Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1936, Page 14

- @he Foening SHlap Spoiis Richardson Future G. W. Grid Hope : East Intersection L] OFCURRENTFROSH Colonial Cub Coach. squad for the first time n 1930, George Washington will more when it presents one who promises tle all-high halfback of 1935. Kriemelmeyer and Sid Kolker of Tech sghown in Buff and Blue livery dur-| elevens. dynamo that is Richardson as greater | one of the best “scat” backs in the | G. W. freshmen, Billy is described by Play of Little Ex-Central Back Astounds Sexton, BY BILL DISMER, JR. TTHOUT a local boy on its since Jim Pixlee handled his first varsity team here than atone for its involuntary snub of Washington products next year, to be the most colorful of 'em all— Billy Richardson, Central's great lit= Conspicuously absent this Fall are any home-grown successors of Otts and Frank Blackistone and Pete Kline of Central, all of whom have ing the past six years after notable careers with Capital high school But a year from now District fans | may be hailing the 155-pound human | than his four predecessors, with & | likelihood of his being recognized as | Capital's history. Now the outstanding player of the his coach, Jean Sexton, as the “tough- est 155-pounder I've ever seen.” 4 Full of Spirit, Energy. “FTHAT, alone,” declares Sexton, * the only factor which may pre- | vent him from being & regular var-| ity back—his size, I mean. The kid | doesn't stand much taller than a| typical George Washington co-ed, you | know, being about 5 feet 6. | “But I've never seen a guy with so much spirit and energy. He Always‘ wants to be in the game. Even when I take him out to rest him, he be- comes restless on the bench after a& few minutes and watches me like a hawk for the first sign to re-enter the game. “‘Put me in, coach. I'm ready,’ he shouts after a few minutes’ inactivity. And when I do tell him to warm up, his eyes seem to pop out of his head with the radiance of a searchlight.” “‘Now, you got sumpin’!’ he says | with a cocky assurance untinted with | braggadocio. “Down at Norfolk last Saturday. when we beat the Naval Training School, 1 Billy was the toast of the crowd. His sensational ball-car- rying distinguished him from the opening kick-off, and when I took him out for a rest after he had al- most single-handedly carried the ball 70 yards for the second touchdown in the first quarter the crowd hollered for more. | Crowd Demands No. 44. "'PUT No. 44 (Richardson's num- | ber) back in! We want 44! And when I did, a flock of fans who had been walking off the field came rushing back to the sidelines.” | With & pair of legs bigger than most | of the varsity'’s largest members, Richardson drives over the ground with unusual power. So big are his legs around the shins that a strip of tape long enough to go once and a half around the legs of an ordinary player scarcely reaches around Rich- ardson’s underpinnings. Biggest delight of all to Colonial coaches is the fact that Billy's use- | fulness does not stop with his ball- carrying ability. The pupil of a for- mer G. W. gridder, Hardy Pearce, Richardson is a good blocker and a deadly tackler, bringing down oppo- nents a head taller than himself and 25 per cent heavier. The Colonial Cubs play only one game at home this year, meeting the | Temple University freshmen here on | November 13 after playing Western Maryland frosh at Westminster the week before. It will be the only opportunity for local fans this year to get a preview of how one-fourth of George Wash- | ington’s backfield is destined to leok in 1937. Sports Program For Local Fans TOMORROW. ‘Wrestling. Cliff Olsen vs. Hans Kampfer, feature match, Turner's Arena, 8:30. FRIDAY. Foot Ball. Catholic University vs. Loyola of the South, New Orleans, La. Roosevelt vs. Eastern, Roosevelt Stadium (public high title series), 3:30. ‘Woodrow Wilson vs. Bethesda, Md., 3:30. Richmond University Frosh vs. Maryland Frosh, College Park, Md., 3:30. Georgetown Prep vs. St. Albans, Massachusetts and Wisconsin ave- nues, 3:30. Friends vs. Woodward, 3900 Wis- consin avenue, 3:30. Washington and Lee High vs. Woodberry Forest, Orange, Va. Landon, FOR REGULAR J0BS ‘Violets, Nee gave an even greater per- .there the remainder of the game. | admitted to the game for 25 cents. WASHINGTON, D. C. ART HUGHES. Hughes is 203 pounds looming large in t of tackle that the Colonials will find he forward wall when Rice Institute is en- W. gk S RO, TSI e BOR RRL o BEET Some of the Trouble Awaiting G. W. U. in Texas Saturday BILL BRANDON. countered at Houston this week halfback highly rated as a blocker and runner.—A. P. Photos. | end, while Brandon is a husky HOYASUBS BIDDING THE SPORTLIGHT Steam-Up Blasts of Old Grid Coaches Not Needed by Wiser Players of Today. BY GRANTLAND RICE. HE old idea of the foot ball| coach delivering fiery uplift- ing addresses to his men be- | fore the game or between halves is taking a fast fade. The Four Get Starting Berths if They Click Against Shen- andoah Saturday. ITHERTO second-string Georgetown players whom Jack Hagerty is planning to start against Shenandoah at Griffith Stadium on Saturday will have all the incentive of a major game confronting them, for the Hill- top coach has let it be known that those who make good will be rewarded with berths in the starting line-up against West Virginia a week later. Not all of those who start will be making their first bids for regular | jobs, however, as a quartet of former bench-warmers showed well against N. Y. U. last Saturday and have been elevated to first-team rating. They include Tony Barabas, who evinced promise of emulating his earlier brothers, Steve of Georgetown and Al of Columbia: Elmer Moulin, another back: Maurie Nee, former | Georgetown Prep. star, an end, and Red Hardy, center. L OTH Barabas and Moulin broke away for long gains against the formance against the New Yorkers than he did against Bucknell, while Hardy's scoop-up of the punt that Nee blocked gave Georgetown its only | touchdown. Apparently over the leth- argy which threatened his snapper- back job, Hardy replaced Mike Fuardo | in the second quarter and stayed | | Others to start Saturday will be| Hill and O'Brien, guards; Cummings | and Brady, tackles; Cavadine at the | other end; Wychunas at one half and Meglin at full. | After defeats in the first two games | at the hands of Western Maryland and Catholic University, Shenandoah has recovered to the extent of winning three in a row—from Shepherd, Nor- folk division of William and Mary and Wilson Teachers of this city. High and prep school students will be CENTRAL FENCERS WIN. Jack Ray's Central High School fencing team scored a victory over the ‘Washington-Lee swordsmen at Balls- ton, Va., when Schaffer and Goret won by scores of 5-0 and 5-1. Thompson Girded Again to Run Wild Against Wildeats Another Mat War Brews—Eagles’ Coach Belittles Eastern Gridders—Barlund Promising Boxer. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, October 28.— After last year's game with Minnesota, Lynn Waldorf, Northwestern coach, said: “1f T never see that Tuffy Thomp- son again it will be soon enough” ... just for that Bernie Bierman intends to turn Tuffy loose at Evanston Saturday . . . How about Babe Herman for manager at Brooklyn? . . . The Reds are getting ready to sell the Babe up or down the river—they don't care which, just so they send him somewhere . . . Scouts say another red-hot wrestling war is brewing . . . Bert Bell, coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, is quoted as saying Eastern collegers are not smart enough for pro foot ball . . . ouch. ‘The people’s cherce out in Pitts- burgh is Marshall Goldberg, Pitt halfback #. . Most burned-up young man of the week was Slip Madigan when he found out Fordham had promised the Giants 25 per cent of the receipts for use of the Polo Grounds . . . The Dedgers have signed a Russian inflelder named Palachamin . . . But he'll give the printers a break and call himself Nick Polly for box seore purposes .. . Horace Stoneham, president of the Giants, and Bill Terry don't gee eye to eye on whether Hank steam-up of other days is missing from most of the picture. Today, the average foot ball fan would be | surprised to know at close range how most of the leading coaches look and act, on and off the field. Such men as Bernie Bierman of Minnesota, Jock Sutherland of Pitts- | burgh, vard Jones of Southern California, Ducky Pond of Yale, Pritz Crisler of Princeton, Jimmy Crowley | of Fordham, Lou Little of Columbia, Matty Bell of Southern Methodist, El- mer Layden of Notre Dame, etc., on and on, make no play for color at any time. Most of them belong to the shy brigade—Bierman, especially. “What sort of bawling out did you give your team after the Duquesne game?” some one asked Jock Suther- land of Pitt. “If you'd taken one look at the | faces of those boys in the dressing room, you'd have understood at once they needed sympathy—not any bawling out,” Sutherland repied. “Anyway,” Sutherland said, “it's hard to key up a team any longer. “They know the tough games and they know the softer spets as well as the coach does. And if you try to keep a team keyed up too long, it is going to crack on you anyway.” “Qld-time foot ball,” another lead- ing coach said, “had no such mental strain as the modern game carries, with its forwards, laterals, spinners, reverses and such—its threats and feints and hidden ball attack—where one defensive mistake may cost the game. wearing-down process comes from.” From Scout Notebooks. EREWITH are some interesting reports from ‘our trusty scouts: “Saw Tennessee stop Duke. Duke had two fine backs in Parker and Hackney, but the big Duke line was too slow charging. It was a tragic loss for Duke, which was constantly threatening the Tennessee goal line— but Tennessee was three deep in fast- charging’ linemen and backs—and 20 deep in spirit for this game. Duke's ends in this game lacked the smart- ness or finesse needed against Dickens Leiber shall be traded . . . What's become of Ali Baba? Best looking young heavyweight right now is Gunnar Barlund, the PFion . . . New York writers who swallowed the St. Mary’s ballyhoo hook, line'and sinker, now claim Slip Madigan put over a fast one . .. One paper says the Gaels were just as overrated as they were over- dressed . . . Big Bill Dwyer isn't going to give up the New York American hockey franchise without a battle . . . Lafayette's poor show= ing has fans and alumni guessing + . . Every member of the new kid line-up, the Rangers, will send to the hockey wars is & right-hand A This is where most of the | and others. But Duke showed me two exceptional backs in Parker and| Hackney—two of the best I've seen. Tennessee's victory would have been impossible without the inspirational playing of Phil Dickens, whose de- fensive work, kicking, passing and ball carrying saved the day.” | “A good team may stand up against | Minnesota for two periods,” reports | another, “but I don't see how any one now can hold out through four. Bier- man now has reserves well advanced over the earlier season and he can pile them in. Purdue fought desper- ately for the first half, but had little left down the stretch, This may hap- | pen to Northwestern Instead of slipping after so many victories, Min- | nesota seems to be picking up speed, | power and spirit.” | “Think you should give more credit to Matty Bell of Southern | Methodist,” declares a third. “From | last year's fine team he lost such men as Wilson, Spain, Shuford and Wetzel | —in fact, almost his entire first string. He had to rebuild almost entirely. “Yet he has another high- class team in the field, as Ford- ham will recall—as Vanderbilt knows—and others will discover later, “They still want another shot at | the Rose Bowl after what happened last January—and if they can go through the remainder of their schedule unbeaten, I don't think the Fordham break should crowd them out.” “Why haven't you given more credit to the Army this Fall?’—L. F. G. Army has' one of its best all-around squads. But Army’s sole test so far has been against Columbia, which lost to Michigan. Harvard had noth- ing to offer against either Army or Dartmouth. Colgate will give a bet- ter line, but Colgate—beaten by Duke and Tulane—is not another Pitt or Fordham. Army and Notre Dame and Army against Navy should be among the season’s thrillers, Word From Far West, FROM the Far West: “I have an idea that Auburn will be in for a shock on Saturday against Santa Clara. ' They know out here that Au- burn is good, one of the best in the South, but there are many who rate Santa Clara up with Washington and Southern California as one of the ~(See SPORTLIGHT, Page A-16) shot . . . The Pirates are willing to listen to bids for Woody Jensen, Lot of talk on the coast about Dick Weisgerber, fullback for little ‘Willamette College at Salem, Oreg. . . . Weisgerber, a 210-pounder from East Orange, N. J., has converted 42 out of 53 attempted place-kicks in three years . . . Record so far this season is 10 out of 13, . . Lack of heft in his Temple, backfleld has forced Pop Warner to make varia- tions in his famous foot ball system .. . That cheering in Buffalo is for the University of Buffalo team . .. Last Saturday it won its fourth straight game—its longest winning streak on record. A | consoling knowledge that only one | Stadium, Tech retained its puzzling TECH TEAM STILL PUZZLE OF SERIES Potentialities Not Clear in Unconvincing Victory Over Western. | preparations today for its cru- cial fracas with Central next Tuesday at Central Stadium with the terious foot ball team launched ECH HIGH SCHOOL'S mys- | EDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, ¢ 1936. TALLY SHOWS 37 WINS IN 3 TILTS Gains Foot Ball Prestige at Expense of Midwest, South, Southwest. BY SID FEDER, Associated Press Sporis Writer. EW YORK, October 28.—A re- turn of the East's foot ball forces to national gridiron prestige, at the expense of the Midwest, South and Southwest, was indicated today in the first compilation of the season’s intersectional warfare. ‘While the Midwest appears to have fallen off considerably from its usual high place, and the South boasts only & margin over the West, Eastern teams have compiled a decisive edge over elevens from every area they have engaged in their portion of the 64 intersectional battles on the gridiron front to date. ‘With the help or three inter-regional victories each by Pitt, Navy and West Virginia, and two apiece by Temple, Pordham and Boston University, the Atlantic seaboard gridmen have posted 37 wins against 15 defeats and one tie in rivalry with Midwest, South, South- west and Pacific Coast teams, | East Far in Front. OP THESE 53 games—the Eastern total in the intersegtional tilts from coast to coast this year—27 have been of major caliber, and, even in these important tests, the East is out in front with 17 wins. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, the standings by section at the midseason | mark line up as follows: East, 16: Midwest East, 16; South. East. 4 Southwest . 0. 3: South.' 1 (two ties), Midwest. O oast. 1 cific Co A 1; Southwest, 0. (one tie), 1 Rocky Mountain, With the season half over, and the | East still giving as good or better than | it's taking, it apparently is going to | require considerable catching-up for any section to make up the existing | difference. G. W. Swells Advantage. LTHOUGH the East still has 40 intersectional battles before the | season’s curtain rings down, it seems hardly likely that they will make any considerable change, despite the fact that 19 are with the Midwest and 17 with the South. The other four are divided evenly with the Southwest and Far West. | Twenty-five teams have taken vart in piling up the Eastern edge. Pitt's | victories over Notre Dame, Ohio State | and Ohio Wesleyan have been the big | noise in the march over the Midwest, although in nine major games the Central area has managed to break | even, chiefly with the help of triumphs by Notre Dame and Michigan State over Carnegie Tech and Michigan's upset of Columbia last Saturday. In the South vs. East rivalry, Navy with three wins, and Temple, George | Washington and West Virginia with | two each have led the parade. The | Southern forces, however, can take | some consolation in the fact that one of the East's “big-time” outfits, Col- | gate, has been trimmed by both | Tulane and Duke of the Dixie delega- | tion, Southwest Is Shut Out. of its scoring plays is known to its time-honored rival, but the irritating thought that only Tech itself knows one scoring play considerably an- noyed follwers of the Maroon club. | Erratic and unconvincing in its | squeaky 7-0 victory over Western yes- terday before 2,000 spectators at Tech position as the dark horse of the | scholastic series. .Only sporadic | flashes of what the Tech team can accomplish when clicking was re- sponsible for any sort of apprehen- | sion at Central. Tech Plays Ragged Ball. TECH decidedly was feeble and in- effective against an improved | Western eleven, repeatedly fumbling and running up the backs of its in- terference and its vaunted passing attack, used briefly in the waning moments of the game, failed to create even a mild sensation. Taking a neat pummeling defen- sively, Tech nevertheless braced to hold Western on two occasions when the Red Raiders threatened to score. Western advanced to the 5-yard line i the.first quarter and then fought back to the 4-yard mark in the sec ond period, only to have its attack jam at the pay-off. | Johnny Williamson, tucking Morris Snead’s twistirig punt to his tummy, pranced 44 yards down the side lines to Western's 4-yard line to place Tech in scoring position on the final play of the first quarter. Stan Wells Crosses Goal. CORNILL was stopped at the line of scrimmage, but Stan Wells, later removed from the game with an in- jured ankle, which was to be X-rayed today for possible damage, swept around right end on the following play to score. Williamson booted the extra point from placement. ‘The one redeeming feature of Tech's play cropped up in the form of Jack Belote, whose lengthy punting prom- ises to set Central back if he gets the opportunity. Western twice was removed from dangerous territory by virtue of 65 and 55 yard punts. Pe 7] ‘Western (0). McCracken ral Oliphant Ward Wegtern 0 ‘ouchdewn—Well: int go:ln-—wuu m"'l.‘h (llm;éfol‘)..‘mr : Tech—Wel Zuras, Connolly for - Wightman, Plne'h:g man for Raulins, Johnson . Belote, ightman_for hnson, Wi 1y: ells, Foans for Cornell. Welcti for Em- Catholic TO DATE the East has shut out the Southwest in major games, with Fordham victorious over Southern Methodist, Duquesne topping Rice and George Washington walloping Arkansas. Fordham's victory last week over St. Mary's Galloping Gaels in the | only East-Far West competilion has | completed the “grand slam” lead for the Easterners in intersectional com- petition so far this season. ‘The South has taken its edge over the Midwest through the conquests Vanderbilt and Auburn turned in over Chicago and Detroit, while the defeats of Vanderbilt, Georgia and Centepary by S. M. U, Rice and Texas Tech, respectively, put Dixie's forces on the short end against the Southwest. ‘The Pacific Coast posted a win against the Midwest when Southern California trampled Illinois to gain revenge and even things up after the earlier victory by Minnesota over the Washington Huskies. - SNAPPY DUEL PROMISED. PITTSBURGH, October 28 (#).—A portion of the Pitt-Fordham game is being boosted as one of those “irre- sistible object vs. immovable force™ affairs. The fans are waiting to see what happens when “Biggie” Goid- berg, Pitt's powerful ball carrier, and Ed Franco, Fordham's “tower of strength” tackle, collide. Rice-G. W. Game Will Be Phoned TH! foot ball battle between George Washington and Rice at Houston, Tex., Saturday won't be broadcast, but Colonial fans may have the next best. Arrangements have been made by the Rowzer Club of G. W. for a tele- phonic play-by-play account sent from the press box at Houston to the G. W, gym, where it will be amplified. To defray the telephone bill a small admission fee will be levied at the gym. Between the halves com- ments will be made by Washington sports writers. The contest will start at 3 o'clock, Washington time. Ebet O'Mears (Gonsaga! SEEK 125-POUND FOES. Games with teams in the 125-pound class are wanted by the Georgetown a!'m' Club. Call West 2122 after 6:30 ] | violent game. "POPPI al Leader NG OFF Ytan Tuffy Learns to Block. HE two months that have elapsed since he was shipped to Chicago as a little-known | member of the College All- Stars have wrought a change in our Tufty Leemans, whom New York is| hailing as the Joe Di Maggio of the professional foot ball season. When he was training with the All-Stars for the Detroit Lions they said that Tuffy, overawed in the presence of the Shakespeares, Rileys and Bobby Wil- sons, was all for packing up and coming home, convinced that he would be no help. Then came the big game and when it was over everybody said that Tuffy was the best back on the field. From Chicago the All-Stars moved to New York for another game with a pro team and Tuffy did it all over again. Then came time for Tuffy to change into a New York Giants’ uniform and now everybody is saying he is absolute tops among the pro rookies. Already he has gained 502 yards and bids fair to break Beattie Feathers' record of slightly over 1,000 yards gained for the sea- son. Thus it came as no great surprise to find a quietly confident, mildly cocky Leemans when you hung on a subway strap with him in New York last week while going out to watch | N. Y. U. and Georgetown. Gotham is goofy about him and Tuffy, in truth, is the only real dash of color on the Giants this season. has seen him agrees that he will go places in pro foot ball YOU asked him about it and were somewhat surprised to discover that he will have to go places this season and the next because he won't be in the game after that. “I figure that one more year of this business will be enough for me” explained Tuffy. cally, to stay in it long He Won't Get “Punchy.” Besides, I | want to go into coaching.” One of the Georgetown gang asked him if pro players got punch drunk. “You bet,” said Tuffy. “That’s one reason why I don't want to stick too long. It's like boxing or any other You can get knocked around the bean a few times and wake up a little ‘punchy.’” You asked Tuffy how much harder was pro foot ball than the college brand and in what way. “Almost in every way,” he said “They tackle harder and block harder. What's more, all of the pros are think- ing all of the time and in college foot ball this isn't so. You can't ‘suck in’ linemen and backs like you can in a college game, for one thing. “F'instance, when the Giants’ tackle and guard stay back and give the opposing tackle a chance to come through, you can bet he won't do it. He's afraid of being ‘mousetrapped,’ and you can’t blame him. When a pro line lets a fellow break through purposely, you can bet it's up to something. “Up here, too, you have to block or get out. 1 never had to. Pixlee used me as a decoy when I wasn't carrying the ball, but they don't have many decoys in the pro game. Everybody in the game, almost, is a threat to score a touchdown.” No Harder to Gain Ground. OU asked Tuffy about Ed Danow- ski, who is rated the best passer in foot ball and Leemans’ chief rival on the Giants as an offensive threat. “Incidentally,” he answered, “Dan- owski is one of the few fellows who Everybody who | “It's too hard on a guy, physi- | I'm just learning to block, | because down at George Washington | | passes myself with the Giants, but both of them were caught and one went for a touchdown on account of Danowski. You see they figured on him to pass and when I went back there was nobody around and I had an hour to find a receiver. Danowski's A great passer, but he throws a funny ball. It isn't pretty to watch, but he can hit & dime at 40 yards.” Statisticians for the Giants have figured that Leemans aver- ages close to 5 yards per try at carrying the ball. This is an average that would do eredit o a college back. You wondered about this. “I wouldn't say it's easier to gain ground in pro foot ball than it is in college,’ 'said Tuffy. “It seems about the same to me. Sometimes you don't —and sometimes you do. The pros tackle harder, but so do they block better. And the game is more wide- open.” Hanken to Turn Pro. EN PLOTNICKI, who used to team up with Leemans in running the | ball at George Washington, was hang- ing onto a nearby strap. *“How is Tod Goodwin making out?” Ben asked. Goodwin used to play for West Vir- ginia against the George Washingtons. He is an end, now, with the Giants. “Great kid,' 'said Tuffy, profoundly. “He’ll be a good pro end. I think Ray Hanken, down at G. W. now, will be another. Hanken's gonna get a trial with the Giants when he Aaishes.” “Is Goodwin still ‘that way?'* Plotnicki wanted to know. “You know what I mean, Tuffy.” Leemans grinned. “Better'n ever, | Ben. Did you fellows ever hear the | story of Goodwin? We]l, when he got on the foot ball team at West Vir- ginia, in his first year, he was grabbed for a fraternity. He always was & cocky kid and when he got into the fraternity he got even cockier. Finale 1y, to quiet him down, they thought of the idea to paint a big sign and hang it around his neck. The sign read, in big letters, ‘T Am Cocky.' He was supposed to wear it a week “Well, the week was up and every= body who had to live with him and play with him were congratulating themselves on a good idea when, all of a sudden, Goodwin comes into view with an even bigger sign arouad his neck. It was a sign he made himself and it read: ‘I Am Still Cocky!"" The subway roared into 125th street and you had to change from the ex- press to the local to get to the Yankee Stadium. The gang was only & few feet from the door. but a veritable thundering horde from the outside streamed in and nobody could move to get out. | “Honest, you people” velled | Tuffy, sounding like Joe Pa- looka, as he might say it, “but we gotta get out of here.” For answer, somebody stepped on Leemans’ foot and Tuffy looked at Plotnicki and the rest. “I told you I learned how to block,” he said, | “Let’'s go.” ‘There was a mighty commotion, | Women swore softly and strong men fainted. You followed the swath that was cut into the human wall and finally found yourself outside, next ta a grinning Tuffy. “You learn a lot of things in pro | foot ball,” he said. “Even how to get | can be a decoy. I've only thrown two | off a New York subway.” YORARS in the making—for that intage flavo Copyright, 1936, by General Cigar Co.. Int. Today’s White Owls are being made from superb Vintage filler tobaccos—mellowed by nature for 3 long years...