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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
FOOT BALL CHAMPION
GETS ERSKINE AWARD

A silver trophy, emblematic of the
national collegiate foot ball champion
ship, will be awarded the team selected
by the Albert Russell Erskine foot ball
award committee as 1929 gridiron
champions. Voting by the national
jury of $50 sporting editors under the
auspices of this committee Is now under
way.
In announcing the presentation of
the trophy the award committee, which
Is composed of such prominent patrons
OF sport as Theodore Roosevelt, Will
rogers, John NICE. Bowman, Avery
Brundage, and the chairman, w. o.
Mcclellan, stated that the trophy will
remain in the custody of the winning
team only during the year following
its presentation. The following year It
Will pass into the hands of the new
champion. If one team is chosen
champion for three consecutive years
the Erskine award will become the per-
manent property of that college.
The trophy is a silver cut standing
more than two feet in height. In ad-
dition to this prize, the coach of the
winning team will receive from the
committee an automobile. The award
committee will announce the victor
after tabulating and analysing the
votes of the Nationwide jury of sports
editors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
ALEXANDRIA SCHOOL
HAS is COURT TILTS

ALEXANDRIA. Va, December T.
Alexandria High School basketers will
perform in Is contests this Winter,
opening with the game at Western
High School in Washington, December
II, and closing with a game against
Central High School of Washington in
the Armory Hall on March /.
A feature of the program is the home
game arranged for December 20 with
Benedictine College of Richmond,
marking the first appearance of Bene-
dictine in this section of the State.
Two independent teams have been
booked, the Fredericksburg Collegians
at Fredericksburg, Va, on January IA
and the knights Store five at the
Armory on January 16 and February 81.
The schedule follows:
December 17---Western at Washington; 20
Benedictine College.
January Woodward School; Il, Fred
ericksburg Collegians at fredericksburg
Va. II, Warrenton High School at Warren
ton, Va; 49, knights Store Five; "A, George
Mason High School; 81. Washington-Lee
February -7-swavely School; 10, Emerson
Knight's Store Five; 90. swavely School at
Manassas.
March Central High School,
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Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT.-Bruce Flowers, New Ro-
chelle, N. Y, stopped Pinkey Kaufman
Bridgeport, Conn. (6); Pee Wee Wilson
Omaha, outpointed frankie Murphy
Detroit (l0).
LANSING, Mich-Chief Elkhart
Pueblo, knocked out Lee Meredith, To-
ledo (5).
TOLEDO, Ohio.-Kayo Morgan, To-
ledo, outpointed Happy Anterior, In
dianapoliS U0); Pee Wee Jarrett, MiSh-
awake, Ind, knocked out Jack Duffy,
Toledo (3).
MASON CITY, Iowa.-ESkimo Ora
ito, Dead Horse, Alaska, and Rep Jen-
nings, Des Moines, drew 90; George
Krieger, Mason City, and Spin Nelson,
Austin, Mimi, drew co..
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa.-Bearcat
Wright, Omaha, knocked out Pedro Lo-
leZ, Cleveland %; Snub Ganaway,
Davenport, Iowa, knocked out Jack Mar
RADIO, Omaha Q0).
DIES MONIES, Iowa.-Tony Legouri,
DeS Moines. stopped Henry Falegano
Cd; Tuck Shaddon, Omaha, outpointed
Vale Falegano, DeS Moines a..
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Charlie Cobb,
Houston, sotpped Omar Wright, Omaha
"a.
GREENWICH, Conn.-Joe Curry,
New York. outpointed Mickey Genaro,
Waterbury, Conn. Q0).
SAN FRANCISCO.-Tomm Grogan,
Omaha, outpointed Joe Click, Brook
Ign (10).
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DEMPSEY REFEREE
/. OF CHARITY SCRAP
Will Handle Won Porat and
Scott in New York Ring.
Gallagher on Card.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, December THE
N Otto Won Porat-Phil Scott fight
looms as one of the most i'm
/ portant of the year, but there
appears to be grave danger
that another heavyweight will steal the
spotlight at the charity boxing show
in Madison Square Garden Monday
night.
Announcement that Jack Dempsey
will referee the big bout has started a
big boom in ticket sales for the show,
arranged for the benefit Of the Christ
mas fund, of which Mrs. William Ran
dolph Hearst is chairman.
Dempsey was granted referees
license by the New York State Athletic
Commission yesterday. Immediately
officials of the charity show announced
he would be the third man in the ring
for the Won Porat-Scott battle, although
a regulation of the State commission
forbidS the designation of a referee be-
fore he steps into the ring to work.
Both Won Porat and Scott have de-
clsred Dempsey's selection as referee
is agreeable to them. Won Porat, one
of the hardest hitters among the heavy
weights, probably will be a slight ia
vorite over Scott when they step into
the ring. The tall Norwegian has been
learning fast, and many observers give
him as good chance as any to capture
the vacant heavyweight title.
He will be meeting one of the fastest
and cleverest men in the division in
Scott, who gave the experts a jolt when
he administered boxing lesson to the
giant Argentine, Victoria Campolo, dur
ing the Summer campaign.
Not particularly dangerous puncher,
Scott depends largely upon an educated
left hand for his success. Barring his
first fight in the United States, when
Knute Hansen floored him seven times
before knocking him out, Scott has
given a great account of himself in this
country.
Granting that he can avoid the ter
rife punches Won Porat will shoot at
him, there appears to be no reason why
he should not beat the Norwegian on
points. If he does, shot" against
Jack Sharkey at Miami in February
may be his reward. Mondays fight Is
over the 12-round route.
Make RoSenbloom, the clown Of the
light heavyweights, tackles Yale Okun
OF New York in the 12-round semi final.
George Hoffman, New York heavy
weight, takes on Marty Gallagher Of
Washington in a hereunder. Two fourS
complete the card, with Jerry Pavelec
battling Raul Bianchi of the Argentine
and Bill Daring meeting Ed Steele, one
Of SCOTS sparring mates.
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BUSINESS HIGH FIVE
HELPED BY ALUMNI

Alumni of Business certainly are doing
their part to get the Stenog basket bali
team in shape for the coming public
high school championship series. The
Old Boys have already played the I'M
dergraduateS twice this season and In
each game have given them the most
spirited sort of competition.
On both occasions, however, the
Alumni have been beaten by close
scores. Yesterday they lost % to rs,
after a valiant last-half attempt to
overcome the school team.
Capt. Matte Newman, forward, and
Spencer Chase, center did some nifty
basket sniping for the winners. while
Bernie Jones and Leafsky did most of
the losers scoring.
Benjamin Franklin University basket
erS, who will open their season against
Georg etown University Freshmen We'd
nesday, will engage Strayer Thursday in
the Langley Junior High gym and Gal
laudet Saturday on the Kendall Green
erS' floor.
Bucky DeBoSkey is coaching the Ben
Franklin team, which comprises a group
OF toSsers who formerly showed well
with scholastic quintS hereabout, includ-
ing Keefer and Singman, erStwhile Bust
ness players; Proctor Sand Hurley from
Central and Sherman from ST. Johns.
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YALE LUMINARIES MEET
IN NICK ROBERTS, BARN

NEW YORK, December STARS of
the gr1diron, past and preSent-lumi-
nar1es OF the classroom, men who have
made their mark in every walk of life
will meet tonight, when more than 800
Yale men from every part of the coun-
try gather in Nick Roberts Old Yale
Barn at Montclair, N. j., for the an
nual win, Lose or Draw" party given
by the Yale Club of Montclair in honor
of the Eli foot ball team. It win be
the ninth successive year that a Yale
eleven has been entertained in the
Montclair barn. and there is every in
dication that the party will surpass all
predecessors in brilliance.
At least five Yale grid captains will
be On hand, and outstanding Yale play
ers Of many eras will crowd into the
barn. Among the current crop. the
diminutive "Albie" Booth, sensational
sophomore quarterback, who still has
two years to play; Don McLennan, hero
of the Princeton game; Hoot Ellis, who,
despite tricky leg, ran 81 yards for
the winning touchdown against Dart
mouth; Phillips. center, who called the
signals in the Princeton game; Barres,
Yale's crack end-these and their team
mates will hold the spotlight.
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EAGLE BASKETERS
IN SIXTEEN GAMES

Two contests each with George Wash
ington and Catholic University and one
with Gallaudet are high spots of the
16-game card planned this season for
American University's basket ball team,
George Washington is to be met jan
uary 10 in the Colonials' gym and Feb
ruary 8 on the Eagles floor. Catholic
University will be engaged February 10
and again at a date later that month
to be set. Gallaudet will be entertained
In the American University gym Feb
ruary 81.
Maryland State Normal School will
be entertained in the opening game of
the campaign in the A. U. gym next
Saturday night. One more game, that
with the High Point IN. c. College,
December II. on the A. u. floor will
be played before the holidays. The
A. U. schedule:
December 14-Maryland State Normal,
December l7-High Point
January s-JohnS Hopkins at Baltimore
January i0-Qeorge Washington at G. w.
January l5-Duquesne.
January lS-Loyola.
Baltimore.
February 5-EOyola at Baltimore tt.nta-
ti-e).
February s-Georse washington.
February l0-Catholic u. (place undecided.
February 21-Gallaudet.
February 2s-St Johns at Annapolis.
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FiUe Westinghouse Players
On AU-Third District Team

(Washington-Lee), left guard; Cav
anaugh fredericksburg, center: Hen
derson (Alexandria), right guard {:
Chewing washington Lee), right
tackle: Chase (Washington-Lee), right
end; Mortimer CWashington-Lee), quar-
terback; Lowery Fredericksburg, cap
tain and left halfback; williams ALEX
andria), right halfback; Goodwin
(Washington-Lee), fullback.
Second Team.
Herman fredericksburg, left end;
Stoneburner washington Lee), left
tackle; Hoffman (Culpeper), left guard /;
Peyton alexandria, center: Hagan
(Washington-Lee), right guard: Brown
tFredericksburg), right tackle; Agner
(Alexandria). right end; Boulware
Fredericksburg, quarterback: Nixon
George Mason, left halfback: Mid
dleton fredericksburg, right halfback
Bailey fredericksburg fullback.
Honorable Mention.
Ends-Tyler CWashington-Lee), Bill
Kingsley fredericksburg. Tackles
Carr (AleXandria), Voss George Ma
SOM. Guards-Freeman CFrederickS-
burg, Fritter George Mason). Center
Robertson (Washington-Lee). Backs
Luckett (Alexandria), Mahoney George
Mason), Thoma (Warrenton), Hancock,
(Alexandria), Grimsley (Culpeper)
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PITT AFTER SECOND WIN
FOR EAST AT PASADENA
Also Eager to Defeat Southern California by More
Decisive Score Than NOtre Dame Did-South
Fares Best i'm Rose Bowl Contests.
BY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

N YEW YORK, December when
N the champion Pittsburgh foot
ball team lines up against
4 Southern California in the
Rose Bowl at Pasadena on New
Year day the Panther eleven will be
seeking the second victory for strictly
Eastern invader in the history of this
post-season classic.
Atlantic seaboard teams have figured
in no fewer than seven of the IS Pasa-
dena conflicts to date, but have only
Harvard's 7-to-6 victory over oregon on
January /, 1920, to match against de-
State and Pittsburgh and ties for
Washington and Jefferson and the Navy.
The East was last represented at Pasa-
dena two years ago, when an undefeat-
ed Pittsburgh eleven was shaded, to
6, by Stanford. The Panthers well
coined the chance to return to the Cali
fornia front this season, hoping to de-
feat Southern California by a more
convincing margin than Notre Danes
13-to-12 triumph at Chicago last month.
The Trojans face regularly scheduled
game against another Pittsburgh eleven
next week. when Carnegie Tech will be
seen in the Coliseum. Pittsburgh halted
the Plaid by "a to Is.
OF the four major sections Of the
United States, the South leads in the
Pasadena classic with two victories and
a tie in three appearances. The Middle
West stands next with two victories and
one defeat-triumphs for Michigan and
Notre Dame against reverse for Ohio
State.
The home defenders of the Pacific
slope have done no better than five VIC
tories, five defeats and three ties in the
IS games. The East trails with its one
triumph, four set backs and two ties
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DIXIE RINGS DOWN
GR|D|RON CURTAIN
MaryIand-WeStern Maryland
Game One of Several
Feature Contests.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A TLANTA, December South
" ern stadia opened their gates
"A today for foot balls final fling
4 4 of the year.
The Georgia Georgia Tech
battle, Dixie classic since 1893, was
the attraction at Athens, Ga, while
Oregon and Florida engaged a huge
wooden bowl erected at Miami, Fla, by
Madison Square Garden interests.
Throughout the Carolinas intense in
terest was aroused by the North Caro-
lina-Duke skirmiSh at Durham, N. c.
The University of South Carolina
visited Knoxville to play Tennessee.
Western Maryland, one of the few
unbeaten schools in the country, went
to Baltimore to play the University
of Maryland.
Southwestern Louisiana and Louisiana
Poly lock horns at Ruston, La, in the
last game of the season in the South
ern intercollegiate Athletic Association.
William and Mary meets Hampden-
Sidney at Richmond, Va, and Gen.
tenary and Loyola battle at New
Orleans
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HOYA BASKET QUINT
OPENS PLAY TONIGHT

Georgetown University's basket ball
team will open its season tonight, en-
tertaining Gettysburg College in the
American University gym. 1t will be
the first game of the court campaign
for college five of the District group
and is expected to start about $50
o'clock. In preliminary game George
town Freshmen will play host to Cen
trail High at tbs o'clock. 1t also will
be the Hoya cubs opener.
Every regular from last Winters
Hoya quint is at hand. but Bill Dudack
who has replaced Elmer Ripley, now
head Yale court mentor, as the G. u
coach, plans to start only three of this
bunch. The veterans who will start
are Maurice Mccarthy and Freddy
Mesmer, guards, and Don Dutton, CEN
ter. Hal Meenan, forward, and Paul
Dillon, center, other regulars of cam
paign ago, will be kept on the sidelines
for emergency duty.
Walter Morris, who prepped at St
Johns here, and Bill Shea. both re-
serves last season, will begin at for
wards.
Should Gettysburg fail to provide
close competition, Georgetown probably
will use many reserves, including Dick
King, Kip Callan, Coin" Maloney and
Mark Flanagan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07

~S4AAAAS"~Os
ceeding G. H. ChasmaT, who had held
the post of green's committee chairman
for more than 10 years.
All departments of the club house
are to be under the supervision of the
new general manager, who is an ex-
perienced hotel executive. Kochender-
fer and Sizer were named members of
a special committee few weeks ago to
survey the club house, inspect the club
facilities with the view of possible
changes. and make recommendations
for improvements. Out of the survey
came a recommendation from outside
the special committee that Kochender-
fer be appointed to the management of
the club The new manager will be
unique in the history of the Columbia
Country Club, for never before has the
club had a member manager. Kochen-
derfer will live in a house on the club
property provided for the manager.
Kochenderfer came to Washington in
1916 to open the then new La Fayette
Hotel, where he served with the title
of assistant manager from that date
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LARGE SQUAD TRIES
FOR ROCKVILLE FIVE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, December T.
Manager John G. Mcdonald of the bas-
ket ball team of the Rockville Athletic
Association, which will be the county
seats only representative in that line Of
sport this Winter, has numerous candi-
dates industriously at work in an effort
to land places on the quint and expects
to announce the makeup Of his outfit
within the next few days.
Practice has, SO Manager Mcdonald
stated today, demonstrated that there is
ample material to make certain strong
cam and he is anxious to arrange games
with quints of Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia. He expects his
team to be in readiness to play within
the next week or 10 days.
All games in Rockville will be played
wednesday and Saturday evenings in
the High School gymnasium, which is
REGARDED as ideal for the purpose.
Teams desiring games with Rockville
should get in touch with Manager Nc
Donald by letters addressed to him at
Rockville or by telephoning Rockville
l3S-R IN the evenings.
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CLICK NEARLY OUT,
LOSING TO GROGAN
BY the Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, December T.
Tommy Grogan of Omaha had risen a
notch nearer the lightweight summit
today as the result of decisive victory
over the veteran Joe Click of Brooklyn.
Grogan won a decision over Click in
10 rounds here last night
Click staged as nervy a comeback as
ever was shown in a ring when he took
the tenth round after being down for
the count of nine in the preceding
frame. His rally, however, was not suf-
f1cient to overcome the lead compiled
by Grogan early in the bout.
The Nebraskan was given the first
three and the eighth and ninth rounds.
The sixth and seventh were even. The
blow that dropped Click to the canvas
for nine seconds was a left to the jaw.
Grogan's left hooks sent Click into
frequent clincheS, where he was most
effective.
Grogan weighed 1884,. Click 1873.
In a preliminary bout Charlie Cobb
of Houston, Tex, stopped Omar Wright
Omaha. In the fourth round of their
10-round bout. Wright was down for
the second time when the bout was
stopped. The two are welterweights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
R|SKO AND SCHAAF
FL|RT WITH MIAMI
Winner of Bout Monday in
Cleveland May Be Given
Fight With Sharkey.
BY JOHN J. ROMANO.

n YEW YORK, December IA
match of considerable impor-
VI lance in the heavyweight class
L is on tap Monday evening in
Cleveland when John Risko
meets Ernie Schaaf of Boston in a 10
rounder. Both men are flirting for the
Miami engagement with Jack Sharkey,
as are Phil Scott and otto Won Porat,
who meet the same evening in this
city. According to the dope, the man
who shows up best out of this quartet
will be in line for the Sharkey 60.
RiSko Is back again after a remark
able comeback. A bruising fight with
K. o. Christner and a knockout over
Jimmy Maloney re-eStablished Johns
worth as a front-rank battler. One
thing the fans like about Risko is that
he is in there trying all the time and
no one yet has heard John alibi himself
after loss. Risko shoots the works
every time he answers the bell, and
II he Is on the short end it means
that he was not just good enough
that particular evening.
Ernie Has Class.
Risko has a defeat chalked against
him by the man he faces Monday eve
ming. Schaaf punched his way to a
clear win over John in Boston and in
so doing placed himself on record as the
most promising youngster to come up
in years. A hard battle against Tommy
Loughran, win against Jack Renault
and knockouts over Murray Gitlitz and
Jack Gagnon is a tip-off on Ernie's
class.
No less a parsonage than Max
Schmeling decided that Schsaf was not
one to be tri1ed with as the Boston
garden holds a contract signed by
Something's manager for a tilt with
Schaaf. That agreement still awaits
fulfillment by the German fighter.
Both Risko and Schaaf still are in
the running for the heavyweight crown,
and Mondays result will have a good
deal to do with the final summary.
Neither man can be denied as their
records warrant consideration. With
this In mind Risko and Schaaf can be
depended upon to put up a corking
good scrap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
Shires as Boxer Great Ball
Player, So May Not See Ring
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO December THE professional pugic
Charles Arthur CThe Great Shes White baseman
about die a-borning
Mai John " Clnnin Illinois State Ath
etc Commission has issued holding up the permit for
ShireS with mysterious
Daily Of Cleveland at White city Monday night on two counts
spite dgen search have failed who has met
mysterious Dan DAILY OF Cleveland either socially or hstca and
be Of the
a person in fighting costume.
second count that Fred member of the
workout and the opn-
ion that Charles Arthur was too inclined to thrust salient
parts of his anatomy unprotected path of his sparmaes
a real fighter
be taken the mysterious
DAILY to arrive In Chicago.
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High School Sports


Basket Ball.
TONIGHT.
Central VS.. Georgetown University
Freshmen, American University (pre-
liminary to Georgetown Varsity Gettys-
burg game), tbs O'Clock.
Bliss VS.. Alumni, Silver Spring, Md,
National Guard Armory, 800 o'clock.
Foot Ball.
TODAY.
Gonzaga VS.. Dewitt, 6rifith Stadium,
2:l5 o'clock.
Tech vs.. Stamford High, Stamford,
Conn.
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Hagen Picks Leo Diegel
To Retain Golf CroUn
BY WALTER HAGEN,
British Open Champion.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, December
LEO Diegel. the champion, played
like one all day yesterday and left
me standing on the short sixteenth
green with no place to go but home,
or I should say back to the hotel.
Leo and I had a great match which
gave the largest gallery / have ever
seen in Southern California many
thrills, and he beat me, 8 and 2.
To sum it up quickly, Leo output
ted me on the Hillcrest green's. and
for this he won his way into the
finals of the championship, where
today he will meet Johnny Farrell.
Johnny defeated AL Watrous by 6
and 5. He was playing we'll and will
be worthy opponent for Leo for
the title.
Diegel still is playing the best golf
of any professional now in Cali
fornia. said this when I arrived
here more than three weeks ago and
have no cause to change my mind.
He Is keyed up to high pitch and
should be the favorite over Johnny.
(Copyrisht, 1929. by North American
Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
SIX GAMES ON TONIGHT
IN SUNDAY SCHOOL LOOP

Six games will be played tonight in
the Sunday School Basket Ball League,
three in each of the Y. M. C. A. gyms
with action starting at tbs o'clock
In the mems gym, United Brethren
will meet Calvary M. E., st. Paul's will
play Petworth and Mount Pleasant will
take on Atonement.
In the boys gym 1t will be- Trinity
VS.. Calvary S;kardS. Calvary vs. Mount
Vernon and First Brethren VS.. Hamline.
Mount Vernon, defending champion
Petworth and United Brethren top the
standing with four victories and no de-
featS each. The standing: