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Evening star., 1931-12-14
PICKS s. c. ELEVEN
TO DEFEAT TULANE
Mehre Regards Highly Team
That Beat Dixie Outfit
So DecisiveIy.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
7 OS ANGELES, December IA
Southern CALIFORNIA; Tro.
- jams have been installed
locally as overwhelming ia
vorites to defeat Tulane of New
Orleans in the Rose Bowl game on
New Year day, as a result of their
6O-to-0 victory last Saturday over
the University of Georgia.
THE Trojans will certainly defeat
Tulane If they play the same kind of
loot ball against Tulane as they did
against Georgia" said Coach Harry
Mehre OF Georgia. The Trojans are
the greatest team I have ever seen"
More than Al 900 seats for the New
year day classic have been sold and
lndlcatlons are capacity crowd OF
$4,000 persons will witness the game.
The winner Of the contest will have a
claim TO the national foot ball cham
pionship.
Seldom has an outstanding team
such as Georgia been given so severe
a trouncing as that handed the South
erners by the Trojans. Georgia was
outWelghed, however, approximately 10
pounds TO man. The fight of the Wis
itorS won the praise of the Trojans,
Georgia never giving up its efforts to
score.
The Georgia team left for Athens at
3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon, each
player being presented box Of Cali
fornla fruit before leaving.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
Alexandria Notes

Alcova Motor Co. and the Ballston
A. c. Of Arlington County and the
Marion A. c. of Washington met in a
Sandlot round robin at Arlington Field
yesterday when all three teams showed
up because of a mix-up in the Motor
lists schedule.
All three games ended scoreless.
Marion played Ballston in the opener
while Alcova deadlocked the Marions
and Ballston in order in the second
and third tilts.
Sigma Lambda Nu Fraternity has
called meeting of candidates for its
basket ball team for tonight at 7:3O AT
the home of Manager Ralph Scrivener
l0l2 Prince street to make preparations
Tor its cage campaign.
Del Ray A. C. is making prepars-
tions to organize an unlimited team
President P. P. Clark plans to call a
meeting this week
Virginia Five is without a game for
tomorrow night and would like to book
a contest with some unlimited or l45-
pound aggregation. Telephone Mana
ger John Watt at Alexandria 2O2O-J
between $50 and $50 pm.
st. Mary's Lyceum five desires games
with unlimited teams. Phone Mana
ger Tommy Lucas at Alexandria 2783
between 10 am. and pm.
Virginia All-Stars defeated the Pirate
A. c. eleven, 27 to o at Shipyard Field.
The controversy between No. En-
gine Company and Hopkins Furniture
gridmen over the local 150-pound foot
luton today than it was two weeks ago,
despite q second meeting bstween.,the
two teams yesterday, q scoreless tieks.
haStin1 '---"' ~ r~--sss~~s~sNIa
Evening star., 1931-12-14
PUTS TULANE FIRST,
N0TRE DAME SIXTH
A. P. Sports Chief Tempted
to Bracket Green Wave
and S. C. at Top.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated press Gpnrts rdJtn

BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.
fIT Tow" inquiries a gent looking
- for trouble, would you
rank the foot ball teams for
1881, since the Associated
Press All-America poll shows q ma
jority Of places going to the Middle
West?"
On the record. prior to the mid
December wind-ups and mindful of the
forthcoming Rose Bowl classic, We
would put the major outfits in this
order:
I. Tulane.
2. Southern California.
g. st. Mary's.
4. Tennessee.
5. Northwestern.
s. Notre Dame.
7. Pittsburgh.
g. Georgia.
9. Yale.
TO- Harvard.
II. Army.
IL. Southern Methodist
1t seems superfiuous to add that the
sharpshooting was under way before
this list was completed.
Tulane Record Better.
1t would be safer to bracket Tulane
and S. G. together, since they will in
due time settle the argument at Pasa
dena as to the No l ranking position-
unless there is tie. But Tulane,
through the regular campaign, has COM
piled the better record-in fact, the best
in the country.
There's Just as big an argument, II
not bigger, as to whether st. Mary's
should be ranked above or below S. c.
st. Mary's beat Southern California,
also California, by wider margin than
the Trojans. st. Mary's handed South
ern Methodists its first defeat
The Gaels, however, experienced a
two-game slump, in which they were
tossed about by the Olympic Club and
U. c. L. A.
AS against this, Southern California
came on after its first and only set
back to whip Notre Dame and bury
such good teams as Oregon, Washing
ton, Stanford and Washington State.
And there the debate begins.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
TUNNEY PUBLIC IDOL.
EVEN IN RETIREMENT
Of Ring in Constant Demand,
but Prefers to Devote Most Time to
Literature, Non Life Work.

brilliant, incisive critic Of any one or
anything, sparing no one. 1t was sug-
gested that possibly Shaw might be
growing old
so am l." said Tunney solemnly.
Il wish were as young as Shaw, and
half as mature mentally"
Mr.. Harlow and he went back to art,
Tunney discussing painters with dis
elimination.
Then he went into the technical
tntricacies of Shakespeare works with
member of the Harvard Club, who
once taught Shakespeare to Harvard
men.
Has What He Worked For.
Finally, Gene spoke of the boys Of
the old days, those close to him. when
he went around Tom Luthers training
camp in an old weat-shirt, wondering
where the training money was coming
from, diffident as youngster when his
attempts at self-education were men
toned.
DO you miss the old days-the resin,
the fighting?" Gene was asked.
Clear, Irish eyes looked up quickly,
and 1t took a moment for the answer.
Il have what worked for" said
Mr.. ]. ]. Tunney OF New York and
Stamford.
His interesting eyes wandered into
the distance.
What next?" Tunney was asked.
'"One career is over" he said. An
other, think, has started. What hap
pens to the second will depend on me,
exactly as I was responsible for the
success, as some believe, of the first"
(Copyright, 1891. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1931-12-14

where he could pitch a ring. That was
for fights and he figured to seat over
100 00O
For foot ball, he would have re-
moved the end seats, and pushed the
side ones back He also had some
scheme by which the whole thing
eventually could have been closed in,
and perhaps glassed over, like a huge
armory, coliseum or dirigible hangar.
The very least length needed for an
indoor foot ball field would be ITO
yards. The outdoor field is, Of course
120 yards or over, but ITO yards would
do. Beyond that you would want a
tier of seats, SO that the extreme
length of the building probably would
have to be around 200 yards and the
width $50 yards. You could do with
less, but not If you wanted to handle
really big crowds. That means you
would have to take in lot of territory
Some veteran foot ball men were talk
ing again about. the difference in the
charge of the modern and old-time
lines, the difference alluded to being the
fact that the forwards of today usually
open a hole on the line of scrimmage,
while the old lines surged forward in
a wave, before breaking to let the run
ner through.
The old type of attack meant the
highest degree of team play among the
forwards. 1t took a lot of time and
timing to get that cohesive charge. The
general opinion seems to be that today
foot ball has grown so complicated, with
each man having SO many assignments,
that there is no opportunity to work
on that old line charge for the number
Of hours 1t would require to make it
efficient.
Eddie Mahan recently said that fire.
uuently the present attacking lines do
not charge at all. They cross check
and block, leaving an opening visible
both to the man carrying the ball and
to the defensive back. That old surging
wave, with the runner breaking out at
perhaps an unexpected point, might be
exceedingly effective in the present
game.
But individually the linefnen are as
good as they ever were. Tackle play,
for instance, is unusually fine Some
teams, such as Pittsburgh, Notre Dame,
Northwestern and California, had two
powerful tackles each. Almost every
team had at least one.
Practically all teams used the wing
back, the shift or the kick formation
type of attack. Harvard and Michigan
were prominent among those which IA
vored the last-named. 1t seems to me
that there were more plays designed for
the short side this season than I have
seen before: The short-side play is ca
pable OF still further development.
Kicking was a most important factor
this season. A team with good leather
booter was soundly armed for both at
tack and defense. But the kick Is COM
ing to be more and more of an often
sive weapon. It appears significant that
three Of the four outstanding kickers in
the Western Conference were sopho-
mores. These three were Oliver Olson
of Northwestern, Jack Heston of Michi-
garp and Karl Cramer of Ohio State,
The fourth was a senior, Mum of Min
nesota. But these first three will be
back next year.
Parker of Yale has been a fine punter,
So has Bob Mcnamara of New York
University. Other elevens had good
.kckers. Marchmont Schwartz of Notre
15onna-ynS- -ngR- O. tnenA -. n
Evening star., 1931-12-14

Nine customers hopping over fence
in the plantation belt will not buy the
star pitcher ham sandwich Fourteen
more coming into the park as the
guests of the bellhops and IS others.
pals Of the town taxi drivers, can't
keep the boys in peach parfaits.
Those who figure the owners get the
breaks in the citrus zone never have
had to walk up to the cashier and say:
"Ill pay the ball clubs dinner check"
You would be surprised how much q
ball player can eat when the owner
pays for it.
But If the owners cannot pay the
payers for riding the buses in the red
clay belt then they ought to present
each player with the Congressional
Medal or the Croix de Guerre.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
CUE LEADERS, CLEAN
SLATE THREATENED
Greenleaf Faces Toughest Foes in
Final Week of Pocket
Billiard Tourney.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December IA
With 19 games remaining to be played
OF the IS that comprise the national
pocket billiards tournament, Ralph
Greenleaf Of New York, 10 times title
holder. finds himself leading the u
contestants but also facing his toughest
matches in the final week.
Greenleaf's remaining opponents are
Erwin Rudolph of Cleveland, defending
champion; Frank Taberski of Sche-
nectady, N. Y, former champion:
George Kelly and Andrew Ponzi OF
Philadelphia and Onofrio Lauri of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Those five. in order, are right behind
Greenleaf in the standings, and any
one Of them may spoil his clean slate.
Greenleaf is the only player who has
not lost game.
In todays sessions Rudolph meets
Lauri, Taberski plays Ponl. Robert
Linblom of Seattle faces Al Miller of
Racine, Wis. and Spencer Livsey of
Los Angeles encounters Bernie Allen OF
Kansas City.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
CASEYS SWAMP FOE
WITH FLASHY FINISH
Held to Tie in First Half. Come
Back to Beat Pontiac
Quint, SO to 20.

Knights of Columbus hard-working
basket ball team now is looking to bet
ter things.
JAfter being held to 14-14 tie for the
first half in their game yesterday with
Pontlacs, the Caseys stepped out in the
second half with will and won, 50 to
%. 1t was their most impressive show
ing of the season.
Proctor was the kingpin of the heavy
offense launched by the Knights of Co.
lumbus quint.
In preliminary however, the Casey
colors were lowered as Southern 100
Founders turned back the x c. team of
that class in 1884 struggle.
Vista Club downed Aza, defending
league champion, 26 to 18, in one of the
three games that opened play in the
Jewish Community Center League. In
Phi Lamba Nu. 64 to 18, and Athliso
nosed out Phi Beta, "a to 80.
Northern Prep unlimiteds and juniors
will open their schedules Wednesday
night, against Rockville A. A. and Bal
timore Yellow knights, respectively, on
the Takoma Silver Spring High School
court, starting at 7:30 O'Clock.
Government League will hold its final
organization meeting tonight at 8
o'clock at Vics Sports Shop. Ten teams
already are in line for the loop and any
other teams wishing to enter must be
represented tonight. League play will
start next week.
Heurich-Logan tossers will meet Da-
mascus quint tonight at Langley Junior
High at o'clock.
Other results:
Tremonts, 81; Fort Humphreys, 81.
Delaware & Hudson Coal Co., So;
Capital Awning Aces, %.
Heurich-Logan A. c., rs; Indian.
Head, IS.
sport Mart, 20; Laurel National
Guards, 10.
Black Pirates, 2s: Western Flashes, IS.
vic's Sport Shop quint will engage st.
Johns College tossers tonight on the
latter's court at o'clock.
These teams want games:
Christ Church, 145-pounders, tonight
and Friday night. Christ Church has
court. Call Woodie Basil, Lincoln
1775-J.
MeTidians, 145 pounds. Andy Ruedi,
Columbia 5723.
Nativity, l35 pounds. Margie Wood
2oeQsl14o -. - -
Evening star., 1931-12-14
GREEN BAY PACKERS
KEEP PRO GRID TITLE.
Cancel Tentative Tilt With Ports.
mouth, One Game Behind.
Giants Win Final.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December 14-The Ma
tional Professional Foot Ball League
has closed its 1881 season, with the
Green Bay Packers of Green Bay, Wis,
champions once more.
Green Bay won the title by captur-
ing IL Of its IA games. The Portsmouth
Spartans finished second with a record
OF ii victories and defeats. A game
tentatively arranged for yesterday be-
tween the two leaders was cance,ed by
Green Bay.
The New York Giants, led by Benny
Friedman. smashed through to a 25-to-
win over the Chicago Bears at Wrig-
ley Field, Chicago, yesterday in the only
game of the closing day of the cam
paign.
Following is the final standing of
clubs in the National Professional Foot
Ball League. including the final game
played Yesterday:
Evening star., 1931-12-14
NO BERTH IN SIGHT
AS MEEHAN QUITS
New York U. Officials Mum
Over Resignation of
Grid Coach.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, December John
nj F. Chick Meehan has re-
Y signed as head foot ball coach
at New York University.
His formal announcement of resigna-
ton said tersely that he desired that
mo consideration be given to the re-
newal' of his contract, added that he
did not desire to involve either his
friends and associates at New York
University or the team members IN
ANY controversy" and declared he had
made no coaching plans for 1882
Neither Chancellor Elmer E. Brown
nor other officials at New York Uni
versity would comment. They said an
official statement by the school would
be prepared later.
Although there was no official con-
f1rmation, it was understood that op-
position to Meehan's retention as coach
had developed within the board Of
athletic control. For months there have
been rumorS that he would not be with
the university in 1882
Later it was understood that difficult
ties had been ironed out and that he
would be asked to sign one-year con-
tract at salary somewhat smaller than
the $4,000 he is understood to have re-
ceived under the terms of the three
year contract, which expires Deem
Der 81.
Attacked by Paper.
Recently the New York University
student publication, Daily News, printed
an attack on Meehan, asking that he be
not retained, but whether this influenced
Meehan in his decision to quit was a
matter of conjecture
The student papers attack on Nee
han was based on what it called his
connection with big time foot ball"
we do not want Mr.. Meehan," the
paper said, because Mr.. Meehan stands
for university policy of 'big-time foot
ball, with all its corollary evils-re-
cruiting of players, lavish entertain
ment of prospects, subsidization Of ath-
letes, athletic scholarship funds, physi-
cal punishment for delinquents and a
general drafting of students into uni
versities for the sole purpose Of playing
foot ball."
Evening star., 1931-12-14
THE LISTENING POST
. BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

n YEW YORK, December IA
friend of mine told me that he
l saw the Southern Methodist
Texas Christian game and he
claims that it was played under a
bright blue sky. with the spectators
sitting in their shirt sleeves and tanning
themselves with their hats.
We don't play foot ball in such un-
seasonably warm weather in the East.
We only play 1t until somebody has to
officials, or get tractor snowplow and
dig out the elevens.
Still, we usually manage to get the
boys out of the moleskins by Christmas
After that we leave foot ball to the
Pacific Coast. where the sun shines
bright to such an extent that all the
quarterbacks Pop Warner brings across
the country weigh over 200 pounds and
stand about feet inches.
You can't grow any roses outdoors
around New York in December. If
Madison Square Garden were about
40 yards longer, we might be able to
get the florists together and hold a
Rose Bowl game in there, where there
is good heating system. But the
arena Is a bit too short.
CTRANGELY enough, I talked with
~ Tex Rickard concerning this very
thing, when the Garden was build
ing. The plans were all drawn and 1t
was too late to change.
But I wish to make a prediction.
Americans are crazy over college foot
ball. Before long, professional foot ball
IS going to be a big money maker, too.
BY and large, it has been making money
in this year of depression. Cutting
down on college foot ball, faculty con-
troll, shorter schedules, all the effort to
do away with over-emphasis, will boost
the professional game.
For these reasons and Others, pre-
dict that, within 10 years or less, there
will be built somewhere around New
York an arena big enough for foot ball
and that professional teams will play
there during the Winter months much
as hockey is played indoors today.
1t was Richards vision of such q de-
velopment which was back of his con-
stant effort to buy the Giants. He
didn't know or care lot about base
ball. 1t was not the ball club he
wanted primarily. His plan was to
move the club over to the Yankee
Stadium making deal with Col. Rup-
pert, and thus having continuous base
ball at one park.
But what Rickard really wanted was
the Polo Grounds. And, If Madison
Square Garden didn't wish to make the
purchase, he knew he could get outside
backing. This was the reason Tex
Rickard once empowered me to 60 to
Charles Stoneham and offer him
s2,ooo,o0o in cash for his controlling
interest in the club and the lease on
the park. Mr.. Stoneham refused the
offer. although Rickard and his hackers
were prepared to go several hundred
thousand dollars higher. If they were
forced to 1t. Later, the negotiations
were renewed, but never came to any
thing.
IT was Richards plan to lower the
1 entire playing field and thus make
1t possible to slope seats from the
front Of the present boxes down q
aehan q eonQAxl lI& - sea4 a
Evening star., 1931-12-14
SUMMERFELTLEADS
CADETS ON GRIDIRON
Versatile Athlete, Former Wildcat,
Elected Captain for '32.
Lacrosse Letter Man.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WEST POINT, N. Y, December a.
Milton F. Summerfelt of Chicago, reg
ular left guard, has been elected cap
tain of the 1882 Army foot ball team.
At high school Of Benton Harbor,
Mich, Summerfelt won three letters in
foot ball. He attended Northwestern
University for one year winning his
numeral on the freshman foot ball team.
At West point in his Plebe year he was
on the foot ball. boxing and lacrosse
squads, winning numerals in foot bail
and lacrosse. Last year he was q sub
for Hillberg at guard for the varsity
foot ball team and won a major "A" in
that sport and in lacrosse. He is q
rifle expert, pistol marksman and a
cadet corporal: He is 81 years old,
stands feet, II inches and weighs 100
pounds.
Evening star., 1931-12-14

When the exhi-
bition game season
gets under way a
ball player is not
sure whether he is
a hop toad or a
Mexican jumping
bean. He rides
buses until he de-
m a n Is an aft
davit to prove he
isn't a milk shake.
He bobs up and
down over the red
clay roads of
G. e or rgi a and
Florida until he
reaches a state ap-
pr XII m ating a
Evening star., 1931-12-14
Army Navy Relations Cordial Hns Best E Georgia
English Kayoed
By Italian Fans

DONE, Italy, December IL P.-
N The American spectator at an
italian foot ball game hears a
jargon of sport terms that sound
absolutely strange to him-But the
Italian thinks they are English.
Coal" as shouted, becomes Go
lay" match" becomes "Maychay,"
"off side" is "orzaiday," corner" is
"cornair," shoot" becomes shut
ta," stop" is "stoppa."
In boxing, "upper-cut" is shouted
as "oopair-cootay," swing" is
"sveengay." Verbs like Knockout
and box" have been converted into
Italian verbs and are corrugated.
Tennis, swimming, rowing. have
all drawn literally on English for
their terminology.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
vLK ON GRID AGAIN.

An invitation to play with foot
ball team of former Notre Dame grid
ders against a picked college eleven
Sunday in st. Louis has been accepted
by George Vlk, Catholic Universitys
end coach. He will leave here for st.
louis on WedneSda7L 4
Evening star., 1931-12-14

But the b o S S
mans attitude is
not so hard boiled,
at that. Santa
Claus d oe S no t
come around and
pay the hotel bills
for a flock of hun
CRY ball players.
When a team be-
gins to cut capers
with S ou t h rn
cooking, dow n =
home menus and
OF h er delicacies
dear to the heart
of a ball player,
the club manager
has got to take in
a lot of frogskins
to even things up,
Evening star., 1931-12-14
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR.

TEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
" plans to send the following
track and field performers to
the Richmond College games:
Capt. Carrigan, Eller, Chapman.
CampaZzi, Costello, Golden, Null
ligan, McGrath and Mathewson.
Maryland Agricultural College
lacking suitable facilities, will not
have basket ball team this season.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
WOULD VOTE ON BETTING
Californians May Legalize Wager
ing at Race Tracks.

SAN FRANCISCO, December IA (P).
California voters probably will have
opportunity at the 1882 general elec-
ton to express their opinion on legal
lied betting on horse races.
Initiative petitions were being pre-
pared here today for circulation, seek
ing to place the issue on the ballot.
Approximately 10000 names will he
necessary, election officials said.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
Martins Fame Gets Him Coin
World Series Hero Already Has Picked Up More
Than $4,000 Since Season Ended.

Winners share Of series money,
$4,484.
Theatrical engagements, about
$4,000.
Rights to STORY of his life"
(signed), $500.
Indorsing patent medicine, glove,
base ball and base ball shoe, more
than $1,000.
Martins salary for the 1881 sea-
son was $500, but before the sched-
~ vas ta2ishsa President Sam
Evening star., 1931-12-14
Much Pile Driving g-No Money
But Who Ever Paid Any One to Go Sightseeing, Eh?
BY TOM DOERER.

After two weeks of bus riding
through the grapefruit belt of TIE
Nation he stands up in company
and cannot sleep comfortably at
night until the bed is sprinkled ju-
diciously with thumb tacks, razor
blades and buzz saws.
That base ball boy becomes used to
playing on rock piles, concrete walks
and other Southern base ball diamonds.
He gets SO tough he can slide down to
first on his face, without hurting any
thing but the smaller rocks in his
path.
He does all of this for his alma ma
ter, three meals a day and a chance
to see the South between bounces.
So you can see there Is no reason
for the athletes to 60 around the viii
lage drug stores cheering the news
about the arrangement of exhibition
combatS.
Evening star., 1931-12-14

Concord triumphed over Columbia
Heights, 2 to /, in the stand-out Cap
ital City Soccer League game yester-
day. In other encounters British
United defeated Rockville and Marl-
boro downed Rosedale, both games
ending to i, and Gaithersburg and
Fort Myer played a % tie.
Evening star., 1931-12-14

By the Associated Press.
~ EGARDLESS of the size Of the
- raise Manager "Gabby' Street
\ says is coming to him, fame
already has meant $4,000 or
more to John (Pepper) Martin, hero
of the 1881 world series.
Reliable estima ates of post-season
takings of the fleet Cardinal center
fielder who welded his big stick on
Connie Mack's EleAhants include the
Evening star., 1931-12-14

. ASE BALL magnates are ar
K ranging for Spring exhibition
/ games.
Evening star., 1931-12-14

That gives the ball players dull
ache between the ears. 1t is one of
those two-dimes for a nickel PROPOSE
tions-the tossers do a lot Of July gal
loping and get paid In December
money.
Which is no st.inplasters in base ball
parlance.