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Look to Federal Action in Army-Navy Break: New Minor League Body Planned
BREACH OF 20 YEARS AGO
HEALED BY DEPARTMENTS
Playing Site Choice Then Caused Pissention, But
West Point's Rejection of Eligibility Rule
Makes Present Issue More Grave.
By the Associated Frege.
NEW YORK. December 17.
Army and Navy stood at the
parting of the ways in their
foot ball relations today, while
gridiron fans awaited a move
ky the Nation's high officials to pre
vent the end of rivalry dating back to
1890.
Some 20 years ago the service in
stitutions had their first break, but
the War and Navy Departments step
ped in with suggestions and the series
was resumed.
At the time of the first dissention
there was disagreement over such
matters as the selection of a site for
the competition. Now 4 the Navy's
three-year player eligibility -rule is re
sponsible for the differenced.
Recently the naval athletic authori
ties announced that after July!, 1928,
the Midshipmen would not enter into
competition with any .team that would
not acknowledge the three-year player
rule.
Confirming the action of the ad
visory council on athletics at West
Point, Maj. (ten, Edwin R. Winans
made known two days ago that the
Army would not accept the three-year
clause. Since then considerable specu
lation was rife as to whether the Army
would continue the Navy on its sched
ule.
West Point Declines Contract.
Clarifying the situation yesterday.
Gen. Winans made public correspond
ence with Rear Admiral Louis M.
Nulton, superintendent of the Naval
Academy, in which he disclosed the
return of a foot ball contract to An
napolis unsigned.
Under date of Decemher 3, Admiral
Nulton wrote to Gen. Winans advis
ing him of the Army-Navy, 1928, foot
ball game, calling attention to the
eligibility clause. In part, the letter
said:
“Rejection of the eligibility feature
by the United States Military Academy
* will be considered as rejection of the
contract and the Naval Academy will
consider itself free to schedule an
other game on November 24, 1928.”
The reply of Gen. Winans follows,
in part:
“In view of the statement in the
Former Enlisted Men Make
Star Athletes at Annapolis
ANNAPOLIS, December 17.—Mid
shipmen who entered the Naval
' Academy from the enlisted ranks are
making a particularly good showing
in athletics, foot ball, crew and basket
ball being the sports in which they are
well represented.
The outstanding athlete at present
from this group is Michael P. Bag
danovich, stalwart crew captain and
foot ball tackle. "Baggy,” who gradu
ates in June, has played end and
tackle on the eleven and has rowed
for two seasons in. the varsity crew.
! He is powerfully built, standing a lit
tle over 6 feet in height and weigh- ;
ing 182 pounds. (
Charley Broadbent has won distinc- ,
tion along much the same line as '
- Bagdanovich. Broadbent has rowed
■two years on the varsity crew, but his
• foot ball career was cut short at the
* beginning of last season by an acci
dent.
Other former enlisted men on the
foot ball team are: F. S. Smith and F.
» D. Beans, ends; Jack Eddy, guard,
and W. J. .Millican and C. L. Miller,
backs.
Rowing seems to appeal to former
enlisted men, and they appear to make
good at it. In addition to the two
varsity men, three of last year’s plebe
crew, which won the freshmen cham
pionship at Poughkeepsie, were for
mer enlisted men of the Navy, and
another, Hugh Severs, stroke oar, was
an enlisted man in the Army when
appointed to the Naval Academy. The
former sailors are Jack Eddy, Spurgeon i
$2,500 GOLF AWARD
IS SOUGHT BY lOOj
By the Associated Presi.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 17.
About 100 professional and amateur
golfers sought money and honors to
day in the San Diego Country Club’s
*2 ,500 open tournament.
The first day’s play is over 18 holes. !
Tomorrow the low scorers will go an
other 36 holes to determine the win-!
ners. Low-score winner will he en- j
titled to SI,OOO jf he is a professional.
The amateurs will play for trophies.
Nine other cash prizes will be given.
Walter Hagen, world champion pro,
ds expected to play. Ts he does, he
Is likely to he regarded as the logical
favorite. But Hagen will have some
competition if practice scores mean
anything. Willie Hunter, professional
©f the Brentwood Country Club. Los
Angeles, stepped out yesterday, break
ing the course record with a 65, 7
under par. The course mark has
stood at 66 since Lewis Scott, former
professional here, toured it in that
- figure.
Bobby Cruickshank, Larry Nab
holtz. "Light Horse’’ Harry Cooper.
Leo Diegel, Joe Turnesa, Hunter, A1
- Watrous. A1 Espinosa, Tommy Ar
mour. Bill Burke. Dewey Weber and
Scott are in the group generally men
’ tioned as "favorites.”
Some 17 amateurs are in the list
■who will compete for the silverware.
George von Elm. former United States
amateur champion, was not entered.
Armour. United States open cham
pion, wjll have to be reckoned with if
he gets back in top form, as will ;
“Wee" Bobby Cruickshank, a for
mer title holder.
CELTICS SIGN DREIFUS.
ALEXANDRIA, Ya., December 17.
—Dr. Carl T. Driefus has been signed
hv Manager Charles Corbett of the
St. Mary’s Celtics to play against the
Calvert Hall basket ball team of
Baltimore here tonight in the Armory
Hall at 8:30 o'clock.
—
-GRIDDERS IN BLOWOUTS.
Mohawk and Winton foot ball
* gquads will have blowouts tonight.
The Indians will stage a smoker at
their clubhouse at 7:30 o'clock and
Wintons will enjoy a banquet at Har
' vey’s.
ELK TOSSERS SCORE.
.• Columbia Elk tossers. formerly A1
cos, District colored champion has
• inters, defeated Federal Clothiers. 28
to 19. * n tlie Lincoln Colonnade last
night.
■ ■ ■ ■ ■■■■■—
GOOD FOR HORSES.
No fewer than 300 race horses will
Winter in the stables at Churchill
Downs, in Kentucky. The track is
known by experts as a great one to
A HOI’S© OIU
SPORTS,
letter of the superintendent. United
States Naval Academy, that rejection
I of the eligibility feature of the United
. States Military Academy will be con
sidered a.» rejection of the proposed
, contract and that the Naval Academy
will consider itself free to schedule
another game on November 24. 1928,
I conclude that the authorities of the
United States Naval Academy wish to
he released from the contract of
(October. 1926. under which the two
academies mutually agreed to play
Armv-Navv foot ball games in the
years of 1927. 1928. 1929 and 1930.
Will Not Oppose Navy.
“While I regret that you should
feel this to be necessary. I wish to
assure you that, under the circum
stances, the authorities of the Military
Academy will not oppose your wishes
in this respect.”
Pending official notice from Gen.
Winans. Admiral Nulton in Annapolis
said he would withhold any statement.
Comdr Jonas H. Ingram, director of
athletics at the Naval Academy, ex
pressed great surprise on the an
nouneement from West Point, hut as
he had received no official communica
tion in the matter, he declined to
comment.
RY LAWRENCE PERRY.
NEW YORK. Decemher 17.—The
Army has refused to sign a contract
for a 1928 game with the Navy con
taining a clause providing for enforce
ment of the Navy’s three-year rule by
both institutions, and the next move
now is up to the Navy. In all prob
ability it will take the form of a
definite break in relations.
It may he suspected that the Navy
has been preparing for a break of this
sort. The writer knows that last year
Comdr. Jonas Ingram went to Prince
ton in an effort to arrange a late No
vember game to take the place of the
Army game if a break between the
service institutions should come.
Undoubtedly he has made arrange
ments to cover the Navy in the event
of the break which now 4 seems cer
tain.
At the time Comdr. Ingram ap
proached Princeton, the Tigers said
they could not play after the Yale
game, but there may have been a
change in the situation at Princeton
since- then.
and McKinstry, three of the most
powerful oarsmen in the boat.
Smith and Miller, the foot hall men,
also play basket ball. Smith, a tall
youth, is varsity center, and Miller
one of the forwards. These lads
began their athletic career together
at Hampton Roads Naval Station, and
they made a reputation as foot ball
and basket ball players, which has in
creased at the Naval Academy.
The new r fourth, or plebe, clss also j
contains much promising athletic ma- j
terial in the form of youths who'had j
previous service as enlisted men. One '
of the most promising is Frank
Crinkley, big tackle of the class team
and member of its first crew.
John F. Castree, who played for
West Philadelphia High School before
entering the Navy, is a crack half
back,. and H. M. Miller is one of the
ends.
Francis T. Williamson, another for
mer gob, is one of the best soccer plav
ers who ever entered the Navy. He
has scored one or more goals in every
game he has played in this season.
Other former enlisted men now
members of the plebe class who have
shown athletic ability in different
lines are: F. I. Wallace, boxing: M. B.
Williams, track, and L. N. Nelson,
gymnastics.
The enlisted ranks also furnish
many fine students. Two of this group
have led the graduating class in recent
years and several now in the academy
have attained “star” ranking.
PENN GRIDIRONERS
START FOR PACIFIC
■
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. December 17.
Thirty-four strong, the University of
Pennsylvania foot ball squad entrained
today for Berkeley, Calif., for the j
j gridiron struggle with the University 1
lof California on New Year eve. In
| addition to the players, aljout 30
\ others, including trainers and coaches,
i were in the official party.'
Chicago is the first scheduled stop
of any length for the special train of
eight cars. Five hours will be spent
in that city tomorrow, but Coach Lou
Young plans nothing more strenuous
than a long walk for his charges.
An hour will he spent in Omaha,
Nebr., and 3 half hour in Ogden, Utah,
the only other scheduled stops. No
work-out is planned for the players ■
until their arrival in Berkeley Wednes
day. Coach Young said all his men ]
were in good condition.
The Red and Blue squad will help i
dedicate a players' bench at Berkeley j
in memory of Andrew L. Smith. !
former coach of the Golden Bears j
and an all-American fullback while at :
Pennsylvania. Smith died two years i
ago.
LONE OFFENSIVE ROUTS
CALIFORNIA U. GRIDMEN
BERKELEY. Calif.. December 17
(A 3 ). —California's foot ball varsity
I abruptly stopped practice yesterday
for its game with Pennsylvania here
December 31.
Reason: An attractive little black
and white animal. Coach “Nibs” f’rice
looked at the visitor; the Blue and
Gold stalwarts hesitated before such
opposition; retreat was ordered.
Dusk closed over the huge Berkeley
Stadium, empty except for 'one lone
skunk.
- ■ -
BOXER GOES TO PRISON.
DETROIT, December 17 (JF).—
Patrick (Patsy) Drouillard, former
lightweight champion of Canada and
one of the greatest boxers ever de
veloped in the Dominion, has gone to
the Federal penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans., to serve a, 14-
i month sentence for violation of the
j Harrison anti-narcotic act.
GALLAGHER STOPS HACKETT.
|- 'NEW YORK, December 17.—Marty.
Gallagher, Washington heavyweight,
scored a technical knockout over Pete
Hackett of Brooklyn in the second
round of a scheduled 4-round bout that
was a preliminary to the double cham
pionship card last night at Madison
Square Garden.
PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY.
Duluth, 1; Minneapolis, 0.
THE EVEXTA-Ct STAB. WASHIXGTOX. D. C„ SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1927.
When Fights Were Fights!
The Famous ■: all* Kid'* Second Battle With Joe Walcott,
* * 1 1 the Hardest of His Entire Career.
Kid Lavigne's ji * * * *
mg « / ;> A Ferocious Clash From the Outset. lYith
Memoirs of Fighters Tearing in Like Tigers.
a Savage i ; * * * *
“Didn't End Ton Quick to Suit Me,” Gasped
King |! I.at igne, When Foe Finally Surrendered.
RY GEORGE (KID) LAVIGNE.
Former liehtweight champion of the world.
whose many victories included two over
Joe Walcott and one over England's fa
mous champion. Dick Burse.
(AS TOLD TO E. V. KICKER.)
T mot Charley McKcever, another
"Philadelphia lightweight,” twice. No
decision was given in either fight,
though in one I heat him soundly. 1
also met Eddie Connelly, one of the
few 4 lightweights who could make the
weight limit. He gave me one of my
hardest battles. Put In the eleventh
round I knocked him down five times,
and the tow’el was thrown in.
Now came the hardest fight of my
career, my second meeting with that
terrible welterweight, Joe Walcott, a
battle w r hich marked a turning point
for me, the beginning of the end.
I am credited with two victories
over Walcott, hut I feel I lost the
championship through those fearful
struggles. I never had the same legs,
wind or vitality after that last Wal
cott fight.
Walcott and I met for the second
test in San Francisco October 29.
1897. I entered the ring at 134. I
could have fought at ]3n. In spite of
a training grind. Walcott was over
weight at the hour agreed on. He
went into a Turkish bath to steam off.
He probably weighed around 140 when
we started fighting.
Fight Starts Savagely.
I let go a right which crashed
against Walcott's jaw. We clinched,
both using rights to the body. 1
rushed and shot a hard left to Joe's
belly. It made him grunt. I fol
lowed this with solid smashes to the
body. My fists seemed to sink in to
the wrists.
Suddenly Walcott caught, me a hard
right to the mouth and the ring
whirled. Then we tore into each other
like tigers. I drove Walcott reeling
against the ropes. As the round end
ed I told Sam Fitzpatrick I was going
to stop Walcott.
Newspaper accounts give me the
better of the first five rounds. I was
on top of the “Barbadoes Demon”
every second, driving him to the ropes,
staggering him with heavy smashes.
I did not escape punishment. I took
plenty.
The black dwarf woke up in the
sixth. Goaded by his manager, Tom
O’Rourke, he cut loose a terrible bom
bardment. The howl of the mob could I
be heard for blocks.
But in the seventh I again took the |
lead, cornered Walcott repeatedly and j
punished him with sledge-hammer
jolts. The eighth marked the begin
ning of the end. Once more I felt
the strength of a foe -waning. And
what strength!
I learned afterward Walcott had
complained of cramps in his legs after
the seventh round. This was attribut
ed by his handlers to the low weight,
but I think the fearful body punish
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE
THE final step in the program
of the Manor Club to give the
Norbeck organization one of
the best IS-hole golf courses
about the Capital was an
nounced today by club officials. A j
contract has been signed by the club
with Harry Collis of Chicago, one of |
the famous course architects and con- j
structor of the Middlewest, to begin i
work on the new nine-hole course
west of the clubhouse, which will
ultimately give Manor a 27-hole lay
out.
Work is to be begun immediately,
with the prospect that the course
will be finished in time for play next
Summer, granted the Winter is a
fairly open one to permit construc
tion work on the new layout. Much
of the preliminary work along the
line of clearing trees and underbrush
has already been done and the course
has been tentatively laid out. It is
now awaiting the scoops and shovels
of the constructor.
The additional nine, club officials
announced, will be between 3,400 and
3,60® yards in length, with a par of
36. The present first nine, which will
be incorporated in the permanent 18-
MacDonald's Driver
Part of Left Arm
M*
BY SOL METZGER.
Big Bob MacDonald, one of the
great teachers of golf, -hits a tre
mendous tee shot. Until Bob began
devoting all his time to instruc
tions and little to play he was right
up among the leaders. But as
teaching discounts one’s play Bob
isn’t counted on as a strong con
tender in the big events at present.
The pros say that when they teach
all the time they instinctively adopt
faults. But the main reason for
dropping off a bit in play is that
he lacks the time for practice and
gets few opportunities to perform
in competition. To win the recent
open Armour practiced rigorously
for three months. Jones did not.
Bob’s theory in driving is that
the club is a part of the left arm—
a straight ahead extension of it.
That’s the way he plays his tee
shot —straight left arm back and
on the downswing. If you don’t
think you can get power into a •
‘swing made in that way note the
i' sketches of Bob's body pivot. At
•he top of the swing his shoulders
are at right angles to the line of
(light. At contact (No. 3) note how
he has unwound these shoulders
and also thrown his weight into
the shdt, the left leg catching it.
Unleash such a pivot and weight
transference into a straight arm
swing and add wrist roll during
contact and 250 yards is about the
average drive, whether you are big
ilk* Bob or small.
•CuDi-miit. 1027.)
ment I gave him had a lot to do with
Anyway, Walcott came up for the
eighth session with a limp. At first
I thought it was a trick, for Walcott
i would suddenly bound at me and fight
! like a tornado. Toward the end of
the eighth his rocklike head collided
| with my forehead, opening a deep
cut, which hied so it covered me with
I gore. Walcott from then to the finish
kept his left pumping against that
wound.
Press reports gius the ninth and
tenth to Joe, although he continued to
limp. But even in those rounds I
knew Walcott was weakening. 1
never eased up in my pounding of
his body.
In the eleventh I turned loose
everything I had. I slugged Walcott
1 from rope to rope. I drove, him back
on his heels with punches that made
me marvel at his gameness and
stamina. When that round ended
Walcott was barely able to creep to
his corner. O'Rourke wanted his
fighter to quit then, but Walcott asked
|another round
He fairly ran out of his corner for
| the twelfth. He started fighting at a
terrific pace. He caught me a blind-
Mng swing on the head and the arena
seemed to turn upide down. Then
he drove in a solid left to my body
and almost bent me double.
I clinched and shook my head to
clear things a bit. Then I threw Wal
cott off and rushed him to the ropes
with hard rights and lefts. He lay
against the ropes, all but helpless,
while I batted his head from side to
side, as I had done at Maspeth,
Walcott Reeling.
Walcott reeled as he went to his
corner. His enormous strength had
departed. As I took my stool Fitz
patrick whispered: “He can't last
another minute. How do you feel?”
“I'll be damned glad when it’s over,”
I replied.
Just before time for the bell to ring
for the thirteenth round a towel
floated through the air from Walcott’s
corner, flung hv O'Rourke as a signal
of defeat. Walcott couldn't get out
of his chair. He was carried from the
ring.
“It didn’t end too quick to suit me,”
I gasped to enthusiastic friends.
I had two fractured ribs as a
: souvenir of this battle.
Years afterward I met Walcott in
| Boston. While we were talking in
l front of his house several youngsters
j came up.
I “Children,” said Walcott, “here's
Kid Lavigne, de man who mighty near
made orphans out o’ you.”
Next—“ The Booze That Cost a For
tune.”
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hole layout, is 3.400 yards in length
with a par of 35, giving the Manor
Club a course of upwards of 6,800
yards, with a par of 71, one of the
most difficult pars around Washing
ton.
A comprehensive plan for develop
ment of the clubhouse golf facilities
J has also been voted by the board of j
] governors, to include an entirely new !
| locker room in another section of the j
building, above which will lie a new ;
dining room and ball room.
Manor has been going through an
extensive program of golf course im
provement for the past several
months, during the course of which
virtually every one of the 18 present
greens has been rebuilt, traps added
and the course stiffened up generally.
The “inside” nine, which will be used
for beginners and the woman players
of the club under the plans considered
for next year, is in excellent condition,
although on the short side. The new
clubhouse, with the improvements
mentioned, will be ready hv Spring.
A\ hile Manor made preliminary ges
tures toward holding an invitation
tournament last Fall, such an affair
is a certainty for next year, the golf
committee announces. Whether it will
| be a Spring or Fall tournament has 1
! not yet been decided, but that it will j
I be held is certain.
j Manor has never held a big tourna- j
j ment, although the club entertained 1
| the golfers of the Departmental j
| Teague last Summer in a tourney. !
i won by George AVadsworth of the 1
State Department.
Warner Mather has resigned the
professional berth at the Rodgers
Forge Club of Baltimore and the golf
committee of the club is seeking a
successor. Baltimore public links
golfers are up in arms over charges
that, several players of the Public
Parks Golf Association of the Monu
mental City have not paid dues and
charges levied against them during
their participation in club invitation
tournaments around the city. The
Maryland State Golf Association re
cently imid bills incurred by members
of Baltimore golf and country clubs
lin invitation events earlier in the
j year, serving notice that the delin
i quents have until January 1 to clear
up the indebtedness, under pain of
| banishment from future association
I tournaments.
Jim Barnes, former national open
and British open title holder is the
! latest aspirant for the vacant proses
; sional berth at the Suburban Country
i Club of Baltimore, for which Alex
: Armour of Congressional is also an ap
j plicant. The golf committee of the
I Suburban Club, according to reports,
! is looking for a professional with more
1 than ordinary playing ability.
WOMEN IN SPORT
,\ record breaking number of teams
has signed for play in the Washing
ton Recreation Basket Ball League.
To accommodate all the clubs three
schedules will be arranged. They will
|be drafted Sunday. Entries closed
1 yesterday, but Miss Margaret H. Craig,
league secretary, will consider for a
j short time applications of teams de
; siring to enter. She may be telephoned
at Main 992 or seen at 1022 Eleventh
; street.
Division tides were captured by two
i teams yesterday in the Elementary
j School ’ League. Curtis-Hyde van
j quished Jackson, 22 to 8, for the
J Georgetown championship, and Mon
; roe defeated Morgan, 18 to 6, for the
| Columbia Heights crown.
Beginning next Monday, the E
Street Branch of the Y. A\\ C. A.
I will have three swim-hours a day for
.jita swimming pool. The hours will
I be 11:30 to 1, 3:30 to G, and 8 to 9:30.
| GEORGIA ELECTS PUND.
ATLANTA. Ga.. December 17 (A 9 ).
I Peter Pund of Augusta, Ga., center,
i has been elected captain of the 1928
i Georgia Tech foot ball team. Raleigh
! Drennon of Atlanta, a guard, was
| elected alternate captain. Both are
juniors and have played on the varsity
two years.
CIRCUITS SEEKING
DRAFT MAY UNITE
Five Now Backing Modified
Agreement With Majors
Would Keep Rule.
! By the Associated Press.
NI*IW YORK, December 17.—Or
ganization of a new base ball
body by the larger minor
leagues was foreseen today as
a possible climax for the draft
tangle between minors and majors.
The conclave of the big leagues
here this week agreed to terminate
the draft law now functioning if the
minors so desire.
The five minor circuits which have
operated under the modified draft ar
rangement with the majors are under
stood to be opposed to ending rela
tions with the majors.
Under the modified draft the Inter
national League, American Associa
tion, Pacific Coast, Western and
Three-I Leagues entered into separate
contracts with the majors for the dis
posal of players. These leagues, it
is understood, contemplate bolting
their present minor affiliations and '
forming a new group if the small mi- i
nors insist on abrogating the minor- '
major agreement.
Should the minors carry out their j
announced intentions of terminating ;
the minor-major part, this would an- j
tomatically place them outside the
jurisdiction of Commissioner Kene
saw M. Landis and the big leagues, a
situation which would he unwelcome
to the leagues of higher classification
in the minors.
The minors have until February 1
to decide upon what course they want
to pursue. At that time their repre
sentatives are to make known a def
inite stand to Commissioner Landis
and the major league moguls.
A committee of the National Asso
ciation of Professional Base Bail
Leagues, consisting of John H. Far
rell, secretary; Herman J. Weisman
and W. G. Branham, will report to a
meeting of the minors to be held in
some central city, possibly Chicago, |
to discuss a final course of action.
MORGAN IS PRESSED
TO KEEP RING TITLE
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 17.—Tod 1
Morgan of Seattle was still king of;
the junior lightweights today, but only j
after a torrid battle with Joe Gliek, '
Brooklyn challenger, who was penal
ized for a foul in the fourteenth round ■
of a 15-round title bout.
Meeting for the second time in lit- j
tie more than a year, Glick carried
a savage punching attack against the
! champion in Madison Square Garden
last night and had piled up a big
advantage on points when Morgan
was awarded the decision on account
of a low blow.
Giick had been cautioned on several
occasions to keep his punches up.
Glick floored Morgan three times, and
on each knockdown Morgan com
plained of inw blows, but his protests
were not allowed.
In the second round Morgan went
down to the resin, claiming a foul, but
when the referee refused to take
notice he resumed the scrap at the
count of nine. Twice in the fifth
round Glick floored Morgan, once for j
! a count of eight, and on the other i
| knockdown the bell intervened. Mor
! gan weighed 128*4; Giick, 129 f
rizzy Schwartz of New York quali
i fled for recognition as flyweight cham- j
pion hy the New York State Athletic j
Commission by receiving a decision |
over “Newsboy” Brown of Sioux City j
!in a 15-round semi-final. Schwartz I
| weighed 108; Brown, lID/j.
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Pres?.
NEW YORK.—Tod Morgan, Seattle, i
junior lightweight champion, won on j
foul over Joe Glick. Brooklyn (14). y
Izzv Schwartz, New York, won New
York recognition as flyweight cham
pion of world over Newsboy Brown,
Sioux City, lowa (15). Benny Schwartz,
■ Baltimore bantamweight, outpointed j
j Johnny Erickson, New York (10). j
J Marty Gallagher, Washington heavy j
I weight, scored technical knockout over j
j I’ete Hackett, New’ York (2).
PADUCAH, Ky.— Jimmie (Red) Her-!
i ring, junior welterweight, knocked out
Billy McCann, Cleveland (4).
DENVER.—AI Webster, Billings,
Mont., technically knocked out Johnny
Gerarden, Minneapolis (4).
ERIE, Pa.—Johnny Ryan, Erie, won
over Pancho Deneio, New York (10).
Johnny Carey. Erie, defeated Jimmy
Mason, Cleveland (6). Jack Barry,
Pittsburgh, knocked out Pickles Dona
hugh, Youngstown (1).
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Vince Dune<\
Baltimore, won over Tommy O'Brien
(10).
MINNEAPOLIS.—Sammy Mandell,
Rockford, world lightweight cham
pion, outpointed Johnny O'Donnell, St.
Paul (10) (non-title). Howard May
berry, Duluth, outpointed Sammy Rat
ner, Minneapolis (10).
PHOENIX, Ariz.—Owen Phelps,
Phoenix, beat Joe Lonman, Toledo (10). j
SAN DIEGO.—Ad Ruiz. San Diego, [
defeated Sam Bruce, Memphis (10).
ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex.— Bulldog
Gonzales, Mexico City, beat Jose
Rivers, El Paso, Tex. (12).
BIG TEN BASKETERS
TO BE BUSY TONIGHT
CHICAGO. December 17 f/4 5 ).—All
I but four of the Western Conference
! basket ball teams get into the second
j round of their pres-season games to
night, with the Pittsburgh invaders
seeking their third Big Ten victim
in as many days at Northwestern.
Victory by 10 points over the Mich
igan and Chicago teams apparently
has not wearied the Eastern five. The |
Pitt squad trimmed Michigan, 49 to |
39, and Chicago, last night, 36 to 20 j
After Northwestern they tackle lowa ;
in the first intersectional basket ball |
game the Hawkeyes have ever played i
on their home floor.
Illinois and Indiana will give the |
two-team plan a try. Coach Ruby, at i
Illinois, expects to use his players,
if necessary, in both games, but no
player longer than 40 minutes, the j
equivalent of two halves. Indiana
will make it strictly a first and second
team affair..
One reason for Coach Ruby’s
scheme is the imminence of the trip
to Seattle for a three-game series j
j with the University of Washington j
December 28-30. Candidates for the
trip will be chosen on the strength
of their showing tonight. The Illi
nois douhie-header is with Bradley. In
dian Vs double-header is with Wabash.
Purdue takes on its first real con
tender in Depauw. Minnesota losing
its first non-conference game, will try
again tonight, with North Dakota
furnishing the opposition. Ohio State
looks for an easy victory over
Muskingum.
PALACE WILL CARRY
ONLY SEVEN TOSSERS
With the release late yesterday of
| Herman (Chick) Passon. forward, the
j Washington professional basket ball
I team is now down to its minimum
player limit of seven men. which is
the number the management decided !
upon to carry for the remainder of
the season.
Manager Ray Kennedy expects to 1
start the same combination against j
Fort Wayne tomorrow night at the !
Arcadia as that which defeated Detroit j
last Monday night—Carey and himself !
at forwards. Saunders, center, and j
Ripley and Conaty. guards.
The youthful “Dutch” Meyers, who j
is aching for a chance to become a
starter, and the veteran Oscar Grim |
sted. center, will stand ready for j
emergency calls.
Although Saunders is due to jump!
center against “Shang" Chadwick, the 1
star tapper for the invading quint, he I
probably will not he assigned to guard
Chadwick after the ball is tossed at
center. Kennedy or Conaty will play
opposite the Hoosier big boy on the
defense while Saunders will cover
Ralph Shimek, the high scoring guard
of the visitors.
Who will try to hold down the
flashy Benny Borgmann, Fort
Wayne’s chief candidate for scoring
honors this year, is a problem to
Kennedy at this moment, for in the j
past Washington never has been able j
; to effectively check the offensive work j
'of the former Metropolitan League;
st a r.
An exhibition game tonight in I
Schenectady, N. Y.. will taper off!
Washington’s preparatory work for*
the attack of Fort Wayne. The j
Dossier quint will appear at the.
Arcadia both Sunday and Monday
nights.
The release of Passon from the
local team came after It was fairly
determined that his leg injury would
not allow him to get into condition to
play regularly. He injured his leg be
fore the season commenced and since
that time has been unable to show
hut little of his old-time form.
SPORTS’ OVEREMPHASIS
IN HIGH SCHOOLS IS CITED
BY BEN G. KLINE.
SAX FRANCISCO, December 17.
j The alleged overemphasic of athletics,
!an old subject of controversy which
j bobs up in various parts of the coun
j try in relation to universities and
j colleges, has been applied to high
schools by an educational instructor
at the University of California. It
! is causing parents and teachers in
northern California to take stock of
i sports in the preparatory institutions.
Parents and teachers, of course,
will disagree on Edna W. Bailey’s
! condemnation of interscholastic ath
letic contests, but to high school foot
ball heroes, in their glory at this
season of the year, it is just another
case of somebody always taking the
joy out of life.
In this western edge of the coun
try, where enthusiasm can be gen
erated over any kind of foot ball,
whether played by kids, college men
or professionals, prep foot ball has
gained such dignity that sports critics
j now gravely select all-prep school
j elevens and go into considerable de-
PRO COURT FIGURES.
EASTERN SECTION.
W. L. Pet.
Rochester ! 9 3 .750
New York 10 4 .714
Philadelphia 9 5 .643
Washington 2 10 .167
WESTERN SECTION.
Cleveland 10 2 .833
Fort Wayne 6 5 .545
I Chicago 2 10 .167
Detroit 1 10 .091
GAMES TONIGHT.
Chicago at Rochester.
Cleveland at Detroit.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Fort Wayne at Washington.
Chicago at New York.
GAME LAST NIGHT.
Rochester, 26; Chicago, 25.
COLLEGE BASKET BALL.
Catholic University, 36: William and
Mary, 24.
Gallaudet, 39; Arnold College, 34.
Washington University of St. Louis,
28: Nebraska, 27.
Wisconsin, 25; Bntler, 18.
Pittsburgh, 36; Chicago, 26.
Lafayette, 32: Princeton, 14.
New York I Diversity, 26; Columbia,
18. . I
Evansville College, 34; Danville Nor
mal, 16
Manchester College, 35; Wittenberg, :
I 18.
| Oklahoma, 42; Drake, 24.
Kansas Aggies, 20; Kansas U., 13.
•—
K. OF C. BASKETERS
FACE STRONG FOES
Hardy Knights of Columbus basket j
! bailers face a couple of attractive en- j
! gagements. The Caseys, with a re- |
vamped line-up, will engage American j
Security & Trust Co. tossers tonight
in the K. C. gym at 7:30 o’clock and
tomorrow night will meet Park View
in a Washington Independent League
clash that will precede the Washing
ton-Fort Wayne pro game at the Ar
cadia.
Games with unlimited teams for
January and February, especially for
Sunday afternoons and nights, are
sought by the Caseys. Manager Coyle
is receiving challenges at Franklin
2792 or Atlantic 2359-W after 6 p.m.
Epiphany ( Impel tossers -piled up
109 points to 22 for Hadley Juniors
iast night.
Bond's Whirlwind courtmen for the
second time recently downed Old Do
i minion Boat Club at Alexandria iast
j night, 32 to 18.
Woodlothiaus took the measure of
j the Woltz five. 32 to 18. By the same
j score American Railway Express toss
! ers overcame Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road quint of Baltimore.
Commercial National Bank five bow
ed to Army War College, 22 to 42.
Pennant basketers swamped Mer-
I cury Preps, 41 to 9.
Southern Railway lixe triumphed
over Winton A. C., 20 to 18, last night.
Senator A. C. courtmen downed
Calvary Reds, 34 to 18,
Mount Vernon basketers overcame
Woodlothian Reserves, 36 to 6.
Woodside’s quint took the measure
of Remsen A. C., 23 to 10. J
Sain Rices bowed to the Northern ;
five, 12 to 32. I
i
Comet Junior tossers, who meet i
Corinthian A. C. Monday, have Leen J
strengthened by addition of a trio of 1
stalwarts.
\
Penn's Attack Stunt
Reverse Block Pass
1 " ° ®
W M FOOL LINk -fAKfcS PAS'*/
J\ FPOM 3-9LOOf<3 Z<3 (
) c/oPPONfcM-f A*> 2 CIMS,
f takes PASS FROM 1, TWIOP>LE.S
'AND SjHCOTfc.
BY SOI, METZGER.
Coach Eddie McNichol of Penn
sylvania, lacking the speedy for
wards that were so necessary if of
fense was to work with one man
breaking for the basket and taking
a pass, had to solve the problem
of breaking up a man-to-man de
fense in another way. Penn at
tacks with four men, a guard stay
ing back to prevent the defense
from getting a man free should it
take the ball.
Usually the man on the right,
No. 1, makes the cut. He tears
down on that side of the court at
top speed and is covered by a de
fensive player, usually A. At tlip
j foul line No. 1 reverses and conies
up court. That frpes him from
his defensive guard. He then takes
a pass from No. 3 or 4. At the
j same instant No. 2 ruts down and
across court, followed by defense
player R. No. 2 cuts right in front
of No. 1, taking a short pass and
dribbling around for a shot. R is
blocked from following him bv
No. I.
This play, typical of modem at
tack in basket ball, has been the
basis of Penn’s ofTense these past
few seasons. Princeton solved It
last Winter. Their method will be
shown in tomorrow’s release.
(Copyright. 1027.)
j tails about the prowess of this or
that youthful line smasher.
All this naturally adds to the boy
■ j hero's prestige among his school
; mates and incidentally tends to at
tract the favorable attention ol
| coaches and others connected with
the next contemplated step in his ca
i reer, the college gridiron.
. i Now, however, Miss Bailey chal
. lengbes all those who support such a
• j regime. It's all wrong, she savs: ir
i fact, it’s one of the “outstanding
• i crimes of America.” She does not
object to athletics, but to the svsten
■ which stresses the idea of a winning
1 ; team made up of youthful specialists
• while neglecting the physical develop
ment of the mass of pupils.
! “The weight of influence of all en
lightened adults should be throwr
' against interschool competition for
boys and girls of the secondary level,'
she says.
However, the university educational
■ expert lightens the indictment bv list'
ing a second outstanding crime." Thi?
i is not so hard for the pupils to
1 take. It is the policy of giving stu
I dents night work after long hour.'
• 1 in classes.
GALOTTA NOW HEADS
BASKETERS AT TECH
Dan Galotta. sturdy guard, has been
selected as captain of Tech's basket
hall team. He is the lone player on
| the Manual Trainer squad who re
| ceived the Circle T for basket ball
j last season. Tech, however, will have
to elect another captain in February,
as Galotta will graduate with the mid
year class.
Heading Gonzaga's grid eleven next
Fall will be Ed Hinkle, right tackle.
He was elected captain yesterday.
Hinkle, who will be a senior next Fail,
has been on the squad two seasons.
He broke his leg in the Emerson
game this Fall.
An attractive 192 c foot ball schedule
is being arranged for the Purple,
j Georgetown Preps. Mount St. Mary’s
I Preps, Calvert Hall, Emerson. Eastern
High and Mount St. Joseph's are
among schools with which games are
virtually certain.
Central's swimming team was to
engage a Catholic University swim
ming combination this afternoon in
: the Brookland pool at 3:30 o’clock. It
1 was the lone competition carded today
| for local schoolboy athletes.
Advisory marks in the public high
schools to be announced next week
are expected to effect little change in
the personnel of the various basket
ball squads.
Twelve members of the 1927 St.
John's foot ball squad have been
awarded letters. They’ are: Lucas,
Chadwick, Murphy, Yeatman, Kolb,
t'Hanlon. Roach, King, Hudson, Hard
ing. Sherman and Rapp.
That Tech will have to be seriously
I reckoned with in the coming public
j high court series is becoming increas
ingly evident. The Manual Trainers.
; led by Louis Berger, yesterday routed
St. John’s. 33 to 13. The Saints re
cently vanquished Business. Eastern
bowed to Aces, 35 to 45, in another tilt
yesterday. 'Western got its first scrim
mage of the season against Emerson.
The 2A class team of St. John's
handed the fourth year class quint of
that school a lacing, 43 to 6.
ERIE SOCCER TEAM
VISIT IS UNCERTAIN
Whether the Erie soccer team.
Pennsylvania champion, will come
here to play Walfords, local title
holders, tomorrow was today uncer
tain. There is difficulty over arrang
ing a guarantee.
In league games tomorrow Army
Medicos will meet Ulan MacLennan
at Walter Reed, Germania will take
on Capitals at Rosedale and Arcadians
will battle Rockville on Monument
field No. 3. All the tilts are set for
2 30 o’clock.
Three games were scheduled in
Recreation Soccer League this after
noon. Park View was to meet Rose
dale, Georgetown was to engage Plaza
and Garfield and Bloomingdale were
to mix. All the games were scheduled
for Plaza playground. The Marlboro-
Happy’ Hollow game has been post
poned until after the holidays.
Because of wet grounds the second
game of the junior elementary school
championship series between Gage and
Peabody teams, scheduled yesterday,
was postponed until Monday.
CUEISTS PLAY AGAIN.
j A. S. Swinburne meets J. M. Bald
i win at 7:30 o’clock tonight in the
I pocket billiard tournament at Elmer’s
j Academy’. L. B. Lambert defeated
Swinburne, 100 to 70, last night, the
winner having high run of 21.
SPORTS."
MARYLAND TOSSERS
WILL PLAY MONDAY
University of Maryland’s basket ball
! squad has virtually completed prepa
| ration for its opening game with
I Washington and Lee at College Park
! on Monday night.
j The Old Liners will be the third
quint of the local college group to
begin competition.
Adams, center, and Linkous, for-
I ward, regulars last season, are not
I likely to start against the. Generals, as
i they have been out only a week, hav
ing taken a brief rest, following the
close of the foot ball season. Hetzel,
center: Radice, forward and guard,
and Dean, guard, appear certain to
be in the Old Lines’ opening line-up.
and the two other starters probably
will be picked from Evans, forward
and guard; Hale, Madigan and Koons,
forwards, and Hoagy and Zahn,
I guards.
Catholic I'niversity’s basketers rang
| up their third win in as many starts
! last night when they handily van
| quished William and Mary, 36 to 24.
' With Johnny Long, Ray Foley and
Fats Ogden doing the bulk of their
scoring, the Cardinals were off to an
early lead and always were in the van.
Abe Silverman did most of the visi
tors’ scoring. Catholic University
Freshmen swamped Benjamin Frank
| lin University in a preliminary, 45
to R.
With Dyer and Cosgrove, each with
il3 points, heading its attack. Gal
i laudet, last night opened its court
I campaign with a 39-to 34 hard-earned
1 triumph over A meld College of New
j Haven, C’onn,, in the Kendall Green
! gym. Davin, center, who garnered IS
points, was the ace of the visiting
combination and the individual lum
inary of the evening, for that matter.
The Kenedall Greeners held a slight
lead virtually all the way.
District of Columbia College tessera
pointed the way to American Univer
sity, 30 to 22. in a practice tilt last
night in the Methodists’ gym. Haves
j and Croson for the victors and Jim
j Birthright for American L r . were lead
" | ing scorers.
INTERNATIONAL COURT
| TENNIS CLASH LISTED
’ PHILADELPHIA. December 17 (A>).
, —An international court tennis match
will be held at the Philadelphia
r Racquet Club in February, Joseph W.
Wear, chairman of the athletic com
v ! mittee, announced today,
j. | The opponents will be Jock Soutar,
t . professional at the Racquet Club, and
; Pierre Echebaster, a young French
h i slnr -
Opening on February 20 with four
sets, the match will consist of the
I ! best 7 out of 13 sets.
a | Four sets will be played February
n i 22 and the remainder on February 25.
g; •
» WEST WASHINGTON
g i
BOWLERS SET PACE
n West Washington No. 1 team is
T, setting the pace in the Georgetown
j Church Bowling League. Peck No. 1,
, | runner-up, is six games behind. West
Washington also has .oiled high team
set and high team game.
0 League statistics follow:
|. j League Record*.
'S rt- w - L H.G. TJ»
W Wash . 1 .32 1 586 1.661 16 823
Peck. 1 26 7 557 1.589 10.250
- W Wash.. 2 22 11 549 1.505 14.789
Calvary 19 14 535 1.530 15.703
'rlmsrton IS 15 551 1 530 15 927
ITracp IS 15 528 1 470 1 5 55S
Christ 16 17 544 1.523 15,045
First Presbyterian. 16 17 569 1 461 15 414
{Peck. 2 12 21 546 1 520 1 5 SO7
a t. Alban’s 9 24 516 1.446 14 Rl9
Covenant 6 27 512 1.443 15 626
i FMhrooke 4 29 519 1.418 13.424
1 ,?arn ,pt —West Washington, No. 1.
1 High team rame—West Washington. No.
1. 586.
t High individual set—Younr. Arlington,
onn.
t High individual game—H. Tiaeker. Peck
No. 1. 164.
High individual average—Benson, West
] Washington. No. 1. 106-8.
High strikes—H. Tucker Neek No. 1. 18.
9 High spares—Benson. West Washington.
No. 1. 58.
Individual Records.
• | WEST WASHINGTON. NO. 1.
I „ G. St. So. HG. HS. Are.
I Benson ... 36 12 58 158 361 106-8
. Stevens ..19 5 38 137 351 105-2
t ; Jenkins .. 30 12 52 135 364 103-28
Currier .. 29 13 48 141 344 102-14
Sabean ..7 3 10 119 321 101-5
• Hodgers . . 10 1 20 117 .340 101-1
Haycock .6 2 11 109 299 99-2
! Milboume. 27 8 38 128 316 98-9
j t PECK. NO. 1.
FT. Tucker. 33 18 49 164 350 102 17
iP. K. Peck. 32 6 50 121 331 99-5
? P. K. Beck 32 6 50 121 331 99-5
. ! Oevlin . . 9 1 14 110 306 97-3
,I R. Tucker 32 8 43 128 343 95-12
' j H.A.Meyers. 6 0 4 98 267 83
WEST WASHINGTON. NO. 2.
“ Moore ... 18 4 33 129 356 101-14
? ! Cleary ... 27 4 56 129 325 99-13
i Hurley... 13 1 22 134 .336 98-3
JC. Hodgers. 6 2 7 105 296 95-1
, | Wheeler -.14 3 21 109 298 95-1
.i CALVARY
’ I Crandall .33 5 57 126 345 99-30
■ | Anderson . 27 4 43 128 305 98-8
R. Hunter, lit 6 27 119 504 98-4
. Collins ... 30 5 32 120 300 93-17
Reed .... 25 6 22 106 295 91-5
T. Hunter. 20 4 30 110 317 90-4
ARLINGTON.
! L.G.Tubbs. 32 12 51 135 323 101-10
L Young ... 33 6 51 137 366 100-20
I F. C0e.... 647 126 301 100
I McDonald. 30 4 4 4 120 306 95-27
i L.L.Tubbs. 33 6 37 136 321 93-32
! Lyle .... 30 5 37 125 300 93-17
GRACE.
! Larseh ... 30 15 45 115 327 100-8
1 ! N. Saul .. 33 8 42 142 324 97-19
. Goodrich .27 4 43 119 .306 96-4
R Hart.. 33 8 42 117 321 93-1
' E. Saul... 33 7 26 109 305 90-3
CHRIST.
Gordon .24 7 40 136 336 101-18
DcLashm t. 30 5 53 143 330 100-14
Van Hoes n 23 6 32 122 319 96-20
’ Birgfelil . 24 5 ! 9 114 299 96-7
. Dorsey... 30 6 25 117 328 93-14
Stuart .. . 2T 3 19 101 281 84-25
j | FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
I Smith ... 15 4 24 110 307 98-11
j ( arvaial .15 4 17 112 308 96-7
1 Moore ... 27 7 25 120 317 94-2
• Mels .... 27 5 33 107 305 93-5
i Barrows . 15 2 17 112 298 92-13
’ | Suth'and .33 6 37 115 323 90-8
PECK. NO. 2.
! | Corcoran . 33 10 56 126 350 101-18
! Boteler .. 29 12 41 14.3 341 99-10
| Walker . . 31 9 41 119 308 95-17
i H R.Tuck r 26 4 33 110 318 95-3
Rut ley ... 26 5 28 110 308 93-25
James ... 8 1 4 91 82
ST. ALBAN S.
E Duryee. 33 3 43 114 309 94-20
i Davis .... 23 2 27 113 305 93-10
I Henry .. . 20 4 20 105 285 91-10
j Hudson .. 25 3 19 110 282 87-2
j It. Fuchs. . 23 4 20 102 277 SO-9
I Blether ..12 1 10 100 255 83-11
H. Duryee. 12 2 4 110 272 82-7
COVENANT.
i Ingleton . 33 10 41 12 4 325 08-25
j Perryman. 29 9 36 118 .329 94-14
Booth ... 19 2 17 103 300 90-13
Nutter ... 27 4 22 105 283 89-18
Proctor ..IK 2 1 4 117 274 86-7
Whipple .. 16 2 19 195 291 85-8
ELDBROOKE.
A. Bog Icy. 11 1 12 111 286 94 9
VV. Begley. 1 4 2 12 193 288 94-1
| Duvall ... 11 3 19 125 310 93-4
j Derrick .. ‘*3 3 31 116 299 91-22
! \herwm ..12 4 13 122 289 99-11
; Walker . . 16 7 9 19.3 282 88-13
I Brown ... 8 2 6 93 261 86-5
Shipley . . 9 3 7 196 278 83-8
Sebastian . 8 1 5 88 247 82-4
Wolfe ... 6 0 5 93 261 80
10-MILE RACE LISTED.
Emorywood Athletic Club of Balti
more will stage a 10-mile street race
lin that city January 2. Competitors
must be registered with the A. A. U.
j Registrations may be made with Mar
vin Markle, Y. M. C. A.. Franklin and
Cathedral streets. Baltimore. Entries
will close Christmas day with James
T. Ireland, Emorywood Athletic Club.
Walbrook avenue, Baltimore.
WIN SORORITY HONORS.
Gamma Bata PI fair tossers won
the George Washington University in
tersorority basket ball series by de
feating Phi Mu, 22 to 15.
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