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The Washington times., 1937-12-27
INDIYIDUAL RECORDS
Geo. Prep Wins
Rifle Trophy

BY scoring a spectacular 483
team score, Georgetown Prep won
the division trophy for class c
teams in the National Rifle Asso-
citation junior matches.
The Garrett Park school earned
a point rating of 400 throughout
the four matches of the series to
defeat q team from Winnetka,
ILL.,, by 10 points and the Beverly,
Mass, girls team by 20 points.
Robert Fenwick, who recorded SO
out of a possible 100 score was
the lad who gave the George
townerS the necessary 1-point
lead for the final round.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
RINALDI PINMEN
ROLL DIXIE PICS

Rinaldi Tailors, who have been
battling tough breaks all season in
the Temple. Major Duckpin
League, will try to shake the jinx
against Dixie Pigs in the loops
feature at Temple alleys tonight
at o'clock.
Last week, despite Ell Geib's Alb
set with games Of $50, 129 and 1874,
the Tailors dropped two decisions
to the Senators, winning their
only game with the weeks high
game, 622.
Ballard tied his own high league
game, ITO, and added 126 and 1870
for a 426 set, second high for the
season, to lead Bright Star to a
two-one verdict over Pats Buffet
though Pats had the weeks high
set, 1882. Other Standout sets
were Keeler. 391; Doyle, 371; Wes-
ley, 370; jenkins. 369; Benner,
365: Sorel. $50.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
Sell 10000 Seats
For Cotton Bowl

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 27.-Ap-
proximately 10000 of the $4,000
seats have been sold for the New
Year Day Cotton Bowl football
game here, it has been announced
by j. Curtis Sanford, president of
the Cotton Bowl Association.
All that remains for complete
success Of the game between Rice
Institute and Colorado is perfect
weather conditions. Both teams
are nearing the pink of condition
and will have their full strength
in the lineup at kickoff time.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
X X Footnotes X X

Catholic University turned
down two post-seaSon bids for
football games. One proposal
was for a game in ClarkSburg,
w. Va, and the other for an
indoor tilt in Convention Hall,
Atlantic City Sammy Baugh
has an athletic nameSake in
Philadelphia. He Slings a mean
squash racket, this Philly
Sammy Hermie Lombard,
the former Maryland University
athlete, is doing alright by him
self as a patent lawyer T..
Among the greeting cards re-
ceived were those from Howard
Livingston, Betty Meckley,
Helen Dettweiler and the Wood
mont FreudbergS.
Harold Ambrose, publicity di-
rector of the Post Office De
partment is a former McGiu
University hockey star Kirk
Birkland, former football and
ring impresario at Maryland,
worked on the mail trucks here
this year.
Maureen Orcutt, the nation
ally famous woman golf star,
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
Red Wings Lose
Fifteenth Game

DETROIT, Dec. 81 Q.NS0 .
The collective disintegration of
the world champion Detroit Red
Wings and the personal collapse
of Normie Smith, who last year
won the Vezina Cup which is tan
tamount to the worlds champion
ship among professional hockey
goal tenders, continued at break
neck clip today after the Toronto
maple leafs walloped the wings
81 here last night.
The Toronto victory left the
wings with three wins in 18 games
at the one third mark of the sea-
son.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
A"aPinon Gr0nn
Clark Receives
Gruen Grid Award

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Earl
Dutch" Clark, coach and quarter
back of the Detroit Lions, has
been made the recipient of the
first annual Gruen award, ten
dered to the National Professional
Football League player combining
the highest standard of play to-
gether with outstanding sports
manship and significant service
for the advancement of profes-
Sional football.
Clark is a former al1-American
back at Colorado College and has
been selected all-league quarter
back for the sixth time. The award
was made following a vote of
sports editors in New York, Detroit,
Chicago, and Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
RICE, COLORADO
IN HARD DRILLS

STON, Tex, Dec. 27
GN.SO. Blocking and tackling
was the practice assignment today
of the Rice Institute Owls as they
entered the last five days of work
outs for the Cotton Bowl game
at Dallas New Year Day.
The conference hampions have
decided that the way to stop the
University of Coloroda, Whizzer
White and all, is to pound the
BuffaloeS' forward wall to pieces
and supplement the threat of
Ernie Lain's passing with the
plunging of Ollie Cordill and Scat
Sullivan.
The Owls were reported in Al
condition, and it is expected more
than three full teams will be
aboard the train for Dallas Friday.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. 27
GN.S0.-The University of Colo
RADIO Buffaloes, undefeated cham
pionS of the Rocky Mountain Con
ference, drilled today against the
threat of Southwest passing at
tack as they went into the last
week Of training for the Cotton
Bowl game at Dallas New Year
Day.
Colorado will be outweighed
considerably by Rice Institute
when the two teams step on the
field next Saturday.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27

That's true. The fighters who
have gained prominence in 1887
have left promoters with interest
ing cards for the new year. Arm
strong, Lee, Farr and Buddy Baer,
to mention four that come to
mind.
Better than this is that the
fights have been honest. Appar-
emily the boxing business has
washed its face and determined
to lead a new life. The "in the
bag boys" are out of the bag.
Possibly somebody put some scrap
iron in the bag and dropped 'em
off a handy bridge. If so, great.
Perhaps the commission, often
mangned, rates some sort Of assist
on this. All I know for sure is
that boxing hereabouts is in better
health and odor, decisions seem
to- be fairer, there's less phenag
ling and more fighting.
NO MORE FREAK BOXING
Fighters are also fighting oftene1
and getting paid more nearly what
they are worth. 1t still makes me
slightly i'll to think Of some $100,
900 and 5000, 900 purses that used
to be paid bad stumblebums for
worse pantomineS.
The Cameras, FiermonteS, Jack
Doyles and other freaks and fakes
as prizefighters, mind you-have
faded from the picture. This
column has no complaint against
these fellows, or others of their
type, personally. Always had a
soft spot in my heart for old
Primo, to tell the truth.
But nobody should be allowed to
take money from the public as q
fighter unless he is a fighter
Amateurs, seldom as good as the
pros, should stay in the amateurs
Even the managers have
stopped talking in the millions Of
late. It must be the millennium
Whatever the cause the game
is in good shape. Good fights
will, in the end, bring good
crowds. It can't be done with
ballyhoo any more nor with mir
rors. Give 'em a good show and
before you know it, in the words
of the song. the jointu be jump
ing.
Young. Snake Ames well, any
how, fairly young Snake Ames. .
sent me copy of James Weber
Linn's book about Jim Keeley
while I was ailing. Here's a great
biography of one who must have
been a great newspaper man.
SERVES NICE TROUT
I didn't know Mr.. Keeley until
he had gone with the Pullman
Company in what Linn describes
as his mellow years. Even then,
the most knew was that he
served nice brook trout in his two
special cars at Shelby, Mont, and
that a fellow was lucky to get an
invitation to eat with him, though
part of the price was listening to
Patricia Salmon yodel.
Still Jim Keeley was at least
mellow enough in those years to
go out OF his way to be hospitable
to a kid sports correspondent. So
maybe the nice things that men
do live after them in somebody's
memory. From that one expert
ence I shall always have a kindly
memory of 20. K, j. K" (Which
was Keeley's personal stamp and
passport to any favor he could
beStoW).
Besides which, this is an enter.
tanning biography that Jimmy
Linn has written.
Keep punching, pals. It's only
1853 days till Christmas.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27

positive, absolute, unequivocal as
SertionS.
ANN ARBOR, Mich, Dec. q
GN.S0 University of Michigan
authorities today refused to com
ment on reports that Gus Dorais,
University of Detroit football
coach, would be offered the Mich
igan coaching post left vacant two
weeks ago with the discharge o1
Harry Kipke.
At the same time, however,
Prof. Ralph w. Aigler, chair
man Of the board OF athletic con.
troll, said that "Dorais' name and
the n a m IS of a lot of other
coaches" have been considered by
the university.
Asked if Dorais was still under
consideration, Prof. Aigler said
there has been no decision, sc
there has been no elimination.
Prof. Aigler explained the board
had decided to withhold any com.
ment on the coaching situation
until a decision has been reached
He said mo definite announce.
ment will be made for a while
yet, anyway"
Asked if by "a while" meant a
matter Of weeks or months he
laughed Il hope it isn't months -
Athletic Director Fielding H.
YoSt, storm center Of the Kipke
discharge, was unavailable fol-
comment, as was Dorais.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27

In Kelly pool each player is
shaken a marble, or biSque, with
the number of the ball he has .
make to win on 1t. He must also
make it before another player
makes the ball he has drawn. The
balls are played in rotation.
HAS A SLIM CHANCE
A player drawing a number
higher than eight, or behind the
eight ball, obviously has a slim
chance. Hence, behind the eight
ball" That's one version Of how
the expression started. You may
know a better one. The meaning
is exact and implicit. Behind the
eight ball is no place to be.
Among the incest holiday
greetings was the following note,
written in a slightly Shaky long
hand, from Connie Mack on the
occasion of his Seventy-fifth birth
day:
Dear Bill-Many thanks for
that nice article in your Sun
day paper. Appreciate same
greatly. Am slowly recovering
from my long illness. Hope 20
be ready for the spring train
ing trip. Hope you and yours
have a fine holiday season.
Sincerely yours-Connie Mack"
Deeply as we appreciate this
courtesy from the dean Of base
ball, we don't keep a scrapbooE
and know that the letter soon
would be lost in our personal fl
ing system, which is to throw our
mail in a heap on an unused bed.
Leaving it there to wait that
golden day when we'll be caught
UP and can sit down to answer it.
TREASURE FOR 7OUNGsTER
This letter, however, would be
q treasure for some youngster in.
tereSted in baseball, and we feel
Mr.. Mack will not object to or
offering it to some reader whose
scrapbook it would adorn. It's
your move. Write, don't phone or
wire.
Promoter Mike Jacobs and Bill
FarnSworth would have liked to
hear a discussion that took place
at Pete Jones and Rex Coles an
nual meeting of the Morals, Man
ners and Mayhem Society.
Bill Carey, Bernard Gimbel,
Reed Fitzpatrick, Ned Depinet,
John Royal, Walter Trumbull, Ed
die Lasker and other fight fans
were agreed that boxing in Madi-
son Square Garden had been par
ticularly exciting this fall, with
o promise Of good bouts to come.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
Biscuit Set
Star Horse to Run in
NeU Year Stake

ARCADIA, Cal, Dec. 27 UN.S0
Unless the track is too muddy,
Seabiscuit will be a starter Sat
urday in the New Years Stakes
at Santa Anita Park.
After making the nomination,
Tom Smith, trainer for the Charles
S. Howard Stable, said he is
anxious to run Seabiscuit and
only bad track would keep him
out of the race.
He Did, winner Of the Christmas
Cap, is another entry. But with
Jack Pollard reinstated and back
on Seabiscuit, He Did will face
tougher competition than when
he won last Saturday.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
COACHES BEGIN
COLLEGE CONFAB
Cont. from First Sports Page)

Cont. from First Sports Page)
convention tomorrow night with
President John L. Griffith, West
ern Conference athletic commits
Sioner, in charge, and this affair
closes Thursday.
The American Coaches ASSocia-
ton will begin operation WedneS-
day, with Harry Kipke, retiring
president, calling the meeting. It
will adjourn Friday, after the cleo
ton of officers for the coming
year.
The Football Rules Committee
viii convene at the Edgewater
Gulf Hotel, on the Mississippi
Gulf Coast, Sunday. Lou Little,
head coach of Columbia Univer'
sity, will read the coaches recon-
mendations before the session Of
the coaches Friday.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
Bruins Lose But
Hold Hockey Lead

BOSTON, Dec. 27 QN.S0
Boston Bruins today retained
their two-game lead over the New
York Rangers despite the 3 to
setback at the hands Of the New
York Americans, which treated
5000 fans to one Of the widest
games seen at Boston Garden
this season.
The defeat broke a five-game
win streak but failed to cut the
Bruins lead as the Rangers went
down to defeat before the Chi
cago Blackhawks by the same
score,
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
&c. ". HIGH FIVE
PLAYS HOST TO
COLLEGE STARS

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 81.
George Washington High School
Presidents will engage the Col
llegians in q special practice game
here on Thursday afternoon in the
local gymnasium on Mt. Vernon
Avenue.
Paul Shu, Jimmy cooper,
Johnny May, Kennie Wood and
several other well-known stars per-
form for the Collegians.
The Presidents regular cam
paign on the woodways will get
underway on January 8 when they
mix with the George Washington
U. FroSh. Art Zahn, former star
courtman with the CelticS, is coach
of the invaders.
Petey Sarron, former worlds
Ifeatherweight boxing champion,
left today for Burlington, N. c.,
for a Today hunting trip. He will
then go to Birmingham, Ala,
where he will appear in one or
two bouts.
The Virginia Athletic Club men,
bers will form a permanent or
ganization at their meeting on
January 4. Johnny Travers is the
present director Of thee lub.
Jimmy Embrey, manager of the
Kendrick Brewers, is seeking q
contest with the New York Presi-
dents for the second week in Jan
uary. He expects to play this
game in the George Washington
High gymnasium.
Elicit Cabell coaches the Brew
ers and has lined up the best semi
YO1s.N H01o TyoT.c IN &Ioic confioo
The Washington times., 1937-12-27

writes women in sports column
in a New York paper Jim
Braddock has taken out a Sec
ond'S license in New York in
order to be in Tony Galento's
corner when that baby pounds
noggins with Charley Massera,
January 5 The rumor has
it that Tom Yawkey will apply
for franchise in the National
Pro Football League and install
a club in Boston Some sort
of a high individual college
basketball scoring record was
made the other night when
Chuck Chuckovits, chucked in
II field goals and seven free
throws for Al points to help his
University of Toledo quintet
down Adrian College.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
YOUTHS IN NET TEST

NEW YORK, Dec. q UN.SJ
The annual national junior and
boys indoor tennis champion
ships were to start here today,
with SO Junior netmen competing
and AZ listed in the boys division,
The Washington times., 1937-12-27

in all justice, to say that it finally
found the logical successor in the
present coach, Elmer Layden.
But it looked far too long, it
seemed to me. Wasn't Rockne
originally famous for catching all
those passes up there on the plains
at West Point away back in 1913,
when Notre Dame hit the headlines
for the first time? And wasn't
Dorais the man who threw the
passes? And, at GonZaga on the
Coast and Detroit in the Middle
West, has he ever coached a loser?
The Washington times., 1937-12-27

1t Started-and
one is as good
es the other.
But it comes
from the game
Of pocket bill
liards, or pool,
in which the
eight ball is the
black ball.
The eight ball
Is also approx
mately half way
through the Is
balls, exclusive
Of the cue ball,
used in the
game Of pool.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
SEE GRID GAME

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27.-The
football squad representing Mus
kogee, Okla, High School, will at
tend the Sugar Bowl grid clasSiS
between Louisiana State and Santa
Clara here New Year Day.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
WARREN IN LAUREL

Ad Warren, coach of the Duke
University boxing team, which
meets both the University of Mary
land and Catholic U. this year, is
spending the Christmas holidays
with relatives at Laurel, Md.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
By WALTER L. PATE

NEW YORK, Dec. q G.N.SJ.
On July 20, 1887, on the center
court at historic Wimbledon,
England, Donald Bulge and
Baron Won Cramm were engaged
in perhaps the greatest tennis
match of all time.
Don had been desperately near
defeat but late that afternoon the
Scoreboard showed him to be lead
ing 6-8, ST, Ga, 60, 7-6
and vantage point. AS he took
his position to serve the huge
crowd was tense and breathless
and there was utter silence. A
tremendous service crashed into
Cramm's court and the spectators
were amazed to see him keep the
match alive by a marvellous re-
turn. After a short exchange
from deep court Cramm hit hard
and deep to the right corner and
leaped to the net.
MIRACLE SHOT
Don's reply was a miracle shot
"a booming low forehand drive
which paralleled the sideline the
entire length of the court for a
clean passing ace When the ball
hit the ground inches from the
baseline and the same distance
from the Sideline the battle was
over and the United States
entered the challenge round
against England.
AS it was the consensus that
the winner Of the interzone final
would defeat Great Britain, Don's
master stroke marked the great
est moment in the last ten years
of American tennis.
We lost the cup to France IN
1927 and all efforts to recover 1t
failed until this year, when Bulge
led the American team to victory.
It's return acted as an immediate
stimulus to tennis in this country
and 1887 will long be remembered
here as banner year. Upon the
return Of our team great interest
was displayed by players to i'm
prove their games and the attend
ance at tournaments increased
from coast to coast. The climax
came at the national singles cham
pionship at Forest Hills as several
thousands were turned away on
the final day and Bulge brought
the national championship back to
tho TInitnd States
YOUNGSTERS INSPIRED
But the return of the cup has
done much more than that. It
has inspired many of our younger
players, on whom the future of
tennis in our country depends, to
play the more aggressive forcing
type of game that brought us sue
cess in the past. That, by far, is
the most important reason why
1897 has been a great year for
lawn tennis in the United States.
How long will we hold the cup?
Our prospects for 1888 are bright.
We have at least an even chance
to win against the challenger next
Which country of about
80 will reach the challenge round?
Most followers of the game favor
Germany or Australia. Many
other countries have one fine
player, but to win the Davis Cup at
least two great players are needed
and at the present time none but
Germany and Australia has more
than one.
Fortunately our best players are
very young, Bulge, Mako, Parker,
Grant, Riggs, Hunt, Sabin, Kovacs
and several others have many
years of championship tennis
ahead of them and American ten
mis- will not suffer in their hands.
Should any of these, for any
reason, be unavailable others will.
as always in the past, be ready
to step in and close the ranks.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
WINS OPENER
BERKEIEY SPF

BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. Va,
Dec. 27.-With Shields in the star
ring role, the Berkeley Springs
High School won its opening baS-
ketball game of the year, defeat
ing Warfordsburg High, 35-14.
Shields scored IL points.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
Louis Gets
Top Heavy
Ranking
BY PAT ROBINSON
International News Service Sports
Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Taking
him strictly on his record, the
outstanding athlete Of the year
amateur or PROFESSIONALS Henry
Armstrong, the little chocolate
tinted dynamo of the ring.
No athlete since Jack Dempsey
and Babe Ruth has captured the
imagination of press and public
as has the worlds featherweight
champion and neither Ruth nor
Dempsey outclassed their rivals
as does the little warrior from
East st. Louis.
S93 WRITER'S VOTED
How true this is may best be
judged from a copyrighted world
wide poll of 393 boxing writer's
by the ring magazine, which dis
closes that Armstrong not only
received a unanimous vote-the
first fighter ever so honored-aS
featherweight king but received
so many votes as a lightweight
that the ring was forced to put
him at the head of the division
of which Lou Ambers is champion.
Moreover, many experts believe
he should be placed at the top
of the welterweight division.
Many fans may take exception
to Joe Louis ranking as No. /
heavyweight but this vote was
taken on the basis Of what ac-
tually occurred during the year
and not on what might have hap
pened.
BEATS BRADDOCK
And no one can deny that Louis
won the title from Jim Braddock
and successfully defended against
Tommy Farr.
Here and there a captious critic
might be able to pick flaw in
the ratings but on the whole fight
fans will give them general ap-
proval. In any event, here they
are:
HEAvYwEIGHTs
Joe Louis, Max schmeling, Tommy
Farr, Nathan Mann, Alberto Lowell, Tony
Galento, Jim Braddock. Jim Adamick,
Maxey Rosenbloom, Roscoe Tolss, Ar
turo Godoy, Bob Pastor, Max Baer,
Buddy Baer, Lou Nova, Gunnar Bar
llund, Andre Lenglet, Isadoro Gastanaga,
Al Ettore, Maurice Strickland, Red Bur-
man, AL Mccoy, Harry Thomas.
LIGHT HEAvYwEIGHTs
John Henry Lewis, Al Gamer. Tiger
Jack Fox, Jock McAvoy, Jack Gibbons.
Eddie Wenstob, Gus Lesnevich, Melio
Bettina, Swede Berglund, Ray Actis.
MfDDLEwEIGHTS
Freddie Steele. Fred Apostoli. Jock
McAvoy, Marcel Thil, Billy Conn, AL
Hostak, Young Corbett, Ben Brown.
Teddy Yarosz, Ken Overlin. Glen Lee,
George Black, Solly Krieger.
wELTERwEIGHTS
Barney Ross, Ceferino Garcia, Jack
Carroll, Gustave Eder, Saverio Turiello,
Holman williams, Fritzie Zivic, Izzy
Jannazzo, Jimmy Leto, Cocoa Kid. Sonny
L1GHTwEIGHTs
Henry Armstrong, Lou Ambers, Pedro
Montanez, Davey Day, Billy Beauhul,
Enrico Ventura. Wesley Ramey, Johnny
Bellus, Aldo Spoldi, Eddie Cool, Paul
Junior. Eddie McGeever, frankie Wal
lace, Norment Quarles
FEATHERwEIGHTs
Henry Armstrong. Fetey Sarron. Freddy
Miller, Mike Belloise, Jackie Wilson, Kid
Chocolate, Leo Kodak, Tony Chavez,
Ginger Foran, Spider Kelly, Johnny Nc
Grory, Johnny Cusik.
BANTAMwEIGHTS
Harry Jeffra, sixto Escobar, Lou sa-
1ica, K. o. Morgan, Indian Quintana,
Johnny King, Baby Yack. Aurel Toma,
George Pace, Spider Armstrong, Henry
Hook, Al Brown, Baltasar Sangchili.
FLYWEIGHTS
Benny Lynch, Peter Kane, Tiny Bo-
stock, Small Montana, Jim Warnock,
Jackie Zurich, Ernst Weiss, Pierre Louis.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27

VU10C4VCo, anu IIICIC % 1IO III
evitable reason why we should
wind UP behind the 1888 ball.
People are always writing in to
ask what the expression behind
the eight ball" means and how it
originated. 1t means out Of luck,
licked, stymied.
There are many versions of how
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
Speaker Continues
On Boxing Board

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Dec. ~.
Iris Speaker, former major league
baseball player. has been ap-
pointed chairman Of the Cleveland
Boxing Commission for another
year, it has been announced.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27

Empires of the Moon" A series Of
Feature Fact Fiction Stories in the First
Of which the Brilliant Novelist II.
BedfOrd-JOnes DramatiEes from Old
Records the Episode of Aaron Burr
and the Maid of Halfway Hill. Read
II In The American Weekly, with Sun
days Washington HeERld. Times.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
BOXING BUSINESS WASHES FACE,
.. TO LEAD A NEW LIFE

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 NS.).-A gentleman phoned us yes
terday that he thought line wrote in Sundays
for the coming year. We don't know whether would be good
slogan but good idea Nothing stop unless stop
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
NET PROSPECTS
BRIGHT FOR '3S
u. S. CUP TEAM

Herewith is the first of .
series of articles written eSpe-
cially for International News
Service by outstanding figures
in sports, reviewing 1887 and
looking ahead to 1881
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
Henry Armstrong Voted
Outstanding Boxer In ~
Game Fogged
GOGLkeeper Holds
Post in Ozark"

LONDON, Dec. 81 Q.N.S0.
Out of the worst fog which has
beclouded London's Christmas in
"a years, there came today this
story-crazy, alas, but true:
Goalkeeper Bartram, of the
Charlton soccer team, wondered
bewilderedly why no plays were
coming his way.
Faithfully, for several minutes
he guarded his goal before he
learned that the other players had
all left the field-the game had
been called off on account Of the
fog.