Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1937, Page 55

, ALL TS CONTESTS WITH DEACS CLOSE Pixlee Still Undecided on » Line-Up to Start Game Tomorrow Night. EARING a revival of the spirit that on three occasions has whipped Wake Forest into a fighting, effective grid machine for games with George Washington, Coach Jim Pixlee will take no chances with the Deacons tomorrow night, though they will enter the game the -*underdogs. The doughty North Caro- lina band always manages to play its best foot ball of the season against G W. Generally a distinct favorite over the Deacons, George Washington has received the bitterest kind of compe- tition from them the last three years, Judging from the scores, 6-2, 7-6 and 13-12. The Colonials won the first and third games, and the Deacons tri- umphed on their own field in 1935. Pixlee received one report from the Tennessee-Wake Forest game which disturbed him, but did not surprise him. “Wake Forest is strong again de- fensively. Don't let that score against Tennessee catch you by surprise,” the report said. ! Look Good E'Errimm;:e. WHILE the encouraging showing of the Colonials and their promise of an unusually fine team rates them over Wake Forest, this report, in ad- dition to his other experiences along this line with the Deacs, gave the George Washington mentor full warn- ing. Pixlee also considers the fact that his team actually still is untried in eompetition, while the inexperienced visitors have a game against the stiffest type of opposition under their belts. <4 On the basis of a lengthy informal scrimmage with Maryland yesterday 8t College Park, two doubtful line posi- tions in the group to face the opening whistle were nailed down. Pixlee has named Lloyd Berry for the right end assignment, for which the Virginia boy has been battling Pete Yurwitz, and Leon Morris will get the other flank * Job. Tippy Holt's sprained ankle is the major factor in this choice, how- ever. ’ Holt was unable to take any part in the lengthy drill yesterday, but can be used tomorrow night in an emergency. With Morris rapidly developing the polish he’s needed, Tippy probably will spend the evening on the bench, Backfield Still a Puzzle. THE backfleld remains as much of a puzzle as ever, with the coaches still refusing to name a starting quartet. Only Elmer Hogg, fullback, Is & certain starter. Bruce Mahan or Frank Merka may play quarterback: , Joey Kaufman, Vic Sampson or Elmore ) Borden may play left halfback, and Bob Nowaskey or Howard Tihila may grab the right halfback assignment. Pixlee was pleased to reopen the series of practice scrimmages with Maryland and announced himself as satisfied with the results of yester- day's work that extended long after dark under the floodlights. Frank Dobson, Terp coach, said the ses- sion was just the thing his boys needed to tune up for Penn. In addition to Holt, a number of other George Washington players still are on the doubtful list as far as injuries are concerned. Jay Turner’s bruised rib will be tested & bit today in rougher work, Jay having been idle three days. Billy Richardson's sprained ankle refuses to come around properly, which definitely keeps him out of the game. Turner will get into harness for & few moments at least, as will Tim , Btapleton, who has & minor rib hurt, STAGE DELAYED MEET. ‘The Department of Playgrounds Constitution day relay carnival, post- poned because of rain, will be held Baturday morning on the Ellipse. Ap- proximately 1,000 are expected to par- ticipate. Allen Is Hurling For 15th in Row By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. September 30.—John- ny Allen, temperamental right- hander of the Cleveland Indians, who has been edging up on the American League record of 16 con- secutive hurling victories without much ballyhoo, was after his fif- teenth straight today against the Chicago White Sox. Allen, who has won 16 in a row already—two of them last year —has not suffered defeat since September 6 last year, when he dropped a 6-to-3 decision to Monty Stratton and the White Sox. He finished the 1936 season with a 5-t0-4 win over the Yankees and a 13-to-2 triumph over Boston be- fore going out of action with a sore arm. - Y ‘ ") & noon. The WASHINGTON, D. George Washington Prepared Against Surprise From Wake Forest They’ll Strut Their Stuff on College Gridirons Here This Week End FRED TEHAAN, Georgetown guard, who will start in the Hoyas’ opening game with Shenandoah College at Griffith Stadium Saturday after- He is a Western High product and is playing his last sea- son for the Hilltoppers. He scales 180 pounds and is fast. Foening Star Sporls C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, JOE GUIDRY. Although he is only a sophomore and hefts but 184 pounds, he is one of the stars of the Loyola of the South line that hopes to crush the Catholic University attack at Brookland Saturday. He’s a native Lo nan. 1937. FOREST GLASS. _ Tall, agile and hefty end of Wake Forest team that provides the season’s opening opposition for George Washington, at Grif- fith Stadium tomorrow night. on passing, and Glass is one of their leading receivers. The Deacons are certain to bank TERRYMEN POISED 10 CLINCH TODAY Win for New York or Loss by Cubs Would Settle Pennant Chase. BY SID FEDER, Associated Press Sports Writer. | HIS is the day the Giants prob- l ably will clinch the National League pennant. There doesn’t seem to be any way out of it. The probability is they’ll take at least one game of their double-header with the down-trodden Phillies, and thus hang onto the flag. If they don’t, there’s always the pos- | sibility the Cubs will drop one to the collapsible Cincinnati Reds—and that will do just as well. As matters now stand, any ‘“‘com- bination of one” will turn the trick. And since the Giants haven't lost a double-header all season, there's no reason for them to start now, when the chips are down and the stakes are high. Melton Wins No. 20. HEADING into what is probably the last day of the pennant races, with the Giants 3!, games ahead this is the way things stand: Games L. toPlay. 55 5 60 4 Thus, even if the Giants, by some freak of nature, should lose all their remaining games, the Cubs still would have to take four in & row to make it anything but a nickel series for little old New York. Club Giants Cubs __ The The Giants could have done the job yesterday. After winning the opener of a double bill with the Phils, 6-3, with Skyscraper Cliff Mel- ton taking his twentieth victory, the Terry Terriers needed only one win to clinch. But the small matter of a homer with the bases loaded in the first inning and some fancy flinging by Lefty Lamaster gave the Phils a 6-5 tdge in the nightcap. A five- run Giant rally in the eighth frame, Just before the game was called on account of darkness, almost made it & horse from a different garage. Bruins Keep Trying. - EANTIME the Cubs, playing the million-to-one shot down to the wire, whipped the Reds, 3-0, on the strength of a seven-hit coat of white- washing applied by Tex Carleton. The Yankees, tuning up their slege guns for the world series, bombarded the Athletics, 15-4, with a 16-hit at- tack in the first game of their bargain bill. But young Edgar Smith, a south- paw with plenty of pitching poison, blanked them, 3-0, with one lone hit in the afterpiece, which was called in seven innings. The Pirates’ seventh-inning five-run splurge whipped the St. Louis Cardi- nals, 7-5. The Dodgers and Bees were rained out. Boston’s Red Sox, hoping for a first-division cut of the world series pot, socked the Griffmen twice, 3-1, behind Lefty Grove, and 7-4, behind Johnny Marcum's effective relief el- bowing. The Browns came from be- hind to squeeze out a 7-6 devision over the ‘Detroit Tigers. Cleveland managed only an even break against the White Sox, taking the opener, 5-4, in 10 innings on Frankie Pytlak's game-wrecking double, and dropping the abbreviated four-and-one-half- inning nighteap, 1-0. HOYAS ARE PRIMED FOR SHENANDOAY Air Play Defense Is Lone Flaw Noted in Practice With Redskins. test of the season yesterday afternoon on the Hilltop Field, when it went through a strenuous two-hour practice session with the Redskins in preparation for its open- ing game against Shenandoah College at Griffith Stadium Saturday after- noon. Coaches Jack Hagerty, Mush Du- bofsky and George Murtagh all ex- pressed satisfaction with the improve- ment the Hoyas have shown in the past few days and feel sure they are ready for Shenandoah and their fol- lowing game against Holy Cross at ‘Worcester, Mass. EORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S R ( grid squad met its first real Passing Defense Worries. AGERTY, however, declares he still is far from satisfied with the Hoyas’ defense against aerial attacks. It was the weakest spot yesterday against the Redskins. A fast-running, hard-charging back 'was uncovered in Tony Barabas. Late in the practice he tore off tackle and got away for a touchdown. Joe Keegin and Tommy Keating also starred in the backfield, while Pat Brady and Red Hardy were outstand- ing in line play. LIKE PITT'S BACKFIELD. Followers of the Pittsburgh team say the Panthers will have the greatest backfield in the school’s his- tory in Goldberg, Stebbins, Michelosen and Patrick. MONTAGUE SHOWS EMHE'S GOLFER Shoots 5 Under Par, Beats Jones, Sarazen North Hempstead Scores. BY GRANTLAND RICE. EW YORK, September 30.— The question has been brought up mere than once as to how good a golfer actually is John Montague. He proved his case yes- terday at North Hempstead in the presence of a group of nationally known golf writers. Playing with Clarence Budington Kelland, Alex Morrison, the well- known golf instructor; Dr. Leander Newman and the writer, Montague turned in & 65—five under par. This was the third round of golf he had played since last February. He had 13 pars and 5 birdies. This was one stroke lower than the best round Bobby Jones and Gene Sarazen ever shot over this course. Disdains Winter Rules. EFUSING to play Winter rules, where many of the lies at this time of the year were bad, he was out in 32 and back in 33. Here is his score: Out— 4 2 34 4345 3 39 In— 4334444343365 The feature of this round was that, with any break of luck, he might| easily have had a 61 or a 62. He had | four putts that either rimmed the cup or hung on the lip. He holed only one putt over 10 feet. His last three putts rimmed the cup for birdies, hanging on the lip. ‘When you consider the fact that he had played almost no golf since last Pebruary, his round at North Hemp- stead was & spectacular performance. In the presence of hard-boiled critics he played every. type of shot that be- longs to golf. Alex Morrison turned in a 70, play- ing fine golf. “Montague should have had at least a 62 with any break of luck,” he said. This answers the question as to what brand of golf Montague can play—even after a six-month lay-off. (Copyright. 1937, by the Morth American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) SLEUTHS FIRE QUICKLY. Four runs in the first two innings were enough to defeat the Bureau of Investigation yesterday, but the Pepcos garnered another in the fifth to make the final score, 5-3, in the first of their three-game play-off series for the week-day championship of the city. ~ Giants, Cards and Cubs Ready With Bids for Mungo Dodger Slab Star Sure to Be Traded—Rickey Out to Rebuild Redbirds Completely. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associsted Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, September 30— Note to Van Lingle Mungo, Pageland, 8. C.. Start . doing the “Big Apple,” kid. You definitely will be traded this Winter . . . Giants, Cards and Cubs have bids ready . . . Terry wants Joe Stripp . . . (Mel Ott has been doing fine work at third base, but he isn't the hottest guy on earth at flelding bunts) . . . Frisch could use Stripp, too . . . If the Cards will part with Dizzy Dean and a promising youngster or so, they can get you and Stripp . . , Can’t find out what Charlie Grimm will offer, but he's in the market, you can bet. Cards will be rebuilt completely ~ +..Only Joe Medwick and Johnny 2 Mize are sure of their jobs . . . Branch Rickey may swing a dozen deals at the Winter meetings . . . Some reports say Pepper Martin and Leo Durocher are tagged to €0 . . . Durocher's got & head full of brains and still does a pretty fair job of shortstopping if you ask us . . . Big Cardinal need is pitching . . . Rickey will not hesitate to part with a few promis- ing infielders and outfielders to get & guy like Mungo . .. There’s your chance, Dodgers. Caulifiower alley hears Barney Ross is ready to call it quits; Ditto Jimmy Braddock . . . Beg pardon dept: Vincent Lopez, the Burper graduate from Idaho, not Towa . . . Howard Jones out at Southern California would like to swap some - » speed for power . . . He's got the fastest bunch of backs he’s ever had . .. The West Pointers toss a Beefsteak dinner for New York foot ball writers at Dempsey’s tonight -+ . At least three pro tennis scouts hot-footed it for the West (to try and sign Don Budge) following that blast against amateur tennis in Sports Illustrated Magazine. ~ Tip went out a year ago to keep your optics on this Byron Nelson « . . The Ole Miss Rebels are flying to Philadelphia today for tomor- row night's game with Temple . . . ‘Trip from Oxford to Philly will be made in two 24-passenger planes and will take only six and one-half hours . . . The Rebs promise to show the Bast the best tackle in the South in Frank “Bruiser” Kinard, who is 212 pounds of everything « .+ « A sellout is promised at Erie, Pa., October 6, when the Chicago Bears go down to meet the Warren (Pa.) Pros for the benefit of Bob Merwin’s Erie Dispatch-Herald good cheer Christmas fund. Alberto Lovell, the Argentine heavy, is walking about the streets pressing a rubber ball in each hand . . . Says it strengthens his finger muscles . ‘Those major league all stars who are booked through Minnesota and the Dakotas next month had better not forget to take their “long 'uns” and flannel night shirts along . .. Joe McCarthy says the Giants are a better team than last year and that it's silly to make { the Yanks 11-t0-5 favorites. Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY Base Ball. Boston vs. Washington (3), Grif- fith Stadium, 1:30. Wrestling. Billy Hanson vs. Joe Cox, feature match, Turner's Arena, 8:30, TOMORROW Foot Ball. George Washington vs. Forest, Griftith Stadium, 8. Roosevelt vs. Bullis Prep, Roose- velt Stadium, 3:30. Central vs. Washington-Lee High, Central Stadium, 3:30. SATURDAY Base Ball. ‘Washington at Philadelphia 1:30. Wake @), Foot Ball. Loyola of New Orleans vs. Cath- olic University, Brookland Stadium, 2:30. Shenandoah College vs. George- town, Griffith Stadium, 2:30. Maryland Vs, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. American University vs. Bridge- water, Massachusetts and Nebraska avenues, 2:30. Tech High vs. Episcopal, Alex- andria, Va., 2:30. Devitt Prep vs. Newport News High, Newport News, Va. George Washington High vs. Lane High, Alexandria, Va., 2:30. 25 TERP GRIDDERS PICKED FOR TRIP Eleven Made Up Mainly of Letter Men Will Start Against Penn. ARYLAND will take a foot ball oufit of 25 players to Philadelphis Saturday for the game with Penn on Pranklin Field. All are in good trim for action ex- cept John DeArmey, one of the tackles who has a sprained wrist that may possibly keep him on the bench. ‘The Terps picked by Coach Frank Dobson to make the trip are: Ends—Blair Smith, Nick Budkoff, John McCarthy, Bill Bryant and Francis Beamer. ‘Tackles—Bob Brown, Ralph Albarano, John De- Armey and Vernon Dowling. Guards —Bill Wolfe, Mike Surgent, Ed Lloyd, George Lawrence and Bill Aitcheson. Centers—Bob Walton and Jim For- rester. Backs—Charlie Weidinger, Jim Meade, Rip Hewitt, Frank De- Armey, Frank Skotnicki, Waverl, Wheeler, Pershing Mondorff, Bol Brand and John Boyda. Probable Starters. MITH and Budkoff, ends; Albarano and wn, tackles; Wolfe and Surgent, guards; Walton, center, and Weidinger, Meade, Hewitt and F. De- Armey, backs, are slated to be the starting line-up. There are eight letter men in this array, the tackles, who are sophs, and Hewitt being the exceptions. Hewitt Was 8 near-letter reserve in 1936. ‘The starting eleven will average 183 pounds to the man, the line averag- ing 185% and the backfleld 179. ‘Brown, acaling 212, is the only player to go above 193. Meade’s kicking and Weidinger's passing should be potent weapons. Maryland had a long and strenous scrimmage with George Washington yesterday that should prove of great benefit for the Penn clash. In tlt& if the Quakers are ss tough as Colonials the Terps will be surprised. KELLER'S MISTAKE FATAL TO NEWARK Defeat by Columbus Proves Base Running Still Is Important in Game. By the Associated Presi. EWARK, N. J., September 30.— —Base-running, say the old- timers, isn't what it used to be when Ty Cobb was ghost- ing around the paths. But it's still a fine art that can mean the difference between winning and losing a ball game. Ask the Newark Bears about it and they”ll agree they learned something | about it in the first game of the little | world series yesterday as they lost to| Columbus. | ‘The professor of how not to do fit, it happened, was Charley Keller, the Maryland lad who won the Interna- tional League batting crown this year, his first season in organized base ball. | On base three times, he was picked off twice—losing one run for sure and removing himself as a scoring threat the second time. Mistake Proves Costly. 'HE error in judgment that really counted came in the fourth 1n-| ning. Keller was on first through a| single. Streaking for second on a| pitch to Bob Seeds, he was at the bag when Jimmy Jordan bobbled Seeds’ hard grounder. Keller saw the mis- cue and sped toward third, only to be caught. Had he stopped at second he would have been driven home by Catcher ‘Willard Hershberger's single or been forced across the plate on the walk to Nolen Richardson. Newark led, 1-0, at the time and it didn’t seem to mat- ter. But Newark eventually lost by & one-run margin, 5 to 4. Keller couldn’t be held responsible the second time. On first through a walk, he set out for second when Seeds smashed a pitch to short center for what looked to be a sure hit. Lynn King made a great catch, however, and threw to PFirst Baseman Dick Seibert before Keller could get back to the bag. Again Hershberger singled. SN P v A GIVES GRIDIRON TROPHY Loew’s Management Will Reward D. C’s “Most Valuable.” Management of Loew’s theaters will award a trophy to the local college foot ball player adjudged the most valuable to his team at the end of the season by a group of District sports writers yet to be selected. The same committee will choose an all-Washington eleven, each mem- ber of which will receive a gold foot ball, emblematic of his distinction. CARD TICKET SALE ON Books for All Winter Sports Can Be Purchased for $5.50. Athletic books which admit fans to all of Catholic University’s foot ball, boxing, basket ball and track and other Winter sports events today are available at the Catholic University athletic office. They are $5.50. Tickets, priced at $1.10 and $1.68, for Saturday's Loyola game also are svailable at Catholic University and Postal Telegraph offices. BASE BALL, DOUBLE-HEADER Washington vs. Boston AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK TODAY :30 P.M. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR 'HE Griffs took two from the crippled Indians, 11-2 and 4-3, ‘Waldbeuer twirling the first and Shanks the second., Evans, O'Loughlin, Rigler and Klem have been %elected to umpire the world series between the White Sox and the Giants. Maryland State entertains Del- aware College, and Georgetown meets Lebanon Valley in the first local grid contests of the season. ARLINGTONS TO TOIL. Arlington unlimited foot ballers Department. will practice tomorrow night at the Arlington Fire want a strong opponent for a Sunday scrimmage. Call Clarendon 1517, They STAR BACKS CLASH ATC.U. SATURDAY Carroll-Calhoun Duel Apt to Color Card-Loyola Grid Struggle. UTSTANDING backs of Dixia and the East will be put squarely on the spot at Brookland Stadium Satur- day when Catholic University plays host to Loyola of the South. Play starts at 2:30. Loyola will be centering its hopes around the ball-ramming exploits of its all-Dixie fullback, Capt. Clay Cal- houn, while the Cardinals are just as confident that Speedboy Irish Carroll will steal the show., Against Spring Hill last Sunday, Calhoun is reported never to have looked better while working under wraps as his eleven won, 19 to 0, Carroll is the pick of his pals to oute shine Calhoun completely Sunday. Loyola to Drill Here. “WE BOTH played with injured ribs against Loyola in New Orleans a year ago,” 220-pound Tackle Leo Katalinas remarked, “and after losing that heart-breaker, Irish and myself promised one another we posi- tively would win when the teams got together again.” Departing from New Orleans after yesterday's workout, Loyola is expected to report here early tomorrow morn- ing. A short workout will be held in the afternoon. While Calhoun is the big attraction wRerever he appears, Coach Larry (Moon) Mullins boasts an otherwise versatile backfield that features end runs and reverses. Loyola has a substantial edge in man power, bringing’ a 45-man squad here. RUNS FROM MAT FOE Tossed Out of Ring, 365-Pounder Keeps Going—to Hospital. MONTREAL, September 30 (#).— Tor Johnson, 365-pound Swedish grappler, wound up his wrestling bout against France's Felix Miquet in the hospital. Miquet took the first fall by bounce ing the heavy Swede out of the ring. Johnson ran down the aisle and out into the street, five constables be- hind him. Without stopping, he swept across a park and into Western Hospital, where atendants put him to bed in the outdoor clinic, ROSENBLOOM WINS BOUT. OAKLAND, Calif., September 30 (). —Maxie Rosenbloom, former world light-heavyweight champion, out- pointed Nash Garrison of San Jose, Calif, in a 10-round bout here last night. 1 DO BELIEVE THAT CIGAR YOU'RE SMOKING IS AS MILD AS A CIGARETTE At times, you can #rust @ woman's cigars. . . . Smeke @ Henrietta in her @ good cigar.” T with its All-Imported Ha #ime-seasoned filler—is ma: val for men whose smoke-appetites crave the tastiness of eured and blen like mildness, 3 \