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Cards, Routed by Redskins, Complain Nevers* Faulty Coaching Retards Team
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From the
Press Box
Stage Set for Encore
Of Harry Thomas' Song
By JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20 (N.A.N.A.)
—Harry Thomas, the singing heavy
weight of Eagle Bend. Minn., car
ries his private confessional around
the country with him. Having con
fessed in Chicago and points west
Mr. Thomas will install the gadget
in the office of the New York Box
ing Commission on Tuesday of this
week and confess again.
The two recordings will be com
pared. If Harry shows improve
ment he may get a vocal spot with
Bob Crosby or Artie Shaw, singing
his confession with hot accompani
ment. The words are the same, but
Mr. Thomas believes his new record
ing will be freer of schmaltz thar
the last one.
You’ve heard Harry's lyric be
fore. He confesses to having ac
cepted money from Yussel the
Muscle Jacobs for throwing fight;
to two of Yussel's fighters, Max
Schmeling and Tony Galento. He
also lays the finger upon his own
manager, Night-watch Nate Lewis
as a party to the twin deals. He
concludes on a blue note, observing
that this is a wicked world and an
honest man ain't got a chance.
Yussel the Muscle Jacobs
Is Very Cautious Man.
Your correspondent believes part
of Harry's song devoutly. The Ga
lento-Thomas fight was a pure
fake, at least on Thomas’ part. The
Schmeling-Thomas fight had sim
ilar earmarks, though the acting
was better.
Some of the boys belittle Harry's
confession on the ground that Ga
lento and Schmeling could both
have licked Mr. Thomas on the
square. That doesn't mean any
thing. Suppose they could? Mr
Yussel the Muscle Jacobs is a very
cautious man. When you are build
ing up a. heavy weight menace there
is no percentage in taking chances,
even with a stumblebum of Mr.
Thomas’ caliber.
However we stray from the point
Mr. Thomas has promised to sing
as he never sang before at Tues
day's meeting of the New York
commission. With Maj. Gen. John
J. Phelan at the drums and Blunt
Bill Brown playing saxophone licks,
this should be one of the hottest
platters of the season.
Arthur Donovan, referee of the
Schmeling-Thomas fight and other
important holocausts, will supply an
obbligato.
Phelan Is Impatient
To Set Record.
Gen. Phelan, the malapropian
orator who heads the commission,
is impatient to get the record made.
Summoning Mr. Thomas to his pres
ence last week, he told him to go
ahead and sing.
“I ain’t prepared, general," apol
ogized Mr. Thomas.
iuuic nut preparear DarKea
the general. “Haven’t you made this
confession before, ipso facto?”
“Yessir,” admitted Harry.
“Don't you know the depths of
your own twisted soul well enough
by this time?” demanded the gen
eral. “Aren’t you familiar with the
details of your villany, Tompkins?”
“Sure,” said Mr. Thomas.
“Then what is holding you back?”
said Gen. Phelan. “You sang in
Chicago. Don't you like our acous
tics here?”
“I have to see my lawyers first,”
said Harry.
The general plainly was shocked.
“Lawyers, is it?” said he. “Bar
risters. hey? Counsel you want? so
licitors, you mean? Don’t you trust
this commission. Thompson?”
Something About New York
Harry Doesn't Like.
Mr. Thomas, who obviously trust
ed his surroundings about as far
as he could drop-kick a piano, shuf
fled out of the presence, promis
ing to return in a week and open
his throat like a bob-’o-link. He
said he would stick to his original
story of skullduggery in the Ga
lento and Schmeling matches.
"It's gospel.” he said solemnly.
“It's the only song I know.”
Gen. Phelan expressed gentle
skepticism.
“In my opinion.” said the general,
“the man Thompson is both tor
quid and scolex.”
That is where the matter rests.
There’s a chance that the meet
ing on Tuesday may be enlivened
by the presence of Anthony Ga
lento, the party of the second part
in fix No. 2. Mr. Galento is anxious
to see Mr. Thomas face to face.
“I know I fought him once,” ex
plains Tony, “but the visibility was
bad. The doo obscured my vision.”
This dew was similar to the Cali
fornia variety, being composed of
sheets of water, caused by Thomas'
thrilling dive from the springboard
Into the tank.
Gets 39 Points in Game
AUSTIN, Tex. (A’).—Travis Ra
ven. oacicneia ace. maae ay points
for Austin High against the San
Antonio football squad. Austin won
39 to 6.
In Stride
F°Jj Cardinals. Redskins.
L. E.-Smith _Millner
L-T-Blazine _Edwards
L. G-Kochel ___Stralka
c --Aldrich _Parks
S G-Carter_Karcher
t-Babartsky _Barber
k-Deskin_Malone
r 5-Fa'ist-Splrida
k -Goldberg_ Filchock
" “-Popovich _Morgan
F B Patrick _ __Farkas
Cardinals __ 0 0 7 0_ 7
REDggiNs —7 « k »—28
.1,Chicago scoring: Touchdown—Barbart
, ,n* from try after touchdown—
E,mi'tLlt>lecementl. Washington scoring:
Touchdowns—-Farkas (2). Johnson isub
lor Filchock) Todd isub for Farkas). Field
goal—Russell (sub for Barber) iplacement).
p”ln„t from try after touchdown—Farkas
(Placement). Chicago substltutioos—Ends.
SJSK?i«“a„s,?n:aU5.!Llcs' Zelencik. Barker.
Huffman, guaid. Thomas: backs, Fisher,
nnLvf' Crowder. Wheeler. Parker. Johnson,
Washington substitutions—Ends,
Masterson. McCliesney. tackles Wilkin
Russell: guards, Slivinski. Farman Young,
^ugart. center Carroll: backs Berlim,
Johnston Baugh, German. Moore, Todd.
Meade, Referee—E. F. (Tommyl Haughitt
• Michigan). Umpire—Tom Thorpe (Colum
linesman—I^rry Conover (Penn
Itate)’ Fleld Judge—E. E. Miller (Penn
STATISTICS.
_ . . Skins. Cards.
First downs_ p %
Yards gained by rushing_ 40 72
Forward passes attempted.. 31 2p
Forward passes completed.. 2(1 7
Yards by forward passing.. 274 A«
Forward passes intercepted by 3 1
Punting average J_ 34 82
Total yards, all kicks returned 28 17
Opponent's fumbles recovered 2 2
Yards lost by penalties_ 85 10
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Former All-America
Lax in Direction,
Players Charge
Farkas Sets Score Mark
As D. C. Pros Bowl Over
Bewildered Chicagos
By BILL DISMER, Jr.
They're saying that as a football
coach, Ernie Nevers still is one of
the greatest players who ever lived.
What makes it extremely em
barrassing to the former all-America
from Stanford is that the “they” are
members of his own Chicago Car
dinals who consider themselves a
much better team than their 28-7
defeat at the hands of the Redskins
yesterday would indicate.
Hal Bradley, an ex-Redskin who
spent a few weeks with the Car
dinals before being waived out of
the National League recently, was
standing in the Washington dressing
room yesterday after the game when
a member of the Chicago team
entered.
Accepting the condolences of his
former teammate, the Card shook
his head wearily and murmured,
“Just the same old story.”
No Organized Practice.
In the discussion that ensued it
uiai/ uic ishxuxxihi& mem
selves frankly are tired of Nevers.
When this observer watched the
Chicagoans in one of their early
workouts last week he was sur
prised at the apparent lack of sys
tem of the practice, but attributed
it to the fact that Nevers was per
mitting them to take it easy a
couple of days before starting serious
preparations for the Redskins. But
in commenting on this yesterday,
the Cardinal player remarked:
"That wasn’t any ‘off-day’ prac
tice you saw. That’s what happens
every day. There is no svstem, no
organized practice. Some of the
fellows will spend the afternoon
kicking, some passing and some—if
they’re so inclined—running down
under punts. A short signal drill
winds up the workout.
"The fellows know we’ve got a
better team than the record shows.
In the majority of our losses, sta
tistics favored us—not our conquer
ors. We outrushed the Bears by
more than a hundred yards and got
more first downs, yet lost, 44-7. We
did the same thing against the
Giants and were beaten, 17-7, We’ve
got the makings of a great running
attack, but we don’t seem to do
anything but pass." (The Cardi
nals, who have thrown more and
completed fewer passes than any
other team in the league, tossed 29
yesterday.)
Cards Outclassed in Air.
Nevers, serving his first year as
a National League coach, is on a
two-year contract. Under him the
Cardinals have lost 9 of their 10
games, but more than haif of their
losses have come by less than 10
points.
They outrushed the Redskins from
scrimmage yesterday, 72 yards to
40, but despite their emphasis on
passing, were sadly outclassed by the
Indian passing twins, Sammy Baugh
and Frank File hock. Pul in the
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I tossed more passes than any Red
skin combination has thrown this
j year, 29, and completed 20.
Tlie Redskins weren't made pass
! conscious solely by the Cardinals'
aerial habits. To a man, the In
j dians declared that Chicago line
the best they’d faced all season—
i bearing out the scouting reports of
Assistant Coach Max Krause. Hence,
they didn't waste much time trying
to pierce it, but instead sent every
one of their four touchdowns cata
pulting across the Cardinal goal line
on the wings of passes.
In a manner which is becoming
typical, the Redskins again scored
on the first play that they had the
ball, one of their copyrighted screen
passes from Frank Filchock send
ing Andy Farkas away to an 80
yard, record-breaking touchdown
gallop.
Malone's Block Helps Farkas.
When Charley Malone took out
Andy's last potential tackier on the
Cardinal 20, it was routine for the
Redskins’ league-leading scorer to
chalk up his 61st point of the year
and the first six of the 13 he com
piled during the day.
Farkas. with 68 points in nine
games, now has a 20-point lead over
his nearest rivals—Johnny Drake of
Cleveland, who didn't score yester
day, and Bill Osmanski of the Bears,
who tallied only six points. In ad
dition, Farkas' 11 touchdowns are
two more than the highest number
ever made by one player in a single
season.
Three times thereafter Redskin
tossers threw touchdown passes.
Jimmy Johnston, in full stride, tak
ing Baugh’s perfect heave on the
Cardinal 6 and racing across in the
second quarter, and another Fil
chock-to-Farkas heave making it
19-0 in the third. Baugh matched
Filchock's second scoring toss with
a 31-yard pass to Dick Todd, w’ho ran
15 yards for the last touchdown in
the fourth. Then, just to make the
day complete, Bo Russell booted a
field goal from the 37-vard line in
the waning minutes of play.
Goldberg Is “Bust.”
With Marshall Goldberg some
thing of a huge “bust” and the Cards
rlpnpnrfimr 1 V»4e lnrr illn
trious college teammate, Prank Pat
rick, and Jack Robbins, the visitors’
only score came on a pass intercep
tion by Frank Babartsky, the old
Pordham guard. Babartsky picked
up Filchock’s fumble on his own 40
and went 60 yards for the score, but
might have been caught by Johnny
Spirida if Capt. Turk Edwards un
wittingly hadn’t taken Spirida out
of the play.
Clem Stralka, the ex-Georgetown
er, was the only Redskin hurt, but
his bruised hip isn’t expected to keep'
him out of the important garrv; with
the Detroit Lions next Sunday.
George Faust, Wilbur Moore's team
mate with Minnesota last year, suf
fered two cracked ribs to end his
playing for 1939. The Cardinals
have only one more game and Faust
will be sent directly home.
Halfback Loses Finger
SALT LAKE CITY <XP>.—Bob
Johnston, Utah sophomore half
back. showed up with a joint miss
ing from one finger. He worked
near a meat grinder in a sausage
factory during the summer.
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THE BETTER TO BREATHE!—Fightin’ Frank Filchock (30), although better known as a passer,
is no slouch running with that football as he is demonstrating here in mouth-open manner,
running back a kickoff as the Redskins defeated the Cardinals, 28-7, before some 26,000 fans
yesterday at Griffith Stadium. _A. p. Photo.
Hall Stars as Rams Butt Lions,
But O'Brien's Aerial Record
Fails to Save Eagles
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Associated Press Sports Writer.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20—Professional
football's glamour boys—the Davey
O'Briens, Parker Halls and Sid
Luckmans—are finding fame in the
cash-and-carry game no harder to
achieve than in the college end.
They are stealing the headlines
right and left from the seasoned
veterans of the pro game, and, in
some instances, proving themselves
a big help in championship battles
all along the line.
The college youngsters also are
doing their share toward setting a
new attendance mark. Yesterday’s
four games drewr 115,422. an average
of more than 28,000 per game.
Parker Hall, pro freshman and
All-America back at Mississippi a
year ago. turned yesterday's game
into a one-man show as his Cleve
land Rams thrashed the Detroit
Lions, 14 to 3. dropping the losers
from a tie for first to third place in
the Western Division of the Na
tional League.
Hall Near Baugh’s Record.
Hall accounted for both touch
downs with deft aerial pitching,
tossing a 7-yard pass to Johnny
Wilson for one tally and another to
Jim Benton for the second touch
down. Hall connected for 16 passes
in 25 attempts and a net total of 149
yards. He now has completed 76
in 155 tries in nine games, five
short of the season record held by
Washington's Sammy Baugh.
But even this dazzling perform
ance was below that of little Davey
O'Brien. Texas Christian all-Amer
ica in 1938. who completed passes
all over the field, in vain, for the
Philadelphia Eagles. O Brien con
nected for 21 out of 36, breaking his
own league record of 19 completed
passes for a single game, but the
Eagles lost the game to the Chicago
Bears. 27 to 14. His passes gained
a total of 247 yards and represented
virtually the entire Philly attack.
The Bears also displayed pro
freshmen to good advantage. Coach
George Halas started a complete
backfield of ex-college stars—Sid
Luckman at quarter. Bill Patterson
at left half. Bob MacLeod at right :
half and Bill Osmanski at full.
Osmanski, Lurkman Star.
Osmanski ran 65 yards for the
first touchdown j Luckman's pass
ing and kicking were outstanding.
These four combined with other
Bears to roll up the amazing net
yardage total of 531 yards by ground
and air.
Green Bay smashed Brooklyn
easily. 28 to 0. and now is favored to
with the Western Division title. The
Packers play Cleveland Sunday,
then Detroit in the final game. The
Lions must defeat Washington
and the Packers to get a tie. The
Bears, who have only to play the
I Chicago Cardinals, are a half game
back of the Packers.
In the Eastern Division Washing
ton and New York maintained their
stalemate for the top spot. The
Giants had no trouble disposing of
the Pittsburgh Pirates. 23 to 7. Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia are without
a victory this season.
Next Sunday the Giants play
Brooklyn while the Redskins meet
the Lions. If both win. the Eastern
title will bp determined when they
engage each other December 3 in
New York.
Theodorescu Against
Gilley Co-Features
Ring Card Tonight
Lamar and Hart Tangle
In Another 8-Rounder
At Turner's Arena
Milo Theodorescu, a rising Ru
manian recognized as a pleasing
club fighter, will clash with Charley
Gilley. Baltimore welterweight, in
one of two 8-round bouts listed as
co-features tonight at Turner's
Arena. I
A comparative newcomer to the
United States, Milo already has bat
tled leading welterweights in this
country and established an enviable
reputation in New York, Chicago
and Pittsburgh. He claims the Ru
manian welterweight championship.
Gilley is substituting, for Joey
Spangler, popular Richmond fighter,
who was forced to withdraw due to
a sprained ankle.
Killer Lamar, colorful local heavy
weight, will square off with A1 Hart,
burly 220-pounder, in the other
8-rounder. The District colored
heavyweight championship, which
retails at $0.00, will be at stake.
Frankie Wills, beaten by Phil Furr
last week, will try again, this time
against El Brookman, local welter
weight, in a 6-rounder. A 4-round
bout, due to get under way at 8:30
o'clock, will open the card.
Angler Loyal to Pal
MORECAMBE. England <JP).—
Two fishers almost had enough of
the sport when they were stranded
on a rock in a rising tide here for
two hours. One could swim, but
would not leave the other, who
could not.
Western Unlikely
To Evade Playoff
Western's claim of having al
ready annexed the public high
school football championship was
likely to be considered premature
today as scholastic officials held
a caucus to smooth difficulties
which have arisen over the sched
uled playoff for the title.
Claiming a playoff game looms
as “ridiculous" in view of West
ern's recent 13-0 victory over
Eastern, Eastern Division cham
pion, the Western Division lead
ers nevertheless figured to be
ordered to play the Lincoln
Parkers again due to the fact
that the new system for deciding
the title was agreed upon last
year.
Wieman Is Sensitive
By the Associated Pres*.
Tad Wieman. Princeton's tower
ing coach, objects to being called
“scholarly”—so much so that he no
longer wears his Phi Beta Kappa
key.
Pro Football
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
EASTERN DIVISION.
W. L. T. Pet Pts O P
WASHINGTON 7 1 1 .875 204 78
New York-7 1 ] .875 131 71
Brooklyn - 4 5 1 .444 OH JH1
Philadelphia -. 0 7 1 .000 03 128
Pittsburgh_o 8 ] ,ooo 76 187
WESTERN DIVISION.
_ W. L. T. Pet. Pts.OP
Green Bny_ 7 2 0 .777 214 140
Chicago Bears-- 7 3 0 .700 252 150
Detroit - 6 3 0 .667 131 06
Cleveland — 3 4 1 .420 154 144
Chicago Cards _ 1 n 0 .100 77 loe
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
WASHINGTON. 28: Chicago Cardinals, 7.
Green Bay, 28; Brooklyn. 0.
New York. 23; Pittsburgh 7
Chicago Bears. 27; Philadelphia. 14.
Cleveland. 14: Detroit. 3.
GAMES THIS WEEK.
Thursday—Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Sunday—Detroit at Washington.
Brooklyn at New York.
Bears at Chicago Cardinal!.
Oregn Bay at Cleveland.
Ban on Football Boomerangs
Sport Into Higher Place
By the Associated Press.
BLAIR, Nebr., Nov. 20.—It took a
board of education football ban to
build the fire which set Blair High
School to blazing in prep grid circles.
The sport was losing money and
interest was at low ebb so the
board crossed football off the list in
1937. The fans howled—and got
the grid sport back for the next year,
with John “Choppy” Rhodes, former
University of Nebraska star, as
coach.
He built a team that went through
Its regular schedule untied and un
defeated, but lost a post-season tilt.
This year hit successor, Carol
Gast, kept the team in the victory
groove with nine straight and a sec
ond conference championship. And
the 1939 book says: Blair, 265 points;
opponents, 39.
■ r MATINEE
I Sit.»» Sun.—Hot
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Tiny Longhorn Backs
Menace Texas Ags'
Perfect Record
Crain and Davis, Demon:
Against Giants, Score
Dozen Touchdowns
By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Nov. 20—Only twi
small boys stand between iron
fisted Texas A. & M. and an un
baeten season.
One is a grand 145-pounder wh<
doesn't even bother to wear shoul
der pads. The other, a bow-leggec
cottontop. is just about the mosi
dangerous runner in college foot
ball.
On Thanksgiving Day—the old
fashioned November 30 one—thi
Aggies come face to face with Cow
boy Jack Crain and Gillv Davis, tw<
kids w-ho are just as liable to bounc
65 yards for a touchdown as loot
you in the eye.
Heroes of Sensational Game.
Backbone of the University o
Texas Longhorns, most of then
sophomores, is this breathless pair
They have scored 12 toughdowns
Eighty points is their total; thi
Texas team's is 105.
Saturday the Crain-Davis part
nership buried Texas Christian, 25
19. in the most sensational South
west Conference battle of modem
times.
It went like this: Crain dodged 6<
yards for a touchdown on the firs
scrimmage play. Davis passed t
Crain for a touchdown. Davis, i
muddy marvel, erased an 18-19 def
icit in the shadowy finish with a 66
yard touchdown canter. Davis, oi
the last play of the game, stretchei
his 5 feet 5 inches to haul down i
T. C. U. pass on his own goal line
and race 58 yards.
Davis Plays Without Pads.
Coach D. X. Bible needed a full
back who could kick when Sopho
more Pete Layden’s leg went sour
Davis took his 145 pounds right intc
the vacancy. Only a jersey drapec
his shoulders—pads bother him
when he pounded smack into the
middle of the 200-pound average
Christian line.
And he made yards.
Mud caked his tiny feet, but he
booted every Texas kick for a fine
average of 38.7 yards.
Such is the setup for the big
Aggies, probably the greatest de
fensive team in major college foot
ball. The agile Aggies who have
held enemy running gains to onh
yaras in nine games, or about
12.8 yards a game, must stop Crair
ind Davis if they want to spend
New Year's Day in the Rose or
Sugar Bowl.
Police Loop Still Tied
After 4, 5 Triumph
Police Boys’ Clubs Nos. 4 and !
•emain tied for first place after
yesterday's play in their 135-pound
'ootball league.
No. 5 had little trouble with No
11, winning 27 to 0. but No. 4 had
i close call with No. 10. pushing
icross a score in the third period
:o win. 7 to 0. Halfback Thompson
nade the touchdown.
Ghecas, Injured Hoya,
Declared Improved
3y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20.—Lou Ghecas,
11-year-old Georgetown University
aalfback who was injured in the
3eorgetown-N. Y. U. football game
nere Saturday, has been taken off
the serious list at St. Vincent’s Hos
pital and his condition is reported
is satisfactory.
Be In time for the Parade I
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PRincETon
FOOTBALL AT PRINCETON, N. J.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25
Go by SPECIAL TRAIN
Parlor Car* ■ Dining Car • Coaches
leave Washington . . . 8:55 A. M.
Arrive Princeton .... 12:15 P. M.
Returning, Iv. Princeton . 5:30 P. M.
jA ($12.05 round
h# trip in parlor
round trip tort- ineludine
In coachas Parlor cor seel)
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Joe Di Maggio, Bride
Taking Automobile
Honeymoon Tour
Throng Attends Wedding
Of Yankee and Actress,
Former Dorothy Arnold
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 20.^Joe
Di Maggio, the San Francisco fish
erman’s son, who batted his way to
baseball fame, was off cm an auto
mobile honeymoon tour today with
his actres sbride, the former Doro
thy Arnoldine Olson.
One of the biggest crowds ever
to attend a wedding here jammed
SS. Peter and Paul Church and the
street and park outside as the two
were married at 2:30 p.m. yesterday
by Father Francis J. Paroline, priest
of Joe's parish.
Joe's Sisters Bridesmaids.
The bride, known in New York
and Hollywood as Dorothy Arnold,
went to the altar on the arm of her
father, V. A. Olson of Duluth, Minn.
She wore a white satin gown of
Grecian style with a sculptured
bodice, a 5-yard train and a coronet
veil of fingertip length. She car
ried gardenias and orchids.
Joe, who met Miss Olson two years
ago in a New York film studio, had
his brother, Tom, as best man.
Matron of honor was Mrs. Irene
AVri t nf Hnllltu rt ricfrt> rtf iUrt
bride. Joe's four sisters, Nellie,
Frances, Marie and Mamie, led the
march as bridesmaids.
Despite the crowd, both Joe and
his bride appeared calm as they
took their vows.
East Believed Destination.
The bridal pair greeted friends
and well-wishers during the after
noon and at a wedding reception at
Joe's fishermen's wharf restaurant
last night, and then started out by
automobile for an undisclosed des
tination. Friends believed the two
; would tour the Southwest and pos
sibly drive to the East Coast.
Joe, 24. started in profesional
baseball with the San Francisco
team in the Pacific Coast League.
From there he was graduated quick
ly to the major leagues with the
* New York Yankees and helped the
club to three straight pennants with
his timely hitting and good work
as a center fielder. He was voted
1 the American League's most val
uable player for 1939.
The Di Maggios will make their
home in San Francisco.
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, New Test Will Guard
Gridders Against
'Athlete's Heart’
Tenth of 400 Examined
Found Impaired by
Violent Exercise
By the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Nov. 20.—Next
season's football players may be
made to undergo a new type of
examination to determine whether
they will develop “athlete’s heart"
from violent physical exercise.
Dr. Dan G. Stine of the University
of Missouri, Columbia. Mo., de
scribed today before a preliminary
I session of the Southern Medical As
! sociation's annual meeting a simple
test which measures the ability of
an individual's heart to compensate
for the severe strain put on it.
About 10 per cent of a group of 400
athletes examined were found to
have developed chronic enlargement
of the heart as shown in the tests,
he declared. All these vigorous
young men showed either specific
damage to the heart or inability of
the heart to return to normal rest
after exercise due to damage to the
vagus nerve which controls the
heart, lungs, stomach and abdomi
nal organs. Some also had defects
in the heart valves.
Sandy Spring Booters
Hold Marlboro to Tie
The favored Marlboro soccer team
was held to a scoreless tie by a
youthful Sandy Spring team in a
Washington and Suburban Soccer
League game at Marlboro, Md„ yes
terday.
The champion Heurich Brewers
defeated Regal Clothiers, 3 to 1;
Washington Sport Club beat Silver
Spring, 4 to 1, and Maryland Park
, won over Sun Radio, 3 to 1.
Gordon Stars on Grid
Flash Gordon, former Anacostia
High School star, led the Anacostia
Eagles to an 18-to-7 grid victory over
Uline Ice at Fairlawn field yester
day. The Eagles will play War
renton next Sunday at Warren
ton, Va.
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MacMitcbell, N. Y. U., Favored
To Nab I. C. 4-A 5-Mile Title
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Approx
imately 130 limber-legged young
sters, who must brave the elements
and jeers of critics who call them
“the union suit brigade,” seek today
one of marathon running’s brightest
baubles—the 31st annual 5-mile
intercollegiate 4-A cross-country
championship.
Running over hill and dale in Van
Cortlandt Park, approximately 129
of them are expected to chase Leslie
MacMitchell, 19-year-old New York
University sophomore, to the wire.
But Leslie must polish off a notable
field of rivals—including one lad
who doesn't know how it feels to
wind up second in this race. He is
Billy Smith of Penn State, who won
the race as a freshman two years
ago and last year ran the East’s best
varsity men into a froth.
Manhattan is the choice for the
team championship, with the chief
contention seemingly to come from
Michigan State again. The spartans,
5-time winners to 1937, are strong
again, as are Syracuse, winner of all
its dual meets this year; Penn State
and Pitt.
Runners from 21 colleges are en
tered in the varsity event, and there
are entries from 19 colleges in the
frosh race, which opens the day’s
program.
Cross-Country Mark
Set by Lash in His
Sixth Title Win
Beats His 1936 Record
By 11 Seconds; Rice
Finishes Second
By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 20 —A. A. U.
officials went about a time-worn task
today—entering a familiar name as
winner in the national senior cross
country championship.
To the surprise of absolutely
j nobody who had seen the entry list.
| an Indiana State policeman named
Don Lash was the first man to finish
the 10.000-meter grind around
Branch Brook Park yesterday.
America's great distance runner,
who incidentally hadn't appeared in
competition since June, captured the
title for the sixth straight year, hut
decided to add a little spice to „he
6’,-mile event this time.
First to Win Six limes.
He smashed his 1936 record bv
11 seconds heincr rimpd in 39 mi niitoc
and 26 seconds, and also became the
first man in the 43-year-old history
of the title chase to win six times
The old mark for consistency was
five, set between 1922 and 1927 by
Willie Ritola, Finnish-American dis
tance ace.
The starter s gun was the signal
for Lash to run away from the pack
None of the field of 50 got a look at
■ his face until after the race.
Gregory Rice of South Bend. Ind..
former Notre Dame star, came in
second. 20 yards behind and also
I iowered Lash's former'mark, finish
ing in 32:30.
McCluskev Runs Third.
Joseph McCluskey, veteran dis
tance racer, competing from Man
chester, Conn., was third in 33:37
Jim Rafferty of the New York A C.
was fourth and Ernest Federoff of
. the Millrose A. A. fifth.
The Millrose Club retained its title
with 35 points, twro better than the
New York A. C. The Shanahan
Catholic Club of Philadelphia and
the Norfolk Y. M. A. of Roxburv.
Mass., were tied for third, with 69
points.
D. C. Guards Outclassed
By Quantico Gridmen
Special Dispatch to The Star.
QUANTICO.. Va.. Nov. 20 —Scor
ing almost at will, the Quanticr
Marine football team clicked off r
52-to-0 triumnh over the 260 ur
Coast Artillery eleven from Wash
ington here yesterday as 3.50C
looked on.
Jimmy Falzone. fullback, led the
winning attack, three times going
over for touchdowms. A1 Hora, Dell
Boynton, Ed Paderick, Everett Aik
man, Squatty McGinnis, Johnny
Pechulis and Milt Rogers also
tallied.
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Central High and Tech meet
tomorrow in the deciding game 9
for the high school champion
ship. Neither has been defeated
this year, though Tech was tied
by Western.
Jimmy Wilde, the English fly
| weight champion, signed to meet
Jack Sharkey of New York in a
10-round fight in Milwaukee
December 6.
Star Shoot, owned by John E.
Madden and sire of Sir Barton, '
winner of the Kentucky Derby
this year, died of pneumonia at
Hamburg Farm, Lexington, Ky,
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