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Evening star., 1937-09-09
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Line Fundamentals Also Feature
Work Started With Arrival
of Koch. Forward Aide.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMP LET'S, Md, September 8.
George Washington's foot ball
squad, numbering Al players, will get
its first taste of heavy-duty action in
scrimmage today, Jim Pixlee, head
coach, announced this morning.
Pleased with the progress of the
team, Pixlee said the late afternoon
drill would wind up with scrimmage
and intimated both sessions tomorrow
would feature this work.
Another feature of today's practice
will be intensive concentration on
fundamentals by the linemen under
the supervision of Botchey Koch, line
tutor, who arrived in camp yesterday
from Texas, accompanied by Frank
Merka, Junior back.
While Koch catches up on his line
work, Merka, most dependable punter
on the team, will be pushed ahead.
Pending Jay Turner's complete re-
covery from the hand injury that
threatened to end his grid caresr,
Merka may be showed into the first
backfield, that was composed of Tur-
ner, joey kaufman, Bruce Mahan and
Bob Nowasky, a sophomore, in yester-
days signal and formation drills.
Nick Nicksick, quarterback; Howard
Tihila and Vic Sampson, halfbacks,
and Elmer Hogg, fullback, made up
the second group of backs.
Evening star., 1937-09-09

Ed Widseth, tackle; Bud Svendsen.
Bud Wilkinson, quarterback; Julie
Alfonso, halfback, and Ray Anti,
end, graduated.
Notes from the cuff Bo Nc
MILAN, old center star, starting a
new 1O-year contract at Indiana,
will have one of the smallest squads
OF any Big Ten school, and also
one of the toughest schedules d.
Only AZ will report for practice
Friday =. Irl Tubbs, succeeding
Ossie Solem at Iowa, is gloomy
over the fact that he must whip his
squad into shape for the opening
game of the season-with Washing
ton at Seattle September 25. He
says he would have a slow line and
an inexperienced backfield.
Michigan, which has to go back
to the 1885 season for a Western
Conference foot ball victory, bases
its hopes for an improved showing
on the development of a strong
line, built by Hunk Anderson, new
line coach 4. Commissioner Grif-
fifth rates Tarzan Taylor, line
coach at Marquette, one of the 10
best in the Nation James
Maker, Northwestern, starts his
thirty-third year as a Western
Conference official, with John
Schommer, former University Of
Chicago star, beginning his twenty
seventh.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
BRINGS GRIDDERS HOME

Out-of-town training seemed to be
the vogue for the Districts private
school elevens this Fall. Hard on the
heels of Gonzaga's return to the CITY
yesterday. st. Johns was back home
today, following eight days condition
ing at La Plata, Md, Under its new
coach, Gene Augusterfer.
Like Gonzaga, st. Johns will open
its season against Central. Augusterfer
was especially pleased with the play
OF veterans Bill O'Connor, Frank
Cady, Joe Gallagher and Jim Gieble
and the rockies Herbert Munhall and
Frank DAILY at camp.
Practice will be continued here ON
the Tidal Basin Field. More than
two dozen additional candidates were
expected to report to Augusterfer to-
day.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
Must Stay Down to Ball.

IRON play quickly teaches the neces-
sity of staying down to the shot.
which means that the body, especially
Its left side, maintains its position
throughout the swing. There should be
no upward movement of the shoulders.
a common practice among the poorer
players because they fear that by hit
ting down they will take too much turf
or even ruin their clubs. In conse-
quence they seldom take any turf at
all, the ball being hit when the club
Is ascending rather than descending.
Wifi tells his story through the pages
OF the National Golf Review and the
same thread rups through his casual
rounds of golf. Ike the SO he shot at
kenwood couple of days ago. In that
round he only had one long putt, but
ne bagged eight brides. Which means
ne was laying those iron shots I'D
against the wicket every time. At that,
he missed a couple of puts.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
Nearly 1000 Warriors TRAMP Midwest Cridirons
Nohe DANES "Skeeton Conesto

one of the fastest squads in years.
and in the speed lies Wisconsin's
chief hope of upsetting some of
their rivals who have been running
over them in late years The
advance sale at Wisconsin is the
best in the history of the institu-
ton.
Tragedy Within the last
two years two of the greatest back
field prospects in the Big Ten have
met tragic deaths just before the
season opened A year ago
1t was Tom McGannon, killed in
a locker room explosion with a
teammate at Purdue Just
the other day Bill Booth, rated as
one Of the best halfback prospects
at Ohio State, lost his life in an
automobile accident Pur-
due will start its season without
Nobel Kizer, head coach, con-
valescing after being critically i'll
from a kidney ailment He
Will not take any part in building
the 1887 team, which will be in
charge of Nal Elward, a former
teammate of Knute Rockne and
Kizer's chief assistant On
the brighter side. however, is the
fact that Cecil Isbell, who runs,
kicks and passes with the best of
them, will be back Last
year Isbell figured in the scoring
of is of Purdue's % touchdQVns.
Evening star., 1937-09-09

trict championship in his first at
tempt if he enters the show at Colum-
bia next week. Heretofore, as a public
links golfer, he has been ineligible to
compete for the District crown. but
he's all white now and he's good
enough to win, even if Roger Peacock
does compete.
Wonder who the next public links
champion will be? They don't pro-
duce guys as good as Rippy or George
Volgt every year or two. And what
will Papa Leoff1er do for a possible
national champ, now that Rippy has
passed up his old haunts at East Po-
tomac Park? The whole situation is
verra, verra interesting.
4" HES" JURNEY, the sergent at
arms of the United States Senate.
who grabbed himself birdie three
years ago by the concession method,
rises to report that such concessions
now are beneath his dignity as a good
golfer. Fresh from victory over Mike
Evening star., 1937-09-09
SNEAD IS FAVOR|TE
IN CANADIAN OPEN
Title Won by Yanks Since
1919 Appears Headed
to States Again.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TORONTO, September s.-The
Canadian open championship,
the special preserve of Ameri-
can professionals since 1919,
seems headed for another annexation
by United States golfer.
Of the I'll entries who tee off today,
l3 are top-ranking American pros
headed by Ralph Guldahl, the national
open king.
The chances that a homegrown
golfer will slip by and win the 72-hole
test are slim.
Snead Best Liked.
NLAMMIN' SAM SNEAD, Lawson
Little, the defending champion; !;
Tony Manero, United States open
winner in 1896, and Light Horse Harry
Cooper are also in the field.
Behind this imposing quartet come
Ed Dudley, Jimmy Thomson, Leo
Diegel, Gene Kunes, the 1885 winner;
Ray Mangrum, Willie Goggin, Al
Watrous and Vic Ghezzi
Snead currently is the best liked of
the Americans. His SO and 68 over
the rolling st. Andrews course yester-
day showed him in perfect shape.
His scores were one and two strokes
under par.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
Needs Pass Receivers.

MEMBERS of the second backfeld
who may on any day be shuff1ed
Into the top quartet-are Bus Male,
Peter Nistad, Edward Sharrets and
Arthur Bryant.
The tentative first line includes
Whiteside and Woody George. ends;
Co-Capt Billy Weeks and Carl Flem-
ing, tackles: Reutlinger and John
Hanretty, guards, and Al Berkeley,
center. Co-Capt. Steve Davenport.
center. and Jimmy Sergeant, end, late
arrivals this week, may break into
this lineup.
Murray's major concern at present
Is the development of pass receivers.
His system, designed for scoring of
touchdowns by deceptive means, ne
elects the usual routine work on
defense, aside from a defensive
scrimmage for experience in stopping
the other fellow.
we may be outScored, but our
aim will be to make touchdowns. -
Murray said. The record book shows
that his Marquette elevens scored in
II consecutive games before they were
blanked last year.
Murray says he hopes to win at
least two or three games" and he
intends to shoot the works in every
conflict. Virginia scored but II points
In nine games last season, winning
twice. The opposition rolled up three
times as many points.
This hasn't shaken the faith of the
Cavalier mentor in his system. how
ever. He closes each practice with
a drill on kicking goals for points
after touchdowns.
The schedule:
September 25. Hsmpden- Sydney.
October 2, Princeton at Princeton:
3, Navy at Annapolis; Is, Maryland;
23. V. M. l.; 80, William and Mary
November 6, Washington and Lee
at Lexington; 13, Virginia Tech; 25;
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
TUCkERMAN HITS 1856
TO TOP SENIOR GOLF
Burning Tree Player Holds Z.
Stroke Edge Over Tiffany,
New York Entry.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RYE, N. Y, September 9-W. r.
Tuckerman of Washington
Burning Tree Club held a seven stroke
advantage over the rest of the field in
the United States Senior Golf Asso-
ciation's tournament today, following
round of 79 yesterday
Next to Tuckermans 156 was the
163 of Gilman Tiffany of Long Island
Three New York golfers-Edgar S.
Bowling. Findlay S. Douglas and F. c.
Newton-were tied for third with 164.
The leader set a blistering pace on
the first nine holes yesterday, getting
a par 70 with birdie threes on the sec
ond and eighth holes. He slipped on
the inward nine, taking 43, seven over
par.
Three other Burning Tree members
P. S. Risdale, Edward Clifford and
Frank B. Jelleff-turned in scores of
81, 90 and 100, respectively.
Findlay Douglas, former national
amateur champion and ex-president
OF the U. S. G. A., was elected presi-
dent of the association.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
Shy From Big Iron Shots.

LIKE iron play. the big bombing
irons that rifle the ball from 200
yards more or less, to the fiuttering
flag" says Witty. There is Joy in
driving the ball mile from the tee.
but there is sweeter satisfaction when
you clip the ball from the turf, often
from skinny lie, and pin 1t on the
staff.
Most golfers are shy when they are
confronted with big iron play and are
ever ready to compromise with baffy
or spoon. always have believed that
If the player trained himself in the
use of the driving iron and the midiron
he would have very little trouble with
the remainder of the game.
big iron play requires good, firm
grip, hard hitting with the left hand.
and compactness. All these will help
Improve the general swing by freeing
1t Of feebleness, of soft. shy hitting.
and of excessive body motion. If were
a beginner I would leave the woods
entirely alone until 1 had satisfied N.Y.
self that could play long iron fairly
decently.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
Spectators Dazzled.

JUST how successfully opposing
teams will cope with his plays
Is yet to be seen, but the crowds OF
spectators who have been lured 10
the naval base training camp of the
Cavaliers by word of strange goings-
on there, have been dazzled by tricky
spinners, laterals and forwards On
most plays, the backfeld seems to
explode with orange -jerseyed backs
revolving like merry o-round gone
haywire.
Never is the ball simply snapped
to back who grabs it and runs. The
toss from center begins a puzzle in
which any one of the backs is pos
sible ball carrier, and that runner
usually is f1anked by a receiver of
laterals.
Murray is building his squad around
IA letter men, but he stated that sew
eral sophomores likely are to break
into the lineup. In instituting an
entirely new system, the newcomers
and veterans are placed on virtually
an even footing, he added.
The backfield which has been used
on the No. squad most frequently
includes Harry Oinwiddie, John Acree,
James Gillette and Walter Smith.
The latter, an aggressive sophomore,
has shown plenty of class in early
scrimmages. Harry McClaugherty,
175-pound sophomore, relieved Acree
this week when the Lynchburg youth
left the squad to nurse an injured
finger.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
DE Mar Cleared
OF Coin Charge
BY the Associe ted Prass

BY the Associated Press.
ROSTON, September s.-Clar-
ence H. De Mar. seven times
winner of the Boston Marathon
today was cleared of charges of
attempting to obtain more than
legitimate expenses to compete in
the Pan American games Mara
thon at Dallas. Tex, in July.
The Registration Committee of
the New England A. A. u. it was
learned, has voted to take no action
against the veteran Keene. N H
runner.
DE Mar was, also, alleged to have
written to other members of the
team suggesting they unite with
him in demanding additional ex-
penses.
The charges resulted in De Mar
being dropped from the Pan
American games Marathon team.
The allegations were referred to
the New England Committee bv
the national officers of the A. A. u.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
BY CHARLES DUNKLEY.
Associated Press Snnrfk Writer.

0HICAGO, September 3
Back to work ). close TO
Y 1000 foot ball candidates
will tear up gridirons in
the Midwest when the practice sea-
son officially opens today.
Elmer Layden, coach at Notre
Dame, will have skeleton" squad
OF only IS men out for the OPEN
ing, but this group will be aug
mented week later, with the OPEN
ing Of school. by 125 TO 13o volun-
teers who were not invited back
for the early opening.
Notre Dame pays a staggering
bill each year for equipment for
these foot ball hordes, but the
Irish are stanch in the belief that
the game should be there for the
boys whether they are any good or
not as attractions at the gate
From As to rs players will report
at each of the 10 Western Con-
ference schools.
The Snooze that foot ball has
enjoyed at the University of Wis
consin ends tomorrow, with Harry
Stuhldreher, beginning his second
year as head coach, starting TO
whip So candidates, one of the
smallest squads in years. into shape
for what may be one of the sur
prises OF the season. 1t is. however.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
Trio of Red-Hot :
BOOters at C., II.

SOME of the most sensational
punting seen on Catholic Uni
versity's gridiron since the salad
days of Tom Oliver may be de-
livered by Cardinal hooters when
the 1887 season gets under way.
Already three c. U. huskies
have astounded onlookers with
their early-season toe work, de-
spite the fact that the squad has
been in uniform less than a week.
They are Rocco Pirro, giant full
back, who may be shifted to an
end position; Burke Vidnovic and
Joe Guyon. All have been kicking
for surprising distances without
sacrificing accuracy.
Shifted from tackle to fullback,
Pirro has booted the ball SIS and 65
yards with looming spira1s.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
WASHINGTON DOG WINS

ORANGE, Va, September 9 C9.-
Ellen Cody, owned by Rolfe Bland of
washington, D. c., was adjudged the
grand champion foxhound of the
fourth annual Virginia Foxhounds
Club bench show at the estate of
John Stewart at Keswick.
The prize was the Virginia Fox
Hunters Challenge Cup.
In addition, the same entry won
the American Foxhounds Club silver
medal as the champion bitch hound.
John Stewart's Rowdy was awarded
the Fox Catcher Hounds Challenge
Plate as the champion field trial
hound. Stewards Bashful was second
Evening star., 1937-09-09
SELL REDSKIN TICKETS,

Tickets for the opening National
Foot Ball League game between the
Washington Redskins and the New
York Giants at Griffith Stadium a
week from tonight went on sale today
at the Redskins Office, 739 Ninth
street northwest and the ball park.
Tickets to remaining individual games
also are on sale.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
EPISCOPAL SQUAD OUT
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, September g.
Episcopal High Schools foot ball
team reported for its first drill on
Hoxton Field today, with 35 answering
Coach Bick Cardwell's call for candi-
dates. Cardell, former University of
Virginia star, will be assisted this sea-
son by AL Seman, former Hampden-
Sydney end.
Episcopal opens It's season against
eastern OF Washington on September
%, the first game of a nine-game
schedule. Tech is the only other Dis
trict eleven to be met.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
Passes Up Pro Golf.

Passes Up Pro Golf.
Rippy out as a potential profess
sional at the Beaver Dam Country
Club, where rumor had it that Rippy
was angling for the job soon to be re-
filled by Cliff Spencer, who never has
left the Landover institution. Rippy
never was an applicant for the post,
and you can believe that. Some boy
friends of the Ripper" spoke in his
behalf. but Rippy himself never wanted
1t. So that's that. And, Furthermore, it
pushes Mr.. Rippy smack into the lime
hight as the No. l challenger for the
District amateur championship if his
F street clothing store boss will push
back the showcases and let Claude
WELD putter next week at Columbia.
And, furthermore, it complexities the
club championship situation at Con-
gresslonal, where Parker Nolan, the
big slugger from Fifteenth street. has
had a lien on the title for the past two
years. Rippy, Billy Shea, the Middle
Atlantic champ, and young Dettweiler
might make things very uncomfortable
Tor Brother Nolan over any stretch of
any golf course, particularly as Claude
collected all the dough in a little match
ne had with some of Congressional's
top-notchers few days ago.
Claude Rippy is no dumb
bell.
The guy is smart enough to know
that he hasn't the reputation to step
out and grab a first-class pro job.
He knows that an amateur, in his
naive way, can get along pretty well.
Which is no insinuation in any wav.
Claude Rippy is an amateur golfer.
He always has been and we hope he
always will be. The boy friend is
plenty good, too. He can win the Dis
Evening star., 1937-09-09
C0FFEYS GAIN EDGE.

Lefty Heft gave up three hits yester-
day in pitching the Coffey Screen Co.
to 6-1 victory over O'Donnelrs Grill
men in the first of their three-game
playoff series for the second half
championship of the Industrial
League.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
PRESIDENTS TO DRILL.

Washington Presidents, champions
of the Dixie Professional Foot Ball
League, begin practice tonight at 8
o'clock in Duffey Stadium, at Seat
Pleasant, Md. Coach Gene Auguster-
fer requests all candidates to attend.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
WIFFY IS MASTER
or LONG APPROACH
Too Many Golfers Rely on
Spoon, He HoIds-GiVes
Hints on Swinging.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.
BY w. r.. McCALLUM.

w ATlbPR5R 5oR5s9 of G04; Rsavoda. sh' maas sis
w times has been dubbed the
master of the long irons"
1t comes from the fact acknowledged
among his brother pros that Witty,
more than any other top-notcher, can
lay back the ears of any golf course
by achieving pin-splitting long iron
shots. And there isn't much question
about that, either, nor about his rank
ing among the first 10 or dozen OF
Americas better-playing pros.
But few people know that iron play,
to Witty, definitely is thrilling part
of the game. Wifi likes to hit EN-
from the tee and see the ball zoom
out there for carry of 230 yards and
more, but his real thrill comes from
q lengthy sock with the iron clubs
toward a flag fluttering in the breeze
200 yards away.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
REDS GET SLAB ACE.

DURHAM, N. c., September 9 CP).-
Paul Gehrman, voted the best right
handed pitcher in the Piedmont
League, has been ordered to report to
the Cincinnati Reds.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
COLUMBUS GETS HURLER

COLUMBUS. Ohio, September 9 up.
Columbus of the American Associa-
ton yesterday bought Pitcher J. M.
CRed) Lynn, 23-year-old right-hander.
from the Houston Texas League Club
Evening star., 1937-09-09
.bAUGH IS SWAYED
BY LOVE OF GAME
Contract Fuss Much Ado
About Nothing Except
RedSkin Publicity.
BY BILL DISMER. Jr

= HAKESPEARE had a word-or
a phrase-for the Sammy Baugh
case. 1t was much ado about
- nothing" For today, Baugh.
whose original intention to Join the
Washington Redskins probably never
had been seriously misunderstood, was
in a Redskin uniform, showing the
famed Baugh passes to his new team
mates and onlookers at Anacostia
Park.
1t was all good publicity while it
lasted. Claims and counter-claims
that Baugh had signed a contract,
charges and counter-charges that the
st. Louis Cardinals would not allow
MN to play foot ball and statements
and denials that he would return to
Texas Christian University to coach,
all served to sustain interest until
Slingin' Sam could get here after par
tlcipatlon in two all-star games.
May Be Last Chance.
RUT in the end, it was Baugh's ex-
pressed opinion today that II
might never get the chance to play
again" that probably Influenced him
to come if, indeed, he ever doubted he
would.
Sammy was ready to participate in
the Redskins last preseason scrim-
mage today after session last night
with Coach Ray Flaherty, from whom
he learned the big leaguers' plays. 1t
will be the last because the team plays
its only other preseason game Mon
day night at New Wilmington, Del,
and opens its National League sched-
ule with the New York Giants at
Griffith Stadium a week from tonight.
Backfield Galaxy Brilliant.
a THOUGH Baugh's presence might
lead fans to suspect a first-string
backfleld composed of him, Riley
Smith, Erny Pinckert and Dixie
Howell or Pug Rentner-all all-Ameri-
cans-there is no assurance that all
ever will be in the game at the same
time. Not with fellows like Cliff
Battles, Don Irwin, Nels Peterson and
John Spirida around. Battles and
Irwin won their spurs in National
League competition last year, while
Peterson and Spirida-both rockies
seem to have the stuff to stick.
Aside from the nearest thing to
competition it provides, today's scrim-
mage may determine the fate of
those who have not yet won regular
berths with the squad. At present,
Flaherty is carrying about three dozen
players, but with the league regula-
tions providing maximum squad of
25, nearly dozen must be cut adrift.