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Bosox Outlook Rosy, Collins Feels: Vines9Play While III a Mistake
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HIGGINS AT THIRD
GIVES CLUB HOPE
Boston Apt to Find Relief
From Strain of Role of
Favorite Big Help.
B? the Associated Press.
EW YORK. February 9.—Eddie
Collins, relying completely on
the complete unreliability of
base ball, figures tradition will
be on the side of his Boston Red Sox
this season.
‘‘No favorite has won the American
League pennant since we repeated in
1931," began Eddie, explaining the
“we" meant the Philadelphia Athletics.
"The A's were favored again in 1932
and the Yankees won. In 1933 Wash
ington won when the Yankees were
liked. In 1934 Detroit came through
and repeated the next year when no
body thought they would. And last
year (and here he held his head), well,
the Red Sox were favored and as I
remember, they didn't win.”
The point Eddie makes is he doesn't
•Xpert the Sox to be favored this year,
and he’ll tell you without much en
couragement that this is okay with
him.
Pressure Off This Year.
"'J'HIS year we can go into training
camp relaxed. Last year we were
really on the spot. We bought some
great players and somebody figured
out that If each of them duplicated his
best year, nobody could stop us.
"Well, Foxx did have a great year,
but Marcum and McNair didn't. The
pressure on them was terrific. But it's
off now. The pressure's on the
Yankees.”
Collins thinks the deal that brought
Pinkey Higgins to the Red Sox from
Philadelphia for Bill Werber was a
great help.
“We don’t have any doubts about
that third base spot now. We're think
ing about second base at the moment.
If Bobby Doerr, the kid we got from
Ban Diego comes through, we should
be In pretty good shape.”
Collins said he believed the success
Of the Red Sox depended a great deal
on the ability of the youngsters on the
•quad to push the veterans.
Trade Scarcity Deplored.
•'Y'OUNG blood does something to a
1 club. I think young Di Maggio
last year made the Yankees because he
gave the veterans plenty competition.
If our young ball players have de
veloped far enough to make our ■stars
•tep, there's no telling what the Red
Box may do.”
At the moment Eddie is a little dis
satisfied because the American League
didn’t trade more. “The Indians came
to us and talked about getting Rick
Ferrell a while ago. We didn't want
to get rid of Ferrell, but we think it's
good to shuffle the men around, so we
made them an offer. I think it was a
better deal than they made with the
Browns, but we didn't get anywhere
Pith them.”
SWIMMING DATE IS SET
Bouth Atlantic Scholastics Will
Baoe February 27 in Baltimore.
The twenty-sixth annual interscho
lastic championship swimming races
of the South Atlantic Association will
be held on February 27 in Baltimore
under the auspices of the Baltimore
Athletic Club, 1422 North Charles
•treet.
An entrance fee of 50 cents per boy
for each of the six individual events
and $2 per team for the two relays
will be charged. The events are the
§0, 100 and 220 yard swims, the 100
yard breast stroke, 100-yard back
■troke, fancy diving, medley relay and
160-yard relay. Entries close Febru
ary 20 with Latrobe Cogswell, who
may be reached at the Baltimore A. C.
St the above address.
No contestant may participate in
more than two different events, the
relay being included as an event. They
must be bona fide members of some
preparatory or public school in the
Bouth Atlantic or District association
of the A. A. U., no college or athletic
chib representative being allowed to
compete.
ORGANIZE BOYS’ CLUB
®hr«« Hundred Youngsters Meet
at Wilson High Tomorrow.
Organization of a boys’ club for the
•ommunlty of Friendship Heights,
Chevy Chase and surrounding terri
tory will be sought tomorrow night
when the Friendship Citizens’ Asso
ciation sponsors a meeting for that
purpose in the auditorium of the
Woodrow Wilson High School.
Whether the club will be a Police
Boys’ Club or a community club will
be decided by the boys themselves, 300
of that section having been Invited to
attend the meeting.
Arthur J. (Dutch) Bergman will
address the gathering and a repre
sentative of one of the city’s various
police clubs will be present to explain
the merits of the plan. The meeting
jwill start at 7:45 o’clock.
Sports Program
For Local Fans
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TODAY.
Basket Ball.
William and Mary vs Maryland,
Ritchie Coliseum, College Park,
Md.. 8:15.
Tech vs. Roosevelt, Roosevelt
High gym (public high title series),
3:30.
Eastern vs. Western, Tech High
gym (public high title series), 3:30.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase vs. Mary
land Prosh, Ritchie Coliseum, Col
lege Park, Md., 4.
Montgomery High vs. Landon,
Landon gym, 3:30.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Georgetown vs. Army, West
Point. N. Y.
Georgetown Prep vs. St. Albans,
St. Albans gym, 3:30.
Eastern vs. Washington-Lee,
Ballston, Va., 4.
Central vs. St. John’s, St. John’s
gym, 3:30.
Gonzaga vs. Roosevelt, Roosevelt
High gym, 3:30.
THURSDAY.
Wrestling.
Ernie Dusek vs. John Katan in
feature, Turner's Arena, 8:30.
Basket Ball.
Georgetown vs Yale, New Haven,
Conn.
Davis-Elkins vs. George Wash
ington. 2010 H street, 8:30.
Devitt vs. George Washington
Prosh, 2010 H street, 7.
George Washington High vs.
Gonzaga gym, 3:30.
Landon vs. Georgetown Prep,
Garrett Park, Md., 3:30.
Staunton Military Academy vs.
Episcopal, Alexandria, Va., 3:30.
Boxing.
Western Maryland vs. Catholic
University, Brookland gym, 8:15.
FRIDAY.
Basket Ball.
American University vs. Virginia
Medical College. Richmond, Va.
Loyola vs. Georgetown Prep,
Garrett Park. Md, 3:30.
Montgomery High vs. Bethesda
Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Md., 3:30.
Shepherd College vs. Wilson
Teachers, Wilson gym, 8:15.
Eastern vs. Wilson, Tech High
gym (public high title series), 7:30.
Central vs. Roosevelt, Tech High
gym (public high title series), 8:30.
Petersburg High vs. Western.
Western High gym, 3:30.
Elizabethtown College vs. Gal
laudet, Gallaudet gym, 8:15.
St. John's vs. Montgomery-Blair
High, Silver Spring, Md., 3:30.
Washington-Lee High vs. Fred
ericksburg High, Fredericksburg,
Va.
Howard University vs. North
Carolina State College, Durham,
N. C.
Boxing.
Columbus University vs. King
College, Turner’s Arena, 8:30.
SATURDAY.
Basket Ball.
Virginia Military Institute vs.
Maryland, Ritchie Coliseum. Col
lege Park. Md., 7:30. (All-uni
versity night.)
Georgetown vs. Syracuse, Syra
cuse, N. Y.
Davis-Elkins vs. Southeastern,
Y. M. C. A., 8:15.
American University vs. Ran
dolph-Macon, Ashland, Va.
Wilson Teachers vs. Millersville
Teachers, Millersville, Pa.
Woodrow Wilson vs. Maryland
Frosh, Ritchie Coliseum, College
Park, Md.. 4.
St. Christopher’s vs. Episcopal,
Alexandria, Va., 3:30.
Boxing.
Maryland vs. Rutgers. Ritchie
Coliseum, College Park, Md. (Final
of all-university night program.)
Varsity Quints
Georgetown, 51; West Virginia,
33.
Catholic U., 56; Baltimore. 50.
Duke, 37; Washington and Lee,
35.
South Carolina, 30; N. C. State,
23.
Tennessee, 26; Alabama, 23.
Virginia, 38; Richmond. 25.
Auburn, 39; Sewanee, 32.
Wisconsin, 35; Ohio State, S3
(overtime).
Iowa. 39; Northwestern, 29.
Indiana, 47; Chicago, 37.
Minnesota, 45; Purdue, 41.
Butler, 27; Michigan State, 21.
John Marshall, 50; University
School, 34.
Kansas State, 43; Missouri, 42.
Southern Methodist, 28; Texas A.
and M., 25. .
Washington (St. L.), 46; Wash
bum, 30.
Lynchburg, 40; Bridgewater. 31.
Davidson, 39; College of Charles
ton, 18.
Florida, 48; Mercer, 32.
Carson Newman, 40; Maryville,
37 (overtime).
Kent. State. 43; Toledo, 40.
Kentucky, 60; University of Mex
ico, 30.
Wayne U., 61; Lehigh, 38.
Albion, 36; Alma, 32.
Flirman, 40; Newberry, 25.
Creighton, 23; Oklahoma Aggies,
19.
Iowa Wesleyan, 52; Central, 37.
TERPS DUE TO WIN
DESPITE HIES
Play W.&M. Tonight—C.U.
Stops Baltimore, Hoyas
Rout West Virginia.
TWO more University of Mary
land regulars are liable to be
missing from the line-up when
the Terps take the floor against
William and Mary at College Park
tonight, but withal the odds favor the
home team, which is expected to break
a losing streak of five games. The
tap-ofT is at 8:15 o’clock.
Bill Guckeyson, forward, and George
Knepley, guard, are the latest Terps
to be hurt. ’’Gyck” hurt his back
against North Carolina last Saturday
night, and Knepley is on the shelf
with a bad wrist. Eddie Johnson, of
course, was put out for the season in
the Navy game last Wednesday when
he broke his nose.
Nevertheless, Maryland probably will
And William and Mary softer pick
ings than North Carolina State, North
Carolina, Duke and Navy, which have
defeated them in their last six starts.
The Tarheels licked Maryland twice.
C. U. Stops Baltimore.
District colleges got off to a good
start in the week's play here last
night when Georgetown routed West
Virginia, 51-23, and Catholic U. tripped
the University of Baltimore, 56-50.
The C. U. victory was quite a feather
in the cap of Pod Cotton’s boys, who
broke a 13-game winning streak of
Baltimore.
Georgetown's supporters, on the
other hand, are still wondering how
West Virginia ever beat their favorites
in Morgantown, the Mountaineers ap
pearing to be one of the weakest teams
to visit here this Winter.
Once again it was Herrnie Schmarr
who was the big gun in C. U.’s attack,
23 points. At that, Schmarr had to
step to emerge as the game's leading
scorer. Baltimore producing two men
—Pellino and Pulvino—who got away
with 18 and 16 points, respectively.
Beaten only by Navy this season,
the visitors started out impressively
with a 8-3 lead, but C. U.’a attack
started at this point and soon had the
Cards tied, 9-9. The lead changed
hands during the next 10 minutes of
play, when the score stood at 22-all,
until C. U. spurted into a 28-26 lead,
which it held at half-time. Baltimore
never closed the gap.
The game was exceedingly rough, 82
fouls being called, and four players—
Wayne Ambrose and Sam Pagano of
C. U. and Reisinger and Brown of
Baltimore—being ejected because of
four personals.
C. U's freshmen nosed out the Mer
rick Boys' Club quint, 27-22, in a pre
liminary.
Catholic 0. 156). Baltimore 150)
_ . G.P.Pts. O f Pta.
Schmarr.f.. 9 5 23 Reisinier.f.. 1 O 2
Ambrose f *08 Schilling.f_. 0 o o
AdamaltU.f. 113 Pulvino.f... 6 6 16
Z Brown.e .*08 Probst.e_4 1 9
Carroll.*.__ 113 Pelino* ... 8 2 18
Pagano.* 5 ill R. Brown.*. 0 0 0
Catonguay.g 0 0 0 Priedman*. 2 0 4
Lackney.g _ Oil
Totals-24 8 56 Totals.. .20 10 50
Referees—Messrs. Kessler and 1. Mltch
C. 0. Prosh 127). Merrlek 122).
G.P.Ptf. O p pts
McKenns.f.. 0 0 0 Oole.f _. 3 1 7
Agulrre.f 2 0 4 Crissful.f ~ 3 0 6
C ncilman.f- 4 2 10 Wberier e.. 0 0 0
Selsrade.f.. o o n M'sello * __ O o 0
Guman.f ..102 Katz.* ..215
Bev oua.o-0 l l D*ntolo.*_— 2 0 4
Piro.c_ooo
Miller.*_5 0 10
Sabo* _0 0 0
Kovacs.*_0 0 0
Schlne.*.__. o 0 o
Totals ...12 327 Total* ...lO^ia
Referee—Mr. Shauchnesay.
Hoy as Use Two Teams.
GEORGETOWN'S rise to the .500
percentage and fourth place in
the Eastern Intercollegiate Confer
ence never was doubted after the first
10 minutes of play. Two complete
teams took turns in piling it up on
the Mountaineers, one combination
specializing in point-getting and the
other in defensive play.
The Hoyas’ starting five of Kurtyka,
Shore, Petro6key, Nolan and Bassin
were held to a 14-11 margin before
turning the play over to Murphy.
Prank, Bertrand, Gibeau and Nau.
The latter widened the gap to 25-12
at half-time and stayed in the game
until the score was 29-15.
Georgetown (51>. WeitVa. <23>.
G.F.Pts. O.F.Pt*.
Basson.f-4 1 » Gocke.f ..136
Murphy,f___ 2 0 4 DOrasio.f.. 12 4
Zola-f ... 0 0 0 M'eranda.e_0 2 2
Kutryka.f . 2 0 4 Flsher.c .Oil
Petroskey.e .3 0 « D1 Angells.g. 0 0 0
Bertrand,c__ 3 0 0 Lothes.g . .1 1 3
Shore.g-13 6 Mareus.g_10 2
fjank.g- 2 0 4 Phares.g_2 2 6
Nolan.g_3 0 0
Gibeau.g_3 1 7
Nau.g_0 0 0
Totals .. .23"s 61 Totals_~6 1123
Referee—Mr. Eberts. Umpire—Mr. En
right.
Oeo.Proih.U9>. T. M. C. A. (37).
. . „ G.F.Pts. O.P.Pt*.
Leber.f -3 2 R Salyer.f_1 13
Schmitt.f .228 Nevins.f __ 2 1 »
Chapman.f . 2 0 4 McGuire.f .328
Daly.e .431) Brlekman.f .102
Sherwood.r . 0 0 0- Keefe.c . 2 1 S
Burke,* ..... S 0 4 Rodes.r_3 o 0
Hulton.r _ - 8 0 18 Bamby.r ..204
Bousman.i 2 0 4
Total* 21 7 49 Total* ...le'ia?
Referee—Mr. Boyd.
EAGLES FLY HIGH.
Soaring to basket ball heights last
night, the Eagles clawed the News
quint for a 48-to-17 victory. Heuer,
with 13 points, had the News moan
ing.
; Lazzeri Once Drank Ruth’s Base-Hit Eye Wash
Despite Flood Loss, Crosley Still Is Willing to Pay $200,000 for Dean.
BY SCOTTY RESTON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, February 9 —
Walter Johnson’s tough
luck still is with him . . .
Great pitcher on a medi
ocre Washington team for years,
his pay scarcely was up to his
ability . . . What he did save
dwindled in the collapse .. . But he
still has his head up . . . He’ll be
60 next November, and he's dairy,
farming in Maryland to keep seven
£ids, two of them his sister's . . .
{hief family worry at the minute
that his son Ed broke his nose
playing basket ball for the Univer
sity of Maryland against Navy the
other day.
“Young” Jake Schaefer is 42 ...
Bowel Crosley lost plenty In Cln
cinnati’s flood and fire, but he
didn’t take back any of that $200,
000 offer for Dizzy Dean . . .
Mickey Cochrane's going to move
to his Michigan farm next Summer
and commute to Navln Field.
Tony Lazzeri's still kidding Babe
Ruth about putting tonic in his
eyes before going to bat . . . The
Babe used to wash his eyes every
time before strolling to the plate
... When he’d get a hit, he’d come
back and say, “Boy, that eye wash
does it!” . . . Lazzeri got tired of
hearing this, so one day while the
Babe was raving about it, Tony
picked it up, took out the cork and
took a long drink of the stuff . ..
Ruth almost collapsed . . . “You’ll
die.” he yelled ... Be didn’t find
out till later that Lazzeri had
drained the bottle before the Babe
used it and filled it with water.
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It's probably not of lasting im
portance. but 81-year-old Judge
McKeever, president of the Dodgers,
shakes your thumb Instead of your
hand when you meet him ... Con
census around the ball meetings
was that Dizzy Dean will be of
fered a $22,500 contract . . . Mike
Oaven, Newark Star-Eagle's red
headed base ball expert, marries
Hazel Flynn of East Orange, N. J,
today.
Tony Canzoneri's brother Cy is
captain of the University of Ala
bama boxing team . . . Bill Terry
has a favorite porter on the Mis
souri Pacific!... His aama is Bar
vey, and Terry has requested that
Harvey be assigned to take care of
the Giants while traveling over that
road.
Warren Giles tells this one on
one of his Cincinnati pitchers, who
comes from way back in the hills
and has caused the Reds mans' a
headache ... He came in to sign
his contract, and Giles spoke his
mind . . . "Trouble with you is
you’re just a fool,” said Warren ...
"I’ll admit I was,” replied the boy
. . . "Well, I’m glad you used the
past tense,” added Warren . . to
which the pitcher, a little confused,
replied: "Oh, no, Mr. Giles: I may
be wild out there, but I’m never
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THE BABE’S STILL BUNKERED
—By JIM BERRYMAN
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MINNESOTA QUINT
BIG TEN SURPRISE
Goes Into Second Place, Making
Last Jump at Expense of Pur*
due—Illinois Tops.
By the Associated Press.
^JHICAGO, February 9.—Minnesota'*
galloping Gophers, who have been
burning up foot ball gridirons for the
last three years, have turned their
“heat” on the Big Ten basket ball title
race.
A “long shot" in pre-season ratings,
Minnesota held second place in the
title scramble today as a result of a
smashing 45-to-41 victory last night
over Purdue's highly regarded Boiler
makers.
Indiana clung to a contending posi
tion by defeating Chicago, 47 to 36.
Wisconsin outscored Ohio State in an
overtime period to down the Buckeyes,
35 to 33. The regulation game ended
j 30-all.
The defeat virtually eliminated Ohio
State from title consideration.
Iowa won its second game by down
ing Northwestern, 39 to 29, with Sam
Johnson scoring 15 points.
The standings:
W. L. W. L.
Illinois -6 I Ohio State_4 3
Minnesota_4 1 Wisconsin 2 4
Indiana-6 2 Northwestern. 2 4
Purdue _4 2 Iowa _2 S
Michigan_4 2 Chicago_0 8
Last Nirht'g Results.
Minnesota. 4.1: Purdue. 41.
Iowa. 38: Northwestern. 29.
Indiana. 47: Chicago. 38.
Wisconsin. 35; Ohio State. 33 (overtime).
Games Saturday.
Iowa at Purdue.
Indiana at Ohio State.
Minnesota at Wisconsin.
Illinois at Chicago.
HOT CENTRAL C. C. TILT.
Rural Resettlement found it a tough
task to whip Labor basketers in the
Central Community Center loop last
night, the basket battle ending 24 to
22. Lansburgh, however, easily dis
posed of Superior A. C, 33 to 17.
ONE FOR LITTLE HOYAS.
With Byrd basketing 10 points, the
Georgetown Prep junior quint took the
measure of Landon’s little fellows yes- j
terday, 21 to 16.
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Another Shy Conqueror of Sullivan
Tells How He Laid Out Poor John L.
BY JOHN LARDNER. !
I READ the other day where Lord
Lonsdale has described how he
whipped John L. "Jim” Sul
livan back in 1884, or was it 1488?
Iam not very good about dates. Any
way, I know it was the year after I
whipped Sullivan myself, in seven (or
possibly 13) savage rounds on a coal
sow anhored 2 miles off Baffin Light.
Light.
Every one of those rounds is etched
clearly in my memory. What rounds
they were! And what men we were
in those days! At lee'-t. "•*•»* « * i
I was! Sullivan was pretty fair, too.
And dead game.
“Lardner,” he said to me after
the fight, spitting out three rr
four teeth, “the better man
won. You whipped me sou..-...,
sir, and I’ll lick the first man
who denies it.”
That was John L. Sullivan for you.
At least, I am pretty sure it was John
L. Sullivan, though it may have been
my crippled younger brother, who was
then using the name of Rafferty for
reasons well known to the police of
Sioux City, Iowa, and elsewhere.
Good old Lord Lonsdale! I used to
call him “Crumpets” when we were
at Eton and Balliol together. He had
many jolly nicknames for me, too,
all of them unprintable.
Cribb's Scalp in Collection.
CPEAKING of dear old Lonsdale re
^ minds me ofthe first time I put on
the gloves with Tom Cribb, in my
opinion the greatest champion of
.them all. What a fighter Cribb was!
I thought my knuckles would break
or. his skull before I finally knocked
him out in the fifth round.
“Lardner,” said the sturdy old sprig
of British oak, when he regained con
sciousness some hours later, “the bet
ter man won.”
Good old Cribb! He never spoke a
truer word.
That fight was arranged privately
by Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Bea
cons field (we called him “Dizzy” at
Harrow) and the Duke of Con-,
naught. Connaught had wagered 100,
000 pounds on Cribb. but he wrote out
his cheque to me without batting an
eye.
A hundred thousand pounds
meant nothing to Connaught, I
learned later, when the cheque
came back.
I recall t|ie circumstances of the
Joust with Cribb very well, because it
happened In 1782 (or 1795), the year
before the tropic rains spoiled our
polo in Rangoon. What rains those
were! The raindrops were bigger
than foot balls, as the Prince of Wales
(he was with us) used to say. It was
in Rangoon that my life was saved
by my faithful sikh pukka-wukka,
Ounga Mung.
Poor old Ounga Mung! It’s rotten
task to be eaten hr a tiger.
Speaking of India, it was just out
side of Portland, Me., at the bottom
of a dry well, that I sparred six rounds
with Gentleman Jack Corbett in ’02.
Cotton-picking time had just begun.
I remember, and the fields were full
of boll weevils, which are a sort of
bug employed by the primitive Amer
icans to reap their cotton.
Brilliant Gallery Looks Down Well.
/^ORBETT, you know, was regarded
highly as a boxer. At least, he
was until I met him. I had happened
to mention to seven or eight hundred
friends, in a quite casual way (I was
rather shy, that I thought I could
go six rounds with Corbett at the bot
tom of a well without his laying a
glove on me. Naturally, this propo
sition Interested the sporting fancy of
the time, and the betting was high,
wide and good-looking, as the Ameri
cans say.
The match drew a good crowd.
Among those at the ringside, looking
down the well, were J. P. Morgan,
Lord Lonsdale, James Madison, Abra
ham Lincoln, the Prince of Wales,
the Duke of Leominster. Mark Twain,
John L. Sullivan, Edmund Booth, Sir
Arthur Oonan Doyle, the late Huey
Long. Billy the Kid, the Earl and
Countess of Leith, with their charm
ing daughters; Ralph Waldo Emer
son and William Muldoon. Each had
bet at least $3,500,000 on the outcome.
When the bell rang to start the
match, Corbett shuffled rapidly
around the floor of the well, which
was 6 feet in diameter. He lunged
at me repeatedly with his left glove.
The man was quick as lightning, and
some of his blow's brushed within 13
inches of my cheek. He then took
to feinting with his left and cutting
at my body with a vicious right.
There were times when I
thought he was going to hit
me. It was a near thing, I can
tell you!
At the beginning of the fifth round
he had to pause for breath and in
vited me to do the same.
“After you, Lardner, old man," he
said.
“You certainly are, but you can't
catch me,” I replied, and we both
laughed heartily at the quip. I guess
that is why they called him Gentle
man Sam.
What a fight it was I Corbett con
ceded defeat at the end of the sixth
round.
Afterward there was a slight mis
understanding. They drew Corbett
out of the well, but neglected to do
the same for me, probably through
an oversight. Anyway, I am still
down here at the bottom, writing my
memoirs.
What a man I am! Or was!
(Copyright, 1B37, by the North America!
Newspaper Alliance Inc.)
ROMPS IN S. £. LOOP.
Winners in the Southeast Commu
nity Center League last night found
basket ball an easy game. Congress
Heights beat the Business Men. 32 to
7, Loans and Currency drubbed D. C.
Paper, 33 to 23, and Sigma Mu Sigma
* u-28 hasting on O’SonoaU’a.
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NEWTON TO CHANGE
WOLFPACK’S STYLE
—
New Gridiron Coach, Given Great
Beception, Starting Spring
Drills With 50.
By the Associated Press.
J^ALEIGH, N. C„ February 9.—Doc
Newton, N. C. State's new head
coach, started work today on his as
signment of rebuilding the Wolfpack's
foot ball fortunes.
More than 50 athletes were called
out for the opening or six weeks of
Spring practice, in which Newton will
install his own system in place of the
Notre Dame style taught by Hunk An
derson at State the last three years.
At a pep meeting of 1.000 students,
faculty members and alumni welcom
ing the former Davidson mentor here
last night. Newton said It was too
early to predict what sort of teams
he would produce, but that he hoped
“to mold a team that will play as a
unit.”
Newton, with Bob Warren. State
freshman coach, already named his
first assistant, will pick two other men
to complete his staff.
KEENE LEADS SCORERS
I/eland Basketer Averages Ten
Points in Boys' Loop.
Keene, a regular on the Leland
Boys’ Club 85-pound basket ball team,
is the best average scorer of any of
the four classes of teams in the Boys’
Club League. Twenty points in two
games give Keene an average of 10
per game.
Wilson of Northeast Boys’ Club 110
pound quint. Is next in line with an
average of 8*6 per game, while Zane
lotti of the 130-pound Boys’ Club
Fleetwings is averagind 8*6 for three
games. Smith of Northeast Boys’ Club
is the best average 115-pound scorer.
26 points in four games giving him a
6*6 average.
Langley Boys’ Club 115-pound five is
the highest scoring team, with 99
points in three games. Northeast’s
130-pound quint is second, with 78
points in three games.
PEERLESS JUST THAT.
Peerless basket ball team lived up to
its name last night in a 24-to-13 en
gagement with the Aggies. All but one
member of the winning team con
tributed to the score.
Tronsky Routed
By Ida Simmons
TT MAY or It may not surprise
■*" Washington’s bowling fraternity
to learn that Ida Simmons defeat
ed Nick Tronsky on her recent
Connecticut tour.
The match was rolled at Water
bury with Nick on the short end of
a 680-to-588 score. The Nation's
No. 1 girl duckpinner shot games
of 129. 142. 146, 118 and 145. It
took nearly two weeks for this news
to leak through.
But Nick only took a trimming
that the Norfolk blond is capable
of administering to any star man
roller.
SHOWED PRO GAME
Tilden Recounts Beneficial
Effect Paid Performers
Have on Net Sport.
BY BILL TILDEN.
THE most interesting angle to the
latest professional tennis tour
matching Ellsworth Vines and
Fred Perry has not been the
huge crowds which turned out in New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago. They
were evidence of the tremendous gen
eral interest in the relative abilities
oi the two men,
but were in no
sense surprises.
It is regrettable
that the illness of
Vines marred not
rally the standard
of play itself, but
at the early stops
provided any
thing but a con
clusive test of
their relative skill.
Strangely enough,
even that may
turn out to the
general benefit of BU1 TiIdfn.
tennis, which is
still my main concern.
Frankly, I feel a seriour mistake
was made in attempting to play the
match in Chicago when Vines obvious
ly was far too ill to be on his feet. The
resultant fiasco undoubtedly hurt the
game in Chicago.
It would have been far better to
have postponed the match than to
put on a -scheduled meeting which
was only too plainly no actual test
of the real qualities of these two great
players.
Picture Clearer Now.
TJOWEVER, since Vines finally went
to the hospital and recovered his
stamina he has returned to the court
somewhere close to his real form. So
a better picture has been gained.
For one thing, you are able to ob
serve that Perry, off his recent matches,
has mastered the indoor game in a
remarkably short time and is a very
great competitor in this new setting.
Vines is beginning to win matches,
which seems to support my contention
that at his best, or even close to it,
Ellsworth is Perry's superior.
That brings me to my point.
It is strange and rather regrettable
that the smaller cities are seeing bet
ter tennis than those who jammed
Madison Square Garden in New York,
Convention Hall in Philadelphia and
the Stadium in Chicago.
Yet in the end tennis will benefit
by that fact. Those big cities need
no stimuli to keep the game alive and
flourishing there. Some other sections
where Vines and Perry wili play have
great need of tennis interest and I'm
sure these matches will do much to
arouse enthusiasm.
Game Amateur in Spirit.
T AM of the opinion that the more
good tennis that is seen, the more
the youth of the country will adopt
the game, and the more the tennis
clubs and municipal courts will spring
up.
Certainly this must be a vital asset
to tennis, because it is obvious to me
after touring the country and many
foreign lands that the vast majority
of tennis must be amateur, not pro
fessional. This is as it should be.
The game of tennis is. and always
will be, amateur both in spirit and
organization.
That should be held in mind and
whenever and wherever professional
tennis comes Into the picture, it should
be regarded as supplementary to the
amateur game. Professional tennis
has two distinct functions.
One is that of instruction by capa
ble and experienced teachers, who,
through their training, aid in raising
the level of the general run of ama
teurs.
The Pros’ Value.
rTHE other is for the few expert
players, who by virtue of rare
skill and personality have a definite
box-office draw and can become play
ing professionals, like Perry and Vines,
thereby increasing the general interest
in communities where few, if any, of
the great amateurs appear.
I don’t pretend these professionals
don’t get a personal reward in a
financial way for these tours, but the
real big return to tennis goes to the
amateur game in the form of more
clubs, more courts and more players.
Every week Perry and Vines will
add their impetus to the coming tennis
season in America.
I. expect Vines to increase his mar
gin steadily, yet I am impressed by
Perry's ability to master new condi
tions and so I don't expect the wide
difference at the end of the tour
which I predicted in advance.
(Copyright. 1037. Reproduction in Whole
or in Part Prohibited Without Permlulon.)
BASKETERS TO TILT
FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
W. F. A., Baltimore Start Are
Matched for Triple-Header Fea
ture at Heurich'i Saturday.
OASKET BALL steps Into the role
of flood-aider on Saturday night,
when three games are scheduled for
the Heurich Brewery gymnasium.
Possibilities of a fourth game, be- ‘
tween Bureau of Investigation and
the George Washington freshmen,
were being discussed today.
The current feature spot is as
signed to the contest between District
W. P. A. and Bloomingdale A. C. of
Baltimore, an aggregation of former
college stars who are among the lead
ers of independent fives of the Monu
mental City. W. P. A. has been de
feated only once in 27 starts.
Remaining games will find the
Heurich Flashes meeting the crack
Y. M. C. A. quint and the second
squad of Gonzaga High School meet
ing an opponent yet to be named.
The last-mentioned contest will open
the triple bill at 6:30 o'clock, with
the Flashes-y game Immediately pre
ceding the W. P. A.-Bloomingdale
game.