Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1936, Page 14

NEWSOM WILL 60 ONLY FOR TALENT Detroit Cash for Hurler Spurned—Hemsley Sought as Trading Bait. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Btaft Correspondent of The Star. EW YORK, December 8.—The curtain officially rose today on the annual major league ball sessions, and for two more .days under the potted palms in their respective headquarters in hotel lob- bies the moguls will dicker for player talent. As far as Washington is con- cerned, however, it’s today or not at all during the confab for deals. That, at the least, was the belief suggested by President Clark Griffith, although the Nationals’ boss will stand ‘stanchly on his protesting srches for the duration of the meet- g. Like a soldier on guard duty, Grift paraded for approximately 15 hours on marble floors yesterday and when the shopping grounds were Cleared at & late hour last night he had made it .pretty clear what his Washington Club needed, and what it expected to give in return. Today the more optimistic of the earavan in town for the diamond meeting expected half a dozen deals to be swung in the American League, and one of these was to involve the Griffmen. Spurns Cash Offers. ESPEAKING his faith in the Na- tionals for 1937, Griffith had turned a deaf ear to a cash offer from Detroit of $55,000 for Buck Newsom, the garrulous pitcher who cannot seem to decide whether he wants to remain with Washington or be traded or sold to another team. The offer was made late yesterday by Manager Mickey Cochrane, but Griffith and Manager Bucky Harris would have none of it, although by agreeing to the sale the Washington club would show a profit of $15,000. When Griffith bought Newsom in May of 1935 he gave $40,000 to the Browns in exchange. Griffith also is understood to have turned down Cochrane’s offer to swap Elden Auker, another right-handed pitcher, for Newsom. It was made plain during the day that Washing- ton is willing to part with Buck, but from a reliable source it was said that Griffith also wants Outfielder Pete Fox and Pitcher Jake Wade in ex- change for Newsom and a choice of two outfielders. The two outfielders were believed to be Fred Sington and Carl Reynolds, but Cochrane turned down this propo- sition. “I don’t want outfielders,” de- clared Mickey. “We've got good out- flelders already and some youngsters ooming up. What we want is pitch- ing, and that kind of a deal would be Zoolish because we'd be giving up two pitchers for one.” Mr. G. Would Trade for Rollie. JF THE Washington club figures in & deal today it seemed almost cer- tain to be made with Detroit or St. Louis. Among the American League managers with whom Griffith con- ferred at great length yesterday were Rogers Hornsby of the Browns, Joe Cronin of the Red Sox, Jimmy Dykes of the White Sox and virtually all the Cleveland contingent, headed by Man- ager Steve O'Neill. Nevertheless, out of the crop, Coch- rane and Hornsby appeared to offer the brightest possibilities. If Coch- rane wants Newsom as badly as he seems to want him he may today re- vise his cash offer and compromise. And as for St. Louis, Hornsby's team atill had & man whom Griffith want- ed—Rollie Hemsley. “T'd ltke to have Hemsley,” ad- mitted Griffith this morning. “He's the man we are dickering for, but whether we'll get him remains to be seen. I'm not sure that we can get him.” Bolton Is on Block. T QCriffith would not affirm o was a rumor that started late last night to the effect that if Wash- ington got Hemsley it would pass him on to another team in exchange for another catcher. The Nationals really do not want Rollicking Rollie, so goes the rumor, and the Yanks do want him to understudy for Bill Dickey. If Griffith grabs Rollie it is thought he will use him in a trade. Any deal involving both Washing- ton and Hemsley is certain to involve Clff Bolton. That much is certain. Even Griff admits it and to the ex- tent of saying that if Hornsby in- sists he will include an outfielder in addition to Bolton, in the deal for Hemsley. The fiychaser, unnamed by Griff, is popularly believed to be Reynolds. The whole trading set-up, from a ‘Washington viewpoint, seems to hinge upon the failure of the much-dis- cussed Cleveland-St. Louis deal to go through. The Indians are after Julius Solters, Lyn Lary and Hemsley and are prepared to give, in exchange, Joe Vosmik, Bill Knickerbocker and Frankie Pytlak. “If this deal goes through” said Griff, “we haven’t much chance of getting Hemsley.” Anyway, today the curtain rises officially, and base ball men can act @5 quickly as they have acted slowly. Much can happen in 15 or 16 hours, which is standard time at Winter meetings for pounding the arches and -exercising the jaws. BASKET GAMES CLOSE Loans and Currency, O’Donnell’s Take League Games. loans and Currency and O'Don- nell's Restaurant scored close vie- tories in the Southeast Community Center Basket Ball League last night, the financiers nosing out the Mar- vins, 39-37, and the restaurateurs eking out & 24-21 decision from the Business Men. Johnson scored 18 points for Loans & Cur- rency, while B. Sacrey of the Busi- ness Men outscored Julian of O'Don- nell’s, 13 to 11, in the other en- counter. “The Trojans were not unduly ex- tended to whip Navy Yard, 20-11, Olomel getting all but 3 of the Josers’ 11 points. he Foening HtaP Sporis WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1936. Nat Deals Up to Tigers, Browns : Star Pin Meet Hardest to Win THE MAN ON THE SPOT. MANY SHAPS L ASAIRS EET Base Ball Nabobs Firing -on All Fronts—Giants First to Trade. BY PAUL MICKELSON. EW YORK, December 8 (#).— Several important deals, in- cluding the muchly publicised transportation of the great Dizzy Dean to New York, Pittsburgh or Cincinnati, were expected to pop today as the major league moguls opened their Winter meeting. ‘The nabobs of base ball were re- ported ready to fire on all fronts with trades and purchases involving a score or more of major, league players. The Giants even went so far as to send out word there would be an announcement of a deal, but wouldn't give a hint as to what it would be. This was the set-up of supply and | demand: National League— St. Louis—Vice President Branch Rickey is using all his salesmanship to peddle Dizzy Dean, but wants plenty cash and a whole ball club in return. Cincinnati seems out of the running, with the Giants and Pirates running neck and neck for the great right- hander. Giants’ Deal Made. NEW YORK—The Giants have made a deal, possibly with the Phillies for Lou Chiozza and Dolph Camilli for cash and Hank Leiber. They need a third sacker badly and another pitcher. Chicago—Must have more punch. ‘Want Leiber and would give up Third Baseman Stanley Hack and maybe a pitcher. Insist they don’t want Dean. Cincinnati—Need a pitcher and an outfielder who can hit. Ready to shoot the works on their vets, but keen to hold on to the youngsters. Pittsburgh—Need a catcher badly and hot after Dean. 'Willing to trade almost any one on the club to get new faces. Brooklyn—Burleigh Grimes believes he has repaired his infleld with the, acquisition of Woodie English and Cookie Lavagetto, but wants outfield strength. Philadelphia—No meeting would be complete without a Phillie deal. They need players, but they need money worse. Rivals Afraid of Bees. BOS'!ON—MW one is a bit afraid of dealing with shrewd Bob Quinn, who has Wally Berger on the block— it he can get what he wants. That's plenty. American League: New York—No one could come close %o the Yankees last season, so Man- ager Joe McCarthy asks: “What have we got to gain with a deal?” .Joe would like a pitcher, but would like to buy him with cash. Detroit—The Tigers need a good pitcher and have been offered Wesley Ferrell by the Red Sox, Buck Newsom by the Nationals and John Whitehead by the White Sox. But they all want Pitcher Eldon Auker and Outflelder Gerald Walker. Cochrane wants to peddle one of his four left fielders. ‘White Sox want Pitcher Jack Knott from St. Louis or Hurlers Oral Hildebrand or Thornton Lee from. Cleveland. Also like Joe Vosmik of Cleveland and Bob Johnson of the Athletics. Willing to give up Infielder Tony Piet and Pitcher John White- head. ‘Washington—After s good pitcher| Iike Auker and & catcher Mke Rollie el Bl * —By JIM BERRYMAN. ' XANTEN * ¥ DEFENDING CHAMPION IN THE *© EVENING . STAR'S ANNUAL DUCKPIN ¥ TOURNEY, MUST ROLL AGAINST ¢ THAT TOUGH OPPONENT -~ Hemsley of the Browns or Frank Pytlak of Cleveland. Ready to trade Buck Newsom. Red Sox Offer Werber, Cash. BOSTON—HM after Pinky Higgins of Philadelphia for third base in exchange for Bill Werber and cash. Would trade Pitcher Wesley Ferrell for what have you. Cleveland—The Indians are eager to do some house cleaning with Joe Vosmik leading the moving day procession. Trying to swing a deal with the Browns with Vosmik and Bill Knickerbocker as bait. St. Louis—For some reason Rogers Hornsby is anxious to get rid of Hemsley and Flea Clifton. Wants | infielders. |in memory of man, Connie Mack | isn’t interested in money. He's ready to trade, but says he must have players, | not cash, but the club owners can't believe him. PURDUE IS FEARED BY ALL OF BIG TEN Sharer of Last Season’s Basket Ball Title Displays Power in Taking Opener. CHICAGO, December 8 (#).—The old cry of “Stagg fears Purdue” is changing to “the Big Ten fears Purdue” these days—at least in basket ball circles. Purdues’ Boilermakers, who shared the cage title last season with Indi- ana, whipped a strong Western State Teachers’ College team from Mich- igan, 57 to 32, last night, putting on a sensational scoring spurt in the final six minutes of play. With the score 38 to 32 in the Boilermakers’ favor, Jewell Young and Johnny Sines ran up 17 points between them to turn the battle into a rout. ‘Wisconsin defeated North Dakota, 42 to 25, with George Rooney, a for- ward, scoring 13 points for the Badgers. Northwestern’s veteran five easily whipped Carleton College from Minnesota, 44 to 19. Jean Smith was high scorer with 14 points. Michigan defeated Michigan State Normal, 61 to 12. The Wolverine point total constituted a new Yost fleld house mark. Capt. John Gee was high scorer with 10 points. College Quints Virginia, 36; Bridgewater, 11. Loyola (Baltimore), 44; Towson State Teachers, 20. Northwestern, 44; Carleton, 19, Purdue, 57; Western State, 32. Michigan, 61; Michigan Normal, 2. ‘Wisconsin, 42; North Dakota, 25, Concordia, 20;. North Dakota State, 27. Towa Teachers, 32; Grinnell, 18. Georgetown College, 53; Alfred Holbrook, 28. Depsuw, 41;: Rose Poly, 17. Loyola University, 44; Arkansas State, 23. Marquette, 40; Ripon, 14. Central State” Teachers, 41; St. Norbert, 31. Idaho, 41; Whitman, 36. 1 Pro Hockey BY the Assoctated Press. . American Association. Tulsa, 3; St. Paul, 2 (overtime), SCHEDULE TONIGHT. National League. Chicago at New York Rangers. Detroit at Boston. International-Americsn League Springfield at Buffalo. American Association. B8 Leuis at Wichila, | Philadelphia—For the first time ! *OL MAN PsycHoLoaGy"! ' 4 L.S.U., Pitt and Washington v Follow in Dickinson System List. ‘ (#).—Minnesota’s mighty foot ball machine, under the Dick- inson rating system, ranks to- ‘The Gdlden Gophers, even though defeated 6-0 by Northwestern, were given a rating of 23.77 points. The G. Dickinson of the University of Il- linois. In second place, more than a point back, was Louisiana State Uni- team. Prof. Dickinson said Minnesota’s in- tersectional victories over Washing- Bowl game, and Nebraska were suf- ficient to offset the Northwestern set- back. The Gophers routed Texas, State. Now Even With Michigan. IT ‘WAS the second time since Prof. TOPS ON GRIDIRON HAMPAIGN, Ill, December 8 | day as the Nation's No. 1 eleven. system was originated by Dr. Frank versity’s undefeated and onoe-tlzgi ton, which will meet Pitt in the Rose which played a 6-8 tle with Louisiana Dickinson began rating teams in top. The Gophers placed first in 1934, and are tied with Michigan at two legs each for permanent possession of the Knute K. Rockne Memorial ‘Trophy, sponsored by the “four horse- men” of Notre Dame—Coach Elmer Layden of Notre Dame, Coach Harry Stuhldrener of Wisconsin, Coach ullw-js MILD .. . eAlways UNIFORM . . . ALL LONG-FiLLER 1924 that Minnesota finished at the Jimmy Crowley of Fordham and Don Miller of Cleveland. ‘The Nation ratings: Team. Minnesota Louisiana Pittsburg Washingf Alabama Northwestern _. Notre Dame Santa Clara e ennsyival Nebraska ERERE R RRESE ) 0 0 ONLY OLLIEPACNI | OFTEN IN PAY-OFF Winner in 1932 in Prize List Four Times—Handicap Goes to Xanten. BY ROD THOMAS. P ALL the thousands of men who, in the last eight years, have fired away for cash and glory in The Evening Star Yuletide bowling tournament, only one has been a consistent prize win- ner. One time top-ranking duckpin marksmen of the United States and currently the third high average man of the District League, Ollie Pacini. the Northeast Temple boss, four times has lined up for the big pay-off in Washington’s largest bowling tourna- ment, which for the last several years has outstripped even the city cham- pionships in individual entries. In 1928, when the tournament was inaugurated, Pacini ran sixth with 606. In 1931 he was third with 676. He won in 1932 with 677 and in 1933 was fifth with 655. . Compute those figures and you find the polished Pacini with a grand average of 134-14 for 20 games, which is by way of being a brilliant record for any sort of competition, 0dds Tough to Figure. BUT in spite of his consistent suc- cess, Pacini, like many another ace, considers The Star tournament the toughest of all of Washington's myriad of bowling events to win. The numer- ical strength of the fleld and the han- dicaps enjoyed by all except the out- standing performers of the city pile up the odds against any one man. Only a mathematician keenly informed on the relative abilities of the entrants could compute them with any degree of logie. Four times in eight years the first prizes, $50 in cash and a gold medal, have gone to little-known bowlers. Clarence Taft, who triumphed in | 1928, flared like a meteor and like a visitor from the sky, shone brightly for a moment and as suddenly went out. | He hasn't been heard from since for achievement on the mapleways. Little Tony De Fino, the 1929 vic- tor with 632, was unheralded, as was J. M. (Monk) Walker, who carried | off the top prize in 1934 with 692 with | the aid of a handicap—he was the first | victor so helped—and Frank O.| Zanten, who shot to the top last year, although recognized as a dangerous competitor, was not recognized as an Al bowler. Xanten Holds Two Records. TH‘! true aces who wear The Evening Star medal are Clem Weidman, who banked out a 645 set in 1930; Carroll Daly, with 679 in 1931; Pacini, with 677 in 1932, and Jack Whalen, Prof. Dickinson said that Santa Clara, only undefeated and untied major eleven in the Nation, would drop from the first 11 if it should lose to Texas Christian Saturday. Du- quesne would take over eleventh place and Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Duke would move up a notch apiece. Sports Program For Local Fans TOMORROW. Basket Ball. Catholic University vs. Maryland State Normal, Catholic University gym, 8. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High va. Eastern, Eastern gym, 3:30. St. Paul’s (Baltimore) vs. George= town Prep, Garrett Park, Md., 3:30. THURSDAY. ‘Wrestling. CIiff Olson vs. Matros Kirilenko, feature match, Turner's Arena, 8:30. FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High vs. ‘Western, Western gym, 3:30. American University vs. Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Md. Wilson Teachers vs. Kutztown ‘Teachers, Kutztown, Pa. Georgetown Prep, at Maryland School for the Deaf. SATURDAY. Basket Ball. Southeastern University vs. Mount St. Mary's, Emmitsburg, Md. » Ccnt‘] 2 with 679 in 1933. It is a coincidence | of more than passing interest that two | bosom friends, Whalen and Carroll, | won the tournament with identical scores. It fell to Xanten, a clerk in the | Engineering Department of the Dis- trict government, to hang up the all- | time tournament record. He came away, in fact, with two records and four prizes. His five-game score of 694 and his high single of 180 made him the outstanding champion of all. He collected $50 and a gold medal for the big set, which also netted him $5 | as the high total from scratch in the roll-off, and the 180 game brought a five spot. as the best string in the final. | Xanten, who bowls with the Lucky Strike team in the District League, may have a better chance to repent} than any of the victors who preceded | him, for this time Frank will receive | & handicap. A scratch man last year with an average of 118, in the ap- proaching event he will receive 18 franked sticks. “Yeah,” says Frank, “I'll be glad to get those pins, but' I don't expect lightning to hit twice in the same spot.” ‘WINS FINAL GRID GAME. Uniforms of the 100-pound team of the Georgetown Boys’ Club were be- ing hung up for the season today following their 32-6 conquest of the Cardinal A. C. on the Monument lot yesterday. The Georgetown Club won eight and lost two games during its 10-game schedule. 10 fla_:( LA\ZO\RA Refreshingly mild—2 light, invigorating smoke. Made from really good all long- filler tobaccos with marvelous uniform- ity, Never bitter, never strong; no scrap, no loosc ends to spoil your smoking. A Prodon & ‘; 4. "POPPI NG OFF tan. Speaking of Major Operations. | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NDER A POTTED PALM, New York, December 8—For 48 consecutive hours now, which is how long most of the major league tycoons have been gumshoeing in local hotel lobbies and buttonholing each other, there has been laid what probably ranks as the greatest gas barrage since the World War. With studied care the American League owners in particular have hinted at spectacular deals and trades and in doing so they have appropri- ated good space in the public prints. But, so far, the fact remains that nothing except a deal of hemming and hawing has gone on, and unless things pick up this Winter base ball show is going to be disappointing to the folks back home with their feet on the hot stove. Mickey (Himself) Cochrane has gone on record as confiding that he intends to win the pen- nant in 1937, and for that rea- son he indicated he will keep fellows like Al Simmons and Goose Goslin and will be in the market for players of proved worth who can step into the game and give the Tigers a boost. ‘When Mickey was sounded out on who he wanted he said “Buck New- som” quicker'n you can say Jack Robinson. This caused Manager Bucky Harris and Owner Clark Grif- fith of the Senators to rush toward Cochrane with propositions involving the swapping of Newsom for some of the Tigers’ young minor league talent. Surely if Mickey wanted to accum- ulate players who could win a pennant he would be prepared to trade a youngster or two. But nix. * Mickey wants to eat his cake and have it, too. When Griff and Bucky bore down on him seriously he couldn’t say “Buck Newsom” any faster than | | you can pronounce the name of that | Fordham foot ball center, Alex Wo- | Jjeiechowicz. Griff, Bucky, Not Absolved. THIS is not designed to absolve Griff and Bucky of similar accusations. | ‘They want “three for one,” as the boys say, as badly as the rest. Then, too, there is Jimmy Dykes, who unblush-| ingly says he would consider trading Zeke Bonura to Griff for Joe Kuhel. ‘Washington probably could clinch this deal by throwing in Buddy Lewis, Ben Chapman and Johnny Stone as well as Kuhel. And, of a sudden, Rogers Hornsby's pathetic Browns sud- denly have become great ball players, who merely were mis- understood. At leasi that's the way Hornsby is saying it. Your correspondent neglected to place dictaphones at the favorite meet- ing spots this year. It was tried last year at Chicago, but the static was something awful. In lieu of an au- thentic report of some of the conversa- tions, then, you will have to rely on | the vivid imagination of your fallen- arched servant. The scene, say, is the lobby of a hotel. Griffith has just finished a steak which, he suspects, used to be Joe Judge's old first baseman’s glove, He is stalking out of the dining room, hidden by a smoke screen from one of those long, flat stogies, when who should he encounter but Rogers Hornsby. Take it away, boys. Hemsley vs. Bolton. RIFF—Hello, Rog (uh, what a tough monkey to do business with.) Hornsby—Hi, Griff (hm-m-m, Shy- lock come to life). Griff—What are you going to do with Hemsley, Rog? 'Course, I realize you can't do much with him, being as he’s always outta shape and in scrapes. But I thought maybe we could use him |as an understudy to Shanty Hogan. (Gosh, I'd like to have him. He still could sneak a few snorts and do us a lot of good. Whatta catcher.) Hornsby—Whatta ya mean, always outta shape? Why, didn't you hear that Hemsley reformed? I admit he wasn't in shape for awhile last year, but you can't blame our fellows. They didn’t even know, for a while, if they Wuz on a team in the American League or in the Three-Eye League. But if he got on s good club, lke yours, Hemsley would be a h—1 of a ball player. (I'hope the old boy wants him bad ’'nuff, that'’s all. He can have the headac] And T could use s pitcher.) Grift—How about swapping Bolton for Hemsley? A very underrated catcher, that Bolton. And hit! Gosh, man, how he can hit. I'd hate to let him go, but, now and then, a man plays better ball when he moves around. (Whew! I hope Rog bites.) Hornsby—Heh, heh. Why Bolton's harder to manage than Hemsley is supposed to be and ain't as good a catcher. (Howinhel could anybody be harder to manage than Hemsley?) All End in Hot Air. RIFF—Bolton hard to manage? Don't make me laugh. He's a great boy, that Bolton. Don't believe those stories about Clif jumping the team. He had a touch of sinus that's gone now and he was ordered home. (Hm: so Bolton will take “French leave” will he? The ingrate.) ‘The confab winds up amid a great hemming but no Hemsley. Hornsby walks away and up walks Jimmy Dykes. Dykes—Hello Griff. _(So you used to hold Jesse James’ horse. You probably held his gun, too.) Griff —Why, Jimmy. how are you? | (Harumph. He's got pitchers, but he's tough.) Dykes—Everybody wants Johnny Whitehead. Ain't that funny? But the part I don't like is what they're saying about him. They say that Johnny forgets to go to bed early and, believe it or not, they quote me as saying that last July. That's libel, or something. (Boy, how I'd like to unload him to Washington for a guy who wants to win 20 games. Stay out until® in the morning, will he?) Griff—The only pitcher I've got worthy of trading for Whitehead is Monte Weaver. Whatta comeback he made last year, even if the records don’t show it. (Wouldn’t mind having a fling with that Whitehead, at that, but I wouldn't give a dime for him.) Add Shoemakers? | "THIS. too, ends in a cloud of hot air and Cochrane appears on the scene for the umpteenth time. Cochrane—Of course, Griff, it's hard to do anything with that goofy Newsom. He really can't pitch. I'd only be taking him to do you a favor. (Gawd! With Newsom, Bridges, Rowe, Wade and the rest we'd breeze home.) | Griff—T ain't gonna give up half my | ball club for that Auker and Wade. ‘Who are they? Auker couldn’t lick a stamp last year and nobody knows ‘whether Wade's a big leaguer. (That Auker can pitch for me, off his 1934-5 records. And whatta prospect that | Wade kid is!) In the end this also ends up in a barrage of hot air and the boys move |on to sound out somebody else. In the same hotel at which most of the American Leaguers are stopping there is being held a shoemakers’ conven- tion. They have taken 700 rooms, | according to the manager. If Amer- ican Leaguers don't wake up to the fact that New York spreadeagled the field and won the pennant by 19!; games last year there will be more than 700 shoemakers here. IOWA RETAINS SOLEM IOWA CITY, Iowa, December 8 (). —Ossie Solem, University of Iowa head foot ball coach and athletic director, will retain this position next season it was disclosed here following a meet- ing of the athletic board. Prof. C. M. Updegrafl, chairman, | announced, “Mr. Solem was authorized to enlarge his coaching staff for next Solem's contract has another year to run. Updegraff and other members of the board refused to comment on criticism of the coach during the past | season. FOR WASHINGTON'S MODERN HOTEL Now Has Created A MODERN BARBER SHOP - IN BEAUTY OF DESIGN, COM- PLETENESS OF EQUIPMENT, PER. FORMANCE OF EXPERT SERVICES, NEW STANDARDS OF SANITATION=— here, at last, is the answer to Masculin- ity's age-old dream. 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