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Evening star., 1937-02-01

anime its own boxers. That Is con-
ceivable. although why the Maryland
boys were not subjected will remain
something Of q mystery. In 80 cases
out Of q 100 an examination may be
q mere formality. but there still is
that chance of boy entering the
ring In no condition to box. Mary
lands ring team finds it hard to be-
lieve that Lombardo could have hurt
Eastman. boxing him as he did. Yet
he was hurt fatally.
Out Of the fatality should
come. in addition to new stress
on physical examinations.
fresh regard for experience and
disparity In weight.
Lombardo Is not the best college
boxer in his class. He has been beaten.
But Eastman was not In his class.
Lombardo, ~ years old. has COM
peted in amateur boxing for years
before entering Maryland. Eastman,
l8 years old, was a substitute.
Risks Greater Than Pros.
COLLEGE boxers run a risk that
pros do not. intercollegiate
match h-making Is on a mass scale" :"
Maryland books, say Duke or Army
for a dual meet The match is
scheduled as one team Of eight boxers
against another team of eight boxers.
There is no individual matchmaking
as in professional boxing. when a
featherweight or a middleweight is
matched with another man approx
mately his weight. because. for the
most part. they are logical foes due to
comparative records, ability. etc.
1t is impossible, probably, to prevent
boys from being overmatched at times.
but added care in studying the records
OF potential opponents might help to
reduce the number Of instances where
q neophyte is stacked up against an
experienced man, as was the case at
v. MI
Maryland boxers expressed
disappointment when Joe Dono-
van, v. M. is regular middle
weight. was not present when
the boxers weighed In.
Before the meet began Coach Miller
Of the Terps commented 10 Lombardo
'See POPPING OFF, Page AID
Evening star., 1937-02-01
Hickey in No Awe of Bankers
Business Advice Along Base Ball Lines Is Given
Financiers by Card Official.

some technique In your style Of
play to begin with and then strive
always to perfect 1t.
Hickey, speaking at the final ses-
sion of the bankers conference
last night, added:
What we get out Of such a
game as either banking or base
ball depends on what we put in it.
Those who are in 1t are responsible
for the results.
1T is idle and foolish for any of
us to blame the public, or chide Il
for its fickleness. If we fall down
on our own end Of the job and let
things go sour.
"Gameness and ability to make
good. and even to fight uphill
sometimes, are among the prime
prerequisites II one Is TO be any
thing more than bush Lacquer"
Evening star., 1937-02-01


earphones on the sled, enabling him
to communicate with his brakesman
en- route. 1t Is hard to say just what
instructions he would give to his
brakeman. since the joint motto of
driver and braker is mo brakes!' But
I suppose they chat about the weather
and Mrs. Simpson as they take those
icy hairpin turns at a mile a minute.
Fox also was the first sledder to
use Swiss runners on his crate and
to equip the vehicle with knee action.
His bob on this trip to Switzerland
will be an American job, the first Of
its kind to be used in the world cham
pionship competitions.
Its runners will be slightly
wider than usual. In order to
give the sled . skid on those
tricky Alpine curves.
It Is a sort Of suicidal picnic, all
in all, but suicide Is right up the alley
of Mr.. Donna Fox, the Bronx under
hker.
(copyright, 1887. BY the North America,
Neyspaper Alliance. InsJ
Evening star., 1937-02-01
Joe Probably More Valuable Than Gehria-Flo

visiting the scene of his coaching
worries on Syracuses Piety Hill,
says his team will beat Colgate II
1t has half the ability Of the glee
club" . Andy Kerr may change
his tune.
Don Young, trainer in Joe Louis
camp, will tell you all this talk
about how much tape Louis uses
on his hands is just part Of the
build-up He doesn't use any
more than anybody else. but they
like to get the idea around that
his hands are bigger than anybodys
else Louis Is OF to Julian
Blacks place in Stevensville,
Mich, now.
Evening star., 1937-02-01

Potsy Clark, new coach Of the
Brooklyn foot ball Dodgers, drops
in to say there will be no swearing,
as far as he's concerned, In the
Brooklyn camp from now on
And Q gent over in Philadelphia
writes that the Athletics have de-
cided to have a farm system, "just
like the major league clubs"
Bob Pastor, who started out to
lose gracefully to Joe Louis and
made a success Of it, says he wants
to be q sports writer. and the night
critics have decided he has good
chance A nice, logical busi-
ness, this prize-nsetins -. Louis,
Evening star., 1937-02-01
TERRAPIN TILTTOPS
WEEK FOR MIDDIES
Maryland Basketers Will Visit
Wednesday-Sailors Invade
Columbia Saturday.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

OUluMuld 0dIuluays
Special Dispatch to The Star.
A NNAPOLIS, February with
games against the University Of
Maryland here on Wednesday and
against Columbia in New York City
on Saturday. the present week will be
an important one for Naval Academy
basket ball.
The game with Maryland always is
q high point on the Navy schedule
and the trip to New York will be the
only one for the Navy team this
season.
With Alan Mcfarland, forward, and
Bill Ingram. guard. with foot injuries,
the Navy may be without the service
OF two of its veterans for the Maryland
game.
In other branches Of Winter sports,
the week, ending with q big program
next Saturday. Is one Of the most i'm
portant of the season. The westling
and boxing teams will have plenty to
do next Saturday in meeting Penn
State on the mat and Syracuse in the
ring.
Penn State led the Eastern colleges
In wrestling last Saturday. and Syra-
cuse. for the last several years, has
been among the strongest Of the COL
lege boxers. Other varsity events set
for next Saturday are fencing against
the Sword Club Of Philadelphia and
. small-bore rife match against
Columbia.
The Plebes also will present q varied
and interesting bill on Saturday. The
opposition in boxing. swimming and
water polo will be furnished by
staunton Military Academy. Tome
School will send its basket ban team
to Annapolis. and Emerson High
School Of Union City, N. j., it's gym
nasttc team.
Evening star., 1937-02-01
By tie Associated P-ess.

NrTSBURGH, February l.
- Bankers-if they follow the
advice OF Branch Hickey,
= general manager Of the st.
Louis Cards-turned to base ball
today for pointers on their busi-
ness.
The boss Of the gas house gang"
of the National League told
regional meeting Of the American
Bankers Association that banking
and base ball have much In COM
mon, and cited three points:
/. Either game, to be worth
playing, must be worth while In the
truest sense.
2. To be successful in base ball
or banking you've got to want to
play that game more than you
want anything else.
base or beyond, you've got to have
Evening star., 1937-02-01
BY SCOTTY RESTON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, February L.
N When figuring how much
" Joe Di Maggie Is worth
L ' per annum, remember there
are more Italians in New York than
in Rome In actual dollars and
cents at the Yankee bleacher gate,
Giuseppe probably is worth more
than Legs" Gehrig That
Louisville flood is threatening even
the base ball business Most OF
the major league bats come from a
factory in that town and the clubs
already are worrying about next
years supply -. Ossie Solem,
Evening star., 1937-02-01

a TT of Self-de-
Tense" with the
a c C e n t on the
lf-defense part
Fighting Is when
you're in there
to win, even If
you have to take
a sock or two TO
do it. You're in
there trying to
knock the other
fellows block off
and all the time
you're I a k j n &
the chance that
you might get
your own block
EnnrkaL AF sNeta,
Evening star., 1937-02-01

ting more and more speed from a sled.
He goes in for streamlining. and the
slicker, swifter and deadlier the course.
the more Mr.. Fox streamlines his We
hicle.
II Is significant that he car
ries about with him on his
team . brakeman named mo
Brakes" Bickford.
Mr.. Bickfords real monicker Is
James, but the boys call him mo
Brakes" and you probably can figure
out why. With mo Brakes" Bick-
ford at the stern of the sled, and Mr..
Fox, the mad mortician. at the bow
oar, or wheel, the resultant voyage
down the side of mountain Is enough
to make insurance statesmen blanch
from head to foot
Will Tackle the Alps.
THIS week Mr.. Fox and Mr.. mo
Brakes" Bickford and two other
fatalistic young men will set out for
Switzerland to compete for the four
man bobsledding championship Of the
world. They aim to bring the trophy
back alive.
But 1t will take some fast going" ="
says Mr.. Fox. the mad mortician, "be-
cause the course at st. Moritz is tough
and so is the competition"
It is hard to understand why Mr..
Fox keeps going back to buck those
Alps. In Mr.. Fox's position, your cor
respondent would never want to look
another Alp in the face. They have
been very rough on Mr.. Fox. those
Alps. Last year at the Winter
Olympics in Garmisck. .Partenkipcken.
an Alp of the Bavarian variety jumped
up and hit the mad mortician on the
jaw just as his sled was halfway
down the slide.
Mr.. Fox was damaged %
badly that they had to keep
him out Of Olympic COMPETE
ton.
He resented that, which Is why We
find him going back there for more
Evening star., 1937-02-01
Gate Grips Bruddock Fans Want 'uter DEMPSEY
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Basket Ball.
Gonzaga VS.. Tech, Tech High
Landon VS.. Woodberry Forest,
Orange, Va.
Boxing.
Freddy Miller VS.. Joe Temes, 10
rounds, feature bout, Turner's
Arena, $50.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Central VS.. Wilson. Roosevelt
High gym public high title series),
$3.50.
Georgetown Prep VS.. Western
High gym, $50.
Eastern vs.. George Washington
High. Alexandria, Va, $50.
Roosevelt VS.. St. Johns. st.
Johns gym, $50.
st. Albans VS.. Montgomery High,
Rockville, Md.
WEDNESDAY.
Basket Ball.
George Washington VS.. Geneva,
Tech High gym, $50.
Maryland VS.. Navy, Annapolis,
George Washington Frosh VS..
District w. P. A., Tech High
gym, 7.
Tech VS.. Episcopal, Alexandra.
Va. $50.
Eastern VS.. st. Johns, ST. Johns
gym. $3.50.
Central VS.. Maryland Frosh, Col.
lege Park. Nd. 4.
Washington-Lee High VS.. Con-
Eaga, Gonzaga gym, $50
Landon at Gilman Country
School. Baltimore. Md.
THURSDAY.
Basket Ball.
Catholic University VS.. Geneva,
Brookland gym, 8:15.
Gallaudet VS.. Johns Hopkins,
Baltimore, Md.
Wrestling.
Cliff Olson VS.. Mike Mazurki and
Joe Dusek VS.. John Katan, co-fea-
lures, Turner's Arena. $50.
FRIDAY.
Basket Ball.
Central VS.. Eastern. Tech High
gym public high title series), 8.
Western VS.. Wilson. Tech High
gym public high title series), g..
Friends VS.. st. Adams, st. Adams
gym, $50.
Wilson Teachers VS.. Alumni, Will
son gym, 8.
Montgomery Blair VS.. Bethesda
Chevy Chase. Bethesda. Md.
Roosevelt VS.. Cambridge High,
Cambridge. Md.
George Washington High VS..
Washington-Lee High, Ballston,
Va. 8.
Georgetown Prep VS.. st. Johns,
st. Johns gym, $3.50.
Catholic University Frosh VS..
Maryland Frosh, College Park,
Md, 4.
Boxing.
Columbus University VS.. Uni
versity of Toledo, Turner'S Arena,
$50.
SATURDAY.
Basket Ball.
George Washington VS.. Mount
st. Mary's. Emmitsburg, Md.
North Carolina VS.. Maryland.
College Park, Nd, BIS.
Lynchburg College VS.. American
University. American U. gym, s:l5.
Southeastern University VS.. Gal
laudet. Kendall Green. SIS.
Virginia Episcopal VS.. Episcopal,
Alexandria, Va, BIS.
Boxing.
Maryland vs.. Virginia, Char.
lottesville, Va.
Pittsburgh VS.. Catholic Univer-
sity, Brookland gym, 8:l5.
Virginia Frosh VS.. Maryland,
Charlottesville. Va.
Track.
Maryland and Georgetown in
MillrOSe games. New York
Evening star., 1937-02-01
G[AD|ATORS PAID
TO STAGE BRAWL
Jack Cites Bloody Brennan
Go-CaIIs Boxing Great
Sport, Too GenteeI.
BY JACK DEMPSEY

BY JACK DEMPSEY,
as much difference be-
tween boxing and fighting as
there is between day and
night. Boxing is when you're
in there to protect yourself-keep
from getting hurt. It's the manly
Evening star., 1937-02-01
Sure Of $1,000, 900 Gate.

I'VE canvassed most of the metro
politan fight writer's" he said
land have made some private investi-
cations. I am convinced a Louis
Braddock fight will draw a million
dollars" Gould said
II saw Louis draw $4,000 against
an SO boy-Pastor-so I'm sure he can
pull million against Braddock. And
I'm just as certain Braddock can
beat him"
Gould asserted the announced boy
eott. which he described as political
conditions" would make further in
roads on gate that would be far too
low, at best. to suit him.
Since Braddock is not responsible
for those political conditions" he
said, I'VE will ask the commission to
return our $1,000 forfeit. Then I'll
60 to Chicago and settle the other
fight."
Evening star., 1937-02-01
Was Scared Stiff.

>URTIS STEVENS 1t was that
gave me my first ride down that
Mount Van Hoevenberg course" he
recalls. Il was scared stiff. Then !
began steering sleds down there my
self, trying a quarter Of the distance
first. then half the distance, and then
the full mile and a half The first
time I went down that full course,
they could hear me all over the county
yelling for the brakes. Boy, was
scared!
But it gets into your blood, this
shedding racket, and ever since 1882
I've been trying to work up enough
speed to scare some Of the fellows
that used to scare me. What's the
top speed we touch?
"WelL on the Hoevenberg
slide guess We hit 10 miles an
hour In some spots"
Mr.. Fox is an old Fordham Blue, a
foot ball player and golfer as well as
a bobsledder, mortician and scholar.
One Of his Fordham pals Is Mr..
Fankie Frisch, the hard-bitten mana
ger Of the st. Louis Gas House Gang,
who sometimes takes a sled ride with
Mr.. Fox. Mr.. Frisch likes to keep this
phase Of his vacation activities quiet,
because he always Is bawling out Pep
per Martin for rLking his neck in
midget automobiles. and it would en-
barrass him somewhat If 1t got out
that he puts his own life in pawn by
riding on sleds with a mad mortician.
Fox, the bobsledder, is a bit Of a
creative genius in his own line. He
was the first driver to use airplane
Evening star., 1937-02-01
MILLER RETURNS
FOR CHEAP BOUT
Temes Is Made Guinea Pig
for Former Feather King
at Turner's Tonight.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.
TREDDY MILLER, who pock-
- eted the largest guarantee ever
dished out to a fighter here

TREDDY MILLER, who pock-
- eted the largest guarantee ever
dished out to a fighter here
a slo,oo0-less than nine months
ago. will display his ring flnesse for
comparative chicken feed tonight,
when he meets Joe Temes, glori-
ned preliminary boy. in lo-round
bout at Turner's Arena.
In most quarters the fight Is re-
garded as an obvious but somewhat
clumsy attempt to prove to Wash
ington's fistic populace that clever
fighter is clever fighter, with Temes
serving as an unnecessary guinea pig.
After Miller establishes the we'll
known fact that he is a clever fighter
to the satisfaction Of all concerned.
negotiations probably will be launched
to match him with Lou Gevinson,
popular local featherweight. who re-
Gently slapped Temes around the ring
to capture an eight-round decision.
Miller Still Classy.
A LTHOUGH he dropped his feath-
= erweight championship to Petey
Sarron here last May before more
than $4,000 spectators. Miller still Is
regarded by most ringworms as the
equal of any 126-pounder in the world.
He is ranked as Sarron's No. l chal-
lenger, which means very little in so
far as his title aspirations are con-
n~Sn g. 80
Freddy return engagement.
Temes is expected to offer some
sort Of comparison on the respective
merits Of Miller and Gevinson. Joe
remained upright against Gevinson's S
southpaw punches. and some fans are
interested in whether he can be placed
horizontally by Miller's left fist.
Gevinson's style is patterned some
what along the lines of Miller's fashion
Of hurting his dukes. although Freddy
Is considered. at this stage, to be more
adept in that respect than Lou. Both
can follow up their southpaw blows
with deadly rights.
Freddy's Record Impressive.
MILLER is as good a fighter. if not
better. as when he held the title.
Since losing to Sarron and shortly
thereafter to Jimmy Vaughn, he has
trounced such highly touted scrappers
as Maurice Hotter. Willie Smith. Phil
zwick. Everett Rightmire, Jimmy
Buckler and Frankie kid Covelli.
The preliminary program will fea-
ture three six-rounders, with Sammy
Williams, local colored middleweight.
facing George Brothers OF New York:
Johnny Windsor of Miami. meeting
Hobo Williams, Alexandria middle
weight, and Joe Raspi. Baltimore
bantamweight, colliding with Buddy
Grimes Of Richmond.
A four-round bout will launch the
card at $50 O'Clock.
Evening star., 1937-02-01

tIIc bTUIIA uIIOcI IdkcI, u IC-
serving his fastest casket and purtiest
lilies for himself. At any rate. the
boys insist on detecting a sinister con-
nection between Mr.. Fox's vocation
undertaking. and his avocation
(bobsledding).
Mr.. Fox is one Of the most head
strong bobsledders in the world. which
is saying a great deal. He is famous
for the devices he thinks up for get
Evening star., 1937-02-01

Five years ago-Hack Wilson
signed $1e,50O contract with Brook
lyn Dodgers and predicted he'd hit
Is homo rum.
Evening star., 1937-02-01
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Fox, Wild Bobsledder, Wants More Speed,
Let Collarbones Fall Where They Will.

The members of his team, besides HIM
self and Mr.. No Brakes" Bickford
are Tippy Gray Of California and Bill
Dupre. an old Saranac red devil. Be-
sides contesting for the world cham
pionship. the mad mortician will
strive to defend the Argentine cup
which he won on the same Alps last
year.
When we won that Argentine cup
he says. we made the fastest time
they have seen at st. Moritz in IA
years. We will try to do better this
time"
Mr.. Fox is a carefree and insouciant
bobsledder today, aiming for speed
and more speed, and let the collar
bones fall where they will, but when
he first went down a hill on one of
those steel-runnered hell-carts he was
as scared as you and I would have
been. That was back in 1882. the
year they held the Winter Olympics ut
Lake Placid.
Evening star., 1937-02-01
Gould Says "Yes."

"QuT whether the commission re-
turns the check or not" Gould
insisted. well still go through with
the fight in Chicago. My business is
to make the most money can for
Braddock, and Louis fight is the
best bet.
I'm not interested in what Madi-
son Square Garden may do" he said
in reply to question. That's up to
them"
Schmeling has been designated as
the No. l challenger since he knocked
out Louis last year. A few weeks ago
Gould found it hard to resist a $4,000
offer for a 12-round exhibition with
Louis in Atlantic City Trouble was
averted at that time when Schmeling,
in hurried trip from Germany. won
from the New York commission an
order for Braddock to sign for a
Schmeling fight and not to meet Louis
before he fulfilled that agreement
There followed the signing the Nom
Sectarian Anti-Nazi Leagues an
nounced boycott of the battle. be-
cause Schmeling Is German prod
uct," and Louis unimpressive showing
last week in barely outpointing Bob
Pastor, when he was a 10-to-1 shot
to put the crusher on the New York
youngster.
Evening star., 1937-02-01
All Pros Are Examined.

All Pros Are Examined.
THE humblest professional fight club
insists on physical examinations
Fighters who are punch drunk and
washed-up are permitted to box, but
rarely is a man with heart trouble or
a broken bone allowed to enter a ring
Even in the days Of Portner's Arena
In Alexandria, operating under the
supervision OF no State boxing com.
mission. physicians religiously ex-
amined contestants.
The $1o-per-fight preliminary
boy got the same attention that
was given to the world champion
at Portner's.
Colleges are known to have dispensed
with physical examinations. This is
not to say that v. NJ. I. failed to ex-
Evening star., 1937-02-01
BY JOHN LARDNER.

EW YORK, February There
are some in bobsledding cir
cles who say that Donna Fox.
Evening star., 1937-02-01

~
from probably the hardest
blow in its brief history.
w. M. I. never forfeits." said
l8-year-old william CTubby) East
ham, 155-pounder for Virginia Mill
tary, as he stepped on the scales last
Saturday before q meet with Maryland
in Lexington. A few hours later he
was rushed to the University Hospital,
unconscious, and Sunday morning he
died.
Hospital authorities said that he
had a broken neck. Maryland boxers
and Coach Harvey L. Miller maintain
that Mike Lombardo, his opponent.
did not seem to hit Eastman hard
enough to inflict any serious injury.
He was knocked down, they
admit. but he never actually
hit the foor," quoting Coach
Miller. His head struck the
bottom strand Of rope"
Out of the tumble will come an
investigation and 1t promises to cause
a badly needed Tightening of college
rules and enforcement Of some regula
tions which are consistently disre-
garded. Maryland boxers say. for one
item, that no physical examination
was given to them in Lexington prior
to the meet. Quoting Eastham's fell
low Cadets. they add that the boy was
in poor shape when he entered the
ring due to q beating he sustained
in a workout several days before the
meet,
Evening star., 1937-02-01
LOUIS TILT CHANCE
GUSTS SCHMEL|NG
Gould Sure He Can Put on
Title Scrap in Chicago
Despite Garden Pact.
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n IEW YORK. February Con
IN vinced the world heavyweight
championship is worth mil
lion dollars, and that title
defense should net the champion at
least half that much. Jim Braddock
plans to scrap his agreement to meet
Max Schmeling. so he can take on Joe
Louis for s5O0,0Co.
The titleholder's manager, Joe
Gould. expressing certainty a Louis
Braddock championship bout will draw
a million-do gate and that Scheml-
ing can attract no more than $500, 900.
announced yesterday he had accepted
a half-million dollar offer for Brad
dock to tackle the Brown Bomber in
Chicagos huge Soldiers field in June.
In so doing he would toss aside the
contract for a June bout between
Schmeling and Braddock in Madison
Square Gardens Long Island Bowl,
and the Garden insists he cant get
away with it"
Garden Says NO"
WHILE Gould was explaining that
the Louis fight offer came from
Sheldon Clark, wealthy Chicago
sportsman once associated with Tex
Rickard in promoting the fight games
biggest all-time gate-the second
Dempsey-Tunney clash-the Gardens
promoter, Jimmy Johnston advised all
concerned last night to pay no at
tention to Gould" Schmeling. too,
was incredulous and decided it was
publicity stunt
We have the champion signed to
an iron-clad contract" Johnston de-
clared. And nobody ever got out Of
a Garden contract. Gould can't go
through with it.
The titleholder's pilot said he would
go before the New York State Ath-
letic Commission this week to ask
return of the $4,000 check he posted
as evidence of good faith" in Brad
docks intentions, at that time, to
fight Schmeling on June 8.
Evening star., 1937-02-01

By the Associated Press.
~HARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Feb
4 ruary 1.-The University Of
Virginia announced today
~ that students who qualify un.
Evening star., 1937-02-01
POPPING -.
OfF"~JtGt ~
A Sinner for College Boxing

~OLLEGE boxing winces today
4 from probably the hardest
\ blow in its brief history.
"V M pavor forfeifs - sold
Evening star., 1937-02-01
Appears to Have "Makings"
Of Real Fighter, but No
Ring Imagination.
BY JOHN LARDNER-

n YEW YORK. February What
nj Is going to be done about Joe
" Louis? His career requires
4 more than a touch-over over