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Evening star., 1934-12-14
THREE FNES PLAY;
LONE CLASH HERE
A. U. Will Start as Hoyas
and Cards See Action
Away From Home.

A FOURTH District college.
" American University, will
~ open its basket ball campaign
tonight against Hampden-
Sydney in the only local court at
traction. Two other schools, George
town and Catholic University, will in
wade Pennsylvania, with the Hoyas
meeting Bucknell in Lewisburg in the
first Eastern intercollegiate Confer
ence tilt, and the Cardinals battling
La Sale Of Philadelphia.
Although only one regular, Scott
Champion, is left from the lS33.34
quint. hopes are high at American
University. Teaming with Champion
at guard will be Staff cassel, one Of
the best Eagle foot ball players, while
Bob Taylor and Walter Edwards will
play forwards. Cub Sixty Will start
at center.
The game, which will begin at 8
o'clock on the Eagles floor, In a
Chesapeake Conference tilt.
Both La Sale and Bucknell promise
to give Catholic University and
Georgetown stiff battles, despite the
auspicious debuts Of both local teams.
La Sale was one of the three quints
TO down the Cardinals last season,
while Bucknell always has been repre-
sented by powerful team in the East
ern Conference.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Broadcasting Remains.

EANY base ball men lean toward
lNl the thought that now that the
National League has openly
shown that 1t will welcome Ruth, the
American Leaguers will redouble their
efforts to keep their one-time premier
box office attraction within their
ranks. Before scattering for their
homes last night the club owners held
a joint session with Commissioner
Lands at which they rejected a pro-
posal to ban broadcasting Of games
and appropriated $4,000 to the
American Legion's Americanization
program
Only two deals were reported to
enliven the final day. The Giants
figured in both. They sent Joe Bow
man, a young right-handed pitcher
and a bag of cash to the Phillies
in exchange for George Davis, an
outfielder, and then turned around
and collected Allyn Stout, pitcher,
and Mark Koenig, veteran inflelder
from the Cincinnati Reds in return
for Billy Myers, a shortstop the New
Workers purchased from Columbus
last Fall
The Giant -Phi1ly swap was to have
been a three-cornered affair with
Pittsburgh getting Al Todd, Philly
catcher, and cash for Lloyd Waner
and Catcher Earl Grace, but this
end Of the deal fell through when
the Pirates were unsuccessful In
inducing the Braves to part with Hal
Lee, outfielder, who was to have re-
placed Waner in the Pirate garden.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Rupert Is Agreeable.

@HARLES ADAMS. one of the Bos-
Il ton owners. approached Col.
Jacob Rupert, Yankee owner,
with the idea and the colonel agreed
to release Ruth outright to Boston
provided he is not wanted in a SINH
lar role by any of the American
League clubs.
Then it was revealed that both the
Philadelphia Athletics and Boston
Red Sox have been pondering the
idea of obtaining base balls most
colorful character as chief assistant
to Managers Connie Mack and Joe
Cronin.
Just how the Bambino will feel to-
ward a proposition to play second 1d-
die on a big league team, with the
chance of stepping into the man
agerial shoes later, is not known. But
1t is felt that Ruth, now returning
from q transforming tour Of the
Orient, will welcome an opportunity
to remain identified with the pastime
he has graced SO long.
Ruth has steadfastly refused to
consider managerial posts in the
minors. Also he has said he would not
sign another players contract. His
dream all along has been to cap his
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Palace Visions
Another Grown

A FTER winning league 150-pound
IA foot ball honors here last year,
Palace A. c. has high hopes Of
downing Maryland A. C. in their
game Sunday afternoon in the
Firemen's Stadium at Seat Pleas
ant and capturing the unlimited
crown. After winning the 150-
pound title last year, Palace, which
has not been defeated in eight years
Of competition. challenged the
Marions. champs of the unlimited
section, and downed the latter, TO.
Maryland rules a favorite over
Palace in view of the formers pre-
ponderance Of ex-college lumi-
naries, but Palace is all set for the
fight of its life. Early in the year
Palace downed M. A. c., 1876. in
an upset and believes 1t can do 1t
again.
The Palace team was banished
from the National City League this
year when 1t went to Norfolk for
game on the day it was scheduled
to meet M. A. c. At the time the
Palacians had won the f1rst-haf
title.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Peculiar Rulings.

NNLY master logician could rake
~ away the fogs that cover certain
Western Conference rulings and
regulations.
For example, the Big Ten Confer
ence opposes an Army engagement on
account of the three-year rule, de-
spite the fact that Army is acceptable
to Harvard, Yale, Navy and almost
every one else.
Now the Western Conference is 60
ing to enforce the freshman rule
against all rivals after 1885.
In the Western Conference fresh
men are not permitted outside compe-
tition. A freshman playing on some
outside team has one year counted
against him. This would knock of a
bunch of seniors playing on teams
scheduled against any member Of the
Big Ten. If carried on through, as
now planned, 1t will mean merely the
Big Ten soon will play no outside op-
ponentS.
Against this ruling, such institutions
as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Colum-
bia, Cornell and Dartmouth all en-
OOul age 4LColLudu OOlllpCJ1tiO1 d6d44ot
other teams.
What's the harm? In the Middle
West the jumps may be too far for
freshman competition, but that has
nothing to do with other sections.
At Minnesota, last Fall there were
eight or ten freshman teams, which
played something like so games among
themselves. They got just as much
foot ball experience as most freshmen
get from coast to coast. But still they
are eligible for three more years Of
play, while Yale and Princeton fresh
men would be ruled out after their
junior years.
This is an arrangement that will
hardly stand up. 1t cost Minnesota
five or six stars for 1885, stars who had
known only two years of varsity ex-
perience. The best method of han
ding this is to pass a non-transfer
law to curb the rowing spirit of certain
wanderers who move from place TO
place.
Nevspsper Alliance. iue.)
Evening star., 1934-12-14
RUPERT WILLING
TO RELEASE BABE
Braves, Athletics and Red
Sox Want Him-Legion
Given $4,000
By EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

"A YEW YORK. December 1.-THE
future in base ball Of Babe
Y Ruth was solved partly today
as magnates, managers, play
ers and camp followers scattered in
the wake of the dullest major leagues
meetings in many years.
The erstwhile ruler Of the realm
of swat, done as a regular performer
and crowded out of the 16 man
agerial berths, may start next season
as assistant manager Of one Of three
big league clubs-the first step in the
realization of his dream to wind up
his distinguished diamond career as
a manager on the big time.
With all managerial berths filled
for the present. and the Babe vowing
he would rest on his laurels rather
than sign another player contract.
the Boston Braves stepped into the
breach yesterday with overtures which
would take him to Beantown as first
lieutenant to Bill McKechnie.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
TOURNEY
ATTRACTS DUTRA
Miami Winner Will Fly to
Bahamas-Mike Turnesa
Gets Second Coin.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
"A II IAMI, Fla, December 14-Olin
Au Dutra, victorious in the Mi
v ami Biltmore open golf tour
nament, turned toward the
new $4,000 British Colonial open to-
day in search of more golf1ng laurels.
Dutra beat back the challenge Of
the "stay-at-home" pros and is richer
by $1,000 for upholding the prestige
of the touring professionals.
Mike Turnesa of Elmsford, N Y,
one of the players who seldom partici-
pate in major competition, was sec
ond at 294 for the u holes, two
strokes behind the national open
champion. He collected $1,000 for
leading the second division.
The large field taking part in the
annual classic ending yesterday had
split today. A number of players,
headed by Dutra, prepared to fly to
Nassau, in the Bahama Islands, to try
for portion of the prizes in the Brit
ish event December 1920.
Others, with Walter Hagen in the
van, started westward on the annual
Gold Coast circuit. The Pasadena,
Calf, open, December 1922, is their
first objective.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Won WE|SSE HITS
HORNSBY'S PLANS
Executor of Balls Estate
Declared No Practical
Base Ball Man.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

~ INCE. two and two still make
four with Clark Griffith, he is
back from the jor base ball
meetings in New York with
nothing to show for his visit in the
way of material that might strengthen
his Nationals. But the Washington
club president believes some trading
might be done this Winter when those
in charge of other clubs increase their
knowledge of arithmetic.
This goes especially for the st. Louis
representative in the American League,
whose destiny of the playing field is
administered by one Harry Won Weisse,
president of the Browns by virtue of
being the executor of the estate Of the
late Phil Ball.
It was Won Weisse, in nowise a
practical base ball man, who at the
last minute frustrated the completion
of a deal engineered by Griffith and
Rogers Hornsby, the canny manager
of the Browns, that would have
brought Bump Hadley, veteran but
young right-hand hurler, back to the
Nationals.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Hockey Results

BY the Associated Press.
National League.
Detroit, II; St. Louis 2.
Toronto, 4; Montreal Maroons, 2
(overtime).
New York Americans, 4; Boston, 3
(overtime).
International League.
Cleveland. 4: London, 2.s
Detroit, z; Syracuse, /.
Canadian.American League.
New Haven, 2; Boston. 2 (tie).
Providence, 2, Quebec, 2 ltie).
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Griffith Still in Market for Hady Ruth May Become Assistant Manager
Sports Events
In Local Realm
TO-DAY.
Basket Ball,

Basket Ball.
Hampden-Sydney. at American
o., 800.
Georgetown VS.. Bucknell, at
Bucknell.
Catholic U. VS.. La Sale, at
Philadelphia.
Southern High (Baltimore). at
Tech, $3.50.
Bethesda Chevy Chase High, at
st. Johns, $3.50.
Rockville, at Georgetown Prep,
$3.50.
Western. at Baltimore City
College.
Falls Church. at Mclean, $50.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Randolph Macon, at George
Washington, 800.
Georgetown VS.. Carnegie Tech,
at Pittsburgh.
Catholic U. VS.. st. Thomas, at
Scranton.
Wilson Teachers. at Bridgewater.
Roosevelt VS.. Alexandria High,
at Armory Hall, Alexandria, 800.
Bowling.
Meyer Davis Sweepstakes, at
Lucky Strike, 800.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Will Meet Tilden First.

II NEVER cared much for indoor
tennis" said Lott yesterday after
he signed a professional contract
to play for Promoter Bill O'Brien with
Vines, Bill Tilden and Lester Stoefen.
"Of course, it's business now and I've
got to like it.
More than that, however, I'm 60
ing to work hard to improve as a
singles player. Vines certainly is bet
ter than he was before he started as
pro. I've been working out in
Chicago on boards with Emmet Pare
and my game will be stepped up to a
fast enough pitch for my debut on
canvas"
Lott comes out" as a pro January
9, in Madison Square Garden, with
Tilden as his opposition. There's been
a long-standing personal feud between
them. They belong to the personal
admiration society only so far as each
others playing ability is concerned.
Il want to be right for that opening
night" said Lott. II want to beat
Tilden. I may not the very first time
we meet, but I've made wager with
friend that after my first three
matches against Tilden I'll beat him
more often than he takes me"
Evening star., 1934-12-14
THE SPORTZIGHT
Foot Ball Flame Still Burns i'm South,
Far West: Midwest Rules Under Fire.
BY GRANTLAND RICE

even stronger next year, with ma
jority of their stars back in harness,
ready for all corners.
Meanwhile, Tuscaloosa, Ala, and
New Orleans, La, are facing the spear
points of the East and West, carried
by Temple and Stanford, picking up
the Civil War Just about where it left
of in 1865.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
SOCCER LEADERS MEET.

Recreation Soccer League team
managers were to meet this evening
at 5 o'clock in the playground Office,
room 313 District Building, to con-
slider the number of substitutions to
be allowed in game and the assign
ment of referees for Sundays
matches,
Evening star., 1934-12-14

tQe East, DuI IL Is DuTHlllg StllI
with a steady fame in the Far West
and the South, with three intersec-
tional contests still remaining.
Among the arguments still raging
along the West Coast is that annual
debate over intersectional strength.
On this occasion a new challenger,
the Southwest, enters its claim, and
said claim is far from being barren
one.
In the course of the season such
teams as Rice, Southern Methodist,
Texas, T. C. u. etc, took the measure
of Purdue, Notre Dame, Fordham,
Santa Clara and one or two others,
with only slight casualty list in re-
turn, none of the Southwestern leaders
being beaten by outside opponents.
And most Of these Texas teams will be
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Court Results

Princeton, A; Lehigh, %.
Yale, Al; Providence College, rs.
Kentucky, 81; Oglethorpe, IL.
st. Louis. SO; McKendree, 81.
Eau Claire Teachers, 80; Luther
College, II.
Concordia Al: Polytechnic. 20.
North Dakota University, 60; House
)f David, u.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
FORMING BETHESDA FIVE.

Ford Young. former George Wash
ington eager, is banding his tossers
together under the name Of the
Bethesda A c. this Winter. The team
played the past three seasons as the
Bethesda Firemen,
Evening star., 1934-12-14
BAER YARN, SAYS LASKY
Arts Brother Ridicules Offer of
Twin Go Same Night.

LOS ANGELES, December Il (R.
Just another Baer story"
That was the comment Of Maury
Lasky. brother and manager of Art
Lasky. on the report from Cleveland
that the heavyweight champion had
offered to fight Lasky and Steve
Hamas on the same card.
Max and everybody else know that
the boxing commissions in every
State bar fighter from appearing
in more than one bout an evening""
said Maury.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
LOTT SEES SELF
STARRING AS PRO
Doubles Expert Thinks He
Will Develop Into Ace
at Singles Play.
BY BOB CAVAGNARO,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK. December ia
nj Purely on a hunch, George
Y Martin Lott, jr., the former
Davis Cup tennis doubles
stalwart and now a professional, be-
lieves he will develop into an outstand-
ing singles player in the commercial
field.
With some modesty he admitted he
has won fame as doubles performer,
quitting the amateur side as its fore
most tandem player, but just as Ellis
worth Vines improved last year after
he began to play for pay. so Lott ex-
poets to improve and build q reputa-
ton as singles artist.
Evening star., 1934-12-14

Here's an organization with .
great plant, a park none can
really match even though two
the New York plants-have
greater seating capacity, and
backed by a multitude of fans
ever ready to string along with
a fair winner.
Chicago is one of the great base
ball cities of the Nation. A city di-
vided in itself, it's true, where the
national pastime is concerned. But
give those South Side fans in the big
town on Lake Michigan a fair-to-
middlin' team and every other club in
the league would profit.
When it comes to Chicago, 1t looks
as If the American League follows a
short-sighted policy.
All-Star Game Big Hit.
VXIELL the big boys accomplished
w one thing that gives the fans
a great kick. they settled on
the continuance Of the all-star game
between teams of the two big leagues
:. that's something in the favor Of
the owners. but you may lay wads
to waff1es that the fans won't pick
the teams for the game next July. it
will be held in midseason, of course,
although the date has not been set
they may leave it to the base ball
writers to make the selections . and
even these diamond dopesters in
their wishful moments. crave a
dream game"
The big joke Of the annual
sessions was Joe McCarthy's
offer of Sam Byrd for S25,000...
and Sam had been waived on by
all the league rivals Of the
Yankees. Joe merely was look
ing for some Of Yawkey's roll. :.
he thought the Red Sox might
bid.
And then there's that funny one
that the Tigers pulled obviously out
for right-handed swinging outfielder,
they refused to bid for Fred Schultz
when Grifith put him on the block.
HE can hit 'em WELL" said Cochrane.
"but he can't 90 and get EN-" and
that In face of the do-or-die stuff that
Schultz pulled on Otis homer in the
1888 world series.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Griffith Will Mark Time.


"HAT deal amazed the base ball
Fl' world and the St. Louis club
was marked as the biggest sap
on the market. Perhaps Won Weisse
figured this might be a good time
to turn the tables on Griffith. Maybe
he now realizes, or he should soon,
that the Old Fox is no one to be out
slicked in dicker for base ball ivory.
There are many around the game who
could wise up this new club execu-
tive.
Won Weisse not only gave the
Washington club mean rap, but he
also blocked plans that Hornsby had
made with hope of beneflting the
Browns treasury as we'll as playing
strength. So Griffith has an idea
that after calm reflection President
Won Weisse will listen to reason. The
Washington boss has not yet given
up on the Hadley deal.
Griffith also feels that some of the
other clubs with which he attempted
to do business in New York soon will
be reasonable enough to strike fair
balances and make trades that might
prove mutually beneficial.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Chance to Buy Slim.

THERE probably will be no direct
III purchasing of pitchers by the
Washington club. AS Griffith
considers this method of bolsterins
his ball club, it's out. Tom Yawkey,
multimillionaire owner of the Red
Sox. famous for his big buys, could
make no headway with his bags of
bullion at the New York meetings.
IF Yawkey couldn't buy, there is no
chance for me to do So observes the
CONTINUED on Page 8, Column IL
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Won Weisse Raises Ante.

THE offer of Luke Sewell, catcher,
and cash to St. Louis for Hadley
was fully acceptable to Hornsby
but Won Weisse would not listen to it
when told over long distance of what
had been arranged. Won Weisse few
to New York for the joint meeting Of
the majors yesterday, and in another
confab with the st. Louis president
Griffith got nowhere.
The two club executives discussed
the proposed deal for more than an
hour, with Won Weisse demanding
that Griffith turn over to the Browns
for Hadley, in addition to SeWell and
cash, some other player generally
recognized as star, that the St.
Louis outfit might be advertised as
having put across a slick deal
Won Weisse evidently had recalled
that famous trade of 1880 between
the Nationals and the Browns, in
which Griffith got not only the slug
ging Heinie Manush, outfielder but
also Al Crowder, then sterling pitcher,
in exchange for Goose Goslin, garden
er, who was playing no spirited game
for the Washington club at the time.
Evening star., 1934-12-14

20 years Of big league service as a
manager; otherwise, he will retire.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
ND0DTO American League Money
III UNI \fIlpE Mad-Bobbles in Not
~ 0VVA II Aiding Chisox.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

- OMETHING in the way of rec
ord must have been made in
the Week of the Big Wind
when the representatives of 16
major league clubs gathered in New
York put over not one important deal.
Not a trade was made in the American
League. Only two Of no great moment
were negotiated in the National. The
big bosses of base ball rumbled into
Gotham we'll inflated and departed
like nothing more than fat tires.
The wonder of it is in the failure of
q flock of ivory seekers who had boast
ed they were ready to go the limit in
restocking and refurbishing to accom-
plish anything other than flooding the
lobbies of the several convention hotels
with torrents Of words that never
meant anything after all.
The reason for the American
League flop, though, may be in
n Tom Yawkey's money bags.
4 They ganged on the Red Sox
&, owner, eager for an oversize
slice of his cash and disregarded
the overtures of all others.
Few. very few, of the would-be trad
ers appeared ready 10 exchange for
players-and those that we're wanted
only the stars of the league. 1t was
Yawkey's coin they were after and in
unreasonable quantity, too.
Aid to Chisox-Aid to ALI,
VEN the White Sox, who more
n, than any other club in the
American League should look for
players instead of money, went after
the dough and ignored all proposed
trades. Yawkey simply has made the
league money-mad.
At that, it appears that the Amer
ican League kicked one when it comes
to the White Sox. Instead of asking
for anything, this is one club that
might well be aided by the stronger
outfits of the circuit. 1t would not
hurt at all the other members of the
loop should they pony up to give Chi
cago at least $3.50 club.
Evening star., 1934-12-14

ONLY master logician could rake
I J away the fogs that cover certain
Western Conference rulings and
Evening star., 1934-12-14
OS ANGELES, December IA

FOOL Ddl HLIUI IeVeI may De
receding in the Midwest and
the East hut il is burning still
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Stanfor6's Strength.

DOB ZUPPKE of Illinois had just
n finished a dissertation concern
ing Minnesota's speed, Quickness
The Redwood gazette., 1934-09-20

Mrs. George Ahrens spent Sunday
at the home of relatives in Redwood
Falls.
Mrs. Sam Buscho was a Redwood
Falls visitor Tuesday morning.
In the presence of only the imme-
diate families, the marriage of Miss
Hazel Walters, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Walters and Elmer
Pfeiffer, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Pfeiffer, took place Saturday after
noon at the Frde Pfeiffer home. The
bride who was unattended was dress
ed in brown crepe with matching ac-
cessories. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. w. A. Pringle. They
are both graduates of Morton High
school, Mrs. Pfeiffer having later
completed a course in nursing and
Mr.. Pfeiffer having attended the Uni
versity Farm school. After a we'd
ding trip into the northern part Of
the state, Mr.. and Mrs. Pfeiffer will
return to Morton to make their home.
The American Legion Auxiliary
held the first fall meeting in the Le-
gion rooms Monday evening with
Mrs. N. M. Nahum as hostess. New
officers were elected and plans made
for the year.