Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1936, Page 17

SPOR S T8, . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1936. SPORTS. A—17 Flynn First With “Ring Stable’ : Bowl Battles Held Grid Menace HAD AS HIGHAS 20 WORKINE FORHIY Sued by Renault, Who Held| He Was Starving Because He Couldn’t Box Mates. The fight manager, whose ex- ploitation of “angles” sets the pace for the pugilistic industry, is cele- brated here in a series of siz ar- ticles, of which this is the third. The adventures and stratagems of some of the more celebrated and colorful American prize-fight man- agers are described by an experi- enced sports writer. BY JOHN LARDNER. EW YORK, December 23.—It's likely that no man in Ddrize- fight history ever managed more fighters than the late Leo P. Flynn, known in his heyday as the Silver Fox. Flynn was the patron saint of the “stable” system of management. At one time his stable contained as many as 30 distinct and separate fighters, all doing business simultaneously in different parts of the country and all cutting Mr. Flynn in for his regular 10, 20, 50 or 70 per cent. Leo is supposed to have been the manager who first said to his fighter? “Go on in there and slug that bum. He can't hurt us.” That phrase has become the motto of the managerial business—"He can't hurt us.” Flynn's stable got so big as the years advanced that one of his 1eavy- weights, Jack Renault, asked the courts to release him from his con- tract with Leo. “I'm not supposed to fight the guys in my own stable,” explained Renauit, “and that means I can't fight any- body. because they're all in it. I'm starving to death.” Writer Couldn't Spell. L!K! every important manager, Flynn acquired a Nation-wide newspaper reputation for trickiness and skilled chicanery. Boxing's great- est critic, the late W. O. McGeehan, used to refer to him constantly as Leo | Phelonious Flynn. Leo didn't mind. *It’s O. K. with me,” he said, “only he dont spell ‘felonious’ right. I Jooked it up in the book.” Flrnn's origin was something of & mysiery in the fight racket. He is sup- Pused 10 have come from somewhere = New England. He bobbed up sud- | cenly on Broadway one day with his| we. Kaue Flynn, and a worn carpet- | g He had two uses for the carpet- LS I ke % pack some of Katie's cakes when I'm going on the er.” he said, “and it handy :-'u:s' of Flynn's man- were somewhat on the side. He twok what he He once had a fighter | Lad Jack Robinson who ran out on deazs. ¢ the gate was to be 200 Tron didn't think he could o ce: the { a fight in New Or- | of moment to pass up that His Reputation Is Big Help. JW!' before the fight his opponent, s certain One-round Reilly, came inio Flynn's dressing room aud said: “T've heard about you, Mr. Robin- | #on. You ain’t gonna hit too hard, are you?” “Listen, One-round,” snarled Flynn, | grabbing the opening, “unless you live up to your name and fall down in that first round, two minutes after the bell, I will hit you so hard that you will | have to feed yourself through the back | Hulse of the neck ever after, because that’s where your teeth will be.” One-round Reilly took the hint and went out in the first round as the re- sult of a flurry of infighting that might have severely bruised a butterfly. | Lo Flynn stuck the pro- | Wolst] Furthermore, moter for $400 instead of $200 by threatening to retire just before the fight started. Another time, when Leo was called on to referee a bout in a small Okla- homa town, a group of citizens gath- | He ered to inform him tactfully that it |gG; might be nice if the local boy won the Gecision. Flynn got the idea, but was under obligations to the manager of the rival fighter, Guffey. He promptly began to study time-tables. That night it " he timed the main bout correctly, pointed a finger at the local boy when it was over, and invited the crowd to Ruhl see him off at the station. Gives Decision From Train. As Leo climbed aboard the rear platform of the outgoing train, he | lifted his arms and shouted: “Gentlemen, I will now give my offi- elal decision. The winner is Guffey!” And the train rolled off with Flynn, pursued by fragments of rock of va- rious sizes. Mr. Flynn came to manage some fighters of fair repute, like Renault and Dave Shade and Bill Brennan, but he entered the sphere of really big money in 1927, as Jack Dempsey’s manager. Dempsey had just lost his title to Gene Tunney in Philadelphia and needed a skilled hand to guide him to a return match. Flynn did a beau- tiful job of guiding. The main obstacle on the comeback | perry road was Jack Sharkey, then tough and fresh and fairly young. Dempsey had to lick him to get his second crack at Tunney and the $2,000,000 gate. Leo Flynn went to work build- ing up the impression that Sharkey would claim a foul at one time or an- other during the fight. He harped on Sharkey’s tendency to claim fouls so long and so thoroughly that nearly Srare everybody at the fight was prepared to see the sailor resort to this familiar and fraudulent ruse. And he-did. Dempsey, always a wild puncher, hit him low. When Sharkey turnéd to protest to the ref- eree, Dempsey knocked him cold as a smelt. Sharkey’s claim of foul was disallowed, and the knockout stood in the records. Protests “Long Count.” THE second Tunney-Dempsey fight in Chicago brought Flynn a huge piece of change, though he asserted that he lost $40,000 in bets. Like a good manager, he protested Tunney’s “long count” victory on 6,000,000 sep- arate and officis]l grounds. It didn't do much good. Cracks Tournament Record EDDIE Who gave up league bowling this season though a star last year in the National Capital League, today held a record for The Star tournament. In the shot a scratch set of 704 and 732. His strings were 130, 137, 137, 153 and 147.—Star Staff Photo. HURD, Lucky Strike preliminary Hurd with a 28-pin handicap totaled Star Bowling Tourney Scores ROLLED AT ARCADIA. Kramer _. Walsh 0od Willman Ball Davis Gough Kreamer getting out Groff __ 3 | ers of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian e R BRI ERES 5N B3 B D S G O SR DD i D Shmi: b33 % % i s Homiller Mawhinney oanoons SERERERIER celi = Cwe: SR i = o5 Dessly SRRE3EBVTLRIRE " 22 9 93 105 109 100 IR BIATED R0 S L3120 s b 30 555 e mons! S2Z30 T Es3EERES z o E =1 e g2angszangaanasasy EECH 5230 ool Smoanan 2©! o ZAQES ! SRR o o SERmORDL D155 ririeiel ERE - R e P S 5 o bbbt > = ) McMullen _ Valentine Wolfen. jr._116 Heinrick __101 T_ 93 =i 2335, S05 05230 28332 2358 bt »5 3 DI A D3 AR D £3 AOUR AR B SR 83 _ _ 3Se 22n1nepante 2358sa3nzRanE gosses 3558 B £ - 22332323322 R g 310 S {et - »! &3 3 BEEEER P b RS - 2IBIZ33 3333333, own fighters fouled their opponents frequently, Leo liked to say or believe that he was a constant victim of foul- ing tactics, and he suggested that every fighter be marked around the foul line with indelible ink. -, “That’ll learn ‘em,” he sald. It would have taken & galion of ink to mark all of Leo’s fighters. (Cupyrisht. 1036, by the North Newspaper Alllance, Inc.) : | Deacons, 413 | game behind another pair—the Teach- 5 4 [almost as tough a proposition in the 622 | Elders, who are only three games out 3 result of a match between two teams 6 | scheduled to meet the Trustees, whose “ |18 victories in 39 games leave them p:3 | just outside of the pale of the select, 5 5”__ the championship, provided that both 9 | Teachers i |SOUTHEASTERN FIVE FOUR PIN TEAMS Prophets, Sex- tons, Teachers in Hot Race in Kelly League. BY BILL DISMER, JR. O CLOSELY bunched that any one of four teams in the Clyde Kelly Bowling League can win the first-half championship on the final night of the series, more than two dozen pin-spillers of that organi- | zation today were contemplating self- imposed diets for the next two weeks !in order that Christmas sweets may | not break up their condition for the | | important business on January 8. | Two teams—the Deacons and Proph- | ets—are tied for first, while only one ers and Sextons—are deadlocked for | second. The four have been the lead- intrachurch league since the loop started rolling at the Bethesda Alleys early in October. By the luck of the draw, two of them are scheduled to meet in one of the final matches. They are the sec- ond-place Prophets and the third- | place Teachers. The other joint lead- er, the Deacons, will be up against of the lead, but without a mathemat- | ical chance to win, due to the ultimate | slightly higher. The Sextons are EAN sweep for either the Deacons or Prophets would, of course, bring do not win their last three games. Should such be the outcome, the first- half title undoubtedly would go to the Deacons, who have a 525-pin ad- vantage over their deadlocked rivals in the current total pin standing. The Prophets would be forced to outcount the Dekes by nearly 165 pins in each contest to grab the title. Some hope is held out for the Prophets, however, as the Deacons lost all three games last Friday night after winning six straight previously. John biggs of the Teachers is one of the top average men in the loop with a 102 medium for 39 games. Two others, Hicks Baldwin, captain of the Elders, and Emerson of the Trustees also have 102 averages. Warren Ricker has the highest game so far, 146, while David Thomas, loop sec- retary and stalwart of the league- leading Deacons, holds the high set of 376. The standings: Deacons Prophets roriamm EREERINY r— | 5% 3 20mm 00, S D) DSBS Dhorm ! REIFRRL Circle .. son High team game—Elder: High team set—Eiders. 1.536. High individual game—W. Ricker. 146, High individual_set—Thomas. 376. High average—Baldwin, Bigss and Em- erson. 102, e r gh spares—Baldwin. 71. gh strikes—R. Thomas, 18. 9 W FINALLY TAKES ONE Heavy at Arcadia. E result of a record set fired last petition, rolled 704 from scratch and, Scores of that caliber come only a few 153 and 147. With those 28 franked BY ROD THOMAS. DDIE HARD, patron of the night in the qualifying round of The Star tournament. Hurd, who rolled with a 28-pin handicap, totaled 732. High set from scratch in the pre- times in a season and nearly all of the city’s bowlers capable of beating sticks he will be a strong candidate for top money in the roll-off, which Shoots 704 From Scratch at Lucky—Pinfall Is Lucy Strike, figured himself five bucks richer today as the last season in the National Capital League, but has given up regular com- liminaries calls for a prize of $5, and Eddie's 704 looks to be ready cash. it have rolled their preliminary sets. Hurd's strings were 130, 137, 137, will get under way next Monday night. Go Strong at Arcadia. THE Arcadia, which has produced many money winners in the giant tournament, which apparently will top 2,000 this time in entries, is hope- ful of producing either the man or woman champion or both. The pins are falling in great flocks these days at Monk Fraser’s plant. At least one former winner in the men's division hailing from the Arcadia has a chance to repeat. Carroll Daly, who triumphed in 1931 with 679, the record score up to that time, made the qualifying grade at the Arcadia with 664, which included & handicap, based on his Federal League average, of 28 pins. But Pete Metrakos of the Columbia Heights League is leading the big fleld at the Arcadia. Pete put to- gether strings of 123, 130, 104, 152 and 157 for 666 and with a handicap of 38 totaled 704. Daly’s high game of 165 is tops so far at the Arcadia. Collins Hot by Spells. CARLTON COLLINS of the Fed- eral League, but for two weeks games might have been high from scratch in the entire tournament, which is being rolled at all the duck- pin plants in the metropolitan area. Collins gathered 142 sticks in his first game, slumped to 106 and 109, then got hot again, to produce counts of 145 and 125 to finish with 50-677. Another Arcadian to put on a pow- erful wind-up was A. J. Seal of the Columbia Heights League. Seal rolled 33-664 with strings of 107, 110, 126, 134 and 154. Virgil Howard of the Navy Depart- | ment League opened with 152 and| maintained a fairly high standard to total $55-663. Still another high scorer at the Arcadia was L. J. Falk of the Navy Department, with 133, 127, 131, 97, 140-3—658. Vivien Burns, a former Star tourna- ment winner, rolled 525, including handicap, at the Arcadia, where the high count for girls is Margaret Lynn's 602. Mrs. Lynn chalked up 123, 116, 110, 98, 134—23—602. Mamie Payne, with 25 franked maples, rolled 590 to trail Mrs. Lynn, Sorry if It Offended, Charley. WE GIVE you verbatim a note that came this morning from Charley Nicholson, who starred when the Co- lumbia Lodge 174, I. A. M. League shot its qualifying round at the Lucky Strike: “Dear Sir: “Thanks old man for the write up Saturday, but I am quite confused as to whether I was complemented or ridiculed, you see I was referred to as a duffer, so I asked my old frien Hugh Crawley what a duffer was, He replied that you were one so I felt complemented as I was introduced to you by my buddy Bill Coyle of WMAL and you impressed me as a hell of a good fellow. “The only thing that worries me is, that being as I am from Texas I thought perhaps my sins had found me out. Webster's dicitionary defines a duffer—A cattle stealer—A dull- witted or clumsy person, who dis- charges his duties in an incompetent, perfunctory or inefficient manner. So if & duffer is one who averages 120 or better as I did in qualifying, thanks for the plug and the drinks are on me, but if you had Webster in mind, well look out because Buck Benney rides again. Yoursin sport, ° “CHAS. W. NICHOLSON." BY PAUL J. MILLER, JR. N THE first round of the annual Christmas match series of the Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Deartmouth Chess League, the Princeton Tiger clawed its way to & 3-1 victory over Dartmouth, while Old Ely bowed before the onslaught of Harvard’s Crimson, 2-1. The top-board game between Jackson Palmer of Har= vard and Robert Ryder of Yale ad- journed after the thirty-sixth move. Scores Over Columbia School of Pharmacy of New York, 26-17. Leads From Start. Am several discouraging at- tempts, Southeastern Univer- £ity’s basket ball team scored its first victory of the season yesterday when it defeated the five from the Columbia School of Pharmacy of New York City, 26-17, on the Y. M. C. A. court. Although given a scare in the clos- ing minutes of play after leading by & good margin all the way, the locals ‘won going away. Behind, 5-12, at half time, the New Yorkers rallied to nar- row the gap to 17-20, but Southeastern quickly dumped in three field goals to regain a comfortable margin. Johnny Madden and Bill Albert led the downtown quint to its first tri- umph by scoring- 15 points between them. The visitors produced only one man, Lazarowitz, who could score consistently. Hood. Interest was keen in the Palmer- Ryder fray, as last Easter these two college champions fought it out for the league individual title and Palmer with & queen’s gambit declined open- ing. At the time of adjournment neither player had the slightest ad- maining two boards, to run up & score of three points to the Big Green's one. The Sicilian defense, French defense, queen’s gambit declined and English opening were the nature of the games played. College Players Competing. ACOOR.DING to rating, the uni- versity players engaged in the H. Y. P. D. League battle for the Belden- Stephens Trophy (both donors halling SERGEANT'S STEED WINNER IN SHOW Toston Rides to Victory in Open Jumping Contest at Fort Myer. FIRST sergeant of the United States Cavalry showed the way to his superior officers and the top ranks of civilian performers last night in an open jumping class which was a feature event of the initial Fort Myer indoor horse show at the post riding hall. Before a crowd of almost 1,000 spectators, Sergt. William Toston of the Headquarters Tréop, 3d Cave alry, rode a hot-headed little bay trooper’s mount named Rusty to vic- tory in the open jumping test, in which five horses originally went clean and°the margin of placing in the jump-off was measured by scant half points. Rusty was up against Lieut. J. G. Simpson’s Buddy, Maj. Frank L. ‘Whittaker's Smoky, Lieut. Frank S. Henry's Clipped Wings and Emery Galliher’s Applejack, all formidable open horses, when the final issue came. Each horse went out in turn to make some slight mistake or other over the raised bars, while Rusty came flying along—the last horse and the only one to turn in a perfect score the second time around. Strong Civilian Entry. 8 USUAL, virtually the entire force of local Army riders turned out for the show last night, and the civilian entry was exceptionally strong, being drawn from the stables of Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim, Miss Louise Myers, Mrs. L. W. Robert, §i Fenton M. Fadeley and others. John Roosevelt, youngest son of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, was amcng the exhibitors, and rode two| horses himself, but was unable to place either in the ribbons. Perhaps the outstanding horse of the evening was Fenton Fadeley's Lacquer Lady, which won the touch and out and working hunter blues, and on a general rating second place would be allotted Lieut. Frank Henry on Clipped Wings. That good mare was first in the handy hunter event, third in the touch and out and second in open jumping. Toston Second Here. ‘While Sergt. Toston and Rusty out- shone the field in one division open to every one, the same combination was able to do no better than second in the competition restricted to enlisted men, where the winner was Sergt. Avery of Troop E, 3d Cavalry, mounted on Roffe. The results: Jumping for enlisted men—Pirst. Roffe, Sergt. Avery. Troop E. 3d Cavalry: second. Rusty. Sergt. Toston. Headquarters Troop, i3d Cavalry: third. Highbsli, Pvt. McDanlel, Machine_Gun Troop, :d Cavalry: fourth, Saddle Bags. Corpl. Bern. Machine Gun Troop. 3d Cavalry. Class 2. green’ jumpers — PFirst. Huntmere. Fritz Kieeman. Arlington Hal School: second, Solong. same owner: third Bertha Lieut John Hines: fourth.” Guess Again. Lieut. C. Lynn Class 3. road hacks—Pirst. God o', War, Miss Louise Myers: second. Smoky. Ma). Prank Whittaker: third._Castellon, Ma). Arthur Thaver: fourth. Hard Lines. Mrs. B er. Oinss 4, open umping_pirst. Rusty Sergt. William Toston: second. Clipped Wings. Lieut_ PFrank Henry: third, Apple- Sack. Emery Galliher: fourth, Buddy. Lieut. J. G. Simpson. li ), working hunters—Pirst, Lacquer o ebnton - Pad d. ' Rocksie TA prienen atei i v fourth. Here's How. Mr: T Lag 5 el Gadt: K. G. Hoge: third. 1 . G. Ciij ‘Wings. Lieut. Henry; fourtn. Bol. Ba). Whit: taker. Class 8. handy jumpers—Pirst. Clipped Wings, Lieut. Henry: second. Bumper. Lieut. Leslie Wyman: third, Pirenze Miss Coquette, rs. M. Robert Guggenheim: fourth, Hun- ger Marcher, C. Carrico. WILL GIVE DIZ AN AUTO. BRADENTON, Fla, December 23 (#).—An automobile the color of Santa Claus’ suit will be Mrs. Jerome (Dizzy) Dean'’s Christmas present to her fa- mous husband, the 8t. Louis Cardinal Lady | pitcher. It has been ordered from Philadelphia. ProHockey By the Associated Press. National League. New York Americans, 3; Mon- treal Maroons, 1. Montreal Canadiens, 4; Chi- cago, 1. Toronto, 4; Boston, 2. International-American League. New Haven, 3; Syracuse, 1. American Association. Kansas City, 2; Minneapoiis, 1. ‘Wichita, 3; St. Paul, 1. ‘Yale—Captain Robert M. Ryder, '37, Yonkers, N. Y.; Jules A. Marcus, "40, New York; Norman Haflich, 40, Bridgeport, Conn., and Lewton M. Hartman, '37, York, Pa. Princeton—Captain Edward J. Jack- son, '37, North Plainfield, N. J.; Peter Bach, 37, Woodmere, Long Island; H. L. Crane, '40, Elizabeth, N. J., and Paul R. Brown, '37, Zanesville, Ohio. All matches are being played in the game rooms of the famous Marshall Chess Club, in New York City, with Holbrook, NORTHEAST BOYS VICTORS. Two Northeast Boys’ Club teams de- feated a pair of Police No. 4 Boys’ Club fives yesterday by scores of 36-14 and 42-23. Boyd led one of the teams with 14 points, while Smith and Printz each scored 10 points for the F.D.’s Son Is 1108888y, e * Competitor JOHN ROOSEVELT, Youngest son of the President, here is shown with Dot, one of the White House string of horses, which he rode in the Fort Myer horse show last night. The youngster, here on his Christ- mas vacation, is an enthusiastic horseman. —Underwood & Underwood Photo. Tronksy, Simmons Bowl Best As Washington Stars Slump ASHINGTON bowlers have slumped badly in the race for national honors since the last compilation of country-wide averages by George Ise- mann, executive secretary of the N. D. B. C. While current averages show Nick Tronsky of Willimantic, Conn., and Ida Simmons of Norfolk, leading their respective classes, Joe Harrison, Wash- ington’s present male leader, s in sixth place, while Lorraine Gulli, the Capi- tal's greatest fair shooter, is in | seventh. ‘With the season approximately half over, Tronsky, twice named the coun- try's No. 1 bowler, has an average of 132-4 for 24 games, while Miss Sim- mons is averaging 122-12 for 27 games. The latter has & 125-3 average in the South Atlantic League, but has rolled only 9 games in that loop. Tronsky bids fair to exceed his world record average of 131-24 made several sea- £ons ago. Working on a basis of difference of three and one-fifth pins per.game be- tween Northern and Southern alieys, Tronsky's average of 132-4 against Astor Clarke’s 126-2, gives the Yankee star a considerable edge over the cur- rent No. 1 star. The averages of major leaders: league Men's. Leader. -Nick Tronsky, Willimantie. -Wally Pipp, Hartford... ---John Miller, Baltimore. -Ray Barnes, Baltimore -Jack White, New Haven Joe Harrison, Washington _. -Astor Clarke, Washington. -W. Hathaway, Fall River. -Ollie Pacini, Washington -Jimmie Wallace, Norfolk. -Joe Harrison Washington. Hartford Industrial. Patterson Major. 20th Century Major-. Southern Connecticut. Rosslyn Independent District League N. D. P. B. Cong. League. ‘Wash.-Balt. Major League. Health Center Major. Recreation League. Baltimore Major. ‘ederal League Cabpitol City Leagu -Lee Seim, -Astor Clarke Washington. -Sammy Swann, Richmond.. Games. Avg. 132-4 130 129-24 129-5 127-11 126-11 126-2 125-32 125-26 125-20 125-17 125-6 122-33 121-18 , Baltimore___ Women’s, League. South Atlantic - Health Center Ma. Rifhmond Women's League_ Norfolk Ladies’- Recreation Major_. Baltimore Major. District League. Industrial League._. 20th Century Major. All-Insurance League _ North Atlantic League_ Greater Hartford. -Naomi Zi -Lorraine -Christine Leader. -Ida Simmons, Norfolk -Lotta Janowits, Baltimore _. -Anne Mitchell, Hartford. .. -Sue Miller, Baltimore____. -Frances Maroney, Hartford. -Lillian Frisk, Hartford.. Avg. 125-3 122-12 118-25 116-2 113-41 113-22 112-14 111-26 110-27 110-18 109-17 109-15 immerman, Baltimore. Gulli, Washington. Kirk, Bridgeport. Fight§ Last Night By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Carl Guggino, 132, ‘Tampa, Fla., outpointed Eddie Zivic, 132, Pittsburgh (8). WEST PALM BEACH—Carl Knowles, 173, Rome, Ga., outpoint- ed Gene Bonin, 183, Willimantic, Conn. (10); Eddie Coderre, 177, Providence, R. I, outpointed Benny O'Dell, 191, Syracuse, N. Y. (8). NAVY ROWS FOUR TIMES ANNAPOLIS, Md., December 23 (#). —The Naval Academy crews will meet two competitors here and will row at Princeton and Philadelphia during the Spring season, under a schedule an- nounced by Lieut. Comdr. Andrew C. McFall, graduate manager of athletics. ‘The schedule: April 24—Columbia at Annapolis: var- sity, Junior varsity and freshmen, y 1—Triangular meet with Svracuse [ Bornet and Princeton at Princeton: varsity and Junior varsity. May 8—Corgell at Annapolis: Junior varsicy wad freshme May 20—Adams Cu ce: Pennsyl- vania, Harvard and Navy varsities st Philadelphia. Junior varsities and fresh- men crews will also ra varsity, WOODWARD PREP AHEAD Goes on Late Scoring Spree to Beat Friends, 22 to 14. After being held on even terms for the first three-quarters of the game, ‘Woodward Prep courtmen staged a scoring spree in the last period to down Friends, 22-14, yesterday on the laster's court. The first half ended in a 6-6 tie and Woodward could outscore Friends by only one point in the third quarter for a 13-11 lead. An attack on the Friends’ basket in the final eight minutes, however, produced 11 points for Woodward, which meanwhile was limiting the enemy to 3. Wilson's eight field goals would have been enough to win for Wood- ward, but Adams, Sanford and Cren- shaw dropped 'in one apiece. No free tosses were made by the winners. Woodward. GFPLs o 2000mx ol 2000200205 M 8l swnwosssons! GROWTH ALARMS COLLEGE LEADER {Shrine Hospital Game Only One Not Promoted for Mercenary Reasons. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. AN FRANCISCO, Calif., Decem- ber 23.—Increase of the number of New Year day foot ball games is becoming a source of considerable worry to intercollegiate athletic leaders, with the best interests of the sport at heart. For many years the Tournament of Roses game, Pasadena, was the only post-season game of importance, but now there are six others, including the Sugar Bowl (New Orleans), Cotton Bowl (Dallas), Orange Bowl (Miami), Sun Bowl (El Paso), Bacardi Bowl (Havana) and the East-West Shrine Hospital contest. ‘This program means that 12 cols lege teams must prolong their sea- sons a full month after the close of the regular schedule, and constitutes overemphasis to a degree not likely 1o be overlooked by those captious educators who constantly are seeking weapons with which to assail the game. The seven post-season games scheduled for January 1 are certain to increase, and this Winter there were unsuccessful efforts to arrange at least two others. Used for Advertising. N ALL OF the games except the Shrine Hospital, the purpose of the contests is to advertise some certain community. It is true the particie pating colleges benefit financially from a few thousands to $90.000, as in the Rose Bowl game, but the advertis- ing value of the games is of inese timable worth to the communities in which they are staged. The Western Conference, which for years has held strictly to an eighte game foot ball schedule with no post- season games whatever, has been the target for sharp criticism from many quarters, but coaches in all parts of the country now are coming to reale ize the true worth of the big ten rule. Discussing the increasing number of Winter games, one famous Pacifio Coast coach recently said: “I have come to the belief that the ideal schedule is of eight games and that nine should be the outside limit. Schedules constantly are becoming more difficult, and the strain on both players and coaches is tremendous. It is almost impossible to carry a team through on a natural level when it is asked to play six or seven major games a season. I think it would be a fine thing if there were a national regulation that the season should end not later than Thanksgiving day.” Foes Difficult to Find. ° THE Rose Bowl Game, oldest in the Winter field and likely the best conducted, is finding it increasingly difficult to secure satisfactory oppoe nents for the winner of the Pacifie Coast championship. Teams of the Western Conference and Notre Dame never are avallable, and Yale, Hare vard, Princeton and the two service schools also are opposed to post-seasom games. That leaves only a few Easte ern universities and those of the South and Southwest eligible to accept Pasae dena’s invitation. If the Sugar Bowl is able to nego= tiate with the Southeastern and Southe ern Conferences for the annual ape pearance of the champion of one or the other in New Orleans, it will fure ther handicap the Tournament of Roses game. That eventuality is cause ing considerable concern to the Pae cific Coast and Pasadena at the pres ent moment. Even the Shrine Hospital game, which serves an admirable cause, comes in for some criticism because in several instances players were late in returning to their classes, and there is the possibility that one or more con- ferences may find it necessary to frown on that fixture. Intercoilegiate leaders are of the opinion that foot ball is in a happy condition at the moment, but certain critics of the game are endeavoring to incite another investigation by the Carnegie Foundation, and in the widee spread growth of New Year day games may find sufficlent ammunition again to embarrass the sport. AUTO HEATERS| -fou sy LA-ZORA e Your gift will be a hit if you make it La Azora di . It's the kind of cigar all smokers like — choice tobaccos, refresh- ingly mild; all long-filler, beautiful:ly made. A whale of a gift for men—and mod- ~rately priced. Beautifully packaged for the Holidays. At good cigar counters everywhere. Boxes of 25 4 b Boxes of 50 L A Always MILD . . . Always UNIFORM . . . 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