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SPORTS FINANCE Year. Wednesday, January 6, 1937 Free Press Want Ads Bring Best Results 106th IWings Two Quick Goals in Wild Rally Beat Bruins, 3-2 Dutch Clark Is Given Full Authority over Detroit Lion Grid Team Mud Bruneteau i Anglo-American Tennis Rivalry Becomes Play-for-Pay Duel and Pettinger Rescue Game Newly-Named I Coach to Sign The Second Guess Throwing Defense to the Four Winds Jack Adams Finds a New Scheme Dorais Used It Long Ago in Football By W. W. Edgar His Own Team (I i Detroit Remains in Tie with Rangers at Top of Division By Doc Hoist BOSTON. Jan.

5 -T Red Wings tonight were three minutes from third pl.n the American Oar Quarterback to Continue Career as a Player WHEN Babe Ruth quit the pitching mound back in 1919 and moved to the outfield where his batting power could be used every day, he unconsciously changed the entire structure of baseball. Division. In the nest 44 seron.is i those three minutes Coniun Tod Rockwell ,,1 (Dutch) Clark, tcrback of the De- As a member of the Red Sox pitching corps, the Babe carved nfcssional football out quite a reputation as a pitcher. signed to coach the You see, the defense was more concentrated than the offense. But the Babe changed all that.

He tore the old game apart with his powerful smashes. Teams no longer player for one run they concentrated on getting them in clusters. Folks went to the ball park to see home runs. They cared little any longer for defensive baseball. They wanted scoring and became disciples of offense.

As a result the old game of baseball passed. No longer did we see the sacrifice, the hit-and-run and the stolen base. They became lost arts. There was no percentage in trying to steal a base if the batter at the plate was liable to bang out a home run. So, the runners simply hugged their stations waiting for the big blow.

Games no longer were l-to-0 and 2-to-l affairs. There was a ew remember that, for in the wake of what followed whcn he became a member of the New York Yankees the i enthusiastically Tuesday by team- UllH. the successor to .,..,.,.) Clark, who re- i i to become the head 1 Brooklvn Dodgers. I signed as i. -( the team for which for five years fol-( -ence with George Bambino al 1 5 'i 0 1' I IP A I ways will be remembered for his ability to golf the ball out of the park.

4 i mi'nw, ai tl-p Dutchmans salary of his contract was Until Ruth Pettinger and Mud Bruneteau delivered tan goals t'nnt Sent the Wings ro il ing on to NV.v Yoi with a triumph an. I still in a tie with the for the American Division It one of the must hi lih.ir.t. last-minute fmi.vh- that the Boston Bruins hmi encountered th.s season. Three minutes before the game was to end there wasn't a soul among the 15,000 pa per-throwing, lusty lunged timing of Boston Brum partisans who had the slightest vision of defeat. The score was 2 to 1 in Boston's favor and there was no indication that it would be anything else.

The Boston club playing at top speed had stopped brilliant early Detroit rushes with one exception. A goul by Syd Howe in the first period had been the lone Brum lapse. ietliffes Diet Worki In the meantime that, great young Boston line of Bill Cowley. Ray Otliffe and Charlie Sands had been going to town. A threat, to everyone all season, the Cowley line's play tonight was no exception.

Their grand play delivered first a goal by Cowley and then another by young Cet-liffe, the man who has become a sensation since he went on a trick diet sent to him a month sauntered into the outfield in change that permitted plenty of scoring. And the man responsible for the trend from defense to of Bulc Ruth Makes Announcement nf the signing of in the following from the Yankee cast, baseball was a scientific game in which pitcher's battles were the case sident: It Lions football club I fense was none other than George Herman Ruth, the big fellow who will take, a place in history as one of the biggest drawing cards in sports. rather than the exception, tow games were decided by margins of more than one or two runs. Offensive Trend Reaches to Other Sports A Ruth was driving out his thrilling circuit smashes lounce the appointed (Dutch) Clark as player for the sea-Potsy Clark's Jan. 1.

It was not nit to sign Dutch break for the club and It was a chance 1 nmed. Dutch has well as played for the to Detroit and ii admitted by both writers the country the outstanding player subsided as soon as a goal was scored. The fortunate team would drop back on the defense to protect the goal. As a result the games became drab and uninter- he did more than change the structure of baseball. He made the Nation offensive minded in other sports, too.

Football fans, for instance, didn't thrill any longer to goal itsiiiik tiL jutiiv. iium me nidioi- point of the American fan who is a stickler for offensive action. I That's the reason the Red Wings are one of the most popular teams Atsociated Prrtt Wirrphoto playing in the less colorful but more lucrative surroundings of indoor arenas and armories. They begin their 1937 tour tonight in Madison Square Garden. ago by an adoring aunt near London.

Ont a diet that reduced his weight from to ISO to make him a flash of lightning on the ice. A dozen times that crowd nf 15,000 had seen Marty Barry. Herliie Lewis and Larry Anne foiled in great rushes on Thompson. Fred Perry (left), formerly of England, and Ellsworth Vines, three-time American champion, were rivals on the courts of Wimbledon and Forest Hills five years ago. Now both are professionals, Kravq line sunns.

They wanted 1 action. And so the offense was given more lati- assured that Dutch ins new duties with best ni.i full co-operation and i. of all the members of tude. The later Perry to Buck in the club's officers, and 1 of directors. will assume complete al pass came into being and the football scores mounted.

The next target was professional hockey tely in all respects 1 gning of new play' in the National League. Most of their games are played on this side of the border and genial Jack Adams, their strategist, was quick to note that defensive hockey had no place in the American scheme of things. So he became a pioneer in bringing about offensive hockey, more commonly known as "wide open" hockey. To bring this about and stress it at all times, Genial Jack has adopted an old American trick. He applied it last Sunday night before he sent the Wings out to engage the Toronto Maple Leafs.

"Play as if the score was tied and you needed a goal badly," he Rangers Rout Americans, 5-1 Keep Pace with Wings by Easy Victory A dozen times the Pettinger line and the trio of Wally Kilrea, Hee Kilrea and Johnny Sorrell had pushed their way toward Goalie Tiny Thompson with what might have been goals, but nothing happened. After Otliffe had given the Bruins their 2-to-l lead, the Boston club continued to click through the rest of the second period and the first 17 minutes of the final period. Then came the shock that kept the if great Importance ii a large number of the Odds in Debut Vines Overwhelming Favorite Tonight NEW YORK. Jan. 5 (A.

I I been graduated into the sport im- 1," Wis A from I lions in business, ii lioose Own Stuff Canada. Across border rl a. realizes that Dutch is fans liniins in third place and the Wing.i Dave Egan Signs Up for New Gloves Title He Won Lightweight Crown in His First Year, So He's Trying Welters Now By Charles P. Ward It happened in the office of Charles A. Brennan, secretary of the Michigan A.

A. and the time was last year. A sturdy, quiet young man was standing in front of Mr. Brennan's desk. Beside him was his equally sturdy father.

Mr. Brennan was filling out the youngster's entry for the Free Press Golden Cloves tournament. "The name?" he inquired. "Egan," replied the youngster, "Dave Epan." Mr. Brennan asked his weight, age, height and other important details and duly marked them down on the entry form.

"Have you ever fought in open amateur competition?" he then asked. it!) a task of great propor Another underdog "who hasn't got at Jack Adarnn Btm thrill to the top of the league. the sight of a strong defense and warned his players, "and go out nhnilding the team and it that task. Dutch will taff of assistants at a low-scoring game. But over and get that gnnl right away." here that is not enough to excite The Wings did just that.

From of the next season. the interest. Americans want scor the time of the fust face-off until the final s)ren they were attacking, trying li get goals, and they had tle fans on their seats shouting encouragement. ing at least they want offense at a high peak. It used to be the case when two strong teams met that the action Three Minutes to flo Three minutes to go.

The spectators were buttoning their overcoats and shifting in their seats, awaiting the gong that would land their club in second place for the first time this season. The gong came but not that long-sought second-place victory. Instead, as the clock showed lens than three minutes to go, Manager Jnek Adams on the Bed Wing bench im morrow night. If you thought Joe Louis was a favorite to beat Max Hchiueling, all you need do is eavesdrop on the tennis experts to find out that Ellsworth Vines is unbeatable, that Fred Perry won't have a chance when they face each other across the net in Madison Square Garden. It's the Louis-Schmeling pre-fight ballyhoo set up all over again, but this time the experts can lean on records of tradition Dorais Solved Puzzle Years Ago "No," replied Egan.

patiently shoved Syd Howe. Pettinger, Marty Harry, Hee Kilrea Aiming High and past-performances to support and Ebbie Goodfellow out on the their unanimity of opinion. form ice for the long gamble, a five-man ADAMS' scheme, while new to hockey, is only a counterpart of a system Gus Dorais has been using for years with his football teams at the University of Detroit. One of the shrewdest of all coaches, Dorais learned long ago the best method of spurring his NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (A.P.l Outclassing their opponents from start to finish the New York Rangers trounced the New York Americans, 7-1, before 13,611 fans here tonight.

The one-sided triumph enabled the Rangers to remain in a tie with the Detroit Red Wings for leadership of the American section of the National Hockey League. The Rangers set a high-scoring mark for the season by their spectacular sharpshooting. It was also the most convincing victory any team has registered to date. The veteran Frankie Boucher and the youthful defenseman Babe Pratt started the winners off on the road to success by scoring in the opening frame. Alex Shibicky, kill wingman added a brace of markers in the second session before Dede Klein registered the Americans' solitary counter.

Ott Heller, Phil Watson and Neil Col-ville tallied in the last frame as the disorganized Amerks fought vainly to reduce the Rangers large margin. It was the fourth match of the intra-city series with the Rangers now holding a 3-1 edge. The game lacked the rough play of previous clashes between the teams. Little Roy Worters, American goalkeeper, suffered a leg injury in the last period which handi Calling the players Into a huddle around him in the dressing room, he remarked, "There's one thing I want you to remember. You arc the underdogs today.

They say you'll lose by two touchdowns. So, when the opening whistle blows I want you to feel that you are two touchdowns behind. And you can't win unless you score three. "Go out there and get those two back just as soon as possible. Then you can make a game of it." It was the first time I ever had usually prevails in tennis.

Before Perry abdicated as king of the world's amateurs two months ago to make professional tour which might net him around $75,000, he anil Vines had met five times. Four decisions went attack. Ten seconds later, in 17 47 of the period to be exact, Barry carried the puck across the blue line, dodged the Boston defense and lashed a wicked shot at the superb Thompson. Thomnson fell teams into "Then." said Mr. Brennan helpfully, "I'll put you in the novice class.

You're eligible to compete as a novice." 'No Egan'g a But then Egan the elder, who had remained silent up to now, stepped closer to the Brennan desk. "What's that I hear you saying?" he asked. "You're going to make my Dave a novice? Humph! No Egan ever was a novice at anything and least of all at fighting. Put him down in the open class! That's where he belongs. He doesn't want to go around picking on poor novices." at present Is vacationing Angeles with Mrs.

Clark rvieved the boys from Washington as well as the ho competed in the East- 1 i to praising Dutch the club wishes to 'it that he always has had i 'n to coach a properly i team and has had coach-' in arp. having coached at Ui School of Mines one has no interest in a 'i'-y with Potsy Clark. It I '-rilled him the best of i i if his success as coach of Kiyn team. nh. less.

the club wishes to I'' Potsy expressed a de- i three-year contract. The any agreement be-" vi, ir. As a result he did his contract. Asser-'' 'i the club did not fulfill 1 to him are erroneous, "'s books and its contracts of record. The con-" legally drawn and the were witnessed.

There nr.fultilled promises. I I.ions Football Club, A. president." 'he day the coach-'f the captain and quar- i to 18 Column 4 launch ing a to the rangy 'alilornian. The lnft to make a great save but iiiLii ii'iiuiu, 1H.UH.V mi the lanky Pettinger. his eight- I i i I i toe stitch bandage dressing: flashing heard a coach speak like that to court ui ruii.i ml nine oeri toe boundir.L'' Ilnton was onlv a noinr strong off en-sive.

The Ti- tans, year after year, are listed with the offen- sive teams and it of them it often has been said "Whether they I or two awav from victory. 1 19 Column vines ma'ic nis proiessional debut, a few days shy of three years ago, losing to the then i Gee Paces U. of M. "Yes," said Dave, "put me in the open class. I'll take care of his men, so 1 was interested- in watching the developments.

The Titans, on this particular day against Villanova, took the opening kickoff and in less than six minutes of play had scored two touchdowns. Few teams ever have launched so devastating an attack. It crushed Villanova hopes before the game had proceeded very far and the Titan3 had little trouble winning. whirlwind Bill Tilden in straight sets. Perry immediately succeed- i ed him as king of the simon-pures in Beating Butler win or lose, they give you a good show." I recall a visit to the Detroit dressing So Dave Egan was put down ini the open class and the novices received a break.

Dave not onlyj blasted some of his most highly; rated opponents out of the com-; petition" but he became a scourge! Wolverines Rally to Win, 36 to 27 capped him considerably AMKKH'ANS KAMiKKK It was just additional proof kprr I milter Worli'rt shirl'N Milrr.i Anilrn.fi Kinmi Klrln H. I. I. (. R.

V. W. room several Dorais years ago immediately preceding a big game. There was doubt in the minds of the fans at the starting whistle, whether the Titans would be able to match power with their rivals. But Dorais soon removed all doubt.

And here's how he did it. IMIr UlMn hrelinc MiinltH-h that a strong offense is the best defense a theory that has come to the fore in American sports since Babe Ruth deserted the pitcher's mound for the batters' box and began banging out home runs. Hockey Mitblrkr, ffntturr Mmrfs 1'rntt. UION AI, DAVE MIAN I.KAC.l and, except for a setback due to an injury in the finals of the 13:15 American championship, he ruled supreme for three years. During that interval Vines and Perry played many informal matches and the American always maintained a marked superiority.

Both have improved tremendously in the past three years, but it doesn't seem that Perry has caught up with the ijemessis of his amateur days. That accounts for the feeling shared by experts that Vines will win tomorrow night, in four sets or perhaps three. Playing conditions, a canvas covering over concrete, artificial lighting and smoke that might affect his breathing, may retard Perry some. Vines is accustomed to indoor competition on virtually i' a-c Turn to I'nje 18 Column 8 KM DIVISION I. c.

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PI. 'fi en i 3 of the lightweight division. Came Along Fast He not only won the lightweight championship of the Detroit tournament but he almost won the lightweight championship of the Tournament of Champions at Chicago. He went to the semifinal round this event before losing a close decision. He came along fast in the last round of the fight and had his opponent almost out when the final bell rang.

This outcome was a disappointment to the Egans, both father and son, and to their supporters at the Chrysler A. A. But the Egans were not downcast. Phase Turn to rape 18 Column I I I I III (Hiv .1 11 lMlll T(iN I. i as a 4 DIVISION mi i ii it in Worters May Be Out for Year NEW YORK, Jan.

5--fA. Worters, veteran goalie, probably will be lost to the New York Americans for the remainder of the season as the result of an injury suffered in tonight's game with the Rangers. Worters was hurt in the third period when he fell. Examination indicated he had suffered a rupture and an operation would be necessary. Manager Red Dutton said he would try to secure the services of the veteran Lome Chabot.

III 1.1 Cardinals List 9 Games WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (A. A nine-game 1M7 football schedule, with one date yet to he filled, was announced for Catholic University today by Coach Arthur J. Bergman. INDI ANATOLI. Jan.

5 -i A. Led by John Gee. towering center, who hit five field go i's and a free throw, the University of Michigan quintet, pulled away in the fci ond haif to defeat Butler University's basketball team. "4 to 27. here tonight before approximately 5.000 spectators.

Both teams exhibited ragged playing i'i the first half, five minutes elapsing before Herman Pi.sh-man, diminutive Wolverine guard, scoie-l from under the basket. Then Michigan jumped into a five-point lead, but Butler rallied to go ahead temporarily. The Wolverines found the hoop again an i held a ll-to-10 margin at th half. Th" Wolverines improved after the intermission and went IS to 12. A Butler spurt made the count 22 to 20.

but at point Gee got under way. Ha hit three one-handed shots in a row. and his team gradually pulled away as the game ended. The defeat was Butler's sixth 1 1 a Hi-llrr. Tiimn rf Rion Holler 1 -Kmierr, aUnn Konltrrl.

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ii a 4 11 MIWS HK.SI I TS IMltlltflU 1. Amp oi huh I. "0 K-IIW'S I.AMKS 1 'I I tin tn. 'Spider' Nugent Twice Sold Outfielder George Davis to Giants IIl VT ION AL-AMERICAN "IMFRN DIVISION I- ISA As soon as Fullis got into a $125,000 and players Mark Koenig, 1 1 a in st i'i lWKKN DIVISION already made the sale. He would to the Phillies, who sold to have been lucky to get a good the Giants for $75,000 and four finger mitt for Hurst on the mar-jbaU pUvors Vucent sent Pinkev Whitney "As soon as a player is sold to t.r i ill a 1 1 and Hal Lee to Boston for S50, 000 Philadelphia," reasons Cy Peter- i i Harvey Hendrick and -Ted Klein-hans in November, 1933.

On May 21. 1936. he got Klein back along with some $25,000 in cash, and Fabian Kowalik, a young pitcher of promise, for Pitcher Curt Davis. You couldn't blame the Cubs if they locked and bolted the door on "Spider" Nugent and his agents. and two players.

Wes Schulmerich man. the baseball scribe who rates; out of seven starts. in Rl TI MR Mil Hit. AN 1. i r.f I i.r wait too long.

Baseball books are jammed with classic deals engineered by "Spider" Nugent, who long ago showed the smart magnates, including foxy Clark Griffith, of Washington, something new by selling the snme ball player twice for a good chunk of dough to the same club. Outfielder George Davis gave Nugent, who gets slick advice from his clever wife, one of his biggest chances. The Phillies bought Davis from St. Paul in 1931 but sold him Hfter the 1932 season to the New-York Giants for $30,000 and Out- and Fritz Knothe. but he got Whit-1 tne eigntn wonder or me ney back for Mickey Hasan, now i world, "he makes up his mind to with the Giants.

one thing: To get out of Philadel-I One of the big reasons for Nil-1 phia. So, he gets a good season By Paul Mickelson NEW YORK. Jan. 5 (A. "Won't you come into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly.

The fly said. "Not today, thanks," which proves he's a right smart guy smarter than a flock of baseball magnates who year after year stroll into the parlor of the slickest "spider" in the National League. Gerald Nugent, owner of the down but never out Philadelphia Phillies, is one of the most popular, likeable and honorable men in hasehnll. A natient man, too, is -II. I UAMKS Philly uniform, he went like a house afire.

The St. Louis Cardinals became interested in Davis, meanwhile, and got him for George Watkins. then a holdout, in a swap with the Giants. Then the Cards turned around and swapped Davis to the Phillies for Fullis. So, in time.

Nugent turned right around and again sold Davis to the Giants for $'J0 ooo in cash and Pitcher Joe Bowman. Even the Giants were dizzy after that tailspin. It had cost them $50,000 and two players for Davis. Chuck Klein was another Nugent masterpiece In Ivory. He sold I IVo.

1 Bitf ln t.ii itwml.r llrr'. I I tn i 'l I'ro. 1,1,,,,,. 1 I Ir-it'liitifl. oTeagck For in 1934 they made, perhaps, gent's surprising success that and Nugent gets a good price for Iowdvihim.

Then he hits another III i II II II 1'. II 1 I tntl weft i inkier i the all-time ton baseball deal bv club owners regard the and r. I. (r i pi. giving the Cubs Don Hurst, then Phillies as harmless.

When they comes back to I hilly. pl broken-down ball nlaver. for I want to ship a plaver away where I starts all over again. It's a slicl- I I let in II. Infill 1.

IlinlK ii.iir I I svstem Adolph Camilli. who turned out to he can't huit them with a come be one of the prize first basemen 1 back, they send him to 'Philly. Won't von come into mv par- r.iisml. a nliikp in IK 1.1 in the game. Nugent can get The Pirates got in an argument lor sum me sipiurr.

I'lOnnil. Mr. Nugent, who knows that all fielder Chick Fullis who hit niKvora eome for the Giants in ol but only .298 shout the baseball 'H. ij:" pood niece of chance for Camilli! with Dick Bartell over an expense "And how I oirare 1 In-' T-- I ittif Ml i Frcie 1 1 iiitiMnrtpLiiift i Klein to the Cubs for from the Gianta, and some say he's account and practically gave him magnates. to him who waits if he doesnTJin Imlliam.

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