Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1935, Page 32

e Foening Star Sporls % WASHINGTON, e, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1935, Maryland and Georgetown Not in Best of Shape for Momentous Grid Battle OLD LINERS WORN FROM LONG YEAR Hilltoppers Nurse Hurts.i Colonials Likely to Set Gate Record. BY ROD THOMAS. ARYLAND'S foot ball coaches took stock of resources today and decided the best prepara- tion for a battered squad looking to the clash Saturday with Georgetown at Griffith Stadium was &s much rest as possible. Vic Willis, one of the outstanding | ends of the year in this section; Blair | Smith, fine reserve wingman, and John Gormley, fullback, have spent the last | two days in the infirmary with severe colds; Coleman Headley, fleet quarter- back, is on the injured list, and the other regulars are pretty much worn out by the eight games they have played this year, especially by the | grueling scraps of the last two weeks | with the much heavier Indiana And‘ Washington and Lee teams. | Eight games is the usual schedule | for most teams, but in addition to the | Hoyas, the Old Liners still must meet Syracuse and Western Maryland, with | Syracuse to be played five days after the Hilltoppers. SO MARYLAND'S problem in looking to the battle with the Hoyas is to nurse its players back to physical and mental fitness. This means light signal drills and instruction in how to com- bat Georgetown's attack will constitute all the preparation the Terp tutors will inflict on their pupils. Ed Daly, reserve back, out since | the Virginia game on November 2. and Bernie Buscher, end, and Mlke‘ Surgent, guard, hurt in the Indiana contest, took part in practice yester- day and as far as injuries go the Terrapins are better off than at any, time since the season began. But| the illness of Willis, Smith and Gorm- ley and the general raggedness of the squad physically is something to worry about. But Georgetown, too, is not in the best of shape, either physically or mentally. The Hoya supporters fear a let-down from the hard-won vic-, tory over Manhattan and several highly valued players are hurt, nota- bly Bob Snyder, end; John Cavadine, end, and Bob Ferrara, back. All are expected to play Saturday, how- ever, G. W. Out for Record. Hoyas in Trouble, Too. o EBERTJ!@@' Rt . . ___ 24 ; ;OMMRA o wdy A B %Q:» o | Prexy Calls Rumored Yank, - ” in the Dark. RANDING rumors of a three- i cornered deal among the Na- as “shots in the dark,” Presi- dent Clark Griffitn today was non- | commital concerning the possibility of Club boss broadly hinted that Manager Bucky Harris, now attending the an- nual meeting of ihe minor leagues at | foundations for trade or purchase de- | signed to bolster the local pitching staff. | to officially open today, it was expected in base ball quarters that forthcoming reverberations would be heavier. from the second division and armed with permission to use as bait at least two outfielders as well as possibly one make a serious effort to clinch a deal before the Dayton conclave ends Prie day. limelight yesterday as major and minor league moguls appeared on the scene. Among the chief rumored | Outfielder Heinie Manush and Pitche er Jack Russell to Boston, Oute fielder Ben Chapman and Pitchers to the Naticnals end Outfielders Roy Johnson of the Red Sox, Johnny Stone ! and Pitcher Bump Hadley to the Red l Red Sex, Nat Deals “Shots tionals, Yankees and Red Sox any such deal but the Washington Dayton, Ohio, was there to lay the In fact, with the meeting scheduled Harris, anxious to raise the Nationals of his present hurlers, is expected to The Washington club basked in the deals was one which would send Johnny Murphy and Jimmy De Shong Sox. Yanks Wanted Stone. WOULDN'T mind haviig Chap- man and Murphy,” declared Griffith today. “In fact I tried some time ago to talk a deal for Chanman With Joe McCarthy (manager of New | York), but there was nothing doing then. “I regard Murphy as a very good t too, but even if this rumor was an offer I don't know whether I would ccisider it. That Russell-to-Boston angle is silly We'd be giving up four ball players for three, according to that deal. And I don’t know where De Shong fits into the rumor.” Griffiith, celebrating his sixty-sixth | birthday anniversary today, would not deny that the Yanks were hot after Stone last Summer. “But I like him, too.” averred Griff. “Such a deal GEORGE WASHINGTON and Cath- olic University have several extra days to prepare for their next en- Western flashed a bit of its short pa it came from behind yesterday in Roo Riders. 13 to 6, and acMeve its first v sing attack (upper picture) as It Stadium to whip the Rough tory of the waning foot ball season would mean giving up two regular | outfielders. That's something to be gagements, Thanksgiving day, the Co- lonials with North Dakota at Cen- tral Stadium and the Cards with North Carolina State at Griffith Stad- jum, both of which are intriguing affairs G. W, which has been setting the pace in one way or another in District foot ball for the last five years, is ex- pected to break its own record for a season’s attendance, needing only 4.000 | at the North Dakota game to beat last | year's mark of 101,000. All seats will be sold for $1.10 each, including tax, but only those purchased on or before Tuesday, November 26, will be re- , served. North Dakota already is in the East. It will play Western Maryland | Saturday in Baltimore and Head | Coach Pixlee of the Colonials and a | number of his players will ‘lund v.he game. Tuffy Lemans is partlcularly eager for the meeting with the Nodaks, champions of the North Central Con- ference. It will be remembered that North Dakota beat the Colonials last year by blocking one of Lemans’ punts. Besides getting even for that Leemans hopes to wind up his college career with a great performance. Many a gridiron addict will be on deck just to see Tuffy tie a knot to one of the most brilliant careers in the history of Washington foot ball. He is expected to carry on in the pro field after fin- ishing school. Made Good on Boast. UFFY will have a keen eye on one | of those Nodaks—Louis €Chumich, 230-pound tackle, who played against | Leemans in high school in Superior, | Wis. Before last year's game between North Dakota and George Washing- ton, played in the rain, Chumich warned Leemans that he would block one of Tuffy’s punts. He did, to win the game, falling on the ball behind the G. W. goal. Five other Colonial seniors besides Leemans will bow out with the North Dakota game. They are Capt. Harry Deming, who has won four games in two years by kicking field goals; Sid Kolker, who has played a consistently fine game at guard and tackle; Hank Vonder Bruegge, & valuable end; Red Rathjen, one of the best centers ever to play for a District institution, and Ben Plotnicki, who is G. W.s only triple threat besides Leemans. Catholic University will lose Capt. Ed Karpowich, star tackle; Bill La- Jousky, powerful guard, and Hal McGann, capable end: | age span. THE SPORTLIGHT Grid Stars Gain Th eir Share of Fame in Business and Professional World. BY GRANTLAND RIC| “WHAT becomes of all the “The all-America BY GRANTLAND RICE. f star foot ball players?” a correspondent asks. candidates—the bunch that make the‘ headlines? Do they get any farther | ! along than other students who miss' all this fame and notoriety?” Under our modern economic regime, most of the leading foot ball stars of this period still make good—they make good tackles, ends, backs and guards| in pro foot ball. | A large percentage of those who step | out of college can't always step into a| job. So if they can pick up from $1,500 to $3,500 playing foot ball for a few | months, no one can blame them. As| far as we can check back, foot ball players have at least held up the aver- Maj. Gen. Malin Craig, chief of staff of the United States Army, was one of West Point’s first stars. T still recall a rainy day in France when a ranking general was named to pin on a few medals. For some rea- son, the program ran into a 10-minute delay. “What is the reason for this?” the irate general asked. Without batting an eye. Gen. Craig answered, “The fault is entirely mine, sir, for which there is no excuse.” This closed out all rebuttal and argument. Every- thing moved smoothly from that point on. “I'll tell you one of the first men and one of the best men I worked with in| foot ball on the Pacific Coast,” Fielding | Yost said recently. “He was Jukstm‘ Reynolds, a Stanford star, now presi-{ dent of the First National Bank of New Ycrk. Jack Reynolds was not only a fine back but an able coach. Every one knows today what his place is in the banking world. He was help- ing me at Stanford around 1900." Some Others. SHORT while back, during the world series. I ran across Fred Murphy, Yale’s star tackle back in Hinkey's day. Some 40 years ago he was a Yale| foot ball captain and one of Yale's star players. For a great many years | Fred Murphy has been one of the leading surgeons of the West. He is still a trustee of Yale and of Andover. Hugh White, captain, of one of| Yost's point-a-minute teams at Mich- igan, was president of the Fuller Construction Co.,, one of the ablest men in his line. One of the leading officers of this same company was John Reed Kilpatrick, the old Yale end, now president of Madison Square Garden. Brink Thorne, one of Yale's leading stars, one of the greatest backs of his day—or any day—was one of the | leaders in New York’s commercial life. What about Willie Heston? One of the greatest backs of all time has long been a Michigan judge. Raymond Starbuck of Cornell, the best named man in foot ball, became | the leading mandarin of the New | York Central. Joe Beacham, another Cornell and Army star, is one of the leading at- | torneys of the South. Mat Sloan, one of the best known | utility leaders, was a former star at Auburn. Woodrow Wilson was once a foot ball coach, and Herbert Hoover was a foot ball mana- ger at Stanford. John Sargent, Attorney General un- | der President Coolidge, was a pretty | good lineman at Tufts. Dan McGugin, a star at Michigan, head coach, and now athletic director (See MRTLIGHT “Page B-14) | ern Methodist. Incidentally it was the first time Western had scored Johnny Hatch and Morris Snead. backfield aces, up a few yards in the thira quarter when Western rallied to stage a touchdown march through the Roosevelt line, is pass. Western won the game In the lower picture the Their running attack are shown picking trailing by 6 to 0 that tied the score. Snead, ing seen in the act of snagging Hatch's high in the final period Rough Riders exhibit offensive to chalk up their first touchdown of the stopped virtually a heretofore latent high school series at the Western goal line. the Riders took to the air with Dick Grant heaving a wobbly pass to Francis Beamer, who was forced to run in fast for the ball a dive. was unable to hold. MUSTANGS, FROGS GETTING JIHERY More Afrald for Saturday Than for Own Meeting on November 30. By the Associated Press. ALLAS, Tex. November 20— N Southern Methodist's un- tamed Mustangs and Texas Christian's unbeaten Frogs— | the irresistible force and the immov- able object of Southwest Conference foot ball, which clash November 30— were more apprehensive today over their games this Saturday. Southern Methodist will be up against the Baylor University Bears, the “caroling quarterback,” Lloyd Rus- sell, who beat them, 13-6, last year, and the Bruin jinx. Texas Christian meets the Rice Owls, beaten this year only by South- The Frogs gave the Owls their only defeat last year and the Owls would like to turn the tables | —something they haven‘t done since | 1924, All-America prestige also will be at | stake in Saturday's battles. At Fort Worth, 25,000 are expected to see the clash of two 1934 all-Amer- ica choices, Darrell Lester, big T. C. U. center, and Bill Wallace, Rice half- | back. Other bidders for individual honors will be “Slinging Sam” Baugh, Christian's great passer, and John | McCauley, Rice's sensational ball car- rier. Mexican Gridders Must Watch Fast Richardson Spark Plug of Central Team in Drive to High School Title Is Threat to Invaders. EARLY as dark-skinned as the Mexicans he will op- pose, 150-pound, stocky Billy Richardson, spark plug of the smooth Central High School machine, will be the man for the invading Mexico City all- star eleven to halt on the after- noon of November 29 at Griffith Stadium if the Latin American aggregation is hoping for victory. Climaxing four years of scho- lastic foot ball with one of the & greatest displays of line-smashing, blocking and passing seen on a local schoolboy team in recent years, the colorful Richardson nevertheless was placed in the Central line-up as a joke. That was back in 1932, when Richardson weighed but 130 pounds and was the smallest boy on the Central squad, which included such hefties as Frank Kocsis, Hank Gibbins, Martin Fisher, Nick Pistolas, John Nicolopoulos and George King. Coach Bert Coggins, who then was building his 1933 champion- ship outfit, was a tutor who gave every boy out for the team an opportunity to make the grade. Little did Coggins, or any one con- nected with the team, realize that the tiny fistful of dynamite would tear the Central line wide open when his chance elme Richardson had other ideas, however. Working with the first team, Billy smashed off tackle and swept the ends like a veteran. Coggins stuck him on the second eleven, against the first team line, but still Richardson ran his mates ragged. He was placed on the first team and has been there since. The outstanding star of Cene ° ral's recent march to the high school championship, Richardson scored six of the Blue's dozen ~ touchdowns and played an impor= tant part in other trips down the field. One of the most accurate passers to grace scholastic ranks in years, Billy also backs up a line with the best of them. His deadly tackling and great defensive work played a major part in Central’s hard- earnec victories over Tech and Eastern. After Tech had pasted a 13-0 shiner on Central in 1932, Hap Hardell, Tech’s gloomy coach who has turned ont a number of title teams, arose at the Maroon victory assembly the following day to ig- nore the fine play of his own men and praise Richardson's plucky fight. If Hardell praises a player, that player can consider himself & real foot ball star. Richardson is Jjust -that. * and end the catch in The heave was good for a touchdown and a lead which Roosevelt _ —Photos by John Mueller, Star Stafl “PROGRESS” MADE BY GABBY STREET Advances From Missions to | Saints—Ace Passer Found | to Be Color Blind. BY EDDIE BRIETZ. Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, November 20.—Is Billy Evans, out as business manager of the Cleveland In- | troit? Good for Dartmouth for renewing Red Blaik's contract, no matter what may happen Saturday. Burt Keane of Hartford says Gabby Street is making progress: In 1935 ke man- aged the Missions manage the Saints. . . . May- be Wallace Wade contract. up an exhibition tour in New Eng- land this week to |start training for the Uzcudun fight. . . . Fritz Crisler has a swell foot ball piece in a big 5-cent maga- zine. . . . Charlie Grimm has soured |on Chuck Klein and will go after | Pepper Martin, Gabby Street Interceptions Explained. ET Pea Head Wa¥ker, Elon College coach, tell a pip of a foot ball story: “I have a halfback who is one of the best passers in the South . .. He's been pitching that ball for us for nearly four years but one of his big troubles was our opponents intercepted about half his passes ... After every game I'd drill him and put him through the most vigorous practice . He would appear to improve . . . He would rip the ball down the field with the accuracy of a rifle . . . I be- lieve he could throw the foot ball into a barrel 50 yards away . . . After watching him in practice I was sure he was all set, but when Saturday rolled around again the opponents would start snagging his passes . . . Four years of this business has just about worn me out . . . So the other day I had his eyes examined . . .And what do you think? . . . Well that guy is color blind and can't tell our jerseys from the other team' A Ponderous Gridder. FLOYD DEHEER, Iowa tackle, stands 6 feet 7 and scales 235 pounds . . . German hotels are teach- ing their chambermaids English so they can converse with Olympic visi- Wfl,“lfl* dians, going to wind up at De- | and in 1936 he’ll | didn't reward| Duke for that| new five-year| | Joe Louis winds | Bl ¢ League Rumors Fl\ Fast 43 \lmor Meeting Is l)pmmd AYTON, Ohio November 20 (#)—Base ball trade winds blew today as the m league meeting opened—but es were consummated A of the managers were holding off on finak decisions in hopes of do- ing better later in the sessions. Lunckeon tabies, hotel ronms and cor- ridors were the trading ma: Branch Rickey, vice Dr€<xu(‘n( of the St. Louis -Cardinals, was very much in the spotlight with his an- nouncement that 30 of the 38 Red Birds were on the auction block. Only “Dizzy” and Paul Dean and Jesse Haines, hurlers: Outfielders Joe Medwick and Terry Moore, Infielders | Leo Durecher and James (Ripper) Collins and Manager Frank Frisch are sure of Cardinal berths in 1936, Rickey said. Among the reports was one that Billy Evans, former general manager |of the Cleveland Indians, would take | over the presidency of the Detroit Tigers. The world champions passed under control of Walter O. Briggs Tuesday and Briggs announced that ke has neither health nor time to as- sume the club presidency. Among the deals actually completed was the transfer of Bud Tinning, 27, right-handed hurler, from the Colum- bus American Association Club to the Indianapolis Club of the same league via the waiver route. Tinning won 11 and lost 9 for Co- lumbus last seeson. In 1931 Tinning won 24 and lost two for Des Moines. He won 16 of the games in a row. A wholesale exodus of Albany players from the International League to Galveston of the Texas loop re- | sulted from one deal. Vice President | Roy Koehler of Galveston announced PALACE OFFERS TEST FOR MARYLAND A. C. | Last Foe Before the Latter Takes on Washington Pros for District Title. ACING its final barrier before clashing for the District semi- pro championship Sunday against the Washington Pros, the Maryland A. C. Palace A. C. eleven tonight at Griffith Stadium at 8:15 o'clock. The only team to score against the Marylanders this season, dropping a 13-6 verdict about a month ago, the Palace pigskinners have been aug- Labre, probably the foremost sandlot performer ever developed in the Dis- trict. De Labre, who )will start at fullback, will be flanked by Mike and Johnny Scanlon and Bumps Hudson. Willis Benner and Dick Nelson, former University of Maryland stars; Frank Cumberland, Western Maryland, and Gene Augusterfer, Catholic Uni- versity, will comprise the Maryland A. C. starting backfield. Norwood Sothoron, all-Southern quarterback at Maryland, doubtless will see plenty of action. Sweeping to victories over the Marions, Palace, Norfolk Clancys, Richmond Arrows, Fredericksburg Cor- sairs and Frankfort Pros elevens, the Marylanders have rolled up 124 points to the opposition’s 6. The Richmond Arrows were fought to a scoreless tie in their first game of the season. Joe Katalinas, former Georgetown University tackle, has signed with the Marylanders and will perform at one of the tackle posts tonight. will stack up against & strengthened | | mented by the addition of Snail De | cash iton to Al- chers Mark ley and Beryl Richmond. Outfie! Charles Hostetl First Baseman Pete Susko and Infielder Danny McGee. Max Bishop of the Boston Red Sox dropped out of the majors to take over the reins of the Portland Club in the Pacific Coast League The International League, first of the minors to hold its annual meeting, adopted a 154-game schedule opening April 16 and closing September 7. In- dications that the “little world series™” between the International and Ameri- can Association pennant winners would be resumed next year were evi- dent. The minors, with about 650 dele- gates present. considered about 90 amendments to the national agree- ment today. Most of them were for the purpose of setting of Judge W. G. ¢ h:s club had given tcher Claude (Bob) L considered.” ! Neither would Griff deny there was no possibility that Harris might make a deal during the minor league meet- ing. despite previous statements that any trade would be unlikely until the major league convention next month. “If Bucky can line up something he likes he probably will phone me. We won't wait on anything. 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