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Sports News Features and Classified WASHINGTON, D. C„ FEBRUARY THURSDAY, 17, 1938. PAGE C-l Columbus 7- Year Unbeaten Ring Record Menaced by Appalachian ose or CAPITAL COLLEGES BY ST. IN’S SUB Knickerbocker Is Luckiest Ball Player. COURTUNDERDOGS Cards Host to Barnes' , Pitt, Terps "Punishment" Is Job With Yanks. Birch’s Long Shot Tells in Cards and Wilson on Road. Fight Coast Guards in 25-22 Thriller—Eastern By FRANCIS E. STAN. C. U. Drops Trip Opener. Meets PRACTICING the art of Saturday. gentle hypocrisy baseball still leads all the rest. Routs G. W. High. So far this winter Infielder Bill has Maryland Winner. its opponent is bring- ^Knickerbocker figured twice in the news. he REFEREE’S ruling of a double four Golden Gloves cham- First, returned his unsigned contract to the St. Louis Browns ing IN dribble and Luck's smile two District college fives and a few Lady pions of North Carolina and appended strong words of protest to the front office. see action on a courtman who apparently tonight, and both BECAUSEas many Colum- “He wants to be traded.” sniffed Mr. are to runners-up, Donald Barnes, who sits In the A had blown the chance for his sure be under dogs on bus University's 7-year undefeat- big swivel chair at Sportsman's Park. that’s us. are ONLYout-of-town floors. “Well, okay with We always team to win, probably the only two ed boxing record will be in to Up in New York Catholic U.’s Car- jeop- try please our ball players. If Knickerbocker will only tell us what minor reasons why Gonzaga's basket ball ardy tomorrow when its match dinals are night, he team is not hailed as the expected to provide little * league club wants to join we’ll be glad to trade him.” being today with Appalachian State Teachers’ more than a workout for Island’s In no burst of only scholastic five to defeat St. John’s Long a full week originality the ball player replied by saying that he College opens end of col- already this Blackbirds, while Wilson Teachers will belonged to a minor club and year. lege boxing in the District. league what could he lose. A deep silence fol- be on the short end as they invade lowed. The Johnnies still rule the roost, but Tomorrow's bouts, at Turner’s Then, the other day, Barnes struck. For punishment Shortstop Knick- the University of Maryland's gym. their 25-22 victory over their tradi- Arena, appear a fitting send-off for erbocker was dispatched to the Yankees in trade for Infielder Don C. U. opened its brief road trip last Heffner and tional rival at Catholic last the two of action, which will be University night when it was nights a fellow named Cash. Needless to add, Knickerbocker was routed, 65-43, by taken aback. night stands as the schoolboy thriller completed on Saturday when Catholic John Marshall of New Jersey. It was Now Bill leads the 1938 luckiest ball player derby. From the of the to the 1.500 frenzied fans University’s ringmen entertain the hopeless year the second time this year the Jersey Browns he goes to the Yankees, who to win their third who saw it. highly rated Pitt maulers and Mary- ought straight pennant five had whipped the Cards. this That land faces the Coast Gi^rd Acad- year. means that Knick will collect an extra $6,000 for his share of Two substitutes, one on each team, emy in the wind-up of the last twin the World Series spoils. Still unsigned at the time of the trade, Knickerbocker were responsible for the wild finish to Maryland Wins Close One. bill of a see-saw featured the year at College Park. probably will get a rffise in salary, too. Most club owners like to start a new ball game by Gongaza’s evening was not a total loss for Columbus has a record of 21 vic- ascent to hitherto unattained heights ,J'HE player that way. local courtmen, however, as Mary- tories and 2 draws since * this season. Francis a Gon- starting box- Smith, land pulled a 43-42 thriller out of the ing in 1931, but one of the teams zaga reserve, be the first appeared Jo bag to whip Washington College at to tie the Explorers is none other than Knick May Even Crash Line-up. hero when he sank a foul shot in the Chestertown. tomorrow moments of to his night's foe. The draw What the .Yankees want with Knickerbocker has been left unsaid. Col. ebbing play give Eddie Johnson was Maryland's hero, came last year, when team a 22-21 lead. Appalachian Jake Ruppert may be wanting to plug his brew in the I as, with his team on the short end of a and Columbus public prints. mean, broke even, 4-4. 40-39 score and less than three min- it isn’t an important deal. Or the Yankees may want to use Knickerbocker Birch's Shot Tells. utes to play, he sank his sixth and sev- Teachers Beaten in another trade. haven’t said. by Duke. They enth for DUT at this Albert a goals the winning poifits But the chances are that Knickerbocker was point, Birch, beaten early, in the obtained for protection in Maryland had held a 19-18 lead at y^LTHOUGH St. John’s sub, capitalized on a season by Duke, now the infield. Tony Lazzeri is gone from second base and slated to replace him intermission. Appalachian second chance after muffing what might appears superior to the Blue Devils will be one Joe a kid from Newark. At Johnson fell two short Gordon, shortstop'Frankie Crosetti have been the crucial points. Shooting points of on scores. For last being the comparative only hit only .235 last year. Knickerbocker can play either shortstop or second from mid-floor, Birch's first aim hit Terps’ high-point scorer, week Appalachian routed North Caro- which distinction went to base. He isn’t as good a fielder as Heffner, but he is stronger physically and wide of the basket, but rebounded al- Waverly lina State, 6-2, and State had run Wheeler. more powerful at bat. most directly into his hands. Without over Duke since its match Maryland GFPts. roughshod Birch let fiv and the Washington G.FPts. Heffner the break. Some of his friends are hesitating. again THEY REMINISCENCE OF BASE BALL OF YESTERYEAR. Johnson.f 7 o 14 f. with Appalachian. Tomorrow night’s gets tough trying to fool i Neubert ] 2 4 leather found the cords for a 23-22 Mrs. Mathewson widow the ! Wheeler f. 8 old Kardash f 5 0 In visitors also a Don by saying the trade is a break for him that at last he will Christy (left), of nationally famous pitcher, and Mrs. John J. Beamer.c 10 2 hold 512-3win over long play lead. Zpbrowskie 5 4 14 McGraw. widow of the noted manager of the New York Giants, recall the olden as chat Bene cher.f 1 0 2 Smith.e 5 0 10 Tennessee. regularly. What do you Heffner was about all the he days they g o suppose thinking days Gonzaga was not Headley O O Wilmot.i... 2 0 4 through, however, at St. Petersburg, Fla. Friends for more than 30 years, they are spending their annual visit to- KneDley.g .7 17 Garnett Clark, 145-pounder, is re- sat on the Yankee bench and waited for Lazzeri to fold With * up? little Crosetti and when Chip Collins capped one of Mulitz.e_1 0 2 be the class gether. —A. p. Photo. puted to of Appalachian's on one side of second base and Rookie Gordon on the the * other, Knickerbocker greatest individual performances team and his bout with Columbus’ Totals. 21 143 Totals .Is~642 of the with a probably has nearly as much chance of playing with the Yankees as Heffner year side-court shot, the Officials—Messrs. Menton and J. En- promising Bert Perodi is expected to be right. has with the Browns. And if he doesn’t crash the so what? He still Purple appeared "in.” Here it was i the feature of the evening. Clark line-up, New Knee Brace j that Lady Luck again smiled on the took every one of his Golden Gloves can count on $6,000 extra in the bank. Cards Slow to Start. Johnnies, for the referee ruled that? 1 bouts a wide and unde- For that kind of a lot of will be to sit in the shade by margin is money people willing Collins had to Aid Gridmen FASIEST U. COULD not score the and SEASON’S double-drippled nul- during feated in two seasons of collegiate a w'ater cooler the hot of a summer afternoon. by during part lified the two points. first 13 minutes of its with competition. Wyo., Feb. 17 VP).— game Jim Giebels last of 13 points J^ARAMIE, John Marshall and collected only three Catholic University's ringmen will Walker, who watches Picture of Man.” clinched the verdict as the whistle George goals during the first half, which ended face in Pitt a team which has won Baseball’s “Forgotten sounded. over the athletic equipment at IN at 28-14. The Cards kept pace with three of four matches. A of RELAYTUSSLE The Panthers picture Schoolboy Rowe, clad in hunting clothes, surrounded by three St. Johns. G F.Pts. Gonzaga. their hosts for 12 minutes of the sec- both West G.FPts.