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Redskins Being Counted on Heavily by All-Stars Against Green Bay’s Packers
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From the
Press Box
Who Is Lardner, Asks
Mysterious Al Hostak
By JOHN LARDNER.
Special Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK. Jan. 1 (N.A.N.A.h—
The case of mysterious Al Hostak.
Seattle's private middleweight
champion, has taken a very em
barrassing turn. At least it em
barrasses me. in my capacity of
world's foremost non-opium-smok
ing detective.
I have given a lot of thought to
the case of mysterious Hostak. At
one point in the investigation I
identified 48 different kinds of cigar
ash while blindfolded. This sort of
work has nothing to do with Hostatt,
but it keeps a detective in shape.
Tire original quastion was: Is
there a Hostak? Witnesses said
they had seen him, but you know
how witnesses are. You can buy
’em in gross lots.
Never having shown his sinister
countenance outside of Seattle un
til recently. Hostak made me skep
tical. I remember saying to Dr.
Watson:
"Watson, Hostak makes me skep
tical.”
Man Dressed in Carnation
Rare Sight in Cleveland
"Why don't you take a bicar
bonate?” said Watson, who is a
matter-of-fact fellow and a little
Blow with his noggin.
All this is neither here nor there.
Recently I got a hot tip that the
Phantom was going to appear in
Cleveland to fight a fellow named
Eric Seelig. I rushed to the scene |
and made a date to see Hostak in
■ person.
"If there is such a guy as Hos
tak," I told his manager. Eddie Ma
rino, “you'd better produce him—or
else.”
Us detectives always say "or else”
in the clutch. It doesn't mean any
thing.
"Hostak will be on the corner of
Euclid and Thirtieth at 10 a.m. on
the nose,” said Marino. “He'll be
wearing a white carnation.”
Now it’s very seldom, even in
Cleveland, that you see a guy wear
ing nothing but a white carnation in
public, so I figured I couldn't miss
Hostak, if any. To make a long
story short, some degraded hell
hound needled my cocoanut milk
that night, and when I awoke the
next morning I was on a plane ,
V_3 r ^ r „ r-tnir
ardess playing a hand of solitaire
on my chest, for want of a steady
table.
Hostak Counters With Query
Is There a Lardner?
I haven’t seen Hostak yet, though
reliable citizens tell me they actually
saw such a guy fight in Cleveland,
where the Phantom is said to have
stiffened Seelig in slightly less than
nothing flat. I fell down on that
assignment, all right. The boys in
the detective racket won't let me
forget it, as we sit around the club
in the evening matching finger
prints for drinks.
I thought the worst had hap
pened, but it seems there was more
to come. After trailing Hostak like
a bloodhound for a year, I hear that
the Phantom has suddenly turned
in his tracks and demanded:
“Is there a Lardner?”
He questions my existence. And
the trouble is, I can't prove who I
am. or if I am, because (by a singu
lar coincidence) I lost my driver’s
license the other day, a friend bor
rowed my fingerprints to use at a
charity smoker and my wife speaks
no English. At least, I don't think
it's English.
This can all be straightened out,
dammit, if Hostak will give me a
little time. I’ve got references some
where. Just for example, Herbert
Hoover once said, “Who is that
young man smoking in the front row
down there?” He meant me. I
guess that proves my case, all right,
but I can't get hold of Hoover. They
keep telling me he's in conference.
Lardner Can Prove Identity
With $5,000 for Expenses
I also can quote from Babe KUtn
“Larkin is quite a card") and from
the El Paso police records (“wanted
for rustling—$20 reward”). Oh, I .
exist, all right, but it just happens
that at the moment I would have
a terrible time proving it. I guess
Hostak thinks he's a wise guy.
“I have never seen Lardner.” says
Seattle's Phantom middleweight. “I
don't know if there is such a person.
And if there is I can only ask why?”
Don’t worry, Al. The case does
not end here. We must never lose
sight of the fundamental issue,
namely, is there a Hostak? Once
that has been settled I will have
no trouble proving that there is a
Lardner. Just give me time (and
$5,000 for expenses. It may be
tougher than I think).
Middle Atlantic Skate
Events Entice 200
NEWBURGH. N. Y.. Jan. 1 (/PV—
A new' track and 6 inches of hard,
fast ice provided perfect skating
conditions today for some 200
skaters who sought to lift the Mid
dle Atlantic speed skating crowns
from a pair of two-time winners—
Eddie Schroeder of Chicago and
Helen Bahill of Elmhurst, Long
Island.
Recent cold weather produced a
fine ice surface on the new Recrea
tion Park track and the strong field
W act IU UUV I
petition in the 19th annual speed
test.
Tarzan White, Giants'
Guard, on Mat Here
Local mat fans will be introduced
to a former all-America football
player at Alabama Thursday night
at Turner's Arena when Tarzan
White, 210-pound guard of the New
York Giants pro eleven, tangles
with Chief White Feather in a pre
liminary engagement.
The high spot of White’s still
rather youthful cauliflower career
is a draw with Jim Londos, who will
squirm in the feature event. Ed
Wagner, who has won his last two
starts here, will be Londos’ foe.
Three years ago—Record crowd
of 87,196 saw Pittsburgh gain
first victory in four trips to Rose
Bowl, defeating Washington, 21-0.
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Filchock and Farkas
Due for Yeoman Duty
In Tilt Next Sunday
'Dream Team' Will Play
Pro Gridiron Champion
Packers at Los Angeles
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 1.—Green
Bay's Packers, 1939 champions of
the National Football League, and
an all-star team selected by a fan
poll from the rosters of other league
teams, are hard at work preparing
for their combat. The game, the
only post-season contest permitted
under league rules, will be played
next Sunday, January 7, here in
Gilmore Stadium, which has been
enlarged to accommodate 20,000.
The game is the second annual
affair involving the champions and
the league's All-Stars. Last year the
champion New York Giants staged
a brilliant last-half rally to triumph,
13-10.
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XUC Xlil-Uiai ovjuau,
rection of Steve Owen, coach of the
1939 runners-up, the Giants, has
been working out twice daily at
Griffith Park.
The champion Packers, with Coach
E. L. “Curly” Lambeau in command,
are training at the Riviera Country
Club. They reassembled a week
ago Saturday, too.
Owen is well pleased with his
squad's progress and is confident
that it packs enough power to beat
the mighty Packers.
Have Versatile Offense.
In the backfield the All-Stars will
have the sort of players about which
every coach dreams but seldom sees
perform together. Parker Hall, the ;
Cleveland Rams' freshman triple
threat passing wizard, will pilot the
All-Stars. Parker already has given
local fans a tip-ofT on what they can
expect from him by performing bril
liantly in the squad's frequent scrim
mages.
Davey O'Brien of the Philadelphia
Eagles and Frank Filchock of the
Washington Redskins will alternate
with Hall in keeping the All-Stars'
passing attack clicking. Andy Far
kas of the Redskins, the league's
leading scorer, is expected to col
laborate with Hall in making the
team's running attack a constant
threat.
Jonn Drake of Cleveland. Ward1
Curt of the Giants, Fred Vanzo of
the Detroit Lions and “Pug" Man
ders of Brooklyn are available for ;
plunging and blocking duty. In ad
dition, Cuff's field-goal kicking ar
tistry will be a constant menace.
The ends will be well fortified,
with Perry Schwartz. Bill Smith,
Jim Benton and Joe Carter on the
job. Schwartz and Smith ranked
next to the Packers' brilliant Don
Hutson as pass receivers and Ben
ton and Carter were not far off
the pace. Schwartz is the Dodgers’
property. Smith is a Cardinal, Ben
frvr* o onrl rortor on TTcjctIa
star.
Five behemoths, headed by Joe
“Stonewall" Stvdahar of the Chi
cago Bears, will man the tackles.
Turk Edwards of the Redskins, Tony
Blazine of the Cards and Ray George
and Jack Johnson of the Lions
will share duty with Stydahar.
Kinnard Shifted to Guard.
Byron Gentry of the Pittsburgh
Pirates, Orville Tuttle of the Giants,
George Musso of the Bears and
Bruiser Kinard of the Dodgers will
take care of the guard posts. Kinard.
who has played tackle throughout
his career, has been shifted to
guard by Coach Owen and the ex
periment is expected to provide an
interesting sidelight.
Mel Hein, captain of the Giants
and the league’s standout center,
since the old iron man. George Traf
ton of the Bears, retired, will share
the position with Ki Aldrich, the
Cardinals’ brilliant freshman pivot
man.
Coach Lambeau of the Champion
Packers announces that every man
on the squad, except Russ Letlow,
regular guard, is in top condition.
Letlow suffered a knee injury in
the championship game and may
not play.
Cunningham Is Bealen
In 1,500-Meter Run
By San Romani
By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 1— Glenn
Cunningham, the old master of the
milers, bowed to superior legwork
ana strategy’ by Archie San Ro
mani yesterday in the 1.500-meter
run of the Sugar Bowl track meet.
The little runner from Emporia,
Kans., who holds the world 2,000
meter record, defeated his fellow
Kansan and Blaine Rideout of North
Texas Teachers College, before 15,
000 spectators—largest crowd ever
to see a track meet in the South.
San Romani’s time was 4:02, slow
for the field assembled.
March Farmer of Texas Tech,
one-armed hurdler, won the 110
meter high hurdles in 0:14.5. a foot
ahead of Allan Tolmich of Detroit.
John Quigley. Manhattan College
freshman, took the 400-meter run
in 48.4 seconds, pulling out in front
of Roy Cochran of Indiana Univer
sity. Edwin Miller of Anaheim.
Calif., was third.
Tommy Deckard, gangling In
diana runner, was the only repeat
winner, capturing the 3,000-meter
steeplechase in 9:17.8. Forest Efaw
of Oklahoma A. and M. was 30 yards
behind.
Campbell Kane of Indiana U. beat
out Wayne Rideout of North Texas
Teachers in the 800 meters with a
1:54.3 time.
Walter Mehl, University of Wis
consin redhead, outlasted Don Lash
of Bloomington, Ind., and Greg Rice
of Notre Dame in the 3,000-meter
run. His time was 8:44.8.
Warrenton Hunt Today
WARRENTON, Va., Jan. 1.—The
Warrenton Hunt, organized in 1887,
met for the first hunt of the season
today, at 1 o’clock, at Ashland, home
of the Master Fox Hounds and
Mrs. Amory S. Carhart.
Five years ago—First Sugar
Bowl football game won by Tu
lane, whose second half rally
turned back Temple, 20-14.
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CHANCE TO BE HEROES—Understudies Ambrose Schindler
(above) of Southern California and Johnny Butler (right) of
Tennessee may get the call over Grenny Lansdell and George
Cafego, respectively, their injured regular backfleld mates in
the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena. It appears unlikely that either
Lansdell or Cafego, stars of their respective teams, will see much
action. —A. P. Photos.
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Star Tourney Reveals Bowlers
In D. C. Spend $500,000
A Year on the Sport
xxruiin ♦onfnomont i nnr#»nt1v hv mialifvinff fit the T^lickv
themselves making final checks on
all scores, 63 bowlers—38 men and
25 women, nearly twice as many as
last year—today were ready to cut
a luscious $1,000 prize melon into
bits lor their winning efforts in the
mammoth 12th annual Evening Star
Yuletide Tournament.
The biggest duckpin event in the
history of the game, the national
record field of 11,760 league rollers
who competed served to give for the
first time a fairly true line on some
questions that heretofore had been
answered merely by guesses.
Here’s some of them:
Washington bowling business still
has a way to go before reaching the
$1,000,000 class, as generally believed.
This is revealed by the fact that
league rollers spend an estimated
sum of $500,000 a season. This figure
is based on a round number of
12.000 bowlers, since some 500 or 600
failed to compete in The Star
tournament.
Of this amount the bow'ling alley
coffers take in approximately $300.
000. The balance finds its wray back
to the bowler through prize money
awards
These figures also represent a
total of one-third more in revenue
from bowlers who roll in one or
more leagues.
Only a sum of approximately
$zib,ooo would be grossed by the
alleys if bowlers confined their
efforts to one league.
Smith First Scratch Winner.
Hokie Smith, the new star tour
nament champion, is the first to win
the title from scratch. His winning
score of 760 cracked the former all
time high of 707 rolled last season
by Joe Harrison in the qualification
round and Rosslyn's Billy Stalcup's
708 in the final.
Jack Simmons of the Navy De
partment Mixed Doubles League is
the new recordholder for high
scratch set in the qualification
round with 730 at the Arcadia. Har
rison s mark was topped three times
as Julius Singer shot 710 from
scratch in a gallant effort to retain
his championship. Smith was the
only District League bowler to take
the pay-off line.
Singer, immediately after his great
splash at Convention Hall, skipped
off to roll his first match in the all
star circuit this season. It was his
triple-header strike that paved the
way for Columbus to win its only
game from the pace-setting Ross
lyns at Columbia. Singer’s 23-pin
handicap was the lowest among the
prize winners. Frank Mischou was
second lowest with 27. The star
hook-ball shooter got a break, ap
Strike. His Graphic Arts League
average is only 120. He’d been a
scratch man had his 129-28 Ross
lyn Independent League average
counted.
Ray Burgess, rj., 19-year-old Be
thesda lad, was the youngest among
the male prize winners.
Shutout entirely in the women's
division, Chevy Chase Ice Palace
came through with the most male
winners. A total of six topped
Lucky Strike and Mount Rainier
with four each.
Silver Spring led with five winners
in the feminine group. Arcadia was
second with four.
William Henry Smith of the Navy
Yard League was the only male
shooter besides Singer to grab off
some coin two years in a row. Fin
ishing third last season with a score
of 53—700 to collect $30, his high
gross set of 465 in the preliminary
at Lucky Strike netted him only $5
less.
Feature Ollie Pacini getting a 42
pin handicap. The former two-time
consecutive No. 1 duckpinner of the
j country probably just doesn't try his
hardest in the Southeast League at
i the Queen Pin. He’s still got plenty
on the ball as attested by his 1,973
in the recent Dixie Sweepstakes
I which netted him sixth place and
$<5. Ana wnos to say he won t win
the $3,000 United States Sweepstakes
next Saturday at Waterbury, Conn.
Dorothy Carlton Coming Star.
Russ Diehl, Brookland Recreation's
enterprising manager, was pleased
over getting Bob Lawhorn, R. C.
Reeley and A. P. Melcher in the
men’s pav-ofT, but became really
enthused when 16-year-old Dorothy
Carlton sprang a surprise on the
final night with a 54—386 to gain
1 a tie for 11th place. “She’s a south
paw and a sure diamond in the
rough,” says Russ.
Mabelle Hering, national singles
champion, rolled consistently in both
prelim and final. Her 20—396 was
right among the leaders in the
qualification round, while her
20—386, won her $8 in the final.
Mildred Miskelly, her Arcade Pontiac
teammate of the Ladies’ District
League, also stands to collect $8 for
her 28—385 count.
Pearl Clarence, who will get $15
for her fifth place score of 46—405,
was only a stick short of sharing
with Mrs. Juanita Pollock, the win
ner of the high game prize of $20.
Isabel Riefenberg of the G. A. O.
Mixed League, who rolled to ninth
place at Convention Hall with
34—389, is the sister of three famous
bowlers—Bill, Lonnie and Harry
Krauss.
Star Reporter Sees Bull Fight
And Doesn't Like It—Much!
By ■ Staff Correspondent of The Star.
El PASO. Tex., Jan. 1.—I sat*
Ferdinand die today. Unwilling U
give up his lazy existence, Ferdi
nand choked out his life on the dirtj
floor of a dirty little bull ring ir
Juarez. It took three stabs frorr
the lengthy blade of the matadoi
and two swords to kill Ferdinand
for Ferdinand was genuine. H<
wouldn’t play. All he wanted wai
the pretty flowers. The senoritai
were not pretty.
The most disgusting, degradins
exhibition of sheer brutality I hav<
seen robbed Ferdinand of his life
He didn’t want to die. He didn'1
want even to charge the crimsor
capes the banderillos flung at him ir
the tawdry little bull ring of Juarez
They couldn't make Ferdinanc
charge, even though six cruel barb!
hung from his bloody shoulders.
No picadors riding crow-bail
horses helped Ferdinand die, th<
poor fellow went out alone. Perhaps
the attendance was not worth risk
lng me lives OI uie sorry minimis
for Ferdinand was well equippec
with a wide-spreading set of horns
They had only banderillos, nimble
footed Mexicans who hung th<
barbed shafts on Ferdinand’s shoul
ders and jumped aside. But thej
didn’t have to jump, Ferdinanc
wouldn’t have hurt them.
He Stood there In the center ol
the dirty little ring, all alone. Th«
brave matador, shielding his lonf
sword under a cape, approachec
him. It took no skill and there was
no risk as the matador drove th<
sword 3 feet between the shoulder!
into Ferdinand. Only the grip anc
3 inches of the blade stood out ai
Ferdinand bled internally, totter
ing on shaking legs, and not ever
tossing a horn as the provokinf
banderillos approached him. Agair
the matador struck and again hi
missed. Finally he killed Ferdinanc
with a neck thrust that severed thi
spinal column. And Ferdinanc
went out, dragged at the heels of i
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pair of sorry nags. He didn t want
to die. He didn't put on a very
good exhibition dying.
Boxing may be brutal. Wrestling
can be fun. But bullfighting a tame
steer is no fun. even for the spec
tators. There were no “bravos" as
Ferdinand died. As a spectacle it
was sheer, unmitigated brutality.
W. R. McC.
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Football.
Catholic University vs. Arizona
State Teachers’ College, El Paso,
Tex.
Basket BaU.
Maryland vs. Clemson, Balti
more Coliseum, 8:15.
Maryland Frosh vs. Western
High, College Park, 4.
TOMORROW.
Basket BaU.
George Washington vs. Clem
son, Tech High gym, 8:30.
Ice Hockey.
Washington Eagles vs. Atlantic
City Sea Gulls, Riverside Stadium,
8:30.
Boxing.
Amateur card, Gonzaga High
auditorium, 8:30.
WEDNESDAY.
Basket BaU.
Maryland vs. Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia.
Central High vs. St. John’s,
Central gym, 3:30.
Tech High vs. Montgomery
i Blair, Silver Spring, Md., 8.
Gonzaga High vs. Washington
i Lee High, Ballston, Va.; 3:30.
i Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
l vs. Maryland Frosh, College
. Park, 4.
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Victorious Over Reds,
Bright Future Seen
By Heurich Quint
Brewers, Only Half Game
Out of Lead, Credit
Bloom With Rise
Only a half game removed from
the American Basket Ball League
lead, Washington's Heurich Brewers
today were regarding their imme
diate future with relish and review
ing with keen delight a player deal
which backfired to their benefit.
Victorious over the Jersey Reds,
33-25. yesterday at Heurich gym,
the Brewers now are hot on the
neck of the league-leading Phila-.
delphia Sphas, chiefly due to: the
consistent performances of tower
ing Mike Bloom, 6-foot 6-inch cen
ter who never was intended to be
a member of the Heurich outfit.
Seen as Trading Bait
Acquired by the Brewers from
the Sphas early this year in an out
right purchase. Bloom was intended
for trading bait in a deal which j
would have brought the Brewers
Arthur Pelkington of the New’ York
Jewels. That deal collapsed when
the Jewels refused to surrender Pel
kington, but Bloom's brilliant play
has stamped that turn in events a
break for the Brewers.
A polished player with Temple
University. Bloom has developed
into a consistently fine pro scorer
and also is invaluable under both
offensive and defensive backboarns.
Against the Reds, for instance, he
sparked the Brewers with 10 points
and limited a trio of pivot opponents
to a total of two points.
Goldfadden Starts Rally
Heurich stepped into an 11-7 lead
at the end of the first period, but
trailed, 19-20, entering the final
period. Ben Goldfadden, former
George Washington star, shot the
Brewers ahead and Heurich won
going away.
Milton Genderson, with 10 points,
paced Jewish Community Center
tossers to a 34-25 triumph over
United Clay Products in a Heurich
Amateur League preliminary.
Heurich. G.P.Pts. Jersey Reds. G.P.Pts.
Dubilier.f_3 2 8 Goldstein.!. 4 1 9
Wilson.f ___ 2 0 4 Adamo.f_0 0 0
Goldfadden! 2 2 H Boardman.f 3 17
Bloom.c_3 4 10 Benson !_ 0 0 0
Posnack.g.. 0 0 0 Anderson.c__ 0 0 0
Carson.g_ 0 0 0 Jarman.c_10 2
Kramer.g_2 15 Spahn.g_113
Fitzpatrick.g 2 0 4
Totals-_ 12 9 33 Totals. _ 11 3 25
First period score—Heurich. 11-7. Sec
ond period score—Jersey Reds. 20-19.
Referee—Mr. Solodare. Umpire—Curley
White.
BARRIER FOR C. V.—Bill McConnell, 215-pound tackle of
Arizona State Teachers’ College at Tempe, which the Cardinals
battle in the Sun Bowl at El Paso today. He is the main cog
In the Bulldogs’ powerful line.
Eagles' Coach Urges
New Deal for Fans
In Hockey Series
Would Abandon 3-Cup
Plan; Ruling on Jersey
Loss Protest Due
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Jan, 1—Abandon
ment of the current Eastern Ama
teur Hockey League policy of com
peting for three cups which have
little significance today was being
urged by Redvers Mackenzie, coach
of the W??Mn"t''n F°>glec\ ps h’s
team squared off with the New York
Rovers.
Feeling the various cup compe
titions lead only to confusion in the
minds of hockey followers, Mac
kenzie is endeavoring to have legis
lation passed whereby the cups
would be retired from competition
and a playoff series involving the
Eastern League’s top three teams
substituted at the end of the reg
ular schedule.
The Rovers already had captured
the Hershev Cup before facing the
Eagles in the final game of that
series today, but the cup they re
ceive means only that they led the
league at the end of the first third
of the schedule. The league title
is awarded the team having the
highest total of points over the
entire season, with two points being
given for a win and one point for
a tie.
Tomorrow night the Eagles will
plunge into Boardwalk Cup series
action, facing the Atlantic City Sea
Gulls at Washington, while on Fri
day Washington will play host to
New York.
Meanwhile S. G. Leofifler, owner
of the Eagles, and Mackenzie had
lodged a protest with Tom Lock
hart, president of the Eastern
League, in regard to their 2-0 loss
to the Jersey Skeeters Saturday
night at River Vale, N. J.
Mackenzie, who claims the River
Vale clock jumped seven minutes
when struck by a player's stick,
wants the game replayed only in
the event it has a bearing on the
championship. Action w’ill be taken
on the protest shortly.
Today a year ago—Glenn Cun
ningham ran mile in 4:10.7,
fastest ever run in South, to beat
Blaine Rideout by 1 yard in Sugar
Bowl track meet at New Orleans.
Basket Barnstorming
Soon to Give Way to
Conference Tilts
Championship Play Will
Occupy Major Teams
After This Week
By HUGH 8. FULLERTON, Jr.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—The Na
tion's best college basket ball teams
get their final r..ng this week end at
the enjoyable Dusiness of traveling
around the country and playing be
fore big “double-header” crowds.
Then- they will settle down to the
serious task of deciding the various
conference championships.
This part of the program gets
under way tonight, when Clemson, j
1939 Southern Conference champion.
tackles Maryland In one game ol a
double bill at Baltimore. By Satur
day every major conference from
the Eastern League to the Pacific
Coast will get in one or more cham
pionship tilts.
Barnstorming Is Reduced.
The barnstorming will continue, of
course, but on a considerably re
duced scale. And there won’t be
anything like this week's nine
double-headers in New York, Phila
delphia, Baltimore, White Plains,
N. Y.; Columbus, Ohio, and Chicago
coming in one week.
The New Year night program in
cludes Caiifornia-Dartmouth and
Panzer-John Marshall at White
Plains; Maryland-Clemson and Bal
timore-Washington College (Mdj at
Baltimore; Michigan State-Loyola
and Santa Clara-De Paul at Chica
go and Pittsburgh-Michigan and
Cornell-Ohio State at Columbus, in
addition to such interesting single
games as Illinois-Butler, Kansas
State-Kentucky, Rice-Bradley and
Iowa-Toledo.
Tnen me court tourists will be
heading for home. California by way
of Marshall <W. Va.i, Ohio State and
Nebraska, and Santa Clara with a
two-game visit to Montana State.
Stanford and Colorado, also on tour
in the East, wind up tomorrow
against Wisconsin and Duquesne.
Maryland and William and Mary
of the Southern Conference make
brief Northern tours this week, while
Butler, strong Midwestern “inde
pendent,” visits New York and Phil
adelphia to play Long Island and La l
Salle.
The Southern Conference lists four
games among members later this
week, in addition to Duke's impor
tant meeting with Princeton. Au
burn and Louisiana State play a pair
of week-end contests in the South
eastern loop.
Conference Races to War.
Serious conference competition
opens Friday when Oklahoma, Big
Six co-champion last season, meets
Kansas; Texas Christian plays Rice,
one of the Southwest Conference
favorites, Colorado State meets Den
ver in the Big Seven. And the
Northern section of the Pacific Coast
circuit pits Idaho’6 "dark horse”
team against uncertain Oregon State,
and Washington State, one of the
favorites, against Washington. In'
the Missouri Valley, Drake plays St. i
Louis and Washington U. meets
Washburn.
The coast teams meet again Sat- 1
urday, and Oklahoma visits Kansas;
State. Cornell and Pennsylvania \
open the Eastern League season. A
five-game program starts the Big1
Ten race.
Colorado, 1938 Big Seven cham
pion. plays its first loop game Sat
urday against Wyoming.
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McNeill on Way Up
At Net, Along With
Mulloy, Prusoff
By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 1.—Don
McNeill, 21-year-old Kenyon Col
lege student from Oklahoma City,
and a “Cinderella’’ doubles team of
Gardnar Mulloy and Henry Prusoff
served notice today they were head
ed for bigger and better things in
the tennis world in 1940.
Yesterday McNeill trounced Amer
ica's No. 1 ranking singles player,
Bobby Riggs of Chicago, to win the
Sugar Bowl invitation tournament
championship. The score was 7—5,
6—3. 6—2. The Mulloy-Prusoff
combination beat Riggs and Elwood
Cooke of Portland, Oreg., for the
doubles crown.
Prusoff, Seattle player, and Mulloy
of Miami, entered the Sugar Bowl
singles and just decided to team
up and enter the doubles. They
had never played together before.
Morris Faces Tough
Amateur Ring Foe
Here Tomorrow
Participant in only four battles,
Chester Morris, local amateur
heavyweight boxer, already has cap
tured a smattering of followers who
will witness him in action tomor
row night when Frankie Mann
stages an 11-bout card at Gonzaga
High Auditorium.
A former Central High football
player, Morris has registered four
knockouts thus far in his embryonic
career, winning the 1938 and 1939
District A. A. U. heavyweight titles
in the process. Tomorrow he is
facing his stiflest assignment, col
liding with Casper Vechene, Balti
more light-heavyweight diamond
belt champion, who has grown into a
heavyweight.
Featuring the 35-round card will
be a bout involving Jimmy De
Chard, highly regarded local heavy
weight, and Lee Mitrecciani, Balti
more’s diamond belt heavyweight
titleholder.
Northeast Five Booking
Northeast Boys’ Club unlimited
basketers today owned a string of
seven consecutive victories, defeat
ing Tehan A. C„ 35-30, and Co. F
of Hyattsville, 23-18, yesterday.
Coach Suit is booking games for
the winners at Lincoln 2901.
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The 11
Sportlight
Orange Bowl Contest
May Be Day's Best
By GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent of The Star.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (N.A.N.A.).
—This is Old King Cole day. By
that I mean it's bowl day. All the
bowls that can be filled. Rose
Bowl—Sugar Bowl—Orange Bowl—
Cotton Bowl—Sun Bowl.
You can’t treat the situation any
too lightly for the simple reason
that in the four major bowl games
something like 250,000 spectators
will invest well over $500,000 to get
a look at the ensuing action from
Pasadena to Miami, via Dallas and
New Orleans.
Tennessee and Southern Califor
nia are all set for their tilt or joust
at Pasadena where some 90,000 sun
flecked spectators will oav out over
8300.000 to see two powerful de
fensive teams at work.
They look to power out this west
ward way. They can't see a Ten
nessee team, outweighed by over
15 pounds to the man along both
line and backfield. Maybe they are
right. I don’t think so. Whatever
happens I can’t see Southern Cali
fornia's young giants shoving a
much lighter Tennessee team all
over the field.
I am still a believer in speed—in
alertness—in smartness. And it is
here that Tennessee has the edge—
unless Southern California changes
its color or complexion entirely.
Cafego's Presence Would
Give Vols Big Edge
Bob Neyland of Tennessee knows
he hasn't the Volunteer squad he
had last fall. In my opinion that
Tennesee team was two touchdowns
better than either Southern Cali
fornia or Duke. But this isn't New
Year Day, 1939. It is New Year
Day, 1940. A year can make a ter
rific difference. Even a week can
in football.
In spite of all this I still think
Tennessee has at least an even
chance to win—and I'll even give
the Volunteers a shade. If Cafego
were right and ready I'd figure Ten
nessee a sure thing. But Cafego
isn't.
The big game of the day should
be between Tulane and Texas A.
and M. They are the two power
teams. They may have no greater
power than Southern California, but
they have more finesse, better kick
ing, better all-around passing, better
all-around backfield play.
These are probably the two top
teams of the country. They have
the stuff that is needed in every
department. I'd take either team
against anv other bowl chnicp
I’ve seen Tulane play. I know
what Red Dawson has to offer. But
I have a hunch that Texas A. and M.
is the best all-around football team
on the map. It can be beaten.
Tulane may do it. But I don’t be
lieve any one else can—and I don’t
think Tulane will.
If Tulane can beat Texas A. and
M„ then Tulane can beat any team
in the country.
Wide-Open Game Due
In Tussle at Miami
The most thrilling came of the
lot should be Georgia Tech against
Missouri. This should be the game
of action—Paul Christman pitching
against Georgia Tech's baffling of
fense-all wide open—more offense
than defense.
I think Georgia Tech has the
better defense—just as good an of
fense—so I'll have to string with
Bill Alexander's Ramblin’ Wrecks.
More than one expert has rated
me in the goofy class for picking
Clemson over Boston College. That
rating may be correct. For Boston
College is another power outfit, on
a par with any one.
But I rate Clemson well above the
ranking it has drawn. Clemson is
just about as good as any team
you’ll read about. It lacks B. C.'a
power, but it has more smartness.
This should be another thriller.
In the way of thrills and throbs mv
guess would be that the Orange and
Cotton Bowls will have the call.
There is too much defense in the
corrais oi me Kose ana sugar Bowls
for any wild party.
At least that happens to be the
way all the advance figures add up.
Ice Hockey
EASTERN AMATEUR IEAGUE.
Goals
„ _ . W. L T For Ag’st.Fts.
New York _ 12 R 2 113 31 «»
WASHINGTON .12 in 0 95 84 s4
Baltimore 12 11 (I 95 82 °4
Atlantic City. in 11 2 70 90 22
River Vale __ 5 IS 1 51 105 10
Wills Trophy Series.
_ W. L. T Pts.
Canadians _ 7 2 l is
United States _ 2 7 1 5
Results yesterday—New York Rovers. 7;
Montreal Royals. 5 (overtime); Baltimore,
o; Atlantic City. l.
Game Today.
(Hershey Cup Series.)
WASHINGTON vs. New York Madison
Square Garden
Game Tomorrow.
(Boardwalk Series.)
. .'WASHTNG-rONI vs. Atlantic City. River
side Stadium. 8:30 p.m
New York vs. River Vale. River Vale,
N. J.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
, W. L. O. 0.0. Pts.
St. Louis-]R 4 83 35 30
St. Paul _ 14 7 72 40 -’8
Minneapolta _ 12 9 70 51 04
Tulsa - 9 11 51 61 19
Kansas City- 7 14 50 76 14
Wichita -- 6 13 26 57 12
Omaha - 6 14 47 73 13
Omaha, 6: Kansas City. 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York Rangers. 6; New York Amer
leans. 2.
Boston. 6: Montreal. 1.
Toronto, 3: Detroit, 2.
INTERNATIONAL-AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Indianapolis. 3; Syracuse, 2.
Hershey. 0; Cleveland. 0 (tie).
New Haven. 5; Springfield, 4.
Providence 6: Pittsburgh, 1.
MATINEE B
Sat.—San.—Hoi. I^B
2:30—5:30 P.M. VB
NIGHTS. 8-11 P.M. B
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