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SAX KERNAKDINO DAILY SUN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1931 University of California Favored to Win Over Georgia Tech, AERIAL ATTACK EMPHASIZED IN FINALWORKOIU You'd Get Tired of Turkey for Every Meal PAGE FOURTEEN UNITED STATES OLYMPIC TITLE IS THREATENED 5 PINCKERT GETS GRID PLAYERS' HIGHESTHONOR Star Trojan Halfback Chosen Nation's 'Most Valuable Over Schwartz, Shaver ptiMl Jfo SafesX. The: avac-maTgs waTch By HOWARD H. JONES LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25.

By popular vote of his opponents, Erny Plnckert, right halfback on the University of California team, has been named the most valuable football player in the United States. Al Crickkrs Nx.V- -c Co Ur.it ei rr? ATLANT Chris University r. C.Cf.--?. and Georsta f.v:... ended their iiizr.e i.

played here tomorrow Both squads ccr.oer.tritfi cr. forward pasir.g. and the jiyer at the top of fern; Clear, cool weather prevai'ei day and Coach Alexander cf and Coach Ingram of California expressed much iatirfaction at the prospect of a fine day tomorrow. Practice Thursday had been in a downpour of rain on fields heavy with mud. Ticket sellers predicted a sell-out which would divert a tidy sum to (Jr I I (HE- 1AM (W! TlB.fc or A VhmMCR Pacific Coast League President Predicts Prosperous Ball Year I ff-vr- i Paavo Nurmi, Phantom Finn Has Revealed One Method Which May Blast Yank's Hopes RV United Press) NEW YORK, Dec.

old experts (you can't get away from them) are already telling the world what they think will happen in the Olympic games at Los Angeles next summer. It has been freely said that the United States would retain Its team championship, although other nations are not sending over their athletes Just for the fun of it. One forecaster was roused to the height of indignation by a rumored boast on the part of Paavo Nurmi, who Is said to have announced he will break the marathon record by a half hour, and be 15 minutes ahead of the next man to finish. Finland Has 40 Entrants "Why, Finland, with all her 40 entrants, won't have a chance against us Americans," he said, as If he was prepared to go out and win every event himself if he had to. And his confidence appeared at least partially justified.

In the field events, for example, the United States will have Herman Erix, and Harlow Rothert, and Paul Jesup, This trio has been only inches away from the world's record in the 16-pound shot. The pole vaule Is, of course, in the bag for the United States, what with Fred Sturyd and Lee Barnes, both of whom have done better than 14 feet. Leomine Boyle, Ed Gordon and Dick Earner, who have bettered 25 feet in the broad Jump, should have a good chance of copping the leading places in their event. This, despite the fact that one of the members of the Japanese team went some 26 feet recently. The United States athletes, it has been said, will be far better than they were at their best last season.

High Jump Seems Safe George Spitz has done e.7 in the high jumps, and he Is only a jar out of high school. He broke the record Indoors last season, and came close to equaling Harold Osborne's outdoor record. Wykoff and Eddie Tolan should be able to take care of the 100 and 200 meter events for this country, and with Vic Williams a-nd Ben Eastman the United States Is sitting pretty In the 400 meters. Both these boys have equaled the 15-year-old record made by Ted Meredith, and that ought to be enough to scare off much of the foreign competition. In the 110 hurdles the United States boasts Percy Beard, who last year turned in a And Jack Keller and Leo Sentmen are not far behind him.

France Enters Crack Miter Iu the mile, France will he represented by Jules Ladoumegue, who recently broke Nurml's record for the mile with a 4:09 1-5, and It seems doubtful that American milers will he able to give him much trouble. But still, there are Leo Lermond, Carl Coan, Frank Crowley, and others, who are cap-sble of turning in a good mile. Many of the events seem to be a tos.s-up, but in each there Is an American who, If at top form, will have to be seriously considered by his competitors. Someone suggested that 1t was a lot of trouble to bring all those athletes over from abroad, and there didn't seem to him to be much point to it. "Oh, let them come, if they want to," was the answer.

"They've been planning on it for a long time, and it'll bo a lot of fun." asoch of TT 1' X1 "TV 'J i ii i i i i Too (' 1.1. 1 i i kV II Sift' ll.lll Dartmouth Boasted Great Football Teams During 1924-25 Yet Yale Proved Jinx Baggerly Forecasts Larger Crowds in 1932 Season By HYLAND L. BAGGERLY (President, Pacific Coast League) (Written especially for the Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25. I am optimistic concerning the 1932 baseball season on the Pacific Coast Despite the many pessimistic statements which have appeared in all parts of the country regarding the outlook for the great national pastime, I cannot see anything but success for the league over which I recently was elected, to preside.

Having followed baseball for more than a quarter of a century, and having seen the game weather all sorts of financial depressions, World wars and what nots, the tall end of the present depression should not materially affect the attendance during 1932. Football Lacks Lasting Interest Unlike football, which is a great spectacle attracting tremendous crowds for a limited period of time each year, baseball is the favorite amusement of the masses. Day after day the fans congregate to see the home team clashing with other contenders in the pennant race. If a football team has a schedule calling for more than 10 games, it is a "wonder team." Furthermore, the difference In prices charged to witness football contests is another item which should be taken into consideration in connection with the falling off in attendance throughout the country during the past football season. The Pacific Coast clubs are In sound financial condition, and with a close pennant race there Is no reason to expect anything other than a highly successful season.

The managers already have engaged high class stars from the major leagues and many deals are though I am heartily in accord with the result of the balloting I would like to have it understood that the selection is that of Pinckert's gridiron rivals and not mine. After days of study and checklne hundreds of players the field was finally narrowed down to three out standing players. They were Pinck- ert, Marchmont Schwartz of Notre Dame and Gaius Shaver of the U. S. C.

Others had high ratings but these three stood head and shoulders above thorn all in the estima tion of their foes. Fairbanks Gives Trophy Award One of these three, therefor, was to win for his university the beau tiful trophy so generously donated Dy uouglas Fairbanks, whose interest in athletics Is well known to all followers of amatetir sports. It was therefor with more than usual interest that I pitched into the task of going over the official percentages and ratings, knowing full well how highly the winner would value the award. I called in one or two friends and told thom that the field had been narrowed to Plnckert, Schwartz and Shaver. Frankly I wasn't much surprised when one of them said: "Well, that settles it; Schwartz is undoubtedly the best of the three." Schwartz had played marvelous football for Notre Dame and we of Southern California have a world of respect for him.

I knew he rated well up in all departments of the game and I wasn't surprised at the statement of my friend, who, however, was destined to be a bit surprised when we went over the official figures. Official Rating Favors Plnckert Let me explain what I mean by the official figures. Each team opposing Southern California was asked to rate the candidates according to speed, interference running, blocking, ball carrying, receiving forward passes, passing, defense against passes, defense against running attack, ability to diagnose opponents' plays, aggressiveness and kicking. In these 12 departments of play Plnckert, In competition with Schwartz and Shaver, achieved the high total of seven firsts, one second and four thirds. Shaver got three firsts, four seconds and four thirds.

Schwartz received one first, six seconds and four thirds. Here is the table: Plnckert Shaver Schwartz 91.8 94.1 94.2 Speed Interference running Blocking Ball carrying Receiving passes 97.3 92.9 93.1 92.4 93.2 93.1 90.8 92.6 90.7 90.5 93.5 93. 92.4 92.1 91.9 forward passing No Vote Defense, passes. Defence running attack Diagnosing opponents 93.1 94.8 94.11 90.T 96 3 9S.3 No Vote 93. 94.3 91.6 91.0 95.0 90.6 Aggressiveness Kicking Receiving punts No Vote 94 6 No Vote Generalship Vote 92.7 No Vote Plnckert excelled In blocking, running Interference, receiving passes and running plays, diagnosing plays and aggressiveness.

Schwartz was votfd the fastest and rated high in aggressiveness, ball carrying, passing, kicking and blocking. Shaver had an edge in ball carrying, passing and punting and was right on Schwartz's heels in the matter of speed. Those who have seen the three play will not be surprised at the vote. That Pinckert, in a position where he does very little ball carrying, should outshadow the two triple-threat stars is a tribute to the Trojan's all-around ability. Plnckert played the full 80 minutes of the three hardest games on our schedule, namely, Notre Dame, California and St.

Mary's. He wa3 not taken from a single game this year because of injury. Plnckert will receive a medallion replica of the Fairbanks trophy, the latter being held for 12 months by the school of the man winning the honor. A four time winning will make it permanent. Parents of Hawkins To Receive Apology (By United Press) LOS ANGELES, Dec.

25. Letters of apology from officials of the University of Southern California will be sent the parents of William Hawkins, substitute center who was accused of disloyalty to the Trojan football team. Hawkins was charged with planning to reveal Southern California secrets before the Notre Dame game, and he placed himself under voluntary surveillance of Trojan officials until the game was played. Although Coach Howard Jones since has declared that Hawklmi was cleared of all suspicion, the ath-leto's parents demanded something more definite In the way of an apology. Promise of officials to offer th letters of apology came after a conference attended by President Rufuj von KleinSmid, Mrs.

Thomas Finn, mother of Hawkins, and representatives of the U. S. C. board of athletic control. the home for crippled children here.

A Christmas breakfast brought the teams together, and gave the rival coaches an opportunity to un-llmber some complimentary re marks about their respective oppo- sition. "Coach Ingram has contributed the outstanding football achievement of the year," said Alexander, recalling that U. S. C. licked California 74 to 0 last year and only 6-0 this year, while Stanford's 41-0 margin was turned into a 6-0 California victory this year.

"Don't pay any attention to the gentleman on my right." Ingram replied with a sharp look over his squad of well-fed westerners. Odds on the game are against Tech and some predict a California victory by several touchdowns California will outweigh Tech about 10 pounds to the man, at 190 for the team average. The probable starting and officials: Georgia Tech Pot. California Goldsmith LE Stone Tharpe LT Mallory or Ran- some Lackey LG Carlson Neblett (c) Medanich Laws RG Sam Gill Cain RT Tozer Viereck RE Di Resta McArthur QB Smith Hart LH Schaldach Barron RH R. Gill Cherry F3 Castro Officials: Moon Ducote (Auburn), referee; Walter Powell (Wisconsin), umpire; Wilson Collins (Van- derbilt), head linesman; Frank (Army), field judge.

Major GREEN WAVE SWEEPS INTO MOUNTAIN SNOW By PAUL ZIMMERMAN (Associated Press Sporti Writer) PASADENA, Dec. 25 Tulane's football team, enjoyed a real Christmas today in the tall pines of Mt. Lowe after a hard two hour workout in the morning at Tournament park in preparation for the i University of Southern California football eleven and the Rose Tour-' nament game New Year's day. For many of the squad, it was its first opportunity to enjoy a Christ- mas in snow and they made the best of it with snow ball fights and much hilarity. The Gieen Wave wasn't given an opportunity to forget the objective of the trip, the grid classic of the year which many consider to be the game deciding the national championship.

Coach Bcrnie Eierman put the team through a snappy workout, stressing his own attack a great deal, although spending considerable time on plans designed to halt the Tiojan power thrusts which have not been stopped since Sppt. 26 when little St. Mary's turned the trick. Tem Shows Enthusiasm The team continued to show much enthusiasm as went througn the drill. Capt.

Jerry Dai-rymple is showing steady improvement and is thoroughly confident he will be able to handle his in the fashion whirh gained for him all-American honors. Dalrympl scoffs pretty much at the business of All-American and has no explanation of his ability to play great game f-xcept that he does what he cx-nsi'leis most logical and hopes for the best As Tuiane followers point out, this has been exactly the right thing to have done. The fact that the Trojan power plays run the opposite side of the line to Dalryinple means nothing to him. "Sometimes I go over to that tide of the i'ne myself." he laughed, "and I'll probably be there a lot of tlmea when Southern California packs the ball in that direction. He may not be needed.

Vernon Ilajnes, the other end. while lacking in the publicity given his tap-tain, haa many who swear by his ability to keep pace with Dalrympl. The geneial opinion from aouthern followers seems to be, however, that as the captain goes, goes the Green Wave. TROJAN8 ACCEPT HOLIDAY RESPITE I-OS ANGELES, Dec. field, where the downfall of some of the country's leading giid elevens was plotted, was empty today, a the University of Southern California football team spent Christina far from that which savors of the gam they have followed almost four months.

Cttach Howard Jones, a bit fcar- HAFEY TAKES BATTING TITLE Three Players Figure in Close Race for National League 1 93 1 Championship By DIXON STEWART (United Press Correspondent) NEW YORX Dec. 25. Charles J. (Chick) Hafey, bespectacled St. Louis Cardinals outfielder, was named today as official National leacue battine phajnnlon for 1931.

jn the closest race for honors since 1892. The official league records showed three players Hafey, First Easeman Bill Terry of the New York Giants, and First Baseman Jim Eottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals finishing less than a point apart. Hafey took top place with a percentage of .3489, with Terry second with .3486 and Bot- tomley third with .3482. Only once before, in 1892, was It necessary to carry out the percent- ae t'le leading batsmen to the iourtn figure, wnen oarence miias of the Cleveland Nationals finished first with a mark of .3351 and Dan Brouthers of Brooklyn took sec-; ond with a percentage of .3350.

Terry's supporters declared the New York first baseman should be declared official champion for the second successive year because he played in all of his team's 153 games while Hafey and Bottomley appeared in only 122 and 108 games respectively, but league officials re- fused to take any action. Terry won the 1930 championship with a mark of .401. The three leaders forged to the front late in the season, passing Chuck Klein and Virgil Davis of the Phillies who led during the greater part of the year. Klein finished fourth at .337 only one point ahead of Lefty O'Doul of Brooklyn who also made a brilliant rally after a disastrous early-eeason slump. Davis" batting fell off to .326 during the final month and he finished tenth.

Charley Grimm, Rogers Homsby and Klki Cuyler of the Chicago Cubs ranked fifth, sixth and seventh, with Ethan Allen and Chick Fullis of New York occupying the next two berths. A total of 247 players took part in championship games with 83 engaging In 75 games, 121 taking part in from 10 to 74 games, and 43 appearing in fewer than 10 games. Five players Woody English of Chicago, 156; Pie Traynor, Pittsburgh, 155; Tony Cucclnello, Cincinnati, 154, and Bill Terry, New York, 153 took part in all of their club's games. Terry and Klein finished in a tie for scoring honors with 121 runs each. Klein led in total bases on hits with 347 and in home runs with 31, while Terry collected the most three bane hits, 20.

Lloyd Waner of Pittaburgh secured the most hits, 214; the most one base hits, 172; and established a new lengue record for times at bat with 681. The former mark was 672 made by Rabbit Maranvllle with Pittsburgh in 1922. Sparky Adams of St. Louis made the most two-base hits, 46; Frankle Frisch, St. Louis, was the leader in stolen bases with 28; and Fred Maguire, Boston, had the greatest number of sacrifice hits, 3L Seventeen Nations to Compete In Lake Placid Olympic Games Entry List, Revealing 300 Athletes for Various Events, May Be Increased Hyland L.

Baggerly, president of the Pacific Coast league. pending for others, so that the fans will be Introduced during the spring months to new idols to cheer. Every team will present a stronger lineup. Night Baseball Financial Boost Night baseball, which has been a boon to the Texas and other minor leagues, has had a trial in the Pacific Coast league. It has so vastly Increased the average daily attendance that it should prove to be one of the main factors in bringing baseball back Into Its own high position in the world of sports.

Free admission of women also has had a stimulating effect. The fair sex are rabid fans. The club owners will reap rich dividends because they are now able to talk intelligently with their growing sons and husbands about the great national game. Other large entry lists are Canada 40, Germany 38, Norway 33, Sweden 21, Switzerland and Poland 20 each, and Italy and Japan 16 each. With the completion of the Indoor ice arena on Jan.

10, all of Lake Placld'a Olympic facilities, costing more than $500,000, will be ready for use. The Intervals ski hill, Mt. Van Hovenberg boh run and 250 miles of cross-country ski trail already have been completed. The various nations are entered for the following events: Austria, skiing, bob sledding and figure skating; Belgium, figure skating and bob sledding; Canada, skiing, speed skating, figure skating, hockey, curling, women's speed skating, skiing and figure skating; France, skiing, figure skating and hob sledding: Germany, bob sledding, hockey and figure skating; Great Erlatin, figure skating; Italy, hob sledding and skiing; Japan, skiing, speed skating and figure Bkarlng; Hungary, figure skating; Norway, figure skating, skiing and speed skating; Poland, hockey, skiing and figure skating: Rumania, bob sledding; Sweden, skiing, speed skating and figure skating; Switzerland, bob sledding and skiing; United States, skiing, speed skating, figure skating, hockey, boh sledding, sled dog racing, curling and women's speed skating. running mate and a Hash on cleats, Swede had pigskin tossing down to a line are.

After Oberlander's tosses and the rushes of Lane, Tuliy and Henry Sage, another fast end, had taken the ball deep into scoring territory, dependable Hooger Horton could punch through the line for the score. Directing this superb attack was Bob MacPhail, a fine Quarterback who had the knack of nearly always sensing the right time for the right I play. Boasted Fast, I Charaina Line Eetween the fleet Tully and Sage crouched a strong, fast chargine nne wim captain farker, a tackle, as the spearhead of the attack. Davis was at center with Rubin and Diehl fianking him. Hardy was the other tackle.

This line had a reputation to live up and it did. Giaduation had cost Dartmouth the mizhty Hank Ejorkman of the year re, but the 1925 line made New Hampshire grid fans forget that. Dartmouth was so good that no toam really put It to the utmost test. All game were won by at least two touchdowns! Huge Margins In Early Game Noi-wlch fell first, 59-0. Hobart was crushed, 34-0.

Vermont proved a 50-0 holiday. Maine suffered a smashing 5ft-0 verdict, Harvard fought desperately against the superb Indian attack. two n.r did garner nine points, Coach Jess Hawley's Dartmouth machine mashed Harvard hopes beneath an incredible 32-9 score. Brown put up the best battle, but It was far from good enough. Blocked punts proved the downfall of the Beirs, the alert Indians re-covflng and fashioning a 14-0 victory.

Cornell found holes in the Indian line and shot through two touchdowns, but this only enraged Dartmouth to the team's greatest scoring effort. Lashing back, the Indians rolled up a tornado of touch downs to win the game, 62-13! Six of Oberlander's passes went for touchdowns! Oberlander's Passing Feature Chicago, Dartmouth's one mid-western foe, closed the season. In this game Oberlander rose to heroic heights as a passing star. Four time he deftly flipped the oval free of frantic, clutching Chicago hands, the diving into the arms of Dartmouth receivers who promptly raced for touchdowns. The which prides itself on the superb of its teams, stared aghast.

IThe final score was Dartmouth, 33 jf Chicago, T. I i I DARTMOUTH, TULLY PARKER DIEHL DAVIS RUEIX HARDY SAGE MacPHAIL OEERLAXDEP. LANE HOP.TON 1925 End Tackle Guard Center Guard Tackle End Quarter Half Half Half Dartmouth college, New Hampshire's football pride, has produced so many fine football teams that it is a dtfficult job selecting Dartmouth's best. Two stand out, the 1924 and 1925 elevens. Both unbeaten, but the '24 eleven ran afoul of the Indiar.y' Yale jinx and had to be content with a 14-14 tie with the Elis.

That Yale jinx is the one Tno'e in Dartmouth football Th have yet to the Blue in the Yale bowl. Th'-y within an a'e of licking the Eli a "eason or so aco, but an ill-starred pes the game ended was intercepted by Booth, who ran for the toii'-h-do-vn that changed th score and irave Yale the game. 1924 Eleven Undefeated me io team cia not piay Yale, And it won all its games, giving it an edge over the 1924 eleven and the 1919 team which boasted such stars ss Swede Youngstrom, Jack inow uanmoii'ns roaeni. Bill Cunningham and Gus Ronnen- berg (now a heavyweight wrestler). Dartmouth in '19 lost only to Erown, to 8, et the season's end.

Ober lander, nicknamed Swede, was the bright, particular s'ar of the unbeaten 1925 In iians. He was a i'reat passer. 'hen Half- ba'-k Oberlander thew that leather egg it was almost sure to find a1 haven in the aims of Geotge Tully, I end, or Myles Lane, Oberlander's ful of overwoik, gave the Trojans a holiday, but hopes to settle down again tomorrow to determined toll in pieparation for the southern threat of Tuiane in the Rose Tournament game at Pasadena New Year's day. The Trojan stamping grounds will be very active again tomorrow, however, as Southern California renews preparation to turn back the invasion from the South, and will continue to be the site of secret workouts until Wednesday of next week. Coach Jones feels that he can work better with his team at Bo-vard field, and with more seclusion than at Pasadena, and proposes to keep the men of Troy there until a day or so before the conflict.

I WEST TO DRILL ON AIR OFFENSE (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 25. Straight football In the annual Shrine East-West game here New Year's day was predicted by football followers, after coaches of both teams admitted there was little possibility of grooming the squads for intricate plays. Observers also hinted they expected the West team, outweighed on the line, to flash an aerial attack. The Easterns, with their strong line, and Bill Morton of Dartmouth considered a3 the major threat, are expected to perfect line smash plays for their offense.

Christmas day meant little to the players, outside of the turkey dinner, as the continued rainy weather has prevented much practice. So far, both East and West teams have done limbering exercises most of the time. Clearing weather, promised by the weather bureau, however, led coaches to hope they will be able to put In six days of intensive practice before the game. While no lineups have been officially offered by the coaches, sports followers predict that Bud Toscanl St. Mary's backfleld ace, or Mason of Southern Methocfist university, arc slated to star for the West team.

The possibility that the game may resolve itself into a punting duel, if weather conditions bring a sloppy field for the game, was seen when coaches of both teams indicated they were well satisfied with the kicking talent on the rcsrjectl' squads. (By United Press) LAKE PLACID, N. Y- Deo. nations, represented by 300 athletes, will compete in the third Olympic winter games to be held Feb. 4-13, it was announced today following the closing of the national entry list.

The list of athletes may be Increased materially later, as Individual entries do not close until Jan. 21. The winter sports champions and star performers of Europe and North America will participate in the Lake Placid games, although in some instances economic conditions abroad have served to cut down the size of competing teams. Each participating nation, however, is sending its outstanding athletes. United States Team Largest Nations entered include Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Rumania, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.

The United States has the largest team with 70 atheltes to compete In the five major sports on the Olympic program skiing, speed skating, figure skating, hockey and bob sledding. The American team also will take part in the demonstrations of sled dog racing, curling and women's speed skating A..