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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-28
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Evening star., 1938-01-04
D. c. COACHES FAVOR
GRID RULE REWSIONS
All Queried Like New Sideline
Rule, but Pixlee Questions
Goal Pass Benefit.

GENERAL satisfaction with and be-
lief that the new football rules
would open up the game were ex-
pressed today by three of the Dis
trict's college coaches.
Jim Pixlee of George Washington,
Dutch Bergman of Catholic Univer-
sity and Gus WEIGH of American u.
all believed that the rule which places
the ball Is yards from the sidelines
instead Of 10 as on previous out-of-
bound plays was q distinct aid to the
offense, giving, as it does more ground
on which to operate.
AS to the rule which now permits
three incomplete passes over the goal
line without forcing touchback, opin-
ion was somewhat divided Pixlee
doesn't think the change will make a
whole lot of difference, saying that
teams would have taken the chance
Of losing the ball. anyway. Bergman
believes that it will help the offense
by providing three chances instead Of
two in which to score. WEIGH also be-
lieved it would be a big help to the
offensive.
Bergman would have liked to have
seen rule adopted permitting college
players to pass from any point behind
the line of scrimmage, as do profess
sionals. instead of being forced to go
from five yards behind, as at present.
Jack Hagerty of Georgetown is out
of town, and Frank Dobson of Mary
land could not be reached for a state
ment.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
More Lee,vay in Pass attack
Near Coal, Ne,u Sideline Rule
Take Edge Off Grid Defense

the alterations were approved unani-
mously. He added that . number of
other proposals were discussed and
either rejected or referred to the
standing Committee on Rules Changes.
The American Football Coaches
Association had recommended the
change applying to ball going out Of
bounds, together with proposal re-
ducing the penalty for q ball inad-
vertently striking an ineligible offen-
sive player on forward pass play be-
fore crossing the line of scrimmage to
the loss of down instead Of loss Of
the ball.
The latter proposal was referred to
the standing Rules Changes Commit
tee after, Langford said, 1T had been
debated at great length"
The secretary said a proposal to per-
nit forward passing anywhere behind
the line of scrimmage, as professional
teams do, instead Of yards back was
discussed briefly, but no marked CEN
timent was found"
The committee decided to leave un-
changed the language of rule max
ing the intentional grounding of a for
warl pass penalty, declaring q sub
committee which studied the request
of the coaches association for an in
depreciation and definition Of the rule
reported it was unable to improve the
present phraseology,
Evening star., 1938-01-04
1y the Associated Press.


- DGEWATER PARK, Miss, Jan.
- 4.-The National Collegiate
/ Athletic Associations Rules
- Committee has answered the
howls Of many football fans and some
coaches that the defense was getting
all the breaks with two changes in
the rules, both designed to aid the
offense.
Neither alteration was considered
radical. One provided for moving the
ball in is yards from the sideline
instead of 10 yards when it goes out
of bounds or becomes dead within
is yards Of the sideline.
The other provided more leeway
for . passing attack near the goal
line by treating any forward pass,
except on fourth down, that falls in
complete behind the goal line as
though it had struck the ground on
the field of play.
The new rule permits the tossing of
three incomplete forwards across the
goal line without penalty, whereas
under the old rule the second incom-
pleted pass over the goal line was
treated as a touchback, and the ball
went to the opposing team on its 90
yard line.
Secretary w. S. Langford, New York
City, who announced the changes after
. two-day committee session, said
Evening star., 1938-01-04

Tim Duchley, q barkeep in Bill
Hardy's Gay Nineties, never tires
of telling Of the night in Boston
years ago when he served Casey
Stengel 80 beers, then watched old
Case slam out two homers, one
with the bags filled, the next after
noon Page Tony Galento!
Coach Bill Stewart says the
dream Of Maj. Frederic Mclaughlin
of an all-American born Chicago
Blackhawk hockey team is defin-
itely abandoned. for this season
anyway We're taking players
where we can get EN-" said Stewart
-. You can't concede . putt In the
winter womens tournament held
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Fresh From Best Season. National Loop Looks Ne,u Peak
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.


Basket Ball.
Maryland VS.. Baltimore Univer-
sity, Baltimore.
Wilson VS.. Washington-Lee, VIII
son. $3.50.
Bethesda Chevy Chase VS.. Hy-
attsville, Bethesda Chevy Chase.
$3.50.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Maryland VS.. Randolph Ma con,
College Park, 8:15.
Georgetown VS.. N. Y. u, New
York.
Central vs.. Briarley M. A., Lau-
rel, $3.50.
THURSDAY.
Wrestling.
Crusher Casey VS.. Jesse James,
main bout, Turner's Arena, $3.50.
Basket Ball.
Washington-Lee VS.. Briarley, M.
A., Ballston, 8.
FRIDAY.
Basket Ball.
Maryland VS.. Washington and
Lee. Lexington, Va.
Wilson VS.. Tech, Central VS.. West
ern. interhigh series, Tech gym,
first game 7:30.
Friends VS.. Montgomery Blair,
Friends, $3.50.
Westinghouse VS.. Mount Raj
nier, Ballston, 8.
George Washington Frosh W.
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
annually at Pahta Gorda, Fla,

One fellow who got a thrill out
Of at least two bowl" games was
Frank Hickey, Canon City, Colo,
High School coach :. His red
haired son Jim was a sub fullback
with Colorado, while another ex-
pupil, Larry Stringari, was an end
for Santa Clara ). Gabby Streets
home in Joplin, Mo-, won third
prize in . Christmas lighting con.
test last week. \
Don't be surprised if George
Varoff, the Oregon pole-vault star.
drops out Of school or switches
universities this year Barney
Ross is back from his honeymoon
and Is expected promptly to turn
thumbs down on an offer to defend
his welterweight championship
against LoY Ambers.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press sports Writer

n YEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Bronko
nj Nagurski has submitted an
Y entry in big lying contest
being conducted by the In
ternational Falls (Minn.) Daily
journal. =. Nope, Bronko didn't
give 'em that old one about wrestling
being on the up and up. Every
one around here is very low because
of Eddie Neil's sad death. He
was fine fellow, a crack newspaper
man and nobody ever had better
friend.
If Solly Krieger, the Brooklyn
middleweight, keeps on knocking
out fellows like George Black and
Billy Conn. the Messrs. Freddy
Steele and Fred Apostoi will have
70 make more room in the top
flight. -. Harry Cooper. last years
Evening star., 1938-01-04
DRAFTPLAN SEEN
BOLSTER|NC PROS
Balances League, Improves
PIay-Attendance Scars
15Per Cent to Mark.
BY JOE F. CARR,
President National Professional Football
League

BY JOE F. CARR,
President National Professional Football
League.
~oLUMBUs, Ohio, Jan. 4 R.-
Fresh from its finest season in
both attendance and spectac-
~ ular play, the National Pro-
fessional Football League looks for
ward to even greater things in 1898.
Our selective draft system, under
which the weaker teams are given first
opportunity to negotiate with gradual
ing college stars, showed its effect for
the first time during 1887, and was a
heavy factor in providing the tight,
colorful race
The Eastern division surprised every
one by jumping up on even terms with
the Western half in strength this year,
while Washington's victory in the play
of gave the East the national title for
the first time in years.
The league teams are so evenly
matched now, that the addition of a
few players could make title con-
tenders Of several clubs, notably the
Cleveland, Philadelphia, Brooklyn and
Pittsburgh teams. Clevelands en-
trance into the league boosted mid
west interest, and, although the Rams
did not win many games, they were
better team than their record indi-
Gated.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ut. LOUIS, Jan. 3.-Pugna-
- cious but popular frankie
Frisch, manager Of the st.
- Louis Cardinals, will be
Branch Rickey's chief assistant at
the clubs spring training camp
February 81 to March 10 at Win
ter Haven, Fla.
Hickey, who will swap his front
offlce clothes for q uniform at the
Cardinal School of Baseball In
struction," gave Frisch the job to-
day. He already has picked Rookie
Chaser Robert L. Finch to direct
the faculty.
Two pilots Of the Gas House
Chain Gang" Burt I. Barney
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Travel Jitters Due
BObcat COurtmen
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROZEMAN. Mont, January A.
To meet two basket ball teams
the Montana State Bobcats must:
Buy railroad tickets 81 inches
long:
Travel on five railroads, includ-
ing one narrow guage;
Cross seven States-Montana,
Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Colorado, Utah and Idaho.
Railroad officials said it was the
shortest possible route. The Bob
cats play Colorado College at Colo
RADIO Springs Friday and Saturday
and Western State College at Gum
nison, Colo, Monday and Tuesday.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
To Iron Diamond Wrinkles
Officials of 'Cas House Chain Cang'' Plan for
Florida Spring Training Camp.

Shotton of the Columbus Red Birds
and Ray Blades Of the Rochester
Red Wings, were put on the teach
ing staff.
The school is Rickey,s most re-
cent pet plan for producing baseball
ivory. It will enroll for correction
Of faults about 100 minor leaguers
and at least two from the major
league club-O Outfielder Don Padgett
and Third Baseman Don Gut
teridge, whom Hickey would like TO
see as catcher and shortstop, re-
spectively.
A few other professionals and
promising but inexperienced young
sters can take the course for Q
small $500 tuition fec.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
FIVES IN "Y" LOOP TILTS.

Three promising tilts will feature
the resumption of Government Y
League basket ball tonight when the
Public Health quint meets A. q. O..
in the opener at 7:10, followed by the
league-leading P. w. AS and Patent
ONCE dribblers at 800 and the State
Department and National Archives
fives in the final encounter at $50.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
BISHOP TO MANAGE

BALTIMORE, Jan. 1 R.-Max
Bishop, whose big league career in
cluded 10 years with the Philadelphia
Athletics and year with the Boston
Red Sox, will manage the Pocomoke
City Club of the Eastern Shore League
next summer.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
POPPING
OFF" %JhGton...
Johnny on the Spot.

game
Umpire Johnny whistle called
The crowd booed He'd better getting
somebody the bench If will be the he'll
be baseball
They
games
WITT
the Newark job In the meantime the Pitchers
Tamus Nggerng
Evening star., 1938-01-04
top money winner, is our winter
book favorite to win the 1898 open.

SSOA &oFOA4tC W WILL Ullc 1890 OpCLs
New York World Telegram prints
a picture Of Tony Galento going
after a huge glass of beer.
That's merely Tony's way Of train
ing for his fights. Petey Sar-
ron is planning another tour Of
South Africa, where the gravy Is
rich. :. The Marquette basket ball
team ought to join q league Of ma
tions. 1t has German, Eng
lishman, Bohemian. Norwegian and
Hungarian in the regular lineup,
while the first line of reserves in
cludes a Welshman, an italian and
an 1risher.
Our favorite newspaper col.
umnist, Prof. Paul Mickelson,
bowed his way out Of 1887 wearing
q very red face. In his last COL
Evening star., 1938-01-04
MuLERs, MERRICKS WIN.

Miller Furniture cagers topped the
Sigmu Mu Sigma outfit, 1926, and
the Merrick Boys Club swamped the
Southeast Merchants, 1924, last night
in Southeastern Community Center
basket ball competition.
Evening star., 1938-01-04

Led by Perlo and Berry, who scored
eight points each, Roosevelt Boys Club
basketers whipped the D. G. silents,
27-l8, last night In Roosevelt Com
munity Center Basket Ball League
play.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
SKIN COACH LIKES ART.

Ray Flaherty, Redskin coach, plans
to decorate the walls Of his lake side
cabin in the State Of Washington with
pictures offered in The Stars art ap-
probation campaign.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
WRITES CHURCH SPORTS.

Bunny Nesbitt has been sports editor
for three years of probably the only
church weekly in Washington which
devotes full page to sports the year
round.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
D. c. sILENTs BOW.

Totals IL So Totals S46
Referees-Messrs Mention and Neun.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
c. v. SENSATIONAL
IN DEFEAT Of OHIO
Buckeyes Keep Score Down
Only by Rally Against
Colonial Reserves,
By BILL DISMER. JR.

DS DlSNLn, IN.
7 rs about time We stopped talking
of potentially" great basket ball
team at George Washington Uni
4 versity and recognized the facts.
For if the Colonials are only poten-
TALLY great team then the Roosevelt
administration was only potential
changer of the American system Of
living. In other words. there's great
basket ball team at G. w. today.
Only time can tell whether that
greatness will be maintained through
out season which includes games
with Long Island. st. Johns of Brook
lyn, Loyola Of Chicago and other top
notch f1ves, but there's no denying the
fact that the Colonials have been little
short Of miraculous for four games.
In giving Ohio State taste Of what
Tennessee and Minnesota had forced
down their throats, the Colonials add
ed q bit Of arsenic. Also 50 deadly did
the Buckeyes find the medicine that
Coach Bill Reinhart had to call of his
first stringers nine minutes before the
end OF the game so that the visitors
could leave the floor under their own
power.
G. w. Far Superior to Bucks.
THE score? Just 46 to IS, but as
misleading as thinking 100 is a
perfect golf score. If the Colonials
were only II points better than the
Buckeyes, then a 1-point margin would
have been walkaway. For when the
g. w. regulars left the floor they were
leading by 20 points, at 1922.
It was then that Ohio State got its
only "chance" of the night, taking ad-
vantage Of a second-string five, It got
an 81 scoring edge over a three-min-
ute stretch. When g. WIS lead had
melted" to 1890, Reinhart reinserted
his regulars to hold matters even until
the final moments, when the subs
again got exercise.
| Coming to see whether the Buff and
Blue could maintain its form Of the
Minnesota game, some 1000 fans re-
manned to marvel at an all-around
display of near-perfect basket ball.
Exhibiting deadly accuracy, Sharp
shooters Tom O'Brien. Jack Butter
worth and George CARRIER made all but
five of the II field goals which they
accounted for from set-shot stances
anywhere from either side line out
to the middle of the floor.
Butterworth Sensational.
RUTTERWoRTH was sensational
three of his seven double-deckers
being Of the one-handed spinner va.
riety while guarded by 6-foot Finch
Sattler. The Colonials' junior tap
of man also came through with the
longest shots of the night, although
O'Brien flashed q semblance of his
old form by swishing through several
from near mid-court which didn't
even touch the blackboard.
The biggest treat of the night came
early in the second half when, com.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Marquettes Basket Team Is "League of Nations
Kiege Menace Middle

umn Of the old year he picked nve
teams to win the New Year Day
games-four lost, one tied. =.
Ouch!
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Vast Minor Chain Is Aim.

vast Minor Chain Is Aim.
MANY players, not yet ready for
~ big-time play. were "farmed" to
clubs in those loops for added season.
ing I hope that before many years
every town in the country will have
q professional football team, affiliated
with some league. That also is my
aim for professional football (Mr.
Carr is promotional director of minor
league basebalD.
Miami, Fla, is seeking the 1888
play-off game as the featur. attrac-
ton OF its winter sports carnival, but
we are holding of an answer to that
city's hattering offer until the annual
league meeting in February. The de-
cision will be left up to the leagues
directors
Our relations with college football
are the friendliest. In fact, our rule
that no league team may sign COL
lege player until his class has grad
uated tends to keep many athletes in
school who otherwise might desert
the classrooms to turn professional.
Evening star., 1938-01-04

and Joe Gordon. And from what is
left. Neun must fashion q team for a
town which is used to victory:
Between the halves, in the
officials dressing room, some
body asked Neun II he knew that
Outfielder Charley Keller was
playing basket ball.
Il just heard" said Johnny, "and
I'm worried. Still, guess the Yankee
front ONCE will drop Charley a few
lines in letter. Basket ball is great
game, but not for a big league ball
player or a kid who figures to
be major Lacquer"
Harris Could Give Tips.
NEUN ought to know. Johnny was
fine first baseman and a fine
court player. Bucky Harris could give
Keller few tips. too. In his early
days with the Senators. Harris would
finish q diamond campaign and then
play pro basket ball in the rough-and-
ready precincts of Pennsylvania coal
mines. He claims now that basket ball
took flve years of his baseball career.
There have been numerous
other cases, but nowadays the
big league club owners are wiser
and take greater precautions.
When Hank Greenberg tried to play
basket ball, the Tigers stepped up and
turned on q red light. The Yankees
did the same thing a year ago when
Joe D Maggie had similar ideas. It
means good money for a brief period,
but. in the end, basket ball costs q
baseball player.
Celery and Iron Men.
VOU probably won't know Mr.. Will
liam MCGOWAN next spring. Mr..
MCGOWAN, who Is an American League
umpire, hadn't been feeling we'll and
he went on diet. From 230 pounds
he has melted to shadowy 1876.
The trick wasn't done with mirrors
but with celery. Willie doesn't just
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Those G. WIS Again.
GEORGE WASHINGTON basket ball

stock continues to soar. BY a 46-
toss count the Colonials Knocked of
a second Big Ten opponent in sue
cession last night, and in the process
used Ohio State as a stepping stone
to- four straight victories. Early in
the second half the G. WIS were so
far out front that Coach Bill Reinhart
sent out his semi-comic second-string-
ers, who blew eight points of the lead
in practically nothing nat.
It probably will take q better team
than the Big Ten has shown 50 far
to whip the Colonials. They trimmed
Ohio State worse than they trounced
Minnesota.
And the Buckeyes, to hear
Referee Paul Mention Of Balti-
more put 1t, weren't = bad team.
"Ohio wasn't as fast as Minnesota,
but they are taller and rangier. Last
year Ohio State finished fourth in the
Big Ten. Any time you get q team
in the upper bracket In that league
you have good, strong outfit. You
people have really 1lne team here in
George Washington"
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Chan1es Aid Attack.

ERED THOMSEN Of Arkansas re-
gretted that the 5-yard restric-
ton was not removed from forward
passes. but, In rebuttal, Clyde Waters,
well-known New England official, said
that would drive a lot Of coaches
crazy. It's all right for the pros, but,
remember. they're more mature than
than college and high school players. I"
A number of leading coaches, among
them Howard Jones, Southern Cali
fornia; Bill Spaulding, University Of
California at Los Angeles; Harry
Hughes. Colorado State; Bill Kern,
Carnegie Tech, and John P. Nittle
Clipper Smith Of Duquesne agreed
that the changes would aid the at
tack, although not by any big margin.
Ducky Pond of Yale, expressing the
belief that the offense already slightly
overbalanced the defense, summed up
the whole idea:
THE spectators will see more scor-
ing, which they like"
Evening star., 1938-01-04

manding a 1921 lead, the Colonials
took time out from shooting to flash
q passing exhibition which was down.
right brilliant. For nearly five min
utes O'Brien, Butterworth, Garber,
Bob Faris and Sid Silokwitz kept the
ball moving among them as If it were
a hot potato and their scarlet-clad foes
simply couldn't get it away from them.
It was one Of the cleverest exhi-
bitions Of ball-handling ever exhibited
by a local COLLEGE five,
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Attendance At New High.

~~S A>oS w sAesNAANeAAASS cAAoVSA ~ ~
per cent increase and reached a
new high
We think we are providing the
greatest show in football-a game
which must be played by experts. but
one from which the ordinary fan can
get "kick."
The league will continue to play an
open game, and increase scoring pos
sibilities. The goal posts will remain
on the goal line to permit more field
goals. and forward passes from any
where behind the line of scrimmage
will be permitted, as in the past.
Professional football, like profess
sional baseball, is gradually evolving
q farm" system and a major minor
set-up. During 1887 We had working
agreements with the American Asso-
ciation, composed of teams around
New York and New Jersey; the Dixie
League, with teams in Virginia, the
Carolinas and District of Columbia,
and the Midwest and Western Asso-
citation circuits.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
SOUTHERNQU|NTS
IN FAMILY TIFF
Maryland in Two of Seven
Loop TussIes Studding
Card This Week.
BY the Associated Press.

6y tHc hSSOCldteO FIeSS.
n ICHMOND, Va, Jan. 4-South-
u ern Conference basket ball
N squads, apparently more evenly
4 \ matched than last season and
dotted with standout performers, will
launch their 1888 campaigns this week
with seven family scraps headlining a
busy card
Washington and Lees Generals. de-
Tending champions, and North Caro-
lina's White Phantoms, traditionally
strong on the hardwood, have been
given favored billing. but preliminary
skirmshes before Christmas indicated
that potent opposition from the cir
cults other 13 quints was in prospect.
Coach Cy Youngs w. and L. squad
which needed North Carolina's two.
year reign on conference courts in the
Raleigh tournament last March, gets
its first loop test against Maryland at
Lexington Friday.
Vets Fill Tarheel Team.
NORTH CAROLINA will open its
conference season against David
son at Charlotte on Saturday with all
but one of last years starters on the
floor. Five lettermen are available
from the 1887 squad, which won 18
Of its % games.
North Carolina State. with out
standing cage artists in the high
scoring Connie MacBery. center, and
James Rennie. forward, and plentiful
supply of experienced men, also loomed
as strong crown contender.
Other schools reporting unusually
bright prospects included South Caro-
lima, Wake Forest, Clemson and Rich
mond
The Gamecocks, who defeated Duke
in December to take an early lead in
the circuit chase, have monogram
wearer for every position and some
talented newcomers, including Gene
Alexander, 6-foot 6-inch pivot man.
Deacons Lack Height.
OK lettermen. headed by Jim Waller,
all-Southern forward, are on hand
at Wake Forest, but the Deacons will
be handicapped by lack of height.
Clemson showed considerable power
in defeating Tennessee, runner-up
Southeastern team, in December, while
Richmond also made a promising
debut in whipping Maryland.
Davidson, with squad built around
the lanky Ned Iverson, ace forward,
will meet Dukes veteran quint at
Winston-Salem Wednesday in the
New Years initial circuit encounter.
Fridays card lists Furman at the
Citadel and Wake Forest at Duke.
South Carolina goes to the Citadel on
Saturday and Maryland remains in
Lexington to engage v. M. I.