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“SPORTS.

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TOMORROW 1 is football bowl day and the dopesters

predict the action will be red attractions. , . . ‘This corner

hot and close in the major favors Georgia over U. C.

- L. A. in the Rose bowl, Tennessee over Tulsa (Sugar), Alabama over Boston: (Orange), and Georgia Tech over

Texas (Cotton). The betting fraternity probably Boston over Alabama.

“likes” ‘Tulsa over Tennessee a

. «+ In the Shrine bowl at San Francisco, the -

_ Eastern all-stars play. the ‘Western all-stars. .. . Another tossup. ee ‘But a thin vote for the Easterners. Toughest strain is on the coaches... .. Some football players dre inclined fo take bowl games in. and don’t gear properly for the big game. ... Others worry and ~ | fidget too much over the importance of the occasion. . . . Therefore, it’s ‘difficult to rate teams on their

The average coach is happy to

he’s usually unhappy about the wh Year's day... « The 1942 records of the teams in the major bowls: -

Rose Bowl

; -34&—Dayton esseessssesssssse

: 13—Notre Dame ...ce0000000

“37—Boston U.

~ 20—Florida-

“GEORGIA.

7—Kentucky evscsessnsonse 14—Jacksonville Navy cecoes Ls Eves ieee eseees 48—Mississippi Besiaveshoses 40—Tulane. ssssee®senveessey 35—Cincinnati ssvessssssets .21—Alabama . esssesseesares T5—Florida sefsseevsesesrvee ‘13—Auburn’ . va saes stresses. ears: Tech teevoesoes’

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Sugar Bowl

TENNESSEE

0—South Caroling ssseelens. 40—Fordham S80 QsPOORPOIGRNLIOLIDS

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-7—Alabama eesesssssenioce 52—Furman essesscsvnsvesees 26—Louisiana State ...ce... 34—Cincinnati esssecsestane’ ‘14—Mississippi 2sssce0c00s0e 26—Kentucky desooseesossee

19—Vanderbilt eec00%00000ss

245— Totals ces eHeEIEe NE Nae : Cotton

GEORGIA TECH

15—Auburn sessenescessscee 0

6 30—Chattanoogs ess ceerese 12 33—Davidson sscsavossoenees 21—Navy essenesssasr es dense 26—DUKE, cc.cocossssvcsssens 47—Kentucky 0c ceccsoscceny ~ J—Alabama Secsoesnsvesnses

0—Georgia. ccocececcccsocss

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33—West Virginia eesovcseds 14—Clemson cecesseas 7—North Carolina esses : 27—Wake Forest @asvesvevsen

47—Georgetown ce.ssenesses 28—Temple ....ccco0s0ve00e

12—Holy Cross SR

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261—Totals .

: 14—Santa Clara essescecsece

the. nature of ‘a post-season lark

regular-season records. get his team in a bowl game but ole thing until sundown on New

UU. C. L. A.

6—T. C. Ve aedesssssnsesns 7—California Navy sores 1 30—Oregon State: ce ibesei be 21—California esessescessse® 20—Stanford sevsssesnsscse 7—Oregon se®e0scc0nsoeceen 14—Washington .......c..e. 14—Southern California ....

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133— Totals secvosTeccovresscer

TULSA

84—Waco Air Corps eese0e00n 23+-Oklahoma U, 68—Randolph- field .....ce00 40—Washington (St. L.) esoe 41—8t. Louis ...... 140—Drake 34—Oklahoma A. and M, ... 24—Baylor, eesee®oosveccosoe 133—Creighton ...ecoecoesoes 40—Arkansas ...eccosocsccos

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40—Corpus Christi cecescce. 64—Kansas State eseneeorove 0—Northwestern es ®socncen 7—Oklahoma eec00000000000 47—Arkansas 12—Rice 21—Southern Methodist ees * 20—Baylor 7—Texas Christian ....... 12—Texas A, and M. «ccoee.

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230—Totals . Bowl ALABAMA

54—S. W. La. In. ... 21—Mississippi State eevee 27—Pensacola Navy 8—Tennessee «..cccocesssos 14—Kentucky sab eRNMOROIOIRIOS 10—Georgia. ..... cecessessnss 21 29—South Caroling ...civeee 0 0—Georgia Tech «cveeesess 7 27—Vanderbilt Vises seesnsses 7 18~Georgia Navy cadsessave 35

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200—Totals

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Riddle to Return to Birmingham

SUCCESSFUL in his first year as a baseball pilot, Johnny Riddle, Indianapolis’ former popular catch

next season at the helm of the.

er, is to return to Birmingham Southern Association’s Barons.

“e- He piloted the hustling Barons to third place the past season 3 and also took his turn behind the:plate.

Birmingham is a Cincinnati Red farm.

. In the majors Riddle

saw service with the White Sox, Senators, Braves and Reds. .., Johnny is 37, is married and the father of three children.

FE a IN EXCHANGE for $7500, the

2 : ” s Pittsburgh Pirates obtained two

letters. . . . The first, missive was from Pitcher Eddie Albosta, exe _ pressing his gratitude at being ‘drafted from Montreal by the Bues. iv ta». The second reported that ‘Albosta had been drafted again—

by the army.

¥Ray Robinson Doss f Want To Fight Henry Armstrong

By HARRY

GRAYSON

Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Ray Robinson shows more sense than Mike Jacobs i not wanting -to box Henry. Armstrong. at Madison Square

Garden, Jan. 29. Opponents are mighty scarce

these days, but Sugar Robinson

: realizes’ that a match with the once great Armstrong would do neither

himself nor the business any good. - Armstrong with a boy like Robinson is like the saloonkeeper who helped - ‘pring - on . prohibition by peddling drinks to drunks. . Armstrong has won 13 of 14 fights since he ‘launched a comeback ~ June'1, but Pritzie Zivic is the only warrier of ‘consequence he has tackled, and it has been clearly] demonstrated that the Pittsburgh Croat can’t come close to licking

one side of Robinson.

following the second savage beating

strong to quit. He feared that the

Tth Straight

Since Robinson dumped: him: into the ranks of the second-raters, Zivic has made a habit of dropping decistons that paved the way - -for table encores. arson retired Jun. 17, 1941;

A promoter pairing the shopworn

The old steam-up, of course, and Promoter: Jacobs and his match- .| maker, Nat Rogers, are trying to work on it and ‘Robinson.

Anything for a $60,000 gate.

ago, he certainly is not now capable of meeting’ Robinson, who easily could’ be the "most formidable welterweight since ‘Mickey Walker. The" battered -Arrcstrong is at a stage where he might be permanently injured by. a swift and hard hitter. Sugar Robinson doesn’t want the match. Neither do .those ‘with the best interests of boxing at heart.

| Whitelaw will be with ‘the visitors."

If Armstrong was unfit two years,

ink Wi ich A

By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer . NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The Rose “Bowl is still the Mr. Big: of the post-season football games. It has a background and tradition its rivals haven't yet been able to achieve. It’s the one game the youngsters went to play in. If there had been any doubt about that it was briskly dispelled by the Georgians; given their choice of bowl assignment by their "coach they instantly and unanimously voted for the Pasadena adventure. Hollywood may have something to do with this attitude. You get to see such lovely ankles out there. Taking nothing away from the Johnny-come-latelys among the bowls, there being room for all, we are pleased to note the Rose Bowl still leads the parade. It pioneered the activity, paved the way and set the pattern. Such enterprises and imagination warrant support. True, it took a world war, a second world war, in tact, to get the Rose Bowlers straightened out in the matter of bookings but this, too, is typical of pioneers. They don’t change quickly. :

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The Rose Bowlers didn't change, until they found some of their

rivals, notably the Sugar Bowl and the Cotton attracting the better teams. As a result, the Rose Bowlers had to be satisfied with second attractions. This was due in part to a snobbish attitude. Having had a monopoly on the post-season business ... a profitable business, by the way . ... the Rose Bowlers became starchily selective in their consideration of prospective opponents; you had to be the football Su¥alent of a first family to merit an invitation.

Also, from the time there has been a suspicion the Rose Bowlers

were diplomatically disinterested in the tougher opposition. It is certainly true that what is called the- mythical national championship has seldom been involved in one of these Pasadena spectacles. And on more than one occasion the admittedly top team. of the country has been ignored. .. This situation is in the process of change and for that the, rival bowls are entiled to a bow. They widened the field and the name teams with bowl ambitions were able to shop around. They no longer had to wait for the Emily Posts of California football: to issue formal

Providence Is Here to Face

® : Caps Tonight It'll be Providence—the American league’s leading scorers—against the Indianapolis Capitals, a team of superior defense, at the Coliseum at 8:30 o'clock tonight. Manager Herbie Lewis of our Caps will be out to even up the games played so far with the Reds, who have a two-to-one edge. The Caps

smashed Providence on the Reds’ only trip here, but Providence snatched two close ones on their own ice. . The Caps will strive to upset the Reds, who have made 107 goals so far this season, with practically the lineup that battled to a tie with the league-leacding Pittsburgh Hornets last Sunday.

Reports to Army

This will include that veteran defenseman Dick Behling.. And after tonight’s game, Dick will. say goodby and report to Uncle Sam. The only exception to the lineup which tied the Hornets will be the replacement of Moose Sherritt by Sandy Ross. You may note that the Caps are still one man over the player limit, with Behling still out of uniform, ; The local fans will see two former Indianapolis players in action with Providence. Buck Jones -and Bob

Another brother act is on the pro-=| gram with Adam Brown representing the Caps and Brother Andy knocking them for the Reds.

Three Games Scheduled

The Caps play three games over the week-end. Following tonight's battle, they'll play a return game at Pittsburgh Saturday night. On Sunday, the Cleveland Barons will show their team to Indianapolis fans for the first time this year.at the Coliseum. Remember, it's 8:30 o'clock tonight with the Reds, and the same time Sunday night with the Barons. # =x =» AMERICAN LEAGUE Western Division

Al Menke

Rookie Is Nephew Of Jack Coombs

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Bobby Coombs, the 34-year-old Trighthander the New York Giants are

nephew of Jack Coombs, who wrote mound history with the Philadelphia Athletics from 1906 to 1914. This Coombs, who attended Duke because his: uncle coached there, made his ‘major league bow. with the A's: in-1933. In 21 games, Coombs compiled a %| 7.55 earned run average that took him nine: years in the minors to live down. Coombs - stands. no

Pittsburgh Buffalo INDIAN

Cleveland

New Haven . : . :

RESULTS LAST NIGHT

Pittsburgh: 8; Providence, 2, Buffale, 7; New Haven, 2.

a slider; he won. 17. games last Hershey, 6; Washington, 4

season,’ GAMES TONIGHT - shutouts. Providence st INDIANAPOLIS (8:30),

bringing in from Jersey City, is a:

more than five feet: nine; weighs: only '160- pounds. With the aid of

including a half-dozen

Pittsburgh at Cleveland. Washington at Hershey, New Haven. at Buffalo. .

Bowling Scores ;

Tigers Suffer Cut in Height

| Sehe Indianap GREENCASTLE, Dec. 31 (U. P..|F; Striebeck, Indianapolis .. —DePauw’s Tigers prepared today Depp: Dia to face Earlham college .in their first conference game Jan. 9 with|g Pica: a height average that has. been|¥sliced a couple of inches by loss of| ye Lo two rangy stars. apalis EA Wayne Montgomery, former Mad- Ea 5) ot Evangelical. ison high school star, has. been lost Irdin, Jadisnapelis for the season as result of an ap-| Jacksen, Indianapolis es Sy. ro Mossermith, Nell Sshmidt, Ernest Johnson Coal...

Dorothy -Neiger,

Last night's leading bowlers were:

ae Eur Hel = 106 Odds

by Zivic. have had enough.

dealt him’

‘Fighters -never know When they

Jean Nickerso Montgomery, a * freshman, ‘had LA

been starting at guard spot, but 515

evan

vesneh ens 515 ‘514

Doroth:; Hoovers Betty Gibson, El

seeehonsse

The end in the 12th round that

night’ was like the last act of &

tragedy, the ‘one-time three-way

“champion swaying on legs and : the: mob Shouts for. the

referee to stop it. : ‘The late Eddie ‘Mead forced Arm-

grand little ‘Negro: would lose his

Someone has to tell. them and Henry ' Armstrong should be told right now.

N.Y. U Takes.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 @. Py— Metropolitan basketball circles|

- |boasted only one unbeaten major|

college quintet today—New York

Luniversity—which stretched its win-

streak to seven straight by

of ning y defeating: ‘Washington State - while

was to have been shifted to forward Betty Xox; Curtiss. Wri

was over; they were gssured of a lively and lengthy b

ally ho

and so from the point of view of commercialism, the ame

‘ Frank Sinkwich

invitations.

Once, in the case of Fordham, whens the formal

wita=

‘tion came it arrived too late; Fordham had ‘made another cq amit-

ment,

This year the Rose Bowlers: dropped their stuffy aloofne. s ed unashamedly iato the open market. ptances from both Georgia and Georgia Tech many day: the two southern rivals came together in their climactic| game:

actual acceptances, the agreements

: They saw themselves slipping, direct and sensible methods their success. Thus they were able to

they. were ‘able to make: the announcement, tay the

Purdue Five Has Averaged ; Better Than Point-a-Minute

. LAFAYETTE, Dec. 31—-At the quarter-pole in the current bas-. Jketball . campaign, Purdue’s basketball youngsters have already |. displayed enough flashes of potential scoring power to indicate that they may :be more of a: factor in Midwesterfn hardwood circles than was expected at the start of the

season. The sophomote-junior . Boilermaker combination, with Capt. Al Menke as the lone holdover regular from last .season, although

lacking the scoring consistency of

a veteran combination, has averaged better than a point’ a minute in winning three: out of its first five starts against formidable opposition. The Boilermakers have con- . vineingly demonstrated “that they are a “40 minute” combination, Trailing’ at the half in four out of five games to date, they have _invariably come back strong in tie second half to keep on: the right side of the victory- ledger. The second half scoring barrage against Notre Dame, which netted 31 points in the final 20 minutes of play, represents the offensive “high of the early. season. Complete scoring data on the 10 players who have seen’ action to

date follows: remrner Menke, 6 .. ge 5 21 2.10 Ehlers, 8 :seeeees B 16 Sngdron, feeds 513 :

ri dy 1 5 . os Friend, f

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Bears ae Hockey Lead

' By UNITED PRESS

The Hershey Bears: widened their

lead in the eastern division of the American - Hockey league fo five points last night by’ defeating the Lions, 6-4, at Washington. Both clubs scored in every period but the Bears buili up a five-goal total over the first two, periods. Daley and ‘Sullivan: each scored twice. for Hershey while Trudel registered- three times for the:Lions.

Pittsburgh and Buffalo continued|

their ‘close battle .for first: place in the western division, beating Providence and ‘New Haven respectively. The Hornets shaded Providence, 3-2 at Pittsburgh on Hemmerling’ s lastperiod goal to keep ofie point ahead

] of Buffalo.

The’ Bisons sade up’ four zoals| in. the last period to wallop the Eagles, 7-2, at: New Haven. Kamin-

‘sky, ‘Bennett, ‘Rimstad and Hunt all}

scored for the Bisons’ in the fourth.

SAN: FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (U. PF). —Odds favoring the All-East team

dis to defeat the West in the 18th annual Shrine crippled .children’s ben-

efit game tomorrow: were “quoted at

lt 10-6 today.

Reports from Santa Clara, where the East squad has been hilléted,

9| claimed ‘Coach Andy. Karr:had his 928 players keyed up to avenge the sorry

showing of their predecessors in the past five Shrine contests which show three West victories and two ties. ‘The East's: attitude was exempli-| ,

cance of a momentous even’

{with the regular = students.

and ative afore f not

They had te

to consider a proposition.

so they decided to the same rivals had been usit g will such get a standout in C« 4H radon

College Sports

Are Assurec

[For Next Y:a

By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspor

NEW YORK, Dec. 31—Th ble with history is that the

ent nou= gnifirarely is appreciated until years siter.it occurs. = Hence we cannot expect the athletic world to dige:t immediately the importance o’ that resolution adopted yesterc.y by the National Collegiate :(hletic association. : But we can tell you now that it marked. the recognition boy all branches of the U. S. armed forces that team play in competitive sports is far superior to riassed muscle-building in preparing young men for war,

CHICAGO, Dee. 31 (U. ’.. ‘The Big Ten, at least tempor wurily, will continue to enforce the. freshman rule for intercolleziate athletic competition despiiz a recommendation by the Nat onal Collegiate Athletic association fo ‘rescind the - regulation for 1he duration, ‘Maj. John L. GviYth, conference commissioner, sa ¢ lo= day. Nid ; - “The N. C. A. A makes the - rules. for competition in: its nne national toutnaments,” Maj. (i1if~ fith pointed out, “but dosn't ‘form the regulations for the isig Ten. It merely recommends al ft imum requirements.”

The N. C.°A.:A. never would have adopted its resolution—an ag3zi€ssive document suggesting a pat’ for the ‘army and navy brass hzis’ fo pursue—had the association not béen inspired ‘to such’ acticn hy qualified representatives’ o: - the various services.

Best for Combat

But. the representatives of tlie armed forces made it quite ci¢car fo the N. C. A. A. officials that team sports were the best preparation for combat-afloat, aloft or aground. They suggested that the N. C. A. A. ask the government to permit service students at the colleges to participate in team athletics along Ve mean the possible 300 colleges that ‘Uncle Sam will take over par tially at least. Maj. John lL. Griffith, czar of the ‘Western Conference and secroiary-| treasurer of the N. C. A. A, agreed whole-heartedly with the service representatives wheri-he emphs sized that - Hitler," in preparing fo: the current war, had emphasized :0mi= petitive sports instead” of the old! turnover in ‘brand of massed ‘nuscle. jerking. The N. C.. A A resolution unquestionably will be approve hy

‘| the war and navy departments. And

that approval will mean that intercollegiate football will be play-1 on a big-time scale next autumn, and that intercollegiate basketball and other competitive sports will fallow ‘suit.

Condition the Men

‘But even though we must cicer the continuauce of these sport: on a major scale, the big “stimulus that comes from the resolutioa is the all-round recognition that cori petitive sports provide the best

planation that even Comm. (‘eng Tunney campaigned: for mass c: les~ thenics because he knew thai gol and private moving rapidly through

preparation. for war. And the ex}

close to being a sellout.

"Georgia. with Flatloot Frankie S

wich, who has been.

acclaimed as tae football player of the year, would appear | choice over U. C..L. A.. twice beaten in college competition. not been a classic year for football in the Pacific Coast" and the feeling seems to be that U. C. L. A. wis mercly Shi

a: so-so field.

* Coast comments seem to suggest that. the good people.

are taking Mr. Sinkwich’s press clippings

very seriously.

to detect a note of melancholy and futility. about the task ahead. It is practically admitted tha if the Californians: ec Mr. Sinkwich they can't win . . . and that’s undoubtedly true. But Mr. Sinkwich has been stopped and stopped cold.

can tell you all about that.

Auburn held him to something 1

yards last year and this year Mr. Sinkwich carried the ball 31 to gain a mere 21 yards against another Auburn team.

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This plainly indicates he can be stopped along the

passer, of course, he could be something

In this year’s J

game he completed 12 out of 37 for 177 yards. Even so, he than several knocked down and one rolled behind the goal Auburn touchdown. So it’s evident he can be rushed, too. Of ‘all the bowl games, we look for the Boston college= game to produce the raost violent uproar and very likely ti football. The BC’ers didn’t have much to beat this year and

they came across an inspired Holy

Cross team and found

behind they didn't have what it takes. Either that or they"

went into a panic.

Alabama had Georgia licked going into the last quarter w Sinkwich went to work on the Red Shirts with bullseye

juries accounted for an otherwise spotty season.

In shape

msnned, the Red Shirts can be very formidable; we would b

prised to see ’em win.

Just as a guess we'd take. Georgia Tech over Texas nessee over Tulsa, and if yoil know where we can get a pound of just off the boat we'll take that, too.

ICormelis Warmerdgm|

Francisco Olympic club, as been voted s the James a + Su gi

who has’ done the advancement of

“teur Athletic - Union a

today.

vaulter .in the world, the trophy by a wibunat of ‘the country’s leading 's men, sports’ writers ° d commentators. A 27-year-old teacher at mont, Cal, high school; Wi dam has gone over the mark 26 times. Last seaso raised the indoor pole ¥ record to 15 feet 7% ing the outdoor 0 15 tot 1

Hawaiian swimming stay State, polled 570. Ed Cleveland, veteran g champion, took ‘third hon 317 votes.

The Big Red Quit Little Too Soon ROCHESTER, Dé. 31.+-Cornell players only thought they had snapped Rochester's winning basketball skein at 20.

walked off the fioor the first time, they believed they had prevailed by one point. They embraced each other, congratulated their first-season. coach, Speed Wilson. But Referee Eddie Kearney was forced to agree ‘with Co-captain Dick ‘Baroody of Rochester that the gun was premature and that two seconds remained. The ' timekeeper failed to stop the clock for time out. The Big : Red cagers were brought back from the steps leading to the dressing room. Baroody sank a long one just as the gun sounded. Rochester won, ~ 36-35.

Indiana Nips N ebraska Five

LINCOLN, Neb, Dec. 31 (U. P).— Indiana staved off a late Nebraska rally last night to defeat the underdog home team;~40 to 39. The Hoosiers took a 24-19 lead at ‘halftime, but Nebraska rallied in the ‘second half and twice. took narrow leads before Indiana surged ahead late in the game. With less than four minutes, to play and Nebrasks trailing, 40-35, John Bottorff, Cornhusker forward, collected two baskets to cut the Hoosier margin to one point. In the final 10 seconds, Bob Heinzelman of Nebraska missed a shot that would have won the game when he was rushed near the basket. Irwin Swanson, Indiana guard; kept the Hoosiers in the game with eight points in the second half. Those added to a basket in the first half made him the high scorer for both teams; with 10 points. Bottorft

for: Nebraska.

and Young each scored eight points

of ‘state high school

ings for the fourth week ft after last night no one di Marion's right to be there. The Giants fought - back ( mond in a bitter battle, finally ning in oyertime, 36-33, }

‘|ninth consecutive triumph.

victory left: Marion one @¢ major. undefeated teams state, although many sm schools still are unbeaten. + Marion’s victims include top-notch caliber, put Giants slightly ahead of F Zebras, who have won 10 stra will open the stretch camps Orville Hooker's rangy duintet has defeated Al Anderson, Logansport, Pert; ington, Kokomo, Anderson, and Richmond. It was only the second’

‘the season for Richmond,

Marion’s “acid test,” es the Richmond home floor Red Devils seldom lose. Other significant night include Connersy victory - over Aurora Proebel’s narrow 35-33 Hammond Tech.: Teams ! firing until after the New holiday, when many vital will open the stretch

They'll Still She

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.

$04

| —Penn State’s undefea

ball team is in line fo entire starting lineup to: forces in January.

in post-holiday games to replace Wally Efcheson, who was inducted

513 ae

b. % sin Side eavae

tors. Pennsylvania [111111 30

li Margaret tan Mary Ann. Dat 1 Rose Des

‘the training. process, had ng nme

only Befeet-10;

into the army after the Peru N. T. 8. contest. Loss of Montzoicry and Etcheson will cut the average DePauw height. The 6-feet-1 men will be replaced by reserves who average

Gridders Receive

Get Punch Drunk. Quicker in U. S.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Anton Christoforidis won the European middleweight title four years ago, | but there werent many fights on the other side. He boxed every two or three months. ; ; “In Eurape, avbe Li3es punch is drunk slow,” says the. ik

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 31 «. Py Taking all possible precautions against staleness and overconfi- ;

; Paul” Governali; ‘Columbia. quacter-

back, who. stood out in a long offensive drill yesterday. After com- | pleting tosses to Ends Dave Schreiner of Wisconsin and Bob Dove of Notre Dame with. ‘monotonous: reg- |;

When. Tunney'’s attitude was exe ‘there was virtually no is-

cerned prigiartly with conditior ing;

agreement, because the N. GC. A. A.[ and its service advisers were On| red

Abandon Playoffs

WICHITA, Kas., Dec. 31 (U.P.).— The National Semi-Pro Baseball congress has discontinued regional playoffs between state champions, Ray. Dumont, president, announced yesterday. The move was made to reduce’ iniieage in -accordance with