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Evening star., 1937-12-03
BY BILL BONI,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK. Dec 3.-Despite
M agitation for three specific
" rules changes designed to help
4 the offense in football, ma
tion-wide poll of college coaches by
the Associated Press today revealed a
strong general desire to leave we'll
enough alone"
This may help simplify the task of
the National Collegiate A. A. Rules
Committee, which goes into its an
nual huddle on New Years Day at
Edgewater Park, Miss. This session,
which is being held two months earlier
than usual, will follow the annual N
c. A. A. convention IN New Orleans.
Subject to various reservations. such
as those proposed by Notre Danes
Elmer Layden and Nebraska's Biff
Jones, a no tinkering" policy with
regard to the rules is advocated by a
majority of head coaches The list
favoring conservative approach to any
consideration of rules changes in
cludes Jock Sutherland of Pittsburgh,
Dick Harlow of Harvard. Bill Kern
of Carnegie, Hank Hardwick of Navy,
Ray Morrison of Vanderbilt, Wallace
Wade of Duke. Stub Allison of Cali
fornia and Harry Kipke Of Michigan.
Warner Would Check Defense.
THE veteran Glen Pop) Warner Of
Temple heads the coaching wing
which feels something drastic should
be done to keep the defense, with its
flve-man line as a prime example,
from getting the upper hand on the
gridiron.
The three changes most discussed,
as likely to aid the offense, comprise
CD return Of the goal posts to the goal
line. CD legalizing forward passing
from any spot behind the scrimmage
line and 90 forcing the defense to
keep a definite number Of players on
the scrimmage line, preferably six.
Frank Thomas, coach of Alabama's s
Rose Bowl-bound team, is particularly
strong in support Of limiting defense
formations.
1T is impossible to teach college
boys blocking assignments for all the
various defense set-ups now being
played, with the limited time we have
for practice" says Thomas.
Columbia's Lou Little, who has
headed the coaches own Rules Com
mittee for several years, agrees with
Thomas and Warner on a proposal
to compel the defense to keep a def
mite number Of men on the line of
scrimmage. The only alternative, in
Little's opinion, is to do away with
the huddle system Of calling signals.
Lakden chimes into the offense-de-
fense controversy with the suggestion
that IF sentiment exists that the Of
fense is overshadowed by the defense u
restrictions on the shift (the full-sec-
ond stop after the shift is made) be
eliminated.
Evening star., 1937-12-03

the night spot king, Is amusing
himself Offering $25 and $50 sprint
: prizes at the bike race these nights
>. Reports OF Sonia Henie's in
jury are exaggerated, and she'll
start her tour on scheduled time.
Ray Morrison, Vanderbilt coach,
went down to see the Southern
Methodist Christian game
-. His son, Ray, jr., does the
quarterbacking for s. M. U. .
The Mustangs got first down on
the 9-yard line, but no points =.
What did you think Of the selec-
ton Of plays on the goal line?"
Jere Hayes Of the Dallas Times
Herald asked Morrison, sr. -.
well. it's second guessing, Of
course, but I'd have called them
differently, I think"
The Dodgers. who gave Business
Manager John German ths air.
Evening star., 1937-12-03

are reported dickering with Jim
Tierney. former secretary of the
Giants, and Jimmy Hamilton, gen.
eral manager of the Nashville Vols.
=. Oscar Weed, Mississippi State
guard land the most underrated
player in the league in this book
is the only Southeastern Confer
ence player to wear a soup strainer
+. He sports one OF the Clark
Gable type.
Boxing came back to the corn
country with a bang when John
Henry Lewis and Salvatore Rug
girello packed in 1000 customers at
Minneapolis -. Name Of Jim Ben
ton, Arkansas end. may not appear
on any all-Americas, but he rates
something 1. Only four gains
were made around his end all
season, and. on top Of that, he set
. Southwest Conference record for
yArdase gained on passes.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
Lost Only One JouSt.


THAT one setback must have reused
the ire Of Mrs. Dykes boy, James
Joseph. Anyway, he hasn't lost on a
deal since. He obtained one Of the best
catchers in baseball, Sewell, for pal
try $4,000. He traded one Les Tietje
for Sugar Cain and won. He bought
Dietrich for the waiver price and
loves to be reminded Of it.
He got Dixie Walker for
$500 and practically traded
him for Gerald Walker, whose
price tag at the moment must
be in the neighborhood Of
$4,000.
He grabbed Kennedy when the AS
failed to exercise their option on the
big right-hander and all Vernon did
was to win 81 games in 1886 and bring
Owen in trade yesterday. He got the
second ranking relief pitcher in the
league for $500. Clint Brown, I
mean.
Mike Kreevich he bought from a
minor league club and last year he
came to grips with the legendary Grit
fifth, the Old Fox, for the first time.
In a three-cornered deal also involv-
ing Cleveland, the Mats sent Earl
Whitehill to Cleveland, which dis
patched Lefty Lee to Chicago. To
Washington the little round man sent
Jack Salveson. You never hear of
Salveson now, either. He did not sur
vive spring training. But Lee he
(See POPPING OFF. Page D-3)
Evening star., 1937-12-03
GRID RECORD HIGH
|NPENNSYLVAN|A
Top National Honor, Great
Win Marks Are Held by
Schools of State.

BY the Associated Press.
~ HILADELPHIA, Dec. 3.-Penn-
- sylvania's collegiate football
representatives more than up
L held the Keystone States
gridiron reputation during the 1887
season.
Consider these achievements:
Six of the eleven undefeated teams
OF the East represented Pennsylvania
institutions. Pittsburgh won general
recognition as the outstanding team in
the country.
Three teams led the way in de-
fensive play. Lafayette and Albright
permitted the opposition only six
points and Viilanova only seven.
Thirty-seven Pennsylvania teams
turned in 68 victories against 47 de-
feats and II ties for an average Of
.591 in competition with out State
opponents.
Lafayette boasted the only unde-
feated and united season in the State
with eight victories in as many games,
but Pittsburgh, Villanova, Dickinson
and Albright had only q single tie
contest and Lock Haven State Teach
ers' College two ties to mar otherwise
perfect records. Pitt won nine games,
Villanova eight, Dickinson and Al
bright seven each and Lock Haven
six.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
PITT STARS WANT TRIP
Goldberg, Souchak, Matisi Look
to Coasts East West Game.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3 R-
Several OF those Pittsburgh football
players who voted against a Rose
Bowl trip are anxious to play in the
Shrlne's annual East-West game here
New Year Day.
William Coffman, managing direc-
tor OF the game. said today that in
formation came from his Eastern rep
resentatives. He added that Fullback
Marshall Goldberg. End Frank Sou
chak and Tackle Tony Matisi of the
Panthers are almost certain to receive
bids.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
Laundry Debate Lures Baugh.

CHORTLY after Samuel Baugh
perpetrated this piece of treachery
and become the leading hand-stitched
Benedict Arnold of his day and age,
he was approached by George Preston
Marshall, the laundry tycoon. Mr.
Marshall's tactics when stalking a
football player are highly unusul
Wearing rubber er-soled shoes and q
coon-skin cap, he bats his trap with
reduced laundry prices.
Where else can you get a shirt
cleaned for cents, collar included?"
he asks the victim. with the Giants?
With the Eagles? With the Lions?
With the bears? One thousand
Q,000) times no!'
BY the time Mr.. Marshall had come
to the matter of cotton undershirts
Samuel Baugh was his, body and
SOUL I believe there was also a cash
consideration of $500 for a seasons
work. At any rate, Mr. Baugh is now
full-fledged Redskin, which has
nothing to do with the amount of
starch Mr.. Marshall puts in those
shirts.
BY singular chance, Samuel will
be after new professional football
record when he moves against the
Giants Sunday, and that is record
now held by the same Arnie Herber
Of Green Bay, whom your correspond
ent backed with hat last Septem-
Der. Herber's all-time mark is n
completed passes in q season, estab-
ushed in 1886.
Baugh up to date has completed
SO. Eight competitions against the
Giants will tie the record and nine
will fracture 1t. The way Samuel
throws that ball around, especially
when Washington is cunning for q
key victory, nine completed passes
will not be an unusual afternoon's s
work.
Sam has thrown 156 passes in all
this season and his competitions were
good for total gain of 974 yards
Also his kicking has been strong and
effective and his running hard to
stop. The more the rest of the Ma
tional League clubs see of this un-
regimented Texan the less they like
him, and that is their privilege, sure
enough.
To win the Eastern title and meet
the Bears in the play-off at Chicago,
the Redskins must beat the Giants.
A tie or . Giant win will freeze them
out.
tcocyrisht. 1887. BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Ine.)
Evening star., 1937-12-03
BY EDDIE BRIETZ.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, Dec. o.-Man-
M haitian merry-go-round-
IN that's tn, the six-day ,s-.a bike race
early in the. morning to outsmart
Jimmy Dykes of the White Sox in
baseball deal Max Schmel-
ing offered $25 for sprint at the
bike race the other night, and,
quite appropriately, one of !. the
German stars went out and won it.
BY the way, looks as though
Makes fight with Harry Thomas,
December 13, may be financial
flopperoo. The anti-Nazi boy
colt is on in full blast here :.
A cSbwd of 1000 turned out to
see Gene Sarazen play an exhibi-
ticn match in Japan q week or so
II you know any better football
Evening star., 1937-12-03
PIRATES RELEASE FOUR
Biggs, Preibisch, Richmond and
Coletti Go to Knoxville.

PITTSBURGH. Dec. 3 R.-The
Pittsburgh Pirates have announced to-
day the release under option of four
players to the Knoxville club of the
Southern Association.
They are Infielder Charles Biggs
and Outf1elder Melvin Preibisch
Pirate recruits, who played for Savan-
nah in the South Atlantic League last
season; Second Baseman Proctor
Richmond, formerly with Wilkes.
Barre, in the New York-Pennsylvania
League, and Eugene Coletti, first base
man last season for Hutchinson, In
the Western Association.
The Pirates previously had released
three players to Knoxville, one of six
clubs with which they have working
agreements for the 1888 season.
Evening star., 1937-12-03

n YEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Ine fate
M of George Preston Marshall
" and his Washington Redskins,
4 candidates for the national
professional football championship,
will be pretty squarely up to Samuel
Baugh this Sabbath, when the Red
skins lock with the Giants for the
right to represent the East against
the Bears of Chicago.
If the Baugh breaks, the Redskins
will fall, and down will come Wash
ington, laundry and all. That is how
the Poet Keats felt about it, and the
Poet Keats never spoke truer word.
Samuel, the singing Texan, is not
the first man to make the world pass
conscious. There were others before
him. There were Gus Dorais and
Elmer Oliphant and George Gipp and
Benny Friedman and Barry Wood,
and there was Casanova, who set an
18th century record for passes, and
there was Leonidas, who threw up the
first pass defense at Thermopylae.
Nor is Samuel the whole Redskin
ball club. There is a great running
back named Cliff Battles on the team,
and a fine, fast, hard-charging line,
a doe-footed catcher named Charley
Malone, and a great general, blocker
and field goal kicker in Riley Smith,
and a complete exemption from laun-
dry bills, which is the contribution of
the owner, Mr.. Marshall. and not the
least of the clubs assets.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
RICE IS GIVEN NOD
0VERMETHOD|STS
Troians, Tulsa, Vols, Dukes,
Miami and Florida Are
Other Choices.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Call this
M the swan-song Of an ugly
" duckling or the farewell fol-
de-rol of a gridiron guesser,
about to quit the eight-ball for COM
modius winter quarters among the
mothballs. To make a short story
even shorter, prospects for this
weeks slender schedule appear about
as follows:
Southern Methodist-Ric This de-
termines the Southwest Conference
crown and a Cotton Bowl opponent
for Whizzer White and his University
of Colorado Buddies. S. M. us Mus
tangs have been picking up tremen-
dous momentum in the stretch but
this ballot goes to Rice in the belief
that Ernie Lain's pitching arm has
lost none of its power or cunning.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
VIRGINIA STANDS PAT,

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 3 (F.-With
the annual meeting Of the Southern
Conference here just q week away,
there was no indication that the Uni
versity Of Virginia, charter member,
would reconsider its resignation from
that group.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
Various Changes Urged.

REYOND these proposals, the sug-
gested changes are aimed at par
ticular portions of the game.
Layden would establish a zone SINH.
lar to that now applying to clipping,
beyond which ball carrier may get
up and run after his knee touches
the ground, and would lift the re-
Evening star., 1937-12-03
Sam Comes Through in Clutch.

RUT this Baugh has a way OF
dominating critical ball games.
When his college mob, the Texas
Christians, needed help, it was always
singing Samuel who came through in
the clutch. Then there was the
charity game last September between
the college all-Stars and the Green
Bay Packers, pro champions of 1886.
Baugh was picked for the all-star
team while your correspondent was
down in Texas hunting snails with
gun and camera. At that time Mr.. J..
Curtis Sanford, president of the cot
ton bowl and a bloodhound for oil in
his spare time, made a spacious state
ment
Sammy Baugh will be the out
standing star of that game" said Mr..
Sanford.
mo, No." said your correspondent
tolerantly.
''Yes, yes, yes" barked Mr.. Sanford,
striking oil in his excitement. Yes,
yes, yes"
Have you never heard of a Green
Bay Packer named Arnie Herber, the
best passer in pro football?"
Never mind him." said Mr. San
ford. Pay no attention to him. You
do not know what passing is until
you have seen Samuel Baugh throw
the ball"
Mr. Sanford threw couple of
cantaloupes at fireplug to illustrate
his point. and added:
Whats more, I will bet you a hat
that am right"
Well, will not go into the mournful
details of that there Holocaust, where
in Singing Samuel dominated the
action from start to finish and was,
beyond all doubt, the outstanding star
of the dog fight. owe Mr. Sanford,
the oil-prober, a hat, and the grue-
some part of it is that when Texan
says hat" he means a three-family
article holding S gallons and complete
with radio, refrigerator and two-car
garage. will pay him his ill-gotten
millinery as soon as raise the funds,
which may be a year from next
Michaelmas.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
Fate of Redskins Against Giants Appears Squrey Up Baugh
Redskins, Giants Bolstering
Confidence With "Hunches''
As They A,vait Crucial Game

practice told Of the players all being
dressed in their old college uniforms
and cited Leemans as outstanding
because G. WIS canary yellow. They
should have seen the star-spangled
Colonials.
ERNY PINCKERT. the Skins best
blocking back, received notif1ca-
ton today that he had been selected
for Southern California's all-tme team
Of greats. Pinckert will be the only
one of the eleven selected who will
be unable to be present at the presen-
tation ceremonies in Los Angeles to-
night.
But Erny has business in New York.
when he will try to establish himself
as another all-time great tn the
opinion Of Washington fandom.
All-Time Greats Play.
SPEAKING of all-time greats, New
York fans will see on Sunday
what Washingtonians have seen on
six occasions this year: A team with
3 Of the II players selected on the
all-time Rose Bowl team announced
last year.
Capt. Turk Edwards, who PLAYED
with Washington State in the late
2os; Pinckert, the Trojan Trump, and
Dixie Howell of Alabama's 1896 Rose
Bowl champion, are the three Red
skins who hold as high a distinction
as may befall any gridder.
THE ticket sale here is as bad or
good as it was in Washington last
week for the Green Bay game
Agencies this morning announced that
the only sideline seats left were down
at the goal lines, although plenty OF
end-zone seats remained. And the
cheapest reserved seat is 1920. COM
pared to the $165 asked by George
Marshall in Washington.
New York papers have been widely
advertising the fact that the game
Is going over big in Washington
where every ticket which has been
sent down from Giant Offices here
has been sold. But it has fastened
TO assure New Yorkers that officials
were holding back tickets for their
own fans.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
Trojans Strong Favorites.

\
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN. c. L.
- A: Maybe the Trojans still will
be train-sick after that jaunt to South
Bend. but Southern California must
be given a big edge over U. C. L. A.,
one of the biggest disappointments Of
the year.
Tulsa Manhattan: The New York
ers' biggest victories this year have
been over passing teams-Detroit and
Michigan State, for instance. Some
how Or other this corner is willing to
let that fact be forgotten long enough
to cast an uncertain vote for Tulsa.
Tennessee Mississippi: Tennessee
must get the nod
Mississippi ate-Duquesne: Hard
to figure in view of States triumph
over Mississippi and Duquesne's IS
shocking upset of Detroit. Out of the
hat, Duquesne.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
POPPING >r,5|l
OffF"%JtGto on@Zzz5s:Ss. s.: !.
The Round Man Goes to TO,Un.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


LWAUKEE, pufd solemnly
nu big black the
announcement of player trade between the White Sox and the
Tigers After the writing boys scurrd jottng and
ordering wires to be set the behind the cigar walked
lobby to buy paper. Joe Conin bore down him.
you want
NO. answered Cronn
fu I'd ask let
YOU see James Jeph Dykes trading
@ CLARK Griffith adudged
Evening star., 1937-12-03

This was destined to be the only deal
on which he lost. He traded Red
Kress to the Mats in exchange for one
Bob Boken. You never hear of Boken
any more. Kress, at least, is bouncing
from the minors back into the majors.
At least. he is bouncing into the
Browns fold.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
Miami Game q Puxzler.

MIAMI-SOUTH CAROLINA: Miami
beat Catholic, Catholic beat
South. Carolina, therefore Miami will
beat South Carolina Or will it?
That gets us nowhere. so, in the midst
OF dizzy tailspin, Miami
Florida-Kentucky: Probably close.
Florida.
San Francisco Texas A. A M: Coast
teams haven't been having any luck
with the Southwest this season. Texas
A. & M.
Arizona-Oregon: Looks close enough
to justify a flier on Arizona.
Centenary-Louisiana Tech: Gen.
tenary.
Loyola Clos Angeles) -Gonzaga: The
coin says Loyola.
p S.: Georgia to beat Miami on De-
cember 10.
Evening star., 1937-12-03


Jimmy is the new champion, with
practically all precincts heard from.
As far as the more expert
observers can see, Dykes made
his White Sox into honest-to-
goodness pennant threats in
dealing with the Tigers.
He filled the open space at third
base with Marvin Owen, one of the
best defensive third sackers in the
business and timely, if not heavy,
hitter. He improved his outfield with
the acquisition of Gerald Walker and
he grabbed one of the most promising
young catchers in the American
League in Mike fresh.
In exchange he gave to Detroit
Pitcher Vernon Kennedy, Infielder
Tony Piet and Outfielder Dixie Walker.
According to CHASTITY majority of
baseball men, the only thing even
about the trade was the number of
players involved three for three.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
Giants Too Cocky?

Giants Too Cocky?
OVER confidence may win for the
Redskins, or rather, lose for the
Giants.
According to Mrs. Chuck Bond,
pretty wife of the good-looking re-
Evening star., 1937-12-03
Leemans Best, or Pest?


THE college gridder who drew more
applause than any other in Dis
trict history may be responsible for
the most means from Washingtonians
coming here for the game. Because
Redskin coaches openly admitted to-
day that they feared Tuffy Leemans,
George Washington's team" from
1888 through 1885, more than any
other Giant back Danowski Is
New York's best passer: Les Corzine.
their best blocker. usually is good for
2 or yards whenever called upon to
carry the ball. but Leemans is con-
sidered the best.
Here's hoping the best doesn't turn
into q pest for the Redskins. In
cidentally, one description of a Giant
Evening star., 1937-12-03
BY BILL DIsMER, Jr.,


~ YE, N. Y, Dec. 3.-There are
- more lunches being heard
N around this swanky West
4 y chester Country Club today
regarding the outcome OF Sundays
Redskins Giants game than there is
rye in Rye. Each side, it seems, has
its own "irrefutable" reasons why
its favorites cannot be defeated.
Space doesn't permit an itemized
list Of even half Of them, but the two
omens considered luckiest by the
Washington and New York contingents
are these:
Ray Flaherty never has failed to
be involved in a play-off between
the Eastern and Western champions
since the National Football League
instituted the post-season game for
the loop title In 1893. Ray was as
sistant coach of the Giants in 1898,
"a and '35, and each year the New
Workers won the sectional title. Last
year was Flaherty,s first as the Red
skin coach and the Indians immedi-
ately took the title from his old team.
As further comfort to Washington
fans. Ray has promised to wear his
lucky brown suit which he has worn
on three occasions this season when
his team won important games-the
first game with the Giants at Griffith
Stadium in September. the first Pitts
burgh game when his team snapped
out of bad slump, and the Green Bay
game last Sunday.
We Hope It'll Suit This Sunday.
NEW WORKERS, however, are bank
ing on Owner Tim Mara's asser-
ton that the date of December s.
| which will be the date next Sunday
is lucky day in Giant football history
It was on that same date, in 1925,
that the appearance Of Red Grange
with the Chicago Bears attracted 72,-
900 to game in New York and it is
that game that Giant officials credit
| with the start Of professional foot
balls success here.
May December S, 1887, mark the
end of the current season here.
Evening star., 1937-12-03

serve tackle Of the Skins who is
stopping at the same New York hotel
in which the Giants live, the Mara
men are serious in their preparations
for the game-only "the game" is the
anticipated one with the Chicago
Bears on December IL. That, of
course. will pit the Western champions
against the winner of Sundays game
at the Polo Grounds, or the Giants,
in case of a tie.
Despite contrary statements in the
press-from their press agent-the
Giants really are planning to take the
Redskins in stride. The Redskins,
however. are planning to take the
Giants for q ride.