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Evening star., 1938-12-26
Iron Dukes Ca|mness
On Practi(eF Field
Impresses West
Team GrimIy Determined
As 1t Points for Big
Bottle With Trojons
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 26.-Duke
and Southern California began the
final drive down the. training trail
today that leads to the Rose Bowl
one week away.
All that can be done must be
done early this week if 1t is to be
done before 10000 grid fans next
Monday in Pasadena's Oath edition
Of the colorful post-season series.
After that the pressure sets in and
it won't let up until the final gun
brings the big game to a close.
Little actual knowledge can be
gained by watching the iron Dukes
on the practice field, but observers
have been impressed by the calm
ness and seeming determination of
the team and its coach, Wallace
Wade, as they 60 abcdt preparing
for the Trojans.
Duke Ends, Tackles Hefty.
Wade, looking over the outfit as 1t
turned out for practice today, said
it was lighter than any of the three
Alabama teams he brought to the
Rose Bowl
I'VE could use more weight in
the middle of the line" he said. He
didn't add-but he might have
that he had plenty of weight on the
two ends in 193-pound Willard Per-,
due and 199-pound Bill Bailey, alse
pair of tackles that scale over
100 pounds.
And that" said an observer, 'is
where Wade wants the pounds.
They're hard to take out and death
on covering punts."
Howard Jones Trojan warhorse
is hefty enough around the flanks.
too. His two crack sophomore ends.
John Stonebraker and Al Kruger,
weigh 211 and 1888; Bob Winslow, a
junior, weighs 1913, and the two
senior wings tip the beam at about
100 apiece.
Moving in, the tackles get heavier
-205 and 214-the guards scale 208
and 1875, and Don Mcneil, center
and captain, is 210 pounds if he is
one.
Both Strong in Reserve.
The Duke starting guards are
listed at less than 100, but co-Capt.
Dan Hill plays one hectic game with
his 1879 pounds
Duke followers say Wade has no
less than 20 men who can go into
a game and the difference in re-
placements won't be noticed. How
ard Jones can match that, and go
it one better on the ends and the
backs.
Best news from the Trojan work.
out today was the return to Uni
form of Tony Tonelli, regular right
guard, who was feared lost for lie
game because of an injured knee.
1t has mended sufficiently for the
hefty senior to play next Monday,
barring a new mishap in practice
this week.
Evening star., 1938-12-26
OutfieIders' Records Even More Meaningless

otfed play fine for outed result
fielder first
the
This justice they
judging outhed centerfed with strong
finishing with much
than a throwing less centerhed
There
drives
off the ball. which strikes
the took base He can't to the third baseman
would shostop
and 10
of
Maggie positively
Evening star., 1938-12-26
Batting and Pitching Averages Are Reasonably Fair

rating balpayer batting
pretty these fellow either hit he doesn't Here
bearyeyed bloke in the box will call
in the end pretty close
evening up
sacrifice fly rule That helped to twist slightly
the htters whose
from third after the catches There may be
apparently have perfected the measuring of hitting
fair than hitting but gauging fielding
before they set There no way
accurately split second the ground second basean
should Some slower afoot and have poorer
is to wait and
ball and If what he does with it.
the third in five OF major
led the first bamen in fielding Yet the
traded him Washington primarily because he unpar
sold the Giants solely because the
swell friendly willing, spirited
mother At the dish he pretty tough hombre He
can't field and figures do lie.
Evening star., 1938-12-26
Kress Waived Out of League for SIowness

all the through when he was with
with exception he big Lacquer
pretty tower and he had what the
handle
anything painfully slow aoo and
watching inhed slip past him for damaging base hits
his the waiver list.
we'll known throughout the American League
slipped into the With Mime
including him found themselves lacking hortstop
something Of shock then to the
defensive shorsops
with Mats the
balpayers concerned
nothing to disturb
have Gift fine balplayer, but is
doubtful defensive His throwing for thing,
Cliff according the record is first
Evening star., 1938-12-26
Bucky Thought He Saw Worst in Alexander

SO
Hank Greenberg and Lou Gehrg
IA but
nothing Joe Kuhel
them all ranked next to
among the regulars.
fielding chances
which base hits
confused
helpless they his left Bucky
Dale Alexander when managing Boston few
but this big zeke
all"
the best fielding second baseman in the
handling types flies but Buddy Myer
used be- We have hunc
fifth Hene another fine
shape easily could be
Charley
Evening star., 1938-12-26

serves a loud salvo of cheers :.
This Is the type Of athletic code
you are supposed to find in the
big schools-and don't.
Picked up around the Christmas
tree: Belated greetings to Buck
Walsh, the Navy crew coach, who
Is this departments idea of the
ideal college leader Glad to
see you aboard, Buck.
Sid Luckmanis Christmas card
is as straightforward as Sid him
self Just a sincere greeting
on a plain card.
Thirty years ago Jack johnson
was the new heavyweight cham
pion Of the world He licked
Tommy Burns in Sydney, Aus
tralia, on Christmas Day, 1908
=. Five minutes after the news
reached America, 387 fight man
ayers announced each and every
one had the real white hope.
Well. gents, don't spill anything
ou those new ties.
Evening star., 1938-12-26
BY DREW MIDDLETON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Dust
the Christmas tree needles of
the typewriters, chums, and let's
get back to our yak killing .
Tom Hamilton, the ex-Navy grid
coach, blew into the Office a
length behind S. Claus at the
quarter and violently denied a
rumor he was headed for Wis
consin and a job as backfleld
coach They have it all down
pat" snorted Tom with one Of
the best American-bred sneers
ever shown in New York, except
for one thing-it's not true"
Alice Marble, the tennis player,
who is running over the torch
songs at the swank Sert Room
here. really can sing The
California Georgia Tech rivalry,
continued today, was first made
famous by Roy Rtesels' wrong
Evening star., 1938-12-26
Great Speed of Trojan Backs
Likely to Cut Effectiveness
of ] Upton S Fine KICKING

1t will depend largely on the in
creased speed and strength the now
uninjured Duke backfield can swing
into action.
Even with its full power in the
field Duke will find it difficult to
carry the ball against the Trojan
wall. Her passing game will be badly
needed, and it can't afford to be a
slipshod passing game against so
much Trojan backfield speed. The
danger from interception will be too
great for any hit-or miss air assault.
Here is another important factor
Tiptons kicking wrecked Pittsburgh.
1t was magnificent piece of work.
But Pitt allowed those long, soaring
spirals through the snow to drop
and roll-yielding net gains around
10 yards or more. There will be no
snow at Pasadena a week from
today. The odds favor a fast, dry
field and a steamy sun.
This time Upton will be kicking
to a pair of fast-yfling Southern
California backs, one of them being
Granny Lansdell. Upton either will
have to curtail his distance or the
Duke ends will have to get motor
cycles to cover these long blasts be-
fore Lansdell g. Co. snatch and get
under way. What upset Pittsburgh
may upset Duke.
PasSinp Game Likely.
For all that, I believe there is a
tendency on the West Coast to
underrate Duke. For there is an
other factor that Southern Califor-
mia must face-the keen spirit of
these Southern teams that come
West with pride of section. ready to
give all their systems carry.
I saw fine Pittsburgh team with
the best backfield in the country
come careening "a yards to be
halted and thrown back with a sud-
den jolt on the 9-yard line. And
from there I saw Upton wipe away
the IS Panther running plays with
one single boot-back to within a
yard of where the Pittsburgh of1en-
sive had started.
Duke is no team to be underrated
Its hardest job will be in handling
Southern CALIFORNIA; all around
speed and the Trojan combination
of running and passing attack. No
one knows the value of the passing
game better than Howard Jones.
And he has the passers and the re-
ceivers to tackle the air. 1t is my
belief there will be much more i'm
portant ground gained overhead
than along Pasadena's deep green
turf.
Wallace Wade is back again. So
is Howard Jones. The two have vet
to be beaten in Rose Bowl show.
(Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1938-12-26
No Wisconsin Job Sought By Hamilton, Ex-Noy Coach
French Fear Football Might Dete Nan

few boxing fundamentals when
they meet in the Garden Janu-
ary 6. . Freddy is just a bit too
cocky about this one-and may
bet the old zippety-zip.
Sad doings at old Yankton ).
The South Dakota College, oldest
in the Dakotas, won the South
Dakota intercollegiate Conference
football title this fall after seven
years Of struggling :. Just after
the season ended and the banquet
orators were digging up all the
old gags, Yankton officials found
a Senegalese in the lumber yard
:. One player had signed for IL
hours of study, but had over
looked the formality of going to
one class all semester This
gave him 10 hours Of credit and
made him ineligible Yankton
promptly handed the title over
to South Dakota Mines, the
runner-up.
Champions Or not, Yankton d.
Evening star., 1938-12-26

way" run on January l, 1929 ..
This department likes California,
which is the best possible break
for the Engineers.
The Frenchmen aren't too keen
about American football "It,s
fine for the Americans" writes
one word painter, ''but it would
be dangerous and disastrous for
our young men We cannot
further deplete our man power"
George Kenmore of Auburn, one
Of the South's best halfbacks,
was operated on for an injured
knee last week and there's every
chance he'll be ready to go next
fall.
One fight every one can get in
Is the one being waged against
infantile paralysis g.. The sports
world plans its greatest cam
paign for charity in a drive to
raise funds for the battle -
Fred Apostou, the middleweisht,
will try and teach Billy Conn .
Evening star., 1938-12-26
Grid Battle Only One
Feature Of Sugar
Bowl Program
Rowing, Tennis, Sailing,
Track, Ring and Other
Meets to Be Staged
Wide World Photo.
By the Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 26.-New
Orleans ambitious bid to become
the winter sports capital of Amer
lea" begins today with a week
long program of athletic attractions
topped off by the Sugar Bowl game
between Carnegie Tech and Texas
Christian University.
Outstanding athletes will be here
for such events as a boxing match
between Clemson College and 10y
ola University of New Orleans, a
basket ball game between Purdue
and the anniversary of Arkansas, a
tennis tournament and track meet.
The influx of visitors for the win
ter carnival sponsored by the Mid
Winter Sports Association is the
greatest in the history of the Sugar
Bowl program. Hotels have been
booked to capacity for weeks. A
housing bureau" has been estab-
lished to help visitors find rooms
in private homes. The football game
is a sellout.
Regatta Opens Program.
A regatta Monday at the South
ern Yacht Club opens the program.
There will be races for cutters.
schooners, yachts. 21-foot cabin
sloops, several small classes of slopes
and yawls.
Another event Monday is a row.
ing race between the Orleans Rowing
Club of New Orleans and the Rol-
Inns College crew of Winter Park,
Fla. Electric trolleys will carry
spectators along the mile and a
quarter race course, a canal.
Monday night the Loyola and
Clemson boxers will tangle.
After a breathing spell on Tues
day sports fans will view on We'd
nesday the basket ball game between
Purdue, Big Ten champions, and
Arkansas, Southwest Conference
titleholder.
Cunningham to Run.
The tennis tournament will open
Thursday with competition be-
tween such stars as Gene Mako,
Bitsy Grant, Hal Surface, Elwood
Cooke, and Wayne Sabin.
The track meet is set for Sun
day. Among the stars expected
are Glenn Cunningham, who holds
the world mile record, Joe McClus-
key, national steeplechase cham
pion; Chuck Fenske, Big Ten mile
champion; Blaine Rideout, holder
of the p mile world record and Don
Lash, national A. A. U. cross coun-
try champion.
Then. Monday, January 2: Car
neigie Tech VS.. Texas Christian.
Evening star., 1938-12-26
By GRANTLAND RICE,

Special Correspondent Of The Star.
LON ANGELES, Dec. 26.-Once as
player with Brown, 23 years ago.
four times now as a coach, Wallace
Wade is back in Pasadena again
inhaling the fragrant odor of the
Western rose.
His three Alabama teams remained
unbeaten in their Rose Bowl par
ties, but on this next occasion his
Duke invaders face the hardest of
all the Wade forages along the Pa
cific.
The quiet, thorough Tennesseean
has just seven days left in which to
prime his Blue Devils for a South
ern California team that found it
self down the stretch and is all set
to move along with passers, runners,
kickers, blockers-most OF them fast
plus an abnormal amount of re-
serve strength in every department.
Wade never has dropped a Rose
Bowl decision, but neither has How
ard Jones, who believes he has one
Of his strongest Rose Bowl squads
ready for the next showdown.
Duke Musters Full Force.
These are the things we know in
advance about this Duke team:
l. That it has big, rugged line,
loaded with courage. Plus Dan Hill
at Center-a strong inspirational
force.
2. That it has one of the stoutest
defensive make-ups in football.
3. That in Eric Upton it has the
best college punter of the year, both
for distance and accuracy.
4. Its unknown quantity is the
grade of its offense, yet to get its
first real chance with uninjured
backs.
I saw Duke play Pittsburgh
through swirl of North Carolina
snow. In that game the Duke
o1ense was Tiptons right foot. This
lone right foot did more damage
than % Panther paws, as busy as
these paws were. More than SO
minutes had passed away before
Duke registered its only first down.
Yet there is a good reason for
Dukes low-scoring assault in most
of her games.
The Duke backfield includes Tip
ton, OMara, McAfee, Davis and
Spangler. But this backfield ran
into severe casualties most of the
fall. 1t rarely got to play together.
McAfee, the fastest man on the
squad and one of the fastest in
football, was out most of the season.
So was Davis, another fast back.
Upton and OMara were both hurt.
These men have had time to get
back into shape. So Wallace Wade
will have his full strength against
Southern California for the first
time all year. He will need much
more speed than he showed against
Pittsburgh, but his returned cripples
may bolster up this former weak
ness.
Speed in Trojan Backfield.
Duke, with its full supply of man
power on the field, is plenty good.
1t will have to be better than it has
been this season to handle these
Trojans, who were good enough to
break up Notre Danes strong offen-
sive and then score 13 points against
high -c1asS NOtre Dame defence
Evening star., 1938-12-26
Record Entry Of 352 Bow Filed by CoIumba Alley for Stars Ye Meet
Win, Lose or Draw
Fielding Marks, Just Out, Only Lot Of Figures;
The Worst Oftentimes Comes First on This List
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

apoogc which pointed that American
League clearly minded the circuits ronoce releases the
official 1888 fielding records be brutay blunt they
just a lot of numerals. mean, they don't thing
To believe the fielding the best defensive first baseman in
the League Zeke Bona The
Buddy has mediocre
third Haand Gift should have
Marv Owen
hortstop according to the
record Ralph ed Kress the Browns waived out of the
couldn't position
the best catches Rudy York
Sullivan Aren't sides sptng
Fielding have
exception but they their
with blatant emphasis What Bonura doesn't know about
first what he will be able accomplish would
fill volumes York good catcher then Corrgan
told beat SeabiScuit
cunning for
athletes selp it's all And what's nothing
be
Evening star., 1938-12-26
Fast Tennis Fields
Seek Junior, Boys
Indoor Titles
johnson, Colonial Star,
Is in Seeded Group
In New York Meet
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Taking ad-
vantage, as usual, of the fact that
school is out for the holidays, the
national junior and boys indoor
tennis championships get under way
today at the Seventh Regiment
Armory.
The problem of education rather
limits the scope Of the tourney. The
boys probably wouldn't get to play
at all if they didn't have this week
off between Christmas and New
Year and a good many youngsters
who might like to take part can't
make the trip to New York at vaca-
ton time But as. far as it goes
it's a lively affair which produces
considerable good tennis. There are
enough good players who live near
here or who attend Eastern or
Southern schools and colleges to
round out a representative entry
list.
First Round On Today.
The junior division, including
players from IS to 18 years of age
has attracted 81 players this year
and the boys singles tourney, limit
ed to players Is and under, drew
SO. First-round play in the junior
event is scheduled to start today
with the boys singles beginning to-
morrow. Doubles Journeys in both
divisions will start later this week.
The stars of the two fields come
from as far away as Chicago, At
lanta and New Orleans, but the
top-seeded aces hail from nearby
Joseph Fishback of ST. Johns Uni
versity, Brooklyn, will defend his
junior title from the No. l spot
while E. Victor Seixas, jr., of Penn
Charter School, Philadelphia, is top
seeded in the boys group.
Ranked behind Fishback, an upset
winner a year ago, are Seymour
Greenberg and Isadore Bells OF
Pennsylvania, Billy McGehee OF
New Orleans and Scarborough IN
" School and Billy Gillespie OF
Atlanta and Duke University. All
but McGehee we're in the semi
finals last year and he's rated one
of the South's best juniors.
johnson in Seeded Group.
Other seeded juniors are William
Umstaedter of Millburn, N. j., and
Louisiana State University; Robert
j. Freedman of Yale; Malcolm
Weinstein, Penn State; Henry Van
Rensselaer,. Princeton; Don Buff
ington, Duke; Melvin Schwartzman
Columbia, and David johnson
George Washington.
Since most of last years boy stars
have graduated to the Junior ranks
including the winner and runner
up, Richard Bender of Elizabeth
N. j., and Calvin Friedman of New
York, the No. l spot went to Seixas
a 1887 quarter finalist. Seeded be-
hind him are E. Blair Hawley OF
Exeter Academy and Gardner
Larned and James Evert, both OF
Chicago,
Evening star., 1938-12-26
Montgomery Five Faces
Strong Alumni Team

The Richard Montgomery High
School basket ball team of Rockville
will play the Alumni at o'clock to-
night at the school gym.
Among the grads returning for ac-
ton against the present Orange
Tide are Charley Woodward, Ash
Garrett, Bob Lee, Bob Forsberg,
Criscoe WEIGH and Tom Slater, all
of the class of 1887, and Artie Wood
ward and Stu Nicewarner of 1888.
Evening star., 1938-12-26
Sports Program
For Local Fans

Today.
Basket Ball.
Wilkes Barre Barons VS..
Washington Brewers, Heurich
Gym, 9.
Tomorrow.
Sports Carnival.
Comm unity Center Boys
Sports Carnival, Tech Gym, Z.
Wednesday.
Basket Ball.
Washington Brewers VS.. Troy
Haymakers, Troy, N. Y.
Swimming.
Woodrow Wilson VS.. Alumni,
"Y" Pool, 3:45.
Evening star., 1938-12-26
HubbeII's Father Dies,
Eiqht Children Survive

MEEKER, Okla, Dec. 26 P).-
George Owen Hubbell, SO, father of
Carl Hubbell, New York Giants
hurting ace, died yesterday of an in
testinal disorder. Funeral services
were planned tentatively for tomor-
row.
Six other sons and a daughter
also survive.
Evening star., 1938-06-27


recent tercentenary address at Wash.
ington. Hanson, who was born near
Port Tobacco, Charles County. Nd, In
IT'S, moved to Frederick County in
l773 and was active in pre-Revolu.
tionary movements. Member of the
old Continental Congress before adop-
ton of the Articles OF Confederation
Hanson was elected president Of the
Congress in November, 1881. The
actual title and rank he enjoyed was
that OF President Of the United
States in Congress" = designation
which gave rise to the long prevalent
myth that he was actually the first
President OF the United States" II
fell to Hanson's lot. in his ofnciAl
capacity, to tender the thanks Of the
Congress to Gen. George Washington
for the victory at Yorktown. Not long
afterward Hanson passed away at
Oxon Hill. just across the Maryland
line from Washington, and is inferred
there.
Yet another founding father OF
Swedish ancestry Ia John Morton
signer Of the Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence, who cast the deciding vote in
the Pennsylvania delegation on the
ballot which threw the balance in
favor OF . permanent Union of free
American States. Philadelphia hAa
perpetuAted his name in the John
Morton Museum in Fairmount Park.
The building houses many exhibits Of
Swedish inventions. art and culture.
Morton. like Hanson. sat In the Conti-
mental Congress. He was also . MEM
ber Of George Washington's profes-
sion, q land surveyor, and, before en-
tering Congress, was = judge OF the
Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania.
1t was expected that there would
be disclosed before this weeks tercen-
tenary orAtorical fireworks are over
that no other than Franklin Delano
Roosevelt has 4 strain Of Swedish
blood in his veins, along with hh
sturdy Dutch stock. Claude Augustua
Swanson, Secretary Of the Navy. ~
his name indicates, also had some
Swedish forbeArs. History doubtlesa
will record that the most celebrated
American Of Swedish lineage was Col.
Charles A. Lndbergh, whose father and
namesake, native Of Stockholm. WA
a member Of the House Of Represent.
atives from Minnesota Minnesota
Uncle Sans Little Sweden" had two
famous Governors Of Swedish origin
John Lind, one-time member OF
Congress and President wilson's per-
sonal emiasary to investigate condi-
tions in Mexico in 1918. and John
A. johnson. who wa Governor from
1905 to 1909. Once upon time John.
son, . country editor, rated as = prom.
ising white hope for = Democratic
presidential nomination. Minnesota I
beloved Governor and long time
United States Senator. the late Knut<
Nelson, was often thought to be 4
Evening star., 1938-06-27
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Rose, Labor Party's
Leader, Ready to
Talk Business.
By LxMUEL r. PARTON.

ny AAMUAA r. fAAION.
TH Joker wild IN the New York
State political deck n the
American Labor Party which
4 WAS dealt IN last November
With . stack Of asa 40 votes. Believ-
ing 1t has . balance Of power In the
State, 1t insists that It shall nAYne
either the successor to the late SEN
ator Royal 3. Copeland or the eandi-
date for 0overnor and Lieutenant
Governor. On this basis, it Is ready
to talk business With either Democrats
or Republicans.
Long, lean, sallow ALEX Rose. the
halter, also . ohe@ and ping-pony
player, sits in The wheel house Of the
new labor party and says what win b.
about the ticket-they have . com.
pact bloc Of votes and, in the old A. r.
Of L. tradition, they intended to re-
ward their friends and punish their
enemies" Mr.. Rose y executive sec.
retary and ofhcia spokesman for the
party. A native Of Poland, IL years
old, he speaks English With . shghtly
bookish accent He came to this coun.
try at the age Of 21, learned the hat
ter's trade, went to night school and
rose in union organization work to
the vice presidency Of the Capmakers
and Milliners' Union. He was borf
Olesh Royz. the son Of . tanner OF
Warsaw. removing to this country, he
says. because Of the Polish limitation
Of educational opportunities for Jews.
In the World War. he beat the
United States gun to the draw, volun.
teering before our entrance for the
British army and fighting with Allenby
in Palestine. He came hume and mar
ried q Russian girl. They live in .
four-room Washington Heights apart
ment. with . daughter, II. and a son.
IL. He says he has all the common
Nces-drinking, smoking, gambling
and the like. He is against Com
munism and Socialism Is not suited
to this country"
While the American Labor Party
is distinctly . State organization. it
has Z loose afiiliation with the Ma
tional LAbors Non-Partisan League
and includes in its membership both
c. I. o. and A. =. Of L. members. Lead
ers Of both political parties In New
York State watch and appraise Mr..
Rose closely.
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