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JOE CRONIN IS SATISFIED WITH 1934 COMBINATION
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'Bristling Lions
Turn Toward East
And Broadway Again
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 3.—The bristling little Co
lumbia Lions, who wrote one of the most brilliant chapters
in the long history of football in the murk and mud of the
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What a host of glorious memories will come to these
young men in the years to come, when they chance upon a
tattered blue and cardinal covered program in some half
forgotten bureau drawer? There, they will say to them
selves, as their eyes mist a little and they instinctively
throw back their shoulders, was a day.
And there, my friends, was a day!
Even I, an allegedly hard
toiled sports writer, whose al
most daily job of work it is to
Sit in at these major athletic
struggles, am carrying back
some lasting memories from
that amazing game on an amaz
ing day.
Had His Fun
I’ll remember the little guy in
the yellow slicker beneath the
press coop, loud and vociferous
and belligerent, standing and
screaming across the field at
Thornhill as the final quarter
faded and “Tiny” poured in his
desperation troops in droves:
“When are you going to put
in Hoover? When are you going
to put in Hoover?”
And I’ll remember another
noisy Columbia rooter, whose
big voice rose above the bedlam
of the Stanford cheering, as he
turned his face up to the work
ing press, where sat the Cali
fornia scribes who had accused
Stanford of selecting Pomona
High School for its Rose Bowl
rival, and bellowed:
“So this is Pomona!”
I’ll also remember the rain.
Who of those who suffered
through it can ever foregt that
rain? It must have been the
second hardest and longest
rain in all history. Next, I
mean, to. the one that made
Noah a navigator. It rained,
it poured, it pelted, and it went
on and on and on.
At least a half of the crowd
Os 35,000 that eventually fought
its way through storm and
high water to reach the bowl
must have heard a part of the
game over the radio. What a
tribute to the drawing power
of football in this section that
crowd was. Why a lot of folks
must have left their homes
uncertain whether they’d still
be there when they got back,
and still they refused to miss
the game. That’s enthusiasm
for you.
And with it all the playing
field in the bowl was in re
markably good shape in view
of the fact that it went through
all that storm uncovered. I
have been asked a hundred
times how I think the game
would have come out if it had
been played in dry footing as
•17 of the 19 Rose Bowl games
have been.
Doesn’t Know
My answer has been that I
didn’t know. Never having seen
this Stanford team on the dry
I couldn’t tell. But it must also
be remembered that nobody out
here has yet seen Columbia on
the dry. This much I do know.
That the shrewd and resource
ful Montgomery, playing always
to protect his seven points, once
he had them, never really un
covered Little’s full bag of
tricks.
That “touch downer” on
which Monty foxed the entire
Stanford team into chasing
him, the decoy, while Barabas
went his serene, untouched and
unhurried way to the score, was
only one of several such that
the Columbia quarterback had
Up his sleeve.
But there are other things
I’ll remember from this trip.
I’ll remember how those auto
graph hunters hounded the
Stanford players in the prac
tice sessions at Tournament
Park. That must have been
one of the things wrong with
the team in the game—the
Columbia boys forgot to ask
t They Won't Forget
Neither Will We
I There Was A Day
Rose Bowl on New Year Day, turned
their faces toward the East tonight
and headed toward 116th Street and
Broadway, New York City.
They were a happy but not cocky
bunch of kids, as they packed away
their souvenirs of the “great adven
ture” because they play their foot
ball on the field and when the game
is finally over they have the poise and
balance to turn their minds to other
things.
Still not a one of them who made
this trip, nor any one of us in the
party of sixty who took the long trek
from Manhattan to the “Glory
Hole” in the storm-swept Arroyo
under the big bridge in Pasadena,
will ever forget it.
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them for their autographs. And
I’ll remember how Katherine
(ex-Menjou) Carver, said to be
the luckiest girl in Hollywood,
started betting on Columbia
and never stopped until she
had a hatful of fresh money.
But finally, I’ll remember
that Ciampa iubbing the 190-
pound Grayson right away from
the Columbia goal line after
they had met head-on.
Yes, indeed, there was a day.
MAT MANAGERS
PICTURESQUE
Picturesque managers may steal
the show from colorful wrestlers
tomorrow night when Match
maker Joe Turner unveils the
main preliminary feature of his
Auditorii - card.
In this special 30 minute sup
porting bit to the Ernie Dusek-
Jim Browning main event Man
Mountain Dean, 301 pound be
whiskered behemoth, is pitted
against the ‘Masked Marvel,’ 90
pounds lighter and equally faster.
Piloted by an equally mysteri
ous Masked Manager who is prone
to personally enter the mixing
when the going gets hot, the
Marvel will enjoy no advantage
in this respect. Seconding and
master minding the Man Moun
tain will be his manager—wife,
the equally temperamental Doris
Dean.
Davidson-Dunlap
Get Tie For Third
PINEHURST, N. C., Jan. 3.
R. P. Davidson, of Washington,
D. C., and George T. Dunlap, jr.,
National Amateur golf champion,
are tied with two other pairs of
golfers for third place in the
Tin Whistles golf tourney which
was held yesterday. They fin
ished 2 up.
The team of G. W. Mansfield,
of Brookline, Mass., and T. H.
McGraw, jr., of Pittsburgh, fin
ished 5 up on par to tie W. B.
Calkins, of Philadelphia, and W.
W. Windle, of Millbury, Mass., for
first place.
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Passing Vital To Team, Asserts G. W. Coach
COLONIALS
TILT WITH
TEMPLE
By GARRETT WATERS
Passing, passing, passing.
You’ve got to have it and have
it with every member working it
to near perfection if games are
to be won and opponents mysti
fied.
So is the belief of Coach Ted
O’Leary, who leads the George
Washington University five into
an important game against Tem
ple at Philadelphia tonight. Says
O’Leary:
“A smooth working passing
attack is something every suc
cessful team should have.
Without it, few games will be
won, because after all the ball
is advanced down the floor by
this measure and points are
rung up more often than the
dribbling type of attack.”
Dwells on Passing
Yesterday Coach O’Leary
dwelt on this form of play from
the beginning of the Colonials’
practice session until the very
end. He had his boys running
and cutting and passing all the
while and at the termination of
the drill was satisfied that they
had been helped a great deal by
the extra pressure on the subject.
Drills to build up the passing
attack of the Colonials isn’t a
new item with G. W. practice
sessions. Coach O’Leary has fea
tured the daily sessions with this
method of play ever since the
start of the season, and has
only continued it because he’s
nad an idea that the team’s pass
ing could be better.
Against Temple tonight he hopes
it will reach a new peak. He
may get his wish as the person
nel of the Colonials—that is, the
greater part of it, is made up of
former high school youngsters
who have been on teams posses
sing fast attacks. These particu
lar members include Barney Kane,
Dallas Shirley and Bill Noonan,
former Eastern High School star.
Starts Same Team
Coach O’Leary will start the
same team tonight which repre
sented G. W. against City College
of New York last week. It will
find Jimmy Howell and Jimmy
Smith, forwards: Bill Noonan,
center; and Dallas Shirley and
Bill Parrish, guards. The latter
will be filling in for Sammy
Stein, who is on the shelf.
There is a possibility that
O’Leary will start Calvin Griffith
or Tuffy Leemans in the place of
Parrish. This, however, won’t be
known until game time, as
O’Leary seldom makes known any
changes until the last minute.
He did intimate that Griffith and
Leemans had a chance to start
as both have been showing up
well in practice sessions lately.
Fort Humphreys
Seeks Floor Games
Fort Humphreys’ unlimited bas
ketball team has two vacant dates
for January 8 and 10 and would
like to play some strong local
quints. Trinity M. E. and Marine
Barracks are especially challenged.
Communicate with Lieutenant
Tench at Fort Humphreys, 279.
The Fort aggregation is re
puted to possess one of the strong
est- teams ever turned out at
the post.
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local Y. M. C. A. pool. Times Staff Photo.
Choosing Officials
Method Altered
The method of choosing officials
for Rocky Mountain Conference
football games wes recently alt
ered by elimination of the former
rule giving preference to officials
who passed examinations with
higher standings.
Under the new method all offi
cials who pass their examinations
with standings of over 80 are ac
credited and their names listed
alphabetically. The lists are sent
to coaches for selection of offi-
I cials.
Steve Barabas Puts
Extra Pep in Work
Steve Barabas goes about his
workplace here with extra pep to
day. And it’s all because brother
Al scored that all important touch
down for Columbia against Stan
ford in the Rose Bowl game Mon
day.
Steve played fullback for Lou
Little at Georgetown. He says
another brother, Tommy, is to en
ter Georgetown this coming fall.
Want to bny a business of your own?
Follow the many unusual Business Op
portunities advertised dally in the
WANT AD SECTION of this newspaper.
Maloney-Risko Go
Delayed to Monday
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 3.—The Jim
Maloney - Johnny Risko fight,
scheduled here tomorrow night,
has been shifted to Monday night.
Inability to shift seats from the
Moore Football Park to the
Miami Coliseum was given as the
cause for the postponement.
CHALLENGES GIRL’S TEAMS
McLean A. C. girls’ court team
desires a game for tomorrow
night. Call Miss Hilda Richard
son, at Falls Church 848-F-2.
Washington ©uckpimners
SMASH RECORDS/// X
Bambino Makes
Debut in Gym
Today
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Spring is
just around the corner.
New Yorkers were given that
assurance today with the an
nouncement that Babe Ruth,
mighty sultan of swat, will don
shorts this afternoon and go
through the motions of training
while cameras click and sports
writers ask their questions.
Officially it’s the Babe’s annual
gymnasium debut to prepare for
another season of baseball, but to
sports writers it’s the opening of
the annual salary battle with Col.
Jake Ruppert, owner of the
Yankees.
They’re off!
KEENETEGORD
EQUALEOHY
ffITNEI
“It wil. never be done again!”
That’s what America’s turf col
ony said when James R. Keene
topped the list of money-winning
owners, *rom 1905 to 1908, in
clusive: young Cornelius Vander
bilt Whitney, of New York, equals
Keene’s feat by topping Ameri
ca’s list from 1930 to 1933, in
clusive.
Young Whitney, whose eton
blue and brown silks are known
to every Maryland turfite, went
Keene one better as his thorough
breds in their four-year winning
period garnered $1,453,518 in
purses: whereas Keene’s horses
accumulated $1,063,927 in the four
, years they enabled their owner
to top America’s list of winning
horses.
Records of Stables
For those folks who like to delve
through figures we are publishing
the yearly money-winning records
of both James R. Keene and Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Whitney. They
are:
James R. Keene
Year Money Won
1905 $228,724
1906 155,519
1907 397,342
1908 282,342
T0ta151,063,927
Cornelius V. Whitney
Year Money Won
1930 $385,972
1931 422,923
1932 403,361
1933 241,292
T0ta151,453,548
Larger Purses
Whitney had the advantage
over Keene in shooting for larger
purses. The former’s Equipoise,
one of the world’s largest money
winning thoroughbreds, has gar
nered $322,970 in purses, while his
stablemate. Topflight, snared
$275,901 before going into retire
ment.
Young Whitney, who inherited
the stable of his father, the late
Harry Payne Whitney, has strings
in training in Florida, Kentucky,
New Jersey and New Orleans, and
will make ever” effort to head the
1934 list and thus hang up a
record for American racing.
J. C. C. FIVE WORKS
The Jewish Community Center
unlimited quint scrimmages the
Heurich Brewers tonight at 9
o’clock in the Center gym.
STONE SEEN
BIG HELP
BT JOE
; By RALPH B. JORDAN
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.
' Manager Joe Cronin is satisfied
with his Washington Senators—
I satisfied with the personnel of the
> team and with the prospects for
> another American League pen
s nant and—this time—a world’s
series verdict. Cronin was re
l cently voted the shortstop post on
• the baseball writers’ all-star team.
> Stalwart young Joe, spending
’ the winter at his home here, went
• into a huddle with himself today
' I and came up with a smile of an
ticipation at what the new year
will bring for him and his ball
‘ Itossers.
I) First, Joe believes that in
Johnny Stone he has just the
| rightfielder he has been seeking.
Likes Young Travis
Second, he sees in Travis, whf
came up from Tennessee last mid
season, a third-baseman of gre4
promise. He summarized:
“I think we’ll do, with the
addition of Stone, who came
from Detroit in a straight deal
for Goose Goslin, we’ll go to
bat with last year’s club.
Stone is six years younger
than Goslin and should mate
, rially help our batting punch,
j He’ll drive in runs. He has all
the qualifications of a star for
he can run, field, throw and
: hit.
’ “Travis is about ready for the
big leagues. He got off to a
great start when he went in
for Bluege in midseason.
“However, I don’t think
t Bluege is through. He’s a good,
steady ball player and I, for one,
’ think he has a lot of good ball
; games left.”
5 Promising Youngsters
r Cronin named as the younger
: men he expects to develop into
! players for his opponents to fear,
the following: Prim, Chapman
and Bolton. He said:
, “Bolton should be a great hit
ter. We’ll put in considerable
• time this spring polishing up
his catching.”
Cronin says he’s “perfectly sat
isfied” with Sewell, Berg and Bol
ton for his catching staff, and a
crew of pitchers composed of
Crowder, Whitehill, Weaver, Stew
art, Russell, Thomas and Burke.
He added:
“Don’t forget that 39-year-old
rookie, McColl. He’s a smart
pitcher.”
The Senator manager looks for
his toughest competition from
Boston, Detroit, Chicago and New
■ York.
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HERE MONDAY
Alex "Sandy” Armour, former
golf pro at the Congressional
Country Club, will leave Monday
for Boca Raton, Fla., where he
will spend sometime with his
more notable brother, Tommy. It
is said that Sandy will become
pro at one of the clubs in the
Chicago district.
Roland R. MacKenzie, who will
assume Armour’s duties at Con
gressional. will probably arrive
about April 1. In the meantime,
Claggett Stevens, who was
Armour’s assistant for several
years, will be in charge of the
golf shop.
It has also been reported that
D’Arcy Bannigan, assistant pro
at Columbia Country Club, had
been offered the Congressional
post but turned down the offer.
The annual meeting of ths
Congressional Country Club will
be held January 19. The slate
for board of governors, as pro
posed by the nominating com
mittee, Ls as follows: John F.
Maury. William F. Leahy, J. R.
McCarl, W’liam I. Denning<
Joseph H. Himes, Frank T„
Hines. Hugh Matthews. Guy Ma
son, Dr. Bruce L. Taylor, Joseph
E. Murphy. Conway P. Coe and
William M, Collins, for .wo
years; Daniel L. Moorman, Theo
dore S. Grape, H. H. Laughton,
Harry P. Somerville, J. G. Net
tleton and Robert P. Smith, for
one year.
JUNIORS DEFY
The Saranac Juniors desire
games. Call Adams 4922.
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