Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1921, Page 30

30 Griff Plans House Cleaning for His Team SPORTS.: ONLY A DOZEN NATIONALS SURE OF BEING RETAINED President Hopes to Make Trades at New York Meet- ing This Week—Spring Training to Stare Feb- ruary 27—O0’Rourke’s Arm Improving. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. TER several days of fruitles: A in New York mingling with hopes of strengthening his ball club s fraternizing with the minor moguls at Buffalo Clark Griffith will spend the better part of this week; the major magnates and has high as a result of the expedition. Tues- day the annual meeting of the National League will be held, Wednes- da; the American Leaguers go intc session and the following day there will be a joint gathering. With a full attendance of big leaguers and a generous representation from the one or more of them into a corner holes. forty-odd athletes on the local roste: deals. A grand housecleaning to r bush circuits, Griff expscts to back and snare the.talent needed to plug xcepting a dozen players who measure up to the mark, all of the | r have been classifisd as available for emove the barnacles and inject new blood may result to the intense satisfaction of the fans. They're hoping it does. Tie catching staff, regarded as fair- | ly adequate; Johnson. Mogridge and Zachary of the pitchers, and Judge, Harris. O'Rourke, Rice, Goslin, Shanks and Milan are about the only mem- bers of the team as constituted last season who are assured of Tetention Of what is left there is much in quan- tity. and the quality is high enough to justify the expectation of a return on a basis of, say, three or four for ff_is chary about discussing his plans for deals. He contends any con- versation spilled now mi; With them, but he admits u couple of dickers already have en form and them to come to a head this Considerable wire pulling will week. be required, as they involve shunting players from the big show to sticks. He hopes to be able to accom- plish this by swapping waivers—the time-old "expedient: You scratch my back and I'll scraich vours, Some of Griff's Needs” Griff wouid like to l:nd a real third | Paseman and send Howard Shanks back to the outfield. where he be- longs. He could have obtained the Neteran Vitt, recently trunsferred from the Red Sox to Cincinnati, or might have been able to get Kamm, ihe coast league phenom, but these fellows. proficient enough in fielding. ran’t hit a iick. Shanks can, and he demonstrated this last year to the satisfaction of even those who are prone to recall oniy that many hot ones whistled past the far corner un- touched. A shortstopper possessed of 2he normal complement of limbs and #ble to use a bat for something be- sides an ornament also would be ac- ceptable. not to mention an outfielder Who can go and get 'em without re- guiring a net to scoop up grounders, and a couple of pitchers capable ‘of working more than six innings with- out blowing. i These are the parts for his 1922 ma- chine that Griffith is going shopping for in New York this weck. As bait he has a bunch of athletes of con- siderable worth, although useless here, a rare line of insidious chatter and ‘a_checkbook. Between them & Chritsmas present is in prospect for the fans. Then they'll all believe in Santa Claus. No News as to Manager. For the e being the question of who will succeed McBride @ n g ager of the team must remain a me.- ter of speculation. To date all queries on the subject have been parried. diany of the fans believe Milan will fal neir to the mantle. They reeall that Zeb had the team traveling a dizzy pace during the period he' was in charge last summer and believe he is entitled to a chance to demon- strate his qualities as a leader. There is little doubt a majority of the Na- tionals' supporters would. welcome his_appointment. Managers of proved worth are fully as scarce as competent ball players Griff assumes a ned expression when the name of Johnny Evers. at prescnt jobless is mentioned; dis- plays an utter and convincing lack of enthusiasm regarding inquiries s to Hughey Jennings, status and “can’t see” any suggestion anent Ed- die Collins for a number of reasons. one being that Owner Comiskey is wholly disinclined to do business withany of Ban Johnson's supporters. Training ‘Starts February 27. Plans for the apportionment of players for spring training already hiave been outlined. It is the present intention of Griffith to personaliy start inspection of the rawest of his recruits at Tampa on Monday, Feb- ruas. with the more season hurl- ers arriving one week later and the regulars seven days thereafter, March 13. Griff hopes by this pro- dure to have the youngsters in pe to provide real batting practice the mezu'ars right at the out- for set, and b the same time fu-nish an accurate gine on the capabilities of the fledgling flingers. Practice games with the Boston Braves, who will train_at St. Petersburg or Orlando, 1l be_played during the condition- ing perfod and will accompany the Nationals for exhijbition games en route north, when Tampa is evacuated the first of April. One week only will be spent on tour with the Bean- caters, #ho will appear in contests here urday and Sunday, April 8 and 4. just prior to the opening of the chamnionshin campaien, Work on enlarging the plant at 7th and Florida avenue is rapidly. Practiclly half of the new conerete boxes to replace the tem- porary wooden affaire already have been completed. The foundations for the rehi ficld pavilion extension now are ready for the superstruc- ture, -nd the big left pavilion has lost its roof preparatory to being double decked and connected with the | grandstand. These improvements. which will add approximately 5.00 the seating capacity, will cost )00. according to estimates fur- nished the office of building inspector of the District. O'Rourke's Arm Improving. Local club officials are much en- couraged over the results of the treatments Frank O'Rourke is taking to strengthen his throwing arm. Ac- cording to President Griffith, the muscles. which have been practically paralyzed as a result of disuse fol- lowing an injury four or five years ago. are responding to scientific mas- sage and baking. His physician ven- tures the opinion he may regain the full use of his wing. but that cannot be determined until he actually tests it out. O'Rourke’s treatments will continue for another two weeks, and then he ‘will rest-his arm until he reaches the training camp. CARDS OBTAIN GAINER _FROM MILWAUKEE CLUB ST. UIS. December 10.—Del C. Gainer, first baseman and outfielder, has been purchased frogp the Milwau- kee Association club by the St. Louls Nationals. ner formerly played with the Boston and Detroit American League: teams. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IN FAVOR OF 168 GAMES CHICAGO, December 10.—President Hickey of the American Assaciation, today issued call for the annual meet- ing of the club owners to be held-here December 20. b The majority club:owners-favor:the adoption of a 168-game schedule for the 1922 season, .President ‘Hickey Dodgers Pick ‘Jacksonville. NEW YORK, December 10.—The Brooklyn Natlonal League base ball «club announced tonight its team would go through spring training at Jacksonville, Fia. _Last year the Deadgers trained at New Origans. ght interfere | 4 Trial L TIGERS’ NEW TWIRLER MAY BELIE HIS NAME OTTUMWA, Iown, December 10. lowa,' semi- profexsiol hax signed a contraet | to’piteh for the Detroit Americans mext year. Sapp. who ix twenty-six years | ol laxt emnom hnd elghty-eight strike-outs in five gumen. G. U. HAS LISTED SEVEN . GRID GAMES FOR 1922 | Georgetown definitely has arranged seven of the foot ball games-that It will play next fall and is negotiating for several others. Lebaron Vailey will be the onponent of the Hilltoppers in the opening con- test, October 7. and the regular sea- son will end Thanksgiving day when George Washington is met. In the meantime University of Cincinnati, Holy Cross and Bucknell will send teams here and the Blue and Gray will go to Atlanta to meet Georgia the | | College. Fordham wiil be played on either October 21 or 2§, the two open dates on the list, and there is a possibility that the game may come here instead of being decided in New York. Nego- tiations also are going on with a big western institution, and post-season contests with University of Maryland and Notre Dame are probabilities. Georcetown will play next vear's schedule with the one-year residence rule in effect. The list as so far ar- ~anged follows October 14—Universit October 7—Lebanon November 4—ioly Cross ovem November Il o Atlnts. .Iovember 25—Boston College 2 November 30—George Waskingron: " "™ 'TEN GUNNERS GET GEESE AT WEEKLY TRAP SHOOT Competition was brisk yesterday at ithe weekly shoot of the Washington ’Gun Club, for entrants were striving ro win succulent geese offercd as of Cincinnati, all yrizes as well as bettering their op- ponents. A 46 registered by German, the 50-target contest. Among the amateurs, Hogan and McCarron tied for high gun at 45. Geese winners were McCarron. Livesey, | Fawsett. Wynkoop, Stine, Taylor, Mil- }ler, Blundon and Parsons. | Scores of the meet were: German. (professiondl). 46: McCarron, 45; Ho zan, 45; Connor, 45: Marcey, 44; Live. ivay. 44; Fawsett. 44: Stearn, 43 Blundon, 43; Taylor, 41: Wynkoop, jr.. 40; Parsons, 38; Wynkoop. sr., 38 Ferguson, 34; Stine, 33; Miller, 26. Richmond Club Suit Put Off. RICHMOND, Va., December 10. of the suit of Benjamin W. Wiison against W. B. Bradley and ‘others for $5(,000 damages growing out of the change in the franchise for the Richmend base ball club, has been continued until December 15 on_account of the absence of Rich- ard Evelyn Byrd, who was called to Washington by the death of his brother-in-law, Congressman H.. D. Flood. > | Navy Beaten at Soccer. ANNAPOLIS. Md, December 10. Though b -aten, 4 to 1, this afternoon by the twelve of the University of Pennsylvania, it is felt that the Naval Academy aggregation, playing a big team for the first time, made an ex- icellent showing against last season’s intercollegiate champions. It was the last game for Pensylvania and only the second for the Naval Academy. DISTRICT PROS BEATEN BY BALTIMORE ECEVEN BALTIMORE, December 10.—Balti- more’s professional foot ball team won from the Washinglon outfit here | today. 10 to 3, in an interesting game, which was patronized by not more !than 500, notwithstanding that the | Weather was ideal. The visitors were weakened by the absence of severat regulars. 1 was a nip-and-tuck battle all the way, the locals getting thelr de- ciding touctdown in the last period, In which Bleler of the visitors also booted a field goal. Baltimore had scored. by the aerial route in the second ‘quarter, Kennedy dropkicking the ball across Mackert, former-University of Mary- land star, played a fine game:.at end for the locals. Line-Up and Summary. Baltimore. -Mackert | Heim ¢ Kopp Un'tas. Barger Van Meter. Gimbel Girard! Lentz Walson, ennedy | Livers Hille 1 Bleier lorrison l Litkus.. ‘Bachrach Baltimore . 38 0 7—10 Weshingtan - o 0 33 ‘Touchdown—Hille. Gorl from touchdown— Lantz. (oals from fleld—Kennedy, Bl Nabstitutions—Ralfimore; Fox for Morrison, Morrison for Fox; Washington, Formosa for Girardt, Aliearn for,8meach, Coster for Crouch, Wrouch for Vatkus, Jordan for Crouch, Byers for Leighty, Leighty for Litku. Reteree— Mr. Avmstrong, Tufts. Umpire—Mr. Smith, Washington, Linesman—Mr._Connolly, P. A. K. Time of yeriods—15 minutes. TIGERS AND RICHMOND IN SCORELESS BATTLE RICHMOND, Va., December 10.— Jim,_ Thorpe's Cleveland Tigers met its' ‘match this® afternoon when the | Richmond Athleties: held the visitors 10 & ‘scereless tlei It was a contest that ‘was for blood, was rough and ‘thiere was much penalizing. of both elevens. 3 1" Once the Tigers were in five feet of | the Richmond goal, but the line held, and on .the last down they were thrown for a loss of fifteen' yards. Hess, Guyon. | ‘Tech and to the Hub to play Boston: ' a professional, was the best score of | Connor, | for the -locals, outpointed.| 'THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 11, 1921—-PART 1. SPORTS. — Four G. U. Men on All-South Atlantic Eleve LOCAL COLLEGE STARS PICKED FOR ALL-SOUTH ATLANTIC ELEVEN. MCQuape Georg etowrs |PLAYER IS RECOVERING FROM NECK FRACTURE December 10. fhack on the ~University of Tennessee foot bul team. Injured in a recent gridiron battle, ix suffering from a fracture of the upper vertebra, but will re- cover, according to a statement by hix physician today. Vowell, whowe injury at first was not be- lieved merfous, was brought to a Memphin hoxpital severnl days ago for trentment. | VANKES 0O STRON: | FOR YORK BASHETERS Congress Heights Yankees, District champions, played up totheir title last night against the Steacy- | Schmidt quint of York, Pa., in the {basket ball game at the Anacostia lauditorium. ~The visitors, coming here with an unmarked record, were humbled, 47 to 21. The victory in- creased the Yanks' string to six | straight. i The York tossers were well out- played in the first half, from which the Yankees emerged on the better lend of a 29 to 6 gount. Heddens and | |Catlin performed brilliantly for the! victors, the former pocketing many dificult shots from the field, while| Cutlin guarded sturdily. Both teams| had sharpshooters on the foul line. Heddens caging eleven of fifteen tries and Strickler of the visitors eleven {of sixteen. In a preliminary game the Yankee Reserves vanquished Carlyle Ath- letic Club, 13 to 12. The summary of the main game follows: Yankees (47). Pesitions .Laft forward. herzer .Briggs Right gnard als from_ floor — Atherton. Heddens (9), 5). Ingley (3), Strickler (2), Fohs, from fouls—Heddenx. titntions: for Snuber. erick for nzaga). Fobw. Referee—J. Fitzgernid (G EPIPHANY JUNIOR QUINT | MAKES IT FIVE STRAIGHT Epiphany Juniors won their fifth sn-api;m game last night when they | pointed the way to the Warwick Ath- | letie Club quint, in a 22-to-19 en-| j counter at phany gymnasium. It in a | was the W k's second_los {week to the church boys. _Score: i : abae Epiph.Jdr Positions. Warwick (19) | Desbariort. Left forward. - Lorrillo | Durand. Right_ forward. ~Beunie | Kessler. enter oo 3 . Left guard. % P ‘guard. onday | e = ol £ (2), Hennic Lorillo (3). Goals D i ean. 4 in 8; Hopd. & In 6| Referee—Mr. 0'Brien. ARE LISTED C gregations that foster the sport. Th weather permits and several elevens At American League Park Tim Jor- dan's Senators will meet their pro- fessional brothers. Jim Thorpe's fa- moys Cleveland Tigers, at 3 o'clock, and at the same hour at Union Park Mohawk Athletic Club will take the field to defend its District independ- ent championship against the aspir- ing Southern Athletic Club. Real Battle for Pros. This game at American League Park should be interesting from a competi- tive standpoint, aside from the pres- ence In the fray of Jim Thorpe and | several associated celebrities. Both teams were in action yesterday, and neither enjoved itself. ‘The Senators, minus severa$ of their regulars, were drubbed by the Baltimore paid eleven, vrhile Thorpe's proteges managed to emerge from a match at Richmond in | which they. were unable to score, but kept their opponents at bay. So each !agsrtg&tiun today is anxious to dem- onstrate just what it can do. Thorpe, regarded as the best play- er of all time, will be at fullback for his team, and will be assisted by Calac. former Carlisle star, and Guy- on. Georgia Tech's great athlete. Bower of Dartmouth will be at quar- terback. The Tigers' line will include ‘Whelan and Corcoran, ex-Georgetown men, at ends® Periman of Pittsburgh | and Bojoun of Notre Dame at tackles; Murphy of Dartmouth and Brawley of Holy Croas at guards and Wald- smith of Akron center. Manager Tim Jordan has an.ace up his sleeve to spring on the visitors. Benny Boynton, Williams' great quar- terback last year, has assured the local boss that he will be here ready for action, so the former all-American squad member probably will be used a halfback. Walsgon, Livers and Leighty will complete the Senators' backfleld. For the line there will be avallable Patterson and McCarthy, ends; Smeach and Litkus, tackles; MacDonald and Gormley, guards, and Crouch, center. City Title at Stake Here. - A keen conmtest is anticipated at Union Park when Mohawks and Southerns meet with the. city title at OLLEGE foot ball warriors in this : : equipment until next year, but that means nothing to Washing- | ton’s professional gridiron athletes and many of the sandlot ag- Nis BET Ma'n’land‘ W. & J., WITH PLAYERS FIT, | SHOULD TEST CALIFORNIA| BY WALTER CAMP. P OLLOWERS oi foot ball will watch with interest the experiment Coach Earl Neal proposes to make in taking his Washington and Jefferson team to the Pacific coast only two days ahead &f its New Year day battle with the University of California, at Pasadena, 1f this strategy keeps the easterners from going stale,” as has been the case in former years when eastern teams reached the coast a week or | more ahead of the big game, a real test of the relative merits oi the two teams will be afforded. Both thése teants have gone through the regular season undefeated. Cali-| fornia simply outclassed everything on the coast this year. While the Presidents do not rank as the fore- most eastern eleven, because their schedule was not as severe as those of some otier teams, they have emerged unscathed from some tough battles, their most creditable per- formance probably being the defeat of Glenn Warner's Pittsburgh team. No organization on the Pacific coast extended California as Pittsburgh did sWashington and Jefferson. Mouller and McMillan Stars. Thé stars of the California team are pre-eminently, Muller, tackle, and McMillan, end, so far as the line goes. line are not to be ignored. Stephens. who took Muller's place when the star wzs laid up in midseason. is an understudy who runs his principal very close. and Berkey is another star end. Cranmer. is a good guard |and Latham is a steady, yeliable cen- ter. Erb, at quarter. although he doesn’t play the role of carrying the ball as punted any player the writer has seen in the east Andy Smith's team will play a com- bined running and forward-passing game. in which Muller, Toomey and chols will star. Muller is the long- est forward passer on the gridiron and also one of the best receiver: Nisbet should be able to more th {hold his own with any kicker that men like Killinger, McMillin and De- | vine do. is in their class in all other respects. Toomey and Nichols are!lot of trouble for |the Presidents Lgreatest But the other players in California’s | son. Neale offers. Stein Is Woaderfal Tackle. Turning to Washington and Jeffer- son, there is little doubt that in Stein probably have the tackle in the country. He is spoken of as a tackle because his name figured in the line-up in that position the greater part of the sea- But on the defense he plays a roving position and on the offense he plays at end and drops back into | giving " BREWER ~ arlami PASS MIGRATORY RULE FOR SOUTHERN 1. A. A, BIRMMNGHAM, Ala., December 10.— No student who has participated in athletics as a member of any team of collegiate rank shall ever be per- mitted to take part in any intercol- legiate contest as a member of any other institution, under a rule adop* ed today by the Southern Intercy legiate Athletic Agsociation, in ses; here. An amendment to the one-year rule which was adopted yesterday provides that freshmen who played this year aball have the same status as if they hud been one vear in college, thus them three more years to vlay, instead of two, as was the case under the original ruling. Dr. Henry Phillips of Sewanee was re-elected president of the asociation. while Secretary Holmes of Gordon Ccllege, Georgia, was again selected for that office. Furman University, Greenville, 8. C., n was awarded the 1922 mecting. The date will be announced iater. Louisiana State University was awarded the 1922 track meet. Coach Stggeman of University Georgia anflounced that the 1922 bas- ket bali championships will be staged February 24, z and 28. NOTRE DAME EXPLAINS CANCELING CENTRE GAM SOUTH BEND, Ind., December 10.— The Notre Dame University faculty board is opposed to a foot ball game between Notre Dame and Centre Col- lege at San Diego, Calif., December 26. because it does not believe it ad- visable to bring two teams from the same section of the country together in _another part of the United States. This atement was made today with the announcement that so far as Notre Dame is concerned all ne- the ‘bacfifield to run with the ball |Eotiations for such a contest are Widenerquist is Washington and Jef- ferson's other tackle, and he is a good one, while Kopf and West are both crackerjack ends. Erickson is the team’s great man in carrying the ball, but Brenkert, at fullback, also is good. Erickson is gne of the stars who played on the Great Lakes nava team in war times, and he made a opponents, both splendid runners and Nisbet is a star |at Rutgers and- Annapolis. punter. On occasions he has out- BIG FOOT BALL BATTLES HERE TODAY inity have laid aside their ey chase the pigskin as long as the will show their wares today. stake. Ambition heightened by re- peated successes will-spur the South- erns in their desire to vanquish the Mohawks, while the mere possibility of losing a match is enough to excjte the undefeated Indians into putting evervthing they have into the battle. Southern expects to start with Kelliher, left end; Simpson, left tackle; Vernon, left guard; Riley, cen- ter; High, right guard; Jackson, right tackle: Scott, right end; M. Snow, quarterback; Silverman, left half- back; Barry, right halfback, and W. Snow, fullback. Mohawk probably will use Dukes, left end: Deakins, left tackle; Watt, left guard; Hardy, center; Browning, right guard; Clark, right tackle; Richards, right end; Bjorkland, quar- terback; Taylor, left halfback; Frei- dinger, right halfback, and Clarkson, fullback. Three other attractive games are scheduled for today. Friendship Ath- letic Club and Kanawha Athletic Club will meet on Mapument Lot gridiron No. 2 at 2 o'clock for the 135-pound championship of the w<ity. Knicker- bockers and Truxtons are to play at Knickerbocker 'Field, starting at 3 o'clock. The Roamers are to go to Alexandria to play the Dreadnaughts. ABBOT TO MEET MONROE 4N SCHOOL SOCCER TILT Abbot School, champion of the New York Avenue Playground, and Monroe School, Columbia Heights leader, will meet on the Rosedale. playground to- morrow afternoon in a semi-final game of the series for the western dividion soccer championship among the city elementary schools. ° The winner will play the victor in the Bloomingdale-Georgetown sec- tional battle to be held later for the honor of meeting Pierce School, east- ern division champion, in tl eity tilts. e MARYLAND U. PLANNING: “COME-BACK” AT TRACK COLLEGE PARK., Md., December 10. —University of Maryland is planning a come-back at track and field sports. | closed. of | | FOR PICKED MARYLAND PROVIDES PAIR COMBINATION Six Institutions Represented—Selection of Players is Rather Easy, But Ranking of Teams is Almost Impossible Proposition. irxinia Washington Catholic Virxinia Georgetown Georgetown Virginia Polytechnic Inst. University Left Tackle Right Right Tackle I ALL-SOUTH ATLANTIC FOOT BALL TEAMS. FIRNT TEAM. Name, Schesl. Weight. Position. Florence raetown 198 Left End Weathers rolina State 5 Left Tackle Nisbet 210 Werts Georgetown 185 Comstock Georgetown 201 Right Moore ‘Washington Lee | 202 Right Tackle Homeweod North Carolina State 185 Right End || Lewe North Carolina University 170 || MeQuage Georgetown 176 Il Brewer Maryland 154 || e Virginia Polytechnie Inst. 187 SECOND TEAM. Bchool. Position. Virginia Left End Left Halfhack Ry Halfbnck thack . BY H. C. BYRD. ICKING an all-South Atlantic P foot ball team and arranging the schools in this section according to strength shown by them on the gridiron during the past season are entirely different proposi- i sions. The former is more easy than at any time in the last decade; the latter is almost impossible. Certain players stood out so prominently that they simply drop into their positions, while the results of the games showed many of the elevens to be so evenly matched that it would be useless to attempt to place one before the other and give therefor a good substantial reason, no matter what personal opinion might dictate. In making an all-star selection it is well to bear in mind that the main idea should be to place on the field an eleven which, with a little train- ing. would be the strongest that could possibly be chosen from the group of players from the given area. In order to do this the team wmust have within its potentia! power all the factors that make almost impregnable defensive foot ball and a versatile offense which would be certain to score the touchdowns against any kind of a team. It is with this idea! in mind that this all-south Atlantic eleven has been chosen. No Real Star Center. Posgibly the only position in which there was not Some particularly strong player who stood out above everybody else was center. The best three men were We=tz of George- town, Blount of North Caroliyz and Balley of Marvland. The fact that Bailey was out during the mgjor part of the season because of injury practically eliminates him, as both most_their entire schedules. Wertz in given the preference because he was more aggressive on defense and had twesty more pounds of weight. which stood him in good stezd in Lielping him to open holes in the offensive. The end positions fall naturally to Florence of Georgetown and Home- wood of North Carolina State. Home- wood was the best end in the sec- tion. He was brilliant_on_defense SOUTHERN SCHOOLBOYS SCORE IN GRID GAMES NVILLE. December 10.— h School won a place in the foot ba'l sun here today when it defeated Steele High of Davton. Ohlo. 21 to 0, in an intersectionai clash. | Both teams d'splayed foo: bail tech- nique of the collegiate caliber. Steele entered the game as claimants of the high school championship of the mid- dle west. Two of Duval's touchdowns came as the result of brilliant forward passes. coupled with long runs. rather than by steady gains. Six thousand spectators witnessed the game, played on a water-soaked fleld. CHARLESTON, —In the first intersectional foot ball contest ever playved in South Caro- lina, Charleston High School defeated Peabody (Mass.) High School this afternoon, 13 to 6. in _a spectacular game. A 40-vard pass, Crean to Boy’ scored for Peahodv. 1 December 10. ALL-STAR D. C. GRID TEAM SELECTED BY “OBSERVER” Here is something new for Wash- | ington in the way of mythical foot ball teams. It is an all-District sandlot squad, selected by a devotee of the game, who claims in his anony- mous contribution t6 The Star that he has followed closely all of the contests of the more important elev- ens this season. be many who disagree with certain of his selections, but declares all com- petent_critics will have to acknowl- edge that he has named a formidable Under the personl direction of H. C.! pair of teams. These are his choices: Byrd, director of athletics, a deter- | mined effort will be made to develop a team for the winter and spring cam- paigns. For a nucleus Maryland has “Untz"” Brewer, former national junior 100-yard champion. who is captain of the track team: Robertson, ex-Colgate athlete; Loving, late of Washington and Lee, and Beers, former Dartmouth welght man. There are many promising men among those who intend to report when the call for candidates is issued after the holidays. Maryland probably will be repre- sented in all the indoor meets in this section. and in the spring will enter- tain Washington and Lee in a dual meet on the new running track here. The Old Line team also will take part in the quadrangular-meet at George- town April 22 against the Hilltoppers, George Washington and Catholic Uni- versity, and in the Penn relays. Lacrosse and Base Ball Lacrosse and base ‘ball soon will be started. A good team is expected to be developed for ‘the former. R. V. Trultt, former Maryland star, wili do the coaching. Games are being ne- gotiated with Cornell, Penn State, Navy and Yale. All but two of this year's base ball men will be avail- able, and there are some good new players at hand. Zeke Bailey. Wash- ington boy, who has' been the catch- ing mainstay for three seasons, prob- ably will be elected to the captaincy of the nine._ Among the home games definitely arranged for.the nine are those with Georgia Tech, North Carolina. North Carolina State, Dartmouth, Syracuse and Catholic " University, _the last named to be played twice. It has not been decided. whether -Gollege: Park, ‘Washington or Baltimore will be the scene of home engagements. Owing to the courts being .torn up in the building of a new dormitory, Maryland will not have a tennis team in.the spring. e Army will lose only three foot ball players who played againat the Navy. They are Greene, captain and centei Davidson,” tackle, .and Clark, substi- stute lineman. First Team. i Brookland L. E. Dove Knickerboeker L. T. McDonald L. G y State R. G. Independent R.T. Reall R. E. Bjorkland Q. B. Jenkins Krickerhocker L. H. O'Keefe Independent ° R. H. Beck Emanon F. B. Second Team. Cecce Independent L. E. V. Powers Bay State L T Judge Brookland L. G. 0'Den Roamer C. Gusack Bay State R. G. Exgleston Mohawk R T. Canklin Langd R. E. Sullivan Knickerbocker Q. B. Luscombe Quent L. H. Cox Knickerbocker R. H. Riley Seaman Gunser F. B. Comments on Selections. The critic's comment regarding his selections follows: “It has been a very hard job to pick ends. for the reason that pretty nearly every team was well equipped. However, after taking into -consid- eration their work in_going down after punts, in pulling down forward passes, and in breaking up inter- ference, it seems that Hill and Beall take the cake, with Cecce and Conk- lin close behind. L5 “At tackles it would be a difficult Job to-find a better pair of men than Hartline and Dove. Their work has featured ‘every game in which they have participated -and time and time again, they have broken throush the opposition and thrown the backs for a loss. These two stand head and shoulders above the others, and- the next two best tackles are Eggleston and Power: “The guards selected, Norris and McDonald, have put up at all times strong offensive and defensive game: and specialized on more than one oc- casion in breaking through and blocking punts. —_ Hardy Is Best Cenmter. ““Ng ‘one will dispute. the @elestion of Hardy, captain of the Mohawks, He admits there will for center. Always accurate in pass- ing. a fierce tackler and good at making openings. he has featured the work of the strong Mohawk team in every game. O'Dea also is an excei- lent center, but as he is much lighter than Hardy, the former is given the plum. “When we come to the backfleld the task is more difficult, as most teams were very strong in that respect. The best fleld general of the year has been Bjorkland. He mixes his plays well, gets more out of his men, and keeps the opposition on the jump as jto his mext move better than any other qn{ierh&ck in the city. Sul- livan of the Knicks also was very good. “/Seldom have the amateur fans been tréated to a better exhibition of how hajfback should be played than by O'Keefe. He ig a ‘triple threater,’ be- ing adept at throwing or recelving the forward pass, can smash off tac- kle and end run and punt with the best of them' He is the Eddie Mahan of amateur foot ball. “Jenkins makes a good running mate for O'Keefe and this combina- tion would do credit to any college team. Beck is a great line plunger and has always responded with a good gain when given the ball to plunge through the line. Cox, Lus- combe and Riley also were excellent backs, and are given places on the second team.” CYCLISTS WILL COMPETE FOR D. C. AMATEUR TITLE ‘Wheelmen will compete for the ama- teur bicycle championship of the Dis- trict this week at nvention Hall, starting their elimination contests to- morrow night. The final race will be held Saturda: Among the more prom- inent entries are those of Vincent Mas- sino, C. L. Payne and J. G. Flatow. ‘The meet will be held in conjunction with the fair conducted by the United Spanish War Veterans and’ Knights of Pythias. SKATING TOURNAMENT- DATES ARE AWARDED PITTSBURGH, December 10.— Jullan T. Fitsgerald of Chicago was elected president of the International Skating Union of America here to- day. mry Uhline of Lake" Placid, N. Y., and Joseph K. Savage of New York were named vice presidents. ‘The _ internatio: . championship outdoor meet for next year was awarded to Saranac Lake. N. Y.; the national championship outdoor meet to Dlattsburg and the international indoor meet v Milwaukee. 1 g Wertz and Mlount went through al-, Jjust as capable on offense and pos- sesrsed the experience which made him a valuable adjunct. He also was particularly good in handling the forward pass. Florence feli little short of being as good as Humewood, the latter's greater experience prob accounting for hiz slight supe- ty. The physical nature of these 1wo ends—Homewood. 155, and Flor- ence, 1%%—would enable them to stand up under any kind of batter- ing. The next best ends i : tion were Michie of Virginia Lynch_of Catholic University. son of Virginia Polytechnic Insti- tute, Branner of Maryland, Ptak and Shaw of George Washington and Davis of Virginia also were good Pair of Great Tackles. Experience, weight and physical strength probably count for more in the tackle positions than any other factor. Two men naturally fall intc this category. Moore of Washington and Lee and Weathers of North Caro- a State. Both were playing their s: year of college foot bail, eac tipL d the scales at more than 200 j peunds and essed sirength, speed ind versatility xeldom found in such heavy linemen on of V. P. L and Potts of Washington and Lee were { tie next best. Nishet of Maryland was i800d ax a tackle. but really should | have been playing guard. As a guard Nigbet would have been ione of the best men In the east. He | has weight, physical strength and in- | telligence. and moved with an agility { Lthal is surprising in one of his avoir- {dupois. Undoubtediy the best guard jwas Comstock of Georgetown. His {work in al! the games piaved by the Bise and Gray was better than was shown by any other man Hall of Virginia and Pointdexter of North Carolina University were the next best. Howéver, Clark of Virginia is moved from tackle to play guard on the second team. | No quarterback got more out of hi team than Lowe of North Carolina land that fact is the main requisite for determining a good pilot. On the: alone Lowe should get he position [n addition. the Tarhee general wus ‘he cléverest thrower of the forward vass, and couid himself carry the ba well at critical moments, as wax <hown by his 30-yard run for a_touch- down which beat Virginia on Thanks- giving day. Other good men were Witt of Virginia, Semler of Maryland and DuFour of Georgetown. How- cver, Oppleman of Virginia is shifted from halfback to play quarter on the second team, as the next best man to Lowe. 2 Plenty of Good Backs. McQuade of Georgetown and Brew- er of Maryvland are chosen as best haifbacks, because they embodied all of the things that should be required. McQuade probably was the most con- sistent ground-gainer of all the bucks that plaved in this section. He was a hard, powerful runmer who couid ither break a line, shoot through a quick opening or skirt a tackle. Brewer's speed ‘alone made him a dangerous factor at all times, and his kicking stood out among the best 1that the country offered; an excel- lent punter. he also was likely to drop-kick successfully from anywhere within the 40-vard line. Brewer also was an exceptionally good safety man. Flavin of Georgetown and Johnson of North Carolina University were brilliant men in carrying the bal Flavin was excellent on defense, sur- «xing by a good deal Johnson 1 this respect. Sutton of V. I L and Rhinehart of Virginia were the next ibest players. Pugh of Maryland probably would have stood up among the best had he not been out during the greater part of the season be- cause of injuries. Good line-breaking fullbacks wor~ mainly noticeable by their absence from most of the teams. However, one man in particular filled this bill 1o perfection—Hess of V. b I Por- haps there was no back in the section who was so valuable to his team Hess, and not only was he a splend offensive player, both in carrying the ball and in moving the defense out of the way, but he vied with Brewer as a kicker. Kenyon of Georgetown also was a fullback of experience, and, despite nn injured shoulder, was a star in most of his games. Make Powerful Team. The, men on the first team stand out, @nd it is questionable if even one could have been left off without crit- icism. The team lines up with one end weighing 198 pounds and ouve 185 pounds, the center weighing 1885 pounds and the two tackles and two guards each over 200 pounds. Thi would give a set of forwards of such weights that the aggressive and aglle style of play to which the men wer: accustomed would make them stand out in any section. The quartet of backs embody ability to run the brok- en field, hard line plunging. brililant punting und drop kickiug. und splen- did defensive capabilities Tmpous| te Rank Teumn. While it is impossible to give a cor- rect rating for the schools in this section because of the closeness of the results of the games, it is the opinion of the writer that Georgetown had the strongest eleven. And yet George- town could not be given a champlon- ship, because it played only one game in the section and that with the weak- est team. When it is considered that North Carolina State beat North Caro- lina University 7-0, that North Caro- lina University beat Virginia and Maryland 7-3 and 16-7, respectively, that Washington and-Lee beat V. P. L 3-0, that V. P. L. beat North Caro- lina State 7-3, that Maryland defeated V. P. L 10-7 and tied North Carolina State 6-6, it takes no further evi- dence to show how impossible it would be to name an order of standing for these teams. Maryland, with all its strength on the field, probadbly could have beaten any team in the section axquom% - town, but unfortunately for ‘the id Line” men they played few games in which they 14 not hava several resu- lars on the side lines i | i ey MR S e