Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25
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In New York
Oregon, Sonto Clara.
Stanford Have Big
Dates on Tour
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr
Associated Press Sports Writer


NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-A COM
bination of double-headers and
Christmas vacation makes this
weeks national college court pro-
gram one of the biggest and most
varied on record.
From tonight through January l
no fewer than IA double headers
are listed for New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Mil
waukee and Columbus. Ohio.
They probably will draw the big
gest crowds, but it is hard to pick
any one game from the bargain
bill list that looks more attractive
than numerous other offerings of
the hardwood tourists. In the alb
sence of serious conference compe-
tition, still a couple of weeks away,
these intersectional tits make up a
large part of the program.
Oregon's Webfoots, last seasons
National Collegiate A. A. cham
pions, who already have won three
games and lost three on a coast-to-
coast tour, open this weeks doings
against De Paul at Chicago to-
night. Southern Methodist, beaten
twice by Kansas last week, meets
Loyola in the other game.
Court Titans in New York.
At Philadelphia Santa Clara starts
its Eastern tour against La Sale
and Oklahoma, 1899 Big Six CO.
champions, plays Temple. The Soon
ers split decisions with Arkansas
on the way East.
Two court titans, Southern Cali
fornia and Long Island. clash in
tomorrow's feature at New York's
Madison Square Garden and Texas,
winner of seven straight tune-up
games in the Southwest after taking
the conference title last spring,
meets Manhattan in the other
game. The Trojans already have
beaten De Paul, Purdue and Notre
Dame and L. I. U. boasts a 42-game
winning streak. The same night at
Baltimore Sanford meets Baltimore
University and Florida plays Wash
ington College.
While the Sugar Bowl game a:
New Orleans between Ohio State and
Kentucky, titlists in the Big Ten
and Southeast Conferences, tops the
Wednesday card, the 'daily double"
is Southern California against Tenn
pie and Colorado. Rocky Mountain
Big Seven champion, against st. Jo-
seph at Philadelphia.
Thursday Missouri and Oklahoma,
who shared the Big Six title, play
New York University and Fordham
at New York, while Columbia goes
against California and Dartmouth
against Stanford at the University
of Pennsylvania Palestra. Cali
fornia's tall team opened at home
with 41-37 victory over Michigan
State and plays its first Eastern
game tomorrow against Bradley's
good outfit at Peoria, Ill.
Colorful Saturday Card.
Friday at the Philadelphia Con-
vention Hall it's Texas Temple and
Missouri-St Joseph. The Satur-
day card includes Columbia-Stan-
ford and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
at Philadelphia, Santa Clara-City
College IN. " and Colorado-St.
Johns at New York, Pittsburgh
Ohio State and Cornell Michigan
at Columbus and Iowa Marquette
and Nebraska Wisconsin at Mil
waukee.
New Year night winds up the
heaviest part of the program, with
Maryland Clemson and Baltimore
Washington College at Baltimore,
Michigan State-Loyola and Santa
Clara-Depaul at Chicago and a
single game between California and
Dartmouth at White Plains, N. Y.
All these touring teams have other
games listed to fill in the dates be-
tween double headers, of course. In
addition. Indiana, Rice and Utah
are listed to travel East from their
usual haunts: Michigan State con-
tinues its West Coast jaunt with
two games against Oregon State,
and Minnesota visits the University
of Washington for a three-game
series.