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10 ; SPORTS.’ HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, DECEMBER 25, 1921-PART 1 ¥ SPORTS. M a0 seowss _ UHE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D C. DECEMBER % Iwl-PART L SPORTS International Events Feature National and District Sport Competition During 1921 ’ L(;HAMPIONS IN VARIOUS LINES OF SPORT DURING THE YEAR NOW DRAWING TO A CLOS wo. &% AR » ¥ JAKE SCHAEFER. ETHELDA BLEIBTREY L F Rl e W AR s Y o o : e b ) he 3 b S = CHARLIE PADDOCK AMERICANS MEET SUCCESS IN OPPOSING FOREIGNERS 'WASHINGTON HAS NOTABLE YEAR FOR ALL ATHLETICS Open Golf Championship, Army Polo Tourney and Fencing Match Prove High Lights of Period Exceptional for Interest Maintained. Dempsey’s ‘Defeat of Carpentier and Victories at Polo, Tennis, Golf and Track Are High Spots in Stirring Year. BY JOHN B. KELLER. PROGRAM marked by competition of international character has made 1921 a notable year in the sport annals of the District of 1 Columbia. The national open goli championship tournament, in which Americans batiled with British, Scotch. Australian, Canadian and I}-'rcnch players, over the Columbia Country Club links; the meeting of - Cuban and United States Army polo teams on the Potomac Park field and el e e lanoilesAmentarrsuscesintdeiending itohons the matches between glish and American swordsmen at the Racquet 2 ;r_l e g| e S Gral-sHIiSHEIoE alhectic Club provided entertainment of the highest order. Sons of the District ors an ‘l; ng 3‘800 5% st;"co 1 ths lsd ‘e' 'Sf °é 0'8 > ‘(’: : Etcier 2 s < i : . % : - i also starred abroad, the Washington Canoe Club paddlers decisively de- ;Fl:;ovl:'cm é?;‘x:’aat i}floggndsegf Jaarcek D:mpeseeya' 2;’1e "eiu;‘gpeh Ofao;‘);npo‘o. 1 : ' e : # o ot 2 4 f\gatllng Canadian watermen at the international championship on the team :vyi,s.cz.“wr:;:figm;};?ctg‘u‘ hf:o:vnmll-:fill::;, the hsiuccactsii\glnflef::;en?: i Lk S o S . . One national record was established by a Washington athlete. On e et enpl Sl o R ol p P ) : ; . - ; o o i s | July 3 August Nogara, former Olympic bicicycle team member, set a new efeat of the Oxford-Cambridge track team. 2 st : : amateur road mark ior 100 miles, unpaced, at four hours and fifty-two Then there was Jock Hutchison,|a competitive viewpoint, but in the 4 i 4 o % minutes. In five hours, Nogara covered 10212 miles. T T’ world champion- | first three named our representatives . : : : . . n - £ m o i O fonal golf trophy O | Brored decisive victories and broke g / Without exception, the more popular ' sertcd their superiority in athletics. e HEmeland. and the magnificent | many long-standing marks. : . branches of sport endeavor here were | G€orgetown University's base ball, Hotory ot ‘Molla. Bjurstedt Mallory, | Base ball, which probably interests / = . b, - | patronized to a mecater extent tham|Dasket ball foot bailiand track teams i 4 % & 3 y istrict col- When she turned back the highly her- | more persons than any, ather, ation? i 5 ever. Playing fields, under the con- | lege combinations. Among the scholas- scythe, often referred to as “Father Time,” closes his books for the fiscal year, he will in all likelihood give vent to a sigh of relief, for 1921 has been an exceedingly tough twelve months in every branch of sportdom. It is doubtiul if any other like period has been productive of more thrills, upsets and sensational performances and when we are asked to outline these happenings we are threatened with an attack of dizziness. ‘ N ’HE‘.\I the old gentleman who sports a long beard and carries a s 1le. Suzanne Lenglen_ on the | pastime, came back with a ng un- 0 n n Alaed e o at Forest Hills, L. I |der the'guidance of Judge Kenesaw ¢ . I : S trol ‘of federal and municipal govern. | Ucs, Central High School swept the Other features of national interest } Mountain Landis, who accepted the D % .. s ments, constantly were in demand. field in all activities, except basket center around “Babe” Ruth, who chair of honor when it seemed that b 2 : - i e ke (Rt and. ball, at which Tech excelled. Of the o ehed his own record for home | the game was due for a fall in popu- £ : B : i Tournaments in various sports were | clubs, the Aloysians pointed the wav e leven mew world records by | larity. The campaign started under & - v more heeniry Tists larger in track and field, the Coneress T e Paddock, the California. sprin- | severs handicaps, but when the rough ; : : S he class” 0T “comptition Hents vankees i basket Salt the N2 the downfall of Willie Hoppe, | spots were ironed out toward the - . viou 3 in Sang L Felgned supreme at billiards sev- | close of the season crowds were be- i : i . Several institutions definitely as-yMohawks in independent foot ball. enteen years. Fencing, swimming |ing turned away at many parks and rowing and many other sports|which the year before had been hang- 4 ; e SR lf Were not only highly successful from ' ing to bare threads. LA . F : ; - . ; o e ';() E:nloys anner ear S & ! . 18 - : : b Golf enjoyed its best vear since|League and Women's Li v Discipline Helpful to Base Ball L et B B : » S, SRS, M S, Y Hontae, s Womete Lo plarad i ; 4 = i 5 y 3 £ o > & tournament at Columbia in_ July| Washington Association matches aroused much interest among Wash- | were continued. Dumbarton Club, Tron discipline and a general clgan- | bridge was another brilliant achieve- i 1 1 L o 3 » : ingtonians, who before had consider- | winner in the association, defeated up of the undesirables, of which|ment for America. The Britons won : 2 _ i o . : g ed the game but lightly, and the|War A of the Departmental League only two events out of ten against Gt : s . , 4 opening of the new public links in|and Holmead of the Suburban League there were few. coupled with a re- | Yale and Harvard at the Cambridge 8 ¥ ; e : Fotomac Park sfforded an opportunity | for city honors, but lost to Baitimors enated playing spirit by many of | Stadium last July. The invaders were : i . e " - or many to take up the sport. e | Country Club 'in the annual inter- Juvenated Pl ok livins At base | highly touted, and justly so. for they o Y o, o . : ) municipal course accommodated | city Ul Distriet singles champion- HhoEe more 'the factors that contrib-)had performed wonderfully in thet g : . < ¢ : - < 3 an average of 300 players daily. At|ships went to C. M. Charest and Mrs. Died to the success of the game, and | Olympic games, but our colleglans v B g ; i = 5 times more than 600 have gone over | Ellis. . there s no reason to believe that it|rose to heights never before attained _ : A ¢ % the links in one da; 2 Foot ball never had a better sea- 5 3 = - J The national event, of course, w son. Georgetown turned out a team il he otherwise next year. “Babe” |and swamped their opponents. T e O eanslon for infraction of | An indication of these sudden g Ihe mational event, of course, was | son. Georgetown turned out & feam Ul euShell militate against his|flights of speed and power which our ‘ ¢ ¢ & v e L AN et . as excellent a field as ever participat- | title and Catholic University deci: " 3 boys flashed is evidenced by the fact A . o ; TN ed in this fixture entered for the|ly defeated its foremost local fii‘;‘.’;fi:’iis’l‘i«ia’lfl? kflTeh:u?u“:;:; that “Ned” Gourdin, the Jacksonville. | /¥T: : 5 ¢ - g % : championship and generaily good play | George Washington. The H‘;lczaetnos. to be in there swatting them out, to I-“ta. r:legro. w?:z repl;:sent]ed :Iar‘;ard, - Mo e 3 % E ;esl\}x‘u:d. gim Balrnes, the lanky | however, ‘hroke into the victory list clipped more than three inches from B » % elham professional, with a score of | several ‘times. Gallaudet did wel the ‘great delignt of the fang | the”world record for the running W.T.TILDEN - - wa B e B o[ amee bt Small lestithiiones Gsorgss e e e Sferiing performance | broad Jump in competition against the 4 off the honors. Freddie McLeod, |town and Catholic University had Englishmen. This not only added to . : : - e Columbia pro, and Walter Hagen of | plavers rated among the best in the of Paddock, the youngster who, fly- ing the colors of the University of I e “California, established new | it brought another record to America, T for 30. 100, 110, 130, 150, 200, | for the former mark was held by 220 and 300 yards as_well as 100, 2Q0 h-f:ho gonnor. an Ifishman. and 300 meters. Charlie ran the e French relay team, which came | §, | . ls g tary” In 335 no less than four | O, for the Pennsylvania relay carni- " | val, also went down in defeat. The = world has ever known, and we are| “'yoyng jake Schaefer’s victory over . U, inclined to belleve that he deserves | winje Hoppe Is easlly the outstanding Other motable track records that |feature of a year of fine progress in| BLACKSBURG, Va., December 24.— fell before the onslaught of ambitious | billiards. Jake. the 27-year-old som [catholic University and the University T Mers were two relay marks that|Of the old “wizard” who held the retiadei had stood on the books for years. |title years ago, broke the heart of|of Maryland appear on the ten-game had sto0d T guarter and half mile | Hoppe in the tifle tournament at 182|foot ball schedule of the Virginia runs, which were won by a team |balkline by earning a tle with a 400 polytechnic Institute, which was an- Tepresenting the New York Athletic|to 26 wvictory. In the play-off; ced tod e e mational champiénships | Schaefer. Who ~showed surprisingRnounce 038y Club, At b oAl o aaition. 1o | form. caimly outplayed the champion.| Catholic University will be met In Bl P e M orld. records, the | Who at no time showed the brand of Washington on October 26 and the DK et eade & clean sweep of | billlards that his youthful opponent Marylanders will come here s weck it the relays, winning all five on the | displayed. "M% later. C. U. is a newcomer to the Poly In the pocket billiard division Rll)h‘lin ut- the local -collegians and New York. tied at 298, were second, [ South Atlantic section. 2 while Chick Evans of Chicago, next| The professional game, started in i g in line with 2, was the leader of | 1920, fared well. Under competent the amateurs. management, the Senators met a our chances to beat the Britons, but who came from England to race un- | title for the third time, easily dis- the College Park team having won a , I;;fl(lll!;'— game during the 1921 season, Lk 0 7. Centre College for a game in Rich- card. T defeat of the English runners|Greenleaf successfully defended his|Maryland dre rivals of long standing, JACK DF_MpSEY der the silks of Oxford and Cam- ' Golf Champions Are Upsel giter hotm i MIANY GRD AT Golf champlons had a disastrous|Morvich beat them.all. This. colt, year. Never before have upsets played | although not _eligible for all of the Such havoc with the links game, and | big stakes, won more than $65.000 crowns were sent tumbling in every|for its owner, who pald a song for direction. Ted Ray, who sported the|his meal ticket. title of open champion of the United| Other high lights in turfdom wers States: Chick Evans, amateur cham-|the performances of Sporting Blood, Dlon: Alexa Stirling, women's cham-|owned by Bud Fisher, which won the Dlon. ana Jock Hutchison, the open|Latpnia champlonship, and the rac- Phampion, are a few who were de- Ing of Yellow Hand, which easily ac- $rived of their titles. Ray is the|counted for handicap honors. Harry only one of this lot who did not de- | Payne Whitney's Prudery easily was fend, the others being beaten. the best of the three-year-old fillles In England Cyril Tolley and George|and Knobbie of the Quincy stables Duncan, who held the amateur and|Taced exceptionally well before he open 'champlonships, respectively, | Was sold to the Rancocas outfit. gave way before the rush of othe Exterminator, the gold cup winner, In fact, Miss Cecil Leitch, who holds was _another veteran campalgner 2. "The:Navy will have the right to determine the scene of the game, pro- a8 | e “showed fine.form. s aia Be. | PARSONS TOPS GUNNERS B D W e that|have Yourself and Black Servant. 1 vided the place is not north of New radley, ran one two in the Ken- oo Tetts of Chicago turned the trick in|Bradley, ran on e Ken Franklin Field be completed, and et o fanhion. but the title was not | tucky derby, but meither did much| Dr:A. V. Parsons, breaking 48 tar-|these ground be available, it is bet- after that. Whitney's Tryster was|geis-of 50 thrown. won & I6§.on the | ter_ than an_ even chance that the at_stake. ren L Sim Barnes, the Pelham pro-|another horse that grest things were | officers’. trophy yesterday at - the|Navy will select Philadelphia. Still, posing of his opponents. ginia Military Institute. ‘The_schedule follow: % September 23, Hampden-Sidney; September 30, King College. October 7, Willlam and Mary; Octo- = ber 14, Centre College, at Richmond; Qctover 21, Davidson - College, &t rflt:%‘r"tsju’f&h ‘?:.?2“‘&{ 2 Do N Sacerober 28, Catholle] potween the elevens of the Navaland l‘y former co! Several of the clubs conducted suc- [ number of high-class paid elevens cessful invitation tournaments and|and lost few games. conducted MOLLA MALLORY | the District championshins were well | this fall, the professional gridiron St contested by sizeable fleids. Guy M. |Sport was more pleasing than last Standifer of Columbia Country Club |vear. Every effort was made to pro- Won the men's title over the Chevy |cure attractions of the highest order Chase course. Mrs. T. C. Kinkaid of |and many former all-American play- Chevy Chase, playing over the Colum- | ers made their appearance in Ameri bia links, earned the women's cham- | can League Park. Toward the end pionship for the second successive |of the season, the matches were weil { time. attended and District devotees of the Tennis, too, was well patronized.|pigskin game will welcome the * The Suburban League, Departmental | sport’s return next fall. ‘ Ind dent El Are Acti ANDLOT and pmfesx'o"’l Eridmen areito close, their campaigny e s \va.spflnusllal activity among , sociation championship, and then cap- here tomorrow with two engagements. At American League Park | the independent elevens. Numerous | tured the city titlo in' a series with - i ¥ id S i i i i s lubs veral weight divisions took | the raltars, winners of the inde- at 2:30 Tim Jordan’s paid Senators will swing into action against b I e e eompetition was unusu- | pendent tournament. The Linworths an all-star aggregation recruited mainly from Washington independent |ally keen. Mohawk Athletic Club, annexed the midget téfle. while Jun- teams. Stanton Athletic Club, leading team of mortheast Washington, :;",’;.c hr;‘: ‘,2‘52‘1;‘"33&“1‘.;3’; "r‘&‘; - ’c?—rnbom" o will entertain the Dreadnaughts, Alexandria pigskin chasers who claim | capable eleven tm:lt wi)n‘: tt)’mlroufi:ht‘réfi (k:rge;::vnnnll:g Ch;n;:yrcn 'Urlnmn.lzy i i irgini: 1 ' undefeated. i ‘were re] 74 th.?‘cgmqnpmbruhlpso northern Virginia, at Union Park in a contest that :::f:; e ohawk Juniors and the | quitted themselves credi The wiltjbegu sbout 3 | Roamers were quite good. Hilltoppers were ranked high among Players for the all-star combination | will be preceded by a contest between | In the high schools, Central went | the eastern college nines. Gallaudet the Lexingtons and Arab: i thiough its campaign without losing | was fairly successful. The high school that will oppose the professionals -abs, midget roug! P the | Slevens, starting at 1:30 o'clock. o . but It was held to a score- [ championship went to Central, which have been drawn largely from e | “This afternoon Aerfal Athletio Club | less tie by Western. The latter was did not meet with defeat during the Knickerbocker and Mercury olubs, | is to go to Seat pleasant, Md., to play [ well trounged by Tech, hometer, 79 series. / Knlckerofte successful this year.|that town's representative eleven,|the Mount Pleasant aggregation Wos Georgetown easily led the other col- Leams dndiotters will be reinforced | The Seat Pleasant team claims the |accorded the champlonship. The high | leges at basket ball. It encountered flege gridmen well known | champlonship of southern Maryland. | school league was well balanced and [ many formidable teams and lost but here, Their game is to start at 3 o’clock. games were more bitterly contested | few games at home. Its road expe- The all-star line will be composed { Bt o4 been the case for several|rience was ~somewhat disastrou of Gainey, Mercury N"‘f:‘fifgfl“&}fi? 5 seasons. Team play, though, was be- | Catholic “lrln;xfnny also ac‘::-‘ el nd; Sullivan, Mercury Qalo 2 Tow standard, but its lack was off- | George Washington an ude! i Y BOYS’ GAME TOURNEY |t by brilitant individual perform-|found the going nome too gmooth. November &, University of Mary] Milltary academies will be decided at Blackeburg; November 11, North 7180, | o ‘meeting of the representatives of Tina tates at Norfonr Va: Noverber | the institutions to be held shortly. > Washington ool Lec’ at_Lynohe| Under the existing agreement burg, Va:® November - 30, Vicginia | date will be November 25, but it has e been suggested that it be fixed a week later, December left tackle; Boteler, Knickerbockers, Tech pointed the way to the other lott guard; Bailey, West Virginia Uni- set b lofy gusca; Balley, oot VIIma Uk | WILL START ON TUESDAY | e orep schosts developed some ca- | quints h-the high schol champlonshin Frank McCarthy, former, Geargelonin pable teams. Gonsega had the best|iilts. Central aiso had 2 good team, University lineman, rig! 3 = ~ is %esms. “Gonzaga had the bext|yilts. Central aite 13 nhlm“p X lor, Mercury Athletle ate oes b'ms? :l:n“tlx: e mamentiel the ?xgn;haov:'r St. John’s in their engage- | weaker combinations in the titular tackle, and Kaplan, ex-Senator, right 0y partment of the Y. M. C. A | Lot O¥et, o proparatory school title. | competition. None of the other schools end. will open Tuesday for all ¥ members|The Army and Navy Preps were rath-| was especially strong. Gonzaga and m’rh: ':e‘:‘m -;‘l‘lllm:u:' ;?1'?;2“23.?1:“; between the ages of twelve and eigh- | er weak and took a number of severe ::e Ar‘zxnr;t/ and Navy Preps did well at ; C 2 e Co! game. . Horris, West Virginia and Dartmouth | teen years. Finals will be played be;:;:s;a“ e e s e e AT oad ex-Akron pro; Mackert, Uni- | January 2, when the champions in the | The sandlotters got out early ang)merly of the ¥ M. C. A., clearly out- AT AN e fatyiend and former Penn- | 701lowing games will be announced:|played well into October. ' Several| classed all other, club quints. They Military Institute, Roanoke, Va. d of, but he failed, as did fessional, accounted for the open title, expectes 3 , weekly shoot of the Washington Gun | New York has some advocates amon 1vania pro; Cox, Carroll and Jenkins v ¢ d to close | o¥: yme all local o sition and took Lo G uliford of Boston carried | E1yfellow, the full brother of Man|Club. The final shoot for the trophy N o pis ana It 1a almost. the |of the. & Pioerbociers, Sothern of the | Checkers, chess, billiards, pool. ping. 1;:83,:”‘;,“;;:’3;}‘,,’;,‘;"“ A o TR o i Ionibes B jatrons off amateur honors. Miss Marion Hol-| ® playtellow, although he was sold ill'be held at Bradley Hills Satur_| unanimons cholcs of Aoy Quantico Marines, Girardi of the Mer- | 203 orcshoes. cue ‘roque, passo | the Be3e0n, MY ey conducted under | forclgn teams. The Yanks establish- A o ics Stirilug, and Walter 33¢"| to_the Rancocas for $100,000, proved | have scored high in e rerion narios, | mont. comes 1 Bn. end. but 5 1 Se: | Sanenta . e Thetannual swimming meet of five | {be BUPICSE, ! e e e The Blks Sronsiip e iutvely dafeating Aloy- gen of New York stepped into the :nm';flf";}fu:gl{{g‘::- I;NL tl; a dhlslmis A prize shoot will be held January 2, | Heved that it will be renewed on| The Senators will present their :l\‘renu- open tony] m‘;m"";! between f,', S Fraternal League won the as-!slus Club in two engagements. - Ben 6t Tock Hutchison ss national| 13, 2% that Playtellow ia a “crib. Otheriiscores dhesides . about the seme termp. ane of tue regular line-up. Zbis includes Patter- the ages of twelve and clghteen years, professional titleholder. berand “wind sucker,” and the sale -1 ment 0 son, left en meach, le: d ) ’ 5 P ehiuens vitory 2t 8¢ Andrers | RS AR Tn 2 iawsuit o rocover | MeCatronr 3t Rorion. § Sircnonant lot sumees CoAusie rrrth Watermen Make Fine Showing plonship was one of the most amas-| “G,., Tag, owned by Harry Sin- orwel 5 right tackle; Don McCar! "‘W ri 1: L ‘Would ?’8 t for Title. 2 ing upsets of all, The Britieh had| clair,” who operates the Rancocas S toree o Rodun jduarterback: Wel3oh | riqui, the French boxer, has chal-| Watermen made good i o e e T e o T e e ot Kirkwood and | scavle. alfo proved's big money, win- D. C. BOY ILLINOIS’ GRID HEAD | Army is not, it is Rot likely that the | rallback. Boynton of Wilams and [1enged the Belsian pugilist Wyns to|Eesnce. POLORAC SR Bhiladelphia | York. 1ie1d the American cheaply, but Hutch- 9, Just prior to the Kentucky| Dave Wilson, who played in the back- difference will csuse a Tailure to| Vidal of West Point were all-Amer-|a contest for the teatherweight cham- | SCOreg, St OV, 4’ the Washington | The swimming season was featured el e A bem over nd brought \Bor, Grey Lag developed . "iis|fleld of the 1919 foot ball tesm at Cen- agres on another series of games. | jcan players while at college. o |PlonSEIP of Europe. AN o iub won the annual regatta by the South Atlantic A. A. U. cham- e [vers| Inois. it of e erican 10 . In racing circles Morvich the unde- 1 Gre He played with the Illinols this season. | ;vwCHRURG, Vi s | au gy et ted week by the| Toronto Mayor Favors Stadium. |of the Ameriess e and Phila- | Washingtonians ot & fair share of ock, was et The Bockey team &b T 2 | o aanington/champlonship, the | - Mayor Church of Toronto favors a| dolphia, in addition to the lnter- | the laurels., ds-v;rg -other meets ) Soor ozt et 1n rtals com: g 53 Soclid e R R | P, U I S B Were Conautted €nd S poriormasces colt has the edge on Man o' War, ing the 'utlnn.l mrt of Switser-]of Norfolk egt:m for -next: year, | will make matters interesting for the Sl e AL Lawrenos Genixal High Schoeld Continued ob Eleventh Paged L