Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1936, Page 13

- ‘Sugar Bowl May Overshadow Rose : Want Interference Rule SANTA CLARA WIN - TODAY INPORTANT Would Give Louisiana Show Only Major Team With Flawless Record. BY GRANTLAND RICE. AN FRANCISCO, Calif., Decem- ber 13.—If Santa Clara can handle the case of Texas Chris- tian and Semmy Baugh, re- maining untied and undefeated, the Bugar Bowl at New Orleans will be foot ball's main spot on New Year day. This means that Louisiana State and Santa Clara, with no defeats and one tie between them, will dominate the closing scene. If Santa Clara beats T. C. U—no part of a pushover—today, there will be sounds of revelry in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Northern California, o for it will mean the big bowl show moves from the Pacific to the Guif. ‘The fact that Washington and Pitts- burgh are two of the country’s four strongest squads has little to do with the case. It is the psychological side that counts. If Santa Clara wins her last game, Buck Shaw’s team will be the only top-notch team left with a flawless record. And this team will be pitted against & team ranked on a par with Minnesota in the front-line stand. WASHINOTON is rated as the best team west of the Mississippi. Pittsburgh undoubtedly is the strong- est squad in the East, including re- serves. But most of the color will move from the Far West to the South * in case Santa Clara slips by today. ‘There are many reasons for this. Both Washington and Pittsburgh have been beaten and tied. Pittsburgh has little chance to get back in shape, training in Pittsburgh’s December weather. And on her last two trips to the West Coast, Pitt was beaten, 47 to 14 and 35 to 0, a total of 82 0 14 in two games. ‘When you try to tell them around Los Angeles how strong this Panther team is you get one answer: “That's what they told us before—both times— and all we saw was a cross-country run by Southern California.” One of the main answers was Pittsburgh’s foot ball weather. I asked Jimmy Phelan, Washing- fon’s coach, & keen, alert head man, why L. 8. U. was overlooked. “We wanted the best Eastern team this year,” he said, “and we picked Pitt. ‘There can be no national champion- ship, anyway. There have been good * teams this year—but no great ones. We are not great. And neither is Minnesota nor any one else. Pitts- burgh was good enough to beat Notre Dame, 26 to 0, and Nebraska, 19 to 6. ‘What other team did two better jobs than this?” ¥ Santa Clara Loses. WHAT will happen if Santa Clara loses her last stand? Suppose Slinging S8ammy Baugh begins to hit his target with his bulletlike passes. This can happen. If it does, some of the Sugar Bowl edge will be re- moved, but the Sugar Bowl game still will carry the main appeal, unless the Californians are routed or badly beaten. It still will mean only one defeat and one tie for the combined talent at New Orleans against two defeats and two ties for the combined talent at Pasadena. As far as I can make out, every foot ball fan in Southern California wanted L. 8. U. and no one else. What hap- + pens in 8an Francisco today may have quite an effect on later reaction. Lest One Always Tough, Wm & team is unbeaten the last \ shot always is a tough one. “We were an entirely different team after the Northwestern defeat,” Bernie Bier- man told me. “When you have gone over two years without losing a game you know the bad news is sure to break soon. An unbeaten team either takes too much for granted—or else it be- comes keyed up and overanxious. The game’s psychology is all against you— and don't forget that psychology plays @& big part in foot ball, a bigger part than most people know.” ‘With so much at stake it isn’t likely mow that Santa Clara will take any- thing for granted in this last game. Barred out from all Rose Bowl con- sideration—not being a member of the Pacific Coast Conference—Santa Clara is keener than any one else to 1ift the Sugar Bowl to first place in a national way. This feeling may bring on too much tension. And T. C. U. has a team that demands respect, especially in a wild and woolly year. Beyond any argument a Santa Clara wvictory will be & hard blow at Rose Bowl prestige—for this season, at least. (Coprright, 1936, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Ine.) GIANTS BUY PITCHERS. NEW #ORK, December 12 (#).— New York Giants have purchased four young pitchers from Greenwood of the Cotton States League. They are Wil- liam’ Benne, John Meteki and Tom Perrick, right-handers, and William Yarewick, southpaw. SHE DOTES ON RECORDS. ‘Nida Senff, 16-year-old Dutch girl who won the Olympic backstroke ehampionship, has kept on breaking the 100-meter dorsal world record. Her latest mark is 1:136, five seconds gastér than her winning Olympic time. College Quints Johns Hopkins, 58; American University, 30. Duke, 38; Richmond, 35. Dana, 22; Concordia Teachers, 18. ‘Waynesburg, 46; Carnegie Tech, 42. 3 Northwestern, 37; Pittsburgh, 28. Towa State, 39; Grinnell, 26. Marietta, 39; Fairmont Teach- ers, 26. Toledo, 70; Adrian, 12. ‘Wake Forest, 50; Durham Y. M. C. A, 325 Depauw, 32; Georgetown College, 29, Villanova, 51; Western Mary= land, 20. 8t. Cloud, 48; 8t. Olaf, 33. Arkansas Calvin, 35; Battle Creek, 24. Loyola, 42: Beloit College, 30. Dakota Wesleyan, 40; Valley City, 32. Mayville Teachers, 35; Moorhead Teachers, 24. Western Illinois, 38; ‘Teachers, 28. Superior, 40; Macalster Coliege, 24. South Dakota, 33; Nebraska, 31. Idaho, 25; Whitman College, 21. Aberdeen Northern, 37; Ellen- dale Normal, 16. YULETIDE ROLLERS GIVEN COIN BREAK Major Plants’ Reduce Fees for Star Tourney Play. Star Duos Clash. BY ROD THOMAS. NOTHER break for bowlers in ‘The Evening Star’s ninth an- nual Yuletide tournament came today with Lacrosse the an- by the city’s four major pin plants, Lucky Strike, Convention Hall, Ar- cadia and Columbia. A straight buck will be collected from entrants at these plants who use three league games as part of their five-game qualifying sets. The Ar- cadia and Convention Hall had been collecting 30 cents, a nickel a game under scale, for the two extra strings, plus two bits, which, with the usual 60 cents for league play, grossed $1.1: Two-bit Fee a Nuisance. THE additional quarter was rung in to pay the qualifiers’ bowling fees in the roll-off. Bosses of the major plants, joined by Tad Howard of the Rendezvous, another *“20-cent house,” agreed yesterday to dispense with the two-bit arrangement which alley men soliciting entries had found to be a nuisance. Many bowlers will take advantage of he Sunday opening of the Silver Spring plant tomorrow to shoot their qualifying sets in The Star tourney and also to see perhaps the hottest at- traction, from a spectator’s viewpoint, of the season. Al High Rankers. 'HIS will bring together in a mixed doubles match the team of Lor- raine Gulli-Astor Clarke and Ida Simmons-Ray Von Dreele. They will shoot five games in the afternoon, at 2 o’clock, and five in the evening at 8, for a purse of $50 put up by the Silver Spring plant. Miss Simmons is the No. 1 ranking ‘woman bowler of the country and Miss Gulli the No. 2. Clarke is the top- rated man and Von Dreele of Balti- more a former holder of that distinc- tion. CO-CAPTAIN GRIDDERS. ‘WILLIAMSBURG, Va., December 12 (#).—Johnny Coiner, an end from Clarendon, Va., and Ted McGowan, tackle from Ridgefield Park, N. J., have been elected co-captains of the ‘William and Mary 1937 foot ball team, it was announced here today. WILL PILOT DURHAM. DURHAM, N. C,, December 12 (#).— Paul O’'Malley has signed as manager of the Durham club of the Piedmont League for 1937. nouncement of concessions to be made | The Foening Sfar Sporls WASHINGTON, - D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1936. NEW SP[]R]'S [:[]I]E Orator Max Schmeling Fails to Score in Forensic Fight INSOUTHERN L00P Graham Plan Is Modified After Virginia Leaves College Conference. BY the Associated Press. ICHMOND, Va., December 12.— ‘The Southern Conference was pledged today to what its sec- retary, Col. Willlam Oouper of V. M. I, termed a “modified” form of the abolished Graham plan for the banning of athletic subsidies. Moving swiftly after the University of Virginia had resigned because of an “intolerable” athletic situation in the conference, delegates from the 15 remaining schools unanimously swept the anti-subsidization regulations tathered by Dr. Frank P. Graham of the University of North Carolina from the books last night, but substituted other measures which Dr. Graham said included “most of the fundamentals” of his plan. Four South Carolina members bat- tled to get the Southern to follow in the footsteps of the neighboring South- eastern, S. I A. A. and Dixie Confer- ences in permitting athletic scholar- ships, but the proposal received no sup- port outside of the Palmetto State. The adoption of a uniform scho- lastic rule was the only controversial topic left for consideration today. Scholastic Standard Rejected. CLI:M.SON and Maryiand each had scholastic recommendations be- fore the body. The conference has left this problem to the individual | schools in the past, although there were annual attempts to have the organization set up minimum stand- ards. Dr. Lee W. Milford, Clemson, who led the fight against the Graham plan as “impossible to live up to” and &n instrument for promoting | “dishonesty,” proposed that “no stu- dent be eligible to participate in ath- letics uniess he has passed 24 pre- ceding semester hours.” Maryland’s suggestion, made by Dr. L. B. Broughton, provided that partic- in intercollegiate required work in the preceding year. | Dr. William H. Wannamaker of Duke, member of the Scholarship Committee, said that the average athletic requirement of conference in- stitutions at present was 18 semester hours, or its equivalent. He said this as about what was needed in most cases to remain in school. Modified Graham Plan. Graham pian eliminated ath- letic ability from consideration in the awarding of any form of financial assistance to students, both directly | by the institutions, or indirectly by alumni, or persons interested in the institutions. The new regulations say that the “source and character” of all types of assistance to an athlete must be approved by a faculty committee “on the ground that they have not accrued to him primarily because of his ability as an athlete.” The substitute measure was adopted in the same motion which banished controversial rule 13 and came about as the result of a compromise between the forces who wanted more teeth in the Graham plan and those who sought its entire elimination. There were claims of victory on both sides and none of the delegates was able to say immediately to what ex- tent the regulations had been liberal- ized. Opponents of the Graham plan interpreted the new rules as not forcing members to attempt to halt “indirect aid” to athletes, a feature of the old measure to which the South Carolina members, Duke, V. M. I. and Virginia, had objected strenuously. Proposal Turned Dewn. A Proposal by Washington and Lee to abolish Spring foot ball prac- tice was smothered, as was an attempt by Willlam and Mary to allow trans- fer students who would be eligible for the varsity in one year to piay on freshman teams. The rule providing that audits of athletic accounts be available to the press and published in student papers was modified to read “shall be open for inspection by responsible officials.” Rose Bowl Tilt Unpopular? of Washington U.s choice of Pitt for the Coast Criticism foot ball classic January 1 has been wides| Nelson Wahlistrom, one of the game’s o] holding applications for tickets tiéo:t , 8 a total of ;m. ht, &, 8. Wir a‘m Mazx Schmeling here is shown arguing before the New York State Boxing Commission yesterday when that body attempted to set a date for his title bout with Heavyweight Champion James J. Braddock, standing at right. The eflort was dlocked by Joe Gould, Braddock’s manager, seated between Schmeling and the champ, and the date st John J. Phelan is at extreme lef; Il is undecided. Commissioner t and Commissioner Bill Brown is beside him. Jimmy Johnston, Madison Square Garden match- maker, is seated beside Schmeling. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. JOE WOULD FIGHT SCHMELING FIRST Louis Prefers Return Bout With Conqueror to One for World Crown. y the Associated Press. LEVELAND, December 12— The Brown Bomber from De- troit, Joe Louis, said today he'd prefer a return fight with Max Schmeling before one with Heavyweight Champion Jim Brad- dock. “T'd pick a Schmeling fight first, of course,” he said after shadow-boxing and punching a light bag, preparing for his 10-round battle Monday night against Eddie Simms, local heavy- weight. “Simms is & good, hard hitter,” said Louis, whose brilliant rise was halted by the effective right hand of Schmel- ing. “Can't fool around with Simms long. Don't pay to dilly-dally with that kind,” Joe laughed. Calls Edwaras’ Speech “Smart.” OUIS arrived yesterday morning, accompanied by Julian Black, one of his managers; Jack Blackburn, trainer, and his bodyguard, Carl Nel- son, former Chicago policeman. Co- manager John Roxborough has been here for several days. The Brown Bomber was more voluble on the English situation and base ball than his coming fight, for which he was to work out this after- noon on an assortment of a half- dozen sparring mates. “Did you hear the King resigning his title?” asked Louis. “A right smart speech, I called it.” Asked if he thought it was the proper decision, Louis replied: “He's got a reason all right. He's satisfying his heart—and it's his " Has Faith in Tigers. Then Louis turned to Base Ball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis’ de- cision ruling Bob Feller, sensational rookie pitcher, property of the Cleve- land Base Ball Club. “The judge called it and the judge can't be wrong. But I'd kinda liked to seen the Tigers get a chance to bia for the kid. He must have some- thing—plenty of something!” The Detroit club, Louis declared, is “gonna do a lot of getting even with a lot of people next year. ’'Twasn't nothing but the toughest sort of tough breaks that stopped them from repeating this year. “They won't be no stoppin’ 'em next time out.” * TEXAS CASTS ABOUT FOR NEW GRID COACH Mentor of High Caliber to Take Chevigny’s Place Asked by Many Petitioners. BY the Associsted Press. AU!TKN. Tex., December 12.—Unl- versity of Texas looked for a foot ball coach today to replace Jack Chevigny of Notre Dame. J. C. Dolley, chairman, the athletic councll had "POPPING % OFF" "“Stan. Base Ball Meeting Afterthought. land club, as a result of Judge Landis’ decision, it would be reasonable to assume that we have heard the last of Iowa's 18-year-old pitching sensation until April, when he begins to fog his fast ball by American League hitters. That, however, may not be the case. Recent stories out of an Icwa oasis named Van Meter have quoted young Mr. Peller as saying that he is very glad to be an Indian but that he will ask for $20,000 to pitch next season. It seems that Bob, whe went back to high school when the base ball season ended, really has been learning a few things. Now it also must be assumed that Cleveland was very happy to escape from the I'affaire Feller with only & mild slap on the wrist in the form of a $7,500 fine which must be paid to the Des Moines club. Had Feller been declared a free agent the Indians would have lost him, inasmuch as they could not have bid for his services, and Robert would have been able to sign with the Red Sox or the Yankees, via legal channels, and make a cool $100,000 for himself. But paying $20,000 to a kid with only a couple of months of big-league experience. Ouch! O'Neill Sticks Out Chin. IP ROBERT wants to get tough about it, he can come pretty close to getting 20 grand. In the first place there 15 no doubt but that Cleveland overstepped the bounds of the base ball law when Feller was signed. ‘That's why Landis’ decision had to be rendered in 2,000 words. In the second place Manager Steve O'Neill, in a very jubilant mood, was quoted in the papers after the decision as saying, “Peller is the greatest pitch- ing prospect I ever saw come into the major leagues and he has a chance to be a world beater.” OW that Bob Feller definitely is the property of the Cleve- iH ilf if H i g § i J : i gL £ §§i Rigg EEF H Esg HH i ; | H IEIE I if gfs % i L 1 ] 2 3 2 £ :H i o i | : il 5 ; t i 3 5 ¥ f i E | i : § | 3 i § L | SmKINO of Feller and Cleveiand brings to mind the fact that Branch Rickey and Sam Breadon still | hold title to Dizzy Dean. Not even| the most anxious bidders for Dean were willing to acquiesce to the ex-| orbitant demands of the Cardinals | for his services at the Winter meeting | and unless St. Louis contrives to un- load him before the season opens this | is another club likely to have a sal- ary headache. In New York the aesthetic Mons. Rickey went from ome National League owner to an- other. All he wanted for Dean, whom he described as the great- est pitcher in base ball, was a paltry $200,000 and half a dozen of 3 team’s best players. Diz, meanwhile. must have been getting a great kick out of it all when he stopped to read the papers between rounds of golf in Florida. Up in the cold North Rickey and Breadon were telling everybody that he was the greatest pitcher in the game and that he was worth a couple hundred thou- sand potatoes and player talent. ‘That, of course, will save Dizzy & lot of words. Like Feller, when con- tract time comes, Dean will not have to pop off about his ability. Rickey and Breadon already have told the world. On the q. t. nearly every big league manager in New York said that Dean would be a sucker if he asked for less than $40,000 next season from the Cardinals. SANTA CLARA TRIES FOR PERFECT SLATE Ends Regular Grid Season Today Meeting Texas Christian at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, December 12 (#). —Big and rangy Texas Christian foot ball players will try to slip a halter on Santa Clara’s unbeaten and untied Broncos here today in an inter- sectional contest which will wind up intercollegiate gridiron warfare in this section. Santa Clara, the only major team in the country with a spotiess record, will fight to keep the slate unblemished for the Sugar Bowl game at New Or- :nl with Louisiana State New Year y. Line-ups: (Kickoff § p.m. Bastern standard time.) . Texas Ohristia: Walls Sant: 8. ¥, Smith i umpire. Motts Biair (i ): et esman. Tom m’vnm:)‘a&n 9\!::0‘ Bl n Dunn NATIE BROWN VICTOR. DETROIT, December 12 (Special). —Natie Brown, rugged heavyweight, abruptly terminated the winning streak of Lou Withers of Detroit here last night, capturing s clear-cut 10-round decision. Withers had compiled & consecutive knockout list of 20 victims. NOBODY IS AGREED ATBOXING PARLEY Champ, Schmeling, Pro- moters, Commissioners to Go to It Again Today. By the Assoc!ated Press. EW YORK, December 12— The heavyweight fight merry- go-round was due for another whirl today with Champion Jimmy Braddock, Challenger Max Schmeling and several promoters grabbing for the coveted brass ring. | It did a lot of spinning yesterday, but | the only result was that arguments went round and round and everybody came out dizzy. After a three-hour letic Commission, nobody agreed to anything. Then after Commissioner Walker D. Wear suggested calling off the Braddock-Schmeling title fight entirely, Chairman John J. Phelan called another meeting this afternoon to resume negotiations. Champs Objects. | Hm were the possibilities brought up yesterday: Madison Square Garden submitted a contract calling for a title bout at the Long Island City Bowl, June 3. Schmeling approved, but Joe Gould, Braddock’s manager, didn't, because it included at the German's sugges- tion a clause limiting the principals to four-round exhibitions before the bout. Gould offered to post a $5,000 for- feit to back up an earlier agreement with the Garden and its co-promoter, the Twentieth Century Sporting Club, for a June bout. Schmeling offered to fight Braddock any time, either in New York or in the South, but insisted he should be permitted to face the champ before the proposed Braddock-Joe Louis no- decision bout at Atlantic City. Ordered to Reach Agreement. THI commissioners ordered the fighters to reach an agreement for a fight in February or March. Phelan said the contracts must in- clude clauses calling for the winner to post & $25,000 forfeit that he will de- fend the title in the United States within the next six months. Schmel- ing objected on the grounds the for- feit would have to come out of his purse as he would not be allowed to take that amount out of Germany. Phelan said there is nothing in the rules to keep either from fighting ex- hibitions or tune-up bouts so long as they were below the championship limit of 15 rounds. PLAY DRAW AT SOCCER. LONDON, December 12 (#).—Oxford and Cambridge drew, 1-1, in the an- nual interuniversity soccer match. Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Southeastern University vs. ::unt St. Mary’s, Emmitsburg, Gallaudet vs. Loyols, Baltimore. W. P. A. vs. Abbott’s Dairies of Philadelphia, Heurich's gym, 8. ment, 814 Fourteenth street. Modified COACHES ON COAST BELIEVE IT SEVERE |Would Change Penalty for Violation When Called Close to Goal. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. O8 ANGELES, Calif., December 12—Pacific Coast foot ball coaches have joined in the gen- eral dissatisfaction with the present method of penalising forward pass interference and it is one rule that seems in line for amendment at the next sessions of the Intercol- legiate Rules Committee. Opinion of Pacific Coast coaches is that at least the rule should be re- vised for interference called inside the 10-yard lines. The same thought has been expressed by coaches and officials in the Midwestern area. It is agreed generally that an inter- ference penalty that places the ball on the 1, 2 or 3 yard line is entirely too severe and tantamount to giving the offended team a touchdown. It may be difficult for the Coaches’ Advisory Committee to convince the Rules Committee as & whole that the Ppresent interference rule is too severe, but it is quite likely they may secure some adjustment on penalties called inside the 10-yard zone. Otherwise no important rules changes have been suggested by either Midwestern or Pacific Coast coaches. Thinks Defense Oversiressed. HOWARD JONES of Southern Cali- fornia still is insistent that- the defense of foot ball has overpowered the offense and that the rules gov- erning defensive play should be re- vised. Jones contends that, inasmuch as the rules demand that the of- fensive team have seven men on the line of scrimmage, the same should pertain to the defense. Seven-man defensive lines seldom | are seen any more, and during the | past season some coaches were meet- ing offensive developments with what amounted to five-man lines. In one game the writer saw a defensive team use four defensive formations on as many downs. It is Jones’ opinion that, if some restriction is placed on the defense, foot bell will become a more interesting game for both the specta- | tors and players. However, the ma- Jority of coaches are in favor of the present set-up and it is unlikely the Southern California man will find much support for his ideas. | | | Raszle-Dazzle Game Grows. ! 'HE razzle-dazzle style of foot ball meeting of the New York State Ath- T i is gaining proponents in the Far West, where so far it has had little | developmént. Obviously a sound run- | ning game always will be the basis of attack, but coaches are coming to the opinion that a more liberal use of lateral passes is the best method of balancing offense and defense. Appearances of the free passing Texas teams on the Pacific Coast opened coaches’ eyes to the possibilities of the razzle-dazzle, and, wher Francis Schmidt brings his Ohio State team | to Los Angeles next Fall, the coasters will see further demonstrations of the lateral game. A new angle in foot ball legislation was attempted by the Pacific Coast Conference, when a minority faction proposed an age limit of 26 years for its athletes. It seems that a few years back one Pacific Coast college had a foot ball candidate some 40 years of age and that others have played men over 25. However, the proposal was voted down, and there still is an op- portunity for retired business men to catch up on their foot ball playing in this sector. EAGLES IMPRESSIVE, DESPITE COURTLOSS Brown, Zink Shine, but Hopkins Takes Basket Ball Clash in Baltimore, §8-30. 2yecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTD(OM December 12. — The smooth work of George Brown and Capt. Sid Zink, who scored 10 and 9 points, respectively, gave Amer- ican University a faint ray of hope for s successful season, despite the Eagles' loss last night to Johns Hop- kins, 58-30, in a basket ball game here. American forged to the front in the first three minutes of play, then the Bluejays started to click and compiled & 25-17 lead at half time. The Eagles wilted rapidly in the last half as Capt. Herb Siegel went on & scoring rampage to chalk up 17 points. The regular Bluejays played s strong game as they rolled up a siz- able lead, then turned the affair over ‘Totals. " Rabbit Ball to Remain at Least a Year - Majors’ Contract With Makers May Help Yanks Repeat—Derringer on Block. BY SCOTTY RESTON. d g%E siz § T