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A—10 WASHINGTON, D. C.,‘ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939.
Coaches Ask Goal Posts Changes in Order to Bring Foot Back Into Football
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Failure to Name
Measurements
Hurts Plea
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Function of National
Association to Be
Keenly Debated
Bv RUSSELL NEWLAND,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 29.- .
News and views on the American
Football Coaches’ Association and
the National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation, meeting here concur
rently:
Coaches want the foot put back
in football. Some of them, per
haps, recall losing games by one
point last season. A 30-man com
mittee, representing a cross-section
of the country’s coaching talent,
voted yesterday to recommend to
the National Football Rules Com
mittee adoption of new goal posts,
wider and lower than the standards
now in use. If the rule is adopted,
as some think it will be, there should
be a boom market for drop and
place kicking specialists.
The mentors, however, neglected
to put the best foot forward. The
graduate engineers among them
failed to lay down specifications.
The powerful rules body could grant
the wish by the technical sidetrack
ing of widening the uprights one
inch and towering the crossbar that
UIUCU.
Other Suggestions Made.
Other suggestions to be passed
on to the rules makers include re
duction of the penalty for an illegal
receiver being hit by a passed ball
behind the goal line from 15 to 5
yards: adoption of a a»-inch cleat i
instead of the present half-inch
ground gripper and physical exami
nation of all games officials. Some
of the coaches were of the opinion
that a lot of officials were too slow
of foot to be on the field.
Faculty athletic representatives
and other educators who make up
tne N C. A. A. huddled today with
the coaches in joint session. Speak
ers were William B. Owens of Stan
ford University, president of the
association: Thurston J. Davies,
president of Colorado College, and
Columbia’s Lou Little, head of the
coaches’ group. Subject of the dis
cussion was: “The Function of Na
tional Associations in Intercollegiate
Athletics.”
Later in the convention, the N. C.
A. A. bosses intend to pick this sub
ject to pieces cleaner than the car
cass of a holiday turkey. The edu
cators, come Saturday, may adopt
a new code giving them wider juris
diction, such as authority to toss
members who violate the ethics out
of the outfit. Proselyting and sub
sidization of athletes is another way
of putting it.
Stagg Sees Tightening of Rule.
Same story, two versions: George
F. Veenker, of Iowa State, a mem
ber of the National Rules Commit
tee, said he had seen no violations
of the 1939 regulation prohibiting
ineligible receivers from crossing
the line of scrimmage before a pass
is thrown.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, the country’s
only 50-year coach and life mem
ber of the committee, predicted a
general tightening up of the rule
next season. Said his observation
was officials had been wary and
uncertain in calling the penalties
this year.
The Stanford coaching situation
provided the /day's guessing contests.
Francis Schmidt of Ohio State and
Clark Shaughnessy of Chicago,
both prominently mentioned as suc
cessors to C. E. Thornhill, who will
depart March 31, both denied hav
ing seen, heard from or talked to
Stanford officials. One Stanford
authority, however, said he had re
ceived several flattering recom
mendations in Shaughnessy’s behalf.
Clemson Guard Hurt,
Grippe Hangovers
Hit B. C. Squad .
Cotton Bowl Opponents
Hold Secret Drills
In Frigid Weather
By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Dec. 29.—Clemson and
Boston College footballers trained on
opposite sides of town today for their
Cotton Bowl game.
Behind locked gates Clemson prac
ticed at the Southern Methodist Uni
versity Stadium. Equally secretive
was Boston College in workouts at
Dallas High School field.
Only one casualty was listed as
the squads began their tapering off
process for Monday’s battle. Coach
Jess Neely said Walter Cox, regular
guard on the Clemson team, prob
ably would be unable to start due to
a leg injury.
Coach Frank Leahy of Boston Col
lege pronounced his boys In good
shape physically except that some
of them still are weak from an at
tack of grippe that clung to the
squad for several days at Boston.
Temperatures still hovered around
freezing.
Hockey Results
By the Associated Press.
National League.
Toronto, fi: Montreal. 4.
International American League.
Hershey. 1; Pittsburgh. 0.
Indianapolis. 4; Providence, 1.
American Association.
Tulsa. S: St. Paul. 4 (overtime).
Minnesota. 9; Wichita. 1.
TOURNAMENT.
(At Lake Placid, N. T.)
Exeter Academy. S; Lawrenceville
School. 1.
Nichols School (Buffalo). 4: Chaotc
School. 1. '
Oilman Country School (Baltimore). S;
Andover Academy, g.
Win, Lose or Draw
By BURTON HAWKINS.
(In the Temporary Absence ol Francis E. Stan.)
*
They Say the Fighting Is Authentic
“I’m 30 years old now, with a lot of ice hockey behind me,” informed
suave Len Burrage, crack defense man of the Washington Eagles, “but
I’ve never seen anybody hurt in one of these fights on the ice. At the
same time, though, I’ve never seen one which hasn’t been strictly on the
level, at least to my knowledge."
At holiday party sessions around the village one of the pet topics
concerns the legitimacy of the semi-weekly scuffles at Riverside Stadium.
There are an amazing number of skeptics, it seems, so we carried the
question to the town's leading authorities, Burrage and Coach Redvers
Mackenzie.
“The chief reason we aren't hurt, I imagine,” continued the hatchet
faced Burrage, "is because we're off balance as soon as wo throw a fist.
You simply can t fight well on skates and for that reason most of those
so-called brawls are harmless. There have been serious consequences
from fights, but they’re rarities. *
"I don't mix in them much,” admitted Len, "but it is pretty hard to
keep your head all the time. I lose my temper now and then, but
usually I don't look for trouble. Not many of these kids will either after
they've taken a coupla hard rignts flush on the jaw. You last longer if
you can keep cool.”
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“There’s nothing unusual about these fights,’’ chimed in Coach Mac
kenzie, "they're simply accepted by players as part of the game. It's
Just that hockey is new here and too much emphasis has been placed
on the fighting. It's very seldom anybody’s hurt, but you're bloody well
right those affairs are on the level.
“This game is so much different from football, for instance. In foot
ball a team runs a play and then pauses before running another. If
a player loses his head he has a chance to cool off, calm himself men
tally, before the next play. Maybe a teammate will come over and pat
him on the back and talk him out of slugging that fellow.
“In hockey, though, the action is continuous and body contact fre
quent. I defy anybody with a little red blood in their veins to laugh off a
vicious body check into the boards." Spectators see a lot of that, but they
fail to catch some of the other roughing which leads to fights.
“My team is instructed before every game to stick strictly to hockey.
I think this team can win without all the rough stuff. But I can't expect
a bunch of kids to absorb a lot of that roughness without getting mad
about it. It just isn't human nature.
Sea Gulls Purposely Pugnacious
“The strategy of the Atlantic City Sea Gulls is to employ plenty of
roughing, get the other team scrapping and disorganized, and take advan
tage of it. Their coach. Bert Corbeau. didn't pull any punches when he
was playing with the Montreal Canadiens and his team has been taught
to be rough and ready.”
Mackenzie, incidentally, sort of stumbled into coaching hockey. As
a player he never advanced beyond junior competition, but at 21 he was
covering major league hockey for the Montreal Star and that served as a
stepping stone to his present position
“I used to organize games between married men and single men,
between a gang of kids on one street and boys from another street, or
play-up almost any rivalry. It’s not hard to get a game going in Montreal,
you know. In the city of Montreal alone there are 108 open-air rinks
maintained by the city in addition to 10 closed rinks.
“Pretty soon I became a goal umpire for the Montreal Maroons, which
was a pretty important job in the big leagues then. We didn't have this
Improved net we use now and the puck would bounce in and out of the net.
Naturally, there always was a lot of commotion over whether a goal had
been scored.
Mackenzie Likes His Eagles
“From that I stepped into refereeing and then landed the job coach
ing the Sea Gulls at Atlantic City. I stuck with them for nine years
before taking over the Eagies. I'm glad I shifted. I don't believe there are
more than four amateur teams in Canada that could lick this Washington
outfit the way its going now.
“People down here haven’t any idea of the magnitude of ice hockey
In Canada. There are about 1.100 teams there. Kids start out in the
midget class when they’re 10 and graduate into bantam, juvenile and
junior classes. A player automatically becomes a senior at the age of
20. All of those classes, even those little midgets, have leagues and play
offs at the end of the season.
“More players come from Ontario than from any other part of Canada,
but they play it everywhere up there. These boys in the Eastern League
are about the cream of the senior crop. Just look at the roster of the
New York Rangers in the National League and you’ll see where this league
has sent more players to the big leagues in the past five years than any
other loop.
“Neil Colville, Mac Colville and Alex Shibicky, the best passing line
In hockey, are with the Rangers. They came up from junior hockey to
gether and were with the New York Rovers. Murray Patrick, Les Patrick’s
son. moved up from the Rovers to the Rangers. So did Dutch Hiller, Alf
Pike and Kilby MacDonald.
“Murray Armstrong, New York Americans' center, was with the Rovers.
Pittsburgh, which was in the league a coupla years ago, produced, Frank
Brimsek, goalie for the Boston Bruins, and Gordon Drillon, Toronto
Maple Leafs’ right wing. Brimsek, a Minnesota boy, is tops, and Dril
lon is leading the National League in scoring. He led the league his
first year up and finished third in scoring last year despite being out for
a month. Joe Cooper, with the Chicago Blackhawks, played with the
Rovers. And there are plenty more."
War Wrecks Hockey in England
Burrage, who played with Brimsek and Drillon at Pittsburgh, and
fiery Bill Davies, also a defense man, are rated by Mackenzie as the
backbone of the Eagles. He ranks them of equal value to the team and
rates the remainder of his squad only a trifle behind them in effectiveness.
Imported from London’s Harringay Racers shortly after the Eagles
launched their season. Burrage reveals hockey in England virtually is
stymied by the international agitation.
“We used to draw crowds of 11,000 every Sunday night,” says Bur
rage, “but when war came they wouldn’t allow more than 3,500 spec
tators in the arena. Blackouts ruined night hockey, so they tried to
stage games in the afternoon. When I left they weren't having much
success.”
The styles of Burrage and Davies contrast sharply. Len is a smooth,
6lippery. brainy performer, whiie Bill is the rough-and-ready, up-and
at-'em type.
"Davies is a bad skater and he hasn’t much natural ability,” appraises
Mackenzie, “but he more than makes up for those items with the greatest
competitive spirit I've ever seen.”
C. U. Grid Squad Awed by Size
Of Texas: Line-up All Set
By WALTER McCALLUM,
Star Staff Correspondent.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec. 29 -
Catholic University’s Sun Bowl
bound football warriors steamed into
this typical Texas city today, with
their starting line-up for the New
Year Day game all set. They’ll leave
Fort Worth later today for El Paso,
scene of the Sun Bowl classic next
Monday.
Unable to work outdoors yester
day in St. Louis, which has had
several inches of snow over the last
four days, the Cardinal squad, three
deep in all positions, took a light
workout today in the warmer Texas
climate, but confined their labor to
signal drill and passing. Their work
yesterday, lasting more than an
hour, was light, because the boys
did not have rubber-soled shoes for
the slippery gymnasium floor.
Head Coach Dutch Bergman an
nounced his starting line-up as fol
lows: Ends, Lou Shine and Joseph
Carrig; tackles, Jim Conlen and
Carmen Pirro; guards, Arthur Sabo
and Arthur Calabrese; center. Joe
White; backs, Pete Sachon, Charlie
Moutenot, Henry Brostek and Rocco
Pirro. With the exception of White
in place of Pete Osinski at center
this is the line-up which has started
all the important games for Cath
olic University this year.
The boys are standing the rigors
of the trip into the Southwest in
good shape, passing time away with
| various games. But where they
really do their stuff is in the din
| ing car. Blocking backs are a dime
a dozen and they go strong for the
i ham and. But every one is in good
condition, taking the trip in stride
and with good humor.
They broke out a flock of nice
clean panties yesterday, a bright
yellow bunch of jeans of light ma
terial and they'll all be clad in new
jerseys when they face Arizona State
Teachers at Tempe next Monday,
The yellow jeans are the same ones
the C. U. squad of 1936 used in the
Orange Bowl game at Miami, but
the Jerseys are new stuff. So is
Texas to most of the boys. “Gosh,
isn’t this some place,” said Co-Capt.
Pirro, as he looked over a map and
found that here in the middle of the
State they still are 600 mUes from
El Paso.
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Yols Given Edge
In Defense But
Nof Attack
Trojans Rated Even
With Bowl Foes in
Advancing Oval
By the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 29.—Ten
nessee's undefeated and untied foot
ball machine goes into the Rose •
Bowl struggle with a better de
fensive record, on paper, than
Southern California's Trojans, but
the rivals boast about the same of
fensive possibilities for the New
Year Day offering.
Leading the Tennessee attack in
its stride through 10 opponents this
fall was George Cafego, while Gren
ville Lansdell was the main gun In
Troy's nine games.
Cafego accounted for 443 net
yards gained in the 74 times he
carried the ball, but he played lit
tle alter his knee was banged in
the Citadel affair and is not ex
pected to be in par condition Mon
day.
Butler Big Vol Threat.
Taking his place as Tennessee's
main threat will be Johnny Butler,
who piled up 364 yards in the 58
times he carried the ball.
Grenny Lansdell's record looks
more impressive. A dynamic ball
carrier when he's good land not
so dynamic when he's not), this
dark-haired senior ran with the ball
136 times and gained, net, 674 yards.
On the days when he was off form,
f Ambv Schindler carried on—for 315
yards in the 68 times he carried
the ball.
Battle Bound to Be Colorful.
Certain it is that the attacks and
counterattacks will bring a colorful
duel for the Rose Bowl.
Figures have a way of muddling
the mind, but cold statistics for the
1 regular season this year disclose
', that the orange-clad men of Ten
! nessee advanced the ball 2.978 yards,
via land and air. in 10 games, and
the mighty Trojans traveled 2,733
in nine games.
Statistics credit the Vols with
holding their 10 foes to a net gain
of 939 yards, while S. C.’s foes mads
1,258 yards.
It must be taken into considera
tion, though, that Southern Cali
i fornia played the much harder
schedule.
Twelve Deaths Reported, 1939
Safest Year on Grid Since
Surveys Started in '3 7
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Calif., Dec. 29.—
Substantial strides in the reduction
of football fatalities were reported
today by Dr. Floyd R. Eastwood of
Purdue Untversity in the ninth an
nual survey presented to the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa
tion.
The report for the last season
disclosed it haa been the safest
since the surveys were started in
1931. Twelve deaths were ascribed
directly to football, representing a
63.6 per cent reduction from the
fatalities in 1931 and a drop of 25
per cent from last season. In addi
tion, there were six fatalities for
which football was held indirectly
responsible.
High School Toll Highest.
Of the 12 due directly to football
7 occurred in high schools, 3 in col
leges and universities, 1 on the
sandlots and 1 in athletic club com
petition. In 1931 there were 33
deaths caused by football and 16
indirectly.
Improved equipment and train
ing techniques were given as the
chief reasons for the reduction in
fatalities. Noting that the last two
weeks of October apparently aje
the most hazardous from the in
jury standpoint, Dr. Eastwood sug
gested special emphasis be paid to a
review of tackling and blocking
fundamentals during that month.
He also suggested the need for
improved technique in preparing a
player to start the game, with em
phasis on emotional control, and
the possibility that fourth period
fatalities might be reduced by more
liberal substitutions.
He likewise advocated continued
attention to complete and thorough
physical examination for all ath
letes, exacting care and treatment
of all minor wounds, and continued
study of the proper construction
and fit of headgears.
Six-Man Game Dangerous.
Dr. Eastwood accompanied tfis
survey with a supplementary one of
high school 6-man football acci
dents which has been conducted
for the last two years by Samuel
VoinofT, assistant football coach at
Purdue.
VoinofT's survey, which covered
64 schools in 1938 and 62 this year,
indicated more accidents are occur
ring in the 6-man than in the li
man high school game, but the ac
cidents are less serious. It was
found that nearly one-third of the
accidents occurred in tackling and
66 per cent of all accidents in line
plays.
Basket Ball Games
By the Associated Press.
Oklahoma. 55: Fordham. 48.
New York. HR; Missouri. 47.
California. 43: Columbia. 36
Stanford. 55: Dartmouth. 29.
Michigan State. 3fi: Oregon State. 26.
Minnesota. 28; Washington (Seattle),
2H.
Indistna, 45: Villanova, 33.
Purdue. 52: Rice. 41.
St. Louis. ,34: Centenary. 26.
Utah. 74; Omaha. 37.
Wyoming 36: Colorado Mines. 23.
Iowa State Teachers. 37: Southwestern
Louisiana Institute. 29.
Bradley Tech. 35. Cornell (N. Y ). 31.
Seton Hall. 43; Florida. 41.
North Dakota State, 37; St. John's
(Minn.i. 31.
La Salle (Pa.l. 3.3: Akron. 30.
Panzer. 58: Marshall (W. Va.i. 54.
Iowa Success (C. Q ). 34; Iowa Wes:
leyan. 28.
Hamltne (St. Paul), 37: North Dagota.
33
Hone (Mich) 54: Central (Iowa). 37.
Aberdeen (S. Dak ) Northern Normal.
47: Augustana (S Dak ). 43.
Simnson, 48; Cornell (Iowa), 45 (over
time).
Valley City Teachers. 38; Concordia. 36.
Professional.
Sheboygan. 42: Indianapolis. 36.
Eagles Still Hopeful
Of Tying Rovers in
Hershey Series
Must Defeat Montreal
Tonight and Rivals
Bow to Sea Gulls
It sounds like a fanciful dream
but Coach Red Mackenzie vows his
Washington Eagles think they can
tie the New York Rovers in the
Hershey Cup series which gives up
its last gasp tonight.
The Eagles cross sticks with Mon
treal's Royals on the Riverside pond
while New York invades Atlantic
City to battle the Sea Gulls, and
this match holds the key to Wash
ington's hopes. Eagle victory and
Rover defeat is necessary to give
the District puck pounders a tie.
Mackenzie's crew is conceded an
edge over the Royals, although the
Canadians arrived here with two
consecutive victories under their
belts. Montreal knocked off Balti
more Wednesday night, 5—3, and
gave the Jersey Skeeters a good go
ing over a few days before that.
The Gulls are given an outside
chance of stopping the Rovers.
Montreal will show a brilliant
wingman in Johnny Acheson and a
rugged group of defensemen in Bert
Janke, Skipper Bean, Andy Anten
and Gordie Noseworthv.
Not to be overlooked are Buddy
O'Conner, center: Pete Morin and
Gerry Hefferman, wingmen, and
Johnny Mahaffey, Ronnie Perowns
and Ken Murray, spares who can
step into the lineup and keep the
attack humming.
Want Basket Ball Games
Immaculate Conception School
Alumni want games with strong un
limited teams having gyms. Call
Emerson 1491.
Planning 11 Bouts,
All for Charity
By the Associated Press.
MADISON. Wis„ Dec. 29.—
Charles Rasmussen, 19-year-old
amateur welterweight undefeated
in 36 fights. 16 of them won by
knockouts, has signed with Jack
O'Brien, a Chicago manager, for
11 professional fights and is going
to give his net earnings away.
“I'm going to fight only 11
fights and then continue my work
at vocational school,” Rasmussen
said.
Everything above expenses, he
explained, will go to the Catholic
youth organization and a kiddie
camp fund.
McNeill Meets Hare
In Tennis Feature
At New Orleans
Fy the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 29—The
sixth annual Sugar Bowl tennis
tournament goes into the third
round today with Don McNeill of
Oklahoma City, America’s third
ranking player, meeting Charles
Hare of England in a match that
shapes up as the day's feature.
Bobby Riggs, this country's top
ranking star, takes on Jack Bush
man of Louisiana State University.
The defending champion, Bryan
“Bitsy” Grant, meets Edward Alloo
of Berkeley, Calif., who yesterday
upset the eighth-ranking American,
Gardnar Mulloy of Miami, Fla. El
wood Cooke, No. 6 player, from Port
land, Oreg., tackles Bill Gillespie of
Miami in the other third-round
match. Gillespie dropped Henry
Prusoff of Seattle. No. 10 in the Na
tion, in the second round.
COLLEGE HOCKEY.
Dartmouth, 7: Colgate. 4.
Baugh Calls Turn on Farkas as Redskin Sensation
Huskies vs. Winner of Texas Feud Seen for Rose Bowl in "41; Ward Menaces Golf Pros
By ROBERT MYERS.
(Bitting in for Eddie Brlet*.)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29.—To
day’s boldest prediction: The 1941
Rose Bowl game will be between
the Washington Huskies and the
winner of the Texas-Texas A.
and M. war at Austin.
Tidbits, odd and otherwise—
Kayak II is the solid horse to
win the $100,000 Santa Anita
Handicap, but Seabiscuit still is
the people’s sentimental favorite.
Sammy Baugh evidently wasn’t
kidding last fall when he said
Andy Farkas would be a sensa
tion with the Washington Red
skins. The pro footballers, in
cidentally, are drilling quietly for
their annual pro-bowl game here
January 7, the Green Bay Packers
going against the National League
All-Stars In the affair. Green Bay
and Washington «were voted the
most colorful pro clubs ever to
show here. Red Grange was the
one-man riot. Harry (Truck)
i Hannah, new boss of the Memphis
club, went into a huddle with
Tennessee sports writers over the
baseball prospects and emerged
from the conference offering to
bet that the Vols trim Southern
California New Year Day. Speak
ing of the Rose Bowl, as who out
here isn’t, those Dallas Cotton
Bowl folks certainly gave the
Rose people a scare when they
nearly signed Tennessee and the
Texas Aggies for their game.
Client from Santa Catalina Is
land wants to know if Charley
Grimm and his banjo will pay a
visit to the Chicago Cub training
camp in March. Golf Pro Roy
Phillips of Catalina also inquires
if C. Wilburforce Dunkley, the
terror of the St. Catherine and
the night watchman’s pal, will be
present this spring. Lou Novikoff
of the Los Angeles baseball club,
voted the No. 1 player of the
minor leagues, was the most
feared batter in the Coast League.
The pitchers weren’t so afraid
he’d belt the ball out of the park
as they were of getting a leg
taken off by the horsehide. There
is a (100,000 price tag on him,
by the way.
The wolves are still on the
prowl. Mike Pecarovich of Loyola
at Los Angeles is under Are.
Mike’s first season was poor, but
his material was poorer and his
luck was worse than that.
Strictly of the rumor variety,
Clark Shaughnessy of Chicago
has been mentioned in connection
with the job. It would be the
second Loyola he would coach. He
used to be at Loyola at New
Orleans. Odd that Loyola down
there abandoned football just a
few days before Chicago dropped
the sport.
William H. (Bill) Spaulding,
for years coach at U. C. L. A. and
now athletic director, drew the
biggest hand of all when he was
called on to, take a bow at a
homecoming banquet at, of all
places, U. S. C. The ovation was
so tremendous the toastmaster
changed signals and called on Bill
to make a speech.
The golfing pros go into the
1940 merry-go-round next week
in the Los Angeles Open. Watch
out that an amateur doesn’t win
the event. His name is Bud
Ward of Spokane, Wash. After
the L. A. comes the Oakland,
San Francisco and Bing Crosby’s
tournament at Del Mar. Ask
Bing, by the way, to play his
latest recording—the one where
he “blew up” at the finish and
inquires what became of eight
bars of the song. You won’t
find the record at the music
counter.
Today’s guest star: Jack Troy
of the Atlanta Constitution—U.
S. C. better had quit worrying
whether George Cafego’s knee is
good or bad and think about this
boy Johnny Butler. He’s the
young man who really carried
Tennessee into the Rose Bowl,
and he may carry S. C. out of it
—feet first.
Boy Basketers Clash
Today in Tourney
Semifinals
125-Pound Class Holds
Top Interest in Event
That Ends Tomorrow
Semi-final games are scheduled
today in the second annual Boys’
Club of Washington tournament
i which ends tomorrow. Games are
! scheduled in all four classes with ac
I tion to be divided between the Cen
tral and Southeast branch courts.
Chief interest will be centered in
the 135-pound division wherein the
Stanton Aces, favorites to cop the
trophy, meet the powerful George
town Aces and Northeast Flashes
battle the strong Betbesda-Chevy
Chase quint.
Three games in the 120-pound
bracket featured yesterday's sched
ule and close, well played games were
the rule as the Americans dusted off
Georgetown, 27-25: Merrick defeated
Langley, 25-29, and Southeast Zipps
turned back Northeast Celtics, 32-25.
High scorer of t^e day was Durkin,
who tallied 13 points for the losing
Langley five. Gittleson's fine work
also failed to save Georgetown from
defeat as the Americans pounced on
the West End team with a diversified
and well balanced attack. A mem
ber of the losing team in the Zipps
Celtics game also topped the scorer*
when Decatur rang the bell for five
field goals, but the Zipps’ all-around
defensive strength was too much for
the Celtics.
Harder Signs With Pay
Said to Be $15,000
By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 29.—Pitcher
Mel Harder has signed his 1940 con
tract with the Cleveland Indian*.
The figure was not revealed, but was
believed about $15,000.
Harder won 15 and lost 9 after a
bad start last season.
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