Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1942, Page 36

Financial News he Sunday Star Spoils Resorts C TEN PAGES. WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 25, 1942, Maryland Tossers \Routed by Gebrée W ashington But Terps Whip Terrors Easily Win, Lose or Draw By FRANCIS E. STAN. And So in War and in Peace . . . It is perhaps reassuring to realize that while races, nations and hemispheres are trying to wipe all others from the earth Americans still find time and the inclination to argue whether the 1919 White Sox were greater than the 1927 Yankees, and whether Jack Dempsey could have whipped Joe Louis. The other day Jumping Joe Dugar, the old Yankee third baseman, who played with Ruth & Co., in 27, was quoted as calling the Black Sox of ’19 the best of all baseball teams. Not to restrict such things to the lay mind, Lt. Comdr. Gene Tunney of the Navy, who holds several magazine knockouts over Louis, 1ecently reversed his field and called Louis the best heavyweight of all times. Lt. Comdr. Tunney’s only qualification was that he did not see Ruby Rob Fitzsimmons. WNow the mails bring a letter from one A. G. M. of Arlington, Va. | (doesn’t anybody live in Washington any more?) and enclosed is the suggestion thal Dempsey's memory lives so vividly because the Manassas | Maular had more color than Louis. “Color is one thing,” he writes, “and ability is another. Too many people are confused on this point.” Ah, yes. But Dempsey had both color and ability. Not very many great athletes could combine the two, but most of those who did fared very well indeed, not only in leaving behind some lasting fame but taking with them large rolls of that vile green paper. Dempsey, Ruth, Hagen and Holm Had Color Pressing a hidden nerve near the base of our skull, we have come up with a private all-color team composed of Dempsey in boxing, Ruth in baseball, Tilden in tennis, Holm in swimming, Gipp in football, Nurmi in track and Hagen in golf. Gipp we never saw but lots of people have been known to go off the deep end without learning how to swim. All of these athletes had ability. greats in his respective field. But it seems senseless to try to name any one of them as the absolute best, not even Ruth. His home run record | never has been beaten, but there are people who rate Cobb, Gehrig, Joe Jackson, Lajoie, Mathewson and even Di Maggio over the Babe as an all- around ball player. Dempsey was a vicious fighter who could punch and take a beating. He had more color than the impassive Louis because he was a snarling tiger who asked no quarter and gave none. One thing Dempsey could do better than Louis was take punches. Joe still is affected by a belt to the head, as Billy Conn proved last June. ‘Whether Ruth was greater than Lajoie er Gehrig, or whether Demp- sey was greater than Louis or Fitzsimmons, always will be argued but, because they had color, Ruth and Dempsey made more money than any ball player or fighter in history. At his peak, Babe was more highly paid than the President of the United States. Dempsey drew four gates of more than $1,000,000 and another of more than $2,500,000. The Haig Made It and He Spent It Hagen was a great golfer and still can trim a lot of present-day stars, but Jones is one who ranked above him and Ben Hogan probably is an- other. Yet no golfer made the money (nor spent it) as did the colorful Haig. The same holds true for Tilden, although many court fans maintain with considerable evidence that he also was the greatest tennis player of all times. But this is not unanimous. There are plenty of others, from Larned to Budge, who have their supporters. But Tilden was the big box office draw. . Many of Eleanor Holm's backstroke records have been wiped out. Offhand, we couldn’t say how many. But among the Dutch lassies of pre-World War II and Gloria Callen & Co., many of the marks have been erased. Yet it may be a long time before another swimmer, male or female, makes the money that Miss Holm drew down before retiring to become the wife of the long-lashed Romeo, Billy Rose. As for Nurmi, in some ways he scarcely belongs. Ruth, Holm, Hagen, Dempsey and Tilden were good copy. They talked and said things. Nurmi hardly could speak a full sentence in English. He was a morose man, rarely quoted. But he was the greatest runner of his time and ‘when he got on the track, wearing the emblem of Finland on his chest and a stop-watch on his wrist to set a new and romantic style, he, too was colorful. He also did all right financially. It might be interesting to compare Paavo's old expense accounts with those of Riggs, Kovacs and the other amateurs who have been wrist-slapped by the Wearers of the Blue Badges. What If Battles Had Played Knute Rockne This rambling epic isn't proving anything, nor was it intended to. But the fact remains that unless an athlete has ability he almost never is considered among the greats. Possessing color isn't enough in itself You almost never hear of Art Shires, for instance. He had color but he couldn’'t play ball well enough. The happy combination, perhaps, is ability plus color. Walter John- son had little color and he never came close to making the money that Ruth made. But he was as great, if a pitcher can be compared with a hitter, cr possibly greater. In golf Byron Nelson perhaps is better than was Hagen but Nelson, for all of his triumphs, hasn't cashed in as has the Haig. Little Nancy Merki. the swimmer, still is an amateur and a healthy, robust girl who conquered infantile paralysis in story-book fash- fon but Miss Merki probably will complete her tank career without get- ting offers from Hollywood, Ziegfeld and, of course, the aforementioned Mr. Rose. Nurmi was the fabulous Flying Finn. But Greg Rice, who hasn commanded similar attention, probably is as good as the long-distance star whose shoes he has filled. The same holds, more or less, in the case of Tilden vs. Don Budge. Finally, and pressing an even more secret spring, we offer the case of George Gipp vs. Cliff Battles of West Virginia ‘Wesleyan. Nobody is going to tell us that Battles, playing for Notre Dame under Knute Rockne, wouldn't have been as good or better than Gipp. And, to repeat, we never saw Gipp. Isn't it easy to get oneself in- volved in something like this? Georgefown Scores \Over Army, 44 10 32, With Late Spurt Lead Changes Hands 14 Times Before Hoyas Finally Pull Away Move to Play Frosh On Varsity Tabled By Midwest Loop Spring Grid Practice Is Banned, Scouting Budget Eliminated By the Associated Press. DAVENPORT, Iowa, Jan. 24 —The | Midwest Athletic Conference today tabled a resolution calling for re- peal of the rule prohibiting fresh- men from competing in varsity sports. The faculty representatives, meet- BY the Associated Press. WEST POINT, N. Y, Jan. 24—A last-half spurt, sparked by Capt. Frank O'Grady and Ken Engles, gave Georgetown a 44-32 basket ball victory over Army here today. The game was tied seven times and the lead had changed hands 14 Each ranks among the all-time | ing in special session, voted to re- consider the proposal at the confer- ence’s May meeting. Half of the eight conference schools were re- ported either against the proposal or undecided. Various economies were adopted at the session. Spring football practice was abol- ished, the budget for scouting was eliminated and the presentation of medals and trophies to conferance champions was dropped. The conference swimming and wrestling meets, scheduled for March 7 at Lawrence were shifted | g to Beloit and the date of tbe track, tennis and golf meets at Monmouth were advanced from May 17 to May 8. The shift in the wrestling and swimming meets were made to cur- tail traveling distances for the teams. No action was taken on the ap- lication of Augustana (Ill.) College & admission to the conference. ® times before the Hoyas started a ls]colx;‘mg spree midway in the second alf. The score was tied, 26-26, with 10 minutes to play, but Georgetown netted five field goals within three minutes. Army was able to sink only 13 of 74 shots and Georgetown fared little better, making 17 of 68 at- tempts. O’Grady topped all the scorers with }2 points. 15 Lo e O'Donnell.f Bornheimer,{ Gabblanelli.t ® @ SRR o 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 e 25| cmoascous O'Grady.g Totals ~ BeE 17 1. 19: 13 632 Totals 7!1:&1" at half—Georgetow: (3 E: Mat- @) @), sna free throws missed: Army—Rebh, fry, Simpson (2). White (2), Murph: Gebrretown—Bornheimer, - &'Donnell Uabbianelli, Engies 2). Dieckelman. Officials—Messrs, Msity Begovich onty Chapman. & Colonials Muc Superior Quint, Winning, 47-29 College Parkers Lose First Bout Then Win Match by 6 to 2 By FRANCIS STAN. At approximately the half-way mark in the 1941-42 basket ball | season George Washington Uni- | versity’s quint clinched the un- official collegiate championship of this area last night before 4,100 spectators at Ritchie Coliseum by winning a 47-29 victory over Mary- land. The throng, almost jamming the big arena, remained to watch the Terrapins gain an even break for the night, however, for Coach Bobby Goldstein’s boxing team pounded out a lop-sided 6-to-2 decision over Western Maryland. | It was no night for a front- | runner, for Maryland took the lead against the Colonials on the court and the Green Terrors from West- minster grabbed an early margin | in the ring. Neither of the front- runners, however, was in the same class as its opponent. George Washington is hailed as the District champion as a result of an earlier victory over George- town and last night's win over | Maryland, which also had beaten the Hoyas. The Colonials and Hoyas still have another game to play, but even a Georgetown victory couldn’t displace the H Streeters. G. W.'s Early Spurt Tells. Ten straight points scored by G. | W. early in the opening period gave the Colonials an edge they never lost. The heralded battle be- tween Matt Zunic of the downtown | school and Ernie Travis of the | College Parkers was not overrated, each scoring 12 points in the first half, which ended with George ‘Washington leading by 29-19, and both carrying on during the {inal| 20 minutes despite increased de- | ¢ fensive pressure. Travis maintained his leadership | of local courtmen in scoring al- though he was outpointed last night | by Zunic, who tallled 18 while| Travis was making 16. Each made} half a dozen foul shots but Zunic made one more field goal. | Maryland jumped into an early lead, 4-1, but here the Colonials scored their 10 consecutive points. | The splurge by the G. W.'s forced the Terrapins to abandon their man-for-man defense. They resorted to the time-tested zone defense, but | the Colonials knew the answers to | this style, too, and continued to | outpass, outshoot and outhustle their bigger but younger rivals. | Terp Splurge Gives Thrill. When the second half opened the ‘Terps gave the near-capacity crowd a thrill by pulling up to 22-29, but | Zunic, with the help of Bob Groetz- | inger and Ed Gustafson, turned the | | heat on again and the Marylanders | with time against them, were forced | to try wild shots which frequently went over and even under the back- board. George Washington had the bet- ter-balanced team. Except for Travis, | who scored more than half of the | Terps’ points, none of the other Maryland players represented dan- | gerous threats. On the other hand, G. W. had in Bobby Gilham, Goetz- inger and Gustafson a trio of sharp- | shooters who split apart the Terps’ | defense. | Travis consistently shot when the | Marylands brought the ball into | G. W.s half of the court and sta- | tistics show that he counted his | five field goals on 22 attempts. | Zunic, on the other hand, shot less. | | The all-around superiority of the Colonials made it possible for the | bony New Kensington, Pa., star to | set himself better. He made good }on six of 13 attempts from scrim- | mage. | G.W.(42) G.FPts. Md.(29) McN&Lf __ 3 0 6 Mont.f 2 4 Meyers.t _ 0 0 0 Gordy.f 113 | Zunic.f 6 618 Petters 118 | Gustafson.c 4 0 8 Baitzf 000 | Gilham:g © 3 0 6 Travise 5 616 | Rausch.g 0 2 2 Knepleye.. 1 0 2 Gallagherg 0 0 O Jamesg .. 0 0 0O { Groetzing'r.g 3 1 7 Brennerg _ 0 0 0 Schuerh'lzg 0 1 1 DuVall.g 000 Horn.g -0 00 Steinerg_.__ 0 0 0 Totals . 19 947 Totals _ 10 Referees—Messrs. Menton and Kauf- man_ (Baltimore). Terrors Win First Scrap. ‘With spectators still filing into the arena, Maryland’s John Cicala and Western Maryland’s Jack Alex- ander opened the boxing. These 120-pounders went three fast rounds and Referee Ed Brockman voted Alexander a winner. Maryland drew to even terms less than 3 minutes later when Jud Lin- coln, 127-pounder, cut the eye of the Green Terrors’ Frank Ziegler in the second round. Brockman ex- amined the cut and waved Ziegler to his corner, a technical knockout victim after 1:04 of the second heat. ‘The Terps went ahead, 2-1, when Tom Jones, 135-pounder, scored a knockout over”Earl Schubert after 1:47 of the second round. Schubert, who couldn’t fathom Jones’ south- paw style, went down twice and after the second trip to the floor Brockman called it off. A second consecutive left-hander, Isadore (Hotsy) Alperstein, in- (See COLONIALS, Page C-4.) MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 24 (#)—Man- ager Joe Cronin and Teammate Jimmy Foxx feel sure Ted Williams won't lose his batting eye while he’s in the Army. The major leagues’ first 400 hit- ter in a decade—now awaiting in- duction into the service—can return to baseball and be a pitchers’ men- ace again, Cronin and Foxx agree. “Ted won’t be hurt by the 5 Cronin commented. “Other ers | Army Won't Dim Williams' Eye, Cronin and Foxx Declare RACING TO VICTORY—This is a good example of why George Washington ran away from Maryland, 47 to 29, in their basket ball game at College Park last night. Colonials going down the Defending Champions In North American Skating Sparkle Early Races of Tourney Swept by Bartholomew, Carmelita Landry B the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn, Jan. 24—Ken | Bartholomew of Minneapolis got |away to a perfect start in defense | of his North American speed skating senior men’s championship at Lake Como today by sweeping his first | | three races. His total of 90 points | put him 50 ahead of the runner- up, his teammate, Bob Fitzgerald, Minneapolis. | The North American title com- | petition, opening event of the St. Paul winter carnival sports pro- | gram, ran strictly according to form, | for Carmelita Landry of Fitchburg, | Mass.,, senior women’s champion, | | won the two races which were held |in her division, the 3;-mile and the 440. Over a track which was surpris- ingly good considering the thawing weather, the skating stars from many cities of the United States| and Canada achieved record times, shattering one championship mark | and tying another. Bartholomew, whose forte is the | | longer races, matched the record of | 10:354 in the qualifying heat of the | 440-yard fixture. This is a record | | that has stood since Charles Gor- | man set it in 1927 at Lake Placid, N. Y., an amazingly long life for | | any speed skating mark. Johnny Martin, Chicago, was the record breaker. In the junior boys’ 440 he clipped 1/10 of a second off the present standard with the win- ning time of :37.7. Martin’s triumph gave him leadership of his division with 40 points after two races. Minneapolis held a big lead in club point making, stars counting 470 compared with 200 for its closest competitor, Chicago. Senior Badger Tosser Is Ousted. From Team BY the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis, Jan. 24. Charles Epperson, senior forward, was dropped from the University of Wisconsin basket ball squad today for not adhering to training rules. Epperson and three other youths were taken into custody by police last night and charged with gambling. All forfeited bail of $15 each. Epperson’s home is=in Jackson, Mich. He is enrolled in the physical education department. have been out of baseball for a year or more, and come right back. “A lot of them did it during the other war.” Foxx was just as positive. “Ted's just a kid,” the veteran first baseman explained. “He will be just as good when he gets back into the game. “It might be different with Hank Greenberg—he’s _ older—b Wil- liams won't lose his abilitilto hit.” Sabin Joins Pro Tennis Ranks MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 24 (P)— Wayne Sabin of Reno, Nev, sixth ranked amateur tennis player of the country in 1941, disclosed tonight he had signed a professional contract with Pro- moter Gene Busbee. | Sabin, a former resident of Portland, Ore., but now playing | out of Reno, said in announcing the contract that he believed his | best prospects for the future were in professional tennis “away from the hypocracy that char- acterizes the amateur game.” His first professional match, he said, will be in a tournament at Orlando next week. New York U, Will Quit Foothall During War, | Reports Indicate | Moves to Abandon Game Seen Tomorrow After Two Poor Seasons By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 24—Well in- formed sources among graduates of New York University declared to- night that the institution, which boasts the largest enrollment in the United States, would abolish inter- collegiate football for the duration of the war. Members of the university council, governing body of the school, will meet Monday and move to abandon | the gridiron sport, substituting a program of intramural football, these sources said. At the university, however, offi- cials declined to confirm or deny the report. The decision to discontinue foct- ball was reported to have been reached 10 days ago when some members of the council met in an informal session, but no action was taken because they wished more time to study the possibilities of the intramural program. Reports that N. Y. U. would abol- ish varsity football were circulated freely at the close‘of a dismal 1941 season, the second losing year in a row for Dr. Mal Stevens who be- came head coach in 1934. N. Y. U. won two games and lost seven last season, duplicating its rec- ord of 1940. Fan at C. U. Ring Bouts Dies of Heart Attack Death added a somber note to the exciting climax of last night's bouts between Catholic University and Lock Haven (Pa.) State Teach- ers at Brookland when a spectator died of heart failure almost as the final bell tolled. The victim was Albert Riley, 3117 Seventh street N.E., an elderly reg- ular attendant at all Catholic Uni- versity sports events. He was pro- nounced dead by Dr. Thomas Col- lins, Two sons of the deceased attended { who got his track education at the the university. V. M. . Swimmers Ahead LEXINGTON, Va., Jan. 24 (#)— Virginia Military Institute's swim- mers decisively defeated Virginia Tech’s tankmen, 45 to 30, today, winning five first p! floor toward the basket in a tandem are Gustafson (12), Gilham (4) and McNeil (23). It resulted in two points for the victors. —Star Staff Photo. MacMitchell Runs 4:13.3 Mile To.Set Metro A. A. U. Record Venzke Opens His 17th Campaign by Tying Own Mark of Last Year to Win 1,000 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 24 —Leslie MacMitchell, New York Univer- sity senior, clattered through a mile in 4 minutes 13.3 seconds to- night at the Metropolitan A. A. U. track and field championships and shaved more than three seconds off the former standard. MacMitchell, who won every collegiate mile title open to him last year, was fourth off his marks and didn't move into the lead until the third time around the nine-lap oval. He was pushed all the way by« James Rafferty, the Fordham run- | ; 2 ner who cut two full seconds off | equaling his own record of last year i in the 1,000-yard run with an effort the mark Andrew Neidnig of Man- | . hattan College set in 1940 but could | of 3:142. He now is running for the New York A. C. finish only second. MacMitchell = & triumphed by 5 feet. Venzke trailed Louis Collado, Venzke Captures 1,000 Ohrbach A. A, until the home- 5 | stretch when he skipped to the Gene Venzke, the Minnesota lad | front and won by a half stride. w York e C-4) University of Pennsylvania, opened his 17th year of competition by TTCHE C.U.BoxersGain Deadlock With Lock Haven Kysczewski Registers Kayo in Last Fight; Forfeit One Bout By LEWIS F. ATCHISON. Casimir (Sneeze) Kysczewskl, Catholic University heavyweight, pushed a ponderous right against the unprotected jaw of Don Blom- men in the first round of their bout last night at Brookland, and sent him reeling to the canvas for a knockout that gave the Cardinals a 4-4 tie with Lock Haven Teachers. The affair lasted onjy 55 seconds and Blammen was not hurt, merely groggy, but he would have been but for the quick action of Referee Den- ny Hughes. It was the second knockdown scored by the C. U. husky, who had a 23-pound weight advantage over his opponent and it was obvious that a continuation of the match would have been brutal and entirely unnecessary. Lynagh's Draw Tells. Kysczewski's quick kayo saved the night for the Cards—officially—but it was Bernie Kelleyni's draw with George Barnes in the lightweight argument and Jimmy Lynagh's sur- prising stalemate with Capt. Mike Yelvich in the 155-pound class that enabled the host punchers to come out even. As a whole, Catholic looked a lot better than Coach Eddie LaFond’s pessimistic forecast indicated it would, but it was evident that the Cards are not up to their usual strength. And it was Lynagh's ter- rific fight against tremendous odds that stood out. A Brookland-bred boy, Lynagh suddenly opened up with a vicious counter-attack near the end of the first round ti.at completely took the veteran Yelvich by surprise and continued to hold his own through- out the second round. Yelvich may have had a shade the better of it in the final canto, but Lynagh's game stand in the first was suffi- | cient to warrant a draw. | Kelleyni’s Draw Is Tainted. Kelleyni's draw was tainted, both lads retiring near the end of the | first round with cut eyes after col- |liding with a bang. It was an automatic draw under the rules, although Kelleyni more than held his own during the fight. It was his ;nrst appearance in formal combat. | Charley Riehl, Catholic’s much- | improved 165-pounder; Capt Huck Hughes, 145 pounds, and Kysczewski came through with colors flying, but Teddy Mandris, 127-pounder, was too anxious and too wild and went down to defeat in his bout with Randall Clees. That bout, which the Cardinals counted on heavily, almost proved their un- doing. Summary: | 120 pounds—Worth Randall (L. H.) decisioned Price Welch. 127 pounds—Randall Clees (L. H.) dee cisioned Ted Mandris | 135 pounds—Bernte Keneyni | drew "with George Barnes cut eyes in the first round) | 145 pounds—Huck Hughes (C. U) de- | eisioned Earl Burris. 155 pounds—Jimmy Lynagh drew with Mike Yelvich | 165 pounds—Charley Rieh! (C. U.) de- cisioned Elmer Hugzler. 175 pounds—C. U. Haven, Heavyweight exhibition — Bernle Cody (C. 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