The Washington times., 1935-12-05
IHiingsNot
Likely to
Happen
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

until:
/. Horse racing is installed
at Benning.
2. Clark Griffith backs
professional football team here.
8. A four-power football
pact providing for annual
games between George Wash
ington, Georgetown, Catholic
University and Maryland, is
adopted.
None of us will live to see
any of those proposals come
about, because:
/. (a) Maryland legislators,
Jealous of the income their Stale
received from horse racing, will
defeat any bill introduced for rae.
ing at Benning. CD There are
something like % acres essential
to racing at Benning, which is not
for sale. Co Virginia is plan
ming a race track close to Wash.
ington by .dint of recent legiSla.
ton. I'D There are only 26 rae
ing days available for Benning
as the schedules now stand that
could hope to draw good horses
(e) There are more tracks in eX
istence right now than the breed
ers can supply with racers.
Head Already Aches
2. (a) Griff is having his
troubles backing a professional
baseball team without looking for
further headaches. (b) At the
present stage Of his career it
would be most unsound to take
any such a gamble. (c) Smart
men at his age liquidate instead
of freeze their resources.
3. (a) There isn't enough
diplomacy this side of Geneva to
get the three local and one near.
by, colleges, to compare their foot
ball strength on the field. (b)
It would be easier to sign peace
agreement between Italy and
Ethiopia. Co No two of them
are grateful enough for Washing
ton patronage to play for local
relief. yet they all beg local sup
port to promote their own ends.
Heard About Town
Benneh Lads declares a fight
arena will open in washington
soon which will feature important
out-oftown talent to be supplied
by Brother "Mushky" Jackson.
"Heinie" Miller received a set of
boxing gloves from the Police
Boys Club at their banquet last
night-InSpector F. S. w. Burke
was present and drank six cups of
coffee-Sid Silas, the boys boxing
instructor, got the biggest hand of
the evening-Col. John w. Oeh-
man picked out boy to give a
Christmas sweater.
Lou Little believes Southern
Methodist will wipe up the grid
iron with Stanford-Al Schacht
has been wowing them as master
of ceremonies at New York NOV
ing picture houseS-Impressario
Carter Barron is entertaining to-
day for Columnist Ed Sullivan,
New York paragrapher and peep
hole professor who starts a turn
at Loew's largest local loft-Sully
graduated from sports writing to
Observation-Disclosures the
Boston Braves recently forfeited
their franchise, it was the first
time in major league history any
city has lost it's charter except
through sale or transfer.
Several big league ball players
have already heard the call of
Florida-among them are Lloyd
Brown, Willis Hudlin, Mel Harder
and o. Hildebrand, of Walter
Johnson's former Cleveland In.
dians, as we'll as National LeaguerS
Paul (Pirates) Waner, Johnny
(Phillies) Moore and John (Dodg.
ers) Cooney.
Dear Old Katie
Kate Smith quit playing high
school basketball after getting
kicked in the stomach and knocked
unconsciouS-shew was a member
of a team at Greenville, Va
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players have the best scholastic
ratings, in the order named
Madison Square Garden in New
York is actually many blocks away
from Madison Square itself.
Mike Jacobs. head man of the
Twentieth Century Sporting Club,
conceived especially to promote a
guy named Joe Louis, was so Snit-
ten with the baseball writer's or
ganization during his tour with
the recent world series teams, he
Is anxious that the fight writer's
form similar organization.
The weights opposite the names
Of football players in those Satur-
day programs, are nearly always
inaccurate-They are submitted
early in the season before pounds
and pounds of avoirdupois have
been played off-Stanford Uni
versity showed it is suffering from
nearsightedness in picking S. M.
U. of Dallas, Tex, to represent
the East in the Rose Bowl game