Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1936, Page 13

WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1936. Foot Ball Booms Here This Week : Battling Keen on Grid Fronts Georgetown and C. U. Face Brightest Outlooks in This Week’s Grid Battles Cincinnati Sharpens Hoyas for Bucknell—La Salle Whets Cards for De Paul—Terps Do Well Holding Tarheels. THRE BIG GAMES DVIDE ATTENTION G. W.-Arkansas, C. U.-De Paul, G. U.-Bucknell All Have Snappy Angles. BY ROD THOMAS. HREE rousing foot ball battles these promise to be: Friday night, Griffith Sta- dium—George Washington vs. Arkansas. Saturday afternoon, Brookland Sta- dium—Catholic University vs. De Paul. Saturday afternoon, Grifith Sta- dium—Georgetown vs. Bucknell. G. W.'s scoreless tie with Mississippi roomed the hopes of Colonial adher- ents. A triumph over Arkansas would set 'em gaga. Georgetown's young team, victorious over its first major foe, Cincinnati, meets another in Bucknell and is fired with ambition. Catholic University is bent upon annihilating De Paul, which last sea- son prevented the Cardinals from achieving a clean slate. But if the Cards aren't careful, they may suffer & repetition of that 1935 disaster. A contest thousands of Washington grid addicts would like a lot to see will be played at Charlottesville Saturday by Maryland and Virginia. This, t0o, looms as & corker. Bucknell Has Great Back. JACK HAGERTY, Georgetown coach, today set about devising means of stopping one Smith, Bucknell back, who is, according to Mush Dubofsky, who scouted Bucknell against Miami, as fine a foot ball player as was Dave Smukler of Temple fame, Bucknell's coach, Hooks Mylin, concurs With Mus h. . e've got to bottle him up,” said Hagerty today, “or it will be very, very bad for Georgetown.” The Buckneli-Miami game Was of peculiar interest to Georgetown in that it is to play both, Miami on December 5 at Miami. It seems the Floridans have picked up consider- able strength between seasons. They presented far more power to beat Bucknell, 6-0, than they showed in Josing last Fall to Georgetown, ac- cording to the observations of Dubof- sky. Ursinus and Lebanon Valley were taken in stride by Bucknell be- fore the Miami clash. The Hoyas came away from Cin- cinnati with & hard-earned 7-0 vic- tory and a heap of respect for a Negro back named London Gant. Gant's lengthy, lofty punts offset much of the ground Georgetown gained from scrimmage, . The Hilltoppers admit they are thankful that Gant wasn't used more to cary the ball- weighs 210 pounds and possesses & leg drive in proportion, sey the Hoyas. Jack Wasn't Kidding. BICAUSI West Virginia defeated Cincinnati by a decisive score, some of the critics thought Hagerty was half spoofing when he played down the Hoyas’ chances for drubbing the Ohioans. Jack scouted the Moun- taineer-Cincinnati contest and left the park convinced that Cincinnati had the stuff to make trouble for any foe, once it clicked. Hagerty and the other Georgetown coaches are thoroughly pleased over the latest performance of their team, which, they feel, was put to & real test by Cincinnati. By the way, it wasn't Tom Keating who started the Hoyas toward that Jast-minute touchdown, as some of the press reports had it, but Joe Kee- gin. Joe returned a punt 15 yards, put together consecutive runs of 8 and 6 yards, and the Blue and Gray was on the way. With the ball in pay territory, Quarterback Keating, well rested, replaced Nolan with orders to keep up the running game and Tom helped mightily to complete the job 80 ably begun by Keegin. The Cincinnati game indicated the Hoyas are unusually proficient in han- dling a wet ball. It rained for four days before the contest, which was played in mud, but Georgetown com- mitted only one fumble, which it re- covered. Cause for G. W. to Worry. R!VER.BERATIONS of the sudden and sensational aerial blast let Joose by Arkansas to beat Baylor, 14-10, sounded today in Washington and were painful to the ears of'Jim Pixlee, G, W. coach. In three games this season the | Colonials have shown to advantage in every phase of foot ball except pass defense. G. W. stopped the passing attack of Emory and Henry by crowd- ing the heaver. The Elon flippers had more chance, but lacked capable receivers. Still it was demonstrated by Elon that the Colonials might be unusually vulnerable to a team with » skilled passing combination. In Fall scrimmages with Maryland the Buff and Blue was almostypitiful in its efforts to ground the thrown oval. Arkansas will present perhaps the most aerial-minded team of any im- portance in the country. Against Texas Christian, to which it lost by @ small margin, Arkansas completed 34 out of 41 passes, the Christians also having a large percentage of successes. Against Baylor, with the fourth quarter well under way, the Razorbacks appeared to be a whipped team, when suddenly they yanked the game from the oven with two aerial touchdowns. 1t is conceivable that George Wash- ington Will attempt to fight fire with fire Priday night. The Colonials had s pile of aerial ammunition to shoot against Mississippi but rain prevented. *This stuff and more they have ready for Arkansas, which, Texas Christian proved, is not safe against aerial bom- bardment. Bergman Speaks His Mind. “PmHAPB now,” says Dutch Berg- man, Cardinal coach, “the Cath- olic University players can get their hats on.” Bergman was wrathful after his famous team had s tough time, was fortunate, in fact, in eking out a 14-10 victory over La Salle. The Cardinals apparently paid little or no attention to Bergman when he told ’emr they might expect anything from the Ex- plorers, whom the Redbirds shellacked ULLET BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ITH varying reactions to latest gridiron skir- mishes, the college coaching brigade of Washington foot ball went back to the job of mustering their forces today with wary eyes cocked on this week’s invaders. Of the coaching battalion who directed Saturday’s destinies from a local eleven's bench, Catholic University's Dutch Bergman and Georgetown's Jack Hagerty faced the future with brightest prospects today. Out at Georgetown they still were trying to catch their col- lective breath after beating Cin- cinnatl, 7 to 0, in the final 15 sec- onds. It was too close for comfort but it, nevertheless, represented the Hoyas' successful hurdling of their first tough foe. Out at Catholic University de- flation had set in and found a wel- coming, gracious host in Bergman. The flying Cardinals still were jumping at the mere mention of La Salle, which is more than they did prior to Saturday, when the Explorers all but sneaked out of town with the biggest upset victory of the local campaign. The Cards, contrary to all of Bergman's words of warning, refused to take the La Salles seriously. That is, they re- fused until the scoreboard showed & 10-0 deficit in the first five min- utes. It took all the Red Birds could muster to roll up 14 points and win, Card Line Plays Well. CATHOLIC. frankly, was not im- pressive, the line excepted. An eel-hipped halfback named Wartman broke loose for a couple runs late in the game, but La Salle ‘wound up by gaining only 11 yards all day through the line. It was a lamentable lack of individual de- fensive play in the backfield that almost ruined the day. La Balle invaded with a team Cards for La Salle with the De Paul game coming up. That was one advantage the Explorers held. 8till, Bergman's scouts tagged La Salle perfectly. Of the seven touchdowns the Explorers had scored prior to the Card game, five ‘were made on & pass play, with Left End Felix Kadel receiving. The Cards were warned and shown the play a dozen times. Despite this precaution, Halfback Harry Wil- liams pitched a touchdown to Kadel in the first five minutes and fol- lowed a few minutes later, with an- other to him that put La Salle in position to kick a fleld goal. ‘The finger of blame could have been pointed at several of the C. U. backs, Irish Carroll, Spec Foley, etc. ‘This, however, hardly would help any. What good did come out of these shortecomings on Saturday was the unvelling of Howard ‘Walker and Burke Vidnovic as a pair of capable backs with ability to do things under pressure. More is likely to be heard of this pair before the season gets much older. Terp Line Comes Through. ARYLAND'S warriors, only lo« cals to be beaten Saturday, heard their praises sung today for holding powerful North Carolina to & 14-0 count. Early season dope on the Terrapins was that they lacked & first-class line, but there ‘was no indication of any particular weakness on Saturday. Not until midway of the third quarter were the Tarheels able to score, and then they counted the first touch- down on a 26-yard run and the sec- ond on & pass. Once the Caro- linians marched from the 43-yard line to Maryland's 15, but picked up only one yard from here on four tries. It was on the offense that Mary- land was found weak and when and if Bill Guckeyson returns this is certain to pick up. Coleman Headley seems to be doing a good job as & pinch-hitter for Guckey= son, but he needs a running mate who, like himself and Guckeyson, is capable of breaking loose at any time and running away with the game. e Keating, Keegin Do Good Jobs. GEORG!TOWN'S victory over Cincinnati was made harder by the extraordinary punting of & big Western back, Gantt, but the close triumph served to bear out the general prediction that Hag- erty’s outfit is an up-and-coming team. When a team pushes across the game's only score in the last 15 seconds it cannot be troubled, for instance, with what the boys call “throat trouble” in the clutch. The Cincinnati game may have been what the Hoyas needed. Cer- tainly it did them far more good than that 39-to-0 victory they got over Delaware. Georgetown should be well equipped now to cope with Bucknell this week. ‘Tom Keating, the former George- town Prep athlete, has done noth- ing to disturb the belief that he will make his mark in college foot ball. He proved that Saturday by serving as the spearhead for a Hoya attack that time and again was thwarted by the superb kicking of Gantt. Nor was another former local scho- lastic, Joe Keegin, far behind. If Hagerty’s early season fear was for his backfield, this is rapidly vane ishing. Arkansas Promises Aerial Circus. GEORO! WASHINGTON began preparation for its Friday night game with Arkansas with contrasting emotions. Hopeful of following up its surprise draw with Mississippi last week with a vic- tory over the Razorbacks, the Co- lonials’ prospects have been buoyed by the assurance that Capt. Frank Kavalier, center, and Leon Mor- ris, another veteran linesman, will be able to play for the first time this season. Not so0 gleefully hailed were re- ports of Arkansas’ passing attack, which caused Head Coach Jim Pixlee and his aides to open the week’s practice by working on George Washington’s pass defense. From out of the Southwest the Razorbacks will bring one of the + most talented passers in that sece tor in Jack Robbins. Robbins’ 1935 record, wherein he connected on 95 passes for a total gain of 1,219 yards, coupled with the fact that Arkansas’ first-string team embraces five seniors, five Jjuniors and only one sophomore, 1s not calculated to make the game anything but a party for which the Colonials must point with all the feverishness they worked up for Ole Miss.* Foot Ball Scores College. Canisius, 20; Bt. Thomas, 0 St. Mary’s, 18; Loyola, 7. Santa Clara, 15; San Prancisco, 7. McKendree, 6; Chillicothe, 0. Augustana, 7; Millikin, 0. St. Mary's (Texas), 58; Randolph Fleld, 7. . Ambrose, 7; Columbia (Iowa), 0. Stars Saturday By the Associated Press. Tom Keating, Georgetown—Headed Hoyas' attack against Cincinnati and flipped lateral pass for only touch- down in last 15 seconds. Burke Vidnovic, Catholic University —One of few Cardinal backs to come through with sterling performance in 14-10 victory over La Salle, establish- ing himself as one of Catholic’s best punters under pressure. Joe Kilgrow, Alabama—Ran 83 yards for touchdown to beat Missis- sippi State. Sneed Schmidt, Navy—Scored three of five touchdowns against Virginia. Steve Sebo, Michigan State—Took 49-yard touchdown pass and kicked extra point for all the scoring against Carnegie Tech. John Lock, Fordham—Intercepted 8. M. U. pass and carried it 77 yards for winning score in fourth quarter. Walter Roach, T. C. U—His last- second field goal defeated Tulsa. Harold Stebbins, Pittsburgh—Slant- ed off tackle 34 yards for winning touchdown against Ohio State. Andy Uram, Minnesota—His last- quarter 76-yard touchdown run beat Nebraska. Pritz. Waskowitz, Washington — Tossed three passes to produce the Huskles’ two scores against U. C. L. A. Homer Tippen, Texas—Got off a 30- yard touchdown run for only scoring in win over Oklahoma. Monk Meyer, Army—His passing and running pulled Army from behind twice to beat Columbia. PR o TGRSR IR R LT varsity,” the coach warned, “and there's no telling what they may have.” But the Cardinals, it seems, neverthe- less were bent upon taking the game in stride. “Maybe theyll listen to me after this,” growled Bergman, who added: “These C. U. fellows still have the Orange Bowl flag hanging out of their pockets.” To the credit of the Cardinals, how- ever, let it be said they played money ball when the big clutch came. If any noggin defiation was needed by the Redbirds it came at an oppor- tune time for De Paul in its tight game with Illinois and its victory over Day- ton proved beyond question it has class. De Paul considered its game with Illinois an upset. land Disappointed. MARYLAND was disappointed keen- ly in the failure of its running |] and passing attack against North Carolina, which netted only 62 yards in the 14-0 defeat. That' was the smallest amount of ground gained by an Old Line team in many years against any opponent. But there were a couple of bright features in the play of the Terrapins. They outclassed the Tarheels in re- turning punts, which they brought back 139 yards against Carolina's 18. Nearly all those 139 yards represented an unusual performance by Coleman Headley. Counting punt returns, Maryland covered almost as much ground actually as North Carolina. Jim Meade, the only sophomore regular on the team, probably pre- vented a higher score through s ster- ling exhibition of kicking. “His punt- ing,” remarked Swede Eppley, Terra- pin track coach who accompanied the gridders, “was the best I've seen in many a season.” The failure of Maryland’s offense against North Carolina dropped the odds on the Terrapins to beat Virginia. As one well informed Old Line fol- lower put it today, “Uuless we get back Bill Guckeyson, in fairly good shape, Maryland won't have more than & 50-50 chance against Virginia.” The Cavaliers apparently have their strongest team of recent campaigns. It was able to ring up two touchdowns against the Navy Saturday and that the Middies made their victory de- cisive, 35 to 14, was due greatly-to superior reserve strength. equipped and capable of springing an upset. The Explorers are point- ed upward in foot ball. They play freshmen and have some good boys. ‘Their squad of 50 was larger than Catholic's. They are building a new stadium in Philadelphia with a seating capacity of 20,000. This season they were pointed for C. U., intending to take their first up- ward step at the expense of the Orange Bowl champs, Scouts Tagged Scoring Play. IT WAS a good idea and had not interference been called on a long pass it probably would have worked. Bergman and his aides hardly could have pointed the D. C. Marathon Champ Runs Well in Strong Field. Brown Is Victor. Special Dispateh to The Star. ORT CHESTER, N. Y., October I ) 12—Dr. B. G. Chitwood, mara- thon champion of Washington, D. C., was homeward bound to- day with the ninth-place trophy of the famous Port Chester race, won yes- terday by Ellison Brown of Pawtucket, R. I, who covered the 26 miles 385 yards in 2 hours 36 minutes and 57.6 seconds. In second place was the former na- tional champion, Pet Dengis of Balti- more, who finished 300 yards behind Brown after making & brave bid for victory. Consistent Mel Porter of Newark, N. J,, third, trailed Dengis by about 5 minutes. McMahon Not Entered. A NUMBER of othiers well known to National Capital marathon fans through their participation in The Evening Star’s annual race were among the first 15 of a strong field, but miss- ing from the race was Bill McMahon, who won the national championship at ‘Washington this year, and Leslie Paw- son, who won the Port Chester contest of 1935. They saved themselves for the New England championship to be run today at Concord, N. H.. a contest in which Brown will attempt an iron-man feat. 1t is not on record that any man ever won two full-length marathons in two days. The order of finish at Port Chester: . Ellison Brown. Alton. R. T . Pat Dengis, Baltimore 3. Mel Porter. Newark. N. J - August Johnson. Port Chester . Hugo Kauppinen. New York. . Fred Ward New York . Leo O. Glard. Brockton. M Billy Rittler. Philadeiphia . B. G. Chitwood. Washington. ter g y o 8 5. Henry Troncy, Staten Island_ 3 . James Melvin, Yonkers e JOHNNIES LOOK TO A. U. See Hardest Games Gone, but Don't Underestimate Eagles. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, October 12.—In win- ning against Randolph-Macon Satur- day at Ashland, Val Lentz, St. Johns' coach, believes that his team disposed of its hardest opponent this year, ex- cepting, of course, Maryland, with which the Johnnies opened the season. However, he will take no chances as to American U. which opens the home season here next Saturday and will start to prepare this afternoon. Stew Christliff, regular tackle, in- jured in early practice, will be ready for that game. Lentz proposes to shift Spring Sands, who has been filling the place well, back to guard. Varied Sports Base Ball Tulss, 2; Birmingham, 1 (Dixie series). ‘Women’s Hockey. Australia, 15; Madison, Wis., 0. D.C. Bike Champ Makes Strong Showing in National ’Stakes more experience and stamina, and he'll be able to give the national amateur champ a ride for his money over the 15-mile open race which features each of the annual National Capital Sweepstakes. That was the reaction today of some 2,000 cycling enthusiasts who watched Jackie Simes of Harrington Park, N.J., fastest amateur rider in the country, win the feature event of the big bike meet yesterday around the Ellipse, covering the 15 miles in 48 minutes, 4025 seconds and then found, to their delight, that their own McDougall was not so slow after all. IVE Bill McDougall, District bicycling champion, & bit McDougall 2-Mile Victor. FOR McDougall won the 2-mile race for Washington riders in the time of 6 minutes 1345 seconds, which, compared in miles per hour, is slightly nearer 20 than Simes’ meet’s biggest race. Betty Sweeny rode at even a faster | I clip in.the race for Washington girls, averaging over 20 miles per hour, but only for a mile. Dave Bowman and Bob Kennon proved the second and third best male contestants for Washington honors, while Frances Whitlock and Dorothy Donn finished behind Miss Sweeny. Washington riders also have the satisfaction of knowing they are. faster than their Baltimore colleagues, beat- ing the visitors from the Monumental City in a bike-to-bike race. Whilden rate in the | J Heinard, Kennon and Bowman carried Capital colors to victory in that race. Jersey Riders Dominant. OTHERWISE. New Jersey riders completely dominated the meet, winning six of the seven races for local and out-of-town entrants. The 2- mile novice race was the only one they falled to win, another Washingtonian, Lee Towers, beating Douglas Vander- yerk, also of Harrington Park. ‘The summaries: Junior_boys. 1 mile—W Kuglg, Somerville N. J. Lu 5 New York City. second: Douglas Vander- yerk, Harrington Park. N. J. third. Time. Washington girls. 1_mile—Won by Betty Sweeny; Frances Whitlock. second: Time, 2:40%, Yackic PBlmes V5 3 Angelo Lauren- City.’ second; Walter City. third. Time. Two-mile novice race—Won by Towers. Washington. D. C.; Douglas Vanderyerk. Harrington Park. N. J. sec- opdi “Marshall Jones. New ' ¥ork ' City, rd. <083 Time, 5. Two-mile ' old-timer's race—Won by lohn 3 rk, N. J. on by Purman k New York New York ve | see the cream of international speed- " | sters battle it out. E ;_Lue 1 y. second: ‘Douslas Vander- geik, Harrington Park. N.J.. third. Time, Two-mile open girls—Won by Lois Amvey” Bellevue. N, 3 Doris Ropsk, Bel- 'ue. N. J.. second: ity Sweeney. ‘ash- ington. D. C.. third. Time. 7:07%, Fifteen-mile open’ sprint race (sprint grery third lap)—won by Jackle Sfmes. £y Harrington Fark. N. J: Charies Vorel ewark J. second: Raymond Jones, k. N. th e, 48:40%; rk. N. J.. third. Time E Five-mile challenge race (Baitimore and Washingion)—Won by Whilden Heinard: rt Kennon second: Dave Bowman: third (all Washingtonians). Time, 16:19%. KENTUCKY GRIDDER SETTING WILD PACE Davis Makes Nine Touchdowns to Lead Country's Scorers With 54 Points. By the Assoclated Press. JEW YORK, October 12.—Unless Kentucky's gridiron rivals get together and do something about stop- ping Bob Davis, the halfback flash threatens to run away not only with the Southeastern Conference score title, but with national honors as well, In four games so far Davis has made a race track of the foot ball fleld, scoring nine touchdowns for a total of 54 points, setting the pace all over the country, as well as in his own back yard. He's done it the hard way, too, breaking loose for five scoring runs of 45 yards or better, including one of 82 yards. Nearest to him, but 20 points back, is the big-ten leader, halfback Cecil Isbell of Purdue’s “touchdown-crazy” boilermakers, who has five touchdowns and four extra points to his credit for a 34-point total. Ted Mujwit, Western Maryland’s fullback, in the East; Ralph Rawlings, Arkansas halfback, in the Southwest- ern group, and Ed Armfield of David- son, in the Southern conference, top their divisions and come closest to the | Bob two pace setters. KICK GETS CLANCYS GAME. RICHMOND, Va., October 12 (f).— ‘The talented toe of Andy Zeher, for- mer all-Marine star, who booted a 35-yard fleld goal, shoved the Norfolk Clancys into & tie for first place in the Dixie Professional League here yester- day as they trimmed the Richmond Arrows, 3-0, before 10,000 spectators. NAVY SEEKS MEANS TO CHECK AIR PLAY Coaches Worry Over Yale Game After Weak Defense Against Virginia Passes. Special Dispatch to The Star. o NNAPOLIS, October 12.—With a team which has indicated many elements of strenth in its three early games, but also distinct weakness, Tom Hamilton and the other Navy coaches today began to smooth out their charges for the six big games which are to follow, beginning with Yale in the Baltimore Stadium next Saturday and ending with the Army game in the Philadelphia Municipal Stadium November 28. It had been hoped that the team would show against Virginia great improvement in its forward pass de- fense, and its failure to do so has given the coaches much worry. Against the Navy Saturday the Cavaliers com- pleted 11 of 20 passes for a total gain of 143 yards. The Navy's score was 5in 9 and 83 yards gained. With Yale's great passing backs, the fact that Virginia made good 11 times on these plays is giving much concern and a great part of the time during the week will be given to im- proving the pass defense. Incidentally, young Bill Ingram ap- pears to have the edge over Charley Reiman and Newell Thomas as the fourth man in the first choice back- fleld, the others being Frank Case, Antrim and Sneed Schmidt. He has run and passed well and his good work against passes will make him specially valuable. Frank Lynch, 216-pound tackle kept out of the Virginia game by a plague of bolls, is expected to be ready for the Yale game. Five years ago—Lew Fonseca named manager of Chicago White Sox. Jack Sharkey beat Primo Carnera decisively in 15 rounds. Penn Coach Out, Win, Lose or Draw, Is Hot Gossip Yanks Had Nine Joe Louises at Bat, Giants Say—Cronin Rumors Bubble in Bean Pot. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, October. 12.— g N ‘Well, Ohio State can start getting ready for next year. . . . Nice going out there _ Saturday, Dr. Sutherland. . . . If ° Monk Meyer of Arm isn't headed for all-America honors you can sue us. . . . Did Georgia Tech pour it to Kentucky? . . . Philly scribes, passing through from New Haven, say Harvey Harman is going out at Penn, win, lose or draw. . . Glad to see old Spearfish Normal off to & good start. . . . Spearfish, 7; Hu- - ron, 0. ‘What did we tell you about Bald- win-Wallace? , o » Watch for this ' A week’s red-hot special in Friday's collum. Col. Frank Knox, the Republican vice presidential candidate, sat in the stands and fidgeted as a couple good Army Democrats—Woodrow | Wilson and Woodrow Wilson “ Stromberg—helped twist the Co- - lumbia lion’s tail. . . That Man- hattan game has put Hunk Ander- son on the hot spot at North Caro- lina State. . . Old timers say they never saw 50 many passes tossed in one game as Southern Methodist ~fired at Fordham—49 . . . The air was black with ‘em. . . . Lou Little will not admit it, but Columbis showed him so much Saturday he ) expects to win from Michigan. Meyer got” the publicity, but Coach Gar Davidson is thanking his reserves for trimming Columbia ... Hunk Anderson says the Notre Dame system is out-moded . . . “It's used so much every one knows just where to line 8p for us,” he says... Bobby Wilso, who ran wild for Southern Metliodist last year, sat pro Dodgers . . . He was headed for West Point, but something hap- pened . . . Best Minnesota could do .against Nebraska was seven points in the last quarter . . . No wonder Bernie Blerman's gray hair is grayer. Odds and ends: Jorge Breséia no more than recovered consciousness than he began hollering for an- other bout with Joe Louis . . . Best laugh of the week was the Brookiyn club’s announcement it will spend $100,000 for new players . . . Some of the Giants, interviewed on their return home, say the Yankee bat- ting order was made up of nine Joe Louises . . . No matter who the new Brooklyn manager is, he’ll only get & one-year contract . . . If you want to know how to win a foot ball game with only one first down, ask Jimmy Crowley of Fordham . . . He'll probably tell you to unlock Lock ... What is the-big Joe-Cronin Lee | sending them off on the 300-mile HAIR-RAISING AUTO GRINDISONTODAY Seeker of Vanderbilt Cup Must Make 1,200 Hairpin Turns on “Pretzel.” By the Associated Press. ESTBURY, Long Island, October 12.—Over the trickiest, most dangerous auto race course that ever beckoned to the speed-mad, 45 dare- devils gambled their lives today against & share in a $60,000 prize pot. Gathered from four foreign nations and from 10 States in this country, | they had their motors in perfect con- | dition for the starter's flag at 11 am., Vanderbilt Cup race, over the “death- turns” of the pretzel-shaped Roosevelt raceway. A crowd, expected to run between 80,000 and 100,000, and paying from $2.65 to $27.50 per ticket, gathered to Every driver agreed it was more a test of brains than a heavy foot on the throttle. A Contest of Brains. 5 'LL need all our sense—but not too much sense,” was the way Babe Stapp, California veteran, put it, as he warmed up his Topping Special. Despite the presence of Stapp and such other American aces as Wild Bill Cummings of Indianapolis and Billy Winn of Detroit, the field gen- erally conceded that the man to beay | was Tazio Nuvolari, leader of a trio | of noted Italian speedsters. The American contingent suffered a | loss yesterday when Lou Meyer, only three-time winner of the 500-mile Indianapolis grind, smashed up during & qualifying trial, and lost his start- ing chance. He announced, however, that he would drive relief in some other car. | Through his record of 97 victories | in 153 races, the reckless little Nuvo- | lari has gained the reputation, wher- ever automobiles are raced, as “the man who has a contract with the devil.” Despite a general opinion that a 64-mile average will win today’s grind, the hard-faced Italian posted & qualifying time of 69.929 miles an hour for the 20-mile test, leading every other entrant. Make 1,200 Sharp Turns. HE AND his countrymen, Guiseppe Farina and Count Antonio | Brivio, are rated the most dangerous group of contenders in the event, al- though several Americans, as well as Jean Pierre Wimille, French Grand Prix winner this year, and Pat Fair- field, who heads a contending set of British royalty, are considered threats. ‘The belief that a 64-mile average would be good enough to get the checkered flag at the finish was voiced by Maj. George H. Robertson, de- signer of the four-mile pretzel. “Speed won't win,” he explained. “It'll take good headwork. The Ameri- cans know those sharp turns better, although the foreign cars have an edge in speed. b “There seems little doubt that the affair should be the most dangerous, and the smartest, race ever driven for the winner.” Guarding five of the more dangerous hairpin turns were ambulances, staffed with surgeons or nurses, ready for any smash-ups. The course is so laid out that those who contrive to last the full 300 miles will have to negotiate 1,200 of these “hairpins” before crossing the finish line. —_— DRAKE TOP GRID SCORER Purdue Halfback Leads Big 10 After Rout of Badgers. CHICAGO, October 12 (#).—John Drake, flashy Purdue halfback, held the Western Conference grid scoring lead today as the result of his three touchdowns Saturday against Wis- consin. Cecil Isbell, who teams with Drake to give the Boilermakers a formidable touchdown-producing combination, had nine points on one touchdown against the Badgers and three points after touchdowns. Don Geyer, North- western fullback, also had nine points on a field goal and one touchdown, scored against Jowa October 3. Numerous players had scored touchdown each, including Bellin and Benz of Wisconsin, Humphrey, Pur- due; Adelman, Northwestern; O. Sim- mons, Iowa, and Del Sesso and Ken- derline of Indiana, Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Boxing. Phil Furr vs. Jimmy Lucas, 10 rounds, feature bout, Turner's Arena, 8:30. Foot Ball. Eastern vs. St. John's, Eastern Stadium, 3:30. TOMORROW. Foot Ball . Tech vs. Gonzaga, Tech Stadium, :30. THURSDAY. Wrestling. Ernie Dusek vs. Cliff Olson, fea- ture match, Turner's Arena, 8:30. FRIDAY. Foot Ball. Arkansas vs. George Washing- ton, Griffith Stadium, 8. Central vs. St. John's, Stadium, 3:30. Eastern vs. Calvert Hall, Balti- more, Md. Washington-Lee High vs. Hand- - ley High, Winchester, Va. Landon vs. St. Paul’s, Baltimore, Md. Central Gonzaga vs. Roosevelt, Roosevelt Stadium, 3:30. SATURDAY. Foot Ball. Georgetown vs. Bucknell, Grif- fith Stadium, 2:30. DePaul vs. Catholic University, Brookland Stadium, 2:30. Bridgewater College vs. Wilson Teachers College, Central Stadium, 2:30. Maryland vs. lottesville, Va. American University John's, Annapolis, Md. Western vs. Petersburg High, Petersburg, Va. Howard Vs, Petersburg, Va. Virginia, Char- vs. St Virginia State, Sports Mirror Bs the Associated Press. Today a year ago—Marshall Fleld’s Tintagel won $92,000 Bel- mont Puturity, with Hollyrood sec- ond and Jean Bart third. Three years ago—Jimmie Foxx won most valuable player award in American League for second straight year. D Vi & k] S T . Fierce Fights in Prospect - as Clans Gird for Next Important Frays. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Astociated Press Bports Writer. EW YORK, October 12.—Three weeks of preliminary sparring had served to separate some of the foot ball chaff from the wheat, but the sectional championship races still were wide open, with no definite evidence pointing to the ulti- mate outcome in any one of them. . Further light on the situation will be shed this week in an imposing ar- ray of big-time games, but the chances are that it will be late November be- fore the polls can safely be closed. Looking toward the next gathering of the foot ball clans, here's how the ever-shifting picture appeared toaay: East—The leaders, for the moment at least, were Pittsburgh, Fordham, Army and Yale, with Navy, Holy Cross, Duquesne, Temple, Villanova, Princeton and Manhattan very much to be reckoned with. 5 Pitt, which ruined Ohio State’s na« tional championship aspirations with * | a 6-0 victory before 71,000 at Colum- bus on Harold Stebbins’ 34-yard sprint _ to a fourth-period touchdown, cannot - afford a let down this week against Duquesne, even though Notre Dame and Fordham are in the immediate offing. Real Test for Navy. ARMY. piloted to a sensational 27-16 victory over Columbia by Monk Meyer's talented passing arm, tackles Harvard, 28-0 conquerors of luckless Brown. Navy, which hung up a 35-14 triumph over Virginia for its third successive triumph over Southern Con- ference opposition, may find tough going against Yale's Bulldogs, who tripped Penn's powerhouse, 7-0. Victor over Dartmouth, 7-0, when Bill Osmanski galloped 80 yards with an intercepted pass, Holy Cross again will be tested by Manhattan. Temple was to play Boston College today and Carnegie Toch Friday dight, while Villanot hich stopped Penn State, 13-0, tackles Western Maryland. Princeton, unimpressive in handing . a 20-0 beating to Rutgers, will need to do better against Penn. Fordham, 7-0 victor over Southern Methodist on Johnny Locke’s 76-yard run, eases off against Waynesburg. Dartmouth plays Brown. Other leading pairings will send Cornell, idle last week, against Syra- cuse, unexpectedly upset by Baldwine ‘Wallace, 19-7; Colgate against Tu- lane’s sturdy Green Wave, Columbia against Virginia Military, New York University against North Carolina and George Washington against Arkansas. Much Action in Big Ten. mexs-;: Northwestern, Purdue and Indiana are the current Big Ten leaders with Minnesota and Ohio State ready to take a hand in the Conference chase. Minnesota, which scored its nine- ¢ teenth consecutive victory when Andy ! Uram took a pass from Wilkinson and ran 75 yards to a touchdown, with only 68 seconds to play, for a 7-0 tri- umph over Nebraska, meets Michigan, na. Purdue's TR BB B PP I Chicago, checked by a 6-6 draw with Butler. Ohio State opens its Confer« ence drive against formidable Northe western while Iowa plays Illinois, routed 24-7 by Southern California, in the remaining Conference engagement. Indiana must play Nebraska while | Wisconsin finds Notre Dame, hard pressed to turn back Washington Uni- versity of St. Louis, 14-6, next on the list. Oklahoma, nosed out by Texas, 6-0, and Kansas, toppled by Iowa State, (See BARKER, Page A-13) A A AP AT W on't miss the mellow flavor of NTAGE TOBACCO