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Georgetown Headed Back to Foot Ball Heights of Little ?s Reign
•BIG STEP IS SEEN "
IN 1937 CAMPAIGN
Cftmax Runner, Ace Blocker
Needed to Make Most
* of Keen Schedule.
nBY BOD THOMAS.
IVEN a fair share of luck, old
Georgetown University this
Fall will shin a long back to
ward the foot ball heights it
•ecupied in the regime of Lou Little.
This, anyway, is the feeling among
Hilltop gridiron people as the well
balanced squad directed by Jack Ha
\ gerty moves into its final stage of
” preparation for the toughest schedule
Georgetown has faced since Colum
bia Lou's eventful reign, which ended
in 1929.
A week from tomorrow Georgetown
will play Shenandoah here in a warm
up. In order will folltiw games with
Holy Cross at Worcester, Lafayette
here, Penn in Philadelphia. Manhat
tan here, West Virginia here. New
York in Gotham and Maryland at
Griffith Stadium.
TVlip mnrmr tlioi fr\*» eovon onnio.
eutive weeks the Blue and Gray will
battle major foes.
Up to the Backfield.
\\/HETHER the Hoyas come
' ' through the ‘'suicide" campaign
with success will depend most likely
on its backfield. Last year only one
touchdown was scored through the
Georgetown line and only one diffi
cult replacement—for A1 Vaccaro at
tackle—is needed to make the wall
a* strong, if not stronger, than it was
in '36. The material is at hand, ap
parently to plug the hole, what with
the presence of Clem Stralka, Pat
Brady and Tom Robertson, letter men,
and Red Daly, former Western High
player and promising sophomore.
The hold-over guards are Joe and
m John Franks, Lou Shuker. Fred Te
haan and Jim Hill. Joe Franks prob
ably will be a greatly improved line
man. A lot of his time was used up
last season in an attempt to make j
him a blocking back but, this Fall !
he is giving all his effort to the line
Job.
On the flanks the Hoyas should do
very well indeed with the seasoned
Maury Nee, A1 Snyder, Dave Noonan :
and John Cavadine.
And at center—ah. people, George
town has sump’n’. If a better middle
man than Law Hardy played in the j
East last season some of the most
observing experts did not take note.
Now their captain, the Hoyas look
to him not only as an all-round fine
performer but also a splendid leader.
His understudy is John Riofski. who,
Incidentally, has a sprained wrist.
^ Moulin a Strategist.
TT WON'T be a surprise to some if
Elmer Moulin, quarterback, be
comes the star of the Georgetown
backfield. In his freshman and so
phomore years Elmer, the only foot
ball player we know without a nick- :
name, intrigued the coaches with an
Insatiable inquisitiveness. He's a i
thlnker-up of foot ball problems and i
Hagerty says of him:
“I doubt if there's a situation that ■
possibly could come up on a foot ball i
field that Moulin hasn't Inquired
into."
He can think under fire also. As an
* example, Georgetown blew a touch
down opportunity last year when the
ball carrier wouldn’t heed Elmer's yell
to lateral. Later analysis proved
Moulin's calculation of odds eminently
sound.
Hagerty, himself harassed with flu,
Js haunted with thoughts of injuries.
At no time during the 1936 campaign
was Georgetown without an injured
key man. But for casualties the Hoyas
m easily might have finished unde
foatnel rTt-« AT! nlnm/i mod rtf t Viftir
games not only with a star or two
missing, but with the entire works 1
slowed by minor ailments, yet lost
only to Manhattan and Miami.
Keating a Question Mark.
VVTHETHER Moulin or Tom Keating
’' will be the regular general this
season is one of a number of such ,
problems the coaching staff will pass
on during the coming week. The
squad is shot through with tight rival- ,
rles and Hagerty plans to name his
first string line-up only a day or two i
before the Shenandoah game and this <
•Will be half tentative.
Keating, a player of varied talent,
looked to be a backfleld wow in the
making as a sophomore, but was so
hampered last season by injury that
hjs true ability couldn't be deter
mined. i
In the Maryland game Joe Keegin
looked to this reporter to be the most
dependable ball carrier in the George
town backfleld but not of the type
that the Hoyas, with that rock-ribbed
line and with at least one discerning
• nd generous blocking back, could
t make the most use of. The Blue and
Gray hasn't possessed an honest-to
heaven go-to-town runner since Coach
Hagerty finished his varsity career in
1926.
Tony Barabas, whose brothers Steve
and A1 preceded him with distinction
as pigskin steeds—Steve at Georgetown
ana ai at Columbia—might be the
man of the moment. Tony started at
Georgetown as an end, and last season
- Was transferred to the backfled be
cause of his speed. That needed
blocker may be Wilfred Valiquette, a
Junior, who also is swift enough to
carry the mail on time.
Fullback Job Is Open
TIM DOOLEY, the only fullback car
* ry-over from last year, is fighting
for his job with Sophomore Myron
Darmohray and Junior Charley Wy
chunas also hot after it. Bob Wolan,
a veteran, Is almost sure to see lots
* of service as runner, kicker and passer.
The Hoyas have several capable hoot
ers and heavers.
With few of the players certain of
regular places and seven of eight
games presenting opportunities galore
for nearly all, the Georgetown squad is
thoroughly on its toes at this urriting
and the constant hustling figures to
produce a lot of efficiency. Give the
team a climax ball-toter and a first
rate blocker and the prestige-hungry
Georgetown adherents, for a time at
least, will quit harking back to the
Hilltop days of Little.
* And another word on this point—
the 1937 freshman squad at George
town is its classiest in years.
Yep, once again it seems the paths
»f glory are opening up to the Blue
and Gray, and, in passing, at least a
tulip to Father Keogh and Gabe Mur
phy for arranging this season's
'Schedule. m
Redskins’ Pro Foot-Baugh Team Learns Something About Passing From Tinsley as Chicards Triumph
Malone about to score with tying touchdown after
taking sling from Sammy in first period.
—Star Staff Photos.
w
Grosvenor, who proved a star at kicking and passing as well as ball toting for the victorious invaders,
snapped while returning a kick-off 20 yards from the 15 to the 35 yard line in the second quarter. Tangle u
shown blocking Malone out of the play.
And here’s Tinsley racing to the second of his
three touchdowns after one of his numerous
neat hits of pass snatching.
CRIMPS REDSKINS
Sam Off Form as Cards Win,
but Flaherty Lays Loss to
Great Tinsley.
BY BILL DISMER. Jr.
ONE all-America beat four all
Americas last night at Grif
fith Stadium, but 25 of the
Washington Redskins' 26
man squad were convinced today that
had their predominant all-star been
in shape they would not be deplor
ing their first defeat of the 1937
National League season.
The only one not of the otherwise
unanimous opinion was the ailing
member himself—Slingin' Sam Baugh
—who by his defiance had gained
a new respect from his teammates.
Baugh nearly didn't play last night,
and had Coach Ray Flaherty not al
lowed sentiment to get the better of
his judgment his most sensational
rookie would have seen the entire
game from the bench. For Sammy
was suffering from a cold which set
tled above the kidneys, not only caus
ing him extreme annoyance but
tightening up every throwing muscle
1110 uuuj.
All day yesterday and most of
every 24-hour period for three days
previous Baugh spent under a heating
lamp, trying to "sweat out” the cold.
Despite the treatment, Baugh failed
to benefit, and two hours before game
time Flaherty was determined not
to play the Slinger at all. Sammy,
however, the last one in the world to
alibi, insisted that he start—and fin
ish—the game, which he did. Fla
rierty said it must have pained his
throwing ace every time he got off
jne of his specialties, yet Baugh.
5partan-like, vigorously denied that
he felt so much as a twinge.
Tingley Wins Tribute.
If the above sounds like alibiing of
he 21-14 loss to the Chicago Cardinals
>n the part of the Washington coach,
et the impression be cleared up at
>nce. Far from thinking his team
ihould have won, Flaherty was loud
n praise of Gaynell Tinsley, the
Cardinals’ all-America end from L.
5. U., who lived up to his reputation
f ever an all-America did.
Almost single handedly Tinsley
matched and ran away with the ball
came, accounting for all three of
Chicago's touchdowns on catches and
lashes ranging from 5 to 45 yards.
He opened the scoring before the
came was five minutes old by taking
Doug Russell's short pass in midfield
md galloping down the sidelines for
,he remaining 45 yards. He gave the
Cards a 13-7 lead later in the same
luarter on an almost duplicate play,
snatching George Grosvenor’s pass
Jn the Redskins’ 40 and again trip
ling to the score. And for the third
time, with the game apparently des
tined for a 14-14 tie, he sent the
22,367 into fits when he matched a
short pass from above the upstretched
arms of four Redskins on the goal
lne and stepped across the last white
line.
Except for the last, which necessi
tated only a step to the scoring sone.
Tinsley exhibited Mercury-like speed
in getting to the pay-off zone. Upon
matching his first two touchdown
passes he was within reaching dis
tance of Redskin tackles, yet he never
was tackled, simply because he was
fast enough to outrun them In a
man-to-man race.
“We knew he was good,” Flaherty
declared in the dressing room after
the game, “but we hadn't prepared
for anything like he turned out to
be.”
Card Line Surprises.
Another thing the Redskins hadn’t
anticipated was the granite-like line
produced by the Cardinals. Except
for Cliff Battles, the local attack was
well nigh frustrated, with Interfer
ence runners being slammed into
their own ball carriers by the rough
and able Cards. They didn’t fail
to rush Baugh on his passes, either,
which, plus his condition—or lack
of it—gave the Slinger a record of
only il completed passes in 29 heaves.
At that, it was a great game, with
the Redskins producing the real
thrills and gaining new admirers by
twice tying the score after the visi
tors had assumed leads. Three passes
by Baugh, with Wayne Millner and
Charley Malone fighting their way to
further gains after getting the ball,
featured the first touchdown which
was made without surrendering the
ball after the Redskins had received
the kick-off following the Cards’ first
six-pointer.
The Redskins waited until the
third quarter to tie at 14-14, but Jpt
manner In which they did It e^
Varsity Foot Ball
EAST.
Bucknfll 21: Ursinus- 0.
Duquesne. 33; Wgynenburt 7
Temple. IS; Virginia Military Acad
emy 7.
Geneva. 0: Lock Haven Teachers 0.
Morris Harvey. 7; Marietta, fi.
St. Vincent. 2fi; Glenvllle Teachers, n.
West Chester Teachers. 7, Slipper
Rock. 0.
SOUTH.
Georgia Tech. 59 Presbyterian fi.
Auburn. 19; Birmingham-Southern. 0.
Citadel. 35; Newberry. 0
Appalachian. 39; Cumberland 0
Apprentice School, 20. William and
Mary (Norfolk). fi.
Mercer. 77: Statesboro Teachers O
Mississippi Teachers. J9. Louisiana Col
lege. 0.
Southwpstrrn Louisiana. 52; Southwest
Mississippi. 7.
Middle Tennessee. 20 West Tennessee fi
Northeast L. 8. U.. Ill Montlcella A i
Si M 0.
WEST.
Detroit. BO: Hillsdale. O.
Dayton. 28; Wittenberg 7.
Drake. 32: Washington 'St. Louis), 2.
Muskineum. 19; Otterbein fi.
Heknloers 14: Ashland o.
Denison. 45: Defiance 7
St. Louis, 37: James Milliken. 0.
Hope fi: Olivet. O
Kalamazoo 22; Albion, fi.
Superior. 18; Aberdeen Teachers. 0.
North Dakota. 75 St. Thomas. 2.
Conway Teachers. 2fi: Springfield Teach
ers o.
Western Kentucky. 7: Pittsburg Teach
ers o.
Emporia. 12: Washburn, fi
Cornell (Iowa) B-" fi; Cl'iver-Stock
ton. 0.
Moorhead. 13: La cross Teachers, fi.
Virginia Junior, fi; Northland o.
Peru Teachers, fi Maryville Teachers, fi.
Warrensburg Teachers 9; Tarkio. o.
Ottawa. 38: Haskell 0.
Beloit. 8: Dubuque fi
Missouri 4 B.** 38- Ctiillicothe. 20.
Gustavus Adolphus, 13; 8t. John’*
(Minn.). 12.
Bemidji Teachers. 7fi: Itasca Junior. 0.
York. 7fi: McCook. 0.
St. Mary’s (Minn ), fi: Winona Teac.h
•rs. fi.
Wahpeton Science. 15: Bottineau For
esters. o.
Hardin-Simmons. 21; Murray Teach
ers. O.
Centenary. 38 Oklahoma City. 0.
Oklahoma Baptist. 7; Quachi'a. fi.
West Texas State. 19: D'iniel Baker. 7.
Denver. 12: Colorado Mines. 0.
Cher.ey Teachers, 13; Linfleld. 7.
U. C. L. A.. 2fi: Oregon. 13.
Oregon Normal, fi. Pacific University, fi.
Howard Payne. 12 San Marcos Teach
ers. 7.
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press
CHICAGO— Holman Williams. 133.
Chicago, stopped Oillito Ramlerz. 144.
Mexico. <3 >.
HOLLYWOOD Calif —Pablo Dano.
122. Manila, outpointed Kaio Umio
Gen. 124. Toklo. (10).
SAN FRANCISCO.—Ray Actis. lfll la.
San Francisco knocked out Buddy
Holzhauer. 17314. Los Angeles. (101.
SAN DIEGO. Calif.—Cowboy Charlie
Cobb. 143. Texas, outpointed Charlie
Pope. 142li. Kewanee. HI. ilOl.
BIDDEFORD Me.—Young Byron.
141. Boston, knocked out Steve Salek.
140. Lowell. Mass. (3).
ATLANTIC CITY. N J —Young Gene
Buffalo. 147. Philadelphia, outpointed
Wickey Harkins. 147. Germantown.
Pa. (IS).
PHILADELPHIA.—Frank Donofrio.
173. Philadelphia, knocked out Billy
Ketchell. 172>,a. Philadelphia (3).
MONCTON. New Brunswick—Bill
Sparks 1.A, Amherst. Nova Scotia,
knocked out Frits Schmeling, 100,
Boston (7).
pensatea ior ine ceiay. a two-man
attack, Baugh and Cliff Battles, mak
ing his 1837 debut, was launched, with
the former passing and Cliff crashing
the line in a manner befitting the
league's best running back. Finally,
from the 12-yard line Baugh got off
a perfect heave to Cliff, who caught
it on the 5, stumbled, fell to the
ground and then got up and stag
gered across the goal. As he had
done before, Riley Smith tied the
count with a placement..
Millner Misses Great Chance.
Only cruel fate prevented the Red
skins from tying the score in the
list three minutes of the game, for
Millner, who played a bang-up game
at end, just missed a pass over the
goal line with no. enemy player near.
The threat was the culmination of
a spirited drive which had started
on Washington’s own 5-yard line,
with Baugh throwing the first heave
from a spread formation. Twice
Millner caught Sammy's throws, go
ing to the Chicago 45-yard line and
12-yard line in two plays before
fate—and the timekeeper—called a
halt.
Unt-m and Summary.
Pos. Redskins. Cardinal*.
L.E.-Millner - Deskin
L- T- Edward*_ Baker
L. O_Olsson _ Volok
£■ _-Kawal -Harmon
5- O.-Karcher___ Carter
R. T-Barber _Robinson
R E-Malone _ Tinsley
Q. B-Smith _ Tipton
B. H-Plnckert_Grosvenor
L H-Baugh - Russell
P. B. — Irwin _ Bangle
Referee—William Holloran. Umpire—
Paul Menton. Head linesman—Stan Baum
gartner. Field Judge—Bernard J. Ebert*.
Score by periods:
Chicago _ 14 0 0 7—71
Washington _7 o 7 o—14
Chlcsgo scoring, touchdowns—Tinsley
<3*. points from try sfter touchdown.
Boker (placement. 3). Washington scor
ing. touchdowns—Malone. Battles <sub for
Irwin); points from try after touchdown,
Smith (placement. 7).
Chicago substitutions—Ends. Smith. Wil
son- tacklea Blazine, Miller, Nolan; guards.
Cuppolettl. Morrow: center. Dugsn: ba-ks
Lawrence. Parker, Reed. May, Crass. Rus
sell. Coffey.
Washington substitutions—Ends. Mc
Chesney. B. Smith; tackles. Bond. Young:
guards. Michaels. Carroll. Kahn: center,
O. Smith; backs Battles Krause, Britt.
Statistics.
Redskins. Cardinals.
10_ First downs _ in
09 -Yards gained rushing_210
32_Forward passes_ 8
14_ Completed passes_ 4
l_Fasses intercepted by_ X
10 _ Punts _ B
35_Average of punts_44
10_ Fenaltlei_t*_in
9__ Fumbles _ 4
§_Fumbles fooovered-r1_ 1
BIG THRONGS SEE
EARLY GRID TILTS
Half Million Fans Expected
Out for Score of Major
Contests Today.
Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 25
Close to a half million foot
ball fans—a big crowd in any
man's language—were expect
ed to turn out for a score of the big
games today as the curtain rolled up
for the grand opening of the 1937
season.
This gathering, unusual for this time
of the year to say the least, was at
tracted by a schedule that would do
credit to mid-October, when the
‘major” attractions usually are just
starting. In every section, from the
conservative East, native habitat of
the gridiron "pushover,” to the Pacific
Coast, there were meetings between
outstanding teams and the crowds that
turn out annually for such games.
Starting the Far Western season off
wdth a bang, and incidentally giving
an early line on the conference cham
pionship and Rose Bowl prospects,
California and St. Mary's expected to
lure 60.000 customers through the
gates; Stanford and Santa Clara
looked for 40.000, while the inter
sectional clash which found Wash
ington favored over Iowa's Hawkeyes
was expected to draw 35,000.
Columbus Turns Out.
'T'HE frfur-sUr attraction of them
A all, however, was the meeting in
that notoriously foot ball-mad town
of Columbus. Ohio, of Ohio State and
Texas Christian. The Buckeyes an
ticipated a gathering of 75.000. Co
lumbus wasn’t far ahead of Minneapo
lis in foot ball fever, however, for
52.000 were expected to watch mighty
Minnesota belt over North Dakota
State.
Three other Big Ten outfits. Illinois,
Indiana and Purdue, faced stiff oppo
sition in Ohio University. Centre and
Butler, respectively, om, Wisconsin
wasn’t looking for trouble from South
Dakota State.
In the East two teams whose foot
ball fortunes appear to be rising. Cor
nell and Penn State, met at Ithaca in
the banner game. Dartmouth, facing
Bates, was the only other “Ivy League”
member to swing into action, but Navy
started off with an intersectional con
test against William and Mary and
Pittsburgh, leading long-distance can
didate for national honors, faced Ohio
Wesleyan.
The South, off to an early start last
week, offered Vanderbllt-Kentucky as
its biggest game, with Tulane-Clemson,
Duke-Virginia Tech, Louisiana State
Florida, Tennessee-Wake Pftrest and
North Carolina-South Carolina in the
second division.
Temple Given Battle.
\ LTHOUGH Texas Christian was
the only Southwest Conference
team to tackle major opposition, Dana
Bible’s Texas Longhorns, making a
fresh bid for power under their new
and expensive coach, weren’t looking
for a breather against Texas Tech.
Last night the Temple Owls gave
Coach Pop Warner his 300th victory,
but it required considerable effort to
down Virginia Military. 18-7. Buck
nell beat Ursinus, 21-0, and Duquesne
trimmed Waynesburg, 33-7, in other
Eastern games. Georgai Tech served
warning on its Southwestern Confer
ence rivals by walloping Presbyterian.
59-0; Auburn conquered Birmingham
Southern, 19-0; the Citadel trimmed
Newberry, 35-0, and Mercer hit the
high spots with a 77-0 victory over
Statesboro, Ga., Teachers.
In the Midwest Detroit routed Hills
dale, 60-0; St. Louis University de
feated James Milliken, 37-0, and Wash
burn, another Missouri Valley Con
ference member, was upset, 12-8, by
Emporia, Kans., Teachers. Centenary,
a strong Southern outfit, trimmed
Oklahoma City, 38-0, in an intersec
tional clash. Drake defeated Wash
ington University, ^2-2.
U. C. L. A. defeated Oregon, 26-13,
in the first game of the Pacific Coast
Conference season, and Denver turned
back Colorado Mines, 12-0, in the
Rocky Mountain sector.
Minor Leagues
PLAYOFF RESULTS.
International.
Newark, 10; Baltimore, 7.
American Association.
Columbus-Milwaukee, rain.
Texas.
Port Worth, 3; Oklahoma City, 1.
Southern Association. .
Little Rock. 1; Atlanta/*.
PERCE IEEE GUT
WITH BROKEN RIBS
Star Misses District Loop
Opening After Mishap
Playing With Son.
The country’* fifth ranking bowler 1
was all set to *tart the season with hi*
championship Occidental Restaurant
team in the District League Thurs
day night, but a singular mishap
not only prevented his appearance in
the inaugural match, but will keep
him out of action for at least a month.
While playing with his son at his
home, Perce Wolfe, rated second only .
to At tor Clarke among Washington’s ,
bowlers in the last annual rankings,
slipped and fractured two ribs.
The accident thus gave Perce El- ]
lett, president of the Washington City
Duckpin Association and one of the
city's top-flight bowlers a decade ago,
a chance to roll with Occidental. The
champions were little depressed by the
substitution, starting the season where
they left off by making a clean sweep
of their three-game set with the i
Heurich Brewers. Rattling off games
! of #16, 607 and 622, the Restaurant 1
team never was pressed until the
final game. Then, five straight spares
in the final box, together with Capt. |
Dutch Newman's 160, proved the mar
gin of victory.
Arcadia Beats Georgetown.
'yHE only other match of the night
found Arcadia taking the first
two games from Georgetown Recrea
tion until being stopped by Recrea
tion’s 668 count in the third. Paulie
Harrison and two new stars. Ray Wat
son and Fred Murphy, led Arcadia's
assault. Although Harrison had a
386 set, he was topped by Ed Nash^ •
whot shot 392 for Recreation.
Joe Freschi came through with the '
high set of the night, missing the
charmed 400 mark by only one stick? i
His games were 135, 132 and 132.
Astor Clarke, the Nation's ranking
No. 1 bowler, hit for 369, while Bill i
Krauss, whose 125-34 average estab
lished an all-time league record last i
season, started off with a 372 set.
_ i
Warner If High Man. '
J LOYD WARNER, with a high game
of 152 and set of 406, topped the
National Capital League s opening at
Luckey Strike Alleys ... his cham
pionship Daily News team was ’way
off form, however, dropping the set
to the new Washington Beef and
Provision team . . . Johnny Shenos ’
led the victors with a 381 set, featured I
by a 137 game . . . The Miscellaneous I
Tax Unit League found five teams :
opening the season with clean sweeps ]
. . . They were the Boondoggles. Easy :
Marks. 5-x, Marksmen and Sand- i
blowers . . . Vivian Nolan of Treasury ]
was the individual star in the Ladies’
Federal League with a 145 game and
356 set . . . The R. P. C. and Marine ’
teams copped team scoring honors with .
a 528 game and 1.528 set, respectively
. . . Alberta Pollard, a new name on .
the champion W. A. C. S. team, fea
tured the What’s In a Name League *
opening matches with live strikes . . . ’
Her set was 312 and hedped her team .
take three straight from Standards ... J
Ruth Moran, a teammate, had high
game, 117.
HAWORTH IS NAMED
TO D. C. RING BOARD
Attorney, Former Boxer-Soldier,
Suoceedi Parkinson—Will Be
Installed Friday.
pAUL E. HAWORTH, local attorney
and former clerk of the War
Claims Committee of the House, will 1
be Installed a member of the District 1
Boxing Commission Friday, it has been 1
announced by the District Commis- ’
sioners. Haworth succeeds Kenneth
Parkinson, who recently resigned.
Haworth, a native of Lawrence, (
Kans., competed as a featherweight in ■
the allied boxing tournaments held at
the famous National Sporting Club in
London during the Winter dl 1818 and
1819, reaching the semi-final round on
one occasion and the final on another.
Gene Tunney, former world heavy
weight champion, was a product of the
same tourneys.
The 42-year-old lawyer enlisted in
the Australian Army in 1814, and
served in the Infantry for five years.
He obtained his law degree at the Uni
versity of Kansas and has been in law
practice here since 1930. A
V> .'
POPPING
OFF" Stan..
Offering a Redskins* Autopsy.
IT SEEMS the rest of the National Foot Ball League clubs are not quite
ready to concede the pennant to the Redskins. Sweeping «ut of Chicago,
led by brilliant ends and a fine plunging and passing back, the Cardinals
upset the Redskins. 21 to 14, and in the process exhibited a few flaws in Mr.
Ueorge P. Marshall's outfit. It was quite a night. More than 22.000 customers
aid it on the line, for one incidental, and for another the local gamblers took
t on the chin. At game time they were offering 4 to 1 on the Cards.
Halfback George Grosvenor, End Gaynell Tinsley and a lot of guys
'rom Kirksville Teachers, Hardin Simmons and Chadron Teachers made it
l pretty rough evening on the gambling fraternity, not to mention Mr.
Marshall and his Redskins. It is not likely the Cards will go into any more
fames on the short end of 4-to-l odds. Few are picking them to win the
ihamDionshiD but thev definitely seem <•—
0 be the "up6et team” of the league.!
rhey knocked off the world champion ■
3reen Bay Packers, to open the season, 1
md then lost to Detroit. Now they
eave town with the scalps of the sup
josedly invincible Redskins.
They did not exactly push the
Redskins around last night.
Without knowing much about
inside foot boll I would my the
Cards simply surprised the
Washingtonians.
Tinsley proved to be one of the most
imaging foot ball players and oppor
tunists ever to set foot in Griffith
Itadium. With a bow to Sammy
3augh he was by all odds last night the
>est man on the field. Not only did he
Tab passes to score all three of the
Cardinal touchdowns but Tinsley, and
derail Deskin and Billy Wilson, who
ilso are ends, seemed to toss several
food-sized wrenches into the Redskins'
iffensive workings.
Redskins' Points Come Fancy.
yiR. BAUGH was no bum out there.
L He completed an admirable quota
if passes, and both of Washington's
ouchdowns came as a result of those
lasses. But it probably has been some
lme since Sam Adrian of Temple,
rex., was as harassed by ends as
jy those determined wingmen of the
Cardinals.
In line with this autopsy business, it
leems to me that an important note
in the Redskins is that in 120 min
itea of play so far they haven't scored
1 point on straight foot ball yet—
whatever the term "straight foot ball”
nay mean in this day ana league.
Vhst Is meant here, though. Is that
igalnst the Giants last week Mr.
llley Smith kicked two field goals
ind scored a touchdown by intercept
ng an enemy pass.
Last night Cliff Battle* and
Charlie Malone crossed the goal
line for the Redskins and both
did It after catching one of
Siingtn' Sam's strikes.
This may or may not be important,
rhe Redskins should have a powerful
rround attack, what with running
tacks like Battles and Don Erwin and
laugh, and blocking backs like Ernie
•inckert and Smith. Maybe it is
lgured the shortest distance to the
inemy goal is via the air. That is
ogical. I am only wondering.
Tinsley Vindicates Cards' Judgment.
^IMTING back to this Tinsley—and
the Redskins were back of him
hree poignant times last night—he
eems to be Baugh's chief rival for
he title of the National league's
lutstanding rookie of the year. Last
eason TufTy Lee mans of the Giants
vas the prize. Now the crop seems
argor and classier.
Because they ran last in the league
n 1936, Chicago's Cardinals were
liven first choice in the college draft,
rhey chose Tinsley of Louisiana State.
For two straight years he
had been an all-America selec
tion at end, but, even so, Chi
sago's choice caused a lifting
af eyebrows.
Outside of Grosvenor, who was
mown on a large scale only to the
National League trade, the Cards had
ew "name” player* and it was ex
>ected that a great back like Baugh
>r Sam Francis or Falaschi would be
;he No. 1 choice of the tall-enders.
Instead, they grabbed Tinsley and
it the moment the Cards probably
lave the two best ends In foot ball
n Gaynell and Bill Smith of the Cni
'ersity of Washington. Smith was
>urt and could not play last night,
ixcept for a few stray seconds, but
hey say that, if anything, he is better
han, Tinsley.
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TJEIGH ho and getting back to the
autopsy, it was another great
show staged by Mr. Marshall and J.
Kingsbury Espey, his general manager.
Augmenting the Redskins' fine or
chestra, and a crooner who really can
sing, was a second band. Mr. Mar
shall's weather luck held and the turn
out should have been mo6t gratifying.
I wonder if G. Preston antici
pated drawing 48,000 cash eus
ttomers to his first two games
when he brought the Redskins
to Washington.
I think the Redskins are better than
they showed last night. If they have
any outstanding weaknesses they must
be in the center of the line. Millner,
at end, and big Turk Edwards, a tackle,
have been great. Baugh is everything
people said he would be and Battles
needed that game last night under his
belt. The Redskins simply looked as
if they were caught off guard.
As for the game Itself, it was an
other wow. It was a mellerd rammer
from start to finish, when 22.367 cus
tomers (Redskins’ count) Jumped to
their feet to see a movieiand bid for
a tie game fail by precious Inches on
pass plays.
Offhand, I would say that pro foot
ball is here to stay for a while.
START HOPEFULLY
Improvement Over ’36 Seen
as Shippensburg Is Met
on Enemy’s Field.
Anticipating the best record
in the school's three-year
association with foot ball,
Wilson Teachers became the
first of Washington's ‘ Little Three”
colleges to open the season, when
they Invaded Shippensburg, Pa., for
a tilt with the Shippensburg State
Teachers as an opening-game foe for
the third successive year.
Although he predicts no undefeated
season in the face of six games, "Doc”
White, the old Chicago pitcher, coach
ing at Wilson for the third year, does
say that he expects a better team than
last year, which lost all but one of its
games—which it tied. More and big
ger players are the reasons.
Bolstered by a group of freshmen,
big, but green, the squad numbers
nearly 30 men, although some have
been in training little more than a
week. For that reason, White will use
two full teams today.
Eastern Alumni Play.
'J'HREE former Eastern High School
players will start their first col
legiate game—LaSalle, a tackle, and
Hart and Streitsberger, backs. Lewis,
a center, who has seen service with
both Roosevelt and Devitt, will be at
the snapper-back post. Five veterans
IN BELMONT GOLF
Erases M’Spaden to Reach
Third Round—Little Is
Strong Favorite.
By tht Associated Treat.
BELMONT. Mass. September 25.
Lawson Little of San Francis
co. last remaining favorite in
Belmont's $12.000*open tour
nament, matched strokes against a
former open titlist, Johnny Farrell,
today as an all-star group of the Na
tion's top flight golfers met in the
third round.
Little became the favorite with the
defeat of Sam Snead of White Sulphur
Springs. W. Va, and Denny Shute,
Boston's two-time P. G. A. champion.
The former amateur king was a 6-1
favorite to capture the $3,000 first
money in Tuesday's final.
Farrell holed a 15-foot putt on the
nineteenth yesterday to knock out Jim
my Demarest of Texas, then came bark
to whip Tony Manero of Salem. Mass,
the medalist, by 5 and 4 in the second
round.
Cox Beats McSpaden.
| TITLE eliminated Art Straub of
Brtelle. N. J., 3 and 2; then Emile
Mashie of Fitchburg, Mass., 5 and 3
In the other 36-hole matches of the
upper half of the draw Henry Picard
of Hershey, Pa . met Wifly Cox of
Washington. D. C., who knocked out
the Bay State's Harold “Jug” Mc
Spaden of Winchester yesterday; Jim
my Thomson of Shawnee, Pa., met
Johnny Revolt* of Chicago, and Ralph
Guldahl, also of the Windy City, faced
t*aui Runyan. the White Plains. N. Y.
pro. who eliminated the promising A1
Brosch of Farmingdale, N. Y., yester
day.
In the lower half of the draw Clar
ence Clark of Bloomfield. N. J.. met
Charlie Lacey of Great Neck. Long
Island: Byron Nelson of Reading. Pa ,
encountered Ray Mangrum of Day
ton, Ohio: Dick Metz of Chicago, who
erased Ray Billows of Poughkeepsie,
the tourney's last amateur, met Mortie
Dutra of Royal Oak. Mich.. Snead's
conqueror, and Leo Diegel of Phila
delphia faced ‘'Lighthorse” Harry
Cooper of Chicago.
from last year—Ervin and Foster,
ends: Fishbein, tackle; Winter, quar
terback, and Thomas halfback, will
furnish the team's experience. The
two guards, Jenkins and Walker, are
new faces, both to scholastic and col
legiate followers. As a whole, the
starting line-up will average 170
pounds.
Shippensburg will be the first of six
opponents, with the rest of the sched
ule as follows:
October 9, Kutztown Teachers, at
Kutztown. Pa.; 16, Bridgewater, at
Bridgewater; 23. Gallaudet. at Ken
dall Green; November 13. Millersville
Teachers, here; 20, Shepherd Teach
ers, at Shepherdstown, W. Va
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