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WISE GUYS ARE . SILENT
ON OUTCOME OF NEW
YEAR’S GAME
r By HUGH R. RILEY
ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 31.—As far as is known here, no football ex
pert has hazarded a forecast as to the outcome of the game between
the NaVal Academy and University of Washington, to be played at
Pasadena, Cal., tomorrow. This is to be expected, as the fields of
activity of the two teams are so apart that there is little basis for
* judgment as to the outcome, and those connected with the Navy
team have done no more than to assure the public that the team is
shape and ready to fight hard.
R The team, in fact, should be better than it was against the Army,
•wing to the opportunity to rest several important players who were
fiot in the best physical condition for the Army game. The team,
•a a whole, was-on edge for that contest, but several had not en
tirely recovered from injuries.
Practice at Annapolis in
V tlon for the post-season game has'
been faithful, but not hard. There
Iteva not been more than three or
four real scrimmages, and the
coaches and trainers seemed to fear
that much hard work would tend
4o make the players fine.
The chief attention has been
j given to perfecting the plays which
F Were prepared', as usual for the
army game, but which could not be
used on account of the soft condi
tion* of the field that day. These!
playa have been dwelt upon until
axecution is wen nigh perfect, and
ft la believed that the Navy attack
Win be better than it has been this
The Navy has seven really hfch
ffiii backs, and has aken three
a others on the trip. The main
I reliance b placed upon Mc-
Kee, Devens, Cullen, Shapley, Bar
» ehet. Flippin and Ballinger, and it
b likely that all of these will
be used at one period or another
k es the game. Foch has his spe-
K cfad abilities, and the breaks of
the game win determine when
they will be used.
The strong probabilities are that
the team will start with McKee at
quarter, Devens and Cullen at the
halves and Shapley, at full. How
ever, there is still a chance that
Folwell will determine to use Shap- •
ley at quarter and start Barchet at
fullback.
F Flippin is the equal of any of
the backs as a line hittier, and may
bo called upon, while Ballinger is
• very reliable dropkibker for mod
erate distances. The situation may
arise when any of these seven will
bo the needed player.
McKee is a thoroughly drilled
back, a good runner, a splendid
pamer, a satisfactory defensive 1
player and a cool director. Cullen
is the punter of the outfit, .another
thoroughly coached runner and de
fensive player and a very certain
' Receiver of forward passes. Devens
carries the ball little,, though a
strong line hitter, but is a wonder
defensive player and a splendid I
helper for the other runners.
Shapley, however, has developed
into the Navy’s greatest ground
gainer, being called upon during
the games of the last half of the
schedule more than any other Navy
back and having gained the great
est total of yards. He is a big, fast
fellow, weighing 180 pounds and
,with. no end of spirit and stamina,
playing in his native State, Shapley
to expected to do big things, and
*the Navy Is laying great depend
ence upon him.
Parotid, star of the 1921 team.
Is still capable, it b believed, of
showing some flashly running,
Wad he to sure to be playing in a
large part of the game. Mncn cf
hb falling off this season and
last was due to injuries, but he
b now in first class shape and
to do hb work according to
| the standard of two years ago.
L He was put in the Army game
F during the first half, and will
probably trot on the field at
Pasadena at about the same
- P«ri°<i-
’ The defense of the Navy Is
indicated by the fact that its goal
line was not crossed in its last four
games, three of its opponents being
Princeton, Colgate and the Army.
Princeton’s field goal was. In fact,
the only adverse score of these four
contests.
The Navy has always had a stiff
defense, and it is believed that it
fe up to the standard this year.
| v While outweighed to some extent
by the Washington line, it is not
believed that the Navy line will
prove in the least Inferior in
strength, condition or stamina, and
the fine system taught at the
Navy is expected to meet s he i&-
qui Foments of a powerful and
' varied attack.
There is great confidence at
Annapolis in the Navy team, and
Bo doubt but that it will perform to
L the credit of the institution and the
B service.
F HOPPE WOULD HOLD
u THREE-CUSHION TITLE
NEW YORK, Dec. 31—Friends of
Willie Hoppe, world's champion at
|818.2 balk line billiards, was re-
for the statement today
that he would challenge shortly for
the three cushion title. Hoppe
has been practicing the three cush
ion game assiduously of late. It is
said, and will post a challenge for
the title within a comparative few
» days.
OFFICIALS SELECTED
FOR HIGH CONTESTS
*» Joe Fitzgerald, Jim Colliflower
and Frank Schlosser are the three
m officials who will handle the high
y school basketball championship se
' rles scheduled to get under way
I beginning January 8.
B It has been decided to stage all
fef the games in the Central Coif
seum. Two officials will. work In
E tach contest and the three will
B alternate.
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GRIDIRON PROPHETS MAINTAIN DIGNIFIED SILENCE ON THE PASADENA CLASH
WASHINGTON TIMES SPORTS
;t Hard To Get Players’
Minds Fixed On
Baseball
1 The problem at the New York
Giants’ new training camp de
luxe in Florida will be to get
, the players interested in base
ball. Between the surf bathing,
golf, croquet, promenades
through the cocoanut groves,
and dinner dances, it is going
to be no easy task to find a few
hours each day for baseball
practice.
Olympics Win.
The Olympic Juniors defeated the
Comforter basketball team in a well
played. contest, 17 to 7. Clifford
and Timmons led in point scoring
with three field goals each.
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F* 3/ LOUIS A.DOUGHER
WHAT HAVE WE TO EXPECT?
TODAY dies the old year. Tomorrow in comes the dear little
cherub, 1924. To Washington’s sport world the old fellow,
1923, has not been so very disappointing. He might have
done better, brought greater joys, but all in all he did fairly well.
He showed us a wonderful golf season, especially for the municipal
links players. He showed us that great double play duo, Roger
Peckinpaugh and Bucky Harris. He showed us a sizzling sandlot
baseball campaign and another in football. To tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth, the dear little cherub, 1924,
will have to step right out if he would better the work of his prede
cessor. And yet, from all accounts, 1924 promises much. It is be
lieved that the coming twelve-month wilt be happy'in most tilings,
happier in some to make amends for failures in other.
Golfers, perhaps, may look for-**
ward to a better year. The hand
seme Congressional Country Club
will enter the field with a spring
tournament. So will Beaver Dam,
out in the wild woods adjacent to
Lanham, Md. Holes have been
improved at practically all the
clubs in this district, especially at
Washington, Columbia, and Chevy
Chase.
For municipal players the new
course at Rock Creek Park is
steadily improving and should be
in fine fettle by next summer.
The course has been improved
fully 100 per cent. Down at
East Potomac Park the No. 2
course, opened late last season,
will be all the better for its win
ter’s rest.
President Clark C. Griffith says
that he is looking forward to see
ing a strong team represent
Washington in the American
League pennant race in 1924. He
never claims any pennants—con
trary to general understanding—
but he does say that his team
will be an improvement on that
of 1923.
Sandlotters, however, are fac
ing trouble. Sufficient space for
playing is disappearing with great
rapidity in the District. Day by
day the expansion of the Capital
is wiping out playing fields. Some
were taken last summer. Others
are sure to go this coming sum
mer. It is but a matter of time
when, to play baseball or foot
ball, the sandlotters of the Dis
trict will have to make long jour
neys to the suburbs.
This passing of playing fields
has been bothering tennis players
for several years and will prob
ably continue until all are gone.
Clubs have been compelled to go
out of business simply because no
suitable courts could be obtained.
Much idle chatter has been
spilled about a great stadium for
the District, one capable of seat
ing anywhere from 100,000 to
125,000. When that stadium is
finished, then we’ll believe we
have it, and not till then. Mean
while, the only stadium here is
the Clark Griffith Stadium, seat
ing 45,000, which seems large
enough for some purposes.
Washington’s sports outlook for
1924 might be far worse.
Who Is This Spalla?
ERMINO SPALLA will battle
Eugene Tunney for ' the
American light - heavy -
weight championship February 1
at Madison Square Garden, New
} ork, thus making some wonder
who this Spalla may be.
Simple. He’s “champion of
Italy.”
Spalla appeared in a few pre
liminary bouts around New York
a few years ago, attracting no
attention. Then he went home
to Italy, and when the war 'ame
. on enlisted. He boxed in the
inter-allied ring championships,
winning the light-} xeavy weight
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Stadium.
It is since then that Spalla be
gan to climb the ladder leading
to ring glory. A few weeks ago he
defeated some Dutchman named
Vandeveer in Rome, and claimed
the European heavyweight title.
He probably has a just claim to
it, at that. He has whipped
Nilles and Joumee, the latter a
former sparring partner for
Georges Carpentier, handing both
the kayo.
Lately Italian reports have
credited Spalla with seeking a
battle with Jack Dempsey, which
is something else again. A com
promise has hooked him up for
fifteen rounds with Gene Tunney,
light-heavyweight champion of
America. If Spalla makes good
he may get plenty of work in
this country. But he hasn’t de
feated Tunney yet.
Siki a Fizzle.
WITHOUT its having any
particular connection with
Spalla, it must be said
that Battling Siki has proved
himself a terrible fizzle since
coming to this country. His bat
ting average is exactly .000. Kid
Norfolk handed him his first
beating. Jack Taylor, of Omaha,
handed him his second on Christ
mas Day.
In but one thing has Siki made
a good impression. He has
showed plenty of gameness, which
might have been expected from
a veteran of the French Sene
galese regiments with real serv
ice against the Germans.
As a boxer, Siki does not rank
with our third-class performers.
If he can hit, he has kept it a
deep secret. He displays a
semblance of a hook, mixed with
a wild swing from the floor. But
he is not taken seriously any
more.
And yet this same Battling
Siki knocked out Georges Car
pentier, winning thereby the
world light-heavyweight title,
later losing it on a questionable
decision to Mike McTigue, March
17, 1923, in Dublin.
What kind of champions do
they have in Europe? England
has not produced a good one in
more than ten years. Carpen
tier, at the height of his fame,
was a toy before Jack Dempsey.
Now comes Spalla. The Italian
may be an improvement, but he
will have to prove it before he
is accorded what goes with vic
tory.
HARVARDLOSESEVANS,
STAR VARSITY TAQKLE
Harvard football followers have
learned with real regret that Earl
Evans, one of the beat linesmen at
Harvard, is not to return to the col
lege next fall. Evans is planning
to take enough work during the
rest of the term to enable him to
be graduated before the start of
football in 1924.
This is a real blow at the football
squad for Evans was one of the
best tackles in the East this year
and next to Captain Hubbard, the
best man that the Crimson squad
had in the line.
“THEM” DAYS HAS GONE
FOR EVER AND EVER
By DAVIS J. WALSH.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The day when a New York club owner can
reach into the wallet pocket and come up with a star ball player
from a rival club has passed on by, probably never to return. It
is one of those passe institutions compatible only with Three Star
Hennessey, sleeve garters and rogue.
The reason for its decadence are several and sufficient. One of
them is the tacit blacklist written against the two local clubs by the
rest of the major league ensemble. Led by Charley Ebbets, of
Brooklyn, organized baseball has turned its thumbs down on further
business with the Giants and the Yankees because of the three-year
monopoly they have exercised on the pennants in both leagues.
Another reason is the exit of- -
Harry Frazee as owner of the Bos
ton Red Sox, and a third is the
change of heart experienced by Ron
nie Mack over in Philadelphia. Fra
zee was in baseball for no other
purpose than to see how much
money he could acquire by the sale
of stars to the New York Yankees.
He "sold” the latter into three
straight American League pennants
and then sold his ball club.
The new owners are committed
to a policy of reconstruction, and
have nothing to sell, anyhow.
Connie Mack also is buying now,
where once he sold with carefree
and lavish gesture. ' Since the
close of the season he has paid
over more money for minor leag
uers than any other manager on
the big time. He never did much
business with the Yankees, but
many of his stars ultimately
landed in New York via Boston,
the list Including Dugan, Schang,
Bush and Pennock.
Mack’s new policy has had an In
direct influence upon William Far
fetched Baker, of the Phils. Wil
liam once sold everything that was
not nailed down, but has become
more cautious of late because he
has seen that Mack’s popularity
has increased in ratio to his gener
osity.
Another and final reason for the
anti-Manhattan blockade is the fact
that all clubs now are making
money, where once only the one
two-three teams could show a re
spectable profit. Not only Is base
ball drawing well in every city, but
the great revenues derived from
Sunday baseball In New York have
been well distributed through the
rest of the country. A Sunday or
two In New York goes a long way
toward paying a year’s expenses for
a club like the Athletics.
Naturally, when the pocket Is
full, the ear is deaf.
ONLY THIRTEEN STARS
SURVIVE DOZEN YEARS
Os the four hundred players in
the two major leagues twelve years
ago, only thirteen still survive, and
two of these—Babe Adams, of the
Pirates, and Jack Quinn, of the
Red Sox —were out in the minors
for a time.
The others are Tyrus Raymond
Cobb, of the Tigers; Walter John
son, of the Griff men; Zach Wheat,
of the Robins; Jake Daubert, of
the Reds; Max Carey, of the Pirates:
Tris Speaker, of the Indians; Rube
Marquard and Stuffy Mclnnis, of
the Braves; Eddie Collins and Harry
Hooper, of the White Sox, and
Shano Collins, of the Red Sox,
MULDOON EXPECTED
TO RESIGN TODAY
NEW YORK. Dec. 31—The resig
nation of William Muldoon as
chairman of the New York State
Athletic Commission, is expected to
be one of the developments of the
commission meeting today, although
late reports have had it that Mul
doon may be asked to remain
temporarily until a worthy succes
sor can be selected.
The resignation of John E. Van
Derßosch, as deputy commissioner
will be accepted today, but it is
now reported that Frank Dwyer,
will be asked to remain, although
he is a Republican.
Cole Making Good,
Bob Cole, former Washington
sandlotter, is visiting here during
the holidays. Cole has, been play- 1
Ing semi-pro baseball afid football
in the middle West and making
real money.
I Jeffries Crouch Is
Advised For
Firpo
While followers of boxing do
not take seriously the report
that Jeffries may train Firpo,
old ring followers believe that
the famous Jeffries crouch
would be a big aid to the
Argentine’s defence. Firpo
stands up straight and is easy
to reach. He knows nothing
about using his shoulders to
protect his jaw, and the crouch
would at least make him more
difficult to hit.
Firpo is coming here early
next month, but his sojourn in
South America has been more/
of a business trip than any
thing else, and he has done
nothing to improve his boxing
or ring tactics. Unless he goes
through a period of intensive
training before next summer,
he will probably not be a much
different fighter from what he
was when he met Dempsey
last summer.
COTLINS’Tr
OPENS EYES
AT GAME
The 33d degree fans have a brand
new feminine member —Mrs. Sarah
Collins, of Kansas City, who became
an ardent admirer of the great
American game during a recent visit
to her son, Pat Collins, catcher for
the St. Louis Browns. Until that
visit, Mrs. Collins had never seen
her son play ball—in fact, she had
never seen a baseball game.
*T often wondered what made peo
ple so crazy about baseball,” Mrs.
Collins said, when she told of her
first game. ‘‘l couldn’t understand
their talk or their enthusiasm, but I
understand both now!”
And it only required one game for
Mrs. Collins to catch the fever, she
added, and she now views with re
gret the seasons that have passed
and the games she has missed!
“I think it is a fine game and a
clean sport, ur.d I am prouder than
ever of my son when I think of him
as one of these splendid athletes,”
she declared. “It is a worthy ambi- .
tion in a boy to want to be a great
ball player and be acclaimed by the
crowds that go to the game. I felt 1
like letting the world know that I
was not only a baseball fan but the
proud mother of a ball player when
Pat smashed out a home run. It’s a (
good thing he did or he would have
heard from me!”
Mrs. Collins said she was surprised ■
to see the large number df women
attending the games in St. Louis, as .
she had always thought that it was a :
man’s game and that the women took 1
very little interest in it.
But “them days” have gone for- 1
ever,” she learned, and women now 1
vie with the men in rooting for the 1
home team and In understanding of 1
the game. j
IIIUDI IO
RECENT FIGHTS BIG TREAT FOR FANS
WHAT splendid bouts New York fans have seen recently! Boxing
has developed to such a high plane that there hasn’t been one
squawk about it from any society in over three years.
It has become a safer pastime than bean bag and a more profitable
one than the selling of oil stock or the manufacture of bootleg hootch.
Just pause a moment and, reflect of the thrilling hurtless encounters
that have been witnessed by thousands in the past two years.
Dundee and Bernstein fought two fifteen-round battles and at the
finish the only damage done was a broken shoe lace in Dundee’s shoe.
Lew Tendler and Benny Leon-’
ard fought twice, one twelve
rounder and another fifteen-round
er. The only damage done in
those two fiercely contested bat
tles was to a man in the third
row of the ringside seats at the
second fight, who tore his coat
on a nail.
Harry Greb and Gene Tunney
performed three times for the
local customers, forty-five rounds
in all. After it was all over the
casualty list waa this: One of
Greb’s seconds sprained a corn
on his left foot by dropping a
water bottle on it.
The battles mentioned above
drew over a half million dollars
into the box office. Thousands
upon thousands of fans witnessed
the shows, you can’t discourage
them.
The more ladylike the bouts
become and the more refined the
boxers grow the bigger crowds
collect.
Some years ago, when cham
pions more brutal than those of
today knocked their opponents
out, the crowds were much slim
mer and the purses much lighter.
Who says that there isn’t prog
ress in the world.
And He Learned About Horses
From Him. ,
DEAR TAD—Here’s one for
the book. Was over to a
poolroom the other day try
ing to run a deuce into a brick
; v ouse and had a lad with me who
never bet before. But he knew
all about the game.
After looking over the various
sheets I spotted one that looked
as if it had a chance and would
pay the limit, and I said to my
friend: “Here’s one horse that
looks good and is in light, only
112 pounds.” He looked at the
chart (and he may as well have
been looking at a Chinese paper),
and he exclaimed, “112 pounds;
gee they must have starved that
nag.”
SCRANTON, Pa.. Dec. 22.
Dear Tad —Being a regular
reader of your column, also an
ardent baseball fan, watching for
and reading your comments on
the various baseball teams sub
mitted to you, I hereby submit
what I term the peerless baseball
team of all times. Kindly submit
your comments on this team:
Roger Bresnahan, catcher; Mat
thewson, Coombs, Plank, Bender,
pitchers; Hans Wagner, shortstop;
Hal Chase, first base; Larry La
joie, second base; Frank Baker,
third base; Babe Ruth, right
field: Ty Cobb, center field; Tris '
Speaker, left field.
Yours truly,
TOM LANGDON.
Order Please, Order a Moment, <
Gents! <
D.EAR TAD—There are quite I
a few fogies amongst the J
sporting writers, especially
in New York, who continually
harp on their dear old fighters,
and in some instances, the ball (
players of the distant past. The j
writers who disseminate boxing p
news are always refreshing the 1
memories of the “marvel,” t
EBBING YEAR IS FAMOUS
FOR 38-HOLE GOLF ■
By CHARLES “CHICK” EVANS
This season, perhaps, should be remembered as the year of 3a
hole matches. Sarazen defeated Hagen on the thirty-eighth hote
in the finals of the P. G. A., and in retaining my title in the Western
amateur championship I won from Jess Sweetser, the national cham
pion, on the thirty-eighth hole in the semi-finals—one of the
greatest matches in—which I ever played.
Jock TJiitchinflan wnn "■■■ IM ""
Jock Hutchinson won the West-'
ern Open, and should have won
the National Open. It looks now
a? if this great golfer will never
Win the National Open champion
ship, although he has won the
British Open. Golf is a strange
game, for even the' fine-playing
Jones has not yet won the National
Amateur.
It is strange, too, not to see
Walter Hagen’s name In the list
of winners, but a review of this
year’s golf would not be complete
without mentioning his wonderful
play. Most of us can never forget
his gallant fight for the British
Open, although when the profes
sionals returned to this country, the
combined testimony ( seemed to be
to the effect that Joe Kirkwood
should have won, and that Mac-
Donald Smith had played the most
brilliant golf of all the entries.
While on the subject of British
golf we must mention the fine
victory of the American amateur
team in the inetrnational matches.
They made a wonderful comback
in the last 18 holes and pulled
certain defeat into victory. Roger
VVethered won the British Ama
teur, but when you think of this
you must recall Francis Ouimet’s
wonderful playing, and the great
players that he beat. He came
the nearest of any American
player to winning the British
John L. Sullivan, the wonderful
Jeffries, the miraculous Fitzsim
mons, the amazing McGovern, the
uncanny McCoy, the unbeatable
Ketchell and the immortal Joe
Gans. The chances are that any
of this gang wouldn’t last long
enough with the present crop of
boxers to give ’em a sweat up.
Who did John L. Sullivan ever
knock out that really amounted
to anything? Going around the
country knocking, out a bunch of
blacksmiths, barbers and bar
tenders, or knocking out pugilistic
“stars” who trained on moonshine
and sweet potatoes just like him
self. A cream puff fighter, the
great Jim Corbett,'who I dare
say wouldn’t last two rounds with
Kid Norfolk, almost broke his
neck trying to knock out John L.
The greatest fighters live today.
JACK LENNOX.
Search Me.
DEAR TAD—Kindly explain
in your column the follow
ing; How can Gene Tun
ney claim the title of champion
light heavyweight of America,
and be recognized as such, when
right here in America an Ameri
can citizen, Mike McTigue, holds
the title of champion light heavy
weight of the world. It seems
to the writer that Tunney has no
right to the title he claims as
long as an American holds the
world’s champion of his division.
Yours truly,
A FAN.
SAME OLD SKATE CHAMPS
HOLD RECORDS ONCE MORE
The same old faces won the same
old titles on the singing steel
blades during the 1923 campaign.
Charley Jewtraw, of Lake Placid,
fastest of amateur speed skaters,
captured the International out
door championship, taking the title
from the capable hands of Joe
Moore. The latter, however, won
international honors indoors, and
both stepped aside to make way for
Harry Kaskey in his successful
dash toward the national amateur
crown.
Arthur Staff, of Chicago, topped
the professional field. Sherwin
Badger, fed the way in Continental
or figure skating for men and Mrs.
Charles B. Blanchard for women.
The Boston A. A. came Into gen
eral recognition as the best hockey
outfit of the campaign.
MANHATTANS TO PLAY
CRACK MILAN SQUAD
A double-header will be the offer
ing at the Congress Heights audi
torium tomorrow afternoon, with
the Manhattans and Milans carded
in the feature attraction.
The Epiphany Eagles and Kana
wha s are scheduled in the prelimi
nary. The first game will start at
3:30 o’clock.
’Twas a Kind Deed.
The Georgetown Athletic Club
opened the money chest wide and ,
dealt freely Christmas the good
cheer that iron men tan produce.
Scores of Georgetown kiddiss were
treated to candy and toys.
May Assist Wright.
Jim Rice, former rowing coach at
Columbia, may become assistant to
Joe Wright at Pennsylvania. There
are so many candidates rowing at I
Wright cannot attend to |
them all. - nifmaUfrii'
MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1923. <
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' Golfing in the Fiji Islands
is ideal, according to English-
1 men who have been there, for
the reason that it is almost
impossible to lose a ball. Like
i most of the rest of the land
i scape, the golf links are largely
covered with a sensitive plant
which shrivels at a touch. Hav
ing pulled, sliced or topped his
ball, the player merely has to
follow it along the line of shriv
eled plants to its resting place.
Amateur since Travis actually
won it back in 1904.'
As to ladles’ golf, Miss Edith
Cummings* victory has given a big
boost to the game In the Middle
West, and I think nationally as
well. She is a sterling player. Mias
Miriam Burns won the Western
Amateur for Women, and thereby
upset several slates.
I have not space to tell of the
sectional championships, and the
superb playing of some players and
the disappointing golf of others.
For instance, Eddie Held started
out beautifully by winning ths
, Trans-Mississippl championship, but
did nothing else the rest of the
season.
But—l92B was a glorious season.
We put up our clubs with reluc
tance, and go on to another year
when there will be new champions,
new bitterness, sweetness and pleas
ure. So It goes! It Is the action
of the moment that counts, but it is
wonderful to look back on the
accomplishments of the game and
Its pleasures of 1923. .
I (Copyright. 18J3, John P. Dills Co.)
i WALLACE-DENBY
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N.A.A.F.
' Paddock Case May Be Brought
Up During Meeting of
Athletic Federation.
The National Amateur Athletic
Federation will hold its annual
meeting beginning today in the Red
Cross building. Two sessions are
scheduled today, the first starting
at 10 o’clock this morning and the
second this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Two members of the Coolidge cabi
net will address the meeting. Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace and
Secretary of the Navy Denby will
be among the speakers.
The Paddock case which is now
holding the limelight in the sport
world will in all probability be .one
•of the matters brought up for dis
cussion.
Seeking Opposition.
Troop 28, of the Boy Scouts,
would like to arrange games with
basketball teams in the 110 and 115-
pound class. Manager Essex can
be reached at Lincoln 4787.
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