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A—12 " The Foening Star Fporls WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936. Panthers Definitely on Spot: Pauline Ford Again Duckpin Sensation THRICE-LICKED PITT BENT ON REVENGE Huskies Aim to Boost Sag- ging Prestige of Coast, So Keen Tilt Is Due. BY GRANTLAND RICE. OS ANGELES, December 31.— Tomorrow Pittsburgh’s panther will do the most desperate claw- ing of its jungle career to get off the Rose Bowl spot. Beaten by Stanford in her first Rose Bowl engagement, practically anni- hilated in her next two stands against Southern California, Pittsburgh carries a heavy burden in her next whirl in tront of 85,000 witnesses who are wait- ing to be shown that the panther belongs to the jungle and not to the %o, In other words, Pittsburgh can't afford another Rose Bowl flop, and no one knows this better than Dr. John Bain Sutherland and his entire cast. At the same moment, Jimmy Phelan and his Washington Huskies will be Just as keen to lift the somewhat dented 1936 prestige of Pacific Coast foot ball. And the same J. Phelan has one of the best all-around foot ball squads in the country to offer in rebuttal. In the way of psychology—an im- portant element always—there is little to choose. Pitt can't afford to lose again. That means keyed-up keen= ness. Minnesota beat Washington, Notre Dame outplayed-Soythern Cali- fornia in & crazy-quilt-dga, T. C. U. ended Santa Clara’s unbgaten march, and both Fordham Marquette trimed St. Mary's. . So Washington, which upheld United States Olympic fame on German waters—tank and river—feels it is sbout time to strike a blow in behalf of the Far West. All this should mean one whale of | & hard, slashing battle, fought to the final play. How They Look. HmE are two teams that are just about evenly matched from flank to flank. Both have powerful defensive lines, plus competent strength at the ends. ‘This means that ball carriers, even such stars as Golberg, Larue, Cain and Haines, will have their full share of trouble lugging the big brown melon for any extended gains. As a ball car- rier, I still pick Goldberg as the best ! man on the field, but there will be lit- | tle wild galloping against so much de- fensive strength. ‘The same goes for the husky running attack against Daddio, Hoffman, Daniell and Matisi, two fine ends and two fine tackles. The loss of Al Cruver, ‘Washington's big fullback, won't help the Huskies at all. But even with Cruver missing from the cast, Phelan has plenty left back of the line in Cain, Haines, Logg and several others. Controlling Factors. THE controlling factors of this game should be kicking and passing. In this respect Pittsburgh has no reg- ular to match Logg, and so far Pitts- burgh's passing hasn’t reached the ‘Washington standard. Year after year Pittsburgh has one of the strongest lines in foot ball and one of the best running attacks. ‘Year after year Pittsburgh's blocking is superb. Few teams class with Pitt in foot ball’s fundamentals. The main Panther weakness has been In pass attack and pass defense. Pitt never has lifted this department to the same level that features the rest of her play. It was this weakness that cost the Panther its pelt, fangs and claws in the double rout against Southern Cali- fornia. As Pop Warner remarked recently, “forward passing has been the vital factor in nearly every big game played this year.” T. C. U. made less than 5 yards rush- ing against Santa Clara, yet won the game. = I don't believe that Pitt, with all her fine blocking and fast, hard run- ning, can win this game along the ground. You can’t run over strong defenses, as Fordham and Duquesne proved against eight high-class Pan- ther backs. It is my opinion that Washington will find Pitt’s line play and her block- ing and ball carrying better than gny- thing the Huskies have seen all year, not even barring Minnesota. But this won't be enough unless Pitt’s passing attack and pass defense have developed a decided improvement. Even the higher averages of her passing game through the year won't be enough, when you consider also Washington's better kicking, with Logg and Johnson on top of the job. Pitt’s best punter is Wood, a second- string back with a bad shoulder, who - can be used only for emergencies. The Summing-Up. ITTSBURGH will need a decided advantage in the running game to offset Washington's kicking and passing. I doubt very much that even Cain and Haines are going to take any long trips against the Panther defense. Francis and Cardwell of Nebraska couldn’t make much headway, and » neither could Wilkie and McCormick and McCarthy of Notre Dame. On form, the Panthers are poison against any running game. When they tackle, you may not see it—but youw’ll hear it. The same thing happens when they block. But, this season, I've seen the value that comes from kicking and passing—ihe softest spots in the Panther menu. On playing form, considering every element of foot ball, I like Washington by a slim margin for the simple reason that, between two strong defensive teams, the air route is the better way. It is hardly necessary to add that, in such a cockeyed season as we have known all year, the breaks should be the winning factor. So far this season, T've seen 15 games from coast to coast, and the breaks have decided 11 of the 15 contests. That happens to be the part that a bedraggled old Sports Program For Local Fans TOMORROW. Basket Ball. Gallaudet vs. Long Island, New York. Hand Ball. Finals, Y. M. C. A. hand ball tournament, ¥. M. C. A, 2:30. SATURDAY. Basket Ball. George Washington vs. Nebraska, Tech High gym, 8:15. George Washington Frosh va. Tech, Tech High gym, 7. COLLEGE COACHES ATTACK GAMBLING Take Action for First Time on Hearing Game Tops Turf for Wagers. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, December 31.— Overshadowing even such per- ennial bugaboos as subsidiza- tion and rule changes, the rise of gambling in college foot ball has collegiate sports leaders worried, This “serious menace,” as the Na- tion’s grid coaches termed it, provided the outstanding aftermath today to the meetings of college athletic big- wigs, which reached a new high in “deploring” this-and-that about extra- curricular features of the game. For the first time the coaches are going to do something about gambling. After hearing a committee report that more money was bet on the grid game last season than on horse racing, an investigation was voted. Stuhidreher Next President. HARRY KIPKE, Michigan coach and new president of the Foot Ball Coaches’ Association of America, Wwill name a committee to make the study and submit recommendations at the 1937 convention. Among the officers elected with Kipke was Harry Stuhldreher of Wis- consin, as first vice president, an of- fice which automatically will elevate him to the presidency next year. The gambling evil, earlier deplored by the convention of the National Col- legiate Athletic Association, was brought into the coaches’ meeting in a report from the Public Relations Com- mittee headed by Gus Dorais of De- troit. “The increase in gambling last year,” this report said, “was unbelievable. Professional gamblers are interested in a big way.” Although there was no discussion, the coaches agreed later that gam- bling has assumed risky proportions. There was particular talk of that portion of the report which said “Gamblers send men around to get in- side information on a team's prepara- tions, player injuries, etc.” Opposes Post-Season Games. ANO’I'HEE report, from the commit- tee headed by Bob Higgins of Penn State, asked whether the coaches who make weekly public predictions during the season, are not helping to foster gambling interest. The N. C. A. A. already has opposed this practice by coaches. Higgins’ report classed this action as “borderline ethics.” As usual, the N. C. A. A. talked a great deal, but did little about the ath- letic subsidization problem, agreeing it should be left up to the individual colleges. The association also an- nounced opposition to post-season games. ‘The coaches went into considerable detail on the rules, but decided the game’s code will need little alteration for next season. They agreed, gen- erally, there was no need to change the pass interference rule. A six-year survey of foot ball fatal- ities, submitted by Floyd B. Eastwood AWARD TO NORRIS | * 77~ e *AIDED” BY OWENS Jesse’s Turning Pro, Spats With Officials Seen as Trophy Influences. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, December 31.— Sports observers in some quar- ters today wondered just how much Glenn Morris had Jesse Owens to thank for his Sullivan award victory. . The eyebrow-raising was occasioned by the belief of those who think Owens’ decision to turn professional after the Olympic games and his sev- eral run-ins with amateur athletic union officials may have partially in- fluenced the voting. The award went to the world- record breaking Olympic decathlon winner by the slim margin of 93 points—1,106 to 1,013 for Owens, Ohio State's great Negro who won three individual Olympic crowns and recently was named the outstanding athlete of the year in the annual As- sociated Press poll. Six hundred sports figures in all parts of the country ballotted on 10 athletes, men and women, nominated for the award. Caps Astonishing Career. THE award—officially it's the James E. Sullivan Memorial—was an- nounced last night by the A. A. U. Buy it Morris is named the athlete, “who by his performance, example and influence as an amateur and a man, has done the most during the year to advance the cause of sports- manship.” It caps an astonishing career in which the former Colorado automobile salesman sykrocketed from virtual obscurity to the top of the amateur athletic heap in one brief track season. A year ago he was little known out- side his own area in Fort Collins, Colo., where he was regarded as a fait hurd- ler and a good foot ball player in his days at end for Colorado State. He shot into prominence in setting a world record for the decathlon in the Olympic tryouts at Milwaukee early last Summer. He followed by taking the Olympic title at Berlin with a 7,900-point total to shatter his own mark and post a new all-time high. Morris Is Surprised. RECENTLY Morris gave up automo- bile selling in the West to take a position with a radio broadcasting company in New York. Reached there today, he was astonished to learn of his victory. “If I won,” he asked, “what hap- pened to Owens? I thought he'd get it.” Contacted at Havana, where he made his first professional appearance this week, Owens’ first remark was: “That's funny.” He immediately con- gratulated the Westerner, saying he was ''Glad the best man won.” Asked if he thought his turning pro- fessional had any effect on the ballot- ing, Owens replied: “I don't see how it could. The things I did were done when I was an amateur. Anyway, I guess the less said about those things the better.” Medica Finishes Third. JACK MEDICA, Seattle’s Olympic swimmer, finished third to Morrs and Owens with only 301 points. Trail- ing him in order were tennis player, Helen Jacobs, Berkeley, Calif., with 204 points; sprint star, Helen Stephens, Fulton, Mo., 174; polo ace, Tommy Hitchcock, New York, 170; amateur golf champion, Johnny Fischer, Cin- cinnati, 153; Lieut. Charles F. Leon- ard, New York, modern pentathlon star, 153; Olympic hurdler, Forest (Spec) Towns, Georgia, 123, and yachtsman, Herman Frasch Whiton, 24. of New York, said 28 deaths were at- tributable directly to the game this year, and that there will continue to be 25 to 30 annually unless the high school fatality toll is reduced. There were 14 high school deaths last season. WESTERN ALUMNI AHEAD Get Even With Undergraduates for 1935 Tank Defeat. Alumni of Western High School to- day stood even with the undergrads in swimming competition following & 43-32 victory. Last year the under- grads triumphed. Buddy Harding of the alumni was the leading scorer with wins in the 100-yard breast stroke and fancy div- ing. Summary: 213-yard free-style _relay—Won b Alumni (Van Sant. Muynele, Bishop. H. 8. _Time. 1:56.6. 25.8. Murphy (W.)3 cnrr‘x'xey lA.;. 160-yar: ackstroke—First, Moynelo _;‘AJ: 1]ec{11|d. Gray (W.); third, Boyd (W.). me. 1317, 100-yard free style—Pirst. Bishop A second, Murphy (W.); third, Burnside (W.), me. 1: Boys (W.). Winners poin 160-yard mediey relay—Won by Alumni (Moyleno, Harding. = Reinburg); on W.H. 8. Es. Wi Time, 1:4! The 600 members of the balloting tribunal voted for three of the ten in the order of their choice. First place counted five points; second, three, and third, one. Four Bowl Tilts To Be Broadcast By the Associated Press. 2 STAR.TING times of the various New Year day foot ball games (all Eastern standard time), are as follows: b Pasadena—Pitt vs. Washington, 5:15 pm. San East vs. West, 5 pm. Dallas—Texas Christian vs. Mar- quette, 3 p.m. New Orleans—Louisiana State v&~ Santa Clara, 2:30 pm. Miami—Dugquesne vs. Mississippi State, 2 pm. Havana—Auburn vs. Villanovs, 2 .m. pl'uurolthenmuwmbebm-d- cast by local stations as follows: Pittsburgh-Washington, Station ‘WRC, 4:50. Louisiana-Santa Clars, Station WMAL, 2:15. ° Duquesne - Mississippi, Station WJSV, 2:30. East-West, Station WOL, 4:30. A BATTLE OF POWER L. S. U., Santa Clara Boast Two of Hardiest Lines in Country. BY the Associated Press. EW ORLEANS, December 31.— It'l be power against power when Louisiana State's Tigers and Santa Clara’s Broncos settle their foot ball argument in the Sugar Bowl tomorrow. ‘These New Year day opponents, each boasting rugged lines and husky, hard-blocking becks, will meet on Tulane’s gridiron before apprexi- mately 42,000 fans. The kick-off is scheduled for 1:30 pm, Central standard time. Indications pointed to low-scoring, defensive combat between two of the Nation's strongest lines. In eight games of the regular season Santa Clara gave up but 22 points and Louis- iana State's defense yielded 34. L. 8. U. Slight Favorite, TH!: Tigers of L. 8. U. were con- ceded a pre-game edge largely be- cause of a good passing threat. On the tossing end of Louisiana’s attack will be a lanky blond-haired fullback, Pat Coffee, whose deadshot passes counted often for the Tigers. Chief receiving terminal will be all- American end Gaynell Tinsley, who scored 48 points by snagging for- wards. The two squads were ready for their final workouts this afternoon. Santa Clara’s gridders were en route to Bay St. Louis for their last drill and a quiet spot for the New Year eve cele- brating. Louisiana State's team re- mained in Baton Rouge. Tigers Hope Dry Field. 'OACHES Bernie Moore of the Ti- gers and Lawrence (Buck) Shaw of the Broncos planned to bring their squads to New Orleans shortly before game time tomorrow. Both outfits were reported in top condition. While rain fell steadily in New Or- leans last night, the Weather Bureau predicted clear and colder for the game. Moore hopes for a dry field, because he feels his passing attack is the “dy- namite” needed to open up the de- fense and make his running plays work well against a team as tough de- fensively as Santa Clara. P GRANT, PARKER BATTLE Keen Rivals in Final of Sugar Bowl Tennis Tourney. NEW ORLEANS, December 31 (#).— ‘Two of America’s ranking tennis stars fought for the Sugar Bowl title today in a match renewing a keen court rivalry. Bryan Grant of Atlanta, rated No. 3 in 1935, and Young Frankie Parker of Lawrenceville, N. J, ranked sev- enth, won their way easily to the finals of the tournament here, defeat- ing Arthur Hendrix of Lakeland, Fla., and Marin Buxby of Miami, Fla., re- spectively. —By JIM BERRYMAN. BOY, WHAT AN APPETITE ! -< HE JUST NEVER SEEMS T'GET ENOUGH | COTToN Bowt® JRum BOWL/, SUGAR BOWL GAME l-‘—y_ v £ . | v PREPARE AT TECH OACH BILL REINHART f{s its Saturday night intersectional clash on the Tech High School floor, Rein- comparatively slippery and also is surface and to get accustomed to the |Get Ready for Nebraska at Scene of Game, Huskers’ Third on Trip. overlooking no bets in prepar- ing his George Washington University basket ball team for with the sturdy Cornhuskers of Ne- braska. Inasmuch as the game will be played hart this week has been drilling the Colonials there instead of in their home gymnasium. Tech's court is larger than G. W.s, so Reinhart wishes his men to familiarize them- selves with every inch of the playing longer passes and longer shots re- quired for complete adjustment to strange playing conditions. First Eastern Invasion. NEBR.ASKA, which is making its first Eastern invasion winding up with the game here, is accustomed to playing on a large floor, in most in- stances a court of maximum dimen- sions. Most of the gymnasiums in the Big Six Conference and in other | Western places are close to maximum size; hence the Cornhuskers will suffer no disadvantage at Tech. Last night the Scarlet and Cream played St. Thomas College in Scran- ton, Pa, and moves to Philadelphia to engage Temple tomorrow night. Reinhart, despite the fact his charges have been drilling for two months and already have chalked up two victories, hasn't been able to de- termine a definite starting line-up. This is due to the fact that his 13- man squad is composed of evenly balanced material, not discounting the six letter men present. The sopho- mores and the one junior—Tommy O'Brien—are pressing the veterans in every position. —_ — TOIL FOR GRID CLASH. Brecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., December 31.— Washington Pros and Brooklyn Bay Packers were going through their last workouts today, prior to their clash for the Atlantic State professional foot ball championship here tomorrow. The New Year day game will start at 2 o'clock. WANTS BASKET GAMES. Games with fast 150-pound basket ball teams having the use of a gym- nasium are sought by the Star Fiashes. Call North 3863 after 6 p.m. Farmer Retards Police-Escorted “Grid Funeral” “Hamburger 13, Liver and Sausage 12,” Just Another Score to Intoxicated Fan. BY SCOTTY RESTON, (Pinch-hitting for Eddie Briets) NEW YORK, December 31 (#).— ‘The foot ball coaches finally justi- fied their stay in the big town by getting off some of the year's best banquet yarns . . . Harry Stuhl- dreher of Wisconsin was first with this one: His team was riding in a string of cabs back of a police es- “Tuss” McLaughry of Brown spilled one on himself . . . He was driving several members of the Brown team to the last game of a disastrous schedule last Fall . .. They were riding in McLaughry's big open touring car . . . “Coach, you oughta be able to drive a bus after wheeling this big crate,” cracked one player . . . To Which “Tuss” replied: “Yeah, and if you don’t get your blocking assign- ments better than you have all Syracuse job, but Iowa has decided 1t still wants him around . . . Foot ball coaches have one distinguish- Fred Thomsen, Arkansas coach, was a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1924 ... He also picked up Schoolboy Rowe several years ago and tried to sell him to Branch Rickey, but Branch turned him down . . . Predictions: Wash- ington to edge Pitt; L. 8. U. to thump Santa Clara; Texas Chris- tian to beat Marquette; East to trim the West; Auburn to take Villa Nova . ,, and & happy New ‘Year to youl OS ANGELES, December 30.— He dropped by the other night from his home in Menlo Park, Calif., with Dink Templeton, Pop Warner and Bobby Grayson. His playing wegight was around 180, but he now is up around 200, and his hair is just a trifie thinner than it was | when I knew him first around 1904. | For all that, he looked to be still in good shape—the physical condition a man must know who has lived largely on his legs. This was the Ty Cobb of 1936. After 24 of the greatest major league base ball years that any ball player ever knew, Ty Cobb is one of the few re- tired stars of sport who has no future to worry about. 2 He has all the money any one needs to live on and he has all the time he wants for his three main diversions— golf, hunting and fishing. The Biggest Job. BORN in 1886 at Royston, Ga., Ty now is 50 years old. He came up to the big tent when he was 19 and he hung around for 24 years. Il tell you why I think he turned in the biggest job that sport ever has seen— including all the others. I think, after hearing all the testimony, you'll agree with me. Ty came along in & period of great hitters. In the big paratle there were such rivals as Larry Lajoie, Joe Jack- son, Tris Speaker, Sam Crawford, Bobby Veach, Elmer Flick, on and on. The pitchers he had to face included such stars as Addie Joss, Ed Walsh, ‘Walter Johnson, Smoky Joe Wood, Bill Bernhard, Nick Altrock, Doc White, Rube Waddell, another long list—yet, from 1907, Ty Cobb led the American League in 12 out of the next 13 years. And for these 13 years, against great pitching, his batting average was above .370. He had to set this blazing pace against many of the great- est hitters of the game—against many of the best pitchers that ever threw a fast one and & curve. Tris Speaker alone prevented Cobb from making it 13 successive years at the top of the crowd. Rogers Hornsby led the National League for six years in & row. Hans Wagner made it four in a row, and also two in & row, as well as leading in two more years. But neither Hornsby nor Wagner ever approached Cobb’s mark. On His Legs. AB I REMARKED before, Cobb lived on his legs. But there was more than a normal share of brains back of the running. In the course of his career, he stole more bases than, any other man in base ball. And when the season was over, Cobb speni his Winters hunting, walking from 20 to 30 miles a day over rough terrain, backing up his setters and pointers. Cobb spent at least 10 months of every year running bases or chasing Quail. He lived on his legs. A . Sports Mirror- By the Associated Press, Today & year ago—Charley Stevenson of Boise, Idaho, was year's leading jockey with 206 winners. Three years go—Bill Tilden won United States professional tennis title, defeating Vinnie Richards in straight sets. Five years ago—Sun Beau, win- ner of more than $100,000 in 1931, boosted total winners to $376,744. 1.A. HOCKEY LEAGUE. Philadelphia, 4; Cleveland, 4 ‘(tie). EGGNO& BOWL THE SPORTLIGHT Ty Cobb, Healthy and Wealthy at 50, Finds Independence Big Joy of Life. BY GRANTLAND RICE. Ty Cobb comes close to being the greatest competitor that sport ever knew. ! T'll give you one example. Years ago I dropped by his hotel to say heilo when the Tigers were playing the Yankees. Cobb that morning had a temperature of 102, due largely to a heavy cold. His two legs were a mass of raw flesh and adhesive tape. You needed a strong stomach to look at them. Yet Cobb was on the field that after- noon with three hits and two stolen bases, and he had to hit the dirt on those almost skinless thighs. Cobb has been called ruthless. He was—when a ball game hung in the balance. “No one will believe me,” he said, “but I never went an inch out my spikes. And I'd cut the heart out | of my best friend if he ever tried to block the road. When the right of way belonged to me, I took it— spikes first.” Another Time. As A competitor, there was another occasion. Ray Chapman of Cleveland had just been killed by Carl Mays—a fast ball nailing Chapman’s temple. Cobb had been quoted as backing up Mays. Cobb had given no interview of any sort. The next day | he was booed and hissed by 35,000 Yeankee fans. Cobb, being guiltless, was bitter. “Were you ever booed by 35,000 people for no reason,” he asked. He came into that game biiter and sullen. Most ball players would have quit cold under this unfair bar- rage. All that Cobb did was to get four hits—steal three bases and score three runs to win the ball game. That was Ty Cobb. Cobb was the first man to score from second on an outfield fly. He was the first man I ever saw to score from first on a.single. His main idea was to break down the defensive morale of the opposing team. No other ball player ever did as much damage along these lines. “Make them think you are crazy,” he told me once. “Don’t let them ever know what your next move might be. Keep crossing them up.” . Was Cobb the greatest ball player of* all time—even including Babe Ruth? Well—he made more base hits—he stole more bases—he scored more runs, by a wide margin, than any other ball player since Abner Doubleday had his fancy dream. What were his main assets? Speed— ruggedness — boldness — daring—but, above all, & magnificent competitive nature and one of the smartest brains any sport ever has seen in action. And today the squire of Menlo Park is doing all right. He is hang- ing around 80 at golf—and he is get~ ting a big kick out of a shotgun and & fishing rod. And no one has to slip him a benefit. “I've just found out,” he told me, “what life means. That's being able to do all the things you always wanted to do.” ‘That's a much better job than being dictator or king of the world. It's the one job most of us would like to 623 COUNT 1S HIGH IN STAR ROLL-OFF {Albert Elkins Sets Record With 725—Former Champs Take Beatings. BY ROD THOMAS. EADERSHIP is becoming second nature in the family of George A. Ford, who sets an example as president of the Columbia Heights Business Men's Association. The missus, Pauline, is president of ¢ the Washington Women's Duckpin Association, which promises to have the biggest season in its 15-year hise tory, and there’s a pantalooned Ford who seems to be the master of the clan. Going a bit further, today we find Mrs. Ford leading the field in the women's section in the finals of The Evening Star bowling tournament. At the Arcadia last night she leveled an even 600 pins, tacked on a handie cap of 25 and became fairly assured of collecting the first prize of $50, plus a gold medal. High in Prelims, Too. T WAS the second time in the ninth annual tournament that Mrs. Ford moved to the front. She thunder= struck hundreds of rivals in the pree liminary round by shooting 25-648 for an all-time tournament record, Her games last night were 101, 124, 128, 117 and 130. Four former Star tournament cham- pions, two men and two women, shot outside of the money in the Arcadia roll-off, while Bill Coyle, sports come mentator of station WMAL. broad- cast their performances. Merceda Isemann, winner in 1934, rolled 33- 548, and Bess Ackman, who collected the top prizes in 1929 and 1930, gathe ered only 536 sticks with a 40 handie cap. Frank Xanten, defending champion in the men’s division, got nowhers with 18-619, and the same went for Carroll Daly, victor in 1931, who shot 28-642. ‘While Mrs. Ford was causing a sene sation at the Arcadia, Albert Elkins, a member of the Holy Name Society League, was hanging up a tournament record at the Recreation. Elkins rolled 725 with a handicap of 60. At the same time, Charley Bernhardt of the Columbia Heights League, aiso was smashing the previous record with 43-698, and David Groth, a Recreas tion entry, was tying the old mark of 697, established at Convention Hall in the current tournament. Groth's handicap was 32, identical with Jene kins', . Scott Shoots Big Game. THE highest single game of the roll-off was marked up by Bill Scott at the Recreation, a 170, that may be worth $5, the pirze for top string in the final. Scott, with 43 franked sticks, totaled 663, and moved into thirteenth place. Bob Lowry, Recreation manager, shot 48-691 for the fifth notch, and Jack Wolstene holme, also rolling at the "Rec,” showed some of his mastery of a few years back in gathering 683 pins with a handicap of 32. The high scores in the finals, which will be concluded Saturday night, with the roll-offs of the Columbia and Rendezvous featuring—there will ~ (See BOWLING, Page A-13.) 'MISS FORBES BEATS MARK AT SWIMMING {Sets Unofficial 50-Meter Recor} as West Outscores East in Florida Meet. of the way to cut down a man Wwith | By the Associated Press. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Decem- ber 31.—The West out-swam the East, 18-10, in the annual competi~ tion for swimmers attending the intere collegiate aquatic forum. Dorothy Forbes of Philadelphia Ath- letic Club was clocked in 36.6 for un= official new world time over 50 meters in a special backstroke exhibition. The record is 0:37.2. () Swimming for the West were Bare nard, Kirar, Tomsky, Mowerson, Kas= ley, Haynie, Robinson, Hitchens and Grady of Michigan, Cutter of Iilinois, Everett of Ohio University. The East was represented by Timko, Reilly, Rose, White and McCarthy of Rutgers, Carpenter and Kenning of Lehigh; Hayes, Fond, Hemmedinger of Brown, Scoville and Forgham of Rense selaer Poiy and Gisborne of Rider. The East captured the 200-meter breast, stroke relay and 200-meter free style. The West won the 200-meter backstroke, 400-meter relay, 300-meter relay, 150-meter medley, 200-meter backstroke and 200-meter free-stylen relay. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. DISPLAYING better teamwork and more aggressive play throughout, George Washington's basket ball team defeated Gallau- det, 30-21, in the Y. M. C. A. gym. The Hatcheties jumped into the lead in the first minute of play and were led thereafter by Giacomo and Almon, who scored 26 points be- tween them. The “Augusta” crowd of the Co- lumbia Country Club, so-called be- cause of their annual Southern trips in the early Spring, will not go to Georgia this year, but to Belleair, Fla. Those going include Albert McKenzie, R. E. Bark, E. B. Eynon, jr.; Charles H. Orme, J. Thilman Hendrick, E. C. Gott, O. J. DeMoll, George P. James, Robert L. Corby, Roy H. Pickford. Harry Kaufman of the Town and Country Club will accompany the Columbia contingent. Among the smaller bowling leagues of the city, the one com- posed of the employes of the R. P. Andrews Co. makes up in enthu- siasm what it may lack in num- bers. * Six teams of three men each form the loop, which has a repree sentative of every department of the company. A

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