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Evening star., 1937-12-08

A L WATERS, former Eastern
n High and Maryland basket
~ ball ace. recently launched
4 a his career with the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation He
now is attending law school at
night in addition to swishing en-
in for the crack Lubeseal quint
Riley Smith, the brains BE-
hind the Redskins selection of
plays. balanced the beam at 7l5
pounds in high school and
never has weighed more than 305
since.
Jim Farquharson, former West
ern end, fractured An arm In the
Stanford freshman football teams
final game Charley Kline,
Vince Meenehan and Paul Whe-
don, former Central High sridders,
played 80 minutes Of every game
this season In performing for the
Texas School of Mines frosh
eleven Maryland will fete It's
football team Monday night at
Beaver Dam.
Two hours after arriving In
Warrington from New York Sun
day night, Ray Faherty. Rsdskin
coach, hoped = sleeper back to
Gotham to testify in 4 NV
case for Benny Friedman, the
Sammy Baush Of his era ct Michi-
gan Eddie Hogan. who chilled
Buck Everett in one round here
during the Summer season, will
clash with Buddy Baer, Max's big
little brother, at Madison Square
Garden shortly.
Swinging on the Petey Sarron-
Carl Guggino card at New York's
Evening star., 1937-12-08

the senior leaguers indirectly may
have admitted the supremacy Of the
American League or, at least, of the
Yankees In addition to having
slightly thicker cover, the dead" ball
Of the National League will be sewed
with five-strand thread instead Of four.
This Is supposed to give the pitcher
4 better grip. Those Of the National
League haven't been displaying much
Of grip on anything in the last three
world series and in four of the five
all-star games.
These have been rough times
for the National League. In the
last two series II was obvious
the Giants did not belong on the
same field with the Yankees.
Even the stanch old Nationals
confessed this was true but they
countered with the crack that none
Of the other American League clubs
belonged in the same class with the
Yanks, either. This also may be true
but Bucky Harris, for one observer, Is
willing TO bet . years salary his Sen
ators wouldn't finish sixth If moved
into the other circuit.
SHn Must Use the RABBIT"
EvEN at the minor and major
league meetings the National
Leaguers have been showed into the
background. At Milwaukee they huf1ed
and puf1ed and did nothing, contrary
to their usual midwinter activities at
the trade marts. And while they
twiddled, the Americans went on a
spree. The Browns swapped with the
Red Sox and with Washington. The
Tigers swung 4 big deal with the
White Sox.
The Yankees dealt with the Browns
and also condescended to send .
Newark farmland" to Cincinnati in
return for two National Leaguers and
4 bundle Of cash. Ouch!
The scene shifted 70 Chicago
and stAl the Nationals kept puff
ing. Fer that matter, % did
the Americans. But they hold
big trading edge.
next season American League CLUB
owners hope to ram their style of
baseball down the throats Of the Ma
tional Leaguers again. In any inter-
league clash both baseballs must be
used. The Nationals pitchers may
have their raised balls for four
and one-haK innings, but the Ameri-
can hitters, sooner or later, will have
their rabbit" ball to swing on and
pump into the distant bleachers.
Changing Ball II Risky.
THE chances are that good hitters
:: will hit the National Leagues new
ball as far ~ they hit the old one
The National, according to some OBJ
servers, Is gambling with the chang
ing Of the ball. Baseball in 1887 made
Evening star., 1937-12-08
CATHOLIC j. FIVE
|SBARED TONIGHT
Practically New Team Will
Start in Opener With
Maryland Normal.

s.: E: +: :::: s:': T.: !; :: :: e: e:
" ache sets in tonight when
his basket ball team opens It's season
against Maryland State Normal in
the Brooklyn gym. The tap-off Is
at 8:l5 o'clock.
Even last year and the year be-
fore, when Cotton had Hermie
Schmarr Is . running mate for Car
roll, the c. U. coAch's minutes on
the bench were none too pleasant,
as he rarely ever knew what his
courtmen might do.
Tonight, with four new players
going on the floor with Carroll, Cot
ton seems more up against it than
ever. Nevertheless, there were times
last winter when his team surprised
him as, for instance, the night 1t
beat Geneva, which had given George
Washington's crack i've . nifty battle
the previous evening.
At any rate, c. U. should start of
the season with . 1000 percentage,
Unless memory fails, it's done "a
with Maryland State Normal % q
starter for the past two seasons.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
BUSY IN BASKET LOOP

Three games are scheduled for the
Heurich Cup Basket Ball League TO-
night, with the Regal Clothiers, de-
Tending champions, meeting Bureau
OF Investigation in the feature at
$50 O'Clock
The triple bill will get under way
at 1880, when the Marines play the
Deposits and Accounts five of the
Treasury. The second game, between
Naval Hospital and the Fire Depart
ment, starts at $50.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
New York Giants
StinCollegians

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-It seems
those muscular young men
who play pro football for the New
York Giants are just q bunch Of
college boys at heart after all.
The Giants oficiAlly dsbanded
yesterday and here's where they
went: Les Corzine, to the Uni
versity of Illinois to start work
for a masters degree; Ward Gun,
back to Marquette for additional
credits and to help coach track;
Ed Widseth, to Minnesota for more
work on an agriculture course;
Jerry Dennerlein, back to study
for his California teaching Ger
tif1cate. and Jim Lee Howell and
Kayo Lunday, back to Arkansas
for graduate work. - -. - =
Evening star., 1937-12-08
PLAY OF REDSKINS
LAUDEDBY DOBSON.
Declares Team Performed
Almost Perfectly in
Routing Giants.

- LOWING praise for the Red
skins line, the real heroes
of Sundays season record
~ score against the Giants,
was given by Frank Dobson, head
coach at the University Of Maryland
at the Football Writers luncheon yes
teTday at Harvey's.
nm not taking a thing away from
Cliff Battles or Sammy Baush," Dob.
son said, but you know and I know
that they wouldn't have been able te
accomplish much If it hadn't been
for the sterling support given them
by those men up front.
Il never saw q team function SO
perfectly. with every man carrying
out his duties in every detail. as I did
at the Polo Grounds last Sunday"
Dobson continued Those men not
only were opening the Giant line, but
going on to clear out the secondary
to give their runners additional free
dom.
Rates Flaherty at Top.
" A IL in all, it was well-nigh per-
feet exhibition of football and
tribute to the teaching Of Ray
Flaherty. whom I consider the Al
coach Of professional football today.
As usual, Flaherty denied any claim
of the Skins glory. saying it was the
men. themselves, who had done the
work. But he took time to point out
that the blocking of Erny Pinckert,
Ed Justice and Max Krause was as
fine as any he ever had seen and
should not be overlooked.
Slingin' Sam Baugh proved as great
as a wit as he is a passer when he
said that the Redskins had kept out Of
Cliff Battles way as much as possible
when the Clipper started to go to town.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Vanderbilt, winning two each, were
Southern intersectional leaders. When
Bama meets California in the Rose
Bowl New Year day. incidentally. 1t
will be the Coast teams first intersec-
tional test.
Tied for top honors in the South
west were Texas A. and M. and Bay
lor, which won two each. Rice, new
conference champion, could take only
one out Of three.
Detroit and George Washington
played two of the heaviest intersec-
tional schedules. Gus Dorab' T1tans
split even, whipping Texas Tech,
Catholic u. and Boston College and
losing to Manhattan. villanova and
Duquesne. The Colonials won two,
lost three and tied one.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

pREsIDENT BAN JOHNSON Of
the American League has an
nounced the abandonment Of
plan whereby the Junior Circuit
schedule would be shortened to
40 games played on five-month
basis.
Business High basketers de-
feated Gonzaga, 1877. So tight
vas the Business defense In the
nrst half, the prepmen were un-
able to score q point.
william e. Dulin. Patrick Rior-
dan and John w. Hurley are
anxious to make one more at
tempt to snas the prize small.
mouth bass Of the season.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
Griffith Confident White Sox viii Ciue Hin, Bonuru for Kuhel
'POPPlNG>*'S
OfF"%JkGt on4Zk!9, !,
Thicker Hides and a Pf}ft.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

HCAGO, Dec S-The
August WindAss Of the American
joint meeting
they pntng I
but 1t least the nusos blowhard
Of testing
and deader baseball
s-o2 count Of adopting ball but when Nationals
and unanimously decided keep the rabbit
. seasons
No The difference hardly
Evening star., 1937-12-08
A. U. ELEVEN SCHEDULED
Haverford Will Visit Eagles for
Battle in November.

HAvERFORD, Pa, Dec. 8 P.-
Havertord will play three football
games at home and three away in
1898. The schedule:
October l, Susquehanna; 8, Alle-
gheny at Meadville. Pa; Is, Wes-
leyan; 10, Johns Hopkins.
November /. Hamilton at Clinton,
N. Y; 10, American University at
Washington.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
Sports Mirror
Dy the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Today a year ago-New York
Giants obtained Infielder Lou
Chioza from Phillies for cash and
Lso seharein. Nashville tnfielder.
Three years aso-Big Ten de-
clared six Minnesota football play
ers ineligible for further varsity
competition because Of transfer
rule.
Five years ako-Attendance At
college football games showed de-
crease Of IS per cent from previous
year.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
BOB TOW is MATCHED
Meets Ralph Carpenter Monday at
2Oth Century Club.

EOLn century CluD.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8. F.-Al
WE'LL, matchmaker for the Twen-
tieth Century Sporting Club, has ar
ranged four six-round heavyweight
fights as preliminaries to the Max
Schmeling- Harry Thomas Tight in
Madison Square Garden next Mon
day night.
Lorenzo Pack and Johnny Winters,
both Of Detroit, meet in one bout
Another will find Ralph Carpenter
Of Joplin, Mo-. trading punches with
Bob Tow of Washington, D. c. In
a third, Freddie Fiducia of Newark
faces Len Franklin of Chicago, while
the fourth will pair Bud Mignault of
Worcester, Mass, with Henry Cooper
Of New York.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
Sees Nothing - Gain.

WE WERE open to = change, but
failed to find 4 new one that
looked better for our purposes than the
one We used last season." said Amer
lean League President Will Harridge.
Furthermore, We were supposed to
meet with the Nationals Monday night
for . demonstration and they didn't
show up. We have appointed q COM
mittee TO study the baseball further.
but there will be no change until the
1889 season At the earliest"
Both leagues meet in Joint session
today, hnal one Of the annual conven-
ton, and there il . bare possibility
the Nationals may relent and decide
TO use the old ball for another year.
However. President Frick said he
didn't think there was . chance for
. backdown now.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
SEEK FOE FOR SARRON
Ingram Named as Possible Rival

Ingram Named as Possible Rival
in Richmond Bout.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 8 (R.-vir-
sinia tight fans awaited today the
selection Of an opponent for petey
Sarron, former world featherweight
champion. in . l0-round bout here
December 20.
Promoter Jay ]. Thomas, In an
nouncing the signing Of Sarron last
night. said Petey's opponent would
b Joey Straiges Of Camden, N. j.;
Lloyd Pine of Akron or Ray Ingram
Of Washington.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
NEW TRoTTINa OFFICIAL.

NEW YORK. Dec. 9 R.-Roger
Duncan Of Hartford, Conn, has
been elected to succeed the late
W. H. Gocher as secretary treasurer
Of the National Trottins Associat ton.
Gocher, who died recently, held the
position for ~ years.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
Far West Suffers Slump.
OAR WESTERN teams, undefeate,

FAR WESTERN teams, undefeated
in intersectional competition
through the early weeks OF the season,
found the going considerably
rougher in the final stages and wound
up in third place. with seven won and
eight lost for .4e7. The South, with 20
victories and 80 defeats for 4 400
batting average, and the Midwest,
with ls and 70, for .3sl, brought up
the rear.
By far the busiest competitor from
the intersectional viewpoint, the East
also had the greatest share of
'breather" victories Grouped under
that heading are such triumphs Is
those Of Princeton and Navy over vir-
ginia, Harvard over Davidson and
Army over washington U. Of st. Louis
and v. M. I.
Yet Atlantic seaboard outfits, re-
tanning the intersectional title" they
held in 1885, also chalked up their
share Of notable triumphs. Paceset-
ters in this respect were those paral-
lel powerhouses, Pittsburgh and Ford
ham.
Each won four games, Pitts from
Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Nebraska and
Duke, Nordham in successive starts
from Texas Christian, North Carolina,
Purdue and st. Mary's. Another
formidable contributor to the Eastern
victory list was undefeated Villanova.
After . scoreless tie with Auburn, the
Wildcats pinned back the ears Of De-
troit. Marquette and Loyola OF Los
Angeles.
The Midwest's poor showing was
due largely to Indifferent perform
ances by Big Ten teams. Together
they won only out Of 10 games. The
sectional leadership fell to Michigan
State, which was upset by Manhattan
in its lone defeat Of the year and de-
feated Temple, Carnegie Tech and
San Francisco
Notre Dame won three out Of five,
beating Army, Navy and Southern
California, but bowling to Pitt and
Carnegie.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
c. q, TRAINER TO WED.

George LentA Catholic University's
trainer, will be married Saturday
morning in Baltimore, when he takes
Alice Mooney Of this city as his bride.
Lents has been at c. U. for four years,
coming here from Williamsport, Pa.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
Difference Il Debated.

WHAT the difference in the base
ball will be u anybody's guess.
One ball manufacturer said the Amer
ican League ball would travel but 4
few feet farther than the National
brand, while another said the differ
ence might be a. much as 400 more
home runs for the Americans. In
manufacture the new National League
sphere has . slishtly heavier covsr
and i've strands Of thread instead Of
four.
Both league heads blamed the other
for the split.
We were In complete agreement to
change the ball." explained President
Ford Frick of the Nationals. and the
American Lsaguers suddenly backed
out, leaving US with no other possible
action but to 90 ahead with the deader
ball"
Evening star., 1937-12-08
4HOME-RUN" BALL
REMAINS IN A. |.
Old League Accepts dead"
Pellet as Each BIames
Other for Split.
- the AsGoeiatod Press,

- HCA0O, Dec. e.-Amseican
LeAgusrs will keep on their
Y primrose path Of happy Gus
~ toners and home runs for
1875, while their National League
cousins 80 back to the old skin game
Of squeeze play, shorter hits and photo
finish games.
A bit sore 1T each others wilful-
ness In the matter, the American
Leaguers voted yesterday to retain the
old lively bah, whereas the National
Leasuers, unblessed BY such home run
hittsrs - Joe Di Masgio, Lou oehris
and Jimmy Fox, decided to 60 back
to the deader horsehids. Thus, after
four years Of agreement on the ball,
the two leagues again find they have
agreed to disagree.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

. fraction Of an inch in the thickness
Of . hunk of hide that 10 their business
1t begins 70 look now as II the
National Leaguers don't know
which appointments TO keep.
1t wasn't the ball-testing meeting
they should have stayed away from.
Where they made their mistake was
in not keeping their pennant winners
Of the last three years away from the
world series.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Alabama Sets Dixie Pace.
p OSE BOWL-BOUND Alabama,
~ with its triumph over George
Washington, and Louisiana State and
Evening star., 1937-12-08
Rnunh TirnAa far NafinnaIs

Rough Times for Nationals.
IT Is not our specific intention to
take the National League apart
This is impossible, anyway. The
Yankees did that long ago. But by
failing to team up on the ball question,
Evening star., 1937-12-08
FRANK IS MODEST
-
IN HONOR SHOWER S |I|:I (.
Simplicity Marks Great Eli
Back at Presentation of
Heisman Trophy.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, Dec. S.-Clinton
mi Edward Frank Of Yale and
" Evanston, nl., today has tan
gible proof Of the fact that he
has everything"
He has, first Of all, the John w.
Heisman Memorial Trophy, awarded
each year to the Nations outstand-
ing all-around college football play
er. He has, further, q place on vir-
tually every all-America team.
And he has, In addition, the ad-
miration and respect Of each Of the
1000 guests who turned out at the
Downtown Athletic Club last night
to hear Franks praises sung and wit
ness his acceptance Of the handsome
bronze statuette.
The unassuming poise that marked
him throughout his two all-America
campaigns was very much in evi-
dence as he received the tribute Of a
crowd that included football coaches
and grid stars Of recent and long
gone years.
Looks Scholarly in Specs.
TAKEN from his gridiron toss and
put into street clothes, his taste
in clothes Is Is modest as his man
ner. The fact that, OF the football
field. he wears glasses makes the
curly-haired Els appearance lean
more toward the studious than the
competitive type.
His acceptance speech-coming as
it did after adjective-dripping trib-
utes from such famed figures Is Capt.
Gar Davidson, Army's retiring coach; /;
John (Shipwreck) Kelly Of Kentucky
and pro football fame; Ted Husing,
Eddie Dooley and George Trevor,
noted sports commentators; his own
coach. Raymond E. (Ducky) Pond,
and President Walter L. Conwell Of
the d. A. c., who made the presenta-
tion-was Is calm and unaffected as
the young man himself.
Football always has been 4 sport,
a game, to me, and nothing more" he
said. Il was interested in it Is such,
I played 1t as such and leave 1t as
SUCH"
Evening star., 1937-12-08


BY BILL BONI,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
n YEW YORK. Dec. s.-Eastern
M college football teams, leading
NJ contributors .sspfan individual
- \-Atars toti.e aH.Alnerica rank
ing lists in 1887, also ruled the roost
in competition against rivals from
other sectors.
Appearing in II Of the 106 major
International games, included in the
amuaf Associated Press survey, East
ern elevens won II, lost - and tied 6.
Their percentage. based on defeats
and losses, was .631.
Only one Of the four other geo.
graphical divisions emerged with an
average better than 500. That was
the Southwest which, on the strength
Of late-season rally, finished with
II victories and 10 defeats for .583. It
was the only section to hold the upper
hand in clashes with the East, gain
ing two victories and two ties in five
games
Evening star., 1937-12-08
Eastern Eleuens Are Rulers
In IntersectiOnal Football.
Capturing Al of 65 Clashes

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-12
TORTURE Staying
CLUE DISCOVERED
Fingerprints on Bottle May Lead
to Killer of Aged
Woman.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Nov. 12.-Fingerprints
on a whisky bottle were the only clue
today to the slayer who tortured and
garroted Mrs. Bertha De Meyer, 81,
in her squalid fiat where she had con-
cealed cash and securities.
The elderly woman, who had been
on relief for five years and lived alone
amid conditions of abject poverty, was
believed the victim of robbers who had
learned of her boarded money.
Her body, nude except for a coat
thrown over the face by the slayer,
was found yesterday by a coal dealer.
Nearby was half-empty whisky bottle
from which the slayer was believed to
have been drinking before the killing.
Police said the slayer apparently
beat the woman in an effort to make
her reveal the hiding place OF her
money, and then strangled her with
a twisted cloth
| Hidden under the cushion of chair.
in an icebox and under a sofa pillow
police found $751; in cash, a handbook
showing 1852 in deposits and securities
with face value of 81 900. Police said
additional money might have been
found by the slayer.
There was evidence the woman put
| up a savage fight for her life and
savings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-12
LABOR PEACE PLAN
MADE BY OFFICIAL
Sounder Employer EmpIoye
Relations Would Aid Bust
ness, Miss Perkins Says.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER. N. Y, Nov. 12.-Sec-
rotary of Labor Frances Perkins told
New York State manufacturers last
night that sound relations between
employer and employee would improve
stabilization and increase Production in
industry.
Speaking before more than 500 per-
sons at the twenty-third annual ban
quet of the Associated Industries of
New York, Miss Perkins said 1T is
highly desirable that sound and prac-
ucaole relations be established be-
tween business and organized labor in
the interest of improving sterilization
and increased production
These relations" she added. must
be constructive, fair and honorable and
must be lived up to by both sides"
The Secretary said most American
business men realize that sterilization
OF INDUSTRY can be advanced by per-
mlttlng workers to participate In nee
essary and cooperate dealing. There
Is no way OF getting cooperation more
fully, she said, than by dealings and
negotiations between the two parties
when they have recognized a rela-
lively equal intention to good relations.
She said much promise" has been
SHOWN toward sterilization of produc-
ton and employment. which should
go far toward reducing the unneces-
sarily high levels of seasonal unem-
ployment." She cited the automobile
industry as one which has taken a step
forward to Sterilization by moving the
automobile shows ahead and spreading
manufacturing over several extra
months.
In an interview before her speech.
Miss Perkins said that the 4O-hour
minimum week and the 4O-cents-an-
hour minimum wage provisions of the
Black-Connery wage and hour bills.
are too inflexible.
I'm those particular industries where
investigation has shown that wages
are too low or working hours too high. !"
she said. there might be appointed a
special board to fix hours and wages
for that industry, with such variations
as may be necessary. We should
strive to be realistic. Industries are
not all alike"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-12
FLOOD WORK CONTROL
BY CONGRESS OPPOSED
Tri-State Chairman Fears Setting
Up of Areas Similar to
n "
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH. Nov. 12.-Antici-
pated change by the new Congress to
take responsibility for planning ana
constructing fiood-control projects
from the United States Army En-
gineers will be opposed by flood-control
advocates through the country. State
Senator w. B. Rodgers declared yes
terday
Mr.. Rodgers, chairman of the Tri-
State Authority, a citizens organiza-
ton advocating flood control, said he
believed Congress would make an at
tempt under the guise of national
planning" to establish regional plan
ming agencies or authorities similar to
the Tennessee Valley Authority.
These, he said, would be given
sweeping authority over food control
hydro-electric power, navigation and
other matters pertaining to water
ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-12
ORNlTH0L0GISTS MEET
IN CAROLINA NEXT WEEK
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Nov. 12.-Ap-
proximately 200 American and Ca
madam scientists are expected to at
tend the annual convention of the
American Ornithologists Union, which
opens here next Tuesday and continues
through Friday. Sessions will be held
at the Charleston Museum, host to
the convention.
The annual banquet will be held
wednesday night, and DR.. Frederick
c. Lincoln of the United States Bio
logical Survey will be the principal
speaker.
Day sessions will be given over
largely to nature films, lectures and
papers by prominent ornithologists.
Friday the visitors will make a field
trip to the Cape Roman bird sanctu-
airy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-12
Bermuda Is Popular

Visitors from the United States
spent an estimated 100000 in trips
70 Bermuda during the last year.