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Limit on Liveliness of Ball Among Issues as Golf Begins Promising Year
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From the
Press Box
Hubbell's Honesty Rough ,
On Other Ballplayers
By JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent ol The Star.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15 (N.A.N.A.).—
There's a feeling among major
league ballplayers that Carl Hub
bell (“Old Crooked-Arm,” the boys
call him) is a bad influence.
This is the kind of fellow Hub
bell is. His employer hands him a
blank contract, and says. “Fill it
in with your own figure, Hub.” Mr.
Hubbell contemplates the document
for a moment.
“Well,” he says sternly, “I cer
tainly deserve a cut in salary. I 1
deserve a big cut. My, my, what a
bum I was last year. I was terrible. ,
I will cut myself $5,000, and I hope '
it, wm ur » lesson 10 me.
Having said all the things that •
the grimmest employer might want ;
to say, Mr. Hubbell then grabs a
fountain pen and ruthlessly signs
the papers. This is a very fine atti
tude, especially from the point of
view of the hungry capitalist who i
owns a ball club, but it doesn’t sit
so well with Hubbell’s fellow labor
ers. They wish he would stop it.
Blank Contract Not Right
For Dizzy Dean
The news of Hubbell’s action
spreads like wildfire to the ears of
P. K. Wrigley, owner of the Chicago 1
Cubs.
"Very estimable,” comments Mr.
Wrigley. "I will send a blank con- '
tract to Dizzy Dean. Maybe he will
cut himself $10,000. After all, he 1
was twice as bad as Hubbell last
year.”
Mr. Wrigley broods a few minutes.
“On second thought,” he says, '
“maybe I d better not do that. It '
would just be putting temptation in
Dizzy's wav. Tire poor fellow is
so remorseful and conscience
stricken that he probably would cut
himself $15,000 or $20,000 if he had
r chance. So I will cut him $10,000
myself, ana send him the contract to
Sign.”
When Mr. Dean refuses even to
Roil his fingers with such a manu
script. Mr. Wrigley is both she*. _ed
and hurt.
"But Hubbell cut himself five
grand." he tells Dean. "There is an
honest man for you.”
"D—n Hubbell!” exclaims Mr.
Dean. "He's giving the game a
black eve.”
And that's the way most of the
boys feel.
New Set of Standards
Is Given Owners
He gives the owners a new set,
of standards. Up till recently, $1,000
or $1,500 was a pretty fair-sized cut.
Hub, with his five grand, is com
mitting financial hari-kari, and
what's more, he is putting ideas in
people’s heads.
"Great Godfrey!” says the1
magnate. "Why didn't I think of
that myself? Five thousand dollars;
is a nice, useful size cut. suitable;
for framing. And come to think of
It, $10,000 is even better.”
Another victim of Hubbell’s folly
is Ernest Schnozzola Lombardi, the
large Cincinnati catcher, who was
last seen lying on his stomach near |
home plate while dozens of tiny j
fpet nattered across the dish Tt
now develops that Ernie climbed
to his feet not long after the last
Yankee scored in the World Series.
He went home to open his mail, and j
found that Hubbell's folly had cast
Its shadow over his own cosy nest. .
Lombardi's new contract called
for a cut of $6,000.
“There ain't that much money in
the world!” said Ernie. “At least, :
there ain't that much minus money. |
I wonder who gave the ball club
the idea that it was legal to make
a cut like that?”
Players Didn't Bother
About Ruth's Pay
Well, of course, the answer is
Hubbell again. It's true that Babe
Ruth took a couple of $20,000 cuts
In his day, but nobody paid much
attention—nobody but the Babe.
After all, when a man gets up in the
neighborhood of $80,000 per year, he
becomes a matter of purely aca
demic interest to his colleagues.
“If Ruth and Ruppert want to
play around with telephone num
bers,” the average player used to
reason, “that's their business. I
think I’ll try the 30-cent breakfast
this morning. Only one egg, but it
saves a dime.”
Besides, you never saw Ruth cut
ting his own salary. If the Babe
had got his hands on a blank con
tract. he would still be writing
nice fat ciphers in a row. preceded
by an upstanding 7 or 8. There
was nothing bashful about Big
George.
Baseball will be a brighter and
happier pastime if, in the future,
a picked delegation can get hold of
Hubbell the day the season ends
and tie his hands to his sides until
. the day the next season begins.
J. S. G. A. Introduces
Machine to Perfect
Standardization
International Program
Likely Erased by War;
Pierce Reviews '39
<This is another in a series
written for the Associated Press
by the Nation’s sports writers, in
which they review outstanding
bvents and trends of 1939 and in
dicate likely developments in
1940.)
By HAROLD W. PIERCE,
'resident. United StAtes Golf AssociAtion.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (/P).—Golf’s
nospects for the next 12 months ap
pear to be bright enough, if looked
it from the standpoint of the United
States alone.
However, nations today, through
he various sources of communica
tion, are so close that the tragic
‘vents occurring elsewhere are bound
m affect golfing activities in other
ands.
A Curtis Cup match scheduled
ibroad for next spring, between
earns of British and United States
vomen, has been canceled. There
s serious doubt whether Britain's
eading men amateurs will come here
:or a Walker Cup match, scheduled
or the St. Paul Town and Country
31ub, August 30-31, or whether there
will be any sort of international
natch.
Forgetting, if we can, the inter
lational situation, we can look for
vain 10 wnat snouin De a year oi
continued progress for golf here,
rhe U. S. G. A.'s four championships
ire on a coast-to-coast schedule— /
he amateur in Mamaroneck, N. Y.; J
he women in Del Monte. Calif.; 1
he open in Cleveland, and the i
jublic links in Detroit. j
May Limit Liveliness of Ball.
The year may bring limitation
hat will limit the distance a golf s
iall will travel. The Golf Associa- ,
ion, at considerable cost and with r
he assistance of the Armour Insti- j
ute in Chicago, has built a machine j
vhich now is being perfected. It is
toped this machine will develop a j
practical way of testing the per- s
'ormance of golf balls, so that a j
uniform standard can be achieved.
It is hoped also to limit the scor- j
ng of iron clubs, so that it will< j
rot be possible to put undue “cut'’!,
ir backspin on a ball. By its super- '
vision in these and other directions, i'
he association aims to continue the
progress of the game.
The U. S. G. A. greens section I
s continuing its scientific work in I
natters of golf courses and general
naintenance. Many of the green- i
teeping methods in common use are
traceable to the greens section’s *
activities; thus it has had much .
to do with making United States
'ourses so pleasant to play and with I
reducing the cost of their upkeep,
a real factor in making the game
available to increasing numbers of
people.
It seems reasonable to expect that
public course golf will continue to
grow, as will the game in colleges
and schools. The U. S. G. A. will
parry on its educational efforts re
garding the rules of golf and the ,
amateur definition.
(
Pays Tribute to Reid. <
The last year was an interesting ,
pne. especially on the competitive ]
aide. Byron Nelson won the Open t
phampionship after a double playoff <
in which lie, Craig Wood and Denny
3hute originally were involved, while ,
Marvin Ward, one stroke out of this ,
tie. later won the amateur title.
Betty Jameson became the worn- j
?n’s amateur champion in a tour
iiamnu »niui inciuutu many j |
prominent foreign players. In the 1 (
public links championship Andrew i
Szwedko won the individual title j
and Los Angeles retained team hon
ors. The public links competition (
attracted 2.401 of the 4.621 players .;
who entered the association's four ,
championships. Beatrice Barrett j
and Thomas Sheehan set scoring '
records in the qualifying rounds of I ,
the women’s and amateur tourneys, I
respectively, while record fields com- j
peted in the women's champion- !
ship and the National Collegiate A. |
A. tournament.
The association has had the good
fortune to be guided during the
last two years by Archibald M. Reid.
With his retirement from the presi
dency, the game lost a wonderful
leader and one who was imbued with
the highest of the game's ideals.
The U. S. G. A.'s Executive Com- 1
mittee is made up, as heretofore, of i
representatives from various sec- :
tions of the country who give their
services gratis. Speaking for them,
I can say that it is their sincere
desire to keep abreast of the times
and to make any changes which they
feel will benefit the golfing world |
as a whole. I
-Track’s
Man of the Decade
(This is the last of a series
Sealing with sports celebrities.)
By DILLON GRAHAM.
r Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Jesse
Owens, the slender, tan-colored
Negro speedster, wins our nomina
tion as track’s man of the decade
In one of those photo-finishes over
the sturdy, untiring runner of the
Kansas plains, Glenn Cunningham.
Owens was like a blazing comet
that burst suddenly' across the
skies and then fell from view. Cun
ningham was with us throughout the
decade, a consistently great per
former who ran his fastest race late
In the 30s.
While the Kansan’s feats were
limited to middle distance foot
awing. the Ohio State University
ace shone as a sprinter, hurdler and
broad jumper. Owens’ margin was
increased, too. by Olympic triumphs,
something denied Cunningham,
although Glenn broke a world record
in 1936 as runnerm in the 1,500
meters.
_Owens’ chief claims to fame rest
with his 1935 Big Ten championship
performances and his 1936 Olympics
triumphs.
On a May afternoon at Ann Arbor,
Mich., the Ohio State flash broke
three world records and equaled
another.
A year later he was the brightest
performer in an Olympiad replete
with stars. The first athlete in a
dozen years to score a triple, Jesse
romped off with the 100 and 200
meter sprints, won the broad jump,
and ran on the record-breaking 400
meter relay quartet.
Shortly afterward his short and
brilliant amateur career ended
when he was suspended by the
A.*A. U. But now, four years later,
Owens still holds seven world rec
ords. These are for 100 and 220
yards, 100 and 200 meters, 220
yard and 200-meter hurdles and
the broad jump.
Cunningham’s marks show him
as the most consistent miler of all
time. “The “Iron Horse” has run al
most an many miles under 4:10 as
all his competitors combined.
At times during the 30s Cunning
ham was conceded to be the world’s
best, indoors and outdoors, at either
the mile or its metric equivalent,
1,500 meters. He was the favorite
in almost any race he entered from
800 to 1,500 meters.
Until Sydney Wooderson’s 4:06.4
mile Cunningham held the world
outdoor record at 4:06.8. Glenn
ran the fastest mile in history two
years ago, a 4:04.4 feat indoors.
And he still is going strong.
Owens, as track’s top figure of
the 30s, doesn’t measure up to Fin
land’s Paavo Nurmi, the runner who
dominated the 20s.
Nurmi gave foot-racing its great
est all-time stimulus. He set rec
ords from the mile, in 1923, to the
marathon, in 1932. At one time
he held ah important records from
1 to 7 miles. He scored two Olympic
triumphs in 1920, rang up four
victories in 1924 and then came back
in 1928 to gain another.
Nurmi revolutionized theories of
pacing and training. He often
carried a stop watch and ran his
race to the split second as he had
laid it out. He came to this coun
try in 1925 and cracked 28 world
records In his first 22 races. He
probably rates as the No. I track
s ter of all time.
■ bust, WITH "Bfcax — mie Kinnick, lowa s All-America back,
who was voted the outstanding athlete of the year in the Asso
ciated Press poll, and his best girl, Barbara Miller, a sophomore,
in a snapshot taken on the campus. Kinnick arrived in Wash
ington last night to receive the Walter Camp Memorial Trophy
at the Touchdown Club banquet tomorrow. —A. P. Photo.
(innick and Anderson Arrive
For/y for Gridiron Dinner
The old cry of "bring on the beef
teak" resounded today as sports
men made ready to sit down to the
'ouchdown Club's fourth annual
anquet tomorrow night at the Wil
ird Hotel.
Nile Kinnick, Iowa's all-America
alfback, and Coach Eddie Ander
nn arrived yesterday. Today Ken
Cavanaugh, L. S. U.'s great end:
ohnny Kimbrough. Texas A. and
A.'s brilliant halfback, and Don
lerring, Princeton tackle who lost
leg through a football injury, are
cheduled to arrive.
Herring, who will receive a spe
cial award at the banquet, will po
immediately to the office of Vice
President Garner upon his arrival
this evening to receive the Spokane
Athletic Round Table's Sportsman
ship Trophy. It is a gold watch.
Kinnick, already the most re
warded gridman in the country, will
receive the Walter Camp Memorial
Trophy tomorrow. His awards thus
far include the Heisman Trophy,
presented by New York sports
writers; the Maxwell Trophy, pre
sented at Philadelphia, and the
"Captain's Cup," bestowed by the
All-America Selection Board.
Hutchison, Hackbarth
>lay Off Deadlock
:or Golf Title
McLeod, Nursing Cold,
Blows Up in Defense
Of Senior Crown
ly the Associated Press.
SARASOTA, Fla., Jail. 15.—Jock
lutchison of Chicago, once holder
>f the United States and British
)pen crowns, and Otto Hackbarth,
eteran Cincinnati golf professional,
net in an 18-hole playoff today for
he National P. G. A. Seniors' golf
hampionship.
Hackbarth shot par 70 over the
irindswept Bobby Jones course yes
erday to add to a 76 and tie
lutchison at 146. Hutchison came
n with a 75 to add to a 71.
It was the second time Hack
>arth had tied for the title. He lost j
o Freddie McLeod of Chevy Chase,
dd.. in a playoff at Augusta, Ga.,
ast year.
Fred Miley of Cincinnati, father
>f pretty Marion Miley, feminine
inks star, tied with Charles Mayo
>f Long Beach, N. Y., with 148 for
.hird place.
McLeod, the dethroned champion,
:ould get no better than 10th place
vhen he slipped to a 78 in the
Inal round. Handicapped by a se
vere cold, McLeod lost his putting
ouch completely, three-putting the
ith, 11th, 13th, 14th and 18th holes,
rhe Columbia Country Club pro
:ound himself in hot water as early
is the 150-yard fourth hole when
his drive buried itself under the
[ace of a trap. He took a 5 on the
par-3 hole.
McLeod negotiated the first round
in 74 and totaled 152.
N.E. Boys' Club Booking
Northeast Boys’ Club is seeking
basket ball games. Call Edward
Suit at Lincoln 2901. By way of
proving it has a strong team it beat
A. B. Social Club yesterday, 32 to 21,
at St. Martin’s gym.
low WOULD
COW—*
Can you ground your club in
a road? That's a delicate point,
for a much-used path, as one
between a green and a tee, is
not a hazard. An established
roadway such as that between
the 12th and 13th fairways at
Chevy Chase, definitely is a
hazard, even though it occa
sionally is used as a path for
course eouipment. The classic
case of play in a roadway or
hazard dates back to 1933, when
Sidney Noyes, then a Yale Uni
versity star, was playing Max
Marston in the amateur cham
pionship at Cincinnati.
Noyes pushed his ball into an
apple orchard and when 50 yards
from the ball picked up an apple
from the ground and tossed it
away. The committee in charge
ruled that because his ball lay
in a road used for course up
keep and was a hazard Noyes
had removed a loose obstacle
from the hazard and thereby
lost the hole, even though the
apple was 50 yards behind the
ball and couldn’t by any stretch
of the imagination have affected
his future play. It seemed silly
at the time and still seems silly.
But Noyes broke the rule. It cost
him the match.
Sons of Pericles Foe
Of Bellman in D. C.
League Feature
Bellman Heating vs. Sons of Per
icles tops the triple-header basket
ball program of the District of Co
lumbia Basket Ball League al
Roosevelt High gym tonight. Th«
game at set for 9:30.
The opening game, starting at
7:30, pits Bliss Electric against
Vanguard Club and the other game
an hour later brings together Sever
Seas Grill and Arlington A. A.
The triple-header at Hine High
School features the IT. S. S. Poto
mac-Lansburgh game at 9:30. The
first game, at 7:30, matches Celtic:
with Congress Heights and the 8:3C
tilt is between U. S. Engineers and
Christ Church A. C.
Victorious Coach
Lauds C. U. Five
By the Associated Press.
LORETTO, Pa., Jan. 15.—After
unbeaten St. Francis College
s^red its sixth basket ball
victory yesterday, Coach “Pep”
Saloney bawled out his regulars
and praised the opponents, Cath
olic University’s Cardinals.
Saloney said success went to
the heads of his first team and
its playing was "awful."
Of the Cafdinals, beaten 34-31,
he said: “Maybe they lost, but
they were in there fighting all the
time.”
Columbus Scouts Find
Miami Boxers Drop
If Hit on Chin
Explorers Expect Tough
Time Tomorrow, Though,
With Florida Squad
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.
It was a mighty mysterious meet
ing Columbus University's boxing
team held Saturday night behind
Mullins Hall on the Catholic Uni
versity campus after watching the
Cardinals slug Miami into submis
sion.
Columbus meets the Floridians to
morrow night at Turner’s Arena,
and Coach Jim McNamara had
scouts planted in every section of
the cavernous coliseum to spot
Miami's weaknesses. They assem
bled immediately after the match
to compare notes and good jokes
heard during the evening, and it is
reported one lad tried to borrow a
dollar for cab fare.
Dimly outlined in the murky
shadows of old Mullins, talking in
muffled tones, with d*rty weather
overhead, they looked for all the
world like a band of apprentice res- j
ui i ct Liuiiiaua iiuiii lilc upiiit period
of 1790. It was a bit creepy.
“Did you see anything?" whispered
McNamara to the tall lad on his
right.
“Yeah, they got eight men, coach.
I counted ’em."
“I seen their lightweight pull a
knife on the guy he fought," inter
rupted another.
Must Guard Language.
“Hush,” cried McNamara clapping
an ample hand over the informant's
mouth. "D’ya want to get excelled
from school talking like that? You
must say T saw,’ it’s past tense.”
“I'd like to get a pass for my girl
Tuesday night,” said another, “I had
to buy a ticket for this match."
"I want to krow if you noticed
any weaknesses that wil be to our
advantage when we meet them,"
cried McNamara a bit impatiently, j
"They go down if hit on the chin
just like anybody else—say wasn't
that a beauty when Stant conked
their light-heavyweight?"
The meeting lasted only 15 min
utes for McNamara's feet were wet
and he was hungry. Briefly he
sketched the strategy to be used to
morrow night. Then the group re
tired to a site near Albert Hall,
gave three sotto voce hisses for C. U..
which also graces the explorers'
schedule, and vanished into the
damp night.
Later McNamara was accosted at
tacking a hamburger in a nearby
restaurant and seeing that the jig
was up he decided to make a clean
breast of the matter.
Can't Underestimate Miami.
“Don't underestimate Miami." he
said, “because that Catholic U. team
is one of Eddie La Fond s best. You'll
have to waylay 'em in some dark
alley to beat that crowd and I don't
think they 11 lose to anybody on their
schedule. I know Miami didn't look
so good, but it's a lot better than it
showed and I'm not liking for a
pushover Tuesday night.”
He went on to explain whv. rtolnm
bus ringmen, it seems, all work in the
daytime and attend evening classes
from 5 to 8 o'clock. They have to
train after school at the Jewish
Community Center, where Mc
Namara also is director of athletics,
and it is available only three nights
a week. Other nights it is used by
girls. This combination of work,
school and lack of training facilities
works a hardship on Columbus ex
perienced by no other team in the
vicinity.
How his boys do as well as they do
is somewhat of a mystery to the
burly Celt, who modestly absolves
himself of all blame in the matter.
"I guess we just have good
fighters.” he said.
Which is pretty close to the truth.
j Woman Tyro Wins
Berth on All-Star
Shooting Team
By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 15 —A Wis
consin woman who tried her hand
at registered clay target shooting
for the first time last year is in
cluded on the 10 position 1939 all
American trapshooting team selected
by Jimmy Robinson, shooting editor
of Sports Afield, outing publication.
Mrs. William Gilbert, Madison,
Wis., only woman member of the
team, entered registered trapshoot
ing competition last May and wound
up by winning the women’s national
championship at the Grand Ameri
can shoot at Dayton, Ohio. She
shattered 98 out of a 100 target
and on her 200 target set, broke the
last 100 straight.
Junior members of Robinson’s
13th annual selection is a 15-year
old Rudy Etchen of Wichita, Kans.,
junior champion of the Grand
American.
rnu Miner, prencn XjICK, xna.,
winner of the all-around trapshoot
ing title at the Grand American
was named captain of the squad.
MacCrossen Captures
Table Tennis Title
By the Associated Press.
HUNTINGTON, Ind., Jan. 15.—
Don MacCrossen of Milwaukee won
the Central States open table tennis
championship here last night with
a 21—19, 21—8, 21—15 victory over
Earl Coulson of Indianapolis in the
finals of the annual tournament.
Betty Henry of South Bend, Ind.,
took the women’s singles champion
ship by turning back Mildred Wil
kinson of Chicago, 21—14, 21—17,
21—18.
James Is Far Ahead
Of Coast Jockeys
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15.—The
veteran Basil James, with 14 win
ners In 53 mounts, Is well ahead
in the race for jockey honors at
Santa Anita Park.
James’ total, after 10 days of rac
ing, is double that of his nearest
rival, Apprentice Douglas Dodson.
Johnny Longden, the 1938 national
champ, George Wallace and Roy
Taylor have aix apiece.
Packers Humble Pro All-Stars
With 101-Yard Aerial Thrust,
Great Field Goal Booting
By ROBERT MYERS,
' Antedated Press Sports Writer.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 15.—It will
take something more tflan a collec
tion ol the best players from rival
clubs of the National Football
League to upset Green Bay’s cham
pion Packers.
The giants from Wisconsin, com
bining three field goals with one
dazzling aerial display that sky
rocketed 101 yards for a touchdown,
turned back the threat of the
National League All-Stars, 16-7, in
the second annual post-season “pro
bowl” battle yesterday.
Eighteen thousand grid fans
turned out in ideal weather to see
the reigning team of the major cir
cuit roll up a heavy margin in yards
and a convincing advantage on the
scoreboard.
Pass Gets 101 Yards, Score.
Late in the second period the
Packers, backed into the shadow
of their own goal posts, turned an
All-Star threat into a play that left
the crowd gasping. It was a pass
uncorked by Cecil Isbell, which
dropped into the arms of Don Hut
son. Green Bay end, 61 yards away,
and w-as followed by a touchdown
when the fleet ex-Alabama wingman
complete the scoring for the Wis
consin aggregation.
O'Brien Engineers Score.
Little Davey O’Brien of the All
Stars engineered the touchdown for
his mates. His 28-yard runback of
a punt put the Stars deep in Packer
territory, and, aided by the line
ramming of Johnny Drake, the i
Stars moved into scoring position. (
From the 5-yard line, on third
down, the ex-Texas Christian Uni
versity all-America flipped a pass
to his end, Joe Carter, for the tally. '
Ward Cull converted. Line-up and !
summary:
Pos. Green Bay. All-Stars '
L. E._Moore _ _ Poole
L. T._E Smith___ Stydahar
L. G... Zarnas _Gentry
C. _Greenfield _ Hein i
R. G. Tlnaley _ Kinard
R. T._ Schultz _ _ . George!
R. E. _ Gantenbein _ Schwartz;
Q. B. .. Weisaerber _ Vanzo •
L. H. _Lawrence_ Hall
R. H. Laws __ Pmckrrt
F. B. Balazs __ _ 'Drake j
Green Bay _ ,1 Id o :*—]
1 All-Stars n o ? n— 7
Scoring: Green Bay touchdown—Hutson
I (Moore >. Field goals—Hinkle (Balazs),
E Smith (two placements! Point after i
touchdown—E. Smith (placement!. All- i
Stars touchdown—Carter (Schwartz,). Point
after touchdown—Cuff (Pinckert) (place- ,
ment).
Referee—Wilbur Crowell. Umpire—Bill
Locez Head linesman—John Old. Field
judge—Ross Bowen
Green Bay substitutions—Hutson. . Ja
cunski. Mulleneaux. Lee. Rav. Oolri-nhera.
raced on to the goal, 40 yards away, j
Isbell was standing one yard back 1
of his goal line when he let fly ,
with the ball. The line of scrim- i
mage was the Packer 8. which 1
gives an idea of the speed Hutson
had in getting down to catch the
pass.
The large right foot of Ernie
Smith. Green Bay's tackle, rang up 1
two field goals, one from the 18.
the other from the 15. and Clarke
Hinkle. Packer fullback star, added I
* 1_AC --J i — 1
Harassed Heurichs, I
Trimmed by Troy,
Welcome Rest
Take on Wilkes-Barre
Thursday; Drop Close
Game to Celtics
A full game behind the first
place Philadelphia Spahs and with 1
the New York Jewels and revamped ]
Troy Celtics on their heels, the Heu- ,
rich Brewers today were thankful 1
for three days’ rest before resuming j '
their American Basket Ball League
campaign at Wilkes-Barre on ,
Thursday night.
Dropped into a virtual tie with i
the Jewels, who have won and lost 1 i
one more game, by yesterday’s 27- j <
25 defeat at the hands of the re
vamped Troy Celtics, the Brewers
will be forced to exchange positions
with the New York outfit should
the latter whip the leading Sphas in
the next league game.
Shuffle in Standings Looms.
The situation today stood thus:
Won. Lost. Pet.
Philadelphia Sphas_JO H .82 5
Washington Brewers- J* 7 .582 '
New York Jewels_ 18 8 .555
Trov Celtics _ T1 10 .527
The Sphas. however, are sched- j
uled to play the Jewels and Celtics
before the Brewers visit Wilkes- ;
Barre, and the meetings of three
01 me lour contenders may result
in considerable shuffling of the
standings .
Had the Brewers been as accurate
from the foul line as they were from j
the floor yesterday, they well might j
be tied again today for the lead, for
they outshot the Celtics, nine to1
eight, in two-pointers, only to fail i
in 8 of 15 tosses from the charity
stripe. The visitors made good on 1
11 out of 15.
Bloom Almost a Hero.
At that, the Brewers were in the
running until the final second. Mike j
Bloom making a valiant effort to.
tie the score with a side court shot
at the final whistle. The Brewers
had overcome Troy’s first-period
lead of 11-7 to tie the score at 17
all as the third period started.
Whitey Wilson twice sent Heurich
to the front at 19-17 and 21-19, but
Chick Reisder and Johnson com
bined to give the visitors their win
ning points even after Ben Gold
fadden tied the score at 24-24.
Heurich. G.F.Pts. Troy. G.F.Pts !
Lee.f 0 O 0 Reiser.f _ :t S 14 i
Goldfadden.f 1 1 a Berenson f 1 ft 1 1
Dubilier.f _ 3 17 Kupperb’s.f ft 0 0
Bloom.c __ 1 1 *2 Johnson.f _ Oil:
Posnack.*__ 0 2 2 Fleigel.c __ 2 0 4
Kramer.f__ oil Frankel* _ O o o
Wilson.*_4 19 Stanton * _ O O o
Kaplan*_2 2 0
Totals . ~9 7 25 Totals_8 1127
Today a year ago—Crowd of
15,000 at Los Angeles saw New
York Giants, National League
champions, defeat pro football
All-Stars, 13-10, on Ward Cuff's
field goal.
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All-Star substitutions — Benton B.
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'ilchock. Farkas. Cuff.
Statistics.
Green
All-Star-. Bav
'irxt downs h 11
rards gamed from scrimmage l»4
rards lost from scrimmage \’5
"ards sained from passes T’1 -'in
'otal net yards gained . ir>n .T»o
'asses attempted _ _ J!* *M
'asses completed _ * j 4
'asses intercepted „ l l
'enalties fyards) __ 4n .m
average pun'.- _ 4 1
iverage punt returns h 5
Cardinal Basketers
Whitewashed on
5-Game Jaunt
Prove Tough Victims
For St. Francis as
White Sparkles
Catholic University's cagemen are
lue home this afternoon after a
iisastrous three-game road tour
hat saw them thrice beaten. The
3ards dropped the final game of
heir trip yesterday to St. Francis
College at Loretta, Pa, by a 34-31
nargin.
Before he left Coach “Fod'' Cottdn
laid if his boys won only one game
re would be satisfied. Handicapped
>y a late stai not in the best physi
cal condition and jagged around the
>dges because of a lack of practice,
he Redbirds were not ready for
chree tough games when they de
parted early Friday morning. It
Hill be another week or 10 days be
fore they hit their stride.
Johnny White, a guard, led the
scoring in yesterday's game with 15
joints, and was the spearhead of a
ate rally that enabled his mates to
:ie their host at 31-all with a
ninute of play remaining. St.
Francis, however, had the necessary
inishing kick and came again with
i basket and free throw to clinch
.he laurels.
Catholic returns to action Wed
nesday night, entertaining West
?rn Maryland at Brookland in one
jf three games scheduled that eve
ning. Georgetown visits Maryland
for their annual debate, and George
Washington will invade Annapolis
to have it out with the Middies.
Wilson Teachers start the ball
rolling tomorrow night in a game
with Bridgewater on the latter's
floor.
Three years ago—Fred Jacoby,
jr„ of North Bergen, N. J., award
ed Townsend Medal as leading
outboard motorboat pilot of 1936.
Mended Hand Gives
Furr Confidence
In Bout Tonight
Theodorescu Expected
To Make It Hot for
Stampeding Bill
It must be a comforting thought
to Phil Furr to know he can walk
out and belt Milo Theodorescu on
his classic chin tonight at Tur
ner's Arena without fear of re
breaking his right fist. Until last
week Phillip was plagued by the
idea that he couldn't really let go
of a good punch lest he crack the
duke wide open, but now, ha—look
out. Milo.
Their 10-round bout tops a well
balanced program which will get
under way at the usual hour of
8:30.
Theodorescu, unlike Furr, has
had no mental barrier to hurdle in
the past and shouldn’t have any
tonight. The Rumanian's hands are
as good as ever, he has a style for
every mood, a Sunday punch that
is as good on Monday as any other
day, and the confidence of a lion
stalking a canary. He is a tough
hombre.
Furr in Hot Streak.
Pul Furr, who has been bowling
’em over with monotonous regularity
since launching his latest come
back. is the people's cherce to
night. His legs aren't what they
used to be. blit his thinking ap
paratus is functioning better than
ever, and he can use the right, for
more than tipping his hat. His vic
tims include Joey Spangler. El
Brookman. Johnny Duca. Frankie
Wills and Nat Kadin—not a Henrv
Armstrong in a carload, of course,
but. good, tough boys nevertheless.
And Phil whipped 'em all with
plenty to spare.
Theodorescu will give him a
workout—if he doesn't beat him,
for Milo proved his punching prow
ess by rocking Charley Gillev to
sleep at the Arena several weeks
ago.
Milo’s Style Makes Ilit.
His unpredictable style made a
hit with the customers, who cla
mored to see him in action against
Purr. Maybe, they thought, ne can
i do the same to Phil and gladly
would pay for the privilege of wit
nessing the exneriment.
As an added attraction Match
maked Goldie Ahearn is throwing
: in a feud between the right man
| agers tonight—Chris Dundee, who
will w'ork in Purr's eorner, and
Eddie Walker Theodorescu s agent.
The supporting card includes A1
Gilbert vs. Vie Finazzo in a six
j round semi-final. Joe Darrell vs.
! Eddie Finazzo in another six. Peppy
Brown vs. Jimmy Trouble and El
wood Harris vs. Phil Inzen, both
four-rounders.
Heurich League Quints
List Meeting Tonight
I 'A meeting to discuss and plan
its second-half schedule will be held
by Hejirieh Amateur Basket Ball
League officials at the Heurich busi
ness office tonight at 7 o'clock. All
managers are requested to attend.
The feature of a. triple-headpr at
Heurich gym tonight will be the
| battle between Jewish Community
' Center and Marvin's Credit. A vic
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would clinch the first-half title.
In the 7:30 opener Delaware &
Hudson plays Garvin’s Grill and the
9:30 nightcap is between United
Tpyewriters and Petworth A. C.
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