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mm. MXCSAHS pla Army Sticks By Its Guns In Football Feud With Navy Over Service Game II IKZZC w- Indians May Release Him Signing of Howard Shank as of the Tribe Indicate That Sherrod Smith May Be Let Out Bobby Rebuked In Class For Emphasis on Golf SOLDIERS RECALL ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF ANNUAL CONTEST PIRATES HOLD COUGARS EVEN IN OVERTIME 11 1 BOXERS TO AID CHARITY FUND HERE TONIGHT i Hill and Garcia Feature Good-fellows' Christmas Show at New Olympla. Major General Winani Resurrect Fundamental Principles of Sport and Bases Stand on Them. Thiesen called on th class to name subjects for 600-word essays en which each member "was Informed." Bobby thought a while and than beaded his paper "How to Play Golf." The teacher adjusted his spectacles ami glanced once at It. Thea he drew a red pencil and wrote across it: "This is a subject which would require volumes.

Take something else." Bobby now explains: "I tried to think of something I knew something about, and I eouldn't think of anything but golf." He Claims Game Was Conceived as Body Builder and Length of Service Should Not Hinder Program. BY WESTBROOK PEGLER, Special to frs Press ud Chirwo Tribune. NEW YORK, Dec. 18. Major-General Winans, the commandant of the United States Military academy, ii unconventional in hi disregard for the ulei of intercollegiate football competition, but he has rescued the fundamental purpose of the game at time when this purpose was missing and believed to be dead.

The only reason why the general's ideas on the subject sound outlandish just now is that the purpose of football was lost to view so long Rice aoro that everyone else had torgotten what tt looked like. As 1 recol VA I -v Atlanta, Dec. 18. (A. It now develops thst Bobby Jones one was rebuked by his high school English teacher for planning to write an essay on golf.

Th atory came out at a dinner party at which Bobby and his former preceptor. Jack Thlesen. were guests. Together, they recalled the incident and chuckled over it. It happened when Bobby was a sophomore at technical high school here some years ago, and at a time when his star in the golf firmament was just beginning to glimmer, following a victory In the first Georgia amateur championship.

A Christmas Wish. To you, my friend, as Christmas Bears, This simple wish I bring-That as you follow out the years You'll know the joy of spring. I wish you no soft road to wealth. As you stake out your claim; Instead, I load you up with health, With grit and steady aim. giv you one more autumn day Before the final call, A crimson sky wher youth holds sway at Ere dusk begins to fall.

A spinning punt to waiting arms, A halfback dancing by, An April day, with all Its charms, A cloud-fleck'd summer I'd have you meet Hard Luck and Gloom, Where fog and mists are blown, Beyond the brlnlt where roses bloom And scejited fields are known. I'd have you mak the perfect throw. To lift the winning team. But only when you'd learn to know That gameflah swim upstream. And last of all, for you to keep.

As darkness blurs the game. The code to smile, and not to weep, At vagaries of fame. To know that far beyond the prise A greater thrill will wait For those who know no alibis And make the best of fate. HOWARD A. HERTT.

The Fan Angle. The football fan may he more feverish in his ecstatic moments than th baseball fan, but be isn't as steady on the Job. A letter has Just come In from a baseball fan at least 1,200 mtles removed from either the New York Yankees or the Philadelphia Athletics. His letter is replete with imposing statistics showing why the Athletics will beat out the Yankees next season, In spite of their It-game handicap last fall. Much of the statistical dope has to do with the pitching.

He shows how the Athletics, with a strong pitching staff that went bloole, for tome reason finished with an aver- NATIONAL LEAGUE. niVIRIOK. yGfantfanct Spurt in Second Period Enable Pittsburgh to Knot Count, 3-3. HAVS PLAY. IS FACTOR He Scores Twice for Detroit and Assists With Third GoaL Bf F.

J. CARVKTH. Detroit Cougars are Ion occupants of first plac In th America division of th National Hockey league race, but their margin la only one point because th Pittsburgh Pirates scared thre decided-ly scratchy goals to hold the Scarlet Shirts to a 1 to tie at Olympla last night In a gam that went the overtime limit. Throughout the contest, the Cougars outplayed the Yellow Jackets by a wide margin but failure to clear two rebounds, and a scramble in front of the net, provided three goals for th invaders to balanc th three counters registered by Detroit, two of which were results of excellent hockey. Plttseorga Scores Talated.

Two beautiful goals by Georr Hay and another by titan Browa were tallies In any league, but th three that Pittsburgh scored were tainted. McCurry aot the first on when be shoved the rubber Into th twine from a scramble in front of the Detroit net with three Cougars hanging onto him. Burke got th next one when he batted in a re bound and Milks tallied In similar fashion to knot the count. Brown goal came after th Cougars cut loose wth a smart piece of team play, with Brown on the receiving end of a pass from Hay. The former Ranger skated right In on Worters, pulled him out of position and slid the rubber Into a gaping hole.

Hay's first goal was scored after McCurry had knotted the count In the Second period and It followed a lone rush winding up at the goal mouth, with Hay tricking Worters out of position. Bay's Play Stands Out. Hay made it to 1 for Detroit 10 minutes later when he repeated Continued on Page 17. I THE PETERSON CIGAR CO. 4771 Dubois Detroit, Mich.

VeryFine Cigar' ROSEN, FIRPO ARE BACK Rival Bantamweights- Renew Feud in Semi-final That Overshadows Main Bout Beferees, ushers, attendants and even the voluble announcer will donate their services gratis tonight when the Goodfellows' Christmas fund boxing show will staged at Olympla, and perhaps if it were not against the religion of boxen and their philanthropic managers, the masseurs of ears, eyes, proboscldes and abdomens also would work without pay. But the boxers will prove that money is not everything to them by paying the general admission prtca and even after they hav taken out most of the receipts, the Christmas fund should be swelled materially for efforts. HUI, Graeia la Mala Boat. Johnny Hill, the Filipino Junior lightweight, who has been causing quite a stir in flstle circles for the past year, and Bobby Gracia, the Baltimore veteran, figure in the main event, but this on is pushed out of the limelight to soma extent by th seml-flnal, which brings together Pete Firpo and Clarence Kosen. Detroit bantamweight rivals, for the fourth time.

Hill's record, compiled In little more than a year, would indicate that the brown-skinned youngster Is quite a boxer. He is only 22 years old and has been Identified with the ring for less than two years, but In his first year In the business he figured In 12 bouts, winning four of them via knockouts, three on decision, lost one In 10 rounds to oey Sangor and the others war no-dectsion affairs. Flroo, Rosea An Magnets. Garcia has been going along for the past six years and has mingled with many of the best In the business. Me is not as good as be has been but won the majority of his bouts last year, scoring two knockouts at the expense of Phil Verdi and Jose Lomlmrdo.

Although Hill and Garcia aT better known throughout the country than either Firpo or Kosen, It will be the Detroit kids who will be the magnet tonight. It is difficult to figure how it can be anything but a hard fight, desplt the fact that they have boxed three times previously. Rosen always pleases the crowd, whether he be winning or losing. He fights flghu all th time and gives everything has. His oourage never has been questioned and few little fellows fiave taken the punishment he has absorbed during the pnst four years, end he does a lot of punching oa his own account.

Fernandes Boxes Charle. Non who watched Firpo box Rosen at the Moose some weeks ago will deny that th little Rumanian is a better boy today than he was two years ago, and he was good enough to score a string of knockouts as long as your arm. Firpo has developed a left hand that gave Rosea more trouble than his right. He strong, tough, willing, a good puncher and will the favorite to whip Rosen tonight. la-naclo Fernandes, another Fili pino, and Oaston Charles, the French reatnerweignt who wnippeu Micaey Goldberg at th las Olympla show, will provide the entertainment in the eight-round main preliminary.

Feryamiex, like Hill, has made quite a rcord for himself recently, but will find Charles a clever boxer, a fair puncher and a fast moving target. Goldberg, who did not look any. thing like th Goldberg of a year ago when he was losing to Charles, gets another chance In one of the preliminaries when he boxes Davey Abad, th Panama featherweight who boxed Jo Lucas at th Moos two weeks ago. Bobby Brown end Dick Cvans, a pair of mlddlewelghts, are the principals in the opening bout SCHAEFlRSEEKS COCHRAN'S TITLE Championship 18.2 Balkline Match 'Opens Tonight. New York, Dec 18 (A.

For the second time within a year, Welker Cochran, world's 112 balk-line billiard champion, this week Is called upon to defend the title he won at Washington last December. Having successfully hurdled the challenge of Eric Hagenlacher, German star, In a match at Chicago some months ago, Cochran now finds youthful Jake Schaefer, former titleholder 'and aon of the "old wizard' of the same name, contesting his claim to supremacy. The opening block of 300 points, of the 1.500 point match, will be played at the Pennsylvania hotel here tomorrow night. Blocks of 80( points each will follow on Tuesday afternoon and night and Wednesday afternoon and night. Iowa Is next in the path of Pittsburgh, the Hawkeyes being hosts to the Panthers Monday night Ohio State meets 1'ltt later, giving th Kasterners an opportunity to clean up half of the Big Ten.

The opening of double headers was the past week's Big Ten feature. Indiana's reserve won from Wabash, but the Illinois reserves dropped their contest to Bradley by one point JS to 24. After on non-conference setback. Minnesota came through with a victory, over North Dakota last nlht iZ to The Illinois game was the flnst workout under (Ire for the Illini before their long trip to Seattle, starting Wednesday. They plav three aines Christmas week with the University of Washington In dedication of th latter'! new H00.0U9 geld OP OA Pts.

Detroit 7 6 I in S4 1 N. T. I IT IS Hoston 4 4 22 17 14 XI Pittsburgh 0 SI lect the scenario. Rip Van Winkle's coat tails when Kip reappeared in bery, and there will be some old who will not recognize it, either, In his correspondence on the subject of the Army-Navy eligibility dispute, the general makes the point that the West Point cadets play football for the good of their physical get-up, and don't play foot-bail unless they are regular students in good standing at a school where the curriculum is so hard that it breaks a large percentage of the appointees. I'afamlllar Milk Madera Tree.

The general itemi unfamiliar and unconcerted with all the resounding rule and amendments which the civilian schools, ven the bent of them, have found It necessary 10 adopt from tlma to time over a period of SO years, to restrain themselves from taking unfair advantage over their opponents. He assume that the Army' opponents will glv the Army credit for running1 an educational resort, not a mere athletic club, and ha give them credit for the same sincerity of purpose, wherein, perhaps, he trusts too much In some cases. Anar Haa Advaatag. In the present dispute with the Navy, the general might remark that hU school didn't ask the Navy to exclude all midshipmen who have played three years of varsity foot-bail. It Is a rood thin to hav the Coatlaned mm Pare IT.

FOR HIS CHRISTMAS Sheep pelt lined corduroy coats of blue or brown with big beaverized collar are a good reason why it's easy to find something for a man's Christmas at Clayton's $1185 Four Pockets Two Muff Style Practical 6-Icb Length Cape Suede Windbreikers 1371 and $10.13 to 25 Leather Coats, $11.83 to $42.30 Lumberjacks, $4.83 to $10 ton's MICHIGAN AT SHELBY Ditrott't LaTgat Exclmrvt Men's and Appartl Store M0M A. lay sa a 2fi. did ag that usually wins a pennant He goes on to show how th Yankee veterans will crack up next season aa Grove, Rommel and other Ath-lette stars hit their stride again. His figures show where the Athletics will win at least 100 games, where the Yankees will finish with something like SI victories. He doesn't believe that Ruth and Gehrig, together, will again strike off anything like 100 home runs.

The Yankee margin last fall was around 18 games. Tet the far-away fanatic may be entirely correct. It doesn't sound reasonable, but queerer things have happened. The Wandering Pro. The wandering professional golfer is swinging into his own at last.

He can start for California and find big money waiting If he wins. There are tournaments through December leading on to the big Los Angeles open, where $10,000 or more is at stake. After finishing the rich California schedule, he can tour Texas and other western states, with more gold in his path. Or he can start south and find rich rewards In Florida and across at Nassau. There will be well over $100,000 In prise money offered the wandering pros this winter, where the golf rewards are the fairest of the lot.

There are no guarantees offered, no expense money put up. The golfer has to earn his money by winning or by finishing near the top. It Is the big gamble of professional sport. Nothing is guaranteed except the payment for victory. A long winter Jaunt may easily cost him $1,500 or $2,000, with nothing coming In.

He can't cash In on his reputation In advance. He can only cash in on his play. The Real Adventure. The golf pro faces almost the only real adventur left in professional sport. i The ball player and the boxer and most of the others either get a salary or an advance guarantee.

Whether the performance Is good or bad. the money comes just the same. They know where they stand financially before they start. But in golf they pay their own expenses to California or Texas or Florida, at.d the cash goes to the winner. And often enough as much as $1,000 hangs upon a single putt.

Last spring. In the South, open at Atlanta, Johnny Farrell and John Golden suddenly discovered ovsr waiting on the uncertain outcome pf one lone putt. Ther Is more romance and adventure left In a test of this sort than anything els sport can show. The pro golfer knows in advance that he can't stall or loaf and still collect. It would be a great thing If every competitor In professional sport knew the same thing.

(Copyright. 1HS7. Sew York Tribune, inc.) Page Favors Two Elevens At Indiana Hootier Coach Opens Negotiations for Double Header With Illinois, Oct 20. Bloomlngton. Dec (A.

Pat Page, head football coach at Indiana university, went on record here last night as favoring double header football games for th Hoosiers next season. Page announced that plans were being made for a double header with th University of Illinois ou October 20, each team having a game at home. Page declared there would be little difference In the caliber of the two teams used by each school. Neither Illinois nor Indiana developed any outstanding stars, according to Page, but centered on a group of players. The dual gam idea is valuable In that It makes for greater numbers participating in louroaii, aeciarea rage.

It was also announced that two games would be played here1 on the opening day of the season. Wabash- will plsy the first team and Lombard of Galesbtirg, 111., will play the Indiana reserves. AMERICAlAGAIN TRIP BLACK HAWKS, New York Wins, 2-0, Takes Third Place. New York, Dec. 18.

(A.P.) The New York Americans went Into third place in the International group of the National Hockey league tonight when they scored their sec-ond victory of th season over the Chicago Blsck Hawks by goals to 0. Afler a scoreless opening period, Eddie Bouchard netted the first counter for the Americans in the middle session on a pass from Joe Simpson. Norman Himes scored the goal In the third period. The Americans drew eight of 11 penalties handed ont. Simpson end Hlms both received head Injuries and retired temporarily for treatment.

dog took a startled munch at his Tarrytown alter 20 years in the shrub friends of this fundamental purpose having lost sight of it so long since. There a new crop of round-heel heavyweights hibernating In and around Detroit, and if Harry liar rla, who aaw them first, and ia endeavoring- to tot the durability of the ring of the Falrvlew Athletic club, has any luck he might develop another Chevalier. Manello or Ferocious Tiger Clem. Most of the trouble experienced by Harris Is in getting the bite fellows Into the ring before they fall down. Altogether too often their round heels tip them over before they leave the dressing room.

But 8am Harris, Harry's twin brother, concocted the Idea of putting the heavies In a straight Jacket for the trip from th dressing room to th ring, and let matters take their course thereafter. Besides the shower bath that Harry vouchsafes will be Installed before the building where the club holds the shows falls down, the club should provide Itself with a staff of hard-boiled attendants for the heavyweights here now. Soon as one. or If two flop together, the strong-armed gang could haul them right out of the way of the Incoming pair that might, with alight provocation, trip over them and stay down. Since Jo Burke decided to leave these parts and chew renin In lien-ver, Oskaloosa, Tallahassee and other points, th ring designers constructed them of lighter material, liut the old method muat resorted to If the Harris duo Insists on put ting: so murn pressure pn them.

Fans are clamoring: for a return match between Jimmy Paeco and Sid Barbarian, the whirling dervishes. It ien't that they can fight so much as the kick they put Into their work. There Is a humorous as well as a serious side to boxing or both Sacco and Barbarian could tjuit any time. If they didn't look Ilk a couple of windmill In a cross wind on ths occasion of their reappearance in Olympla Gene Ttinney didn't get a long count In Chicago. "Silent Mike" Me.Vulty.

ex-St. Paul nui-a unvt-r, ana Alexander aesar Werbe, who remembers when Fouler winner rougiu Hilly papke mid for got to duck, renew their feud with the bantamweights, Pete Firpo and Un 1 v. avuBru, ceeycvuveiy. M- night in Olympla. Santa Claus Harry Tuthlll waxed generous and called th last bout a draw when a a matter of fact Firpo won from here to China.

Mike and Alexander are church pew partners on Sundays and devote the rest of the week to Informing each other of th respect In which each holds th other. If Mike still had his old hack he would run Werbe down in the street, while the swarthy chap of Kr-metle origin ia waiting for the tim when opn season is declared on fight managers he doesn't hav regard for. Henry Smith's farm Is going- to be offered to boxers as a training tmi' ejiorny. i nasing rabbits is the ideal way of getting road work, and since the Squire of Farmington is positive of their presence, although he has no substantial proof that there are rabbits on the farm, there will be plenty of opportunity to get th desired training even If th rabbit supply Is not exhausted. It Is reported on reliable Information that th last rnhhlt which staggered around Villa Vista was seen crossing th Equator Friday night In a non-atop journey from Detroit in th record time of three weeks.

Patsy O'Tools thus far has not announced 'his Intentions to return to the ring, and Insofar as th general public Is concerned, Patsy need never come out with th horrible statement. 11 Chsrley Moore, who won th championship of Flntbush and Erie llasln on Long- Island before he became a factor In supplying material for Detroit matchmakers, says will help condition Patsy by running him ragired ths first peep he gets at the former nemesis of "Push Over" Levinsky. BOB O'FARRELL GOES UNDER KNIFE Former Card Pilot to Have i Finger Bone Removed. St. Louis, Dec.

18. Bob O'Farrell, star catcher of the BU Louis Cardinals and former pia-yer-luaiiatcbr, will undergo a minor operation here tomorrow to rernov a bone splinter from his riKht thumb. The thumb was first injured In gam with Cincinnati September when the finger was broken. It not heal properly, leaving the nrst Joint etiff. A foul tip from the bat of llughle Critz was responsible.

ll'Karnll was given a In-crense in salary when Hill Mc-Kei-hnle, who last year STveti flHsihtatit manager, was advanced to th post of non-playing manager, succeeding O'Farrell. On The Button i ArmyandNavy Break Popular On Capital Hill Prospect of No Demands for Classic Tickets Pleases Senators. Washington, Dec. 18. (A.

Few tears hav been shed on Capitol hill over the break In football relations between the army and the navy. Whatever their official views may be, many members of congress personally breathed a sigh of relief at the Immediate prospect that there wilsbe no more demands mad upon them for tickets to th annual service battle. Each fall) weeks in advance of the game, senators and house members have been harrnssed by an avalanche of requests for th4 coveted pasteboards, and quite a little of their time and that of their secretaries has been spent in ehaslng down elusive rumors that so and so might get them a ticket. Members of congress hav been allotted annually a number of the tlcketa in reoent years, and several of them hav remarked at times that one of their most difficult problems was the satisfying Of constituent demands. Frequently, senators and representatives have been forced to go to the "scalpers" market and pay as high as $20 or mor for tickets, and that In itself has not set well on the congressional disposition.

Chairman Butler, vf th house naval committee, epitomized the views of many when he (aid, in commenting on the break: "I have but on fear, they may resume them again." PHILS PURCHASE FIRST BASEMAN Philadelphia. Dec, 18. (A. William F. Baker, president of the Philadelphia Nationals, announced that had completed negotiations tor the purchas of Biii Kelley, hard hitting first baseman of the Minneapolis, American association club.

Kelley played with Newark in th International league last season. The amount involved was not announced. 1 INTERNATIONAL DIVICION. or OAPts. Canadians 10 Ottawa N.

Y. Americans. Montreal 4 Toroato 4 14 II 11 a atanlay Rralta Detroit 1. Toronto 0 (overtime). Cansdlens R.

Boston 1. Ottawa 1, Montreal a Chlcaso 4, Pittsburgh I. Sunday's Heeulta. DetrSIt Pittsburgh (overtime'. N.

Y. Americans 2, Chksgo a Taeaday'a Gaaaea. Ottawa at Boston. N. Americana at Toronto.

Pittsburgh at N. Y. Kangera CANADIAN LEAGUE. HOLLEY SPOILS WOODS' DEBUT Co-ordinated Playing Give Western Soccer Champions Victory, 5-1. Crippled All-Scots Hold Celtic Team to Another Tie Score.

BT ARTHIK SALK. Wood Hydraulic made a somewhat inauspicious debut in local soccer circles, Sunday, the newcomer to tne ranks of ths Detro Profes- slonal circuit losing to Holley Car- oureior oy tne necisive score or 5 foals to In the feature gam at ackard nark. Apart from the heavy nature of in uereat, the bout was not an unsatisractory anair. Honey being fully extended to maintain Its lead at the head of the pro league table, and but for an exceotionallv wk display nf a-oalkeenintr on the Dart or tne woods custodian, the result would nuvt) been exceedingly close. Holley Display Form.

Tiie Holley machine was mor scientific and polished in Its meth ods, soma smart combinations being seen, whereas th effort of the Hydraulic eleven were for the most part purposeless and disjointed. Plenty enthusiasm and ani. slon was displayed by th new ig- greratlon, but the lack of cohesion, combined with a poor last line of defense, tended to spoil lot ol good mlnneld play. for McClenaghan was tne only change In the western cnsmpions- lineup, and th switch proved effective. For th losers riaysion played a vigorous and ag gressiv game, and was ably part nerea by 1'aterson.

Spenc was prominent In the Intermediate line. and another ex-Cougar, Kalney, showed up well in th attack, in wnicn xakin was also conspicuous. Weak Spot IHseemabl. fioney team am not reveal outstanding pinyer. or any weak spot, and a continuance of Its present form should carry last year's national finalists a long way In th current race for th premier soc cer prixe, when called Into action late in January.

Woods had th advantage of th strong wind which swept th length of th field, and attacked from the kick-off, Boath cleverly CoBtlnoed on Pita- IT. MEMPHlSlRO WINS TRAP SHOOT TITLE Wells Given National High 'Average of .986. Dayton, Ohio, DJc. 18. (A.

Clyde Wells, of Memphis, won th national professional high average title of America for 1927 with an averatr of J. M. Robinson, statistician of the Amateur Trap Shooting association, announced today on the basis of his latest compilation or statistics. Carl Stevens. Pittsburgh, Is high average handicap professional with .8157, while Boyd Duncan, Lucy, won the professional doubles high average title with 4 2 Kohlnson said his orsranizatlon was the only one In America qualified to figure averages for both amateurs and professionals.

AMERICANS LOSE TO GERMAN SIX Berlin, Germany, Dec. Is. (API Somewhat of a surprise occurred today In th opening games of the Berlin International ice hockey tournament at the Berlin spurt palace when the Oxford university tam, composed of Canadian and American players, was defeated by the Berlin Skating club, I goals to 1. In the other International played, the Vienna Hockey club defeated Cambridge university, 1 goal to 1. OY GA Fts.

Kitchener X4 21 14 Toronto 4 I tt II Mtratrrd I i It IS I I 1 38 St It I 11 20 10 Hamilton 4 i 2 10 Nlasara I 4 4 12 10 Windsor 1 1 1 1 29 41 Tuesday's Game. Nlsfrara Fails at Detroit Pitt Panther Five Proves Nemesis of Big Ten Teams Western Conference Squads Lose Four of Twelve Practice Games and Pittsburgh Has Won Three of Them. Windsor at ixiitdon. Toronto at Kitchener. Stratford at Hamlltuu.

SILVERBERG HOPES TO BEAT AL ROOT He I Only Detroiter on Fair- view Card. i Only one Detroiter will have a place on the all-JieavyweiKht box ing card to be held by the Fair-view Athletil club, Match-maker Harris going as far as Memphis, and Jamaica, L. for material to till out the bill. in the eight-round feature bout, Al Root, of Jamaica, will trade blows with Sammy Bilverberg, of Detroit. These boys have met before, with Root the winner, but Silverberg is bent on reversing the decision this time.

They will weigh about 175 pounds. Al Anderson, Toledo, and Fred Rivers, Ford, 200-pounders, are billed to go six rounds in the seml-windup, while in the main preliminary, Joe Ralston will play a return engagement at th club when he takes on Bob Burns, of Memphis. Frisky Scull, Toledo, who fought a draw with Vie Jensen recently, will meet Johnny Smith. Mt. Clemens, for six rounds.

The curtain-rslser brings together Jack perry, Toledo, and Red O'Reilly, of Cros-well, Mich. This week's card will be held on Tuesdey instead of Monday be-caus of th Christmas benefit boxing program at th Olympla on that night, Chicago, Dec. 18 (A. Four of the 12 "practice" games in the Western Conference pre-season basketball competition ended In disaster for Big Ten squads, an unusual record. Plttsburah's invasion was responsible for three of these defeats, and Notre Dame took tiM other victory, over Iowa, On three successive nights, Pittsburgh bowled over Michigan, conference Chicago and Northwestern.

In each case the Kasterners came through with a nmh in the last few minute of I i'iy to pile up a commanding Xorfhwestern was the oniy of the three Big Ten teams to 'i an advantage over the Pan-i at the half, but that lead was euou dissipated,.