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Evening star., 1940-12-09
Sports Program
ForLocuI Fans

TODAY.
Basket Ball.
Towson Catholic VS.. George
town Prep, Garrett Park, $3.50.
Central VS.. Greenbelt High,
Greenbelt gym, 500.
TOMORROW.
Hockey.
Atlantic City Sea Gulls VS..
Washington Eagles, Riverside
Stadium, $50.
Basket Ball.
Western Maryland VS.. George
town, Tech gym, $3.50.
Bethesda Chevy Chase VS..
Roosevelt, Roosevelt gym, $3.50.
Briarley Military VS.. Western,
Western gym, $3.50.
Mount Rainier VS.. Gonzaga,
Gonzaga gym, $3.50.
Falmouth VS.. Washington-Lee,
at Washington-Lee, 8.
Table Tennis.
Exhibition by United States
champion and other nationally
ranked stars, Heurich gym, $3.50.
WEDNESDAY.
Basket Ball.
Eastern VS.. George Washington
High, Alexandria, $3.50.
Wilson High VS.. Baltimore City
College, Baltimore.
THURSDAY.
Basket Ball.
Georgetown VS.. American u,
American U. gym, $50.
Western VS.. Georgetown Fresh.
men, American U. gym. 7:30.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Merger Of 1woCIubs,
Berth for Boston,
Seen by Pros
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9-The Herald
Tribune says that Boston may re-
turn to the National Football League
to replace Pittsburgh after today's
meeting at Washington, D. c. A
four-ffths vote of the club owners
would be needed to grant franchise.
The proposed change, which the
Herald -Tribunte says was learned
from an authoritative source, calls
for the consolidation of the Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia clubs, now
owned respectively by Art Rooney
and Bert Bell, to be operated in
Philadelphia as a joint enterprise.
A Boston franchise then would be
granted to a syndicate of Eastern
sportsmen The new club would be
given half the combined Pittsburgh
Philadelphia roster of players and a
half share of the players those clubs
claim at Tuesdays draft meeting.
Evening star., 1940-12-09

President George p Marshall Of
the Redskins denied today that a
"feud" between himself and George
Halas, wner-coach of the Chicago
Bears, caused the new professional
champions of the world to roll up
a 73-to-0 score yesterday in the
titular playoff.
1--WE would have scored as many
points as we could against the
Bears" Marshall said, "had we been
the better team. That stun about
feuding is the bunk.
There is no room in pro football
for pulling punches" he added. THE
idea is to score all you can. When
teams try to hold down scores that
Is hippodroming"
Reminding that strong college
teams occasionally try to control the
margins of victory, Marshall waved
impatiently.
Its different in games between
educational institutions" he said.
That's all right. But in our league
the players are paid to put out all
the time"
Halas declared that his Bears
could not have rolled up a bigger
score, although for a while the
Chicago team used the veteran,
slowed-up Jack Manders in the
backf1eld, and later had Line
Backer-Upper Joe Maniaci playing
| the safety position.
I'VE scored all We coald," Halas
| said.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Likely Sale of Bees Main Topic
At Major Sessions, but Talk
Of Heavy Trading Persists

start tomorrow. Both insisted they
knew nothing about the sale.
From the standpoint of the base
ball men already on the scene here,
the reported deal was taken to mean
that Quinn would continue to head
the club and that the Bees would not
figure in any trades of consequence
There had been rumors that Boston
would have to sell one of its several
fine youngsters to make ends meet
unless a new owner for the club was
found during the winter.
Active Market Likely.
In the past the Bees always have
been among the most active traders
in the annual ivory market and their
removal from the field caused no
great pleasure among the persons
seeking to raid their talent, although
representatives of other clubs ex-
pressed hope the Bees unsettled
ownership finally had been straight
ened out.
There was considerable expecta-
ton that the trading would be
picked up quickly where it was left
off in Atlanta, but aside from con-
lectures of various brands and sizes,
nothing was known.
In the league meeting tomorrow
the problem of handling players
who are drafted into the Army will
movement afoot to have the Ameri-
can League rescind its rule against
trading by the pennant winner.
Price Agreement Reached.
BOSTON, Dec. 9 (P).-The Bees,
which have been reported ION the
block" for almost five years, ap-
peared today to have found a new
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Vote for Harmon Athlete of Year Reflects Footballs Rising Popularity
Marshall, Denying Feud, Ayers
Tribe Would Have Been as
UnmercifuI as Bruins

One of the spectators at the game
was Cliff Battles, one-time great at
West Virginia Wesleyan and for.
mer Redskin. Battles, who now is an
assistant coach at Columbia Uni
versity, was member of the Red
skin team which defeated the Bears
in 1887 on an icy field, 1921.
Cliff visited both dressing rooms.
The theatrical world was repre-
sented notably by AL Jolson, Wash
ington-born nanny singer, who
was on hand to root for the Bears.
TufIy Leemans dropped around to
visit the Redskins after the brawl
was over. Tuffy and Battles were
in the sweaty quarters at the same
time. Standing nearby were Sammy
Baugh and Erny Pinckert. Put this
quartet together in backfield, play
the Bear game over again and
maybe the result would have been
different.
The fight" between Ray Noting
of the Bears and Willie Wilkin OF
the Redskins was caused, according
to Wilkin, by Nolting's kicking the
aristocratic Wilkin schnozZle.
After he gave me the knee"
Willie said, II backhanded him and
the guy just couldn't take it."
Willie's proof was his proboscis.
1t had spread like Charles Laugh
! ton sitting on a wooden bench.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
BY JUDSON BAILEY,


CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-As was natural
the baseball meetings buzzed today
with talk about the reported sale
of the Boston Bees.
Nobody knew anything, officially,
but everybody agreed, unoff1cially,
that this looked the real thing. The
Bees have been on the block for a
long time, with their purchase often
rumored, but there were indications
that this deal would be consum-
mated
The Associated Press reported last
month it had learned that the sale
probably would be completed within
three weeks and that Commissioner
Kenesaw M. Lands had delivered
an ultimatum to Charles F. Adams
to dispose of his interests because of
race track connections.
Quinn to Retain Post.
The announcement in Boston last
night that Adams had arrived at
valuation of my interest" with
Albert H. Powell, wealthy retired
New Haven, Conn, coal dealer and
former officer of the club, apparently
fulfilled the predictions for sale.
Bob Quinn, president of the Bees
and trustee of Adams stock in the
club. left the minor league meetings
at Atlanta intending to visit rela-
tives at Columbus, Ohio, but was
understood to have been called to
Boston suddenly for a weekend
conference.
Manager Casey Stengel and Sec
retary John Quinn of the Bees came
on to Chicago, where the major
league sessions are scheduled to
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Pro Tossers to Instruct
High School Squads

A four-day basket ball clinic with
Washington's professional Brewers
as teachers, and high school cagers
as students, was to begin today and
continue through the week.
Eastern High gym was slated as
the first stop for the Brewers, start
ing at $3.50, where individual in
structions will be given to Phil Fox's
charges after which a light scrim-
mage was to be staged between the
pro and scholastic fives.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Who Are the Babies Now? Ask Vengefu Bears Whoc With Joy


like passing from their own 10
yard line, I mean"
From the heights of the steamy
room, Musso, the man mountain
guard, doomed down that the
Redskins just happened to be the
object of revenge.
Remember" he shouted, they
beat us for the championship in
1887. They also beat us here
three weeks ago. We were just
fired up and we went out there
to kick the pants off them"
I felt q tank hit me from be-
hind. It was John Torrance
weight 1850.
Say. bud" he said, what was
the scorer"
In the Redskins room things
Evening star., 1940-12-09

all was the constantly repeated
singing of California, Here We
Come!" for the Bears go to Los
Angeles late this month for the
Pro Bowl game with a team Of
All-Stars from the league
Something happened to the
showers to add to the confusion.
Steam filled the place and every
time you took faint step, huge
Bear-sometimes wrapped in a
towel and more often not
smacked into you.
lost my hat and George Musso
weight. 275 pounds) stepped on
it with big wet foot.
Bull Dog Turner weight, 235
and still growing) rushed in from
behind.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Mats Ready 10 Dicker
With Browns, Tribe
As Majors Meet
Loobs, PytIok Are Eyed
By Griffith, Hunting
Talent at Chicago
sy q Staff Correspondent Of The Star


EN- ROUTE TO CHICAGO, Dec. 9.
Clark Griffith neared Chicago and
the annual midwinter baseball
meeting and trade mart today eX-
pecting to deal with any American
League Club except the Detroit
Tigers, winners of the 1910 pennant.
Griffith has a good reason for not
expecting a deal with the Tigers.
A year ago he passed a rule pro-
hibiting the pennant winner in the
American League from making
player deals, except by the waiver
route or by bringing up rockies
from minor league farms.
Griff Has Some Ideas.
Griffth is expected to confer
shortly with Manager Jimmy Dykes
of the Chicago White Sox, who
supposedly is interested in Pitcher
Joe Krakauskas. From the Browns
Griffith may ask the price of Gen.
terfielder Chet Laabs The Indians
have a catcher, frankie Pytlak,
whom Griff is reportedly eyeing
and, while he doesn't make a
practice Of dickering with the
Yankees, baseballs Old Fox may
seek out Ed Barrow and attempt to
wiring from the New York president
a second baseman or a shortstop.
Griffith and Connie Mack. presi-
dent of the Athletics, never do busi-
ness and are not likely to start now
1t also is doubtful if Griff plans to
bargain with his son-in-law. Joe
Cronin. who manages the Boston
Red Sox. But anything can happen
here.
Harris and Eynon Along.
Accompanying Grifnth on his
jaunt to the meeting were Secre-
tary Edward B. Eynon. jr., and
Manager Bucky Harris. They
arrived early this morning and we're
prepared to plunge enthusiastically
into the bargaining, which officially
begins tomorrow.
Griffith also is expected to fight
for more than seven night games
per club since he has committed
himself to a $4,000 lighting sys-
tenn. He also will fight, if necessary,
for the retention of Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Lands as commissioner
of baseball, and for the abolishment
of synthetic Sunday double headers,
which he insists have been hurting
the game, especially in st. Louis.
Evening star., 1940-12-09

Joe Maniaci, who weighs only
210, let me of light. He hit me,
but only with a wet towel.
1t was all accidental, of course.
Whacky with Joy, the Bears
piled into the dressing room and
pandemonium broke loose.
They lifted George Halas, their
coach, onto their shoulders
They pounded Hunk Anderson,
the line coach, on the back until
he begged them to let him up.
.. Modestly, Halas took their
applause.
1T was just one of those days."
he said. Everything we did, we
did right. Everything they did.
they did wrong. OF course, they
helped beat themselves. Things
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Bears Pass for Point
When Conversions
Dep|ete Balls

Among other things, the Chicago
Bears nearly ran out of footballs
in their 1870 rout of the Washington
Redskins yesterday.
After each of the first nine touch
down they tried placements to con-
vert the extra point and each time
the ball sailed into the crowd and
remained there. When the Bears
lined up for another kick after the
tenth score. a player raced from
the bench into the end zone and
called to Referee Red Friesell:
Hey, Red, tell those guys not to
kick. There aren't any more balls
on the bench
The Bears obligingly switched to
a pass play and made their point
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Chance Of Louis Bout
To Spur Dorazio
Against katz
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. e.-Gus
Dorazio, Philadelphia heavyweight.
will risk a chance for a title bout
with Champion Joe Louis here to-
night in a 10-round match with
Herbie Katz. New York.
The Philadelphian, tentatively
scheduled to meet Louis here in
February, now is a 7-to-5 favorite
but may be no better than even
money by the time the two enter
the ring. The hard-hitting Katz
lost a split decision to Dorazio in
their first meeting here after floor
ing the italian once.
Al Nettlow, Detroit, will meet Vic
Dellicurti, New York, in the 10
round semi-windup. The matches
will be staged dt the arena.
Evening star., 1940-12-09

were-to be guilty of great
Observation-Disclosures
For a while it seemed as if no
one was speaking. Then you
caught on. What they had to
say they whispered.
George Marshall, president of
the Redskins and not a silent
man. spoke alone in conversa-
tional tone.
Some of our boys" he said,
apparently have been playing
on their regulations. We've got
to make a few changes. That
tackling, my, my.
"It looked as If some of our
lads had their fountain pens in
their pockets trying to figure out
their prize money shares"
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Tennessee in Front,
Hoyas Near Top in
5-Year Standing
Consistency Of Vols
Discounts Talk Of
Grid 'Breothers'
By the Associated Press.

=
NEW YORK, Dec. "a record Of
three successive seasons with only
one defeat, and that in the Rose
Bowl game. ought to put football
team at the head of the parade.
That's just what its done for Ten
nessee-in the figures
There's been a tendency in some
sections to discount the Vols habit
of winning all their games because
of various soft" spots on their
schedule But when it's shown that
over flve-year stretch Tennessee
is way out in front of all the
Nations major teams with a record
Of 43 victories, 6 defeats and 8 ties,
it seems more to the point to dis
count that talk about 'breathers." 4"
Vols Average Jumps.
The Volunteers 1910 record of 10
straight victories. with the Sugar
Bowl game against Boston College
still to be played. lifted them from
10th place on the list of leaders
after the 1889 season Their aver
age jumped from I'll to 1878. The
size of that change is explained
partly by the fact that during the
1885 season, dropped from the rec
ords this year, they won only four
games and lost five.
| Right behind them, Santa Clara
moved up into second place with
"a victories, defeats and 4 ties
for an 872 average Fordham, TIED
for second last year. dropped to
third, although a successful season
lifted the Rams average from .857
to .86l.
Holy Gross. which topped the list
of major teams a year ago. and
Villanova. which tied Fordham for
second. both had sour seasons in
1910, dropping to 18th and 9th
places. respectively.
Georgetown Percentage BIG.
Other leading teams over a span
of five seasons (ties diregarded
in computing averages included
Duke. .851; Alabama, 837; George
town, 816; Boston College, .814;
NotTe Dame, .79l; Villanova, .786;
Texas A. and M, .7S3; North Caro-
lima. 1888; Holy Cross, ,773; Min
nesota, 1863: Nebraska, 1856; Dart
mouth. 1855; Utah, .756; Pitts
burgh, .750
The explanation of Tennessee S
superiority is evident in the scor-
ing figures. During the five sea-
sons. the Vols played 50 games.
scored 1,160 points and allowed
their opponents only 155. That
figures out to an approximate score
of 81 to 3 in favor of Tennessee
for each game. Dartmouth, next
highest in scoring, averaged only
2084 points game, as compared
to Tennessee's 2155 Santa Clara,
second best on defense. allowed 157
points in 43 games for an average
of 365 a game
Evening star., 1940-12-09

owner. but the same management
is going to remain.
Albert H. Powell, wealthy retired
New Haven, Conn.,, coal dealer and
real estate man, announced he ex-
pected to complete before long"
negotiations for purchase of the
National League baseball club.
Bob Quinn will remain as gen.
eral manager of the club. Powell
said, "if I can persuade him-and
I think I can"
The controlling stockholder, c. F.
Adams, Boston chain store grocery
magnate and racetrack owner, said
that he and Powell had reached an
agreement on the price and that
"only the settling of a few minor
details remain to complete the
transaction" The price was not dis
closed.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
BY EDDY GILMORE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

I know now what the Washing
ton Redskins were up against
just fought my way out of the
Chicago Bears dressing room.
They weren't sore at me, either.
1t was quite a scene. Thirty
three mastodons charging around
a room "a feet square, waving
their huge arms and yelling like
a pack of Tarzans wired for
amplification.
Scrawled across a blackboard
we're the words: Who are the
cry babies now?" in apparent
rebuttal to the Redskins charges
after their 7-3 victory in the first
meeting of the season. And above
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Hockey Standings
EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE.

Results Last Nisht.
Boston. 3; New York. 2.
Baltimore, 3; River Vale. 2.
Coming Games.
Tomorrow-Atlantic City at Washington.
Observation-Disclosures City at Baltimore;
Boston at River Vale.
Friday-Boston at Atlantic City; Balti-
more at Washington.
Saturday-Washineto at River Vale;
New York at Boston: Baltimore at Atlantic
City.
Washington at New York; River Vale at
Boston
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Ties Don't BELONG
In Statistics
BY the Associated Press

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. Dec. O.
Gene Sullivan, sports editor of
the News-Press, tucked five bril-
liant pre-Christmas neckties he
had received into an old envelope
and hid them in his desk.
An ambitious Office boy, noting
the envelope addressed to the
statistician of the Western Base
ball Association, Springfield, Mo-,
mailed it.
The statistician is Mrs. Helen
Lloyd Snow.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
CnuIIenqed for Title

Sacred Heart A. C. gridders after
defeating Hayes Celtics, 1870, yes
terday for their ninth victory in 10
games would like to challenge the
Cardinal A. c. for the District title.
Call Bob Trilling at Woodley 6037.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Soccer Games Are Close

Regal Clothiers hooters defeated
Waldorf, 4 to 2, yesterday in a
!. Washington and Suburban Soccer
! League contest. In another league
game Maryland Park topped Sandy
{ Spring, 2-1.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
RombIers Booking Comes

Glen Echo Ramblers won on q
forfeit yesterday from the Mary
land Aces. The Ramblers can be
booked for a future game by the
Aces by calling Wisconsin 7035.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
HEIGHTS Five Seeks Third

Congress Heights A. c. cagers will
be seeking their third straight vic
tory tonight when facing the strong
Bell Clothes five at Front Royal,
Va, in a charity game.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
NE. Grid Title Claimed

Tech A. C. 11o-pound eleven are
claiming the Northeast title after
turning back the Langdon Lions,
1912, yesterday on the latter's field.
Evening star., 1940-12-09
Michigan Star Tops
80 Of II Ballots in
National Poll
Tigers Greenbere Runs
Second in Aces Race,
Beuten 81 Points
GAYLE TALBOT,


NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Footbalrs
mounting popularity is reflected in
the overwhelming margin by which
Tommy Harmon, Michigans great
Back, has been voted the outstanding
male athlete of 1910 by sports ex-
perts participating in the annual
Associated Press poll
Thirty Of the II press box seers
who sent in their ballots named the
Wolverine WOW their No. choice
for his personal exploits in leading
his team to once-defeated season
and for breaking Oranges record
for scoring over 3-year period.
Hank Greenberg, Detroits slug
ging outflelder, ran a weak second
with II flrst-place votes and a total
OF 81 points to Harmon's 14l. Points
are counted on basis of three for
first choice, two for second choice
and one for third.
Bucky Walters, Cincinnati pitcher,
placed third with So points, includ-
ing six firsts, while Bobby Feller,
Cleveland f1reballer, gained fourth
with 81 points and seven firsts. In
all, SO sports figures got their names
in the balloting, and Is of them had
at least one admirer who thought
they were tops.
Harmon Makes Big Leap.
This is the second straight year
that football hero has grabbed the
brass ring Last year it was Niles
Kinnick of Iowa, but he had a close
brush with Joe Di Maggie of the
Yankees before the polls closed,
winning by eight points. Neither of
them got single point this time,
Kinnick having left the gridiron
and Di Maggie having had the mis-
fortune to play with losing club
Don Bulge, who won out both in
1887 and 1888 when he was the toast
Of tennis, came in for one third
place vote in this election. Harmon,
incidentally, was considered so far
inferior to Kinnick and about 20
others last year that he polled only
three points. which shows it is
possible to rise in a hurry in this
most tickle of all elections.
Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis,
who was the peoples third choice a
year ago, dropped to seventh this
time, though his most recent op-
ponents will wonder why in the
world. He didn't receive a single
No. vote, whereas Jimmy Wilson.
Cincinnati's veteran catcher and
World Series hero, got 4, and Joe
Platak. the handball champ, re-
ceived one booming nomination.
Walters Holds Following.
OF them all, Buckv Walters held
his following best. The Reds mound
ace climbed from fourth last year to
third this time and got the same
number of first place votes-six. At
that rate Bucky can count on reach
ing the top in 1912, providing his
wing holds out.
John Kimbrough, Texas Aggies'
smashing fullback, placed fifth with
18 points, followed by Lawson Little.
open golf champion; Jimmy Wilson
and Joe Louis. each with r. The
only nominee whose vote might be
challenged was Clark Shaughnessy
Of Stanford, the latest of long line
of miracle coaches. The ballot
specifically said male athlete" and
Shaughnessy obviously took most of
his exercise sitting down. Yet his
West Coast admirers insisted upon
giving him six points, and nobody
ever claimed this was an honest elec-
ton, anyway.
The complete voting:
Ertts Pts
Evening star., 1940-12-09

TPOFF AT OUTSET-How the tide of battle to swing in
yesterdays the Redskins apparent within minute
Of play when Osmask exreme right upper raced SO yards
touchdown He heroic blocking especially from Wilson
who taking both Johnston 3 and Justice the
latter being knocked off his
And that didn't settle it the freak play that followed
OsmanSki dover left) off his
right tackle to the yard line he fumbed he hit by
28 and Pnckert I'D but Masteons knee bounced
the ball up into the of Sydahar 3 and he carried to
1yad line where Luckan bucked the next
play. Star Staff Photos.
Evening star., 1940-12-09

Firsts Pts.
Tommy Harmon Michigan. football 30 141
Hank GreenberE. Detroit. football IL 81
Bucky walters. Cincinnati. baseball 36
Bobby Feller. Cleveland. baseball 81
Kimbrough. Texas A. {; M, football 4 1s
Lawson Little golf IL
Ben Hogan, golf ! IL
Chuck Fenske. Wisconsin. track ] 10
Fitzsmmons. Brooklyn. baseball ] Z
wamerdam. San Francisco, track s
Shaughnessy. Stanford, football O 6
Byron Nelson. golf 3
Billy Conn. Pittsburgh, boxing 0 3
Willie Hoppe Mex York. billiards O )
Baugh. Washington. football O :
Freeman. Pasadena badminton q &
Three points-Lew Jenkins Sweetwater
Tex. boxing; Paul Derrineer. Cincinnati,
baseball; Don McNeill, Oklahoma City
tennis: Buck Newson, Detroit, baseball
zone frstl; Joe Platak. Chicago, handball
tone frsD; Charles ORourke. Boston COL
leee. football tone frstl.
Two points-Frank Mccormick, Cincin-
natl. baseball; Dick Chapman. New York.
golf; Ted Lyons. Chicago. baseball; Sam
Snead, golf: GREG Rice. Notre Dame, track:
Dave O'Brien. Philadelphia. football; Al
Blozis. GEORGETOWN. track and football;
Jimmy Demaret. eon.
boxing: Frank Reagan. PENNSYLVANIA. foot
ball Ken Overlin, Washington boxing; Alb
jenkins, Salt Lake City. auto racing Ace
Parker. Brooklyn. football: Don Budge,
New York. tennis.