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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24
WALKER is CONSPICUOUS
IN BROADWAY GUIDEB00K
New York Mayor Is Listed as
Irregular Ringside Patron" at
Madison Square Garden.

NEW YORK, (N.AN.A).-Guide
books scarcely make evidence in court
Of law. If they did the foes Of Mayor
walker might make good use Of new
one containing a chapter on night clubs
and various other amusements Of the
city. The book tells of the individual
attractions of the clubs and mentions
the notables who frequent them, and
the mayors name is conspicuous. 1t
also puts him in Madison Square Gar
den as a regular ringside patron" on
fight nights.
The attendance of his honor at
Buch events rs ball games and
night parties naturally makes him an
asset TO the promoters. He is at ease
ON Broadway and at sport events. He
and the recently dethroned King Al
FOnso are alike In having a personal
charm that often serves to disarm per-
sons who may not approve OF them aS
public official or ruler.
The King of Spain had intended TO
S1sit this country in a couple Of years.
Ee may anyhow. If 50, and If Jimmy
Walker Is in a position TO bid him well
come, that public function In City Hall
OF elsewhere will be animated and in
teresting.
copyright. 1881, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24

assistant superintendent; Joseph Carl
baldi, secretary; Cora Harmon, assistant
secretary: Mrs. w. L. Trott, treasurer,
Mrs. H B. Kelbaugh superintendent of
the primary department; Mrs. Marvina
Bischoff, superintendent of temperance;
r P. Fletcher, superintendent Of mis-
sions: Mrs. Willard Schafer, superin-
tendent of the cradle roll; Mrs. Mabel
Nichols, superintendent Of the home de-
partment; Marion Fowler, organist; Mrs
William Preston, assistant organist, and
M. l.. Eichelberger, chorister.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24
BOWIE CHURCH ELECTS
W. L. Trott Named Sunday School
Head by Methodists.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOWIE, Md, April 24.-W. L. Trott
has been elected superintendent of the
Sunday School of the Bowie Methodist
Episcopal Church, with E. T. Johnston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24

Flood lighting Of crosswalks on i'm
portant highways not otherwise illumi-
mated is proposed by the State traffic
commission of New Jersey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
CLEVELAND IN LINE
FOR HEAVY BATTLE
SchmeIing StribIing Contesi
Now Appears Unlikely to
Go 10 Chicago.
BY the Associated T

BY the Associated Press.
HICAGO, April Chicago as
the site for the world heavy
~ weight championship tight be-
tween Max Schmeling and
Young Stribling appeared to be slipping
today In favor Of Cleveland.
William E. Carey, president of Madi-
son Square Garden Corporation, and
Joe Jacobs, manager of the German
title holder, were in Cleveland today to
investigate the situation there, after
encountering certain difficulties" in
connection with their plans to stage the
fight in Chicago. They had been in
conference here with Sheldon Clark,
wealthy Chicago sportsman, and George
Getz, member Of the Illinois State
Athletic Commission. but so many COM
plications presented themselves that
they decided to consider Cleveland's
offer for the fight before reaching .
decision.
Carey and Jacobs intend to return
to Chicago tomorrow for another con-
ference with Getz and Clark. Clark,
it is understood, If the fight comes to
Chicago, Will act as a promoter, but
he will insist that so per cent of the
profit shall go to charity.
The New York Milk Fund, which
had been sponsoring the proposed bout,
yesterday abandoned all further inter-
est in it, leaving Carey free to take 1t
to Chicago or elsewhere without being
forced to give any further considera-
tion to turning over any of the profits
to the Milk Fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
ROCKNE MUCH MORE
THAN A GRID COACH
Leader, Scholar, Psychologist, He
Would Go Out Of His Way
to Aid Others.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

NEW ORLEANS, April death,
in Knute Rockne, claimed one who got
much out Of life. Many see whatever
they have accomplished in this world
gradually slip away beneath the grasp
ing fingers of age, but Rockne crashed
to sudden death at the very peak of
his career. The years can steal nothing
from him. There will be no anti
climax to his record in the book Of
time.
Leader, scholar, psychologist, Knute
Rockne was master Of his game
greatest of foot ball coaches, but that
scarcely seems important now. The
little Norwegian, who came to the
United States when he was S years old,
grew to be one of the tallest figures
in the world of sport. He had one OF
the quickest minds, keenest wits, and
biggest hearts I ever knew.
You found no small meanness, no
littleness of soul in Rockne. He was
generous in word and act. Many a
less successful coach will tell you what
he owed to the big little man of Notre
Dame. No man ever was willing TO go
further out of his way to help some
one to whom he owed nothing. No
man was less likely to forget anything
he considered kindness or an obliga-
tion-he combined q sharp tongue and
cool head with a naturally sympathetic
nature.
Copyright, 1881, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
Training Games

BY the Associated Press.
Yesterdays Results.
At San FTancisco-Detroit ca, g.;
Missions Up. c. L., O.
At Los Angeles-PittSburgh (N), o.;
Chicago (N), S.
Today's Games.
At Bradenton, F1a.-St. Louis (N) vs..
Indianapolis "a. A..
At Macon, Ga.-Brooklyn (N) VS..
Cincinnati (N).
AZ Asneville, N. C.-Phlladelphia CN)
VS.. ASheyille.
At Los Angeles-Pittsburgh (N) VS..
Chicago (NO.
At Birmingham, Ala.-St Louis ca
VS.. Birmingham.
At Chattanooga, Tenn--NsW York
(AD VS.. Chattanooga IS. Al.
At New Orleans-Cleveland CAD VS..
New Orleans Is. A..
At Nashville, Tenn.-Boston (A) VS..
Nashville Is. Al.
At San Francisco-Detroit (A) vs..
San Francisco.
At oreenville. 9. cs-Philadelphia
(A.) vs.. Greenyille.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
A. A. j. COURT PLAY
TO CLOSE TONIGHT
Five Title Matches to End
Tourney-CIover Quintet
Springs Upset.
THE 1891 District A A. U. bask..

TINE 1881 District A. A. u. basket
ball tournament will wind M
tonight on the Tech High
School court with 10 teams bat
ting for five titles.
Emerging victorious in spirited con-
tests last night, the Clovers and Poto-
mac Boat Club scholastics will oppose
in the feature battle.
Two finals in girls classes along with
ll5-pound and 145-pound champion
ship game also are expected to furnish
keen competition.
The defeat of the United Typewriters
by the Clovers last night was regarded
as an upset. Last year the Clovers
were beaten in the finals by the Mont
rose A. c., team composed mainly Of
players on the current United Type
writer team. Last nights score was
81 to 25.
The closest game last night was the
Awning Ace-Pctomac Boat Club Schol-
astic affair, the Scholastics winning,
SO to 30, in a thrill-packed contest.
Saks Clothiers will play the ColoniaIs
tonight IN the final 145-pound game.
Saks won over Wallace Memorial, A
to 20, last night.
Boys Club Optimists were crowned
130-pound champions last night, follow
ing their 34-to-14 victory over the Jew
ish Community Center quintet.
Another Boys Club Optinist I'VE,
this a 115-pound team, won over Uni.
versity Shop by "a to II. The win
ner will play Charlottesville tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
BERLENBACH FAILS
DESPITE KNOCKOUT
Ring Fans Jeer Suspicious Ending
of Bout With Clark-Ban
on Victor Likely.
BY WILBUR WOOD.

NEW YORK, April lit would be
pleasant to chronicle that Paul Berlen-
bach, after three years absence from
the wars, returned to the ring last night
to make a brilliant start along the
comeback trail by knocking out Eddie
Clark, New Jersey Negro, in the third
round at the Broadway Arena in Brook
lyn.
Oom Paul did score a three-round
knockout, but he showed nothing to
warrant the belief that he has any
business im the ring. The boxing COM
mission, in response to his persistent
pleadingS, granted him permission to
engage in a four-rcund trial bout 1t
is unlikely, after what happened last
night, that he will be allowed to box
again in this State.
AS a demonstration of his fitness to
fight, Berlenbach'S affair with Clark
was not sufficient to fool even q kin
dergarten student of the Queensberry
game. The gathering Of about 1000
persons started booing the fight in the
second round, and when Clark pitched
forward on his face after one minute
and 10 seconds Of the third, there was
a storm of catcalls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01

By the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, April 1.-Tribut:s tc
N the memory of Knute Rockne
today painted the portrait OF
a personality and a friend In
harmony with his place in the realm
Of collegiate sports as the foremost foot
ball coaching genius.
other foot ball coaches did not stress
his admitted ability in the game as
much as they did his ideals and the
heritage Of true craftsmanship which
he left.
Don Miller, backfield coach at Ohio
four horSemen of 1924, sounded the
keynot' Of the estimate of Rockne
voiced by scores after word of his death
in an airplane accident was received.
HE was a lovable character whose
beautiful personality made him legions
Of friends" Mi'l:r said.
He was the idol Of millions who had
never seen him.
His death was taken as a personal
loss not only by his friends and aSSo-
ciates but by thousands who knew him
only as a moulder of foot ball teams
that came. saw and conquered.
That foot ball had lost its dominating
figure was secondary to the fact that
his boys had lost an intimate and be-
loved friend. They took all their trou-
bles to him. even their love affairs.
Perhaps Elmer Layden, one Of
Rockne's famous -four horsemen," best
expressed the way Notre Dame trained
players felt:
81 can't explain the bond between
the great man and his players" saiE
Layden, "as family troubles, foot bal
troubles and class room troubles al
were taken to Rock. and somehow al
became q little lighter after he sized
up the situation and gave US his help
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
Sports Leaders Everywhere
Pay High Tribute to ROckne

| Why, If we fell in love with q girl
we'd go and talk the whole thing
over with him"
And then there was Tom Iieb. who
handled the team when Rockne was
disabled by illness in 1929:
He was more than a teacher of foot
ballf' said Lieb. He was genius, but
more than that he was q father to
all Of us at Notre Dame
Glenn S. (Pop) Warner, Stanford's
veteran coach, called Knute the great
est figure in foot ball today-one man
with no enemies" and Gil Dobie of
Cornell termed him Undoubtedly the
most cospicuous figure American foot
ball ever has known
I'VE at West Point" said Maj. Philip
B. Fleming, graduate manager of ath-
letics. mourn the loss of man whose
sterling qualities endeared him to all
persons who had the privilege of know
ing him" William J. Bingham of Har-
ward called him "one of the greatest
geniuses Of all time"
Speaking for the Western Confer
ence, Commissioner John L. Griffith
said that Others may think of him
as one Of the greatest foot ball coaches
the game ever has produced; will
always think of him as one Of the
finest. best and truest friends man
ever possessed"
"Unquestionably the greatest of foot
ball teachers" said Nal Stevens of
Yale His delightful sense of humor,
his quick sympathy for a fallen adver-
sary. his indomitable spirit are more
than a legend and will carry on as an
inspiration to all who love the game
of foot ball."
And so the tributes poured In from
the West, the South the East, the
Middle Vast Mourning the nacSipC
of sportsman and a gentleman, whose
foot ball genius lives in the teachings
of ex-pupils from Yale in the East to
st. MaryS in the West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
FOOT BALL WIZARD
FINE entertainer
Had InexhauStibIe Fund of
Stories About Himself
and His Players.
BY CHARLES DUNKLEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~HICAGO, April 1.-Knute
Rockne will be remem-
~ bered for his foot ball
accomplishments as the
Wizard of Notre Dame" but of all
the figures in the athletic world
he was by far the most entertain
ing.
His fund of stories, told about
himself and about his players, was
inexhaustible, and they were part
of the tradition that has been
built up around him.
He never was backward about assert
ing his opinions about foot ball and its
conduct. He was involved in more con-
troversies over rule making than any
other coach in America His develop
ment of the forward pass and the open
game of which the now much discussed
shift" was the leading and most con-
troversial feature, spread throughout
the country until at present there are
more than 100 coaches using it.
Although only 43 years old, prema-
ture badness, combined with his recent
illness, made many think ne was much
older. Rockne was kidded quite a bit
because of the absence of hair on his
head. He stopped the wisecrackers with
this remark:
We'll, Demosthenes didn't have any
hair either"
Always Equal to Occasion.
Never was Rockne without a wise
crack to At every occasion. His tongue
was as sharp as a sword and he would
cut down a star foot ball player just as
socn as some stumbling fourth-rater
His wisecracks and stories were gems.
One OF Knutes select sayings was:
BE good loser, don't beef. But
don't lose"
Another one:
ITO hell with the guy who'll die for
Notre Dame. I want men who will
fight to keep it alive"
Once during practice scrimmage he
yelled:
Heads up there. Joe; they won't
give you a chance to tie your shoes in
the Army game"
Bend your knees, Joe Throw away
your knitting needles and get in the
ball game. Remember this is foot ball,
rough but manly"
Rockne, possessing marvellous per-
Scnality and magnetism. was q driver;
yet there was nothing harsh about his
methods. AS an instructor in chemistry
and as an instructor on the gridiron,
he gave boys sufficient time to master
his system, but had no time for the
youngster who failed to grasp them.
There was no place for that type in
Rockne's teams or classes. He was an
. insistent master and uncomprcmising
demander of discipline, but an under
standing one, who was never harsh or
abusive He was famed as a master
psychologist. Few had his knack of in
spring men.
In 1925 Northwestern, one Of Notre
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
THE SPORTLICHT
BY CRANTLAND RICE

q foot ball team. He has made 1t a
point to spend all possible time with
his Quarterbacks and to so instill them
with his ideas that under fire they
could meet any situation that might
arrive.
Those who saw the last Notre Dame
Southern California battle will under
stand how Carideo's fine generalship
struck at such unexpected points that
a big, powerful team was completely
overwhelmed in the first few plays.
You can get a faint glimpse from all
this why Knute Rockne leaves q record
that may never be surpassed. certainly
on no gridiron of this generation. In
handling his men he could be sharp
and decisive, but q moment later he
would be on hand with q funny line
or a funny story that broke the tension
Of the moment and wiped away any
chance for soreness.
asked him once what he considered
the most important details Of foot ball
success. His answer was this: ITO be
mentally keyed up but to be physically
relaxed"
Rockne was one OF the best Of all
after-dinner story tellers. He had a
great list OF anecdotes and incidents, all
from actual life, and no one knew bet
ter how to put these stories across.
They were q part Of his method of
teaching, for he found them. invaluable
aids ON the field when stalenesS or
WEAKNESS set IN.
D OCKNES Notre Dame teams were
N largely responsible for building the
vast nationwide popularity Of the
game. His teams Travelled from one
ocean to another, from Chicago to
Georgia, and they played before packed
stadia at every stop.
This was not only because Notre
Dame came with q winning team. It
was also because Notre Dame came with
an interesting team to watch. a smooth.
graceful. rhythmic opera that
caught the fancy CT friend and foe
alike.
Copyright, 1881, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance.D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
Basket Tourney
Pairings, Results
Games Tonight.

o'clock, north court-Rockville
VS.. Montrose girls junior class.
finals.
Z o'clock, south court-C harlottes-
vile Elves VS.. Optimists (115-pound
class, finals.
8 o'clock, main court-Als A. @. VI
Eagles A. C. girls senior class,
finals.
9 O'Clock, main court-C olonials VS..
Saks Clothiers (145-pound class,
finals.
10 o'clock, main -Clovers VI.
Potomac Scholastics UNLIMITED class,
finals.
Results Last Night.
Cloyers, 81; United Typewriters,
Is UNLIMITED class
Potomac Boat Club Scholastics, 80;
Awning Aces, 80 (unIifnited class.
Boys Club OptimistS, "a; Univer-
Sity Shop, IL G15-pound class.
Boys Club Optimists, "a; ]. C. C.,
II 130-pound class.
Saks Clothiers, A; wallace Me-
mortal, 20 (145-pound class.
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Leading Events
OF Rockne's Life

CO UTH BEND, Ind, April
(P).-High spots of Knute
Rockne's career:
18S3-Born In Voss, Norway.
1s93-Came with parents to Chicago.
cago.
le07-le1I - Attended Northwest
Division High School, Chicago.
1slI-Borrowed $45 from friends
and enrolled at Notre Dame Just so
he could be with his first two pals"
191I-19f3-Starred as end on
Notre Danes foot ball teams. Also
starred IN track and pole vaulting
l318-Selected head foot ball
coach at Notre Dame, succeeding
jess Harper. First year foot ball
record-Won 3, lost /, ed - scoring
1873 points to oppon ents' 80.
l919-l920-First gained attraction
in foot ball world by leading Notre
Danes team through two years
without defeat, scoring 626 points IN
ID games to opponents 68.
1924-Gave to the foot ball world
what was regarded as the greatest
football machine of gridiron history
"a team led by the famous -Four
HorSemen." Team captured 10
straight games.
l92S-Rockne and Notre Dame ex-
perienced their poorest foot ball sea-
son since Rockne became coach, win
ming flve and losing four games
1929-Forced to bed for several
months by leg infection, hut gained
greater fame rs team pped through
10 victory over 10 opponents.
l930-Came back with Metre
Danes greatest team" team which
capped its great undefeated march
by astounding the foot ball world by
crushing California.
1931-BecaIne superintendent In
charge Of sales for the Studebaker
Corporation and set out en- trips,
which finally resulted in his death
yesterday In an airplAne crash,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
Death of Knu Rocne Leaves Great Gap Collegiate Athletic Ranks

Danes major rivals, was beating the
Fighting Irish, 10 to O, at the end OF
the half Disguised with the stumbling
of his players, Rockne walked into the
dressing room between halves, took one
disguised look at the athletes sprawled
on the floor and snarled to Assistant
Coach Anderson: Fighting Irish, Ell.
Well, you can have my share Of them"
Then he walked out.
That Notre Dame team went back
into the game fighting mad and In two
successive drives down the field won
the game, Is to 10.
That was the way Rockne did things.
He knew the reactions of his players.
He knew their individual faults He
knew how to correct them.
Rockne made frequent use of his
storytelling capabilities in teaching
little but important lessons on the
practice field, too. Some of the most
choice Of this sort were those used to
to Notre Dame with fancy prep repu-
tations.
Probably his favorite In this category
was in the form of his between-halves
coincidence of huge and highly rated
Notre Dame tackle, who had found
himself consistently brushed aside by
his opponent during the first half.
THE whole trouble is" Rockne told
him confidentially, that fellow doesn't
know who you are. Go out there next
half and show him your clippings and
he'll let you ,alonel"
Beloved by His Players.
Rockne was beloved by his players.
Jack Elder, one of Rockne's greatest
stars, now a newspaper man in Chicago,
was kidding his former chief about
signing up for a couple of charity
games the night before Rockne left for
Kansas City, to depart westward and
to his death in the air.
mo, thanks" he replied, I'm
through The last two games cost me
$500 Hereafter whsn I'm approached
to put on a charity game, I'll just send
a check for 500. They found out I'm
good for 500 for any charity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
NOtre Dame Head
Saw ROckne Grow
BY REV. CHARLES L. oDoNNELL,

BY REV. CHARLES L. O'DONNELI
President Of Notre Dame University.
y OUTH BEND, Ind, April l.
I knew Knute Rockne init
mately for the past 20 years.
When I came to Notre
Dame, a newly priest, in
1910, and was assigned to Corby
Hall as a project, Rockne was liv-
ing in that dormitory. He was
one Of the shyest in the hall. He
was slight of figure in those days
and nobody could have predicted
for him his own great personal sue
cess as a foot ball player. Indeed,
he was far better known as a keen
student Of chemistry.
Upon his graduation from Notre
Dame in 1914, he was offered and
accepted instructorship in the De-
partment of Chemistry. But even
in those days the versatility of his
genius was apparent. Apart from
his splendid academic record and
} his brilliant career as an athlete,
both in foot ball and in track, he
played in the university orchestra
and was inimitabiy comic in student
vaudeville His humor on the stage
and off was original.
OF his career as a foot ball
coach and as a leader in the do
main of college sports, the world Is
well informed. His rise to fame was
rapid and his career triumphant,
but what he priced, I think, more
than anything else was the multi
tude of friends he had and his
friends adored him. He was so
keen, SO dynamic, so interested when
he was interested, that his appeal
was irresistible. His range of SYM
pathies was amazing. He read the
best books. as assimilated what
he read. He appreciated excellence
wherever it was found. He was a
devoted husband and father and a
loyal Catholic.
(Copyright. 1881, by the North Ameri-
can Newspaper Alliance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
ROckne a Friend
Of Little Player
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

COUTH BEND, Ind, April l
- (CP.A) .-Knute Rockne, master
strategist, great psychologist and
inspirational leader of the gridiron.
was, in addition, the friend of the
little man in foot ball. Notre Dame
University and the city of South
Bend, partially recovering from the
shock Of the maeStro's tragic death,
were recalling today the many mira
cles worked by the great Viking
across the barred turf of the foot
ball world.
It was Rockne who Scorned the
belief that a guard must weigh 100
pounds and a good halfback should
scale ITS. A small man with ag-
gressiveness and brains had more
attraction for Rockne than some
giant with slow reactions. On the
Notre Dame campus gray-haired
priests with tear-filled eyes related
how the famed -Four Horsemen"
averaged only $50 pounds, in their
sophomore year, yet were topnadoes
of devastation on the field.
They pointed to such midgetS in
stature as Bert Metzger, Clipper"
Smith and Johnny Law, who became
famous as guards on great Notre
Dame teams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
PAY FINAL TRIBUTE
TO JOHNSON TODAY
Body of Former Base Ball Chief
Will Rest in Cemetery at
Spencer, Ind
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SPENCER. Ind, April 1.-The body
of Byron Bancroft johnson, former
president of the American Base Ball
League, will rest in a cemetery on the
banks Of White River here, following
funeral services this afternoon, when
the base ball world pays its final tribute
Arrangements were made for the
base ball leader to lie in state at the
Spencer Christian Church from noon
until the services at 2 pm. The body
was brought to his home here Monday
from st. Louis, where he died last week.
A number of base ball executives who
yesterday attended the funeral at Cleve-
land of Ernest s. Barnard, johnson s
successor as American League president,
were expected to attend the services
here. Barnard preceded johnson in
death by few hours.