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Bowlers Open Roll-off Tonight of Biggest Duckpin Tournament in History
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The
Sportlight
Frank Frisch's Luck
Is Far From Sweet
By GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent of The Star.
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 26 (N.A.N.
A.).—If any one should know what
"the breaks of the game” mean
just what sour luck is—the answer
should be Frank Frisch, the Ford
ham Flash now directing the des
tinies of Pittsburgh's Pirates.
Frank Frisch had a ball club all
set for at least three or four addi
tional pennants and a ball cluo that
could have forced the Yankees into
» sea-going trouble—if only the
breaks had been normal. He had
his Cardinals all set for a general
mopup. Back of the bat there
was young Delancey.
"Delancey was the best young
catcher I ever saw.” Frisch told me.
"He was a great catcher at 21. Even
. Under world series fire he was cooler
than an Arctic iceberg. By now he
would have been close to another
Dickey."
But after that brilliant start
young Bill Delancey was knocked
out by an attack of tuberculosis.
And now after four years, he hopes
to come back again from the heal
ing deserts of the West to big league
action.
“It was just about the same,”
Frisch tells me, "as if the Yankees
had lost Bill Dickey. It was a
tough rap to take—both for Bill
Delancey and for me—but even
more for Delancey.”
Great Baseball Battery
Boosted the Cardinals
But that hardly was a starter.
| It only was a warm-up in heart
break. Frisch had a pair of pitch
ers who had become the sensations
of baseball. Their names were "Me
an’ Paul.” Otherwise, Ole Diz—
meaning Dizzy Dean—and Paul
Dean—two tall, lean, lank Arkan
> sas-Oklahoma boys who were win
ning from 45 to 49 games a year.
One year, 1934. Diz had picked up
30 games and Paul 19. The next
r year Diz had picked up 28 games
and Paul 19. That happened to be
a brother-act total of 96 winning
games in two consecutive years—
the greatest brother act in all base
, ball.
When I suggested to Mickey
Cochrane, then manager of the
Tigers, that he had better build up
barbed-wire entanglements against
the two Deans on World Series Eve,
Mickey's ears started emitting
smoke and flame.
I "Bring on your Deans,” he said.
"That's what Bill Terry told me.”
I said to Mickey. "He's never been
the same since.”
The two Deans were leading fac
tors in taking the Cardinals over
the high hurdles those years—to a
pennant in 1934 and runner-up the
following season.
So Frank Frisch had the game's
greatest young catcher and the
game's two best pitchers ready for
the next campaign. He had two or
three pennants in sight. He hardly
could miss: He had his chance to
stand out as one of the great man
agers of all time. He was on his
way to be the Mopup Flash.
Props Knocked Right Out
From Under Mr. Frisch
And then—as Bill Delancey faded
from the scene so did “Me an' Paul,”
i two of the best pitchers and the
' most colorful combination baseball
has known, start to fade. Frisch in
one season suddenly had lost an
amazing battery—the Deans and
Delancey—who together represented
at least 60 winning ball games.
Just cut that out from under a
manager—from any manager—and
It had to be a killing blow. It would
have been just the same, 30 years
before, if John McGraw of the
Giants had lost Mathewson, McGin
ity and Bresnahan. If this had
happened the Giants would have
been almost unknown around their
big years and their winning days.
Frisch drifted back to a spring
right in Bradenton, Fla., when he
was all set to go a long way in a
hurry. We sat together on a bench,
coats off. the soft tropical breezes
barely stirring the palms.
“I could see a soft ride for several
. years then,” he said lately. “But you
can't lose Delanceys and Deans
and still be the same.
“You know the tough part was
that they were all so young. There
Was Delancey, around 21 to 22. Paul
was about the same age—just a kid.
Dizzy was around 25. They all had
at least 10 big years left. It would
have been different if they had been
on the soft side. But they all came
up the hard way. They were
physically tough. Dizzy was 6 feet
3, weighing 183 pounds. Paul was
6 feet 3. and he weighed 190 pounds.
Delaney was around 175 pounds,
harder than a keg of nails.”
Two Deans, Plus Delancey,
Could Have Taken Yanks
“Physically, I've never known a
harder combination. The two Deans
pitching to Delancey would have
made any ball club look good. Per
sonally, I believe they could have
taken the Yankees. For they were
not afraid of the Yankees, 10
grizzly bears," a zoo full of king
cobras, or anything else. Don’t
think that Dizzy pitching to De
lancey wouldn't have given even
the Yankees more trouble than they
ever dreamed about,”
That reminded me of the time
that Dizzy, as a Cardinal rookie,
had struck out Foxx, Simmons and
Cochrane on 10 pitched balls, with
the bases full, down in Florida. Diz
, told me the height of his ambition
was to face the Yankees when his
arm was right.
"Even as it was,” he said, “I
would have beat them out in the
1938 world series if our infield
hadn’t started playing football—
and in that game I had almost
nothing left. My fast ball just
about got to the plate.”
This was all true. The Yankees
got a two-bagger and two runs on
• dinky infield hit that Charley
Chaplin could have handled in his
mustache.
When it comes to the melancholy
Igga of raw breaks, I think Frank
#risch can qualify around the top.
He’s due for a far better turn at
Wtttburgh.
Survivors of 11,760
Contestants Shoot
For Many Prizes'
Shining Lights of D. C.
Moplewoys Strut in
Star's Yule Event
Heavy artillery in the scrap for
nearly $1,000 at stake in The Star’s
twelfth yuletide duckpln tournament
will start booming tonight. A fourth
of the 11,760 men and women who
took part in the qualification test
will be engaged in the roll-off of
the largest duckpin tournament ever
held. The top prize for each sex
will be $100 plus a gold medal; the
second, $50; the third, $30, and from
there down for many notches the
awards will be sufficient to warrant
the rolling of five games by men and
three by women who survived the
preliminary. Generous handicaps
make the prize winners unpre
dictable.
The tournament will end next Sat
urday night. Qualifiers are asked to
watch these columns for alley sched
ules, which will be published day by
day. With few exceptions the names
of qualifiers have appeared. ThoSe
who missed the lists, who think they
may have made the grade into the
rolloff should phone their alley man
agers.
Tonight’s Alley Schedule.
Tonight's program: Silver Spring,
women, 7:30; Northeast Temple,
men, 7:30 and 9:30; Columbia, men,
7 and 9: Arcadia, men and women,
7; Lucky Strike, men and women,
7:45; New Recreation, women, sec
ond and third floors, 8; Hyattsville
Arcade, men and women, 7:30; Con
vention Hall, women, 7:45; Chevy
Chase Ice Palace, men, 2 and 7:30;
women, 7:30; University Park, men
and women, 7:<30; Brookland, 8;
Rosslyn, men, 7:30.
Big handicaps wiped out many
star bowlers. In the spotlight to
night will be: Milton Walker, Ar
cadia. 1934 Star tournament win
ner: Clarence Purdy, Arcadia, who
holds a Washington Citv Duckpin
Association tournament record of
447: Harrv Dixon, whose 445 in
1926 stood for vears as tops in
league bowling here; Harry Penfold,
Arcadia, who shot a whopper for
, single game prize in The Star tour
i nament preliminary several years
1 back; Perce Wolf, University Park,
one of the leading bowlers of the
season: Harry Hilliard, Hyattsville,
former Campbell Sweepstakes cham
pion; Harry Strickler, Columbia,
high scorer in several city tourna
ments: Arthur Crown, Brookland,
top-average man in the Brookland
Merchants’ League; Gertrude Rasch,
New Recreation, a newcomer among
the fair stars; Isabel Riefenberg,
Convention Hall, a leader in the G.
A. O. Mixed League; Earl McPhil
omy, Lucky Strike, one of the best
duckpin performers ever; Fred Mur
phy, Lucky Strike, National Capital
and District League hot shot: Wil
liam Henry Smith, Lucky Strike,
Navy Yard League, who collected
third money in the rolloff last year
and this time marked up 4C7 to lose
by three sticks to Jack Simmons in
! the competition for high scratch set
prize in the qualification round;
iuargarei winner oatK.
More: Jack Gooding, Lucky Strike,
Judd & Detweiler star; Abe Po
vich. Lucky Strike, among the best
in the Masonic League; Margaret
Miltner, Lucky Strike, consistent
coin collector in bowling tourna
ments; Margaret O’Brien, Lucky
Strike, who shines in the Catholic
Ladies’ League; Edna Johnson,
Lucky Strike, Eastern Star top
notcher, who won third prize in The
Star tournament of 1934; Merceda
Isemann, Silver Spring, wife of the
executive secretary of the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress and 1934
Star tournament winner; Lucile
Young, Silver Spring, who in 1936
established an all-time national
nine-game record for women of
1.169, to win the all-events title of
the N. D. B. C.: Dot Crawford, Sil
ver Spring, high average bowler of
the Silver Spring Ladies’ League
and its scorer; Alma Schulte, Silver
Spring, of the Silver Spring League,
who rates as a dark horse in The
Star tournament because ever so
often she rolls a “powerful” set;
Elinore Bark, Silver Spring, a new
luminary of the District Ladies’
League, who is helping to keep the
Chevy Chase Ice Palace teati in the
pennant chase, and Francis Robert
son, Rosslyn, speedballer.
Nats Sell Loane to Bees
Bob Loane, Springfield, Mass., out
fielder, who failed to impress in a
three-game major league tryout
with the Nationals here last August,
has been sold to the Boston Bees
of the National League, it was an
nounced today.
Sports Mirror
Ey the Associated Press.
Today a year ago—Joe Louis
was rated the No. 1 boxer of 1938
in a poll conducted by the Ring
Magazine.
,GIVE SCOUTS EYEFUL—And here’s a close-up of Babula (left)
who with David Eldredge (right) of the host team proved the
stars of the Health Bowl battle in which the Jersevites d°f"e*od
the Floridians, 16-13. College talent seekers flocked to the game,
which was played for the benefit of the President’s infantile
paralysis fund, and saw plenty of class. —A. P. Wirephotos.
Babula's Decisive 22-Yard Goal
For Garfield Caps His Great
Duel With Miami's Eldredge
1 Bt the Associated Pres*.
MIAMI. Fla., Dec. 26.—A 22-yard
field goal bv Quarterback Benny
Babula in the final period broke a
tie score and gave the Garfield, N.
J., High School football team a
16-13 victory over Miami High in a
j spine-tingling Christmas night
I Health Bowl game.
The three-pointer offset a bril
I liant 78-yard touchdown run by
Miami’s Li'l David Eldredge. which,
with the conversion, had tied the
score at 13-all a short time before
Babula’s kick.
Orange Bowl players from Mis
souri and Georgia Tech, who meet
New Year Day, were among the
11.204 spectators who saw the junior
elevens battle for charity on the
Orange Bowl field.
Babula vs. Eldredge.
Sponsored bv the President’s
Birthday Qbmmittee, proceeds of
the game went into the national in
fantile paralysis fund.
It was largely Babula versus
Eldredge, with both bovs playing
first-rate football. The Miamian
tallied both of his team’s touch
downs. scoring 12 points and gain
ing 202 vards on 22 runs. Babula,
with 10 points, gained 96 yards on
2g attempts.
The Garfield player led a 54-yard
drive in the first and plunged over
from the 5-yard stripe for the first
touchdown. His placement was wide.
Again in the third, Babula sparked
a sortie of 84 yards. John Grem
bowicz scored and Babula went over
for the extra point.
Miami Scores Late.
In the third period Miami
marched 51 yards. Eldredge slam
ming across from the last yard. A
try for point failed. Then, in the
fourth, the Miami player raced from
his own 22-vard stripe to the goal
line. Bucket Barnes kicked the ex
tra point.
Then came Babula's kick—an
anti-climax in one of the greatest
action-filled games seen on the
Orange Bowl gridiron.
35 Training Tussles
Booked by Yanks
Start March 9
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—By the
time the New York Yankees open
defense of their American League
championship next April they will
have played 35 games. President
Edward G. Barrow announced a list
of that many spring exhibition
games.
The world champions will start
their long series with two games
against the St. Louis Cardinals at
St. Petersburg, Fla., the Yankee
training base, March 9 and 10.
They will finish with seven games
against the Brooklyn Dodgers, the
last three at Ebbets Field.
FOR CHARITY—Here’s Benny
Babula scoring a touchdown
for Garfield (N. J.) High
School in its triumph over
Miami High at the Florida
metropolis yesterday.
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Boston College Grid
Squad Starts Trip
Shy on Practice
Plans Long Scrimmage
In St. Louis on Way
To Cotton Bowl
By the Associated Press. g
BOSTON. Dec. 26.—With thou
sands of well wishers planning to
join the Boston College student
body, Coach Frank Leahy and his
39 Co^on Bowl-bound Eagles were
assured of the most enthusiastic
sendoff in New England’s football
history today 4 when they entrain
for Dallas, Tex.
The squad, which was dismissed
Saturday to spend Christmas at
home, was scheduled to report at
Boston College, about three hours
before train time. All the players,
with the exception of Alex Lukachik,
the place-kicking end, were report
ed physically fit. Lukachik, the last
to be stricken by the grippe attack
that hampered the squad's training
at Andover, was confined to bed
yesterday but team physicians as
sured Leahy he would be able to
entrain.
Hampered by the cold, Leahy was
unable to prime his squad as he
wished, and it is so short of much
needed contact work that he has ar
ranged for a long scrimmage tomor
row in St. Louis, where the football
special will be halted for eight
hours.
Similar workouts have been sched
uled for the remainder of the week
in Dallas, but Leahy hopes two
scrimmages will be enough to
sharpen his team to the point
where it can start on even terms
with the powerful Clemson Tigers.
An official party of about 50. the
vanguard of the several thousands
who plan to travel to Dallas for the
New Year game, will entrain with
the players, along with a large party
of Boston football writers.
Although every member of the
Eagles’ squad, with the exception of
Lou Montgomery, the speedy Negro
halfback, made the trip, Leahy
boasted that he was not taking any
one “just for the ride.”
“We expect the stiffest kind of
competition from Clemson,” he said,
"and we are going to need plenty of
replacements. If we have any diffi
culty getting acclimated, I may be
foced to use even the fourth string
ers. We have devoted as much at
tention to them as to the regulars
and fhe ranking substitutes, and
every boy on the squad has been
schooled in Clemson tactics.”
First AusJies in Engfand
LONDON. Dec. 26 </P).—'The first
contingent of Australian forces to
reach England since the war started
landed at a south coast port today.
All were members of the air force.
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Three years ago—Long Island
University won 43d consecutive
game, defeating Illinois Wesleyan
basket ball team, 41-29.
35 in Clemson Squad
Which Arrives in
Dallas Tonight
Expects to Have Every
Player Fit to Face’
Boston College
B> the Associated Press.
CLEMSON, S. C., Dec. 20.—Clem
son's Ttews. bound for the Cotton
Bowl, moved overland today In two
Pullman cars for Dallas, Tex., where
they will engage the Boston College
Eagles on the gridiron New Year
Day.
The Tigers will reach Dallas to
night and will put up at a hotel
about two miles from Southern
Methodist University, where they
will practice. They will workout
before the public tomorrow after
noon, but the subsequent drills will
be behind closed gates.
The official party, consisting of
35 players, a couple of managers, 5
coaches and the team physician,
left here at 1 pm. yesterday. No
stopovers en route were planned.
The Tigers went through a two
hour workout prior to their de
parture. Virtually the entire Christ
mas population of this college town
turned out at the railroad station
to give the Southern Conference
standouts a rousing sendoff.
Walter Cox and Prank Deitz,
regular and reserve guard, respec
tively, were the only players who did
not take part in yesterday's drill
Both players have minor injuries,
but are expected to be in good shape
several days before the game.
Five years ago—Max Baer
knocked out King Levinsky in
second round of 4-round exhibi
tion.
Ace Center of West
Must Idle After
Scrimmage Hurt
Hardin-Simmons' Turner
Springs Charley Horse;
East in Sound Trim
By th« Associated Press. *
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28.—A 20
minute Impromptu scrimmage left
Dowlas (Bulldog) Turner, 221
pound Hardin-lsimmons center, on
the sidelines today as the West
team lined up for another practice
session for the East-West charity
football game here January 1.
Turner emerged from the brief
holiday drill with a Charley horse
in the thigh, and Coaches Orln Hol
lingberry and Biff Jones said the
big pivot man might not be back
in uniform for a few days.
The alternate Western center is
Johnny Schiechl. Santa Clara.
Other casualties were Bob Smith,
Oregan halfback, and Leroy Zim
merman. San Jose State fullback,
both with sore ankles but nothing
serious.
“We didn’t plan the scrimmage
in advance,” Coach Hollingbery ex
plained, "but when we heard the
East was scrimmaging we figured
we’d better get in a little contact
work, too.”
The East boys scrimmaged for
the second time yesterday and
wound up without injury. “We've
been lucky so far,” said Coach Andy
Kerr of Colgate. He planned one
more heavy scrimmage.
Lou Brock of Purduee, Ben Kish
of Pittsburgh and Johnny Mc
Laughry of Brown, all big and pow
erful ball carriers, dominated yes
terday’s scrimmage, which was
marked by the line backing of the
East centers.
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.
PORTLAND. Me. — Paul Junior.
138'/a. Lewiston. Me . stopped Frankie
Gilmore. 136 Va. Indianapolis iTl.
PITTSBURGH—Emil Joseph. 136.
MUlvale. Fa., won a decision over Julio
Gonzales. 1.33. Puerto Rico (10).
PHILADELPHIA. — Jimmy Tygh.
136'i. Philadelphia, technically knocked
out Jackie Carter 130. Pittsburgh (5).
SCRANTON—Jimmy Clark 15?
Jamestown. N. Y.. knocked out Emil
Kozel. 170. Throop. Pa. 11).
PHILADELPHIA.—Bobby Breen. 128.
Philadelphia, won a decision over Sam
my La Porte. 123, Baltimore (8).
AUGUSTA. Me.—Tony Shucco. 180,
Boston technically knocked out Danny
Peal. 176. New York,_
44 Boys' Quints Open
i Play for Titles in
j Four Divisions
Seven Clubs Competing
In Tournament That
Will Last All Week
Starting this morning and con
tinuing throughout the week. 4. „ -.s'
basket ball teams were seeking hon
ors in four weight divisions at the
Central and Southeast branches in
the second annual Boys’ Club tour
nament.
Among the branches represented
this year are Georgetown, Central,
Y. M. C. A., Northeast, Southeast,
Alexandria B C. and Merrick B. C.
Contests are being staged in 90,
105, 120 and 135 pound divisions.
Tomorrow’s schedule:
AT CENTRAL BRANCH.
90-Pound Class.
Tomorrow—10 am.. Georgetown Br.
Blues vs Alexandria B C. “B”: 11 a m ,
Alexandria B. C. "A" vs. Central Br. Pal
cons.
130-Pound Class.
Tomorrow—fi n.m.. Central Br. Ameri
cans vs Georgetown Br.: 7 pm. Purple
Bantams vs. winner of Southeast Br.
Crows vs. Alexandria B. C “B "
135-Pound Class.
I Tomorrow—8 dpi Centra’ B” P’-et
wlnes vs. winner of Georoetown B' Ace'
v. Alexandria b. r “A": o p.m . winner of
Alexandria B C. "B" vs Stanton Ace*. Y.
M. C. A. Plashes vs. Southeast Br. Hens.
AT SOUTHEAST BRANCH.
90-Ponnd Class.
Tomorrow—10 am. Grade Rovers vs.
winner of Northeast Br Blackhawk' vs
Merrick B C : 11 am. Southeast Br Quins
vs. winner of Central Br. Celtics vs. George
town Br. Grays.
105-Pound Class.
Tomorrow—4 n.m.. Southeast Br. Dux
vs. winner of Merrick B. C. vs. George
town Br.
130-Pound Clasg.
Tomorrow—0 p.m.. Alexandria B. C.
“A" vs. winner of Central Br. Americans
vs. Georgetown Br.
135-Pound Class.
Tomorrow—7 n.m.. winner Merrick B.
C. vs K Straet All-Stars vs. winner
Georgetown Br. Plashes vs. Northeast Br.
PI.: 8 p.m.. Bethesda Chevy Chase vs. win
ner of Kavakos Grill vs. Southeast Br.
Celts.
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Oregon Bows, Trojans
Win in Tilts With
Midwest Quints
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—The touring
University of Oregon basketball
team, national collegiate champion
last season, continues to find the
Middle West anything but hospita
ble in cage competition.
Trounced by Purdue Saturday, the
Westerners took another trimming
last night when De Paul put to
gether five straight points and won
a see-saw battle, 39 to 37. It was
De Paul's fifth victory against one
defeat—an overtime loss to South
ern California.
In the other game of the Christ
mas night doubleheader. Southern
Methodist opened its Midwestern
tour with a 38-to-34 triumph over
Loyola of Chicago.
Oregon opposes Western Illinois
Teachers at Macomb tonight, but
Southern Methodist will take a day
off before facing Purdue at Lafay
ette, Ind., tomorrow night.
20 Years Ago
In The Star
The National Horse Show Asso
ciation turned over $70,000 to the
Salvation Army as receipts of the
November show in Madison
Square Garden.
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Heurichs, Near Loop
Lead, Play Rens in
Two Exhibitions
Defeat Jewels, 39 to 26;
Resume League Action
With Barons Thursday
Heurich Brewers wire only seven
points from first place in the Ameri
can Basket Ball League today and
also were boasting of a three-game
winning streak after beating the
New York Jewells here last night,
39 to 26.
On the verge of disbanding two
weeks ago, the surprising Brewers
now are the hottest team in the
league and threaten to prove even
more formidable with two compara
tive newcomers adding to the scor
frier minnVi
Current success can be attributed
greatly to the sterling play of Mike
Bloom and Moe Dubilier, who only
recently joined the club.
Tonight and tomorrow the Brew
ers will meet the Renaissance, crack
colored non-league team. Tonight’s
game is scheduled for Frederick,
Md., and Heurich gym will be the
-scene of tomorrow night’s game.
Thursday night the Wilkes-Barre
Barons will afford the opposition in
Wilkes-Barre and Friday night the
New Jersey Reds will be met at
Union City, N. J„ in league games.
Yesterday the Brewers gained re
venge on the Jewells for an earlier
loss. With Bloom and Dubilier lead
ing the attack the locals jumped
into an early lead and were on top,
27 to 19, at the half. From then
on the Brewers played under wraps
and near the close Coach Mack Pos
nack sent in several reserves.
Brewers. G.FPts. Jewels. G.FPts.
Dubilier.f. 5 111 Paris.f 2 2 0
Lee.f ’ 2 0 4 Gerson.f Oil
Carson.f 2 0 4 Lefkowitz.f 2 15
Bloom.c 3 3 9 Beck.f 0 0 0
Kramer.g 0 1 1 Rubenstein.c 2 3 7
O'ddfadden.f 2 3 7 Slott.g 0 2 2
Wilson g 0 0 0 Klnsbr'nn'.g 2 i 6
Mitchell g Oil
Totals 15*9 39 Totals *8 10 20
First peiiod score—Brewers. 17-10; sec
ond period «core—Brewers. 27-19. Ref
eree—Mr. Betovich. Umpire—Mr. White.
Cycle Race Spill Ends
Contest for Dfe Bacco
Br the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 26.—Angelo De
Bacco of Newark, N. J„ suffered a
broken arm and severe cuts and
bruises in a spill at Cleveland'6 six
day bicycle race last night. X-rays
will be taken to determine the ex
tent of his other injuries.
Henry (CockyY O'Brien. De Bacco's
partner, paired up with Charley
Yaccino of Chicago to stay in the
race. •
Qualifiers in Star
Duckpin Tourney
AT RENDEZVOUS.
Wednesday—7:30 P M.
MEN.
McDonald. B. Brown, M. A.
McOlone. Fr. Kilroy, M.
Toomey. J. . Kane. Jack
Delgelmann. Leo F. Carney. Bill
Cocimano. 8. L. Herbert. R.
Delgelmann. Adam Lansdale. L.
Mawhlnney, Dr. R. F. Devlta. J.
Betz. C. M. Tieh. R.
Doyle. M. Hanlien. A.
Hammll. R. Collins. H.
McCloskey. Wm. Belalr. Dr.
McGuire. C. H. McCormick. R.
Kearney. A1 Betz. Dr.
Casper Oeorge Ford. A.
Duffy.® Paul
Thursday—7 :80 P.M.
MEN.
Haig. Robert Saire. F. 8.
Edmonds. R. Tort. Wayne •
Plmoer. C. Fort,' Lt.
Parsons. Burton Nonman, R. T.
Woods. John Smith. Frank
Trittlnoe. H. R. Miller. James A.
Valentine. Walter Christenson. C. O.
King. Phil Horcey. Ben
Rhees. M. Lombardi. H.
Given. Charles Hepilev. Thomas.
Harney. C. Ross. Raymond 1.
Caster. G. Hall. Charles E.
Anderson. Neal Murphy. H.
Saunders. Ben Lereh. Henry F.
Tuelke. R. Brady. R T.
Walker. H. Lawless. W.
Friday—7:30 F.M.
MEN.
Stewart. Larry Murray. E. J.
Hudson. Thomas Don. Frank L.
Plsapta. Vincent Manlan. J. A.
Rains. Gordon C. Bruder. Wm. E.. Jr.
Cornell. L. Patrick. J. J.
Howy. L. C. Lewis. A. M.
Fierce. Charles H. Mundee. C. A.
Rosetta. Leo A. Riley. T. A.
Simmons. Lor an a Btreiak
Norwlg. E. A. Ollvera. Frank R.
Goodredge, L. M. Greenawalt, Ouy A.
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Lardner Plan Won't End
Big Ten Grid Woes
By JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (N.A.N.A.L—
The Western Conference is making
a big mistake. We speak with great
seriousness (though uninvited to do
so by Maj. John L. Griffith, through
an oversight) when we suggest that
all the Big Ten colleges give up foot
ball in the fall and play lacrosse
instead.
This is known as the Lardner
plan, but I’m afraid I cannot claim
full credit for it. It originally was
known as the Laboulaye plan, in
honor of a Frenchman named La
boulaye.
Laboulaye had several plans,
which may be summarised roughly
as follows:
Plan 1. He planned to take his
family for a vacation on the Riviera
and return by boat. Nothing ever
came of this.
Plan 2. He was going to study the
clarinet. This fell through.
Plan 3. He had a plan for cross
ing corn with lima beans to produce
succotash on the cob. He was just
about to cross com with beans when
he crossed a street with a red light
and was instantly killed.
Post Lard, Not So Snappy,
Proved to Be Plan IV
Laboulaye left several acres of
bottom land along the Moselle and
the outline of a new plan (plan 4)
which I bought from a street vendor
in Paris under the impression that
it was a snaPpy post card. Perceiv
ing my mistake, I promptly nick;
named it the Lardner plan. I hereby
offer it free of charge to the Athletic
Committee of the Big Ten, which is
badly in need of something on this
order. Two of the members also
are badly in need of a haircut.
What does the conference intend
to do? The University of Chicago
has withdrawn its football team to
a safe place and refuses to play its
schedule next year.
There is some talk of replacing
Chicago with Pittsburgh, or even
with Nebraska or Notre Dame. In
the first place, how would you re
place Pittsburgh, the absence of
which would leave a yawning gap
at the confluence of the Allegheny
and Monongahela Rivers (which
form the Ohio) and strike an ugly
blow at the steel and coal industries
and Frank Frisch?
The first proposition (proposition
1) therefore is stuff and nonsense.
Another project (project 1) is to
force Chicago to play football.
That's impractical. Clark Shaugh
nessy tried it this year and failed.
Legal Aspect of Case
Quite Complicated
There also Is a legal aspect here,
i Suppose you do get out a writ of
I replevin. What becomes of your
rights in fee simple? I know what
I you’re going to say—you can offset
I equity with enfeoffment. But that
would involve a tort, or even con
junctive malfeasance, and then all
the plaintiff has to do is remain
in situ linguae for the duration of
the writ and he has you nailed to
the mast.
I doubt if you could do this for
less than $400 anyway. Not includ
ing the cost of labor and the time it
takes to mix the cement.
Some of the men on the commit
tee are all for going along without
Chicago and calling their organiza
tion the Big Nine. This idea has
much to recommend it. It shows
grit, fortitude, idealism and dogged
determination. It shows that the
committee can subtract “one” from
“ten” and come up with the right
answer (nine). But it is in direct
violation of:
(a) The Constitution of the
United States in typewritten form.
(b) The Constitution of the
United States in longhand.
(c) Newton's law of gravitation
I (section B. paragraph 4, which deals
j with gravitation with intent to de
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Frontage on Lake Erie
Must Mean Something
Besides, what about Ohio State?
What about Michigan. Both States
have frontage on Lake Erie.
I don’t want to make this prob
lem seem any harder than it is.
D-n it all, fellows, the Big Ten
has troubles enough already. But,
unless the budget is balanced, and
unless those mortgages are met, I
frankly cannot foresee the out
come—or, if I can, I ain’t telling.
Personally, I don’t think Harry
Thomas knows what he's talking
about.
However, that is neither here nor
there. There only is one duty be
fore this meeting. Before I turn the
gavel back to your chairman, I want
to urge each and every one of you
to go out there and defeat the Lard
ner plan. It won’t work.
Vander Meer to Marry
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 26 UP).—
Engagement of Lois Stewart of
Scranton and Johnny Vander Meer,
Cincinnati National League pitcher,
has been announced. “Vandy,” hero
for the holidays, lives at Midland
Park, N. J.
College Basket Ball
By the AuoeiiMd Prew. *
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Santa Clara, 54; La Salle, 29.
Southern Methodist, 38; Loyola
(Chicago), 34.
Temple, 42; Oklahoma, 36.
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Oddities Abound in Gridiron Struggles of 1939
Player Forced to Crash Gate; One Snares Own Blocked Pass; 'Unconscious' Hoya Stars
By BILL WHITE,
Associated Press Spouts Writer.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—There is
a caustically critical comment
that has burned many a college
football player’s ears — “They
oughta make that guy pay to get
into the game.”
“They” almost did this year in
one of football’s funniest happen
ings.
Sharp-eyed critics, answering
the Associated Press’ call for foot
ball oddities, came up with many
an amusing incident, but the fate
that befell Milt Sullivant of Kan
sas U„ who arrived late for the
Nebraska game, tops them all.
He was ^hisked from the air
port to the stadium by a cab
driver who let him out at the
wrong gate. He had to walk clear
around the stadium, hopefully
begging admittance at every en
trance—and having actually to
“crash the gate” when a^sleepy
eyed attendant was looking the
other way.
Sulllvant’s heroic attempts to
prove to the gatekeepers that he
was a player apparently weren’t
as convincing as the explanation
offered by Guard Milt Simington
of Arkansas, who was asked why
he left his defensive post in the
heat of battle, walked some 40
yards away and picked up a quar
ter he saw there. “Well, I wasn’t
needed right then,'’ he said. “We
were knocking down all of S. M.
U.’s passes anyway.”
Benny Bulvin of Georgetown
gets the Nation’s sympathy. In
jured on the first play after he
went into the Maryland game, he
doesn’t recall anything of what
subsequently happened — which
‘ included his passing for a touch
down and kicking the extra point.
Now his coach has threatened to
“tap ’ him with a hammer just
before sending him in!
Les Stanczyk of Columbia, in
the Navy game, got the ball,
kicked lustily—and missed the
pigskin completely. Navy got the
ball deep in the Light Blue’s ter
ritory. Bo Btanczyk’s face was
4 <
red, but probably no more so than
those of the combined Washburn
team’s faces on being victimized
by the Washington U. team of St.
Louis. It happened this way:
Dutch Lutz, quarterback, tried
to run but was trapped behind
the line. In desperation he saw
a fellow player behind the Wash
burn goal and threw the ball.
The man in the end zone was
Guard Bob Allen, who promptly
caught the ball and it was scored
as a touchdown.
Since Washburn failed to notice
this rule infraction, Washington
gained 6 richly undeserved points.
Washington immediately substi
tuted four players, one of them
for Allen, so Washburn couldn’t
check up on Allen's eligibility.
In the Nebraska-Iowa State
game, the State kickoff was low
and fast, hit Nebraska’s Sam
Swartzkopf, bounced high into
the air and plopped into the
arma of Iowa State’s Bud Wal
lace.
A
Wyoming is credited with this
one. Against St. Louis U., the
quarterback took the ball from
center and crammed it between a
guard’s legs. The guard fell as
though injured, the backfleld
went through with its deception,
an end came around, got the ball
from the guard and ran 80 yards
for a touchdown.
That probably made the St.
Louis team a little hot under the
collar, but imagine the feelings
of Junior Hovious of Ole Miss,
who snaked way out to the side
lines on a "sleeper” play—and
did it so well that even his own
mates didn’t miss him!
That play didn’t work for
Junior and another one didn’t
work for Dave Zoeller of Ken
tucky—but it showed quick think
ing. He tossed a pass in the
Alabama game and a ’Bama
guard batted it right back into
Dave’s arms. So Dave wound up
and pitched* it all over again
—though It tell short of its mark!
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