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__WASHINGTON, D. CM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1932.__ PAGE C l~
Foot Ball Changes Fail to
Take Kick-cff Receiver
Into Consideration.
4
BY H. C. BYRD.
ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY'S
efforts to build up a big
indoor track and field meet
bid fair to attain great
success. Indications are that the
games, to be held next week,
should far surpass any of the
previous competitions and actual
ly be so big that the Brookland
authorities are becoming alarmed
lest they outgrow the gymnasium.
About five times as many colleges
as usual are sending squads and
practically all the high and pre
par atory schools of this section,
and the athletic clubs as well, are
to be represented.
“It begins to seem that we shall
have an even bigger meet than we ex
pected.’’ said Athletic Director Berg
man this morning, “as wre are getting
entries from a good many more col
leges than we thought probable. The
meet is beginning to assume such pro
portions that I am becoming somewhat
alarmed about it, concerned as to
whether or no't we shall have more en
tries than we can accommodate. I
guess that is rather a peculiar situa
tion. to show’ fear that an event of this
kind may be too big. but that is about
the way it sums up with us right now’.
“Coach Dorsey Griffith deserves a lot
of credit for the w’ay he has built up a
track team at C. U. and also built up
this meet. The track coach has
worked untiringly and actually is suc
ceeding far beyond our expectations.”
The Catholic U. indoor meet was
first held several years ago under the
direction of Charley Moran, who then
wras athletic director. Moran saw the
possibilities of such an event, and pres
ent indications are that Moran had a
true vision.
In the meet next week the Brook
laud authorities report that Navy, Vir
ginia. Maryland. Hopkins, Lafayette,
Lehigh and a good, many more college
will send teams. Practically all the
events are running, either relays or in
dividual races, as the space inclosed by
the track is not big enough to allow
much in the way of high jumping,
shot putting, pole vaulting, and so on.
THE change in tne loot oau iuies, no
announced by the Rules Commit
tee, which will require at least five
plavers of the receiving team to be on
the 45-yard line on the kick-off, is
'something of a surprise. Rumors of
a!! kinds of Changes have been heard,
but not that one. As a matter of fact,
though, it probably will lessen the
chances of protecting the runner with
what ordinarily is termed the flying
wedge and the absence of such protec
tion will lessen the likelihood of a
player cf the kicking side being hurt.
But when one searches his memory
it Is difficult to find an instance of a
player having been hurt on the kick-off.
What seems to have been missed by
the committee is the fact that under
such a condition the ball carrier needs
seme protection. Under this arrange
ment he may get half killed, so many
plavers of the kicking side are likely to
filter through. A ball carrier who faces
an avalanche of players coming down
on him is in far greater danger of in
jury than any defensive player ever is.
Two ends down the field with a fair
shot at the man catching the punt
sometimes knock the ball carrier groggy
and what 11 men down the field on
a man after the kick-off has been
caught will do possibly may be prob
lematic to everybody except the foot
ball player who has been in such a
position with the ball under his arm.
The change which forbids defensive
players to charge against the offensive
linemen's heads is good and should
help a good deal. In fact, it will help
far more than the average foot ball
follower has any conception of The
change which forbids a flying tackle or
a flying block is more or less useless
because it will never be enforced. That
rule has been In the books off and on
for manv years but no official has ever
called any violation of it, so far as the
writer knows.
THE so-called liberalization of the
substitution rule may not be much
of a liberalization after all if an
other change is made, as announced,
which change is that a term will be
charged with a time out every time it
makes a substitution, except for in
juries. With time out allowed only a
certain number of times in a hall it
would not be long before a distance
penalty would be inflicted for every
substitution. Instead of relieving the
tiring player by enabling him to rest
and go back into the game, this prob
sblv would mean that coaches would
make far fewer substitutions than there
have been. This would be such a joker
that there must be some mistake about
the way press reports have covered the
announced changes. I
THE decision to cover all nara puas
with at least a three-ei&hths inch
layer of rubber o’ some other
eauail soft substance also is a aesir
- able change. This could have been
trade a bett r change by doing away
with all papier n ache and aluminum
protection, to that the pla>eis cou.a
wear nothuig but soft pads.
About the only change is that wnicn
provides when a ball ss dead in the
possession of a player, which will be
wh<m any portion of the player s body
hits the ground except his hands or
feet This is done to prevent, crawling
end piling on when a man is down, i
Penalties for piling on in many cases
have been very unjust, bt cause it was
the onlv way to prevent a playt r squirm*
pig along the ground lor more yardage.
American university is toe only
local college basket ball team to
play tonight. The Methodist
school meets the Bridgewater College
five and expects to add another victory
to its string.
Virginia, which some time ago an
nounced it might eliminate lacrosse
from its sports curriculum, apparently
intends to continue it Word has come
to Washington that n is arranging a
schedule again for tills year.
GECRGE WASHINGTON UNIVER
SITY found lust what was expect
ed it might—that playing Duquesne
here is a far different matter from
placing Duquesne at Pittsburgh. The
Colonials were whipped last night by
the Smokv City quint. 33 to 32. for the
first defeat they have suffered this
season.
However, it is not a disgrace for a
basket ball t-cam to drop a game on a
foreign floor, and time was in years
gone by when one wa» hardly expected
to do anything else.
And George Washington made an im
pressive showing even in defeat. Du
I
Events Scheduled
For Local Teams
TONIGHT.
Bridgewater, at American U.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
St. John's (Annapolis), at Maryland.
Gallaudet vs. Quantico Marine, at
Quantico.
Track.
Catholic U. in New York A. C. games,
at New York.
THURSDAY.
Boxing.
Catholic U. vs. Bucknell, at Lewis
burg.
FRIDAY.
Basket Ball.
Georgetown, at West Virginia.
Maryland, at North Carolina.
Catholic University vs. 7th Regiment,
New York National Guard, at New
York.
American University to. Penn Mili
tary7 College, at Chester.
Gallaudet vs. Maryland State Normal
School, at Towson.
Maryland Freshmen vs. Catholic U.
Freshmen, at College Park.
Virginia State, at ,Ho ward U.
Ben Franklin vs. Bliss, at Silver
Spring Armory7 (Collegiate Conference
game).
SATURDAY.
Basket Ball.
Georgetown vs. Duquesne, at Pitts-*
burgh.
Maryland vs. Duke, at Durham.
American U. vs. Villanova, at Villa
nova.
Columbus U., at Gallaudet.
Catholic U. vs. Manhattan, at New
York.
Wake Forest, at George Washington.
Track.
Georgetown and Catholic U., in
Meadowbrook games at Philadelphia.
Boxing.
North Carolina State, at Maryland.
SCHOLASTIC.
TODAY.
Basket Ball.
Devitt, at Eastern.
Alexandria High, at St. John's, Q
p.m.
Western, at Wilson Teachers’ College.
Maryland School for the Deaf, at
Georgetown Prep.
iUMUKKUW.
Basket Ball.
Eastern vs. Catholic U. Freshmen, at
C. U.
Landon, at St. Albans.
Devitt, dt Gonzaga.
GeorgetOwn Prep, at Takoma-Silver
Spring.
THURSDAY.
Basket Ball.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, at
Western.
FRIDAY.
Basket Ball.
Gonzaga, at St. John's, 8 p.m.
St. Albans, at Wocdberry Forest.
Mount St. Joseph's High, at George
town Prep.
SATURDAY.
Basket Ball.
Charlottesville Fives, at Tech.
Business, at Greenbrier (W. Va.)
Military Academy.
Strayer, at St. James School, Hagers
town.
Track.
Central, Eastern and Tech in Meadow
brook games at Philadelphia.
Big Steps taken
In Gridiron Play
By the Associated Press.
THE more important changes since
1906. when the game was
opened up by the forward pass,
as listed by Parke Davis in Spald
ing’s Foot Ball Guide follow”
1909—Value of goal from field
reduced to 3 points from 5.
1910—Player withdrawn from the
game allowed to be substituted at
end of subsequent period; dimen
sions of field altered to provide
playing length of 100 yards, with
10-yard zones behind each goal es
tablished in which forward pass
may be legally caught; kick-off set
back to 40-yard line from midfield;
limitation of 20-yard minimum on
forward passes removed: value of
touchdown increased from 5 to 6
points
1917—Incomplete forward pass
ruled not a foul.
1920—Clipping curbed.
1922—Try for point after touch
down rule changed to allow either
place-kick, drop-kick, forward pass
or scrimmage from 5-yard line.
1924—Tees abolished, shift re
quired to come to absolute stop; try
for point moved up to 3-yard line.
1926—Penalty of down and loss of
5 yards imposed for all incomplete
forward passes after first in series
of downs.
1927—Goal posts set 10 yards be
hind goal line.
1929—Muffed or fumbled ball re
covered by opponents after striking
ground ruled dead on point of re
covery; try for point moved up to
2-yard line.
1930—Stop period on shift plays
fixed as at least one second.
quesne gained its margin in the first
half, which ended 18 to 12.
Summary:
Dukes (38<. Geo. Wash. <32i.
,, „ G F Pts. G F Pts
Feldman, f . 5 4 14 Parraek. f. c. 0 2 2
Moore, f. 1 1 3 Burgess, f ... 3 2 8
McDougal. c 6 0 12 Hertzler, c... 4 1 9
Brenner, g .. 3 1 7 Chambers, s 1 0 2
Irwin. c - 1 0 2 Zahn. g. 1 5 7
McGeever, f. 0 0 0 Fenlon. f. 2 0 4
Connors, g... 0 0 0
Totals .16 6 38 Totals _11 10 32
Referee — Yanz tVallace. Umpire — Dan
Brtekley.
MARYLAND gave Washington and
Lne a rather thorough trimming
last night in the only college basket
ball game placed here. The O'd Lineir
-hoved cut in front from the star\
and wound up the first half with a
score of 27 to 7 From then on it was
a constantly changing line-up that the
local team threw against the Generals.
Oriewank. the giant Washington and
Lee center, was unique in that he made
no attempt to jump in his center posi
tion. but simply reached up and batted
the ball.
Maryland’s play as a whole was ex
ceptional. but Jack Norris set the pace
"ilh a great all-around exhibition, in
which he scored 17 points.
Summary:
Maryland (491. W & L. (191
O F.Pts G F Pts
Ronkin. f- 4 0 8 Sawyer, f_ 4 1 9
Chase, t .. .. 0 1 1 Jarrett. f. 1 5 7
Chalmers, f. 2 2 6 Oriewank. c. 0 2 2
Cohan, f. 0 0 0 Mosovlch. g . p 1 l
Norris. C. 7 3 17 Bailev. g POO
Vincent, c- 0 0 0 Holbrook, g 0 0 0
May. g.0 1 1
Buscher. g... 2 1 5
Boreer, g. 3 1 7
Wright, g_0 0 0
Snyder, g_ 1 0 2
Wilson, g — 1 0 3
Totals -20 9 49 Totals _S 9 19
Referee—Mr. Neun. Umpire—Mr. Menton,
1
FOUR SCHOOL TILTS
ON FLOOR PROGRAM
Alexandria High Seeks Re
venge From St. John’s
in Feature Tonight.
SIZZLING play is expected to mark
the St. John's-Alcxandria High
game tonight on Kaydet court at
8 o’clock. Some two weeks ago
the Virginia boys gave St. John's a
whale of a scrap before bowing, 25 to
29, on the Alexandria Armory court.
Alexandria will be striving for revenge
tonight.
In encounters this afternoon Western
and Wilson Teachers were to meet at
Wilson, Devitt and Eastern at Eastern
and Georgetown Prep and Maryland'
School for the Deaf at Garrett Park.
Several attractive games are listed
for tomorrow afternoon. Devitt and
Gonzaga, old foes, will have it out at
Gonzaga. Catholic University yearlings
and Eastern will face at C. U.. Landon
and St. Albans will battle at Amer
ican University and Georgetown Prep
and Takoma-Silver Spring High will
clash at Silver Spring.
A meeting of representatives of the
eight schools expected to compete in
the series for the prep school basket
ball title of the District area will be
held tomorrow night at 8 o’clock in the
Post sports department, to arrange a
schedule for the competition, which is ;
slated to start February 22 at George
Washington University gymnasium.
Central’s quint will travel to Durham
to meet Duke freshmen Saturday if an
other game for the trip can be booked,
preferably with Wake Forest yearlings. >
Hyattsville High surprised by slipping
Gonzaga a 42-29 defeat yesterday on
the Gonzaga court. The visitors were
ahead only 12 to 10 at the half. Bur
dette Cogar and Warren Kidwell for the
winners and Carr and Keegin, the last
named also a Hyattsville boy, for the
losers, were leading scorers.
Summary:
nvaiisvine iki. uonzaaa (29>.
GFPts. GFPts.
Coaar. f. 6 2 14 Keecin. f.4 0 8
Calhoun, f... 0 0 0 Hall, f. 2 0 4
Lutz, c. 4 0 8 Mann, f. 0 0 0
McChesnev. a 2 0 4 Lillv. c. 1 0 2
Kidwell. a. .. 5 1 11 McQuillen. c. 0 0 0
Townsend, a . 2 1 5 Brick, a. 0 1 1
Bealor. a. 0 0 0 Carr, a . 5 0 10
Donohoe. a... 0 0 0
Lao. a. 2 0 4
Totals .19 4 42 Totals .14 1 29
Referee—Mr. Boyd (Tech).
Georgetown Prep basketers easily de
feated Landon. 23 to 10, in the Epiph
any Church gymnasium.
Nee and Keating were aces on attack
for the winners, who now have 15 vic
tories and 5 defeats as their season's
record. Orme scored 6 points for Lan
don.
Summary: —
Geo. Preo (23). Landon (10).
_ . GFPts. GFPts
Keatina. f-3 1 7 Baker, f . 1 0 2
Allan, f. 0 0 0 Martinez, f. . 0 0 0
Sheehan. f... 1 0 2 Decker, f.. . 0 1 1
Finn, c. 0 0 0 Orme. c. 3 0 6
McNamara, c. 0 0 0 Cuvillier. e... 0 1 1
Nurre. c. 2 0 4 Scott, a. 0 0 0
Cannon, a... 0 0 0 Honner. a.. 0 0 0
Donoehue. a. 1 0 2 Seccombe. a . 0 0 0
Nee. a. 4 0 8
Raaland. a... 0 0 0
Stewart, a .. 0 0 0
Heekin. a. 0 0 0
Totals .11 1 23 Totals . 4 2 10
Referee—Mr. O'Meara.
Varied Sports
Basket Ball.
Maryland, 49; Washington and Lee,
19.
Duquesne. 38; George Washington, 32.
Michigan, 40; Iowa, 22.
Auburn. 26; Georgia. 24.
Purdue, 43; Ohio State, 26.
Illinois, 23; Minnesota. 15.
Indiana. 33; Wisconsin. 21.
Clemson, 19; The Citadel, 12.
Michigan State, 25: Marquette, 23.
Grinnell. 29: Washington, 20.
Murray Teachers, 75; Transylvania,
22.
Birmingham-Southern, 23; Howard,
21.
Southern. 22; Rollins, 16.
Southwestern of Memphis, 40; Mill
saps, 26.
St. John’s University, 23; Gustavus
Adolphus, 27.
St. Ambrose, 40: Dubuque. 25.
St. Louis U., 30; Oklahoma A. & M.,
29.
Kansas, 51: Nebraska. 19.
Pittsburgh Teachers, 34: Wichita Uni- |
versity, 28
Abilene Christian College. 6: Texas i
Tech. 22.
College of Emporia, 29; Emporia
Teachers. 22.
Sam Houston Teachers, 61; East
Texas Teachers, 26.
Howard Payne, 38; Austin College, 26.
Bethel College of Newton. 32; Friends
U„ 25.
Oklahoma City U.. 33; Southeastern
Oklahoma Teachers, 35.
Brigham Young, 48; Montana State,
26.
Washington State. 28; Oregon State,
24.
Northwest Missouri Teachers, 37;
Tarkio, 22.
College Wrestling.
Northwestern, 17: Michigan, 13.
College Hockey.
Dartmouth, 18; Vermont, 1.
A DASH OF PUGILISTIC VERMILION. —By TOM DOERER
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ON THE SIDE LINES
With the Sports Editor
-By DENMAN THOMPSON
OPULARITY of boxing in
the District—where it is
illegal—as exemplified in
the turnouts for numer
ous college and club programs,
in addition to the capacity
crowds drawn weekly to Alex
andria. where the pros hold
forth, should be further em
phasized within the next few
weeks in a series of events in
the new and spacious field
house at the University of
Maryland.
Ritchie Coliseum, where twice
as many fans can be accom
modated as in the arena at
Portner’s, with a clear view
from every seat and with un
surpassed ventilation and light
ing facilities, shortly will be the
scene of the District A. A. U.
title scraps, as well as a couple
of shows in which the simon
pures won’t figure.
It is proposed in one of these
to present well known pugilis
tic figures hereabout, and in
the other to have no less a
personage than William Har
rison Dempsey strut his stuff
against some rugged youngster
over the short route the ex
heavyweight title holder is
adhering to in the try-outs
through which he is supposed
to test his fitness for a come
back shot at the crown Gene
Tunney lifted from his dome.
Mill a urawing oaru.
The extent to which Demp
sey possesses ring “it” is being
demonstrated by the manner in
which he has been packing
them in all around the country,
with set-ups for opponents,
and, in some instances, merely
as a referee for other bouts of
ordinary caliber.
Considering that he is an old
man, pugilistically speaking,
and has spent some five years
in idleness so far as serious
ring work is concerned, the
potency of his appeal is re
markable.
Personally we take no stock
in this come-back thing, re
garding it merely as ballyhoo
for the minting of coin via the
exhibitional route, because his
aged pins won’t permit him to
travel very far. They failed
him when he had the cham
pionship within his grasp on
the occasion of that “long
count” affair with Tunney, and
that was back in 1927.
Jack still packs a murderous
punch in both fists, yes, but
Grid Revision Debated Here
Mills, G. U. Coach, Against Changes; Bergman of
C. U. Favors Them; Byrd, Maryland, Has Pick.
FOOT BALL will be a more in
teresting game or it will lose
much of its snap, physical
danger to players will be
minimized or it will be tougher than
ever for the smaller player next Fall
under the code as modified by the
game's National .Rules Committee.
The gridiron fan may take his
pick of opinions expressed by coaches
of college teams in the Washington
area as to how the six major rules
modifications just announced by the
national code makers will affect the
game.
Tom Mills. Georgetown, seems
mainlv against the changes. Dutch
Bergman of Catholic University gen
erally favors them. Curley Byrd.
Maryland mentor, takes no strong
stand for the changes nor does he
appear to particularly favor them.
Mills thinks the rule restricting
the use of hands by players on de
fense a blow at the Notre Dame
system, of which he is an exponent,
a change that will disrupt line play.
Bad for the little player. He also
opposes the "dead ball” rule under
which a play would end when any
part of a ball carrier other than
his hands or feet touches the ground.
According to Mills, it takes a great
I thrill from the game and is gener
ally unfair to the runner.
Bergman sees many interesting in
novations under the modified rules
and a lessening of serious injuries.
He particularly likes the "dead ball”
rule and the one liberalizing sub
stitutions.
Byrd approves of curtailing the
free use of hands by the defense.
The new flying tackle and block ban
he deems unnecessary, claiming the
rule against them has been in effect
in the book some time, but has not
been enforced He fears the new
kick-off rule will make life miserable
for the receiver and thinks the lib
eralization of substitution will result
in a lot of penalties due to time
outs.
against an opponent who could
stay away from him, as Tunney
did at Chicago, even when
dazed by that knockdown, he
would prove a mark for a
sharpshooter when the legs
began to wabble after a few
rounds.
A New Note in Unies.
WASHINGTON teams, even
since Clark Griffith
took charge two dec
ades ago, have had the repu
tation of presenting as neat
an appearance on the field as
any of the 16 entrants in the
major leagues. This has been
due not alone to good taste in
the selection of the contrasting
colors of their uniforms, sox
and caps, for games abroad as
well as at home, but to a
rigidly adhered to policy of
keeping them clean, and utiliz
ing a minimum of identification
marks, the fronts of their shirts
being unencumbered, without
Nationals or Washington in
scribed in stud-horse letters,
as is the case with most of the
other clubs.
Aside from an American
shield, utilized on the sleeves
back in the war days, or a neat
W on the cap, their ^laying
garments have been unadorned,
but there is reason for believing
a new note will be struck when
they take the field for the
campaign inaugural here next
April 11.
It has been suggested, this
being Bicentennial year, and
everything, that the team rep
resenting the Capital of the
Nation, which wras named for
the father of his country, take
cognizance of that fact and
serve to assist in attracting
visitors during the Summer
long celebration in a fitting
and effective manner.
So don’t be surprised to see
an outline facsimile of G.
Washington’s well known fea
tures silhouetted in black
against the white flannel
sleeves of the Griffs’ uniforms
in their diamond battles here
this year.
Why Maple Is Tardy.
THE fact that Howard Maple
is numbered among those
yet to sign their contracts
for service with the Nationals,
although due to start work at
Biloxi in less than a week,
would seem unusual in view of
the fact that rookies ordinarily
jump at the chance to obtain
a job with a big-time outfit.
But there’s a reason, and it
does not involve money.
It develops that this 24
year-old all-America foot ball
star with Oregon State in 1928,
wrho now is coaching and
teaching at Williamette Uni
versity, has a contract there
that does not expire until April
1 The chunky backstopper
(he wreighs 170 pounds for his
5 feet 7»z inches) writes that
he is having trouble leaving
early, as he is right in the
middle of his work. He is
threshing the matter out with
President. Griffith through the
mails.
TARHEEL FIVES TUSSLE
Duke. North Carolina State Meet
Tonight on Raleigh Floor.
ATLANTA. Ga„ February 16 (JP).—
Duke and North Carolina State, each
with the same Southern Conference
basket ball record of four victories and
three losses, meet tonight in Raleigh
in the feature game of the conference
program.
Duke has shown it must be considered
a real threat for the crown this year
bv its fine battle against Kentucky and
its defeat of North Carolina, a team
that barely lost to Maryland, the de
fending champion, by one point.
State also has demonstrated strength
at times during the campaign, holding
a victory over North Carolina.
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Bout With Landers at Alexandria Tonight Is Planned as Prep
for Title Shot by Little Hungarian.
-BY TOM DOERER
STEEPED in color, possessor
of exceptional boxing ability
and going toward a crown,
and not away from it, Antol
Kocsis, three-class champion of
Hungary—flyweight, banty and
feather—meets Billy Landers to
night in Alexandria in the fea
ture contest of a promising Day
Nursery charity show.
Only the Norfolk boy's good star
board paw may save him from a shel
lacking by the Hungarian flash. If
Billy can get his right hand winging
with its old kick, and with plenty of
frequency, Jimmy Bronson's little prize
package may be forced to step away.
And going backward may be one of the
things the talented visitor does not do
so well. *
Landers did not have a China
man’s chance against Midget Wol
gast, the Quaker bolt, at Alexandria
a few weeks ago. The Midge was
too fleet of foot and unpacked a
much too speedy collection of hooks.
In Kocsis. I understand, he will tilt
a fistic lance with a boy who has a
good deal of the Philadelphia mite’s
buzz-saw action, plus a wicked left
hook and a stinging right hand that
carries what it takes, no matter
from what angle he unbuckles it.
THE clash with Tony Barbara's good
boy from Norfolk ought to be a
worth-while trial spin for the
Bronson entry- Antol and Emil Plad
ner are being matched to battle in a
classic of little men at Jimmy John
son's Madison Square Garden on Feb
ruary 26. Pladner is the boy who got
off to a brilliant start by defeating
Dorpl. Izzy Schwartz in 1928. when the
tetter was recognized by New York as
the flyweight Maharajah.
A year later Emile plastered
Frankie Genaro for a one-round
kayo. Then in 1930 Kocsis blazed
into ring fame by defeating Black
Bill, uho lost the ftyieeight title to
Midget Wolgast during the same
season.
Several seasons of steady climbing in
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IN THE STAR.
THE most pretentious wrestling
program arranged here in years
soon will be held at the Arcade.
Dr. Roller of Seattle will meet Shad
Link. Americus will engage Yankee
Rogers and Joe Turner will tackle
the best man available. Accommo
dations for 2.500 are being arranged.
Tommy Burns, who was beaten by
Jack Johnson for the world heavy
weight boxing title, is returning to
this country from Australia in an
effort to get another crack at John
son.
It is now stated that unless
Georgetown University will consent
to play one of the base ball games
planned with Catholic University
the coming Spring on the C. U.
diamond, the teams probably will
not meet.
Carlisle Indian School will be rep
resented in the Georgetown Univer
sity track meet in Convention Hall.
Jiir. Thorpe will compete in the
hurdles.
Georgetown will have a large
squad in the J Ins Hopkins-Fifth
Regimen me •. in Be himore, includ
ing Martin. Go! °n. Vi man, Davis,
McGrath, Hone, Ca'lahan. Cos
tello. Rlie,: C ■ oman. Mulli
gan Capt C :. Cnnpazzi, Eller,
Devlin, Langdon, Brewer, Barrett,
Foley an£ Harley.
the pro ranks brings Antol to the point
where he will have to mow down com
petition for Jimmy Bronson or show
the astute ring pilot that he has step
ped lip as many rungs on the pugilistic
ladder as he can go.
So tonight’s tight at Alexandria
will mean much to Bronson and
KocsLs and a great deal more to the
fistic fans of the District and Vir
ginia because they will witness a
youngster making a serious bid for
a berth in a heavier division. If
Antol does not far outclass Landers
then his chances of stepping for
ward are cheeked.
ANTOL is the most colorful scrapper
_to come into this territory. At
ll(i pounds he was one of Europe's out
standing soccer players. He is a track
and field star and is the possessor of
many medals as a marathon runner.
Kocsis has won fame and glory as a
skater and indulged in over 200 fistic
encounters as an amateur before Jimmy
Bronson enticed him to America.
Kocsis, according to Bronson, was
awarded the Hungarian Signum
Laudis—equivalent to our Congres
sional Medal of Honor—by his gov
ernment for his clear-cut title vic
tory in the Amsterdam Olympici, of
1928.
Bronson tells me that Antol is rar
ing to get a whack at A1 Brown’s banty
crown. So is Wolgast. no longer able
to safely make the flyweight mark. And
that is the reason, gentlemen, why
Wolgast. Kocsis and other small boys
to come, are heading toward Alexan
dria, where they can prpp for a heavier
division by trying their skill with Lan
ders and boys of his experience.
Alexandria may be a great trial
ground for the best. At least for
the moment, it is one of the best
little fight spots in this section of
the country, and the one site in
which boxing interest gradually is
improving.
FIRST PIRATE REPORTS.
PITTSBURGH. Pa.. February 16 UP)
—GJenn Spencer, ranking right-hand
pitcher, is the first member of the
Pittsburgh Pirates to report for the
Spring training trip to Paso Robles,
Calif. Spencer drove to Pittsburgh from
his home in Binghamton, N. Y.
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Many Fear Other Revisions
Will Work Hardship on
Smaller Player.
BY HERBERT \V. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, February 16.—
Generally speaking, the
official reaction to the
changes made in the play
code by the National Foot Ball
Rules Committee has been favor
able, but there have been dis
senters enough to make the de
bate interesting.
The new and liberalized sub
stitutes rule and the move toward
making equipment safer not only
for the wearer, but his opponents
as well, met with almost unani
mous approval.
_,B^1 protests of varying degrees of
emphasis greeted the other ' four
changes- the alterations In the kick
on and “dead ball” rules and ihe com
mittees decision to forbid the use of
the flying block and flying tackl. . and
the aggressive use of the hands on the
defense.
Opinions Varied.
Those who favored the changes took
the position that the Rules Committee
had made the game safer for the p!ny
f.rs ^!ihnut takin(T anything vital from
it. Those opposed believed some spec
tacular features had been removed and
that the new rules would handicap the
smaller player severely.
Elmer I-ayden of Duquesne declared
the rule which forbids a player on the
defense to strike a rival on the head
or face with his hands “will eliminate
the use of small players.” and called it
“simply a protection for the big boys ”
He was joined in that stand ‘ by
three other former Notre Damr-trained
coaches. Tommy Mills of Georgetown.
Rip Miller of Navy and Edward (Slip)
Madigan of St. Mary's of Oakland and
by Bill Ingram of California Harvey
Harman of Penn thought the penalty
for violation of this rule (disqualifica
tion of the player and lo6s of half the
distance to the offending team’s goal
line) was so severe that officials would
be chary of calling it.
Layden also opposed the change In
the kick-off rule which permits the
kick-off to be made with punt or drop
kick as well as place-kick, declaring
it will have a "tendency to make teams
punt the ball short and high to retain
jK>ssession of it. exposing the receiver
to severe injuries.”
Warner Likes New Rules.
Glenn S. (Pop) Warner of Stanford
favored all of the regulr.t'on' except
that calling for an automatic "dead”
ball when any part of the ball car
rier’s body, except his hands or feet,
touches the ground. He pointed out
that a ball carrier could outdistance
all opposition in a dash to the goal
line and still lose a touchdown should
he happen to slip and fall.
Bernie Bierman, who branded the
rule changes "mostlv a bunch of
bunk.” thought the “dead’’ ball rule
was a god one. “It’s one place," he
said, “where they’ve got at the cause
of accidents.”
Elimination of the flying block or
flying tackle will handicap the little
player, Hanley thought, and J. J. Linp.
a Big Ten official, said it was “going
to be hard to call” a violation of this
rule. Clark Shaughnessv of Loyola of
the South, favored elimination of the
flying tackle, but he thought the flving
block was -the smaller player’s best
weapon.
TECH RIFLEMEN VICTORS
Easily Defeat Eastern in Opening
Match of Title Series.
Tech defeated Eastern by 90 points
in the first match In the public high
school rifle championship sent s. The
Eckington shots totaled 1,285 points to
1,195 for the Lincoln Parkers. Com
petition was from three positions, prone,
kneeling and standing.
The scores'
Tech—Staubus, 261; Young, 259;
Jensen, 257; Starkey, 255; Ffohl, 253.
Total. 1.285.
Eastern—Gaines. 224; O’Callahan,
233; Hayes, 245: Clements, 252; Davis,
241. Total, 1,195.
Alexandria Ring
Battles Tonight
Main Event.
Antol Kocsis. New York, vs Billy
1 Landers, Norfolk, bantamweights, 8
rounds.
Semi-Final.
Louie Jallos, Cleveland, vs. Bobby
Burns, Baltimore, lightweights, 8
rounds.
Preliminaries.
Gabe Novas. Alexandria, vs. Young
Kid McSheas, Fort Meade, fly
weights, 4 rounds; Billy Essinger,
Washington, vs. Tony Martell, Phil
adelphia, lightweights, 4 rounds;
Bingo Brodie. Washington vs. John
ny Brock, Baltimore, middleweights,
4 rounds, and Young Van, Washing
ton. vs. Johnny Edwarcu, Warren
ton, Va., middleweights, 4 rounds.
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