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Evening star., 1934-01-05
Giants See Slab Help in Smith, '33 Coach
Early This Time

any dispute Babe Ruth and Col.
Jacob Rupert may have over
George Herman's 1884 honorarium
will be conducted here rather than
in Florida, where it has been an
almost annual feature Of the Spring
training season.
Col. Rupert has gone on record
as being strongly opposed to an
other long tangle with Ruth. as well
as against a trip to the South in
order to get Ruth's name to a con-
tract. The Babe agrees, perhaps
because his side contracts will keep.
him in the North much later than
usual, anyhow.
The Yankees plan to send out no
contracts until February /, so Ruth
will have nearly month to wait
before he finds out just what Rup-
pert will offer him. That it will be
considerably under the $4,000 he
drew last year is certain.
Lou Gehrig is one player the
Yankee business ofice won't have to
worry about. The hardy first base
man signed Q two-year contract
last February. -.-l---
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$4()D,0DO PRICE TAG
PLACED ON BROWNS
Balls Heirs Aim to Keep
st. Louis Playing Field in
Selling Franchise.
BY the Associated Press.

by inc hSooCidteu rieoo
CT. LOUIS, January 5.-A
~ price tag of 100000 is un-
~ derstood to have been
placed on the franchise and
players of the st. Louis Browns,
with several groups interested in
purchasing the club.
The Post Dispatch today says that
negotiations have reached the point
where not more than 100000 stands
between one group and the price set
by the trustees of the estate OF Philip
de Catesby Ball.
While there is said to be q differ
ence of opinion among heirs, executors
and trustees over the wisdom of sell
ing the club at this time, the general
belief in base ball circles is that the
franchise and players will be sold,
probably before the start of the 1884
season, with the Ball estate retaining
SportSman's Park.
II the transaction is consummated,
the purchasing group will be given
longtime lease on Sportsman's Park
and the Browns will remain in st.
Louis The estate has let it be known
it will not consider the sale of the
club without making certain the pur-
chasers will remain as tenants, thus
assuring an income to the estate
through rental of the park. The Car
dinals, under terms of their lease, are
paying about $4,000 a year.
After the death of Ball Will Har-
ridge, president Of the American League,
advised executors of the estate he con-
sidered it unwise for an estate to try
to operate a base ball club and dis
closed he had advised the heirs to sell
if they could get satisfactory terms.
Since then Louis B. Won Weise one
of the executors, has been elected presi-
dent of the Browns. and several trades
designed to strengthen the club have
been arranged.
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Lauds Cochet and Brookes.

"COCHET and Brookes, to my mind .
explained Tilden. knew and ex-
ecuted more tennis shots than
any players have ever known. At the
same time they were masters of STRAIT
egy. I rank both Lacoste and Nusslein
ahead of Johnston not because they
were any better match players than
Billy, but because they manifest greater
au-around equipment and execution.
No finer sportsman or fighter ever step
ped on the courts than Johnston, but
he had his weaknesses. Lacoste and
Nusslein, at their best, have no weak
ness.
Martin Plaa, the French pro, and
Gerald Patterson, the former Aus
tralian Davis Cpp star, do not quite
measure up to the qualifications of my
first 10. OF the amateur products OK
recent years. including Won Cramm Of
Germany, Crawford OF Australia. Perry
and Austin Of England. Vines of the
United States and Satoh of Japan,
cannot rank them as yet upon personal
experience"
Tilden admitted he probably would
find out soon just where Vines is en-
titled to rank. They begin a series Of
matches next Wednesday at Madison
Square Garden, where the 22year-old
Californian makes his pro debut against
! the 41-year- -old veteran. Later they
will combine to play Cochet and Plaa.
the French pair.
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D. C. BOY AT HANOVER
WINS RHODES HONORS
Michelet, Grid and Track Star,
One of Two at Dartmouth to
Become Candidates.

BY the Associated Press.
HANOVER, N H., January 5.-Rob-
ert Michelet, Dartmouth foot
ball star. and Emerson Day, stu
dent director of the Winter carnival,
have been selected Jas Rhodes scholar
ship candidates from New Hampshire.
Michelet has been regular guard on
the foot ball team for three seasons
and is captain ELECT of the track team,
Michelet, Washington boy, was a
foot ball and track luminary at Gen.
tral High here and attended Mercers-
burg Academy before entering Dart
mouth He was an all-high guard on
the Central gridiron team and ca
pable performer in the field events on
the track squad. He also was a main
stay on the foot ball and track teams
at Mercersburg. He graduated from
Central in 1923.
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BIBLE WOULD LET
GRID RULES ALONE
President of Coaches Body
Urges Matching Teams
of Similar Caliber.

BY d. X. BIBLE.
Association and Foot Ball Coach and
Athletic Director, University Of
Nebraska.
T INCOLN, Nebr., January S.
There were many close foot
IL ball games played last Fall
and I think it was due to
the fact that teams were more
closely matched than in some
previous seasons. The Columbia
victory over Stanford was a SEN
sational climax to developments
marking fresh enthusiasm for the
game.
Our schedules found teams of the
same caliber playing and this was per-
haps the cause of the low scoring,
rather than anything the matter with
our rules.
The question of playing teams of
similar strength is considered now in
arranging schedules because such games
arouse more interest and it naturally
follows that means larger gates"
The public often gets as great
thrill out of seeing a defensive stand
on the goal line as it does from seeing
a team in action on the ofense.
TINE views expressed by Walter Oke-
son, chairman of the National
Rules Committee, at the recent
meetings in Chicago. are good deal
my sentiments He expressed the belief
that except for some simpliflcations,
changes in the present rules would be
a mistake Changes to promote this
or that method of attack, he pointed
out. would further complicate a code
which already is too complicated.
The game is fine one and Okeson
was right when he said the Rules Com
mittee should legislate not with the
idea of furnishing a Roman holiday to
the crowds, but always for the good
of the boys who play the game.
Many suggestions have been made
for changes in the rules. These will
be studied carefully by the Rules Com
fnittee. Personally, I am very much in
favor of letting the rules stand, at least
until they get stabilized or crystaliSed,
A MOTHER fine discussion at the re-
~ cent meetings in Chicago was that
Of H. J. Stegeman Of Georgia on
means of stabilizing the coaching situ-
alton. I believe we can all help one
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Summary:
Basket Briefs

T>EAMS wishing to enter the IS,
| 10c, lis. 100 or 145-pound basket
ball loops of the Washington
Boys Club League must file their ap-
plications with Charley Reynolds, ath-
letic director of the club, not later than
Monday
Times and dates for weighing in next
week follow:
Tuesday. 85-l00 pounds, $3.50 to 5 pm.
Wednesday, 115-130 pounds. to 8
Thursday, las pounds, to pm
Four Washington Boys Club court
teams are slated for action tomorrow on
the club court.
The card:
BIS pm. Boys Club Vulcans VS.. Mer-
rick Boys Club; m, Boys Club Cards vs..
Americans VS.. Merrick Boys Club: $40 m. :,
Boys Club irst team VS.. Atlas Sport Shop.
Sholl's, District A. A. u champs. got
of to winning start in the Com
munity Center League last night, drub-
encounters Congress Heights upset
Mount Vernon, 1921, and Trinity de-
feated Agriculture, 1920.
Miller Furniture captured its sixth
straight in the Southeast Community
Center League downing the Naval Re-
serves. 34-18. Dixie Five won over the
Blue Eagles, 1929, in another league
match.
Christ Church meets Congress Heights
tonight at 7 o'clock and Mercurys and
Marions face at in league games on
the Hine Junior High School floor.
Other results:
Penn Tires, 21: Ennis Tires, II.
Premier Cab. 81: Five Star, IA.
Christ Church Al Epiphany. 25.
WASHINGTON Grays, "a; Calvary Bap-
lists, II.
Crescent Juniors. 3s; Saranac Juniors, 20.
Company r Regulars, 2s; Stantons. T..
Company Reserves, "a; Hyattsville
Hieh Reserves, 81.
:. Boys Club First team. 3s; Naval Air
Boys Club Fyfes. is; Friendship House.
10.
Savoy 115-pound quints are booking
games at Adams 5059.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
ROOSEVELT QU|NT
NOT SOFT PICKING
Plays Strongly in Defeating
Alexandria-Eastern Routs
Washington and Lee.
r T APPEARS that, after all,

TT APPEARS that, after all,
this Roosevelt team is not
/ going to prove such soft
pickin's in the public high
school basket ball title series
opening Tuesday. Before the holi-
days the Ruff Riders were just
that.
They were rough, but lacked polish.
But Coach Lynn Woodwork by keeping
the boys everlastingly at it gradually
is developing a group that promises to
give rivals in the championship COM
petition plenty of annoyance.
Yesterday the Riders conquered Alex
andria High, 1928, in a thriller in the
Virginia city that required two extra
periods. Rex Smith, who Gagged a basket
while lying on his back to beat GonZaga
recently, again came through with
laSt-minute shot to win for Roosevelt
over Alexandria. The Riders were
ahead, 1871. at the half. but could not
repulse late drive that enabled the
home team to tie the score, 1928, at
the end Of regulation time. 1t was
Roosevelt's fifth straight win. Huck
Cavanaugh led the winners attack with
10 points. Chilcotte for the losers also
had 10.
Summary:
Evening star., 1934-01-05
,ect last Spring, but Terry had SO

pect last Spring, but Terry had SO
many experienced moundsmen to
bank upon that there was no place
for the young portsider. Rather
than farm him out where he might
have been grabbed by some rival
club. the Giants elected to carry
him as a coach. But this coming
season, Tierney says, Smith will be
added to what in 1888 was the most
effective array of pitchers in the
majors. Scaling 185 pounds, Smith
is an inch under 6 feet tall. He
makes his home in st. Louis.
The Giants will depart for the
South along about March /. Tier
ney expects few. If any, salary
arguments. As world champions,
the Giants as a whole may expect
at the very least no wage cuts. For
not a few. including Carl Hubbell,
great southpaw hero of the World
Series. substantial increases prob
ably have been decided upon.
Shifting over to the New YORK
Yankees. l. appears now As though
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Court Results

Hampden-sydney, 20; American Uni
versity, 10.
Roosevelt, 25; Alexandria High, 23
(Overtime).
Eastern. 80: Washington High, IA.
Catonsville High, 20; Hyattsville, II.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, 81; Sher-
wood. 20.
Purdue, 81; Mississippi College, Is.
Duke, As; Clemson. 25.
Notre Dame, 46; Arizona, "a
Indiana State Teachers, So; Gen.
tenary. 80.
Arkansas, %; Southwest Missouri
Teachers, Is.
Detroit, ga Assumption College, %.
Penn State. At; Susquehanna, %.
Long Island u, So; Fort Hamilton, IL
Montana Mines, 81; Valley City
Teachers. 25.
John Tarleton. 80; Daniel Baker. 81.
Western Kentucky, SO; louisiana
College, 80.
Ripon, 20: Milton, 25.
North Dakota, 81 South Dakota, IS.
Simmons As; East Texas Teachers. 40.
House of David, 80; Texas Tech, 2S.
Valparaiso. so; Davis-Elkins, AZ.
Waynesburg, So; Clenville Teach
ers. 80.
Earlham, 36; St johns of Toledo, %.
jamestown College, 43; McAlester. SO.
Oklahoma City Dairymen, AZ; Browns
of Monroe. La, 25.
Tulsa Oilers, SO; Denver A. c.. 20.
Wayne Teachers, 27; Doane, %.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
VINES NOT AMONG
FIRST 10 PLAYERS
Brookes, Lacoste, Nusslein
All Ahead of Johnston.
Bill OmitS Self.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n IEW YORK, January S.
M From the rich and dra-
/ Y matte tennis background
of his remarkable career,
Big Bill Tilden today put him
self squarely on record as rank
ing Henri Cochet of France and
Norman E. Brookes, the left
handed Australian, as his all
time No. l and No. 2 stars Of
the game.
In the first 10" that he picked by
request, based upon the span Of his
own competitive career since the war
plus the combination Of tennis genius
and stroke production" TIlden placed
his old rival, Little Bill" Johnston, no
better than fifth. Considering ANA
teurs and professionals alike, here's his
ranking:
l. Henri Cochet, France.
2. Norman E. Brookes, Australia.
g. Rene Lacoste, France.
A. Hans NuSslein, Germany.
5. William NJ. Johnston, U. S. A.
6. Vincent Richards, U. S. A.
z. Richard N. Williams, Z. S. A.
8. Jean Borotra, France.
8. Bruce Barnes, U. S. A.
10. Karel KoZeluh CZechoslovakia.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n yEW YORK, January S.
N hsasuers League wi who tn thought the
New York Giants pitching
was pretty tough last Summer. Bill
Terry's firing squad will be aug
mented in 1884 by Al Smith.
Not the big brown derby man
from the sidewalks Of New York,
but young AL Smith. a left-hander,
carried as a coach by the Giants
last year.
Jim Tierney, secretary of the
Giants, is one who believes Smith
is destined to cut wide sWath
through league batsmen next cam
paign. And the Giants who were
forced to hit against him in batting
practice day after day are inclined
to agree. They missed too many
of young Mr.. Smiths wide-breaking
curves to feel otherwise.
Smith. was tagged as Q great prose
Evening star., 1934-01-05
\ 70 HEAVYWEIGHT fistic

n 70 HEAVYWEIGHT flstic
M figure since william
1 Y Harrison Dempsey him
self has proved better
copy" for the news hounds
than Maximillian Adelbert
Baer, who today opened a
weeks engagement at Loew'S
Fox Theater as part of an ex-
tenSive campaign of exploita-
ton of the public pending a
clash with Primo Carnera for
the world title scheduled for
next Summer.
Other ringsters have done a bit
of so-called acting in the course of
tours designed to capitalize on no.
toriety achieved through punching
proWess; they have trave,ed with
circuses, met the village strcng men
on tours of the tank circuits and
lent their names and talents to
various stunts calculated to serve
the double purpose of capturing the
elusive dollar and smoking up help
full publicity for future fights.
None has had the diversified at
tainments with which to further the
promotional program as those pos
sessed by this 24-year-old, curly
haired, dimple- native of
Omaha, Nebr. whose 6foot-plus and
handsomely proportioned torso carries
in excess of 200 pounds.
In addition to his punching PROV
esS, as exemplifled principally in his
kayo of Hair Mattress Schmeling,
the ex-butcher boy already can claim
some right to the title of a movie
star, croons in fairly acceptable
style, shakes a mean pair of No. II
dogs in dance routines, nonchalantly
contests suits instituted by love-lorn
ladies at the rate of about one a
week and now is about to blossom as
a radio performer.
From such versatile and talented
young man, with color and per-
sonality fairly oozing from every
pore, almost anything could be ex-
pected-anything that is, except the
remark attributed to him when asked
about his chances for the world title
against the huge Eyetalian. once he
squares off against him without any
script for a cinema play to govern
their antics.
Il dunno whether I can beat him
or not" he was quoted as saying,
but I figure I have as much chance
of beating him as he has of beat
ing me-
Evening star., 1934-01-05
Now 1t Is Princeton VS.. Poe
Former Tiger to Send All.Star Hockey Team
Against Alma Matters Sextet.

Northampton team lists on its roster
such former college stars as Lieut..
Johnny Waters of Army, Ned Jen-
nison of Yale and Elliott MacSwan
of Colgate, besides Mike and Russ
Martin, formerly of Massachusetts,.
Gresham Poe was a member of
the Northampton Club when it was
organized here in 1896 and later
went to Princeton. The first indoor
ice rink was built in Baltimore in
1893 and used by the Northamptons
and other City League teams
Poe now heads the Baltimore
Hockey League, which is composed
of five teams including representa-
tives of Johns Hopkins and the
graduate schools here of the Uni
versity Of Maryland. Against out-of-
town opponents, the stars Of these
teams are picked to play e. the
N0rf.h0 n1f1il0Yi4~ ..as-.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
Pro Hockey

BY the Associated Press.
National League.
Detroit, 8; New York Rangers, /.
Montreal Canadiens, 4; Toronto, l.
Ottawa, 9; Boston, 2.
Montreal Maroons. 5: New Yorl
Americans, T. (Overtirne).
Canadian american League.
Boston, 4; New Haven, 2.
Tonights Schedule.
Canadian American League.
New Haven at Philadelphia.
American Association.
Kansas City, at st. Louis.
Tulsa, at Oklahoma City.
Cfher. leaRueG. no. RAmes .Scheduleos Z
Evening star., 1934-01-05
another more and thus help stabiliza-

So many times a coach and publicity
director will praise an opponent, the
weights of that team will be increased"
and the coach's own team will be spoken
of as being so much lighter. That
reminds me of the way Caesar did in
the old days, when he would praise the
enemy and condemn his own array and
then go and win the battle.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
Ey the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ ALTIMORE, January S.
* Gresham Poe, one of the
famous Poes Of Princeton
and a member Of one Of the
first ice hockey teams to use an
indoor rink, will send his Northamp-
ton sextet, composed of stars of the
City League, against his alma mater
here tomorrow night.
Princeton will come to Baltimore
with one of the best teams the
Tigers have produced in recent
years, including In its lineup six
veterans, who last year scored Is
victories against defeats on the
ice.
Headed by Barry Wood. one OF
Hawnndis greatest sthletesr the
Evening star., 1934-01-05
TAMES EMORY FOXX, who has
al captured just about all the slug
Rinq hnnnrS available in the

.. captured just about all the slug
ging honors available in the
American League, displays rare wis
dom, despite his tender years, in tax
ing issue with George Herman Ruth.
whom he has succeeded as champion
OF clout, in awarding Washington
the 1884 pennant some Is weeks in
advance Of the opening of the cam
psign.
Many Things can happen to upset
the dope in a base ball race. Foxx
pointed out here this morning in
commenting on the forthcoming sea-
son just befo e settling the wife and
4-year-Cld son in the family car for
the long drive TO Miami, where he
will do some preliminary condition
ing on the golf couFse.before Spring
training starts.
Jimmy Double-X allowed as how
those who have consigned Phila-
delphia to lowly position in the
race may be fooled, but admitted the
AS will miss Grove, and none more
than himself
Said the sturdy first sacker. who
has set the Babes record of 60 hom-
ers as his goal, in speaking of the
left-handed mound ace coralled by
Boston: You know. Ill have to bat
against him"
DOWLERS here from Connecti-
h cut, that hotbed of the duck
pin industry. for the start Of
the quadlangular matches, also in
Guiding representatives of Boston,
Baltimore and this city. are likely to
be disappointed in one respect. re-
gardless of the measure of success
they attain in the business at hand.
So many stories have emanated
from down East about the poor form
being displayed by Nick Tronsky,
one of pindom's greatest Of the
greats. that local followers of the
sport scent a rodent
Tronsky has been picture as hav-
ing developed huge WaiStllne, a
lame arm and a sore ankle, among
other things. designed to indicate he
should be not so hot on the drives
here, but the speculatively inclined
among the Capitals alley devotees
are not being taken in. Therell be
precious little betting locally against
Nick.
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= oosEvELT will get right back in

u OOSEVELT VIII get Tight bacK N
X action tonight, engaging Gonzaga
on the latter's floor at 8 o'clock.
Alexandria High and Falls Church High
meet at Alexandria in another 8 o'clock
tilt.
In games this afternoon Eastern en-
counters the George Washington fresh
men in the G. w. gym at $3.50 o'clock,
St. Johns tackles Central at Central,
also at $780, Emerson engages National
Training School at N. T. s., at 8. Mount
Rainier High mixes with the Kendall
School quint at 3:15 on the Kendall
Evening star., 1934-01-05
FOXX STARTS SOUTH.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., January
C0.-Jimmy Foxx. with his family,
boarded up his Margate City home.
tossed his training kit into his auto
yesterday and started for the South
land.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
floor, and Bowie High and Rockville
High square of at Rockville.

Using reserves most of the way,
Easterns rampaging basketers
swept to a 32-l4 win over the
Washington-Lee High quint Of Ballston
on the Eastern court
Eastern, with Hollidge. Crisaful and
Buckholtz heading its attack was ahead
at the half, l7-9.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
NOTRE DAME is FENCING

Has Foil-and-Saber Squad First
Time in Its 90 Years.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, January (R1.
The fighting Irish will say 1t with
foils and sabers from now on.
Notre Dame entered the intercol-
legiate Tending field for the first time
in its 92-year history with the an
nouncement of a 1884 schedule
The team is coached by Prof. Pedro
de Landero. former Mexican saber
champion.
Matches against Chicago. Michigan,
Ohio State. Illinois and Washington
University of st. Louis have been listed
Evening star., 1934-01-05
College un End Week With Tits Tdn Rates Cochet Greatest Netna
ON THE SIDE LINES
With the Sports Editor
BY DENMAN THOMPSON

Here, indeed, was an entirely diff
ferent type of contender for the
throne of humping, no vainglorious
boasting nor extravagant threats. So
astounding an attitude needed veri-
flcation, so we opened the interview
with a direct: How about Car
nera?'' And Max closed it with:
II en- lick that guy"
Evening star., 1934-01-05
ROSE BOWL GAME LOSES
Deficit of 5000, With Columb mbia,
Stanford Getting $25, 900 Each.

PASADENA, Calf, January S (P9.-Al
Masters, graduate manager of athletics
at Stanford University, said an ac-
counting of receipts at the Rose Bowl
foot ball game showed Stanford and
Columbia each would receive S25,0OO.
officials said for the second time in
history of the Rose Bowl games the
association will show deficit of about
$4,000.
Evening star., 1934-01-05

BY d. \. BIBLE.
President American Foot Ball Coaches
Association and Foot Ball Coach and
Athletic Director. University OF
Nebraska.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
BLUES FACE CARDS
IN LONE FRAY HERE
Maryland. American u, G. U.
and G. w. Touring-Dearth
of Lacrosse Foes.
BY H. c. BYRD.

BY HI. c. BYRD.
THERE'S plenty of good bas-
ket ball in store for local
L college quints this week
end, but not much of it
Evening star., 1934-01-05

Savoy 115-pound quints are booking
games at Adams 5059.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-09

this matter just couldn't have
it known to anyone that I supply
men to take the place of strikers"
Don't worry, Mr.. McKenna,"
said the seaman, with a significant
grin that was lost on Mac, "I1l do
the right thing by you. And now I
want to thank you for all you've
done, and the interest you've taken
in me-"
"Tush, tush, old man glad to
do 1t. You know, if I didn't enjoy
helping people, I couldn't continue
at this sort of work" And then as
holy light crept into his eyes, he
added fervently. 81 have a definite
spiritual reaction to my work here,
and I'm sure that without such a
spiritual response no one could do
this sort of work"
80, there's a spiritual side to
this sort of work" said the seaman,
very interesting. I'll remember it.
Good bye Mr. McKenna."
AND SO we put the finger on an
"a other enemy of the working
class. A very dainty pole-cat who
is responsible for much of the bad
smell along the water front we had
attributed to Axtell and Olander
exclusively.
We must put an end to this
strike breaking. The seamen viii
do their part, and the food workers
should certainly take some action
Let them send committee down
to see McKenna, increase their
picketing and keep the scabs
away from the restaurants. Since
McKenna gets such a spiritual kick
out of herding the scales, let's or
ganize to put an end to his spiritual
development!