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Evening star., 1937-12-19
NYLIC WOMEN LEAD
TABLE TENNIS LOOP
New Thursday Night League Is
Playing Under Sanction of
District T. 7. A.

A NEW table tennis league for
= women has been sanctioned by
the D. c. T. T. A. and now plays
every Thursday night at the Earle
Table Tennis Courts.
It Is known as the Women's Table
Tennis League and after the first
weeks play is led by the Nylic team
which won four out of its first five
matches.
Girls interested in joining should
be at the courts, 403 Eleventh street
NV, at 7 O'Clock Thursday or tele-
phone Mrs. Ferne johnson at National
4073. Mrs. johnson was elected the
president at the first meeting with
Helen Fisher as secretary and Mar
jorie Diem as treasurer.
Tho sfapdiYoS.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Y. MI. IS TOUGHEST
FOR TERPS ON GRID
Florida Next in Recent Season,
Maryland Votes-G. U. Men
on All-Foe Team.

By the Associated Press.
NfARYLAND'S varsity football
A'A team, which won of its 10
games, has voted Virginia Military
Institute, one of the teams Maryland
defeated, its toughest opponent.
Florida, also beaten by the Terps.
ranked next.
Two v. NJ I. players, Paul Shu, a
halfback, and Gray, at guard, drew
berths on Maryland's au-opponents
team. Glickman Of Syracuse. quar-
terback; Mayberry. Florida, halfback.
and Conel Of Penn, at fullback, made
up the rest Of the backfield.
The Terps voted Shuker of George
town as the other best" guard, Shinn
Of Penn and Koscis Of Florida in the
tackle berths; Enders, Penn State, CEN
ter, and Snyder, Georgetown, and
Iesh, Western Maryland, ends.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW YORK, Dec. 18..--It is now
Official that Ducky Medwick was MIR.
Bib among National League batters
for 1887.
The loops official averages came out
today and after putting the stamp of
approval on all those titles the Cardi-
nal Cannon won unofficially when the
season ended in October, they threw
in couple more, such as total bases
and at bats for good measure when
the statisticians finished figuring
If his swat sweep, which includes
the batting crown and honors for
runs batted in, doesn't eclipse any
monopoly the senior circuit ever has
seen, or that baseball as a whole has
enjoyed since Ty Cobb was doing the
big apple around the basepaths. then
the record books Just don't carry it.
Leading off with his .374 average
as No. batsman, Ducky was in front
OF the parade in just about every
thing except earned run averages
and if they'd given him a little time
to practice, he probably could have
done all right there, too.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
One Way to See
Rose Bowl Tilt
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEMBERS of House Military
Appropriations Subcommit-
tee plan to inspect Pasadena's Rose
Bowl and oddly on New Year Day
when Alabama and California meet
in football.
Representative Starnes of Ala
bama. member Of the group. said
they intended to inspect a number
of army posts on the West Coast
during the holidays as well as 9TH
ers en- route, including Fort Knox,
Ky.
We're going to try to sandwich
in an inspection of the Rose Bowl,
too he added, "the day my alma
mater whips California"
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Receives Seven Firsts.

DAVIS received seven first-place
votes from the % electors-the
10 conference head coaches, 10 off,
clals, Maj. John L. Griffith, Big Ten
athletic commissioner, Sports Editor
Arch Ward Of the Tribune, and Will
frid Smith of the Tribune sports staff.
He also received seven second place
votes to beat out Isbell, who had nine
frst choices, but only two second
place votes. Each first place counted
two points, with one for second.
Other winners of the trophy: 1924,
Red Grange, Illinois; 1925, Tim Lowry.
Northwestern; 1926, Benny Friedman.
Michigan; 1927, Ken Rouse. Chicago;
1929, Bill Glasgow, Iowa; 1880, Wesley
Fesler, Ohio State; 1881, Clarence
Mum. Minnesota; 1882, Harry New
man, Michigan; 1893, Joe Laws, Iowa f:
1884, Francis pug Lund, Minnesota; 4;
1895, Jay Berwanger, Chicago.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Cards Kids to Go to Spring School


Baseman Don Gutteridge, will be
among the pupils. Hickey will at
tempt to make Padgett into .
catcher and convert Gutteridge
into q shortstop to replace Leo
Durocher, traded to Brooklyn last
October.
"As for our minor league play
ers," he explained, I'VE have many
boys who need only to have certain
failings corrected to make them
definite major league prospects"
A limited number of players,
managers and coaches outside the
Cardinal system will be accepted
at the school, Hickey said. "a tut.
tion fee Of $50 will be charged.)
Evening star., 1937-12-19
CAPITAL RACKETERS
IN SECTIONAL GROUP
Election of D. C. Association to
Mid-Atlantie Effects 51S
Tennis PLAYERS Here.

THE District of Columbia Tennis
Association has been elected
member of the Middle Atlantic Asso-
citation. governing body of this sec
ton, it was announced last night.
Just completing the first year of
it's existence. the D. c. T. A. reported
a membership of 518 individuals,
grouped in six member organizations.
The Arrny-Navy Country Club, with
200, is the largest group member,
with the Women's Tennis League next
with 90. Columbia Country Club re-
ported 78 members with so being
found at the Edgemoor and Argyle
Country Clubs and the National Cap
ital Parks Association.
The association is planning to ex-
hibit five reels of film of the 1887
singles championship tournament at
its annual meeting in January at
which time officers will be elected.
recommendations for ranking OF
senior and junior players, men and
women, will be submitted at that time
by the ranking committee of Larry
Phillips, Felix Silva and Dorette Mil
Ter.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
DAVIS Of INDIANA
GETS GRID TROPHY
Held Most Valuable PLAYER
in Big Ten-IsbeII Is
Point Behind.
By the Associa Ted Pres

by IHe ASSOCla Tea Press.
~ HICAGO, Dec. 18-Corbett
Davis, Indiana University's
all-conference fullback, was
~ named tonight as the winner
of the Chicago Tribune's Big Ten
most valuable" player trophy by
the margin of one point over his
brilliant neighborhood rival, Cecil
Isbell of Purdue
The 200-pound Hoosier stars Sc
lection by vote of 81 to 20 over
Isbell gave Indiana the trophy for
the second straight year. Vernon Huff
man having won the honor last year.
Indian also became the first member
of the league to come up with the
winner three times, its first victor hav-
ing been Halfback Churck Bennett
in 1928
Davis margin over ISbell was the
closest in the l4-year history of the
award, full-size silver football. Don
Heap. Northwestern's star halfback,
was third in the voting, with Half
back Rudy Gmitro of Minnesota
fourth and Bob Lannon, Iowa end,
fifth. The other candidates were Ken
dali Petersen, Chicago; Jack Berner,
Illinois; Ralph Heikkinen, Michigan
Howard Weiss, Wisconsin, and Ralph
Wolf, Ohio State.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
SPLURGE BY WYNNE
WINS FOR HOWARD
Held Scoreless in First Half, Nets
IL Points in Second to Beat
Lynchburg "Y."

ers won their second victory of
the season last night, defeating the
Colored Y. M c. A. team Of Lynch
burg, Va, 54-42, in Howard gym
nasium.
After trailing, 21-17, at the half,
the Bisons knotted the count at 40-a]l
with five minutes to play.
At that point, Wynne. who had
been held scoreless in the first half,
broke through for - points and the
Bisons' margin of victory.
I.ine=lln.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

defects in the style of play of
promising youngsters and, thereby,
save as much as q years time In
their development into major
league stars.
For the first time in q number
of years. Hickey will desert his
front Office" and take active part
in the work on the field. He will
be the chief instructor Of the
school, which will be attended by
more than 100 promising players
in the st. Louis "chain gang" in
cluding some on the Cardinal club
itself.
Two Cardinal freslnen, Out
fielder Don Padgett pd Third
Evening star., 1937-12-19
READY FOR BOOM
IN BUSH LEAGUES
Minor Headquarters Looks
for Many Applications
for Class E Loops.
Ey the Associa ted Press.

~ URBAN, N. c., Dec. 10
Headquarters of baseball's
minor leagues, located here,
49, is preparing for the rush of
applications expected from class E
leagues following the holidays.
The new classification was author
lied at the recent minor league con-
vention in Milwaukee, and since then
requests for information have been
coming to President w. G. Bram-
hams Office from various sections of
the country.
Bramham has prepared a prospec-
tus, giving instructions for organiz-
ing a league and citing the re-
quirements for class E. These are be-
ing mailed to representatives of cities
and territories interested in forming a
league.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
GOLF AT l. S. U. CHEAP

BATON ROUGE, La. (R.-Students
play over the Louisiana State Univer-
sity golf course all day for a dime.
They can play month for a dollar
Several thousand students, includ-
ing hundreds OF co-eds, use the course
regularly.
Caddy fees are so cents round, but
practically all the students carry their
own clubs.
The 10 low scorers in an annual 72-
hole university tournament win the
right to play the course free for ths
whole year.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
NATIONAL SAVINGS
GUSTS RIGGS FIVE
Snatches Lead From Longtime
Rulers of Bankers Loop
With Decisive Win.

NATIONAL SAVINGS AND TRUST
hasketers have replaced Riggs as
the classiest outfit in the Washington
Bankers Basket Ball League. For sew
eral years Riggs teams have dominated
the financial loop but now the lads
across the street. are on top with
three wins and no defeats.
Although the Riggsmen include
such finished cagers as Chick Hollidae
all-high at Eastern last year. and Billy
Mitchell, the Trusters bumped them
off last week with plenty to spare.
Hostilities will be. suspended during
the Christmas rush.
STANDING nf AZ. GI.A.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
CENTRAL LOOP ALIVE
Stirring Basket Ball Battles ARE
Waged by Center Teams.

Mount Vernon's 49-47 win over
DeMolay featured the first week of
Central Community Center court hos
tilities. However. the Dr. Peppers, led
by Robinson and Wilson, shown i'm
pressively in their 30-18 trouncing of
the Railroad Retirement Board five.
A triple bill tomorrow night be-
ginning at 7:3O o'clock will see action
between the r. r. B. and DeMolay
quints followed by Rural Electrifica-
n-Fellowship and Democrat-N
tional Guard battles Tuesday at
$3.50 pm. Mount Vernon tangles with
Fellowship.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
GALLAUDET SHORT
WITH LATE RALLY
Bows to Hopkins, 46 to a.,
in See-SaW Struggle.
Doering Shines.

- ALLAUDET fell two points
1 short of tying the score in
Y / the closing minutes of it's
basket ball game with Johns
Hopkins at Kendall Green last night
and the Jaybirds took 46-44 decision
in a see-saw game.
The visitors got off to a ILL lead
in the first 10 minutes. Doering and
Phillips led Gallaudet counter
attack which narrowed the difference
to 1922 as the half ended.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Designed for Youngsters.

RRAMHAM said the National As
sociation believes a large num-
Der of such circuits will be added
to the minor league membership after
January /.
Glass E leagues are designed for
youngsters not yet ready for the D
loops. They must not have had pre-
vious professional experience but will
be placed under veteran managers for
their initiation into professional ball
Leagues will be made to assist class
E leagues in organizing, but there
will be no let-down in the require
ments which insure good faith and
stability, Bramham said
All of the 81 minor leagues which
started the 1887 season finished their
schedules. and class applicants
will be required to show like fit
ness for carrying through the full
season, he added.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Blues Keep Trying.
HOPKINS again forged ahead to

HOPKINS again forged ahead to a
seemingly safe margin as the
second half began. gaining 8 points
while the Blues were scoreless to take
l5-point lead, but again Gallaudet
rallied. The Blues crept up steadily
until they were only field goal be-
hind, but at this difference the teams
matched baskets until the end.
Doering led Gallaudet's attack with
13 points, but Drake was the spark
plug of the losing team Melvin. Carl
ton and McLain led Hopkins offensive,
Cartoons distance shots provid-
ing feature of the game.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
b the Associated Press.

CT. LOUIS, Dec. 18.-Branch
hickey. vice president of the
st. Louis Cardinals, an
nounced another baseball in
novation tonight to take its place
alongside the farm system and the
summer camp method of scouting,
both of which he originated.
The newest project is a school of
instruction to be held at Winter
Haven, Fla, February 81 to March
10, primarily for outstanding pros
poets in the widespread Cardinal
organization.
Hickey believes the school will
enable the Cardinals to correct
n
Evening star., 1937-12-19
SPECS FOR COURT STAR
O'Connor, Crack Drake Shot. Gets
Glasses to Improve Aim.

DES MONIES (P.-Frankie (Bucky)
O'Connor has bought pair. of glasses.
Nothing unusual about that, you'll
say. Nothing, except that Bucky
averaged SO points game in Missouri
Valley Conference basket ball last sea-
son and he couldn't see the basket from
the center of the court. Bucky plays
forward for Drake University.
O'Connor's shooting has been almost
entirely by instinct, but this year he
intends to know exactly what he's
shooting at. He is going to wear a
special pair of glasses during the
games.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Films Deemed Unfair.

pETE BAIRD, a well-known South
ern official, has some definite
views on these Aim records.
THE use of private football movies
to stir up public criticism" he says,
SIS murder. You can take selected
slices of movies Of game and show
that Kilgrow of Alamaba can't run,
can't block, can't kick-can't do any
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Gallaudet (44
WEEK FULL AT W. B. c.
Contests Are Listed for Soccer
Volley Ball, Other Teams.

Washington Boys Club has an
nounced the following athletic sched-
ule for the coming week:
Tomorrow.
Junior base ball-Braves VS.. Red Sox.
6:15
intermediate baseball-All-Stars vs..
Eagles. 7:15.
Tuesday.
Junior soccer-Braves VS.. Giants 6:15.
Intermediate soccer-Senators VS.. Eagles,
7:15.
Thursday.
Junior volley ball-Giants vs.. Red Sox,
els.
intermediate volley ball-Cubs vs. Yanks,
7:15: All-Stars VS.. Purdue. 7:15: Senator's
vs. Eagles 7:15.
FRIDAY.
Junior touch football-Braves vs.
Giants. 1O:45 am. ~
Purdue 2:15
Evening star., 1937-12-19
TWO-QUARTERBACK PLAN,

NEW ORLEANS GP).--Santa Clara,
which plays Louisiana State in the
Sugar Bowl here New Year Day, uses
a two-quarterback system. Phil
Dougherty calls the formations on
defense and Chuck Pavelko selects the
offensive plays. ,
Evening star., 1937-12-19
M. |. BASKETERS ON TOP
Meet Olympians Next in League
at Roosevelt Center.

having won two tilts and lost none,
Marine Inspection basketers find
themselves atop the Roosevelt Com
munity Center basket ball heap as
they move into the second week of
action.
Tomorrow night at $50 the Roose-
velt Boys Club quint will start the
weeks hostiiities against the Pepcos.
In two tits on Tuesday night, the
olympians will meet the Marine In
specoors prior to a tangle between
American Railroad and Agriculture.
At 7:30 Wednesday Pepco meets Aeri-
culture after Mount Rainier
Olympian tussle.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
MAJORS AREFOES
IN l5 TRIAL FRAYS
Series With Bees Feature
of Washington's Heavy
Exhibition List.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN

Tor the third straight year the
* Nationals will play their way
through one of the heaviest
exhibition-game schedules of
any major league ball club this coming
spring.
President Clark Griffith yesterday
released a 27-game Grapefruit
League" slate, starting on March l6
at the Orlando Fla, training base and
winding up on April II at Baltimore.
The big schedule comes as no sur
prise. Griff and Manager Bucky Har-
ris are hoping to cram the equivalent
of full season into rockies like Ken
Chase, Joe Krakauskas and George
Case. The first two, both left-handed
pitchers, probably will be worked
steadily during the exhibition season
so as to polish the rough spots, The
Mats are counting upon both as start
ing hulers next year.
Case, fresh from the New York
Pennsylvania League and with no
major league experience, reported here
late last season and looked impressive.
He was green, however, and probably
should be sent to the minors for
another year Griff is hopeful, how
ever, of also polishing him up suffi-
ciently during the spring so that he
can step into Washington's 1888 out
field.
Fifteen of the preseason games will
be against major league opposition
and included in this string will be
series with the Boston Bees on the
Northward trip. The Bees will be the
Griffmen's favorite sparring partners.
inasmuch as of the IS games will
be with Bob Quinn's National League
entry.
The Tigers will be played four times
and Cincinnati and the Cardinals
twice each. Detroit will be the only
American League club met by Wash
ington before the championship cam
paign opens.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
MANUsH GRIDDER's UNCLE.

TUSCALOOSA. Ala. P).-Jack
Machtolff, Alabama football center,
has an uncle in major-league base
ball-Outfielder Heinie Manush with
Brooklyn. "
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Whitney Makes Best Comeback

r EADING the figures otherwise:
The leagues top comeback was
definitely Pinky Whitney, Phillies'
thlrd-sacker, who finished fifth with
.34l, after hitting for .284 in '36
Top rookie honors at bat went to the
Cards Don Padgett, with .3l4
only freshman over 300 for the sea-
son Altogether % wallopers went
over the 300 mark :. Averages bring
up the biggest mystery: Why JOHNNY
Moore, who batted .319 for the season
and hit more than 300 for four
straight years, was sent down to the
minors by the Phillies during the re-
cent Milwaukee meetings Mel
OFT, collecting only 294 mark. was
among major disappointments =. .
Twas only fourth time in 12-vesr
career he dropped under 300 Rip
Collins .274 for Cubs was lowest IN
his six years in major leagues, but his
broken ankle had lots to do with it
Joe Strip. Dodgers infielder.
cropped to .243, after batting BIT in
so And Card Catcher Mickey
owen, supposed rookie prize of last
spring, showed an average Of .231
:. Pirates, winding up with 10 VIC
tories, had longest winning streak
Giants 18th pennant con-
quest was new record And Gabby
Hartnett had years longest batting
streak. hitting safely in 26 games
Cubs led in club batting with
.287 average -. compared to Pirates
.285. -
Evening star., 1937-12-19
By LAWRENCE PERRY.

the various conventions of
football oficials over the
a Christmas holidays, the ques-
ton Of film records of football con-
tests will be considered as, indeed, it
already is being considered in the
Southwest and South.
Here is the situation: A football
gridiron, including end zones, occu-
pies nearly $4,000 feet of surface. To
expect the eight eyes of four officials
to cover every inch of this area at all
times and infallibly spot minor. or even
major, infractions of the rules every
time foul is committed is to expect a
sheer physical impossibility.
On the other hand, the cameras eye
is comprehensive and pitiless in its
portrayal of every detail.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
PLAY Orioles Four Times.

GRIFFITH failed to announce the
formal opening Of training camp
but the Washington club makes a
practice of starting approxima tely three
weeks before the first exhibition game,
This would send the pitchers to
Orlando late in February and bring
the infeldsrs and outfelders to camp
about 10 days before the March 16
game.
The Baltimore Orioles of the Inter-
national League will be the pet minor
league opposition for the Griffs. The
Washingtons and Orioles Will meet
four times.
The Mats will remain in training
camp nearly six weeks before break
ing and heading north on April 7.
After a farewell exhibition game at
Tinker Field in Orlando with the
Bees, they will move toward the Cap
ital in easy stages.
First stop will be Thomasville, Ga,
where they meet Baltimore for the
first time. Next they will stop at
Charlotte, S. c., to play their farm
hands" of the Piedmont League. Cas-
tonia, N. c., and Richmond, Va, will
become other stops before Washington
is reached on April 49, The local un-
yelling will be against the Bees.
No Opposition at Biloxi.
THE schedule varies little from those
of the last two years when Grif-
fifth hked up the tempo after shift
ing his camp from Biloxi, Miss. to
the Florida citrus center At Biloxi
a dearth of opposition made it al
most impossible for the Mats 10 play
themselves into top shape. especially
If they ran into bad weather on the
Journey North.
The Cards, invading Orlando, will
be the first foes of the season The
Mats then will travel to Daytona
Beach to play Minneapolis, which is
training there, and then shift to
nearby Haines City Most of the
games will be played on home-and-
home basis.
Only six off-days appear in the
entire schedule, which follows:
March 16 St. Louis Cards at Or
lando: II, Minneapolis at Daytona
Beach; 10. Kansas City at Haines
City; 20, Detroit at Lakeland %,
Cincinnati at Orlando; %, Detroit at
Orlando; Is, Columbus at Orlando; 26,
Kansas City at Orlando: 81, Boston
Bees at Bradenton; %, Cincinnati at
Tampa; 90, Columbus at Winter Hay
en-; 80, Detroit at Lakeland.
April 2, Minneapolis at Orlando;
3. Detroit at Orlando; 4, ST. Louis
Cards at st, Petersburg; 6, Boston
Bees at Orlando; 7, Boston Bees at
Orlando; 8. Baltimore at Thomas
vile. Ga; 8. Charlotte at Charlotte;
10, Charlotte at Charlotte; IL, Boston
Bees at Gastonia, N. c.; IL, Boston
Bees at Richmond, Va; l3, Boston
Bees at Washington; a. Boston Bees
at Washington; Is, Baltimore at
Washington; Is, Baltimore at Wash
tngton; II. Baltimore at Baltimore.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Too Much Work for Four,

a 1A1N, II you take l30 plays as
striking the average number of
operations in the average game, which
seems to be about right. and If you
understand that there are IL poten-
tial fouls in every play, or 1,430 to a
game, it will be clear that only four
officials endowed with superhuman
qualities could pipe of every foul that
occurs in game. And if they did,
you may well ask, what would become
of the game itself? The contest, in
deed, would resolve itself into spec
tacle mainly made up of enforcement
of penalties.
William Keefe. New Orleans critic,
proposes as remedy the installation of
a fifth official in the stands armed
with powerful field glasses and tele-
phonic communication with the referee
The obvious objections to such an
innovation, beginning with frequent
Interruptions incurred when Mr.. Eeff
is wanted on the telephone, will be
clear to all followers of the game.
Meanwhile. there is no question that
films have become the bane of all
football officials. Until recently,
| coaches kept the movies for their own
guidance and instruction, and care
was taken that no one else saw them.
But now it is the practice to show
them to alumni gatherings, newspaper
men and almost any one who is in
terested. And if the coaches employ
| them as alibis for lost contests. shift
ing the onus upon the officials, it is
a perfectly natural thing for them
| to do.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Book ~ Training Games Polish Their Rookie Pitchers
T~o Batting Records Added
To Med,uick's Great Season.
As Official Figures Appear

cfeer about. They h'd TO be satisfied
with such less important prizes as
that for most triples, which Afky
Vaughan of the Pirates collected with
II for the season; most sacrifices, rs,
hit by Jim Brown, Cardinals rookie:
most stolen bases, %, by Augie Galan
OF the Cubs, and most singles, l78, by
Paul Waner of the Pirates.
Galsn also had the longest run
scoring streak Of the year, crossing the
plate in II consecutive games.
Paul Waner, who finished fourth in
the batting race, just two-tenths of
percentage point back Of Chicago's
garrulous Gabby Hartnett. and OFT,
whose deadlock with Medwick for
homers was the brightest spot OF a
mediocre year, cracked the two most
important records to go during the
season. Waner, for the eighth year
Of his career, collected more than 200
hits for his new mark; Otis 81 honers
gave him a National League record
total of BOG for his career. In each
instance it was record set by Roaers
Hornsby that passed on.
Hartnett posted the highest batting
average in his career, .3539.