Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1937, Page 51

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4, 1937. SPORTSH, Washington Batters Fare Best Against Southpaws, Figures Show ONLY GOMEZ ABLE | 10 STUMP GRIFFS Weaver Ranks High Among Flingers to Win Series From Most Clubs. By FRANCIS E. STAN. HE trouble with the Washington ball club in 1837 wasn't that it was “left-handed heavy.” A compilatidn of pitching records for the season, reieased by the American League Service Bureau, darkly hints that the Senators’ in- ability to play better than sixth-place baseball was not due to failure to beat southpaw hurlers. Vernon ‘Lefty) Gomez, the slim senor of the world champion Yankees, was a terror to the Griffmen. Gomez was beaten by Monte Weaver, 3 to 2, in New York’s opening game. Then he reeled off six consecutive victories sgainst Washington. But if Gomez could beat the Nats consistently, he was the only southpaw who could do so. Kemp Wicker, a portside teammate of Gomez,. won two of three and Earl Whitehill and Thornton Lee pitched to close edges over Washington. But, in the end, the Nats won 27 games from southpaws and lost only 22. Which was a con- siderably better record than they compiled against right-handers. Edgar Smith a Cousin. FOURTEEN left-handers faced the Griffs’ southpaw-swinging crew of Buddy Myer, Melo Amada, Buddy Lewis, Joe Kuhel, Johnny Stone and Cecil Travis during the season. Edgar Smith of the A's who defeated the Yankees three times, was especially soft for Washington, which beat hi.a three times for a sweep. Elon Hogsett, who used to throw his glove in the box and feel certain of beating the Griffs, was licked four out of five times during 1937, Monte Weaver, the fragile right- hander of the Washington staff, ranked high among pitchers to win the series with each other club. Only Johnny Allen of the Indians and Johnny Murphy of the Yankees held the edge over every team they faced, but Weaver joined Bob Grove, Elden Auker, Charley Ruffing and Monte Pearson among hurlers who won five series. ‘Weaver, whose record for the season was 12 wins against 9 defeats, pitched and won three games from the Red Sox. He took two out of three games each from the White Sox, Indians and Browns and two out of two games from the Athletics. Only the Yankees, who beat him three out of four games, and the Tigers, who won three of three, held the edge on Monte. Call Weaver’s Pitches. 'HE story behind Weaver's inability to beat the Yankees and Tigers, particularly the latter, is one of “called pitches.” Not since he came into the American Ledgue in 1932 has ‘Weaver been able to hide his pitches from the Tigers. Coach Del Baker is the most adept at warning the hitter of what Weaver is about to throw and Art Fletcher of the Yankees is not far behind. Another Washington pitcher, Rookie Kendall Chase, joined the more prom- inent American League hurlers by his ebility to beat the Yankees. Chase faced the champs twice and won both times, duplicating a performance by Monte Stratton of Chicago. Allen and Joe Krakauskas, another Nat recruit, were the only others to have perfect tecords against New York, each win- ning his only start. Auker and Lee won the most games from the Yankees, Auker beating them in each of three starts and Lee winning five in a row and finishing with five victories as against three defeats. FOOTBALL IS SANITARY Teaneck Boys Have Individual Drinking Cups on Field. TEANECK, N. J, Nov. 4 () —Out- lawing the old water bucket and tin dipper, the Teaneck Parent-Teacher Association Council demands sanitary drinking cups for the high school foot- ball team. The P. T. A. Council delegated Prin- eipal Charles L. Steele, jr., last night to apprise the high school athletic eouncil of the anti-germ ukase. PR CAN'T CATCH HIS OWN Princeton’s White Equally Good a Passer as Receiver. After a long search, Fritz Crisler of Princeton was discovered an accurate and heady passer. Trouble is the find is Jack White, who, on the receiving end of passes, spread consternation among the defense. “I1,” says Fritz, “we could only eontrive a way to have Jack catch his own passes, all would be well.” AR e “PACKERS” TAKE TITLE. “Greenbay Packers” are mpions of Judiciary Square touch football, being undefeated in six games. The *“Redskins,” “Detroit Lions” and “New ‘York Giants,” the other teams in the Jeague, finished in that order. e JOHNSON FETE SALE ON. ‘Tickets to the Walter Johnson testi- monial dinner to be held at the May- flower Hotel Saturday night are on sale at Harvey’s Restaurant, the May- flower hotel and at the office of A. D. O'Connor, room 1372, National Press Building. They are pricéd at $5. RUDOLPH GOES SECOND. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4 () .—Er- win Rudolph of Cleveland jumped into second place in the world’s pocket bil- | ary 1. liard championship tourney by defeat- | | | --AN' AH'M PESKY 'NO FEUDIN' WRESTLING SHOW MIXES GEOGRAPHY Mexican and Greek Tangle Australian Style, Yank Takes On Swede. HE weekly squirmfest at Turner’s Arena tonight offers a ge- ography lesson to mat fans. In the feature encounter, for instance, fans may see Mexican legs Vincent Lopez stacks up against Ray Steele. These rugged lads will labor in what is known as the Australian out for six rounds of 10 minutes each. Lopez, who is one of those former world champions, and Steele, who is another, have proved popular in tussels here and are rated among the top flight of matmen by persons who take the stuff seriously. An American Included.. NSERTED in the semi-final role are Cliff Olsen, a diluted Swede, and Bill Sledge, one of those rare Amer- icans. Olsen also held a faint claim to the title at one time, but long since abandoned it. They will struggle for one hour or less. Hans Steinke, powerful German veteran, and Scotty McDougal, head a promising preliminary card, which finds Jack Hader clashing with Abe Kashey, a Syrian, anu Henri Piers, angular Dutchman, toiling with Mayes McLain, a half-Indian, in matches restricted to 30 minutes. The first scramble will get under way at 8:30 o'clock. HITS CROSS BLOCKING. Ray Ronerts, the Michigan trainer, is reported as saying that, if cross blocking were outlawed in football, about 50 per cent of the injuries in the game would be eliminated. Bears, Bowlbou PASADWA. Calif., Nov. 4 —Cali« have their eye officially on fornia’s Golden Bears, Pasa- either Dartmouth or Yale as a Rose By the Associated Press. dena-bound at the moment, Bowl football opponent here Janu- California ‘still has to qualify for ing George Kelly of Philadelphis, 135 | the Western Bowl bid, which means to 64. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Bronko Nagurski. 230 tional ~Falls. - Minn.. i "‘”fgg’:m: Wolt: 210, Trinidad, Colos READING. Pa.—Abe Kashey, 214, gl Wrew B4 Meske, 550" Ohlo, 26:56. AZLETON, Pa.-—Wee Willie Davis, 275, Virginia, downed Mike Muzarki. 230, California. 23 utes. ' & Gefonted " FR or. 21 Couts. 10:05. rett Marshall, AS CITY. — p % i T e conquering ‘Washington, Oregon and Stanford. But it's no secret that the Bears prefer one of the Far Eastern elevens. | Coincident .with undefeated Cali- fornia’s visit to Southern Californis last week came reports from sources close to Rose Bowl headquarters that |, the Bears are anxious to know what the chances are. Silence Is Expected. WHILE the Rose Tournament’s Athletic Committee ‘in no wise makes selections—that's the privilege of the Pacific Coast Conference repe | resentative—it unofficially sends ouf “feelers” early in November. : ‘The report i out that four of thess entwined about a Greek stomach when | system, which merely is spreadifig it| THAT “MOUNTAIN DEW” IS MEAN STUFF. HOLD ON THAR SONNY! HAIN'T WE'UNS GOT ALIL SCORE T'SETTLE?-- FEELIN’ UGH T'DO SOME RIGHT HONRY ABoOT TH’' SITCHOOASHUN ! 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR MARYLAND STATE gridders lost, 6-10, to North Carolina State in their game staged in Cen- tral High stadium. Fletcher scored for the Marylanders. ‘Walter Johnson soon will be 30 years old. He was born November 6, 1887, is 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 193 pounds. John 8. Larcombe, jr., won the annual handicap golf tournament for the President’s Cup, defeating I. T. Mann, to whom he gave two strokes, 3 and 2, in the final round. READY FOR ICE HOCKEY Baltimore Awaits First Game Wednesday With Hershey. S ecial Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 4.—Ice hockey will be inaugurated for the season here next Wednesday night when Coach Gordie Fraser's new streamline Orioles play the Hershey Bears, 1936 Eastern champions, in an exhibition non-league game. The Orioles will not open their Eastern League season until November 14 when they play the New York Rovers in Madison Square Garden. Their first home game will be on November 21, with the Atlantic City Gulls. Altogether, the Birds will play 38 games at home and 28 on the road. Varied Sports Football. | Céntral Wisconsin Teachers, 19; Osh- kosh Teachers, 7. Hockey. Boston Bruins, 3; Springfield In- dians, 1. . » Soccer. Navy, 2; Gettysburg College, 1. Penn Btate, 0; Army, 0. Cross Country. Alfred, 25; Army, 30. nd, Want Yale Or Dartmouth for Opponent and Yale ‘got half of them. Silence on the part of the recipients is ex- pected, since the “fesler”.only asks if the school would be willing to accept an invitation were it tendered. Yale, of course, is tied to the same big three apron string that made Princeton unavailable a few years ago —a ban on post-season games. Grid results between now and the end of the season may alter the pic- ture. E ’Bama Schedule Scrutinised. TBI cheer leading on the Western slope aside from Dartmouth and ‘Yale centers for the most. part around Alabama and Duke in the South, Pittsburgh in the East and Nebraska in the Middle West. Some sentiment has been expressed that Alabama, s frequent and suc- cessful guest, has played none too representative opponents. That's a good out for any inviting -Wufqrh team. The Western sentiment stimulators Dave overlooked almost completely one Bouthwest—whers Baylor section—the rnmmthth‘Mmm o ) ! TOURNEY RINGMEN GAIN' SEMI-FINALS Brookman, Welter Champ, and Drake Advance in Thrilling Show. \WO fighters were in the semi- final round of the Golden Gloves Tournament today aft- er a night of boxing at Tur- ner's Arena during which 2,200 fans thrilled to 14 bang-up bouts. El Brookman, defending champion of the 147-pound class, fought his way to the next-to-last round of that |division when he outpointed Frankie | Cuddy of the District National Guard. Glen Drake of the Terminal “Y” reached the semi-final of the welter- weight division by knocking out Billy Vermillion of the Washington Boys' Club after 2 minutes and 10 seconds of the second round. Taylor & Gamester. 'Y NO means was the excitement confined to these bouts. Prob- ably the best show of the evening came in the 126-pound battle, in which Robert Taylor of the Colmar team rose after being -knocked down three times to knock out Billy Baxter of the Merrick Club, the end coming after 32 seconds of the third round. Nick Cheri of the Police Club gained the quarter-finals of the 126- pound class by scoring & technical knockout over Hilton Rudd after a minute of the first round. A surprise feature of the show was the performance of Mike (Diz) Eslin, who finally won a fight. It was only an exhibition, however, Diz being eliminated from the tournament last week. Victor Berman of the Wash- ington Boys’ Club was Eslin’s victim, RESULTS—NOVICE CLASSES. 112-Pound Class. - William Maske (Colmar Manor Ameri- can Legion) outpointed Everett Fones (Northeast Club), 3. rounds. 126-Pound Class. Robert Taylor (Colmar Manor) knocked out Billy Baxter (Merrick Club), 32 seconds of seécond round. Bob Hagedorn (Merrick Club) Joe Brown (Terminal Y), 3 rou Leo Marcopulos (Police Club) outpointed Julius_Tretick (Washington Boys' Club), 3 rounds. Nick Cheri (Police Club) won technical knockout over Hilton Rudd (unattached), 1 minute of first round. 135-Pound Class. Jimmy Bciacce (Police Club) outpojnted Billy Taylor (Colmar Msnor Americad Le- gion), 3 rounds. William Boley (Northeast Boys’ Club) outpointed Dick Bowie (Colmar Manor American Legion), 3 rounds. Hik dassin (Washington Boys’ Club) tml;'::‘m“;l:flnfl ill“ll (Terminal ¥), rounds. - 147-Pound Class. Freddy Allen (unaiached). outpointed Danny Milier (Police Club), 3 founds. (Merrick Club) knocked U e R o Cbtmar Mehor Gty ?'minute 5 seconds of first Tound. . 175-Pound Class—Final, ilson_Gray (Police No. 4) outpointed Crinton Williams clerminal P, % Tounds. OPEN CLASSES. 167-Pound Class. rookmen (Chestnut Farms) outs ’o'lfi:fi‘? Franiie, Cuddy (District Nationai Uard). 3 rounds. Glenis Drake (Terminal ¥) knocked out “Vermillion (' ton 8 )y I uien 10 seconde ot second fonad. . - 175-Pound Clas; R T [} outpointed nds. —By JIM BERRYMAN. 7, the Chevy Chase Club. Tuckerman retired the original Sia- mese Trophy a dozen years ago and the Siamese Minister put up a new trophy. Reeside beat W. G. Brantley to win the Liberty Cup by 2 and 1. | Hickman won the Siamese Trophy | from Richard P. Whiteley by a similar | margin. The competitions for the two cups wind up the major golf season at Chevy Chase. Now all they have to do is listen to the tales of the “course stormers,” who soon will be getting in trim for the winter weather and their Sunday morning matches. BUT before they wound up their season Bob Barnett put on a little tournament at the club in compliment to the women's first team members of the club who finished on top in the téam matches this year. Bob himself played with Mrs. Emory Smith and won the fourney with a card of 79—3—176. Lewis Worsham, Bob's assistant, played with Mrs. Y. E. ! A e o UL R » ——a | - e S ” & Booker and finished a shot back at 80—3—77. Other leading scores were the 80—2—78 scored by Al Treder and Mrs. Bishop Hill, the 84—5—79 made by Gene-Larkin and Mrs. L. O. Cam- eron, the 85—4—81 scored by George Diffenbaugh and Louise Claytor and the 88—6—82 made by Leo Walper and Mrs. W. B. H. Legg. They played selective drives. Mrs. Booker and Worsham led going into the 16th hole, but Barnett and Mrs. Smith finished the last three holes in par to win, Tl-m gabfest was due to start at Columbia today and the odds are, according to those in the know, that the challenge round for the Cummings Cup, emblematic of the two-man team championship, will be played some- time before Christmas. That Cummings Cup always has been an arbitrary affair since the mug first was put in competition by ami- able, genial Cy Cummings, who died last summer. Donald Woodward and Miller Stevinson woh it first and sur- vived numerous challenges by other ambitious pairs. They won the mug five times /n a row, until Luther Steward PIMLICO RACES First Race at 1:15 P.M. Daily Double Closes at 1 P.M. - Frequent Train Service From Union Station 8-Roces ‘Deily, Admission $165 Inc. Tad ) stringing them out. until well into November. Frank P. Reeside, former club champion, is the winner of the 1. T. Mann Liberty Cup, presented to the club about 15 years ago by one of its beloved members. Col. E. A Hickman, whose golf has been improv- ing fast this year, has won the Siamese Trophy, second of a similar name at e o e e o THEY'V’E wound up all their little competitions at the Chevy Chase Club, Football Talent So Closely Distributed No Section Can Claim Margin Over Another By GRANTLAND RICE. . EW YORK, Nov. 4—A real N balance of power has been established in football. Once the East dominated the grid- iron. Then it was the Middle West, later the South, still later the South- west. Now they all have settled down to the same level. There are too many good players, too many good coaches scattered over the land to give any sector an edge. A good team from one part of the country would stand up against the good teams in any other part. But you don't hear any more about supermen on the Coast or giants in the Midwest. And nobody scoffs at the East—or gives a pitying smile to the South. Pitt—Notre Dame—Minnesota—Ala- bama — Baylor — California — throw those teams into a round robin or free- for-all, and out of it would come a team that would be recognized generally as he national champion. But if such an elimination were possible, the foot- ball set-up today is such that, the first time the winner of it stepped out -against a good team from any section, it would be in grave danger of being flattened. Southwest Strife Tightest. THE coaches say that football has become a screwy game. What they really mean is that the teams in any group are so evenly matched in man- power and skill and coaching that picking winners has become sheerest guesswork in a field where a single fumble or missed block or intercepted pass can turn victory for the stronger team into stark defeat. There still are upsets in football. But it is easy to explain most of them —after they have happened. And to come to the conclusion that, if the same teams were to play the following Saturday, there would be an excellent chance of the game resulting the same way. Probably the most evenly matched | group in the country is the Southwest | Conference. Baylor, with victories over Arkansas, Texas A. and M. and Texas Christian, leads the conference at this writing. But ahead of Baylor lie— within the conference—Texas, South- ern Methodist and Rice and danger lurks in each of these games—includ- ing that with Texas, which hasn't won a game yet within its own group, vet | succumbed to Rice, Arkansas and Southern Methodist only after terrific struggles. Yale—and Harvard. MOVmG up to the East, there is the matter of supremacy in the | big three. Yale, having defeated Penn, Army and Cornell and played a hair- raising, heart-stopping tie with Dart- mouth, appears to be the strongest of the ancient triumvirate. But what of Harvard? The Crimson played a scoreless tie with Navy, when, by all accounts, it should have won the game, was beaten by Dartmouth by the deceptive score of 20 to 2 in & game where it had every edge save in the number of points scored—and | then blasted the Princeton defense and Albert MacKenzie came along and bumped 'em off, and were bumped off in turn by Dana Belser and Craig McKee. They held a qualifying round yes- terday to determine the challengers of Belser and McKee and the Gold Dust Twins did it again. Stevinson and Woodward qualified in all that wind | with & 72, which is pretty fair manip- ulation of a golf ball, even for two such doughty gents as those. THEY are supposed to play the chal- lenge round next Sunday, but the odds are that they won't play it at that time. L. W. Laudick and Merrill Lord were second with 75. “Red” Banagan is in the middle. He always has a sentimental bet on Stev- inson and Woodward, and, to tell the truth, it's more than sentiment. The big sorrel-top is sold on them as golf- ers. And he’ll have to bet again, not- withstanding the good record of Belser and McKee. ~ So large has'the entry list become for the women’s invitation tourney at the Washington Golf and Country Club next Tuesday that players are asked to bring their own caddies. Nor- mal caddy facilities of the club will be overtaxed by the expected 165 entries. The list today numbered 152, and more names were to come in. So Mrs. George C. Roney, new woman golf chairman at Washington, has urged players to bring their own caddies if Ppossible. s BEARS’ GAME IN DOUBT BERKELEY, Calif, Nov. 4 (#)— California’s Golden Bears may not meet Georgia Tech in their scheduled game this year. Graduate Manager Ken Priestly said the contract with Tech contained an option providing for postponement of the game one year if either team received the Rose Bowl bid. BILL WERBER Philadelphia Athletics Insurance. Counselor Phone National 0978 $5,000 looks like o lot of money to the ordinary man, and to his wife; but to his widow, i safely invested at 5%, it means exactly 68¢ o day. Can she got by on that? wide open and crushed the Tiger, 34 to 6. Last year, a supposedly inferior Harvard team held Yale to a 14-13 count in a furious game—and with this year's game more than two weeks away and with Brown and Princeton moving into the bowl ahead of the Harvard array, Ducky Pond and his assistants already are worrying about their date with the Crimson. Harvard used only five plays against Princeton, Fritz Crisler said—adding that four out of every five were spinners on which Vernon Struck went to town. Princeton knew all about this play and the Tigers were drilled to stop it. Between halves, Pritz said to his players: “Don’t you remember that play? I diagramed it for you and told you all about it.” “Yes,” the boys said, “but you didn’t tell us when they were going to use it.” The Pro Attack. T HAT I don't understand about professional football,” writes A. R. J, “is how the teams score on each other as often as they do. It seems to me that the teams should know as much about each other as the professional baseball teams do and should be so familiar with each other’s strategy that they would have a checkmate ready for any play the enemy might launch.” It is a reasonable thought. Part of the answer is that the professionals, opening up the game to attract the customers, have laid their_ greatest stress on the attack—and that they don't know as much about each other as the baseball players do because the season isn't long “enough and they don't play each other often enough. And I suspect that sometimes they are as bewildered as the Princeton players were in the face of the Harvard at- tack: They knew what to expect—but not when to expect it. Among the season’s most startling performances is that being given by Lafayette, unbeaten, untied and un- scored team. This is a delayed triumph for Lafayette, which looked for a winner last year but didn't get it. Under Coach Mylin, the Leopards are climbing back to a peak they held when Jock Sutherland was in com- mand at Easton. They still have to get by Rutgers and their traditional rival, Lehigh. But they are on the loose now—and it isn't going to be | easy to stop them. (Copsright, 1937, by the Norih £merican Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) FOX GIVES HUNTERS LENGTHY WORKOUT Mott’s Redland Chase Carries on 1 Hour 55 Minutes Before Reynard Surrenders. REYNARD, the fox, must have trained all summer to get in shape | for the season’s opening chase at T. T. Mott’s Redland Hunt. It took Mott, acting as master of the hounds and | leader of the field; his companions, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hanson of Wash- ington; Jack Bird, Edward Fletcher, four hozses and 45 hounds, one hour and 55 minutes yesterday morning to subdue one little fox. ‘The hounds were cast at 9 o'clock from Muncaster Mills. in Montgomery County. Md., and 10 minutes later they barged rudely in on Mr. Fox while he was enjoying peacefully his morning repast Preferring to be alone, as most foxes do under similar ¢ircumstances, Rey- nard promptly deserted his unwelcome breakfast companions and began, on an empty stomach, his frantic quest for solitude, which carried 15 miles over hill and dale until it finally ended, after nearly two hours of rough riding, in a field near Mount Zion. Mrs. Hanson was first to come upon the snarling pack as it held the sly little fox at bay, so she was awarded the “brush.” Fletcher, runner-up, re- ceived the “mask.” For those who do not understand the hunter's terminol- ogy, the brush is Reynard's tail and the mask his head. Sports Mirror By the Associated Press. Today & year ago—Ousted own- ers of New York Americans threat- ened injunction to halt team from opening National Hockey League season at Chicago under league- controlled ownership. ‘Three years ago—Detroit Lions defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 40-7, but their goal line was crossed for first time in eight national pro football league games. Five years ago—Tony Canzoneri successfully defended lightweight championship by outpointing Billy Petrolle in 15-round bout in Madi- son Square Garden. AT NORTHWESTERN _Driven in Drills. dorf, Northwestern's head eleven, which may develop into bad In 12 years of coaching college tiveness in November. Only two of 11th month has come again, to find patient development of reserves as the paign with a good first team left over | were lacking. Northwestern whipped licking from Ohio State's powerful t downing Wisconsin, with the reserves, |Waldorf Has His ‘November” Team Set—Big Ten Squads | By the Assoctated Press. HICAGO, Nov. 4—Lynn Wal- ‘ football man, finally has as- sembled his “November” news for Illinois, Minnesota and Notre Dame. squads, Waldorf has become famous for bringing his teams to peak effec- his elevens, during the span, have dropped stretch-drive decisions. The him with another team apparently ready to roll at top speed—with reason, Waldorf started the current cam- from last year's Big Ten championship | squad. Experienced reserves, however, Iowa State and squeezed past Michi- gan and Purdue, but got its October leam. The Wildcats cleaned up the October part of their schedule by ready at last, playing an important part. Replacements Now Sturdy. DURING September and October Waldorf, in collaboration with his assistants, Burt Ingwersen, Jack Vance and Waldo Fisher, has devele oped a solid set of replacements, for John Kovatch and Cleo Diehl, regular ends, Sophomores Ted Grefe and Bob Daly and Junior Tom Eby are sble substitutes. Tackles Bob Voigts and Nick Cutlich are getting capable | assistance from Sophomore Frank Young and. Juniors Tom Irving and Jack O'Leary. Backing up Guards Mike Calvano and Don Guritz areé Dick Wells and Fred Heitman, juniors, and Sophomores Hal Method and John Goldak. John Haman, sophomore, is ready to fill in for Center Erwin Kegner, while the rapid improvement of Sophomores Jay Laskay and George McGurn. has solved the problem of help for Fullback Jack Ryan, jr. Capt. Don Heap's re- placement, Bob Swisher, and Clarence Hinton, Bernie Jefferson’s sub, are old hands The Wildcats whipped through a ses- sion on forward pass defense and of« | fense, in tapering off for Illinois Sat- urday. The Illini devoted a long drill, part of which was held under flood- lights, to building a defense. | Gophers Drill in Secret. IOWA, preparing for Minnesota’s ine vasion, showed improvement on offense with the return of Glenn Olson to fullback. The Gophers again held their workout behind locked gates. Ohio State and Indiana, foes in the big conference game of the week, con- centrated on their attacks. The Bucks | spent a second session on their razzle- dazzle plays, while the Hoosiers pol- |ished tricky plays prepared for the | occasion by Bo McMillin. Chicago again worked on its offense |in preparation for Michigan, with Eearl Peirce taking over the jinx | center job. The Wolverines had little trouble in halting the freshmen who |used Maroon formations. Purdue wound up drills for the Fordham battle with a light offensive scrimmage. At Notre Dame, Elmer Layden cone centrated on the Irish offense, send- ing the varsity and its replacements |through a brisk session against the style of defense Pittsburgh is expected to use in the Midwest’s outstanding clash Saturday. DUNNE-SCOTT BOUT CUT | Two Rounds Are Lopped Of When Pilot Leonard Insists. Because of the insistence of Benny Leonard, one-time lightweight cham- pion and now his manager and trainer, Irish Eddie Dunne had two rounds cut from his proposed 10- round bout with Cowboy Howard Scott at Turner's Arena next Mon- day night. The fight now is acheduled for eight rounds. Both Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn and Gabe Menendez, Scott's manager, shortened the beut under protest. MERRICKS CHALLENGE. Merrick Boys’ Club 135-pound grid- ders want action for Saturday or Sun= day. Call Tom Gearty at Lincoln , 8120 after 6:30 o’clock. SUNDAY GRID BATTLE. Regal Clothiers meet the Anacostia Eagles at 2:30 o'clock Sunday after- noon on the Gonzaga fleld. "EYE AND TASTE tell me that in Henrietta I've found what I've sought for years: A cigar with cigarette-like mildness and real Havana flavor.” Henrietta & seasoned filler and light-color meliowe mild imported Sumatra wrapper.