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DRISCOLL LOOMS AS REGULAR HILLTOP LINEMAN
NA y START
AGAINST
BOBCATS
” * By George A. Simpson
Provided Gene Driscoll,
Whom Lou Little is converting
Into a lineman, continues to
show the improvement that has
’ marked him during the past
four weeks, he may become
one of the regular Georgetown
bulwarks for the important
games that are just around the
corner.
Possibly Driscoll, who was the
Star fullback on the 1927 Freshmau
•teven, may be in the front trenches
when the HilltopperS struggle with
West Virginia Wesleyan Saturday
• afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Clark
Griffith Stadium.
When the Georgetown grid
der« assembled at Wildwood,
Ji. J., this year to begin train
ing. Head Coach Lou Little
discovered he had two worthy
fullbacks in Steve Barabas and
Gene Driscoll. Both couldn’t
play fullback simultaneously
and as Barabas was the shiftier
runner, the Blue and Gray
helmsman decided Driscoll would
be of greater value up in the
line.
Driscoll was too valuable to have
on the bench as he has a powerful
drive and is a handy fellow to have
as a chaperone for the ball-carrier.
So Lou Little, aided byJohn Da
g>ossa, the line coach, H-ok Driscoil
in tow and taught him the rudi
ments—of a forward. He . grasped
the principles rapidly and has been
pronounced ready.
The Bobcats of West Virginia
Wesleyan are returning to the Clark
Griffith Stadium after an absence
of eight years. The Hilltoppers
won that game by three or four
touchdowns and then relations were
severed. However, West Virginia
Wesleyan is an old rival of the
Hilltoppers and the team also car
ries the threat of handing out a
defeat when least expected.
The Bobcats have, fallen be
fore two future Georgetown op
ponents. They were humbled by
West Virginia. 12-0. and lost to
New York University by a 26-7
•core.
Two other rivals are opposing
here Saturday after a long lapse.
Western Maryland, which has step
•>ed forward under the influence of
’Mck Harlow, will throw its fu>l
-trength into Saturday's battle with
•laryland In the Byrd Stadium at
’’ollege Park, Md.. at 2:30 o'clock.
The Green Terrors would gloat
shout a triumph over the Terra
pins as such would further their
prominence in State football circles.
Although the Marylanders are in
top shape. Head Coach Curly Byrd
ntends to give them but one light
- -rirnmage and that will be against
•te freshmen tomorrow with the
carlings simulating Western Mary
land maneuvers.
STEVENS CUE WINNER
W. R. Stevens defeated G. W.
flamsen, 30-27, in a three-cushioned
billiard match last night at Elmer's
parlors. V. O. I,ee defeated Ray
-eorard, 100-96, in a pocket billiard
match. i
Arctic Star, 9 to 1,
Wins Cesarewitch,
British Classic
LWMA RK ET. En gland. Oct.
17.—The English turf classic, the
Cesarewitch, was won here today
by Arctic Star. BHncona ran sec
ond. and Accalmie. third. Arctic
Star paid 9 to 1; Blancona, 25 tn
1. and Accalmie, 25 to 1.
“DON’T LET APPLAUSE UPSET MENTAL PROGRAM”-TUNNEY
By GENE TUNNEY
Retired Undefeated World's Heavyweight Champion
NAPOLEON the Great continually was saying, “What is Paris saying?”
Ihc roar of cannon, the clash of saber, the cry of the wounded never
hushed hi;-: desire to know what Paris was thinking of him.
It i 6 the insatiate desire for applause, the pastime of a small man.
Applause turns many a promising youth from the paths of usefulness.. It
is natural for every man to enjoy commendation and praise. Criticism,
ridicule, or unkind judgments are not enjoyable, but, even in the most
caustic moodr, they are not as dangerous to a man s makeup as senseless
applause.
The same enthusiasm that sends a king to a throne, sends him to the
scaffold. The most brainless group in the world is a crowd, swayed and
moved by momentary excitement. For a man- Io take his hat off every
time he speaks to himself, or to bow to himself when others speak his
praise, is an evidence of inherent weakness.
A boxer is human. He covets the friendship and praise of those who
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HERE IS a close-up of Major Woodward, star of tfie
War Department Yellows, halting a spirited attack of the
Maryland polo team right at the Yellows’ goal. Major
Want British Army Polo
Team Here Next Year
By Lottis A. Dougher
Negotiations are a bout /to be opened by the I nited States
Army pole authorities with the British army poloists with a
view of having the Britishers send a team to this country for
a return match. . .
Major Adna R. Chaffee* of «he 4
General Staff, one of the veteran
Army polo players, is handling the
negotiations and he is hopeful of
having the British team guests of
the United States next year.
In 1925 Major Louis A. Beard
took an American Army team to
England where it took part in the
first international service champion
ship. winning from a crack team
of British officers. In addition to
Major Beard, the American team
consisted of Major A. H. Wilson,
Capt. 'C. H. Gerhardt and Capt.
Peter P. Rodes.
Captain Rodes, with Capt. C.
A. Wilkinson, are the ranking
polo players in the United States
Army. They were among those
considered worthy of playing
against the Argentina team re
cently.
The Army is proud of its polo
players. Starting from a little Quar
tet back in 1X97, it is good enough
i today to make the best civilian
teams hustle. Only last Saturday
i the Army lost the open champion
| ship to Meadowbrook by the small
I score of 8 to 5.
The Army team consisted of Lieut.
M. McD. Jones, Capt. C. H. Ger
i heardt. Capt. Peter P. Rodes and
leapt. G. K. Huthsteiner. Oppos-!
i ing them were C. B. Whitney. Win- !
ston Guest, John Miles and Malcolm I
Stevenson. This latter team is one
of the fastest in the country.
Previously this Army quartet had
conquered the speedy Eastrot team
which ha<j the Hoppings, father and
son, Schwartz and Andrada. the
last-named one of the Argentina.
stars.
Lieut. Henry T. Allen, now a J
major-general, originated polo in the ’
> i’nited States Army when attached I
‘to Fort Riley in 1897. The game |
itself started centuries earlier in
India among the native nobility and
was .adopted by the British officers
‘on duty there. Polo is a favorite
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sport in the British army ever since.
But it was something brand new in
1897 when young Lieuenant Allen
formed his team and went search
ing for games.
In addition Jo IJeutenant
Allen the first team consisted of
I Jeu tenant Adams, Lieutenant
Ben Arnold and Lieutenant
Treat, afterward Maj. Gen.
Charles C. Treat, father of West
Point polo. One of their most
important games was against
the St. Country Club at
St. lamils.
Inside of five years the Army
polo team was strong enough to
tour the West and do credit to it
self, playing the best teams in Den
ver and Colorado Springs. It rep
resented the famous Tenth Cavalry,
then attached to Fort Robinson,
Nebr., and was led by Lieut. Bruce
Palmer, now a colonel.
Army polo in its early days was
a rough and ready sort of game,
the players relying more on strength
and speed rather than upon the finer
points of advancing the hall.• It
flourished generally at the mounted
service school at Fort Riley.
The East saw its first Army polo
’ team when the Sixth field artillery
sent its team to battle the Point
1 Judith team. Lieutenant Sands,
| Lieutenant Parker, now at Fort
! Myer; Lieutenant Hoyle, now at the
I War Department, and Lieutenant
Higley made up that team.
When Col. Charles C. Treat was
commandant at the Military Acad
emy in 1908 he introduced polo
among the cadets, and if took on
i with a grand rush. West Point's first
, important game was with Squadron
A. New York National Guard, and
J the Pointers playing were Cadets
; Quekenmyer. Wainwright, Burleson
and Chaffee.
For more than two decades,
therefore, nolo has flourished at
West Point. At first only the
Woodward is about to drive that little whitey ball away
from the goal and far away. He was kept busy doing
x’that all day yesterday, when not scoring for his own
first class engaged in it as part
of its riding instruction, but
today all four classes play polo
as part of the curriculum.
Polo at its best is seen In the
Philippines. When Cameron Forbes,
a polo addict, was Governor of the
Philippines he mounted and financed
the Manila Polo Club on the beach
at Pasy. Nowhere else is there
better, surroundings or buildings for
the game, and no visitor or player
can ever forget that club, even down
to the famous Chinese attendant
who knew a million ways of
ing the demands of all.
The Mahila Polo Club’s property
must be used entirely for polo, un
der the terms of Forbes' will. When
polo ceases there, the property is
to revert to the city of Manila to
be used as a public park. Witn
polo as popular as it. is now in the
Army. Manila won't get that park
very sooa.
Polo is divided into seven circuits
in the United States. Each year
the various titles are decided within
the circuits and then the seven win
ners meet In a circuit champion
ship for the national title. This
year the Point Judith ‘team de
feated the Cavalry School in the
finals at Cleveland.
The Army polo' authorities are
proud of their teams which have
won five out of seven junior titles.
The Rumson Old Oaks won the
junior title this year from a team
consisting of Lieut. M. McD. Jones.
Major C. C. Smith, Major George
S. Patten, and Capt. G. E. Huth
steiner. These officers were picked
from the whole Army.
The polo season is rapidly
drawing to a close in the Capi
tal for this season. Last week
an Invitation tournament for
high goal teams was staged by
the War Department Polo As
sociation at Potomac Park. Sec
ond Corps Area, defeating the
War Department Whites. « to 4.
This week seven low goal teams
are playing and next Sunday’s final
contest will be the last of the sea
son. Today the Third Cavalry, of
Fort Myer, will tackle the Second
Corps Area team, of (Jovernors
Island. N. s’. The cavalrymen will
have a hard tussle, as three of .their
rivals are on Hie high goal team
which won last week's tournament.
ST. STEPHEN’S DRILL
The St. Stephen’s gridders will
hold a worknut tonight at. 7 o’clock
on the St. Stephen's field. The Mer
cury A. C. will be faced Sunday
afternoon.
♦ believe in him and
encourage his every
effort, but for a
man who enters the
ring to be affected
by the enthusiasm
and applause that,
greets his rival is an
evidence of crass
weakness. Many a
msn has floundered
about the ring for
several rounds because he believed
the crowd was against him.
The test of the real man is right
-at this point. If he has a sense
0 of values, he knows the crowd can
TA« National Daily
Heated Mix-Up Prospect
For C. 'U. Frosh-Gonzaga
A boated mix-up is the prospect Friday afternoon when the
football forces of Gonzaga High and Catholic LDiversity
Freshmen grapple in the C. U. Stadium at 3:30 o clock.. The
Gonzagans were “off color” in their game last Friday with
Western, but they’ll have the proper edge for the Cardinal
yearlings.
Eddie I<a Fond, who direct" the
C. U. Freshman football activities,
has a dazzling brood under his
care. Oliver and De Mello are the
best of the backfield, with Am
brose . and O’Connor the leading
linemen. Not in years has Cath
olic University owned such sterling
first-year material.
The only line on both Gon
zaga and C. U. Freshmen is
the games both had with Cal
vert Hall, of Baltimore. The
Eye-St reefers squeezed a 13-d
victory over the Oriole school
boys while the Cardinal lads
mauled them by a 21-0 count.
“Zuhe.” Sullivan is wondering how
he will assemble 11 players to
oppose Dick Newby's George Wash
ington Freshmen in the game rri
day afternoon at 3:30 o clock.
Three of the Vermont Avenuers
were badly bruised in the I ech
game and this diminished Sulf
van’s meager supply. Captain
Lucas, end, and McCarthy and
Bruce, halfbacks, are those who
are unlikely to compete against the
Colonial cubs.
Extern and Central have sharp
ened their football implements for
their entanglement Friday after
noon at 3:30 o'clock in the Central
High Stadium. This contest will
open the annual interhlgh champ
ionship series and scholastic fol
lowers are looking for a hot battle.
Spirit is always the keynote when
interhlgh rivals clash.
Coach Henderson has decided
upon a tentative line-up for St.
Alban’s initial game with St.
Paul’s Friday afternoon in Balti
more. The line-up will most
likely comprise Carter and Cor
ley. ends; Rudd and Dilley,
tackles; Shugerman and Blays,
guards; Denlt, renter; Galllher,
quarterback; Poole and Som-
This is a third of a series
of twelve articles on winning
success hy Gene Tunnoy, the
retired heavyweight cham
pion of the world.
They constitute hi* final
writing for newspapers and
will appear exclusively in
this city in I*he W ashington
T imes.
♦ clean; ! have only ohe opponent
in this ring and he is not any
better equipped than 1 am; I am
going to change the chorus of this
0 crowd from a minor strain of
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IT, 1028
team. He counted five goals, half his team’s total.
The Yellows’ triumph, 10 to 5, assures the team another
cracks at the title in the low goal tournament
mers, halves, and Captain Clif-
• ford, fullback.
i .
» It Is possible that Biaya may be
shifted from the line to a .halfback,
''and that Chesley, reserve quarter-
> back, may be called upon before ac-
• livities cease. Others whom Coach
f Henderson may use are Sterrett,
halfback: Smith, guard and tackle;
Daugherty. guard and tackle;
Weeden, end, and Castle, guard.
Shippen. a classy guard, is out with
a bad knee. »
The Cathedral Avenue team is be
ing groomed for the meeting with
St. Christopher’s in Richmond, Va.
The schools hook-up in baseball,
football and basketball, and an ath
letic-sued has arisen that forces the
’ rivals to the limit.
i
Catholic Club to Form
Parish Floor League
1 The Catholic Boys Club will or
' ganize a parish basketball league
that will have three divisions. One
1 section will be for boys from 10 to
1 13 years averaging 100 pounds; the
> second group will consist of boys
• from 13 to 15. years averaging 135
pounds and the upper class com
posing boys from 15 to 18 years in
■ the unlimited class. The league will
- be under the supervision of “Zuhe”
I Sullivan, athletic director at the
) Knights of Columbus.
A meeting to discuss plans will
. be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock at the Knights of Columbus
; Hall, 928 Tenth St. N. W. Repre
sentatives of teams eager to enter
are asked to be present. Games will
probably be played four times a
week in the K. C. gym.
PROS PLAY FRIDAY
J. Monro Hunter and George Dif
fenbaugh, Indian Spring golf pro
fessionals. will play an exhibition
match against Al Shorey and Walter
Hall, at Rock Creek course Friday
at 1:30.
make only a noise.
It has no power to
use a' punch, stop a
blow, make a feint,
or sidestep a danger
ous thrust. The real
boxer talks to him
self and this is what
he says: “I have
trained con s e i
*ntiously for this
hour and have lived
♦ indifference Io a major ..strain of approval.” The applause or booing
of a crowd means nothing to a man who has his plan of battle before
him. and, with intelligence, skill, and determination, proceeds to put his
plan across.
In ray earlier days, this was a hard lesson to learn for, after.all, I am
only human, but, with every succeeding contest, no attention at all was
paid by me as to whether I was the favorite. When the final gong
sounded, the result would'be the same. If my rival won, the cheers would
b e his—fond rightly so. Ts I won, they would be mine. In either case, it
would reveal the fickleness of a crowd.
Mv advice to young men in every line of adventure is this: Receive
courteously any praise and commendation that may come, but never permit
applause to upset your mental program and your moral determination.
Copyright, 1!»2S. by Kin< Features Syndicate. Inc.
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♦ (Friday, Tunney will write on “Character”)
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Gridiron
Gleanings
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 17.—-
Harvard's was to drill In defense
against wing plays today in
preparation for the Army game on
Saturday. Playing straight foot
ball, the varsity scored four touch
downs against the scrubs yester
day. Potter, an expert at kicking
and passing, is back on the job
after an absence of several weeks
due to injuries.
WEST POINT, Oct. 17. —Defense
against the forward pass .continues
io be Army's outstanding weak
ncss. The scrubs, using the aerial
attack, scored on the regulars yes
terday.
STATE COLLEGE, Oct. 17.—Ap
parently no player In the Penn
State lineup is sure of his job
Coach Bezdek is changing the
makeup of the varsity daily In an
effort to start the best combination
available against Penn next Satur
day.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 17.
Ralph . Monk, Penn guard, is
suffering from a boil on his
left arm and may not be able
to play against Penn State on
Saturday.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct 17.
A short scrimmage was scheduled
for the Yale varsity this afternoon.
Practice in kicking and passing is
featuring the preparation for the
Brown game.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—The Co
lumbia eleven will get a hard work
out today before starting tomor
row for Hanover, N. H., for the
Dartmouth game. The varsity
scored four touchdowns against the
scrubs yesterday.
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Oct. 17.—Le
high will send a heavy team
against Princeton on Saturday.
Purvis and Rushlong, ends, who
do not pack much weight, have
been replaced by two big tackles.
Captain Kirkpatrick and Jack Lev
itz.
BUSHAFTER
TIGEH JOB
15 PILOT
DETROIT, Oct. 17.-*Donni«
Bush, one-time Detroit short
stop and now manager of tha
Pittsburgh Pirates, is negoti
ating with Frank N&vin, of
the Tigers, for the job of run
ning the iofcal American League
Club next season', accord
a report published here today.
Bush was here a few days ago
for a conference with Navin. Ho
told friend* there was considerable
difference between the salary he
asked and the figures offered by
Navin. He believed, however, that
there could be a compromise.
Donnie also declared, accord
ing to friends, that he * would
not return to Pittsburgh.
Bucky Harris, former manager
of the Washington Club was also
in Detroit a few days ago con
ferring with Navin.
It is certain George Morarity will
be with Detroit next season.
PITTSBURGH. Oct 17—“Donie
Bush told me a few weeks ago that
he wants to come back to Pitts
burgh next year,” Barney Dreyfuss,
owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
told International News Service to
day when told of a report that Bush
is negotiating for the management
of the Detroit Americans.
“I don't believe the story that he
is dickering in Detroit,” Dreyfuss
said. "I want him back here to
manage the Pirates next year if
he wants to come back.”
Dreyfuss said that Bush was
under a one-year contract during
the first season, but that the di
minutive manager is on the Pirate
reserve list.
HOBIiSBYTfW)E
HESIHTLS
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—William
Wrigley is ready to write the check
and Emil Fuchs, president of the
Boston Braves is ready to cash it.
and Rogers Hornsby is reported
ready to join the Chicago Cubs and
lots of other things are ready, but
Marse Joe McCarthy, Cubs’ manager
isn’t quite ready to hand over his
whole team for Hornsby because
Hornsby is only one map and not
nine.
AU this much ado about some
thing was given added import
ance when William Wrigley ad
mitted he was dickering for the
star slugger and was ready to
give’ $200,000 but balked when
Fuchs asked more money and
two or three players, ft is
understood.
While refusing to name anything
or anybody Wrigley did say this:
‘They are asking for everything
possible in the way of players but
I am not going to be the judge in
this feature of the deal. The club
will attend to the cash all right,
but McCarthy is the team manager
and will have the final say as to
which players are to go or not
to go. It would be foolish to
wreck the present team just to get
one great hitter.”
Jimmy Lake to Announce
At Relee Club’s Smoker
Jimmy I-ake will do the announc
ing for all the bouts at the smoker
that the Relee Club will give to
morrow night at Arlington Park.
; Va. Dake has a huge following
' among the local sports world. The
I first preliminary on tomorrow night’s
I program is scheduled for 8:30 o’clock.
: The Relee Club’s offices at 407
i Ninth St. N. W. will remain open
j until midnight so as to take care
lof the demand for membership
I cards. Only those holding member
ship cards will he permitted to attend
I the smoker. No pleas for member
ship cards will be heard tomorrow.