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BROOKLYN EAGLE, MONDAY, DEC. 8, 1941 6 Poor 'Reffing' Cause Of Philly Fisticuffs St. Francis Game Illustrates Why Tempers Flare Up I oi; UcffL fjps By GEORGE E. COLEMAN New York City, with all Its hotly-contested and Important basketball battles, sees few pugnacious outbursts among the players. Yet these same cagers seldom play in Philadelphia without trading punches with some of the Quaker City's home tossers.

The most noted one was the fistic flurry during a Long Island Salle tilt a few seasons ago in which John Bromberg stuck his nose against somebody's fist. Saturday night there was one hard right thrown In St. Franclst uoneges overtime uiumpu over Vilianova. And, as on previous occasions, the fault wasn't with the players but with the officials. This is proven when New York whistle-blowers work the tough games at Convention Hall in Philadelphia and the games are orderly, while the Philadelphia referees always have the brawls.

All this is because of what the pros of yesteryear called "small town refereeing" and what some out-of-town officials think is smart refereeing, figuring that nobody but themselves knows what is going on. Piling On Shortens Tempers If the ball is under the visitors' TWO BACKS WHO KEEP THE RAM RAMBLING ALONG They're tough on pronunciation ond tougher still on the opposition, as Missouri will no doubt discover when they bump up against George Cheverko (left) ond Joe Andrejco of Fordham. Cheverko is only a soph but he has made his mark ond is counted upon to show Missouri how in the Sugar Bowl game in New Orleans New Year's Day. SPORTPOURRI By PAUL GOULD Three-Way Tie For Top Berth in Church Loop STANDING OF THE TEAMS Trinity Lutheran of Maspeth- Won Lost 1 Glendale Baptist- Ridaewood Reformed Brooklyn Home (or Children-Community Baptist Bushwlck Salvation Army South 3d St. Presbyterian Centaurs Ainslie Presbyterian-Italian Bantlit-0 The Glendale Baptists and the Ridgewood Reformed quintets moved into a triple tie with Trinity Lutheran for the lead in the Church Y.

M. C. A. Basketball league as the result of triumphs at the Eastern District Y. M.

C. A. The Baptists trounced the Ainslie Presbyterian-Italian Baptists, 44-5, while Ridgewood Reformed topped the Bushwick Salvation Army, 43-38. In other games the Brooklyn Home scored a 38-38 triumph over the Community Baptists and St. Mark's won a 26-24 decision from the Centaurs.

The scores: Glendale Baptist G. Ainsle P. -Italian B. F. P.

Hans Fraser Staab Heller Zlmmer D. Fraser Pappas Smith Johnson 0 12 Jacob 10 2 0 2 Boeckle 0 0 0 1 3 Vescuso 0 0 0 0 4 Mule 0 1 1 0 6 Pompomano 0 0 0 1 3 Cardicano 10 2 0 4 Granger 0 0 0 0 6 Dt Mllia 0 0 0 0 4 Totala alt Totals 21 2 44 Rlere Averill. Brooklyn Home O. F. Community Baptist O.

F. P. Carter Williams Copp Craig ReiniK Totals 1 4 6 Melnick 7 1 15 0 2 2 Skidopolis 0 10 5 2 12 Kammerer 0 0 0 I von Bar.en 2 2 Krauss oil 14 10 38 Kalfa 1 0 2 Totals IS 4 36 Referee Kappi. Bt. Mark'i O.

Centaurs G. P. Klausa Eylucat Stoller Bricknr Peterman Schaeffer Bleber Schneller 2 0 0 0 4 Ltchtenb'r 1 4 0 Lichtenb'r 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 2 Jaeger 3 1 4 2 0 4 Plankett 3 0 4 Whit 1 11 Deisler 0 1 1 Raab 0 0 0 Totala 10 4 24 BORO FIVES BID FOR CAGE LEAGUE LEAD B. J. C.

Eighth Ave. And B. J. C. Among Eastern Loop Victors The 92d St.

Y. M. H. A. basketball team has finally suffered it first defeat in the Eastern Jewish Center League competition with the result that Brooklyn teams today were bidding for the leadership in Division 1.

To the Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst, team of the year last season, fell the honor last night of upsetting the uptowners after they had won three straight. J. C. H. scored by 43-41 on the loser's floor after holding a 26-16 lead at the half.

B. J. C. Out In lront Eighth A.cnue Temple, like J. C.

also scored Its second win in three starts in Division 1 by routing Boro Park Y. M. H. 56-27, at Eighth Avenue, while the Brooklyn Jewish Center and Hebrew Educational Society teams were busy repelling uptown invaders. Playing at home, Brooklyn Jewish Center overcame the Bronx Y.

M. H. A', on the B. J. C.

court, 36-26, in an exciting Division 1 game, while H. E. S. overcame Washington Heights on the former' pine wood, 44-34, in Division 2. The Brooklyn Jewish Center Juniors accounted for their seventh successive victory by halting the Brooklyn Eagles, 23-21.

Williamsburgh Y. M. H. A. fell short of matching goals with Harlem Hebrew Institute and fell by 43-42 at the former's gym.

In the preliminary game the Williamsburg Juniors swamped under Pride of Judea by the Mammoth score of 117-11. The scores: a. j. c. h.

92d St. T. A. o. r.

r. a. r. r. Hirachmaa 2 1 Landau 0 4 1 i 2 4 1 9 4 12 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 Kottler 2 4 Strulowltl Brooks Carpian Freres Alperln Landau Totals 0 0 0 Kapnick 1 1 3 Horowlta 5 15 Broder 4 0 8 Engelbach 3 2 Werner Lerner 16 11 43 Alpenn Totals IS 41 Officials Raupptus and Newblatt.

Eifrhth Ave. Temple Boro Park G. F. G. r.

P. Levine Raphael Levine Goldstein Seltell Kessler Miller Lelderman Totala 1 0 2 8a yet a 1 1 3 10 2 Lense 0 0 0 1 13 Horlick 2 5 9 4 0 8 Paiessky 0 0 0 5 1 13 Omrtlltsky 0 0 0 1 3 Foiel 10 2 3 17 Grossman 0 0 0 3 0 8. Marino 2 1 Feuer 2 0 4 IS IH Weisben 0 11 Srebnlclc 10 2 Totals 9 9 27 Officials Meyers and Fox. B. J.

C. Bronx Y. M. H. A.

F. P. F. P. Smith Kantor Lozman Rosenstein Gotkin Falk Mordetsky Goldstein Bishop Brofman Winston 1 5 Rosenbaum 0 2 4 Brownsteln 4 Weiss 0 Paderovski 0 Marinaro 4 Kranla 2 Saundera 4 Blackr 4 Liggio 5 Sureck 0 Novack Totals 14 8 36 Totala 7 12 26 Officials Kennedy and Silvarman.

H. X. 8 Washintton Hits. o. p.

o. r. p. Levine Kaplan Shepsman 8epiowits Labotsky Blumenthal Feldman Drucker Ooldman 4 2 10 Kazanian 4 14 2 10 Goldstein 2 1 i 0 6 Novak 2 0 4 1 1 8 Goldstein 3 0 6 4 Hussey 0 0 0 7 Kalkut 0 Smith 1 Totala 1 1 3 10 2 14 34 Totals 18 44 Referee Eisensteln. Harlem I Wllllamsbur A bit gossip, a bit o' humor, a bit o' drama: Dropping into the office the other day was Larry Cheney, well known Dodger pitches of 20 years ago.

The talk naturally got around to the World Series and Larry remarked that he had seen but one game the one in which Whit Frame Fights It Out on Back Wall Winner of Prized Gold Racquet Outwits Three-Time U. S. Champ Donald Frame has been one of the real "triers" of squash racquets for a long while. But the highest he's reached with his equipment of not too much driving power or a supersensitive touch up front near the telltale, has been to win the Metropolitan championship. basket it is a quick whistle on all scrimmages, so that the player with the ball has no chance of wiggling out and scoring.

Under the home fives' goal the whistle is silent until long after the ball is under a heap of players. This piling on doesn't put the players on the bottom in very good humor. On Saturday John Armstrong who came through with a three-point play in the closing half minute to deadlock the game earlier broke away and was on the way to a sucker shot, with nobody within 15 feet of him but the whistle blew for a foul for a St. Francis player far in the rear of the court. This seldom happens in New York, but with the "small town refereeing." So that's why there are brawls in Philadelphia and few Philadelphia referees in the Garden.

Bussell and Dick Gray, captain of Vilianova, were ejected from the game after each shot a foul Then the referees realized that there was a new rule in the book that the subs were supposed to take the free shots and reversed their decision St. Francis netted 10 out of 11 fouls, Vilianova 12 out of 18 Long Island U. plays Lawrence Tech tonight and then Oregon in the Garden Saturday, when City College meets Oklahoma in the other contest. Teachers visits St, John's U. tomorrow Coach Frank Hill, now in his 20th season as Rutgers coach, started with a victory over Newark U.

St. Joseph's of Philadelphia was even with Rhode Island State, with 29 field goals each, but the Phila-delphians netted only four fouls to the Staters' 29 at the latter's Kings-ston (R. court Seton Hall field house at South Orange, N. seats 5,500 fans, with reserved seats at $2.20 and $1.65. All the J.20's are sold for the season The St.

John's U. Pharmacy College team had a difficult time getting started at the Brooklyn College court vs. the Brooklyn Evening cagers. They received no pre -game practice Dutchess County is all excited over Clair Bee's visit at the Wappingerj Schol for a basketball clinic session. High Winds Hit Dinghy Races on L.

I. Sound Port Washington, Dec. 8 Because of an exceptionally high wind the weekly races of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Dinghy Association were canceled yesterday. The yachtsmen hope to compete again next Sunday. The weekly Winter sailing program at the Larchmont Yacht Club was canceled yesterday for the first time this season.

The wind was blowing hard out of the northwest and the harbor was a mass of whitecaps. The Fall series will be resumed next Sunday. FORDHAM GOES BACK TO WORK TOMORROW The vacation which Fordham footballers have been enjoying since the N.Y.U. game terminates tomorrow when Coach Jimmy Crowley assembles his Sugar Bowl warriors and puts them through their paces. The Rams escaped without Injury in "The Battle of the Bronx" against their traditional rivals, and except for a few bruises here and there the squad is in excellent shape.

The practice program probaMy will call for little more than exercises to work the kinks oat. Totala 12 2 26 Referee Kappa. RIdewood Ref. 8alvatton Army O. P.

O. F. Christie 5 2 12 Schmuck 2 0 4 Dennerlein 3 0 6 Robertson 9 1 19 Heidenfelder 7 0 14 Schwanzer 2 1 5 Reusa 3 1 7 Pantella 4 0 8 Weimann 2 0 4 Hamilton 0 0 0 Kell 0 0 0 McOraw 0 11 Scauzza 0 11 Totals 20 1 43 Totala 17 4 38 Wyatt beat the Yanks. Cheney swears he thought he was watching Ed Ruelbach. the old-time Cub great, out there on the mound while Whit was working, so great was the resemblance in stance and throwing.

Cheney added he saw enough of Wyatt to be coninced he is one of the best pitchers in the business. Lo Oshins' favorite story of the late, lamented Brooklyn College football season concerns Sol Levine, the Kosher Kid. Sol was Lou's best passer but because of a recurrent lei; Injury was kept out of action most of the season and saved for the big: C. C. N.

V. clash. Dubbed the Kosher Kid because he doesn't travel Saturdays, Sol went uptown to sleep at a friend's the night before the City game, but this is the tale: Levine was a disappointment in the one game for which Oshins had carefully hoarded him (and let's hope Sol father, a devout man. doesn't get wind of this) because of a H.WIstrung muscle! One night this week ihe talk sot eround to Max Schmeling. The boys were remarking that it ouid have been better ior Max htuisplf If that bullet scratch he got in Crete had been a mortal wound.

"He's marked for all time," said the spokesman, "an exile in international sport." But one perron, whose identity we are not at liberty to disclose, uncovered a new side to the picture. Declaring that Max, like millions of other Germans, was powerless under the Nazi joke, he revealed that the Gestapo had always suspected Schmeling of not being entirely loyal to Hitler, principally because of the boxer's close associations with Americans and non-Aryan Joe Jacobs. Max's wife was practically a hostase while he was here and his hps were accordingly In addition, it is rumored that his property was taken over by the Indeed, on his tnps here from Germany he was neer permitted to take with him more 'har, a few marks. This was our informant's most astonishing averlinn: The Nazis really wanted to put Max out (if the way. They ordered him into the parachute troops, predominantly made up of youngsters iMax is going; on in the hope that he would be killed in action.

Met Junior Epee Title Won By Goldsmith Wallace Goldsmith of the New York A. C. won the metropolitan Junior epee championship at the Salle Santelli last night by beating Archie Ignatow of the home club in a fence-off, 32. Thirty-seven fencers participated in the tournament, which took the finalists through competition in the afternoon and evening. In the final round Goldsmith and Ignatow had six victories each, bringing about the fence-off.

Ralph Goldstein of Salle Santelli snared third place by the margin of a touch from a clubmate. Peter Tish-man. Each won five bouts. A. C.

C. N. Y. fencer, James Strauch, was fifth among the nine finalsist, while sixth went to Peter Costigan of St. John's.

Tough Afternoon For Celts and Hispano Booters Unable to halt the onward rush of the Brookhattans, runners-up a year ago in the American Soccer League, the St. Mary's Celtics were crushed yesterday, 52, by the present leaders at Celtic Park. The Bronx stars, who entertain national aspirations led by 31 at the half. After four minutes of play the Celtics opened the scoring as Goalie Bryndza pulled the ball over the line trying to save a header by Nanoski. From then on the Brookhattans took command.

Duke Nan-oiki scored twice for the borough booters. Meanwhile, at Starlight Park, the Brooklyn Hispanos battled to a scoreless tie with the New York Americans, second in the championship race. In the National League Bigelow Sanford holds the lead, with Electrical Workers in second place, Prague third and Swedish fourth. At Metropolitan Oval the German-Hungarians and Eintrach tied at 11 in their National Challenge Cup competition. At half time the German-Hungarians led by 1 0.

Fernandez scored for the Hungarians, Meither for Eintreacht. Other results: MANHATTAN- LEAGUE Huhland Prk 3. Spartans Falcons 4. Peru 2: Chileans 8, Hunaarians Seward 3 Simplex 0. METROPOLITAN LEAGUE Brom A 4 Rd.

2: Bay Rldtt Hearts 6. Cci.iro AMunano 0. AMERICAN LEAGUE In.h-Ampricnn 1 Philadelphia Ger mans rnuaflflphla National 1. Baltl- more S. 2 Baltimore Americana 0.

Scots-Amenr an NATIONAL CHALLENGE CUP Electrical Workers 2 Npw Ynrk r. A C. Newark 3. Newark Portuguese 2. GERMAN-AMERICAN LEAGUE Premiere Division Elrabeth 1 Hobnken Pfaelier 4, Soii'h Germans 2.

A Division Hota fi fl, Tarrvtown 3. SchwaDen 2. Minerva Schleaier 0: Albany 1. Fran? Siael Order 0, Pasaaic 3, Colleae Point 0. Division Hota 4 Newark 3 Pfaelzer H.

Schwab-en 0: Schlesier 2. Minerva 1, German-Hungarians 5. Kolisman 0. NATIONAL AMATEUR CUP New World 8 c-l Koilsmaa 1. EMPIRE STATE LEA H-E Red Devils 2.

Haiikvnh Bay ftldne Arrows 2. Falcon 0: Oio 5, Nnrwrman-Americant i. Swrdnh 0: Sarta 6. Bronx Juniors bv Ridae Hearts 6 Hispanos 0. EMPIRK STATE 1.IAGIE STANDINGS W.

7 4 Bay Ride Red Devil 8ada Hatlkwoh Swedish Norwegian-Americans Bronx 1 1 1 1 0 0 Bay Rtdae Arrows. Prattle Falcon AMERICAN I.FlAt.IH STANDINGS Goils Brookhat'an 7 Y. Arm ru a ns fi Scots-Americans 7 Baltimore 5 BrooKlyn Hispano Phlia German fi 81. Mary's Ce.t- 4 Irish-Americans i Phlla. Nationals 2 Baltimore Americans 0 L.

For A'st 1 3 27 2 3 1R 38 27 16 24 32 22 IB 21 NATIONAL LHACIE STANDINGS Goals W. L. D. For A'st Bilelow Sanford 5 1 3 20 11 Electrical Workers 1 2 19 11 Prague 4 2 3 21 17 Swedish 4 2 2 25 13 Hatikvoh 3 3 1 19 13 rweglan-Amerlcans 3 5 0 18 20 Juventua 2 3 1 8 IS Gjoa 0 9 0 12 41 Seek Cage Games The Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church basketball team desires to book games with other church and club teams on a home-and-home basis In the 16 to 19 year class. Address Charles Blanck, 60 New York Ave.

in Referee BPPS. Women to Launch Indoor Swim Season Met Indoor swimming activities for women will be launched with an open A. A. U. carnival next Sunday under the auspices of the Women's Swimming Association.

All the stars who won the national indoor team championship for the W. S. A. last Spring, comprising Gloria Cal- len, Helene Rains, Marilyn Sahner, Lorraine Fischer, Mildred O'Don-nell and Rozanne Hamilton, will be on hand. Keep pace with up-to-the-mlnnte Dorts news by reading Harold Parrott's dally column "Both Sides.

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P. Karpowich 2 0 4 Chalfon 10 2 Krux 6 3 15 Greenberg 0 0 0 Birr 10 2 Starr 10 2 Gross 0 1 1 Roberta 113 Olnsbert 10 2 Gold 0 11 A Fisher 1 0 2 Herman 8 4 20 8 Fisher 0 3 3 Kane Sill Sokol 2 3 7 Waxman 10 2 Weiss 2 3 7 Zackman 0 11 Total! 15 13 41 Totalt IT 42 At least this was so up to yes terday until, at the Rockaway Hunting Club, he beat the three-time national champion, Germain G. Glidden in the final of the Gold Racquet invitation Frame beat Glidden after first trimming the present national titleholdcr. young Charles Brinton, In straight games the 6emi-finals. Winning the Gold Racquet Is a real high.

Even though the tournament is an invitation, the field included all the class of the country with the exception of Hunter Lott, who's in the Army at Fort Bragg, and the former national champion, Willing Patterson. Glidden Off to Fast Start Frame won by thwarting Glid-den's attempt to fijfht out the battle up an area in which the three-time national champion and twice Gold Racquet winner is Glidden has the quickness of a cat, a deft touch and most times a mask ovr that southpaw game of his. Give him control of the game and about the beet the other fellow can get is a strained back. Frame, it seemed, was to be a speedy victim of Glidden's tactics as uiidden won the first game, 1513. Frame got a swell start in the hard-hitting beginning of the second game and kept on hammer ing to win it, 158.

But, after staging a great uphill fight in the third, he softened his tactics and lost it 1315. When they came back after the five-minut rest. Frame took up his battle to force the southpaw back into the corners. And as long as he stuck to this pattern, he held command. But every once in a while the desire to sneak in a soft nick would pop up and almost invariably Glidden beat him to It.

But Frame did get one soft shot across, a neat nick with which he won the concluding point to this fourth game. The final game was nip and tuck. Frame got out in front, 13 11, but couldn't hold It. However, when the set of five extra points started, Frame went right out in front and when Glidden began his comeback Frame beat him with a passing shot down the right wall. It was a good show, this finale, and so many spectators shoe-horned in so tightly it's a wonder a can opener wasn't needed to pry 'em out.

Everything was simpler when the crowd shifted to the spa cious doubles court to watch J. B. Maguire and Lee Norris get only one point in the first game against Cliff Sutter and Beekman pool, yet pull the match out in the five tortuous games. TROST. Invited to Refs' Fete Officials from Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington, D.

Maryland and Maine are being invited to attend the annual social event of the Referees and Judges Association on the eve of Lincoln's Birthday at the Hotel Edison, announces President Jim Crowley, Whitlow Wyatt Max Schmeling This was the tipoff Max. a great rational figure, had for two years been a lowly private and when he was wounded in Crete (instead of being killed, as they had hoped) he became quite a problem. Because of the teriffic publicity all over the world, started by an erroneous Australian report that Schmeling had been killed, the army had to cover its true intentions and promote him from his lowly position. But even when promoted, he was made only a a rank slightly higher than a corporal. If the Nazis, concluded our informant, had had the slightest regard for Schmeling, he would have long ago been a Captain or Major or staff attache.

Gene Tunney, it was noted, has the rank of Lieutenant Commander in our own Navy. There was talk among the billiard gentry about building an arena in New York large enough to accommodate the world's cue championship instead of carting it off to Philly each year. Well, Pop Knick erbocker really has something to be ashamed of. Detroit's Board of Education is planning to erect a stadium on a 3c-acre lot to seat 40.000 schoolboy fans while as far away from home as India there's a bailiwick that houses 10,000 fans for badminton! SPORTPOURRI appears Monday, Wrdnf-dav ond Friday. St.

Augustine's Cagers Stop St. Peter and Paul Foui irrn players jaw action as Ail? overcame St. Peter and Paul. 39 to 25, la.st night on the formers pinewood. The count a the half stood at 23 to 13, In favor of the winners.

Another airichf game took place in attraction in which he Xatif-r Club overcame a 21-18 dr urit at i-f half to conquer the Brook Ivn Ix.tprs. 45-42. The scores: Ph.lade.i Ootthnffrr Pchec man Torantl Lautman Rosenberg Wolf Goldman Jewels 3 6 1 1 0 4 1 6 1 0 12 0 0 1 1 9 lenstem 2 5 Fr to 2 lOSc i sirtl 2 0 2 Go. 4 2 Kir Vtiner 6 Andf-nn 0 Totals 16 fi a STORE P.Y THIRD-' i.adelph. i Rnrree Begovich Xavi'r 18 37 14 7-6 22- Brooklyn Didpers Conrors 10 2 Delaney 2 1 1 5 Mnnre 4 2 10 Parpaa il'a 1 0 2 Ryan 111 3 11 2 6 1 13 1 1 J-t4P "tJRKB s.

JEWELS WAKE UP JUST ONE POINT TOO LATE Thcrp were 14 minutes to' play when thp Jewels woke up las: night at Prospect Hall, bin by then it was too late too late by just our point. The Jewels bowed to thp Philadelphia Hebrews. 38-37. as the American Professional Basketball League season got under way in the borough. The Sphas had run up a 33-15 lead but the Jewels, with a magnificent spurt, tallied 21 points to their rivals' three and took the lead.

37-36, on Ace Goldstein's foul. In the last 45 seconds Irv Torgoff. former L. I. U.

star, let fly a Ions shot to win the game. The Jewels missed eolden opportunities early in the contest when they failed to make seven out of their first eight Murphy 4 uooi.uair foul chances. Max Kinsbruner 2 Reed the home team took scoring honors Johnson 1 i Total. COAST'S ANSWER TO BLUE DEVILS Dulse has famed backfield, it's true, but Oregon State boosts of four ball-toters who also know their woy around the gridiron. Tea m't hopes in Rosa Bowl gams New Year's Day consist of Peter.

Dethman, Durdan and Shelton (left to right). fown 4S with 12 points. I.