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Evening star., 1939-08-17
Rumey and DebeIIu Draw

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Aug. II (P).-
Wesley Ramey, 1873. Grand Rapids,
Mich, and Paul Debella. New York.
drew in an eight-round bout last
night.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
From the
Press Box
Spu Gamblers Recall
SincIoir's Exploits
BY JOHN LARDNER,
snecial corrAspondent of The Star.


SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, Aug.
II (NANAD.-This has been
town of famous gamblers from the
time when Gates and Benedict Ar
mold Qater to become the World
Series fixer, the Arnold Rothstein
OF his day. stopped Gentleman
Johnny Burgoyne just little way
from where the town stands and
snapped the spine OF George Ills
Northern invasion.
The first of the line of modern
gamblers was Honest John Norris
sey. Honest John was prizetighter
and then a Congressman in the early
post-Civil War period. He built his
temple of chance in Saratoga, throve
there, and contributed as much as
any one else to the fame of the towns
mineral waters. It's funny thing,
but the waters of Saratoga always
have been popular in direct propor-
ton to the amount of gambling that
went on above the springs.
Feed EN-, Toke EN- Technique
Succeeded for Contield.
Following in Morrisseys wake was
the kingpin of the gay COS gamblers,
Dapper Dick Garfield the style OF
whose roulette rooms was eXcelled
only by his cuisine. Mr.. Canfleld
fed EN-, and then he took 'em. No
y, i,,,nr0uaI this tpnh-
nique, which, come to think of it, was
in full flower in the days OF the
Roman Empire and probably before
that.
Today Canfield's place is a dark
museum standing in the middle OF
the village green. And out on Sara
toga Lake and downtown where the
tougher, franker gamblers flourish,
the modern gambling joints also are
in dire peril of becoming museums.
This prospect is too sad to contem-
plate, and we will skip it for the
nonce
Saratoga gamblers who can re-
member a little way back like to
swap anecdotes about the speed and
height of the play they have seen
here. They agree that John Beta
Million Gates and John W. Drake
(who revisited the scene of his
early killings last year, were all that
history claims them to be, but they
doubt if there ever was a higher,
wider player when he had 1t than
Harry F. Sinclair, the oil man who
owned Zev
Evening star., 1939-08-17
SincIoir Reluctont to Stick
To Limit of 100000 Loss.


There was the night at Rileys Lake
House. an old, ivy-clad institution OF
gambling comparable to Harvard or
Yale, when Mr.. Sinclair paused in
his work, of paying the houses rent
at the roulette table and approached
Mr.. Riley, his host.
How much have 1 lost?" he in
quired.
Mr.. Riley made a quick check
with the dealer, and said, You
are out $4,000"
All right" said Mr.. Sinclair,
"stop me when I reach 100000. I
want to get home early tonight and
get up in the morning and buy a
horse"
I'VE will stop you on the stroke Of
100 G's." promised MI. Riley.
Mr.. Sinclair lost little time in
reaching his deadline. He asked
for another stack of chips, and Mr.
Riley getting signal from the
dealer, hastily interviewed.
This is your bedtime, Mr., Sim
clair he pointed out. One hun
Cre0 tnOuSanQ QOlldlS.
But listen" said the eminent
loser, Il don't want to stop now
Do you realize that Oil is running
in my wells? Do you realize I can
keep playing here till Christmas and
then buy your house to hang on
the tree?'
mo doubt said Mr. Riley af-
fably, "but this Is when you stop
But I'm not sleepy" said Mr.
Sinclair.
But you have to buy horse
said Mr. Riley. You don't want to
miss that horse"
No, I don't" admitted Mr.. Sim
clair. IF I get to the sale early
I can snap him up for s2,750. II
I'm late, may have to go as high
as $4,000 We horsemen must keep
our wits about us. Good night, Mr.
Riley, good night"
Gets Better Of Shorpest
Gombler in Turfdom.
The older turf experts sometimes
laughed at Mr.. Sinclairs pretensions
to race horse knowledge, but it's d
fact that he once got the better
of the sharpest man in racing cir
cles, Col. Edward R. Bradley. That
was when he heard Col Bradley's
standing winter offer of to l that
you could not name a horse thai
would start in the Kentucky Derby
the following spring. Mr.. Sinclair
promptly bet $4,000 that his owr
horse, Zev, would start.
Come spring, Mr.. Sinclair made
up his mind that Zev was no bet.
ter than a sprinter, mile horse
and was going to scratch him from
the Derby, bet or no bet. But Ear
Sande. desperate for mount, per
-Suaded him to let the horse run, ant
Zev breezed home in front He be
came the 3-year-old champion o
that year of 1923, and among thos'
he trampled on his road to glor.
was Col Edward R. Bradley.
They miss the oil man here
abouts.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Best Dixie An-High
Team Ever Drawn
From Il States
SerIich, Doyle, De Shozo,
Porr, Virginia School
Stors, Honored
~ the Associated Press.

Dy tne hSSOClhIcu 1900
LAKE CITY, Fla, Dec. 16.-
Forty-eight high school football
players-two linemen and two backs
from each Of the II Southern
States-today won places on the
2lst annual all-Southern prep
squad.
= John Red" Davis, chairman OF
. board which selects the squad each
year, said the task of narrowing the
list to two backs and two linemen
from each State was more difficult
this year than ever before because
@of the wealth of good players.
. The squad included:
Georgia-Paschal. Atlanta Dunham,
LAnier: Ryckeley. Marist, and Lansfosd'
srd%s sGSsh P.s co,us: snd
Owinss. Columbia. .
s.s EHh psnEs SnFena Asn,v RIerss son cSsa:
iotse: and Carlton: Iex!nston. a,
;ns,1 KinssDoT. oIyf11s MGrsh' Castle Heights, and
bu4s b. sasso Ro.nofs, and Yaf HOPE
,M.5.%:m'enai1n,:, e1,..! sirn'nsh.mi heGoy.
Minis, SylecAuEa.
Arkansas-Robert Hutson. Pine Blui9;
Ray Hutson, Pine Blud: Hughes, Little
ROCK. and Warrinston, Blytheviiie. Hut
son brothers are twins)
F1oridaz--Partin. Lee; Fletcher, Live Oak:
Kentucky-Kuhn, Louisville: Freeman,
louisville; Stephenson, Covinston, and
Louisifha-Harris. Baton Rouse; Honn,
Shreveport: 0iacone, Bogalusa. and Cher.
sanieh. Warren Easton.
LAUREL. ostrom, Greenville and White.
McComb.
Texas-DanieL Bryan; Jackson. Houston;
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Galaudet Is Downed
Easily by teachers
In 42-26 Game
Ifshin Is Victors' Stor,
While WeineoId Plays
Well for Blues !

Wilson Teachers College basket
ers, opening their season at home
last night, scored . fancy 42-to-26
triumph over . veteran Gallaudet
team that was outclassed from the
beginning Of the game.
Starting with q bang Wilson took
. lead that Gallaudet soon over.
came, but the Owls quickly drew
away again. At the half they led
23 to IL. Galaudet made several
threatening gestures later, but Will
son had little trouble maintaining
its advantage.
Hal 1fshin, Jake Lewis and Flash
Gordon Of the victors had much
on the ball and had little trouble
scoring. 1fshin, particularly, stood
out, several times making spec-
tacular goals. He totaled Is points.
Bill Weingold, forward, starred
for Gallaudet.
It was Gallaudet's second straisht
defeat, the Kendall Greeners losing
to Loyola In Baltimore Friday
night.
In q preliminary game, Western
High Schools junior team scored
over Wilson's Jayvees, " to Is.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Unbeoten F. B. l., Typists
In Heurich Loop Clash

Two undefeated teams risk their
records tomorrow night when Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation. meets
United Typewriters in the closing
number of Heurich Amateur Bas-
ket Ball League triple-header at
Heurich gym.
Starting at 1880 the first game will
bring together Carr Brothers and
United Clay Products and the second
tilt will be between Jewish Com
munity Center and Petworth A. c.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Oklahoma Ags Battle
Duke in Baltimore,
Then Visit 6. W.
Oregon Also to Appear
Tuesday in Twin Bill
In Monumental City

BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. 16.-Okla-
homa Aggies, who play George
Washington in Washington on
Wednesday, will figure in the first
of a series Of double-header basket
ball games here Tuesday night in
the Coliseum on North Monroe street
The Aggies will have Duke, one
of the leading Southern Conference
quints, as their opponent, while Bal
timore u, the host organization. will
battle oregon, national collegiate
champion.
Oregon has a squad Of gigantic
players, two Of whom tower 6 feet
Z inches, average 6 feet 2 and are
husky and fast.
The Cowboys from Oklahoma are
champions Of the Big Seven Con-
ference and are hard-riding outfit
They are coached by Hank Iba, who
has a lifetime winning average Of
.812.
Duke always is strong, and Balti-
more u, which is unbeaten 50 far
this season, numbers Georgetown
among its victims.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Convex Basket Ball Blackboard Gets Rousng Approval
New Device Increases Shooting Aneo Makes More Visible

instead of 2 feet, the new convex,
rounded board makes it possible
to score a basket from about II
feet to either side of the board"
says Cox.
with the square board 1t is
barely possible to shoot at the
basket on the end zone line from
about Is feet to either side, or at
about the side line.
For bank shots from in front
of the blackboard this new board
increases the scoring zone by 720
square feet, figuring the ball con-
facts the board 3 inches inside
the edge.
'The visibility for spectators is
increased because of the elimina-
ton Of the unused area"
Besides having rounded cor
ners and being convex, the new
board differs from the old one in
method Of mounting. The basket
on the board Is almost at the
Evening star., 1939-12-17
biq Ten Halls Kinnick
AS Most Valuable
Gridder in Loop
Coaches, Officials Vote
Honor to Iowa Stor;
Harmon Is Second
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-Nick Kim
nick, 1owa's all-America halfback,
was voted the Western Conference's S
most valuable" player today by
Big Ten coaches. officials and two
members of the Chicago Tribune
sports staff, which conducted the
poll.
Kinnick was not a unanimous
choice, but received more first-place
votes than any other player. Only
10 men were eligible-the one player
from each school voted most valu-
able" by his teammates.
Silver Football Awarded.
The Tribune will award Kinnick a
silver football, actual size. The poll
was started in 1924 when Illinois
immortal Red Grange won the
honor
Howard Weiss, Wisconsin fullback,
was the selection of the coaches
and officials year ago.
This is only one of many honors
heaped upon the modest Iowa star,
an iron-man gridder who was the
sparkplug in the Hawkeyes' amaz-
ing comeback from the depths to
second place in the conference in
one year.
The other nine players eligible
for the award were Bob Wasem,
Chicago; Bill Lenich, Illinois; James
Logan, Indiana: Tom Harmon,
Michigan; Harold Van Every, Min
nesota; John Haman. Northwestern:
Steve Andrako, Ohio State; Frank
Bykowski, Purdue, and George
Paskvan, Wisconsin.
Gets Greatest Winning Vote.
Kinnick received more f1rst-place
votes this year than any player ever
had before. Harmon was second
choice
The Iowa star scored five touch
downs, averaged 3.52 yards in rum
ming with the ball LOG times and
completed 80 passes, II of them for
touchdowns. He scored II points,
dropkicking for II of them. He
played go minutes in six games and
was the hub around which the ma
chine operated.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
T.. j. Christmas Party
To Cheer Sun Bowl
Bound Grid Team
Cotton Will Play Sonto
At Fete for Players
Next Saturday

"Fod" Cotton, Catholic Univer-
sity's amiable line coach, is getting
out his long red coat and breeches,
hunting around for his crinkly cot
ton beard and preparing for, his Sec
ond public appearance in the pop
ular role of Santa Claus. He has
been delegated to take the old
gentleman's part in a Christmas
party for the Cardinal gridmen to
be held December % In the uni
versitys library.
Four years ago Cotton essayed q
similar role and carried it OF ex-
tremely well.
Party to "Perk Up" Players.
Guests on that occasion were the
members Of the Cardinals Orange
Bowl team. Hiding behind E the
imitation foliage, his face glowing
like his coat, "Fod" helped the play
ers forget their disappointment at
being unable to be home for the
holidays and it was hailed as good
omen.
1T helped pick them up," recalled
Head Coach Dutch" Bergman, re-
ferring to his boys tagging spirits.
Their appetite for the game sort
of wore off when they saw other
boys leaving for Christmas at home
and I was afraid we were going to
take a blue team to Miami. But
Fod played his part up to the hilt,
we had a lot Of fun, and they perked
up like stiff collar"
No evidence Of a letdown in the
Cardinals spirits has been notice.
able thus far. AS a matter Of fact,
they turned in their best workout Of
the late season in q bruising scrim-
mage yesterday, showing a return
to the form that marked their VIC
torious campaign.
Injured Players Look On.
Rocco Pirro, Johnny White and
Lou Shine, all regulars who are
nursing injuries, were not in uni
form. but followed the plays In
civilian clothes.
Work and more work is this weeks
program. Passing is being stressed
and the Cards bear no resemblance
to the early season squad that had
only a limited aerial game. It is ex-
pected to be one Of the Brookland-
ers' most potent weapons in the Sun
Bowl fray.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

proved by the committee for use
In the 1904 season.
At its 1899 meeting the COM
mittee agreed there was waste
space on the traditional 4 feet by
6 feet blackboard and that this
waste was a detriment. It pro-
posed experiments be made to
determine the best type of board.
Coach Cox installed two aux
iliary convex boards, with curved
instead Of the traditional square
sides and top, at Colorado Uni
versity. The boards have ap-
proximately 300 square inches
less surface than the 4 by
boards.
Cox used them at coaching
schools this year at Boulder and
at Utah State. The class in Utah
voted, 60 to 3. for them and at
Boulder, II to 7.
Combined with the rule allow
ing tho extension Of the end
zones to 1 feet behind the board,
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Alaska Gold Bowl Made Yearly Grid Fixture
inaugural Is Success as 1000 Brave Cold Rain to See Game

the Gold Bowl they could have
panned for it in the mud as two
football teams, recruited from
mining and construction camps,
launched the bowl season here
Thanksgiving Day the first.
Some of 1000 bought tickets,
but only about 1000 braved the
near-freezing weather and low
hanging clouds and rain to
watch the Sourdough Nuggets
beat the Baranof Bears, 60.
Max Lewis, who used to watch
his father, Victor Alonzo Lewis,
noted sculptor, mold images Of
sourdoughs, fashioned the only
touchdown of the day by patty
caking in the mud from q yard
out late in the first half.
The game was launched by q
spray of champagne hurled at q
goal post by Mrs. Robert Bender.
daughter Of retiring territorial
Gov. John Troy.
Then the teams, garbed in dis
carded uniforms from the Uni
versity of washington. churned
up and down the field in the first
football game seen here since 1914,
when a couple of miners teams
battled on q frozen, cinder-cov-
cred gridiron.
Sponsors pronounced the game
q success and declared 1t will head
the procession Of bowl" games
again next year.
Alaska's only other football
game since 1914 was not played
on continental Alaska proper, but
1T bleak, lonely King Island IN
the Beriug Sea, between two Es-
Evening star., 1939-12-17

extreme bottom, instead of IL
inches up from the bottom. The
new basket at Colorado Univer-
sity is mounted much more
rigidly on the blackboard than
are the older types and the
board itself Is much more rigid.
Players say this causes the ball
to rebound farther.
1T is necessary to alter your
shooting technique on this new
board, but you soon get used to
it," says Jack Harvey, all-con-
ference center and sharpshooter.
cts a big improvement over the
old board"
The new board has been in
stalled at several other universi.
ties throughout the Nation. It
won't be used for any Big Seven
Conference games this year, but
Coach Cox said 1t will be used In
non-conference games II both
teams agree.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Tennessee Will Send
Only Useful Men
To Rose Bowl
Coaches Are to Select
IS Griddss for Trip;
Bond Will Not Go
By the Associated Press.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Dec. Is
Chairman N. w. Dougherty Of the
University Of Tennessee Athletic As
sociation said in q statement to-
night that only members Of the foot.
ball squad expected to make any
kind Of contribution to the game"
would be taken to Pasadena, Calf,
for the Rose Bowl game.
Dougherty also said the Executive
Committee Of the association had
voted not to send the band.
For years it has been the univer-
sal custom Of the athletic board to
leave the personnel Of the team
wholly In the hands of the coach
Ing stan. The results have amply
justified continuance Of the CUSTOM"
the statement said.
The decision not to send the band,
he declared, was reached after due
consideration"
Other Southern teams, he pointed
out, have played in the Rose Bowl
without taking their bands and
considering all factors which enter,
an expenditure Of this type did not
seem wise"
Although this was the first OIL
cial word from the association on its
plans for the trip, . controversy
arose here when word leaked out
that all squad members and the band
would not be taken to the Coast.
The furore had subsided somewhat
today and petitions which urged the
council to relent from its stand vere
withdrawn from circulation by their
sponsor, Jack Conner, who declared:
Il hadn't understood the univer-
sitys side until I talked with Mai.
Neyland. That's why I withdrew
the petitions.
Neyland announced IS players
would make the trip, leaving De-
cember 81.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
BY ROBERT GEIGER,
Associated Press sports Writer.

BOULDER. Colo. - The new
convex basket ball blackboard,
which grew out Of q suggestion by
the National Basket Ball Com
mittee, gets a rousing vote Of
approval from Colorado Univer-
sity's defending Big Seven Con-
ference champions.
The curved board, says the
committee, is necessary for the
modern game. Coach Forrest Cox,
a member of the national rules
group, offers these reasons:
It opens q wider area Of the end
zones for shooting, 1t increases
possibilities for angle shooting,
1t gives the ball greater rebound,
thus relieving under-the-basket
congestion, and it makes the
basket more visible to spectators.
Cox predicted the new, board,
or one similar to 1t, viii be ap-
Evening star., 1939-12-17
+. u. Basketers Beqin
Campaign Today in
Tilt With Alumni
Four Ring Bouts Slated
Between Halves; Grods
Present Strong Team

Catholic University's courtmen
undergo their baptism Of fire this
afternoon at Brookland in a game
with an alumni quint that has all
the earmarks Of a riotous affair.
The tap-of IS scheduled for
o'clock.
Such old Cardinal favorites Al
lanky Bernie Lieb, heavy-handed
Hermfe Schmarr, Gene Augusterfer
Ed White. Abe Rosenfield, Babe
Gearty, Bingo Flynn, John Jan
kowski, Bob McVean and Dick
Galiher will take the ilumni side
Of the argument, and with . week
of intensive work under their belts
the boys figure to give the under.
grads hot afternoon.
Card Varsity Handicapped.
Coach "Fod" Cotton was obliged
to discontinue basket ball practice
when Catholic University received
its bid to the Sun Bowl game be-
cause so many of his men also play
football, but still expects to place q
smooth-functioning team on the
floor. This will be Cotton's first
and probably last chance to view
his men under fire before the cur.
tain raiser with Loyola.
Johnny White and Vic Miller
have been nominated for the start
ing guard berths by Cotton, with
Capt. Carmen Pirro at center, Gene
DAILY and Joe Carrig at forwards.
This combination looked good in
workouts before practice was cur
tailed and probably will bear the
brunt of the heavy schedule.
Boxing Fills Out Show.
Eddie LaFond, boxing coach, has
arranged four boxing exhibitions to
entertain the fans between halves.
Len Baritone will meet Joe Del La
Rosa and Jim WEIGH will box Ted
Mandris in featherweight bouts;
Buddy Lynagh will mix with Johnny
Brennan in lightweight argument,
and Gerry Strang will have 1t out
with Windy" Riley in the middle
weight division.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Washington American and Wilson Are Winners at Basket Ball
Eagle Five Trounces
Rando|ph-Macon
In Extra Period Z
Drives to 36-2o Victory
After YeIIowjockets
Tie in Lute Rally

American University's promising
basket ball team took all the sting
out Of the Randolph-Macon Yel-
lowjackets last night. winning In
an overtime period, $3.50, at the
American gymnasium.
The Eagle flve had the game,
seemingly, clinched with ~ min
utes to go. but the Yellowjackets'
Golubic snatched an American pass
and dashed the length Of the court
to bring the count to 27-26. With
less than 40 seconds remaining. Bill
Fox, q stinger in the side Of the
A. U. team all evening, dropped q
foul throw through the hoop to
knot the score and force the teams
into five-minute overtime.
In the extension, Americans Earl
Byham. George Brown and Bart
Reese fired shots through the net
to pile up a nine-point lead before
Golubic pushed one through the
hoop as the horn ended play.
The game started tamely. The
Yellowjackets managed to extend
their lead to four points at the half.
Each team threw away scoring
chances on fouls, and defensive
basket ball seemed to be the order
Of the evening.
In the second half, the Eagles
came back strong and poured the
ball netward for q good lead. With
10 minutes gone, Randolph-M
began to find the net again to pull
up to a tie.
George Brown. clever Eagle for
ward. was the outstanding player on
the floor, spearing scoring honors
with IA points. Bill Fox, showed
fine floor work, extensively and de-
fensively. Earl Byham, towering
Eagle center, took good care Of re-
bound shots.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Co|oniaIs Grab Lead
Ear|yto vanquish
". and l., A-31
Score as Much in First
Half as Generals Get
In Entire Come
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.


George Washington and WASH
ington and Lee divided halves in
their basket ball game last night at
Tech High School, but the Colonials
scored as many points in the first
period as their guests did over the
entire stretch and coasted home
with q 44-31 victory. It was their
first triumph Of the season.
The Generals must have had q
touch of stage fright In the open.
ing period for they simply couldn't
get going. George Washington
rolled up a 1871 lead with CARRIER,
Auerbach, Gilham and Conner show
ing the way, dropping shots cleanly
through the hoop from just beyond
the foul zone and completely shat
tering its guests hopes of winning.
Generals Get Going.
The second half found the pen
dulum swinging in the opposite di-
rection with Washington and Lee
holding the downtown dribblers to
13 points while adding 20 to their
own account. Dobbins, the Gen.
erals tall and capable center, led
the counter attack with four buck
cts as his mates pulled within II
points Of the home team, but at
that juncture Conner converted q
foul and Reds Auerbach, George
Washington's clever guard, sank q
field goal that halted the momen-
tum of the drive.
It was vastly improved team
Bill Reinhart sent into action for
the Buff and Blue and it wasted
precious little time busting into the
scoring column with Auerbach ring
ing up the first five points of the
battle. The Colonials tossed the
ball around like a bad check, run
ming the Virginians dizzy and rag
ged in the first half when they were
at their best.
Conner Shines for G. w.
Washington and Lee, on the 9TH
er hand, couldn't penetrate the foes
closely knit defense and seemed
loath to attempt long shots in an
effort to draw George Washing
ton away from the foul zone. Its
passing was not nearly as quick,
decisive and deceptive as G. WIS
and the Colonials frequently broke
up plays by alert defensive work.
Outstanding for Reinhart's men
were Conner, who excelled at grab
bing loose balls off the blackboard;
Gillian, an elusive youngster with
a keen eye for the net, and the
reliable Auerbach, who was on the
starting or finishing end of most Of
the PLAYS.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Washington Pros Troll
In Miami Golf PIuy
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
MIAMI SPRINGS, Fla, Dec. 16.-
Washington's two survivors in the
Miami Open golf tournament prac-
tically were eliminated today when
Cliff Spencer ended his third round
with 226 and Ralph Worsham with
2l7.
Spencer took a II today, while
Worsham took u. The Beaver Dam
pro was off to bad start when he
was bogey on the first three holes,
also bogeying the sixth for an out
going 40.
Worsham was one over par on
each nine.