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Evening star., 1936-12-27
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DOGDOM

from the gloom Of the underhead pass.
This feat was reported recently to VIII
Judy, who awarded the little dog .
dog world diploma Of honor.
THE premium lists for the sixty-first
- annual Westminster show now are
in the mails. In spite Of the compet-
ton Of the Morris and Essex show for
premier honors, win at "the Garden"
still puts the cachet Of excellence on
. dog. This year the show takes place
on February 10. IL and II. Because
space In Madison Square Garden Is
limited. and there Is always . larger
entry than can be accommodated, en-
tries this year close on January Is,
with Q final closing date. after which
no cancellations or changes will be
accepted, Of January as. This Is still
the only show in the country which
provides separate classification for
every breed recognized by the Ameri-
can Kennel Club, with impressive class
prize money in every class.
THE story Of shep, who waited for
his master to return at the eleva-
Evening star., 1936-12-27
PROVE
PROWESS AT POLO
Americans Do Well Despite Loss
Of Open Title to Riders
From Pampas.

EOUR gay riders from the pampas
dominated world polo. winning the
Olympic tournament at Berlin and
coming to America to defeat our open
champions. Greentree. rounding out .
l5.000-mile pilgrimage, the longest In
polo history.
The Argentine players, Luis Duggan.
Roberto Cavanagh, Andres Gazzotti
and Manuel Andrada, while not the
greatest team the game has developed.
was well balanced and superbly mount
ed. The task Of transporting . string
Of ~ polo mounts on such . long
journey and have them In the race
horse condition they displayed In the
0reentree-Argentina series here, alone
was an accomplishment IN horse train
ing.
The 1885 season perhaps was the
most successful the game ever has en-
joyed In this country. The United
States sent team to England to re-
sumo the competition for the old West
chester Cup and the American team
successfully defended the cup ct Hur.
lingham, two games out Of three. but
only aftae . closely fought sseiss.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
1886 GREAT YEAR
FOR FIELD HOCKEY
America in World Focus of
Sport for First Time.
Bows TO England.
s FAR as women's field hockey

4 8 FAR as women's field hockey
~ Is concerned, there never has
~ been an American year like
4 \ 1886. Sports historians often
are obliged to strain to find anything
special to mark Oh one year from its
predecessor. but backward glance at
1896 field hockey Is strain on the
stock Of superlatives.
The year, in brief. brought recogni.
ton to our players and hysteria to
fans. It consisted essentially Of the
triennial international tournament.
held at Philadelphia. elimination OF
two years of preparation and the oc-
casion Of Americas attainment Of .
new standing in the hockey world.
For the first time America was the
focal spot Of world hockey competi-
ton. The American team won the
coveted place Of second to England.
No team but Scotland ever dares hope
for more.
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OLD LINERS AHEAD
IN STICK PASTIME
Capture Collegiate Championship,
While Mount Washington
Takes Club Title.

/ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND won
the first award of the Wilson Win
gate Trophy, emblematic Of intercol-
legiate lacrosse supremacy during 1886.
The Mount Washington squad Of Bal
timore was the outstanding club 10
In the country for the second success
sive year.
An all-American intercollegiate team
staged an unsuccessful invasion Of
Canada, losing three straight games
for the Lally Trophy At Vancouver.
Box lacrosse rules prevailed during the
international contests.
United States Intercollegiate La
crosse Association will send an all
American team on European tour
during this coming June. It will meet
Oxford, Cambridge and the best
squads In England and on the Con-
tinent.
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Covers Wide Field.

lovers W109 Fle10.
THE United States Field Hockey As
sociaton's debut Is hostess to an
International Federation tournament
and conference was marked by q gath
erins Of teams from more widely sepa-
rated points on the globe than ever
before. Players on the fields Of the
Philsdelphia Cricket Club during the
two weeks in October hailed from
England. Ireland, Scotland. Wales.
Australia, South Africa and Rhodesia
and Canada. q total Of four continents.
Each Of the visiting teams went on
tour either before or after the tourna-
ment. They plowed up the ground
they covered. winning against our local
teams in North, South, East and West,
but they left new growth Of interest
and . fresh example Of good play In
the burrows behind them.
Eleven American players made up .
national team that was above the
class Of our preceding national units.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
YEAR FINEST EVER
FOR BASKET BALL
Teams Increase, Gates Are
Bigger, Spot on Olympic
Program Gained.

IF FOR no other reason than they
saw victory reward their long
fight to make the game an ON
L cial Olympic sport, basket balls
leaders and missionaries will earmark
1886 in their records as an epoch OF
unusual importance and brilliance.
But there were many other ele-
ments that contributed to making the
year memorable to devotees Of the
pastime DR.. James Naismith invented
As years ago.
The steady growth Of the game In
ternationally IS well as within the
borders of its home country contin-
ued without abatement. More persons
played 1t in schools, colleges, clubs,
settlement houses, community centers
and out in the open. More persons
watched 1t being played.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
LOOK TO DOUBLE BILL

Maryland's first double header in
basket ball and boxing will bring two
Southern Conference rivals to College
Park on January Is.
DUKE will provide the opening num-
ber on the court. and Richmond will
oppose In the finale in the ring.
Z The Terps repelled Dukes invasion
last year, 80 to 81, but did not meet
Richmond n boxing In 1896.
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GOOD AT BLOCKING KICKS.

AUBURN. Ala. GN.-Kicks were
blocked IN six Of the 10 games
Auburn's Tigers played this season.
They we're in contests with Birmins-
ham, Southern, Tulane, Tennessee.
Detroit. Georgia and Georgia Tech.
rouchdowns were scored On three Of
khs aneaxod boofA
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W. c. c. PADDLERS LEAD
Retains Team Honors In National
Championship Meet.

It's admission to the ranks of full
Olympic competition sport for the first
time lent special significance to the
year 1885 in canoeing. The United
States qualified full team Of 10 pad
dlers and was represented in each Of
the seven events at Gruenau
Ernie Riedel Of the Pendleton Canoe
Club Of New York, for many years the
national champion. registered the best
American performance-a third place
in the one-man double-blade race over
the 10000 meters course. Walter Has,
enfus Of the Needham, Mass, Canoe
Club placed fifth In the one-man sin
gle-blade test, which went to the Ca
madam entry, Frank Amyot.
Washington Canoe Club successfully
defended its team title in the national
padding championship regatta on
Lake Sebaso. leading the rest Of the
American Canoe Association clubs by
an overwhelming point margin.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
HUSK|ES HANG Up
GREAT OAR MARK
Duplicate Cornell Record
Of Winning Three Races
of College Meet.
! ARSMEN Of the University Of
Washington ruled the college
J rowing circles, making .
clean sweep of the Pough-

Washington ruled the college
Y rowing circles, making .
~ clean sweep Of the Pough-
keepsie regatta. varsity. junior varsity
and freshman events, and continuing
their superior oarsmanship to win the
olympic title ut the Olympic regatta
at Kiel. The Huskies, stroked by Don
Hume and coached by Al Ulbrickson.
rowed themselves into . remarkable
racing machine. In oil major races
the eight invariably got . slow start
and came from behind to win.
Coaches have been saying for years
that no individual coaching system
ever again would be able to make a
clean sweep Of the three races at the
intercollegiate regatta on the Hud-
son as Courtney had done with Cornell
crews in. the rowing past. But WASH
tngton performed the feat last Sum-
mer. winning the three events from .
good field.
With q remarkable finish drive,
Washington beat out California on the
Hudson, with Navy, Columbia, Cornell,
pennsylvania and Syracuse finishing
in order. The Huskies won the Junior
varsity race. leaving Navy, Cornell, CO.
lumbia and Syracuse in its wake. re-
spectively. Washington beat out Cali
fornia In the freshman race. with
Navy. Cornell, Syracuse and Columbia
trailing.
Late Sprint Beats Italy.
THE victory Of the washington oars
men in the Olympics was even
more remarkable. Trailing for more
than half the 2.000-meter distance and
having decided disadvantage in q
slow outside lane, the Huskies put on
one OF their fiery sprints and nosed
out the Italian crew by half q decks
length. Germany was third. Wash.
ington's victory was all the more neri.
torious because Hume, the stroke oar.
and several other Washington sweep
swingers were not In top physical con.
dttion because Of colds.
Harvard ended Yale's string of VIC
tories at New London. defeating the
Blue by 51a lengths. Harvard also
won the freshman event, Yale's only
victory Of the regatta coming in the
Junior varsity race.
Two important coaching assign
ments were made ut the close of the
season, Harvard dropping Charley
Whiteside and engaging Tom Bolles,
who had coached the Washington
freshmen for several seasons.
Jim Wray, the veteran coach at
Cornell. was dropped as another
Washington coach, Franklin Sanford
was engaged to fill his place.
Navy Gains Adams Cup.
THE East had one OF its best short
race seasons. and each one of the
cup events provided close competition
Pennsylvania two-year-old string OF
sprinting victories came to an end
when Navy defeated the Red and Blue
in the Adams Cup event.
Pennsylvania retained its hold on
the Childs Cup. defeating Princeton
and Columbia. The Quakers also took
the Blackwell Cup race, defeating Yale
and Columbia.
Princeton won the Compton Cup in
the race against Harvard and M. I. T.,
and the Carnegie Cup was won by
Cornell, with Princeton second and
Yale last.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
RUGBY SHOWS GROWTH
Princeton Takes College Honors
Third Straight Time.

Rugby continued to make new
friends and increase in popularity in
this country during the last season.
Although there were no foreign in
vaders from Europe, two teams from
Canada came down to New York to
battle with local fifteens.
Princeton retained its mythical
eastern collegiate title for the third
successive year and also showed q
marked supremacy over the club teams
In this sector.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
HEADLEY is VERSATILE
May Have to Leave Terp Tossers
to Join Track Squad.

Coleman Headley, foot ball and
track star and holder Of the southern
Conference mile title. now is on tha
Maryland varsity basket ball squad.
He is capable guard, but may
have to leave the tossers to get bach
to his track activities, as the Terp
sre entered In several big tndoo
.nnnGAg
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SOCCER INVADERS STIR
Team From Palestine Helps Make
Season One of Best.

Enhvened by the visit Of the Mac
champions Of Palestine. the
years soccer activities compared IA
vorably with those years when the
game made its greatest strides.
The United Foot Ball Association
was represented by . team at the
Olympics in Berlin, but was elm
mated in the first round by Italy,
victor over Austria in the final.
The National Challenge Cup COM
petition conducted by the governing
body was won by the Philadelphia
Germans. who, after q "a tie at st.
Louis, defeated the st. Louis Sham
rocks at Philadelphia. 3 to o. The
first Germans OF Brooklyn won the
National Amateur Cup by defeating
Castle Shannon of Pittsburgh, 2 to ],
In the final.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
BY r. r. TAYNTON.


- for himself b more enviable
reputation than any man In
10 the dog show experimenting
business. Starting from scratch 10
years ago, he built up an organization
and . reputation which allowed him
to turn down as much business in the
tenth year Of his superintendency as
most other organizations Of this sort
get tn the course Of IL months. His
recent announcement. therefore. comes
as q great surprise to his many friends.
Leach Is quitting the lucrative busi-
ness Of experimenting dog shows in
order to enter the precarious field Of
kennel publications.
And moreover, he proposes 70
maintain . monthly magazine
with . free circulation and
make money at It!
In 1897 he will accept Just enough
experimenting assignments to get the
magazine on its financial feet, after
that he will devote his whole time to
it. Leach started publication of the
Kennel Club News early in 1896. Dif-
Evening star., 1936-12-27
Attendance Records Climb.

A TENDANCE records climbed IN
all sections of the United States.
The high spot in this regard was the
turnout of 100000 spectators for
the 10 intercollegiate headers
played in New Yorks Madison Square
Garden.
It Is estimated by DR.. Forest G.
Allen of the University Of Kansas,
one Of basket balls most ardent and
articulate apostles, that some 10000
900 girls. boys, men and women are
playing the game everywhere in the
world where court space can be found
and baskets erected. No one has dared
to guess the spectator accompaniment
to this astounding activity.
At any rate, there can be no dis
putin the fact that in the United
States, e least, more persons play and
watch basket ball than any other
indoor form Of Winter competitive
sport.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

w was kept In enforced idleness by
an attack of arthritis. which caused q
postponement Of his championship
duel with Schmeling, the kingpins Of
the other classes were active through
out.
The year saw the dethronement Of
the popular Tony Canzoneri as cham
pion Of the lightweights and the rise
of Lou Ambers to the top rung of the
l35-pound division.
A new American middleweight
champion was crowned when Freddie
Steele OF Seattle. Wash. decisively de-
feated Babe Risko, who had knocked
out Teddy Yarosz Of Pittsburgh the
year before.
New faces also bobbed I'D IN the
always-muddled featherweight divi-
sion. Petey Sarron, from Birmins-
ham. won the National Boxing Associ-
alton title from the veteran Freddy
Miller Of Cincinnati. A little later
Mike Belloise won an elimination
tournament and was crowned king In
New York State. Henry Armstrong, q
Negro. then defeated Belloise to be-
come the recognized champion In
California.
Boxing Prospers Everywhere. d,
SIXTO ESCOBAR of Puerto Rico,
recognized as the American ban
tamweight king. went on to win the
world title by stopping Tony Marine
OF Pittsburgh, who previously had
beaten -1althazar Cangchih Of Spain
hantamweight king Of the Interna-
tional Boxing Union.
The other champions retained their
laurels. although John Henry Lewis,
the light-heavyweight ruler, went to
London to risk his against Len Har-
vey in . bout which the American
won hands down.
That the boxing revival was world
wide Is indicated by the fact that
England enjoyed its best year since
the war and that several American
fighters found rich pickings in tours
Of foreign countries.
Besides Lewis London invasion
Freddy Miller drew both crowds ant
dollars in his wanderings abroad and
Petey Sarron. his successor, now il
cashing in in Australia, with fai
purses promised in England on the
way home.
Like Dempsey Era.
THE year produced Q number oi
heavy hitters reminiscent Of the
Dempsey era. including Gunner Bar.
lund the Finn, Freddy Steele, Harry
Balsamo, q new middleweight threat
and Fred Apostoli. It saw the re.
opening Of many fight clubs closed
since the depression. Records Of box.
ing commissions from coast to coas,
indicate more shows were staged thar
in any year since 1929.
On the other side Of the ledger, five
figures closely identified with the
sport passed on.
Tom O'Rourke, formerly an ace
manager and dean Of New York ON.
cials, died from q heart attack at the
Louis-Schmeling fight in New Yorl
City. Joe Humphreys, famous as ar
announcer. died after q long illness
and Billy Papke, Jim Clabby anc
Packy Mcfarland. all famous as mid.
dleweights in their day. answered theil
last bell.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
ANDREW NURMi DIES
Takoma Park Resident Was Rela-
tive of World-Tamous Runner.

Special Dispatch. to. The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md, December 26.
Andrew Guspa Nurmi, So, . distant
relative of the world-famous Finnish
runner, Paavo Nurmi, died Wednesday
in Garfield Hospital. He lived here at
l02 Hancock avenue. The deceased
was buried in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
A native Of Finland, Nurmi. car
penter, was born in February. 1878.
He had resided In Takoma Park for
more than 40 years and is survived by
his wife. Marie 8. Nurmi. He was Q
member Of the Odd Fellows and Mao
ahees.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
SANDBACH TIGERS BEST
Princeton Athlete Star on Grid,
Diamond and in Basket Ball.

S1aAASAo 0AAo AAA Do6AAOS AS&AAs
PRINCETON, N. j.. December 26
R.-For the second year In success
sion, Ken Sandbach Of Jersey City
ranks as the outstanding athlete at
Princeton.
As in 1895, he won letters in three
major sports, foot ball, base ball and
basket ball, during 1885, and was .
star performer In each.
Varsity Quarterback with the Tiger
eleven, he now is with the all-East
squad which win meet the West in
the annual intersectionL game In
California New Year day.
When he returns, he is expected to
Join the basket bali squad and then
conclude his career with the base ball
team In the Spring. He win trad
uA4o h Jslno.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
VETERAN R|NGMAN
STILL TOUGH FOE.
Meets $50 Fighters in IA
Years and Never Has
Been Kayoed.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.


TINE potency Of Lou oevinson's
paws, 50 authoritative that the
mere breeze Of Q southpaw
swing fioored . jittery foe in
the Jewish scrapper's last appearance,
will be tested to . greater degree to-
morrow night at Turner's Arena when
Joe Temes, . veteran Of nearly $50
lights, provides the opposition IN an
eight-round feature bout.
Temss figures to serve as somewhat
Of Q barometer in the analysis OF Louis
fistic ability at this early stage Of
Gevinson's professional ring career.
In this, his third start in moneyed cir
cles, washington's youthful feather
weight hope will seek to regain the
prestige that vanished 80 rapidly sew
eral weeks ago when he waved men,
acing glove In one Benny Wittler's face
and Benny obliged by slumping to
the canvas.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
CridirOn Season Is Thriller:
Minnesota Again Ranked MOL
In a. p. Poll Despite Beating
BY HERBERT BARKER.

n YEW YORK R1.-Whip your
nj memory. thumb the record
| books, consult the "ancients Of
the ganae"-the betting still u
even money you'll not find . more ex-
citing foot ball campaign than the
one Just laid away in moth balls.
Starting with Minnesota's Reptem-
Der invasion Of the Far West to trim
Washington's Huskies, through the
late October date when the apparently
invincible 0ophers met their Waterloo
In the mud at Evanston, down to .
bitterly cold December Saturday when
. frightened rabbit, dashing 30 yards
to q touchdown" provided q record
crowd Of 100000 ut the Army-Navy
game with the biggest laugh Of the
year, the 1896 season rolled along its
tortuous course in such. dizzy fashion
that the experts finally tossed in the
sponge and resorted to the blindfold
test as the only logical method Of Sc
lecting winners.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
BOWEN BASKET LEADER
Tulsa Star Captain Of Three
CUNTS in Court Career.

TULSA, Okla. R.-Bossing basket
ball teams Is old stun to Capt. Carl
Bowen, Tulsa University senior guard.
He's leading his third quintet.
Carl piloted his junior high school
team to . city championship. He led
the Tulsa Central High Braves to 3
State title.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
Pot-Shot Review.
HIGHLIGHTS Of the season other

HIGHIGHTs Of the season other
wise:
Larry Kelley's soccer kick" Of q
free ball that enabled Yale to beat
Navy. u. . The same all America
ends magnificent catching of passes
tossed by all-America Quarterback
Clint Frank. The upset cham
pion. Duquesne. which whipped Pitt
and Marquette and was itself upset by
West Virginia Wesleyan as well as De-
troit. Yale's 1928 conquest of
Princeton after trailing 1910. {.
Baylor's 2l.point fourth-period rally
after Texas led. 1870.
The furore that followed Pitts Sc
lection as Washington's Rose Bowl
opponent In view of the Panthers'
previous Rose Bowl record: Three
games lost, total points, 20. against
80 for the opposition Princeton's
request that Palmer Stadium be no
mans land as far as drinking was
concerned Harvard's feat in tying
Princeton. 14-14. and holding Yale to
. 1913 count after . dismal start.
Fordham making one first down
against Southern Methodist and win
ming on an intercepted pass Andy
Uram taking q lateral from Wilkinson
and dashing umpteen yards for the
Minnesota touchdown that beat Ne
braska in the last two minutes of
play Tom Harps long runback of
q punt that forced Duke to accept de.
feat by Tennessee and ruined an
otherwise perfect season for the Blue
Devils.
The extraordinary ballyhoo which
preceded st. Mary's Gaels' unsuccess-
full invasion Of the East and Midwest
=. Fordham's seven blocks Of granite
pretty well Clipped away by Georgia
and New York University That
1920 tie between Indiana and Purdue
after q scoreless first half The
East's remarkable comeback in inter-
sectional games Marshall Gold
berg when Pitt walloped Notre Dame
and Nebraska Wisconsin complet-
ing 10 Of 81 passes against Northwest
ern Cornell's comeback under Carl
Snavely Ditto Wisconsin under
Harry stuhldreher Biggest dis
appointments: North Carolina State,
Texas, Princeton, California and
50 on, far into the night.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
CROWN MONOPOLY
AT DUKE, CAROLINA
Two Colleges Defend All
Except Three Titles in
Southern Loop.
By the Associated Press.

0y INC hkbOClAteo FTtoes
~ ICHMOND, Va. December 2e.
- The New Year will find
Duke and North Carolina as
- ' the defending champions in
all but three Southern Conference
sports.
The Blue Devils annexed the big
gest 1886 plum, the foot ball title,
for the second consecutive time. No
circuit member was able to threaten
seriously Wallace Wade's gridmen as
they moved down seven opponents.
with 1870 scores in the Davidson and
N. c. State games the narrowest mar
gins Of victory.
North Carolina. defeated only by
Duke, took rlnner-up honors for .
second year.
The Dukes also captured the golf
and outdoor and indoor track cham
pionships North Carolinas trophies
included basket ball, tennis and cross
country.
Virginia Boxers Supreme.
WASHINGTON AND LEE won the
" wrestling and swimming titles,
while Virginia copped the boxing
crown for the sixth straight time.
The conference voted at its recent
meeting here to abandon the wres-
tling tournament. held at Lexington
for the last few years. The Old Do
minion practically Is certain to lose
the boxing honors with the with
drawal of the Cavaliers from the
conference.
The ring event next year will be
held at College Park, Nd. with
Maryland. Duke and North Carolina
squads appearing on a basis of pre-
season Information to be the major
contenders for the mantle discarded
by Coach Johnny Larowe's Virgin
ians. Duke took second place in last
years tourney at Charlottesville.
Cliff Perry, crack Duke golfer, took
the individual honors in the 1885
meet at Hot Springs, Va. Ramsey
Potts, ace OF North Carolina's un-
defeated tennis team, won the singles
trophy and teamed with Eddie Fuller
for the doubles crown.
Duke Scores on Track.
CECOND only to Dukes marked
- superiority over the rest of the
conference brethren on the gridiron
was the Blue Devils sweeping track
triumphs. In the outdoor event,
Duke runners and field men doubled
the points scored by second-place
North Carolina, defending cham
pions.
The closest competition for su-
premacy came on the basket bail
court where Phantoms of Chapel
Hill nosed out Washington and Lees
lanky Generals. 50-45, in q thrilling
climax to the annual Raleigh tourna-
ment.
The conference does not ofhcially
recognize base ball pennant winner.
but Maryland's Old Liners turned in
the best record against member mines.