Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1922, Page 29

- SPORTS. ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1922. SPORTS. 29 Yost Coach at Michigan for Twenty-one Years : Washington Gun Club to Have New Home SPORT CLUB PROPERTY | SUNDAY SCHOOL TOSSERS FAMOUS GRIDIRON TUTOR Veteran Mentor, Star Player at Lafayette, Turned Out Title Teams at Nebraska, Kansgas and Stanford Before Going to Ann Arbor. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, January 6.—Eastern alumni of the University of Mithi- gan have planned to mark with appropriate ceremony, to wit, a dinner, Fielding H. Yost's twenty-first year as foot ball coach at the Ann Arbor institution. The dinner, it is announced, wiil be held in New York on January 20. Many prominent Michigan men from various sections will foregather to shake Yost’s good right hand and tell him what a wonderful man’ he is. Time does fly. Tt certainly does not so long ago as 1896 that “Hurry Yost was playing hob with Buck seem RIVAL LEAGUE SLUGGERS T0 BE AUCTIONED OFF NEW_YORK, January 6.—Property of the International Sporting Club, on Lexington avenue, roughly valued at $700,000, was placed on the auction block here today. Its sale was or- dered by the court to satisfy a second mortgage for $225,000 held by the Centre Field Company. It was reported that the club.itself might bid for it. Gutzon Borglum, president of the club, was said to have had two offers of $500,000 this year. Officials of the organization stated there was no intention of disbanding it and emphasized the ownership of the property was not essential to its existence. BUREAU GIRLS DEFEAT SUME PLAY TOMORROW S tering St. Paul Episcopal. The St. Paul-Grace engagement should be well contested as a victory for the Methodists would give them a tie with Grace for the league leader- ship. These teams will play the first game, starting at 8 o'clock. Circle Athletlie Club hopes to go as far in basket ball this winter as it did in foot ball during the fall. The youngsters of the neighborhood about North Capitol street and Florida avenue put out an eleven that ranked high among the contenders for the 125-pound gridiron championship, and had a second team that never met de- arton in the Lafayette-Pennsyl- vania game of that year. Lafayette had some crack players that fall, but rone so formidable as ber great for- ward, Yost. Lafayette beat the Quak- ers, 8 to 4, and the victory was a seven-day wonder. For it was only four years previously that Pemnsyl- vania had crowded up elbow to elbow with Yale, Harvard and Princeton. converting the big three into the big four. Goes West In 1890. Yost, soon after graduation, fol- Zowed that suggestion which young men of the eighties and golden nine- ties heard so frequently and went w In 1899 he turned out a great ren at Nebraska, and then went to sas, where he developed the best team the Jayhawkers ever had. In the Nebraska game of that year the Cornhuskers were odds-on favorites, ‘but Yost, who had coached this team to a champlionship in 1898, evidently knew how to undo his work, for his XKansas eleven soundly trounced the overconfident Nebraskans., Feople be- ®an to say that western champion- Bhips followed Yost. In 1900 theé situation on the west r MEET IN SPRING SERIES ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 6.—~Two of the greatest stars in base brll are to engage in a coatest for batting _honors at New Orleans March 18 and 19 when Babe Ruth, ng of the New York Yankeen, and Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louls Nationals, champion batters of the major leagues last year. meet in a two-game spring exhibition series between the two teams. Scheduling of the games was announced today by Branch Rickey, manager of the Cardinals. Exhibition games in the mouth with t leveland and Philadel- phia clul f the American League also are planned by the locals. home run WHEATLEY RETAINS CUE TITLE, BEATING HENSHAW George Wheatley continues as pocket billiard champion of the Dis- trict as a result of his victory over $OASt Wwas pretty much the same 3%|Hen Henshaw last might in the de- Stanford a ¢ second. The preceding | cisive match of the annual tourna- meason the Bears had won the annual Stanford contest, 30 to 0. Yost went to Palo Alto and developed an eleven ‘that beat California, 5 to 0, after one of the most thrilling contests in foot ‘ball history. So absorbing it was, in- deed, that when a B®ection of the grandstand collapsed. killing twenty- 2wo persons and injuring many others, & majority of the 30,000 throng knew mothing of the disaster, and the play- ers were ignorant of the accident un- til next morning. The following year Yost went to EASTERN ALUMNI TO DINE ment at the Grand Central Academy. In_ his final tourney engagement Wheatley won, 100 to 87, his seventh consecutive victory. It was the see- ond defeat in seven starts for Hen- shaw. William Parsons and Wallace Kim- ball are to play tonight at 8 o'clock. With Henshaw, they are contenders for second place. D —— Englehorn Quits Coaching. d Wesley Englehorn, foot bal o Michigan. Tn 1is fITst four Seasons at |t wonhercr Connon am all by an Ann Arbor the Maize and Blue did i younced his retirement from coach- ot lose a singlo foot ball gume. Heljng ™ He had been sought at Amherst | bas always made the moxt of what-|usain and also as first assistant coach ever material he had. and his teams. jai Dartmouth. Englehorn is a for- | win or lose, are always colorful, game | jner Dartmouth star. and dangerou | In the early season schedules of league and college nines one notes no change in the modern tendency to keep organized base ball representa- tives and college outfits apart. Har- vard, Yale and Princeton play one game each against major league teams. but these contests are excep- tions to the prevailing rule. Harvard surprised the country and gratified all proponents of amateur sport two or three years ago by downing the Red Sox. Looking back over Princeton’s base ball history, we find that the Tigers Lave won nine games from the Ath- latics of Philadelphia and lo: 18: two from Brooklyn and lost six: lost eight to the Boston Naticnals and no | CENTRAL SOCCERISTS SCORE. Central High School's new soccer team broke into the victory column yesterday with a 5-to-0 win over Monroe ~ School. western division champion in the Elementary School Soccer League. Capt. Robinson of the winners made two goals, and his dribbling accounted for two more. ROLLER SKATERS IN CONTEST. Harry Whiting and Casco Duke traveled 301 miles and 10 laps to de- feat by one lap William Whiting and | Willie Ferguson in the twenty-four- ur roller-skating race ended last victories: one victory over the Giants!pight at the .Coliseum. A grueling and_ seventeen defeats; no victories | contest between the Whiting brothers | over the Yankees and two defeats. |was a feature of the race. i But all the Ctories over big! league teams lie back in the years. Yither the pros have improved or) Heads Dreadnaught Club. ml}nge ball has retrogressed. Which is it? Georgia Tech's have ball schedule reveals a jamming together of the two high light features of her season »—Navy on October 21, at Annapolis, and Notre Dame October 28, at At-|le lanta. This is a:tall order for an out- fit that loses by graduation such stars as A. Staton, Kerst, Amis, Lebay, Granger and Harlan. Faes Talk about an all-America tedm, ile Infantry School at Camp Benning. Silas Dever has been elected presi- dent of Dreadnaught Athletic Club of Alexandria. Other officers chosen were Elmer Mclntosh, secretary; Al- bert Dreyfuss, treasurer; Bdgar Al- n, manager, and J. W. Tulloch, as- sistant manager. Alabama Foot Ball Dates. " BIRMINGHAM, Ala, January 6.— University of Alabama has listed Ga., comes about as near to the foot!seven of the nine foot ball games ball clearing house idea us could pos-| it will play next fall. as follows sibly be. On the squad last fall were | Gctober 14, Georgia Te represented Clemson. Indiana, V. M.|3l. Sewance; 28, Te 1. West Point, Auburn, Soath Dakota, | N .’ Pennsylvan Harvard. We nia. Pur- | delphia: 11, Kentuck. due. Coror-do, Misse v i B Georgia, at Montgomery; 30 Northwestern. California. Trinity, Chis | Mississippi 4 Open_dates are cago and George Washington. Oitober 7 and November 18. . value group. A FINAL CLEARANCE OF Suits—0’coats Values Up to $50.00 i We’ve taken every style of garment in the | house in wh:lch the .iu:llel“fit:nn is no:' absolutely complete and put them all in this one big s! i ctual selling prices have been some instances more than twice what we ask now. All of the very latest snappy and conservative styles and materials—you're sure to find one to please you. Men! if saving: good to you, DON'T MISS THIS!! INCORPORATED COR. Tth &E S A Values to $50 s as high as $25 look feat. The Circles will eend two teams into a basket ball double-header to- night at Liberty Hall, the first %\Mnl meeting Independent -Athlétic Club, and the second the Junior High Beh&?; BALTIMORE BOWLERS ‘Washington girls will carry a leud; of forty-four pins into the final round ; of their intercity bowling match with Baltimore girls on the Recreation arives the latter part of this month. Competing on the Regent alleys in the Maryland metropolis yesterday, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing team, Washington Ladies' League representative that won the title in the annual city championship tourney last summer, vanquished the Regents, Cadets. Teams desiring gam: 125 and 115 pound elssses..should write D. T. Watkins, 25 Flor{da ave- nue, or telephone N Territt, marth 6620, or Randall V. Gardner. mnorth 4430, Gardner recently was re-elected president of the Cireles. P Arlington Athletie Club 15 casting about for engagements with District quints. _Challenges should be sent to Leo F. Wise, 310 12th street, or ‘The Ar- 1,278 to 1,234, in a three-game en- [phoned to Franklin. 6837. gagement. lingtons have scheduled the following he Washington contingent made it | games: January 7, Light Infantry, at Alexandria; 11, Manhattans; . Quincy! 21, Capital Silents: 27, Grace; 31, Crystal, at Alexandria: February a sweep for the day when its two doubles teams and lone singles con- testant pointed the way to the Balti- moreans. Lorraine Guili of the Bu-|7, Old Dominion Boat Club, at Alex- reaus toppled the best game of the |andria. matches with a score of 110 for her — £ Second effort in the team contest.| Congress Helghts Yankees, District independent champions. will encount-. er a formidable aggregation in the St. Andrew’'s team tomorrow night. The Saints last year won the Mary- land independent title. The quints will clash in the 4th Regiment ar- mory in Baltimore. High-set honor was ga-nered by Marie Zorbach of the Regenis with a count of 284. The scores WASHI Frere .. Wilding . anzhorn 5 Loud W Kanawha Athletic Club basketers — will stage a double-header tonight on Totals ™ the Palace court. The Preps will battle with the |~:man'?m;_lne: mol:l-e; M. Erdman 81 st serve team has met the Gunstons Hoovee &0 game starting at 7:30 o'clock. b . ed Riggs Athletic Club desires games R00) with 120-130 pound teams. Chal- 330 Jenges should be telephoned to Muna- ger Lyman, north 5521. Elliott basketers took the measure 100 of the Alexandria Triangles in a 27 3 l10 15 match. Spellbring and Godwin 19i_541|did some sensational Eval sheoting for the victor: Berchman Com completel classed the Takomas, winning, Mise Razaures Miss Meara . bl S A e plaving of Foley of the winners| Totaln .......... RN e e BALTIMOR i et S Zorbach ... & §6—245| Liberty Athletic Club's Dig tean Mise Lo WASHINGTON, 43 canquished the Congress Heights Miss Loud .......... $9-267 | Yankce Juniors, 21 to 12, but the Lib- erty reserves Bowed to'the Western : High freshmen in & 36 to 30 tilt a: Catcher Lalonge to Pilot. playing through two extra periods. BRANTFORD, Ont., January 6.— Steward Sehool girls and the Friends sextet of Alexandria played to a 9-9 deadlock. The lighter Alexandrians displayed better teamwork than their opponents. Grace Reserves held to their win- ning stride in their game with the Rosedale Reserves, taking the en- gagement, 33 to 22. played well for the winners. Michael Lalonge, former big league catcher, will manage the Brantford team in the Michigan-Ontario League this year. He was released from the Kansas City club to accept the berth. Golf Champions Competing. SAN FRANCISCO, January 6.—Jim Barnes and Jock Hutchison, American and British open titleholders, respec- tively. the northern{ Rosedale’s regul California tournament,'by the Manhattans in a to 17 bat- Wormley's good floor play and are entered in open golf 1303 F St. NNW.—1410 N. Y. Ave. N.W. Note These Handy Locations Gollan and Hart/ lar team was downed ! |Get This! I - OUR GREATEST SALE What was left of our go3 F street store stock we’ve moved to the other two Sport Marts —and still we’re overcrowded. So we’ve made even greater reductions. Better come in early, while the selection is at its best. Sweaters ] Reduced /3 The famous Sport Mart line of the finest all- wool sweaters in every conceivable style and color. All $15.00 Sweaters. .$10.00 $9.00 All $13.50 Sweaters. All $12.00 Sweaters. $8.00 All $10.50 Sweaters. $7.00 All $9.00 Sweaters. $6.00 $5.00 | varions oies S cotors Velues 1o B8 11" ‘Boys’ Sweaters ........... $3.98 [ $11.00 $6.75 Electric Irons either current. Fully Guaranteed. ICE SKATES BOXING GLOVES $2.00 Up || Vs Off OUR GREATEST SALE—DON'T MISS IT 1303 F St. N.W. 410 N. Y. Ave. N. W. . Note These Handy Locations Majestic Universal Heaters UNDAY SCHOOL BASKET BALL LEAGUE teams, after a lay-off of two weeks, will resume play tomorrow night on the court at the Central Y. M. C. A. Two games will be played, St. Paul M. E. South meeting Grace Episcopal and Metropolitan Presbyterian encoun- WEISSMULLER SETS NEW WORLD SWIMMING MARK CHICAGO, January 6.—John ‘Weissmuller, 0is Athletic Club established a mew world ight. Welsamuller's time of 2.103-5 clipped 1-3 of a second oft the former record set by Ted Cann of the Detroit A. C. The meet was won by the L. A. C. awimmers, with the Great Lakes nd Northwestern \." "A. sccond University third. The Central A. A. U, that the national water pol plonship would be held Madison Square Garden New York, Mareh 14. accurate shooting against the Rosedales. Epiphany Junlors jolted the Riggs Deai - tors was the star of the“ f.}!ls!:et:::- in a 25 to 15 match. ing 8 goals from the scrimm: Epiphany’s big quint crushed the counted. heavily: QUINTS CLASH TONIGHT ‘Washington’s second intracity col- lege basket ball game of the season will be played tomight at the Coli- seum, with teams of George Wash- ington University and Gallaudet op- ponents. They will take the court at the conclusion of a game between the Congress Heights Yankees local in- dependent champions, and the Allied Five of Baltimore. The preliminary match will start at 8 o'clock. Each of the college aggregations has been through a game this winter. The Hatchetites handily defeated the Fort Myer Officers’ quint, but Gal- laudet was forced to bow to the Cath- olic University five. —_— CHICAGO PLANS STRICT RULES FOR AL SPORTS CHICAGO, January 6.—Tentative rules to govern Chicago athletic con- tests and exhibitions, including wres- tling bouts, will be submitted for ap- proval at a meeting of the newly ap- pointed city athletic commission this afternoon. The rules were drawn up by a committee of aldermen. One rule would require ,th tling bouts be divided into fifteen- minute “rounds,” and that a system of seoring by points be devised which would permit a referee's declsion at the end of each bout. . W.U. AND GALLAUDET ' TO P JRCHASE SITE NEAR OLD ANALOSTAN GROUNDS Clubhouse Will Be Erected and Three Model Traps Installed—Dr. J. C. Wynkoop Re-elected President and Other Officers Chosen. tering trap shooting, contemplates the construction in the near future of a thoroughly modern shooting plant. At its annual meeting, the club ordered the purchase of property near that formerly owned by the old Analostan Gun Club. As soon as the ground is acquired three of the latest-model traps will be installed and an adequate club- house erected. A series of registered club shoots then will be inaugurated. The property to be used for the PENN RELAY IS INVITED WASHINGTON GUN CLUB, the District’s largest organization fos- new course is on the east bank of the Anacostia river near Benning. - It is adjacent to the electric railway and easily reached by automobile. The tract is ideal for a_trap-shooting course. The club probably will have the new plant ready for use early next summer. The present shooting grounds of Washington Gun Club are located at Bethesda, M. Shoots have been held TO COMPETE IN FRANCE PHILADELPHIA, January 6.— University of Pennsylvania has re- ceived an invitation to compete in the French reunion games in France, in Aprl. Pennsxylyvania will send a relay team to the Eng- lizh relays on April 8, and if the |r cvery S ay, st ) gularly every Saturday, starting at French games are held early |2 pm, and occasional meets con- enough for the team to return here |Jucted on Wednesday afternoon. for practice for the Pennsylvania | While only members have been eli- relay carnival, the i ably will be accepted. CITY PERMIT tion prob- |gible to compete for club trophies, |all shooters have been welcomed to the grounds. Officers for the ensuing year havi Northwesterns under a 30 to 16 count. & a P T W nko‘p and A. F. Stearn were unan : The~ churchmen piled up a heavy| -Other rules would limit applause ENN GETS ¥ oo ‘l]"“c'!' .';"'. ..,.,'d: score in.the first half of the game. | 2nd I':h“" 8 ol " he c;n est Xalnd TO ENLARGE ITS STANDS ‘e’a.fluy e'Elw‘(\:‘ s P Jamieson was the best scorer of the|ON the outcome of t i I treasurer, respectively. F. P. Will- winners. Randover tomsers, who defeated the forbld smoking while the event is in progress. There also is. a strong section Calvary M. E. auint, 45 to 21, want [ag8inist fake exhibitions, and provi- more opposition from 135-pound !sion for licensing promoters, man- teams. ~Challenges should be sent to |agers, second and trainers. W.. Richardson, 1400 C street north- €ast, or telephoned to Lincoln 1735-J. Leviathan-American Athletic Club | of Baltimore i prepared o play any For engagements, address Joe Muzdakis, 539 Columbia Washington team. avenue, Baltimore, Md. TECH PLAYS JOSEPHITE QUINT HERE TOMORROW ‘The \ seven years. yourself. TURNER THROWS HANSON. Joe Turner won his wrestling match with Fritz Hanson at the Capitol Theater last night after two hours and forty minutes. After the match had gone. two hours, the referee stopped it and 3t was decided to let the grapplers return to the mat for one fail. Turner won on a double toe hold. Mowehodligh' team wiil entertain| Killinger Signs With Yanks. - onty aehogseph’s of Baltimore in the| NEW YORK. January 6.—Glenn ehedul e basket fiball same | icillinger. Denn, State base ball and The maten i plomorrow afternoon. | foor ball player, has signed a 1922 tral Yo AL e Grelded at the Cen-| coniract with the New York Ameri- o'clock, Eastern will g to ::»m':l‘u !t"unx. He will be a candidate for Va, to encounter Woodberry Forest, | (HFd basc. Central and St John's lave home ames this afternoon. The former i ng Baltimore Polvicchnic Tnou-| . LIETs to Play Rochester. While the Vermont Avenue boys! SUMTER. S C. January 6. —The are puttling with Western High. Busi- | Rochester ' Internationals il play | ess is more for a game with ! the Detroit Americans an exhibition i the Josephites. game here March : 7 7222222222227, 722 —Signed i reatest Tailoring Announcementin7 Years! We Have Disregarded Cost and Conditions in an Effort to Get Back to Absolute Pre-War Basis—and Now Offer All Worsted Suitings and Overcoatings Made to Your N ‘ Measure— at the Low Price of We Have Waited 7 Years To Come Back to This Low Level— E always were the LARGEST MERCHANT TAILORS IN WASHINGTON, specializing in the best possible suitings and overcoatings consistent with a most reasonable price. During the .war period our prices soared, as everything else did, in keeping with ‘the price of woolens and labor. And now, after seven years, we come back to our own—with the greatest value-giving sale offered in There are many tailoring offerings to be found advertised—very flattering in the point of savings mentioned—and indeed well worded. But, in making this announce- ment, we’ll tell you—VERY PLAINLY, TOO—this is not a catch offer, but you can see the worsted and overcoatings displayed in our windows and you can judge for Many men—thoughtlessly, too—have an idea that Readymade Clothing is cheaper than TAILORED-TO-MEASURE CLOTHES. This big offering disproves any such idea. Overcoats and suits of identical quality woolens are now priced even 25% higher than our liable Ready-to-Wear Shop. In calling your attention to “THIS BACK TO OLD-TIME PRICE" we make every statement flainly and frankly—we ask you to judge for yourself—"COMPARE" —see the worsteds and overcoatings and be convinced. Newcorn & Green 1002 F Street N.W. iams was made secretary and E. R. PHILADELPHIA, January 6.—Uni- | Boucie gusistant secretas versity of Pennsylvania has been granted a permit by the city council 5 to enlarge the stands at Franklin }’Io'pkms T‘“el‘" to Be B‘f'y‘: Field. The ordinance was passed aft- | BALTIMORE, Md. Janwary 60 Nine lacrosse games will be played by the John Hopkins team in the spring. The schedule: April 15, Army. at West Poin evens; 29, Syra- er an amendment had been inserted giving supervision of the work to the department of public safety. This cuse: Ma: ‘Annapolis: was done to make sure that the u- (13, Penn, 50, Swarth- perstructure, which will extend out|more, at Swarthmore; high: June 3, Princeton (pending); 10, Mount over three sireets, will be built £o as [Ju Washington. to guarantee the safety of pedes- trians. The additions will increase the seating capacity to 50,000. Work will be begun in the spring and will be completed for the opening of the foot ball season. Parnham to Come Back. BALTIMORE, January 6—Pitcher “Rube” Parnham, former Oriole star. whose arm went back on him in 1919, has been mailed a contract by Man- ager Jack Dunn. Parnham wrote that he believed he could come back next Wins Place in Hockey League. BOSTON, January 6—The Pere|Season. Marquette K. of C. hockey team won - the final pame of the climination - 3 \iried "fo determine Toston's thira Renews Big Trotting Race. representatives in the custern wheel N, January 6—The Ken- of the United States A ion. ting Horse Breeders' As- feating the Melrose Club, 2 to 0, 1 to renew the Other teams are Westminster and Futurity for foals of 1422, with a guar- Boston A. A [ anteed purse of $21.000. e / P / : 0 ice, In any re-