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MONDAY, DECEMBER 5,1932 Minneapolis Star. THIRTEE, Millers, Away to Flying Start, Take on Remaining Teams This Week Moran Teaches Sign Stealing, Other Tricks DULUTH MAKES MICKEY WALKER, Move Over Co-ed Wins Place Again, Men on Male Polo Team ELIGIBILITY TO BE CLEARED AT THAT TIME Dave ave ft Tells Story oancro Attains Ambition, Sold to New York Qiants 1 iiillAj Hi 1 By DAVE BANCROFT Minneapolis' 198S Baseball Manager (As told to Charles Johnson, The Star's Sporti Editor) In my previous article, I mentioned Pat Moran, who managed the Phillies when I made my debut in major league baseball. I want to take time our right now to pay tribute to this able leader, a man who had a lot to do with starting me out on the right track. I believe other players and managers who had a chance to know Pat and watch his team perform will agree when I say that he was one of the most capable handlers and developers of pitchers that baseball ever had. He knew every pitching trick, and he had the valuable faculty of imparting his knowledge to youngsters.

The results he obtained with the Phillies and later at Cincinnati are fair proof of my contention. Great Sign Stealer But Pat Moran's baseball knowl edge and smartness were not limited to pitching. Herwas one of the most successful sign stealers baseball ever knew. He made a study of this end of the game all of his life, and I learned plenty about this Important angle from my first major league boss. It was uncanny how he figur ed out the opposition's signs to give his team advantages that won many ball games.

During the remainder of my playing career I had a pretty fair reputation for reading the other fellow's signs no matter how Intricate they were. I gave many a tip to a mate at the plate as to what kind of a pitch was coming. The best spot to get these signs is from second base. Pat Moran could pick them off on the coaching lines without much difficulty. Many National league teams used to change their signs as often as once or twice every series even when we weren't wlo to their system.

There's nothing unfair about this system as baseball fans should remember that a club often got into plenty of trouble when it thought that It had a rival's next move pegged, only to be crossed up. Each regular on the 1915 Phillies! knocked off $2,500 apiece for our first world series. We had practically the same club the following year, but we didn't win. We were nosed out by Brooklyn In one of the hottest races the National league ever In fact, it wasn't until two days before the schedule closed that we were out of the running. In Batting Slump I enjoyed that season about as much as any of my baseball career for because of the closeness of the race every player on the club was on his toes from the start of the season to the hectic finish late in September.

I had a terrible year at the bat and that undoubtedly had something to do with our defeat by Brooklyn. As I recall It, my batting average for the season dropped to something like .210. I didn't play the entire season, Milton Stock moving over from third to short occasionally with the idea of giving us a little more punch at the plate. From 1916 through the rest of my stay with the Phillies, our club went to pieces. We had a lot of old timers who were reaching the end of their playing days, and after my second year with the team we weren't a serious contender for the championship.

My hitting improved somewhat in 1917 although I missed about 30 games through the regular schedule. In the meantime, Pat Moran accepted a call to manage Cincinnati and naturally his loss didn't do our club any good. However, before he left Pat had taught me enough about hitting so that I. kept improving each year. My best batting averages were during the years I spent with the Giants, but part of the Improvement could be attributed to the lively ball that came into baseball shortly after the war.

In 1919 I played in less than 100 games for the first time since I joined the Phillies. An injury kept me out part of the season. After my second year with the Again they steal our thunder, Katherine McCutcheon does her stuff up and won a place on the Michigan fine horsemanship. She hails from NAGVRSKI AND NOW HAVE CHANCE AT TIRE Dutch Clark of Portsmouth Rated Greatest Player in Ten-year Span M'CARTHY HAS A WORRY DARE HE SEND DOWN CHARLES DEVENS? GODFREY BOUTS BECKON SHARKEY Jack Kearns Says Title Match Is All Set for June Los Angeles, Dec. 5.

(U.R) Jack Kearns, manager of Mickey Walker, said today that Walker will meet Champion Jack Sharkey in Boston next June in a heavyweight title fight. Kearns said the bout, arranged after prolonged bickerings, probabhj would be staged in Fenway park. Walker was brought to the coast to renew his campaign among the heavyweight, which was interrupted after his defeat at the hands of John- ny Risko, veteran Cleveland rubber-man. The Jersey Bulldog will meet Arthur Kekuh, German heavyweight, here tomorrow night Sharkey Offered $100,000 for Godfrey Bout Philadelphia, Dec. I.

U.R Jack Sharkey, world's heavyweight boxing champion, has been offered $100,000 to defend his title against George Godfrey, Philadelphia Negro, Jess McMahon, director of boxing at the Philadelphia Arena, said today. Johnny Buckley, manager of Bhar-key, to whom McMahon made the offer in a telephone conversation yesterday, promised to talk the offer over with the champion in a day or two. The answer is expected by Wednesday. Godfrey, who has been a heavy weight boxer for 10 years, is sched-uled for a 10-round bout here Dec. 9 with Walter Cobb of Kansas City, Buckley Calls Sharkey, Walker Bout Joke Boston, Dec.

6. (U.R) Johnny Buckley, manager of Jack Sharkey, today ridiculed an announcement by Jack Kearns that Mickey Walker would meet the heavyweight champion in a bout in Boston next June. "That's a Joke," Buckley declared. "Sharkey got rid of Walker. Walker in turn was knocked out by Max Schmeling, whom Sharkey beat for the championship.

So what would Sharkey be getting by fighting Walker again? It's simply a case of Kearns trying to keep Walker alive." Sharkey's manager said the cham-pion positively would not fight again until next summer. Olson, All-District Guard, New Captain of Osseo Grid Team Robert Olson, all-district guard was elected captain of Osseo high school's 1933 fotoball team at the annual banquet tendered the team by the Odd Fellows lodge of Osseo Thurs-day evening. Seventeen members of the 193 souad who were awarded letters In cluded; Captain Hartkopf, Kenneth Babcock. Clement Gervais, Captain- elect Robert Olson, Maurice Carland, Jerry Howe, Bud Woehnlng, Cyril Untereker, Arthur Babcock, John Leitzke, Howard Hanson, Dick Ulcer. Bruce Luhmann, Arnold Lind- quist, arold Foell, Reyburn Schmidt, Marvin Scherber and Dick Stanton.

Pudee Heffelfinger and Clarence Munn, two former ail-Americans at Yale and Minnesota, Dave Woodward, Gopher trainer and Art Lasky, were honored guests. Judge Mont. gomery, Charles Munn, and Herbert A. Morse were among the speakers. Various entertainment features fol lowed the dinner.

Balaton Cagers Open With Victory Over Lynd Balaton, Dec. 5. Balaton High school opened its 1932-33 bas ketball season Friday night with a 29 to 13 victory over Lynd high. Wichman, Balaton center, was the scoring star of the game with seven field goals and a free throw for a 15 point total. McChesney won scoring honors for the losers with six.

In a preliminary, the Balaton and Lynd girls played to a 8 to 9 tie. Return games are carded for next Friday night at Lynd. there was such a howl of protest that the promoters took immediate steps to re-match the men. At the end of the second meeting judges and customers alike were unanimous in their opinion that LaBarba won going away. These fights were held some three years ago.

It is logical to believe that since that time, LaBarba, who has been in the ring some 13 years, lias gone back. Chocolate, barely out of his teens, has started sipping, too, experts agree. Supporting the championship match will be ten-round semi-final between Frank Battaglia, brilliant Canadian middleweight and Chuck Devlin, rugged California. By Every Comparison Here Are Minneapo'is' Greatest Values! NEWEST ALL-WOOL SUITS. O'COATS II mYZrffCiJ (dA.

APPEARANCE AT ARENA SUNDAY Local Hockey Team Ral lies in Third Canto to Beat Saints By FRED HUTCHINSON Victorious in their first two Cen tral Hockey league starts with St. Paul, "Red Stuart's Minneapolis Mil lers today started preparations for their first invasion of the northern sector of the loop. That pits them against strong Eveleth and Hibbing sextets before returning to the Arena ice next Sunday to meet the fifth team in the league, Duluth. Last night the Millers put on a spectacular last period scoring drive to gain a 3 to 2 victory at the ex pense of "Moose" Goheen's Saints for their second triumph of the campaign. But today wasn't an off day, and Sturt has his purple-clad puck chasers back at work.

Go North Wednesday Wednesday Stuart takes his squad north for the first league contest played In Eveleth in two seasons. Last year the Rangers played as a traveling club with no rink available, but this season arrangements have been made for the playing of all games in the Hippodrome. Only NGlee Jagunich, who is play ing with the St. Paul Greyhounds In the American league, will be missing from last year's strong Eveleth ag gregation. His loss is offset by the addition of Billy Hill and Laurie Scott, two strong professional per formers who will see action on the front line this year.

Mike Kasher, Sammy Constantine and Paul Schaefer are back for rear line duty, with Danny DePaul, Tony Trevarrow, Johnny Brlmsek and Johnny Capan among the new candidates. Harold Johnson, brilliant right winger, and Milton Brink, former junior college ace who went to Boston with the Tigers midway in last season's campaign, are back to give the Rangers added strength. Eveleth has an over-supply of bril liant performers, and it is likely that several will be waived to Hibbing and Duluth before the league limit goes down Jan. 15. Among the forwards back from last year's Ranger six are Pete Pleban, Floyd Murphy, Rudy Ahlin, Johnny Phillips, Vince Papaik, Johnny Zliman and Art Erickson.

New candidates Include Sammy Phillips and Joe Papaik, who played with Virginia last year, Lloyd Peterson, John Suomi, former Go pher, Joe Bastinanelli, Kenneth Rich ards and Cliff Kauppl. Play Hibbing Friday Friday the move into Hib bing to meet the Maroons, led by Nobby Giark. a former Miller defense star. Clark expects td sign another professional within the next few days. Besides himself on defense, Nobby has Art Myre and Lyle Blair, regulars last year, and Joe Bretto, big 220-pounder who played with Virginia last season.

Tony Christel- lo, who tried out with the Greyhounds this season, is the team's reg ular goalie. Curley Ulasich and Joe Manchek, Virginia forward stars last year, led the newcomers. 'Squint" Elness, a former Marquette university star, is another newcomer. Other forwards from last year's team include Al Carlson, John Carlson, Art Swanson, McKibbage, Lilly and Owens. Gus Olson's Duluth team moves into Minneapolis Sunday night for Its first league tilt.

Olson has been dickering with two professional players and may sign them up within the next few days. Arnold Maki is the team's goalie. Defense men in clude E. Patrick, H. Anderson and M.

Stephens. Forwards are H. Abel-son, R. Junzo, A. Erickson, E.

Olson, L. Gow, Gordy Schaeffer, George Todd and Joe Bujold. Schaeffer and Todd are former Minnesota university players while Bujold played with St. Mary's college. "Moose" Goheen presented a vast ly Improved St.

Paul six last night that outplayed the Millers through two periods of spectacular hockey and held a one-goal lead until the final session. Eddie Zlegler's goal on a pass from Oscar Hanson late in the opening period sent the Saints into a lead, which they held until Jack Flood took Ted Breckheimer's assist at 5:07 in the final canto to knot the count. Millers Cut Ixose That was the signal for the Millers to swing into action. Less than 10 minutes after Flood's tying tally, Donnie Olson took a pass from Virgil Johnson and drove a shot pass Goalie Earl Franz to send the Mill ers into the lead. With the Saints trying desperately to knot the count, Johnson and Cully Dahlstrom broke loose with only Goheen on the back line.

The shifted to cover Dahlstrom', and bore into the net and let fly a hard Bhot that evaded Franz. Ziegler, scored another goal for the Saints with less than a minute to play with Stuart serving a penalty. The summary: Minneapolis (3) St. Paul (2) H. Nelson (i Frani Johnson Goodwillie swenson Munson Dahlstrom O.

Hanson Olson Oooley McGlone Ziegler Alternates: Minneapolis Stuart, Flood, Schatzlien, Breckhelmer, Scotvold, Purpur, Haider, E. Nelson, McCoy, Willie, Matschke. First period: Scoring 1, Ziegler (Hanson), 17:55. Penalties None. Second period: Scoring PenaltiesOlson, E.

Nelson, Stuart. Third period: Scoring 2, Flood (Brack-helmer), 3, Olson (Johnson), 4, Johnson, 5, Ziegler, 19:12. Penalties Munson, Schatzllen, Dahlstrom 2. Swenson, Stuart. Stops Nelson 9 6 419 Franz 10 8 725 Referees Jack Chambers and Eddie Oat- CHICAGO CAR OS WIN St.

Louis. Dec. 5. (U.R) The Chicago Cardinals of the Nation al professional! footbal leaeue. launched an almost unstoppable attack in the first half to defeat the St.

Louis battery A gunners, 20 to bar i ester day. HARVARDACCENTFAULT wn Phillies, there were all kinds of stor ies in the newspapers about John McGraw of the Giants being in the market for my services. They were nothing but rumors. Naturally, when our club became a consistent second division outfit, I hoped that something would happen that would send me to the Giants. In those day I was no different from any other player.

We all wanted to be with a winner and get a shot at the world series money. Goes to Giants LatSr the Chicago Cubs bought Grover Alexander and Killefer from the Phillies. Other players were dis posed of. When these sales continued, there were more reports that John McGraw was dickering for me but I had heard them so often that I wouldn't believe any of them. Shortly before the 1920 season got under way, President Baker of our club called me Into his office and in formed me that I had been sold to the New York Giants.

Of course, I was tickled and I could hardly wait to get to my hotel, pack my stuff and catch a train for New York. As I remember it, the deal was com pleted about noon, and in less than two hours I was on my way to join the Giants. Neither McGraw nor President Ba- ker ever told me the exact details of that transaction, but it was one of the biggest deals ever made be tween two clubs in the same league. Newspapermen told me when I got to New York that McGraw had given the Phillies Shortstop Art Fletcher, Second Baseman Johnny Rawllngs and Pitcher Bill Hubbell in addition to $100,000 in cash. After I had been with McGraw many years, I often asked him how much money changed hands in the deal.

His answer always was the same: "plenty." Then followed the most successful days of my playing career four years as the regular shortstop with the Giants, including three world se- sies. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow. Tuesday's chapter Bancroft's Days With the Giants. guessed, Mr. McCarthy's worry is nothing less than Charles Devens, Harvard '30, who, upon graduation, decided to turn his strong and talented right arm to something more useful (and profitable) than balancing teacups, Devens is listed on the Yankee roster as a pitcher.

He has yet to prove it unless a magnificent bull-pen windup and a four-hit victory over the Red Sox Is proof. Now, the normal procedure to test a rookie is to ship said rookie to minor league farm. This is the procedure what's worrying McCarthy. Will Devens, accustomed to the best, agree to such a thing as being farmed out? He wouldn't last year. When he signed with the Yankees, his contract contained a clause which insisted he stay with the Yankees all season, even If found incapable of throwing a baseball through an open door at five paces.

The fact that his contract contained such a clause proved that a Harvard accent was not all that Charles carried around in his head. And even If Devens agreed to throw his curves in more plebian surroundings than the stadium, would McCarthy be right in sending away a man who adds social distinction to the entire club? Not every team, you know, can boast of a hasty pudding man in the bull-pen, a real blue-blood to throw 'em up in batting practice. There's another angle to be considered, too. Personally, we think farming out Devens would show a decided lack of appreciation on McCarthy's part. It wasn't easy for Charles, receiving as he was but a paltry eight or ten thousand dollars, to step from the Harvard to the Yankee campus.

And those of us who are accustomed to our crullers and java in bed understand what a sacrifice that was. What Is more, to farm Devens would be very discouraging to the entire Harvard senior class. What with the bond business practically at a standstill. Pepper Martin Does a Bit of Yard Thievery Oklahoma City, Dec. 5.

(U.R) The broken field runing of Halfback John Leonard (Pepper) Martin compares favorably with his hitting and base stealing. The St. Louis Cardinal outfielder made one of the two touch downs yesterday in the Oklahoma City Chiefs' 13 to 0 victory over the Manhattan, all-stars. He reeled off five yards off tackle, 15 yards on an end run and then plunged over the goal line. HAVSTAI) WINS PIN MEET Robert Havstad won the restricted sweepstakes for bowlers with averages of 185 or less at the Recreation last night with a 684 score.

Walter Warpeha was second with 579, George McCoy third with 566 and Vie Carlson fourth with 66a, photo. these pesky, but nice, women. But in a different way. She just stepped State men's polo team through her Jiii mingham, Mich. HIS BEARS Victory Over Dethroned Green Bay Team Sunday Will Turn Trick Chicago, Dec.

5. UPJ The Green Bay Packers, champions of the Na tional Professional Football league in 1929-30-31, have been dethroned, The Portsmouth Spartans defeated Green Bay yesterday, 19-0, and elim inated the Packers from the 1932 championship Portsmouth has com' pLted its season with six victories, one defeat and four ties and leads the league with a percentage of 857 The Chicago Bears scored a touch down in the first three minutes of play yesterday to beat the New York Giants, 6-0, and retained a chance at the title. The final game of the season will be played next Sunday, at Wrigley field between the Bears and Green Bay. If the Bears win, they will tie Portsmouth for the title and will meet in a post season charity game at Cincinnati 'Sunday, Dec. 18.

If Green Bay wins or ties the Bears, Portsmouth will win the title outright. A crowd of 10,000 packed Univer sal stadium, Portsmouth, to see the Spartans hand Green Bay its worst defeat since 1930. Earl (Dutch) Clark scored two touchdowns, and Glenn Presnell the other. Forward passes figured in all the scoring. Green Bay made but one threat, advancing to the 30-yard line in the final period.

Two passes, Molesworth to Red Grange and Molesworth to Luke Johnson scored the Bears' winning touchdown against New York. The Giants outplayed the Bears the rest of the game and outgained them, 279 yards to1' 122, but could not penetrate Chicago's goal line defense The Boston Braves blocked a punt to beat Brooklyn, 7-0, In the other league game at Brooklyn The standing follows: Team Pet Portsmouth 8 Chicago Bears 5 Green Bay 10 Boston 4 New York 4 Brooklyn 3 Chicago Cardinals 2 Stapleton 2 .8.17 .833 .833 .800 .400 .250 Sunday's Rwnlts Portsmouth, 19; Green Bay. 0. Chicago Bears, 8: New York, 0. Boston, Brooklyn, 0.

Next Sunday's Game Green Bay vs. Chicago Bears at Chicago. At last a slight breeze seems to be filling the sails of the Annapolis football craft. Comeback of Anderson Features Gopher Play; Defense Stressed By BERNARD SWANSON Minnesota basketball attack, which showed to such satisfactory advantage last night as the Gophers put together a stirring second half to drag out a 46 to 26 victory over a good South Dakota university team, will bo given a further boost in time for the Nebraska game Dec. 28.

That Improvement is possible through the eligibility of Jimmy O'Connor, fast-going and accurate-shooting Iowa sophomore. A fine freshmen year and a continuation of that success in the first two weeks of sophomore service found the Hawkeye one of the outstanding candidates for a lerth as Capt. Brad Robinson's running mate. Then appendix trouble recurred, an operation was decided, and O'Connor was hors de combat for a period of better than two weeks. Got Late Start The black-haired Iowan returned to play less than four weeks ago to pick up the thread where he had dropped it, although he was handicapped by starting three weeks behind his mates.

Then it was discovered that he was a little under the credit demands. Now that difficulty likewise has been straightened out, but O'Connor must wait until the Nebraska game to determine definitely his eligibility for the Big Ten season. And while O'Connor is making his fight to become eligible, a certain young man by the name of Vern Anderson from Glen Ellyn, 111., will be doing some additional convincing himself. He gave signs of that Saturday as he tied with Wells Wright for high scoring honors with 11 points. With the tenacious Mike Cielusak of last year's Gopher creation gone, main interest had involved his successor.

The word was that Anderson would not come anywhere near Cielusak in defensive guarding, but that he would make up for it by his increased scoring. Last night, Anderson fulfilled that prediction by his scoring splurge, but he will have to come a long way on the defensive side. There was too much of a tendency to let down and too much of a failure to drive through in getting the rebounds under his own basket. Stress Defensive Flay In fact, it will be the defensive ide that the Gophers will stress this week in preparation for the Grinnell game next Saturday at the Field House and the hard schedule which follows. That information comes as considerable of a surprise because the Gophers in the past few years have been noted for their defensive skill.

This year that defensive skill isn't abundant, whereas there is more offensive power than there has been for years. There are more natural shots on the Gopher roster since the days when George Otterness, Mally Nydahl and Black Racey used to cavort on the Gopher boards. On the credit side of the ledger Saturday, MacMillan offered a basketball team that was smarter, more alert, speedier, more elusive and more accurate than usual. Likewise the Gophers were right up to the high standard of ball handlers that MacMillan demands. But on the debit side, there were that defensive let-down, an inability to get the ball off the backboards consistently, less drive, too many mistakes as the boys tried too hard to bring the ball down fast and thereby beat the 10-second defensive rule, an uncertainty by some of the new men on just what to do next andean inability to get back in their own defensive zone fast enough once they have lost the ball.

The fact that the team which started Saturday and which looked so well in the first 10 minutes of the second half has been together as a unit only one week bodes well for the future. At least four times the South Dakotans converted rebounds Into baskets, but in defense of the Gophers, only once or twice did the visitors come through with earned baskets directly under the netting. South Dakotans Better The Gophers started out well enough to run up a 7 to 0 lead. But the South Dakotans, a much better outfit than last year even though the score was almost the same, came back to reduce the Gopher advantage to 20 to 18 as the second half started. Then the Gophers turned on the heat to distance the visitors.

The starting lineup of Captain Robinson, a much improved team player, Sochacki, Wright, Anderson and Llcht was easily the strongest, with Robinson and Licht as effective as ever while the other three had made surprising improvement But MacMillan tossed in some new boys who indicated that they would do, too. Gordon Norman at center had difficulty in keeping up with his speedier mates, but he indicated that he would give the better jumping Wright some help at center. Myles Mace has steadied and Improved sufficiently to give promise of guard help. Little Mitby did well at his first start at a forward, largely through his clever ball handling, and the junior Dave MacMillan's steadiness made him an outstanding prospect. Next Saturday the Gophers will have no such sizable margin to work on, if reports from Grinnell are substantiated.

The Hawkeyes, coached by the Truesdale who compiled such a fine record at Carlton a few years ago, finished as runner up to Creigh-ton in the Missouri Valley conference last year. There are four veterans back this year, and Grinnell to being rated as an outstanding championship candidate. 4 Flyers Take A.H.L. Top; Beat St. Paul St.

Louis, Mo Dec. 5. (U.R) The St. Louis Flyers were perched atop the Americal Hockey league standing by a full game today after a 4-3 ex tra-period victory over St. Paul, dis placing the league-leading Kansas City Pla-Mors.

"Shrimp" Mcl'her- son, Flyers' forward, received a pass half way across the ice in the overtime period and outbattled a St. Paul defense man to break the deadlock. PARK HOCKEY MEETTUESDAY Sixteen Rinks to Be Used, Indoor League at Arena Also Planned Plans for the forthcoming hockey season will be discussed when managers of Park league teams meet in the park board offices, 325 City Hall, Tuesday at 8 p.m. About 260 teams were entered in last year's competition, contestants ranging from 10 years of age to several strong senior groups. Operating on a restricted budget this year, it nevertheless is planned to organize the various groups so that practically the same number of teams will be in action, according to Billy Fox, director of competitive athletics.

There will be 16 rinks, fully lighted. These will be in use both afternoons and evenings. The following rinks will be put into condition as soon as the weather permits: Audubon park, Bottineau, Folwell park, Lake of the Isles, Linden Hills field, Logan park, two rinks, Longfellow field, Loring park, Lynnhurst field, two rinks, Nicollet field, North Commons, Pow-derhorn, Riverside park and Prospect field. Fox also announced plans for a tentative Indoor division, working in conjunction with Lyle Wright of the Minneapolis Arena. Last year's team managers and any prospective managers of new squads are urged to attend Tuesday night's meeting as It is desired to open the program as soon as conditions Blackhawks Upset N.Y.

Rangers Amerks Move Up, Defeat Canadiens The Chicago Blackhawks provided the National Hotkey league with an upset last night by defeating the high-flying New York Rangers, 4 to 3. Couture, Thompson, Romnes and R. Cook scored the Chicago goals. The New York Americans advanced to within one point of third place in the International division by defeating the Canadiens, 4 to 2, while Ottawa was blanked 2 to 0 by Detroit. The standings: INTERNATIONAL DIVISION I.

Pts. Toronto 5 2 1 11 Maroons ft 0 111 Ottawa. 4 4 0 8 Americans 8 3 1 7 Canadiens 2 6 0 4 AMERICAN DIVISION Pts. Rangers 4 2 1 Boston 4 8 1 9 Detroit 4 0 8 Chicago 4 2 8 Tom Egan, Former North Tommy Star, Operated Tom Egan, veteran end on the St. Thomas college football team and former North high school athlete, underwent an emergency operation for appendicitis in General hospital last night and today was reported as 'doing nicely although such opera tions are considered serious for two or three days." Unheralded Colorado Col lege Athlete Outrates Nevers By GEORGE KIRKSET Chicago, Dec.

5. U.R! My personal nomination for the greatest football player in the last 10 years is Earl (Dutch) Clark of Pueblo, quarterback of the Portsmouth professionals. What about Nevers, Grange, Friedman, Cagle, Blood? Well, wrap the oustanding char acteristics of all of these players up in one package, and you have a general idea of Dutch Clark. Played 10 Years Clark has been unheralded and un sung most of his career. He has played more than 10 years of football and never been on a championship team.

That unusual record, however, may be broken this month as Portsmouth seems destined to win the professional title. Many times in high school and college he has played for championships, but always his team lost. Even in his first year in professional football last year, his old jinx clung to him, and Portsmouth was nosed out of the title by Green Bay. Clark is 27, weighs 1S3 pounds, and moves about the gridiron with the grace of a Chester Hale girl Brute strength of physical force is wholly lacking from Clark's football tactics. He plays in a relaxed, half hearted way which makes you won der what would happen if he really tried.

But study him in action, and you realize his effortless way of playing is the secret of his success. Started Northwestern Clark played in college with Col orado college in the Rocky Mountain Conference. He was a freshman a couple of weeks at Northwestern the year before Dick Hanley became coach but got homesick. Behind a Northwestern line such as Hanley develops, Clark would surely have been one of the most publicized football players of the decade and. long since received his just dues as one of the greatest players ever to don the moleskins.

What can Clark do? The best wav to answer that is to ask What can't he do? Well, for one thing, he couldn't punt very well until he joined the pros. He began' practicing kicking last year. This year in his first eight games he punted 38 times for an average of 46 yards. Now he's the perfect football player. Pop Warner's candidate for the greatest football player of all time is Ernie Nevers.

How does Clark compare against Nevers? He played against him twice last year and outclassed him In both games. Pro play ers who have played for and against both of them, hand the crown to Clark. Comparing them in 10 departments of play, I would rate them as fol lows: By HENRY M'LEMORE U. P. Staff Correspondent New York, Dec.

Those of you who believe your own personal worry is the last word ia worries, can gain quite a measure of. satisfac- tion these days by thinking of Joe McCarthy, manager of the New York Yankees, and his worry. Your worry, if placed on a scale, probably wouldn't weigh five pounds, if that. Mr. McCarthy's worry weighs 190, stripped.

What is more, Mr. McCarthy's worry has blue blood, a mind of Its own and can argue back. As you probably have already Defensive play 95 95 Physical qualifications 95 92 Average 95 92.2 Nevers' great failing on the football field, according to those who played with him was his lack of confidence in his teammates. He wanted to do everything. Quite the opposite, Clark instills confidence into his teammates and makes them play better individually and collectively.

Take Clark off the present Portsmouth team, and it wouldn't win half its games. Follows Cuttina in Golfing Rule HERBERT JACQUES Herbert Jacques of Boston, former Hi ward track star, who has been nominated for the presidency of the U. S. Golf association to succeed the late Robert M. Cutting of Chicago.

The nomination is tantamount to election. Mr. has long been associated with the name as a player and has been a member of the asso ciation's executive committee since 1025. Jacques succeeds in nomination Bob Cutting, who died after being nominated. KEED PICKED TO DROP BRAND NEW BELT TO FIDEL LA BARBA Calif omian Won One De cision, Deserved Other; Bout Friday New York, Dec.

B. U.R Madison Square Garden, palace of the cauli flower, gets back to normal this week with a boxing show after six days jiven over to the bicycle pedalers. Kid Chocolate, the Cuban bon bon, and Fidel LaBarba, of California fight 15 rounds Friday for the featherweight championship of the world, or, mote correctly, that part of the world under the jurisdiction of the New York boxing commission. Chocolate established himself as in the eyes of the commis sion recentl- by defeating Lou Feld-man. Friday night's battle will markj the first time he has placed hisj championship on the line, and there; are many who'll bet you that the1 Keed will regret the move when the 15 rounds are over.

i Chocolate is no stranger to LaBarba. They have met twice before, the Cuban winning the first go, LaBarba the second. Of the two, the Call-fornian's was the most impressive. When Chocolate's arm was raised. Clark Nevers Pet.

Pit. Field generalship 100 90 Veadership 100 85 Massing 98 93 Z'ass receiving 95 90 Punting 88 95 Blocking 91 92 Running 98 95 Plunging 90 95 I.