Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1937, Page 15

PORTS. THE EVENIN G_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JAN ARY 23, 1937. < Hokie Smith Hot After More Coin : Thinks 14 Golf Clubs Not Enough COLLECTS INEIGHT PINEVENTS INROW Columbia Ace Dangerous in Campbell Sweepstakes Opening Torfight. . BY ROD THOMAS. IS average is only 118—hardly noticeable in these days of soaring duckpin scores—but our favorite “horse” in the Howard Campbell sweepstakes, which opens tonight at the Georgetown Rec- reation, is Hokie Smith, christened ‘Wayne. Yep, even with Astor Clarke, freshly crowned United States Sweepstakes champion; Ollie Pacini, Ed Blakeney, Dutch Newman, Tony Santini and & bevy of other big-time sharpshooters in probably the snappiest fleld that ever went to post in the 11-year-old classic of clout ‘em and collect. Hokie Smith, we believe, only now 1= coming truly into his own as a stake performer. In eight consecutive major tourna- ments happ: lucky Hokie has fin- ished no worse than fourth, a fact brought to light today by Beryl Eng- lish, proprietor of the Columbia alleys, where Smith is a staff member. For consistent success that record may be without a parallel. Calls Streak Remarkable. “JT'S remarkable,” to quote English, when you consider that the un- certainties of duckpins may be com- pared to those of golf, and that in every one of those tournaments Hokie was up against the classiest competi- tion obtainable. Two of them were United States Sweepstakes, two of them Dixie Sweepstakes and two of them Campbells. It takes a lot of bowling to land in the money of any of these, and when a fellow turns the trick as many times as Hokie has— well, at the Columbia we think we've got the coming ace of 'em all.” Hokie got his streak under way in | 1934 when he finished second in the Campbell. In 1935 he paired with Howard Parsons to win the Auantic Coast Doubles, but skipped all other tournaments. In 1936 he was fourth in the Dixie, fourth in the United States and third in the Campbell. This season you find him third in the United States, third in the Dixie and zecond in the Ray Von Dreele sweep- stakes, a national event held in Bal- timore. Reason if you will that Hokie, in the current Campbell, will fall a vic- tim to the law of averages and miss the pay-off, but that's contflw to the | thoughts of Smith. Thinks He's About Due. §¢(IOSH " says he, “I'm about due to | win one of these things” And | we share the hunch. Smith made a sensational debut in bigtime bowling about eight years ago and never has ceased to be color- ful. When Harry Winningder sought ta advertise his Queen Pin bewling ! piant, he brought in Ben McAlvee !n{ put on an inter-city match. Ben lined up the Happy Five of Baltimore, then | National Duckpin Bowling Congress | champs, to meet & team of all-stars | from Washington. “I've got a kid around here,” said | Winningder, “I'd like to have on the | Washington team. Name is Smith. He's never bowled in regular compe- tition.” McAlwee never had heard of Hokie | E&mith. Neither had Al Works, Carroll | Daly, Mag Wood and Clem Weidman, | the other selections for Winningder’s team, and, with these veteran stars risking some of their own dough on | the match, the youngster wasn't ex- | Actly welcome. | All Smith did in that match, the | first of his career Washington records in similar competition. 630. was smash all | for five games His score was Hokie & Star Leader, Too. MrALWE.'E snapped him up for his | Original Juniors, a team of youngsters that went on to become | the biggest money-winning aggrega- | tion of bowlers in the history of the city. The other members were Paul Harrison, Ed Espey, Tim Dunworth, Jack Wolstenholme and later, Johnny | Anderson. Hokie Smith turned out to be not only a crack bowler but an inspiring leader. He was the life of the Origi- nal Juniors and several years after this team disbanded he pulled a “miracie” of leadership in captain- ing the King Pin team to the District League pennant. Starting the season of 1034-35, the King Pins were thought unworthy of membership in the all- star circult. And even now you'll find bowling dopesters trying to figure how they mapaged to land on top. “Spirit did it,” explains Hokle. Smith is one of the few entrants in the 1937 Campbell who is putting up personally all of his entry fee of $28. Most of the others have up not more than 15 smackers of their own cash and must ahare their winnings, if any, with backers. Hokie, too, was first “‘on the line” with his cash, taken from his $250 prize in the United States Sweepstakes. A New Game for Hokie. AND there's another story. Mrs. Smith’s curly-haired boy, until recently, never seemed to cling to a dime., When he won money, he was ever good for & touch, or quick to reach for the party check. In his atreak of winnings, which totaled well on toward $1,000, he saved none of the cazh except that of the recent United States stakes. He was under orders to bring back every nickel of any prize he might win at Waterbury. It was part of the agreement by which Beryl English staked him to the $50 entry fee and traveling expenses. i And Beryl's order was part of a eampaign to end Hokie's carelessness in handling his own dough. Ars#nd Christmas time English raised the young man's salary, with the agreement that every penny of the sdded money would go into a bank account, pius a percentage of the rest of Hokie's pay. At fArst Hokie wasn't enthusisstic. But now you can ‘catch him ever so often in the act of perusing a little brown bank book. And if you like Hokie Smith—everybody does who knows him—you joy with him when he tells you with an extra wide grin: “Gosh, how it piles up!” BASKETER SEEKS BERTH. Joe Idramel desires to join & fast leightweight baket ball team. He may be reached st Adams 9506, between 4.:30 and 8:30 p.m. A% | the field something to shoot at today | Of the Columbia bowling alley staff and a member of the Occidental team of the District League, who has finished high in the pay-off of eight consecutive bigtime bowling tournaments and is a feared entrant in the Howard Campbell Sweepstakes tournament, which gets under way HOKIE SMITH tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Georgetown Recreation. - AN i ‘Feels He’s Due in Campbell °Stakes | —Star Staff Photo. DUDLEY SHANDHOT IN COLD GOLF PLAY Par Beaten 7 Strokes on| Frozen Links for Lead at Sacramento. BY the Associated Press. ACRAMENTO, January 23.— Husky Ed Dudley of Philadel- phia, & veteran of 10 Winters in the golf-for-gold wars, gave in the second round of the 72-hole $3,000 Sacramento open. Dudley posted a par-cracking 65 for the first 18 holes yesterday—two strokes ahead of his nearest pursuers | in the pack of more than 100 profes- yionals and amateurs. He lopped seven strokes off perfect figures in spite of ear-nipping weather and hard-frozen fairways. Par for the Sacramento municipal links is 36-36—72. Dudley was out in 35 and home in 30 with seven birdies for the round. He missed short putts on three greens. Clips 2 Off Course Mark. He bettered the course record by two strokes. The old mark of 67 was held | Jointly by Walter Hagen of Detroit | nd Harold McSpaden of Winchester, Mass. Trailing Dudley by two strokes today were McSpaden, 1935 local tournament | winner, and John Dawson, Chicago amateur. Teeing off with 69 shots behind them were Jimmy Hines of Garden | City, N. Y.; Horton Smith of Chicago | and Byron Nelson, Ridgewood, N. J. | ‘Within striking distance were Harry Cooper of Chicago, Los Angeles open | winner two weeks ago; Denny Shute | of Miam), the P. G. A. champion; | Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y.;| Henry Picard, Hershey, Pa., and Ted Longworth, Portland, Oreg. | Guldahl Neeas 73. THE long, flat course forced the pre- tournament favorite, Ralph Gul- dahl of Chicago, to take 73 biows, the same number required by “Dark-| horse” Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., winner of last week's Oakland open, and wiry little Johnny | Revolta of Evanston, Il Other tournament “big shots” trailed | as follows: Jimmy Thomson, Shawnee, Pa., 74; | Craig Wood, New York, 75; Lawson Little, former amateur king, now in the professional group, 76. Sam Parks, jr., national open title holder in 1935, virtuslly eliminated himself with 79. The low 60 professionals and 10 low amateurs following todag’s round qualified for tomorrow’s 36-hole final. IOWA PICKING COACH Dorais Believed Favored for Job| by Athletic Board. IOWA CITY, Iowa, January 23 (). —The Athletic Board was called into session today with E. G. (Dad) Schroeder and Glen Devine, newly appointed University of Iowa athletic department heads, to consider the ap- pointment of a hesd foot ball coach. Gus Dorais of Detroit University was supposed to be the board favorite to succeed Ossie Solem, but membets expected to seek the advice of Schroe- der and Devine before resuming nego- tiations with any candidate. No ap- pointment was expected today. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. SHREVEPORT, La.—Jack Tor- rance, 260, New Orleans, knocked out Terry Miller, 245, California . HOLLYWOOD. — Lee Ramage, 100, S8an Diego, knocked out Jack Kranz, 188, Gary, Ind. (3). S8YRACUSE, N. Y.—Wesley Ra- mey, 132, Grand Rapids, Mich, outpointed Johnny Jadick, 143, Philadelphia (10). PHILADELPHIA. — Benny Bass, 133, . outpointed Preddy Cochrane, 137%, Newark, N. J. (10); Gene Galotio, 129%, Philadelphia, knocked out Chang Collura, 126%, Newark (1). ATLANTIC CITY, N. J- Duca, 155, Paulsboro, N. J., de- feated Eddie Allen, 156, Atlantie City (10): Mickey Dues, 135, Paulsboro, and Ted King, lllz. dréw (6). A Mat Matches By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA.—Dean Dutton, 205, Salt Lake City, threw Hardy Kruscamp, 215, Columbus, Ohio, 35:06. BOSTON. — George “Dazzler” Clark, 220, Scotland, defeated Nick Lutze, 220, Los Angeles, to straight falls. NORTH BERGEN, N. J.—Joe Dusek, 218, Omaha, Nebr. threw George Koverly, 218, Los Angeles, 18:06. WATERBURY, Conn.—Morris Leo Kavell, 191, Montreal, and Walter Percy, 199, England, drew. (Double knockout on third fall) PEORIA, Ill.—Bairam Bey, 180, ‘Turkey, threw Mike Kilonis, 205, Albany, N. Y., 15:03. OMAHA, Nebr.—Al Mercier, 220, Springfield, Mass., defeated Chief Little Beaver, 225, Asheville, N. C,, two out of three falls. GEORGETOWN SET FOR SEVEN MEETS Opens With Casey Games at Boston on January 30. Enter Dixie Event. EORGETOWN will compete in seven indoor track meets this season, opening with the Knights of Colurbus games in Boston on January 30 and closing with the Knights of Columbus meet | in Madison Square Garden, New York, on March 20. The Hoya speedsters, who have been working out for two weeks, will follow up the Boston Knights of Columbus test by competing in the Millrose games in Madison Square Garden on February 6 and then lay off until February 20, when they will journey back to New York to participate in the New York Athletic Club meet, Compete in Dixie Meet. ON FEBRUARY 27 the Hilltoppers * will travel to Chapel Hill, N. C., to take part in the non-conference part of the Southern Conference in- door championships, while the fol- lowing week will see them at Balti- more competing in the University of Maryland 5th Regiment invitation meet. On March i3 they will vie with other crack clubs in the I. C. A. A, A. A. meet at New York. Georgetown's varsity relay line-up still is & puszzle to Coach Muilican, with seven members of the squad con- ceded chances of landing berths on the quartet. Those who now are rounding into condition include Vin Healy, Doug Hanks, Leroy Green, Jim McPoland, George Bogan, Red Warder and Brother McCloskey. Green and Bo- gan are former Tech High runners. GONZAGA FIVE VICTOR Puts on Strong Finish to Swamp Fredericksburg High. Gonzaga High was slow getting up steam in a basket ball battle with Fredericksburg, Va., High, at Fred- yesterday but with the start of the second half breezed to vietory, 34-19. At half time the score was 10-all. Boyle with 13 points and Hanley with 12, led the Purple attack. Summary: Gonsaga (34). Predericksb's (19). G GFFts Conolly.f Hanle: | ss-ancoecl ol sorruosccs) POBD D10 CLOSE ONE TO DUNBAR Armstrong Beaten, 30-89, in High Schooi Basket Series. Dunbar won the first game in the local colored inter-high basket ball series yesterday when it nosed out its old rival, Armstrong, 30-29, on the Dunbar eourt. ‘The first half ended in a 14-14 dead- lock. Dawson and Luck each scored 12 points for the winhers while Jack- son produced the same number for Armstrong. P BYRD LEADS BALL With Score of 144—Diz Ties for Seventh. By the Associated Press. ARASOTA, Fla, January 22.) —Sammy Byrd, a diamondeer | with a long major league record but a current minor league | status, showed the way by five strokes at the half-way point in the national base ball piayers’ golf tournament to- day. Byrd, now with Rochester after | years on the New York Yankee roster, | added a 74 to his opening 70 to give him a 36-hole aggregate of 144, Dizzie Ties for Seventh. | JRIVE strokes in the rear and by no i means out of the running were | | three major players and another minor leaguer with 149 totals. They were Lloyd Brown, Cleveland pitcher who | was one of the pre-tourney favorites, Cincinnati's right-handed Paul Der- | ringer, Outfielder Paul Waner of | | Pittsburgh and Garland Braxton, who pitches for Milwaukee. Jack Russell, Boston Red Sox | pitcher, held sixth place with a pair of 76's. Pat Dean followed her oratorical | husband, Dizzy Dean of St. Louis, | around the course yesterday and her presence inspired the great one to bang out & 75 that put him in a seventh place tie at 153 with Wes Ferrell, Boston's defending champion, | PLAYERS ONLINKS Sam 5 Up at Halfway Point | 5o Colonials Hopeful of Win Tonight After Beating Villanova, 33 to 23. Speelal Dispateh to The Btar. EW YORK, January 23.—Their hopes for success against Long Island University buoyed by a 33-23 victory over Villanova at Philadelphia last night, George Wash- ington’s undefeated basket ball team moved into town today ready for its combat in Madison Square Garden with the team which has given 1t more trouble than any foe in the past six ars. Defeated by L. I. U. three times in the four-game series, the Colonials’ lone triumph against the Blackbirds came in the first clash in '32. That they will be up against just as difficult & foe this year is seen in the current record of L. I. U, which has won 17 out of 18 games this season. Island’s one setback was at the hands of Stanford’s mighty quintet. Adding to the Colonials’ worries was the fact that they were scouted by several Blackbird players iast night when they were forced to open up against Villanova. Held to a 12-10 margin during the first half, G. W. had to show practically every trick it included in its repertoire to out-count the Wildcats in the second half. It was Villanova's first defeat of the season on its home court and the Wildcats fought like just that to maintain their perfect record. How- ever, they had trouble getting inside the Colonials’ defense for close shots and made most of their 9 field goals from well out in the court. G. W. spurted at the start of the second half to double the count on the home team and even a wild-scoring spree in the middle of the period by Vil- lanova failed to overcome the Co- lonials’ advantage. As has been the case all season, George Washington's scoring was al- most equally divided, aithough Ben Goldfadsn's 8 points topped five scor- ing teammates. Villanova Geo. Wash bl 3 3 ] Montgomery Goldfanden.t 3 utulis.f esel.{-c 2 o rennan.c McNally.g Vigilangte.g Hopkins,g - S Tt orouonrd; in & McKenna.c Totals | 225 Silkowitz.g Totals George Washington. 12 Referees—Messrs, Emery P EEPRPeS > 17 Score Villanova. 10. and Redmond. JIMMY BRISCOE BEATEN Twelfth Street “Y" Boxer Victim of Pennsylvania Champ. Jimmy Briscoe, Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. boxer, nursed sundry bruises today but was satisfied to have made a creditable showing last night at the Twelfth Street Y in a battle with George Brown, colored Pennsylvania State champion, who represented the | Gettysburg C. C. C. In another featured lightweight bout on the amateur card, Louis Peace of the Y outpointed Sylvester Lane of Gettysburg. Other bouts: 120-pound class—Wayman Stewart {Southwest ~ House) gained s _technical l‘cgn:éonct in first round over Robert Coles 147-pound _class—Julius Walker (V) was given & split decision over Earl Holmes (Gettysburg). 160-pound’ class—Washington Alexander (Y.) eained a split decision over James Nichols (Gettysburg) 160-pound _class—Marshall Mavs (Y.) knocked out Thomas McLucas (Y.) in the second roun Heavyweight elass—James Wilson tysburg) won a nical knockout i second round over Henry Johnson (Y ). Midget b:llu—Buflfl' Estep defs Kid Harrison ted ted ted WOODWARD JUNIOR WINS Two Players Get All Points in Vic- tory Over Landon. Only two of its players were able to acore, but McManns, with 10, and Nicaladis, with 3, got enough points to give Woodward Junior School a 13-12 victory over Landon in a Ken- sington Armory basket scrap. With a few seconds to go, Nicaladis who carded a 79 yesterday. L BASKET BATTLES TIGHT. In Heurich League basket ball games, D. & H. defeated Fort Myer in thrilling style, 26-25, and D, C.| P. D. conquered Senate Beer, 36-30, in the Heurich gym. fi @ BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. UTSTANDING among the O quints entered in the team tourney that played round No. 6 at the Jewish Com- munity Center was the War Depart- ment unit which literally swamped the Gas Light Co. five, 5-0. Kesgler, Kunkle, Neufeld, Morey and Sutphen achieved individual victories fer the munitions quintet. E. V. Fin- eran, president of the Metropoli- tan Chess Asseciation, playing at the “Gas Lighters’” board No. 3, suffered the loss of his queen at the hands of J. Neu- feld, who gave an excelient ex- ample of mid-game strategy. In the absence of Maud G. Sewall, mentor of the Ladies' Chess group, Mrs. H. E. Kittredge played first board for the Ladies’ C. C., which lost to the - belligerent five of the Department of Agriculture, captained by D. 8. Burch. Agriculture acored four wins to their fair opponents’ lone victory, garnered by Mrs. E. R. Sheppard. Fiancheite Team Draws, group forced the match into a draw, each team registering 23 points. In view of school examinations the interhigh teams did not piay nor did the University of Maryland delegation. Postponed mstches will bg rearranged shot the winning basket. =%% on the new tournament chart and an- nounced shortly. Scoring by teams: War Department ve. “Gas Lichters.” Lioyd (Forfeit) . Fi Mrs. Kittredge ol mmomm gol mmne Total...____ 2% Total American Chess Federation. SEVERAL ‘Washingtonians have af- filiated with the American Chess Federation in the last year, namely: Samuel Bass, C. Dubs, Bernard Har- rison, Willlam Heatwole, Robert Knox, Prince Melton, Jacob Seidenberg, George Senge, Gerald Yagodkin, Frank Evans, T. C. Bufford, Nathan Freehof, D. H. Mugridge, C. W. Stark, Martin Stark and P. J. Miller. Memberships in the A. C. F, expired with the recent Phila- delphia and to be in good standing members should file 1937 forms at emce. These forms may be obtained from the chess editor of The Star. The annusl fee is §1. In preparation for the new members A meeting of the players of the Downtown Washington Social Chess Club will be held next Thursday evening, place as yet Long | IX former champions will be in the field of approximately 30 who start shooting in the 15- stakes, which begins with a five-game block at Georgetown Recreation to- night. Led by Harry Hilliard, who won last year, the half dozen past winners will include Astor Clarke, Eddie Espey, Reds Megaw, Tony Santini and Sam Simon, leaving four past champions outside the fold. Those who have won since the event started in 1927 and Wolstenholme, Whip Litchfield, Maxie Rosenberg and Brad Mandley. Hilliard won with & score of 1972 last year. A record game of 185, made in the first of the sweeps by Freddie Moore, still stands. ‘The second and third blocks will be rolled on successive Saturday nights. Tonight's rolling will start at 7:30 o‘clock. Campbell, incidentally, will be one of a Washington team of American Legion members who will roll an inter- city matéh with the Baltimore Legion | tomorrow on Baltimore’s Victoria | Alleys. The match, which will include | high-average roliers of both Legions, will find the local combinations picked from Campbell, Ed Schiegel, E. H. | Campbell, Brown, Walker, Chaconas, | Grimes and Sha | 'O former presidents, who aided greatly in molding Columbia Lodge No. 174, 1. A. M. League, into one of the finest loops in the city, took | & prominent part in the rolling last night at Lucky Strike. Hugh Crawley | shot a bang-up 385 set, which paved the way for his P. & A. No. 1 team to regain second place by trimming game Howard Campbell Sweep- | N ‘who will be missing tonight are Glenn | the who took over the reins from him, socked the maples for 366 as Radio won two games from Torpedo Tube 0. 1 in face of Andy Price’s top 152 and 385, which tied for set honors. ‘The lowly Sight Shop No. 4 licked the pace-setting Breach Mechanism No. 1 club two games with Newgent's 127-360 tops for the winners. Oscar Herbert, on the losing side, featured the match with 372. The Gun Shop turned tables on Broadside Mount No. 1 to rout the erstwhile runner-up as Tom Smith's 128 was high game in best team game of the night, a 588. Smith's set was 362. The cham- pion 8ight No. 1 team, with Milt Reigelman shooting 363, swept Sight No. 2. KI'NWOOD No. 1 rollers, thanks to the aid received from their fel- | low club members on Team No. 2. who turned beck the leading Manor No. 1 team twice, are only one game Golf League. Kenwooders No. 1 ran up high scores of 588 and 1,639. George Beyer of Manor No. 2, how- ever, upheld the club's prestige by shooting high set of 385 to lead a 2-1 | victory over Argyle No. 1. Arthur Darling’s 350 featured Congressional's three-game win from Indian Spring No. 1. Beaver Dam No. 1, by fla ing Congressional No. 2, was back in the running for the pennant. Moore was the winner’s heaviest wal- | loper with 142-379, ably cost Columbus University's ! hectic bouts. Schlaiffer’s inability to Tommy Walker, Mike Morton, | Miscellaneous No. 2, while Joe Fowler, Appalachian Gets Boxing Draw With Schlaiffer, | Columbus, Ill. l boxing team its first victory of the year last night at Turner's | Arena where it was held to a 4-4 draw appear forced the Explorers to for- feit in the 165-pound class, thereby giving the visitors their fourth victory Bobby Rawson and Buddy Lazear, in | the 118, 135, 145 and 155 pound classes, respectively, scored for Co- EXPLORERS HELD LLNESS of Dave Schiaiffer prob- by Appalachian College after seven of the program. | lumbus. { won by decisions, by far the greatest kick of the show came in Lazear’s knockout of Foy Martin after 1 min- ute 30 seconds of fighting in the sec- | ond round. LAZEAR. who may blossom into the best 155-pounder collegiate fighter in these parts, had Martin down for | a nine-count in the first round and floored him for keeps with a series of hard rights to the mid-section in the second. He also showed he could . take it by receiving two hard rights * to his jaw before landing his own sleep-producing punch. The defeat of Ray Morse, 126-pound Columbus star, by George Corn, was | received with a chorus of boos from ;mmt of the 1,300 spectators. Results: 4115 pounds—Walker (C.) defeated Sher- r 128 pounds—Corn (A) defested Morse. 135 pounds—Morton (C.) defeated An- | dreau. ©) 145 pounds—Rawson Bartz. 155 pounds —Lazear (C) knocked eut Martin in 1:30 of second round. 163 pounds—Columbus forfeited 175 pounds—Yermala (A) defeated Grimn Heavyweight—Wilson defeated Woife, technical knockout ¢ second round A end o Sports Mirror By the Associated Press. Today a year ago—Bill Delancey, St. Louis catcher, lost to Cardinals indefinitely as result of pleurisy. Three years ago—Kinrey Mat- suyama won United States three- cushion billiards championship. Five years ago—Hack Wilson #old by Cardinals to Dodgers for estimated $40,000 and rookie player. GATHER | GREENKEEPERS | | Mid-Atlantic Body Will Plan for National Convention. Members of the mid-Atlantic Asso- ciation of Greenkeepers will gather at 0| Wardman Park Hotel next Thursday | to fron out details of their participa- tion in the convention of the national association, scheduled to open Feb- ruary 1 at Wardman Park. The mid- Atlantie greenkeepers will be the hosts to the national convention, with their | president, Bob Scott of Baltimore, acting in an advisory capacity. P. B. Pitts of Columbia is vice president of the sectional body, with J. W. Leverton of White Flint, secretary- 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. GBORG!.'!\)WN‘S unde feated basket ball team is going to Annapolis to meet Navy and its prospects for majntaining its clean record are lean. The Middies have one of the most versatile teams in the East and will be at a decided advantage on their home floor. Plans for improving Madison Square Garden, New York's largest amusement arena, and its trans- formation into & home club to be known as the National Sporting Club of America have been an- nounced. Grant Hugh Browne has paid about $2,400,000 for the piant which he will remodel. “The days of high-salaried ball players are over,” wired Owner Ebbets of the Brooklyn Robins from Hot Springs. This probably explains the refusal of Zach Wheat and Casey Stengel of Zach contracts for the season, Stengel's pay having been sliced $2,000, ac- While Walker, Morton and Rawson | LITTLE RESIGNING Pass Interference Issue Not Vital Now, Declares Columbia Coach. | By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 23.—Lou | | N Little is resigning the chair- manship of the American Foot Ball Coaches’ Rules Committee with the advice to let the controversal pass interference rule | alone for the time being. | Instead of a change in the currently most-disputed ruling on the books, Columbia's jovial eoach suggests sharper interpretation by officials, “with fuller recagnition of the rights of the defensive team to the ball, as well as protection for the offensive receivers.” Want Reasonable Interpretation. “"T"HIS is my personal viewpoint,” he explained, “but I believe it rep- resenis generally what the coaches feel in seeking thorough but also fair and reasonabie interpretation of the Tules.” Little's announcement of his resig- | nation as chairman of the Coaches’ Rules Committee, which he helped or- ganize and has headed since its incep- | tion four years ago, came as a sur- prise. Harry Kipke, Michigan coach and president of the American Foot Ball Coaches’ Association, named Ray | Morrison of Vanderbilt to preside at | the meeting Pebruary 6, at which coaches will review suggested changes | in the gridiron law. Little Recuperating. NOW recuperating in the Bahamas from a series of critical hipbone | | operations to correct an ailment both- | ering him for years, Little is reluctant defeated | to remain away from the Rules Com- | American Flag, ar. mittee conference. He is forced to be absent this year, however, at the in- sistence of surgeons at Columbia. Little explained that the “atmos- ‘phere has been cleared of misunder- standings” through the frank ex- change of viewpoints between coaches and officials this Winter. “There is no need now,’ he added, “to become hysterical over the pass interference rule. It is simply one of those things that crop up occasionally to cause debate.” DEVITT COASTS TO WIN |Runs Up Lead Early, Scores, 23-15, Over Mount St. Joseph's. 8pecial Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md, January 23.— | Running up & 13-0 lead in the first few minutes of play, Devitt School basketers of Washington coasted to a 23-15 victory over Mount St. Joseph's here yesterday. Moe Shulman and Bill Hargaden led the visitors’ at- tack, each scoring 9 points. Devitt Prep (23). Mt. St. Joseph (15). G F Pi GFPs McMahon £ Babbington.t vomsosh | sa553530s EYETTEEENICEY »| 3303330~ 70 223 Totals Totals BASKET BALL FATALITY. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, January 33 (#).—Richard Manning Moore, 18- year-old player on a basket ball team here, collapsed during & game in the John Gorrie High School gymnasium and was pronounced dead upon arrival at & hospital. CASEYS ARE MERCILESS. With Blackwell high man with 11 points, the K. of C. basket ball team crushed the Crusaders, 46-14, in a basket ball game. Varied Sports College Hockey. College Wrestling. Towa State, 20%: Kansas State, . College Ewimming. IM 50; Chicago, 87. out of first place in the Country Club | Freddie | |fron, which is the mashie-niblick in AS RULES LEADER Four Woods and Nine Irons; Putter, Dynamiter Make , Ideal Set, He Says. BY W. R. MeCALLUM. HAT 14-club ruling of the United States Golf Aasociation is O. K. with him but Gene Larkin, Woodmont Country Club pro, would like it better if they tossed another chip in the pot and raised the club limit to 15. “Seems to me we could get along beiter with 15 clubs than with 14, Gene says, explaining that the dyna- miter and the wide use of four wooden clubs in the bags of most of the top~ notch pros of today has changed the game s0 much that it isn't the old game of 20 years ago. “The nine-club set is standard in the iron clubs today,” says Gene. “Some of the boys, I see, are advocating elimi- nation of the No. 1 iron, and that may be alright, too. Certainly there aren't | many men who know how to play the | 1-iron with any degree of skill, Good For Force Shot. | “BUT there’s one use I find for the long fron which I ecan't dupli- | cate with any other club in the bag. That is a forcing shot, kept low into a head wind. Sure, you could play | & spoon and hit it up but then the wind gets hold of the ball and does things with it. The 1-iron is the club I use for the shot into a big | wind, and I don't see how I could get along without it. | “And I see where some folks sav they could get along without the No. 8 most sets. Well, that's probably true. There’s 50 little real difference between the No. 7 and the No. 8 that we probe ably could dispense with the 8-iron altogether. But after all what's the | use? With a nine-ciub set of irons, four | wooden clubs, a dynamiter and & putter you have 15 clubs, which seems to me to be the ideal set of golf cluba, And I wouldn't be surprised to see the U. 8. G. A. raise the club limit to 15 before January 1, 1938, when the limit on clubs becomes effective.” His Own Boss Now. ;GENE isn't doing much this Winter. ‘He drops around at Woodmont once in a while, but he's his own boss until around April 1, when he'll preside again over the Woodmont golf shop. But next week he's going to Deland, Fla, to spend a month or %0 in the climate where he used to spend every Winter. For several sea= | sons, while Gene worked in Bob Bare | nett’s golf shop at Chevy Chase, Gene | held down the Winter berth at t. exclusive Highland Park Club at Lake Wales, Fla For the last fortnight he's been at Chevy Chase holding down the post of pro there while Bill Hardy, Bob Barnett's assistant, has been in Florida visiting the boss. Bill is due back® tomorrow. Rather strange, too, that Bill never has been in Florida before, | Bob has been trying to get him down | for & good many years but until this Winter Bill always pleaded he was too busy making clubs. But Dick Flynn, a golf goods salesman, was driving down and Bill went along “to see the things he had heard about and didn't believe.” And now he writes Gene that the narrators didn's exaggerate. HEWITT ADDS TO STUD Gets Flag Pole, Noted Stallion, for Montana Hall. | BERRYVILLE, Va, January 23.< Addition of Flag Pole to the already outstanding list of thoroughbred stale lions now standing in Clarke County | has bee nannounced by Abram 8. Hew= itt of Montana Hall, near here. Fiag Pole has been standing at Mrs. | Isabel Dodge Sio ne's Brookmeade | Stables at Uppervi. e. He is a son of | won $9.255, ine cluding the Swift Stakes, and was | third in the Belmont during his race ing career. | His first crop came in 1934 and in~ cludes the winners Out of Step, Devil's | Banner and Top Gem. He will join | Ksar, & great French stallion, at Mone | tana Hall. WILSON TEACHERS BOW Have Perfect Record at Charity Stripe, Losing to Towson. Wilson Teachers took a 36-30 beat- ing from Towson Teachers at Towson yesterday but today delighted over a | singular achievement. The Wilsons had 12 opportunities at the charity line and cashed in on all. Seoring honors for the winners wers | widely distributed. Thomas with @ | and Gordon with 7 led the Wilsons, Summary: Wilson (30) Gordon.t TE h loh, ith.f Farrell. & Gilham.f Newton Erving Thomas.« ‘Towson (36) ¥ Pls. ) 200985 D 19m = . 0 2 : Millerg ' Novey.g Curland.g. Hewes.g [idei * | momonoomas; 8| varanaomss! Totals 91230 Totals Referee—Jack Menton. Varsity Quints George Washington, 33: Villanevs. 23 Towson, Teachers. 36. Wilson Teach- s inford, 5 nit Case, 39 Western Reser: Kent State. 35: Bowling Niagara U, '56: Albany ers, 43. Union_50: Toronto. 41. Lake Forest. 31: Ripon. 27. Maryville, 39: King. 3 Centenary, s Col Hiawasss Peay, Hillsdale, Oliver. 54 Armour Tech reen, 28 tate Teach- . 28: Loul: ege, 19, 45 Austin k2 21: Alma, 13, : Wayne. 40 31; Michigan Stale Nor- Macaleste, Platteville kee La_Ci “41: Gustavus Adolobys. 3 State Teachers, 30: Milwau- Srat . 3 rosse Teachers 46: River Palls hers, 34. 31: Western Oaroline Teach- (overtime). jon, 43; Mi ana Southeastern Sim) g 38 . John's, 7_‘_‘ Texchers, 33, Abp«flmnzrxmn ‘Teachers. 47; Sioux Eau glszlau"l‘ucherm 35: Stout Insti- Whitewater Teschers, 37: Stevens Point Teachers. 35. Northern State Teachers, 23: Michisan Western State. 59: Valparaiso. ‘Q‘y lorado_U. u. &flr “7 inss. 2 ALY et Finie Rine Biete. 0.