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Evening star., 1937-12-28

(Evil Eye) F1nkel in his corner he
isn't likely to step right out and knock
the country's middleweights dead If
he tries it Mr.. Evil Eye Finkel may
find it costly decision to stick with
him. Mr. Finkel may wind up at Just
another Evil Eye.
As for the fight itself, it man.
aged to be interesting in some..
thing slightly more than . mega
tive sense, at that.
Abrams went into the ring with q
back which had hampered him In his
training. It didn't hinder him last
night, at least to casual observers, but
it is reasonable to suppose the bad
back kept him from being in the best
Of shape.
1t develops that Abrams, in addition
to cartooning, also Is capable o1
thinking. I thought what helped
him to beat Mamakos was his ability
to out-think the Greek boy, who once
fought on the same amateur boxing
team with his neighborhood rival
Abrams started out fashily and
handily took the first three rounds
I mean, he didn't bat MamalNos around
the ring, but he kept sticking out 9
left hand and Steve kept running into
it. During those rounds young Mr.
Mamakos was like a cold automobile
He couldn't get started.
Winner Stages Late Spurt.
EINALLY. with blood streaminp from
his nose and mouth, Mamakot
Evening star., 1937-12-28
MANY SEEN IN LINE
FOR PENN GRID Job
Assistants Are Named as
Prospects to Succeed
Harman, Resigned.
BY the Associated Press.

by tnc ASSOCAdLS0 HACSos
~ HILADELPHIA, Dec. 28.-
l. Football circles speculated to-
day over a successor to Harvey
L ]. Harman as head coach Of
the University Of Pennsylvania.
The names of several Of his assist
ants were prominently mentioned for
the post from which President Thomas
s. Gates said Harman had asked to be
relieved at his own request.
81 Pauxtis, line coach; Poss Miller,
backfleld coach, and George Munger.
freshman coach, were among those
mentioned.
Lafayette's Coach Prospect.
HEINIE MILLER. head coach at st.
Joseph's College, and E. E.
Hooks" Mylin. who guided Lafayette's
team to an undefeated and united
season, were others.
DR.. Gates, in announcing Harman's
resignation yesterday, said announce
ment of the coaching arrangements
for the next football season will be
made shortly by the university"
Harman's resignation followed on
the heels of one of the most disastrous
seasons in the history Of the univer-
sity. Penn's 1887 team won two games
out Of eight, beating Maryland and
Navy. 1t lost to Yale, Columbia, Penn
State, Michigan and Cornell and
played tie with Georgetown.
Lost Only to Yale Last Year.
THE year before Penn was beaten
only by Yale.
Harman, first non-graduate head
coach since 1887, is on his way to the
National Coaches Association meeting
at New Orleans. His plans for the
future will not be known until his ar.
rival.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
bowl FOES SHINE
IN SECOND PERIOD
Similar Scoring Habits oi
Rivals Add to Problem
of Picking Winner.
By ROBERT MYERS,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~ ASADENA, Calf. Dec. 2S.-The
u Alabama football team went
to Hollywood today, California
L went back to work, and Rose
Bowl mathematicians went berserk
trying to pick the winner Of the New
Year day game on the basis Of season
statistics.
Capt. Leroy Monsky led his Crimson
Tide teammates over the movie town
to see how motion pictures are made
at big studio.
Eighteen-year-old Margaret Early,
Birmingham starlet, acted as hostess
and introduced Pat O'Brien. q No.
football fan: Bette Davis. Dick Powell,
Olivia De Haviland, Rosemary and
Priscilla Lane and a host of other
celebrities.
Both Second Quarter" Teams.
SIGHTSEEING over, the Tide hur-
ried back to Pasadena and learned
in lengthy session Of tugging and
blocking that life isn't the make-be-
lieve proposition of Hollywood.
While the 'Bamans watched the
cameras turn. cameras turned on the
Golden Bear squad. Coach Stub Alli-
son donated the morning practice tc
the lens crew, who snapped and
cranked while Sam Chapman, Vic Bot
tari, Bob Herwig, Perry Schwartz and
the rest Of the Berkeley brigade went
through the usual routines.
Meanwhile the statisticians woke ur
with their usual headache.
California has record of being q
second quarter" team. The Bear,
ran up 102 of their total 201 points in
that period over 10-game schedule
Alabama played nine games, rolled
up 225 points-and scored 81 Of them
in the second quarter.
'Bama Good Under Pressure.
CALIFORNIA was never called upon
to put on the pressure in the final
stages Of a game except one, the score.
less tie with Washington.
Alabama found victory in the CLOSING
minutes Of its last three games, agains,
Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech and Tulane
The second quarter was Alabama!
victory period in the Tides last visit
to the Rose Bowl. That was the veal
Dixie Howell passed and ran and Ala.
bama rang up % points In is minutes
It may be a second quarter" game
but whose?
Evening star., 1937-12-28


They are what the boys call green
peas and it is an apt description.
In the end, though, and with these
items in consideration. Abrams still is
just another middleweight. And as
for Mamakos, he just made 1t close.
AS Mr.. Buzzer Ryan was saying. be-
fore the fight, abrams isn't a first
class fighter. but he is better than
Mamakos. If he (Abrams) is smart,
he'll stick in this town and do his
fighting. There's too many tough
guys in that middleweight division.
Abrams Can Think, Too.
nFFHAND, I would say that Mr..
Ryan had something there.
Abrams will get better before he be-
comes worse, but even with Mr.. Ben
Evening star., 1937-12-28
By JOHN LARDNER,

n YEW YORK, Dec. 28.-The time
nj has come for our annual re-
" view Of miscellaneous sports.
a This was pretty good year
for miscellaneous sports, in some
ways, and an of year in others.
Marathon saxophone playing was
quiet, for instance. if not downright
moribund. Corn on the cob-eating
against time) languished. There was
not much action in the field of push
Observation-Disclosures, for time and
distance
I do not find many signs of life
among the linear spaghetti men, and
there is no getting away from the
fact that beer-guzzling touched a new
low. As for Buddy Reimar, the Amer
ican consecutive non-classical piano
player (record, % hours), he made
no effort to defend his title, and
there is an ugly rumor to the effect
that Buddy hasn't got it any more.
He's not the old Reimar
However. these things go in cycles.
II hog-calling slumped, chicken pluck
ing scared. It was a boom year for
marathon preaching and a banner
season for dog washing (for form and
speed. Without further ado (this
was bad year for ado), I will pro-
Evening star., 1937-12-28
Miami Sports Turn to Havana for Gambling


National Hockey League, read our
squib about Lou 0ehrig never wear.
ing an overcoat and writes: If
Mrs. Gehrig really wants to know
how that new coat looks on Lou,
she should bring him up here.
%. guarantee he'll not only wear
the coat, but invest in a fur outer
wrapping"
Cleverest Christmas card of all
was the one sent by Hooks" Mylin,
: coach Of Lafayette's undefeated
and united football team In
one corn'r Q foot is kicking . foot
ball In the other corner q
hand Is passing football =. In
the center is the tiny figure of .
man with his hands folded in
prayer underneath appear
these words: There u . Santa
Claus" to which We add: Are
Jou falling ~ 8ooks3"
Evening star., 1937-12-28

began to warm up in the fourth. On
this score card he held Abrams even
and in the fifth and sixth rounds
Steve clearly won an edge.
He was back in the running
when the seventh round opened,
but then Abrams cutely cut loose
again. He wasn't, after all,
really in trouble.
Abrams gave Mr.. Mamakps a good
going-over in the last two heats. and,
of course, there wasn't any doubt as
to whether he would get the decision
In fact. there wasn't any doubt about
the unanimity of the whole thing.
Mamakos' chief stock in trade is q
very good heart. He can take a punch
and come back for more. He never
took a backward step until the last
round last night. And then he didn't
willingly retreat. He simply was belted
back by a more clever boy.
Show Even Made Money.
IT WASN'T a rip-snorting show at
= all, but it wasn't exactly a flop.
The main bout took care Of that item.
II they were capable Of fighting Is
or even 20 rounds it isn't likely that
either Abrams or Mamakos would
knock the other off his feet. But, to
repeat, it was reasonably close and
interesting.
1t would seem that Mr.. Goldie
Ahearn, the conscientious match
maker, would do we'll to take good care
OF Messrs. Abrams, Mamakos and Ivan
Nedomatsky, who won his preliminary
fight. The services of these kids,
crude as they are, do not come high.
And the mob appears to like them.
Nedomaasky at the moment is only
= welterweight. But he. weighing
about lat pounds now, and Abrams,
who was heavier than Mamakos, was
announced at only 15412. That is only
q difference of 7lla pounds and Nedo-
matsky is getting heavier and larger.
Besides, Ivan asked for the
winner last night before the
main event, and what he saw
probably didn't make him
change his mind. He belongs
in that league.
Mind you, nobody is knocking young
Mr.. Abrams. He is new and still
green, for all his adeptness at acquir.
ing polish that Is both routine and
otherwise. In Georges favor 1t must
be said that he probably is Washing
tons best homegrown fighter at the
present time. Yes, I know that isn't
taking in much territory, but 1t is 4
fact.
Even Mr.. Ahearn was happy ovel
the state of affairs today. It was thl
first of seven straight boxing cardl
that did not lose money. Abrams and
Mamakos, who would have to buy theil
way into Madison Square Garden and
even some second-rate fight joints
drew 1890 at the gate.
"An' that amt hay" chortled Mr.
Ahearn. For once we make money
Evening star., 1937-12-28


~ EoRGE ABRAMS, = ls-year-
old, mild-mannered, modest
Y 1 Jewish lad, today was
stamped as the greatest hstic
prospect this sector has viewed ana
this time 1t may not be the period
ically repeated cry OF wolf" George
definitely is on his way, but although
he already is showing signs of becom-
ing sensational, he still will be handled
as tenderly as hot-house plant.
Georges future may be a year, or
three years, away and his pilot, Sid
Fishel, wisely has charted a course
Of gradual development patterned to
teach the youngster fundamentals and
give him well-rounded BACKGROUND
Of experience before any attempt to
nibble at flstiana's upper crust will be
made.
Gives Mamakos Going Over.
IF NOTHING ELSE, Abrams learned
last night at Turner's Arena be-
fore an audience of 1000 that he
could travel eight rounds at top speed
even when out Of condition. Favoring
an ailing back and somewhat of his
finest physical form through grabbing
no sleep Saturday night and very
little Sunday, George nevertheless
carved out a rather satisfactory de.
cision victory over a thoroughly cour.
ageous Steve Mamakos.
With the exception Of the fifth
round, 1t was Abrams all the way and
the chopped features of Mamakos
of1ered mute testimony to that. The
so-called Golden Greek was trimmed
IN red, with blood gushing from his
nose and mouth, his right ear horribly
caullf1oWered and cut over his left
eye. Abrams sole token Of the en-
counter was slight swelling under
the right eye.
Despite much public sentiment for
the match, Abrams is not likely to
meet Ivan Nedomatsky, the former
Maryland mittman who registered
triumph over Joey Spangler in a six
rounder. Abrams normally fights at
158 pounds, while Ivan is a natural
147-pounder and Georges pilot has
'S0oSA a oAS6CotAoll lAidU EDl Oils Olleu
weight for the proposed scrap.
Nedomatsky Improved.
NEDOMATSKY, also anxious to
develop gradually. feels his tim
ing still is not functioning properly
and modestly admits, I'll belt those
guys outa there when I get going"
He flashed only sporadically in whip
ping Spangler, but nevertheless
showed improvement over his first ap-
pearance here last week.
Joey Straiges. youthful Camden
lightweight. fulfilled expectations by
outboxing the wild Irish Johnny Dean
in an eight-rounder. while . six
rounder saw Augie Kroll, Baltimore
featherweight, decision Timmy Ricco
of Camden. An opening four-rounder
was terminated at the end Of the
second round by Referee Charley Rey-
nolds. who decided Young Mussolini
of Baltimore was outclassed by Tommy
Hoover, local lightweight.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
Super Suds CONSUMPTION.

\ THOUGH there was almost no
- ofncial competition in the field Of
marathon beer drinking, patrons Of
this deservedly popular sport will be
interested to learn that the matter Of
capacity for suds was written into
the record Of . murder trial In Que
bee, P. O., when Witness Joe Asselin,
lumberjack, testified he had had 10
beers at the time Of the crime. Under
cross-examination he admitted he
could hold 80 without feeling them.
Efforts are being made to match
Asselin with an unknown Mexican
threat some time next June in the
Rose Bowl.
tCopyrisht. 1887. b. the North American
Nswspapse Alliance. fnsJ
Evening star., 1937-12-28

Hot dope from the grapefruit
league: Paul Runyan, the dapper
White Plains IN. ~ pro, could
win medals doing the rhumba
that boy really can step the
movies are interested in Dick Metz
they'd have signed him II
he'd won the Miami -Biltmore
open =. Southern scouts say
Miami Is toying with the idea Of
bidding for the p. g. A. tourna-
ment :. If they get 1t, they'll
see plenty golf, all right.
Bradenton is dressing up to vel
come the Bees after . year without
. big league ball club the
Broadway crowd in Miami Is moan
ing because the lid Is on the gam
bling spots some OF the high
rollers have been forced to com.
mute 10 Havana tor an evenings
entertainment.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
REDSKlN, BEAR TILT OFF

Because they have been unable to
obtain the Los Angeles Coliseum for
the game, the Washington Redskins
and Chicago Bears will not play an
exhibition game on the Pacific Coast
this winter.
It is probable that the two teams
which played for the National Profess
sional Football League championship
viii Get together In Texas next month,
however.
Evening star., 1937-12-28

Mark down this prediction: The
biggest lump Of sugar in the Sugar
Bowl game will be young Bussey Of
Louisiana State don't laugh,
but that kid looks another Sammy
Baugh The U. Of Detroit foot
ball team used 93,390 feet Of tape
last season.
Charley Burns, Johnstown, Pa,
lightweight, has challenged Lou
Ambers he Is wasting his time
for Mr.. Ambers isn't going to put
that lightweight title on the line
until he can get some real dough
for (which means, Henry ARM
strong Louisiana readers are
putting the blast On this corner
for wondering why Alabama was
first choice In the Sugar Bowl.
Wilds Cude, scs goal tender toe
lAs Canadians q Nnntreal n tho
Evening star., 1937-12-28
Florida Climate
Worries Bachnnan

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 28.-The Flor
A'A ida climate has Coach Charlie
Bachman Of the Michigan State
football team worried.
Trying to round his squad into
shape for its Orange Bowl en-
counter with Auburn Saturday, he
said:
I'VE couldn't whip anybody with
the kind Of playing shown in our
first drill here"
He expects the players to snap
out Of their lethargy Is soon as
they get accustomed to the change
in weather, however.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
Don't Want Free Scoring.

THERE has been some agitation
for a change in the forward pass
rule to allow tosses from any point
behind the line Of scrimmage al
- done in professional ranks. Little
pro or con argument was heard on
this in advance of the coaches ses-
sions which start Wednesday.
what collegiate football needs
more than rule changes is organized
publicity" said one coach who de-
clined to be quoted. THE trend in
pro football has been to adapt the
rules toward free-scoring. College
football does not need to go to the
extreme in scoring.
TOO. the officiating in professional
football has been directed toward the
grandstand rather than to the rule
book. That won't help amateur foot
ball, and to change the forward pass
rule would be a step toward freer
scoring. The public wants low
scoring and close games"
Evening star., 1937-12-28
POPPING
OFF" %JhGton...
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Candid Shots on the Fight.

TEVE MAMAKOS
interesting and all added testimony
J George Abrams middleweight.
succintly
Ana Hall
cartoons also going fancy " the national
fighting probably
OF nobody
is
amateurs. Mamako the
Evening star., 1937-12-28
How It Looks,

fornia's head coach, has figured
all along that Alabama will have to
score three touchdowns to win.
Howard still figures that you can bank
on the big bears of Berkeley scoring
twice. AS Alabama scored only five
touchdowns in her four big games,
there will have to be a sharp improve
ment to score three times against a
stronger defense that the Crimson Tide
has met to date.
doubt very much that Tennessee,
Tulane, Georgia Tech or Vanderbilt
have the defense strength that Cali
fornia can send into action, with so
many Of her men picked or suggested
for all-star combinations.
In the game saw, Alabama's run
ming attack couldn't score against
Vanderbilt-a long forward pass from
Kilgrow to Warren barely getting by
with only a few seconds to play at
the end Of the second half.
California can show no defensive
star superior to Hinkle, the Vanderbilt
center, but Vanderbilt had no such
combination as Meek, Chapman and
Herwig.
And it might be mentioned that
Alabama has no such open field threat
as Vic Bottari.
Califronia should be strong enough
TO outrush and outgain Alabama
rather decisively. But this doesn't
always tell the story as football i
played today, where one or two break.
can mean an almost unbelievable diff.
ference.
toopyright. 1887. BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1937-12-28
By EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press SPORTS Writes.

n YEw YORK, Dec. 2s.-Too
nj bad about the Lefty
IN oome'es. and here. hoping
that marital rift cracks
up somewhere between here and
California both parties are
tops In this book Waldo, Ark,
fans can stop worrying; Travis
Jackson Zone Of the smartest guys
in basebalD is not about to get the
air as manager at Jersey City (.
who started that tale, anyway
That Cardinal-0iant trade we
told you about last week still Is
on the IRE If Nathan Mann
knocks out or even outpoints Joe
Louis In February. he'll be cham
pion Of the world In al leagues {.
mail continues to pile up for Al
9chachk
Evening star., 1937-12-28
sumed practice at Lubbock, Tex, ye

sumed practice at Lubbock, Tex, yes
terday.
East West-Two workouts drained
some Of the stiffness from the all-East
team yesterday, and Coach Andy Kerr
promised another intensive drill today.
The all-West squad scrimmaged for
two and half hours yesterday and
will have another long drill today.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
N. C. A. A. Also In Session.

THE coaches Rules Committee,
with Lou Little of Columbia Uni
versity in the chair, oficially opens the
A. F. c. A. Wednesday morning.
Meeting simultaneously is the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Association,
Of which John L. Grifhths of Chicago
Is president. Harry Kipke, recently
released as coach at Michigan, is presi-
dent Of the Coaches Association.
Most Of the actual business Of each
group will be completed on Wednes-
day. The next two days will be de-
voted to entertainment and attendance
at various events Of sugar bowl
week" which will be climaxed on Sat-
urday with the football game between
Losl1stana STATE and Santa Clara
Evening star., 1937-12-28
Never Misses Stair.

SKYSCRAPER scaling, interior divi-
sion-A. w. Aldrich. 40, OF
Weathersfield, VT, lowered the track
record Of Pete Mcguire for the Empire
State Building by scaling its 103 floors,
touching all stairs, In SO minutes fiat
The height, 1,248 feet. was later de-
scribed by Mr.. Aldrich as "a
bagatelle."
Hot-water sitting, marathon division
-Miklos Molnar of Debregen, Hungary,
sat in Hot Springs consecutively for
four days Temperature 985 de-
grees F).
Chicken plucking, sprint division
Joseph Domino, II, Of Niagara Falls,
N. Y, one large fowl, 6 seconds fiat.
Dog washing-Thomas Fahey, IL, OF
New York City, claimed record for
dog washing, but time and breed and
specifications of animal are not given
Consecutive marathon preaching, for
time and distance-The Rev. Alton
Earl Lee Of Los Angeles claimed world
record for straightaway preaching with
81 consecutive hours. His dash took
him from Genesis half way through
the Old Testament.
Oyster shucking, side-knife division
Manuel Tavarus Of Warren, r. l.,
in national finals, 100 oysters in S
minutes 42H seconds. Because Of q
slow track, Mr.. Tavarus did not equal
the world record of 4 minutes As Sec
onds held nv William Sweet. also of
Warren, r. I.
Corn husking-Ray Hard Luck"
Hanson Of Bingham Lake, Mimi, won
national championship with 21.30
bushels.
Spinning with wheel, for time-Mrs.
John Weimer, II, Of Princeton, W..
Va, time not given. Mrs. Weimer Is
described by experts as 70 whi1 at
the treadle."
Evening star., 1937-12-28
LOND0S HAS A MISSION.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S P.@Jim Lon.
dos has come back to the wrestling
wars to avowedly settle something that
has been bothering him for . long
time-"too many champions"
Evening star., 1937-12-28
Rice Eases Training.

COTTON BOWL - Jimmy Kits,
Rice coach, planned to ease up
today after q hard scrimmage yester-
day. Kits, pleased with the Owls
condition, will limit practice to signal
and dummy scrimmage drills.
Colorado, on the other hand, was
just getting started. Coach Bunny
Oakes expects to send his Buffaloes
through two more stiff drills, today
and tomorrow. with punting and field
goal rehearsals stressed.
Orange Bowl-With Auburn back in
the spotlight, Coach Charley Bach
man of Michigan State promised his
squad a real workout today. The
Spartans had an easy day yesterday
but it cost them Charley Asher, full.
back, who aggravated an old shoulder
injury.
Sun Bowl-The Mountaineers o
West Virginia, apparently acclimatee
at last, will continue to drill on of.
fensive formations. They will tapel
off for the rest of the week, devotinf
their time to signal and dummy scrirn.
mage drills.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
Swift Potato Picking.
HERE are your leaders:

HERE are your leaders:
Potato -picking-Robert Hallett.
"a. Of Mars Hill. Me. So pecks in IS
minutes. Mr.. Hallett's average, 172
potatoes a minute. was good enough
to win the North American open
championship. His claim to world
honors is disputed in certain sections
of Ireland.
Pancake-eating C7-inch diameter or
discus division) Kirst, 20, Of
Winter Wis, So cakes in 81 min
utes. Kirst. a newcomer to the ranks
Of griddle- -wolhng, flashed world of
promise.
Free style milking for women and
girls-Dorothy Lerch of Phillipsburg,
N. j.. 1873 pounds of milk in three
minutes, Holstein, overlapping grip.
Hard upon the consummation OF this
feat, Miss Lerch laid claim to the
Eastern milkmaid title farmer's
daughter division). She has had 18
years experience
Bricklaying-Joseph Raglan, COL
ored, of East st. Louis, ILL.,, 27.778
VI l1ShS III S1SLl llOulS, 1lOC COullIiIlk
dornicks. Broken down. this total
indicates a speed Of 3,472 bricks an
hour, or nearly So minute This Is
believed to be a world record.
Consecutive ballot casting. Repub-
lican division-Almer H. Sherman, 80,
Of Melrose, N. Y. fifty-ninth con-
secutive straight Republican ticket
local, State or national. Scoring
points for endurance as we'll as con-
sistency, Mr.. Sherman considers him
self the world champion. He began
with Garfield. which experts believe
to be good place to begin.
Duck calling. for time and decep-
tion-Harry Wieman of Stuttgart,
Ark, in national finals, won on points
over Thomas E. Walsh Of Greenville,
Miss, before 1000 cheering fans. Mr..
Wiemann's repertory included the
open water, mating and feed calls.