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Evening star., 1944-12-25
BY RUSS NEWLAND,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25.-The
other day we wrote an article in
which was listed the names of four
former football stars of East-West
charity games who had been killed
or were missing in action in the
present war. Cpl. George F. Hart
ford, Washington, D. c., saw the
article and wrote:
II read your piece in last nights
Evening Star; the article in which
you mentioned that four ex-players
in the East-West game had beer
killed in action, and I was surprised
to see that you failed to mention
James Mooney, Georgetown, %.
Recalls Jim's Great Punting.
I'm not positive that Mooney got
into the game but I do know he
made the trip with the East's squad.
You are in a position, however, to
verify his actual participation. I
happened to be good friend of
Jim's in Chicago, his home town,
and I recall his glowing reports of
the trip to the coast.
Mooney played tackle on Lou
Little's last Georgetown team. His
main forte was his superb punting,
and it was in this capacity that he
gained national fame in the New
York University game of 1928. The
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Pro Sports Leaders Optimistic in Face Of Bynes Directive
Kentucky, Iowa Share Basket
Spotlight With Clean States

and De PaulS lOpsided 7z-47 win
over Long Island.
In other week end games, Great
Lakes won its seventh In nine starts,
beating Minnesota, 63-44; Valparaiso
humbled Drake, 66-41; Kansas State
downed Nebraska, 1916; Missouri
took Kansas, 1889; Wisconsin van
pushed Marquette, 46-39, and
Northwestern beat Western Michi-
gan, 1884.
This Weeks Big Games.
The Ohio State Michigan game
Saturday and a flock Of double
headers at New York, Buffalo, Phil
adelphia and Milwaukee feature this
weeks schedule which includes:
Tonight-New York U. VS., Ten.
nessee and Brooklyn College VS.
Western Kentucky, double header
at New York.
Tomorrow-Canisius VS.. Puerto
Rico and Wyoming VS.. Western
Kentucky, double header at Buffalo
Wednesday-Temple VS.. Tennessee
and st. Joseph's VS.. Western Ken.
lucky, double-header at Phila.
delphia.
Thursday--Long Island VS.. Wyo.
ming and City College New York
VS.. Hamline, double header at New
York. Ohio State at Michigan
State.
Friday-Nebraska at Illinois, Duke
at North Carolina Pref1ight.
Saturday-Ohio State at Michigan
Minnesota VS.. Marquette and Wis
consin VS.. Missouri, double-head
at Milwaukee; Purdue at Notre
Dame, Great Lakes at Northwestern
Nebraska at Indiana, Michigan
State at Iowa, Pennsylvania VS.
Muhlenberg and Temple VS.. Ken
lucky, doubled header at Phila-
delphia; Tennessee VS.. Ohio U. and
Canisius VS.. Texas Christian, dou-
hle-header at Buffalo; New York U
VS.. Colgate and St. Johns VS.
Dartmouth, double header at New
York; Salt Lake City Eckers VS.
Southern California; U. C. l.. A. VS.
goth Century Fox: Camp Butner at
Duke and finals of all-college tour
ney at Oklahoma City. CTeams en-
tered include Arkansas. Rice and
Baylor of Southwest Conference.)
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Hoyos' Mooney, KiIIedin Action
Given Late Tribute as Gridder

game was played in a sea Of mud
N. Y. u, led by the capable Ken
Strong, had one of the better teams
in the country that year.
Time after time Strong and his
mates came charging down the field
only to be held in the shadows of the
Hoya goal posts. Georgetown was
so continuously in the hole it had
few If any chances to use running
Iplays. 1t was here that MONEYS
ability to punt came to the front
His booming punts with a water
soaked, mud-laden ball drove the
Violet back time after time, and
Georgetown, capitalizing on touch
down from fumbled ball, won, To-
Jim Mooney was killed In action
In August of this year. He died in
France. Inasmuch as Jim stood for
everything that was good and clean
in this American way of life I want
to see that he. gets all consideration
due him" - '$~-s-s
Took Part In Game.
MONEYS name was absent from
the original list because no reply
had been received at that time from
Georgetown University officials on
the request for information on
former East-West players in the
service.
Yes, Mooney played for the East
IN the New Years game of 1880 and
turned in f1rst-class performance.
Evening star., 1944-12-25

first downs. Longest winning
streak listed belongs to st. Ce-
celia Of Englewood, N. j., which
was delayed by a tie after win
ming Is straight. Miami. (Fla.)
High, stopped this year after 80
straight, Is unbeaten on its home
field since 1910. Since Elmer
Morgan became coach at Herki-
mer IN. Y.) High rs years ago
the school has had only one sea-
son with more defeats thar VIC
tories. Tucson (Ariz.) High had
to score 345 points against Is in
eleven games to take the undis-
puted State title after trying for
1t two preceding seasons. Har-
ward, Nebr., with never more
than is players on the squad, has
won IL games in row. And
don't forget those kids can per-
FORM the same kind Of stunts In
other sports.
Evening star., 1944-12-25

Jack Dittmer, Elkader, Iowa, $50
points. Chauncey passed for
seven touchdowns besides scoring
81 ran for 1924 yards and passed
for 855; Frazier gained 2,306 yards
by rushing and 618 by passing.
Leading passer, Happy Reed, Rus
sellville, Ark, completed 10 out
OF 121 for 1,776 yards. Perfect
single-game passing records re-
ported were made by Soup"
Campbell, Fort Myers, Fla, who
also made a 105-yard runback
OF a punt, and Jim Hickey, Paris,
Tex. leach completed seven out
of seven). No word received on
long passes, punts or field goals
or on consecutive conversions.
Could the kids have missed out
on records there?
Sample copy-An idea of what
the kids can do comes from
Meridian, Miss, where Frank
Purnell, 1S4-pound, 17-year-old
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Beers Hopes Brighten
As CoIIonon Improves
By the Associated Press.

bS lne Associated PreSS.
PASADENA, Calf, Dec. "a
Southern CALIFORNIA; football hopes
frightened today with the disclos.
ure that Little George Callahan
veteran right half who was injured
in the seasons closer with U. L. c. A..
might see action in the Rose Bow,
game against Tennessee.
Callahan removed the brace from
his battered knee and was in train
ing quarters, bolstering the morale
of the Trojan team, which has beer
shy halfbacks because of injuries
Coach jeff Cravath says he doesn't
know whether George will be ready
for the New Year Day classic, but
he's keeping his fingers crossed.
Today's practise for both teams
centered around the blackboard.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
BY the Associated Press.

i
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Previously
undefeated teams fell by the way
side during the Christmas week
end leaving the Kentucky, last years
Southeastern Conference champions
and the Iowa Hawkeyes sharing the
spotlight In college basket ball.
The undefeated Kentuckians gained
| their fifth straight and most i'm
portant triumph of the season de-
feating the previously unbeaten
Ohio State Buckeyes, Big Ten cham
ions, 53-48 in overtime. In triumph
ing over Ohio State, which earlier
in the week had overwhelmed Utah
recognized as national champions
by Is points, Kentucky established
itself as a strong factor for the
1945 championship.
Iowa, led by Forward Dick Ives
who tailed 81 points to maintain
his more than 20-points-per- game
average, swamped Notre Dame
63-46, for its fifth straight with
out a loss. 1t was the Irish's first
defeat. although they held the
Hawkeyes to IA points below their
T-points-a-game average. Earlier
in the week, Notre Dame established
a school record vanquishing Lorais
College of Dubuque, Iowa, 91-44.
Yale Shakes Dartmouth Jinx.
st. Johns Of Brooklyn, Yale and
Michigan kept pace with Iowa and
Kentucky as each kept it's victory
slate clean. The Redmen gained
their sixth victory, beating the Uni
versity of Puerto Rico 41-35, Michi-
gan trounced Wyoming 1888, and
Yale conquered a 6-year jinx, dur
ing which time the Eli lost IL
straight to Dartmouth by shading
the Ivy League champions 45-42.
Kentucky plays three games this
week, meeting Wyoming at Buffalo
on Tuesday, Temple at Philadelphia
Saturday and Long Island at New
York January /. Iowa rests until
Saturday when 1t faces Michigan
State on its home court, while St.
Johns meets Dartmouth at New
York on the same day.
Among the surprises over the
week end were Holy Cross victory
over De Pauw, 4l-35, Sampson
| IN. " Naval over Cornell. 43-39
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Horvath Shy Practice,
But Is East S Big Hope
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25-De-
layed by college finals, Les Horvath
Ohio State back who won 1914 AS
Isociated Press All-America football
honors and the Heisman Trophy
worked out belatedly today with the
East team in preparation for the
New Year day annual East-West
football classic here.
Despite his late start and the
wealth of talent among his team
mates, Horvath is counted on by
Coaches Andy Kerr. Bernie Bier
man and DR.. George Hauser to
spark the East attack.
The annual East-West. game Is
played in Kezar Stadium to benefit
the Shriners' crippled children's
hospital fund.
The West squad reached full
strength earlier with arrival of
U. c. L. AS star quarterback, Bob
Waterf1eld.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Tropical Park Stages
Gala Opening Despite
Curtai|ed Meetinq
BY the Associated Press.

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 25-With some
thing of the spirit of condemned
man eating hearty meal, Tropical
Park celebrated its Christmas OPEN
ing day in gala turf fashion.
Despite the Federal Governments IS
ban which Saturday exploded all
but eight of the remaining 100 days
of Florida racing, Tropical went
ahead with its $500 Inaugural
Handicap, in which a field of 27
thoroughbreds forced the event to
be split into two sections, thus dou-
bling the prize money.
Generally accepted as the favorite
IN the first division was Apheim
Stables Okapi Lancer, which set a
track record at Gulfstream Park S
winter meeting which ended Sat-
urday.
Offering competition were Wool
ford Farms Silvestra and Challenge
Me, winner of last years Arkansas
bcIUy dliu Olle Vi IIl6 advance Ia
vorites for the 1945 Kentucky Derby.
Second division betting choice was
Mrs. M. j. Wolfson's Smart Set,
which will be after his 18th victory
of 1914, and which has the best
winning record of any racer this
year.
Meanwhile the owners who had
brought some 1000 horses to the
Miami area were hoping that the
State Racing Commission would ap-
prove a plan to add an extra race
to each days eight regular races.
Net proceeds from the ninth event
would go to aid needy and deserv-
ing horsemen" The sudden end to
racing here January 3 will throw
hundreds out of work until new Jobs
can be found, and will leave owners,
trainers and handled without get
away money"
The Coral Gables Racing Asso-
citation, which operates Tropical
Park, announced last night it ia
Vored the proposal,
Evening star., 1944-12-25

lineman. played guard on Of
fense,, tackle on defense, punted,
kicked of, converted after touch
downs, called signals and oc-
casionally backed up the line.
incidentally the first Mississippi
Big Eight" Conference backfield,
picked a. year ago included
Clarksdale's Bramlett, Short Nc
Williams of Meridian and Mis-
sisippi State, Dinkey Bowen OF
Greenville and Georgia Teach
and Jerry Tiblier of jackson and
Ole Miss. The Scribes' choices
stood up pretty well.
Team triumphs- Highest scor-
Ing team apparently was a six
man club from Wilsonville, Nebr.,
with 435 points in nine games.
In regulation football Las Vegas
(Nevada> High scored 1856 points
to none for It's opponents, who
didn't even get two consecutive
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Jakucki Named Leading
Sandlof Grad Of 1914
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
WICHITA, Kans., Dec. 25.-Sig-
mund Jakucki, ST. Louis Browns
hurler, was the leading graduate of
on-propessional baseball in 1914
the National Baseball Congress said
today.
Jakucki, who participated in
three national tournaments before
signing with the Browns, clinched
the American League flag by blank
ing the New York Yankees in the
final game of the season. He for
merly had played with non-profes-
sional teams at Houston, Tex; Waco
Tex, and Buford, Ga.
Runner-up for the honor was
Charles Hostetler, 38-year-old
rookie outflelder of the Detroit
Tigers.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Fair Grounds Hopes
For Race Extension
To Aid Employees
BY the Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 25.-Four-
teen thoroughbreds will race at
Fairgrounds today for the S2,5o0
added Christmas Handicap while
officials and horse owners continue
to seek solution to their troubles
brought on by the Governments re-
quest for no racing after January 8.
Owners are grooming their sprint
ers for every possible race during
the next nine days to lessen the
financial loss threatened with the
closing Of the track. John Letellier
chairman at Fairgrounds, said he
hoped an appeal would be made tc
Washington to grant tracks a 10 o,
20 day extension to hold benefi,
races for horsemen.
He said 1t was generally agreed
that cessation of racing January
would leave scores of horsemen
attendants and clerks stranded
here" sa-..
Joe w. Browns Brownie got to,
weight of 122 pounds for the head
liner and was coupled with Fo,
Brownie at ia.
| Other stars entered in the 51z
furlong event, and their weights
were:
Reaping Glory. 116; Samborom-
bon. ia; Chipamink, 1872; Holo Tie
l10; -Four Deep, 109; Sameron, 1O8:
Many Lands, 108; Happy Indian
1o7; Espino Gold, los; Captain
Eddie, los; Oxie, 104, and Friend
Bill, 100.
officials agreed it would not be
practical to hold more than eight
races a day, but said the program
would be packed until the January
3 deadline.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Pres,

hSbUCiHCeQ PfesS.
Today a year ago-Havana's s
basket ball five upset Long Is
land, 40-3, in Madison Square
Garden.
Three years ago-Cecil Travis,
Washington Senators shortstop
told to report to Army January I.
Five years ago-Long Island
suffered its first basket ball de-
feat in 43 starts, bowling to South
ern California, 57-49.
Ten years ago-Paul Chg Poi
SOM Waner led National League
sluggers for second time in his
career with batting average Of
1862.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
North, South Squads
Drill Twice Daily
BY the Associated Press.


MONTGOMERY, Ala. Dec. 25.-
Two workouts daily for the North
and South teams which will clash
in the Blue-G football game in
Cramton Bowl here Saturday have
been ordered for all this week.
The North team will be out to
even the series. OF the five games
played. since the series started the
Rebels have won three.
The Dixie team has changed
coaches each year and is being
tutored this time by Wally Butts
of Georgia. Claude Simons of Tu-
lane and Carl Voyles of Auburn.
Two of the original North men
tors still are coaching. They are
Carl Snavely of Cornell and Lynn
Waldorf of Northwestern. The third
original coach, Bert Ingwersen of
Northwestern, was replaced this
year by Bo McMillin of Indiana.
At Williamsburg, Va, last night
Johnny Cloves, guard and captain
of the William and Mary eleven.
said he would be unable to play
because of illness in his family.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Hunting Squirrels,
Bags Tenpin Ball

Emil Boyer of Kansas City
went squirrel hunting recently.
After trudging several miles he
came upon peculiar looking
object in weed patch. eau
ttous examination disclosed that
sit" was leather bag contain
ing a 16-pound tenpin bowling
ball. Boyer lugged it with him
throughout the day, besides all
his other paraphernalia, until
he finished his hunt. Upon
reaching Kansas City, the owner,
Henry Lembke, was located. He
paid the hunter $40 for the re-
turn of his outfit, which had
been stolen two nights pre-
viously.
Evening star., 1944-12-25

I'VE took on two new umpires-
Jim Boyer from the American AS
sociation and Nick (ReO Jones of
the Southern Association-when Art
left two seasons ago." Harridge said.
Both Boyer and Jones did excep-
tionally well last season, so now
the league has 13 capable umpires
and needs only r."
The league president said that
something probably will be worked
out" to place Passarella back on
the staff. "We1l have to look him
over in spring training, however,
to see if he's in shape and can step
right back into big league company,
he added.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
1urfman Minimizes
Loss Through Ban
By the Associated Press.


MEMPHIS, Dec. 25.-Racing will
suffer little from the shutdown of
track and the larger farms viii have
their horses ready to run again
three months after the war, says
Frank Podesta, former manager Of
the Valdina Farms in Texas.
Podesta asserted that, in his
opinion, only the small investors
will be affected and they should be
able to make a comeback when
tracks reopen.
THE value Of race horse doesn't
decrease" he said, "and all owners
will lose during the ban is proceeds
from the stakes"
If owners are forced to kill any
horses, he added, 1t will be due to
the fact that the horses weren't
much good" anyhow.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Twin Basketers Alike
In All Life's Events
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
When West High School of Nash
vile. Tenn, plays basket ball this
season, Alfred and Albert Skinner
twins, of course-may confuse the
customers a trifle. But that won't
be anything new to Al and AL.
They started to school the same
day, always dressed alike, both play
the piano and organ, they got their
pre-induction notices the same day
took their physicals the same day
were put In the Signal Corps, first
at Fort Mcpherson, then at Camp
Crowder; both took sick the same
day, were sent to an Army hospital
the same day and x-rays disclosed
they both had stomach ulcers in ex-
actly the same spot, so they were
released from the Army the same
day.
P. S.: Don't bet on who'll be the
high scorer in basket ball.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Horsemen Accept Ban
Despite Discrimination

Horsemen everywhere willingly
accept the ban on horse racing as
a war necessity, Edward D. Talbert
president of the Maryland Horse
mems Protective Association, has
Informed the Associated Press.
Speaking for approximately 1000
trainers and owners, Talbert de-
clared that the sudden Government
ruling left them stunned"
They are confident" he added,
that the discrimination as against
other amusements and sports events
will not be required longer than the
Government feels is absolutely nee
essary."
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Grange, Layden Align
Grid Loops SquareIy
Behind War Effort
BY JIMMY JORDAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer


CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-Professional
football wants to operate in 1945,
but If suspension of the sport would
be deemed necessary as contribu-
ton to q speedier winning of the
war, league officials and franchise
owners are for it.
Elmer Layden, commissioner of
the 25-year-old National Football
League, and Harold Red) Grange,
president of the newly organized
United States League, were in agree
ment today as they discussed orders
lof War Manpower Commissioner
James F. Byrnes which sought re-
examination of 4F professional
athletes and included a "work-or
fight" clause for draft-age men.
Grange, the famous "Galloping
Ghost" of the University of Illinois
two decades ago, had planned to
start operation of his new league
next fall. Cities from coast to coast,
and even Honolulu, Hawaii, hold
franchises.
Grange May Defer Opening.
Asked if Byrnes' orders would
postpone operation for at least an
other year, Grange said:
"Of hand, I'd say right now 1t
would. We'd be happy to do it, if
necessary. In fact, if conditions in
this war continue as bad as they
are right now, I don't think any
league should operate. We want
to cooperate in every way we can.
"At our last meeting, in Akron.
Ohio, we talked over the possibility
war conditions might prevent our
getting underway. We all agreed
that winning the war is the first
thing, and playing football is Sec
ondary. Well be tickled to do any
thing we can," he added.
Layden Stresses Cooperation.
Layden, whose league recently
finished its third wartime season,
reflected Oranges opinions.
We have been taking the situa-
ton as We found it since the start
OF the war he said 81 believe we
have contributed to the FAR effort
in this respect: We have provided
ISOaAhS ASiohot4Oll 1OI tilC 11OIIlS l..
I'VE have not sought deferments
for our players and don't intend to
do so. Their military status is up to
select1ve service boards. We don't
have the same kind of football-or
the same kind of meat-We had, but
we have operated within wartime
regulations. If we felt we. were in
terfering with or retarding the war
effort we would have quit long ago"
| Layden said the league has about
500 players in service. The past sea-
son 280-or % for each team
played. All of them were within the
draft age and about 20" were in
AT classification.
Many of these worked in war
plants during the week" he added,
and most of them would gladly
enter the armed services if neces-
sary."
Lambeau Is Optimistic.
Curley Lambeau, coach of the
Green Bay Packers, champions of
the National Pro Football League,
declared It was hard to see how
lByrnes' ruling will affect our club
; at all unless there's a drastic lower
ing OF physical standards for mill
. tary service"
Ralph Brizzolara, acting presi-
dent OF the Chicago Football Bears,
, explained "our attitude always has
been that the Government knows
!. how it wants to run the war and
that If we have enough men left
Wen keep going for public morale.
If not, we'll suspend"
Evening star., 1944-12-25
By HUGH FULLER ION, Jr

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Christ-
mas always is big day for kids,
so this holiday effort is turned
toward giving further recogni-
ton to the boys who turned in
outstanding feats during the
1914 high school football season.
If the boys did the same things
in college ball they likely would
be buried under all-America rat
ings. The competition probably
is as stiff for them as college
strife Is for college players. The
list probably is far from complete,
but here goes.
Star stuff-Highest scorers re-
ported, Billy Wayne Frazier,
Merkel, Tex, 245 points in eight
games; Bill -Chauncey, Webster
City, Iowa, 191 points in eight
games; Graham (Bomber) Bram-
lett, Clarksdale, Miss, 159 points;
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Table Tennis Players
Compete Wednesday

Annual Christmas tournament of
the District Table Tennis Associa-
ton will staged Wednesday night at
7:30 at Columbia Courts, 1880 Four
teenth street NV.
Singles events are listed for men.
women, juniors and boys, and
doubles are on the program for men.
Information about entries will be
supplied by Guy Burch, Chestnut
1855.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Buffalo Ups Hockey
Lead Over Hershey
y the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
The Providence Reds came to the
aid of the Buffalo Bisons in the
American Hockey League on Christ
mas eve. They bowled over the
Hershey Bears, to 8, with a deluge
of six third-period goals, while Buff
falo was blanking st. Louis, 5 to 0.
Thus the Bisons gained two points
over the Bears in their scrap for
first place in the Eastern division.
Indianapolis, leaders of the West
ern division, extended its unbeaten
home streak to IA games with a 3-3
deadlock with Cleveland in a third
night before Christmas struggle.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Top PAT Mark Kicked
By Centres Weaver
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-A little
clarification is needed concerning
the impression that Dick Walter
house OF the Army set a new inter-
collegiate record for registering
points after touchdowns in making
good on Al Of SO attempts this year.
1t Is a record as far as the So
called modern method of conversion
is concerned, but far from a record
when compared with some of the
marks turned in before the attempts
had to be made under scrimmage
conditions.
The record under the old system
in which the ball was brought out
to the 15-yard line and the kicker
had ample time to get away the boot
undoubtedly is held by Red Weaver,
the old Centre College star. Weaver
kicked 40 straight in 1919 and fol-
lowed it up with so straight in 1920.
Making a total of SO without a miss.