Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1935, Page 40

SPORTS. SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1935. Dick Riffle Is Menace to Georgelown as Albright Invades Griff Stadium 0.l AMSAU_E TO000MAYVIEW ||May Prove Prominent Factors in Tide-Colonial Tilt Saturday “ERPS 10 DEPEND MY FROVDEEPE 27 g, L H O PEED PASHG Alabama Brings ~ Colorful forefront of collcge foot all piaved First Big Test on Pacific Will Face Heavier Eleven Lot of Stars to Play Georee Gipp and Dutch Bergman. For Coast Is “Natural” From in Conference Struggle George Washington. Point of Interest. With Virginia Tech. four years as Alabama’s head coach BY ROD THOMAS. By the Associated Press. ARYLAND has been made the a tcuchdown. Standing back of his | own goal line, he slipped around end | and went for a score. Riley is the | fieid-goal kicker, field general and | | blocker extraordinary of the Tidesmen. Last season he made good 25 out of 30 placement attempts. Coach Frank Thomas, who excelled his record is 34 victories, 4 losses and 2 ties. His present aggregation hasn't | lost since midway of the 1933 season, P FOR his first year of varsity when Fordham won on a safety, 2 to | experience, but already hailed 0. Thomas introduced the Notre Dame | as a star, 19-year-old Rich-|system in the South as a member of | ard Riffle is counted upon | the Georgia coaching staff. Since he | by Albright College of Reading, Pa. has varied his system, now employing | to make an ambitious Georgetown some of the characteristics of the eleven step lively if the Hoyas are Warner system. ACACIAANDN.R.A to win their opening contest tomor- | row night in Griffith Stadium. Riffle, who scales 190 pounds and stands 6 feet 1 inch, showed up so well in the Lions’ backfield during! pre-season training that Coach Clar- ence Munn built his offense around | him. He is a passer, kicker and open- fleld runner and according to ad- vices from Reading likely will be- come the greatest back to wear the Red and White in a decade. For the first time in many sea- sons, Albright has gone in for foot ball on a serious scale. It pitched 2 training camp this Fall in the| Pennsylvania hills at Earville and | went after things with a vengeance. Lately its practices have been con- ducted in secrecy and at night to accustom its players to the arcs. Munn Is Bierman Disciple. SLARENCE MUNN, former IN SERIES BATTLE Hibbs, Routed by ‘Heurichs, Awaits Crack at Winner of Game Today. B. HIBBS' base ball team. beaten by Heurich's Brew- ers yesterday, awaits the outcome of this after- the meeting between St. | Galloping Gaels and California’s Gol- den Bears at Berkeley. leading elevens. A year ago the Gaels EW YORK, October 3.—The first slant on strength in the Pacific Coast gridiron sector will be provided Saturday in Mary's They are among the Far West's won, 7 to 0. Because it is one of the most im- portant early season “naturals” ever held on the Coast, it is likely the game will draw about 70,000 fans. ‘The game will serve as a renewal of “grudges” developed from last year's contest. It is likely that 10 players on each side will be the same as those who opposed each other at the open- ing kick-off. The two boys who may | need introductions are Bob Herwig, | California center, and Gerald Denner- | lein, St. Mary’s left tackle. | St. Mary's has played only one game this season, defeating Nevada 20 to 0. California defeated California | Aggies. 47 to 0, and Whittier, 6 to 0, last Saturday in a double-header. Eastern fans are sharing interest all- | noon's game between Acacia and N.|In the game because the Gaels are America lineman. who assisted R. A. with more than passing interest, | Scheduled to meet the Fordham Rams Barney Bierman at Minnesota for two years, is one of the few coaches outside of Minnesota who teaches the Bierman type of foot ball, and to- | morrow night Washington will have an opportunity to see the style that helped to make the Gophers one of | the great teams of the country last season. Because he is not satisfied with his line, Munn has gone in strongly for a passing game, and equipped his team with a wide repertoire of | tricky plays. | Georgetown will be outweighed, ac- | cording to the tentative line-ups, with | a line averaging 179 pounds and a backfield averaging 168. The disparity | is not serious in the forward wall, but | Albright may find its helft quite use- | ful in the ball-carrying department. Its backs average about 185 Because of his small backfield, | Coach Hagerty is worried over the Hoyas' pass defense | i Hot Game at Brookland. | LTHOUGH outranked in impor- tance by the George Washing- | ton-Alabama game, that scrap be- | tween Catholic University and La | Salle Saturday at Brookland promises | to be every bit as torrid and as well played. The optimists unfairly have put the Redbirds on the spot by pro- claiming the 1935 eleven the best ever at Brookland and a defeat in its open-+ ing game would be bitter medicine. We've seen some pretty hot teams at Catholic University and won't con- cede the current machine a thing until after its battle with La Salle. ‘The Pennsylvanians held the Cards to a 6-6 tie last year and are reported to be as strong, if not stronger, than a year ago. There is reason to belive the Brooklanders have improved. but it’s plenty early to proclaim them a great team. Ever a frank critter, Coach Bergman says he's confident ' his outfit will do well, but he is not | among those who predict the Cards| will negotiate the season undefeated. | Our hunch is the C. U.-La Salle game will be one of the most enter- taining of the year. | | About Those ‘Bamans. ! M UCH has been said and written here of Alabama, the Rose Bowl | team, but little mention has been | made of the individuals who make up | the Crimson Tide. The Tuscaloosans, | now headed for the Capital, bear in- troduction at this time. | All types and sizes (Joe Riley at 157 is the smallest and Jim Whatley at 215, the largest), the Southerners | afford their publicity man, Marshall | Nunn, plenty of material. | better known among | *Bama students as “Mickey,” is the | o successor to the great Dixie Howell and is rated as one of the fastest backs | in the country. Twice last Spring he | ran the 100-yard dash in 9.8 seconds and, according to Coach Frank ‘Thomas, is slowed down very little by foot ball equipment. Here again | Capital fans will see a jackrabbit back of the type forever pestering the Colonials. Riley does the chief running, pass- ing and kicking for the Crimson Tide and has plenty of endurance. Smaller than Howell, he is sturdier. Riley threw one of the passes that beat | Stanford in the 1934 Rose Bowl game. Jimmy Angelich, Riley’s halfback running mate, is as keen in the class room as on the gridiron. He has financed his education by working in a chemical factory during Summer. Tarzan Lifts 3,000 Pounds. OUNG BOOZER, Angelich’s un- | " derstudy, is president of the Cotil- lion Club. Last year he was president of the sophomore class. Another back, Rudy Rhordanz. paints houses in his spare time, while his understudy full- back, Bubber Nisbet, spends his vaca- tions steamboating and in bee culture. Capt. Jimmy Walker is just one of six Tidesmen who answer “H'yah, suh,” when Coach Thomas calls “Jim." The others are Whatley, reg- | ular tackle; Radford and Rhyba, re- serve tackles: Tipton and Angelich. Tarzan White, right guard, is named aptly for he can lift 3,000 pounds in harness and 500 without. He can pick up any man,on the 'Bama squad and easily hoist him over his head. Bill Peters, left guard, hasn't any such strength, but he has scored a touchdown in his career and that's more than Tarzan can say. Bear Bryant, flankman, got his igkname from wrestling a bear when as 13 years old. After a minute estling, the bruin's muzzie came ' Off and the youngster got the scare of his life. Now he's 6 foot 2 and | weighs 196 pounds. He is said to be‘ a better end that Don Hutson of all-America fame.’ Galloped Wrong Way. BEN BASWELL, reserve guard, once distinguished (?) himself by run- ning the wrong way with a foot ball. As a high school fullback he picked | up a loose ball, ran 79 yards in the wrong direction, was tackled by one| of his own players, but stiff-armed | him and then turned around and| sped to a touchdown at the righl: end of the field. | Riley Smith, whose appearance at the start of Saturday's garse is doubt- ful, due to a leg injury, once ran the length of the field i high school for | the championship of the National City | proval from the bleacherites when the announcer read Commissioner Landis’ | showing 47,391 persons paid their way Hibbs faces the winner of today’s clash | in a final effort to stave off elimina- tion tomorrow. The Brewers, meanwhile, rest unt:l Saturday, when they meet the winner of tomorrow’s game for the champion- ship. They had little difficulty in rout- ing Hibbs yesterday, a 10-1 victory being self-explanatory. After they had scored five runs in the second inning the game lost all semblance of a con- test Lefty Brown and Bill James, pitch- ing for the winners, allowed the Bank- ers but five scattered hits. Fee Col- lier's two doubles led the Brewers to the final round. For the third and last time Auths and Nation-wide Grocers will meet for Junior League when they play a final game Sunday on the South Ellipse. Two previous double-headers have been divided on successive Sundays, thus the | decision to base the title upon a single | game. | Series Born Amid Who’opee By the Associated Press. ETROIT, October 3. — Al with Nick Altrock, leading the band which from 10:30 bleacherites, many of whom had been in line for more than 16 hours . . . they raced onto the fleld for their greeted Goslin as he climbed, catlike, up about 8 feet of the wire screen fronting the new temporary stands | Schacht. who used to team a.m. until game time played for the the roar which greeted the Tigers as warm-up . . . and the cheers which after a drive by Elden Auker ... Photographers, more photographers and then more movie men . . . first gathering in front of the Tiger dug- out and then the other . . . the white | car which drove to the front of the | Bengal dugout . . . discharged a num- | ber of persons, among them George Raft, the actor, and then moved smoothly out through the driveway between the left grand-stand seats and the pavilion . . . Babe Ruth, looking plump and more prosperous than ever...Talking to newspaper men in the press box, & big cigar in his mouth, a white carna- tion in his lapel standing out against the brown checkered topcoat and cap he jauntily wore...The roar of a felt better when he saw the statistics in New York November 9. Gulli, Simmons Series Arranged 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. NORFOLK, Va, October 3.—A 30-game match between Wash- ington's Lorraine Gulli, former un- disputed women's bowling cham- pion. and Ida Simmons, current No. 1 ranking bowler of the coun- try, has been arranged by John Y. Dennis, president of the National Duckpin Bowling Congress. Ten games will inaugurate the competition here on November 16, at the Health Center alleys. The second block will be rolled in Washington at the Lucky Strike alleys about a week later, and the final 10 games at the Silver Spring alleys in Silver Spring. Md. A purse is guaranteed by each alley, the winner taking all. a batted ball in play would be ejected from the park... Umpire Moriarty striding over to the Cub dugout, warning the Cubs | against their language in “jockeying the Tigers...Pointing his fingers at | several players and having them point | back belligerently at him...Green- | berg’s remarkable stab of Herman's ' line drive in the third...Hank went at least four feet off the ground to! make the catch and then looked in | his glove to make sure the ball was there.. . | The yells of the concessionaries after | the game . . . selling everything from miniature bats to peanuts “three for a nickel” , . . The numerous Tiger em- ployes in the front office who were within 60 feet of the playing fleld but didn't see a bit of action . . . Too busy | figuring up attendance, receipts and division of shares . . . The laugh that | one drew when he looked up from a| sheet full of figures and asked, fully 10 minutes after the last man had gone out ... “Is the game nearly over? . | And a radio giving a resume of the tilt only 5 feet from his desk . . . | Frank J. Navin, Tiger president, | coming slowly into the office . . . His Wwry grin when an office girl asked him how he “liked the game” and his short . . “Not s0 good” . . . He undoubtedly der that any one interferring with | into the park for the opener. | At the left you see Riley Smith, 200-pound quarterback of the Ala- bamans, who faces George Washing- ton Saturday and on whose physical fitness the invaders' chances may stand or fall. With him is shown Ben Plotnicki, flashy backfield ace of Pix- lee'’s phalanx, who is expected to share with Tuffy Leemans in pro- SPECS CUT SERES | viding fireworks. —Star Staff Phums..} Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball, World series—Chicago (N. L.) at Detroit (A. L), 1:30. TOMORROW. World series—Detroit (A. L) at Chicago (N. L). 2:30. Foot Ball. Albright vs. Georgetown Unie versity, Griffith Stadium, 8. Armstrong at National Training School, 3:30. Gonzaga vs. Eastern High School, Eastern Stadium, 3:30. Washington-Lee High School vs. Central, Central Stadium, 3:30, St. John's vs. Western High School. Western Stadium, 3:30. St. Albans at Gilman's Country School, Baltimore. Bullis Prep vs. Roosevelt High School, Roosevelt Stadium, 3:30. Devitt Prep at Fredericksburg, Va., High School. SATURDAY. Base Ball. World series—Detroit (A. L.) at Chicago (N. L), 2:30. Foot Ball. Alabama vs. George Washington University. Griffith Stadium, 2:30. La Salle at Catholic University, Brookland Stadium, 2:30. Virginia Tech Maryland, Baltimore Stadium, 2:30. Bridgewater vs. Gallaudet, Ken- dall Green, 2:30. ‘Wilson Teachers College vs. Up- sala, East Orange, N. J. American University at Wash- ington College. Tech High School at Episcopal, :30. Alexandria High School vs. Mas- sanutten Military Academy, Wood- stock, Va. P Howard University vs. Miner Teachers College, Howard Stadi- um, 2:30. Horse Show. Montgomery County, brook Saddle Club, Highway. Griff’s Gabfests Smack of Trades By a Staff Correspondent of The Star IDETROIT, October 3.—President Clark Griffith of the Nationals minimizes his pre-game and post- game activities. 'm just inter- ested in the games.” says he. Maybe, but he scurries around pretty well, and always in company | with another diamond magnate. That big Washington trade you'll read about in December probably is being made now. Meadow- East-West Bosses in Tomorrow Night’s Battle Here At Series Opener By the Associated Press. [DETROIT, October 3.—Official figures for the first World Series game yesterday were: Attendance, 47,391 Receipts, $145.432.00. Commissioner’s share, $21.814.80. Players’ pool, $74.170.32. Each club's share, $12.381.72, Each league’s share, $12,381.72, (Federal tax ng$ included.) _— . $145,432 in Till i 14 Above at left is Clarence L. Munn, Minnesota’s 1931 all-America product, who is head coach of the Albright collegians, who meet George- town at Griffith Stadium under the lights tomorrow night. Joe Meglen, co-captain, fullback and will be makingstheir 1935 debut. ‘With him is chief of the Hoyas,.who ¢ —Star Staft Photos. punter in | | | | |SECOND NAVY GROUP | TO OPPOSE MERCER iOn]y Two of Tentative Varsity to Start—King and Ingram Out Until Monday. Special Dispatah to The Star. | ANNAPOLIS, October 3.—Planning | to start against Mercer S ay nearly the same team that forn |second contingent against William |and Mary, Tom Hamilton and his | helpers are grooming that group in defensive scrimmage against B squad The only players in the lot who started Saturday wer Capt. Lou Robertshaw, center, and Otis Cole, left guard The rest of the team was: Left end Zeke Soucek; left tackle, Ned Hessel; right guard, Rivers Morrell; right tackle, Frank Lynch: right end, Irwin Fike; quart rback, Fay Willsie; left half, Ned Thomas: right half, Carl Fellows, and fullback, Frank Case. | It is Hamilton's purpose to use his |two complete teams. Neither can| designate as the first as yet for about | | equal periods and to try out many third and fourth string players if ! pogsible. There are many promising players in the latter group who have had little chance as yet. | Tom Kirg probably will be absent from the game Saturday and the serv- ices of Bill Ingram also are unavail- able. though both are doing well, ac- cording to reports from Misery Hall, y are expected on the field Mon- day, and Bill Bringle, who was thought to be out for the season, is expected to make another try in a week or two. WILL REWARD GRIDDERS. Gold foot balls and league emblem have been planned for rewards in the 100, 115 and 125 pound divisions of | the Columbia Athletic League at the end of the 1935 season. Applications | for these classes are being taken by President Joe Cohen, at 610 Irving street. Sporiligil—t (Continued From First Page) soned such hitters as Pepper Martin, Joe Medwick, Frank Frisch, Ripper Collins and other members of the gas house gang merely picked up where he left off in the big pinch game of | the pennant race. | Lon not only was master of cere-| monies, but in addition he looked ' cooler than an Abyssinian sitting on | top of an iceberg. Even in the fourth |inning. when he passed Greenberg jand Goslin with only one out. he stepped back into his stride, without | any fluttering duck fit or quivering pulses. to pick up the job and carry on It was Augie Galan’s dash and daring in the first inning that upset Rowe and gave the Cubs the jump. | The team around Warneke was otill | hot and smoking from its recent 21- | game stretch ¥ | Gabby Hartnett blew himself to a | brace of hits, getting a healthy jum) | on Mickey Cochrane. But, after all, it was that buggy-whip Ozark arm chat | rose and fell all afternoon with tae precision of a dagger thrust that wrote the story of this first game. Lon Warneke was the whole show, including the elephants, the tight-rope walkers and the pink lemonade. | He had everything a great pitcher | needs and he knew how to use it. His | exhibition carried me to 1905 and the first day that Matty shut out the Ath-T letics, allowing only one man to reach third. Lon’s Tiger domination was just as complete. His gaunt Arkansas shadow | still falls across this series as Charlie | Root and Tom Bridges step into the second show | «c-pyrignt. 1 New, WORLD SERIES Broadcasts Sponsored by FORD Over Columbia and N. C. net- works. Your are cordi to listen in on these broadcosts ot any Ford showroom. PRICES IN CHICAGO Active Police Discourage Scalpers—Cold Shortens Bleacher Line. By the Associated Press. | HICAGO, October 3.—While the ticket speculators cooled off, Chicago Cubs fans today awaited the return of their idols with mounting enthusiasm. With police, detectives and Depart- ment of Internal Revenue men lurking about to discourage scalpers. ticket prices showed signs of coming down to earth. Where operators were holding out yesterday for as high as $75 for threc-game box seat strips, tod quotation was $50. Grandstand strips were offered at $30. as compared to the | opening demand of $50. . Cold Checks Bleacherites. THE Cubs' workmanlike 3-to-0 vic- tory over the Tigers at Det.oit yesterday god Lon Warneke's brilliant pitching were discussed and redis- cussed. After the game, wagering cdds shifted from even money to 9-to- 5 on the Cubs to win the series. The triumph failed to lengthen the line of aspirants to bleacher seats which go on sale the day of each game. Rein and cold weather ap- parently had discouraged anyone from Joining Art Felsch of Milwaukee, and P. Thomas of Detroit, the early lers, who were snug in their tent vesterday as they listened to the radio broadcast of the opening game. Park Well Policed. A FORCE of 464 police has been as- “™ signed to handle crowds and motor traffic in the vicinity of Wrigley “eld duriog the two—or three—day of world championship base ball activity in Chicago. In addition, an- other detail was assigned to keep fans from watching the games from apart- ment building roofs adjacent to the battle ground. This order was sent out by Richard E. Schmidt, city build- ing commissioner, because of danger of fire or damage to roofs. Press Box (Continued From First Page) but they bob up every now and then. Babe Adams was a sensation against | these same Detroits in 1809, his first | season. Frankie Frisch riddled the great Yankees in hise freshman year. Freddie Lindstrom, st the age of 19, was a hero in the series of 1924. Pep- per Martin stole everything but Con- | nie Mack’s score card in his maiden | effort in 1931. NAVY YARD WOMEN T0 BOWL TONIGHT Four of Eight Teams Will Start Sherahns Has 185 Game in Fruit Growers' Locp. the N T“‘O matches will open ‘ ard W s Bow 2t the Columbia alleys ton: 1f of the loop’s team: tion at the outset Supp! D: on faces Inspection Divisio., while Progress Section meets Accountine. Anna Owens is organization. chairman of the One of the highest games of the early season was rolled last night on the Takoma Park alleys when Dutch Sherahn of Fruit Growers Express rang up a score of 185 in the Takoma Park Bowling Association. Sherahn's | big game sent his set figures to 394 His work also enabled Fruit Grow- ers to tie Seals Confection for team high game for the night. each r 648. The latter walked off with b set, 1,730. Shafer Motor Co. shot a 583 game and a 1.654 set to cop team honors in the Petworth League last night Louis Ruche of Brotman's™ Market took individual honors with a 155 game and a 380 set. BEARS CHEW UP FOE. CLEVELAND, October 3 (#).—The Chicago Bears romped through a team of Cleveland All-Stars in the Municipal Stadium last night. 57 to 7. But none of these boys broke out | like little Augie in the very first min- ute of play. And Augie admits he WAaS nervous. “Yeah, I felt jumpy and they kept holdin' up the game while I stood there,” he deposed afterward. “Then that Rowe pitched one and I could see he was a hell of a pitcher. Well, sometimes you hit 'em and sometimes you don't. I did.” Has Series Hero Makings. LI'XTLE AUGIE went on from there, | too. reached first In the eighth inning he base on Greenberg's | error, moved up to second on Herman's sacrifice, and then proceeded to steal third cleanly when the steel-armed Cochrane juggled the ball a moment. It's not everybody that goes down to third on Cochrane. In fact, it's virtually nobody. Little Augie Galan has the makings of a series hero, one of those things that no series is complete without. The Cubs like to get the jump in a& ball game, and Galan is their jumper, the lead-off man. You'll hear more about him this week. (Copyright 1935 by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) CHALLENGE SALE! ~ _TIRES Standard List Price Plus Tat @ s FIRST LINE We challenge any manu- facturer to build a better tive at any price. Guaranteed 12 months Unconditionally. for their Southern Confer- ence foot ball game in the Baltimore Stadium Saturday, but the Old Line coaches disagree with the “experts.” Jack Faber, Frank Dobson and Roy Mackert, the Terp tutoring triumvi- rate, figure the chances no better than even against a team that will pack | considerably more poundage than Maryland. Faber and Mackert have seen Tech in action this year and declare the Gobblers have every asset for a winning eleven. Terps' Backfield Speedy. \IARYLA!\'D figures on its greater "% speed in the backfield in its hope for a victory in its first real test of the campaign, as the fast traveling quartet on, Coleman Headley, ¥ and Jack be matched by 1amed three Old Liners ame at the openinz along wit ace will be whistle, Charlie the hole.” The Terps, however, will be out- weighed in five of the seven po in the line, having the edge only on the where the clever pair of Vic Willis and Lou Ennis are posted. From tackle to ta the Gobblers carry a big margin, their five men in these positions averaging well over 200 pounds. Has Its Full Strength. UT with Maryland primed for a speedy running and passing attack, it will take a lot of help from the sec- ondary defense if the Gobblers are to hold the Terps in check. ace guard, and John leading fullback, out last ill be in Saturday’s sta: giving Maryland its GALLAGHER TALKS FIGHT Will Discuss Levinsky Bout in Broadcast Tonight. 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