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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1931. W2 25 Oral Betting Again Dominates the Odds at Hialeah Park Meeting Highlights in Scholastic Sports J. MURPHY College Caricatures Harry Solmoer, Cily College '32, Keeps in Training by Playing, anil Vice Versa By N. B. BELTH Evangel Five Triumph in Class) Tilt Epiphany Quintet Moves Into Second Place Tie, I.ea St.

Paul's Pliipps Fine Substitute for Mac Jones Oplimists, With Star Missing, Again Win Over R. and I). Club Men of the Prices Will Have Just One More Season at Miami By W. C. VKEELAND To bet or not to bet.

Such will be the thoughts of the patrons of Hialeah Park, the Saratoga of the South, when that meeting opens on Jan. 15. It will be a matter of preference and selection to place a wager or stand on the sidelines and look on. And this because the wagering, as I predicted late in the fall of 1930, would be the oral betting system, which is In operation on the race tracks of the Empire State. I said at the time that Joseph E.

Widener, the moving spirit of Hialeah Park, would not countenance any subterfuge, squirm through Brooklyn Men Move Forward In Cue Series By JAMES WHEN CAPT. TOMMY RYAN of the Brooklyn Prrp football eleven chided Leo J. Crook and accused him of having a saffron streak running up and down his spine for not playing football he started something. To have his courage questioned so enraged Leo that he was among the first to make application for his gridiron armament last fall and then to make his pal swallow his words by developing Into one of the best ends In the scholastic ranks of the city. It was the first time In his four years at the Crown Heights Institution that Crook had turned out for the varsity and he was quick to fit himself for the berth in which he eventualy earned A 11 -Scholastic l.eo Crook recognition.

He did everything that a good flunk- man should do and did it well. But despite his experience, Leo has no particular love for the sport. He despises the drudgery of training. His favorite activity Is baseball, and as he hopes some day to be good enough to qualify for advancement to the major leagues he did not care to risk the chance of being permanently Injured on the gridiron. As a third baseman, a position he has manned with the Blue and White varsity for two years, Leo has few equals amont? the schoolboys.

He Is a smooth fielder, a hard hitter and a lad with a lot ot good common sense In his thinking cap. His versatility on the diamond gave the Jesuit Institution the Catholic title of Brooklyn two years ago and the same laurels, in addition to the city crown, last spring. Upon gaining possession of his diploma next month Leo will most likely hie himself away to Holy Cross College, there to Improve his education and at the same time put on the finishing touches under Jack Barry that he expects will lead to a realization of his ambition to be a candidate for Gilbert's Job on the Brooklyn Robins when that athlete has outlived his usefulness. At the present time Crook Is starring with the basketball quintet. He Is making good use of the fundamentals taught him by his famous uncle, Leo Malone, a former center of the Visitations.

This Is his second season as a regular and he Is going over bigger and better at forward, being the leading offensive ace of the quintet. Uncle Leo provided the background for Nephew Leo's career when he set up an improvised court in the boy's yard and taught him the fine points of the game, which are proving so beneficial this year with the additional knowledge he has received from Coach Shanahan. HARRY GLOTZER, former captain of the borough championship basketball quintet of a few years ago. has been named captain of the N. Y.

V. Freshman five. GloUer plays guard and has as a teammate Noah Lclbowltz. a forward, who guided the Franklin K. Lane quintet to the city title last season.

JEFFERSON RECEIVES PI.AQI'E THIRTEEN MEMBERS of the city champloashlp soccer eleven of Thomas Jefferson High School were honored yesterday at the senior assembly of the school. The Maxwell plaque, emblematic of the title, was presented Capt. Stanley Sokolofsky on behalf of the school. Couch Maurice E. Clark In for a big hand.

news of mgregor RONALD McGREOOR, ex-second baseman nf the Bryant High School baseball nine with whom he batted .525 last spring, has been signed by Chamliorsburg of the Blue Ridge League, a farm of the Hew York Yankees. Ronald will be kept under close observation and if his playing warrants it he will be given a trial by Manager Joe McCarthy. He helped Bryant win the basketball title of Queens last season and Improved his baseball technique with the Astoria Silk Sox, a semi-pro nine of Long Island City, after he graduated last June. COACH GEORGE J. KER LING of Richmond Hill High School will have eight veterans to depend upon for baseball In the rpring.

They are Larry Plcoll, first r.trlng pitcher, and his understudy, Al Goldln, who in also a soccer celebrity, Angu. Ross, catcher; Howard Lawdcr, Marlus Russo and Hnrry Klefer, Infielders, and Fred Holl and Fred Willock, outfielders. Al Miller, assistant manager In 1930, has been elevated to the post of manager and has provided a fine schedule for the Red and Gray. Central to Stape Divinj? Championship The Central Y. M.

C. A. will conduct the staging of the Junior national 10-foot diving board championship this Snturday night In its pool, Frank Plunkett announced last night. Vic Zoble, metropolitan champion Is one of the entrants in the test. 'Roguish Eye' Is Retired From Track Chicago, Jan.

7 (fl') Roguish Eye, the "almost horse" of American turf fame, has said farewell to the race tracks. Alderman (Bathhouse) John Coughlin's big horse, which for two years flashed great promise and greater disappointment, will te retired to stud on the Glen-Helen farm, near Lexington, Ky. Roguish Eye wtll be remembered, despite his many disappointments, for furnishing the turf with one of its most memorable races in the rich Futurity at Belmont in 1923. HARRY SCHNEER, City College '32. Like a lot of other City College men he never played football till he came to St.

Nicholas Heights. He was born in Brooklyn but grew up on Staten Island and can tell you all about the Stapleton pro team If you let him but even if he didn't play football he was quite an athlete in high school played basketball soccer and competed with the track and swimming teams at City College he dropped soccer and basketball and added football to the repertoire. Says he plays football to keep in training for swimming but has since discovered that Is the poorest way in the world to train for swimming but he plays football Just the same and swims too in order to keep fit for track and then he runs and Jumps puts the shot and pole-vaults to keep in training for football what he really means is that he keeps in training constantly. He is the best pillow-fighter in the football training rooms but always steps down in favor of Sum Heistein he owes him a dollar is still looking for a Job so that he may pay that debt Wears glasses and talks about his operations he is the shiftiest back on the City College football team says Coach Parker and the fastest also the most forgetful on the trip to Haver-ford College he forgot he needpd a uniform and took the field in a rigout made up of borrowed parts. He too came under the influence of MacKcnzie the cod liver oil king and C.

C. N. Y. track coach and now no longer balks at taking his medicine smokes but never in training which means he never smokes. He is another athlete with dark hair and baby blue eyes age 21 height 5 feet 6 inches weight 155 pounds smile pleasing with a captivating dimple to accent it and a gleaming white row of perfect teeth.

Likes football best even though it was last sport to be added to his collection likes the speed and crash of battle and says he would not be averse to playing as a pro BITTER PILL FOR RICHMOND After struggling bitterly for two extra periods, the Richmond Hill High School basketball team emerged on the short end of a 34-to-32 count in a contest with the Collegiate five yesterday on the loser's court. The score was tied at 28-all at the close of the game and at 32-all at the finish of the first extra period of five minutes. Henry Kane of the visitors proved high scorer with 15 tallies. The lineup: Richmond Hill The Church of the Evangel five easily defeated the City Park Chapel Presbyterinns, 52-39, last night on the former's court in a Class Unlimited Division, tilt of the Brooklyn Sunday School Basketball League. The home team was out in front, 24-17, at the Intermission and increased that lead by 6 points in the final frame.

The lineup: Church of Evangel I Cllv Park Chapel (1. F. P.I O. F. Holllngs.

if 1 3 nmennrtt. if 4 3 11 Parley, rf 8 3 l.HWheeler, rf 4 1 9 Munro. rf 0 0 OiReynold. 2 0 4 E. Plolttn, 4 0 RHitmner.

10 2 Pees, Ig 4 0 Ynung Ig A 12 Klrk lrk, Ig 0 0 0 Cleai y. rg Oil Falconer, rg 2 0 Totals ..23 8 S2' Totals ..17 30 Rffci'ce Robertson. Time of halves 15 and 20 ininuti-s. EPIPHANY TRIMS ST. PAl'IS P.

E. The P. E. Church of the Epiphany five went into a tie for second place In Class Unlimited Division, by trimming the St. Paul's P.

E. Church team, 39-19, for the latter's eighth straight defeat In as many games this season. The game was played on the winners' court and was their fifth win in eight games. The lineup: P. Ch of Epiphany; St.

Paul's P. F. F. P. Riley.

It Costrlln. If Hen'r'son. rf Enjrllsli. Malone. Ig Rflrtells.

Ig Bartle. Ig 0 4 Austin. If 0 Parkin. 0 4 Hnth. rf 1 17 Spelling, rf I 7Harnhart.c 0 O'lemleln.

1 7 Smart, Ig Dibble. Ig ircerr. rg iM'Kcnrle. rg 0 0 Totnls .18 3 39! Totals .8 3 19 ILATIU'SH CONO WINS The Flatbush Congregational five turned back the Flatbush Presbyterian quintet, 41 37, in a Class unlimited weight division contest in the Brooklyn Sunday School Basketball League last night on the latter's court. The lineup: Flatbush Cona'l.

O. F. P. Hale. If.

9 2 20 A'mstr g. rf 5 1 11 Seelev. c. 4 0 Flatbush Preshv. U.

t. P. Bundy. If 14 3 31 Llndroth. rf Btrohm.

c. Wolger. Ig. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Lambert. Ig 0 0 0 Jaeger, rg 10 2 1 Knitdson I Barry, Total.

19 3 41 I Total 17 3 37 VANUERVEER PARK LOSES The Flatbush Dutch Reformed team beat the Vandervecr Park M. E. five, 2920, In the unlimited Class of the Brooklyn Sunday School League on the loser's court last night. The lineup: Flatbush Dutch R. Vandervcer P.

M. K. O. F. P.

I O. F. Huth, 0 0 0 I Smith, If 0 I 1 D'nw'th, rf 3 0 Conk, rf 1 0 2 Jackson, c. 5 0 10 I Ohr 2 0 4 Ciherkln, lg 0 1 1 I Prahl. 4 0 8 0 0 01 Dlbbs.lg...

0 5 5 Grlfrin, rg. 0 12 Wessels, rg. 0 0 0 14 "I 20 i Total 7 6 20 KINGS HIGHWAY M. E. WINS EASILY The Sixth Avenue Baptists traveled out tq P.

S. 197, in Flatbush, and were handed an overwhelming defeat at the hands of the Kings Highway M. E. Church five, 53 8. last night in a 145-Pound Division game of the Brooklyn Sunday School League.

The line-up: Kings HlghWy M. FT Sixth Ave. Bnplirl. G. f.

I O. F. Brand It 1 1 3 Rntgman.lf 1 2 4 Bush.rf 4 3 lllCondran.lt 0 0 0 Dirkman.rf 1 0 10 2 O. 12 0 24lRelyea.c 1 0 2 tpates.lg 1 1 3Crnne.lg 0 0 0 Cnwl-s rg 3 0 Wlnteier.rg 0 0 0 Scdwick.rg 2 0 41 Totals 24 5 53l Totals 3 2 1 S. S.

LEAGUE came tonight Unlimited Division, Class Bushwick Avenre Central M. E. at Bushwick Ave. Congregational. ST.

JEAN LEADING Andrew St. Jean, the accomplished French-Canadian cueman, played two slashing blocks of pocket bil liards at the Strand Academy to de feat George Clark, 123 to 9. in 10 innings, and 120 to 16 In nine in nings. St. Jean ran 65 and 67, respectively, while Clark ran 9 and 10.

St. Jean now leads, 502 to 160, and he has taken three out of four blocks. FIVE IRISHMEN One dollar sn hour; easy work: steady Job: must he over 21, and lived In New York one year or more. Apply tonight, 7:30 to 8:30 AmU for Mr. McGuirt Room fl'-'H 3U3 1th Ave.

Opposite Pennsylvania Station nWRV fO) CHNEER C.C.MY after rcccivine his degree it will be an A.B. Insists he is not a swimmer but a diver there is a dif ferenre executed his worst dive the day his father first saw him compete now the Governor is content to read about it in the papers. He has a long list of awards including two major letters in foot ball and two in track and a minor letter in swimming and yet when he came out for football in his sophO' more year he didn't last more than a week on the jayvee team the next year he was a star on the varsity and among his awards are included a couple earned in the classroom. He insists his name is Harry promises to get real rough if referred to as Harold Kay HAROLD. N.

Y. A. C. Quintet Routs St. Francis With Kelleher Out Handicapped greatly In the second half when Prank Kelleher was forced to retir" from the contest due to a shoulder injury, the St.

Francis College basketball team's morale went to smash, and the New York A. C. quintet romped through to gain a 39-to-27 victory last night on the winner's court. The first half proved bitterly con tested and the Winged Foot players considered themselves fortunate to amass a 17-to-14 lead at the close of the half. The third quarter was fiercely fought, but after Kelleher was injured the home team gained its decisive lean.

John Maseline's score sheet of 10 points was highest for the night. The lineup: New York A. C. St. Francis G.

F. i O. F. Robson.lf 0 1 ltCarrolllf 1 0 2 Maseline.rf 5 0 10 Kelleher.rf 3 2 Llnz.rf 1 1 3 Fltzgorald.o 1 1 3 Htrickld.c 0 0 0 Blake.c 0 0 0 Kelly. rf 3 0 6 Clement, 0 0 0 Hamilton.

2 0 4 Mortell.lg 3 2 8 Anullm.lg 0 0 0 Donohue.lg 0 0 0 Dzigan.lg 0 0 0 Lnngley.rg 0 1 1 Rohan. rg 12 4 Oeary.rg 2 15 Ollrhrln 1 2i Bruckert 4 1 9 Totals 17 5 3l Totals 10 7 27 Referee Brunburg. Umpire Bennett. Time of halves 20 minutes. NEW LOTS KEEPS IN STRIDE The New Lots Evening High School basketball team, city champion, thrust another obstacle from path in its attempt to regain the Met title by swamping the James Monroe Evening quintet, 37 to 13, last night on the Jefferson High floor.

The victor led, 12 to 8, at halftime, with Lou Levine gathering individual honors with 12 tallies. The lineup: New Lots I James Monroe G. F. O. F.

P. 2 0 4 Bnrlle.lf 2 2 6 Lutwln.lf 2 0 0 0 0 Levine.rf 5 2 12M.Ardrn.lf 0 0 0 1 0 2 Lakernlck.rf Oil Benjamin.lg 3 2 Cohen.c 0 0 0 Lutsky.lg 0 1 llLille.lg 0 0 0 Canlan.lg 1 0 2 Goldberg.lg 12 4 Mhover, rg 2 0 4 J.Arden,rg 1 ISpector 0 0 0 Totals 18 371 Totals Referee Cohen. Savage. Tlma of halves 20 minutes. 4 13 Perhaps by the final whistle last night the Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club polo trio decided they cannot beat Winston Guest and his Optimist team.

Yesterday's contest for the benefit of the Navy and Marine Fund, mark the third time the Brooklynites have been turned back by the champions of the Metropolitan Indoor Circuit. Last night the Brooklyn team once more invaded the Squadron A Armory to suffer another setback. While a 13 4' score is insignificant in the final reckoning, the Optimists completely outplayed the Riding and Driving Club trio in every department of the gams'. Despite the fact that Gerry Smith, who is usually seen playing No. 2 position for the Brooklyn outfit, was absent, the Optimists were forced to combat with the same difficulty.

Lt. MacDonald Jones, who was a big factor in the Optimist machine last year, was absent from the lineup. However, the Optimists were none the worse off. The selection of Michael Phipps of Yale to fill the place vacated by Jones proved a very fine substitute. In a preliminary game, a last-minute goal by Lt.

Alex. George on a pass from Lt. MacDonald Jones gave the Governors Island polo trio a 9 8 victory over the Fort Hamilton trio. The Governor's Island team overcame a four-goal handicap to win as thrilling a game as was ever staged at the Squadron A tanbark. It was a nip-and-tuck fray throughout, with the better team coming through the victor in the end.

Lt. George also took high- score honors with six tallies. The lineups: CLASS A. Pos. No.

1. Optlml.it. B'klyn R. and D. Winston Guest Carl Ptliie Mirhael Phlnns.

Nlcholls No. 2. No. 3. Guest.

Sackman Score by Periods. Optimist l'i 3', 3'i 13 '4 klvn R. and 1 lVi 2 4 'a Goals Optimist: Phipps, W. Guest. 7.

Riding and Driving: Sackman, Nlcholls. 1: R. Ollest. 1: by handicap. 2.

Fouls -Optimist: R. Guest, 3: W. Guest. 2. Riding and Driving: Sackman.

Pflug, Nlrholls. 1. Four periods of minutes each. Referee. Thomas Brady.

CLASS A. Pos. Governors Island. rt. Hamilton.

Lt. A. George. P. Van Houten No.

1. No. 2.. J. Haskell Lt.

J. D. Srolt No. MacD. Jones Lt.

H. Klefcr Score by Periods. Governors Island V4 5 3 l'i 9 Ft. Hamilton 4 "2 2 'a 1 -8 Goals Governors Island: George, Haskell, Jones. 2.

Ft. Hamilton: Scott, Klefer, pony. by handicap. 4. Fnuls Governors Island: George.

Haskell, 2. Ft. Hamilton: Scott, Van Houten, 3. Four periods of 7V minutes each. Referee Thomas Brady.

Young's Basket Gives Game to Alumni Five A field goal by George Young in the final minute of the game en abled the Brooklyn Industrial Home Alumni five to nose out the Prospect S. C. quintet, 2221, in a Section 1, Brooklyn Amateur Basket ball League contest played on the P. S. 217 court last night in the first game of a doubleheader.

The Alumni passers got off to a 1310 lead in the first half. The lineup: B. I. H. Alumni.

Prospect S. C. o. t. p.1 g.

t. p. Weston.lf 4 1 9Diirkln.lf 3 3 9 FG 1 1 3 Dean.rf 113 Clarendon. 2 0 10 2 A. Vlehl.lg 0 2 2 JacobMg 3 0 8 Young.

rg 2 0 4 Prosser.rg Oil Totals 9 4 221 Totals 8 5 21 Referee Stryker. Time of halves 20 minutes. B. V. D.

DOWNS ALPINES The B. V. D. five shaded the Alpine A. C.

quintet, 2827, in a hard-fought game played on the court of P. S. 217 last night in Section 2 of the Brooklyn Amateur League. The B. V.

D. passers piled up a 14 11 lead in the first naif and then ran it to 2011 before the Alpines tallied in the final, session, but the losers were in trie midst of a bly rally and trailed by only one point when the game ended. The lineup: B. V. D.

Five. I Alpine A. o. p. p.i a.

r. Seller.lf 3 17 Hurley.lf 10 2 S. Youner.rf 3 2 8J.Tlmonev.lf 10 2 0 0 Tlmoney.rf 4 0 8 1 3iOFIaherty.c 3 17 0 OlNastasl.lg 2 2 8 1 0 0 0 3 3 Sperling, rg 10 2 Green, rf 0 Marlin.c 1 H. Flag. S.

Flav.lg 3 Feldman.rg 0 Totals 10 8 28 Totals 12 3 27 Referee Dugan. Savage. Time of halves 20 minutes. Poly Prep Mermen Arrange Schedule Manager Irving Thursby has an nounced the following schedule for the 1931 Poly Prep swimming team: January 13. Adelnhl.

at Polv: Jan. 18. Brooklyn Prep, at Poly; Jan. 24. Peddle, at Poly: Jan.

30, Marquand. away. Feb. 8. McBurnev.

at Poly, Feb. 10. Madison, away: Feb. 14. Rutgers Prep, away: Feb.

20. Columbia Freshmen, awav; Feb. 28. St. Paul's, at Poly.

March 6, Horace Mann, at Polv: March 14, Private School championships, awav. HAGENLACIIER SHINES But for an unfortunate masse shot Erich Hagenlacher might have run out his 200 points in his second inning at the Bushwick. room of tne Lawler Brothers Academy last night. Instead the former worlds 18.2 balkline champion stopped at 161, and took five more frames to collect the remaining 39 points to defeat Joseph R. Johann, the national Class amateur champion, 200 to 18, in seven innings.

Erich averaged 28 4-7. Johann ran 7 and averaged 3. WOOD BEATS O'NEIL Charles E. Wood, the New York State amateur pocket billiard champion, defeated Alton J. O'Neil, 100 to 82, in 32 innings at Dwyer Kec- reation Academy.

Wood ran 20 and O'Neil 10. In a game In the same tourney at the John St. room of Dwyer's. John Howard defeated Harry Bates. 100 to 90.

in 35 innings. Howard ran 10 and Bates 13. a Barnett.lf 2 1 5IOraf.lf 2 0 4 Kane.rf 8 3 lSiBrlcken.lt 0 0 0 Abrams.rf 2 2 RiLnmax.rt 6 1 13 Beck.c 3 2 BiWorgul.c 10 2 Koerner.lg 0 0 Ross.c 0 1 1 Morris.rg 0 0 Russo.lff 3 0 8 De Russo.rg 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 IWtllock.rg 1 0 2 Totals 13 8 341 Totals 15 2 32 any loophole such as the certificate form of wagering to evade the laws of Florida. rARi-Mirrims VS. ORAL BETS Mr.

Widener never has been and never will be a within-the-law man. Rather he is a wtth-the-law sportsman. And as the Legislature of Florida does not convene until April, Mr. Widener, while he anticipates a change In the laws which will grant betting the assistance of pari-mutuels, there was Just one way to meet present-day conditions to follow along the oral betting lines of last year. It's ft matter of Inclination and desire which is the most popular form of betting pari-mutuels or the oral Some like the former and many the latter.

I favor the oral system. Experience from a boy, when I first attended the races at Brighton Beach, the home of pari-mu'uels, has taught me that the pari-mutuels is a picayune system a cheap method of betting. This svstem belittles the sport. It cheapens it It holds forth glittering promises ot large returns for $2 Investment. And all that it provides Is the promise.

Many a man, lured into the helief by the early amounts bet on a race that his favorite will be a goodly price, places a wager on him. When the horse, a heavily backed favorite, comes down in front frequently the returns are not more than 5, or 15 cents to the dollar. THE PLUNGER CONTROLS THE ODDS Now. that's the extreme of hazard In that sport of chance known as racing. It's not worth the investment.

There are too many angles to a race to make such a speculation worth There is always confronting tne man who makes a bet a big handicap which has several connections the start, jockeyship, rough riding, accidents and the decision of the stewards confirming the awards of the Judges. All those must be favorable. The horse is, indeed, the banner bearer. Why, then, for a paltry gain to obtain 5, 10 or 15 cents more heed the thrill to speculate? If the layer offers a player 1 to 10, 1 to 15 or 1 to 20 againet a horse, a man who wishes to make a wager has the option to accept or refuse the price. The market Is an open one.

He who walks may Tead and decide. But not so with the mutuels. It's practically a sealed book, despite the fact that all records are open and plainly visible to those who wish to Inspect the machines. But every man who places a bet in the mutuels is, as our English cousins say, buying a pig In a poke. He works in the dark.

The odds that may confront him whei- he has inspected the boards may In the batting of an eyelid materially change. And because the more you bet In the mutuels the less you receive. A big operator, an owner like Harry F. Sincair, who thinks nothing when he fancies one of his horses of betting from $5,000 to $25.000 and sometimes more would cut into the grand total bet on that particular horse bv the public the patrons of the track The Sinclair wager would seriously singe the odds. NO GUESS ABOUT PRICE It's those big changes In the mutuels that mystify racegoers.

They figure a horse would pay so much and the result is something entirely different. Occasionally the horse pays more than expected, but frequently he pays considerably less. With the" odds offered by the layers one can cut his cloth, so to speak, by his measure. If the odds are acceptable he can place any amount that he desires or the layer will accept AND KNOW POSITIVELY WHAT HE V.UA. RECEIVE.

GUESSWORK IS ELMINATED. Usually patrons of tracks obtain from the layers better odds on the first, second, third and fourth choicer From that point on the mutuels pay the better prices. Layers as a rule offer not more than 30 to 1, although there was a case where a 100 to 1 chance won at Belmont Park last year. But that Is exceptional. The mutuels as a rule pay poor odds on the first four choices but pay heavily on what we call the outsiders in the betting.

When New Orleans tracks had men of the odds, even though the system of betting was complicated the amount of the bet and the amount offered against the wager had to be placed in an envelope and signed before the race thousands of racegoers from all sections of the country made the Crescent City their Mecca during the winter months. But not one-third of those visitors go to Jefferson Park or the Fair Grounds now this since the pari-mutuels have been installed. If you question this matter, look up the daily attendance of the tracks the last five years. Then compare the attendance with the crowds that made up the patrons In other years. BROOKLYN BOXERS ENTERED A large number of entries have been received from Brooklyn boxers for the Metropolitan Association A.

A. U. boxing championships to be held at Madison Square Garden on Monday and Wednesday evenings, Jan. 12 and 11 Lauri Gains Second Place and Harmon Triumphs Also INTERSTATE STANDING W. L.

H.R. O. Maroel Camp 5 0 35 12 Onotrto I.url 4 1 37 17 Andrew Ponzl 3 1 83 6 Artnur Woods 3 1 41 12 Thomas Hueston 3 1 39 10 Joseph Proscita 2 3 I'fl 13 Arthur cnurcn a a r.i Charlea Harmon 1 3 83 27 Bennle Alien 1 4 44 26 Charles Seaback 1 5 34 13 By ARTHUR F. JONES Jr. While it cannot be said that they are exactly setting the world afire as yet, two Brooklyn pocket billiard players have improved themselves somewhat in the Interstate Tournament now running at Dwyer's Broadway Academy.

One, though, has now a somewhat precarious hold on second place. This is Onofrio Lauri, the man who proved one of the sensations of the recent world's championship tourney. Lauri gained his lease on second place when he defeated Charlie Sea-back while Arthur Woods was taking a fairly conclusive beating from Charlie Harmon, the other Brook-lynite. Of course, there was no collusion about it. There seldom is anything of that sort where pocket billiard players are concerned.

They are as temperamental and as individualistic as opera singers. They also are all firmly of the opinion that charity begins at home. There were no records broken in the three games that somewhat changed the standing. All of these men like their safeties too well to blazon many records across the cue firmament. Fossibly that is what holds the game back somewhat.

At any rate, Lauri stopped Seaback, 125 to 94, In 18 innings. Lauri ran 20 and Seaback 23. Arthur Church defeated Joe Prosclta, 125 to 69, in 27 innings. Church ran 18 and Pro-scita 21. And Harmon beat Woods, 125 to 88, in 27 innings.

Haimon ran 33 and Woods 32. This tourney has now gotten to the point where a "white hope" must be found to send after the scalp of this man Marcel Camp, who leds with five straight wins and no defeats. Two games today may have a bearing on who is elected. The first brings together Woods and Tommy Hueston, while the other makes Andrew Ponzi the opponent of Proscita. Woods and Ponzi will go into a tie for second with Lauri if they both win.

In the third game of the day Bennie Allen plays Harmon. Poly Prep Gridders Awarded Gold and Silver Footballs Gold and silver footballs were awarded to members of the undefeated championship Poly Prep football team today at chapel exercises in the school, held in recognition of the team's record in scoring 228 points during the 1930 season to 12 of their opponents. Presents tion of the footballs was made by Edmund Butler, president of the Alumni Association. This is the first time since 1928 that such insignia were conferred upon team members. Those who received gold awards included Capt.

Alexander Sheldon, Fred Halvorsen, Charles Warden, Walter Switzer, Donald Anderson, Charles Kloepfer, Carl Fischer, Albert Keenan, Robert McCurdy, Daniel Froad, Kendall De Bevoise, Kenneth Marks, Jack Larsen, Mor-ley Welles, Fred Wagener, William Donovan, Schuyler Schaaf, Arthur Walkeley, Manager Douglas Grundy, Wesley Cunningham, faculty adviser, and Coaches Herbert Bohnet and Harry Meislahn. Recipients of silver footballs were John Sadler, Emmet McMillen, Maurice Creem, Lesley Kneber, Lincoln Pag, John Johnson, James Cross, George Datzauer and Egbert Cabbie. Richmond Athletes Honored by Awards 103 athletes, representing the football, cheering, golf, cross-country, swimming, rifle and soccer teams of Richmond Hill High School, were recipients of awards at the semi-annual assembly, called for the purpose of honoring the players, yesterday. Major and minor letters were presented to the various athletes. Girl athletes also came in for their share of insignia.

10 received medals for excellence at basketball and nine for captain-ball playing. It was announced that the formation of a ping-pong team was completed and that the first combine of this kind in the city will soon commence its schedule of matches. Weber and Heilbroner SOFT HATS Referee Sorkin. Time of halves- 20 minutes. Time of extra periods 5 minutes.

Potcrr Applied on Line of Drive HE.LE.H HICK '-1 DRIVING By SOL METZGER A straight force Is always more powerful than an indirect one. Thus in golf a drive goes farther if the force of the swing is as near on the desired of flight as is possible. The arm permits this. Watch Helen Hicks, wintering in California this year, and you will note that her clubhead going through the ball swings close to the ground for quite a distance both before and after the ball Is swept off the tee. That means that every ounce of swing power she can command is applied to the ball as it should be, along the line it is to be driven.

To get the clubhead low like this, the left arm must control it on the backswing and also start the downswing. Then the right comes in, the right arm remaining straight after contact. All of which means that the arms are working together, the left pulling the left shoulder around on the backswing, the right the right shoulder, low as you go through. Tomorrow the start of the downswing. To cure a habit of slicing, you must first learn the cause.

Sol Metzger's leaflet on "Slicing" takes up in detail the causes. Send stamped, addressed envelope to Sol Metzger, care the Eagle, and request this leaflet. HOCKEV UNDAy, TUtSOAY 1 TMUH50AV MADISON SO. GARDEN 1 MUK5UAI, JAfl. Bin WX AMt.KlL.AINb I Me, (1, i.

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