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A—14 @he Foening St Sporls WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1935. U.S. Warned It Again Faces Danger of Trailing in Olympic Distance Events THE SPORTLIGHT | Golf Swing Demands Live Hand Action, Says Hagen, Now in 23rd Competitive Year. BY GRANTLAND RICE. BRUCE SEES HOP | FOR 1336, THOUGH Head of A. A. U. Committee Thinks Talent Lacking Only in Marathon. (This is another of an exclusive series written for the Associated Press by national sports leaders and dealing with the current ath- letic outlook.) BY HAROLD ANSON BRUCE, Chairman, A, A. U. Committee on Long Distance Running. EW YORK, January 8 (#).— In making up my All-America selections in distance running, among the college, club and school athletes, I am impressed by the fact that while the United States has made some strides toward im- proving the grade of talent we still are far short of what it will require to make any real impression in the next Olympic games at Berlin in 1936. It is vital, from the standpoint of America’s athletic prestige, that this be recognized now, while there re- mains & year and & half in which to encourage and develop the talent available. We have good material for nearly all the distance running events, except the marathon. The colleges have.a few good prospects, but in the main it will be up to the leading athletic clubs to train the men capable of competing with the strong Swedish and Finnish contingents in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs, the marathon and steeplechase. Mundy and Gregory Lead. ERHAPS the two outstanding long- distance candidates, on the basis of their 1934 performances, are Paul F. Mundy and Louis P. Gregory, both of whom represent the Milirose A. A, of New York in competition. Mundy topped the 15 and 20 kilometer runners in A. A. U. competition while Gregory led the field at 30 kilometers or about 1825 miles. Both helped the Millrose A. A. capture the cross- country team championship, over the 10,000 meter distance, and it appears they might develop as marathon candidates. At present the ranking marathon runners are Mel Porter and William Steiner of the German-American A.C., New York, and August Sloboda, unat- tached, of Chicago. The “grand old man” of the marthoners, Clarence Demar, who firsst ran the Olympic course in 1912, no longer is able to set the pace, although he still is in re- markable condition and an heroic ex- ample to our long-distance runners. Leslie Pawson of Pawtucket, R. I, a former winner of the Boston marathon, appears to be better at the medium- long distances. I rank him next to Munday and Gregory at the 15 to 30 kilometer range. New England Is Cradle. EW ENGLAND still is the cradle | of our long-distance running, with Indiana, New York and] the Middle Atlantic States making im- | portant contributions to its develop- ment, but the same thing cannot be sald in general of the Far West, North- west and Southern sections of the * country. It is to be regretted that those in control of athletics in these latter regions do not sponsor a more inten- sive program. There is much sleeping | timber in these sections, as witness Ralph Hill of Oregon, who made such a grand showing in the 5,000 meters at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1932. But for being fouled by the Finn, | Lehtinen, Hill probably would have won this event for America. There seems now to be more in- centive in steeplechase competition. Joe McCluskey, the former Fordhnm; star, made an excellent showing in ! the Olympic steeplechase in 1932 and is improving as a representative of the New York A. C. It is my opinion that Gene Venzke of the University of Pennsylvania could be developed as 8 start at the 5,000-meter distance, even though his best performances to date have been at the mile and 1,500 meters. Runners are Ranked. Y PRINCIPAL All-America | cross-country rankings for | 1934 are as follows: Senior A. A. U. (10,000 meters)— 1, Donald Lash, Indiana; 2, Thomas Ottey, Michigan State; 3, Eino Pentti, Millrose A. A.: 4, Raymond Sears, Butler University: 5. Louis Gregory, Millrose A. A.; 6, William Zepp, Mich- igan Normal; 7, Paul Mundy, Millrose A. A 8 James T. Smith, Indiana. Junior A. A. U. (10,000 meters)—1, James T. Smith, Indiana; 2, Harold Auch, Shanahan C. C. Club, Phila- delphia; 3, Charles Kirkpatrick, Pitts- | burgh; 4, John Zach. Shanahan A. C.; 5, John Bush, Indiana; 6, Robert Huffman, Ohio State; 7, Wilbur . Jones, Purdue; 8, John Clevenger, Ball State Teachers, I C. AL A A A (6 miles)—1, Thomas C. Ottey, Michigan State; 2, Edwin Veysey, Colby; 3, Nelson Gard- ner, Michigan State; 4, Albert Acer- no, Manhattan; 5, George Eiss, New A Talk With Hagen. OS ANGELES, January 8.— When the flashy Los Angeles open starts in the next few days with a cast that almost equals the United States open, one of the featured entries will report under the name of Walter Hagen, the Rochester rambler, golfer and philos- opher. In Walter Hagen you have one of the outstanding competitors of all time, now facing his twenty-third year of competition. “I still recall my first open championship at Brookline in 1913,” Hagen said as we took a look back beyond two decades. “That was the time Ouimet beat | Vardon and Ray. When I decided to take up golf in place of base ball— and it was a tough choice—I made up my mind to two things—first, to give all the time and thought I could find to improving my play—second, not to let anything discourage me, no matter | what the breaks.” “Even then,” Hagen continued, “I knew that every one had to miss a | certain number of shots. So I schooled myself to forget these mis- takes on the spot and then concen- trate on the next stroke.” How It Worked. “ JUST how does all this recall the 1913 championship?” I asked him. “I'll tell you,” Hagen said. “Coming to that last round I still had a chance to win. As I recall it, I started 5—7—86, which threw me four or five shots back of the leader. This was a heavy jolt. But I decided to keep shooting the works. On the next hole I holed a mashie shot for an eagle 2. On the next I laid a full brassie stone dead for a birdie. By the ninth or tenth hole I had closed the gap. With seven holes to go I missed a brassie shot in the rain that cost me a 7 and ended my march.” And this rally was made by a 20-year-old kid in his first big show. And just a year later he won the United States open at Midlothian. “What about the improvement you mentioned?” I asked. “Well,” Hagen said, “I know Harry Vardon was one of the greatest golfers that ever lived. So after I had fin- ished my round, with an early start, I followed Vardon for 11 holes. I watched every stroke he played closely. I wanted to get a clear picture of his method.” 1 asked Hagen what tips he had picked up from Vardon. “In the first place,” he said, “I noticed that he had a slight bend in his left elbow. Vardon never used a straight, stiff left arm. “In the second place I noticed that he had a more upright swing, which I began to follow later. Then I began to watch him play out of trouble. In place of crashing at the ball, as I had done from the rough, he used only a hand and wrist flick. I saw how he used his hands and wrists in bunkers. It was from Var- don that I got my first idea as to what hands and wrists meant in swinging a club head.” Use of the Hands. 'UST how does this hand and wrist action work in?” I asked the old master. “I know exactly what my hands are doing through every part of the swing,” Hagen answered. “My hands are the only things touching the shaft of the club. They take charge in swinging with the help of the wrists and arms. “The golfer who doesn’t know just what his hands are doing, just how they are swinging the club, the path they have taken, doesn’t know anything about the swing. “Frequently at the top of the swing I may know I am off line. If I feel that I am going to hook the shot, then I cut in under with my hands. Certainly when you throw a base ball, you know what your right or left hand is doing with that ball. You know what the target is. You whip the ball for that target. The same things are true in golf. The average golfer has almost no live hand action. His hands and wrists are usually dead, locked up, as he calls on shoulders and body to get distance. Yet club-head speed comes largely from hands and wrists.” The Showman Angle. HY is it” I asked Hagen, “that you are considered the greatest showman in golf?” Hagen grinned. “Listen,” he said. “I try just as hard to hole a putt on the first green when no one is around as I do on the eighteenth when 2,000 are looking on. “But when the crowd is there, some way the putts seem to drop. Why? I don't know. I only know most of my long putts or my best shots have come off in front of big galleries. “Maybe it is the extra incentive to concentration. I'll admit that I like crowds. I also like a tough match and an uphill fight. That is where you get the thrill. There is no thrill in a walk-over or a runaway. The big thrill is coming from behind. And the main part of any sport is the thrill it gives you. “That goes for the duffer as well as the star. The duffer in golf can get just as big a thrill as the champion when some fine shot comes off, or a long putt flops in. In my own case, I feel a good deal keener when there is a crowd looking on. I know this crowd wants a show—that it wants to see something out of the average. So I do all I can to bring this about. “I may put on part of an act here and there, but if the crowd likes it—why not? Why shouldn’t the gallery have a break, if you can give it to them?” ‘There is more than just a trifle in this remark. If it wasn't for the interest of crowds, most sport would be a rag-tag and bob-tail affair, despite the cynical feelings of many contenders. Hagen’s Golf. AGEN'S golf swing is better to- day than it was when he,won at Midlothian in 1914—21 years ago. He is hitting almost every type of shot better. But there are two drawbacks. The field is far faster than it ever was before, and the old Hagen putts are not dropping as they once dropped. The same thing happened to Harry Vardon. The same thing happened to Bobby Jones and Jim Barnes and Tommy Armour. There is a certain something in (Continued on Page 15, Column 3). Logan, New Sox Trainer, Is One Of Few College Grads in Job York University; 6, Charles Kirk- patrick, Pittsburgh; 7, Kenneth Black, Maine. Interscholastic (2% miles) —1, Leonard Dauenhauer, Syracuse Cen- tral; 2, Steven Szumachowski, Mer- cersburg Academy; 3, Harry Butler, Morris High, New York; 4, Ray Vac- ca, Nott Terrace, Schenectady, N. Y.; 5, Richard Slade, Nott Terrace; 6, Cleveland Sherman, La Salle, Provi- dence, R. I; 7, William Wimon, Cur- tis High, New York; 8, Ernest Dauen- hauer, Syracuse Central. 12TH STREET FIVE WINS. ‘Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. scholastic tossers defeated the Owls in a basket mto.‘ll:.e last night on the “¥” court, 40 Walsh May Take Back Job at G. W. EN WALSH is not definitely out of the .George Washington foot ball picture, it was re- vealed today by a friend of the coach, who has been Head Man Pixlee’s chief assistant for several campaigns. Walsh, now a P. W. A. attorney, on duty in Chicago, may return to his old post next Fall, he sald. A TY-YEAR-OLD Roland Lo- gan, combination basket ball coach and trainer at George Washington University, be- comes one of the few college degree holders to invade big league base ball ranks as a trainer when, on March 1, he reports at Sarasota, Fla., for duty in that capacity to the Boston Red Sox. . Logan, who was signed yesterday after being recommended to Owner Tom Yawkey and Business Manager Eddie Collins by Joe Cronin, new pilot of the Sox, has been an in- structor of physical education at George Washington for a year and a half. With Athletic Director Jim Pixlee on the West Coast, Logan as- sumed dutln u basket ball coach this season. will resign at George ” ‘Washington after the court campaign, but hopes to return here in a similar capacity next season. The attention of Cronin first was brought to Logan by Calvin Griffith, adopted son of President Clark Grif- fith of the Washington Base Ball Club and a member of the George Washington court squad. Cronin and Logan met during the Christmas holi- days, which Cronin spent here. A graduate of Kansas University, where he won 10 letters in sports and was named an all-Big Six basket ball guard in 1929, Logan trained both the LOTT PREPS GAM FOR TILDEN CLASH Works Hard at Singles to Be Ready for Contest in Pro Series. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 8—Pro- fessional tennis opens its 1935 season tomorrow night in Madison Square Garden with its disciples eagerly awaiting the re- newal of rivalry between Bill Tilden and George Martin Lott, jr. The season’s inaugural marks the debut as com- mercial artists of Lott and his na- tional champion- ship and Davis Cup doubles part- ner, Long Lester Rollo Stoefen of Los Angeles. They will team for a doubles engage- ment with Tilden and Ellsworth Vines. While considerable interest is be- ing attached to the tandem tussle, the main attraction appears to be the Tilden-Lott singles match, marking the first time in five years the two have opposed each other. Internationally famous as a doubles performer, rated the best in the world, Lott has been working hard at singles to be in top form for his debut and particularly Tilden. He’ll match Til- den’s famed whiplash service with a cut-ball delivery, and if he can suc- ceed in negotiating Big Bill's first ball, the match no doubt will develop into & battle of wits. The Vines-Stoefen singles contest will be a match between two of the hardest sluggers in the game, with Vines holding the upper hand be- cause of his controlled power. George Lott. FOR GUP TENNIS Altering of Racket Grip Aids No. 2 Ranker’s Game in Miami Tourney. By the Assoclated Press. IAMI, Fla., January 8.—Pre- paring for the Davis Cup season by ironing out un- eveness in his game, Sidney B. Wood, jr,, of New York is experi- menting with grip variations during play in the Miami Biltmore Tennis | tournament. The United States’ number two ace, who faced E. J. Harbett of Miami in today’s third- round matches, is endeavoring to | improve his of- fensive game by use of the Amer- |ican grip—in which the racket becomes a pro- longation of the ployed the con- tinentsl grip of low wrist action, as exemplified in Sidney B. Wood. Jr. the brilliant defensive court work of Prance’s Rene La Coste. The New Yorker to be obtaining more forceful delivery by altering this. Berkeley Bell, also of New York, the | United States number seven, who, like Wood, found no difficulty elimi- nating first and second round oppo- nents, had sterner competition today. He played Malon Courts of Atlanta, co-holder of the Southern doubles title. The lone foreign seeded player, Canada’s cup star, Marcel Rainville, was opposed by Arthur Hendrix of Lakeland, Fla., former State singles champion. Bryan M. Grant, jr., of Atlanta, other co-holder of the South- ern doubles championship, was match- ed against Stewart Kenyon of Miami. ‘Wood, who played his first and sec- ond round matches yesterday, defeated Larson of Peoria, Ill, 6—0, 6—1, and George Gallet of Miami, 6—4, 6+-3, while Bell downed George Andradi of New York, 6—3, 6—1. W. C. L. QUINT STARTS. The Washington College of Law basket ball quint will open its season tonight when the George Washington freshmen are opposed at 8 o'clock in the Colonial gymnasium. COURT RESULTS Local Teams. George Washington, 50; Lynchburg College, 20. Mount Rainier High, 33; 8t. John's, 2. Mount Rainier High, 21; Rockville, 16 (girls). East. Dartmouth, 36; Colgate, 24. Duquesne, 32; Genevs, 29. South. Richmond, 50; Virginia, 28. Duke, 47; Wake Forest, 30. Louisiana State, 34; Alabama, 3! ‘Washington and Lee, 37; St. John'l estern E Texas, 24; Texas Christian, West. Ohio State, 33; mclx’:mn 30. H Union, 38; Morehead, 34, Maclegtas, 40; Bivex Eals, 16, » ANOTHER CRUSOE. —By JIM BERRYMAN SOMEBODY ELSE ON THIS INMATCH AT C. . Cards’ Best Pair to Meet Bucknell’s Leaders in Bouts Saturday. \WO Intercollegiate Conference title holders are members of the Bucknell boxing team that meets the Catholic Univer- sity squad Saturday at Brookland. These invading aces are Bob Pethick, 175-pound champion, and Cliff Dill, lightweight. Both have impressive college rec- ords, with Pethick showing eight wins in nine starts, while Dill has won seven of his eight battles. Both lost in the dual meet with the Army last | season. ‘These Bucknell stars will be pitted against two of the Cardinals’ best fighters in Francis Red Fleming, light-heavy, and Capt. Eddie Thibo- deau, lightweight. Fleming and Thi- bodeau have compiled envious col- lege records, each losing but one fight, paralleling their Bucknell ad- versaries. Fleming, packing a knockout wal- lop, reached his greatest achievement against Western Maryland last sea- son, when he defeated the national al intercollegiate light-heavy champion, Bernie Kaplan. In addition he knocked out Tom Cook of Roanoke College in two rounds and Tom Ar- 8 nold of V. M. I in the first round. ‘Thibodeau, defeated once in his collegiate career, lost to Eddie Bane, Southern Conference title holder. By the Associated Press. ESTMINSTER, Md, Jan- uary 8.—Coach Dick Har- low and his undefeated “Green Terrors” of West- festive board Thursday and reminisce of many a successful season. On that night the community will tender Harlow and his 1934 team a banquet in honor of their victorious season. Although not so planned originally, it will be in the nature of a farewell, for Harlow has been ap- Basket Briefs ALVARY M. E. tossers are seek- ing a game for tonight with an unlimited quint. Call W. J. Hodges at Columbia 5613-W after 6 | o'clock. * Northern A. C.. another unlimited team, also is seeking opposition. Call Adams 1737-J. A game for tomorrow night with an unlimited team, to be played in the Roosevelt High gym at 8:30 o'clock, | is wanted by the Dome Oil Co. five. Call Georgia 5813 after 6 o'clock. Scores last night: Community Center League. DelllI“lu & Hudson, 50; Mernck Boys' [ .menh 30: 8. T. L. 20. o Tels o 14 ‘Boys' Club Varsity, 18. St!l'll“b Phln‘nlcy 29; Bureau of In- vestigation. 18. Independent. Flying Eagles, 55: Clarke Plumters. Immaculste Céncention, 31 Celtics. Men's_ Community Center, ung. 30; Clevoly Sirgere 21 Sports Program in Local Realm TODAY. Basket Ball. V. M. I at Maryland, 8. Lynchburg at American U., 8. Washington College of Law vs. George thmgwn Freshmen, G. W. gym, St. John's nt Tech, 3:30. Alexandria High, at Eastern, 3:30. Friends at Western, 3:30. ‘Washington-Lee High at Ta- koma-Silver Spring High, 3:30. : :‘son, Albans at Rockville High, ‘Damascus High at Charlotte Bethesda-Chevy Chase High at Annapolis High. Boxing. Washington Auditorium—Main bout, Eddie Burl, Jacksonville, vs. California Joe Rivero, feather- :e!lghu; 10 rounds. Show starts Billiards. Cro Morningstar, former 18.2 balkline champion, at the Royal, 817 Fourteenth street, 3; Georgas, 1431; B street southeast, 7:30; Arcade, Fourteenth and Park road, 9:30. TOMORROW. Basket Ball. City College of New York vs. G. W., Tech gym, 8. ‘Western Maryland at Catholic University, 8. Lynchburg College vs. Wilson Teachers’ College at George Wash- ington, 8. Lincoln at Howard, 8 Gonzaga at Roosevelt, 3:30. Washington-Lee High at East- ern, 3:30. Tech vs. Glllludet Reserves, at Gallaudet, 3 Tlmn-Sflver Spring High at ‘Bowie Cardozo tt Douglass High, Bal- timore. Dunbar vs. Armstrong, 3:30. ‘Wrestling. ‘Washington Auditorium—Main match, Don George, Java, N. Y., vs. George Zaharias, cvlmdo. havy- SeNs. BUGK Baga 830, r = THURSDAY. Basket Ball. Roosevelt vs. George Washing- ton Freshmen, G. W. gym, 3:30. Western vs. Maryland Freshmen, College Park, 4. FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Elon vs. George Washington, G. W. gym, 8. Duke at Maryland, 8. Maryland State Normal at Gal- laudet, 8. Benedictine High (Richmond) vs. G. U. Freshmen, Ryan gym, 3:30. Eastern vs. Central, at Roosevelt, 3:30 (public high title game). Tech vs. Roosevelt, at Tech, 3:30 (public high title game). ‘Western at Gonzaga, 8. Landon at Georgetown Prep, 3:30. Georgetown at New York U. American U. at Virginia Med- ical College, Richmond. Alexandria High, at Washing- ton-Lee High, Baliston, 8. Damascus at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, 3:30. Mayfisld ngh (Fredericksburg) Takoma-Silver Spring at Rock- ville, 3:30. Charlotte Hall at Bowie. Boxing. V. M. L at Maryland, 9:15. Tennis. Professional troupe, including Bill Tilden, Ellsworth Vines, George Lott and Lester Stoefen, at Catholic U. gymnasium, 8 Swimming. Baltimore Poly at Central, 3:30. SATURDAY. Boxing. Bucknell at Catholic U, 8. Trenton State Teachers vs. Wil- son Teachers at George Wash- 1ngton, 8, .. > e Maryland will gather at the| WOOD TUNES UP ~ |RING AGES CLASH | % estern Maryland to Honor Harlow at “F arewell” Banquetj‘ pointed head foot ball coach at Harvard. The affair will take place at Taney- town, near here. Robert R. Carman, Baltimore attorney, will be toast- | master. The guests will include many local and out-of-State athletic au- thorities. Sharing the limelight with Harlow | will be Bill Shepherd, who, in lead- | ing his team through a season Of eight victories, one tie and no de- feats, galloped to the pinnacle of the Nation’s scoring column. There will be others of the school's last Harlow-coached eleven, just as deserving of praise. Many of the players are seniors. It probably will be among the last times that Harlow will have all his boys about him. It is doubtful if he himself will have much to say, but his record, as the saying goes, speaks for itself. During the nine years Harlow has been at Western Maryland, the Ter- rors have won 61 games, tied 7 and lost 13. They have amassed 1,742 points to 368 for their opponents. A lot of verbal foot balls—some complimentary, others derogatory— have been tossed at Harlow since the announcerent of his appointment to the Harvard berth, but he shook them off as he would shake off a tackler. Only yesterday, in .reply to the Harvard Crimson’s allegation that he had coached at colleges of “somewhat shady character in the matter of proselyting,” he said: “I have nothing at all to say about it. I'll let the Harvard people take care of that.” ‘The allegation was indignantly de- nied, however, by other college officials. FOXX CERTAIN RUTH THROUGH AS PLAYER Thinks Babe, Now Carrying Too Much Weight, Will Quit if Doesn't Manage. By the Assoclated Press. HILADELPHIA, January 8.—Home from the Orient, Jimmy Foxx, | base slugger, denies that Babe | Ruth is scheduled to line up with the Philadelphia Athletics. The “Bambino has reached the point now where he doesn't care to play,” said Foxx, who will be switched to a catching assignment for the Con- nie Mack-men next season. “He wants to manage a team,” Foxx said, “and I have an idea that if he doesn’t hook on as a manager he may stay out of the game. Also, I don't think he could play on ac- count of his weight.” Persistent reports have been heard that Ruth, who toured with Foxx and Mack in Japan, had performed so brilliantly he would be taken on as field manager for the Athletics during the 1935 season. All reports have been denied. WATER POLOISTS TRAVEL. Maryland Club Gardens water polo team will leave Friday morning for Durham, N. C., where Duke's team will be played that night. Hampton at Howard, 8. Georgetown at Manhattan. Catholic U. at Loyola, Balti- American T Randolph- Ashland. Gallaudet at Baltimore U. ‘Wrestling. St. Paul's Guild at Gallaudet, 8. at Authorized ;arm'cc § Lockheed Hydraulic Brakes § MILLERDUDLEY2 HARLOW IS NOTED FOR HIS WINNERS Victory in Six of Eight Games Is Average of New Har- vard Grid Coach. By the Assoclated Press. AMBRIDGE, Mass, January 8—If his past performances have any bearing on his fu- ture at Harvard, Dick Har- low's Crimson teams should win an average of six out of eight games every season and go undefeated every five years or so. A study of the new Harvard coach's record at Penn State, Colgate and Western Maryland revealed that his teams have won 119 out of 168 games, lost 38 and tied 11. The ideal opponent for a Harlow- coached team appears to be Gettys- burg, which has bowed before his players eight times. On other hand, Pittsburgh should be kept off the schedule, for the Panthers have trounced Harlow’s forces every time they met, five times in all. Strong Scoring Teams, 1S 19 teams, representing three different colleges, have piled up a total of 3,886 points, an aver- age of 23 a game, and have had 956 points scored against them, less than a touchdown a game. Five of Harlow's teams have en- joyed undefeated seasons, but only two of them, his 1912 Penn State and his 1929 Western Maryland, escaped ties. Harlow gave Colgate its first unde- feated eleven in 1925, but Lafayette and Brown held the Red Raiders even. At Western Maryland in 1930 his “Terrors” defeated nine rivals and played a 7-7 tie with Albright. Last season Western Maryland played a scoreless tie with Villanova and then went on to top Albright, Boston Col- lege, St. Thomas, Catholic U, West Chester Teachers, Bucknell, Mount St. | Mary's and Georgetown. Keen About Details. 'OE McKINNEY, whose Boston Col- lege Eagles have lost to Western Maryland for the last four years, probably knows more about Harlow's tactics than any other coach in this foot ball sector. Harlow follows the Warner system strictly,” Joe explained, “using a single | wingback formation more than the double. | “Harvard is indeed fortunate to ac- | quire a fellow of Harlow’s type. He is | all that could be asked for in every sense. Always a stickler for detail, Dick’s teams will be noted for their | knowledge of fundamentals. He will | have a different type of material at | Harvard than he had at Western Maryland, younger and less experi« enced. But Dick is the man to make that diflerence negligible.” HIGH QUINTS TUNE FOR SERIES START Favored Eastern and Tech Squads in Action Today and Tomorrow. G high school basket ball series starting Friday, Tech and Eastern will taper off for their open- ing titular tests today and tomorrow |in a quartet of games rated among the busy week's most attractive in schoolboy circles. Eastern, 193¢ champion, was to en- tertain Alexandria High at 3:30 o'clock, and tomorrow will play host to another nearby Virginia team in ‘Washington-Lee High of Ballston. To- morrow’s tilt also is slated for 3:30 o’'clock. Tech’s formidable quint was to play St. John's today on the McKinley floor at 3:30 o'clock and tomorrow will invade nearby Kendall Green for a tilt with the Gallaudet Reserves. In other tilts today, Western was to entertain Friends at 3:30 o'clock; Bethesda-Chevy Chase was to travel to Annapolis to play Annapolis High: | St. Albans was to meet Rockville in the Maryland town; Kendall School | was to entertaln Mcunt Rainier High; Takoma-Silver Spring was to engage Washington-Lee in the Tak-Sil gym, and Damascus was to travel to Char- lotte Hall. In addition to the Washington-Lee vs. Eastern and Tech vs. Gallaudet Reserves games tomorrow, Gonzaga was to tackle Roosevelt in the Rough Riders' gym, Takoma-Silver Spring was to meet Bowie High at Bowie, Dunbar was to clash with Armstrong and Cardozo was to play Douglass on the latter’s floor. Two Officials Added. (WO more officials have been ap- pointed by the Interhigh School Board of Faculty Advisers to serve in the title series, thus changing the original plans of the board, which formerly had decided to employ. only one official for each game. Bruce Kessler and Joe Mitchell were added yesterday. M. A. Enright and Dave Keppell were appointed several ENERALLY regarded as cofa- vorites in the annual public Today’s Special 1931 Pontiac D. L. Sedan, $257 $50 DOWN Terms to Satisfy 1355 CONN.AVE. DEC. 3876 |