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6. W. Students Ask Hoyas to Their (Victory Fete9 Night Before Big Battle
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The
Sportlight
'Irish/ Trojans Again
Best Grid Magnets
By GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (N.A.NA.).—
Last fall in the way of attendance
figures Notre Dame and Southern
California led the pack. Both were
Just around the 500.000 mark. It
begins to look as if the same two
teams again would keep more ramps
and turnstiles busy than any of the
others.
Notre Dame, as usual, already has
been playing to fairly well packed
stands. On Saturday against Navy
In Cleveland the crowd will reach
the 80.000 count. This game already
Is a sellout for Cleveland's big
stadium. A week later Notre Dame
will face another capacity gather
ing against Carnegie Tech in Pitts
burgh.
On November 4 Notre Dame and
Army will lure at least 75.000 for
their annual New York contest.
Iowa and Northwestern will both
draw extremely well, and Southern
California will close out Notre
Dame's season to another crowded
assemblage.
So Notre Dame again will be in
the neighborhood of 500.000 admis
sions.
Southern California
Is Gate Challenger
Southern California has been av
eraging around 40.000 so far. with
most of her big-crowd games still
left to play. These include Cali
fornia, Stanford, Notre Dame and
U. C. L. A. Oregon State and Wash
ington will add a considerable count
to this checkup.
With six games left. Southern
California will be up with the Notre
Dame count in another close finish.
Unfortunately for Southern Cali
fornia, neither California nor Stan
ford has been smoking hot this fall,
and their double drop may have a
slightly depressing effect.
Army and Navy, for that matter,
won't do so badly. In addition to
her 80.000 assemblage at Cleveland
against Notre Dame. Navy has the
100.000 turnout against Army in
Philadelphia.
Army and Navy can bank on 180.
000 each for two games—their own
and Notre Dame.
Navy has six attendance games
left that will lift her count above
400.000. In addition to Notre Dame,
these games include Clemson, one
of the best teams in the South;
Pennsylvania, Columbia, Princeton
and Army.
Against this Army has only four
big-crowd affairs on its remaining
schedule — Yale. Harvard. Notre
Dame and Navy—but these four
will build up a healthy total.
New Pro Gome Record
Likely at New York
The pros have taken a big at
tendance jump in the last two years,
but still they haven't affected col
lege crowds, as the records show.
The New York Giants and Chi
cago Bears are almost certain to
set a new record Sunday at the
Polo Grounds if the weather is even
fairly decent. It may pass the
50.000 mark.
Which reminds us that last winter
a number of pro coaches were tell
ing us the sad things that would
happen to Gus Henderson's spread
when his Detroit Lions took the
field.
The answer so far is four straight
for the Lions. Another answer, in
addition to Henderson, is a line
coach by the name of Hunk Ander
son. one of the' country's best.
When Hunk of Notre Dame gets
through building up a line—you'll
see a line that knows its job and,
in addition, is loaded with the spirit
of conquest.
South Has Abundance
Of Stellar Backs
Tennessee and Alabama also will
help settle a hot debate about the
ranking of two star backs—Cafego
of the Volunteers and Nelson of
the Crimson Tide.
In the South alone both will pick
up an armful of opposition from
McFadden of Clemson, McAfee of
Duke. Stirhweiss of North Carolina
and Kellogg of Tulane.
Away from this section a young
fellow named Harmon of Michi
gan isn't doing so badly. Neither
Is another young fellow by the
name of Cassiano of Pittsburgh.
As for the season's all-star back
field. we'll take a chance on the
Chicago Bears—McLeod. Osmanski,
Luckman, Nolting, Maniaci and a
few more who know the main road
to town.
Leaving the backs, any one who
cares to look at a brilliant tackle
might keep an eye on Stella of
Army, an all-field threat.
National Capital Club
Cards Field Trials
October 27-28
The National Capital Field Trial
Club will hold its 27th annual fall
trials October 27 and 28, on the E.
B. Beale farm. Glen. Md.
The trials will start at 8 a m. each
morning and continue throughout
the day. There will be three events,
starting with the Derby Stakes, for
dogs whelped during 1938. all-age
stakes for winners or non-winners,
and a members' shooting dog stake.
The judges will be Mathew Trim
ble of Pearson, Md., and W. Benton
Bnider of Winchester, Va.
The public is invited to attend the
trials and those wishing to enter
dogs may obtain blanks from Ford
E. Young, secretary.
The grounds may be reached from
the Falls road between Rockville
and Potomac, where there will be
ample direction signs.
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Forget Citadel Clash,
Which Is Worrying
Colonial Coaches
•
G. U. Bucking Tradition
In Playing Bucknell;
Cards in Light Drill
By LEWIS ATCHISON. |
Shades of another day—the
George Washingtons are writing
letters to the Georgetowns again
anent their annual football game.
The latest appears, in this week’s
issue of the Hatchet, G. W. student
publication, and is addressed to the
student body of Georgetown Uni
versity. It reads as follows:
"It has been rumored that we are
playing you on the week end of the
28th as a sort of warm-up for our
homecoming game of the next week.
So confident are we of victory that
we are holding a victory ball the
night before the G. W. U.-Whoosit
game.
"So that the game may be more
even, we will gladly lend you the
use of our coaching staff so that you
might better be able to understand
the plays as they go around you.
"We will also lend you some of our
student body so that you will have
some support at the game, as it is
well known that it is very hard for
the Hovas to get excited over such a
poor team.
"As an extreme act of friendship
we invite the members of the
Georgetown team to the victory ball
on the night of the 27th of October,
and also for a consideration a cer
tain number of the more distin
guished Georgetown playboys.
"Wishing you luck,
“ 'HONEST JOHN’ DAUGHERTY,
"President, Student Council."
Just Sample of Spirit.
This blatant bleating of the down
; iuwii sliiooj s un norn Dy zealous
| supporters is a criterion of the
■ spirit with which the students are
i entering into the game, but is
! cramping the style of Messrs. John
Busick. minister of propaganda, and
Bill Reinhart, chief of staff.
“I wish they would show more
enthusiasm over The Citadel game
Friday night," quoth Busick. "The
Georgetown game will take care of
itself, but I'm trying to drum up a
little interest in this week's attrac
tion.
"After all. The Citadel figures to
give us a pretty good game—always
has in the past, and I see no reason
why it shouldn't this time, but it
appears that the student body's
whole interest is centered in the
Georgetown game. I wish I could
get 'em interested in this week's
game."
Needs Real Information.
‘ M'gosh,” shouted Bill Reinhart
upon seeing the epistle "What’s the
use of me going over there to
show Georgetown our plays when
it knows them as well as we do.
What I want is more information
on the Hoyas. It seems to me the
Hatchet could organize an espionage
campaign for us and get some se
cret plans. It would be a big help.”
And while the Colonials prime for
I Friday night's engagement and the
Hoyas primp for their visit to Buck
' nell, preparations for next week's
: big game go on apace at both
! schools. Nothing can be done about
i it, which is quite all right with the
athletic departments, which note
continued brisk sales of tickets.
Mr. Busick, a noted mathematician
in his undergraduate days and no
slouch with his long division and
multiplication tables, has figured out
that Eddie Wilamoski is the Co
lonials’ leading ground gainer. In
18 trips with the ball Eddie has
picked up 96 vards for a 5’2-yard
per-try average. Not bad at all. Lud
Urick is next with a 5.34 yards aver
age on nine trips with the pigskin,
while Billy Richardson and Sam
Babick follow in that order. The
average should go up in The Citadel
game.
Tradition Worries Hoyas
Georgetown fears tradition more
than Bucknell as it prepares to in
uiuuiiu uuinnivn, ivi lino it]
the Lewisburg aggregation's home
coming, and not since 1929 has it
lost on such an occasion. The most
recent examples of the evil spells
cast over visiting teams are Buck
nell's 19-0 victory over George
Washington last year and a scoreless
stalemate with a highly favored
Temple team two years ago.
Georgetown has been strengthened
by the return of Red Daly and Bob
Kercher, regular ends who have been
ailing, but they figure to have a hard
time getting back their jobs from
Kopcik and Lascari, both of whom
were brilliant against Syracuse.
Catholic University, girding itself
for West Virginia Wesleyan's in
vasion, saw movies of their game
with Detroit last night, and went
over their mistakes with Head Coach
"Dutch" Bergman and his assistants,
Fod Cotton and Wayne Millner. In
the afternoon the Redbirds went
through a light drill, confining their
efforts to passing and kicking, but
a scrimmage is on tap today.
Terps Bank on Passing.
Maryland spent yesterday shining
and polishing its air game for Satur
day's approaching encounter with
Rutgers at New Brunswick, with
Pershing Mondorff, Mearle Du Vail
and Joe Murphw doing the pitch
ing. Running attacks have made no
headway against the Scarlet this
year, a perusal of the record re
veals. Wesleyan's running plays
netted a loss of 13 yards in the Rut
gers game, and Wooster’s reversals
added up to 34. Richmond last week
lost 3 yards, but became the first
time to score on the Terps’ prospec
tive opponent. The counter came
through the air.
Ace of Rutgers’ defense is Ray
Foster, a Penobscot Indian, who
drops back from his end position to
punt. Last week he averaged 56
yards against Richmond. v
135-Pounders Seek Foes
The Silver Spring 135-pound foot
ball team would like a game for
Sunday with a club in its class. Call
Silver Spring 120-J after 7 o’clock.
MATINEE lH
Sot—San.—Hoi. 1 B
2:30—8:30 P.M. IB
NIGHTS, 8-11 P.M. H
Phono NAt OSBt I B
Hall of Rams Seen as Years Best Pro Football Rookie
His Outfield Was Greatest Relay Team in Country, Says Durocher—Loughran Turns Promoter
ny £uuil bkim/.,
As*oci»ted Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18—The
guest referee idea has begun to
hit the skids—too many sour de
cisions. Has Lefty O'Doul (the
man in the green suit) been hud
dling with agents of a big league
club in his San Francisco cocktail
emporium?
Watch out for A1 Reba, Michi
gan City (Ind.l featherweight (30
wins in 31 fights), who is all set
to crash the big time. Lefty
Gomez of the Yanks leaves this
week for a hunting expedition in
New Brunswick. Eastern papers
are nominating Parker Hall, ex
U. of Mississippi backfleld star,
now with the Cleveland Rams, as
pro football's rookie of the year.
One-minute interview—Leo Du
I
rocner: “I had the best relay
team in the country in my out
field last season. Rosen went good
to start. Then I put in Parks and
he burned up the league for a few
weeks. Dixie Walker carried on
for a month and look what a job
Jimmy Ripple did as anchor
man.”
There won’t be a harder fought
football game this week than
Alabama vs. Tennessee at Knox
ville. And if we could get in,
there’s no place we'd rather be.
Tommy Loughran has been
granted a promoter's license and
will put on his opening show
October 31 in one of the Philly
theaters. The only way Coach
Hooks Mylin of Lafayette can tell
the Sweeney twins apart is that
Dick has a broken tooth.
Four stars to Clark Griffith for
signing Stan Harris again and
four more to Frank Frisch for re
hiring old Honus Wagner.
Ding! Amateur hour—Morris
Katz, Houston, Tex.: "It is talked
here that if the arms embargo is
lifted, England will purchase the
New York Yanks. Please check.”
M. L. Clark, new owner of the
San Diego, coast league club, will
let the fans decide whether they
want day or night baseball. The
Sunnyside Grade School beat the
Gallia School, 100 to 1, in a flve
inning softball game at Colony,
Kans., the other day and claims
a record.
Mike Jacobs, who had planned
to extend his flstic empire to
Beantown this winter, has chang
ed his mind. The Hogue twins of
San Diego (Willis, middleweight,
and Willard, welterweight), who
are the hottest things in boxing
on the coast right now, will be
featured in a movie short. The
Davey Day-Sammy Angott re
match at Chicago will be over
the 15-round route.
Today's guest star—Dick Free
man, Houston Chronicle: Most
forlorn figures in last week's foot
ball parade were Cecil Grigg and
Bill Wallace, Rice scouts. They
went all the way to New Orleans
to tab Fordham's pass defense.
Tulane didn’t throw one all after
noon.
Haw! Clark Griffith broadcast
ing: "I don’t know if Greenberg
is the fellow we exactly want.
But he wouldn't hurt us any.”
Mail Box. “What really hap
pened to the ‘Wizard of Schnozz'
in that last game?” Sam, Charles
ton, W. Va.
File hock Tops in Pass Average,
But Busier Throwers Lead;
Maniaci Paces Rushers
He's not rated among the five
leaders, grouped solely on the actual
number of passes they’ve completed,
but Frank Filchock of the Redskins
today has the best percentage of any
passer in the National Football
League.
In the wake of his second succes
sive Sunday of near-perfect passing,
Filchock currently has the amazing
average of 69 per cent, or 19 per cent:
higher than three deadlocked lead- .
ers. But because he has only 18
passes to his credit, Filchock is not
classed with Parker Hall of Cleve
land, Ace Parker of Brooklyn or
Bernie Masterson of the Chicago
Bears, who have 47, 32 and 27 passes 1
to their credit, respectively, but
I whose average is a mere 50 per cent.
Pilchock will enter the return
game with the Pirates next Sunday
with 14 completions in his last 15
attempts, for he threw six out of
seven against the Pirates after
heaving eight for eight against
Brooklyn the previous week
Joe Maniaci of the Bears con
tinues to lead in ground gaining,
having both the greatest number of
yards and best average per attempt.
Maniaci has gained 379 yards in 48
rushes for an average of 7 8 yards
each time he’s carried the ball.
Trailing Maniaci are Bill Osmanski,
also of the Bears; Dave Smukler of
Philadelphia. Bill Shepherd of De
troit and Redskin Andy Farkas.
Farkas has 206 yards to his credit
or an average of 3.8 yards per rush.
Filchock. thoush in eiehth nlarp in
aids gained, is averaging 4.2 yards
ler attempt.
Johnny Drake of Cleveland leads
ill scorers with 36 points, although
Sill Smith of the Chicago Cardinals
rails him by only 2 points. Farkas
s the Redskins’ leading point getter
vith 24.
rwo Chicards Dropped;
Severs Warns Others
iy the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Oct. 18.—Two linemen
vere cut adrift from the Chicago
Cardinals’ squad today and Coach
Srnie Nevers indicated that his
>ther pro charges must show im
irovement—or else.
Departing from the Cardinals’
■anks were Hal Bradley, an end
licked up on waivers a few weeks
tgo, and Regis Monahan, a guard.
Bradley came to Chicago from
Sion College by way of the Washi
ngton Redskins. Monahan played
vith the Detroit Lions for three
iears after starring as an Ohio
State undergraduate.
Coach Nevers' threat to crack
lown followed last Sunday's 44-to-7
.humping at the hands of the Chi
:ago Bears.
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.—Augie Arreiiano. 150*4.
Mexico, outpointed Frank Younc 147 V
Nr* Haven. Conn • * Jimrr.v Leto.
1513 4. Hartford. Conn. outpointed
Miio Theodorescu 145*4 Rumania '*>;
Bernie Friedkm. 134*2 Brooklyn, out
pointed Pete Gaiiano. 140, Balti
more tM
NEW BEDFORD. Mass —Eddie Do’ar.
117 W’atrrbury. Conn outpointed
Babe Venlia 11!' Ncv. Bedford <l"j.
WHrrE PLAINS N Y.—Vmnie
Vines. 141. Schenefady N Y, out
pointed Pa? Foley. 133. Boston (*»
HOUSTON Tex—Jorce Morelia. 132.
Monterrey outpointed Phil Zwick. 12!),
Cleveland (10).
Return of Shu Buoys
V.M.I. for Virginia
Homecoming Tilt
Gen. Marshall Will Be
Guest of Honor; Duke
Shows Sportsmanship
By the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON. Va„ Oct. 18—Gen
George C. Marshall, chief of staff of
the United States Army tV. M. I.
'01 and a left tackle on the 1900
team), will be the honor guest at the
V. M. I.-Virginia homecoming day
ceremonies Saturday.
Capt. Paul Shu and the other cadet
early-season casualties are ready to
go and erase that surprising 12-12 tie
the Cavaliers earned last year.
'
DURHAM. N. C.—Just to prove
sportsmanship ins't dead:
In the Pitt game Coach Wallace
Wade of Duke sent in a sub for
j George McAfee. Dick Cassiano,
Pitt's great back, ran over to con
i gratulate George on the fine game he
had played. The Blue Devils had a
; pass all primed for Cassiano's terri
1 tory. as soon as time was in, but
when the quarterback .^aw Cassiano
. and McAfee talking he waited until
the Pitt back had returned to his
defensive post—and then ran the
play.
Injured in “Horse Play.”
NEW YORK—Because iie was
fooling around. Art Gmitro won't get
to play when the C. C. N. Y. eleven
meets the Susquehanna Crusaders,
j Gmitro bumped his knee “horsing
around' after last Friday s pre-game ,
warmup, and it turns out that the ,
! "bump" is either a torn muscle or a
torn ligament. None of the C. C. N.
Y. players who got in the Scranton
game was injured!
ABILENE. Tex.—Are Southwest
ern coaches blushing? Four years
ago many of them passed up a
gangling kid just out of Sweetwater
High School because he was "too
skinny and not tough enough.” To
day that kid, Clyde ( Bulldog > Tur
ner, is the 220-pound. 60-minute
center of the Hardin-Simmons Cow- j
boys and regarded as the best in
the Southwest by many experts.
Skibos Return Trophv.
NEW YORK —The Lambert Tro
phy, emblematic of the Eastern in
tercollegiate football championship,
returns to New York this week. Car
negie Tech, winner of the trophy
last year, will return it to the Board
of Trusteees when Tech comes to
play N. Y. The trustees will award
the trophy again this year at the
conclusion of the grid season.
LOS ANGELES—You've heard
about how much football teams
travel. Here's the other side of the
picture. The U. C. L. A. Bruins
will stay at home for the next
seven games. The Uclans ended their
sight-seeing last Saturday in a
jaunt to Palo Alto for the Stanford
game.
Brown, Texas Hombre,
Seeks Travel Money
Grappling Terror
Prof. Joe Turner, who is concen
trating on his beef trust since dis
solving his fistic partnership with
Goldie Ahearn. had three bouts ar
ranged for tomorrow night's pro
gram at the howling hut, with more
to come.
The Golden Terror, 240 pounds
of stark horror, tangles with "Bad
Boy” Brown, a Texas hombre, in
the feature match. Don Evans
meets Jack Hader in sort of a co
feature, while Emil Dusek faces
Ralph Garibaldi in the co-co-fea
ture. But that isn’t anything yet,
for the professor is still poring over
maps indicating the habitat of more
ferocious grapplers, and planned to
send out an expedition today to trap
a few for the remaining bouts.
Brown allegedly is a cow-puncher
from the Panhandle country and is
wrestling to acquire funds for the
return trip. He wants to settle down
on a little ranch of a few thousand
acres and wrestle with cattle.
Skeet Trophy at Stake
A large field of crack shots is ex
pected to compete in the Denny
Upson Trophy shoot at the National
Capital Skeet Club starting at 11
a.m. Sunday. Several minor events
also are scheduled, with prizes in
each.
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Little Hoya Gridders
Make Debut Today
Against Wilson
Speedy Squad Including
Eight Vets Promising,
Coach Keating Feels
Ready with a fairly big and fast
squad that included eight lettermen,
Tommy Keating's Georgetown Preps
were to open their football season
today at Garrett Park against
Woodrow Wilson. Play was to start
at 3:30.
Keating, who has coached the
little Hoyas since leaving George
town University in 1938 after play
ing quarterback, feels he has a
capable outfit.
The team averages about 160
pounds and has as its potential
stars Ray Barrett, regarded by
Keating as one of the best passers
and kickers in this sector: George
Bentley, speedy halfback; Bud Eck
rich, husky fullback, and Ben Deck
er. clever field general.
The line has four vets in Chet
Devine, captain, at right end; Roger
Goodsteed. 210-pounder, at tackle;
Joe Crowley, at guard, and Lew
Salb, at center.
Charlotte Hall is to be met Sat
urday afternoon. Six games in all
have been scheduled for the little
Hoyas.
Casey Berger Named
Rassling Referee
The weekly wrangle over who will
referee the feature squirm session
at Turner s Arena has been settled
for this week, with Promoter Joe
Turner assigning Casey Berger to
wedge himself occasionally between
Don Evans and Jack Hader tomor
row’ night.
The Golden Terror and "Bad Boy”
Brown will tangle in what has been
listed as a co-feature, while prelimi
nary tussles will find Emil Dusek
squaring off with White Gorvo.
Gino Garibaldi twisting with Abie
Coleman and Johnny Katan meet
ing Bibber McCoy.
Sycamore Island Club
Elects Ed Wilcox
Ed Wilcox, one of Washington's
best-known canoeists, has been
elected president of the Sycamore
Island Canoe Club, replacing Horace
Custis, who retired after serving six
years.
Norment Custis, son of the ex
prexy, is the new vice president,
Robert Crowder the secretary, Kalil
Ackad the treasurer and Noel White
captain of the island.
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Football.
Georgetown Prep vs. Woodrow
Wilson, Georgetown Prep, 3:30.
TOMORROW.
Wrestling.
Golden Terror vs. Bad Boy
Brown, feature match, Turner's
Arena, 8:30.
FRIDAY.
Football.
George Washington vs. the
Citadel. Griffith Stadium, 8:30.
Eastern vs. Anacostia (public
high title series), Eastern Sta
dium. 3:30.
Roosevelt vs. Central (public
high title series), Roosevelt Sta
dium. 3:30.
Tech vs. St. John's, Tech Sta
dium. 3:30.
Gonzaga vs. Washington-Lee,
Ballston, 3:30.
Georgetown Prep vs. Charlotte
Hall, Garrett Park. 3:30.
Landon vs. St. Paul, Bethesda,
3:15.
Georgetown Frosh vs. William
and Mary (Norfolk Division),
American University Field, 2:30.
Midget Autos Finish Tuesday;
Schindler Scores Sweep
Washington's first season of
midget auto racing will come to an
end with next,Tuesday night’s pro
gram at Capitol Speedway.
Before Promoter Ray Alvis re
opens the plant next year he in
tends to make extensive improve
ments and probably will change the
name of it.
One-legged Bill Schindler cap
tured both 25-lap feature races last
night before 6.000 fans, shooting
past Harry Felton on the final lap
to take the first race in 6 minutes
57.16 seconds. Honey Purich of
Philadelphia was third.
Schindler started the second race
n the tail position, but gradually
maneuvered through the crowded
leld and beat out ClifT Hemingway
and Slim Sipler. winning in 6 min
utes 59.27 seconds.
Ernie Gessell narrowly escaped in
jury in the first event when his
Offenhauser Special flipped over,
throwing him out and almost rolling
over him. His car was damaged
considerably, but Gessell received
only bruises and continued racing
in a borrowed car.
me wears are the "sconngest
team in the league, having rolled up
157 points in five games, an average
of 31 plus points per game. The op
position has averaged 14 points a
game.
Halas and his squad leave Chicago
this afternoon for Newark, where
the Bears will work out against
their American Association farm
club the remainder of the week.
Sunday's engagement will be the
only meeting of the two teams this
season.
Football
_<Continued Prom Page A-14 >
but the two mighty members of that
loop have upheld its prestige very
well. Duke walloped Colgate and
lost by only one point to Pittsburgh
while North Carolina conquered New
York U.
Southwest Ts Trailing.
The Southwest Conference, always
a tough league to figure out, has a
record of six wins and seven losses
in major intersectional games—or
eight victories counting in a couple
of thumpings handed to Centenary,
which plays frequently in that re
gion and in the past usually has
made things tough for the big teams.
With the aid of New Mexico and
St. Mary's of San Antonio, the
count for the entire Southwestern
region, not including such major
Oklahoma teams as play in Mid
western circuits, comes to 10 vic
tories and as many defeats.
Halas Bemoans Praise1
Of Bears for Great
]
Scoring Record
Would at Least Wait I
Until After Giants
Are Played Sunday
I
By the Associated Pre^.
CHICAGO. Oct. 18—The superla- <
tives are flowing freely in these ]
parts about the offensive brilliance
of the Chicago Bears, but Owner :
George Halas Is one person having ]
and wanting no part in this flood of ;
adjectives.
George is waiting at least until :
his boys tangle Sunday with the
New York Giants, who are only
champions of the league.
The Giants not only won the title i
last season, but in four games this
fall are undefeated and have the ,
best defensive record in the circuit.
New York has averaged only 13
points a game, but Steve Owen's
seasoned outfit has held the opposi
tion to a meager five points a game.
Not Tested, He Claims.
So it's easy to see why Halas Is
holding his tongue while self
appointed experts call this year's
team the finest Bear eleven in his
tory.
"Wait until we've played the
Giants and Detroit and some other
tough teams before you tab us
great.” says Halas. "We've looked
good in spots so far but some of the I
opposition wasn't too good.”
The Bears, unlike the experienced
Giant cast., are riding along a half
game behind Detroit in the Western
division on the sparkling plav of a
bunch of rookies. Sid Luckman. Billy
Patterson. Bob MacLeod and Bill
Osmanski, .brilliant performers only
a year away from Columbia. Baylor,
Dartmouth and Holy Cross, re
spectively. are coming through in
sensational style for Halas.
Have Scored 157 Points.
on the Delaware River, Wilson said:
“I'm mighty proud about Bucky
I winning that award. I'll take the
, credit for giving him the pitching
| idea, but Bucky had the ability and
the heart to win—and that's what
I makes a successful pitcher."
Five years ago Walters came back
from the minors to his home town
as a third baseman for the Phillies.
Wilson, then manager of the club,
was convinced “Bucky" . had the
making of a great pitcher. He made
a hurler out of him and followed
Walters to Cincinnati last June.
See Another Red Pennant.
Now Bucky expects his “boss" to
make as good a hunter out of him
as he did a pitcher.
“I've shot plenty of pheasants
and rabbits, but I'm not so sure
! about this business of shooting from
i a boat." Walters chuckled.
“You'll be O. K.,” replied Wilson,
a veteran duck hunter.
About next year: Walters and Wil
son both believe the Reds will win
the pennant again.
“Let’s not discuss that now, it’s
145 days until spring training,"
Walters said.
“No. Bucky,” chimmed in Jimmy,
“it's only 143 days till we go back
to work.”
It's Duck Hunting Now
For 'Most Valuable'
Bucky Walters
Man Who Made Pitcher
Of Reds' Ace Also His
Shotgun Mentor
i Ev the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 18.—Wil
liam ‘Buckyi Walters, the National
Leagues most valuable player—an
honor "which surpassed my fondest
dreams"—is learning another sport
from the man who transformed him j
from an inflelder to one of baseball's
outstanding pitchers.
The Cincinnati hurler learned of
his selection by the Baseball Writ
ers' Association as he helped Jimmy
Wilson, his coach and former man
ager, repair Wilson's boat in prepa
ration for the duck-hunting season.
Wilson Modest Mentor.
“Jimmy was responsible for my
success as a pitcher and now he's
going to show me how to shoot
ducks,” said the 29-year-old right
hander who won 27 games for the
Reds last season.
Laying aside his paint brush at
a hnntincr rlnh at nparhv Mnrrisvillp
Wrigley Is Considerate.
In a conference with Hartnett,
Owner Wrigley asked Gabby to out
line a program for getting the Cubs
back in the flag fight.
Several days ago Wrigley said he
had the feelings of a “disgruntled
fan'’ over the team's fourth-place
showing this year, but would make
no decision regarding Hartnett's
future as manager until he had
"cooled off" and studied the situa
tion.
Hartnett's contract expires in De
cember.
Rauch Out for Season
As Eagle Gridder
American University's plucky
gridmen continued to feel the sting
of misfortune today as the Eagles
resumed practice for Saturday's
game with Johns Hopkins with still
another of their complement on the
ailing list. The newest cripple is
Red Rauch, regular center, who
joints George Brown on the side
lines. Red dislocated a knee in prac
tice and will be lost for the season.
Balancing this blow to some ex
tent was the return of A1 Stadt. a
veteran guard and center, who re
joined the squad yesterday, and
probably will win a starting assign
ment against the Bluejays.
Hartnett Took Loose
Grip on Cub Reins,
Says Wrigley
Urges Pilot to Assume
More Responsibility,
Knit Organization
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18—These may
be a silver lining yet in the clouded
baseball affairs of Owner Phil
Wrigley and the Chicago Cubs.
Wrigley and Manager Gabby
Hartnett, it seems, finally have come
to an understanding on the opera
tion of the organization.
} “What I have been hoping for—
and I haven't been issuing any de
mands—is a closer knit organiza
| tion.” Wrigley explained.
“Hartnett apparently did not un
derstand this. I think he does now.
! It never was his not having author
ity. as some have maintained. He
had that and could have more at
any time, as he can now.
Gabby Ducked Responsibility.
“Where I found him deficient was
in accepting responsibility. I tried
to point out that to him and I think
he understands now. I have no
ideas on another manager at this
time. Frankly, I wouldn't know
where to look for one.”
Hartnett, whose managerial head
appeared destined for the guillotine
a few days ago, said he thought
“everything was going to turn out
all right,” and added:
"I'm going right to work with
Clarence Rowland and Jack Doyle
iCub scouts) to study the situation.
We need some changes for next sea
son and with everybody working to
gether I'm sure well be able to make
some headway.”
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