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Don't be surprised if the OLD FOX comes out in the open before the first of the year and announces that he is Frank “Buck” O’Neil) ALL IN FAVOR OF BRINGING IN THE BEST POSSIBLE AT TRACTIONS TO WASHINGTON, and I’m doing a lot of thinking... I’ll call you in before many days, and I think that you’ll be interested when I do.” ONE OF THESE DAYS SOMEONE IS GOING TO BUILD A STADIUM AND AN INDOOR ARENA... Within the past few months the writer has been approached by hockey men who are eager to put a minor league hockey team here for a year or maybe two, and if the response of the city is right, go right at the job OF TRANSFERRING A MAJOR HOCKEY FRANCHISE TO THIS CITY... A nationally-known promoter of rodeos is eager to put on a frontier-day contest here, and there are ENOUGH WEST ERNERS IN THE CITY to patronize such a promotion... But everyone seems to be marking time... AND MAYBE WHILE THEY IN place, Griff will get off and turn the trick. LOU FINK, WHO TRAINED GENE TUNNEY FOR HIS MOST IMPORTANT FIGHTS, is one of the most enthusiastic boosters of LOU NOVA, California boy who whipped TOMMY FARR in New York last Friday night... The writer sat with LOU at Turner’s Arena last night and talked about the Coast boy... “GO RIGHT DOWN THE LINE WITH NOVA ADVISES FINK... LOU, INCIDENTALLY, HAS A FINE POSITION WITH JOCK WHITNEY... Serves as conditioner to the young millionaire... Leaves for California with his charge immediately after the holidays... Out on the Pacific Coast they’re BETTING EVEN MONEY that Seabiscuit accepts the 134 pounds and races in the Santa Anita... The united East hopes that the ’Biscuit declines the issue and races at HIALEAH PARK WITH WAR ADMIRAL, STAGEHAND and the rest of the notables entered at the Widener track... The talk out there is that plans are in the making to build a great baseball park in Hollywood in anticipation of the day that the major leagues include the key cities of the Pacific Coast in their circuits... John McGraw advocated such a move years ago. ONE OF THE GREAT SUCCESS STORIES OF THE CUR RENT ERA in business has been written by DICK HANLEY, former head football coach of NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY... Upon leaving the Wildcats, DICK WENT INTO THE INSURANCE BUSINESS, and after struggling along for a year or more suddenly found the right technique. Or maybe his never-ceasing canvass carried him around to folks who were ready for business... IN ANY EVENT. DICK IS IN THE MILLION-DOLLAR-A YEAR CLASS among insurance agents of the country. And for that reason YOU DEFINITELY CAN ERASE MR. DICK HANLEY from any list of prospective football coaches. Dick’s connection with the game probably will continue to be his month at BOSTON UNIVERSITY where his brother, PAT. B., holds forth. THE NEW YORK YANKEES REMAIN VERY CALM AS LEGISLATION calculated to lessen their power is enacted in the American League... FREER PITCHING RULES and a DEADER BALL ARE EXPECTED TO STOP THE RUPPERT RIFLES... But since the Yankees admittedly are the most powerful team in the league, isn’t it reasonable to expect that the ball will SLOW UP THE OTHER TEAMS IN EXACT RATIO? And does anyone think that CHARLEY RUFFING, LEFTY GOMEZ, SPURGEON CHANDLER and MONTE PEARSON will be handicapped by this foot-loose pitching style. READY TO RECONSTRUCT GRIFFITH STANDING... He recently acquired some ground to the north of the left field stands... He may increase the capacity FOR BASEBALL TO 50,000, and remodel the present plant so that temporary seats can be erected along the sidelines of a gridiron and make the home of the Nats A MAJOR STANDING... The success of the Redskins has convinced Griff that Washington is more than eager to PROMOTIONS IN SPORTS. GRIFF WAS AT TURNER’S ARENA LAST NIGHT, and before SIXTO ESCO BAR went into the ring to take his boxing lesson from AL MANCINI, we had a brief chat... He didn’t promise a thing... Rather, he RUMBLED A CHALLENGE to those of us who have said that the present Florida Avenue plant was outmoded and unsuited to major sports promotions... “I may have something to say to you fellows before long,” Griff said... “I’m Hazel Franklin, 13 years old, goes through her routine in ice carnival at Madison Square Garden. Hazel seems reconciled to the belief that she is the leading sire for 1938, making the second time that she has attained this position. In 1936, the get of Sickle won $209,800, which total placed him at the top of the list for that year. With but a few days left before the end of the current year, the total amount won by the $150,000 Santa Anita Handicap, his offspring is $325,212 in stakes and purses, aggregating from 106 winning races. Stagehand being the principal factor in the accumulation of this amount of wealth, for it was this son of Sickle that cut out a large slice when he won the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap and the Santa Anita Derby. From these two rich stakes, Stagehand gives credit for $189,710. Cravat was another large winner with $35,125. Among others supporting the high rank of this successful sire are Blade Edge, Grim Reaper, Mower, Advocator, Tempestuous, Sickle T., Night Intruder and Two Edged. FOOLED IN 1924, Sickle was foaled in 1924 and imported to this country. Country in 1929 by Joseph E. Widener, to stand at Mr. Widener’s Elmendorf Farm in Kentucky. He was bred by Lord Derby, and raced as a two and three-year-old in England, being unplaced only once in ten starts. Since entering the stud, he has become exceedingly popular with the breeders. The nearest rival to Sickle is Pharamond II, whose get at the present time have a total of $219,683 in 98 races. It is unfortunate that Menow went wrong early in the fall racing season, for while this fast son of Pharamond II contributed the major portion of his sire’s success for 1938, he certainly would have made even more additions to the sum had he not met with his accident at Havre de Grace. He had already defeated War Admiral in the mud, at Narragansett Park, and although it can never be proven, there is quite a decided opinion that he would (Continued on Page 31, Col. 7) Osmanski Spurns Professional Football CHICAGO, Dec. 20—Although future plans weren’t today disclosed, Osmanski, star Holy Cross fullback, isn’t interested in playing professional football. The Crusader ace, on his way to San Francisco with the East All-Star team, said: “I've played enough football.” quite as much at home on the steel blades as most girls her age are in low heels. Her performance in the Little's Iron Hand Lou Ruled With Mailed Fist, But Melting Heart By KIRK MILLER One can't know all of the football coaches, any more than one can see all the good teams in a single season. Both equations come under the heading of physical and geographical impasses. Of the lot which these eyes have gazed upon, Lou Little was the hardest disciplinarian. He was also the most successful. Full—at Georgetown, of course. Dutch Bergman would have been just as successful with the same material and so would have been Frank Dobson or Jack Hagerty. Material runs in cycles! Coaches remain about the same! But with Lou Little’s iron hand, he had a heart of pure meringue. Curse, swear, blaspheme with one eye to make sure Father McDonough wasn’t within ear shot), Little got every dreg of football out of his men it was humanly possible to get. THOROUGHLY PROFESSIONAL Thoroughly professional, he was, and thoroughly efficient consequently. One early September Monday when Georgetown was training at Ocean City, the observer was an innocent party of as harsh an example of football discipline as the imagination could conjure. John Tomani, straight and tall as an Indian, and an end of parts, was the apple of Little’s eye. In the first place, they both were Italians for Little, and in the second place Tomani was a natural football player who didn’t have to be told anything about playing his position. Either attraction will be held tonight by the Warwick A. C. and District All-Stars, who meet Sunday, January 7, at C. U. Stadium in a game for the benefit of the Washington Society for the Blind. Tuffy Leemans, former G. W. star and ace player of the New York pro Giants, is coaching the Warwicks. The Warwicks meet at 8 o’clock tonight at the Home Theater before going to Seat Pleasant for practice at 8:30. Jan Jankowski, coaching the All-Stars, drills his men at Fairlawn Field at 8 p. m. U. S. C. Eleven Doesn't Think Duke Team Deserves "Pantie" Rating PASADENA, Dec. 20 (1.N.5.). University of Southern California officials do not think Duke football players have a “pantie” rating. They said so emphatically today when it became known that the Durham, N.C., gridiron warriors TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1938 exhibitions here easily place her, among the top-flight fancy and figure skaters of the world. Already, Lou Little would have made Lou Little love John Tomani. John’s people lived in Red Bank, N.J., and he had gotten Sunday off to visit them, it being necessary to travel by rail through Philadelphia. John got his leave on the promise he’d rejoin the team by 6 p.m. Sunday. Little wasn’t prone to excuse his men on Sunday, for he did like to sneak in a short Sunday (Continued on Page 30. Col. 1) ($357.30) The Christmas Cheer Club is sponsored by the Patterson News paper. Station WOL and Loew’s Theaters and the contributions are turned over to the District of Columbia Department of Playgrounds for its Santa Claus Toy Fund. Convention Hall Bowling matches $189.75 Heurich Brewers Basketball Team 15.60 Bureau of Engraving Bowling League 50.00 Previously acknowledged contributions. 101.95 Total 5357.30 had received two pairs of lace-trimmed silk panties through the mail. Willis O. Hunter, U. S. C. athletic director, was the first Trojan official to tear into the pantie story. He declared with emphasis that Southern California regards Duke as its strongest possible opponent, she is being spoken of as the logical successor to the Queen of the Ice, Sonja Henie. There is no maneuver man in the race. MANCINI LACES SIXTO ESCOBAR IN NON-TITLE GO By FRANK “BUCK” O’NEILL Al Mancini, the smashing youngster from Providence, R. I., belted his way into the front rank of contenders for national recognition in his class by handing Sixto Escobar, bantamweight champion of the world, a two-fisted beating at Turner’s Arena last night. The champion slip title was not at stake. Escobar weighed 121½ pounds and Mancini tipped the scales at 124½ pounds. There were no knockdowns, but Escobar walked to his corner, a battered, weary fighter, his eyes puffed and his face a crimson smear from a superficial, but annoying cut on the bridge of his nose that opened in the second round and bled throughout. Mancini confirmed the favorable notices he received before the fight. He won eight of the 10 rounds. The first was an even thing, officially and otherwise. The writer scored the fourth even, differing from official rating on the round, which was awarded to Mancini. So if you prefer the official rating and give Mancini nine rounds with one even, there will be no dispute here. OUTPUNCHES CHAMP Mancini not only outboxed Escobar, but outpunched him. The champion waited confidently for a chance to crash his right hand home. But every time he let his pay off wallop go, he found that Mancini had his right glove and left shoulder in the path of the punch, and no damage was done. Mancini left the ring absolutely unmarked. The last three rounds of the fight saw Escobar driven back on his heels a dozen times. In the eighth, Mancini drove him into the ropes with a right to the chin, and had it not been for the hemp (Continued on Page 31, Col. 2) McCray Named New W. & M. Coach WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Dec. 20. Rube McCray today was named backfield coach of William and Mary and will begin his new duties February 1. After holding the post of head coach at Tennessee Wesleyan College for nine years, McCray takes an assistant’s job here and will also tutor the baseball team and serve on the W. and M. faculty as assistant physical education director. Howard Jones, Trojan coach, said that insinuations that Duke is not strong enough simply makes it tougher for the Trojans. Jones gave his team “skull practice” yesterday on account of rainy weather, but said the boys were in fine physical shape. Looks Like Sonja, Skates Like Her But Really Isn’t 29 Miller-DeChard Bout Tops Card By HOWARD J The greatest amateur tournament ever staged in the District of Columbia will come to a fitting close tomorrow night in Turner’s Arena when the championship round in the sixth annual Washington Herald-Times Golden Gloves Tournament is staged. The cream of the crop of local simon-pures will step into the W Street battlepit, and wing away for the famed Golden Gloves, and also for the honor of gaining a place on the team that will represent the Nation’s Capital in the All-Eastern finals in New York in March. DECHARD VS. MILLER Heading the battle-list will be the senior heavyweight fight between Leon Miller, current District A. A. U. champion, and the highly-touted Jim DeChard. Frankie Mann’s charge, DeChard is reported to be the best prospect uncovered in years, and a real line on his punching and boxing ability will be brought out tomorrow evening. He is encountering a clever boxer and a tremendous hitter in Miller. The latter displayed a wicked right hand last Wednesday night in the semifinals when he flattened Bill Nolan, of the National Guard, in 20 seconds. Leon will bring out the true worth of the highly-publicized DeChard, and a real hot session is anticipated. Another match, bringing together two buddies, Jackie Clagett and Carroll Wright, both managed by Sid Fischel, is drawing a tremendous amount of attention. They will be resuming where they left off last year in the same round—for the championship when Wright sneaked home a (Continued on Page 30, Col. 3) D. C. Jr. Net Ace Gets U. S. No. 12 Ranking David Johnsen, one of Washington’s outstanding junior tennis players, has been ranked twelfth for the National Indoor Junior Tennis tournament which Beginning next Monday at New York’s Seventh Regiment Armory, Joseph Fishback, sophomore of St. John’s College, New York, is asked No. 1. In the boys’ division, E. Victor Seixas, jr., of Philadelphia, who won the local junior Davis Cup tournament at Army-Navy Country Club last summer, was ranked No. 1. Tennessee Schedules Six Conference Foes KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 20. Two of this year's football opponents of the University of Tennessee have been dropped from the 1939 schedule. Six Southern Conference foes are scheduled and four outside the conference. Those dropped are Clemson and Ole Miss. The schedule: October 7, Sewanee: 1). Chattanooga, there; 21. Alabama; 28. Mercer. November 4. Louisiana State at Richmond, 11. the Citadel 1. Vanderbilt, 13. Kentucky, at Lexington. December 2, Auburn. On the ice that she has not mastered. —Picture from International News Photograph Service. No Claims Scalzo Doesn't Bid For 'Feather' Title Pete Reilly, manager of Pete Scalzo, has notified the National Boxing Association he would make no featherweight title claims for his boxer until after six months. Addressing the secretary of the Association, Lt. Col. Harvey L. Miller, Reilly said: “In six months Pete Scalzo will be ready to bid for the title. In the meantime I am willing to forgo his chances, waive any chance for the featherweight title and am agreed that Joe Archibald and Leo Rodak box to settle a claim to the title once and for all.” 10 ) TEARS OLD Z / IB / / IB Scotch Whisky \ W A IHnd Ib mt/, scotch whiski |b J|M| ALL. TIN TINS 04.9.. j ■ eeooxt o» / I M\ /A \. w- W-> - *>. / leri esinl . glg proof. 