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Georgetown Lineup Will Include Nine Who Opposed U. of D. Here a Year Ago 1 -aw Kk fA Cu2ATE5T NEWSPAPER 99th Year, DETROIT. MICHIGAN 1 i-v ruilK 27, 1020 PART TWO Simrall NamedMichigan Grid Captain Cougars Are Beaten In Overtime, 4-3 I YOUTHFUL BACK 1 ilFINNIGAN GETS Good Coach Jack Sutherland FOUR TITANS SAW SERVICE' IN SAME FRAY IS MADE PILOT BY LETTER MEN World's Largest Fighter Primo Camera, of Italy, Weighs 283 Pounds JLS Before WINNING GOAL FOR SENATORS 1 tf- Pittsburgh team deserves ninking with Notre Itame for national championship and Sutherland wasn't a drawback. BY HARRY BULLION.

-r OTHING has been quite Squad's Iron Man Expected To Prove Himself Capable Leader. Only Brazil, Vachon, Lardner li disconcerting to promoters Back-hand Shot From 15 Feet Out Beats Dobon and Decides Issue. and O'Halloran Remain for This Game. of boxing as the seeming general reluctance of the people to patronize their shows LETTERS GIVEN TO 22 with the same measure of abandon that marked their enthusiasm no more than a couple of years ago TOPPERS ARE STRONG ADAMS' TEAM IS BETTER Captain Truskowski and His There is no doubt that the gentlemen who erected Immense stadia gl i to rare lor those sportively bent would accept the favors of fistic Their Sturdy Defense Demands lowers with the same eclat that Mates Get Awards for Their Play. BY CHARLES BANG.

Ann Arbor. Nov. Harriann have been accustomed to in i past, but to be enthusiastically Detroit Present Better Attack. When Georgetown university Dctroiters Play With Much Dash and Hustle Ottawa All the Way. BY F.

J. CARVETH. Ottawa Senator Invaded Detroit for the second time In "Jim" Simrall, of Lexington, has been chosen by his Wolverine mates to lead them into their 1930 takes the field Saturday afternoon to oppose the University of Detroit, gridiron wars. Ducky," as he is known to his night and the result was the same. The Bather Poles kent thir mates, has a retrospect of what occurred last fall Is bound to be uppermost In the minds of nine of the players on the Hilltopper aggregation.

clean by whipping the Cougars after receptive of the public's favors the promoters must have, first of all, a public. The general let-down Is not, due to lack of material for, the trade or any noticeable In its quality below what it has been since Gene Tunney retired and Jack Cempsey turned Impressario and referee so much as to depleted finances of those who are extremely essential to the traffic at the box c'tire. No business is a good business if tr.ere are no BOXING must undergo a complete program of re-adjustment before it can reach a With the exception of two men, Georgetown will place exactly the same team upon the gridiron which been the varsity quarterback for two years now, and is as popular as any man on the squad. He Is an indefatig-a 1 worker and has sufficient Ore to make him a capable leader, He was chosen at a meeting of the letter men 11 A went down to defeat by a 33-13 score last fall. Gehringer, end, and Bordeau, fullback, are the players whose determination must add tn r.

1 1 u.i overtime period, 4-3, In a game that was hard fought from the first to the last It was a heart breaking game for the Cougars to lose. They were down two goals at one stage of the third period but came back tr knot the count after making a great uphill fight In which they outplayed the Senators by a wide margin, but it had to be the easiest goal of the night that skidded home to send the Detroit entry down to its fourth defeat of the season. Flnnlgun'a Ooal Win. Frank Finnlgan, sorrel-thatched right winger of the Senators, lifted home the goal that gave the team from the Canadian ranltxl vMnrv tho incentive of those who faced the 5rt unocaten Titans of 1928. settled condition.

Since the golden era of Jack Dempsey's regime the platform upon which the game On the other hand. Detroit Jinn only four veterans. Brazil. Vachon. siruggieo.

nas oeen uncertain and Lardner and O' Halloran remember only too well tho driving power of under the stress of present circum. SIMRALL. stances it's wobbling badly to seek ine easterners wno fouaht their In" JY us proper level. way to two touchdowns in the first half after Tom Connell, former Titan captain, had run the onenlni? iu uo more 10 me point, promoters must pursue policies of re- afternoon just before the annual football banquet and his election was announced to the team at the banquet by Coach Kipke. Small But Durable.

Simrall Is a comnaratlvelv amnii l.i-l.-m that will bring the icmf Kicitou oacn iro yaras lor a tourh- pastime back to a basis considered aown. Make Great Comeback. OLYMPIA BOUT sane or surfer deficits, and they won't do that Million dollar purses are things of the past and exhor- man, weigmng oniy ivj pounds and standing 5 feet 10 inches above the Afraid of the Irish'? buch a brilliant opening would be enough to unnerve the majority JACK'S BENEFIT after four minutes of play In the over-time session, a shot levelled rrom 20 feet outside that completely fooled Dolly Dolsen In the Detroit goal. Despite the fact that the game was hard fought and the going strenuous from the first period on only four penalties were called by the officials, which probably is something of a record for modern professional hockey. All of the tickets were Issued for minor Infractions of the playing code.

In defeat the Cougars looked much better than thev oi iooioau teams out Georgetown showed Its mettle, demonstrated that a spark of fire can grow into a flame, and battered Detroit Into Army ain't So, Says FAILS TO DRAW RIVALS READY Lomski and Belanger Near Peak of Condition for Bout Friday Night. mtant prices for tickets that made these gates possible will be only a memory. Only the general backward trend of interest is responsible for the existing conditions. Having reached its extreme peak, a slump was inevitable. Still while the pro-muters were, to all intents and purposes, blind to the real situation ine public's attitude assured them that the turn in the road had been reached.

Dempsey's Show to Aid Chi ground. Ho Is hard as nails and many a time has thwarted the attempts of opposing teams to lav Notre Dame Is the Favorite to Win, But West Point Cadets Have Lots of Confidence in Their Team. a demoralized foe. However, there was no doubt In the minds of those who watched the fray that Detroit had the better team. The second half of the game removed all doubt.

Georgetown fought and fought fiercely to no avail. Detroit scored 27 points in the final two periods with a consistency which would not be halted. Regardless of the outcome, the Hlll- Mm low through sheer nhvaleul cago Orphans Attracts Only Small Crowd. strength. other time this season.

They fought back hard all the way, not once conceding an" inch to the talented puck chasers Lalonde Is handling at the too Dace, hut aroin West Point. N. Y. Tlnv oaa Aberdeen Pole Floors Sparring His appearance Is deceiving for i looks to be unable to absorb iMlYVITT.V. rlrllno- The Army football team aa it goes about its preparations for the JI popularity, which was di- toppers gave everything they had even a slight amount of punishment, but throughout the 1929 sea ami no team coum nave oone more Partner in Training Both Down to Weight.

Leo Lomski and Charlie Belane-er foolish to show any lack of respect for Notre Dame. Rockne has a far better team than he had 'last year. We have had our disappointments this season but winning this game would cause us to forget a lot of them. We have Improved as we have gone along and on the whole ra" Sal tending by Alex Coa-nell that at times was uncanny. Has a Big Nlsht The slim guardian nf h.

game witn Dame, In the Yankee stadium Saturday, has at least one thing in common with its fa son he probably took more hard knocks than any other Wolverine for the simple reason that his was in tne race or certain defeat. TW ins Not as Strong. Les Marriner and George Hoffman Battle 10 Rounds With Honors Even. Chicago, Nov. 28.

(A.P.) There mous rival. Notre Dame is undefeated, untied and unafraid. Army following that worshipped at the shrine of Jack Dempsey, the whole fabric of fistiana became infixed to the point of distortion and It was only natural that disaster lurkecfr tawa meshes plaved another nt hi. Admittedly the Titans are not as will wind up their hard training today for their return bout uia nirncuic tasK of running back opposition punts, with very little if strong as they were last fall. On great games, and when he is on, there are none better, rvinn.n the other hand Georgetown has in.

won't be much of a Santa riauu just about everything known totha ia uiuy unairaia. it. nas Dcen defeated by Yale and Illinois and tied by Harvard. The corps of cadets, the real West Point, likes its football straiu-ht Olympla Friday night. The two light heavyweights are in splendid shape for the battle we are in good shape." The coach was reminded that last year his team was the favorite and lost.

This time Notre Dame is regarded as an' odds on choice. "We would just as soon have it tho for the poor Chicago children Jack Dempsey intended feeding for Christmas from the profits of his mainess io ion wen meant scoring effects of the Cougars and he unquestionably was the through the season but the Notre single factor In the defeat of the nuy miRiierence irom his fellow men. Three and four men hit him simultaneously time and again during tfie season just closed, but never once did he stay down. And Only 19 Years Old. Simrall Is one of the youngest men ever to be honored with the captaincy of a Wolverine football team.

His birth certificate is dated 1909 which puts him somewhere in way," commented the coach. "There may be a little psychology there." Boxing's peak was reached in the Dempsey and Tunney return bout in Soldier's' field where that amaz-mgr spectacle awed the world. Up to then the big and little exponents uf Queensberry and the big and litMe sponsors of their exploits foiind ready financial support from the liberal element in sportdom. Now it is a question of, not what charity boxing show Involving heavyweights at the Coliseum tonight. A slim crowd of 3 500 with The team will eo to Friday but will onlv do lipht work uame game is different.

For the boys who wear the gray but not the gold of the football uniforms, It will be the last game of the season. Their standard bearers will invade the west to play Stanford but In that December game the team will have only the moral support of the boys left behind. In Belanger was down to 173 pounds yesterday and in such fine shape Abe Matin, decided to let him rest from boxing for a day Belanger probably will weigh in Friday afternoon about two pounds lighter than he was when he boxed Lomski two weeks ago. Belanger was Just under the light heavyweight limit, 175 pounds, the afternoon of his first fight with the creased its prestige by keeping its ceipts at $8,000, turned out to see Les Marriner. former University of Illinois collegian, and George Hoffman Of New York, former National at Travers Island.

No visit will be made to the Yankee stadium until Saturday. "We know the stadium very well," said the coach. he people will give, but how much hey will give. Conditions hardly Koai line uncrossed excepting on the one occasion when Western A. A.

U. heawwelcht rhnmninn will ro back to what they were 20 Maryland sprang an early season New York Saturday the support will Two Positions In Doubt The Armv startlnor linenn remain fight a gruelling 10-round draw. Les Marriner. laid un for flu. surprise and won, 7-0.

Since that time the Hllltoppers have met St. nrs hko, of course. Yet neither they ever reach the astounding ed in abeyance today as to two nn- months with a broken riirht hanri db vocai. No one can tell a cadet that "the Army hasn't a chance" to stop No lawis. West Virginia Weslevan.

ii i.rht? that obtained in the halcyon uuxer ana ne was heavier tWO finVd hafni, 1 had the misfortune to break it New York university. West Virginia sitions. There was no doubt, however, that the coach will send in vuuKars. Ottawa looked Just as good last night as it did a week previous when it turned back the Cougars Last night the Senators' fleet forward line of Hec Kilrea. Joe Lamb and Kinnigan again were going at top speed and tney got a lot of assistance from Len Grosvenor and old Dutch Nighbor, who was 1 In there, not so fast as In other days, hut the same constant menace Wf'th his famed poke check.

Carson Cooper appeared to have reached something like the form that made him the leading sniper of the American division last year 'Shovel Shot" bagged the first Detroit goal and assisted In making the other two and only the spectacular work of Connell prevented him from bagging at least two more. Hay, Goodfellow and Lewis were Continued on Page 21. iys or tne Manassa Mauler, Jack again in the third round tonight ana rvavy ana none of these opponents have been able to cross the Marriner showed the effects of his long idleness, but put un a cour goal line. The defensive strength of Georee. the neighborhood of 19 years of ire uame.

jumtary regulations do not permit Interviews or statements from students but looks speak louder than words at the mere suggestion that Army's chance Is "only outside." Take 'Em As They Come, CHICAGO'S new stadium waB vixioned and erected too late town Is liable to turn the tables this ageous battle, holding Hoffman fairly even until the last round when he began to tire. Marriner sustained a cut over and iimler hia the team he regards as his very best that day. The second line of defense was permitted to play half of the game against Ohio Wesleyan but next Saturday Is another day and another team. Miller and Lazar are disputing center, and Carver, Bowman and Gibner are striving mithtlv for fall and place Detroit on the short i mi in me spenaing hy the fistic public and it into the red. Stock In left eye which bothered him end or the score.

There are no Longs or Ryans In the line to open up large holes for powerful off tackle smashes. There are no Good- Madison Square garden has been 'Mtei reduced in vnlue anil it Coach "Biff" Jones does not discriminate between the two games Hoffman, bv a whirlwind flniah in Belanger Is Ileady. The Canadian champion will nd up his boxing at the Grand River Athletic club this afternoon He plans another workout there to morrow but it will include no Btrenuous work. Lomski is getting plenty of action in preparation for this fight. He has worked out at Slllman's gymnasium almost continuously since three days after he dropped a close decision to Belanger.

Ted Jackson, the Negro light heavyweight who the tenth, had Marriner in retreat age. his snowy white hair, which seems to be utterly uncontrolable, makes his appearance striking whether on the gridiron or on the streets, and when he gets running at top speed he gives the impression of a furious blizzard, hence his nickname In some quarters Is "the blonde Simrall has never taken part In athletics other than football at Michigan, devoting all of his efforts to the grid sport. For two vears remaining on tne Army schedule. nows or Phelnns to snare the ball out of the air to complete passes Continued on Fage 21. rve wie mem as mey come; we nave to," he said when asked if he an admitted fact that of shares Oiympia here do not expect a for some time.

Ii'iii) iy'a decline and final td the inroads of years vlr-'Hv p.u;tlyzed the whole boxing uir long gains. Detroit has been weak at smashing off-tackle and pass reception all season, a fact noticeable In the Titan defeat by Ore quarter. "Red" Carver, a former neighbor of Bud Prague, Army captain last year, and product of the same Dallas, Texas, high school may have a slight edge. The rest of the lineup will be that regarded as the "first" team, Captain Cagle Murrel, Glattly, Perry, Price, Hill-singer, Humber, Messinger and Carlmark. Glattly, a South Dakota boy, has been recently promoted.

He can kick as well as O'Keefe a great defensive back, Injured hi practice, Is not expected to start. i me legacy ne lert was "ii: in the nuirillstic market is tai ling its severest crimp "J- i as tne former champion of from York to box with Lomski. has proved an Ideal sparring mate. Eddie Eicher, Lomski's manager, brouifht Jackson In because I'3 boxinS style Is similar to that of Belancer. Lnms'ti BIRDS STOWS MAMMCTHf riNttr AWAMl Iht fAMUSf Wnortw at Wnivlw It HI1 E.

-lt. at Etlwti: River xl Jny an Puntiac, nxt to Courthoiue. Continued on Tage 20 and his team would rather win from Notre Dame in November mi hisMakesHim now he has done all of the blue punting, and has successfully matched boots with all of the best punters In the conference. He has never had opportunity to carry the ball to any great extent, but on those few occasions when he has had the pigskin tucked under his arm he has given a good account of himself. Does Some of Passing.

He has done some of the passing and looked particularly good in this department against Iowa In the closing game of the season last gon oiaie lasi saiuruay. Need Better Offense. Detroit will have to build up these two offensive plays this week If it expects to win. Against a strong defense wide end runs and delayed bucks are not going to win a'ball game. Georgetown is too powerful and too smart to allow the Titans to have a field day with this sort of offensive.

One thing In Detroit's favor Is the fact that the Oregon State reversal will cause the men to drop the careless attitude they have been showing since the West Virginia game. There has been a tendency One-Mile Holm dodging Jackson's blows yesterday better than at any. time since the two started working together. Lomski Floors Partner. In the third round of the workout yesterday.

Lomski ducked under a hard right hand punch swung by Jackson and then caught Jackson on the chin with a left that floored TECH FORWARD BREAKS ANKLE With practice under wav, Detroit Institute of Technology's basketball squad is minus a promising candidate for forward. Edward Adamski fractured his right ankle during an Intramural game and is out for the season, Coach Hugh McGranahan announced yesterday. Henry Dworkin, a member of the squad two years ago. and Joe Ko-walskl from St. Marv's hieh srhrin! man jstanrord in December.

The cadets, too, take them as they come but beyond question for the rank and file at West Point, the exalted and the humble, the big game of the season Is just around the corner. Captain Jones has faith In the last Army team he will coach, although he does not disguise the fact that It still has something to learn about football. Sure, They're Hopeful. "Naturally we are hopeful," said big "Biff." "but we know the rnlilior Nov. 26.

T'tny Holm, Alabama Hitll.it. It. him gained nearly a nil'e Alabama's foes this ''r l. it. st record crpdlt him itn yards this season, "niv Wr.er of Tennessee ha Saturday.

He has been an in and outer at passing the oval, one day looking like a world beater, and the next like the rankest of novices, but perhaps next season, when the passing job Is likely to fall on his frlm.i.n TIHp'i YJKY' Crimson io loosen up ana loar a bit on the part of the Individuals not directly connected with the execution of a play. This is one factor which Gus Dorais is going to stress in the practice sessions this week. Detroit game this mm. Lomski and Jackson worked four rounds together. Scotty Montieth, Olympia matchmaker, decided after watching Jackson's work In the gymnasium, to give him a chance on the supporting card for the Lom-ski-Belanber fight and he has been matched with Bert (K.

Paxton. seven i Wir leiiii. t'mr but was shoulders alone, he will develop Into a good tosser. of Orchard Lake, are among the new candidates. a rVou of our opposition and one would be Hat ma iraniA or i mil, i He has constantly been a power Continued on I'age 21.

lull i.ftener. will enter the Georgetown game with a certain determination. There will be no loafing. l'restige Is at Stake. Detroit must defeat Georgetown decisively if it expects to regain the prestige lost aeainst On-pon of Detroit, another Negro light heavyweight, for a six-round match, Friday night.

Paxton has been one of Belan-ger's sparring mates at the Grand River A. C. Four European Boats To Seek Harmsworth Detboit Leland i GOLF TOURNEY State. Detroit must play hard, driving football to come through with a victory. Detroit's success depends on its ability to stress those points which have been lacking.

Nine men on Georgetown's team have already shown the Titans what they can expect In the name 1 Betty Carstairs, Major Segrave and Two Italians Prepare to Contest International Speedboat Honors Held by Gar Wood. for Yomi Men The "Campus" 1 TOTE these distin-1 guishing points: small shape, high crown (varsity pinched), nar. row brim, snapped down in front, full curl behind; bow three-quar-ters back; comes in 5 shades of gray and tan. BAGLEY AT CASS AVENUE WILLIAM J. CHITTENDEN, Manager this Saturday.

Detroit cannot forget that first half of last year's Neither will Georgetown fail to remember the reversal suffered HAS BIG ENTRY Berkeley, Nov. 26 (A.P.)-total of ISfi contestants have signed for tho- Berkeley open golf championship. Nov. 28. 29 and 30.

Vernon Porter Peck, club manager and tournament manaeer, announced today. Most of the prominent professionals of the country, including those who competed in the rerent Hawaiian open, will plav. The Berkeley tourney will be over 72 holes, with rounds Thursday and Friday, and 36 holes in the final two periods. Such tradi-I tiona! battles are bound to react on those men who will face each other I when the opening whistle blows. New York.

Nov. 26 (A. Four European motorboat racers STe preparing to Invade the United States next year In an attempt to capture the Harmsworth trophy J. Lee Barrett, of Detroit, announced today on returning from the Brussels conference of the International Motor Yachting union, at Thanksgiving Dinner enter the race at Detroit next A i-CTist 29, 30 and September 2, Mr. Barrett said.

Two Boats for Wood, "The English, through the exploits of Segrave and their Schneider cup players, now enjoy world suoremacy in Fped on the land and in the air." he remarkel. "They are particularly to their sway and democrat" that I'ntan-nia. rules v. -Tablc d'Hotejf- country SOLDIER EOXES LYNN. Soldier Dombrowski tonight gets his chance to remain among the select fire!" of Michigan featherweights.

The 1 southpaw will box Joe I.yr.n in the bout 1) rounds at a i- unirn ne represented this and Canada. l2 A. THE PLATE In tnrr. I'on I (ml i u. Fir Henrv Segrave.

of England, holder of the world's ftriight-awav aii'omomie speed record who hn tro; 4 it .1 a TRACK DATE IS SET. Annual int'-rbranrh indoor t--ack and field meet will he hi February 7 The iv. town Y. M. C.

P. J. I.ee. metropolian director of arh! tics and flnnoefl -f-(! Six branehes will have team In the .1 liunr the in ioor 1 old-fashioned goodness served in the Main Room Noon to 9:30 p. m.

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