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Evening star., 1940-11-04

New York University, goes West K
play Colorado, recently deposed al
sole leaders of the Rocky Mountain
Big Seven.
Other interesting games include
Detroit. dropped from the unbeater
class, TO, by Tulsa, against Texas
Christian, l4-12, winner over Baylor
in the Southwest Conference. ano
Washington University (St. Louis
against Virginia Military.
Tennessee Reveals Power.
South-FolloWing an old pattern
Tennessee, the South's only major
unbeaten and united team, showed
a world of strength in bowling over
Louisiana State, $50, and now takes
a week off from major competition
to play Southwestern of Memphis
Mississippi kept pace in the South
eastern Conference standings by
beating Vanderbilt, 1871.
With these two leaders on the
sidelines next Saturday it's Alabama
an impressive $50 winner over
Kentucky, against Tulane, which
knocked Clemson out of the un-
beaten group by 1870, in the biggest
Southeastern game. Others are
Georgia, 1913 winner over Auburn
against Florida. Kentucky Georgis
Tech. L. s. U.-Mississippi State and
Vanderbilt -Sewanee.
In the Southern Conference
Duke, which surprised every one
with a All score against Georgia
Tech, faces Davidson while Clemson
tackles another Southeastern team
Auburn.
Southwest-Prepa for thi!
weeks decisive encounter, Texas A
and M. rolled over Arkansas, ITO
while Southern Methodist outscorec
Texas, 21-l3. Rice, also unbeaten II
the conference, beat Texas A. and I.
9-6, on a last-minute field goal anc
may find it hard to stay in the
running when it meets Arkansal
this week.
Anyone's Race In Big Seven.
Texas and Baylor meet in the re.
manning game. Outside the con-
ference, Hardin Simmons play,
Loyola at Los Angeles Friday nighi
while Texas Tech is idle until next
Monday.
Rocky Mountain Big Seven-It''
anyone's race now since Utah
knocked off Colorado, 21-13, to gC
into a tie for the conference lead
The Utes play the powerless Wyom-
ing team Saturday while Colorado
meets Missouri. Denver and Brig
ham Young, tied for third, play each
other while Colorado State meets
Utah State.
Pacific Coast-Stanford had tS
stave off late rallies to beat U. C. L
A.. 20-14, but was clearly the better
team. Washington may prove q
tougher customer this week and al
least looks the only team which
might be able to stop the Indians
Rose Bowl march. Other confer
ence games this week send Oregon
State, 1913 surprise winner over
California, against Washington
State, which beat Idaho, $50;
U. C. L. A. against Oregon. victol
over Montana, $50: and Californis
against Southern California.
st. Mary's, which whipped Port.
land, 25-13, to remain on even term.
with Santa Clara, 27-0 winner over
San Francisco, among the biz
independents" plays Duquesne In
an intersectional game Sunday.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Bears and Redskins
Virtually Assured
Section Honors
Bruins Defect Pockers
Before Record Crowd;
Giunts Retoin Hope
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-Pro foot
balls major sectional titles were
lust about settled today, with new
champions imminent in both East
ern and Western Divisions OF. the
National League.
The Chicago Bears all but
clinched the Western crown by
whipping the defending titlehold-
ers, the Green Bay Packers, for the
second time, while Washington's
Redskins continued their undefeated
march to the Eastern crown by
chalking up their seventh straight
victory at the expense Of the Pitts
burgh Steelers.
Record Crowd Sees Game.
A record-breaking pro crowd for
Chicago, As ,434, saw the mighty
Bears win, 14-7, when the champs
failed to capitalize on any Of five
scoring chances in the second half.
Joe Maniaci rushed over for the
Bears first touchdown in the OPEN
ing period only to see Arnold Herber
hit Don Hutson with an 11-yard
touchdown pass to tie the score
in the second quarter. But before
the half was over, the Bears second
team pounded As yards for the
deciding score, Gary Famiglietti
going over from the 6.
The Bears now need only TO win
two of their remaining four games
a. = l. IIyarfa,-., ,I, ~
even though the Packers finish their
schedule undefeated.
Giants Still Hopeful.
The New York Giants chung to
their Eastern title hopes by beating
the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10-7; Ward
Cuffs 25-yard field goal in the sec
ond period proving decisive. Both
the Giants and Dodgers scored
touchdowns in the last quarter, the
former on a 12-yard pass from Len
Barnum to Hank Soar and the losers
on a plunge by Sam Francis that
climaxed a 7o-yard drive. The de-
feat practically eliminated Brooklyn
from title consideration and left
the Giants in the near hopeless sit
uation of being forced to win all Of
their last four games while the Red
skins are losing theirs.
Cleveland finally found its air at
tack and crushed Detroit, 24-0, to
climb into virtual tie with their
victims for third place in the West
ern Division. Sharing the honors
with Parker Hall, who did most Of
the Rams passing, was Fullback
Johnny Drake. who produced an
amazing exhibition Of power and
deception. Cleveland completed 10
out of 13 passes for l31 yards.
! Neither Philadelphia nor the Chi
cago Cardinals, cellar occupants Of
their respective divisions, were
scheduled.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Georgetown Strong Fovorite,
But Thrills, as Usual, Likely
To Mark Tilt With Terps

touchdown and later in the fray
threw one TO Jim Meade. who
droped the ball in the end zone.
That was merely the beginning
of Jim's i'll fortune. In the final
period, after two reverses had lost
% yards, he tried to punt but the
kick was blocked by Al Vaccaro
Maury Nee scooped up the ball and
ran like a thief for a touchdown.
Maryland had not converted its
extra point so when Wilfred Valli-
quette drove one souarely through
the uprights Georgetown was home,
7-6.
Series Has Been Corker.
Georgetown, with an elusive,
raven-haired youngster by the name
Of Joe Mellendeek beginning to at
tract attention. was at least an even
money shot in 1887 and when
Charley Weidinger was tackled in
the end zone for a safety after re-
covering a bad pass from center
the Hoyas we're off to a flying start
But Weidinger's passing, plus
Meade's line bucking, produced one
Maryland touchdown and Mike
Surgents recovery of tumble led
to another and Maryland finally
won, 1872.
Mellendeck, incidentally, was the
original forgotten man that after
noon. Not until the final minute of
play when all was lost. was his num-
Der called. Then, working on a play
designed especially to take advan-
tage of his speed, he moved the ball
from his own 80 to Maryland s
3-yard mark, where he put the fin
ishing touch to a horrible day. Joe
fumbled.
Well. that's the series in brief. It's
been a corking good one, a badly
needed tonic for collegiate football
in the District and, although the
1910 game doesn't shape up as we'll
as its predecessors, thereu be some
thrills.
You never know what will happen,
although in this case we have a
pretty good idea. L. F. A.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Injury-Hit Presidents
Take SheIIacking
From Richmond
Arrows Retuin Second
Place With 48-0 Win;
Newport News Tops
Special Dispatch to The Star.

RICHMOND, Nov. 4.-Richmond s
Arrows of the Dixie Pro Football
League retain second place following
yesterdays win over the Washington
Presidents, 48-0. The one-sided
score, made against an injury-ridden
squad. set a league record.
Washington now is in last place
in the six-team loop, having lost
three games and tied only one since
it's opening-day victory over the
Arrows. Portsmouth, winner yes
terday over Newport News, 90. re-
mains in first place while third place
is held by Roanoke which defeated
Norfolk, 17-14.
The Presidents were handicapped
yesterday by the absence Of three
first-string players, all injured a
week ago against Porthmouth-Al
Cohen, ace guard who still is in the
hospital with a fractured shoulder;
Joe Anthony, guard who has a
smashed nose, and Wimpy Kroawzil,
back, who has separated shoulder.
Evening star., 1940-11-04

Come Saturday and the George
towns and Marylands will be SHOW
ing one another around in the sew
enth annual renewal of their modern
football series at College Park, but
you don't have to be a sloe-eyed
swami to pick the winner this year,
meaning Georgetown.
Ordinarily this would be a tempt
ing snack of pate de foie gras tucked
into season of cheese and baloney
games, but the hard, fast rules OF
previous games don't go this time.
Georgetown simply packs too much
power in too many suits for the
bruised and weary Terrapins. You
can write your own ticket this week
and feel reasonably sure Of collect
ing.
1t wasn't always thus. Just a
couple of years ago the Hoyas were
wondering if they'd have to use
machine guns to stop their rivals.
That was when Bill Guckeyson ran
'em ragged, Charley Weidinger set
'em crazy with his passes, Jim Meade
was hanging up record punts and
the Maryland line was seven blokes
of granite. 1t was a rousing good
party in those days, although
Georgetown didn't think so.
Pendulum Swings to Hoyas.
Two years ago. when Jules Kosh-
lap-just a rookie with a big league
pitching arm-heaved a couple of
passes to Bob Kercher, the pendu-
lum swung from College Park toward
the Potomac. Georgetown took that
one, 14-7, and last year it tied up
the series at Sail with a 900 vic
tory. You remember Koshlap's pass
to Mike Kopcik, Lou Ghecas' 40-yard
run and Ben Bulvin's pass to Art
Lemke when Benny was as dazed
as a cigar store Indian.
But winning two in a row only
squared matters for the Hoyas, who
took it on the chin in the first two
games and almost lost a third before
finally squeezing out a TO victory.
And who can forget South"
Sothoron's 72-yard gallop with an
intercepted pass that set up the
lone touchdown of that first game?
1t was Joe Meglen's pass, aimed at
Chubby PARCELS, that Sothoron
shared and grade-Z brand of
tackling helped him get into the
open. He almost went the whole
distance to the goal but a sandy
haired kid named Joey Kelleher,
a guard, reused himself from the
dust, took a look at the situation
and by some miracle caught Soth-
oron on the 3-yard stripe He hit
him so hard South" spun like a
penny wheel and came down like
a frost-bitten gardenia. But Kelle-
hers feat STAYED off the score only
momentarily and Maryland won,
60.
Georgetown met up with Bill
Guckeyson the following year, but
had no chance to extend a formal
welcome because Bill was quite busy
running for. touchdowns that after
noon. His first, a 50-yard jaunt,
was an off-tackle thrust, but the
second, the one that thoroughly
doused the Hoyas' hopes, was a
nifty 90-yard run with the opening
kickoff of the second half.
Easily the outstanding star of the
series to date and one who will
always rank high, If not first, on
the list of Georgetown Maryland
game heroes, "Gike" was back the
following autumn to further tor
ment his rivals He took O pass
from Charley Ellinger and scam
pered 80 yards for the games first
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Arena Show Fighters
Are 10 Get Public
Workouts Here

Public workouts will be held late
this week by Charley Burley, colored
Pittsburgh welterweight, and Saverio
Turiello, New York Italian, in prep
aration for next Mondays l0-round
feature bout at Turner's Arena.
This will be the opening gun in
the 1940-41 indoor season at the
arena, with Promoter Joe Turner
and Matchmaker Gabe Menendez
promising weekly bouts thereafter.
Both fighters will arrive in Wash
ington on Friday or Saturday and
will set up last-minuts training
quarters ct the Arena.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
20 Years AGO
In The Stor

Western High, although greatly
outweighed, held the Gallaudet
reserve eleven to a TT tie at
Kendall Green.
Jimmy Burke was released as
manager of the st. Louis Ameri-
cans.
Three former Washington high
school boys, Jack McQuade Of
Eastern, Walter Young Of Gen.
trail and Aubrey Wardwell of
Tech, will start in the Maryland
Freshman lineup against Tech.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Nearby Muny Course
Will Be Ready for
Use in Spring
Accotink Layout, Close
To FoIIs Church, Will
Sturt With 9 Holes

First public golf course to be built
in Virginia within a few minutes
drive of Washington will be opened
to the public next spring.
The course will be of nine holes
and viii be called "Accotink. 1t
has been under construction for
eight months and will be operated
by John S. Connolly, a member of
the Washington Golf and Country
Club, and a golf equipment dealer.
Connolly formerly was in charge Of
the Army Navy Country Club course.
The new course is located a short
distance beyond Falls Church, near
the Lee Boulevard, and If patronage
merits expansion it will be length
ened to 18 holes.
If the layoLC turns out to be as
attractive from the golf standpoint
as Connolly hopes, it will go a long
way to relieve congestion on other
public courses around town.
Meanwhile construction work
slowly is going forward on the new
course at Fort Dupont Park in
Southeast Washington. Part of this
course will be linked up with the
present Anacostia course, operated
by the S. G. Leoffler organization.
A good public layout with grass
tees, modern greens and up-to-date
construction should do all right
around Washington. At present the
city has little to compare with Balti-
more's Mount Pleasant, or the fine
municipal layouts around New York,
Philadelphia and Chicago Beth
page State Park, with four fine
courses, dwarfs in excellence any
thing around the Capital.
Meanwhile little is being done on
the projected new public course at
Fort Hunt, Va. Plans for this layout
are in the Office of National Capital
Parks, They call for the 7,000-yarder,
intended to be one Of the best here.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Lou Ghecas' Brother
Also Doing Well as
Grid Performer

Lou Ghecas, feet-footed George
town football star of three seasons
isn't the only Ghecss on the grid
iron. At Georgetown Prep is his
younger brother, George.
George, q back, is one Of the
mainstays Of the Little Hoyas and
next year is slated to move on to
higher glory. Unlike Lou, however,
he will not enter the Hilltop school
If rumor is correct-but is headed
for HOLY Cross.
Evening star., 1940-11-04

Pittsburgh's 10, set up Washington's
fourth touchdown. Filchock directed
the advance to the 2 and after being
stopped once, Todd clambered and
pushed his way across for the score.
Probably the most spectacular
play of the day came shortly after
when Filchock, taking Noppenberg's S
punt deep in Redskin territory
slipped it to Todd, running the
opposite direction from Filchock,
and saw Dick slide down the side
lines to Pittsburgh's IA. Two plays
later, Filchock passed to Masterson
in the corner for the score.
McChesney's tackle of Patterson
for a 14-yard loss on fourth down
gave the Skins the ball on Pitts
burgh's 36 late In the game and Mas
terson drove In the .fnal nail with
neld goal from tia ~.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Polhomns and Mueller
Win Skating Races

Weekly races for boys under l6 are
continuing at the Chevy Chase Ice
Palace where a series of competi-
tions are arranged for the young
ace-skaters every week.
Saturday Robert Polhamns won
The race for boys from 9 to IL and
the l2 to l6 year old group was top
ped by Rudy Mueller.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Football Sunday
BY the Associated Press.

e.tsclis, hell. Q; 3, St: .n,an Vincent 2 ttis'
Canisius, 10; st. Honaventure, 8.
St. Francis. "a; Brooklyn College. o.
st. Ambrose Qows), z: st. Norbert,
(Wis.). q.
Santa Clara. 27; San Francisco, 0.
St. Msry's (Calif1 rs: Portland. 10.
LATE SATURDAY SCORES.
Furman. 20: North Carolina State. 9.
Roanoke. 20; Ring, 13.
Eastern Kentucky Teachers. as: Cum
berland, z.
South Dakota. g: Omaha, 8, tie.
Rice, g. Texas A. and l.. 9.
Arizona. 20: Texas Mines, Is.
coilsse SRsssAi Of the Pacife. Z: California
Ageies, g.
Fresno state, 7: Nevada. s.
Redlands, l3; Occidental, 8.
Pomona. IL: Whittier, Z.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Weir of Nebraska Held
Grange for No Goin

Football has known too many
great backs to offer you any COM
plete hst--it had known some even
before the days of Snake Ames at
Princeton, one of the best, around
1889.
Heston, Eckersal, Thorpe, Coy,
Mahan, Tryon, Gipp, Nevers,
Grange, Nagurski, Joesting, Stevens,
Dutch Clarke, Whizzer White and a
long list of others have led the pa
rade at one time or another. Don't
believe for a second that all had
nothing but big days. They all have
known dark days on one or more
occasions.
I still recall the day when
Travelled. with "Our Town" Frank
Craven, the football loving actor, to
Urbana to see Red Grange run
against Nebraska, which had tackle
by the name of Weir-a 220-pourd
hurdler. That day we failed to see
the famous Redhead cross the
scrimmage line.
Frank Reagan made more tbs n
oUU ydrQS against PfnceJOn-DuJ
only 6 yards at ball carrying against
Michigan.
Fritz Pollard at Brown was a star
back, but Colgate stopped him colder
than two dead mackerel.
No one can keep running forever.
There were few backs the equals of
Eddie Mahan, the Harvard Scythe,
but Cornell arrested his march at
the line of scrimmage one afternoon.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Eye Ubesten United Goal After Topping steees for 7n Row
The
SPoRTLIGHT
Harmon Ends Varsity
Career Hard Way
BY GRANTLAND RICE,
Enerial CnrreSpondent of The Sta,

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 CNANA0.-
When YOU get right down tc the
facts in the case, Tommy Harmon
of Michigan already has proved his
place in the football roundup.
In the 81 or more games of his
career he has been a star at almost
every start. They have checked him
here and there as Bob Zuppke did
q year ago. But don't forget that
even the brilliant Red Grange knew
games where he failed to pick up
two first downs. I saw one against
Nebraska.
The point is that Harmon now
has three games left in his college
span. They happen to be against
Minnesota, Northwestern and Ohio
State. If this isn't finishing,
stretch-running test, never heard
Of one.
Minnesota - Northwestern Ohio
State - on successive Saturdays.
This is the hard way to finish a
career. for all three teams are map
ping their defenses to stop Harmon.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Seven Straight!

Touchdowns-Platukis, Johnston (2),
Todd lsub for Johnston), Filchock lsub for
Bsugh), Mssterson (sub for Millnerl.
Points after touchdown-Niccolsi. Master
son. Russell lsub for BARBER. (3l, (place-
ments). Field goals-Nicolai, Masterson
(placements).
Substitutions: Pittsburgh Sortet,
Klumb, Campbell. Woudenberg. Sanders.
Psvkov, Sullivan, Condit, Thompson. G.
Johnston. Brumbaugh. Pirro, McDonough.
Observation-Disclosures, McChesney, Fish
er, Russell. Young, Stralka, Shugsrt. Car
roll Parks, Andrako. Pinckert. Morgan,
Seymour, Zimmerman, Fflchock, Todd.
Hare, Hoffman.
Referee-HuRhitt fMichiganl. Umpire
Bolster (Duquesnel. Head linesman--
Berry Uafayette). Field judge--Haines
Penn State1.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Harmon Good Kicker, Poser,
But Truly Greet Runner


How will Harmon finish against
Minnesota, Northwestern and Ohio
State?
Harmon is good kicker, but not
q great one Harmon is a good
passer, but not great passer. He
isn't any Christman or Allerdice.
Still he is good at both Jobs.
AS a ball carrier Harmon has
known few equals. His weight range
Is from 100 to 200 pounds. Average
weight, 1876
He was sprinter and hurdler in
prep school-better than 10 fiat. He
has powerful legs that keep driving
him forward. He is one of the great
est competitors have seen in a long
time.
In spite of statements to the con-
trary, Harmon has the best swivel
hip action I've seen in 80 years. He
Is one of the few backs I ever saw
who can feint with either hip, and
the slow-mition pictures will prove
this beyond any argument.
How will he finish his career
against Minnesota, Northwestern
and Ohio State? My answer is:
Don't worry about Harmon. unless
he Is injured. He will do all right.
He still will be the man they are
watching every second on offense.
He has great competitors to face in
Franck and Bruce Smith of Mime
sofa; in De Correvont, Soper and
others from Northwestern; in Scott
and others from Ohio State.
But Harmon will be out there,
carrying more than his part of the
Job. If Tommy Harmon isn't a
great football player, I never saw
one.
What makes a great football
player? Easy. Legs and heart.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Eyoshevski Grond Player,
But Harmon Made Self

There is a big argument now
under way from Berkeley to Cam
bridge. meaning the Pacific and the
Atlantic, as to where Harmon be-
longs in the galaxy of stars. Many
of them will tell you Evashevski
made him. Harmon will say So
Evashevski is one of the best
blocking backs of this generation. A
grand football player. But he didn't
make Tommy Harmon.
Harmon made Harmon. When
Evashevski went out in the Penn
game and his substitute entered,
Harmon picked up even more
ground.
Great backs make themselves
not their blockers, who certainly can
help. But the main job still is up
to the outstanding ball carrier,
given any sort of a chance to get in
motion.
The point is that Harmon has
been a star since his first game-a
star from his first game in 1888 to
his last charge against Pennsyl-
vania at Ann Arbor. He has been
better on certain days than he has
been on other days, but he never
has been bad.
When he ran wild against Cali
fornia, starting his last college sea-
son, scoring % points, they all said
The Golden Bear was only fuzzy
kitten. But the Golden Bear came
back to beat st. Marys. the team
that beat Fordham, and to hold
Washington to a 7-6 decision after
Washington had played Minnesota
practically to a standstill. So Cali
fornia must have had a few good
football players on the field, includ-
Ing tackling spectator.
Harmon's average has been ter
rifle, II you care to check back
through 81 football games.
Evening star., 1940-11-04

Results Yesterday,
New York. II; Buffalo, 0.
Milwaukee, 10. Boston,
Columbus 21: Cincinnati, 3,
Coming Games.
Tuesdsy-Boston at New York,
Sunday-New York at Milwaukee, Bos-
ton at Cincinnati. Buffalo at Columbus.
DIXIE LEAGUE.
Richmond. 2s: Washington. o.
Roanoke, II; Norfolk, IA.
Portsmouth, Q; Newport News 0.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
LATE SATURDAY SCORE
Football

Continued From Bage A-14)
Evening star., 1940-11-04

Results Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, 81: Pittsbursh 10.
New York. 10: Brooklyn, z.
Cleveland. "a: Detroit. 0.
Chicago Bears. IA; Green Bay, Y.
Games Next Sunday.
WASHINGTON at Brooklyn.
Chicago Bears st Detroit.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh.
Green Bay at Chieago Cardinals.
Cleveland at New York.
Evening star., 1940-11-04
Pro Football

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Eastern Division.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Teacher Bill Action
Sought Monday in House

House approval will be sought
Monday by Representative Kennedy,
Democrat, of Maryland on his bill
to permit the granting Of sabbatical
leave to teachers in the public
schools, which has been reported
favorably by the House District
Committee, of which he is a men,
ber.
Some amendments were made In
the measure as approved by the
committee. One of these would
mean that the teacher employed
in the place Of the one who had
been granted sabbatical leave would
be a substitute teacher rather than
teacher on probationary employ
ment, this to assure that the teach
er on leave could return to his or her
former position. Another amend
ment would permit payment to q
teacher on sabbatical leave, while
she is away. the difference between
his or her salary and that Of the
substitute teacher.