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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-13
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Evening star., 1937-12-09
5'LittIe AU-America' Eleren
PLAYERS Given Honorable Mention


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Evening star., 1937-12-09
So That's How He Got 1t.

ERNIE PINCKERT's fame also is
universal, for the Southern CAL
ifornia alumnus has been regarded as
professional footballs best blocker
ever since he left Southern California
as an all-America in 1890 Football
fans now are becoming educated to
watch the man preceding the ball
carrier and, as they do, they see in
Pinckert the best example of what a
blocker should do.
And lastly, because you knew about
him all along, is the great Clipper,
Cliff Battles. We're not sure where
Battles acquired the nickname Clip
per" but it must have come from
many would-be tackler who thought
he had Battles finally stopped, only
to find that he had been clipped
when Battles proved he was only
fooling and would get up and run
away. The greatest ball-carrier in
the game and a sore spot for the
Giants coach, Steve Owens, who
forgot" to name him on his all
league team.
no iol Vild1 ohLl lIile-lG uoG dS
name-famouS as that backfield of
former all-Americas and perhaps only
one or two distinguish themselves
exceptionally in every game, but those
seven linemen haven't been pushed
around in any game this season
Examine the records and you'll find
that the touchdowns that have been
scored against Washington have come
mostly from long runs, not the result
of any steady crumbling of the for
ward wall.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

~HICAGO, Dec. 9.-Plow your
way for a few blocks along
Chicago's busiest section, with
the snow flying and the tenn
perature at the zero mark, and you
come eventually to the den of the
Chicago Bears.
Advance cautiously, mount four
flights, and you see door with
George Halas-private" written on
the frosted glass. You knock fear
fully. alert for possible ambush.
Friend or foe?" comes voice from
within
Friend" you answer, playing it
safe.
Advance and give the password"
"B. & B." you answer, land 1 don't
mean benedictine and brandy"
Aha!" growls Mr. Halas, so you're
another one of those B. g. B. guys
Baugh and Battles, eh? Well, sit
down and listen to me moan. Luke
Johnsos, our assistant coach, just
came back from New York AS if Bat
ties hasn't been tough enough for the
last few years, johnson now tells me
he's pulling Nagurski stunts on the
enemy line"
Evening star., 1937-12-09
MIR, ManderS Comes In.

MR.. HALAS is semi-bald, ruddy-
looking gent who used to play
football for the University of Illinois
and now, at fairly young age, enjoys
the distinction of being the pappy of
National League football. He is the
owner as we'll as the coach of the
Western champions.
I'VE used to know Battles" con-
tinued Halas, las an off-tackle run
ner. So now he cracks the center of
the line, too?" He waved to stack
of papers on which it looked as if
hens had been walking. They were
the battle formations of the Bears.
"You being newspaper man,
wouldn't know if you can read" said
Mr.. Halas, harshly, "but don't gel
too close to those papers. Now, tel
me about this Baugh."
"Baugh is good" you answer, deal
ing in generalities. "Waitll you see
him Shifty, tall, 100 pounds ano
smart. He's :"
Let me show you one of my
samples" interrupted Halas, ringing
a buzzer. Sorry Nagurski ISM
around but maybe this fellow will do
Meet Jack Manders. Jack, don't le
this enemy spy get close to our blue
prints for Sunday"
Mr.. Manders, who resembles {
Evening star., 1937-12-09
BOWL T|LTS ISSUE
IN SOUTHEASTERN
Conference Apt to Rescind
Rule That Limits Post
Season Contests.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
7 ACKSON, Miss, Dec. 9.-The
question of teams playing in
bowl games confronted mem
bers of the Southeastern Con-
ference gathered here today for their
annual meeting.
Last March the conference Endorsed
a proposal, sponsored by Coach w. A
Alexander of Georgia Tech that post
season football games be limited to the
Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl.
Alabama and Louisiana State. both
conference teams, already have ac-
cepted bids to play in the Rose Bowl
and Sugar Bowl, respectively, and the
conference must approve as matter
of routine
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Old Pals Rivals
In Big Grid Tilt

CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-Two Wash
ington Redskins and one Chi
cago Bear will be playing against
their old teammates when the
Eastern and Western champions
battle in the National Football
Leagues annual play-off game at
Wrigley Field here Sunday.
Ed Kawal and Eddie Michaels,
Redskin center and guard, respec-
lively, were obtained from the
Bears between the close of the
1886 season and the fall of this
year in exchange for Pete Bausch,
the Skins center in 1886.
Thus all parties of the only trade
made by the Redskins find them
selves as well off as if they hadn't
been traded from a championship
team-to a championship team.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Redskins Are Regarded Hot Enough Take Chill Off Chicago
South and Corn Belt Govern
As Little All-America Team
Is Chosen From S1vift Field

house runner and blocker, played 18
games in three years without substi-
tuition. Calhoun, despite little sup
port, was standout against every op-
ponent as line-plunger, blocking and
defensive back.
Other backs who came highly rec
commended include Gaylon Smith of
Southwestern (Tenn), Capt. Devon
Payne, a l60-pounder at Louisiana
College who scored twice against the
strong Centenary team; Ray Burnett,
ace of the united d-unbeaten Arkansas
State Teachers, and Johnny Oelerich,
ball-carrying terror for undefeated
st. Ambrose of Iowa.
A former fullback, Wallace Johnson
of Austin College (Tex), was selected
as pivot man for line averaging 1876
pounds from end to end. johnson was
rated the best ineman in the strong
Texas Conference. Outstanding also
is Wayne GODDARD, star tackle on Cape
Girardeau's (Mo) unbeaten-untied
team. The only repeater in the line is
Douglas OldershaW, brilliant guard
from Santa Barbara, who edged out
another West Coast contender, Elliott
Becken of Willamette.
Dividing Lines Are Set.
OBVIOUSLY, the dividing line sep
arating the little all-America field
and talent from their big league broth
ers zig-Zag. In general, it is a require
ment in making the Associated Press
! selections that the college represented
! play a majority of its games in its
own class and that enrolment shoulC
not exceed 1000 male undergraduates
All the players picked for this year S
eleven qualify on these points. Ir
most cases the student body represent
ed does not exceed 500.
Although they do not play big-time
schedules, schools like Western Re-
serve and Brooklyn College have beer
omitted from the little all-America
class because of their huge enrolment
On the other hand, there are small en-
rollment colleges, such as Gonzaga
which play major league schedules anc
are also omitted. Texas Tech, whose
captain, Herschel Ramsey, was lit.
tie all-America end in 1885, has taker
itself out of consideration by moving
into major competition.
Evening star., 1937-12-09

very big thing. I am very glad.
1t Is a great sport and we helped,
maybe, to put it over. I have been
jumping and running in this coun-
try for 13 years. Sometimes we
used to have more competitors than
spectators. Today every one is
skiing"
Mikkelsen lives in Greenfield,
Mass. He is big, broad-shoul-
dered fellow who resembles Char
lie Rufilng of the Yankees. He Is
a former national and Eastern
amateur jumping champion and a
member Of two all-America teams.
why not?" he said. IT started
when I was so high" He reached
down and measured OF "a inches
from the floor.
We'll, maybe . little older. I
won my Arst competition when !
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Auburn Game Needs o. X.

PUT Auburn has been invited to play
Michigan Stats in the Orange
Bowl at Miami on New Year Day, and
an informal telegraphic poll of men,
bers of the conference approved par
ticipation. A formal conference ok.
is needed, however.
In addition Gov. E. D. Rivers of
Georgia wired conference members
the present rule "in effect puts Allan
ia on a blacklist as far as such post
season. games are concerned" and
urged that it be rescinded.
The Atlanta Celebrations Commis-
sion has proposed a New Year Day
contest between two teams yet to be
named.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Linemen All Capable.

WHEN one thinks of the Washing
wv ton line, one thinks of Capt.
Turk Edwards all-powerful $50 or
Charley Malone's sure-catching fins
or Wayne Millners fine interference.
But George Smith, first-year man
from California, has been playing a
good. steady game at center, lending
confidence to the backs; Guards Jim
Karcher and Les OLSON have been
giving their passer plenty of protection
in addition to stopping center rushes
of the enemy, and Tackles Jim Barber
and Chuck Bond have been power
houses both on attack and defense.
They say good team is only as
strong as its substitutes. And here
again we can prove our point. Give
Dixie Howell, Don Irwin, Ed Justice
and Max Krause to any other team
in the league and you'd be giving them
q first-string backfield. Indeed, it
wouldn't surprise us were coach Ray
F1aherty to adopt the two-backfeld
team next season should all report
in condition.
We often wonder that had Howell
not come to Washington still suffering
from a spike wound received in base.
ball, whether Flaherty wouldn't have
adopted the two-backfield system from
the start. For Howell has showr
recently that he hasn't lost his pass.
ing touch, Irwin has proven powerful
and sure gwund-gainer and Justice
and Krause both played part il
putting the finishing touches on th'
Giants.
Reserve material for the line ma.
not be as capable as it could be, bu
IN Bob McChesney, Ben Smith, vi,
Carroll, Eddie Michaels, Bill Young
Eddie Kahn, Ed HAWAI- and Hel
Krause, the Skins do not seem to b.
too bad off.
. No wonder Washington's wild abou
the Redskins. No wonder every Wash
tngtonian here is grabbing all the bet
he can on wagers which make tn
Bears "a favorites. The Bears mus
Evening star., 1937-12-09

was 8 years old. Every year there
are more good skiers. Soon there
will be as many here as abroad.
"In my home, in Norway, all the
kids are skiiers. Birger Ruud-he
is the best jumper now-was
little kid when I left there, but
good even then. Now that little
boys and girls are doing it over here
the American racers and jumpers
will be just as good in a few years,
maybe better, for all Americans are
good at athletics.
1.-THE equipment is better. The
slides are better and there are more
teachers. Yah, soon you have the
best skiiers in the world, here"
Lekang, who is also former
national champion, and measures
about s feet to Mikkelsen's 8 feet.
started talking about the loug
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Find Americans Gliding to Front in World of Skis


jumpers. He jumps "out Of New
Haven" as they say around the
fight clubs.
Twenty years ago no one would
think of jumping 200 consistency.
1t was done but not often. Now
they do 300."
But" said Lekang seriously,
"that is not good. + think 1t is
dangerous. The emphasis should
be on downhill skiing. That Is
what most people do and what
gives them the most fun"
As they went into the Garden,
two Garden regulars" complete
with cigars, derbys and polo coats,
came out.
How did you like IT," asked the
first.
WELL" his friend replisd. There
vers . lot Of moohdownAe
Evening star., 1937-12-09
BY DREW MIDDLETON

n YEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Nine
nj years ago when Strand
N Mikkelsen and Anton Ie-
kang walked down Broad
way with skis over their shoulders
kids asked, Hey, you guys goin'
flshing?"
Today they ask for autographs.
Which makes Mikkelsen and
Lekang very happy. They are
jumping and racing on skis at the
Winter Sports Show at Madison
Square Garden and in solid,
Scandinavian way they are enthu-
siastic about the growth of skiing
in this country. They should be.
There were about $4,000 in the
Garden last night.
"Yah," said Mkkelsen, 1T = .
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Apt to Rescind Rule.

OBSERVERS are of the opinion the
conference will overrule its previ-
Gus action and allow any team to play
a post-season game with approval of
other members.
Business before the conference in
cluded fixing of dates for conference
meets and tournaments. President r
L. Menuet of Tulane University heads
the conference and the University OF
Mississippi and Mississippi State Col
lege are joint hosts.
Evening star., 1937-12-09

be good; they've lost only one game
all season. But We'll still take the
Redskines-the hottest team of all
even though they lost three times as
many games as the Western cham
pions.
After all, they won 'em when they
had to. That is the mark of cham
pion.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
CHAMPIONS BRAND
ON D. c: GRID PROS
Team Good Under Pressure
Equipped to Give Bears
Battle for Title.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.,
Stan Correspondent of The Star.

~H1cAGo, Dec. s.-Tempera-
ture in this subfreezing city
turned sharply and suddenly
~ upward today, but there was
O reason. The Washington Redskins
the hottest team in football-were
In town.
We might even go farther and agree
with a native Chicagoan, who antici-
pates the coming of Sunday with fear
and trembling that Washington's pro-
fessional grid representative is the
hottest team in all football history.
The natives fear and trembling comes
from the fact that his adopted Bears
must face this group of heat-turners-
on for the National League cham
pionship on Sunday.
We hear voice denying that the
Redskins are the greatest eleven, col
legiate or professional ever assembled
If so, let him take cover, for here
come the grounds for that all-encom-
passing statement.
What Can't the Backs Do?
WHERE, may we ask, has there
ever been backfeld to compare
with Cliff Battles, Slingin' Sam Baugh
Ernie Pinckert and Riley SMITH
There, my friends. you have the all
time, do-everything backfeld.
Excluding the one and only Dutch
Clarke, who seems to be football
team in himself, you have four mer
who are absolutely the best of every
thing there is to have for backfielc
> work in football.
Where, may we ask, will you find q
smarter quarterback than Riley Smith
an all-America collegiate quarter
back at Alabama, and this observer
pick as the best quarterback in the
National League today. All year Ions
Riley has acted as the brains of tbs
Redskins and we have yet to see hin
make an error in judgment. But you
don't have to rely on our opinion, fol
no less an authority than Frank Dob
son. coach at the University of Mary
land, said at the Football Writers
luncheon in Washington last Tuesday
that he never had seen team quarter.
backed any better than the Skins were
piloted by Smith last Sunday against
the Giants.
Slingin' Sans chief bid to fame
Is too well known to be repeated
but we think that Baugh the ball
carrier and Baugh the kicker could
hold his place on any team if he
never threw single pass. This has
been one of the most pleasant Of
many pleasant surprises connected
with the Redskins this year, and
makes Sammy eligible for an out
standing place in our all-time back.
field.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Redskins Arrive, Work Out.

THE Redskins arrived this morning
to find Chicago greeting them
with open arms and sub-zero weather.
Two-inch streamers on the sports
pages proclaimed their arrival and a
score of newspaper men were on hand
to watch them go through their PAGES
in workout.
Win or lose, the Skins have done
the National League favor this year.
Representing new city, they have
delivered in sensational style to fire
the interest of the entire West. Un-
less the weather remains below zero
and it is showing, Wrigley Field will
be jammed to capacity Sunday for
the game.
The names of Battles and Baugh
and Turk Edwards are on the lips
of every football fan in Chicago, with
special emphasis on Baugh They're
not sure how to pronounce it but
they know that Sammy means trou-
BILE and that's all that counts.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
DUNLAP GETS wv. & l."
Grid Award Earned by Capital
Boy-Brown '3S Captian.

LEXINGTON, Va, Dec. 9 (P.-
Monograms have been awarded %
members of the Washington and Lee
football squad. The list included Capt.
Will Rogers, Bob Spessard, Don Dun
lap, Washington, D. c.; Ray Craft,
Frank Jones, Jim Humphrey, Richard
Boisseau and Bob Thomas, Chevy
Chase, Md.
Bill Brown of Toledo, Ohio, all
Virginia guard on the 1897 Associated
Press team, was elected captain for
1887.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
RATE WEST VIRGINIA
BEST TEAM PLAYED
Colonials Call 'Bama Smartest.
Select Stars Against Whom
They Battled.

p OSE BOWL selection or not, Ala
bama was not the strongest team
George Washington met this season.
members of the Colonial squad voted
in a poll
West Virginia was named the
strongest, though Alabama was called
the "smartest" and the best coached" :"
However, Alabama placed three on
the Colonials' first all-opponent team
and two on the second.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Sports Mirror

Today year ago-Philadelphia
Athletics traded Frank (Pinky)
Higgins to the Boston Red Sox for
Bill Werber.
Three years ago-New York
Giants won National Pro Football
League title, upsetting previously
unbeaten Chicago Bears, 30-13.
Five years ago-Kid Chocolate
won close 15-round decision from
Fidel Labarba for featherweight
title.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
SET FAST SCORING PACE.

Dick Bauersfell and Dick Barnsley
each scored 10 points last night as
Bethesda Baptist Church trounced
Bethesda Methodist Church, Al to 27,
at Leland Junior High School.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

"A VIEW YORK, December 9.-This
M years Little All-America"
VI football selections, compiled
4 today by the Associated Press,
gives special emphasis to the strong
brand of small-college competition in
the South and its neighboring corn
belt.
There's no sectional monopoly on
class in this respect, Notwithstanding
most of the unbeaten small-college
teams this year are to be found in the
Mississippi Valley expanse of gridiron
activity.
The combined South and Southwest
contributes five of the big little fel-
lows" on the 1887 aggregation Three
represent the Middle West, while the
East has two delegates and the Far
West one.
The Little All-America" not only
combines plenty of speed, power and
deception, but lists a number of stand
outs whose names may draw profes-
sional headlines in another year OF
two.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Few Backs Repeat.


CEDOM has there been better crop
- of small-college backs. So swift
was the race for honors that one of
last years choices, Big Dick Weisgerber
of Willamette, failed to repeat
Weisgerber and his running mate,
Billy Beard, shared offensive honors
for the little Oregon school, but did
not quite measure up to the class of
their main rivals on the season S
records.
Joining Albright's captain. Dick
Rifle, only backfield repeater, is
Burns Mckinney, 160-pound spark
plug. jack-rabbit runner and crack
passer for the Ebrdin-S -Simoons team
that is unbeaten for the second year;
and two fullbacks, Wendell Butcher OF
Gustavus Adolphus tMinn) and Clay
Calhoun, captain Of the Loyola team
of New Orleans. Butcher, power
Evening star., 1937-12-09
SARRON WHIPS GUGGINO.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 P.-Petey
Sarron, former world featherweight
champion, outpointed Carl Guggino
Of Tampa, Fla, in 10-round bout
here last night
Evening star., 1937-12-09
v. M. |. AFTER COHEN
Offers Him Position on Staff of
Football Coaches.

Football Coaches.
LEXINGTON, Va, Dec. 9 [P.-
Russell w. Cohen. former coach at
Alabama, Louisiana State and Gin
cinnati, has been offered position on
the Virginia Military Institute foot
ball coaching staff
Head Coach Allison T. S. (Pooley)
Hubert, Line Coach Carney Lashe,
End Coach James E. Walker and
Freshman Coach Albert Elmore have
been reappointed.
Andrew j. Trzeciak. 175-pound full
back from New Kensington, Pa who
played all but five minutes of his
teams 10-game schedule this fall, has
been elected captain of the team for
1888
Evening star., 1937-12-09
WANTS BASKET RIVALS.

The Roosevelt Community Center
150-pound basket ball team is look
ing for Tuesday night games at its
home gymnasium. Call Randolph
0221
Evening star., 1937-12-09

IT DEVELOPED that Mr.. Halas
talk of moaning was spoken in
jest and while many a truth is spoken
the same way, George didn't act as
if he were worried. Did those 40
points the Redskins scored against
the Giants startle me?" he repeated.
Nav, we're ready for Washington.
The Bears are in good shape and we
figure to win. The Redskins have
been through two awfully tough
games in successive weeks and now
they're coming up for third in a row
1T isn't in the books" he added,
"for Washington to remain the per-
feet team That's what the sports
writer's called the Redskins last week
in New York, wasn't it? Maybe
they're right but the Bears aren't the
Giants. Those Washingtons Won't
take the Bears line apart and hold
it up for the crowd to get laugh.
Were pretty proud of the Bears,
went on Halas. I'VE don't play spec
tacular football .. Probably nowhere
But we're sound, we've got the
material and we can win most of oul
games. I look for a close game, but
we'll take it. Say. Jack" he kept on
looking toward Manders, I'VE get
reports from New York that Battles
is putting his head down and crack
ing the line What do you think We
ought to do?"
Well grinned the star placement
kicker, there's always Bronx"
That's it," yipped Halas, wei
let OIL Nagurski hit him. I hereb,
appoint Bronko a committee of on,
to meet Mr.. Battles coming through
the rye I mean, line, Maybe
Cliff will change his mind abou
plunging after Bronko hits him"
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Dykes Goes Wrong,

"ON THE other hand" went or
Dykes. "if Griff loses he'll have
to make my deal Bonura and
Bozie Berger for Kuhel and Buddy
Myer." With that Dykes turned on
his heel and went upstairs to face
Griffith.
Half an hour later they came down.
Dykes rushing off on a gallop and
Grif trOtting to catch his choo-choo.
Its all off" said Griff. Dykes ad-
mitted he was on the fence and didn't
know which way to fall Finally he
fell the wrong way"
Thus the Washington clubs ennis
saries to the minor and major league
conventions got nowhere. except for
swinging a trade of Pitcher Eddie
Linke for Pitcher Hogsett of the
Browns. This deal promptly was lost
in the shuttle.
Griffith has been appointed a men,
Der Of the American League Com
mittee to search for a new deal"
ball. The ones turned over to the
| league for inspection proved unsatis-
factory and Griff, Alva Bradley of
Cleveland, Tom Yawkey of Boston
and Donald Barnes of st. Louis are
intrusted to dig up a new make and
present it for demonstration. Re-
gardless of their findings, however.
it will not be used until 1899 at the
earliest.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
GIVE PAR A WHIPPING
Thomson, Metz Get 69's Tuning
for Miami Biltmore Open,

TOT MIAMI BlItmore open.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. Dec. 8 up.
Jimmy Thomson of Shawnee, Pa,
and Dick Metz of Chicago turned in
3-under-par 69s as they tuned up for
the $4,000 Miami Biltmore open,
which starts tomorrow.
Ralph Guldahl, national open
champion, and Vic Chezzi of Deal, n.
j., shot Ills.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
SHO' MEN ARE REWARDED
Grid Letters Presented to 20 by
Washington College,

.
CHESTERTOWN, Md, Dec. 9 (P).-
Football letters were awarded to the
following % players by Washington
College at banquet last night:
Young. wilmot, Kilby, Benham. knder-
son and Vandervoort seniors. and j. Col
Inns. w. Collins, Meador, Bremen. Geisler,
Carman, Smith, zebrowski. Neubert, Tully,
Cain, Horner, Ware. Stack, Burlington and
Morton. and Manager Bergdoll.