Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1921, Page 21

SPORTS. —— Have Wealth of New Foot Ball Material. BY H. C. BYRD. B bama and Alabama Polytech- nic Institute, leading institu- tions in the state whose name they remarkably similar situation this fall in that both have lost their en- tire 1920 backfields and must build At Alabama, Stephenson, fullback; Lenoir and O'Connor, halfbacks, and Sewell, quarterback, are through with substitute backs of the seven men who played behind Alabama Polytechnic's line are in uniform, and all four regu- Has Only Four Regulars. Alabama has four regulars back of the rather light 1920 eleven, but banks rial it has. Clemens, end; Hunt and Montgomery, guards, and Cooper, tackle, are the men who went through Baker. Newton, Shotts, Kirby, Baty, Bartlett, Hudson. Byrne and Rosen- feld of the second string aggregation, year's freshman class twenty men of exceptional promise. And some of the newcomers bid fair to develop into and Langhorne and Wesley, a 201- pound guard and 190-pound end, re- spectively seem to be the pick. Riggs Stephenson, fullback, who left the university last spring to play ball with the Cléveland Americans. Ste- a good foot ball player might be ex- pected to accomplish. Only one of the really big men Ala- ; commonly known as Auburn, had in its line last season is back. Pearce, 210-pound tackle, is holding down his { suard, and Warren, 225-pound tackle, were ~graduated. In fact. besides Pearce. it is doubtful if Auburn will line, as Gresham, the other guard who was expected in uniform, is ill and probably will not get in shape to play the regular ends are to te used in the backfield. See Thorny Paths Ahead. ®nd foot ball coach at Auburn. and Charley Bernier. director of athietics at the University of Alabama, both their respective institutions is thorny. Alabama opens its season Saturday. Tuscaloosa. Auburn does not begin its schedule until October 1. when it meets the same school with which plays Sewanee October 22, the first Saturday on which both schools play big games is October 29. Auburn be- bama to face Louisiana State. fcot ball teams of Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan cities are now members of the Mid-West Foot Ball; University and Poly, Though, OTH the University of Ala- bear, find their foot ball teams in a new quartets. their collegiate careers. Only two lars are gone. heavily on the excellent new mate- the schedule a year ago, and, besides there have been added from this stars. Compton, a 214-pound tackle, Probably Alabama's greatest loss is » Phenson starred in about everything bama Polytechnic Institute, more old job, but Sizemore. 220-pound have any of its old regulars in the before late the fall, if at all., and Mike Donahue, director of athletics declare the path to a winning team at Howard College being scheduled at Alabama opens. ‘While Alaban ing listed to meet Georgia and Ala- CHICAGO. September 20.—Sixty-one league. it was announced at a meet- ing here last night by President Charles Lavine. President Lavine said indications were that this is to be the “greatest fcot ball year in history.” More than 200 foot ball enthusiasts attended the meeting. PRO ELEVEN AT WORK. Sixteen candidates for the Wash- ington professional eleven reported te Coach Hegarty for initial practice yesterday at American League Park. The men were sent through a light workout. The club is negotiating for membership in the American Pro- fessional Foot Dall Association. ARMY ELEVENS TO PLAY. Ten teams. representing as many military posts. will open play October for the foot ball championship of e 3d Army Corps area. The winner of the series, an elimination affair. will meet the Quantico Marines De- cember 3, on Homewood Field. in Baltimore, for the interservice title. ARMY POLOISTS WiN IN OPEN TITLE PLAY PHILADELPHIA. September 20.— The Army first team defeated the Fhiladelphia Country Club, ten goals to five, yesterday in the first match for the open polo championship of the United States. Meadowbrook and Great Neck meet today in the second match. Both fours include players wha were members of the team that won the international title this year in England. Summary of Vesterday’ ARMY— Goals. il Wiisen. = a). Chamibe: Lieut. Col. Brown match: Gonls. Sport Leaders Chosen. PHILADELPHIA, September 20. James E. Snyder. Philadelphia. s elected president of the Middle-Atlan- tic Association of the Amateur Ath- letic Union at the annual meeting last Charles B. Durborow. River- J.. was chosen vice president, and Frank A. Leyden, Philadelphia, secretary-treasurer. = $8.95 30x31, Snap Them Up! C.HAS. E. MILLER, Inc. ‘Miller Broa.” Auto SBupply House. 812 14th St. 4 Doors North of H St HAVRE de GRACE 21 to Oct. 1 ’.‘('Wn) SEVEN RACES DAILY PIROY RACR AT dae P . v 22, striving for places on high school Western. expects_twenty:- Olympia Tech led the field yesterday when seventy-five boys reported to Coach Apple for their first traihing of the school year. Many of these spent a week at West River. Md., conditioning and they were fit for more strenuous work than was given. Seven squads were organized and sent through a two-hour drill that included kicking. forward passing and simple forma- tions. Among the likely candidates on the field were House and Rhees, centers; Yilek, Shank, Harris. Shillinger and Howison. guards; upplee. Lewi Smith. Teter and Adams, tackles; Mc Cormick, Walsh, Terry and J. Pugh. ends; A. MacCartee. C. Pugh. Price, Har d and Marshall, quarterbacks; R. MacCartee. Wood, Kline, Beavens. Quesada, Halley and Murray, half- backs, and Brumer. fullbai Capt. Buckley and Wilto backs, and Littell and Duffy, linemen, were the only 1920 regulars amoung the forty candidates who turned out for Central's first practice. Much is ex- pected. however, of McFadden and Childress, basket ball Stars, who are out for the first time, and Goodman, Rauber, Newman, Nettekoven and Kerns. second string _players last year. Coach Metzler sent his charges through a brief kicking and p: ing ariil. Charley Guyon, in charge of East- ern’s squad, had the Capitol Hill boys driving through a rudimentary drill. Capt. Prender, Herzog, O’ Dea, Capper and Leonard of last year's eleven were among those at work. Eastern will be sent along at fair speed. for the team has a game with St John's in Potomac Park next Tuesday. St. John's, by the way, has more than a hundred boys practicing under the coaching of Brother D. Edward and expects to put quite a team in the field. —_— SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Gharlotte. 9: Greenville, 7. the latest purchase. 812 14th St Life’s Darkest Moment. Les < E ve players to turn out for initial practice at I ield this afternoon, and Mike Kelly, grid mentor at Business, will have a like number on No. 1 gridiron at the Monument lot. SLASHING We are in such close touch with the tire market that any fluctuation'is known to us at once and our cash is ready to take advantage of it. Here’s Over 28 Years in the Tire THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1921. 'ALL OF SCHOLASTIC GRID SQUADS NOW PRACTICING ITH Western and ‘Business and candidates for teams at Tech, Central and Eastern contin- uing their drills, more than two hundred boys today will be squads reporting for the first time, footzball elevens. Coach Green; at INDEPENDENT ELEVEN Leviathan Athletic Club wants a game with any 135-pound team on Oc- tober 9. Elevens interested should communicate with F. M. Boyd, 1229 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Following the election of officers by Quentin Athletic Club at a meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at 922 G street, southeast, coaches will hold a conference with candidates for the club’s eleven. South End Athletic Club is booking engagements with elevens in the 145- 150-pound class. Send challenges to C. Reinhard, room 15, District buildin Buaftalo Athletic Club’s colored team 6:30 o'clock at 13th and D streets | northeast. Teams in the 135-175 pound class desiring games with the Bisons should address Earl R. Williams, 256 Warren street northeast. URGES A BIG ATHLETIC FIELD FOR NEW YORK tion of a big athletic field here, where ball to boxing, could be held, was ad- vocated by Frederick W. Rublen, president of the Metropolitan Asso- ciati, of the Amateur Athletic As- soication, at a meeting last night. New York, he said, was greatly in need of such a stadium, which would encourage more outdoor track and field contests. He recommended that the association investigate the situa- tion and report a plan at an early date. Frederick W. Rubien, president, and other officers of the association. were Fabric $7.00 $8.50 $8.75 $9.95 $15.00 $15.50 $15.95 $17.25 $18.00 $23.75 30x3 30x3, 32x3, 31x4 32x4 33x4 34x4 33x41; 34x41/, 35x41, PR it TG, o BB hnfi.nfimmmbhmm 32x3%...........81.78 four-inch 1.00 1.78 All will practice tomorrow afternoon at| NEW YORK. September 20.—Erec- ) amateur sports of all kinds, from foot | MILLER, Inc. "4 Doors Above H St —By Webster WOMAN GOLF CHAMPIONS QUALIFY IN TOURNAMENT OTTAWA, September 20. — Miss Alexa Stirling of Atlanta, American champlon, today met Mrs. S. Whyt of the Royal Montreal Club in the first round of match play for the woman's | open golf championship of Canad Miss Cecil Leitch, open champion of l Great Britain and France, w: the thirty others playing in the first round. Miss Leitch defeated Miss Stirling recently §n the British wom- an’s championship tournament at Turnberry, Scotland, and now hopes to capture Miss Stirling’s Canadian title. The British star turned in the best tying round played yesterday, finish- ing the eighteen holes in 84, Miss Stirling was sixth with a card of 90. Mrs. W. A Gavin of New York had an 89. Cruikshank Tops Golfers. SYRACUSE, N. Y.. September 20.— Bob Crulkshank of Essex county, pro- fessional, led in the first day’'s play in the open New York state golf championship tournament yesterday. 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