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Evening star., 1932-12-06
Didrikson, Banned as Amateur
Because of an Advertisement,
Plans Suit to Regain Status

sons reinstatement. AS to that Ferris
had this to say:
IF she did not sanction the use Of
her name, she can prove it by bringing
suit against the company for impairing
her amateur status If she wins her
suit, the A. A. U. Immediately would
reinState her On the face of things.
we cannot believe she did not know her
name was being used in the advertise
ment. Ignorance of A. A. u rules
would not be valid excuse A star
athlete ought to know the rules of
amateurism."
MISS DIDRIKSON was an outstand-
4'A ing performer in the Olympic
games, winning the javelin throw
and the 80 = meter hurdles in new
world record time and placing second
to Jean Smiley of Philadelphia in the
high jump, who was forced to set still
another world record to win.
At the national women'S track and
field championship at Evanston earlier
in the year, Miss Didrikson, single
handed, won the team title for her home
club She won the broad jump. iavelin.
shotput, 80-meter hurdles and the base
ball throw. tied Miss Smiley in the high
lump and placed fourth in the discus
throw, for total of 80 points.
She Is one of the countrys finest
basket ball players, an expert swimmer,
and lately has shown decided aptitude
for golf
Evening star., 1932-12-06
REISS, P0SS, VIRGINIA.
GRIDMEN, GET HONORS.
Win All-America Mention, Named
for All-South Team-Cavalier
Basketers in Show.

I UNIVERSITY, Va, December g.
~ Two members of this years Vir-
ginia foot ball team, Capt Lewis
ReiSs, center, and Charles Poss, tackle
have been signally honored in all-star
selections
Both received honorable mention on
the Associated Press all-America team.
ReisS also was picked for the second
year on the all-State team of Virginia.
Reiss and Poss, along with Sippley,
quarterback, were invited to play with
the all-Southern team that will meet
Baltimore Examinations, however, will
prevent their participation.
Reiss, in addition, holds the South
ern Conference light-heavyweight box
ing title and Poss is the regular catcher
of the nine with Ward Brewer, pitcher.
Basket ball coaches and officials
throughout Virginia and nearby States
have been invited to attend meeting
in the Memorial Gymnasium at Virginia
the night of December IT, when Gus
Tebell, Cavalier court mentor and men,
ber of the National Rules Committee,
and other members of this committee
will interpret and demonstrate the new
rules.
Tebell who is sponsoring the meeting,
expects to be aided by C. Edward Beck
EFT of Washington. William Forbes of
Annapolis and Paul Mention of Balti-
more.
Virginia's squad will be used for DEM
cnstration purposes and will play a
practice game
Evening star., 1932-12-06
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR.

WHETHER Nick Altrock and
Wv Dutch Schaefer, coach-ccme-
dians, will be kept by the
Washington ball team hasn't been
decided, Both are listed as players,
and if retaining them necessitates
cutting of promising youngsters in
order to keep within the player limit,
either one or both of the comedians
will be let out.
Early indications are that base
balls hold-outS will include Ty Cobb
and Sam Crawford, Detroit; Larry
Lajoie, Cleveland; Konetchy, St.
Louis Nationals; Earl Hamilton, ST.
Louis Americans: Joe Tinker, Chi
cago Cubs, and Nap Rucker, Brook
lyn
Work has been started on the New
York Highlanders new park The
plan to have the American League
club Use the Polo Grounds has fallen
through.
Detroit seems to have picked up
likely youngsters in Veach, out
fielder. and Louden, second oaseman
Catholic University foot ball let
ters have been awarded Mccarthy,
Butler, Lynch, Croarkin Magill,
Kyle, Kelly. Boyle. Waters, O'Dea.
Derby and Lee. George Blewett, re-
elected captain, was injured in the
Villanova game and was unable to
play enough periods to get his &C."
Moran. who almost single-handed
won the Mount st. Mary's contest,
also failed to get a letter because
an injury prevented him playing
enough.
Coach Jimmy Mulligan of the
Georgetown u. track squad has fine
performers in Capt. Bob Eller, Eddie
Chapman, Lynch, Golden and
Brewer Gallagher, Landon, Battle,
Cook, Rowley and Donnelly will rep
resent the Hilltoppers tomorrow in
the South Atlantic championship
cross-country run in Baltimore.
Jim Collifiower, Shorty Hughes
and Jack Haas are expected to
referee most of the important bas-
ket ball games hereabout this season.
Finance bowlers won two of three
games from Postal Savings in the
Post Office League. Belts, Grubbs
Samino, Hcusel and Joliffe repre-
sented the winners, and Mattison,
King. Barnhart, Hoffman and Neff
rolled for the losers.
Evening star., 1932-12-06
JONES NOT GLOOMY,
BUT FEARS RIVALS
Cites TrOy'S Loss of Stars
and Foes List of Aces for
Saturday Clash.
RY PAUL ZIMMERMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

7 OS ANGELES, December g.
Coach Howard Harding
L. Jones of the University of
Southern California foot ball
team likes Notre Danes grid
mentor, and all that, but Hunk
Anderson has been big disap-
pointment.
This was apparent today, four days
shorG of the game here between those
Two schools. as Troy's head man stirred
through a pile of newspaper clippings.
He looked up with heavy sigh. and 1t
was apparent the caustic comment
Jones sought to help fire his players for
the game had not been found
Everywhere, it seems" said the Tro-
jan tactician, Hunk has talked about
what fine team is Southern California
ana what a great coach / am, and
that's all
We'll, I want to return the compli-
ment. I'm not Joking when l say I
never have seen a Notre Dame team
which wasn't high class. and I don't
except this one. I frankly feel Ander-
son has done splendid coaching Job"
TT sounded like a speech before the
L Mutual Admiration Society. But
Jones was only warming up to 20
out and drive his team through another
hard practice session for the big strllg-
gle with the weStbound Ramblers.
Jones isn't any too enthusiastic about
the situation, although he declines 10
be another OF those gloomy guys" His
squad is in fine condition. and the
mental attitude of the players is sat-
iSfactory at present
But he is ready to show that on the
facts 1t would be absurd to pick the
Trojans to win.
From what have seen and heard"
said the Trojan mentor. II would say
Charles JaSkwhlch Is comparable to
Frank Carideo. There isn't much diff
ference, and you know what Carideo
did to us in 1880.
- A LII of us learned a lesson in that
"A 27-to-0 defeat of 1890, and I'm
not ready to believe the team
TINS year isn't just as good as that one.
Hunk has Koken and Lukats in ex-
change for Schwartz. He has two great
fullbacks in Steve Banas and George
Melinkovich
Now compare my backs to these.
There isn't man in my backfieId who
played much against Notre Dame last
year. Gone are Gaius Shaver, Erny
Pinckert, Jim Musick, Orv Mohler and
Tom Mallory, who made all the yard
age in 81
1T isn't logical to suppose Homer
Griffith, Gordon Clark. Bob Erskine,
Irvine Warburton and the others can
co what these fellows did.
OF course, we are pretty we'll fixed
In the line, but so is Notre Dame.
Understand. I don't want to ap-
pear to be another of those gloomy
guys. We aren't crying about sickness
and injuries. We have a chance. YES.
We have a chance Saturday"
Evening star., 1932-12-06
Base Ball Bosses Busy Bees
Big Business to Keep Them Buzzng When hev Gather i'm
Gotham Next Week for Annual Sessions

paying for piece of folly If they
had spent quarter of what high sal
aries and scarcity of stars now cost
them for promotion a few years back,
the situation might not be SO bad
1t is too late to till yesterdays CROP
Of youngsters, but tomorrows is at hand.
and missionary work should start at
once.
From many angles come sugges-
tions to base ball leaders to look out
for the youngsters. The Stars plan
to employ former stars of base ball
to do missionary work for the game
is well liked by most club owners.
George Stovall, president of the Pro-
feSsional Base Ball Players Association,
suggests that retired major league stars
be employed in the colleges to further
base ball interest. ice Villa of the New
York SurNfavors The Star plan. as do
many other New York base ball writer's.
The Browns and the Red SoX, both
Of the American League, are going to
need attention next season to stir up
the leagues race. And something GER
tainly will have to be done about the
wreckage of so many minor league clubs
strewing the 1882 base ball path.
More Yankee domination of the
league is going to te bad, and Connie
Mack's radio broado asts show that the
venerable oracle of the sport is aware
that the customers must be made
Athletic minded during the off-season.
Out in Pittsburgh, Mr.. Ben
Sucnger, the Pirate PRESIDENT is
a,0are OF the trend of the times and
is hdUing his club bGllyhooed at
ciuic club luncheonS and other gath
erinQS So, in spctS, the boys are
gradually GiCGkeni1lg to the fact
base ball must be sold like cheese,
potatoes and other essential and un-
essential things.
But whether this creeping feeling will
crystalize at the coming meeting and
go off with a whoop to stir the fans
and the game. is a question There will
be a lot of fellows around with buckets
of water. fearing that penny for pro-
motion is penny spent needlessly for
a sport that is too big and too dignified
to be promoted.
And when the magnates get through
settling all of these matters before
them there may not be anything left
to give the kids and the future of the
game but three cheers.
But Uncle Clark Griffith tells me
I'm going to be pleasantly surprised.
He says the magnates are sincere
gentlemen who are anxious to do
something for the future of base
ball, help the kids and to ponder
over all suggestions.
He points out that there is much
to be done this year, and the club
owners are going to dig into action
with surprising speed and enthu-
siasm.
Keep your eyes focused on this big
base ball poW-WoW.
Evening star., 1932-12-06
1t Can Happen.

IT doesn't take long for the tide to
swing back and forth in this sport
ing merry-go-round.
Just a year ago the Standout was
young ball player by the name of Pep
per Martin, the Cardinal cyclone.
A news item yesterday announced
that Pepper had played in home town
foot ball game, and this was his first
appearance in the headlines for many
months. An early season injury and
the general collapse of his ball club
rushed Pepper from the peak in a
hurry.
There are not many. who can keep
their grip upon the top This makes
Babe Ruth's showing the more remark
able. The Babe was crowding his way
into the main picture 10 years ago.
And when the last world series had
ended he was still big part of the
show-the largest single standout
1t might be mentioned in this con-
nection that the Babes vast energy is
still untamed. Since the season closed
he has been splitting his program three
ways-golf, hunting and fishing, with
golf in the lead.
The Babe doesn't let such small de-
tails as rain and freezing weather keep
him locked in He has now worked his
SdHle uIlUeT oU again. WIN certain
rounds in the low 70's.
Ruth is something more than a golf
slugger. He has a hrst-claSs short
game, with smooth, even putting
stroke, which is well above the average
There was a time when the big
smash was all that gave him a thrill
But that day is over. He'd rather play
fine pitch close to the pin than hit
one 300 yards, which proves that the
true golfing instinct is firmly lodged
in his massive chest
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Evening star., 1932-12-06
GRID OFFICIALS PICK
GASS AS PRESIDENT
Succeeds Magofin, Who Refuses
Third Term-Body Plans for
Annual Dinner.

THE Washington District Foot Ball
l. Officials Association today has a
new president in S. j. Jack
Gass. He was chosen head of the or
ganization at its monthly meeting last
night in the Lee House.
GaSs, Lehigh man and a veteran
ofnclal, succeeds Paul (Maggie) Magof-
fin. who refused to accept third term.
Dick Daniels, former GEORGETOWN
athlete. was elected vice president. and
Paul Cohil, George Washington, sec
retary-treasurer. An executive COM
mlttee viii be appointed by President
Gass.
Chairman Daniels told of plans for
the associations annual banquet De-
cember IA at the Racquet Club.
Rear Admiral E. S. Land, U. S. N.
announced he was ending his career
as an active official. He was elected
an honorary life member of the associa-
ton.
Evening star., 1932-12-06
South College Athletes: Logical Choice Says Trojan Coach
Pop Warner, Pioneer Gridiron
Strategist, Leaves Stanford
For 5.Year Term at Temple

benefit of his genius on the familiar
playing fields Of Pennsylvania.
THE naturalness, kindliness, of the
i picturesque old man always has
provided his greatest hold on the
players. He never eXhorted them be-
fore games, sent them out to die for
dear old so-and-So. But he is master
psychologist.
Heavyweight boxing champion at
Cornell in 1894, Warner paid much of
his way through college painting pic
lures after gamblers got the money his
father had given him for tuition.
Tinkaring can almost be called his
lifewcrk He tinkered with the hidden
ball and devious tricks at Carlisle un-
til he had the rulemakers slightly dizzy,
one jump behind. His tinkering with
formations brought about wing backs,
the unbalanced line. reverse plays, new
variations Of shifts and all kinds of
gridiron hocus-pocus, most of it devised
in workshop back Of the garage.
When he can't tinker with ANYTHING
else. he takes old automobiles apart and
puts them together again He even
makes his own golf clubs. scorning the
designs OF the orthodox authorities.
He made Carlisle and Pittsburgh
famous, lifted Cornell and Stanford
from the doldrums. And if the sup
port of his former pupils means any,
thing, he'll waste little time doing the
same fer Temple
PHILADELPHIA, December 6 (P-
Temple University, youthful. ris-
ing figure in the field of intercol-
legiate foot ball, is to come under the
guidance OF the veteran coach whose
name has been synonymous with the
development of gridiron strategy for
nearly four decades-Glenn S. (Pop)
Warner
Chartered as university in 1907, the
year Warner began his second term of
coaching at the Carlisle (Pa.) Indian
School, Temple played its first inter-
collegiate foot ball in 1925, the year
after Warner went to Stanford. the
university he is leaving to assume his
position here
In eight years. Temple. under the
leadership of Henry j. (Heinie) Miller.
former all-America end at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, has made a not
able record with so victories, IS defeats
and ties. and alumni officials. in
signing up Warner, have expressed the
belief the school is on the threshold
Of q place among the top flight of
grldlrOn eleVenS.
IN coming to this young institution,
i Warner, when he announced his
decision at Stanford University yes
terday, said he considered the oppor-
tunity at Temple much the same as
that offered him at Carlisle in 1907
and Pittsburgh in 1914
certain dissatisfaction among STAN |
ford alumni over their teams showing
this year-Stanford was defeated four |
times and tied once-plus a tempting |
offer from Temple prompted Warner to |
accept the job here
1t is understood, although no official /
announcement was made, that his sal !
airy Is to be $4,000 a year. He has
signed flve-year contract.
Evening star., 1932-12-06
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, December 6.-An en-
terprising bit of automobile ad-
" vertising has deprived Mildred
Babe Didrikson of her amateur
status.
The worlds greatest woman athlete
as most authorities are agreed-was
disqualified yesterday from further anna
teur competition because her name ap-
peared in an advertisement booming the
latest model of an automobile manu-
featuring concern.
The next move, Dan Ferris. secretary
treasurer of the Amateur Athletic Un-
ion. made plain, is strictly up to Mil
dred.
He pointed out that the advertise
ment, in which Miss Didrikson was
quoted in glowing praise of the new
model. was a palpable violation of A.
A. U. rules and automatically disbarred
the Texas star from amateur competi-
ton.
nOWN at her home in Dallas. Miss
~ Didrikson said it was all big mis-
take.
II let this automobile company make
Q picture of me-" she explained, but
: told them not to use it. They did SO
without my permission. I do not in
tend to turn professional before next
Summer-if then"
Col. M j. McCombs, athletic director
for the Dallas insurance company by
which Miss Didrikson is employed, in
dicated a damage suit might be entered
against the automobile concern.
Our main interest" he said. sis to
get Babe reinstated. She not only tells
me she did not give any one permission
to use her name, but says she has
never seen the model car which she is
|. quoted as praising.'
Apparently court suit is the only
y possible road leading to Miss Didrik-
Evening star., 1932-12-06
BY EDWARD ]. NEIL,

n IEW YORK, December Glenn
N Sccbey Warner is coming back
East again. back from Stanford
to the scenes Of his first great
coaching trumphs, and the warriors of
another day, the men he taught to be
famous. will gather again at his feet
to worship their idol.
To the mcn who played their college
foot ball TO- him, Pop Warner is not
lust q coach He's not the tactician
to confound the rulemakers with his
ingenious circumventions of the playing
ccde; nor the master Of gridiron
ctrategy and technique who founded a
foot ball system co-ordinating speed,
power, deception and timing so neatly
that its general use is rivalcd only by
Knute Rockne's Notre Dame devices.
They are the men who named War
ner Pop He's the hulking, kindly,
soft-voiced patriarch of the pigskin
who never spoke roughly to them in all
his life. He's never forgotten their
names, their faces, though there are
hundreds of them now He knows
whom they married and when. and
now big the family Is nov. And he
never forgets to ask
EOUR years ago Pop" Warner came
l. East to see Pitt. coached by Jock
Sutherland. one of his disciples,
play Notre Dame. He came to Pitts
burgh as secretly as possible. for he
wanted to scout the Panthers, the
choice that year, 1928. to play his
Stanford eleven in the Rose Bowl.
But he had scarcely spread his huge
bulk in the comfort of the biggest chair
in his hotel room before the word got
around
From all directions they came then.
big. grinning fellows, some getting bald
and paunchy. others still carrying the
grace of great foot ball players. to move
in on him with an abashed Hello, Pop"
and firm handclasp, to stay there and
listen to him talk. to sit at his feet, on
window sills and beds, the floor, any,
where
They were the greats of the elevens
Warner coached at Cornell. Carlisle.
Georgia. Pittsburgh. Stanford-and
they'll gather around again when Pop"
now 81, comes back to give Temple the
Evening star., 1932-12-06
Macarthur Big Game, Too
Like Harbold He Is ID. C.. Lad Who Also Boasts
of Double Service Connection.

and made an excellent impression.
though the credit was given to Jim
Bentley, another change tackle, who
happened not to be with the squad at
all that day.
The mistake took place because Mac
Arthur never has played with the var
sity at all, having been promoted from
'B" squad just few days before. He
was given Bentley's number as Bentley
would not be with the squad.
Macarthur is the youngest of the
whole Navy squad, being only 18 last
month. However, he is 19o-pounder,
with plenty of strength and stamina,
and much is hoped of him during the
two seasons he still will have with the
Navy squad
A son of the late Comdr. Arthur Mac
Arthur of the Navy, young Macarthur
is the nephew Of the distinguished Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, chief Of staff,
U. S. Army.
Evening star., 1932-12-06
BY TOM DOERER.

7 TERALDHD by no more pre-
Fl tentious advance notice
L i and ballyhoo than would
be accorded a Sunday
school picnic'S sack race, base
balls large wigs will gather in
Gotham next week to thrash out
more important diamond business
than has come before the majors
since the year of the black Smudge.
Bewildered, disturbed and a slight bit
peevish, the tall hats of the game will
convene at this snowtime pow-wow to
find out that here is a confab that is
not Seance of smoke rings. Scotch
Jokes and phony labels on the bottles.
From what 1 can CLEAN from the
insiders the boys will have to remove
their frock coats, plug hats, curl
their sleeves and find cures for
The depression.
Base balls fallen arches.
High salaries.
Scarcity of star players.
Defunct minor leagues.
Rusty turnstiles,
Base balls lack of ballyhoo.
Radio.
Back in the gay days of the diamond
John McGraw's heyday-this is the
SORT of meeting which would have ended
in all hands taking shots at one an
ether, the sounding of five fire alarms,
riot call, and from all of it would come
reamS of copy to make the topic the
big one at all foam forums, smoke
shops, tonsorial palaces and breakfast
tables of America.
Next weeks shindig, If the days
modus operandi in base ball holds true.
may end in a group photo of Judge
Lands shaking hands with a young
lady reporter to whom he has said :
Base ball is a mighty institution
that's swell hat you're wearing"
But one thing upon which the
boys are unanimous is the Slapping
doUn OF bold salaries. That's sure
and no fighting about it. The big
stars OF the game are getting lot
OF dough jor such times Only the
ether day / SdW Al Schacht bound
for Pittsburgh, beating the Innings
out OF big steak. Where does he
rate steak in times like this? And
Johnny Kerr, the infelder, waS puff
ing upon cigar
Yet cannot weep for the big pappies
of the great dignified game They are
Evening star., 1932-12-06
OHIO RING CHAMP KILLED

TOLEDO, Ohio, December 6 (R.-A
few hours after he won the welterweight
boxing championship of Ohio, Jimmie
Collins, 20, Toledo pugilist, was killed
when his automobile overturned in the
Dixie Highway south of Bowling Green,
Ohio, today.
The boxer was returning from Lima,
where he won a l0-round fight over
Sammy O'Del, Akron.
Evening star., 1932-12-06
CHARITY TILT SOUGHT
Fellers United Gridmen Challenge

Fellers United Gridmen Challenge
Annapolis Cardinals.
Fellers United 150-pound gridders,
who boast six wins, offset by one tie
and one loss, are after a game with the
Annapolis Cardinals, to be played any
time after next Sunday The Annapo-
lis eleven is the lone team to beat the
Fellers and the latter want revenge.
The Fellers manager wishes to play the
game in Washington, the proceeds to
go to charity. His telephone number is
Cleveland 9766.
Marion A. c. gridders, unlimited
champions of the Independent League,
win meet tonight, at 7:30 O'Clock, at
511 A street southeast. Plans for
awarding gold foot balls will be dis
cussed.
Evening star., 1932-12-06
Basket Ball Tips
BY JOE GLASS.

THERE is nothing prettier in bas-
i ket ball than a successful drib-
BILE ending with a Gagged ball.
The great trouble is to get the drib-
bier free A strategy employed by
Dutch" Lonberg, Northwestern's
coaching genius, is based on the
simple expedient of having the man
who is covering his dribbler mo-
mentarily blocked out.
Take the play illustrated by the
diagram above. Guard go passes to
left forward (2), who is a clever
dribbler. Even as throws the ball
he cuts inside of 2 and for a brief
moment blocks out that players
Evening star., 1932-12-06
Alumni (2O).
TECH GRIDDERS TO DINE
Senator Tydings to Address An
nual Assemblage Thursday.

An address by Senator Millard Z.
Tydings of Maryland will feature the
annual Tech High School foot ball din
ner Thursday, at $50 O'Clock. at
Sholl's, 1919 G street The solon, who
attended the University of Maryland
when it was the Maryland Agricultural
College long has been a gridiron en-
thusiast. He managed the foot ball
team while in college.
Col. Courtland Nixon, president of
the Princeton Alumni Association Of
Washington, will present to Tech the
Princeton cup. 1t will be retained BY
the school. as this years victory in the
public high school series gave Mckinley
its third leg on the trophy. Tech won
its fifth straight title.