The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-11-08
GRID GAMES FOR
THANKSGIVING DAY
Restored to Chicago for a
Period of Ten Years.


ten years, beginning in 1880, when two
intersectional opponents,
one from the west coast ald one from
the east coast, will clash at Soldier
field The ten-year program has been
arranged by viii H. Wade, chairman
of the board of directors, Chicago
unit, of the Shriners' Hospitals for
Crippled Children. under whose aus
pieces the games will be played.
Judge Walter Steffen, former Uni
versity of Chicago great, and present
Chicago jurist and committing coach
of the Carnegie Tech football teams,
has accepted the Craftsmanship of the
football committee.
1.-THE Shriners' Hospitals for Grip
pied Children are conducted as gen.
eral child welfare philanthropy in
which crippled children are accepted,
regardless of race, creed or color"
Mr.. Wade said.
Louis Mcconnell, the kicking Irish
man" from the wilds of Massillon.
Ohio, bids fair to become the best Ohio
State punter since the days of Chick
Harley.
Mcconnell. a junior at the Buckeye
school, was just as good kicker in
1923 as he is in 1929. but unfortu-
nateIy he is not so hot when il
comes to running with the ball, and
for this reason ne was parked I'M
tremendously on the side lines in IA
vor of Byron Ely.
Although they'll fight until the last
mans down and out for dear old Illini,
considerable rivalry exists between
Capt. Russell Crane and Leroy Weitz,
Zuppke's stanch and copiOus guards,
as to which is the better man on the
wrestling mat.
After the rough-and-tumble football
season, these two young huskies
spend a good deal of their spare time
trying TO pin each others shoulder
blades to the canvas.
Bob Zuppke rates Willis Glasgow.
Iowa's classy little captain and half
back, as about the smartest back in
the conference. When Glasgow
cleared the line on his seventy-seven-
yard dash for touchdown on the first
play of the game with Illinois, he
looked around to see who was follow
III hn n
Frosty" Peters was cutting across
and that Frank Lanum was rearest,
he let Frank gain on him near enough
for a dive and then easily stepped
aside and trotted on TO the gal un-
hurried.
Zup explains that that is aD exam
pie of Glassgow's GOODNESS and Lmart-
ness in an exciting spot
Jack Coombs, baseball coach.
watches the Duke football squad
closely for several players of his
championship baseball team are mem
bers of the football team.
81 am making plans to rebuild the
Nationals with promising youngsters
and am not interested in signing any
slipping veterans" was President
Clark Grifith's reply when asked why,
in view of Manager Walter Johnson'S
expressed need of a right-handed slug
ging outfelder. he was willing to pass
~ Corrr uaiIpaopp whom tho T,i1orS
sent to Cincinnati Reds on waivers.
The gold lined fairways of the south
and the Pacific coast. as well as Ber-
muda and Honolulu, will hang up a
total Of 100000 in prizes for the pro-
fessional golfers this winter. The
scene of competition will start at
Pinehurst, N. c., November II and
Is, and also conclude there March 81
and % with the north and south open
tourney.
A new worlds doubles record for
organized bowlers was established by
Marty Mullen and Walter Ward of
Cleveland. The pair spilled the pins
for total of 1,493 for three games,
The air is calling another varsity
football ace. Harold Rebholz, Wiscon-
sins fighting fullback, has decided TO
become an aviator. The Rebel made
his first flight and declared, as he
c,r11iIincr1r- oil vh hor
taken through a succession of barrel
rolls, loops, wing-overs and other
stunts, that flying gave him as great
a thrill as football.
Edward W. Cochrane. one of the
leading football referees of the Mis-
souri, valley, will travel 12,515 miles
over eleven states in officiating in
games this season. He is booked for
eighteen games extending to Deem
Der z.
The professional football scout Is
the latest in gridiron circles. Michigan
has its own in the person of Bernard
P. Traynor, former Colgate star and
more recently coach at Wisconsin,
Michigan State and Michigan.
Traynor has secuted Michigan State
games for Mississippi A. & NJ. Col
gate and North Carolina State and was
Colgate's observer at a Wisconsin
game.
With the election Of Halfback Jack
James of Brooklyn to captain the
Princeton freshman football team. a
custom observed with but few excep-
lions for many years, has been broken
Since the 1924 season, when Calvin
Case led the yeariing eleven from a
halfback position. linesman has al
ways been awarded the honor.