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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-07

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-07
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-07

Smile for the Day-As nervous as a young couple expecting the stork for the first time after reading of the arrival of the Canadian quntuplets. -(Ohio State ,Jonrnal.l
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-07

Mining Lscat,on rv0:Ices at En- pire office.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
Cards Have No Set-up.

CTANFORD, punching through the
y San Francisco Olympic Club, 400,
will be heavily favored to trip Cali
fornia, but Bobby Grayson and his
Cardinal mates anticipate no walk
away Disappointing most of the sea-
son, California has come back with a
bang the last two weeks, whipping
Southern California, To, and burying
1daho's strong eleven under a 45-13
count. If Stanford wins. as expected,
the Cardinals almost are certain to
be named Far Western representatives
for the Rose Bowl game.
Yales astonishing feat in handing
Princetons Tigers their first beating
in Is games still had the foot ball
world reeling today and served to
establish the Ellis as well-defined
favorites over Harvard this week.
Playing throughout the game with
out a substitution, the eleven men in
Blue put on magnificent defense
against Princeton's vaunted power and
won, TO, as the result Of one dazzling
forward passing play by Jerry
Roscoe, sharp-shooting quarterback,
and Lawrence Kelley, end.
New interest was added to the Army
Notre Dame game when Elmer Lay
den's Hoosiers finally discovered a
scoring, as we'll as a ground-gaining,
punch and trounced Northwestern,
on-7
Evening star., 1934-11-19
c. j. HAS SNAPPY
R|NG,FLOOR CARDS
Lists Nine Boxing Meets, 13
Basket Ball Games,
Most at Home.

w YITH nine tough boxing
M meets scheduled and 13 Of
v v l8 basket ball games slated,
Catholic University's ring
men and cagers are due for a busy
Winter.
For college sports followers, too, the
next four months promise much for
seven of the nine Cardinal glove
throwing fiestas are booked for home.
with another at nearby College Park,
| where Maryland will be encountered
in the final match. Eight of the 13
court contests scheduled are TO be
played in the Brookland gymnasium.
Prospects for good teams at both
sports are bright, with the Cards ex-
pecting one of their finest seasons on
the court. Only one of last years
varsity will be missing. Eddie White,
guard, has graduated. but Bernie Lieb,
center; Abe Rosenfield, forward; Dick
Morrissey, guard; Gene Augusterfer,
forward, and Babe Gearty, guard, re-
main. Several promising youngsters
also are up from last years freshman
quint.
Basket ball practice already is under
way
The schedules:
Boxing.
January u. BuckneH, at home: l9,
Virginia Tech, at home; 26, Temple,
at home.
February 2. Duke. at home 9, Vir-
ginia Military, at lexington; is,
Western Maryland, at home; %, Man
haitian, at home
March 2, Duquesne, at home; II,
Maryland, at College Park.
Basket Ball.
December II, Maryland State Nor
NAL, at home; IA, La Sale, at Phila-
delphia; Is, st. Thomas, at Scranton.
January 9, Western Maryland. at
home; II, Baltimore Loyola, at Balti-
more; l6, Duke, at Durham; %, La
Sale, at home; 25, Gallaudet, at home;
81, Davis-Elkins, at home.
February 5, Baltimore Loyola. at
home; II, Maryland, al home: Is. Long
Island, at Brookland, N. Y; 20, St,
Thomas, at home.
Evening star., 1934-11-19

XXIARM discussion of the little
" world series and the play-off
system may be expected when
the American Association club owners
meet in preliminary session today.
The series between the pennant win
ner of the International League and
the American Association may be cut
from nine to seven games.
Transfer of the ST. Paul clubs fran
chise to group Of business organiza-
tions and sport enthusiasts probably
will take place at the association meet
ing today. Details have been worked
out and await only the signing of
papers
The New York Yankees organization
was among early arrivals for the ma
tional meeting today. They included
Joe Mccarthy, the manager; Joe De-
vine, Paul Krichell. John Nee and
Bill Essick, and George NJ Weiss, in
charge Of the farm system. The YAM
KEGS checked in at a hotel and prob
ably drove away to French Lick. Ind,
for golf and to see Col. Jacob Rupert
who is visiting there.
The agenda for the national aSso-
citation sessions is light, President
Bramham said.
Evening star., 1934-11-19

vided they are played for fun. But
when they become grimly serious af-
fairs, in which some aspiring fellow
who probably has made the last spot
on the team because he holed a 40
foot putt to break 80 becomes the
goat when he loses the point which
sends dear old Buncombe Valley home
the losers. such matches are nothing
much but lost ball
For several years the Maryland
State Golf Association has staged a
series Of team championship matches
between the clubs in the State Four
of the championships were won by
local clubs. One of them-the Manor
Club-now holds the team title, but
two OF the strongest clubs in this sec
tlon-Columbia and Congressional
did not enter teams this year because
OF lack of interest among potential
team members.
That should be lesson to the men
who seek to revive the ancient CORPSE
when two of the leading clubs fail to
enter teams in tourney which always
has been popular.
The upshot of the whole thing is
that team matches break up regular
Sunday foursomes. hold up the golf
course and, by and large, are very
little fun.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
CENTER BASKETERS
UNDER WAY TONIGHT
Teams at Six Schools Clash in In.
augural Program-Series for
City Title Slated.

VYIITH many of the best teams
" in the city entered. play in
the Community Center un-
limited class basket ball league gets
under way tonight Loops have been
organized at Central. Roosevelt.
Eastern. Langley and Hine schools.
The schedule will end about March l.
Champion in each loop will clash
at the end of the regular league sea-
son in a series for the city Com
munity Center title. Runners-up also
will play series.
This weeks schedule follows:
Central
Tonight c:30-Potomac Electric Power
CO. vs.. Corrs Bicycle Shop.
Tonight. S:30-Mount Vernon VS.. Fed
eral Housing.
Tomorrow. 7:3O p.m-Bureau OF Stand
ards vs.. Calvary brakes.
Tomorrow. $50 p.m.-Corrs VS.. sholls.
Wednesday. 40 p.m.-Federal Housing
Wednesday. $50 pm-Bureau OF In
vestieation VS.. Calvary brakes.
Roosevelt.
Tomorrow. $50 pm,-Heurich's VS..
Wednesdsy. $40 p.m.-T-emonts VS..
Wednesday, a:3o p.m.-Tvin Oaks
Black Hawks VS.. Peoples Drug Store.
THURSDAY 40 p.m.-Olympians VS..
Acacia Life Insurance.
Eastern.
Tomorrow. 5:15 pm-Grace Church VS..
Ramblers.
Tomorrow. SIS p.m-Trinity VS.. War
vicks.
Tomorrow. a:15 pm-Renrocs VS.. In
ternal Revenue.
Saturday. SIS pam.-Al States VS..
KatZman's.
tMajor League)
TONIGHT. 1:30.-Merricks VS. Atonement
Tonight. S:30-Delaware & Hudson VS.
E A. X. Fraternity
Tomorrow $50 p.m.-Sanitary Grocers
vs. Lawrence
Wednesday. 7:3O p.m.-Celtics VS.. G..
P. o.
(Minor League
Tomorrow. 9:30 pm National Lumber
Thursday. 40 p.m.-st. Joseph vs..
Mount Pleasant
Thursday $40 pm.-Ninth Street
Christians VS.. Duses
Hine.
Thursday. 40 p.m-Sigma Nu Sigma
VS.. Stewards Pharmacy.
THURSDAY. $50 p.m.-Anacostia Busi-
ness Men VS.. Marions.
THURSDAY. $50 p.m--Miller Furniture
Friday. $40 p.m.-Levy's Ice Cream
Co. VS.. St. Josephs A. C.
Brand A. C.
Evening star., 1934-11-19

never has done better than 8 on this
dog-leg affair and usually he reaches
double figures. The hole has him
Observation-Disclosures he hits his
tee shot
One day last week, playing Winter
rules. he carefully teed his ball on a
level spot behind the ditch and top
ped the ball smack into the hazard
Gee, you get some terrible lies on
this course and this hole" Maj. Dav-
ison said.
He almost caused Harvey Cobb and
Troy Carmichael to have twin BRAIN
storms. for he had used everything
but a wooden tee.
Over at Columbia few days ago
Dawson had a smart caddie. He
hooked his tee shot at the thirteenth.
leaving him tricky chip down a
slope to the green. When he came
up to the hole the ball was up on a
wooden peg. He looked at his caddie
and said, Boy, you shouldn't do that"
"Oh, that's all right" said the lad.
They won't see it. And I'm betting on
you to win" Dawson took the ball
of the peg.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
DIAMOND LEADER
SEES BOOM YEAR
Bramham Is an 0ptimist as
Bush Leaguers Gather
for Convention.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
T OUISVILLE, KY, November 10.
Confidence for a boom season
| in base ball next year was ex-
pressed today by w. G. Bram-
ham, president of the National Asso-
citation Of Professional Base Ball
Leagues.
Bramham is here for the annual
three-day convention of the national
association which opens Wednesday.
Already, however, a base ball air per-
vades the hotel lobbies as early arrivals
among the 1000 expected to attend
discuss trades and sales of players.
Many deals already are in the making
and indications are that record num-
Der of ball tossers will have new mas
ters before the meeting is over
Bramham pointed out that 1884 was
a better year than the preceding one
and added that the national associa-
ton had five more clubs than in the
preceding year.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
|1N8& 1ANRARx' 'Tu|a!55 - 81: 81

4 ND that event followed the 81 900
n jumper stake, in which the de-
frocked Army veteran beat Mrs
NJ. Robert Guggenheim's Firenze
Quicksilver. another old-timer that for
years made the Virginia circuit his
playground. He was then owned by
Miss Julia Whiting of Middleburg.
Danny Shea, incidentally, had all
the best Of it in the final jumping
trials. Since Col. George was trans
ferred to duty in Texas, Squire has
been in the Shea barn And Danny
was also the trainer and rider of
Quicksilver.
They grayS from this sector seemed
to have it time and again when the
day came for dishing out champion
ships in New York Squire accounted
for the jumping end of things. and
Mrs. John Hay Whitney's Bon Diable
captured the $1,000 hunter champion
ship. Every one had predicted this
honor would go to Grey Knight. an
other of the Whitney string. but when
the last day rolled around, the knight
was lame and could not be sent ring
ward.
DIGEST surprise of the whole
d week: The French victory in
the International Perpetual
Military Trophy class on closing night.
Once, on the second day of the three
round cumulative score contest which
opened international competition. the
French flashed brilliant showing
This was in the pair division. where
they had only q fault. Otherwise
their work was only fair. the Ameri-
cans and Chileans staying on top most
of the way. Then Tuesday night, the
upset. The United States Army man
aged to finish second. the Chileans
slipped back to fourth. Maybe the
bobbed tails on the French horses had
something to do with it. What, for
example?
Hunt dates this week:
Fairfax Hunt, Tuesday, the drag
hounds at Madeira School. 2 pm;
Saturday, 10 am, Utterback's store.
De Long Bowman and John Finnerty
joint M. F. H.
d.
Tuesday, 2 pm, Mr.. George Plum
mer's corner; Saturday. 2 pm, Way
side School. Maj. Wilfrid M Blunt
and DR.. Fred Sanderson, joint M.
F. H.
Howard County Hunt, Tuesday, 10
am. Pfefferkorn's; Thursday 10 am,
Mr.. Schows; Saturday, pm, Glenelg
Manor. Augustus Riggs. M FIJI
Redland Hunt. Saturday, Olney
Cross Roads. Thomas T. Mott,
M. F. H.
Loudoun Hunt Club, Tuesday, 9
a m, Winners Gate; Saturday, 9 am,
Morven Gate. william H. Lipscomb,
M. F. H.
Cobbler Hunt, Wednesday. $50 am.
the Kennels; Saturday, $50 am,
Vernon Mills. Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
George Patton, jr., joint M. F. H.
Warrenton Hunt, today. am,
the Kennels; Wednesday, 9 am, the
Grove; Saturday, 10 am, the Retreat,
by invitation Of the master of Casa
nova Hunt. Amory S. Carhart,
M. F. H.
Orange County Hunt. 10 am, to-
day, Mr.. Furcron's; 10 am, Tuesday,
T. U. Dudley's; 10 am, Thursday,
Mrs. Carter Fosters; 10 am, Satur-
day, Roger Lambdon's. Fletcher Har-
per, M. F. H.
Casanova Hunt, Tuesday, 10 am,
Charles Daniels; Saturday, meet with
hounds. Jack c. Williamc, |
M. F. H.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
F|VE-GAME CARD
WINDS UP BIC TEN
Harvard and Yale, Notre
Dame and Army, Hold
Interest in East.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, November l9.-
M The dizziest foot ball season
in memory enters its final
stages this week with sec
tional championship puzzles all along
the line still far from ultimate solu-
ton.
There will be definite slackening
of the rapid pace except in the mid
West, where the Big Ten winds up
the campaign with a five game pro-
gram. but such individual classics as
the Army-Notre Dame duel at New
York, the tuSSle of Harvard and Yale's
giant-killing Ellis. and Stanford's cru
cial ioust with California. will serve
to keep interest at a high pitch in
the East and Far West.
Out of the latest cannonading
which struck down Princeton, Illi-
nois, Syracuse. Navy and Santa
Clara. only Alabama's mighty Grim
son Tide and the powerful Gophers
of Minnesota emerged unscathed.
These two alone among major teams
BILL GOulu Will PAAA
to unbeaten and united records. They
were odds-on choices to finish that
way, Minnesota against the danger
GUS Wisconsin Badgers this week, and
Alabama against Vanderbilt on
Thanksgiving day.
Minnesota flashed the same over
whelming power it has shown all
season in walloping Chicago, 35-7. last
week. but the Gophers will need to
be wary of Doc Spears dangerous
Badgers, who summarily removed Illi-
nois from the ranks of the unbeaten
and from the Big Ten title ranks as
we'll, to 3. Alabama. now consid-
cred the leading. contender for an
invitation to the Rose Bowl, swamped
Georgia Teach. 400, and should roll
over Vanderbilts Commodores, who
lost their second game of the season
when Tennessee pounded out 1876
victory.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
BUCKNELL Is LUCKLESS
Long String of Home Victories
Broken by Late Fumble.

LEWISBURG, Pa, November 19.-
If they had just Topped minutes of
the last quarter, Bucknell's record of
never losing a home game since oc-
tober, 1929, still would be intact today.
1t was in the last minutes of play
that Sitarsky fumbled bad pass
from center and Campofreda of
Western Maryland recovered over the
goal line for a 60 victory.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
Add Traps and Bunkers.

IN ADDITION. more traps and
1 bunkers are being installed. SINH
lar to those that have ruined many
a good mans chance of winning a
title Even back in 1927 the incom-
parable Bobby Jones finished far
down in the list of open contenders
with an aggregate 309.
Oakmont will have length Of ap-
proximately 1000 yards for the COM
ing championship The layout. with
its face lifted" will allow no latitude
for wild shots of any sort.
The lengths Of the holes will be
so arranged that they will require
placement and power to equal the par
70 and little opportunity will be Of
fered for picking up missed or in
different shots.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

GEORGETOWN UNIvERSITY's
" foot ball team has about fin
ished preparation for its big
gest game of the season Saturday
against Washington and Jefferson.
Roger Bresnahan has been
named manager of the Chicago
Cubs to succeed Henry O'Day.
Belmonts rolled 1.721, the high
est set Of the season in bowling
leagues here, to trim the Cardinals
all three games in the District
loop. Rolling for Belmonts were
Lewis. Howser. McKnew, Michaud
and Krauss Cardinals used Bres-
nahan, Post. Ball, Hansford and
Wells.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
G. P. O. QUINT TOLLS.

Government Printing Office Big Five
will start practice for the basket ball
season tonight at Langley Junior
High at 8 o'clock Jess Manbeck
is booking for the G. P. o. team at
Metropolitan 0900. or by mail at the
G. P. O., care of the Superintendent of
Printing
Evening star., 1934-11-19

88. Mrs. A. A. McEntee and Ray
mond Davis won second net with 80.
ok men tied for first place in the
y blind bogey tourney at Manor,
all with net cards Of "a. They
were H. A. Neff, B. c. Hartig, w. j.
Peters, G. Emerson Moore, Tom N.
Beavers and A. L. Alderman. Four
others-D. C. Barnhart, r. A. Kuntz,
Brian Beall and D. M. McPherson-
were involved in four-way tie for
second at net 80.
Gene Vinson, the District amateur
champion. unlimbered his shooting
irons for the first time in a fortnight
and did himself a neat 10. one under
par. to show Mel Shorey and Leo
Walper. Nell-known pros, how to play
golf. Shorey had a 73 and Walper
a "A.
NNE Of the better laughs Of the
~ waning golf season comes from
Maj. F. Mackenzie Dawson of
Congressional Maj Dawson dislikes
the fifteenth hole at Washington. He
Evening star., 1934-11-19
RAISE BASKET CURTAIN
Two Battles Listed Tomorrow in

Two Battles Listed tomorrow IN
G. P. o. Intersectiona1 Loop.
Play in the Government Printing
ONCE Intersectional Basket Ball
League opens tomorrow night with two
games in the Langley Junior High
gym. In the first tilt. starting at BIS
o'clock. the Third and Fourth Floor
Bindery quints will clash and at $50
the Linotype Section Bearcats will face
the Mono-Proof Wildcats. The public
printer is expected to throw up the
first ball opening loop competition.
League games will be played each
Tuesday night and Saturday morning
until March at Langley, four games
being carded each week.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
considerable converse

,-HERE'S considerable converse
ton going the rounds among
the golf clubs near Washing
ton these days about reviving a
corpse that has been dead for nearly
a decade-the corpse of the old inter-
club team matches.
About a dozen clubs would put forth
mems teams to battle in affairs similar
to those which the woman golfers
now hold each Spring and Summer.
If the boys are smart, they won't
get into the business OF running
through formal schedule of team
contests of this nature. But the OBJ
stacles to be overcome, the virtual i'm
possibility of keeping all the better
players on the team, and the general
apathy that usually bogs down such
affairs will not stop the Jealous gents
who see in these matches the prospect
of lot of glory for some club or clubs
next year
Team matches are a lot of fun, pro-
Evening star., 1934-11-19
ACTOR WAS TRACKMAN.

John Fogarty, radio and stage
singer, who is currently appearing at
Loew's Fox Theater starred in track
for Uncle Sam when the Allied Forces
conducted their sports abroad follow
ing the signing Of the Armistice.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
Tarheel Victory Is Sweet.

Adinccl NICtOTy IS SWeet.
NORTH CAROLINA filled its cup
l Y to the brim Saturday as a re-
suit of its victory over Duke.
Nothing that could happen in North
Carolina University foot ball would
find such welcome as that. Duke,
with Wallace Wade in command. had
come to be looked upon as almost an
impregnable citadel, and the Tar
heels successful storming and DEM
clifton Of that citadel is not only joy
full for North Carolina. but probably
a good thing for Southern foot ball.
Catholic University plays at Pitts
burgh this week with Duquesne Uni
versity. The Brooklanders with the
exception of their games with Holy
Cross and Western Maryland, face
the strongest opposition met so far
this season. Coach Dutch Bergman
said this morning that he thinks his
team has an even chance to win. but
certainly nothing better than that.
Catholic U. winds up its season with
the Duquesne game.
Gallaudet also closes this week with
Shepherd College here. The Kendall
Greeners we're not strong enough for
Randolph Macon. but feel they should
do much better against Shepherd.
Climate Favors 'Bama.
4 LABAMA is the one eleven in the
~ East and South that can 60 to
to the Rose Bowl again and
win. Many believe that Alabama is
the best eleven below the Mason
Dixon line, although this may be dis
puted by Louisiana State followers.
Probably it could battle Pittsburgh or
any other eleven on equal or better
than equal terms. The one factor,
though, in addition to its strength.
that makes Alabama the most
dangerous opponent for a Western
Rose Bowl team is the fact that it
can practice, can keep its team going
right on through until the day of the
game under the same conditions that
exist in California No Northern uni
versity is geographically situated to do
that.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
JUNIATA REALLY WIN.

HUNTINGDON. Pa. (P,.-Juniata
College waited until its final game to
win one, then did it up brown. The
score Saturday was Juniata. So;
Bridgewater, 0.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
Make It Two Shots Tougher.

NTHEN 'the worlds leading shot
w makers gather at Oakmont next
Summer, Fownes and Loeffler
predict. they will find the course at
least two shots tougher than in 1927.
1t was in 1927 that Tommy Armour
and Lighthouse Harry Cooper tied at
Oakmont for the national open cup.
each with the large total of 301
strokes.
Each was ION his game" in the
play-off, but all Armour could get was
rs and Cooper 79 for the l8 holes.
Among the changes already made
at Oakmont in preparation for next
years event is a more severely trap
ped No. IT green and a new No. tee.
making the hole longer and more
difficult.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
SARANACS WANT GAME.

Saranacs have gym for basket
ball game tonight and want to book
an unlimited foe. Call Manager Askin
at Adams 1922.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
GUNS ON EXHIBITION
American Firearms to Be Shown

American Firearms to Be Shown
at Sports Goods House.
An exhibit Of American guns. for
which elaborate preparation has been
made, will be held in the gun room
at Fries, Beall and Sharp Co.'S sport
ing goods store, 734 Tenth street.
Robert j. Owen and Maj. John W.
Hession, gun experts, will be among
those in attendance,
Evening star., 1934-11-19
T0UCHEN COURSE
FOR '5U. S. OPEN
Oakmont Will Be Two Shots
More Difficult After Its
Facet fling.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
~ ITTSBURGH, Pa, November
J 19.-The national open golf
tournament still is months
l. hence, but the Oakmont Coun-
try Club course near Pitts
burgh already is receiving a face lift
ing" for the 1885 event.
Renovations designed to toughen up
the course-even now recognized as
one of the hardest in the country
are being supervised by w. C. Fownes
chairman of the clubs Greens Com
mittee. and Emil Dutch) Loeffler
greenskeeper and professional.
Evening star., 1934-11-19
Minnesota Meets Wisconsin.

.lN obstacle in Minnesota's drive
to the Big Ten title, with
Purdue's Boilermakers hoping to
whip Indiana and thus gain at least
a share in the crown. Ohio State,
regarded in some quarters as the
second best team in the conference,
despite the 1-point defeat by Illinois,
plays Iowa. while Chicago collides
with Illinois, and Michigan with
Northwestern. Nebraska and Kansas
State, If they beat Missouri and Iowa
State, respectively, this week, will
meet Thanksgiving day in the game
that will decide the Big Six title.
Southwest-Rice, unbeaten leader,
tangles with Texas Christian, which
dropped a 20-19 decision to Texas
last week. Baylor and Southern
Methodist meet in the only other
conference game
Far West-Stanford's duel with
California is the prime feature, but
Washington State can gain at least
a share in the championship by
halting Washington. The only other
conference game involves U. c. L. A.
and Oregon State.
South-Championship races will be
at standstill, with only five games
involving major teams. Auburn and
Georgia. Florida and Georgia Tech,
and Tulane and Sewanee clash
in Southeastern Conference engage
ments, while Mississippi plays Gen.
tenary. Maryland alone of Southern
conference teams will see action
playing Georgetown University.
Rocky Mountain-The only game
involves Colorado Aggies. still con-
tenders for the title, and Colorado
College