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110 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D..C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1921—PART 9 &- - 3 SPORTS. Ban Johnson MayAttend McBrideDinner : Martin Impressive in Losing Bout With Brennan AMERICAN LEAGUE HEAD Fans in All Sections Named on Committee to Boost Welcoming Festivities Planned for New Manager of the Nationals. BY DENMAN THOMPSO! HE name of Byron Bancroft Johnson, president of the American T League, may be included in the list of notables who will gather ‘round the festive board at the Wardman Park Hotel the night of Thursday. February 24, when the fans of Washington will do honor to George McBride, new manager of the Nationals. It was learned today. through a friend who has received a letter from Johnson, that the latter expects to be in the capital next week. An invitation to attend the dinner has been wired to Johnson, and it is as to be present at the function. Johnson is and has been for many years one of the biggest figures in base ball. It was he who was in- strumé&ntal in organizing the Ameri-; can League. raised it from a minor to a major league plane. despite bit- ter opposition from the once all-pow- erful National circuit. and has had) mest to do with Kkeepin: the ferefront through many s of attacks from without and strife with- in. More newspaper space bheen devoted to Johnsen and his activi- ties than any official connected with the game. He has been lauded and panned, commended and criticised. His name is familiar to all fans, but few in Washington ever have seen his much-discussed personage. - The ride banquet probably will give close-up of the man who been termed tyrant and as Moses and savior. If ble to attend he will on to seen, for he is a warm friend and hearty admirer of McBride and will not neglect the op- portunity to voice his sentiments. Boosters Are Named. Appointment "of a booster commit- tee. comprising the names of some of the most influential fans of Washing- ton and vicinity., was the most im- portant action taken last night at the meeting of the committee on ar- rangements at the City Club. These fellows are all lives wires and can be counted upon to do yeoman work in their sections as members ex-officio of the main committee and working in conjunction with the publicity ody. 2 The boosters consist of Harry La Claire and Thomas Seigfried of the Government Recreation League of the 3 Robert Emmett Kelley, Lieut. Mide 0. 11 police precinct; Sergt. r of Congress Heights ball James Marbury, ex-president . Smithson and he Mohawk A. C.; club; Potomac League; R. 8ammy Johnson of t Skinny Carroll. bowling leader of the ast: kd Rice, proprietor Library ng alleys: John T. Smith. Bill affery, J. E. Wright Roxey Reach and J. E. Allen of the Rex A. C.. Bob O'Lone and G. A. Simpson of the Aloy- stus Club; John Allen, Johnny McCabe and Charles A. Johnson of Center market. John T. Nolan, president Po- tomac Boat Club; Louis Day. manager government printing office ball club Bill Kearney and Bill Rapp of the Knickerbocker club and James A. Farrell, premier rooter of the bureau of engraving and printing. Among the committee members who yeported progress: last night were Sam _Steinberger, who read an at- tractive list of 'dishes in faultless French: George Shaffer. who has evolved elaborate plans for the deco- rations, and Clark Griffith, who has lined up an imposing array of speak- ers. Commissioner J. Thilman Hen- drick probably will be toastmaster. i Stunts Committee Enlarged. | Chairman Roland Robbins of the| ' stunts committee announced that eight or ten different skits would be provided for the entertainment of I expected he will time his arrival so BIG LEAGUE PILOTS—1. ! HUGH DUFFY. The new manager of the Boston Red Sox, succeeding Ed Barrow, now is preparing to take hix charges south for the anmual spring training trip. Duffy is an old-time National League player.. This will be his first season in a managerial role in the majors. BAKER LIKELY TO PLAY Tells Scout Kelly of Yankees He Will Give His Final De- cision in Ten Days. BALTIMORE, February 19.—It is likely that Home Run Baker will be batting third for the New York Yan- kees. with the mighty Ruth following, when the umpire cails the first “Play ball!” of the 1921 season. Joe Kelley, Yankee scout, and Baker met yester- day at a local hotel by appointment and thrashed over the entire matter. Regarding the chances of the Yan- kees to come through this year, Baker is optimistic. “It looks like a real club,” he said, “and I believe they have a first-class chance to be cham- pions. I would like playing under Huggins and I want to play this year, :nd will give my final decision in ten ays.” All of Browns in Line. dinner patrons in addition to an orchestra, and the following names have been added to those who are as- ng him: Billy Fowler, manager National Theater; Harry Jarboe. man- ager Gayety ‘Theater; Jack Garrison. manager Capitol Theater; L. Stoddard Taylor, manager Belasco Theater. 3. Harris, manager Poli's Theater: A. Julian Brylawski, manager Cosmos Theater: Charles Linkins, manager Strand Theater. Rafael Semmes was appointed chair- man of a special auto committee to provide transportation for talent. He has accepted the offer of Harry King to provide a machine and chauffeur, | ST. LOUIS, February 19.—All of the St. Louis Americans have been round- ed up with the receipt of the signed contract of Catcher Josh Billings. Of thirty-eight players the only one re- maining unsigned is that of Emilio Palmero, the Cuban pitcher from the ‘Western League. His terms have been met. Oldring to Join Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash., February 19.— Rube Oldring, for many years an out- fielder for the Philadeiphia Athletics, has signed to play with Seattle. and is waiting to hear from others generously disposed. ~ Before adjourning the committee members were given a peek at a shiny article Ed Eynon was commissioned | o obtain for presentation to McBride the night of the dinner. It is to be a _surprise. %BIG SIX” TO COME BACK IN A YEAR, HE WRITES NEW YORK, February 19.—The heerfulness that has marked Christy Mathewson's long and valiant fight against tuberculosis was uppermost in a Jetter the famous pitcher sent today to Joe O'Brien, secretary of the New York Giants. The letter to O'Brien was the first’ he has written since taken ill and was construed by his friends as an in dication he is getting better. “Big Six” requested O'Brien to in- ruct the Giants' trainer to look out for his glove and his shoes so that they would be ready when he was well. He sald it probably would be another year Indians Farm Out Two. CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 19.— Pitchers George Cykowski, Cleveland sand lot star, and Russell Ellison, University of California, have been farmed out by the Indians to Joplin of the Western League. Landis to Visit Brooklyn. NEW YORK, February 19.—Judge Kenesaw M. Landis will take part in exercises to be held at Ebbets Field in the early spring, when the Brook- lyn team hoists the pennant ‘won in Sheehan, an infielder, has signed his contract. Continental Admits Teams. BOSTON, February 19.—President Andy Lawson of ‘the Continental League has announced that the Boston franchise had been awarded to George F. Day and Ligcoln G. Pope. They would have a negro team to represent before he is able to come back. Ward Balks on Terms. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. February 19. &-Aaron Ward, third baseman for the New York Americans, has returned {his contract. Ward said he would be & hold-out until his salary demand is met. Macks Leave for South. PHILADELPHIA, February 19.— The first contingent of the Philadel- {phia Americans left last night for Lake Charles, La. In addition to Man- ager Connie Mack there were eleven men. mostly recruit pitchers and catchers, in the party. ©f the Athletics will south February Montreal Gets Akron Club. MONTREAL, February 19.—Direc- The main body tors of the Akron club of the Interna- | tional League are willing to sell their franchise to a Montreal syndicate for $41.000. Frank Shaughnessy, repre- imentative of the syndicate, who made the offer, said he had received a mes- sage of acceptance. Plays That Puzzle BY BILLY EVAN: Here is a simple play that comes tp several times a year: It is Smith's furn to bat, but Brown, who follows bim in the batting order, starts the Snning. After two strikes have been pitched to Brown the manager of the team at bat discovers he is the dmproper batsman, that Smith should have been the proper batter. He con- s -that since he discovered the m before the batsman was tired ho has a right to substitute the proper batsman without penalty Dther than the two strikes that were tched to tho improper batsman. The anager of the team fn the field kes the opposite viewpoint. What @bout this play? * Team fs Not Penalized. The manager of the team at bat when he discovered Brown was the $mproper batsman had a right to sub- stitute Smith, the proper batsman. fThe only penalty inflicted on Smith Mas that he take the two strikes al- L4035 DuL over on Brown, leave for the| this city, he said, and will play on the Everett High School field. Knoxville Giants, playing at Brooklyn, will be a second negro club in the league, Lawson said. TWO DISTRICT NINES' ON VERMONT’S LIST Georgetown and Catholic University teams only will be encountered by the University of Vermont nine on its southern trip, according to the north- erner's schedule anuounced today. Ver- mont_will open against Georgetown at the Hilltop March 30 and meet Catholic | University at Brookland the following Last year the Vermonters gave orgetown one of its three defeats, taking a thirteen-inning game. Twenty-one -games have been listed | for the Green Mountain nine. Yale, Co- | Jumbia, Lehigh, Holy Cross, Boston Col- lege, Harvard, Fordham, Pennsylvania, | Syracuse and Dartmouth are among the {mort important nines. Fleet Title Is Decided. PANAMA, February 19.—The base ball team of the Pacific fleet won the second and deciding game in the bat- tle fleet championship by defeating the Atlantic fleet, 4 to 0. The Pacific team won Thursday’'s game, 5 to 4. McPhersons to Have Nine. McPherson Athletic Club expects to put a strong base ball team in the field, and wants games with nines in the fourtesn-year-old division. For engagements, telephone Ralph Hop- kins, Franklin 4707, after 6 p.m. Should Tax Other Teams. The income tax unit of the Treas- ury Department has organized a base ball team and is anxious to schedule games. Nines interested should com- municate witn Martin P. Skalink, 902 10th street northeast. Calls Base Ball Candidates. ‘Trinity Athletic Club has issued a call for base candidates to report for practice on the club’s fleld tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. A business meet- ing also will be held. Trap Trophy to Troeh. I | | { } { i | George McBride Banquet Wardman Park Hotel, Feb. 24 Have YouBought Your Ticket? 500 On Sale at Spalding’s, Limited to | 013 14th St. Stag, Informal, $5 a Plate Stunts Galore! BUTGANNOT PLAY {Shortstop Still Too Weak for Training—Herzog Not | for Nationals. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. HE Nationals this year prob- ably will have to get along without much assistance from Jim O'Neill, who made a flock of friends among the fans of Wash- ington by his work at short, where he was stationed for about hali-of the scheduled games last season.. O'Neill was stricken with a par- ticularly severe attack of pneunfonia shortly after the campaign cnded, and for many weeks was confined to a hosy tal here, with life hanging iby a slender thread. Eventually he recovered sufficiently to be taken home, but those Yamiliar with the ravaging effects of the or- deal he had undergone éxpressed doubt whether he would be physical- 1y capable of giving a good Bccount of himself over the stretch of the gruel- ling pennant race in 1921. Sends His Signed Cemtract. This apprehension has been sub- stantiated by O'Neill himself. In a letter received by President Griffith today from Minooka, Pa., where O'Neill has been conbalescing, the player inclosed his signed contract and asked that he bé excused from the spring training trip. O'Neill advised Grift that his recu- peration has been slow and that at the present time he s far from strong. He expressed the fear that he would be unable to stand ghe rigors of train- ing in his present’ condition and re- quested that he he given permission to_delay ‘repordn’. < Griffith realizes£he danger of a seri- ous setback to O'Neill should he start strenuous work; before he fully re- gains his health’and has no intention of exacting it. ~The boss of the Na- tionals believes it would ~hasten O'Neill's recovery for him to take the trip south, however, and has go in- formed him. -A good, restful time of i it. sitting around in the warm sun- shine and balmy air at Tampa watch- ing his mates*toiling on the diamond and with wholesome food at tegular intervals will be prescribed for him. In this way it is hoped O'Neill will sufficiently recover to be ready for at least occasional duty by midsgason. Hersog Not for Griffmen. Charley Herzog's efforts to enlist Clark Griffith’'s interest in' him.as a member of the Washington club fell flat. Herzog, who not long ago, was quietly released by the Chicagp Cubs, came to town the other day and. had a talk with Griff, but received no en- couragement and went away from here. Herzog is a smart ball player, and until last season a clever hitter, but certain charges made against him by Rube Benton never have been sat- isfactorily cleared up. He h&s out- lived his usefulness in base ball. DAVE McCARTY IN VAN IN NEWSPAPER BOWLING Leaders who had held sway in- the newspaper individual duckpin champlon- ship tournament since its start last week were deposed yesterday on the ea- tion drives. Bubbles Cahoon of The ‘Times, with a score of 324, was sent to third position when Dave McCarty of ‘The Star totaled 339, and Mack McAlwee of the Times made 334. Malcolm, an- other Times bowler, scored 323 to gain fourth place. McCarty’s rally in the two last frames of his third game put him at the top of the list. He spared in the ninth box, made a strike in the tenth and got a count of eight on the rojl-out, for a 131 game, the best of the tourney. first game was 94, and his second 114.. Mc- Alweo had -games of 111, 120 and 103. Chick Darnell of the Post, bowled the best flat game of the tournament when scored 94. h’Other scores of yesterday follow: Hendley, 261; Nolan, 252; Corwin, 306; Ellett, 306 ; Kneipp, 245; Cromwell, 310; R. L. Lynch, 237; Baur, 265; Fry, 287; Peoples, 300; George, 310 ; Darnell, 282; Hutton, 286 ; Foltz, 278 ; Hydn, 274; Sut- ton, 261; Warren, 300. ROYAL DUCKPIN TEAM ROLLING IN ROANOKE Royal duckpinners, who are in Roa- noke, Va., today for the first block of their annual home-and-home match with the Palace quint, visited Chevy Chase Club last night and vanquished the home bowlers, 3,187 to 3,006, in a three-game contest. First and second teams of each organization bowled 2nd the Royal totals bettered that of Chevy Chase in each game. The counts were: Royals; 1,023, 1,088 and 1,076; Chevy Chase, 1,004, 964, 1,035. Lewls and 'Standford had high games of 130 and 131, respectively, and the former rollgd 357 for the best set of the match, Thompson.and de Sibour did well for the ciubmen, the latter scoring a 313 set. A return match will b~ wled March 10. | Detroit Bowlers Ahead. TOLEDO, Ohio, February 19.—The | Garden Elks of Detroit are leading the five-man event of the Eiks: bowl- ing tourney with a_score of 2764. Bauer and Miller of Detroit head the doubles with 1,171. Friedman of De- troit is first among the individuals with 667, and N. Capp of Detroit heads the all events with 1,756. Organize Athletic Club. Employes of the Washington branch of Swift & Co. have organized an ath- letic and social club that will promote base ball, bowling and other sports. W. D Feely is president; C. R. Embrey, vice president; L. L. Siegel, secretary, and D. T. Dutrow, treasurer. The club will meet weekly in the company’s new building, at 1st and L streets northeast. ————— Berlin Heads Lafayette A. C. Richard Berlin was elected presi- dent of Lafayette Athletic Club at a meeting held last night. Other offi- cers chosen were Norman Lewis, vice | president; Warren Poole, treasurer; Earl McQueeney, secretary;, Forrest Simonds, sergeant-at-arm: Ruben Kaplan, business manager, and Lioyd Hughes, assistant business manager. — Mobile Plans for Racing. MOBILE, Ala, February 19.—A KANSAS CITY, Mo., February 19.— |business men’s racing associason has Frank Troeb, Vancouver, Wash., won the amateur cup at the seventeenth interstate annual trap shooting tour- pament. He broke 96 of the 100, been incorporated here.to hold & six- day running meet or longer at the fair grounds track, with h 57 named as the probable omnj‘tg date. —— AMONEILLSIGNS, | l —Life’s Darkest Moment. 1 BOUGHT HiM SOME FRteD CrHICKEN AMD A LAMB CHOP AMD SOME FRESH Milk. THE POOR. DOG Loak s STARVED Do You WANT To KitL THAT DoG 7 IF:/ou'Qg JusT FEED Hia CHICKEN BoMES! Dort'T You K~ow THEY SPLINTER AMD ——\ PUMCTURE WIS [— - Copright, 1921, B, T. Wobster. & MNEVER Guve Him LAMB CHOP BoNES! 1 HAD A DOG ONCE AMD WALLED HiM THAT wAvy., FEED Him RUeZYOUCaNT fl AFTER RIDING 1200 MILES {J ! —By Webster. A~ND DON T GIvE v Mk UNLESS You WANT Hivm To N HANE WORMS. IT's TERRIBLE STUFF FOR A voG } | | | IN A BAGGAGE CAR WITH MOTHING To EAT BUT A FEW DRY, HARD CHUMNKS OF PuPPy BisCuT 5&85757 YALE DEFEATS OXFORD Captures First International Inter- collegiate Shoot, Scoring 1,564 to Britons’ 1,361. NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 19. —The Yale rifie team defeated Oxford University last night in the first in- ternational _intercollegiate shoot ever staged, 1,664 pojnts to 1,361. Each shot on its hom8 ranges, the scores being cabled. Each member of the teams fired-twenty shots at a distance of seventy-five feet. PHILADELPHIA, February 19.— Yale defeated the Pennsylvania fenc- ing team last night by a score of 5 to 4 In the folls and 1 to 0 in the epee. DELAND, Fla., February 19.—Of- ficially opening the 1921 base ball sea- son, Stetson University defeated the Ormond semi-pro nine yesterday, 4 to 0. ) CHICAGO, February 19.— North western defeated Chicago in a West- ern Conference swimming meet last night, 35 to-34. NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 19. —Yale's wrestling team defeated Co- lumbia in a dual meet here last night, 18 to 9. MIDSHIPMEN COMPETING IN-SIX SPORTS TODAY ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 19— New England has four teams here, meeting the midshipmen in that num- ber of the six events this afternoon. Massachusetts Tech has its boxers and swimmers here, Yale has its fencers and Dartmouth its wrestlers. The other events are the basket ball game against Marietta and a gym- nastic meet against Haverford. The swimming contest with Massachusetts Tech is the last scheduled for the sea- son here. Sinclair, who has three times lowered the intercollegiate rec- ord for the 220 yards, will try for the 100-yard record. Kanakanui_ the Hawaiian, holder of the high figure at forty yards, will try for the fifty-yard record, now held jointly by. Hincks, Binney and Jel- lifte, all of Yale. GUILLEMOT CAN TRAVEL |Observers Declare French Runner Real Speedster Despite His Lack of Form. l NEW_YORK, February. 19.—Corp. i Josef Guillemot, the ‘French Olympic champlon runner, is ready. for the spe- cial 3,000-meter race in the Madison Square Garden games tonight. The little Frenchman_ has attracted considerable attention at South Field, Columbia Universjgy, where he has been practicing W¥ince his arrival. Compared with American collegiate runners, the doughty corporal has no form. He runs like a school boy, kicking his heels in the air, and flap- ping his arms. All observers admit, however, that he has speed. His legs stretch out to a remarkable degree while at the height of his stride and he has dis- played great stamina in sprinting fin- ishes. Guillemot laughingly denied the widely spread report that he trains on beer and cigarettes. . He observes virtually the same training rules that are in vogue among American-train- ed athletes. HEALY IS SERIES WINNER IN ALOYSIUS ROAD RUNS Dan_Healy, veteran harrier, who started from scratch in each of the seven three-mile handicap road races hel for the members of Aloysius Club during the past two months, for the first time failed in the final run of the series last night to be among the first three to finish. His best was ninth, but this did not prevent his winning the series low-score prize with a total of thirty points. His closest competitors for honors in the seven races were Bland and Alvey, tied for second place with forty-one points each. Joe Shanley won last night's event, heading Mike Lynch by three feef after. a grueling final mile duel Murphy ‘was third and Montague fourth. Fifteen runners started. ¥ Tiger Quint at C. U. Tonight; G. W. Entertains Hilltoppers \\4 Brookland gymnasium, Georgetown ASHINGTON will not go without its college basket ball victorylfl tonight, despite the invasion of the speedy Princeton quint. While the Tigers are clawing at Catholic University in the big and George Washington will go to the mat in the Coliseum. No matter what happens at Brookland, the city will have a winner downtown. The Princeton-Catholic University engagement is to start at 8:30 o’clock, and the Hilltoppers and Hatchetites will take the floor at about the same time. Denys, French Star, Will Run in Penn Relay Games PHILADELPHIA, February 19. —Denys, the sensational French distance runner will oppose some of America’s fastest col- lege athletes in a two-mile race at the Pennsylvania relay car- at Franklin Field. A two- mile event has been added to the first day’s program, and all the great college distance run- ners of the country will be in- vited to compete against Denys, for whose benefit the race was put on. Denys has defeated Guillemot, the Olympic French distance champion, four times this year. PUS TECH UINT ARED Eastern Defeats Western, Breaking Tie in Scholastic League—Cen- tral Downs Business. Thanks to Eastern, Tech’s quint is out in front in the scramble for the high_school basket ball championship. The Manual Trainers gained undisputed possession of the lead yesterday when the Capitol Hill boys nosed out Western, 29 to 28, driving the latter out of its tie with ‘Tech. In the second portion of the double-header at the Coliseum Central emerged from its cellar dead- lock with Busipess by trouncing the Stenographers, 26 to 14. Both games were bitterly contested. Eastern's triumph was the result of an aggressive floor game that gradually wore down Western until it was prac- tically helpless in the final period. Burke and Conard kept the Red and White in front at the start and_their team led, 17 to, 10, at half time. When play was resumed ' Jastern began to us- sert itself. The third quarter ended with Eastern only four points behind, and in the final period the Capitol Hili team caged four scrimmage goals, while Western was getting one from the. floor and another from the 15-foot mark. Burke and Conard. played well for Western, but their work - was not nearly as brilliant as that of Myers, diminutive Eastern guard. This youngster was everywhere, covering Red and White plays, inaugurating attacks, ing points by spectacular throws. O'Dea, Eastern center, also put up an excellent game and Faber's tobs- ing of baskets for the winners was a feature. McFadden, guard, and Childress, forward, mainly were responsible for Central's success. The former was in the thick of every scrimmage and did more than any other to break up dan- gerous Business rallies. He also found time to do some scoring, get- ting four floor goals. Childress proved adept at passing and was strong de- fensively. Central displayed more teamwork than in any other game in the series. For Business, Meaney, Den- nis and Peterson starred. St John's Preps and the Y. M. C. A. Day School were victors yesterday. The former defeated Petworth Ath- letic Club, 22 to 5. The Y boys went through a struggle before downing the St. Alban's Juniors, 11 to 10. The Y Reserves beat the Epiphany Boy Scouts, 12 to §. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Mercer, 28; Tennessee, 20. Clemson, 50; Charlexton, 12. 335 Gi rd, 14. 37; David- nity, 18. Lee, 26; Wake ™ bama, 13. Drexel. 503 Leb: Valley, Hopkins, 27. 40; Susque- 14, hanaa, 30. Marietta, 483 Loyul; W protecting tossers und add-| Tonight's Brookland visit will be the second for Princeton. Last year the quint from Old Nassau came here and took the measure of the Maroon and Black, but it didn’t find the job an easy one by any means. The Tigers are reputed to have a sturdy combination this season, although not S0 successful in the intercollegiate league campaign, and they expect to repeat their 1920 triumph. b, Fred Rice’s charges aren’t worried y the impending clash. They have been setting a speedy pace in recent engagements and are prepared for the Jerseyites. The Maroon and Black has developed a good passing game and has perfected its defense to such an extent that recent Brookland vis- itors have found it difficult to grab points. Princeton has changed coach- es this week, and this may so affect its play that Catholic University will more than surprise the invaders. George Washington will send a patched team against the Hilltoppers, two of the Hatchetite regulars being on the casualty list, so the downtown- ers’ chances of offsetting that 26 to 19 defeat by Georgetown last month are not particularly bright. The Blue and Gray basketers have not taken the short end of a count this season and are determined to maintain their clean slate. Both of the games will be preceded by clashes in which the freshmen teams of the hosts will participate. Western High School will attempt to down the Brookland clubs, while the Hatchetite youngsters will face the Army and Navy Prep five. The early game at the Coliseum will begin at 7 o'clock and that at Brookland at 7:30. With D. C. Basketers Terminals and- Auditors of the Ter- minal R.'R.\Y. M. C. A. Basket Ball League triumphed in engagements yesterday, the former taking a 34- with Pinkstaff leading the al shooting six scrimmage ditors had Coach Yard on the short end of & 12-to-1 score at the end of the first half of their game, but the soxsion. Hutchison, Held and Nevia- ser starred for Auditors. Scott and Posey were best of the Coach Yard players, Congreas Heights Yankees over- whelmed the Richmond Terminal quint in a 47-to-25 game played in Richmond last night. The winners defense baffled the home team. Hed- dons led at scoring with ten floor goals and five from the foul line. Goetz and Ingley played strong de- fensive games for the Yanks. Dreadnaught Athletic Club swamp- ed the Maryland Collegians in a 40- to-8 game played in the Alexandria armory. The winners will entertain the Bolling Field Aviators tonight. Sioux Athletic Club handed the Capitol Preps a 27-to-11 drubbing in Fastern High gymnasium. The Sioux want_games with teams in the 125- pound class. Telephone challenges to A. Murray, Lincoln 4663. Aloyaius Club’s Big Five will face the speedy Fort Myer team tonight in Gonzaga gymnasium. Play will begin at 8 o'clock. Lafayetten and Onklands will clash in Carroll Institute gymnasium Wed- nesday night. The first toss-up will occur at 8:30 o'clock. Sherwoods Langdons have scheduled a game for Monday night. They will play in Eastern High gym- nasium, starting at 8:30. Eastern Athletic Club defeated the Cavaliers, 12 to 10. Dawson's work featured the playing of the winners. Grace Ahtletic Club will play the Cooke 116-pound team in Grace gym- nasium tonight. The Grace team is in the field for the city championship, and Mapager Henderson will receiv ohallenges at 2712 M. street. His tel phone is West 640, EX-SOLDIER LACKS RING CRAFT AND EXPERIENCE When He Gets "Fh?al;d?vel;ps Left Jab He Will Be One of Best Heavies in Country, Experts Say. BY FAIRPLAY. EW YORK, February 19—Bob Martin of the A. E. F. stands mighty N well with New York boxing fans today in spite of the fact that he lost the decision to Knockout Bill Brennan of Chicago in the fifteen-round bout at Madison Square Garden last night. There is hardly a fight expert to be found who is not ready to say that all that Martin lacked last night was experience and ring crait, which Brennan had When he develops a better left-hand jab and increases his knowledge o weights we have in this country FIGHT FULL OF ACTION Martin Lands Some Hard Blows fighting tactics he is lik and Has Brennan in Trouble Several Times. | NEW YORK, February 19.—There | was plenty of action in the fifteen- round bout K. O. Bill Brennan won from Bob Martin over the referees’ ruling last night. During the first five rounds Brennan landed solid left jabs to the face which Martin seemed unable to avoid, but in all of these sessions Martin. never- { thyless, had decidedly the better of the exchanges. From the first round, which was about even, Martin bled profusely from the mouth. He was the aggres- sor, however, during the next four rounds and had Brennan on the de- fensive most of the time. In the fifth round Martin landed four right smashes to the head and jaw and seemed to have Brennan on the run. From that stage to the tenth Bren- nan was the master, sending Stiff left jabs to the mouth, every one of which had a weakening effect on the re- celver. In the tenth round Martin, although he showed signs of weakness, sent a straight right smash to Brennan's jaw which staggered the Chicago man 2 couple of seconds before the bell sounded. Had Martin landed this blow any time during the first five rounds. when he had all his strength behind his punches, it might have counted for a knockout in his favor. Brennan had all the better of the eleventh, but in the twelfth Martin cely to be, say the critics, one of the best heavy In this opinion the writer is willing 1o join, holding. however, the follow ing reservation: Martin has got to build up his left jab, and it is not altogether certain that he ever will be able to do =o. Most of the “up- and-up” gang think that five or six more fights will fix up this little mat iter of a really formidabie it will and maybe not hopes so, for Martin is the highest type of pugilist he er seen. He 1ooks and acts like a college boy. and it would be good for the sport if Bob Martin were to gain supremacy. Brennan jabbed Maxtin = lot lamt night and "beat him on infighting Martin, in re had his man going several times a result of hard right-hand blows, but he didn't know how to finish the thing. On the whole Martin missed more than Brennan, and, while the crowd pulled for a draw decision, there is no doubt that Brennan earned the verdict. Both men finished strong. Sheckard Hits Sawdust Trail. Jimmy Sheckard. according A Chicago report, is likely to be u rival to Billy Sunday before long. The fc mer great Cub outfielder walked up to the mourners’ bench the other day at a revival meeting at the Methodist Church in his home town, Columbia, Pa. Jimmy did it all very quietly, it is ‘said, informing his friends luter that Re had decided to sign up in a league where, if a man hits over 300, it does him good all his life and way beyond. i As to Worth of Blows. Any referee who knows his business knows that a body blow shouid count as much in the making of a decision as a blow to the face. Yet the average fight fan doesn’t seem to know it. He will howl with glee over a wallop to the jaw or the eve or the mnose, but is. not rallied and, at close quarters, gave blow for blow and divided the honors of that session, Brennan being visibly tired as he went to his corner. Bren- nan had the better of the remaining three rounds. Bout Ends in 16 Seconds. _ Probably the shortest bout ever held in Madison Square Garden was the opening heavyweight contest, which lasted sixteen seconds. Whitey Allen of New York sent a right smash to the jaw of Bob Sweeney of Boston, sending him down for the count al- most as soon as they had squared off. Homer Smith of Kalamazoo, Mich., knocked out Wild Bill Reed of Cali- fornia in the fourth round with a hard right to the ear. Smith weighed 188 pounds and Reed 182. Pinkey Lewis, a California negro eavyweight, was disqualified for olding Kid Norfolk, who holds the Rickard belt as the negro light- heavyweight champion. STOPS RICHIE MITCHELL Rocky Kansas Turns Trick in First Round at Buffalo, Springing - Big Surprise. BUFFALO, N. Y., February 19.— Rocky Kansas of Buffalo sprang a big surprise when he knocked out Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee in the first round of a twelve-round bout last night. A left to the body and right to the head crumpled the Milwaukee fighter. He ‘was up at the count of nine, but sank in a few seconds under a rain of blows to the head. At the first gong Kansas sailed into his opponent with swings to the body that broke down Mitchell's guard. At each rush Richie tried to catch Kansas with short joits to the jaw and then clinched. Rocky kept boring in quickly and followed the break of each clinch with another rush. Kansas weighed 133, Mitchell 134. Roper Knocks Out Griffin. NEW ORLEANS, February 19.—Capt. Bob_Roper of Chicago knocked out Jim Griffin of San Francisco in the second of a scheduled fifteen-round bout last night. A short right-hand punch to the chin ended the fight. Griffin weighed 166 pounds and Roper 184. Upholds Boxers’ Suspension. NEW YORK, February 19.—The Na- tional Boxing Association has upheld the one-year suspension imposed upon Jack Dilion of Indianapolis and K. O. Brown of San Francisco by the Ken- tucky state board. They were charged with “stalling” in a contest in Louis- ville and will be barred from bouts in all states holding membership in the association. Arthur Pelky Is Dead. DETROIT, Mich., February 19.—Ar- thur Pelky, former heavyweight pugilist, died at his home in Ford City, Ontario, yesterday from sleeping sickness. Pelky participated in a bout with Luther Mc- Carthy in Calgary, Alberta, May 24, 10-15 match from. Metropolitan Ath-|1915, that resulted in McCarthy's death. letic Club, while the Auditors bested | Pelky, who was thirty-eight vears old, Couch Yard in a .16-to-11 league |had been a patrolman in Ford City. champlonship game. The Terminals outpassed and outclassed tl %ac2Ss | PRESIDENT-ELECT LOSER s Gar Knockers braced in the ClOSINE| _president-elect Harding and Jim WITH BARNES ON LINKS ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.. February 19. Barnes were on the losing end of their golf match yesterday. Robert T. Small of Columbia Country Club, Washing- ton, helped his professional and club- mate, Fred McLeod, defeat Barnes and the President-elect by a score of 2 and 1. At the turn Mr. Harding Was pre- sented with a four-leaved clover by Mrs. Blanche Henning of Chicago. which she found while going to the seventh hole. Despite this lucky omen he was unable to overcome the ad- vantage his opponents had gained on the first half of the journey. Harding had a 107, Small a 103 and each of the pros Course Record for Guilford. MIAMI, Fla. February 19.—Jesse Guilford’ of Hoston won the annual midwinter golf tournament here by defeating T. W. Valmer of Miami. 7 up, in the finale_Guilford established a new record of T4 for the course. Mrs. Feitner Wins Title. PALM BEACH, Fla. February 18— Defeating M Byfield of the Ravisloe Club, .4 and 2. & Quentin_ Feitn 1 Hyde, of the South S Club, w York, yesterday won the Florida women's golf championship for the fifth time. Will Referee Army-Navy Game. Joe Deering. who has officiated fre- quently i college und xcholastic games here, will referee the annual Army-Nav: basket ball game to be plaved at napolis next Saturday. Howard Ortner, coach at Cornell, wiil umpire. Deering is coach: of the Columbia University quint. thrilled at all when a fighter hands his opponent a lot of body punches. It has even got so that fighters don’t think much about protecting their bodies, their guards being held high and their hands poised for a counter to a punch directed at the bean. A fighter such as Bob Fitzsimmons with his shift would put fighters of this sort away by the dozens. There was Jack Dempsey in his last fight. For round after round he walked laround Bill Brennan, looking for an Opening to the jaw and not finding it Then, discouraged. he took one of his well known wallops at Bill's bread basket and the Chicagoan dropped like 1a man who had been shot. Fitzsimmons | knocked out Corbett with a body blow and many other good men have gone to sleep from a prod on the solar plexus. In fact, the great fighter is always likely to wear down his opponent and make him mellow by frequent body blows until the time comes to slip over the fare- thee-well There is no spot anywhere In a human being weaker or more sus- ceptible to a punch than that spot where the ribs divide. Try it on yourself. Herman Gets Bum Check. It may stop the rush of our fight- ers to England when the rumor is spread that Pete Herman got a bum check in return for his services in the ring against Jimmy Wilde. Here's the way the story is told in New York: Herman's end was supposed to be $22,000. Sammy Goldman. Herman's manager, receiv the check. He became suspicious of it and had a friend cash it. Now the London bank has refused to honor it, it is said. and everybody is mad at evervbody else. If this story is true it would iseem that Goldman's “London friend” should be the maddest of the bunch. Herman says he is waiting for an- other chance at Joe Lynch. He thinks he can win his championship back and will take a high hat for his emi of the purse. Yes. he will (Copyright, 1921.) LITTLE JEFF IS LUCKY TO DRAW WITH MURRAY BALTIMORE, Md., February 18— The old macaroni factory, to which he retired some weeks back to seek solace, following his defeat by Char- lie Ray, was again yearning for Little Jeff, local fiyweight, last night when two generous judges came to his res- cue. The Baltimorean got a fine lambast- ing at the hands of Battling Murray of Philadelphia in a twelve-rounder before the Eureka Athletic Club, but the officials called it a draw. Maybe the two gents who handed down the decision gave Jeff too much credit for ! his superb blocking. He seldom fail- ed to stop Murray’'s leads with h nose. At the end this member re sembled one of those beautiful crim- son bugles that were so common in pre-prohibition days. EGGLESTON MEETS SHOTZ IN SILVER SPRING BOUT Johnny Jumbo Eggleston, who faces Johnny Shotz of Southwest Wash- ington in one of the six-round bouts {to be held in the armory at Silver |Spring, Md., Tuesday night, is but five feet two inches tail. but those who have seen him in action declare he can do some real scrapping. For his height he has an exceptional reach of seventy-five inches. This may mean trouble for his southwest opponent. The bouts will be held under the auspices of the Supply Company, 1st Maryland Infantry. The proceeds of the entertainment will be used to fur- nish the new clubrooms of the or- ganization. Indiana Boxing Bill Killed. INDIANAPOLIS, February 19.—The Sherwood boxing bill, designed to per- mit fifteen-round boxing contests in Indiana, wi killed in the lower house of the general assembly yes- terday by a vote of 61 to 34. The bill w prepared by the American Legion legislative committee, under instruc- tions adopted at the legion stag con- veation. Lewis Throws Olin. DES MOINES, Towa, February 19. - the champion wrestler, won in two straight falls from John_Olin last night with headlocks. The first was in 53:30 and the second in 4:30. Meyers Defeats Prehn. CHICAGO. ¥ebruary 19.—Johnny Meyers, middleweight wrestiing cham- pion, defeated Paul Prehn, two falls out_of three. last night. Basket Ball Tonight, 8:30 CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY vs. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY C. U. “Gym,” Brookland, D. C. Admission $1.00; Reserved Scat $1.50 Preliminary Game, C. U. “Fresh® wve. Westera, 7:30 pam. \ \ \ N\ \ A\ .\ v