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A_14 _WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1937._____
Basket Ball Thrills Guaranteed : Base Ball School Coin Maker
tight Top Teams of Metro
Area to Fight It Out in
Annual Event.
BY ROI) THOMAS.
HUNDREDS of basket ball fans
who in the last three years
have thrilled to the strife in
The Evening Star metropoli
tan high school championship tourna
ment. even though the ultimate win
ners virtually were known before a
ball was tapped, this time are prom
ised a show to stand ’em on their ears.
The Washington Board of Educa
tion today gave its sanction to a new
feature of the tournament which will
make it possibly the hottest event of
Its kind ever held here.
It approved the participation of the
teams that finish first and second in
the curernt wild and woolly battle for
the District championship.
Field Is Doubled.
T-IERETOFORE only one Washing
* ton school has competed in the
metropolitan tournament, along with
one from Montgomery County, two
from Prince Georges and one from
Northern Virginia, and in each in
stance the Capital entry has gone to
post such a lopsided favorite that the
only issue was second place. Only
the spirited scrap of the suburban
schools for the runner-up spot made
the tournament worth while.
Now for a different set-up. Two
schools from Washington proper, two
from Montgomery County, two from
Prince Georges and a pair from across
the Potomac will be invited—in short,
sight instead of four teams will fight
it out and a comparison of records at
this time indicates strongly that the
big city boys are in for anything but
a romp. The suburban schools by and
large have improved greatly.
The tournament will be held at
Tech High on March 15, 16, 17 and
20, with a double-header on each pro
gram and with the two bits one pays
for admission on any of those four
days- will go a guarantee of excite
ment. for no matter how the drawings
are made, every contest must bring
together natural rivals, strictly local
or interstate.
Enter the Gals.
L\ ND what might turn out to be the
snappiest bit of the entire tourna
ment will be a metropolitan cham
pionship game between girl teams, to
be played as a preliminary, or, as the
colleens might have it, a co-feature of
the boys’ final. Last year the show
was swiped by the lassies of Freder
icksburg and Sherwood High Schools,
who proved that the female of the
aperies is as fierce on the basket ball
floor as elsewhere.
Every match in the first round will 1
be a sure-fire natural if present plans
carry. Competition for local honors
In the two Maryland counties and in
Northern Virginia has been quite as
keen as that in the District series, in
which there is little to choose between
any two of the first five teams.
In Virginia, George Washington and
Washington-Lee have been at it tooth
and nail; the same is true of several 1
teams in Montgomery County. In
Prince Georges Mount Rainier re
cently clinched the county title, but j
Hyattsville will welcome another crack
at its arch rival, and will get it in
the metropolitan tournament.
Eastern Sure of Berth.
AMOUNT RAINIER and Hyattsville
* definitely have been chosen to
represent Prince Georges and will be
paired in the first round. The same
holds for Washington-Lee and George
Washington. In Montgomery Coun
ty. Sherwood. Bethesda-Chevy Chase
and Montgomery-Blair, now ranked in
that order, have a little more battling
to do before tournament choices are
made.
Eastern is certain of an opportunity
to defend the metropolitan title it won
last year, but the second Washington
representative won’t be known until
Friday night, after Eastern meets Tech
In the nightcap of a double-header.
A victory for Eastern would clinch
the title. Should Tech trim Eastern
the Lincoln Parkers may be tied for
the title by Western or Roosevelt, one
of which will be eliminated this after
noon when they clash at Tech. In
rase Western wins today, it still must
defeat Central in the first game Fri
day night in order to tie Eastern If
Eastern loses to Tech. Roosevelt's
contest this afternoon with Western
winds up Its series competition.
Eastern defeated Tech. 19-14, in
their first meeting. Today Tech faces
Wilson in a game which means little,
since both are out of the running for
the title.
But no matter how this year's Eve
ning Star tournament is viewed, It
should be a bang-up show from start
to finish. More about it anon.
“SPORTS PARADE" IS LOST.
Bill Coyle's “Sports Parade” prob
ably has been heard for the last time,
rot to Bill's disadvantage. The popu
lar WMAL commentator has been
promoted to be the local night super
visor for the National Broadcasting
Co., which is destined to leave him
little time for sports announcing.
HOT SPOT FOR DEFENDING CHAMP. —By JIM BERRYMAN.
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JUDGE IS ELATED
Former Nat Realizes 3-Year
Desire to Re-Enter Game.
Suited for Job.
A THREE-YEAR ambition of Joe
Judge to get back into base
ball was realized today as the
former peer of the American
League's first basemen exhibited a
one-vear contract to coach the dia
mond sport at Georgetown University.
Refusal to surrender his restaurant
business probably prevented his return
to the game before this, Clark Griffith
having been rumored to have offered
Judge a spot on his pay roll in some
capacity if he would devote his full
time to base ball. Judge always in
sisted that he be allowed to keep up his
business, which he has built into a
successful trade since retiring from
the Boston Red Sox in 1934.
Twin Talents Needed.
A T THE Hilltop, however, the great
est stylist in his day should have
ample opportunity to illustrate his
coaching and managerial abilities
alike. In college, the two are synony
mous, the coach producing the mana
gerial strategy in the games for which
he has developed his players. Al
though terms with Georgetown call
only for a one-year contract, it is ex
pected Judge will be given the assign
ment in 1938 if he fulfills expectations.
It won’t be the first coaching ex
perience for the major league veteran,
Judge always having aided the rookies
in Washington training camps of the
past. His connection with the Red
Sox, under Bucky Harris, also was as
a coach.
Georgetown was fairly successful last
year under the tutelage of Ralph Mc
Carthy, erstwhile Hilltop player, who
resigned last year to practice medicine
in Boston. George Nicketakis, one of
the best college pitchers seen in this
vicinity in a long while, and several
left overs from last year give Judge
the nucleus for an above-average team.
TWO TILTS IN ROW
END TERPS’ SEASON
Battle St. John’s Tonight, Then
N. C. State in Effort to
“Make” Tourney.
fyJARYLAND’S basket ball team will
wind up its season with two
games in as many days, playing St.
John’s of Annapolis, one of its most
ancient rivals, tonight and finishing
against North Carolina State tomor
row night. Both titlts will be staged
at College Park, starting at 8:15.
Due to the long rivalry, the Terp
Johnny battles always are Interesting
and hard fought, while the clash to
morrow offers Maryland the last ray of
hope to qualify for the Southern Con
ference title tournament.
If the Terps win over the Wolfpack.
which beat them in an extra period
at Raleigh about a month ago, they
have a good chance, though not a
certain one, to be among the eight
tourney qualifiers.
“POPP/NG
OFF
I • •
A s to Bp Babes in Mexico.
(This is the sixth of a series speculating on American League
clubs as they prepare for Spring training.)
TO FAR-OFF Mexico City the aged Connie Mack takes the youngest ball
club in the major leagues, and one almost certain to be an improve
ment over the 1936 outfit which ran a dead last in the race. Once more
Connie faces the herculean task of rebuilding from the ground up.
The old leader of the Athletics not only has the youngest team in the big
show, but undoubtedly the most youthful staff of pitchers in the history of
base ball. The A's roster lists 14 pitchers, and only two of them—Harry
Kelley, 30, and George Caster, who is 27—are over 24.
The average age is 23, with the scal
ing running from Kelley’s 30 down to
the 18 years seen by Randall Gumpert,
whom Mack rates as his most prom
ising pitcher.
On paper, it would seem that Phila
delphia has no chance to move out of
the second division, but the improve
ment shown in the club will be noted
keenly. The A’s are pointed upward,
but inexperience may mean the process
of driving will take several years..
£****'_
Only Kelley, of the pitchers, has
shown so far that he is a big leaguer.
In the infield the only standout is Bill
Werber.
The regular outfield of Lou
Finney, Bob Johnson and Wally
Moses is the strongest depart
ment of the club.
Infield Is Curious Mixture.
A LTHOUGH 9 of the 14 pitchers on
the A’s roster are listed as hav
ing been on the team last season, some
are difficult to remember, probably be
cause they weren't In the game long
enough for the announcers to finish
introducing them. Kelley, of course,
is recalled, but George Turbeville, Lee
Ross, Gumpert, Stu Flythe, Herman
Fink, Carl Doyle. Malton Bullock and
Fred Archer are remembered only
vaguely. Six of the pitchers were i
signed as free agents and seven were
purchased. One, Kelley, was obtained
via the draft.
All except two are over 6 feet
tall.
The catching staff, too, will be on
the young side. Frank Hayes, dean of
the backstopping corps and likely to
do most of the receiving, is only 22.
One of his assistants, William Conroy,
Is 21.
The only other catcher to be
taken to Mexico City, Earle
Brucker, is 32. He was drafted
from Portland last Fall.
The infield will be a curious mixture
■
of veterans and youngsters. A come
back attempt by Bill Cissell will mark
the camp and boost the average age oi
the infields, inasmuch as the one-time
White Sox and Red Sox player now
is 32. Werber, 28, is the only other
real veteran.
Have Big Exhibition Slate.
T OVILL (CHUBBY) DEAN, the
Duke University boy who was
picked up fresh off the campus, is ex
pected to play first base regularly at
the tender age of 20. He was the best
pinch-hitter in the league last season.
Cissell undoubtedly will play second,
Werber third and Lamar Newsome,
the 25-year-old midget, again will 'oe
seen at shortstop.
Rookies Dick Culler, Hugh
Luby, Jack Peerson and Russ J
Peters will battle it out for the
reserve positions.
The outfield, as named before, seems
to be set. Only five fiy-chasers appear
on the roster, with the other pair
being William Nicholson, up from
Oklahoma City, and Floyd Yount, who
comes direct from Wake Forest Col
lege.
The A’s will swing into pre-sea
son action approximately as soon as
any club in the American League.
From March 6 to March 28 they are
booked to play about 20 games against
Mexican teams.
TV/fACK'S switch of training camps
from Fort Myers, Fla., to Mexico
City came as a surprise to base ball
observers and the adventure will be
watched with interest.
Connie once trained at Eagle Pass,
Tex., and was dismayed to find that
most of his boys spent all possible
time on the other side of the border,
where tequilla. a guardiente and mes
cal were in abundance.
They had a great time dur
ing those days of prohibition,
but neglected the little matter
of training.
It showed in the team’s perform
ance that season. The A's went no
where in the race and Mack assured
everybody that among other places
they were not going was back to
Mexico. But they're trying again.
Not Necessary for Max Baer to Fight to Eat
Will Have $1,000 Monthly Income When 35—Honus Wagner Will Be 64 Tomorrow.
BY SCOTTY HESTON,
Associated Pres* Sport* Writer.
NEW YORK, February 23.—
Max Baer swaggers into
town and claims he’s chas
tened . . . same night he
toddles down to sing with Abe
Lyman’s Band and is embarrassed
when a tipsy woman reels up and
says: ‘ Hiya, Max. I bet on you
lash Summer, and won fl’ty bucks.”
.. Baer is speechless for a minute
until the woman’s escort drags her
off, explaining, ‘‘That’s Max Baer,
not Max Schmeling."
Incidentally, Baer is well heeled
regardless of the outfome of his
comeback campaign ... He gets a
monthly income of $1,000 for life
come his 35th birthday anniver
sary . . . Dizzy Dean went from
Little Rock to Miami for BUI Klem’s
birthday party ... what about that,
Mr. Prick? . . . fraternizing with
the umpires?
Honus Wagner will be 64 tomor
row . . . the Reds have a pitcher
named Lee Grissom . .. He’s a big,
powerful left-hander with ambi
tion and an idolatrous idea of Lefty
Grove . . . around Cincinnati
they tell about the time Grove had
two teeth taken out, and Grissom
had the same two yanked Just so
they’d be alike.
r
Lawson Robertson, jr., son of
the American Olympic track coach,
is a student at the University of
Pennsylvania and a fair quarter
miler ... If and when that Gehrig
Ruppert feud is settled, Yankee
Business Manager Ed Barrow prob
ably will do the settling . . .
Gehrig lives in New Rochelle,
Barrow a couple of miles away in
adjoining Larchmont, and more
than likely Gehrig, bewildered by
the colonel's definite stand, will
go to Barrow for a compromise.
Men who really know Hank
Lelber will tell you he wanted to
be traded by the Giants to the
Cube ... At that, he's holding out ,
' s.
not for more money, but for assur
ance that Manager Bill Terry has
taken him out of the dog house.
Story: Gent was telling Frankie
Frisch about his family . . . ‘‘I’ve
got three little girls.” boasted the
man . . . "Boy, how I envy you,"
said Frisch. "I’ve got around 35
boys and you've no idea how bad
it is.”
Memo to Bucky Harris: Those
spinach and salad items on Shanty
Hogan's dinner checks don’t mean
spinach or salad at all. More than
likely they mean mashed potatoes
and an extra steak. Any good
National Leaguer will tell you.
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GREAT RIDE PUTS
FAIRY RILE OVER
—
Peters Rates Mount Just
Right in Upset Win in
Santa Anita Derby.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
SANTA ANITA. Calif., February
23.—In the middle of all the
scenic splendor you can crowd
into a single open spot. Fairy
Hill, from the Foxcatcher Farms, took
a heavy rip from the talent In the
third running of the Santa Anita
Derby. Fairy Hill won by a good
length from Military, who came from
nowhere.
The 20 horses broke in a wild pell
mell, scattered all over the track. It
was like a subway rush in spots, with
singles and doubles mixed in far back
and no chance to break through.
It was Brown Jade, thrown back in
the field, that got the jump. This
horse had been highly touted and,
in Jockey Neves, he had a rider with a
pair of arms as strong as Jim Londos
can show. Brown Jade needed guid
; ing and, when Neves sent him to the
front, there was a wild roar.
Meanwhile, the Vanderbilt entry.
Tedious, heavily played, vanished from
the scene. He was caught in the main
pack and never had a chance. It was
Brown Jade, with Sir Oracle in second
place.
Favorites Take a Beating.
'THESE two, up to the head of the
*■ backstretch, had the call. At this
point there was another wild bark
: from the big crowd. Fairy Hill and
I Military, rank outsiders in the betting,
were moving up. Ptolemy was coming
on. The favorites were taking a bad
beating. No one could even find Tedi- i
ous, lost in the shuffle. Sir Oracle
faded far back. And Brown Jade, set- ;
ting the pace most of the way, was
weakening fast.
Every one told you before the race
this was a long-shot contest, there
were too many horses and racing luck
played too big a part. But racing luck
' played no big part. Brown Jade and
j Sir Oracle had every chance. It was
I Peters, on Fairy Hill, who turned out
| the day’s best job.
Peters sent his mount right after
Brown Jade. He let Sir Oracle pass
him, but, when Sir Oracle weakened,
Peters had Fairy Hill back in second
place. He stuck with the pacemaker
and took no chance of being blocked
off by the mass of horseflesh right
behind him. It was not until the head
of the stretch that Peters made his
challenge. As he passed Brown Jade
this entry began to falter.
Then from nowhere, Military, from
the Milky Way Farm, began to come
along. And Military came in a hurry.
Ptolemy came on with him. They
both passed Brown Jade and his
strong-armed Jockey, but they couldn’t
catch Fairy Hill at 14 to 1.
! Scramble to Pick a Winner.
HP HE interesting feature of this race
was the wild scramble among the
crowd to pick a winner in advance,
when there were 20 horses, with at
least 10 possible winners. Fairy Hill
came out here a sick horse. He had
started twice before and each time had
looked third class. His Santa Anita
showing was enough to drive most of
the play in other directions.
But, after all, with two months ol
rain and a heavy track, this has been
no season for the dope. Rosemont, for
example, looked like a selling plater
at his first start, and then came on to
win last Saturday’s big race from the
pick of the $100,000 field.
Fairy Hill was the best horse yes
terday and Peters did the finest job
of the lot in keeping his entry placed
exactly right for the final sprint. He
had everything wide open after the
first half mile, and from that point
on was settled in the right spot with
only a tiring pacemaking entry to
head off.
(Copyrlsht, 1937, by the North American
Newspaper AlUanee, lnc.>
NATS APT TO DROP
Griffith Irked by Hurler’s
Tactics—Appleton Finds
Contract 0. K.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla., February 23.—
Clark Griffith, who was a
hurler himself, is beginning
to believe more steadfastly
than ever that pitchers, after all, are
the most intelligent species of ball
player. With a single exception,
everything seems to be coming along
fine among the Washington hurlers.
Grill today received a telegram from
Pete Appleton stating that Pietro was
satisfied with the terms of his contract
and would report on schedule Mon
day, when the Senators’ training camp
will open. Late last night young
Johnny Salveson, the boy for whom
Earl Whitehill was traded, checked
into the hotel and announced himself
as ready for business.
Appleton apparently talked himself
into the terms of the contract that
GrifT sent him. At first Pete balked,
despite the fact that his stipend was
boosted by 2,000 potatoes. Griff ef
fected no compromise throughout the
balking, so it must be scored as a
victory for the Old Fox.
Johnny Introduce* Himself.
CALVESON, of course, was signed
from the moment the Washing
tons got him from Chicago in that
three-way trade last December. The
White Sox, you see, already had Sal
veson under contract. When the Na
tionals got Salveson they also got
Salveson’s contract.
Johnny, a shy youngster of 23.
walked into the mezzanine of the
hotel last night while Griff. Joe
Cronin and two newspaper men were
playing cards. Cronin looked at the
boy in a puzzled fashion and so did
Griff and the newspaper men. There
was something vaguely familiar about
him, but nobody could identify John
ny. so he merely stood, embarrassed,
and watched a hand played. Both
newspaper men and Griff had been
introduced to Salveson at the Winter
meeting, when he was procured, but
there was no sign of recognition.
Finally, Salveson shyly edged up
to Griff and said: "My name Is Salve
son, Mr. Griffith.’’ The ears of every
body were very red. Griff had made
much ado over young Johnny when
he traded for him, but now, a bare
two months later, he didn’t even rec
ognize his new protege.
Newsom Still Silent.
'T'HE single fly in the pitching oint
ment to date is the inimitable Mr.
Buck Newsom of Hartsville. S. C. Not
since Buck paid Griff a visit early in
the Winter has the Washington club
heard from him, officially, and now it
seems that Newsom isn’t the only
person with a peeve on.
"I can t be worried about him.”
snapped Griff today, when somebody
asked as to Newsom. “As I said be
fore, I don’t care whether he reports
or not. I’ve soured on him. Imagine,
popping off like he did about the way
we treated him!”
Those attached to the Senators in
non-official ways And that speculating
on Newsom is a sport enjoyed all
around and it is interesting to note
that a consensus predicts that Buck
won’t wear a Washington uniform at
all this season.
It is believed that he will refuse
to report and that eventually Griffitn
will trade him.
METZ’S PAR 72 BAGS
$700 PRIZE IN GOLF
Chicago Pro Scores His First
Important Tourney Victory
in Thomasville Open.
By the Associated Press.
'J'HOMASVILLE, Ga.. February 23
—Little Dick Metz of Chicago,
winner of $700 first-prize money in
the Thomasville open golf tournament,
planned today to move on in quest of
additional honors.
He defeated Ed Dudley of Augusta
in a special 18-hole match for the
championship yesterday, scoring a par
72, compared with Dudley’s 76.
Metz posted an eagle 3 on the last ,
green, a 471-yard dogleg hole. His
triumph was his first of consequence
in 10 years of campaigning with the
professional golfers.
Metz and Dudley tied in the regu
lar 72-hole tournament Sunday with
284, four under par. They then ar
ranged tor yesterday’s 18-hole play-off.
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.
St. John's vs. Maryland. Ritchie
Coliseum, College Park, Md., 8:16.
Roosevelt vs. Western, Tech
High gym (public high title
series), 3:30.
Tech v*. Wilson, Roosevelt
High gym (public high title
series), 3:30.
Georgetown Prep vs. Gonsaga,
Oonzaga gym, 3:30.
St. John's vs. Woodrow Wilson,
Wilson High gym. 3:30.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
North Carolina State vs. Mary
land. Ritchie Coliseum, College
Park, Md.. 8:15.
St. Thomas vs. Catholic Uni
versity, Brookland gym, 8:15.
Johns Hopkins vs. American
University, American University
gym, 8:15.
Episcopal vs. Alumni, Alexan
dria. Va., 3:30.
Landon vs. St. Albans, 8t.
Albans gym, 3:30.
Morgan vs. Howard University,
Howard gym, 8.
Montgomery-Blair vs. Gaithers
burg, Takoma Park Eire House,
8:30.
Varsity Quints
Loyola. 36; George Washington, 84.
Dartmouth. 47: Columbia. 45.
Yale, 46: Princeton. 30.
Temple, 35: Carnegie Tech, 27.
Rutgers. 48: Lafayette. 30.
Richmond 33: Washington and Lee. 30.
V. M. I.. 49: William and Mary. 26.
Georgia Tech. 35: Auburn. 33.
Davidson. 45; Catawba. 37.
Presbyterian, 29: Furman, 22.
The Citadel, 32: College of Charles
ton. 27.
Stetson. 28: Tampa U.. 18.
Kentucky. 23: Xavier. 15.
Michigan. 31: Purdue, 16.
Illinois. 48: Wisconsin 31
Northwestern. 44: Ohio State, 28.
Minnesota. 44: Iowa. 25.
Tennessee. 28: Chattanooga, 20.
Mississippi. 36: Mississippi State. 34
Arkansas State. 29: Magnolia A. and
54., 27.
Arkansas Tech. 60: Little Rock Junior
College. 13.
Cincinnati. 28: Ohio Wesleyan. 28.
Dayton. 27: Miami (Ohio), 20.
Albion. 34: Olivet. 32.
Washington. 36: Idaho. 31.
Oregon. 68: Gonzaga. 22.
Washington State 46: Montana U . 30.
Grinnell. 40: Creighton. 30.
Valparaiso. 49; Hanover. 44.
Luther 50: Upper Iowa. 31.
Penn. 36: Buena Vista .33.
Western Htate Teachers, 44: De
troit. 25.
Ferris Institute 42: Battle Creek. 24.
Kansas State 48: Iowa State 40.
Dakota Wesleyan. 39: Eastern Nor
mal. 32.
St Bonaventure. 49: St Peter's. 25.
Rose Poly 45: Anderson. 25.
Awaits Camp Confab Before
Signing—Sees Many .300
Hitters for Club.
B> the Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. February
23.—Ben Chapman, voted the
most valuable player with the
Washington Senators last
Summer, said today he had returned
his unsigned contract to Clark Grif
fith. club president, but insisted he
was not a holdout.
‘'Don’t get me wrong.” said the
Washington center fielder. "Griff and
I haven't disagreed. I just told him
I'd prefer to talk things over after I
get to camp, rather than by mail.”
Chapman, who went to Washington
last season from the New York Yan
kees. is Wintering in Montgomery,
where his father-in-law has a piano
company.
Ben expects the Senators to have
several .300 hitters this season—Buddy
Lewis, Cecil Travis, Buddy Myer, Joe
Kuhel. Fred Sington, Shanty Hogan
and himself.
Strings to Prediction.
'J'HERE were a few strings attached
to his prediction, however.
"Hogan will have to get down to
about 225 pounds, and Lewis must
pick up on his hitting a little.” Chap
man said. "Myer was worn out last
year, but if he has regained his health,
he should be back in the .300 class."
Both Griffith and Buckv Harris,
manager of the Senators, received
praise from Chapman.
"Bucky is one of the best.” he said.
“The only players he ever rides are
with the other team.”
A Winter of basket ball officiating
has kept the American League speed
ster in trim. He weighed 187 pounds,
he said, just the poundage at which
he finished last season.
"I feel like I'm ready to go right
now," he said.
DEYOE SKEET VICTOR
Misses Only rive Targets in Win
ter Title Meet.
George Deyoe. crack shot of the Na
tional Capital Skeet Club, missed only
five birds in four rounds yesterday to
win the club's Winter championships.
Deyoe's rounds were 23. 24. 24 and 24,
for a total of 95.
Two behind the winner was Rums
dell, who took second place, while.
Stuart and Vance tied for third, with
92s. Stuart, however, won the shoot
oU for the show position, when he
outscored Vance, 24-21.
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GONZAGA NEEDS VICTORY.
Gonzaga's basket ball team was ex
pected to get on even terms with St.
John’s in the prep school champion
ship race today as it faced George
town Prep in the Eye Street gym. The
Garrett Parkers Io6t the first game of
the home-and-home series to Gon
zaga and have been beaten twice by
St. John’s. A victory for the Purple
will place the championship on the
Gonzaga-St. John's game at Catholic
University Saturday night.
Varied Sports
College Swimming.
Princeton. 40: Dartmouth. 35
Florida. 07; Virginia Tech. 17.
Illinois. 42: Minnesota. 42 I tie).
Wayne. 43: Case. 41.
College Wrestling.
Princeton. 22: Yale. 8.
Waynesburg, 31: Miami, P.
Michigan 17: Ohio U.. It.
Iowa State. 24V«: Iowa. < 2.
College Hockey.
McGill. 7: Harvard. 2.
Princeton. 4: Yale. 2.
St. Olaf. 2: Carleton. 1.
College Polo.
Army. 18: Penn Military. 4.
College Track.
Ohio State. 4H: Indiana. 40._
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Stripp of Dodgers Takes in
$3,700 for His Short
Course at Orlando.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
Stas Correspondent of The 8tar.
ORLANDO, Fla., February 23 —
American youth, it develop*,
*till is interested in the so
called national pastime.
Base ball’s latest big business—the
‘■school"—is proving it.
In order to make way for the Na
tionals, who have demanded Tinker
Field in readiness by next week. Prof.
Joe Stripp ‘•graduates" his 1937 class
here sometime this week. Joe Stripp
is third baseman for the Brooklyns
during the season. In the Winter he
fell into the happy project of teach
ing a diamond “school."
Without advertising on a large and
expensive scale, Stripp lured 74 young
sters to Orlando for the five-week
course. Although these figures are
not strictly official, it is understood
that the boys pay their own room,
board and transportation to Orlando
and $50 tuition apiece.
Griff Is No Truant Officer.
j^TRIPP does not have to pay ior
k the use of Tinker Field and has a
negligible overhead. When his school
reaches the "game stage" he provides
umpires and ball, etc. But. at $50 •
head, joe figures to collect a cool $3,
700 for spending two hours a day on a
ball field for five weeks. Out of this
he may Well spare a few hundreds
for expenses.
At Hot Springs. Ark., another
'■school" is going full blast. It is run
by Ray Doan, who hires such as Dizzy
Dean to serve as "dean " It's a snap
for Diz.
To the south, in Miami. Leslie Mann
conducts a school, and on the West
boast the Red Sex have opened cla ves.
The Sox, however, dc not charge
tuition.
Other ball players who failed to hit
vpon the scheme while it was hot ars
looking on with envy, but it is doubt
ful if the club owners arc so enthusi
astic. Clark Griffith, who bought Cecil
Travis by paying $100 to one of these
schools, thinks, by and large, they are
hooev. •
XT stands to reason," say* Griff,
"that a fellow like Stripp can t teach
74 boys at once how to play base ball.
They're bound to pick up some points,
but the main picking up is done by
Stripp. who gets the cash."
Maybe Joe Has Something.
JOE CASCARELLA. who probably
has the best-developed sense of
humor on the Washington club, jok
ingly is planning a big-time school
next year.
"We'll have various courses,” says
Joe. "and issue degrees. For instance,
in addition to teaching the boys how
to pitch, catch and play the infield
and outfield, we’ll go even farther.
•’We'll get Heinie Manush, let’s say.
to show them how to become the first
in a dining car and the first to gel
dressed after a ball game. Heinie is
dressed and away before anybody else
gets his shoes off in the club house.
He’s a ’fireman’ if I ever saw one.
"We can even have a course in
walking the length of a moving train
without chipping off hunks of elbow.
And we ll make hearts and pinochle
major courses in our school. Every
real ball player ought to know how to
play those games.”
BIG TEN COURT PACE
IS MADE BY ILLINOIS
Lead Gained With Victory Over
Wisconsin as Purdue Bows
to Michigan.
By the Associated Press.
QHICAGO. February 23.—Illinois
enjoyed a front rank position in
the Big Ten basket ball title chase
today by virtue of a decisive victory
over Wisconsin and some timely as
sistance from Michigan.
The Ulini were tied for first place
with Purdue before whipping Wis
consin, 48 to 31. last night while the
Boilermakers were taking it on the
chin from the Wolverines, 31 to 16.
Purdue’s defeat dropped the Boiler
makers to fourth place in the torrid
Big Ten scramble, behind Illinois,
Michigan and the fast traveling Min
nesota Gophers.
Minnesota, bumped out of the un
disputed lead by Purdue last week
end. got back on in winning form
with a 44 to 25 victory over Iowa last
night. Ohio State’s title hopes tum
bled almost beyond recovery when
Northwestern took a 44 to 29 verdict
over the Buckeyes in the other con
ference tilt last night.
The standings:
W. L. W L.
Illinois a 2 Indiana. 5 5
Minnesota.-. 7 2 Northwestern .1 n
Mrehiaan _ 7 2 Iowa _ 3 8
Purdue 7 3 Wisconsin_ 2 7
Ohio State 7 4 Chicaao O 10
Sees Need of Uniform Tennis
Kinsey Says Lack of Standardization in America
and Europe Unfair to Players.
By the Associated Press.
AN FRANCISCO, February
23.—The game of tennis, in
the opinion of Howard Kin
sey, former internationalist,
needs some repairing.
One-time Davis Cupper, now an
instructor. Kinsey said today he
thought court surfaces and balls
should be universally uniform.
He pointed out asphalt as the
popular surfacing agency in this
region, concrete in the Los Angeles
area, clay throughout the Middle
West belt and turf on Eastern
courts forming the "major circuit”
In New Jersey, Massachusetts and
New York.
"An internationalist from this
coast, such as Don Budge, faces
unusual problems,” Kinsey said.
rk
“He must adjust his game two or
three times before he gets to
Europe. In continental Europe he
must switch again because the
courts there are of a porous red
clay type. When he goes over to
England he finds turf again, call
ing readjustment of his style of
play.”
Balls, too. should be standard
ized. he said.
“Maximum measurements of •
balls used in Europe and in the
United States are the same. But
the American ball is livelier. It
has more inflation. The European
ball is slightly heavier.
"Foreigners find similar diffl- ■
cultles when they come to this
country. Universal adoption of
one type of court and ball, in my
opinion, would be a forward step.”
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