Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1921, Page 24

"IGEORGETOWN AND G. W.|NAVY TEAM HAS EYES | TEGERS NEED AN ATTACK |FOUR REMAININ RACE |PLAYERS WHO BACKED TO RENEW ANNUAL FRAY Maryland ‘and North Carolina Will Battle in Baltimore—Two Other Big Clashes to Take Place in Virginia. BY H. C OUR big games are scheduled th and one is to be played here. which Georgetown and Georg F . BYRD. is week among south Atlantic teams, The local contest will be that in e Washington resume the gridiron struggle which years ago was Washington's main foot ball objective. The other three contests carded in the ra ce for the divisional title will be be- tween University of Maryland and University of North Carolina at Bal- timore. Washington and Lee and Virginia Polytechnic at Lynchburg and Virginia Military Institute and North Carolina State College at Raleigh. On the comparative showing of the) two teams, Georgelown should wal- | lop the life out of George \Washing- | ton. but in reality the Hatchetites| probably will make a much better showing than even their own sup porters expect. Georgetown, to use foot ball parlance, was “all pepped up” for its game with Holy Cross, and undoubtedly there will be some- thing of a relaxation this week. And nothing is impossible in foot ball as it is played today, because almost anybody would have been willing to bet his last cent that Syracuse would yet the latter was win from_Pitt. victor by 35 to 0. Wil Atteact Big Crowd. Maryland's game with North Caro- ling in Baltimore is fairly sure to actract a big crowd and prove popu- lar with Baltimoreans. Maryland it- self has three thousand alumni in that city and it*will be the firs: game m which any team representing the state has taken part in Baltimore in a game with a team representing an- other state. Incidentally, the game probably will be mighty interesting from a standpoint of the game itself, because North Carolina has a heayy. strong and well coached team and Maryland will be in better shape next Saturday than it has been for any contest since it met Rutgers in the opening game of the season. Last ‘year Maryland won at Chapel Hill From Carolina by 13 to 0. North Carolina State has a 2-to-14 defeat at the hands of Virginia Mili- tary Institute to wipe out—if it can. A year ago the cadets defeated the Raleigh players at Lexinzton by two touchdowns to a safety. but this week in their home town the Raleigh men | hope to get back their lost laurels. On the showing of the teams so far. there is notgmuch difference in their strength. e Down 'at Lynchburg the Virginia W technic Institute will attemp > m’; out its defeat of last week by trouncing Washington and Lee. And Washington and_Lee seldom is in a mood to allow V. P. 1. to do any- thing more against it than can pos. aibly be helped. The rivalry between Washington and Lee and V. P. T not less bitter than that which used 1o exist between Georgetown and Vir- sinia. Perhaps the crowning surprise of r was the use of much from | blew,” 1 early- be re- when the foot bLall season one-sided victory over Syr Pittsburgh last week. No can be thought of the cont this far except that Syracuse probably due to too much season develcpment. It will tuembered that once before Syracuse had a great eleven and everybody expected it to win from Pitt Warner's men turned the tables and won 33 to 0. With the men Syracuse had on the field Pitt should not_have won by any such score as 1t did. Georgetown's brilliant showing at Worcester. when it completely out- played Holy Cross. was exceptional. even in the estimation of its own *followers. Georgetown men expected the hardest kind of a game. and probably would not have been sur- prised if their team had been de- feated. However, Exendine’s prote- ges performed in a way which must have admitted of nothing other than almost complete annihilation for their opponents. And also S it in_doubtful if more than a few Washingtonians thought for the remotest part of a second that Maryland would finish with the long end of the score in its game with Virginia Polytechnic Institute, | But by dint of almost superhuman effort on the part of linemen playing | practically their first eollege game il( did just that. V. P. I. brought here a team that justified all the zuz}vz ‘that have been said of it. 1 e Ean' oftence, something the 1920 v. “eleven did not have. and Nuatietbacic knew how to 'k Wallace Quarterbacl, 1 threw against Mary- aying moments of what been a wonderful struggl offense that for dramatic possibilities Sever had a superior. It carried the ball to the 8-yard line, and with enly seconds to go ani only one Dlay in which to attempt that re- Taining distance a forward pass was trled. It grounded and ended a game which will go down in Washington Toot ball history as one of the great- est struggles ever staged. Fla kicking was not an e factor In_ Ceorgetow's Victory at Holy Cross. He is said to have got off one of the most remark- able punts in years, reports'stating that the ball carried in the air sev- enty yards and rolled behind Holy Cross’ goal line. The feat was all the more remarkable when it is un- . derstood that Flavin was standing back of his own goal line. The ball with the distance it rolled. covered 110 vards, which is longer than any other kick the writer has ever heard of. Pennaylvania did mot get such an overwhelming revenge on the Vh": ginla Military Institute as many thought it would. The Quakers were pard put to get across three touch- downs, while V. M. L scored once. a showed something of a 91:::'?:1 its game with Johns Hop- “kfns, as might have been expected following_its clash with Virginia ‘Military Institute the previous Sat- ‘urday. It was only natural that the use it. land, in the Charlottesville men should show a|the last few minutes of play gave the | falling off in their play after having 'p‘n’lled‘ well up to the high-water .mark to make sure of winning the contest at Lexington. Virginia not “4nly has a much better foot ball team than represented it a year ago in the matter of experience gained by thé men, but it is playing a better grade gt foot ball. Reports from games in which Virginia has participated “indicate that it has a more compre- ./Bensive system of offense and is more uwersatile on defense. is_out of the race for the Western Conference championship, having lost its second game last .week. Iowa first took the measure of the Urbana men, and last Satur- day Wisconson was a victor over them by 20 to 0. On the contrary, Ohlo State, which lost its opening game to Oberlin rather unexpectedly, is marching steadily toward a title. Minnesota fell a week ago before its attack, and Saturday Michigan went down before it, 14 to 0. / George Washington simply wallowed the Drexel Institute team around in the dust at Philadelphia, showing an offense in frong of which the Drexel eleven crumpléd like a wheat fleld in front of a cyclone. Harvard and Yule got genuine scares against Penn State and Army. The former barely saved fitself from defeat by tying the score in the last quarter, and Yale won on an inter- “cepted forward pass. And while Yale and Harvard were being shoved, one to win just & bare victory and the other to ekewout a tie, Princeton was Jbowi: for fhe pond _time within a-week, Univepsit¥ of Chicago com- ing from the '.fldd]e west to put the SIZ 1fth St, 3 Doors North of H St., sccond kink In the Tiger's tail. With Yale, Harvard and Princeton struggling in such games as they are, everything seems to indicate that the Yale-Harvard-Princeton games will be among the closest and harde fought that have takern place b tween the Tiger and the Bulldog, the Crimson and the Bulldog, the Tiger and Crimson. Georgin Tech probubly has right now the strongest foot ball team in the east. Certainly no other eleven would have defeated Rutgers by 48 to 14 last Saturday. One of the greatest foot ball Struggles of the year will be staged when the At- lanta_eleven meets Penn State in New York this week. DEFEAT OF D- C. PROS MEANS SHIFT IN TEAM Washington's professional foot ball eleven is due for a shake-up. Fol- lowing its 10 to 0 defeat by the Holmesburg, Pa., team at American League Park yesterday, Coach He- garty realized that his squad included too many so-called stars, and imme- diately decided to remedy the mat- ter this week by wielding the a where necessary. This pruning proc ess may cost the eleven the services of several advertising mediums, but, properly don should increase the iplaying ability of the Black and Whi | As it played vesterday, the local eleven deserved its fate. Its line never matched that of the visitors from start to finish. and the Holmes burg backfleld clearly outclassed an: of the combinations Washington sent into the fray. The Black and White was outrushed, outtackled and out- passed. Otherwise, it played fairly Zood foot ball. It hopes to sho more when it faces Richmond here next Sun: Joe Mctiuckin, former Villanova ege luminary, at halfback for the coring, ard engagement. He did all the making a drop-kick from the 3 line. intercepting a forward pass and running 60 yards to a tochdown and adding the exxtra poinf with a per- Zect goal. These points were countcd in the third period. Other Holmes- burg players performing creditably ere Lynch, center, and Caskey, back. Members of the Black and White did little that was noteworthy, Sullivan and Walson alone showing to advantage. KNICKS MAKE IT THREE INROW BY 16-T0-0 WIN Knickerbocker Club's foot ball team now has won three times in as many starts, its last victory being that scored yesterday over Virginia Ath- letic Club by 16 to 0, and is casting about for more clubs to conquer. Any eleven prepared to give the Knic a game next Sundfy should commun cate with Manager J. C. West, 3265 N street. b Although outweighing the Knicks vesterday. the Virginians were unable to cope with the long forward passes uncorked by the Georgetown team. It was these heaves that put the Knicks in positions to score their touchdowns. Parkhurst and South- ern crossed ethe Virginia goal, and Cox kicked for the extra points. The Knicks got two points on a safety at the start of the game when Peyton of the Virginians, who received the kick-off, was downed in attempting to run the ball from behind his goal. | D! Cox. Knick quarterback, although injured during the first period, re- mained in the game and playved bril- liantly. He was well supported by Southern, Parkhurst, Ford and New- man. Peyton, Rowan, Howard and Bitzer siarred for the Virginians. R —— e — INDEPENDENT ELEVENS St. Theresals Preps took the meas: ure of the Southern Maryland Ath- letic Association eleven, 7 to 0, in a game at Surrattsville, Md. The game was bitterly contested. the Brentwood-Mount Rainier team, 40 to 6, and wants more games with 135-140-pound _ elevens. Telephone challenges to Edward Garner, Frank- ; 1in 4454, after 5 p.m. Garfield and Clover Athletic clubs battled to a scoreless tie. The Clovers had the ball on Garfield's 1-yard line in the third period, but encountered a stubborn defense. Liberty Athletic Club defeated the Linworths, 14 to 0, and is looking for ' other engagements with teams. by Willlam Lerch at 233 Bates street. Lexington Athletic Club, following its 36 to 0 win over the Chickasaws, is ready for more action. Teams in the 115-pound class interested should telephone Lincoln 5156 after 5:30 p.m. An overhea: 105-pound attack uncovered in Mercury Juniors the touchdow: beat the Black Cats, 7 to 0. aithay ‘Trinity clubs scored two victories, the 115-pound team beatin, - lsies, 12 to. 6, while the Builyon downed the Cambrid, ‘Terminal Athl ge eleven, 6 to 0. . e Club did all it scoring in the second half to achieye = 16-t0-0 victory owve = a0 y over Stanton Ath ‘Willingham’s touchdown and kick gave Brookland Athletic glr:fl} Its 7-t0-6 victor: Tetic Cras. y over Quincy Ath- Quentin Athletie Club crush I,;lelvdl:lr;,ana.n-?fiuto l‘(‘ Touchdown:dw::": y attenker, Bl Ant Horae e r, Blaine, Gordon Mercury Athletic posed of the Hyattsville eleven in a 19-to-7 engagement. Neith played good foot ball. e team Will Play @. U. Quint. Rutgers College has book: Georgetown basket ball !e:-medfo:h: game at New Brunswick, N. J., Feb- CORD R R TIRES CHAS. E. MILLER, Inc. Club easfly dis- 30x33% fn. Another big this old-establf isitors, was the leading light of the Southern Athletic Club vanquished | Challenges will be received | le the Bulldogs|- £2 s Four Big Foot Ball Games to Be Played Among South Atlantic Elevens on Saturday ON COLLEGIATE TITLE/CHICAGO BATTLE SHOWS| FOR“BIGTEN” HONORS| RUTH ARE SILENT NOW ANNAPOLIS, October 24.—- Most naval people would have preferred to see the Army defeat Yale and Penn- sylvania’ State win a_clean-cut vic- tory over Harvard on Saturday to the result which did develop, but.they Istill believe that it will be pos for the Navy eleven to botain the col- legiate title by winning all of its remaining games. Without the slightest underestima- tion of those fine teams, it is still believed here that the Navy has an even chance of winning from Penn- sylvania State and rather better than ;an cven chance of defeating West Point. Bethany and Bucknell, which play at Annapolis on the next two Satur- days, are well calculated to give the midshipmen just the kind of games they need in preparation for the great test against Penn State on November 12 in Philadelphia. Both have played good ball this vear, as the Navy s who have seen them do not hesitate to affirm. Bethany has been going ahead for several seasons and this year the weight to go along jwith the speed and cleverness which have marked its elevens for several seasons. Bucknell has been giving the mid- shipmen stiff opposition for several seasons. Its fullback, Bowser, is greatly regarded here, and has gen- erally” done nearly all of the of- fensive work. This year it is known that he has good men behind the line with him and a set of forwards who give him some real help. Nelther of these opponents will be underesti- mated and _every preparation will be made for them o treme interest, however, is being taken in the contest with Penns vania State. From the first the gen- eral opinion here was that Penn State was more to he feared than I'rinceton, and this has been confirm- ed by the showing of the two elevens in urdasy Penn been the cio 1 of the midship- men in sev branches of such as boxing and wrestling, e in favor of the Navy, this ecial reason trive for a foot 1 triumph. ere is general comment over the fact that the Naval Academy eleven, admitted to be very strong in all oth- er departments, lacks a really capable kicker. NAVY ONLY BIG ELEVEN | INEAST UNSCORED ON With the collegiate foot ball season at the half-way mark, the Navy eleven is the only big eastern team which has not been scored on this year. The Middies have preserved their clean slate in winning three game Yale, Syracus Cornell and Washington and Jefferson had their records tarnished for the first time st Saturday. Syracuse especially so, when it lost to Pittsburgh, 35 to 0. Five elevens have won five games \without suffering a setback—namely, Harvard, Washington and Jefferson, Dartmouth, Lafayette and Yale. Hai vard also played a tie game with Penn State. Cornell, Penn State, Pennsylvania and Georgetown have each won four contests without any reverses. The feature of this year's college contests has been the unusual num- ber of tied games. Ten no-decision contests thave been played to da with Swarthmore engaging in with Pennsylvania and Marshall. Cornell has produced the best scor- ing machine, huving tallied 237 points to 7 for its opponents in four games. Fordham is second with 163, and Penn State, with 161, is third. Rut- gers has _been most often scored against, 71 points being chalked against the New Brunswick eleven. Although Capt. Jim Robertson of Dartmouth did not play last Satur- |day, he retained his position as lead- ing individual scorer. Robertson has scored 60 points, including eight touchdowns. nine goals from touch- down and one field goal. Zimmerman of § racuse, is second, with 52 points, and Kenyon of Georgetown and Ram- sey of Cornell are tied for third, with 51 points each. MOHAWK GRIDMEN CRUSH SEAMAN GUNNERS’ TEAM Mohawk Athletic Club's foot ball eleven appears on its way to another riot championship in the light- weight division. The Indians, who have been bowling over all comers since the start of the season, added to their victory string yvesterday at the ex- i{pense of the heavier Seaman Gun- iners in the game at Union Park. The | Sailors were outplayed and downed, 14 to 6. ; Egleston, Bjorkland and Murray, ran roughshod over the Sailors’ line and swept the ends almost at will. In the opening half. Murray and Egles- ton shot past tackles’ for touchdowns dnd Bjorkland and Fridinger kicked the goals. Haff scored for the Sail- ors. ] Tickets for Tech-Central Game Are Placed on Sale Interest in the annual Tech- Central contest, fe of the school foot ball champlon- uhip, Is so intel hat the board of faculty athletic ad- vixers has opened a downtown ‘ticket office. Tickets for the en- gagement, which will he held in Central Stadium Friday aft- ernoon, were placed on sale thix morning_at 613 14th street, where they may be procured there until Thursday at 5 p.m. two, and Franklin \ -SNAPWOOD men. Watch Snap- wood which often makes them well- ible | Saturday? In the past the W more alluring opportunity to do this i the Midway collegians. As a matter The chief trouble with Nassau question that Chicago on Saturday Princeton handled the westerner's {attack about as well as it would have becn handled by any outfit. This statement includes Chicago's power- ful confercs rivals, who, by the way, would kave been no strangers to ithe type of offense that the Maroon {delivered. Why? Because Chicago on Saturday was synchronized to the nicety of a split second watch. The formula of play was not new. West- ern teams have faced it. But they have not faced the crashing fury, the swiftness, the deceptiveness and co- Pesiveness with which the Maroon struck on Saturday. Has Great Line Attack. The principal formation from which Chicago's line attack—directed chief- 1y off the tackles—called the tackles back of the line, the quarter behind them and the backs standing in line with him. At the ‘hep” the tackles leaped into the line at right or left, the backs shifting with them and de- | ploying into a broken oblong, a tri- angle, or other formation, as the play demanded. There never were shifts better timed. Princeton, sliding to meet them, was occasionally caught moving; seldom were the defensive forwards set to meet the blow. Or. agaln, there was a split play, two backs running to right and left, the line charging in similar diree: tons with the fullback getting the ball after a brief delay. Time and again Princeton’s line was foxed into dividing, the result being boulevards opened for the Chicago backs without | physical effort. Another interesting maneuver of the backs, aligned diag- onally, was a right-about face wkich might or might not indicate the trend of play—most bewildering to the de- fense. Of forward passes Chicago threw two, one incompleted, the other work- ing for a touchdown. It was a long pass thrown to a spot, the receiver taking the ball over his shoulder like a base ball. Chicago's off-tackle plays gained through Keck as Keck has a certain lateral tendency on defense which Chicago scouts had spotted. Good use was made of the knowledge and he had two men to handle. Chicago backs started swift- ly and hit the line with all abandon. Yet whatever back took the ball was EASTERN AND BUSINESS TEAMS WELL MATCHED BY JOHN B. KELLER. NE of the best contested games of the high school foot ball cham- pionship series is expected O competitive campaign, and will take Greer of Catholic University, referee, volunteer linesman has not stepped Last year, the Eastern-Business game was the hardest fought of the series. After Business had served as a doormat for other contenders for the title, Mike Kelly assumed charge of the eleven and whipped it into such shape that it was able to hold the supposedly much stronger Eastern- ers to a 0-0 tie. This year each has met defeat in the series when breaks went againt it. Failure to Kkick a goal after touchdown cost Business its game with Western, while an un- timely penalty hurt Eastern in the clash with Central. Eastern will start the contest with-.| out Herzog, its all-high-school star who usually plays at right tackle. Herzog has an injured ankle that is not responding rapidly to treatment. Coleman, guard, has been shifted to Herzog's place and Newman, left tackle, moved to right guard. Mo- tyka will start at left tackle. Moran, back, also will be missing from the line-up, as he has a wrenched knee. He. will be replaced by Myers, a sub- stitute last vear. The Capitol Hill rushline probably will form as follows: Lehnert, left end; Motyka, left tackle; Capper, left guard; O'Dea, center; Newman, right guard; Coleman, right tackle, and Harrison or Cardwell, right end. Capt. Prender will be at quarterback, with Myers and Allan at halfbacks. Weit- sel is likely to start at fullback, but Coach Guyon may decide at the last moment to send Ady, a new player, into the fray. Business alsg has made some changes. Smith now is playing left end, with Cooperman, a substitute, on the other flank, and Nevaiser has been sent into left tackle. Barrett has been moved from fullback to quarter- back in place of Dey and Sprague put in the backfleld. Other boys now in the Business line-up and likely to start tomorrow are DuFief, left guard; McGarraghy, center; Green- wood, right guard; Cummings, right :,lcl:(le, and Bangs and Clark, half- acks. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. HAT lessons will Princeton learn as a result of the Chicago game to berate Princeton, to say she was weak, inept and unversed against respects than she usually is at this time of the year. one of the most poised, versatile, rugged, mechanically perfect foot ball outfits that the writer has ever seenm, an eleven whose morale was as finely tempered as its physical prowess was extraordinary. There is no|was Chicago's clean-cut triumph over of herself against any team in the land. ness elevens will oppose in Central stadium. These teams, vastly improved over last season, have adv: engagement that is to start at 3:15 o'clock. The officials probably will be CHICAGO, October 24.—Western conference foot ball championship Drospects are undergoing revision as a result of Saturday’s games, the November capital |outstanding features of which were Tigers have made the conclusive evidence of unsuspect- out of October defeat. They never had greater incentive—nor |ed power given by Ohio State and than they have today. It is no time [{hicago, together with the defeat of Michigan. '{‘he lftundingn _todn)". 21 including S only conference games, follow: . of exact fact she was better in some Won st Won Lomt 2 0 Michigan 1 Ohlo State ...)2 0 Purdue || Saturday was that she encountered | Wisconsin ....2 0 Indiana 1 Towa .. 1 0 Tlinois 24 Minneso 3 3 ‘While the most talked of subject Princeton, from a purely conference standpoint Ohio State’s victory over {Michigan was the most important of likely to gain because all that was |Saturday’s contests. asked of him was to take the opening | Ohio State, after being defeated provided. In other words, the whole|7—6 a few weeks ago by Oberlin, sup- team, not one star. was advancing the | posedly a minor college in foot ball, ball.” So hard did the backs strikc|was counted out of the race. The that ofteii when tackled back of theifollowing week the Ohioans over- line their driving fury carried them |whelmed Minnesota. Despite this onward for a gain. ;;. wing by last years che;mmpinns. Tigers Play Gamely. ichigan was a favorite at the start Princeton’s play was marked by a|Cf Saturda¥'s contest. Ohio State how ranked with Wisconxin, lowa gameness that was knightly. Men $S| i Such_as Keck, Gllroy, Wittmer, Smith |74 Chicago as a possible title and Euwer were everywhere and their - Wisconsin did as was expected in efforts saved the Tigers from a top- o heavy score. Stagg told the writer {beating Illinois 20 to 0. Minnesota's that he was amazed at the ferocity of | \,19-0 Victory over Indiana brought P, . Jittle comment, as the game was Prinction's defense inside thelr 30-()ooked on as of minor importance. Chicago's forward pass touchdown| J1OWa With an easy schedule, ap- tly has a better chance to go need not be held against the Tigers. | DaTent afeate A oo 1 Mieely t e thar Seay. |through the season undefeated than and the field goal was preceded by « | have Chicago, Ohlo State or Wis- consin. severe penalty at an awkward mo-| " Nex{ Saturday there are few games ment. There was some poor tackling, f importance. Michigdn meets 1lli- but against that lightning attack run- | pois. ¥ L would have given a strong account nois, Wisconsin is expected to have ners often had to be grabbed as they an easy time with Minnesota, while could. In short, Princeton played good |jowa is a decided favorite over Pur- October defense against a November attack. »w for Princeton’s lesson. She has got to build up a new offense. Chicago showed what could be done with Nassau's system of attack. And there were sharp-eyed Harvard and !Yale scouts at the field to read the due. Notre Dame, from outside the conference, meets Indiana, and Chi- cago plays its second intersectionul game, the Colorado Aggies coming here. ARGYLE CLUB ROSTER IS GROWING RAPIDLY! I moral. Chicago showed how to make | a monkey of Princeton’s scheme of |having wide ends jump back, thus putting other players on side for for- ward passes. Chicago showed the weaknesses of the crashing-in end in- terference so pointedly that the Tigers dropped it after the first quar- ter. Chicago took all the teeth out {of the Princeton threat from kick formation. | Princeton has got to draw her |backs in closer and teach them to knife, with the line co-operating: and | she must do it now. For it would ap- | pear that her present stock in trade |is cooked. Chicago showed Nassau that there are ways of drawing a line apart, that there are ways of concen- trating upon weak points faster than the defense can mobilize. Chicago, to ‘Washington's newest country club, the Argvle, which will take over the clubhouse and grounds of the Town and Country Club when the latter organization moves to its new home at Bethesda next summer, is boom- ing and will probably start its cor- porate life with a full membership. One hundred and forty-six members already have been taken into the organization, and there are many ap- plications pending. A permanent organization has been effected pending the first meeting of sum up, showed Princeton that.the|the full membership. J. L. Carr fas west had things valuable for her to|heen elected president: Charles D. {learn. Will she learn them? She has| Keller, secretary, and J. W. Carr, | the men and the coaches and the time. | treasurer. The board of directors is composed of the officers and Henry Thurtell, L S. Randolph, A. L. Zach- ary, E. C. Baltz, Charles L. Gable and J. 0. Bovee. The tennis membership of the club is expected to be a large one, s many members of the Holmead, Petworth and Argyle clubs are already mem- bers or have applied for member- ship. The next meeting of the board will be held the first Friday in ) vember. The Chevy Chase Clul’s new course, now in the making, probably will be unique in that it will involve no severe hardships on the mediocre golfer, while at the same time penal- izing_the fine player who strays off the line rather severely. This is brought about by the circum- stance that the approaches to the greens are severely trapped, but are practically all open in front, so that the short player may run his ball on the green. The long player who tries for the green and goes astray is in| real trouble, while the short player | who has any accuracy will have room to run up his shot. : Out_at the Washington Golf and Country Club the new parts of the course are coming along in good shape and should be ready for play some time next vear. At least five of the holes will be really testing two-shotters holes that the present course lacks in marked degree. AUTO RACE TO SEARLS; TAKES LEAD FOR TITLE { COTATI, Calif.. October 2. ‘Roscoe Searles won the 150-mile Cotati Specd- ! \way race yesterday in 1.21.34 3-5, fin- 1ishing one-fifth of a second ahead of {Jos Thomas. Ralph DePalma was third and Eddie Hearne fourth. Searles by winning became leader on points for the national speed championship. | Tommy Milton, it was said. is the | only other driver with sufficient points to contend witl Searles for the | tomorrow, when Eastern and Busi- : . i anced rapidly since the start of the the field carefully groomed for their , and Patton of Colorado, umpire. A forth. BASKET BALL SEASON GETS START TONIGHT Basket ball no longer waits for foot ball to wane before taking its place in the sun. District basketers have been preparing for their campaigns for the past two weeks, and tonight the first game of the season will be contested. The engagement will be held in the gymnasium at Walter Reed Hospital between the Walter Reed and Manhattan Athletic Club auints, starting at 7:30 o'clock. The Manhattans are anxious to ar- range other games. Teams interested should communicate with Manager C. T. Hutchinson, 1505 Rosedale street northeast. Columbia Athletic Club's 135-pound quint wants an engagement Friday night. Challenges will be received by Manager Clarence Corby over tele. | title. phone” Colambia, $16-3 “The “Colum: as will meet Rosedale November f, s Yosemite November 11 and Kanawha | | Girls Prefer Sport Page November 18. Quincy Athletic Club basketers, winners of twenty-five of twenty- nine games last season, are seeking contests. Teams ready to accommo- date the Quacks should write Man- ager W. H. Stewart, 315 S street northeast. GREENLEAF TOPS CUEISTS. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October 24. With the national pocket billiard tour- nament half over Ralph Greenleaf, the titleholder, stands at the top of the list. to News About Own Sex Newspaper sporting pages lege than the women's pages. A census of the 600 students just completed shows that 84 per cent read newspapers, but only four claimed the women's pages as their favorite de- purtment. Fourteen bper cent yed the sporting pages firat. Twenty-five per cent of the irls expressed a preference for Won. Lost.| | the editorial pages, 23 per cent Ralph Greenleaf. New York % sald the genmeral mews of the Arthur Woods, Minneapolis 3 3 day interested them moat and Arthur Church, Yonkets ) 3 1 38" per cent sald ¥ voere | mes Ma w Yo T Maaaro New Yok 2 2 usuallx satisfied with the head- Thomas A. Hueston, Los Angeies. 2 2] lines. Walter Franklin, Kansas City.... 2 8 Close Dally 6 P. M. ’ 5 Established 1893 Whether you are young in years or young in spirit, Mertz tailoring will appeal to you. Every " line in a Mertz Tailored Suit or Overcoat is cor- ficflt to the smallest de- Others to $50 —Made as you want them FULL-DRESS SUITS, Silk Lined To Order, $50 Up 906 F Street | | WONDER WHAT MERTZ WILL SAY TODAY MERTZ & MERTZ Co, Close Saturday 9 P. M. Tailoring As You Want It at a Price That Means a Saving —O0R— VERCOAT To Order " As You Want Them INc. W Ruth’s a Istnrmin&' any trade pendin; scheduled to compete Wednesday annual competition for the President’ cup. The qualifying round w announced today. qualified. | Martin.. HEN Babe Ruth started out on his rampage there were a lot of ball players who stoutly shook their heads and said he had done just right, and that they would back him up in it. They added ball players never were given a fair show, anyway. Now tnat Babe has returned to the old home fireside, not a ball player can be found who will say anything about it. They are fearful that they may have got into print somewhere. HUGEINS 15 GLAD RUTH DECIDED 70 QUIT TOUR UTICA, N. Y., October 24.—Miller Huggins, manager of the New York American League base ball club, is recovering from an attack of ton- silitis at the home of his brother in this ci Huggins contracted a cold in motor- ing from New York to Utica last week and has been confined to bed for a few davs. Huggins expressed pleasure at Babe on in canceling his barn tour. He denied there s with lea for his within a few home Huggins will in Cincinnati days. P — WOMAN GOLFERS PLAYING IN DISTRICT TITLE EVENT Leading woman golfers of the Dis- trict of Columbia are playing today in the fourth annual ¢ the course of the Columbia Country Club. Twenty-four were entered for | the qualifying round. ampionship over Match play will begin tomorrow morning and continue through Friday. Golfers of the Chevy Chane Club are in round of th the first match play s com- pleted Saturday and pairings will be FIVE CAPITAL FENCERS SURVIVORS IN TRIALS Five Washington swordsmen have qualified to engage in trials for the American fencing team which will meet a British team at the - Club here next month for the Robert M. Thompson _international trophy Maj. Harol Maj. Robert Sears and Maj. Honeyeutt of the Washington Fencc “lub: Henry Breckenridge, former tary of war, and £t. U. S. A, will be among the twent five fencers in the final bouts tz de- termine the Amyricin contestants beginning in New York, November Maj. Rayner, personal aide to Presi- dent Harding. won the foils comy tion, in_which Breckenridge finis thi Each fencer susta two sctbacks, although gaged in thirteen bouts, enridge was in cutt, national A vietories and h; feats i Dimond qualificd for the saber trials and will nter the epee, or ducling sword d on, with Br ; e enridge, Rayner and Honeyeutt. international matches will begin he November 18 and will be concluded in | New York November 21. RISER AND WOODWARD LEAD IN TRAPSHOOTING NEW YORK, October 24 —Averages just released hy the American Trap- Bhooting Association show Art Riser of Paris, 111, to be the leader in sin- gles and E. F. Woodward of Houston, Tex.. to be setting the pace in the doubles. Riser has an average of .9786, ha ing broken 2,104 targets out of while Woodward's mark is 8177 he having broken 559 of his 310 pairs. The final figures for the 1921 season will be announced in January. COMMERCIAL LI Mitcheli. Windsor. I3 Totals.. MEN'S LEA 4 GTE. ra & 1 1 Woodwa: Mathias. . Wingate. Clark. Juhnson Simpson. Tota CRMINAL Y. Amity, £3 Harr'ston 7 McDonald 96 Totals.. 320 457 450 SPECIAL MATCH AT T Raggage Fairbanks 75 Trewer... @ McKeever & Langley... §7 Totale.. 41 POST OFFICE LEAGUE. Ave. Station, Chevy Chase. £3 102 Allison. AW Norr! 101 74 MeQuinn. 101 113 Knockey.. Osborne. . Handicap. Totals... 127 ) 5 121 7 the White | Thirty-two have | 1150, 510 The Athletics are charged with re- sponsibility for the passing of the rule against post-scason playing. There offenders before the time of the . The whole thing could be d by giving the ball player a contract :3r“lhw, monthe, but thero e owners who to do notl of the kind. A cont for $1,500 l’l‘:)"fi]l-' for six months appears to be something big. Spread it over twelve months and it is not o easy to sign the boy3. Most of them would think they were not get- ting anything and those who had to live in the larger cities would be about right. There are some folks in bas ball who like to camouflage a little, The most commendable part about the Ruth affair was the game manner in which his escapade ken by the men who own the fipca w York Americans. cre about as hard hit as any- ody, yet they stood by their organ tion.” “Any one who calls them rev lutionists after this does both of them an injustice. Players Talk Organization. is true that a ball i players’ or ion has been discussed by the players. Some f them never have been satisficd with their lack of suc- cess in other organizations. They have |Beld that if they had proceeded a littl i tly they might have made their | power felt, and those who have been | through the base ball organization stage and have got out of It unseatched i Ways are pointing out how the players n profit by their first blunders it ¥ try the organization again. The players o on the theory that they are very necdful to those who operate clubs, This year especlally s been such a lack of high= £rado youngsters that it would not an easy task to build up a suc- ful team from the offerings of nor leagues, elder players hold that one of - mistakes has been failure to obtain a grip of some kind on the Dplayers of the minor leagues. When- ever they have attempted coercive measures, the magnates always had | the minor leaguers to call upon If they could prevont that they would have more confidence of success, Well, Coban Is a Comedian, ! Adam Forepaugh, the great circus {man, once scriously considered buy. ing a big league base ball club, al- |ihough fow are aware of that fact, | His son also caught the infection. A i practical base ball man went to Adam |10 help him out and after Ada m had licd the problem and the arfous {obstacies and difliculties involved, he | £ave an order to buy four or five mors “lephants and let the base ball sit- | 150 are of itself H .‘-fvrt_’h Cohan, actor-manager, prince of and fan of the degree, admitted the possi- ty that he might enter big league liuxwv ball. Willi F. Bak presis u:-nl‘ 1phia Nationals, sy _is not for sale, and if 1 s word is good. That is the final T to the possi that Cohs sht purd Gade th g the Phil- 5 convineingl | proved that he is not to get the Trosy ¢ Cineinnati club, n guesses left, which been quit e ary is an unlucky numbs 10 every one except the New York Nationals, That ‘Outfit thrives on thirteen. 1 orge W n Grant o il'.'»_!l n Natio: savs he hats l:n‘: notion of sel That brings it down to twely Grant hasn't had anything in a long time which has given him such ple casure as ow a base ball club, e ] Some he may ;‘\'m"zkfh;nmn‘un hip. Then he will e tickled to death until has had one world se. piiee Having repented, e Ruth will t around in suckcloth and ashes Ifor a while and wait for sentence to i be pronounced. The only kind of | sentence that will hother Babe will | {;;l{mr suspending him from playing ITILDEN BEATS RICHARDS IN HARD-FOUGHT MATCH William T. Tilden, 24, champion, who I Richards, the nati {pion, in every one o | series of exhibition matches in which {the two have fizured in aid of the {fund of the Amcrican committee for vastated F repeated the rmance ye t the Ardsley world tennis ted Vincent the post won, Cluh. ~ Tilden —0, 4—6, 7 ichards made a slow start. iis shots did not have sufficient pace to worry the chawmpion in the open ng set. ‘But the remainder of the match was brilliantly contested, with both at_their best. Wallace F. Johnson, runner-up to Tilden in the national champlonship. 468 440 477| Won 2 8et from Nathanial W. Nilcs of the Longwood Club, Boston, 6—= Tilden and Richards. the national doubles champions, then took on J?hn:on' :i.nd Niles for two fast sets o loubles, vhich the; t 5 i y won &t Higgins Quits Distance Team. Walter Higgins, national two-mile indoor champion, has resigned the captaincy of the Columbia University cross-country team and will not com- pete in the college championships this winter. Higgins is attending the | engineering echool and believes that cross-country work will interfere | with his studies. 'OU may or not lie YEI Preducto, '33 if you do like it, you'll like it better tian any cigar you ever smoked. De- «cause El Producto’s distinctive H“::'thl‘;.‘ is something l Fino 4 Many shanes and sizes from 10c to 30c Distributor, D. LOYJGHRAN CO., Inc. 14th 5t. and Pennsylvania Ave. ‘Washington, D. C.