Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1935, Page 15

Coaches of D.C. Big Four All Unhappy: C. U.-Detro Hoyas Lack Scoring Punch, G. W. Fears Passes, C. U. Strategy Is Bad. BY ROD THOMAS. NDEFEATED Catholic Univer- sity has most reason to be pleased with its foot ball team, but it’s a fact that none 'of the coaches of the District's big four was without a gripe today. George Washington, which meets West Virginia Friday night at Grif- fith Stadium, will concentrate in practice on pass defense in which a weakness made it appear ridiculous at times against Alabama. The Colonials were okay in this department against Catawba, but in West Virginia they will meet a team that specializes in aerial play, and Head Coach Pixlee skips the Redskins and harkens back to Alabama in mapping his plans fdr the week Dutch Bergman at C. U. is howling for a quarterback. It seems that Pete Dranginis didn't call the right plays often enough against Duquesne and prevented the Cards from beating the Dukes more decisively. Whether Pete had in mind the Detroit scouts 4n the stands or simply forgot some choice maneuvers planned against Duquesne is a question he will be asked today at a skull session. Makofske Is Savior. _ J2ORTUNATELY for us,” said Chick Kenny, the C. U. publicity man, today, “Bob Makofske had a great evening with his boots. Bob kicked ‘out to midfield five times from behind .the goal. Three times the line saved ‘us from being scored on.” ¥ C. U. will meet an undefeated team at Detroit, but Gus Dorias. the Detroit ‘coach, is worried over the game. He rates the Cards as ome of the strongest teams on the Titan schedule. It has weight, speed, good forward passing and topnotch kicking—every- thing, in fact, a team needs to go to town, Dorais has been informed by his scouts. In their only other meeting, two | years back, Detroit beat the Cards, 26-0, but regarded it as the Titans’ toughtest battle of the year. Georgetown looks for rocky travel- ing against Miami University Satur- day at Griffith Stadium, and Coach Hagerty is bent upon developing a scoring punch, something his greatly improved Hoyas lacked against Ro- anoke, although winning 16-0 Against the Maroon, the Hoyas made 20 first downs, gained 214 yards by rushing and 90 by passing yet were able to cross the goal only twice, and once, at that, on an intercepted pass. Georgetown was within the 10-yard line no less than six times without being able to score. Four of its drives against Albright the week before petered out near the goal. Hoya Laterals Flashy. GEORGE.TOWN'S laterals consti- tuted some of the flashiest foot ball played here this season. The Hoyas' efficiency in this style of of- fense at times was a little startling. They surprised, too, with the extent of their improvement over the pre- vious week. Jack Hagerty and his _chief aide, Mush Dubofsky, are good coaches and if the Hoyas have any luck against injuries, they should be an excellent team by midseason. Jim Pixlee lost no time on his Te- | turn from Pittsburgh in telling the G. W. players what they will be up against when the Mountaineers come to town for the first time in several | ears. 7 Pixlee and his backfield coach, Bill Reinhart, were impressed most thor- oughly with the West Virginia over- head pyrotechnics. They failed to beat Pitt in a 24-6 contest, but the Panthers had trouble stopping the Mountaineer passing attack. With the addition of Carl Brum- ‘baugh, former Chicago Bear passing specialist to his coaching staff, Trusty Tallman has gone in strong for aerial gtuff, with Brumbaugh developing the ekill of Halfbacks Joe Gocke, Kelly Moan and Leo Fizer, among others. Lesson for Maryland. JESPECIALLY _capable, ginia its lone touchdown against Pitt on a beautiful long toss to Babe Bar- na, an end. Against Catawba G. W.'s pass de- fense looked good largely because the passer was rushed. One especially gratifying defensive performance was turned in by Fullback Herb Reeves, ‘who intercepted a pass and ran for a ‘touchdown. Reeves, it will be recalled, permitted an Alabama end to get be- tween him and the goal to catch a Jong heave that led to the Tide's first touchdown. Blocking remains an important item on the Colonial training pro- gam. Maryland, which goes to Lexington Baturday for the Cadets’ homecoming game, learned some jolting lessons from its 33-0 defeat by a great North Cerolina eleven. ““The Carolina attack,” says one com- spetent observer, Craig Taylor, writing in the Baltimore Sun, “with its excel- lent blocking, offers a first-hand illus- tration to the Terrapins of how their own offense can be improved. The Maryland line simply is not equal to ghe task of holding off adversaries of nearly even strength, coached to charge in upon multiple pass plays that take too many seconds to de- wvelop. “The Maryland type of offense can be made to work and at times smother &h opponent, but rarely will it suc- ceed against a hard-hitting, alert de- fense of the Carolina type. ONE FOR PALACE LEAGUERS. In the opening game of the Na- tional City 150-Pound League the Palace gridders defeated the Car- dinals, 14-6, yesterday at Seat Pleas- ant, Md. Walter Johnson, jr., and ‘Willie Feary scored in the final period for the Palace pigskinners to over- come an early Cardinal lead. ECKINGTONS SHOW WAY. JHill, Beck and Florida scored touchdowns as the Eckington A. C. Pixlee re-| ported to his men, is Kelly Moan, | 6-foot sophomore, who gave West Vir- | ITHOUT meaning to speak harshly of the dead, base \/ M ball is a funny business. ‘This magnanimous obser- vation is inspired by persistent rumors from out-of-town to the effect that Capt. Buddy Myer of the Griffith A. C. will wear another uniform next season. The report, of course, sounds sort of impossible. “Myer Traded to Yanks,” or “Buddy Goes to Indians” in headlines at first would read like a dirty trick on Washington fandom. It might smack of the Old Fox in his dotage and yet, without taking the rumor too seriously and running the risk of a highly probable official pooh-pooh, it is worth a few para- | graphs of speculation. | 1f Grift really is turning over | the thought in his mind, as rumors say, he is not to be envied. It's quite a job, this running a ball club and making such decisions. Crowder Went Cheap. IT IS costly to err in judgment of ‘-let alone to whom and for what. There are the cases of Al Crowder and Heinie Manush for support. Messrs. Crowder and Manush may be remembered as important cogs in the 1933 champion team. Early in 1934 several clubs were willing to go high for Crowder, who you couldn't laugh off his record and Griff didn’t. onto him a bit too long. ‘When Manush finished the 1934 season with a .349 batting average while playing for a seventh-place club, many teams gladly would have turned over some high-priced base ball fiesh for his services, even if he couldn’t throw a ball through a wet paper bag. But he still was with Washington in 1935, finished with a .273 average, | and so currently is listed by the Amer- |ican League’s David Harum as a | gamble. Heinie's Value Drops. 1EVERYBODY points to the lowest | | career and | | vividly remembers that he cannot | stick mark of his | throw. Heinie's trade-in value has dropped appallingly, as Mr. Griffith | | may have discovered when Manush’s | name was brought up during the late world series. The Yanks no longer | are interested, nor is Cleveland. Chi- | cago has a similar case on its hands | in Al Simmons, Detroit had Manush | once, and Hornsby is rebuilding. Did somebody say what that has to do with Myer? Maybe nothing. The chances are that . Buddy, new batting champion and better'n ever, will have another good year in 1936. Just because Crowder and Manush flopped is no reason why Myer should. i Yet there always is that chance. “After all, Myer is 32, and he has been up 11 years. 'DAVIS OF KENTUCKY TOPS GRID SCORERS | Makes 54 Points in Four Games. Parker of Duke and Patrick of Pittsburgh Trail. NEW YORK, October 14 (#).—Foot ball players who seek the honor of being the Nation’s highest scorer should keep their eye on Bob Davis, the Kentucky halfgack. In four games he has scored nine touchdowns for a total of 54 points to lead Clarence Parker, quarterback | of the Duke Blue Devils. Parker has tallied eight touehdowns for 48 points in the same number of games. The leaders: Po. G.TD.PAT.FG.Pt. Southeastern Conference— Dayis. Kentucky_ __H.B. 4 0 Southern Conference— Parker. Duke B. East— Patrick. _Pitt Southwest— Wiison, Meth__H. B. Coast— Goddard. Wash. St-QB. Big Ten— Williams. Ohio St H.B. g Six— Cardwell. Nebraska_H. B. Rocky Mountain— ‘Terry. Denver. Lass Sets Mark 15-year-old Atlanta star, who won the Georgia State women's golf championship by defeating Mrs. Guy Butler, 9 and 8. Although she closed the match on the tenth hole she finished the round with a 74, the lowest score ever shot on Atlan- ta’s East Lake course excepting & 74 by Joyce Wethered.—A. P. Photo. A BY FRANCIS E. STAN. when tolet go of good ball players, | won 26 games in 1932 and 24 in 1933. | The General was mellowing a bit but | So, when Crowder final- | ly was let go, all Washington got was | | the waiver price of $7,500. Griff hung CH @he Foening Staf Sporls WASHINGTON, D. C, Griffith Ever “on Spot” in Dickers to Make Nats Better Club. On “Spot”—And How! R Myer the Nationals probably could grab a pair of pitchers/ from the Yanks, whose 31-year-old| Lazzeri cannot play regularly any more. Ditto for Cleveland, whose Bozie Berger can field, but cannot hit. The presence of Johnny Mihalic means that Griff at least would have somebody to put on second base in the event that Buddy departs, and that is more than can be said about the pitching box at present. It must be quite a feeling, Clark Griffith’s. If Buddy slumps with| Washington next year, people will say the Old Fox isn't what he used to be. If he plays great ball for somebody else, they'd say it, anyway. Maybe Griff, in one fell swoop, can contrive to keep Buddy and at the same time come up with a couple of winning pitchers. Didn't he sell a ballplayer for a quarter of a mil- lion dollars last year? The Cards Fly High. IN A burst of daring speech, it might be said that Catholic University now seems to be sitting atop the local foot ball heap. With a bow to De- troit and North Carolina State, the Cards probably whipped their toughest foe in Duquesne last Friday and must be accorded at least an even chance of winding up the season undefeated. George Washington's against Catawba was offset by Missis- sippi State’s 20-7 win Saturday over Alabama, which a week previously routed the Colonials, 39-0. And a good Maryland team, even if it lives up to expecta- tions from mow on, mever will live down that 33-0 lacing by North Carolina. The Old Liners were not as bad They hardly could be. Maryland's defense did not seem as well planned | North Carolina was a pretty good ticipated. In Don Jackson the Tar- heels produced one of the best backs to be seen in this sector this year. comeback | as they looked against the Tarheels. | as it might have been, and then again | eleven, much stronger than was an- | Rose Bowl Ideas Develop, but Coach Views Only Tough Games Ahead. By the Assoclated Press. OS ANGELES, October 14— They aren’t even thinking of changing coaches out at the University of California at Los Angeles today—rather, they're begin- ning to talk “Rose Bowl” of the school whose teams never had won a grid vic- tory up to 1625. The reason for the early-season en- thusiasm for Coach Willlam Henry Spaulding and his Bruins was the 7- to-6 defeat of Stanford University Sat- urday, the first defeat since Tiny Thornhill's men lost to Washington early in the 1933 campaign. Spaulding came here in 1925 from Minnesota to take charge of foot ball for what then was a small normal school that didn't know what a grid win was like. Team’s Progress Rapid. HE year Westwood Will took charge the Uclans finished sec- ond in the little Southern California College Conference, and his first game saw the Bruins go down at the goose- ege end of an 82-to-0 score. In 1928 U. C. L. A. graduated into the Pacific Coast Conference, however, and won its first conference game from downtrodden Montana. The students were so set up over the 14-to-0 victory they uprooted their own goal posts. The day the Briuns defeated St. Mary’s, 12 to 0, in 1931, marked the definite removal of Spaulding’s men from opponents’ schedules for breath- er purposes. Coach Not Excited. W'ESTWOOD WILL refused to be- come excited about the situation today. “I see they have us playing in the Rose Bowl New Year day, and this is MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1935. They have a right to the title—quite literally. John, Raymond and Fred Korreck (left to right) are 16- year-old triplets and they have been proving the strong men of David Tech High School's foot ball machine this season. They are, respectively, guard, halfback and guard. P4 = adwm A—15 it Game Among Headliners —A. P. Photo. | Colgate Undone By Pet Strategy BY ANDY KERR. Head foo: ball coach, Colgate University. LEDO, Ohio, October 14— Eastern foot ball teams fared badly in their intersectional bat- tles last Saturday. Representing the Western Conference, Purdue and Iowa upheld the foot ball pres- tige of the Midwest by trouncing Fordham and Colgate. Louisiana State, for the South, scored a de- only October,” he said with a grin. “Why I don't even know where the Rose Bowl is. But I have heard of LITTLE LOOP UNDER WAY. touchdowns, the Georgetown Boys' Club upset the Centennials, 12-0, in | one of the opening games of the Na- tional City 135-Pound League. Brook- land Boys’ Club defeated Northeast Boys Club by the same score in the other loop fray. some teams that started out for the Rose Bowl in October and then had to With Johnny Seymour scoring both | turn around and go back. “All I know now is we have a foot ball game with Oregon here a week from Saturday. I've been told we have five other games on the schedule, in- cluding California, Southern Metho- dist, Loyola and Hawaii. So I guess | we'll just pldy them one at a time.” '| FROM THE PRESS BOX audience may smoke in the lobby, and ice water is available in the lounge. When the curtain goes up again the time will be December and the scene will be a room in a high-class hotel, with magnates and managers sitting around trying to kid each other into disposing of good ball players at cut rates. A few words remain to be said, how- ever, before we ring down the asbestos on Act IL. A lot of fatechewing went on at the recent world series. Some deals are in the air and other deals are threatening to collapse from mal- nutrition. Here is the situation with respect to a few of them: Pinky Higgins, Philadelphia third baseman, continues to be sought by three American League clubs—Boston, Detroit and Chicago. Boston is ex- pected to make the best offer, unless Joe Cronin decides he is tired and in which case the Boston offer may be for Eric McNair. Cubs Seek Another Pitcher. ARLIE GRIMM, though announc- ing that he is satisfied with his Cubs as they stand, will bid for an- | other starting pitcher if the price is | not too great. He has a pair of good | | recruit prospects in Kowalik and Hen- shaw, but Warneke, French and Lee are his only sure starters for 1936. Bill Terry still is working hard to get Rip Collins and might give up Ott or Schumacher in exchange—but not both. The Cardinals are demanding both at the moment. Cleveland, desperate for a catcher, | may raise the ante in its bid for Rol- | lie Hemsley. The Indians could use | Dickey in default of Hemsley, but Dickey is something of a gamble on ‘hu recent work and the Yanks likely | are to ask too much in return. The Yanks need an infielder badly. They would be glad to get McNair or BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, October 14.— Paste these two predictions in your hat: If a South- emn team gets the Rose Bowl call this time, it will be North Carolina or Duke . . . also, that the Georgia-Louisiana State game will decide the Southeastern Con- ference championship. Marquette’s all-America candi- date is Ray (Buzz) Vuivid . there's a boy who can go . . . Alabama saw more stars Satur- day than it can count in a month . . . Purdue seemed to get along pretty well without Purvis and Carter . . . hats off to Col. Bob Zuppke . . , his Ilinois team was letter perfect against Southern California. Other coaches who are feeling wants to move over to third himslf—! | not make a deal at all if they can't | | Deals Keep Base Ball Alive After Playing Season Comes to a Finish. BY JOHN LARDNER. HE curtain now has fallen m‘MyerA McCarthy was considering an base ball activity, denoting a | offer for Higgins at one time, but has lapse of two months. The | decided to stand pat on Rolfe at third The Red Sox have not abandoned their effort to obtain Jim Foxx and | an outflelder from the Athletics, in spite of President Yawkey's statement that he is going in for the develop- | ment of young players next year. Foxx admitted the other day that he | himself will be “the last to know,” tbut others close to the Athletic man- agement feel sure the Maryland | Mauler will switch to a Boston uni- form. If certaln new money is injected into the Brooklyn club, as planned, Casey Stengel will make a bid for Curt Davis, the great Phillie right-hander. Trading Peculiarities. THE difficulty about trading, buying and selling in the major leagues— it comes up every Winter—is that the magnates, unlike your dyed-in-the- ‘wool gypsy hoss-swapper, rather would & get the best of it by two to one. You can see how this might interfere with free trade. Only one party gets the better of any deal, and he is a very shrewd and lucky guy if he makes as much as 10 per cent on it. Thus, Mr. Bill Terry, though ex- tremely anxious to get Collins from St. Louis, can be pushed only so far by the close-fisted Cardinal business office. At a certain point Mr. Terry likely is to say to himself: “Hell, I would like to sit on the bench next year and rest, but why should I hand these guys a couple of ball players or a bundle of cash when I still can play first base better than any one in the business?” Mr. Terry would not be exaggerating. In the American League, it is Mr. Connie Mack who has the most val- uable items for sale, but, by taking this offer and that and playing them off against one another, Mr. Mack may throw a spanner in the machinery and congest the whole market. Of course, Mr. Mack is not in a position to hag- gle too much. He found himself more deeply in hock to the banks than ever at the end of the late season. (Copyright, 1935. by the North Newipaver Allance, Tha American expansive today are Maj. Ralph Sasse of Mississippi State, Ducky Pond and Greasy Neale of Yale, Dr. Mal Stevens of N. Y, U., Bernie Bierman of Minnesota and good old Bill Spaulding out at U. C. L. A This Negro boy, Ozzie Simmons out at Iowa, had the answers for all of Andy Kerr's gridiron hocus pocus . . . the day’s biggest upset was Mississippi State’s complete rout of Alabama . . . that Notre Dame rout took 30 paunds off the cisive triumph over Manhattan. It remained for Temple, coached by Glenn S. (Pop) Warner, to sal- vage some foot ball honors for the Eastern section. Temple defeated a strong Vanderbil* team in the mud on Friday, 6-3. Colgate bowed to a formidable opponent in meeting Iowa. The lateral pass, which Coigate has used extensively the past few years, proved to be its undoing. With 30 seconds left to play in the second quarter and Colgate lead- ing, 6-0, a lateral pass to Simmons, followed by some wonderful open- field running, went 60 yards for a touchdown. In this game Ozzie Simmons was the most elusive back I ever have seen. (Copyright, 1935. by the North - Yot Rewspaper Alltancer T " Sports Program For Local Fans ‘TODAY. Golf. Columbia Country Club, women'’s championships, qualifying round. Congressional Country Club, women'’s championship. ‘Washington Golf and Country Club, women’s championship. TOMORROW. Golf. P. W. A tournament, Indian Spring. Foot Ball. Washington Federals vs. Chicago Bears, Oriole Park, Baltimore, 8. ‘WEDNESDAY, Golf. Columbia Country Club, women's championship. Congressional Country Club, women's championship. Washington Golf and Country Club, women's championship. Foot Ball. Armstrong High at Mayfield, 3:30. THURSDAY. Golf. Columbia Country Club, women's championship. Congressional Country Club, ‘women's championship. ‘Washington Golf and Country Club, women's championship. s Foot Ball. Devitt Prep at National Train- ing School, 3:30. Washington and Lee High at Gonzaga, 3:30. FEDS PASS TO WIN Former D. C. College Stars Beat Staten Island Pros, 7-0. Special Dispatch to The Star. STATEN ISLAND, N. Y. October 14—A second period touchdown en- abled the Washington Federals to de- | game here yesterday, 7 to 0. | Former Capital college stars led in | the visitors’ victory. A 24-yard pass, Lee Carlin to Bill Parrish, produced | the score. Don Bomba converted. N. C. U., Duke Seen as Rose Bowl Prospects Ozzie Simmons Thwarts Kerr—Alabama Rout Biggest Upset—Didrikson Iron Girl. Yale has got something in Hess- burg . . . if anybody says Louisiana State hasn’t got a foot ball team, sue 'em. Babe Didrikson is excited over golf . . . at Hot Springs, Va., the other day she got up early and took a horseback ride . . . then played 18 holes . . . in the after- noon she put on an 18-hole exhi- bition . . . then played nine holes with a pro . . . and weund up the day with a little skeet shooting. Woody English, captain of the Cubs, is base ball's highest-priced bench warmer . . . at 37, Paavo Nurmi is talking about running again . . . correction on Joe Cro- nin: Eddie Collins says hell stay at short . . . but wait and see . .. Walter Hagen, the old master of golf, cleaned up plenty betting on the Tigers. \ | Hessberg's first long run. | broke up a Penn march and cost her feat the Stapleton Buffaloes in a pro | THE SPORTLIGHT | zmiriass Old Eli’s Remarkable Uphill Victory Over Penn Is Drama of Big Grid Day. BY GRANTLAND RIC N THE crash of so many impending | foot ball empires—including the | downfall of Alabama, Nebraska, | Stanford, Indiana, Fordham and Colgate—one of the most dramatic spots of a big day belonged to Yale. “I'll admit,” Ducky Pond said after | the game, “that when Pennsylvania had us 20 to 6 the outlook was bluer than a Yale flag. I knew we had an attack that should get going, but 14 points make up a big lead against a team as big and as strong as Pennsyl- vania was. “One of the main turns came on That still left us 8 points or two touchdowns away, but this run not only kept us going at full tilt, but it helped break | up the Penn defense. They had been | working to stop our passing game. They did this quite effectively at the start. But when Hessberg followed Prank for the second long march, and then scored again to leave the count at 20 to 18, Penn had to do something about our running attack. “In moving up to check this we went back to passing again for the last two touchdowns of the day. Our | running attack was sent under way from well-masked deception, which caught Penn’s secondary off guard. And Yale's blocking on these long scoring plays was high class all the way.” Another strong feature of Yale's play was the work of her two fine ends, Train and Kelley. “Train's two successive plays that | 14 yards was about as brilliant end | play as one will see this year,” Pond remarked. And to this you can add Kelley's two spectacular catches from Ewart's arm, both touchdown plays. On the second Kelley hed to wheel and catch & fast, low-flying pass just above his knees when he was off balance as the ball came by. s A Good Yale Team. THIS is & good Yale foot ball team. Make no mistake about that. It has speed and spirit and it is ably coached in every department. In addition to this Prank Wandle had the Blue squad in amazing condi- tion for this early date. In spite of a blistering hot day for foot ball and the dizzy pace set all afternoon in a touchdown orgy, Yale finished fresh and keen, while the bulkier Penn team was tiring fast down the stretch. Penn’s big backfield showed its drive and its power for the better part of two periods, but after that could never get going against a Blue defense that | to find Kelley’s range, the speed and | ONTAP SATURDAY Oppose Ohio State. the looks of this week’s sched= their mark on the 1935 foot ball sea= at the era of bewhiskered behemoths Rutgers again and the week when neighbors inaugurated the Autumn apart many years ago, they renewed the indications are that Princeton will Alonzo Stagg, gone from Chicago, and power, the clash between the Maroons gram. the mighty Ohio State team, which Py S | Sensational Yale Eleven Tackles Navy—Wildcats By the Associated Press. EW YORK, October 14.—From ule, the breath-taking ups and downs that already have puf son will continue Saturday. - To the fans who like to look bacl of the gridiron and 15-man teams, this is the week when Princeton plays “Stagg fears Purdue.” ‘The Tigers and their New Jersey custom of playing college foot ball games back in 1869. After drifting their rivalry in 1933. This week's meeting will be their thirty-third, and ring up its thirty-second victory. With the grand old man, Amos the tale about his “fearing Purdue™ worn thin by the Boilermakers' rise to and Purdue still ranks as one of the best of the week on the Big Ten pro- Th'e game, however, doesn't measure up in prospect to the battle between | walloped Drake 85 to 7 last Saturday. stubborn de- fensive array. Detroit in for Trouble. | ()F PRIME interest among the weei's intersectional games are Notre Dame-Pittsburgh, Minnesota-Tulane, | Boston College-Michigan State, De- | troit-Catholic University and Ford- both the running and passing attack. ham-Vanderbilt. ‘The Penn secondary also was caught Pitt, though not so strong as last flat-footed or blocked out on run after | vear, should be good enough to give run, as Prank and Hessberg began to the fighting Irish their stiffest test slip along the turf and Ewart began | so far. ‘The Michigan State Spartans, roli- the smartness of this Blue attack and | ing up big scores in every game, ought the able way it was directed after the 'to do well against Boston College, first period almost ran the Red and but Detroit, also unbeaten, may have | this early in the season. suddenly found itself and broke up Punts and Passes By the Associated Poess. LOS ANGELES—Another gridiron record is broken. When Illinois trimmed Southern California Satur- day, the Illini joined Notre Dame on the exclusive list of teams which have come from another section and have able to do that. ANNAPOIS, Md—1t will be bulldog against bulldog when Navy meets Yale this week. “Bulldog” Morrell, Navy dogs and the Tars expect him to live up to his reputation for tenacity in holding the Eli backs. DURHAM, N. C.—There seems to be no lack of good quarterbacks at Parker, the Blue GALESBURG, Ill.—A non-stop trip the bottom to the top is Knox's record. Last year “Old Siwash,” at the end of a 27-game losing streak, fin- ished at the bottom of the Illinois Conference standing. This season Knox has won two conference games to hold first place. It topped off the rise Saturday by defeating Augustana, co-leader in 1934. SYRACUSE, N. Y.—The Syracuse squad can't quite understand ~why some fans persist in regarding the Ohio Wesleyan game as a “breather.” In the last seven years the “Battling Bishops” have chalked up two victo~ and two tles against Syracuse. come here this week with an- ~ y Blue from Franklin Field. trouble with Catholic University. Fordham and Vanderbilt both have been defeated, but should be able ta put up a stiff fight. Other important intersectional clashes include the Centenary-Texas | and Louisiana State-Arkansas games, sending strong Southern teams against Southwest Conference rivals; Syra- cuse-Ohio Wesleyan and Friday's Duquesne-Washington ~ (St. Louis) | encounter. | In the East Saturday there is the Army-Harvard game, always colorful, despite the Crimson’s lack of success so far; the somewhat more promising Yale-Navy game, sending the un- beaten Tars against the Yale team which outscored Penn, 31-20, and such old standbys as Penn-Columbia, Brown - Dartmouth and Carnegie Tech-Temple. 'Bama Plays Tennessee. OUTHERN CALIFORNIA, victim ot l a 19-0 trimming by Tlinois, re. turns to conference competition against Oregon State. Washington and Washington State stage their an. nual scrap and California takes on Santa Clara. Mississippi, one of the ranking Southeastern Conference teams, meety Florida; Alabama's Tidesmen, wha were walloped, 20-7, by Mississippl State, play Tennessee, and Auburn encounters Kentucky in the big gamey of one Southern group. | In the other, Duke, acknowledged | Southern Conference leader, faces Georgia Tech; North Carolina, lead+ ing challenger, plays an outsider, Da« | vidson; Georgia meets North Caroling State and Maryland meets Virginia | Military. | Rice and Southern Methodist battle | to eliminate one or the other from the Southwest Conference race, Wwhile Texas A. & M. and Texas Christian | meet on the same basis. | The Rocky Mountain Conference clashes lead off with Utah State-Den- ver, with Colorado Mines-Colorado, Colorado College-Brigham Young and Friday's Greeley State-Montana State games rounding out the list. There were times when it began to look like a track meet. Yale's line held up well, getting better and better as the game moved along. With Train and Kelly around, there will be no worry about the flanks. The leading feature of Yale's play was the speed and variety of her attack. Her spinners and reverses were perfectly timed and almost perfectly executed. “I only hope” Greasy Neale re- marked, “that we can carry this same stuff agamnst the Navy. This will be one of the hardest games we have. I don’t think you'll see plays as well- timed and as well-handled very often We got a big kick out of the cool, smart way in which these young sophomores stuck to the job and went on to win against a 14-point handicap. They were far behind, but never down.” Heavy Jolting. 'HE heaviest jolt of the day struck Alabama. Unbeaten since early in 1933, the Crimson Tide was figured well over Mississippi State. But Maj. Ralph Sasse lost no time in jumping right in ihe middle of the season's spotlight. The old Army coach beat Alabama at its own game—through the balmy Southern air. Alabama has a star passer in Joe Riley, Dixie Howell's 1934 understudy, but Mississippi State had more than Riley could match. It was a big day's work for the able major, who now has a team smack in the middle of the main show. For he beat a good Alabama team | with several veterans on hand from the Rose Bowl wars. The downfall of braska and Colgate strong teams from parade. Minnesota showed surprising strength in the wake of many missing stars from last Fall. Nebraska is good this year, but Minnesota apparently is on her way to another unbeaten cam- paign. Stanford, Ne- removed three the unbeaten Purdue proved again that Noble: Kizer's team will be a large confer- ence problem. Purdue, Minnesota and Iowa moved well forward and Mich- igan’s victory over Indiana was the ngr;n3 cheerful Wolverine note since 1933. (Copyright 1035, by the North American ewspaper Alliance, Inc.) SO G SR BLAIRTON NINE ON TOP. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | MARTINSBURG, W. Va, October | 14—Blairton took the Bi-County In« | dustrial Base Ball League champion« | ship yesterday, defeating the Baker- ton diamonders, 3-1, in the fourth of a scheduled seven-game series. Picks Bears for Coast Title Phelan Sees Rose Bowl Washington State, U. BY JAMES PHELAN, Head Foot Ball Coach, University of Washington. HEHALIS, Wash,, October 14—The scenery has changed completely on the Pacific Coast. The great Stanford machine has dipped its colors to the youngsters from U. C. L. A. in one of the real upsets of the ' year, and California whips Oregon on a very slow field, prov- ing that the Bears of Berkeley must be considered as the “best bet of the day” for the coast champion- ship. The coast race now looks to be & four-way proposition involving Cali- fonia, Washington State, U. C. L. A. and Washington. Since all of the non-conference schools have been eliminated from Rose Bowl ambitions, let us consider the coast case as it now stands. ‘Washington State has a very good chance of going through un- defeated, but still has Washington and U. 8. C. as stumbling blocks. Washington, with a very difficult schedule and limited reserves, has a slim chance of reaching the “promised land” and can be a factor in eliminating some of the favor- ites, but does not appear as a factor for the top honors. U. C. L. A. must defeat California and this is & man-sized job, from [ Race Among California, C. L. A., Washington. what California showed against a strong Oregon team at Portland. All four of the contenders meet and my humble judgment at the pres- ent date is that California is headed for the Rgpe Bowl. In defeating Oregon, 6 to 0, Cali~ fornia was the master of the situa- tion on foreign grounds under ad- verse circumstances and demon- strated that the Berkeley machine is made of championship material. (Copyright, 1035, by the North Amerie can Newspaper Alliance.) Grid Results College. Canisius, 52; Brooklyn, 6. Fort Warren, 12; Regis, 6. St. Ambrose, 20; Columbia, Towa, 0, Professional. . ‘Washington Federal, ton, 0. Detroit Liens, skins, 7. New York Dodgers, 7. Chicago * Cardinals, 3; Green Bay Packers, 0. Chicago Bears, Eagles, 0. Passaic Reds, 14; Bay Parkways, Q Chicago: Grophers, 0; 8t Louls Gunners, 0. 7, Staple 17; Boston Red- Giants, 10; Brooklyn 39; Philadelphis