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LA GRANDE EVENINQ OBERWRriA GRANDE, ORE.
TOMORROW .A
AT 10:00 A. M.
Be Here For the Final
Sale of the Big Stocks of
CONNER'S & PUTMAN'S
Department Store Ready-lo-Wear
Now is the time to buy all your everyday
needs and Christmas gifts at savings of
30 to 60.
Prices Slashed -- Everything Goes!
TROJANS READY
FOR HUSKY TILT
Southern California Will Be
At Full Strength Saturday,
Authorities Report
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 1 tP The
Trojans of the University of South-
era California will be at' full strength
- when they meet the University of
. Washington football team In the
Olympla stadium Saturday. This was
the announcement from the Trojan
' Institution today despite the fact
that Captain Stan Williamson and
i Raymond Brown did not report for
practlco last night.
Wfll.'amson spent the night In &
local hospital recovering from the
effects or an Injection of tetanus
anti-toxin administered alter the
Notro Dame game to prevent his in
jured hand from becoming infected.
He was expected to be able to rejoin
his teammates today.
Brown Is suffering from a boll on
his Jaw and saw yesterday's practice
from the side lines. He was expected,
however, to -be In shape for the game
Saturday.
' . VTAH NKAKINO OltKOON
PORTLAND, Dec. 1 Uf) Two spe
cial trains carrying the faithful fol
lowers of the University of Utah's
championship football team will
reach Portland Friday, lending assur- j
once that the Rocky Mountain con-,
rerence leaders will have strong sup-'
port in the grandstands when the
Utes meet Oregon State college here
In the Dec. fi benefit game for the
unemployed. i
; The Utah team win reach Portland !
.at 7:30 a. m. Friday, led by the vcr- j
sat lie Ike Armstrong, head coach.!
- From" Corvallis comes word that'
the Oregon Staters are In the midst ;
of as serious a training nerlod as
they ever had. Paul Schisnler, coach,;
returned from scouting the Utah
Utah Aggies game and he rated the 1
Utes as one of the best teams ho
ever saw. j
All O. S. C. men arc In good shape.
although Joel In, Injured In the Wash
ington game, will not be used.
George Gibson To
Manage Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1 lV George
G 1 bson , of Toron to, yes terd ay was
named manager of the Pittsburgh
Pirates. Gibson, former manager of
the Pittsburgh National league club,
succeeds Jewel Ens.
Albie Booth Must.
Enter Sanatorium
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Dec. 1 (,r
Albie Booth, dynamic and versatile
Yale football leader, is going to a
sanatorium for a period of rest with
ALastiri
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Gift
&w.m.x i yiiiiirnniiin!
Aladdin
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Mantle lamp
NOTHING wilt add mora to Iho
ehter and hoppinen of lh
oil lighted horns than on
Aladdin. Il brings an abundance of
0fl, cheery lummir lunihins every
night (he year around, limply, safely
ond without rrouble or annoyance.
Burns for fifty hours on a single gat
Ion of common kerosene the most
economical whife light known, lights
instantly with a match. It ts iruly
the light without a singlo fault. You
will be utterly aitoniih?d or the
magic In this "wonder light."
You who live in tho city ond have
the benoflt of city light fhink what
O wonderful gift an Aladdin would be
for (he folks "buck home"on the form.
Aladdlns are avail
able tn all modem
ttylti and Bnithfi
ad nay be towio
ped with nodern
hand decorated
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fart and) pgrchawnt liadit. Come and 1th
speet thrn,
IV. II. Bohnenkamp
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his brilliant career as one of Yale's
greatest all-around athletes unfin
ished. Making its first official an
nouncement on the condition of the
little three-sport star since he was
taken to the college Infirmary last
week, the university's health depart
ment today described Booth's illness
as "pleurisy with effusion."
"It seems wise to treat him con
servatively," the department an
nounced, "and within a short time
ho will go to the Gayiord farm sani
torlum In Walltngford, Conn., for a
period of rest."
Tho statement added there was no
evidence of any trouble with Booth's
lungs.
3 Teams Divide
Big Ten Title
As Purdue Wins
CHICAGO. Dec. 1 (F The Big
Ten's most fantastic football season
in history; charity has benefitted by
(154,000; Northwestern shares the
championship with Michigan- and
Purdue and the arguments over the
whole thing probably will continue
until a new season rolls around.
Tho most stunning upset of the
ovcrlong campaign was saved until
the final day last Saturday when
Purduo toppled Northwestern from
Its high place, 7 to 0, on historic
Soldier field, to ruin an unmarred
record, and give Michigan a chance
to cut in. Purdue gained a tie with
tho Wildcats for the top position
by its triumph, while Michigan de
clared Itself In by administering a
10 to 0 beating to Wisconsin at Ann
Arbor. Ohio State failed to grab a
share of the title by losing to Minnesota's-Gophers.
10 to 7, in another
upset.
Out at Northwestern, where a week
ago they were dreaming of a na
tional championship claim, there
were no alibis today. Coach Dick
Hanley said the better team had won
Saturday. The defeat Just about
emJltnated Northwestern as a pos
sibility for the Rose Bowl game at
Los Angeles New Year's day.
It was the first time in western
conference gridiron history that
thrco teams had divided tho title.
ANVIL CHORUS
RESOUNDS NOW
AT PRINCETON
I PRINCETON, N. J.. Dec. 1 (J) -S
Princeton's disastrous football season
a win over Amherst and then seven
straight defeats lias led to a de
mand by the Daily Princetonian. un
dergraduate news dally, for a sweep
ing revision of the coaching system.
In an editorial, the paper blamed
the Princeton board ot athletic con
trol and the alumni football com
mittee primarily for "Princeton's
ridiculous showing."
"Coach (Al) Wtttmer merely ac
cepted the post offered and strove to
.overcome handicaps, the paper said.
"But he is said to have been given
autonomy in the choice of asslstants
and is therefore to blame for some
of the 'dead wood at present serv
ing on the staff.
"Speaking frankly, it seems inevit
able and wte thai the present out
moded coaching system be sweep
ingly reorganired with a general re
vision of personnel.'
KILLS . WITH ItOCK ,;
DOL'CHETTE. Que. Dec. 1
i,Y Justirn Gannon U a pootl
shot with a rotk. When a
brown bear burred the road
Just. en descended from his
cur. he choso a stone and
played David. Then he load-
ed the bear into his car and
took it along to silence skep-
tics.
l'rrrriT lood I'or Summer
HOUSTON. Tex. (r The rural
custom of canning t(ods in the sum
mer months against im coming win
ter has been reversed by &H home
demonstration club women In Kle
burg county. Texas. They preserve
produce for eating In tho hot mouths
when gardens will not supply all
arlctlos cf vccciables.
Nights Lowers Vitality
If vn f..i it.?, i ,..... i
GvttfliK I NiijlH.'. Jl:.Vu;.. h- L.'-'
J'jilii!, Stiffness. N-rvoujnt-r t'trci-i.
I uiut.T 1 :. lli-nd'iehvs, Iiarnin,; ani
l:iad!T VA"c;tltn'.i?, c itis. J hv Kit!-
i S'y Acidity, I tv;mt you t.i quit .f.
fi-rlnjr lU-fit now. Ctmie In vnd iivt
"tt'hat I think la the greatest rw J-l-'ine
I lmv. ever fmin-1. It of.;-civ-
Mtr Improvement In h,-.Uj f
i Jtint n.-k me for typtx iShim-it
Jt i only 7 :c and 1 KUrtmtito.t it ,
quickly cnnil,tt thse totJ.iU uri cr l
fiify rnrnpht1y, ur ntiir-i r-vi'--p.-nk;(re
and Kt your moiuy t.ick.
Red Crass Drug Store. Adv.
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Bierman, Coach Of Tulane's Great Grid Team,
Keeps Cool, Win Or Lose And Losses Are Few
ite
- ''A Uses menna ccpu:ns
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Here Is Coach IWrnle Hlennnii. head
With the power behind the great
By T. S. Adams
NEW ORLEANS (P) Behind every
great mechanism there Is a presiding
genius.
In the case of Tulane university's
football machine, it Is Bernard Wil
liam Blcrman. head coach, known as
the man.who never lost his temper,
never raised his voice, never shed &
teat and never begged his players to
go out and die for e'enr old Siwasa.
Ecme 40.000 persons yelled their
heads off nnd grew hoarse with ex
citement the other day as Tulane
dashed over Georgia, 20-7. in a bid
for sectional and national honors,
but there was at least one man at
Athens who gave every appearance
of outward calm.
It was Bcrnic Bierman. Stocky
and broad, of medium height, car
rying a very square Jaw on a good
natured face under prematurely grey
ing hair, he sat on the Tulane bench
In a conservative' business suit, giv
ing a silent demonstration of his ba
sic football tenet collcctedness.
Thought Ilocs It
Ho was not excltod, because he
decs not believe In getting excited.
Football games arc not won that way.
ho says: They arc won calmly, with
a lot of thinking a long time in ad
vance. It Is a common misconception
hereabouts that Fullback Felts,
plunging viciously otf-tackle. Jerry
Dairy mple. smashing In to break up
tho opposition strategy. Don Zim
merman sweeping the the ends on
Contract Bridge j
Forcing Auction j
To The Sidelines1
j
ity William It. Spear ;
(Aiisoclated Press Stall Writer) j
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1 tP) Ac
cording to the program they're play- !
inf auction bridge the first two days
of the national championship tour- ;
nament this week. So s irons hold
has contract taken on the addicts of
the card table, however, that the
bidding and the play in these events
smacks strongly on the newer game.
George Relth and Mrs. Robert Pul
ler, of New York, won the national
championship of mixed pairs at auc
tion last night but the contract in
fluence tinged even their game. The
new champions said they preferred
controct.
William E. McKlnney, of Cleveland, ;
secretary of tho American Bridge
league, which is sponsoring the tour
nament, went so far as to predict
that the auction championships will
be dropped after thfs year.
Auction Losing Out
"Auction Is fast dying out for tour
nament play." he said. "Two years
a?o contract took up only one day
of the week's program. Last year two
days were given to contract, and
this year we find auction slipping
practically out of the tournament, j
I really doubt if auction will be cen j
cn the program next year." j
The remaining auction champion- i
ships were played today, leaving the.j
way clear for the contract competl- !
Hons starting tomorrow and lasting j
until Saturday. The events today
were for men's and women's palrn j
and teams of four, played slmultane- j
oucly. j
Following are the defending cham- j
plena: i
Women's pair: Mrs. Carl T. Rob-j
rrts and Mrs. Anno Rosenfcld of i
"ieveland; women's team: Mrs. E. j
r. SttwhiU. Mrs. C. W. Nnkes. Mrs. !
Hoboru-on and Mrs. George H. Schry-
vr. all of Cleveland; men's pair: U. '
R. Richards and F. S. Eaton of De- !
trott; men's team: Carl T, Robert-,
son. Avarice Miischke, John H. Law i
and V. r. Holand, nil of Cleveland.
This Game
of Golf
4444444
Ity O. n. tfreler
I.Arold Farrlngton. Pacific coast
golf writer, in some Interesting note
recently set out a score which, he
said, was illustrative of "how dumb
! the word par." v
Hi cited a round by Archie Clark
at the Congressional clUb. Washing
ton, in which Clark, who is ftMistant
to. Sandy Armour, brother of Tom
my, negotiated the Inward section
of the Journey in par 36 without s
sir. trie hole In par.
Tha rar read:
Par fin) G35 344 344 3fl
Clark , 4J4 203 93346
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L ?&i to keep team cool
m
football roach at Tulane university. In
Green Wcvo Is M rs Ilknnau and their
legs like steel springs, represent the j
last word In players "keyed" to '
spectacular accomplishment.
It isn't so. In all the victories ;
won in the Southern conference dur- j
Ing .he last three years Tulane has j
gone out on the field without any ;
pre-game verbal fire-eating.
Sense of Humor .strong
. "I'd probably break down and !
l.iugh at myself In the middle of one
of those impassioned dressing room ,
speeches I hear about," Bierman
sai(?.
That's Bierman, director of one I
of the finest elevens ever developed j
in tho south, a team with several j
outstanding all-America candidates !
this year and one headed for a pes-
sible bid to play in the Rose Bowl
New Year's day.
He has a sense of humor behind
that slow, quiet smile. Calm, low-
voiced, self-possessed, friendly, "he has :
a knacfc of passing on his attitude :
to those about him. More, than a j
score major opponents of-Tulane j
have lound out sadly for themselves ;
In recent years that they were facing
not 11 frenzied players, but 11 canny;
men with all their wits about them.
The .Marine Crops Out
Early this year, before the )mpor- ;
tant encounter . with Vauc erbilt's :
Commodores, something of the ex-'
cltemnt cf the approaching conflict
j seeped into the dressing room. The;
Tulane squad was cn edge. Ey-er.
snapped, n fey men pnceajy floor
nervously, uiiaoic to sianii ieo strain
ijoiusy's r.Hi.K?ss rut
This recalled to ms a round' I once
played with Bobby Jones at the
Druid Hills Golf club In Atlanta,
which seems all the funnier because
Bobby for years has carried the rep
utation of playing more holes In par
ii a given stretch of golf than any
body else. Not so many birdies, you
knew, but not bo many buzzards,
either.
In this round. Bobby played the
first 1 1 holes In an aggregate of
exactly par. and his first hole in
par enme at the twelfth.
This way:
Par (out) 444 344 -43535
Bobby 535 435 424 35
Par (in) 444
Bobby 534
He was still even with Old Man
Par at the 12th. and, as I recall it.
spun out the rest of the card In
par figures.
Commenting on Clark's odd per
formance, Mr. Farrington says:
"He was two over par on one hole
and six over on another, of 140 yards,
ond still he was par going out.
Wouldn't you like to know how he
got a 36 Instead of reading. "He was
par coming home, a 36? If it Is
possible to score par without getting
a par. isn't the difference between
medal and match play as obvious as
tho difference between pool and
billiards, especially In tournament
competition?"
He adds, senMbly. that In the easl
there la a definite movement for "all
hit;h grade periodicals In their writ
ings about golf to cut out the stupid
to-called color, tell how o player got
his 3 or his 4. and quit duck hunt
ing fcr birdies and eagles."
COLOR?
It has seemed to me for some years
that there has been a good deal of
straining for this so-called color by
many golf writers.
Golf is essentially a game of leis
urely movement. I never seem to
ft used tc the brlcht young scribes
who assert, colorfully, that So-and-Go
dashed b round the course in 68.
or perhaps galloped, o- maybe blis
tered the poor old layout, when
everybody realizes or would realize
on reflection, that So-and-So used
up three hours in his carefully com
piled 66.
He very likely for such is be
coming the modern habit looked
over many putts from both ends and
the midiile and 1 ever was guilty of
one single rapid action a.Miie from
the downward stroke on the 30 or
35 bti; snots he employed la ihe
round.
Incidentally. Clark's remarkable
card illustrates beautifully how two
players may be level la medal play
and far apart In a match. In this
rase. OTd Man Par. with a perfect
35. was Just 5 down In the nine
holes, with an adversary v. ho also
did a par 38.
TOIIOC.WMMJ 11)11 STl lFNTft
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. A part of
It plans for winter sports the intra
muni department of the University
of Minnesota will plsce skiis nnd to
txxvnns at the k;vU of Mmlents
and t.icuUy members.
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an Informal pose with his family.
two sons, William, 8, and James, 5.
of waiting, someone cried: "Let's go."
and flung open the gym door to re-
letaso a flood of green-shlrtcd players
in a dash for the field.
Halt ! It was Bierman s com
mand, a flareback from his days as
a marine captain. "Come back here
When the squad was back la the
dressing room, the coach sale";:
"You walk out on that field. Do
your warming up when you get out
there. Calm dewn, now. Keep your
brains quiet. Your legs will take
cere of themselves."
And Tulane walked out, to a 19-0
victory.
Hulls From Minnesota
Bierman wa3 be rn of pioneer Ger
man stock cn a farm in Minnesota,
March 11, 1894. He got his first
taste of football In high school, nnd
by the time he was a sophomore at
Minnesota In 1013 he had an ambi
tion, to take four 'Ms" in one year
football, basketball, track and
baseball.
He came to Tulane as assistant to
Clark Shaughnessy in 1923. In 1025
he went to Mississippi A and M as
head coach, returning to Tulane in
1927 when Shaughnessy went to Loy
ola. Since 1928 Tulane has not lost
a gome in the Southern conference.
It tied 0-0 with Louisiana State and
dropped one non-conference tilt to
Northwestern in 1930.
Bierman became hcod coach of
football at Montana in 1921 and
married Miss Clara Louise Mac-
Ken?ie. They have f'6 sons.'
Wrestling
(Hy The Associated Press)
Camden. N. J. Gus Son nen berg.
Boston, defeated Jack Ganson, Cleve
land, one fall f Ganson unable to re-
turn for second); Karl Pojello, Chi
cago, threw Ivan Vakturoff. Russia.
! 29:58; George Zaranyoff, Russia,
j threw Louis Allaire, France. 25:34. :
I Scran ton. Pa. Ray Steele, 219.'
i Glcndale. Cal.. Al Vlewicz, 213. Scran-
ton. 35:03; DJck Davlscourt, 225.
j California, threw John Maxas, 210,
j Greece. 23:17; Paul Jones. 208, Tcx
I as. drew with George Kotsonoras, 199,
Hollywood, 30:00.
Kansas City Police stopped a
match between Abe Coleman, Los An
geles and Everett Marshall, La Junta,
Colo., because of roughness outside
I the ring. - Marshall, 210, and Cole
man. 205. had each won a fall when
the match was declared no contest.
Daula. 240, India, threw "Mutt"
Davis, 228, Wichita, Kan., in 5:02; K.
C. Bauman, 224. Sallna, Kan., in 4:04
and Lloyd Carter. 224, St. Louis, in
j a special prelim exhibition. Jack
! Russell, 230. Boise. Idaho, drew with
I Damn Ostopavlch, 225, Vllna, Llthu
j onia, 45:00: Tony Marconi, 175, New
York, and Red Berry, 175, Pittsburg.
1 Knn.. drew In 15:00.
ICE Ill.l'K SATIX
IX I .IVOR KOU EVENING
BIARRITZ fP Mme. Jacques Helm,
wlfo of the Parisian couturier. Is
among smart women who are spon
soring ice blue as one of the sea-
. son's smartest colors. At a recent
pnrty which she and her husband
gavo here. Mme. Helm wore a gown
of Ice bio satin w'ith a three-quarter
evening wrap of pale blue velvet col
lared In blue fox.
roiNTKSS ENDORSES
HOSTESS (iOWNS
PARIS ( The Comtesse Cos
tantint is among smart Parisians who
aro sponsoring the vogue for hostess
gowns. Included in her fall ward
robe Is a hostess gown of bright red
"repe de chine designed by Worth.
It is fashioned with full flowing
sleeves and a wide twisted belt of
green and wine purple crepe de chine.
I Sport Slants I
Hy Alan J. Gould
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
The three-cornered switch in foot
ball coaches a short time ago. In
volving Minnesota, the University of
Oregon and Holy Cross has' turned
cut pretty well for nil concerned.
It would be difficult to pick any
three places more widely separated
in their spheres of Interest and ac
tion but they have a common satis
faction in the turnover that shifted
Clarence (Pat) fapears from. Minne
sota to Oregon. Capt. Jock McEwan
from Oregon to Holy Cross, and Fritz
Crlsler into the head coaching berth
at Minnesota, by way of Chicago.
Minnesota came through with un-expc-teil
strength this year, trounc
ing Iowa and Wisconsin and giving
The powerful Pittsburgh Pan
thers, defeated this season only
by Notre Dame, after a hard
struggle, shape up as one of the
stand-out teams of the country.
In this, the last of a series of
football articles written by out
standing coaches themselves. Dr.
Main "Jock" Sutherland. Pitts
burgh mentor, explains the for
mations the Panthers use in their
great running and passing attack.
Bv Dr. John Bain "Jock" Sutherland
(Head Football Coach. University
of Pittsburgh)
PITTSBURGH J" Two primary
formations are used by University of
Pittsburgh football teams. The one
is the punt, or "A" formation and
the other is the regular or a ior-
matlon. Both have on unbalanced
line.
Formation "B" was first used In
1921 by my Lafayette team agalnsf
Lehigh. This was the final game of
tho season. Up until then no rec
ognized double wingback formation
had been used.
This was the first time this now
Ccjcl 'JOCK.
SUTHERLAND
j.-Tf. j WARREN r '
if 1 1 vfl fi
si A mh S l ft fotion
Ir. John imlu "Jock" Sutherland, Pltfehurgli coacli, and Warren Heller,
IM nt her buckrield star, are shown above.- Sketches show In detail the
Panthers' offensive formations.
" . I Jones overheard a remark that no
tho great Northwestern eleven a sen- man. Feeling his own responsibility, J omJ nod cvcr played historic St. An
satlonal game. Oregon, upset by the ho quickly became over-anxious and drcws without taking at least one i
loss of a star back and then by cost peprgta several penalties through , five." related Oulmet. "To have the J
Southern California, retrieved a
flock of prestige by handing New
York university its first defeat of
the season, 3100 miles from the home
cf the Webfeet at jgugene.
Hciy Cross yielded to Harvard and
Dartmouth py a Bingle touchdown,
but tied Fordhom and romped over
Rutzers and Brown In the course of
a very impressive campaign.
McEwan's coaching methods have
gained him enthusiastic support at
Worcester. His talented assets have
Included a great quarterback in Phil
O'Connell and what one writer de
scribes as a pair of grand opera twins
on the wings, Jim Cavalier! and Tony
Coluccl.
McEwan says he never 'thinks of
his star ends without feeling like
humming a few bars of the opera
"Cavallerla Rustlcana."
As a working combination on the
flanks, Coluccl and Cavallerl rank
close to the great, Tulane pair, Dal
rymple and Haynes, the barehead
boys of Dixie.
H.YKPOON TUB 'CATFISH'
Speaking of ends, and even if we
are a trifle late in stressing the ob
vious fact, Georgia's Catfish Smith
was "ganged" to such an extent In
the Tulane game that it Is doubtful
if even a Hinkcv or a Muller would
have been ablj to survive a pound- "Sometimes the going Is good
Ing such as he absorbed and do his nnt sometimes it Isn't. A fellow
stuf;, who figures to be Just an old man
The most conspicuous tribute to will go out there the way Charley
Smith s ability was the fact that the I White did the other day and, by
Greenles shot in two and often three.' golly, he won't miss a putt. Or any
men to keep the Catns'n out of the j shot, for that matter. Judgment,
play. Deliberately, it appeared, the ; timing, a steady hand and a good
Georgia star was steam-rollered at eye.
the outset. "And then you will take a strong
The psychology was. of course, well young fellow, who ought to be sup
conceived. The ballyhoo was strong pie and swing easily and what will
for the Catfish. He was the morked ho do? I'll tell you. If you don't
Some of Football's Ups and Downs
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The problem was to find Mr. OKeefe. But Mr. O'Keefe, of Provi
dence university's football team, had vinlshed into the air literally
when Catholic university tacklers dived for him in their game at
Washington, as this remarkable photo shows. Imagine how that
one trickier must have felt when his outstretched arm closet! cm
nothing!
common typo of formation was used,
although there had been several va
riations of the single wingback for
mation used. Some coaches In the
east had used what In some cases
might be recognized as a double
wingback formation.
In this Instance, however, the for
mation was really used for the first
time in that the Lafayette formation
against Lehigh had set double wing
backs, j
Prom' :thls original formation,
which I call my "B" formation, there
was oossible double' passes from both
sides of the line and Seep triple .
passes also were used.
It readily developed Into a better
punting and passing formation than
any so-called and recognized forma
tion used In eastern football up to
that time. Fake spinners likewise
were developed from this formation
with a lot of line Interference.
The Dunt formation. "A," Is more
cf a BDread than anything else used j
for nuntins today. It really Is ,
Pop" Warner's eld regular formation
with two backs stationed farther out.
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KtGLR.AH
FORMATION
B
mr. eagerness, to creak tnrqugn tne :
barriers closing around him.
As Edwin Camp of the Atlanta
Journal writes me: "I have no illu-
slons about Smith as an end. -He
is iitiu xmue num. hk btiine uui
often. Still, he Is the greatest com-
petitive athlete I have ever seen on
; a football field
'IIREATHKItS' PRO AM) CON
The . gridiron campaign has pro
duced arguments for and againBt the
"breather" schedules of major teams.
While Georgia was tackling the
tough ones, north and south, Tulane
developed its strength with intervals
of comparative relaxation and con -
seouently was in prime condition to
upset the Bulldogs.
Cornell used similar tactics but
appeared short of experience against
Dartmouth, which beat the Ithacans
after successive hard games against
Yale and Harvard.
Commissioner Land is and I sat In
a hotel room overlooking some of
Manhattan's mid -town roofs. We
talked about baseball and the de
pression. "Now I'll tell you." said the Judge.
I ve played this game for 3o years
! nnd 1 can,t gure it out.
I realize what you ore doing yourself.
I He will slice all over the premises."
'IIUTV IUKKBAI.L
Did the Judge think baseball hndi
survived conditions pretty well, 7
considering the circumstances of both
1931 pennant races being all over
early In Sepember? 1 ;
"Now, take this example," he
went on. "I've seen a good deal of
this thing. About two years ago I
finally got . It under control, i
grasped It, If you know what i mean.
I broke 90 three times in succes
sion. I stayed awake for a time the
night after I scored an 86.
"Yes, it was all quite simple. I
didn't know Just why, but at last,
alter more than 30 years, I had
caught the main Idea.' I could hard
ly wait to get out thero again. I
didn't wait until a Saturday or Sun
day. No, I was right out on the
Ilrst tea eariy th0 next day. I 'took
exactly 110 shots at the ball for 18
holes."
Was there prospect of any gen
eral retrenchment for 1932 or would
e.panslon be the program?
I'm certain of one thing," the
white-haired chieftain of baseball
went on. I can stop slicing by f
keeping my head down anu my eyes
on the spot from where I hit the
ball: I mean, keeping on looking at
that spot for a second or two after
completing the shot.
"I will go so far as to say, sir, I
cannot slice at all If I do that. Yet
In my early days I was as consistent
a sliter as anyonp I ever saw. My
ball would hit the ground and finish
up Its Journey by traveling at HghV'
angles to tho proper line of flight.''
XKW 11AI.L?.. NOW AIIOLT . ,
There was still an unsettled mat
ter. Did the Judge have any state
ment to make about the new ball.
"The only time I ever seriously
sought out a professional for sound
gclf advice was when I met Walter
Hagen one winter In Florida. He
Invited me to play a round with
him. Throughout the 18 holes he
made no comment on my game. It
was Just a game of golf for both ot ,
us.
"Afterward he said to me: 'There '
are some things about your golf that
aro too atrocious to mention.. But
there Is nothing I can do for you.
You have played too long to try any
new styles.
" 'No professional- can help you
beyond few minor pointH and you
will enjoy the game no more be
cause cf any instruction. Go right
ahead and don't pay any attention
to other advice these fellows will
try to hand you.' "
Francle Oulmet, at a luncheon In
New York In honor of the new na
tional amateur golf champion and
tho national women's titleholder,
Helen Hicks, entertained his listen
ers with a story illustrating what
Francis described as the "supreme
concentration" of Bobby Jones.
Tho tale is linked with Jones' vic
tory over Roger Wethered in the
final for tho 1930 British amateur
championship.
"On tho first tee of that match
..background,- you - must, realize ..that
j tnls old course has several toxtK
; par Iivo holes, only two really short
; holes and all the rest par fours, many
01- them very stiff.
, "Well, I didn t give another tnougnb
to tho remark, myself. Jones con
tinued to play brilliantly. His card
showed nothing but threes and
fouro until he came to the tough
17th hole, the famous road hole.
"There, his second shot, a spoon,
started nerfectlv for the pin, but;
; developed a alight tail and hopped
into a bunker. , Bobby flicked out
: an almost perfect shot. It hit the
top of the sloping green, stopped
1 momentarily and then rolled slowly
! toward tho cup. I thought for a
moment it was going in, but it
stopped two feet away.
"Wethered was dead for his four,
but Bobby then hit his easy putt
somewhat carelessly and It failed to
drop, forcing him to take a five. He
won the lUth to become five up ot
tho halfway mark, then turned and
asked me to come up to his hotel ,
room. )
"When I got there Bobby locked '
the door, much to my surprise, and
then with some show of temper
bounced four or five balls around
tho room. Somewhat alarmed, I
asked: 'Bob, what's the matter?
You're five up, in a fine position
and playing fine golf. Certainly you
aren't worrying about the match, aro
you?'
."Ignoring that, he said: 'Why just
imagine, there I was with a chance
to be the first player to make that
course without a single five on my
card, and then I missed that &U1)
putt for a four on the 17th.'
"Hero was a man playing for tho
highest honors and his chief thought
most of the way was not concerning
his opponent, but about his contest
with the course. I have never seen
such supreme concentration."
GOLF ItKCKIPTS OFF
Revenue for the United States Golf
association from its national tourna
ments fell off almost 50 per cent this
year.
Tho "cut" for the association in
receipts from the open, amateur and
women's championships was approx
imately $30,000 for 1931 as compared
with $53,000 the year before.
Despite the double playoff, the
national open at Toledo grossed only
about $25,000, the national amateur
at Beverly (32,000 and the national
women's at Buffalo $6000. Admis
sion prices were cut to $1 at Toledo
for the final day of the Von Elm
Burke endurance test, but even this
measure failed to produce very prof
itable effect.
WALKKrVi p STAYS IN" CASK
With tho Walker cup matches
against Britain definitely off for
1932, the U. S. O. A. will be saved
at least one btg item, of expense.
Even with the matches scheduled in
this country, it requires a substan
tial outlay to pay the team's ex
penses. It costs around. $15,000 to send a
Walker cup team abroad, which, ex
plains why England manifested no
enthusiasm for continuing this bi
ennial rivalry for the time being.
Old John Bull trying desperately
to. balance his budget would loo
with duravor a: so etpvnMTe a-golf-inu
Junket. ,