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The Washington times., 1931-01-13
lion FRESHMEN
IN 6 GAMES

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Jan.
13.-six games have been sched-
uled for the Penn State freshman
basketball team for the current
season. With the exception Of
one game, with the Pitt fresh
men, all of the contests will be
on the home floor.
The complete schedule, as ap-
proved by the board Of athletic
control, is as follows:
Dickinson Seminary at home,
February Z: BellefOnte Acad-
emy at home, February IA; Pitt
freshmen at Pittsburgh, Febru-
ary FL; BuCknelI freshmen at
home, February "a; Colgate
freshmen at home, February %;
COrnegie Tech freshmen Gt
home, March L
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Basketball Results
OUT-OF-TOWN

OUI-Ot-IO" ~
At Ann ArbOr. MIch.-NIchiEan. rs;
At Iowa CITY. IOws-Purdue, rs;
At Durham. n. C.-Duke. "A. South
'; At Chapel pei Hill. N. C.-North Caro-
At Charlottesville. Va.-St. Johns
(AnnhpOIis), '22: Virginia. 90.
At Bloomington. Ind.-Indiana. SS;
At Columbia. MO.-Kansas State. SIi
Missouri. 80.
At Hanover, N. H.-DartmOuth. 20;
At Provo, MOnt.-BrlEham Young. ssi
Montana State. Sc.
At Pullman. Wash.-WashInKtO tOn
State. 80; whitman College. IL.
At Champaign. nI.-->"rthwestern' 90;
At GrimnelI, Iowa-GrinneII,2 2S; Wash
InrtOn q. est. LOuis). ~.
At Nnukrsha. III.--CnrrOll, 80; COe,
". At Houston. Te1.-Arkansas u. SO:
At Lawrence. kan.-kansas. "A; Ok
lahOma, ss.
LOCAL
Eastern High. Il: c. U. Freshmen, IS.
Mary land Freshmen. 81 Business
Maryland Avenue Baptist. s4G Gen.
PetWOrth Juniors, "a; Trinity, -.
Heurieh, 10; Boiling Field, Is.
Army MedicOs, 25i Naval Hospital, -.
Mt. Vernon. S4i Calvary brakes. "a.
Potomac Boat Club. 23; POntiacs, IA.
AtOnement. 80; Falls Church. 20.
Peoples Hardware S5; Polish Amer
Jeans. "a.
Montr0se juniors, 20; "N" Flashes, IS.
Company +. SO; Griffith Consumers.
90.
Auny Headuuarters, 40; QuanticO Ma
Fort Myer. "a: ST. PauI's. 90.
DORA. S2I Southern Methodist. 10.
UniRA RTintaRA s. Pullman =
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PIN MARKS SET
BY SHERWOOD

The race in the Eastern Bowl
ing League is developing into a
free-for-all scramble, with but
one and one-half games separat-
ing the first-place Freeman All
Stars from the fourth-place
NomadS.
Freeman All Stars climbed into
first place by taking two games
from Peerless, while the NomadS
were dropping all three games to
the Braves, and tumbling from
first place to fourth.
Brill had high set with 1856, in
Guiding game of 1853, while Spill
man had 374. Others who starred
were Hollis, 349; Lohmar, 345;
Keith, 337, and o. Moore, 1856.
sherwood A. C. broke high
set record with 1855 while tax
ing two games from the Elites,
the ISherWOOdS losing on y 571
game against 579.
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MAKES DEBUT.
AGAINST
TECH
By GARRETT WATERS

ny OAnhE 4 WAAEnS
The scholastic basketball series
brings another pain of interesting
contests before the fans today at
the Tech gymnasium. Eastern
meets Western in the opener at
$3.50 o'clock while Tech and Cen
tral are listed in the second clash,
beginning probably about 4:45
o'clock.
One other game is on the school
sports program today outside OF
the series brushes. 1t is between
the Georgetown Prep and Landon
teams at the Landon School GYM
nasium at $50 O'Clock.
Four Games Coming
Four contests are on the pro
gram tomorrow while the subject
Of games is being discussed. Cen
trail plays Alexandria High at
Central, 3:45 o'clock; Business
meets the Catholic University
Freshmen at Brookland, $3.50
o'clock; Gonzaga entertainS Wood
ward at GonZaga at $3.50 o'clock,
while Eastern journeys to College
Park to meet the Maryland Uni
versity Freshmen at 3:45 o'clock.
A determined collection Of
warriors will be seen in the
series games today. And that
collection will be those players
representing the Central High
School Five.
For three or four years now
teams at the Mount Pleasant ST.
institution have had to trail the
dust of the others in the high
school group.
All because Coach Coggins' has
not been blessed with the ma
terial under his hand as in the
championship days of '25 and '26.
This year the Central mentor
looks as if he has the best bal
anced collection of players since
those years. Broadbent and
Burke are the forwards, Downey
Rice jumps center. while DeLisio
and Swift are the guards.
Played Good Basketball
This combination is not SEN
sational one, nor has it set any
worlds afire. But it has played
good basketball during the early
season and has won games in a
manner which has brought out
a revival of interest from fol
lowers.
A victory today over Tech
would do a great deal for the
team. The joy might even
start it on the road towards a
championship and that would
be a joy.
In regards to their recognition
as a determined collection Of
warriors, the Mount PleasanterS
are certainly that this year. Play
ing together for the second sue
cessive season, the boys of the
Blue and White feel that they
hIG uuC W pun OA1 d IAAuClA OCCVCA
show this winter than was their
fortune in 1880.
Against Tech today they will
be against a team which will be
striving to get back ground lost
in last Fridays defeat at the
hands Of Eastern. A win for the
Manual Trainers and they will
have righted themselves, is the
belief.
EaSt-West Clash
It will be a battle of the East
against the West in the Eastern
Western clash. Both teams won
in their opening skirmishes.
Eastern against Tech, as men
toned, and Western against Busi-
ness.
The two looked very impressive
In their victories. Today it will
be interesting to watch the scor-
ing as both teams have point
men of real note. Big Bill Noonan
is Eastern's' flash while Tony
Latona and Everett Buscher are
the Western big timers.
A~AmRFN RWAHAF
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GROW THEM TALL

With but one exception, each
member Of Temple University's
basketball team is local product
Of Philadelphia and is more than
six feet tall.
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Women BECOME.
NAT FANS

One of the most striking fac
tors in the advance Of wrestling
here is the many women who at
tend the shows at the Washington
Auditorium each week. OF course,
most of these women are ad-
mitted free, but then the attrac-
tions must be top grade to keep
their interest.
Nor do these women merely
walk into the auditorium, take
their seats and let it go at that.
They can be heard all over the
hall, and several are louder than
Rob Roy Mackey-and he's plenty
loud. They have their own "fa-
vorites," and inform the whole
audience they're pulling for their
man.
They plead with their favO-
rites to tear the other guy apart,
break his leg, kick his Shins, jab
his eye, smear his face or pitch
him out of the ring. Oh, yes,
the woman fan of today is be-
coming a regular and takes
sports as serious as men.
Now, there's Billy Bartush, the
Lithuanian, who tackles Pat
O'Shocker, the Red Comet" in
the main event of Thursdays
show at the Auditorium. Billy
has a host of fair followers here
and how they raise racket when
Sweet Billy" hurls an opponent
down to defeat. O'Shocker, too,
has gained no little support from
the weaker" sex. They may be
the weaker" sex, but you wouldn't t
think so when they air their lungs
at the Auditorium,
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QlIint Races
Harvard SATURDAY.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Jan.
13.-Penn State will meet Har.
ward University in basketball
next Saturday night for the first
time in history. The game, which
will be at Cambridge, is the first
of the season away from home.
The Lions will play one other
game this week, meeting Lafay.
cite on the home floor Wednes.
day night. This game will be
the first with the Maroons since
1924
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FINAL
DECISION
TODAY
BY TOM THORP


ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Jan. 13.
Florida racing occupies a very
precarious position today.
Announcement by Sheriff E. E.
Boyce that oral wagering must be
discontinued during the remain
der of the Florida Jockey Club
meeting has thrown the sporting
fraternity into state of con-
fusion.
No one appears to know what
the final result will be in regards
to the 45-day meeting to open at
Hialeah next Thursday.
Lawyers At Work
The general opinion here today
is that matters will be arranged
in a satisfactory manner for the
continuation of the season at
Hialeah. Attorneys are attempt
ing to smooth down the troubled
waters.
Whether or not they will sue
ceed in Strengthening out mat
terS to the satisfaction of all
only the future can tell.
Wires between st. Augustine and
Tallahassee were busy early eoday.
A final decision relative to the
sport is expected from the State
Capitol any hour.
SeCretary-Treasurer Fred Schuy-
Ter, of the Florida Jockey Club,
announced the st. Johns Park
meeting would be continued for
the remaining four days. The ban
against oral wagering will not af-
feet the racing at the local plant.
A meeting of IA days was con-
Quoted last season under the cor
poration system. While it did
not prove profitable for the own
erS, the quality of the sport was
first class in every detail.
Expect Crowd Today
The local racing fraternity was
little disturbed by the edict
against oral wagering. Most of
the local merchants and hotel
men are strongly behind the cor
poration system. They feel such
system could bring additional
sport patrons to their stores and
hotels.
Because Of this, it is expected
there will be no falling off in
the size Of the attendance to-
day.
The Windsor Hotel Gold Cup
Handicap. with entry of some OF
the best route coYererS at the
local course, is expected to attract
one of the largest attendanceS of
the meeting.
The real harm to Florida racing
is likely to come at the As days
meeting scheduled to begin next
Thursday under the auspices of
the Miami Racing Association at
Hialeah.
"There will be no more oral
wagering in Florida" declared
Sheriff f. +. BOyce, Of st.
Johns county. Orders have
been issued from Tallahassee
instructing the various law en-
forcing officials to take the
necessary measures to see that
the laws relative to bOOkmak-
ing are not violated.
81 have instructed the Florida
Jockey Club officials that any
attempt to continue oral wager
ing will meet with quick action
. from my office. 1 have been
assured by them that they will
not allow anyone to attempt to
violate the law. will be on
hand today to see that the law
is enforced.
"FIOrida has no kick against
racing. Nor will there be any
attempt made to stop what is
termed the corporation system
of wagering"
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z IN CONTROL
At BOWIE

The Southern Maryland Agricul-
tural Association, which operates
the Bowie race track in Prince
Georges county is in the absolute
control of James F. O'Hara and
Mrs. GadSden d. Bryan.
At a special meeting Of the
stockholders held yesterday at Up
per Marlboro, Md, the majority
of stock was voted to simple ma
jority rule, which was substituted
for the two-thirds majority syS-
tenn.
O'Hara and Mrs. Bryan are said
to control 6,679 Of the 12,500
shares. The other largest stock
holders are Joseph A. Farrell and
John j. Farrell, jr.. both of whom
own 3,339 shares, it is said.
Joseph A. Farrell has been
acting general manager since
the illness Of O1Iara. His
brother, John ]. Farrell, jr., has
held the position of assistant.
They were elected last May to
serve for year.
When the notices first were sent
out to the stockholders for the
meeting, the directors were to act
on the immediate changes in man.
agement. The paragraph was in
terpreted as meaning the elimina-
ton of the Farrells. Several days
later, however. it was announced
the Farrells would continue in Of
flee until after the spring meet.
The stockholders, after chang
ing the bylaws, did not take up
the possible change in the man
agement.
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SIGN UP
FOR TOURNEY

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla, Jan. 13.
Two of the three former winners
of the Walter j. Travis Memorial
Trophy have already sent in their
entries for the fourth annual Ma
tional Amateur Championship Of
Golf Club Champions, and ad-
vices received today indicate that
the 1880 holder of the trophy will
be esent to defend his title when
the big winter golf classic opens
here Febr ~ary 3 on st. Augustine
links
robert Wingate, of Jacksonville.
who carried off the championship
in its inaugural year, Is out to
regain his laurelS and again will
represent the Timuquana Club of
his home city.
He won the national publ
links title last year and his
g9 has been improving stead
lily.
Four other members Of Win
gates club will also compete i'll
the Championship OF Champions.
Carl Damn, jr.. young Rollins
4 -l-Te star, who WCI the tour
nament in 1929, will attempt a
corle ack next month. He made
a determined effort last year to
retain his title and went through
to the finals, losing out in hec'
tic match on the final green Of
the Ihole ..ruggle.
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capable of winning some ball
games. But all McGraw heard
was a demand for Travis Jack
son or Fred Lindstrom or Melvin
OFT.
He even was asked about
trading Bill Terry.
Joe Mccarthy is experiencing
the same thing with the Yankees
right now. The boys who are
willing to give up a pitcher want
Lou Gehrig or someone of that
stamp.
No one yet has had the temer.
ity to ask Mccarthy to set q
price on Babe Ruth. At that,
Joe might take a chance if he
could get three pitchers for the
big fellow.
"Fitz's" Complex
John j. McGraw is still hope
full that Fred FitZsimmons can
rid himself of the spring com.
plex that affects his work an.
nually. For some reason or other
FitZSimmons thinks that he can.
not win games until the sun
climbs high on the meridian.
Year after year Fitz will step
out and lose eight out of his
first 10 games. Then he starts
to pitch and is just about un-
beatabIe for the rest of the
year.
Fitzsimmons is the only de.
pendable right handler the Giants
have, or are likely to have this
year.
There is a chance that Chief
Bender will make something of q
right handler out of Leroy Par
melee. Parmelee has about all
the stuff that any man could
desire, but he never is quite sure
whether the next ball he pitches
will be a strike or sail madly
over the roof of the grandstand.
Better Left Handlers
The left handlers of the Giants,
Bill Walker and Carl Hubbell,
should be better this year than
ever. Walker is a whale Of q
pitcher who failed to show his
stuff last year largely because Of
the McGraWS inSiStence upon
pitching him when Walker had q
sore leg.
Wild and wOOIIy pitchers may
be the problem of the Yankees
this season. Gomez, with Q
world of stuff, lacks control,
and the same goes for boys Of
the McAvOy and Walsh stripe.
Mccarthy will go along care
fully with Jim Weaver, the lean.
ing tower of Baltimore. If this
guy can pitch in proportion to
his towering height, everything
will be fine.
Mccarthy Is rather glad to be
back with Earle Combs, the soft
spoken Kentuckian. Combs brokS
into professional baseball with
Mccarthy and the latter knows
just how to get the greatest
amount Of good out Of the back.
fielder.
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hes Oral Betting Throws Florida Racing Conf
YANKS, GIANTS
SEEKMOUND
TALENT

The annual search of the New
York major league clubs for
right-handed pitcher who can win
ball games will probably lead them
right to the same end as other
searches have led-right
to the minor leagues where Earn.
shawS are few and far between,
The Giants tried vainly dur.
ing the winter meetings to get
a Highlander who might be
capable of winning some ball
games. But all McGraw heard
was a demand for Travis Jack
son or Fred Lindstrom or Melvin
OFT.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
GLENN WRIGHT SIGNS

NEW YORK, Jan. IL 0.N.SO.
David Driscoll, business manager
of the Brooklyn National League
Baseball Club, announced today
that the signed contract of Short
stop Glenn Wright had been re-
ceived at the club offices.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
STONER HORSE
FOR WORK

When the Phillies' pitchers
were being driven off the mound
last summer, Manager Shotton
beseeched his ivory hunters to go
out and find some hurlers who
could take it. He sought men
who could battle against sluggers,
who did not worry because they
we're not dropped into a soft
spot.
1--WE have batting strength in
this club" he pointed out to
his agents; "what we want is
some fellow who can take it
for a while, tighten and give
US q chance to pull him out.
Get any man who has the
courage"
One of the men answering in a
general way to that description
was Lii Stoner. who idled six
years on the Detroit bench when
good men were needed in fac.
tories. Stoner got so he did not
care whether he played or not.
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1S. Chances.
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ippine Islands.
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30. Stems.
81. Fancies.
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Romans called Seres.
SO. Chinese gambling game.
40. Extended musical compo@i'
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lie.
46. Title Of sovereign Of Abys'
sina.
a.. italian goddess Of harvests.
so. Ceremonies.
So. Meaning.
81. A LaplaAder.
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SO. Appear.
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so. Plant.
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IS. Fragments.
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1. Ornamental clasp.
2. The rabble.
3. Away.
4. Malt beverage.
5. Coin.
s. Compass point.
2. Shares.
0. BE able to do.
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SO. Smoldering ashes.
IS. Steps.
81. Espouse.
81. Pity.
64. Anger.
66. Vehicle.
81. Mimic.
70. Bone.
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II want q guy who can pull
the SOx out of last place and
keep them out Of it."
The many" who chinned with
Mr.. Quinn laughed up their
sleeves.
"A hopeless task, managing
that Boston ball club" they
said. Bob will never find the
man to fill the BILL"
But Quinn found his man in
Shane Collins, one of the craftiest
men in baseball today, and one
Of the few old guard who never
knows the word quit.
Collins Tells Quinn
Quinn opened up the same way
to Collins when he talked with
Shane last winter as he did to
all the others.
"The Boston club must not
be . cellar club in 1881" he
said. 'T want q guy -hOII see
to it that they're not that. Do
you follow me, ShanO?"
Shane squint-eyed in his best
manner and answered like this:
"Mr. Quinn, you're talking to
the right man. You're safe
with me as I'll bring the club
out Of its depths or know the
reason why"
The result Of this little speech
settled things right then and
there for Mr.. Quinn. He hired
Shane and Shane began his
duties.
The sox have had their
troubles this year. There is no
getting around that. AS much
was to be expected. But with
the season past the half way
mark the team Is out Of last
place and looks good to finish
sixth. If not better.
Plays No Favorites
The best part about Collins
work has been the spirit he's
kept among his players. When
things have looked unusually
dark he's spurred them on, made
them realize that they could play
as well as the next club, helped
them, nursed them, even cursed
them, all in the idea of keeping
them on their toes at every turn.
One of the secrets of Collins
success Is the fact that he's put
every player on the roster on an
equal basis.
Hes made no one man feel
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that his job is q cinch. He's
yanked the best and strongest,
even his star Earl Webb, and the
spirit and will Of the team has
benefited as a result.
Shano's greatest trouble this
year has been in the development
of a dependable infield combina-
ton. He's had Sweeney and Van
Camp at first base. Rothrock.
Reeves, Miller and Warstler at
second; Rhyme, Rothrock and
Warstler at short; Pickering,
Reeves and Miller at third. to men
ton only a few combinations.
Peculiar Complex
He seems to have hit on his
strongest combination at this time
with Sweeney at first, Warstler at
second, Rhyme at short and Miller
at third. And the combination is
playing ball despite sour showings
and defeats every once in a while
There'S q peculiar thing abOu5
the SOx. They can take . ter
rible beating one day, but the
next day they'll turn around
and pull q complete form re-
versal.
One Of their bad days was
yesterday against the Griffmen,
when they were defeated, Is to /.
Tomorrow, when they resume
again against Walter JohnSon's
men, according to the way in
which they have performed all
season, they'll play like demons,
even though they might get beat
again.
That's the kind Of club Man
ager Collins has nodded under
his wing this year. He certainly
has made it an interesting club,
if nothing else. And the best
part of it is, he's kept it out of
the cellar. All Of which is q
definite fulfillment Of Owner Bob
Quinn'S desires for the season.
Yes, Mr.. Quinn. you certainly
talked to the right man when
you got Shane Collins to manage
the Red Sox last winter.
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Will Earn Little

They will gather in a few
dollars from as many blind
idol worshippers, but knowing
and thinking people will under.
stand that this is an eleventh
hour attempt of the two to
cash in the last, fleeting gold
on names which once meant
something in the ring.
Once fighter has lost that
quickness of step, that instinct
of self defense and that attack
which is second nature to real
ScrapperS, he never regainS it.
Once that alertneSs Of eye and
that coordination Of mind and
muscle is allowed to rust and
corTode, they are never fully
regained.
Neither Leonard nor Demp-
Sey is old, measured by the
ordinary standard of things,
but both are past their ring
usefulness, If only for the rea-
son they laid down their gloves
for six and four years, respec.
lively. That is the toll which
will cost them even an outside
chance to regain their former
pinnacles. It can't be done,
my friends, and don't let any
body kid you that 1t can.
Now you listen to me, you
doubterS. I know Dempsey
was your "god" and I went
down with Dempsey and the
rest of you at Philadelphia.
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wiping q gallon of perspiratiOn
off his brow, when / started
out / thought 1t would be easy.
There are several fellows who
are StandOuts-but there are
three or four spots that are
mighty tough. Looks like any
one name will be q subject for
argument"
Babe will probably name his
official team around September 4,
and, to make sure that yours will
get in in time to be eligible send it
a few days before the time limit.
Remember. no selections will be
considered post-marked later than
midnight August 81.
Take your time and do a good
job of it. but don't take too long
The prize. trip to the first two
games Of the World Series,
with all expenses paid, Is well
worth your best efforts, and is
a good reason for a lot of extra
special pondering, but don't get
left at the post. Don't wait un
til the last minute!
Don't jump at conclusions and
don't guess! Select your team
after careful study. Only skill
and baseball acumen will help
you. Guessing is out entirely
No Guessing Contest
You can't guess a players base.
ball ability. You've got to sit
down with a lot Of baseball av.
erageS, and a recollection of what
you yourself have seen, heard and
read, and out of it pick out the
ten best men (eight fielders and
two pitchers).
Don't forget that batting
order! That is q tough bone
to gnaw! That IL something
that the Babe Is particular
about. If your batting order
doesn't gee up somewhat with
his, it's curtains for your team.
And that $50 or less explana-
tory statement (the lesser the bet
ter, though not too few. and
don't worry about the kings Eng.
lish. Just make yourself as clear
as possible, write legibly enough
for the Babe Ruth Contest com.
mittee to decipher your script:
but it doesn't have to be . mas
terpiece Of penmanship