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Evening star., 1937-01-04
Term S NOT GVEN;;'
BUDD Y IS SATISFIED.
Biz YeaI for Compromises
Seen as Club Sends
Out Its Contracts.
BY DE NMAN THOMPSON.

Sports Editor Of The Star.
THIS promises to be the big year
for compromises on contracts
SO far as the Nationals are
L concerned, with the first OF
the annual official agreements going
forward from Griff's Office starting this
morning.
But it was revealed by the prexy
today that the opening shot really was
fred one da y last week when Charles
Solomon My er, 1885 American League
batting champ and all-Amerlca mop
of 1885, prior to his departure for the
old homestead in that dear Ellisville,
Miss, with Minna and the newborn,
approached iriff with:
well, Gritf. the wife and kiddy, as
well as your rs truly, all are in fine
shape and we're about to shove OIL TO
hum. but before going I'd like to get
straightened out for next season.
81 realize I let you down last Sum-
tner and by missing a great majority
of the games failed to earn my salary.
"I don't know what you think l
thould be able to earn this year .s ous
af feel swell now, and as Minna ana
! the bebby are feeling oltto' iole v"
be the Buddy OF old.
"You know how it Is with one nlofe
IN the family as far as income and
o,,too are concerned, but under the
circumstances I'm leaving everything
M to YOU, so whatever you say will be
all right with me-"
Evening star., 1937-01-04
FRIDAY.
Basket Ball.

Basket Ball.
Loyola VS.. Southeastern, 2. M. G
A.. 8.
Maryland vs.. washington-Lee,
Lexington, Va.
American University VS.. Lynch
burg College, Lynchburg. Va.
Gallaudet VS.. Towson Normal.
Towson, Md.
Central VS.. Eastern, Tech gym
nasium public high title game).
3:15.
Woodrow Wilson VS.. Western,
Tech gymnasium public high title
game), AIS.
Roosevelt vs.. Maryland Frosh.
Ritchie Coliseum, College Park.
Md, 4.
Bethesda Chevy Chase vs.. Briarly
Military Academy, Briarly, Va.
Montgomery Blair vs.. Washing
ton-Lee High. Ballston, Va. G.
SATURDAY.
Basket Bah.
George Washington vs.. st. Johns
Of Brooklyn, Tech gymnasium, 8.
G. w. Frosh vs.. Drexel Ffosh.
Tech gymnasium, Z.
Eon vs.. Southeastern, Y. NJ. 9.
A., 8.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Vines Sees Opening.

THE Briton also has shown an in
clination to hurry his shots when
an opponent persistently rushes the
net. It's unlikely Vines has missed
noticing that and he is expected to
attack vigorously, rather than try to
match strokes with Perry from the
baseline
One Of the largest tennis gates" on
record is expected. The show will be
completed by doubles encounter IN
which Perry will team with George
Lott against Vines and the veteran
Tilden. The Garden has been scaled
to net $50, 400 and q capacity crowd is
expected.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
TILT
HAS TITLE ANGLE
Deemed Closest Approach
to Championship Match
Since Pro Boom.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, January 4.-Fred
Perry Of England, who was
/ rated the No. amateur tennis
player of the world when he
capitulated to the lure Of playing for
cash q few weeks ago, and Ellsworth
Vines, top-ranking professional, will
clash in Madison Square Gardens We'd
nesday night in the nearest approach
to . world championship match since
the pro game began swapping up the
simon pure stars.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

Inwood Smith, Ohio State guard,
is after 0 West Point appoint
merit Jack Dempsey has had
the radio technicians tearing their
hair for q year . e. HIS voice Is
pitched high and they say he
sounds like q sissy.
Note to prospective skiiers: It's
best to be going around 90 miles an
hour when you take on . high
Jump.
Add SMILES: About as popular
as Joe Cambria in Albany.
The Santa Clara foot ball players
were named the "Broncos" BY .
professor, who explained that .
bronco can buck end hck, = fast
Evening star., 1937-01-04
ng lands Tax Makes Perry Prefer Living in U. S


in the open and extremely cou-
rageous.
Society note: Mrs. Dizzy Deans
only extravaganza Is slot machines
.. England's one-time King Ed
ward VIII had planned to hire an
American pro for the famed Sun
ningdale Golf Club next year.
Don Carrick. former Canadian
amateur golf champion, is one OF
the brilliant young liberals in
Canadian politics.
Chick Werner, Penn State track
coach, Is being mentioned as q
possible successor to Don Seaton
at Illinois .. Purdue Is trying for
It's fourth successive share Of the
8ie Ten haalIet hall crown.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Perry and Vines ut Peak.

THE pro-amateur argument has
= ragged ever since Bill Tilden, then
past his peak as an amateur. turned
pro and developed his game to q higher
pitch than ever. BY the time Vines
Joined the play-for-pa ranks, Big Bill
was on the downgrade again. Perry,
however. established himself at the
peak, before he made the pro jump,
while Vines never has been better.
Wednesdays match at the Garden
and the series to follow on Nation
wide tour should 60 long way toward
settling the dispute. The weight OF
expert opinion seems to rest with Vines,
who has had q few years experience
with indoor courts.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
SOCCER FLAG RACE
NOW IS SCRAMBLE
Four Teams Bunched as Sun
Radio Loses First Game
in Several Seasons.

IT'S 1eague-leading eleven defeated
for the first time in several sea-
sons, the Recreation Soccer League
became a four-team race today as
perennial also rams hailed the Heurich
Brewers as saviors from what was be-
coming the tyranny Of the Sun Radio.
BY nosing out the Radio booters, 2-1,
the Brewers not only assumed the
leadership of the eight-team loop. but
at the same time set the stage for two
crucial games next Sunday in which
the only four winning teams Of the
league will clash.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
pROMINENTLY discussed were

PROMINENTLY discussed were
Howard Jones Of Southern Cali
fornia. who gave Iowa Big Ten cham
pionships in 1921 and 1922: Frank
Thomas, coach of Alabama's Crimson
Tide: Gus Dorais of Detroit University,
Charles Bachman of Michigan State,
Jim Kelley Of De Paul. Marchmont
Schwartz of Creighton, and John
(Clipper) Smith Of Duquesne.
If iowa should decide to take one
of its own. a possible selection would
be Aubrey Devine, former Hawkeye
All-America quarterback under Jones
and now scout at Southern California.
One alumni faction was known to be
boosting Devine to head a stah of all
Iowa men.
Should the board decide to obtain
two men to assume the foot ball Job
and athletic dictatorship. both held
by Solem, it was considered possible
Moray Eby. veteran Coe director and
former Iowa star, would be approached
concerning the supervisory office.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Grift Hits Hot Iron.

Cxx7HEREUF ON Griff, who knew In
wv advance that's the way 1t would
he ANYHOW. regardless Of whether
buddy generously agreed to take what
ever was of cred him, exhibited his
surprise by fishing an already filled
mt contract from a desk drawer. had
6 Buddy's signature witnessed os ~ a
stooee hanging around for just that
purpose and the Myerses we're on
| their vay to Dixie. with mutually
r.tisfied'-ard d no specific figures
nnentioned-the only comment on the
sncident. exc ept that Griff sees no
reason why Buddy should not be as
GOOD as ever this year, unless he also
suffers from growing pains" as q
corollarv of the devastating pre-junior
Fullv expedts Buddy to be his regu-
LAT second baseman throughout l9o -
Although admitting the young man
will have to rate his pace in training,
starting with the first squad at Or
1ando. Fla. March (by special re-
ouest of Myer. otherwise it would have
toeen an orde+).
Evening star., 1937-01-04
ROCHE RITES TOMORROW.

Funeral services for Ed Roche, prom
inent local sports figure, who died yes
terday morning at his home, 1915 Otis
street northeast, following a paralytic
stroke, will be held tomorrow at Holy
Name Church. Roche boxed exhibi-
ton bouts with Dom McCaffrey and
Jim Fitzsimmons here in the sos.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
BY sc OTTY RESTON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

e. !: T.: :: =: -: 4: !: 4: !:
more at horn he here than in Eng
land What he means is that
he won't ha We to pay income tax
both to England and the United
States after the papers clear
Ellsworth Vines made $4,000 In
England last year and says he had
to pay % per cent of it in taxes
before he got out.
The late Will Rogers sons. viii,
r., and Jinrhy, are developing into
top.notch polo stars . /. Max Han
Evening star., 1937-01-04
INCREAs| E RACE PURSES.

BALTIMORE, January (R.-
Pimlico race track will increase its
daily total purses by S2,460 during
the Spring m Getting, April 20 through
May IS. Pur ses will average s12, $3.50
Q day. as co impaired with s9,920 for
the meeting last Spring.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
HAWKEYES SEARCH.
FOR GRID MENTOR
Many Possible Candidates
Seen for Job Left by
SoIem's Switch.

IOWA CITY, Iowa. January 4 R.-
For the second time in six years
the University of Iowa was looking
4 for foot ball coach today. The
Athletic Board will meet either to-
morrow or Wednesday for preliminary
discussion concerning Ossie Solem's
successor.
Top flight coaches in all parts Of
the country and lesser lights just max
ing names In the foot ball world were
suggested as possible candidates to
succeed the man who accepted three
year contract at Syracuse University
Saturday.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
BY FORD FRICK,
President, the National League.

NEW YORK, January AUST now
I was thumbing over the cards rep
resenting new players added to the
rosters Of our eight National League
clubs. venture the prediction that
our league, in its sixty-second sea-
son of championship competition, will
present younger average age in its
teams regular line-ups than has been
the case for many years.
And that suits me. The National
League had its sixtieth birthday last
February and We celebrated the an
niversary with a series OF 1876 ball
games in each of our eight ball parks.
The issuing Of lifetime passes the
year before and the old-timer re-.
unions held in connection with each
Of the birthday parties revived in
healthy fashion the traditional back.
ground Of base ball. But I noticed
one very significant thing in attend.
ing our anniversary games. Namely,
none Of the grown-ups, not even the
old-timers themselves, seemed to be
enjoying the OCCASION as much as the
kids enjoyed it.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
By GRANTLAND RICE.

OS ANGELES, CaIf., JANUARY
A Pittsburgh team that
l scored As points against Notre
- Dame and Nebraska. two of the
seasons best, added 81 more points
against Washington to prove its place
as the top team of the Nation when
it comes to scoring power and flnesse
combined.
Il told you" Jock Sutherland said
after the game. that our boys like
to keep that ball and carry it some
Evening star., 1937-01-04
lyer Gr Sign for 81 Senior Loop Dru,us Youth
Pro Hockey
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
National League.
Montreal Maroons. 8; Chicago. 1.
Montreal Canadiens. 4; New York
Americans, 2.
Boston, 8: New York Rangers, 2.
Detroit, 4; Toronto. 2.
International American League.
New Haven, 8; Cleveland. z.
Syracuse, 4; Pittsburgh. 0.
Philadelphia, Q; Providence. 2 (tie).
American Association.
st. Paul, 1; Minneapolis, (tie).
Wichita, 3; st. Louis, /.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

where. Other teams may like to throw
the ball around. That's all right.
I'VE like to keep possession as long
as we can. I wouldn't lay quite so
much stress on power. We Simply
bank upon a running game and all
that running game needs-which is
quick, aggressive charging, hard block
ing and some good ball carriers who
can locate an opening and keep on
their feet.
"YOu know how much we
stress blocking, and I think We
gave the crowd = pretty fair
exhibition In this last Rose Bowl
game.
II liked the work Of the ends es-
pecially. I think I told you before
that Daddio was really fine end.
He has been all year. Hoffman and
Souchek are right along with him.
When you have two high-class ends
and two fine tackles on the Job, you
are pretty sure to be in the foot ball
game"
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Don't Overlook r. C. u.

pTTT'S 21-point margin over Wash
= ington and Santa Clara's victory
over L. S. U. completed one of the
most cock-eyed, .daffy foot ball sea-
sons of many years. L. S. U. had been
rated by well-known coaches as being
two touchdowns better than any team
in the South or Southwest. Yet the
Louisiana entry fell before the team
that fell before T. c. U.
Which reminds us that r. C.
o., plus Sammy Baugh, must
be rated with the headliners Of
the old and new year.
It wound up fine season by trim
ming Santa Clara and Marquette,
coming down the closing stretch like
a double derby winner after 13 tough
Evening star., 1937-01-04

mum, publicity director at Car
negie Tech, completely ignores
Carnegie Techs basket ball coach
.. Reason is Hannum's also the
basket ball coach.
Jack Vance, Northwestern's back
field coach. developed Clint Frank
of Yale, Sam Whiteside, Chicagos
1886 center and captain; Frank
Case, Navy regular: Harmon Meigs,
captain-elect of Chicago: Ben Sny-
der, captain-elect at Lafayette. and
Don Heap, Northwestern captain-
elect They all played for him
several years ago at Evanston. ILL.,.
High Connie Mack says he ex-
poets great things Of Moses next
year %. Get IT.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
F0RESEE SWEETER
SUGAR BOWL IN '@
New Orleans Sponsors Plan
for 10000 Throng Grid
Tilt Pays $121,O00.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW ORLEANS. January A.
M Sponsors of the Sugar Bowl
" Sports Festival, cheered by
4 the record success of the pro-
gram Just concluded, looked ahead
today to a still better Winter show.
We had the best year in history"
said Warren v. Miller, member of the
directing committee Of the Mid
winter Sports Association, sponsor Of
the 3-year-old event. 1T shows
our festival Is growing bigger every
year."
Miller indicated plans would be
pressed for q new stadium to seat
70 900 persons in an effort to have 1t
ready for the 1888 foot ball game.
Heretofore the contest has been played
in Tulane's stadium. which seats only
about 10000.
Not Worried About N. c. A. A.
MILLER said the association was
AVA undisturbed by the National
Collegiate Athletic Associations dis
approval of post-season foot ball
games.
THE coahes talk one way, but the
conferences are run by the athletic
departments of the colleges" he said.
The sports program. featuring track.
tennis, basket ball. boxing, a regatta
and rowing races. was climaxed by the
New Year day foot ball game between
unbeaten Louisiana State and once
beaten Santa Clara. Santa Clara
won, 2l-14.
$4,000 for Each Team.
THE committee said unofficial fig
ures showed 41,0o0 persons paid
about S121,000 to see the game, Of
which each team would receive ap-
proximately $4,000.
The festival ended yesterday with
the regatta at the Southern Yacht
Club and rowing race.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Looking Ahead.

You can say right here that this
Panther team will be one of the
best of the year now breaking into
print-meaning 1887. Daddio, Gold
berg, Hoffman and a flock of others
who looked so good to $1,000 West
Coast spectators are sophomores. The
Pitt team of next Fall should be even
better than the Panther outfit Of 1886,
and that was pretty fair working
ball club.
"IIl admit" Jimmy Phelan said
later, that Pitt was much stronger
than I thought it could be.
ut was . better team than
Minnesota, much the best
team We met all year.
"It had ont Of the best all-around
running attacks I've looked at-an at
tack that had q combination Of drive
and smoothness and smartness, car
ried along by extremely fine block
ing. Here was a mixture Of high
class coaching and high-class material.
Pitt was q team Of both quality and
quantity. It was q really high-class
squad with requirements almost up to
the first-string standard. You sell
dom see a running attack that can
carry the ball 1870 yards for two touch
downs in two unbroken drives. That's
something to look at-eyen when your
own team can't stop 1t.
forward passing Is too often hit
or miss-click or don't click. There's
no hit or miss about an offense that
can take that ball and carry it up
and down the held-on across the
Uns-without beang stopped. I'm Just
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Game Played in Mud.

A PASS to Sienuta by Shelton, who
had broken loose for a long run,
accounted for the Brewers winning
margin in the closing minutes Of play
yesterday after the first half had
ended, IL. Pools Of water all over
the field made the Heurich-Sun game
one Of the muddiest played here in
some time.
Marlboro's retention of its contend
ing position resulted from a near
record score against Silver Spring.
which it walloped 1871. while German
Sport Club maintained its place near
the top of the heap with an 80 white
wash of Georges Radio. The Demo-
Gratis failed to move from the cellar
despite receipts of forfeit from the
Italian-Americans.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
AGE AVERAGE LOW
FOR 1887 PLAYERS
Prexy, Proud Of '36 Season,
Looks for Greater Boom
in Next Campaign.

(Thts Is the first In a series Of
stories wrttten especially for the
Associated Press by outstanding
leaders IN sport. They deal nth
the Developments OF 1886 and the
prospects for 1887
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Heurich's Lead Is Slim.

HEURICH'S today holds one-point
- lead over Sun Radio, in second
place. while the German Sport Club
and Marlboro each have one less than
the Radio outfit Next Sunday the
Brewers clash with German Sport
Club. at Monument Field No. 2. while
Sun Radio attempts to regain the lead
in a game with Marlboro.
Heurich's and Sun have won eight
games each and lost one, German
Sport Club has won seven and lost one
and Marlboro has taken eight and
dropped three. Heurich's and German
Sport Club have been tied twice, Sun
Radio once and Marlboro not at all.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Pitt Wears No Crepe.

IN THE meanwhile, q Pittsburgh
team will head back East minus
any touch Of crepe. With 80 points
against IA scored against them in their
last two appearances, they return
home with a Huskie pelt that really
means something-the star team Of
the Far West.
There Is no national cham
pion now, but Pitt at least is
king of the East and the Far
West-with ~ good . claim to
all-around supremacy - any
one else can show.
And maybe just little better.
(Copyrisht. 1887. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. IneJ
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Proud Of Hubbell's Work.

PAAl6 IAiC CdA4ANo-A deC va dOI0
when the official figures were tailed.
Carl had led in earned runs before,
of course, but in '36 he was leader in
the won and lost percentages. too, Q
fitting tribute to his great year. with
its winning streak of is straight the
longest streak in our league since Rube
Marquard's l9 straight in 1912. and
as long a streak as any American
League pitcher has ever had.
In our interleague competitions We
had our share of laurels. in the Spring
exhibition games National League
teams defeated American League
teams IS times, against 40 games that
went the other way.
At Boston in July the National
League team won the annual all-star
game. The major interleague classic
of the year, the world series. went the
other way, but I was proud Of the
Giants for the great battle they put
up against the Yankees.
Ny chief feeling in looking for
ward to 1887 is enthusiasm, for the
National League and base ball. as .
whole, first, of course. because it's
closest to me.
But more than that, the evidence
of the 1886 base ball season. the fact
that the world series attendance and
receipts, per game, exceeded that Of
the best previous year in base ball
history, means to me that not only
base ball, but the United States as
whole. is entering into year of re-
newed national health and prosperity.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Boy oa- BOY

games and a full share Of casualties
T. G. u, Sammy Baugh and Dutch
Meyer can take as many congratula.
tions under all conditions Is any team
Of the year.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Likes Accent on Youth.

60 IF we're younger out there on
the ball field in 81, we're Just as
much in line with the march of base
ball as We we're when We were re-.
living the annals of the past. Base
ball to grown-ups is fundamentally
the game We played in boyhood. So
why shouldn't the line-ups Of our
teams and the personnel in our grand.
stands emphasize the accent on
youth?
Our sixty-first pennant race had
plenty of high lights besides the ami
versary games. We had a great race.
with first the Cardinals setting the
pace and holding the whip hand week
after week, then the Cubs coming
along and vying neck and neck with
the Birds in early Summer. and then
the Giants launching their August
rampage which put them on top to
stay. 26 wins in % played, from July
81 to August %.
To the Giants. the year was splen-
did achievement, New Yorks four
teenth pennant in National League
history. tying the metropolis with
Chicago for first place in the all-time
contest of collecting National League
pennants. 1t was their second pen.
nant since Bill Terry took charge Of
the management in June. 1882. max
ing two pennants for Bill in his four
complete seasons as a major league
manager.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Today a year ago-Glenn Cum
ningham defeated Chuck Horn
bostel In 800-meter race at opening
Of indoor track season. Time, 1852.
Three years ago--Eddie Shore
cleared of blame for accident in
which Ace Bailey. Toronto hockey
star, seriously injured.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
THE SPORTZICHT
Pitt Proves Itself Nations Top Team
For Scoring Power, Finesse Combined.

as glad that I don't have Pitt on my
1887 schedule. Those Pitt ends are
almost a foot ball team. And. don't
forget, they were hoped up for this
game-flrst by their last two per-
formances and then by the charge
that We had ducked L. S. U. to bring
out weak Eastern team We knew that
We could beat. Well. there's one
thing some of them will have to take
back. We certainly didn't bring out
any set-up."
Better Than Minnesota.
T TALKED with Cotton Wilcox. one
= of the old Purdue stars, now an
assistant to Jimmy Phelan at Wash
ington. I asked him to compare
Pittsburgh and Minnesota. as. the
Huskies had met both teams.
Minnesota had more power"
he said, "but nothing like the
running attack Pittsburgh had
in the way of perfect timing.
Minnesota had a star back in
Uram, but Pitt had several Urams.
I'll have to say this Pitt team is much
the better all-around combination
we've seen this season. Its blocking
was no better than Minnesota-just
about the same-but it had more
smoothness in the running game and
much more deception in its attack
at least as they both played against
US"