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Evening star., 1939-03-07

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ST. Johns Given Battle Early.
Equally as thrilling, although
more one-sided. was the opening
battle in which st. Johns began
the defense of its metropolitan
championship by turning back the
fighting Jaguars from jefferson.
The floating zone defense offered
by the Falls Church lads from Fair
fax County-representing the small
est school entered in the tourna-
ment-baffled the Johnnies at first.
and in the opening period but 2
points we're made by each side.
Jim Mulvihill and Joe Gallagher
began moving in the second quarter.
however, and between them scored
all but of the points that gave st.
Johns a 1872 lead at the half.
Some heartbrokers were missed by
Jefferson and the continual threats
made by their basket attempts had
st. Johns supporters often worried.
Their passing attack, led by the
blond Bunny Gibson and Rubin
McNab, gave them plenty of shots
at the basket, but the perverse ball
just wouldn't drop in. =
Jefferson Earns Tribute.
The second half was q thrilling
repetition of the first, with the
Jaguars fighting all the way and
(See TOURNEY, Page A-17)
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Is Baseball Only SO, Not 100
Years Old; Cartwright, Not
Doubleday, the Founder?

1t into his room and he had to give
it back. anyhow.
Mills and the boys decided on Abb
ner as the godfather. Cooperstown
the site and how about one more be-
fore the train leaves. A. G. Spald-
ing, Cartwright fan, agreed to
agree with their findings and no one
gave 1t second thought or even a
first until Menke started spraying
facts and figures all over East
Forty-second street.
For one thing Menke says the
game was played widely in the East
before 1889, the natal year according
to Mills, and not in Cooperstown.
These are pretty hard lines. They
have hall of fame and stuff up at
CooperstoWn, Frank. and you are
not going to be voted the man who
did most for the town this year.
Furthermore, says Menke, there is
no conclusive evidence the game
was played in Cooperstown in 1899.
Is nothing sacred? Remember the
Maine And you might check on
who killed cock robin. too.
Game Similar to Baseball.
Also this borer- from within points
out game similar to baseball
was played in the United States
years before Doubleday was born.
He claims it was similar to cricket.
He is wrong there. Nothing is
similar to cricket.
1t does seem logical, though.
Cricket was widely played in the
Colonies and the infant Republic.
AS every one knows, the English
thought 1t was big stuff. the Duke
OF Wellington once getting off a gag
that Waterloo was won on the play
ing fields of Eton. Evidently Corn
wallis and Burgoyne didn't wear the
old school tie and, as a result. blew
the duke
Well. that's about it. Menke SAYS
it started before 1889, didn't have a
fixed set of rules until Cartwright
wrote them down on a restaurant
tablecloth and Cooperstown has no
more legitimate claim as the birth
place than East PaW-PaW. And
what do you think of the lids the
gals are wearing?
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Last Pitt Grid Tutors
LET Go 10 Give New
Man Free Hand
SutherIund's Successor
Likely to Come From
Five Ex-Ponthers
b the Associated Press.

PITTSBURGH, March THE
University of Pittsburgh. gridiron
power for more than two decades.
had no football coach today-not
even single assistant-to carry on
the program of strictly amateur ath-
letics established by DR.. John G.
Bowman, Pitt chancellor.
While friends of DR.. John Balm
Sutherland. who resigned as head
coach because he said he found con-
ditions at Pitt "intolerable,' specu-
lated that he would remain on the
sidelines for the 1899 season, the
university announced his four re-
naming assistants had been relieved
of their duties.
This. the announcement said, was
to give the new head coach-who-
ever that may be-a free hand in
choosing his aides. No applications
for Sutherland's position have been
received, the university said.
Four Are Dismissed.
Four of Sutherland's assistants
previously had resigned either to de-
vote full time to business or to ac-
cept other positions The remain
ing four dismissed yesterday were
Mike Nicksick, halfback toutor; John
Nicholson, quarterback mentor,
Don Hensley and Frank Souchak,
center and end coaches. respectively
Souchak had been signed only two
weeks ago.
While DR.. Sutherland-who be-
came one of the Nations ranking
coaches after a brilliant athletic
career at Pitt when he was a star
under Glenn S. Pop" Warner-has
said he had no definite plans for
the future, associates here thought
he would watch things from the
stands during the 1889 campaign.
DR.. Sutherland himself said he
Sht try his hand at commercial
newspaper or radio work, a source
OF revenue restricted to him under
the Bowman code.
Those Being Considered.
Although Athletic Director James
Hagan of Pitt asserted there would
be absolutely no announcement
made until the new coach is selected
and signed" the impression here
was that five former Pitt stars stood
out as likely prospects. These we're:
Charles Bowser. former Suther-
land aide; Andy GustafSon, another
former Sutherland aide and now as
sistant at Dartmouth; Tommy
Davies, coach at Scranton (Pa)
University; Harvey Harman, Rut-
gers tutor, and-least likely of all
Bill Kern of Carnegie Tech.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
BY DREW MIDDLETON.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, March 7.-Well. how
do you like that? Just when every
one was getting whipped up about
100 years of baseball and statesmen
were rising in Congress to point out
Joe Whit was the first left-handed
pitcher ever to ride in a horse car
and how about a grand or so to fix
up his grave-it all turns out it ain t
So
Like many a trusting fan, your
agent believed the historians and he
believed in the centenary of base
ball. The anniversary was accepted
as straight from the feed box, just
like Branch Rickeys generosity and
the club owners love for their pay
ing guests.
Comrades, We have been bilked.
This is the games 93d year, and a
fellow named Alexander Cartwright
really was the founder. not Gen.
Abner Doubleday. Cartwright drew
up the first set of rules in 1886.
Menke Figures 1t Out.
The fellow who figured it all out
is Frank Menke, the demon historian
who broods on such matters. There
is no way of proving who is right, but
the family shirt rides on Frank. He
is accurate to degree.
1t appears there never was much
OF an inquiry made into the origin of
the business until around 1905. Un-
popular opinion credited its inven-
ton to fellow named Sachevrell x
Wellbeloved. a canny New Eng
lander who had a warehouse full of
catchers' masks and fungo bats and
nobody to sell 'em to.
Menke says that back in 1907 a
commission set to work to find out
who was responsible, there being
one or two fanatics on hand who
figured the game was here to stay
Menke calls A. c. Mills. the head Of
the group, "a doddering old man,
which are pretty strong words. We
happen to know Mills took the Davis
Cup single-handed q couple of years
later. He had an awful job wrestling
Evening star., 1939-03-07

to open the training season for
the Toledo Mud Hens by hurl-
ing out the first ball when she
visits Harlingen, Tex, March 16,
Waite Hoyt's sports comments
are good enough for the big time,
In the spotlight: Bill Killifer.
Dodger coach-he can remember
when somebody beat the Yanks
and wears a world championship
ring of the 1926 Cardinals to
prove it Howard Coyne
Temple catcher for two years. is
a right-hand hitter but has vet
to blast a safety to left.
sgd Hulls, London promoter
is due Thursday to try to sign
Henry Armstrong for bout over
there with Eric Boon, British
lightweight champ . Ell Chico's
time for his first half-mile breeze
was .54-not bad for so early in
the season.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Southern Loop Berth
Eyed by CoIonia|s
In Date-Making
Clemson, W. & l. Booked
For Games on GLOWING
1910 Grid Schedule
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

EAhused by the announcement of
George Washington's 1910 football
schedule, as attractive and we'll
rounded as any ever played by a
Buff and Blue eleven, Colonial sports
followers may have another pleas
ant surprise coming to them in the
not-too-distant future.
For the 40 list. composed of games
with Clemson. Kentucky, Washing
ton and Lee. West Virginia, Kansas
Bucknell and Georgetown. shows q
definite trend toward relationships
with Southern teams. in accord with
policy inaugurated recently.
Although no formal application
has been made nor bid for member
snip extended. G. W's recent actions
have indicated that it is extremely
friendly toward the Southern Con-
ference. That body, through the
willingness of its members to play
G. W., has manifested a desire to
include the Colonials in its sports
programs.
Well Acquainted With South.
And now that G.. WIS relations
with Maryland are extremely cor
dial, with the schools already having
reinaugurated relationships by a
basket ball game and only the mat
ter of conflicting dates postponing &
football meeting, it may be that the
nf1,lpero nf tho Tor,,c lo,,r MAN,
bers of the Southern Conference
could be used to the Colonials' ad-
vantage-if membership were sought.
G. w. has had contracts with the
Southern Conference through foot
ball and basket ball relations with
Clemson, the Citadel, Washington
and Lee, Wake Forest and others.
1t also is noteworthy that the Colo
mails have revised their eligibility
rules to conform with those of the
Southern Conference.
harrington G. w. Ambassador.
Max Harrington, G. WIS new direc-
tor of athletics, not only has at
tended Southern Conference meet
ings during the past year Che just
returned from the conferences bas-
ket ball tournament at Raleigh i,
but also has been instrumental in
creating good will for G. w. through
personal contacts.
Both c. w. and the Southern Con-
ference, it appears, would stand to
gain by the Colonials' membership.
The downtown school, entered in
championship races in all sports,
would have incentives it never had
before and the conference would
have the advantage of two major
institutions in the metropolitan area.
Member teams, exclusive of football,
could cut expenses in two by jour-
neying north to play Maryland one
day and G. w. the next, with guar
antees from EACH And the Southern
Conference rivalry between Maryland
and G. w. aside from the traditional
aspect probably would be terrific.
The Colonials' 40 grid schedule
will find them playing two Southern
Conference teams on Southern grid
irons-at Washington and Lee and
Clemson. Kentucky. signed on a
home-and-home contract with the
Colonials visiting Louisville in 40
and the Wildcats returning the
visit two years hence, is a member
of the Southeastern Conference.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Guessers Have Sutherland Navy Grid Coach in 194O
Turf Writer Who Predicted Through Having Laugh

around Columbia last winter
and on December "a wrote: "Sea-
biscuit is through" Three
days later he wrote: IF Trainer
Smith can patch Seabiscuit up
in time for the Santa Anita he's
not horse trainer-he's a ge-
MUS" The next day he wrote:
"Seabiscuis will never go to the
post in the Santa Anita"
After these columns appeared
Mr.. Edwards natcherly received
what some sets call the horse
laugh, but now he can strut
sitting down, if he wants to.
incidentally when the Biscuit
was declared out James J. Car
rolls st. Louis future book pock-
eted $1,000 in gravy The
Eastern team that offered Bob
by Grayson $4,000 to play pro
football is the New York Giants.
Mrs. F. D. r. has been invited
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Stuqehunds Failure Spoiled Good Racing Yarn

Stagehands Widene pretty
racing yarn patterned
records
awful 2yearod He didn't win
a 3-year-old And still he
is
beWiderng business
Sagehand $1897l0 3yearod He became the
hold this particular without
having horses of his
Kentucky Derby Preaknes Belmont Stakes and
Arlington Classic
he the Santa Anita Derby
not handicap which worth S50O0O The
older horses He grabbed the 100000 Santa
Handicap Governors Handicap
Earl sandeaned horse had
a fever couldn't He wasn't eligible for
the Preakness Sagehand lau while the other
evidence behalf OF themselves
evidence Lawn won the Derby
divided among
Sagehand became
percentage horse and the nominal champion
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Ell Chico Is Latest Nominee for LoureIs

Now they talking about the 3yearod and Of
them ALL Ell Chico the
the first time in than half the 2yeard thoroughbred
of 1888 unbaen colt which
The last colt the 2yarod
exclusively fremont That
all Of his 3
flies did since that time colts until Chico
They Ell Chico
whose needles different
Mite Johnsown Eight Thirty Third Voant
the Preakness and, of course the 3-year-old
that El Chico develop
old prospective champion figure
happen but neither things that happen
named Xalapa Clown which would
all of what the writing
boys call the laus eligible 3-year-od named
Xalapa you know
We wouldn't bet on the Clown that too
Evening star., 1939-03-07
-Four School Quints
From Capital Area
In W. & |. Event
Special Dispatch to The Star

special DlSPatCn 10 1Ne StaI.
LEXINGTON, Va. March -Four
Washington and nearby scholastic
basket ball teams are among the 16
representing five States and the Dis
trict of Columbia that have accepted
invitations to the South Atlantic
championship tournament that gets
under way Thursday afternoon at
Washington and Lee.
Representing the Capital area are
St. Johns, Gonzaga. Dewitt and
George Washington High.
Pairings:
ington High.
2:30 p.m.-St. Johns VS. Harerave.
$3.50 pm-Richmond Academy Of Au-
gusts. Ga. VS.. Gonzaga.
4:3O p.m.-Devitt VS.. Monroe Aggies OF
N:!''pe psm,3spartanburs IS. c. High vs.
Danville IVA Military Institute
s p.m.--John Marshall High of Rich
mond VS.. Lexington IVA High
9 p.m.-Durham IN c. High VS..
Staunton Military Academy
10 m.-Greenbrier M. A. vs. Bene-
dictine of Richmond
Evening star., 1939-03-07

the royal neck, but Prof. Watson
Clark, the old southpaw, is the
lad who got Van Mungo's name
on that $1,000 contract.
Foul or no foul, some of the
guys who bet on Don Lash in
the 2-mile Saturday night are
scuawking about paying off.
Bull Lea and Kayak II, the
steeds of the moment, are booked
to clash in several of the richer
stakes on New York tracks this
summer.
Attention, Eastern North Caro-
lima points: Where is Burgess
Whitehead? And if he still is
around home, how come?
Harlan Edwards, track writer
for the Columbia Is. c. State,
had to laff when they withdrew
Seabiscuit from the Santa Anita
:. It was old stuff to him =.
He watched the hoss limping
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Prep School Mat Field
.Weiohs in Tomorrow

Weighing in ceremonies for the
private school wrestling tournament
will be held tomorrow afternoon
from $3.50 to $50 at st. Adams gym,
under the direction of Rob Middle
ton. athletic director of the school,
The tourney will be held there
Friday afternoon and night, with
the finals on Saturday afternoon.
Over 100 entries are expected from
schools in Washington and within
15-mile radius. with especially
strong representations from st.
AIMS, Landon, Friends and St.
Adams.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, March 7.-Along
a thousand and one main stems
over the country they are won-
dering where Doc Sutherland
will light . Here on Broadway
the guessers are guessing he'll
lay off coaching this year and
sign with Navy in 1910 (Or
maybe 60 to Southern California
If Howard Jones has a bad year,
-. They must be figuring on a
bumper crop down South if Mis-
sissippi State can offer Suther-
land anything like the dough he
has been getting at Pitt
Meantime, the wailing wall in
the Smoky City is tottering under
the strain.
The dove of peace is perched
on Judge Lands left shoulder
and the laurel wreath is around
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Reds Hopes Are.High
AS Grissom Gains
Peak Slab Form
Lefty Rounds Out Fine
Hurting Crew to Put
Club in Flag Race
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TAMPA. Fla. March 7.-There is
important news to report from the
training camp of the Cincinnati
Reds, the most promising young
club in baseball. Lefty Lee Grissom
is in the best of shape of his eccen-
trio career and probably will start
on the mound in his teams opening
exhibition game against Brooklyn on
Saturday.
Manager Bill McKechnie is joyous
about it, and so are all of Grissonl S
teammates. They are convinced
they can win the National League
flag if the southpaw finally lives up
to his promise. whether they get
any improvement at third and sec
ond base, the spots that plagued
them last season.
That's about all the news there
is to report so far said the scholar
ly McKechnie, but maybe you can
make piece about Grissom. He's
throwing the ball harder than any,
body in camp and has been ever
since he started week ago. And
think I've about talked him out OF
trying to steal any bases this year"
Grissom's "Stcar' Upsetting.
Grissom, 2O0-pounder with
binding speed, has for several years
looked as though he might develop
into another Lefty Grove. or some
thing. If this finally is his year. the
Reds can't help having the best
pitching staff in either league, bar
ring the Yankees. Add him to
Johnny Wander Nicer, Paul Der
ringer, Bucky Walters, Peaches
Davis and Jim Weaver, and you
have a big six that can't be
matched.
At the start of last season Girls
SONS arm went sour. Finally. in the
latter stages of the burning National
League race, it came around and
for a spell it looked as if the Reds
might 60 to town. Then, for reasons
known only to himself, Grissom
tried to steal second base. wrenched
an ankle, and there was sorrow in
Rhineland. The Reds finished fourth,
oAA 6oAAASo ouC VI VIC lC1u.
That stolen base might have cost
us a dozen games.' said McKechnie.
You can't tell. He doesn't know
yet why he did it. We were ahead,
2 to 0, at the time. But that was
last years race, and there's another
coming up. I wish could tell you
how we were going to do."
Players Think Club Good.
The players, themselves, feel that
they are "hot" ball club, and that
the door is wide open for them to
sail into the next World Series. They
even say they would like to get
shot at those Yanks.
Who's going to beat us if Grissom
is right?" asked Derringer. Those
Chicago Cubs will fold just as soon
as Hank Leiber and Dick Bartell
try to hit few times against those
white shirts in the center bleachers
at Wrigley Field"
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Sports Program for Local Fans
THURSDAY.

THURSDAY.
Basket Ball.
St. Johns in South Atlantic
tournament, Lexington, Va.
Wrestling.
Jim Londos VS.. Dropkick Muir
ply, feature, Turner's Arena,
first match, $3.50.
FRIDAY.
Swimming.
Central VS.. Woodrow Wilson,
Y. M. G. A. pool, 3:45.
SATURDAY.
Basket Ball.
American U. VS.. Alumni, A. U.
gym, 8.
Track.
Maryland-5th Regiment games,
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Maryland Fes Fight Tonight Prevent D. Sweep of Stars School Mee
Win, Lose or Draw
BewiIderine Business
By FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star STAFF Correspondent,
ORLANDO, Fla. n

ORLANDO. Fla, March There nothing to
the horse industry
Col Maxwell HoWards
1t up But didn't The finish of the Wdener
Sir Damon Sagehand.
In the beginning
the $4,000 bucks The Admiral feeling We thought,
when the Man War scratched tough break
Stagehand Nearly
would
would become thoroughbred
Sagehand Seabiscuit
Handicap
third, said
be Sabic generally
best horse when he the legs off War Admiral
famous
all. And War Admiral who
would the situation mudded While
Stagehand his whsker trimmed Miami horse
100000
Until Kayak only distinction
Seabscut stablemate Now he still Seabscuts
abmate 100000 We thoroughbred
champion
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Turf Writers Are Held in Awe

looms the attention shifts to the 3-yeoos
coming with designs the Derby and the
develop that no thorough
will his proud head until one of the 3-yearod
superiority And then fellow
the turf writer who rates 2-yearo
studied deacy predict their futures
nobody entertaining possibilities in seabiscu
baby Nor stagehand in War Admiral But
followed with fanatical enacity
AS vaguely recall turf weighing the
this would
1888 Kentucky Derby always will remain nightmare this
department. hunc finally picked him second
Fighting and personally bet Menow
winning Mnow contention during the early running but Lawrn
it, and, by the has Fighting Fox yet?
Evening star., 1939-03-07
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

1oOA
Basket Ball.
Tech VS.. Mount Rainier first
round, The Stars metropolitan
interscholastic tournament), Tech
gym, 7:30.
Gonzaga VS.. Montgomery Blair
(f1rst round, The Stars metro
politan interscholastic tourna-
ment), Tech gym, 8:45.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Georgetown VS.. George WASH
ington, Tech gym. 8:15.
Ice Hockey.
New York Rovers VS.. Baltimore
Orioles, Riverside Stadium, 8.
Swimming.
Western VS.. Alumni, Y. M. G. A.
pool, 3:45.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
blairs-Gonzaqa,
Mounts-Tech
Due|s Slated
Eastern Rally Trips
G.W., St. Johns Tops
Jeffs in Opener
BY GEORGE HUBER.

Two Maryland teams, Mount
Rainier of Prince Georges County
and Montgomery Blair of Montgom-
cry County, step into The Star's--
already thrill-packed seventh inter
scholastic metropolitan basket ball
tournament tonight at Tech gym,
going against Tech and Gonzaga,
respectively, and aiming to keep the
semi finals and final next week from
being an all-Washington affair.
In the tourney inaugural last
night St. Johns and Eastern, win
ner and runner-up in the tourney
last year and this year Capitals
Catholic and public high school
champions. supplied the approx
imately 5000 crowd with thrill after
thrill as they won to the payof
rounds.
st. Johns found itself after
battling first quarter to down the
previously undefeated jefferson High
of Falls Church. Va, 33-9, and East
ern, with more thrilling comeback
than had been seen all season in
Techs gym, conquered George
Washington High of alexandria,
1872. ,C
More Thrills Due Tonight.
Tonlght's games promise to equal
those in excitement and action.
however. The Mounts have beer
undefeated in their county for three
years and Tech won the name
wonder boys" this year with a
squirt that carried it to the runner
up spot behind Eastern in the Wash
ington public high series.
Gonzaga and Montgomery Blair
OF Silver Spring, both entered in
the tourney for the first time, are
out to prove their right to be rated
in the top flight of schoolboy fves in
this area.
The Purple forced st. Johns to a
playoff for the Catholic school title.
while the Blairs are riding the crest
OF a seven-game winning wave.
The first game tonight starts at
7:3O.
A smooth, co-ordinated George
Washington attack last night COM
bined speedy passing and set,
balanced shooting to take a 25-1O
lead over Eastern at the half. The
pace was terrific as last years all
State center, Ed NoWland, and
Pudgy Hehin, both eagle-eyed
youngsters, scored time and again
to lead with 10 and points, respec-
lively, in the Presidents big, early
game bid.
Eastern Makes Great Rally.
At the same time some inspired
guarding by their teammates kept
the Lincoln Parkers off balance and
only Lenny Mills, another outstand-
ing center, and Bob Custer were
able to score from the floor So
aggressive, in fact, we're the Alexan-
drians that they committed numer-
GUS fouls that aided Easterns early
| scoring.
Easterns championship caliber and
fighting spirit were shown In the
second half as the players came
back determined to overcome that
15-point handicap and overcome it
they did. Custer. and Mills were
unstopable. When the third period
ended Eastern had drawn up to
within 9 points, and shortly after
the final got under way the score
was knotted at 1922.
From then on the Capitol i'll lads
were dropping baskets from all
angles as Bat Battiste and Les
Cooksey. the speediest members Of
the team. passed and dribbled the.
ball to Custer and Mills.
Hef1in was the only President to
score in the final quarter, which
was all Eastern.