Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1935, Page 11

The Foening Staf Sporls WASHINGTO D, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1935. A—11 Southwest Scales Gridiron Heights as Cleated Warriors End Wild Campcugn Than in East. BY GRANTLAND RICE. I Midwest you might be sur- prised to know how many foot ball The two teams are Southern Meth- odist from Dallas and Texas Christian ~an attack that combines hard, fast running and high-class blocking, ex- the split second, lines and end that know their stuff, plus man-power that every section of the country—from New York to Los Angeles—with the The Yankee Stadium or the Yale Bowl couldn’t provide seats for the Teams Emphasize Forward, Lateral Passing More ORT WORTH, Tex. November 30.—1f you happen to live in California, New York or the experts believe the two strongest teams in the country are meeting at Fort Worth today. from Fort Worth. The experts base their opinions on both offensive and defensive strength cellent forward passing and consistent Kicking—a defense that features two big, aggressive lines that plow in on can move around. This Southwestern challenge has brought in foot ball writers from general idea of getting their own slants on the comparative merits of the Southwest against the field. crowd trying to see this Texas final— Baugh against Wilson providing one of the main debates of the day. Some Comparative Values. THE Army is playing the Navy— 4 Princeton is tearing into Yale— Btanford is waiting on the West Coast | —=a star Minnesota team nas finished its season—but, in this vast empire of the Southwest, Texas Christian and | Bouthern Methodist are putting on | the fanfare that counts as far as the cottonwood trail is concerned. i O'. the way into Texas I asked Biff Jones to give me his slant on the comparative merits of Eastern, West- m Southern and Southwestern foot Capt. Biff should know. As one of the best of the Army coaches, he | played them all, from Harvard and Yale to Notre Dame and Illinois. | Later he came to L. S. U. From L. S, U. he moved to Oklahoma. BIiff says what he thinks, and, still more important, he thinks about what | he says. Here is the verdict: “The Southwest is a new, but classy | foot ball territory of real promise, al- | ready possessing more good foot ball | teams than the East, althougn con- ! tending with obstacles that seldom | worry the bigger Eastern school. Coaching Is Excellent. IRST, the quality of its coaching | B2 is excellent, in fact, the South- | west seems to be a training ground A for coaches of other conferences and | A sections which up to now have been considered superior to Texas schools. It sent Ray Morrsion from S. M. U, to Vanderbijlt, Jack Meagher from Rice to Auburn, Francis Schmidt from T. C. U. to Ohio State, Dana Bible from | Texas Aggies to Nebraska and Lynn | Waldorf from Oklahoma Aggies and Kansas State to Northwestern. Not only does the work of these fellows in | 3 their new surroundings speak for it~ | self, but all have been replaced by able, shrewd successors. “Save for Pitt, I doubt if any East- ern school plays as difficult & schedule | as the average Southwestern school. Look at the first two games this year— September 28, Rice-L. S. U., and Oc- tober 5, Texas-L. §. U.! It's a mat-| ter of necessity for Southwestern teams. Because of the small popula- tion density, which means smaller crowds and reduced price of Mckel‘.s.l each game has to be an attractive one. Breathers mean financial losses. “Moreover, Southwestern schools aren't protected financially like the larger Eastern schools, which can make their budgets on four big games | and afford to operate at a loss on breathers (although Eastern schools usually break even on breathers). Also, in the Southwest, foot ball has | to carry the full load of the athletic ‘ program. No other sport pays 1uw Way. High School Material Good. "SOUTHWESTEEN high school ma- terial is the finest in the land. Texas high schools have, for some | years, been favored with a high qual- 1ty of coaching, which means the boys Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Foot Ball. Georgetown vs. Western Mary- land, Baltimore Stadium, Balti- more, Md,, 2. Soccer. Sherwood “B” va. Raymond, 11 am. McMillan vs. Georgetown, Mc- Millan, 11 am. Burroughs vs. Park View, Bure roughs, 11 am. Virginia Avenue vs. Rosedale, Virginia avenue, 11 a.m. FOOT BALL WORLD EVES TEXAS GAME Perfect Records Staked in Mustang-Horned Frog Battle for Title. By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Tex., November Raymond, 30.—The eyes of Texas—and the Nation's foot ball fans— were upon the battle today of Texas’ gridiron titans — Southern Methodist and Texas Christian, each unbeaten and untied in 10 games. More than 35,000 spectators were expected to include many of the Na- tion’s leading foot ball coaches and sports writers. The Southwestern Conference cham- pionship, and perhaps a bid to play the Rose Bowl game with Stanford New Year day, hinged on the out- come. A high-scoring melee of forward, lateral, double and triple passes was predicted, although both teams boast powerful ground games. Observers forecast at least two touchdowns for each team. Texas Christian was rated the fa- vorite. Methodist Handicapped. BOBBY ‘WILSON, triple-threat half- back, and Truman Spain, giant tackle, led the Southern Methodist invaders, handicapped by injuries to Harry Shuford, fullback, and J. C. ‘Wetsel, guard. Bidding for all-America recognition on the home team were Sam Baugh, | versatile quarterback, hailed as the greatest passer in the Southwest, and Darrell Lester, 1934 all-America | center. The probable line-ups: Pos. Texas Christi L. E eyer S € ARMY 15 FAVORED OVER NAVY, 8105 Cadets Present Star Backs, Heavy Line—80,000 Pay Million to Attend. By the Associated Press. HILADELPHIA, November 30.— The military took over foot Dball's battle front today, to lay its barrage on Franklin Pield in the thirty-sixth renewal of the service spectacle between Army’s bril- liant mules and Navy's rugged man- power. Eighty thousand spectators will pack the huge stadium to the rafters when the two elevens, trained to the minute for what promises to be one of the closest clashes of their long rivalry, line up for the kick-off this afternoon, Fair weather with a slight wind blow= ing was in prospect. Army’s forces were an 8-to-5 choice to increase their lead in the series to 20 wins against Navy's 13, with three decisions deadlocked. Philadelphia was jammed. The million-dollar crowd here this week for the Penn-Cornell clash as well as the service struggle packed every hotel. Restaurants were crowded. Traffic was slowed all over the city. Government Leaders Attend. c)rncuu. Washington was to be well represented in the boxes and stadium seats. Postmaster General Farley, Navy Secretary Swanson; his predecessor, Charles Francis Adams; Assistant War Secretary Harry Wood- ring, acting Secretary of War; Henry L. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and “gold braid” of both Army and Navy in quantities were ex- Three factors contributed to the edge Army held in the betting. First was the advantage in all- round ability held by the West Point backfield, with Monk Meyer’s triple- threat monkeyshines the big gun in the attack, ably supported by Ed Grove, Bill Groh and Clinton True. Second was the eight-pound & man ‘weight advantage packed by the Army line—the forward wall that stopped Yale's fast forwards and held Notre Dame’s charging advance. And third was the dry field, which distinctly favored the lighter West Point ball-carrying brigade. On the other hand, Army had only some 19 regulars of first-class caliber, compared to the shock troop strength of Navy’s squad, three deep in every position. Navy Has Manpower. n Orr At.monofi the Annapolis back- feld waS below the par of its 1934 aggregation snd contained no such brilliant star as Buzz Borries, Coach Texas Tom Hamilton, nevertheless, had a ¢ an—Mr., Pield J\uu “SMr. Petty (Tovas Time—2 p.m. (Central standard Records of the Teams. ;Ttx‘l‘l Chlr’mun seunm'n Ilethodm s u 'l 3 (Baylor) . & M.)! time). YALE-PRINCETON TILT DRAWS 55,000 FANS Undefeated Princeton in Great Trim—Yale's Star Tackle on Injured List. By the Associated Press. JEW HAVEN, Conn., November 30. —Undefeated and untied Prince- ton risked its foot ball record against Yale today, with 55,000 or more people streaming toward the Yale Bowl for the game. All 62 players on the Orange and Black squad were confident that Yale would not duplicate its feat of last year when it upsei the Tigers. The Bulldog squad was far from willing to concede defeat, howeyer. Larry Kelley, loquacious Yale end, who scored the touchdown that beat Princeton last year, was officially re- ported suffering from a slight cold, but he was expected to be in there ready to snare a pass or two. Tommy Wilson, star Yale tackle, was bench full of experienced performers who have seen action in virtually every game this year. In John Schmidt and Tom King, Hamiltbn has a fine pair of halfbacks, both veterans, Schmidt also is a triple-threater, but he doesn't have the ability of Meyer. Completing the Navy starting backfield were Dick Pratt at quarier and Frank Case at full, both holdovers. In the lines, however, rested the re- sult of the fray. Both Hamilton and Gar Davidson, Army’s pilot, admitted as much. But as always in this traditional contest, comparative records mean nothing. That was made clear only 25 late as a year ago, when Slade Cut- ter booted the fleld goal that gave Navy a 3-0 victory. Before the elevens take the field their brothers from the West Point and Annapolis service institutions pro- vide the pre-game entertainment with the customary marching and drill. PILNEY DIAMOND STAR Notre Dame Gridder Will Join One of Chicago Clubs. Andy Pilney, Notre Dame’s hero against Navy and Ohio State, has fin- ished his foot ball career, but his name may not be lost to the sports world. Piney is & splendid base ball player and batted over .400 for Notre Dame last season. Both the Chicago Cubs and White Sox are bidding for his services and he will sign with one or the other after his graduation next Spring. Lighter and far less experienced, Mexico City's all-star scholastic eleven, nevertheless managed to make a fight of the Capital's first inter- national foot ball game yesterday at Griffith Stadium, although Central's public high school champions won, 33 to 12, before a crowd of 12,000. It was through the medium of aerial thrusts that Mexico struck Here Central strikes back (center), with Acting Capt. Johnny Jones plunging through tackle in the second half to add an extra point fol- In this snapshot the Mexicans, beaten but still fighting, prove that gaining on the ground is not an unknown art in the land of chill. Enrique its boldest strokes, tying the score at 6-8 in the first quarter on a daring pass over Central’s goal. Above, the Mexicans are shown on their march to the first touchdown, picking up 12 yards on this pass from Capt. Ernesto Villareal to Right End Ramirez Cosme. Out in the clear, Cosme is shown about to grab the heave, while Central's Billy Richardson and Vince Meenehan swoop down for the tackls, lowing the scoring of & Blue touchdown. It was slithery going, as depicted clearly in the photo. Cortez, halfback of All-Stars, knifes way through the Central line for & touchdown late in the final period for Mexico's second score. Army-Navy, Princeton-Yale Top in East—Texans Vie for Pasadena Date. Most of the teams had hung up their cleats for the year, but a few choice battles were on tap for the wind-up of one of the most erratic campaigns in the memory of old foot ball seers. More than 80,000 poured into Phila=* delphia for the annual classic between the future admirals and generals of Uncle Sam. A good Army first team pitted 1its punch and endurance against a Navy squad that was three deep in each position, with one line« up about as good as another. In Texas two teams that had not met defeat in 10 starts—Texas Chris~ tian and Southern Methodist— clashed in & game that may decide Stanford’s Rose Bowl opponent. Southern Methodist, beset by injuries and extended by Baylor last week while Texas Christian was rolling over Rice, was the underdog. Tigers Are V Vengeful. A'.l' NEW HAVEN, one of the best teams in Princeton’s history sought revenge on Yale, which knocked the Tigers from the unde- feated class last year. Princeton was favored to win decisively, but was not taking Roscoe, Kelley and company lightly. A crowd of 55000 was expected to witness this clash in the Yale Bowl. Holy Cross, which in & last-quarter letdown, allowed Manhattan to score the only 13 points registered against it all season, faced its traditional rival, Boston College. A general compari- son of the teams’ records showed an edge for Holy Cross. Dartmouth was favored to trim & weak Columbia team in New York, while Georgetown and Western Mary- land loomed as a tossup. L. S. U. Out for Title. LOU!SXANA STATE was favored to top Tulane and clinch the South- eastern Conference title, a victory which might entitle the Tigers to rep~ Tesent Dixle in the Sugar Bowl game, Mississippi State was favored to beat Mississippi in their traditional battle, while Georgia shaped up as the wine ner in its tussle with Georgia Tecn. This game had all the elements of & stirring duel, however. Auburn was picked to down Florida at Miami. Rice was the choice over Baylor, while on the coast the husky St. Mary's Gaels were favored to defeat Washington State and the University of California at Los Angeles looked too good for Idaho. In a game last night, the University of Miami, held scoreless for more than three quarters by a heavier Boston University eleven, rolled up 17 points in five minutes to win, 17-0, before 5,000 spectators at Miami. Army Tops Navy 19 Wins to 13 Am has won 19 games, Navy 13 and three have resulted in ties in the 35 contests of the service teams Pplayed since 1890. The series record, toegther with the performances of both teams this sea- son, follows: Recapitulation. come up pretty well prepared. “Oklahoma high schools, especially in the larger citles, also are getting on the injured list with a strained shoulder. The Princeton squad was in excellent condition. main topic, but your correspondent was pinned to the earth more than once about Army and Navy and Prince- 'nn Lost. Tied. Poi T 35 3 T.C.U.Is8 10 5 khe advantage of good coaching. However, in the past, Oklahoma has had trouble keeping her high school boys at home. Arkansas likewise has this difficulty to face. “This Fall Southern Methodist, Texas Christian and Rice are in the class of any team in the Nation. Louisiana State, while in the South- eastern Conference, doesn’t miss be- ing Southwestern very fsr and should be added to the above group. Speak- ing generally, Southwestern teams emphasize the forward and lateral peass more than the East. However, Eastern teams like Pitt and Temple probably average having slightly bet- ter running attacks than Southwest- ern teams, athough these Texas squads are surprisingly well equipped from the standpoint of man power, size, speed, co-ordination and skill. “‘Southwestern teams have a definite advantage in climate. Up to Novem- ber 1, Eastern and Northern teams get ©ool days in late September and Octo- ber while the Southwest usually swelters. However, after that, the ad- vantage is all our way, making the temptation especially strong to prolong the season into December. Building for Future. "GEI'I'ING back to finance, South- western schools cannot operate on any grand financial scale compa- rable to the East because of lack of population density. While there are some nice stadiums, none of them com- pare to the Yale Bowl or Franklin Field at Philadelphia. Some Southwestern stadiums seat as high as 40,000, but ’have never been full. No question that ‘these schools were building for the Suture. “!ncldmhlly the annual Sugar M "(Sce SOUTHWEST, Page A-13.), Coach Pritg Crisler of Princeton was non-committal, but Coach Ducky Pond of Yale said he thought his team had an “outside chance.” “All we want,” said Pond, “is a clear, dry day.” The weather forecast was cloudy and cold. WAR JUNIORS ON TOP. Junior basketeers of Army War Col- lege, led by Murphy, walloped the Fort Myer Juniors, 48 to 29, last night. Murphy, a guard, scored six times from the floor. QUINTETS TO ORGANIZE Northern Virginia ILoop Calls Meeting Monday Night. ALDIE, Va, November 30.— The Northern Virginia Basket Ball League will meet in the Aldie High School auditorium here Monday evening at 8 o'clock for the purpose of organising teams for play this Winter. Plans call for the formation of teams in Berryville, Marshall, War- renton, Aldie, Oakton, McLean, Falls Church, Lee-Jackson, Mansssas and Leesburg. ‘Coconut Bowl’ Game Brewing Miami Fans Plan to Sponsor Post-Season Grid Tilt for High By the Assoclated Press. MXAMI Fla, November 30.— Foot ball enthusiasts down here are considering sponsorship of & regular post-season high school classic to go along with the Pasadena Rose Bowl, the New Or- leans Sugar Bowl, and the pro- posed Miami Orange Bowl games. It it pans out, the Coconut Bowl will be the name. Christmas day would be the an- nual date and a Miami team and some strong rival from the East or Middle West the contestants. Intersectional Christmas games are not.new in thu city, since 1929, School Teams. Requests to be matched for this year's game have been received from nearly 50 out-of-State high schools. The chosen team will play the winner of the December 14 game between this city’s two u'hooh.mmlm(hmdldmn Thm: being considered for this year's game include: Ypsilanti, Mich.; Waite High, Toledo, Ohio; Bradford, Pa.; New Trier, Decatur m.: . nmwmwmmum Catholic, all of Philadelphia; Hyde Park, Kelvyn Park, Schurs and ToDown S.M. U. BY GRANTLAND RICE. FORT WORTH, Tex., November 30.—Texas Christian will take the fleld an 8-to-5 favorite over Southern Methodist, on the road to the Rose Bowl, when these two unbeaten teams meet today. I have just talked with Dutch Meyer of T. C. U. and Madison Bell of 8. M. U, the rival coaches. “My team at T. C. U.” Meyer sald, “is in as good condition as I could hope for. We have fought our way through a hard schedule, improving steadily game by game.” Standing at Meyer’s side, Madi~ son Bell was steeped in honest gloom. “We must move into ace tion with Shuford, our star block= ing back, on crutches and with Iron Man Wetsel, une of our best guards, also out of action.” LOSES RING SWAN SONG Christy, Quitting to Study Art, Is Beaten by Miller. CHICAGO, November 30 (#).—The professional boxing swan song of Jimmy Christy of Chicago wound up on & blue note last night when he lost a decision to Freddie Miller of Cin- cinnati, recognized as the N. B. A. featherweight champion, in a 10-round bout. Christy, who before the bout an- nounced his retirement from the ring to study art, was fioored in the seventh and was in distress at the finish. Christy quit the pro ranks with 15 mABSaTtR .. - i THE SPORTLIGHT Western Fans Anxious to Learn About Strength of Foot Ball Teams in East. BY GRANTLAND RI 30.—The Rangers are riding ORT WORTH, Tex., November I again. Foot ball's main stam- pede is just ahead. The bat- | tle of the unbeaten now has shifted to the Texas front. Today Southern Methodist and. Texas Christian meet in the most decisive single game of the year. In the last two years Texas teams have swept most of the country from the Pacific to the At- lantic—from South Bend to Baton Rouge.. In these iwo years Texas teams have beaten Notre Dame, Pur- due, Fordham, Santa Clara, U. C. L. A, Washington U. and several oth- ers without dropping & decision. In the first place, few people realize just what Texas means. It is larger than England and France combined. It covers more ground than the combined areas of Connecticut, Massa- chusetts, Rhode Island, New Hamp- shire, Maine, Vermont, Delaware, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia, ‘West Virginia, Indiana and Ohio, ‘Texas isn't merely a State. It is 13 States in size, full of fine high schools and big universities. Its 265,000 square miles happen to be full of young fel- lows who love foot ball and play it to the limit. Twe Great Players, Tm two teams have fought their way into Nation-wide recognition | blown 85 two of the ster teams of the year— big, fast, aggressive and ably coached. Before I left New York, Jimmy | Crowley of Fordham told me that he Tegarded Southern Methodist as one of the best teams he had seen in years. He knew them as juniors, and they have been even beétter as seniors. The battle at Fort Worth should be a duel between Sam Baugh's throw- ing arm and Bob Wilson's jack rabbit legs. Apparently the entire Southwest is steamed up over this argument, since both are past masters at the two jobs. Bob Neyland told me that Wilson was the best running back he had seen this season—and Ney- land has seen McCauley, Wallace, the Ohio State and Notre Dame back- flelds and several other stars in action. In the same way, foot ball veterans around tell me that Baugh is the best passer they ever have seen. And Texas teams have had their share of brilliant passers, as every rival knows. So Baugh must be some- thing to look at. Looking at the Field. IT ‘WAS something unusual on this ‘Western trip to see how the coun- try-wide interest in foot. ball had m'n. with all sectional barriers ton and Yale. ‘The conversation ran along these lines: Q How about Army and Navy? ‘Who'll win? A. One of the closest of all the| 1935 RECORDS. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, November 30.— Foot ball forces of the Nation N rallied today for the close of the 1935 gridiron show. 13—Penn. __ u Vet 28—Columibia. (8ee SPORTLIGHT, Page 12.) T 130 Knox “Arrives” in Foot Ball Comes Back From 27 Losses in Row to Best Season in Years—Barely Misses Title. By the Associated Press. ALESBURG, IIl, November 30.—The sons of old Knox College, who mourned over = record of 27 consecutive foot ball defeats a year ago, today rubbed their hands over Siwash's most successful gridiron campaign since 1929. Only a year ago headlines pro- claimed that old Siwash had tied Hobart College’s record of un- broken setbacks, following an over- whelming Thanksgiving day beat- ing from Monmouth College. Knox hadn't even acored a point during the 1934 season and the outlook was bleak. All that is changed now. Under a new coach, Pete Reynolds, Siwash won five games during the recent campaign, lost two and tied two, and was in the running for the Illi- nois Intercollegiate Conference championship until Monmouth ‘wrecked the title hopes by a margin of mly one point—7 to §, Thurs- season. Coe College of Cedar Rapids, JIowa, was the only foe to score more than one touchdown against Reynolds’ eleven, which averaged 9 points & game to 6 for the enemy. “This year's job was to teach neynoldn will lose only four men by graduation, three of them ry “Old Main” will ring out tidings of a 1936 conference title. HEURICH LEAGUE VICTORS. Bolling Field and Delaware & Hud~ nosed out St. m& 31-27, while Delaware & Hudson doubled the score on the Renrocs, 38-17,