Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1935, Page 15

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, SPORTS. ON c H M A F|VE’S L|s‘|‘ on the 15-game basket ball schedule | December 13, Damascus; 17, St. | Gaithersburg; 31, Mount St. Josephs. sk ey iog of Charlotte Hall Military Academy, | John's, at Washington; 20, Woodwnd.l February 1, Silver Spring; 7, Dae Special Dispateh to The Star. Which opens its season on December | 5., 01y 7, Mount St. Joseph's, at | mascus, st Damascus; 14, Friends, at g 13. Both St. John's and Woodward j sl [ ’ . CHARLOTTE HALL, Md., November | will be met in a home-and-home series, | Baltimore; 10, Priends; 17, Woodward, ; Baltimore; 18, Hyattsville; 21, Gaithe 28.—Two Washington prep schools are | The schedule: at Washington; 24, Annapolis; 29, | ersburg, at Gajthersburg; 27, St. John's, ' Command Service Teams George Sisler. eorge oister Plans Base Ba eturn as Part Owner o t. Louis Browns =i 2 : Group of Sportsmen Will| Share Proprietorship With By the Associated Fress. T. LOUIS, Mo., November 28.— ; the glory and misfortunes of base ball in & decade with the to the team as a part owner. Stsler, once con- first baseman in base ball and manager, con- firmed reports last a group of St. Louis sportsmen plan to buy the American League | “We know just about how much the club,” he said, *and it looks as though we'll have little He said the St. Louis group had been in touch with Louis V. Von Weise of and trustee of the estate of Phil Ball, owner of the Browns. suffering eye trouble at the height of his playing career, said his projected an active role. | “Hornsby will do the managing,” he | D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1935. y AS CLUB MANAGER Former Star. George Sisler, who experienced 8t. Louis Browns, expects to return sidered the best one-time Browns' night that he and and business men club. it will take to buy trouble raising the necessary amount.” New York, president of the Browns Sisler, who managed the team after return to the diamond would not be in | asserted. Sisler Associates Named. AMONG those sald to be associated | in the project to purchase the Browns are Frank Ruppenthal, owner of the Flyers in the American Hockey Association; Ed Steffen, fur dealer; Edward Magnus, brewery vice presi- dent; Eugene Funsten, business man; | Walter M. Smith, department store manager, and Edward Marsh, psrtneri of Sisler in promoting soft ball league contests. | Sisler, who joined the Browns as a pitcher in 1915, was shifted to first base and became a star almost imme- | diately. A brilliant batter, he was voted in 1922 the most valuable player in the American League. Sinus trouble affected his eyes and | forced a lay-off in the middle of the 1923 season. After meaaging the Browns the following three seasons | he was succeeded by Dan Ho\\'k‘y; when Ball, the club owner, decided he did not have the managerial tempera- ment. | He played later with other teams | and passed out of the major leagues | in 1930. He is now a sportiig goods manufacturer and soft ball league promoter. LOOP LEAD AT STAKE IN HOCKEY STRUGGLE Chihawks, Rangers Face Tonight/ on New York Ice—Canadiens Meet Red Wings. By the Associated Press. N‘!W YORK, November 28.—A bat- tle for first place in the National | Hockey League's American division tops the Thanksgiving day program in the major ice circuit. | The Chicago Blackhawks, undefeated until they ran afoul of the Montreal | Maroons Tuesday, invade New York to face the second-place Rangers. | They are only one point apart in| the standings, although the Chihawks | have a technical advantage through | having played fewer games. A Ranger victory would put the Blue | Shirts ahead. | The second encounter tonight brings | together the Montreal Canadiens and | Detroit Red Wings at Detroit, with Montreal's place in the international | division as the stake. It is the first clash of the season between fhe Red Shirts and the Red Wings. If the Canadiens can win they will move into second place in their group. ‘They are tied with the Montreal Ma- roons. Detroit, three points behind the Rangers, has no chance to advance. TECH ENDING CAMPAIGN Tech High's foot ball team was ending its season today at Charlottes- ville, Va., meeting the Lane High 8chool eleven. The Maroon and Gray squad is substituting for Central, which originally was scheduled to meet the Virginians until the game with Mexico City here tomorrow was arranged. Coach Hap Hardell plans to use every player on his 30-man squad, alternating three teams throughout the game. e DECIDE GRID HONORS Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 28.— ‘The scholastic championship of North- ern Virginia was to be decided here today when the George Washington end Washington-Lee High School elevens met at Baggett's Field. A huge bonfire marked the pre- game celebration held at Hayden's Fileld last night. e e, BETHESDAN HONORED. A Bethesda boy, Bill Burney, has been named on the all-intramural foot ball team of the Manlius Prep School, Manlius, N. Y., according to word received from Mark Bardley, athletic director of the school. LOUIS ROBERTSHAW, Center and captaln of the Navy eleven which clashes with Army at CANAIAN “GATES SLI FOR BOMBER Coffman-Terry Combination Has Gothamites Talking. Der Max ‘Weakens. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, November 28.— N ‘Well, folks, it looks as if they’ll have to change the stationery to read: “The National League of Seven Professional Base Ball Clubs” . the happiest man to come out of that meeting of club owners last night was Charles Francis Adams of Bos- ton. He no longer owned the Braves . Ford Frick will add one ques- tion to the list his investigators are | asking people in the street ., . It is: | “Do you want to buy the Braves?” | (GIANT fans wonder how Bill Terry and Dick Coffman, two of our best-known 10-minute eggs, will hit 1tr off . . . Before the Stanford game Stub Allison of California said: “Stan- | ford will win, but I hope I'm lying again” . .. Fight experts say Al Mc- Coy of Boston is just the lad to pin back John Henry Lewis' ears , . . “Jafsie” Condon of Hauptmann case fame now bobs up as Fordham's first foot ball coach. Joe Louis isn't so hot above the border . . . Lou Dettner, Canadian | promoter, dropped $10,000 on Joe's exhibitions in Ottawa, Montreal and | Toronto . . . During all the time he | managed the Braves Bill McKechnie never had a contract . . . Judge Emil Fuchs, by the by, nmow is director of the Massachusetts Unemployment Commission , . . the job pays $7,000 per year . . ., more than the good Judge got out of the Braves . .. Tom Ginty, Cleveland sports promoter, is | in town. | BINCG CROSBY, the crooner, owns a race hoss or so and a piece | of Lightweight Freddy Steele . . . when Kate Smith, the buxom crooner- ette, heard about it, she went out and | bought herself an entire professional basket ball team . . . Max Schmeling is on his way to New York to sign for a fight with Louis next Summer . » . Max watched that river of gold roll by until he could stand it no longer . . . You can bet there'll be| a big shake-up on the Boston Redskins next season . . . Coach Eddie Casey may be one of those to go. Tad Wieman says his Princeton line is just about as good as the| masterpiece he turned out at Michigan | in 1925 . . . Tom Yawkey and Eddie | Collins are hunting in South Caro- lina . . . Bill Terry did a lot of pop- ping off last Fall about retiring, but those in the know say he'll be right back on first for the Giants, aching dogs and all . . . Eight of Harvard's starters against the Yales will be back next year. INTERCITY TABLE TENNIS. ‘Washington-Baltimore table tennis rivalry will be on display tomorrow night at 403 Eleventh street north- west, where Elias Schuman, District champion, meets Bernard de Boer, Baltimore’s best, in an exhibition match, starting at 9 o'clock. N.Y.U.in Running For Bowl Battle By the Associated Press. PAw ALTO, Calif., November 28—California foot ball fans took more than usual notice of the Fordham-New York University game at New York today. They had the word of the Stan- ford's graduate manager, Alfred R. Masters, that the N. Y. U. eleven— if it won—would be “a highly eligi= ble” Eastern opponent for the In- dians in the annual Rose Bowl game New Year day. He said the Eastern representa- tive would not be chosen until next week. This was taken to mean that masters wished to learn the out~ come of the Texas Christian- Southern Methodist game Saturday before making a decision. Michigan’s Record Its Defense Yost Cites Titles Won, Wealth of Points Conipiled in Answering Critics’ Attacks. E NN ARBOR, Mich., Novem- ber 28 (F)—Flelding H. Yost, athletic director of : the University of Michigan, Séduces the Wolverine foot ball record to statistics, in defense of the Michigan “system.” « * “If we waited for the other nine ,feams in the Big Ten to pull even with us, we'd have to wait 80 years < | | | BILL SHULER, Star end, Who will lead the West Pointers against the Middies at Franklin Field before an estimated crowd of 80,000. -Wide World Photos. BISONS AND LINCOLN READY FOR WHISTLE Howard Is Slight Favorite in Gridiron Battle Between 01d Foes Tonight. Special Dispatch to The Star. TLANTIC CITY, November 28.—| 'Midst ali the tradition connected with the country's oldest colored foot ball rivalry, Howard University of Washington and the Lincoln Lions awaited the whistle tonight in the Auditorium for their thirtieth battle. The Bisons, despite a mediocre record for the season, reigned slight favorites to down Lincoln. The return of Plummer and Oxley to the back- fileld has served to boost Howard's stock. Since their foot ball rivalry began 37 years ago, Howard has won 14 games, lost 8 and tled 7. QUINTET SEEKING TILTS. Auditing Division, G. A. O., desires games with unlimited basket ball teams having gyms. Call Oscar Long at Adams 4353. Wiggins Survives Third Skull Hurt By the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIE. November 28.— Chuck Wiggins, whose stamina as a light heavyweight boxer in other days belied his unorthodox training methods, boasted today of another remarkable recovery from a skull injury. “It pays to have a bombproof noggin,” Chuck commented after his release from the hospital where he was treated for what was be- lieved to be his third skull frac- ture within a year. The first came from blows on the head with a shotgun wielded by a Negro. Twice since then he fell and renewed the fracture, the last time on November 12. 40 Years on Grid U. graduate, who rounds out four decades as & foot ball official in refereeing the P. M. C.-Ursinus game at Chester, LONE TIGER NEED An Al Simmons Would Make Champs Reasonably Sure of Another Flag. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, November 28.—One more outflelder —maybe Al Simmons—is all the world champion Detroit Tigers need to feel reasonably sure of winning the American League pennant for the third straight year. That is the word of Mickey Cochrane, now vice president of the club as well as manager, Florida with Walter O. Briggs, new owner of the Tigers, Cochrane ad- outflelder, but that so far he and his old pal Jmmy Dykes couldn’t agree on $75,000 and Gerald Walker. York Is Versatile. stand pat on his club, which has some promising reserves. Rudy York one-man ball team. “He can catch, play the outfield, first may be the answer to our outfield prob- |lem,” said Mickey. | looking third basemen ready for trials | next Spring, Don Ross from Beaumont, | Labbs from Milwaukee, | B TR Brooklyn Held Likely Spot for Evans. EW YORK, November 28—If | [N Charlie Dressen hadn't come | could have had a coaching | job with the Giants . . . Bill Terry | | Tip to Billy Evans: If Bob Quinn goes to Boston, get in touch with “Judge” Columbia alumni are afraid Lou Little, who gets $20,000 per year and because of poor material . . . Haw! Jimmy Leto was all banged up in the two-year home-and-home agree- ment between Temple and Marquette | this Bobby Grayson must be the real thing, boys. almost doubling the salary of Judge W. G. Bramham, minor league ‘Landia if a successor is ever ap-| pointed . . . which we doubt. . . .' miler, will make his first invasion of | Dixie in the Sugar Bowl track meet Lou McKenna tells this one on Sheldon Beise, Minnesota fullback center of the fleld with Dick Crayne {in the Minnesota-Iowa game, the captain, you get the choice of the |coin” , . . to which Beise replied: | Notre Dame fans are finding |t. p;y; whistle these days. | YOUNG Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt of the American turf this year . . . and the Aga Khan, one of the world’s England . . . just goes to show that them as has gets. . . . Bernie Bier- | each other as coaches four times . . . the total score is 74 to 3 for Min- or carry the leather past the Gopher goal line. champ, is getting ready to open a gymnasium in Council Bluffs . . . the the hug-and-tug racket by means of stooges. . . . the Yanks will part Returning from a conference in mitted he was after a hard-hitting & price for Simmons. Dykes had asked Ommwmz Mickey is satisfied to from Beaumont was described as a | base and hit like a son-of-a-gun. He | The Tigers also have three good- | Gil English from Portland and Chester | Sought as Coach by Giants. By the Associated Press. to terms with the Reds he | made him a nice offer at Dayton . . . McKeever of Brooklyn. i owns 36 suits of clothes, ‘may quit last fight with Harry Dublinsky . . . will not be continued next year . . . GOOD for the base ball men for| |czar .. . he may be the next Judge | Glenn Cunningham, Kansas' great at New Orleans next month. . when Beise was called to the | referee said: “Mr. Beise, as visiting | “Beise, pleasey, not Beesy." to stay in their seats urfil the last is the leading money winner richest men, tops the winners in man and Harry Kipke have opposed nesota , . . Michigan has yet to pass Farmer Burns, the former wrestling farmer lives at Omaha, but will teach with Bill Dickey in a pinch, good for old spearfish normal . . . still in the Rose Bowl running. SAIL TO FINAL WINS Louise, Brangler II Are Best in Potomac River Series. With crews scrambling to the high sides as the choppy Potomac heeled the craft to dangerous angles, Louise and Brangler IT finished first in the final races of the Potomac River Sail- ing Association Fall series off Hains Point. 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