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‘War of Nerves9 Hinges on Whether Cincinnati or St Louis Is First to CracJq
Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS E. STAN.
Sabotage Charges Plus a Few Passing Remarks
From Philadelphia comes word that Owner-Coach Bert Bell of the
professional football Eagles is going around and predicting that Davey
O'Brien will finish his National League freshman year as the forward
passing champion. Down here in Washington there are some people who
are afraid that Mr. Bell will be correct, technically. And so may come
the revolution.
You see, it's a pretty important distinction for a pro football team
to have the world champion passer on its roster. People like forward
passes. They like a pass better than any other play in the game and it
follows they will pay to see the greatest aerial artist perform. This was
proved in 1937 by Sammy Baugh of the Redskins and proved again last
year by the same fellow, although Sammy was a battered lad last season
and not up to standard.
So naturally a fellow like George Presto Marshall of the Redskins
isn’t rooting for Mr. Bell's broth of a boy, Davey O'Brien, to win the title.
And neither is Mr. Tim Mara of the Giants, who owns a chap named
Ed Danowski. They are going to battle L'l Davey right down to the last
round, they are and at the moment the Redskins, especially, are in a
battling mood for they were the first to come into contact with O’Brien,
and after the war between Baugh and O'Brien was over they screamed
of sabotage.
Ray Flaherty Says He Completed Seven
It develops that in addition to the pass that scored the game's only
touchdown. Sambo completed a few others. Coach Ray Flaherty, for
Instance, insists that Baugh completed seven. Other guesses range from
five to eight. But on the official Philadelphia records Sambo was credited
with only four completed passes.
One of the Philadelphia scorers admitted after the game that he
didn't count a Baugh-to-Ed Justice heave, which was good for a sizable
gain. “It wasn't completed,” he insisted. "The officials called interference
by a Philadelphia back on Justice and although the gain was allowed
Justice did not actually hold the ball .. .”
This sent the Redskins howling for blood and sharpening their
6calping knives. This is like refusing to concede a base on balls because
the umpire decided the pitcher had delivered four pitches wide of the
plate. Or refusing to chalk up a basket ball point because It was made
on a foul shot.
Bonura Perennially Led the First Basemen
It may develop that forward passing figures, like baseball fielding
averages, will become meaningless. When he was playing in the American
League Zeke Bonura perennially led the first basemen in fielding. Thus,
according to the loose jaws of the averages, he was the fanciest of the
Fancy Dans with a glove on his' hook. He was a wondrous double-play
man, too, and once.he set the record for chances accepted. He hardly
made any errors.
Nothing was more ridiculous. At the time—and he may still be—
the best fielding first baseman in the American League was Joe Kuhel.
He ranked sixth, causing even Babe Ruth to snort indignantly and
made a public declaration in behalf of Kuhel.
As for Bonura, he couldn't field a lick. He made no errors because
he rarely reached anything except balls that were thrown or hit straight
to him. He figured in many double plays because Jackie Hayes and
Luke Appling engineered them and all he did was take the throw from
second base. Although he knocked over 440 runs in four years with
the White Sox he was traded because of his fielding ineptness. And,
although he batted across 112 runs for Washington last year, he was
waived out of the circuit at the end of the campaign.
Zeke now is completing his first year in the National League—on
the bench. The Giants Intend to dispose of him this winter. It is
rumored he will go to the minors. All because he can't field, although
the averages insist that he can.
Players Rate Baugh as the Best
Unless the football league moguls find some way to improve their
passing-average system, the same circumstances may develop. Practically
every pass completed so far by O'Brien has been a short, flat pass. This
can be as short as four or five yards and completed behind the line of
scrimmage. Against the Redskins this was the only type of pass that
O’Brien completed. When and if a gain was made it was because the
player who grabbed the ball ran for that yardage.
Pro players, among themselves, rate Baugh as the best passer of
them all. Sammy is counted as good as OBrien on flat passes and
shovels and far better on long passes and heaves down the middle.
OBrien, they say, can t throw his passes down the middle because he is
so small that he cannot see over the heads of the onrushing linemen and
thus spot his receiver.
Baugh, and then Ed Danowski, Arnold Herber of the Green Bay
Packers and Jack Robbins of the Chicago Cardinals, say the pro players.
We asked Ray Flaherty about Davey on the train back from Phila
delphia. The Redskins had won, 7 to 0, but O'Brien had distinguished
himself in defeat. At the time nobody knew of the passing figures re
leased on Baugh and so there was no bitterness on Flaherty’s lips when
he spoke.
■'O’Brien’s a good little player," conceded Ray. ‘‘He's smart and he
runs well. He's always a threat when he's got the ball but not when
he passes it, unless the enemy slips up and lets the receiver of a flat
pass get away. But he isn’t a real good passer. He can't throw down
the middle and he can't throw it far."
If he couldn't run the ball, Ray, would Davey still be good enough
for this league? Could he get away just as a passer?
"No," Flaherty said, flatly. ‘"The woods are full of beter passers.
Fortunately for O'Brien, he does all right when he packs the ball."
Major League Statistics
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1939.
AMERICAN
Results Yesterday.
Boston. 7: Phlladelnhia. 5.
Cleveland. 5: Detroit. 4.
Other clubs not scheduled.
STANDINGS.
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•Won 102. tLost 102.
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW.
ft Y. at Wash . 3. N. Y. at Wash.. 3.
Phila. at Boston. Phila. at Boston.
Detroit at Cleveland. Det. at Cleve. (21.
It. L. at Chicago (2). St. L. at Chicago (2).
NATIONAL
Results Yesterday.
Cincinnati, fl—in: Pittsburgh, 0—0.
St Louis. .1: Chicago. 2.
Other clubs not scheduled.
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GAMES TODAY.. GAMES TOMORROW.
Pitts, at Cincin. (2). Pittsburgh at Cinci.
Chicago at St. Louis. Chicago at St. Louis.
Brooklyn at Phila Brooklyn at Phlla.
Boston at New York. Boston at N. Y. (2).
Major College
Grid Warfare
Opens Today
4
Southern, Southwest
Conference Big-Time
Teams Get Started
By HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 —San Jose
State, the little California college
where Glenn (Pop) Warner is an
“advisory” coach this year after a
long career of developing great foot
ball teams, plays its third game of
the season tonight against the Uni
versity of San Francisco.
That’s a sign the 1939 football sea*
son really is under way, although
another week or two will pass before
all the "major” teams get into ac
tion. San Jose already has knocked
off Montana State and Texas A. St I.,
while the burly San Francisco Dons
fell before St. Mary’s of Texas last
week.
Only Big Games in South.
Big-time competition, however, is
limited to the South. Three South
ern Conference games, involving a
couple of. possible contenders for
Duke’s title, start the season, and
nearly every team in the circuit is
due for action of some sort.
North Carolina, Duke's perennial
rival, takes on The Citadel for its
opener; North Carolina State plays
Davidson, possible “dark horse,” in
a night game at Greensboro; and
South Carolina, another team that
iiianv iiuuuiL tut mi. ivnvvio,
plays Wake Forest on the latters’
field at night.
Other games involving Southern
Conference members are Clemson
vs. Presbyterian, Virginia Tech vs.
Randolph-Macon, William and
Mary vs. Guilford and Virginia Mili
tary vs. Roanoke. Florida and Mis
sissippi State are the only Southeast
ern Conference schools to open, play
ing Stetson and Howard, respectively.
Swinging to the West, two South
west Conference colleges, Texas A.
& M. and Arkansas, will get the jump
on their rivals. The Texas Aggies
aren't fooling about getting started,
either. They will play Oklahoma
Aggies, one of the strong teams of
the Missouri Valley Conference, at
Oklahoma City.
Similarly, Iowa State of the Big
Six, Brigham Young of the Moun
tain States’ Big Seven and Wash
ington State of the Pacific Coast
Conference get away ahead of their
circuits. Their respective rivals are
Coe, Arizona State of Flagstaff and
Gonzaga. none of which should cause
them any difficulty.
Of the big “independents,” those
with games on tap today or tonight
are Virginia against Hampden-Syd
ney; Centenary, surprise laser of its.
first game, against Hardin-Simmons
of Texas, and Texas Tech against
Texas Mines.
Southern Conference teams also
took the lead last night when Fur
man routed its neighbor, Erskine. 38- |
7, and Richmond whipped the New
port News Naval Apprentice School,
37-0. The University of Detroit
gave the Midwest a curtain raiser by
beating Central Michigan Teachers,
20-7, while the East also got its first
taste of football with Providence
College downing Rhode Island State,
6-0, in the leading game.
Amateur Hockey Loop
Admits Washington,
River Vale Clubs
Games Divided Into
Three Cup Series;
Hershey Cubs Out
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 —One of
the most hectic scrambles for titular
honors in years today was visioned
by Eastern Amateur Hockey League
officials, with the admittance of the
Washington Eagles and River Vale,
N. J., Golfers bolstering the loop.
The league will operate as a five
club circuit, with the New York
Rovers, Atlantic City Sea Gulls and
Baltimore Orioles included in ad
dition to Washington and River Vale
outfits. The Hershey, Pa„ Cubs
dropped out of the league.
The season will be launched No
vember 12 and a schedule of 56
games has been completed. The
season will be split in three sec
tions, with clubs competing for the
Walker Trophy, Hershey Cup and
Boardwalk Cup, but the team with
the most victories over the entire
season will become league champion.
Five Canadian teams will play
each league member in an interna
tional series for the Hamilton B.
Wills Trophy.
'Troublemaker' Werber One of Most Popular Reds
Jacobs Eyes Conn as Louis Opponent; Wes Ferrell Publishes Sports Weekly
By EDDIE BRIETZ.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—Pitt
will fly to Seattle next week to
play Washington. Cincinnati
fans want to know what’s be
come of those American League
sports writers who tagged Bill
Werber a troublemaker. They
say there isn't a more popular
guy on the club, unless it's Bucky
Walters. Don’t miss Francis
Wallace's “Pigskin Preview,” out
this week—high-class football
reading.
Larry MacPhail, the Dodger
boss, who runs one of the best
sideshows in the country, will
be initiated into the Circus
Saints and Sinners’ Club here
October 10. If we had our choice
we’d rather be on deck for the
coming Cardinals - Reds series
than anything the Yanks and
the National League will dish
out next month.
Today's guest star—Tom Meany,
New York World - Telegram:
“Walters and Derringer now have
won 49 games, as many as the
Deans did in ’34, but with con
siderably less noise.”
Mike Jacobs is casting about
for a winter opponent for Joe
Louis and his eye has lit on Billy
Conn. That would be rushing
things a bit, wouldn’t it? Three
of A1 Weill’s fighters — Baby
Yack, Spider Armstrong and
Sammy Luftspring—are subject
to call to the Canadian colors.
That would be a fine howdy-do
for “The Vest,” who has ’em all
going good right now.
Our Dixie scouts report you’re
not hearing nearly as much ,
about the Auburn Tigers as you
ought to. The first issue of the
Dixie Sports Weekly hit the
stands this week. Wes Ferrell,
the baseball pitcher, is the pub
lisher. Two of the big town’s
brightest sports writing stars are
about to be shipped across to
cover the war.
Picking his spots. Johnny
Allen, the Cleveland pitcher, cer
tainly picked a fine old time to
turn in one of his worst pitch
ing years. His two-year contract
(at $19,000 per) is about to run
_out, and look at him!
They don’t have a boxing com
mission out in Iowa, so when
Henry Armstrong and A1 Man
fredo fight In Des Moines Octo
ber 9, three newspaperman will
bs picked to make the official
decision. Marauette’s opponents
this year will think they’re right
in the thick of the war. Defen
sive signals will not be given by
numbers but by such commands
as “England! Prance! Ger
many!’’ etc.
New York Post says today De
troit wants Larry MacPhail to
become its general manager
when his Brooklyn contract ex
pires. Bud Ward, the new ama
teur golf champ, will play in the
big California winter tourna
ments. Ward and three of his
pals are challenging any other
foursome in the world to a match
In Spokane for charity.
One-minute interview. Jimmy
Dykes: “If the Yanks lose a
game to the Reds or Cardinals,
they ought to forfeit the series.
I’ve seen enough of that gang
for one year."
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REGATTA QUEEN CROWNED—Here’s Miss Ruth Overton receiving diadem from Edward J. Noble,
Acting Secretary of Commerce, as her court looks on. At the sovereign’s right is Ruth Quinn
and the other princesses are Martha Wilson, Rose Berkshire, Cuyler Schwartz, Caroline Wadden
and Mary Putnam. —Star Staff Photos.
D. C. College Elevens All Beset
With Troubles as Opening
Struggles Draw Near
By LEWIS ATCHISON.
With two weeks of muscle-strip
ping, pre-season work behind their
squads, District football coaches to
day took stock and found their
earlier optimism somewhat blighted.
Catholic University, opening
against South Carolina next week,
was not 'prepared to face the music,
and Georgetown, drawing possibly
an even tougher assignment in Tem
ple, found itself shy an end as Bob
Hercher dislocated an elbow. Mary
land was plagued with offensive
difficulties, and George Washing
ton, a week behind its contem
poraries, was beset sorely by innu
merable individual problems.
Bergman Deals Small Doses.
As “Dutch” Bergman pointed out,
a team really isn’t ready to play
its best football until its fourth
game, and a coach can’t expect
miracles in practice, but if the squad
is slow in absorbing fundamentals
it will not be ready for a tough
foe, even as late as the fourth
game. “You can't give them every
thing in a day or week,” the Car
dinal mentor said. “You’ve got to
work slowly, teaching them a little
each day, and rehearsing it until
they fall into assignments easily and
habitually.”
Bergman frankly is worried about
his quarterbacks, Johnny Fiorellino
and Pete Sachon, and wondering
how they’ll react under South Caro
lina’s Are. The pair have enough
ability to run the team, but whether
they’ll be ready for the Gamecocks
is a horse of another hue. This is
a situation that demands expert field
Judgment, because the lad directing
operations must get the most out of
a squad that actually isn’t prepared
to put its best foot forward, and
Bergman must give his signal call
ers the maximum pre-season work
to get them on edge for the scrap.
The loss of Kercher, injured in
yesterday’s scrimmage and out for
at least 10 days, was a serious blow
to Jack Hagerty’s hopes of hurdling
Temple, for the big fellow was one
of the squad's most adept pass re
ceivers and an important offensive
cog. His absence means a. reshuffle
of the Hoya squad, with young Mike
Kopcik, a sophomore, drawing an
assignment. In all other respects,
however, Georgetown will be ready
for the Owls, who, according to re
ports from Philadelphia, will be
ready for Georgetown.
Hagerty has banned scrimmage
next week to guard against further
injuries and will content himself
with individual contact work and
polishing the aerial offense, which
is expected to be used frequently In
the inaugural.
Maryland, looking better in scrim
mage against George Washington
than it did in a prior session, also
will take it easy next week as Frank
Dobson moved to conserve his lim
ited manpower. The Terps, with
Pershing Mondorff playing a triple
threat role, picked up sizable gains
on the Colonials, shoving across the
goal line three times. “Beau”
Beamer’s end play and the steady
work of the line heartened Old Line
supporters.
Bill Reinhart, Colonial coach, was
not displeased by all of his charges’
errors, but with only those commit
ted by players who have been
around long enough to do better.
One was Billy Richardson, senior
halfback upon whom Reinhart is
banking heavily, whose pass throw
ing decidedly was mediocre. The
downtown gridmen blundered fre
quently.
"We’re not organized yet,” he
said today, “and don’t expect to be
for another week at least. We are
emphasizing individual work, stress
ing fundamentals at this time, and
overlooking team play. I don’t care
how many mistakes they make as
long as they are honest errors. They
can miss all their tackles as long as
they show the proper form—and the
same goes for blocking. If we can
get them to execute their work
properly, w« can handle teamwork
later—that’ll be oaor.”
Title Safe, but Di Mag
Loses Chance to Hit
In .400 Class
Average Drops to .385;
Mize About Home With
N. L. Championship
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—Any vi
sions Joe Di Maggio may have had
of becoming the major leagues’ first
.400 hitter in nine years withered
into nothingness this week as the
New York Yankees’ star continued
in a hitting slump.
As a consequence, his batting aver
age, which two weeks ago was an
impressive .405, and last week was
.390, fell another five points to .385.
He still was without opposition for
the American League batting cham
pionship because Jimmie Foxx, the
only player within nearly 50 points
of him, was out of baseball for the
season convalescing frem an ap
pendicitis operation.
In the National League, Johnny
Mize got the brakes on his slide and
raised his percentage from .349 to
.351. In the meantime, Joe Medwick,
his fellow star in the St. Louis Car
dinals’ constellation, ended the
chase by dropping from .338 to .333.
The 10 leaders in each league:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Player. Club. G. AB. R. H. Pet.
Di Maggio. New York 114 439 103 169 .385
Pox*. Boston 125 467 131 167 .358
Johnson. Philadelphia 144 520 109 175 .337
Keller. New York ... 106 382 86 128.335
Keltner. Cleveland .145 558 80 186.333
Trosky. Cleveland_ 120 446 90 148 .332
Rolfe. New York „ 146 624 1.35 205 .329
McQuinn. St. Loui«__ 143 577 92 188.326
Oehrlngeg, Detroit 108 371 79 121.326
KreevlcH. Chicago .-135 510 75 165.324
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Mize. St. Louis .. 141 533 99 187 .361
Medwick. St. louts . 142 565 92 188.333
McCormick. Cin'natl 146 595 95 196 .329
P. Waner, Pittsburgh 118 426 60 140.329
Goodman, Cincinnati 117 446 83 145.325
Arnovlch. Philadel'hla 129 477 66 154 .323
Slaughter, St. Louis. 140 566 91 182 .321
Hassett. Boston .137 551 69 176.319
Bonuia. New York _ 121 451 75 144 .319
Danning, New York 128 496 78 166 .315
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Baseball.
Washington vs. New York,
Grifflth Stadium, 3.
Football.
Eastern High vs. Episcopal,
Alexandria, Va., 2.
Horae Show.
Chevy Chase, East-West High
way, 1.
Regatta.
President's Cup meet, off Heins
Point, (tarting 1:20.
“THEY’RE OFF! ” — Looking
between two sailors on the
U. S. S. Calypso can be seen
the start of the final heat of
the Class C outboard profes
sional class race, won by Fred
Jacoby in his U. S. 6 (fore
ground).
Optimism Holds Upper
Hand as Schoolboys
Open Grid Season
Johnnies Trip Riders;
Gonzaga Victor Over
Anacostia Eleven
Three of four local schoolboy foot- ;
ball coaches had reason to be opti
mistic today as they prepared to j
iron out flaws observed yesterday
in two opneing games, but the fourth
saw little hope for the future.
Pleased were Gene Augusterfer,
whose St. John's eleven routed
Roosevelt, 14-0 on the latter's field; j
Artie Boyd, coach of the Riders,
and Orrel Mitchell, Gonzaga mentor,
who found satisfaction in his
charges’ 18-6 triumph over Ana
costia at Central stadium. “Gloomy i
Gus" of the group was Anacostia’s
Roland Lund, who saw little hope for !
the future.
St. John’s, District prep school
champion, did a workmanlike job |
on Roosevelt’s scrappy crew, and
Augusterfer was particularly pleased
with the work of his rookie backs.
Billy Day and Steve Burns, who
fitted in nicely with lettermen Joe
Daly and Prank Cady. The latter
put the game on ice late in the
third period with an off-tackle 1
thrust for the Cadets’ second score.;
Joe Brogan counted the first when
he pounced on a loose ball behind
the Riders’ goal line in the first
Quarter.
Although his team committed nu- i
merous errors Artie Boyd liked its
fire and spirit, and predicted a bet
ter performance next Saturday
against Baltimore City College.
Mitchell was heartened by the
line-plunging of a yearling full
back, Elmer Raba, who ripped holes
in Anacostia's line and confused
the Indians by his accurate pass
ing. Ruba teamed with Jim Cos
tello to put his team out in front
in the second period with a series
of well-directed passes. Jack
Walsh’s 30-yard run, and Bill Mul
vihill's 40-yard return of a punt
accounted for the Purples’ final
scores.
Art Paircloth’s second-period toss
to his brother Harris, standing in
the end zone, saved Aaacostla from
a shutout.
fos. Roosevelt. St. John’s.
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St. John’s_ 7 0 7 0—14
Roosevelt_ _ 0 0 0 0— O
Touchdowns—Brogan. Cady. Points after
touchdowns—Cady. 2 (placements). Sub
stitutions : oRosevelt—Kogod. Kolodne.
McAlwee. Hall. St. John's—Burns. O'Day.
Referee—Mr. O'Meara. Umpire—Mr. Co
hill. •
Pos. Gonzaga. Anacostia.
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Twin Win Boosts
Lead of Reds
To 3 Games
Feller s 22d Victory
Due More to Batting j
Than His Pitching
By JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Preas Sports Writer.
This National League pennant
Ight has become a “war of nerves,”
vith the baseball world waiting to
lee whether the Cincinnati Reds or
he St. Louis Cardinals crack first.
On the face of matters, the Reds
leem to have passed an important
-risis by plastering a pair of defeats
in the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday,
'-0 and 10-8, to expand their lead to
hree full games.
But the bald fact remains that
Cincinnati or no one else can have
iny claim until some one stops the
surge of St. Louis, even if the Reds
lave to do it themselves next week.
Cards Win Fifth in Row.
The Cardinals cuffed the Chicago
Cubs, 3-2, yesterday for their fifth
straight victory and their Uth in 13
fames. That's traveling nearly as
fast as the law allows, and certainly 1
furnishes no opportunity for relaxa
tion by the Reds.
This was the way they came to the
post today:
Games Games to
"ra- «nma. Play
Cincinnati_po 54 in
3t. Louia- 87 57 3 g
The Reds, confronted with another
double-header with the Pirates to- ;
day, made the most out of their j
chances yesterday, but left a lot of
supporters a bit shaken about the
way they did it.
In the first game. Gene (Junior) *
Thompson hurled 7-hit ball. Ernie
Lombardi hit his 20th home run and
rval Goodman contributed two
triples. They started just as im
pressively in the nightcap, taking a
7-0 lead in the third inning when
Wally Berger homered with the
bases loaded.
But then they gave up seven runs
In one inning on three hits, three
walks and three errors. It was any
body's ball game after that, and the
Heds were lucky to win.
The Cardinals ganged up on Larry
French in the fourth with three runs
on two singles and two doubles. Bob
Bowman came through with some
sparkling pinch pitching when the
Hubs began getting playful with Mort
hooper's offerings.
Feller Wins His ZZA.
Bob Feller got his 22d victory of
the campaign as the Cleveland In
dians downed Detroit, 5-4, but It
came in an unexpected manner. Fel
ler scattered nine hits, but two of *
these were home runs by Roy Cullen
bine, one of them with two on base.
The Indians, as usual, hit behind
Feller and brought him into the
ninth inning with the score tied. Fel
ler promptly doubled and theg scored
the winning run on Roy Weatherly's
single.
The Red Sox raked three Phila
delphia pitchers for 13 hits and
bunched four runs in the fourth to
beat the Athletics, 7-5.
These were the only scheduled
games.
Leonard Out for Fifth
Victory Over Yanks
One of the season's more notable
pitching achievements, spanking the
Yankees five times, was to be at- '
tempted by portly Dutch Leonard
today as the Nats’ knuckle-ball ace
sought his 20th victory of the year
as Washington and New York col
lide at Griffith Stadium at 3 p.m.
Atley Donald, rookie right-hander
who has won 13 games this season,
was to oppose Leonard, who was
to be presented with a trophy by
Walter Johnson In pre-game cere
monies in recognition of being
named the most valuable player
on the Nats’ roster in a mail poll
of fans conducted by WJSV.
Skulls Seek Grid Foes
Ballston Skulls are seeking out
of-town football games for Sundays
and also would like to arrange prac
tice games with local clubs. Call
Oxford 1196.
K. C. List Still Open
Vincent Lester, secretary of the
Knights of Columbus horse show, ,
announced today that entries for
the show, scheduled September 30
and October 1 at Meadowbrook, still
were being accepted and would be
taken through Monday.
L. H_Rice ----Si Belch
R. H_8tmon» _._Dyer
P. B_He»!y-A. Palreloth
Anacoatia__— 0 6 0 0— 6
Qonzaea_0 6 IS O—1A
Touchdowns—Coetollo. Scully, Molvl
hlll. H. Palreloth. SubetltuUona: Gon- ,
zaca—Ruraon. O'Donnell. Sellar. B. Walah.
Mullaney. Costello. J. Walah. Coelnano.
Scully, Raba. Anacoatia — MeLauehlln.
Smith. Porter. Rdinston. Curtis, Knott,
Filina. Kins. Hoffman. Span cor. Waldron.
Referee—Mr. Du Pour. Umpire—Mr. Jan
kowski. Head linesman—Mr. Traoey.
School Minus Football Team,
Students Strike for One
Br the Auoclkted Preu.
SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 23.—
Lack of a football team at nearby
Throop High School brought a
strike of 400 students and a warn
ing that the strikers will be
treated as truants if the "out
rage” continues.
Hie strike started Thursday
but an “armistice” was declared
last night at School Director
Frank McGowan’s suggestion.
The armistice was short-lived.
Today the students threatened to
strike again next Wednesday if
they don’t get a football team by
ttMOk
"It’s outrageous!” exploded
School Supt. John J. O'Hara.
"Entirely unjustified! No request
was made I or a team to the
school board, myself, teachers or
the athletlo director.
"We'll take measures againkt
these strikers just the same as
we would against any ease of
truancy.”
BASEBALL
Washington vs. New York
AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK -
To—rrow—New York—3:M PJL