blocked kick on the third scrimmage play and ran 23 yards to the end zone. A few minutes later, Irvine “Cotton” Warburton, University of Southern California’s famed little quarterback, took Munjas’ punt on the West 28-yard stripe and dashed down the sideline to the second score. Pouring on the power, the winners pushed down the field in the second period for another score. After the West had moved to the 15-yard mark, Frank Sobrero of Santa Clara faded over to the right sideline and flung a 14-yard pass across field, intended for Felix Pennino, St. Mary’s College end. Pennino barely touched it, and the ball bounced intogthe air. Just then Cal Clemens, U. S. C. ace halfback, moved into the picture, grabbed the loose pigskin and stepped over the goal. Ray Fuqua, Southern Methodist, converted. Bill Shepherd Scores, OACHES DICK HANLEY and Andy Kerr must have done a lot of talking to their Eastern contingent between halves, for their players unleashed an assortment of plays which scored two touchdowns in 20 minutes. Bill Shepherd, Western Mary- land’s high-scoring halfback, smashed through left tackle midway in the third period and wound up across the goal, 39 yards away—his path strewn with Westerners. His run climaxed an 80-yard drive, longest sustained march of the day. ‘The East's passing attack finally clicked early in the fourth period when Joe Boganski, Colgate end, took Munjas’ 12-yard pass right out of the arms of Warburton and Al Niche- lini, St. Mary’s back, and fell in the ;a;l! hwnehn !fi:y'eszmmek of Pitts- , who p! an important —_— PINE BLUFF IS HAPPY Four Players From Arkansas City Play for Crimson Tide. PINE BLUFF, Ark., January 2 (P).— Some sort of record was claimed by Pine Bluff for its contribution to the Rose Bowl foot ball game at Pasadena. Four Alabama players who partiei- pated in the game, Donald Hutson, end; Charlie Marr, guard; Tilden Campbell, halfback, and Leroy Gold- berg, fuilbeck, went from Pine B™7 High School to Alabama University, reatin Ala SUBAR BOWLTIT | -| Mowrey, halt, tipped up into the arms BECOMES FIXTURE Inaugural Is Big Success, With Tulane Beating Temple, 20 to 14. By the Assoclated Press. EW ORLEANS, January 2.— The Southland’s Sugar Bowl game, its inaugural made sweeter by Tulane's 20-to-14 triumph over Temple yesterday, is an assured fixture in sports. Thirty thousand spectators, one of the largest crowds which ever wii- nessed a grid game in the South, packed the stadium to watch a game packed with thrills, The satisfaction over the initial clash brought ready agreement that the game be continued each year be- tween a Southern opponent and some olumnndlng team from another sec- tion. Both teams had thrill-producing stars, Smukler Explodes. OR Temple, he was the giant “Dynamite Dave” Smukler, whc time after time tore through the Tulane line. His passing was a con- stant threat and his punting fell just short of Tulane’s. Tulane’s ace, “Little Monk” Simons, recovering from & fractured collar- bone suffered a month ago, shared honors with a remarkable end, Dick Hardy. In the first quarter. Barney Mintz, Tulane halfback, fumbled and Stanley Gurzynski, Temple guard, recovered on Tulane’s 10-yard line. Smukler ploughed through for 5 yards and then threw a touchdown pass to Daniel Testa, halfback. Runs 80 Yards With Pass. N THE next quarter Temple re- covered a fumble by Stanley Lodrigues, Tulane fullback, on Tulane’s 20-yard line, and Smukler went over for a touchdown after sev- eral line plunges. He kicked both | extra points. But then Tulane started. On the kick-off, after Temple's second touchdown, John McDaniel, Tulane quarter, took the ball and, after decoying tacklers to the left, tossed it to Simons, who raced 80 yards for a touchdown. Barney Mintz, halfback, kicked the extra point. Third quarter line smashes placed the ball on the 11-yard line, where Bucky Bryan, Tulane half, passed to| Hardy for a touchdown. Mintz again | made the extra point. ‘Then, in the last quarter, Mintz, | standing on Temple’s 43-yard line, tossed a long pass which Horace of Hardy, who dashed for a score. BY GRANT! ASADENA, Calif,, January 2.— Dixie Howell, the human how- itzer from Hartford, Ala., blast- | ed the Rose Bowl dreams of | Stanford yesterday with one of the greatest all-around exhibitions that | foot ball ever has known. The slen- der stripling from Hartford, weighing 161 pounds, led a passing, kicking and running attack that beat a big, game | Stanford team, 29 to 13, as 85,000 sat | beneath a blue California sky and | saw the sunny atmosphere full of fly- ing foot balls thrown from Howell’s rifie-shot hand into Don Hutson’s ‘waiting arms. Dixie Howell gave you the impres- sion of a Dizzy Dean threwing strikes, an antelope along the ground, and one of the finest kickers the Rose Bowl ever has seen. This may sound like extravagant praise, but consider the fact that the kid from Hartford by passing and running picked up a smashing total of 273 yards, which happens to be close to a world record in any big game. Trailing 7 to 0 at the start of the second quarter, the result of two costly Alabama fumbles and a spirited Stan- ford drive across the line, with Gray- son as the main spear thrust, this Alabam team turned on a blast in the second period that came near blowing Stanford somewhere out in the middle of the Pacific. It was in this second quarter that Alabama, with Howell in the forefront, ran up 22 points and broke up the battle in front of the greatest crowd that has seen a foot ball game in the last 12 months. It was in this second period, after Grayson had slashed through for a touchdown a few minutes before, that Howell uncovered his hidden double battery, through the air and along the ground. He opened this attack with six consecutive forwards, thrown with speed and unerring accuracy to the brilliant Hutson. This carried the ball to Stanford’s 5-yard line, and from here Howell went through like a shot, standing up, across the line. Another passing attack carried the ball to Stanford’s 6-yard line, and here Riley Smith kicked a field goal as the Car- dinals braced. The Cardinals in Action. UT the big thrill of the day came 2 minutes later when Dixie Howell started from his own 33- yard line. He t swung out around Monk Moscrip, ofle of the star ends of iges gie EEE £ i §st substitute, dropped 36-yard line. From this spot he threw a pass that carried 53 yards through 1174 g'= fg~ Pahi~ al' Stg="=4 - (fenders, as the feet-footed Hutson | s THE SPORTLIGHT Howell-to-Hutson Passing Combination Scintillates as Bama Downs Stanford. PASADENA, Calif. Alabama off to touchdown. Don Hutson, brilliant Tide end, starting on a run to score in third period after of Four Gridiron Tilts in U. S. Yesterday o ™y catching pass from Joe Riley that was good for 59 yards, including air flight of 53 yards. Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. NEW ORLEANS, La. Dave Smukler of Temple shown regaining Tulane fumble in latter’s territory, following which he took the ball to the Green Wave’s 5-yard line in the Sugar Bowl game won by Tulane, 20-14. 'LAND .RI swept down the field, took the ball from the air on the 15-yard line and than raced across for the third touch- down of this quarter. This mighty heave carried more than half the | length of the field, and yet Hutson's speed carried him to the ball and his two hands were ready when it fell | beyond the reach of any tackling arms. In this second period, Alabama had | gathered in 152 yards from passes and 102 yards along the ground, of which Howell’s stout arm and flying feet had contributed 200 yards to a devastating | air and ground assault beyond Stan- ford's reach. Stanford Presses Attack. N THE third period Stanford came back with a ground attack, led by Bobby Grayson, Hamilton and Van Dellen, that again proved the heavy superiority of her running game. Stanford took the ball on drives by Grayson and puzzling reverses for 75 yards across the Alabama line as Van Dellen finally ran 11 yards for the Stanford score. Stanford had full charge of the running game outside of Howell's long dashes, but Stanford had no aerial net—no anti-aircraft fire to break up the Southern passing game. The score now was 22 to 13 and still a foot ball game until the fourth quarter opened. Just two minutes later Dixie Howell faded back and whipped a forward pass that carried 45 yards through the air. And once again as the ball came down Don Hutson, & 200-pound sprinter, was waiting beyond the ‘Western defense to make the catch whirl and sprint 20 yards across the line for the final score of the day. for the fourth time Alabama left The Rose Bowl minus the sting of defeat. Today she broke the tie with Stanford holding over from 1927. And since 1926 Washington, Washington State and Stanford have fallen before her Western invasions on New Year day. The Margin in Passing. N THIS last Stanford game Howell and Riley completed 10 out of 13 passes for & net gain of 216 yards. Howell threw 11 of these passes and Hutson caught 8 of them. The Howell- -to-Hutson passing team was good for nearly 200 yards. this, Stanford threw 23 7] i : i ¥ E i LK g8 Ee ] £ I L] S 2 i % g ] § o i ioE beaten year. Most wogges wors thrown 7% (Coniinued on Page A-15.) k] cane right guard. 26-0, in first Orange Bowl game. Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. MIAMI, Fla. Under tropical skies Bucknell U. of Lewisburg, Pa., swamped University of Miami, Here, Siarsky of Bison is shown being tackled by Brion, Hurri- Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. cotton Warburton, smallest man on the field in the East-West pounds of Eastern tacklers in the scrap won by charity game, shown carrying the ball and a few the West, 19-13. ARIZMENDI WINS BOUT. MEXICO, D. F., January 2 (P)— Alberto (Baby) Arizmendi, New York State featherweight ’I':oxms cham- pion, last night rcund desision o Clunu U 0,00, out a 12- Armstrong, hfore alr /% POSTPONE TURF PROBE. ARCADIA, Calif., January 2 (P).— According to Presiding Steward Chris- topher Fitz Gerald, an investigation into the recent orse Adobe Post, originally set for terd~y, has bcen postponed until| ormances of the Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. PENNOCK BECOMES PILOT. CHARLOTTE, N. C., January 2 (®). —Herb Pennock, one of the greatest southpaw pitchers the major leagues ever knew, will be general manager df the Charlotte club of the Pledmont Teogue, & “farm” of the Boston Red | Sox. bama’s Triumph : Aces Bowl in Evening Star Tournament ROLL-OFF STARTS AT LUCKY STRIKE ] |Many Experts Reach Finals Despite Big Handicaps Given Duffers, BY ROD JTHOMAS. Y HANDING generous handie caps to the duffers, The Eve- H ning Star Tournament Com- mittee did its dangdest to | make i tough for a erack bowler to reach the finals, but the field that goes to post tonight in the roll-off, at the Lucky Strike, will not want for class. As a matter of fact, the opening | program will include one of the most ;bnmant groups of bhowlers to engage | in any sort of competition this season. The talent is concentrated in the 9:45 o'clock squad. The first squad will swing into action at 7:30. Carroll Daly, joint holder with Jack | Whalen of the tournament record, 679, will shoot on alleys 17 and 18 a)ung with Fred Moore and J. McGol- |rick, both in a class with the former |champ, and Ed Blakeney, a standout in any company. Lots of Class Here. N ADJOINING drives will be Lou Pantos, veteran standard bearer | of the Greeks; Harry Aiken, always a dangerous tournament per- former; Hokie Smith, captain of the champion King Pin team cf the Dis- trict League; Bill Krauss, star of the recent classic in which the Occidental Restaurant team beat Sholl's Cafe (Bill was on the losing side); Dutch Newman, one of the best in the coun- | try: Tony Santini, worth a small wager | of any man’s money to win any tour- nament; Al Woods, a coming young- ster; Eddie Espey, one of the few scratch men in the record field; Jack ‘Wolstenholme, too heavy for his own | good these days, but still a sensational | pin mauler on occasions, and a num- | ber of lesser lights. | Alleys 9 to 12 will be occupied at 19:45 by several potential champions. These include Sam Rice, the ball play- er, who, approaching his 43rd birth= day anniversary (February 20), prob- | ably is the best conditioned bowler in Washington and among the most skill- | ful; Lee Atwell and Ed Laske, Na- | tional Capital Leaguers. Thursday Nighters Make Grade! URT PARSONS, whose bowling | feats are legion, will shoot on drives 52 and 53 in the late squad. On 22 and 23 will be Charley Young, a good bet to finish in the money. Harry Stanford, at one time a | trump ace among aces, will blaze | away at 7:30. Stanford quit bowling for a number of years and was | coerced back into the game this sea- son by Henry Rodier, who presided over Rodier’s Thursday Nighters. Of the eight regulars among Henry's flock shooters three made the grade to the finals. How seems to be something | of a mystery. Keeping Stanford com- | pany will be Dorie Gruver, with a | curve that resembles a pretzel, and Dr. Tommy Webb, a charter member ‘Thursday Nighter. All in all it promises to be quite a party tonight. N CHESS MASTERS IN TIE Euwe, Lilienthal 14 Game Ahead. ‘Woman Draws With Former. HASTINGS, England, January 2.— Dr. Max Euwe of Netherlands and A. Lilienthal of Hungary still were lead- ing the International Chess Masters’ Tourney here in the fifth round. Leading scores: Euwe and Lilien- thal, 3!2-l3; Thomas, 3-1: Flohr, 215-115; Botwinnik, Capablanca and Michell, 215-215. Vera Menchik, Czechoslovakia, world woman champion, drew her game with Dr. Euwe yesterday after | 96 moves, *FINAL SALE Oon Latest Models Each car car-| very car perfect. ies our famous money-back antee, plus 30 days' free service. No, 445 1934 Chevrolet $499 Coupe ..vveessnee No, 464 1933 Ford V-8 No. 526 1933 Plymouth Sedan No. 540 1933 Chevrolet No. 299 1933 Chevrolet Coach No. 384 1933 Ford V-8 Tudor . No. 460 1933 Chevrolet No. 498 1932 Auburn No. 424 1932 Chevrolet Sedan .. No. 336 1932 Ford V-8 Fordor . 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