Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1922, Page 24

2% SPORTS. - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 16} 1922. _SPORTS. Coast League May MOGULS PLAN TO RANK IT AS A MAJOR CIRCUIT \ Rejection of Restoration of Draft, Expected at Meet- t ing This Week, Eventually May Lead to Far F West Body Ending Domination. N draft is expected to be taken this week at the meeting of the Pacific Coast League, as the first step toward declaring the circuit a major league. It may mean that the west coast organization eventual- 1y may cut loose entirely from organized base ball unless it is permitted to have its way. ¥ The immediate effect of what would amount to defiance of the recog- nized heads of base ball who think the draft is necessary to the good of the game would be to stabilize opposition in the other class AA leagues. Perhaps the drait will apply only to those leagues which are willing to i BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, January 16.—A decision to oppose restoration of the agree to it. Base ball backers in the east must| begin to realize that the Pacific coast is all‘of one side of the United States vhich feels that its development in hing that has to do with sport s it rights which are co-equal h those of other parts of the United States. The present domination of base ball is assumed by men m whom have had nothing to do with the de- velopment_of the national game in any way. but are simply self-consti- tuted “bosses,” insisting upon sole authority, and who are recruited from all lines’ of occupation. They are “bosses” because they have “bought | in.* They “bought in" simply because | base ball appeared to be a good spec- | ulation_and mot because they were| pardeuiarly interested in it as a| sport. 1 Independent in Iolation. | The owners of the base ball clubs of the Pacific coast are quite as well | aware of that fact as others and they | are not in the least overwhelmed by | any attitude which may be assumed by organized base ball. They are too | far away to be bothered much by | what organized base ball thinks. 1t is seemingly overlooked that the Pacific coast once before “went in- dependent” and was so successful in it that organized base ball went to| the Pacific coast and begged the or- ganization to come back. The writer happened to be a party to the conversation which was held in- formally with one of the Pacific coast owners when negotiations were opened to bring the Pacific state ball clubs back to the fold. The man from Cali- fornia never hesitated a moment as to where ne stood. He frankly said that s0 far as he agd most of his associates were concerned. they did not care a rap whether they were amalgamated with organized base ball or not. For the sake of convenience they might join the organization again, but they had not experienced the least difficulty since | | BAKER TO WED TODAY: 'MIDGET SMITH T0 TRAIL WILL QUIT BASE BALL BALTIMORE, Md., January 16.—J. Franklin “Home Run” Baker pro- poses to quit base ball, professionally, after his marriage to Mlss Margaret Mitchell of Baltimore today. As a promise to his bride, the famous third baseman will lay away his spiked shoes. He intends entering the jewelry business and.will open shop shortly at Cambridge, on the eastern Shore, where his athletic ca- reer, which won him renown the country over, was begun. It will be no surprise to the man- agement of the New York Yankees, for whom Baker played in the Ameri- can League last year, to learn of his intention to quit. When the Mary- lander was coaxed away from- the quietude of his Trappe farm last year he secured from the New York club the promise that he was to be unconditionally released if ever he should want it so. Officials of the Cambridge club hav- ing heard that Frank would enter business there immediately set out to obtain his consent to lead the team of that place in the new Eastern Shore League. Baker said “No.” He's ;hro\lgh ‘with base ball professionally, e says. e BUFF FOR BOUT ABROAD, they nad been separated from it. What Coast Men Asked. They would respect the reserve rule and they would respect contracts, and what could be more fair. They would not, however, give to the cities of New York, Chicago and so on the right to take eight of the best players that they might develop simply because New York, Caicago and so on were members of an organization which said it could help itself to plavers of other clubs at its convenience. “Give us the right to draft from New York aqd Chicago and Your other clubs and we'will talk busi- “That would make you a major or- ganization,” was the reply. “What's to prevent?” was the quick answer “Our cities have as much right in base ball as yours. Some day they will be as large or larger, for all any of us know. Moreover. even if they never were it doesn't alter the fact that we have a perfect right to constder ourselves what we will, 8o leng as we pay the bills. That expresses the attitude of the Pacific coast in base ball. Whether it comes now or later, the time is ap- proaching when the Pacific Coast League will ask a major league clas- sification, and if it doesn’t happen to be answered in the affirmative will talrg one on its own account. No Conflict of Sections. re would be absurd for the major leagues to fight such & move, because they do not need to fight it. There is absolutely no conflict between the sections. The Pacific coast is raising ugh boys to put together profes- onal base ball teams, and it is go- ing to continue in the boy business with the same success that it has had in raising big oranges and big melons. (Copyright, 1 LUEHRING WILL DIRECT MINNESOTA ATHLETICS LINCOLN, Neb., January 16.—Fred ‘W. Luehring, athletic director of the University of Nebraska, has an- nounced his intention to resign and accept the offer made to him to be- come athletic_director of the Uni- versity of Minnesota, Chancellor Avery of Nebraska has announced. Luehring was to confer at Chicago today with heads of the Gapher In- stitution. L. D. Coffman, president of Minnesota: Fred B. Snyder, president of the board of regents, and John Harrison of the alumni athletic com- mittee are in Chicago, it is under- stood to discuss with Luehring a reorganization of the Minnesota coaching_ staff. No steps have been taken to select a successor to Luehring, the chan- cellor said. —_— PRESIDENT, GOLF LEADER, IS HONORED BY U. S. G. A. President Warren G. Harding was declared to be “one of the lexadh,:; #pivits of golf” and was named an hohorary member of the United States Golf Association at its annual meeting in Chicago. —_— YANKEE BOXER DEFEATS AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION MELBOURNE, Australia, 16.—Semmens, Australian weight champion, ) January bhantam- was knocked out yesterday in the second round by an ! American boxer named Gooseman. $5,000 Life Policy, $57.35 Age 40. "Send date of birth for illust atablished 1965, Assets over 320000000, M. LE ROY GOFF, Inwurance Adviser All branches. Room 610, Woodward building. M. 840. e $9.89 Size 30x37; Inches You mever bought a better value CHAS. E. MILLER, Inc. sl 14th St. 4 Doors North of H St. Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Cores installed in any make. PECIAL $16.00 FORD RADIATORS, HONEYCOMB AND TUBR FINISH. 37 OF THEM. ALLOW- éfim ON OLD RADIATOR. E. L. WITTSTATT 319 13th n.w. and 1421% P nw. ALL OF ST RADIATORS AND FENDERS HAVE BEEN REDUCED. BY FAIR PLAY. W YORK, January 16.—Looks as if the dear old English are going to be let in for a free show, which will prove very entertaining, en- titled “The Pursuit of Johnny Buff, or the Midget's Quest.” You catch it, don’t you? If Johnny Buff sails for England next Wednesday, as he has every present intention of doing, Harry Neary, who attends to the des- tinies of Midget Smith, will take his protege and follow the champ across the pond. Neary savs that England is just as good a place to win a championship in as any other place. In this re- mark Neary doubtless spoke without an eye to the box office, something that any one would seldom accuse him of doing. A Anyway, Neary and Smith, according 'to_present plans, are work- ing to dog Buff to England just as soon as the Midget settles a little ar- gument with Joe Lynch net Mriday at the garden. Of course, Joe, than whom there is no greater in-and-outer, may be in top- hole mood next Friday, in which case Smith and his manager might buy two tickets for No Man's Land rath- er than England. But in case the expected happens and Midget plas- ters the former bantam champ, then it will be berths and staterooms for two. We knew it. Months ago We pre- dicted_that sooner or later the wily 1 l FRANCE TO PUSH PLANS FOR THE 1924 OLYMPICS By the Associated Fress. PARIS, January 16—%Now for the 0!7:-!5 sames of 1924, said state for teehnical education, as his post ix now kmown, Under the Briand regime he was known as “minister for sports.” “A bill granting the city per- mission to lease to the Olympic committee & plot of ground in the Parc des Princes will be pushed through parliament early after its reconvening,” he said. “The coi mittee then will have no exe it does mot egin work on stadium immediately.” SIX BIG INDOOR MEETS ARE LISTED FOR EAST NEW YORK, January 16.—Indoor track athletics feature this winter's sport program. Of the six important meets schedul- ed for the east one to which much importance attaches is the indoor intercollegiate track championships in the 22d Regiment Armory in this city March 11. The other five classics are: The Millrose games in Madison Square Garder, February 1; the Bos- ton A. A. games, February 4: the senior A. A. U. championships in Buffalo, February 11; the New York A. C. meet at New York on February 28 and the junior A. A. U. champion- ships in New York March 4. Elaborate plans are being made for restoration of the indoor inter- collegiates. In the armory, which will” hold 10,000 spectators, will be erected a portable $3,000 board track, with eight laps to the mile, one of the largest of.its kiml in the world. Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Syracuse, Penn State, Pennsylvania and Columbia already are expected to enter teams, with the possibility that the University of Michigan also may send a squad east. SCRIBES ALL AGREE GRIFF GOT BEST OF PECK DEAL BY DENMAN THOMPSON. HE deal by which the Nationals acquired Roger Peckinpaugh natur- ally has elicited widespread newspaper comment. Almost to 3 unit the writers are agreed Washington got all the best of the transac- tion and must be considered a serious pennant factor. There is unanimity among the experts, likewise, that Philadelphia came out of the litt_l: end of the horn, but the first intimation that Boston and not Washington rovided whatever cash may have figured in_the deal comes from Jack wrence of the New York Tribune, who opines that any one believing Connie Mack gave up his title to Dugan in return for Acosta and Miller would believe that Babe Ruth is for sale. He adds: ,"The information _circulating| Dusan, or Scatt, either, for that mat through the winter league is that|ter. His skill and leadersiip & H.:’rys Frazee sent Clark Griffith a |80 & long way toward making Wash- wad of cash with Peck and that the 0ld Fox turned a goodly portion of this cash over to Mack. “While the trade has apparently raised despairing wails from Connie Mack's customers, the gaunt leader of the Athletics probably has made the best of a troublesome situation. He no longer has Dugan, but the iatter’s departure has brought him two ball players and considerable coin. The players may help him and the cash certainly will. “As ‘the situation-stood last season Dugan’s only value to the Athletics was that of a negotiable @sset. He deserted the club and refused to play for Mack any longer, so it cannot be said that in last week's trade Connie deliberately removed a star from his everyday line-up, Dugan might have been compelled to play for the Athletics in order to continue to make a living in organized base ball, but under such conditions his serv- ices would have been of doubtful value. Says Mack Got Cheated. A Philadelphia writer, Cullen Cain of the Public Ledger, does not mince wordg in_expressing the view that Mack finished on the short end of the deal. “In_my opinion, Washington and not Boston got the better of the deal,” is the way he puts it. “Peck is a more valuable player than ington a factor in the next pennant T “To my mind Mack got cheated on the deg) unless he received a cash considefation in addition to the play- ers. If he did, then the Philadelphia fans got cheated.” Veteran Scribe Lauds Milan. ‘Washington fans will be interested in knowlgg t1e estimate of Zeb Milan held by William B. Hanna, dean of Gotham base ball scribes. In the New York Herald he writes: “Clyde Milan, new manager of the Senators, isn't as fast to first base as he used to be—naturally, since age is inexorable—but he’s still good and fast. Time was when he was one of the fastest. This player, like George Burns, never got his full share of praise. Like Burns, he never hunted the limelight, but has been a great ballplayer none the less. At his best he was a superb centerfielder, one of the best, without overstating the case at all, in the history of the game. There isn’t a man playing today who could go farther for a fly ball. Even now he does and goes and gets 'em and Is a timely hitter. “Milan 18 a fine type, the antithesis of all that's rowdy and gabby and fussy and trouble-breeding, a quiet. soft, but plain spoken chap, whom it will be a pleasure to see succeed as a manager. The Milans are a credit ;fi their calling, and here's success to m!" YANKEE FIVE STARTLED BY PLUCKY ALOYSIANS ‘When the Congress Helghts® Yankees, independent basket ball champions of the District, invade Gonzaga gymnasium on February 22 for their second tilt of the winter with the title-seeking Aloysians, they will carry with them a Wholesome respect for the I street ag- gregation. These teams met yesterday in the Coliseum and prior to the clash the Yanks, swollen with confidence, ‘ex- pected to run roughshod over the would- be champlons. But the latter gave the; Congress Helghts team the surprise of i its life and the titleholders were for- tunate to win, 31 to 25. The Yanks went along in great style in’the first half of the engagement and earned a_23-to-16 advantage, but fal- tered badly in the- second half. Had the Aloysius put forth a plaver cagable of consistently scoring from the foul line they would have finished on the better end of the count. They were out- scored_from scrimmage by only one goal, but none of their tossers could | locate the basket well with free throws. A surprising feature of the conflict was the inability of Heddens, one of the best shooters of the District, to count for the Yanks. He was guarded by~ Hol brook and so closely did the rangy Aloysian_follow the Congress Heights star that the latter never had a real opportunity to cage the ball. The care ful attention bestowed upon Hedde: however, gave Atherton and Ingley! chances to score and they made good | with a vengeance. It was their shoot- ing that sent the champions so far ahead at the outset. The Aloysius team came to life ir the second half and played the Yankees off their feet. With McNaney, Duffy and Holbrook leading _the attack. the I streeters amassed 12 points while hold- ing the opposition to 8, and continued the spurt until two of the regulars were banished because of personal fouling., During this period Ingley’s goal was the | only one made by the Yanks from scrim- mage, but Heddens kept them in the van with his tosses from the foul line. Jack Kearns. assisted by the acute Mr. Descamps, would begin the deli- cate task of preparing the European |mind for a London or Paris edition of ‘the battle of the century. Kearns | always has believed that this project is o sure winner. He said as much ! 1o the writer, who, in turn, pointed i out to Kearns the comparatively easy manner in which Dempsey put away Carpentier, indicating that _the World's champ was the superior argufier. ¥l know,” said Kearns, “but they don't believe it in France.” Just wait and see, brothers—a Carpentier-Dempsey battle abroad is by no means the impossible thing that might occur in pugilism this year. | —_— SOCCER LEAGUE PLANS DOUBLE-HEADER SUNDAY { A meeting of the exécutive com- mittee of the District Soccer League to arrange a circuit schedule and pre- pare for a double-header to be played next Sunday on the Monument lot will be held tomorrow night at § o'clock at 1303 F street. It is planned to have the main contest of the dou- ble-header played ~between all-star teams of this city and Baltimore. Elevens of the Washington and Ranger clubs of the league met on the Monument lot yesterday and the former won, 5 to 3. The game was bitterly contested. Washington did its scoring in the first half, while the Rangers were active in the second. Raisb.ck, Nagel and Gray did well for the Rangers. Collins and Callily were the Washington stars. ———— CUEISTS IN FINAL ROUND. William Parsons and Clive Rich- mond will be opponents tonight and tomorrow night in the first match of the final round of the city pocket bil- liard championship tournament at the Grand Central Academy. Their en- | | gagement is at 250 ‘points, 125-point block to be played each night. ) ! 1 I | ©1922, by PHILLIPS-JONES —_— PENN TOSSERS IN FRONT IN COLLEGIATE LEAGUE Penn’s basket ball team again is off in front in the collegiate league race, Dartmouth and Cornell, rated” equal ! favorites with the Quakers prior to the start, each having lost one of the two games they have played. Penn has won its lone contest, as has also Princeton. The standin Pennsylvania Princeton . Columbia Dartmouth’ Cornell .. Yale .. LEAD! NDIVIDUAL SCORES. Field Foul Player and college. goals. goals. Pts. Cullen, mouth, r. f....° 1828 Pulleyn, Columbia, r.'g. 4 13 2 Grave, Pennsylvai Da 8 18 Loeb, Princeton, r. 3 s 13 Lutber, Cornell. r. f. H 2 Springhorn, Columbia, r. ... 5 0 .10 Rosenast, Peon, 1. f. 5 0 GAMES THIS WEEK. 18—Columbia at Princeton. 21—Dartmouth at_Cornell. 21—Pennsylvania at Columbia. January uary January Frank Frisch to Marry. NEW YORK, January 16.—Frank Frisch of the Giants, star base runner of the National League, is sliding to- ward a real home plate. His engage- ment to Miss Ada Lucy, playmate since childhood, was announced to- day. The wedding will take place next winter. Joins Olympic Association. NEW YORK, January 16.—The su- preme board of directors of the Knights of Columbus has accepted an invitation to join the American Olympic Association. They announc- ed that councils throughout the country would develop athletic talent to compete for places on the next American team. aranves the Worlds Smartess COLLAR. The essence of good taste for all seasons and occasions. Starchless, for comfort, yet always neat and trim. * Nine styles, quarter sizes Fifty cents at dealers CORPORATION, NEW YORK TUNNEY, NEW CHAMPION, , NOT GENE, BUT JAMES J. NEW YORK, January 16—If Gene Tunney, who won the Amer- ican light heavywelght boxing title from Battl day, Jai tious, he’d fret over the date and hope ti real mame carried J., the same as the tw world's greatest boxing cl Corbett and Jeffries. ckname given him s comrades in France. 6. U.AND 6. W. QUINTS PRIMED FOR BIG GAME Teams of Georgetown and George ‘Washington are to meet at the Col- iseum tomorrow night In the first game of their series that has become the District's greatest annual basket ball attraction. Representatiyes of these institutions, long rivals in va- rious branches of athletics, have been pointing carkfully for the clash. The Hilltgppers, because of their impressive ‘record in former series, will enter the conflict favored to win, but the Hafchetites are prepared to give them /a hearty contest. The match will follow one beginning at 8 o’'clock between the Congress Heights Yankees add the District Department quint of thé American Legion. With three veterans in its line-up, |Georgetown will present a more ex- perienced quint than that represent- ing the downtown university, and also a heavier one. Florence, one of the best basket ball players in the south Atlantic section, and a member of last year’'s quint, and Schmidt will be at forwards for the Blue and Gray. Capt. Joe O’Connell will play center and Zazzali. now in his fourth season with the team, and Byrne, a local product, are to start at guards. The Hatchetites will count heavily upon Gude Gosnell, former Tech High athlete, who has been playing so bril- liantly at forward. Gosnell will be flanked by Bracklaw, a substitute vith the Hatchetites last winter. Al- trup will be at the tap-off position, while Capt. Daily and Hughes, play- ers of experience, are to start at guards. This combination has been quite successful in early games and may startle the Hilltoppers with their short passing attack. Mateh for Zbyszko. ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 16.—Stan- isla Zbyszko, worléd heavyweight chanfion wrestler, and Paul Martin- | son will meet here January 26. ST. TERESA BASKETERS T0 TACKLE KANAWHAS Kanawha Preps, who have been travellng at a speedy pace in the Junior basket ball division this win- ter, will tackle a formidable opponent tonforrow night at the Palace court. The winners of the District junior titles last year are to engage the St. Teresa Preps of Anacostia, and if the boys from the south side of the Eastern branch hold to the stride they have been hitting since taking the court this season, the Kanawhas will have to play up to championship form to achieve victory. The game will get under way at § o'clock. St. Terexa teams are billed for a double-header in their own gym- nasium tonight. The regulars are to play the Yosemites after the reserves and the Elliotts end thir argument. Washington Arrows have five games }this week. They meet the Rosedales in Rosedale gym tonight, and also have thesc engagements: Wednesday, Roamers, at Palace court; Thursday, {Navy Yard Marines, at Naval Militia {armory: Friday, Walter Reed, at Wal- tter Reed Y. M. C. A.; Saturday, Levia- than-Americans, at Baltimore. Following thelr matech with the American Legion tomorrow night, the Congress Heights Yankees have the following engagements this week: Wedpesday, Frederick Y. M. C. A., at Frederick; Friday, Leviathan-Amer- icans, at Coliseum; Saturday, Y. M. H. A., at Baltimore The Alsatians of Hagerstown will appear at the Coli- seum next Sunday. Triangle Jumfors of the 103-poun division want matches with Dlatrlc% quints. Send challenges to Manager Vernon Edwards, 322 North Patrick street, Alexandria, Va. Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A. to: vanquished the Royal Blues ofs.!e;: Baltimore general offices of the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad, 61 to 18. ;l":tres Engles played well for the win- Roamer Athletic Club poi | way to the Truxtons in & So-racsy s counter. Shaw and Faber were main- 1y responsible for the success of the Roamers. Shalin kept the Truxtons lxx;mt.he!hr:n“n}ng.x kln a_ preliminary arwicks defe - ern Athletic Club, 25 o 16, 0 Mercury Athletie Club easil; - posed of the Seaman Gunner:!.yl;”:o 10. De Atley made six goals from scrimmage for the victors. Yale has booked nineteen swimmi matches for its champion qlllfl.m i Store Closes Daily at 6 P.M. I Wonder What Mertz Will Say Today? I At the Sign of the Moon Established 1883 SUIT or OVERCOAT as Low as To Order /General Reductions Feature Our January Clearance \|,$1 8.50 The Mertz idea is quality workmanship always and to quote prices well within the reach of all. The General Reductions in our.-January Clearance Sale offer most remarkable tailoripg values. A wondecful showing of woolens from which to select. ~. Think of it—you can have a suit or overcoat made exactly as you want it, and at a lower price than you will pay for a gar- ment you have to take just as it is. Mertz& Mertz Co., Inc.,906 F St.| | | THREE PINEHURST GOLF MARKS SET BY WALKER PINEHURST, Cyril Walker, fessional, shot the most brilliant ®olf ever seem on the Pinchurst links and broke three records f exhibition matches yesterday. the morning he did the champio! the afternoon in 33—34—87. Walker's 20 for the first mine holes s a record, the 66 is an 18-hole record, and the 133 for the 36 holes is the lowest count ever made here in a day’s play. Philip Carter hi proximate 08 here several years ugo, but he did not hole every putt and two of the holes have been lengthened Walker's reeord eards Jut...4433325323-20 In....4 6 4533 4 4 4—37—46 CENTRAL NEEDS A WIN 10 HOLD COURT LEAD Two games on as many courts, a new wrinkle in high school basket ball championship tournaments here, will be offered scholastic athletic fans tomorrow afternoon. At the Coliseum Central and Business will battle for the league lead. To retain first position undisputed Central must win. A Business victory would give it a tie with the Blue and White at the top of the heap. Eastern and Western, neither of which has a win to its credit, will take the floor at|{ Central High School. Both games will begin promptly at 3:15. It Business can show any improve- ment in_its shooting it is likely to glve the heavier and more experienced Central five a run for the decision. The Stenographers’ passing has been better than that of any other team 80 far in the series. They likely will open play with Walker and Connor,! forwards; Capt. Dennis, center, and Barrett and Smith, guards. Central probably will use Dey and Birth- right, forwards; Capt. McFadden, center, and Johnson and Buckley, guards. The match between Eastern and Western should be well contested, Both play_about the same style of basket ball and the teams will be about even as to weight. Eastern expects to depend upon Dornin and Prendor, forwards: Capt. O'Dea, cen- Bolt Organized Base Ball : Virginia Is Reorganizing Athletic System FACULTY TO GIVE VOICE TO STUDENTS AND ALUMNI Joint Committee Is Being Formed—Drs. Lambeth and Lefevre, Slated to Retire, Have Done . Much for Sports at Institution. BY H. C. BYRD. IRECT advices received from Charlottesville are that a complete reorganization of Virginia’s system of athletic control is taking place. Rumors of such action have come to Washington time after {time, but those that began to simmer through various channels about a month ago are the first that actually have been baded on facts. Virginia is forming a new committee to handle its athletics, and this committee is to have represented in its personnel students, alumni and faculty. Such an arrangement will give students and alumni voices in the control of the policies under which athletics are run and also in the direct management of the several sports. 3 This is a system similar to that under which University of Maryland and George Washington work. Prior to this, final decision on maiters of policy 'in_connection with Virginia's athletics have rested almost entirely with a faculty committee. Faculty Must Prevail. The Charlottesville school will be compelled, in order to come within the ruling of the southern intercol- legiate conference, to which it has committed itself, {o name as on the commitice enough members of the faculty to give the faculty the con- trolling power; but that should not in the least detract from the effi- ciency of such ascommittee of contro] nor should it cause students or alumni to feel they are getting the short end of the deal. Faculty control, with a voice for students and alumni, is only right, as in the last anaysis neither the stu- dents nor the alumni run an institu- tion, nor are the students or the alumni charged, as the faculty is, with the right conduct of all the elements that go to make up 2 uni versity. Much of the upheaval at Virginia seems to be the result of the desire for a new regime. It has been recog- { nized generally that Dr. W. A. Lam- beth and Dr. Albert Lefevre have been the controlling factors in Vir- ginia athletics and many of the alumni and students have objected, it seems, to policies that have been Cf_)l’- r. ter. and . Meyers and Cardwell, ried out under thelr direction. traras Western ‘may use Woerner | Lambeth and Dr. Lefevre have their fnd Weedon, forwards; Frisby, cen- | faults, undoubtedly, as have all other humans, and everything connected ter, and Baird and Kent, guards. MANHATTAN A. C. ELECTS. Manhattan Athletic Club vesterday elected the following officers: Roscoe Kelley, president; Harry Raley, vice president: Walter Leaman, secretary; Acton Hummer, treasurer, and X. Leaman, sergeant-at-arms. C. Hutch inson. B. Wormsley and W. McDowell were chosen as trustees. Hutchinson also was named general athletic man- | ager. LIBERTIES TO MEET. Liberty Athletic Club will meet to- night at 1531A 3d street. Members and prospective members are to be present at 7 o'clock. with Virginia athletics has not been done as'well as it might have been. Virginia students and alumni, how- ever, should not forget that Dr. Lambeth .and Dr. Lefevre have done much for Virginia sports; Virginia’s high standing in competition, the de- sirability on the part of other insti- tutions for it as an opponent and its fine stand for the last several ye no = small measure to influences brought out, developed and main- tained, at times under adverse pres- ags for clean athletics are due in | | coaching system, or if dircct result of Virginia's policy of clean athletics. In other words, the influences Lambeth and Lefevre ex- erted at Virginia are felt today in every state institution in the south, because every state institution, and Washington and Lee University. has adopted under the jurisdiction of the southern conference the principles fdi which Lambeth and Tefevre have been contending, and which they brought into being at Virginia several vears ago. Troubles in Virginia athletics 1i not so much in the policy of eligibil- ity as in other things. Virginia has lacked anything that savored of ef-s ficient business management for its athletics, such management as has . been instituted at Harvard, Cornell 4 North Carolina, Virginia Polytechni: Institute and other places where atd letics are conducted under efficicr business standards. Poor busine methods in athletics are injurious in any other line of work. Anoth thing, Virginia has not had a good its coachins system has been good the application of it has been a failure Virginia’s alumni and students are absolutely right in their efforts 1o eliminate the factors in Virginia's ath letics that have been a detriment 0 the efficiency of Virginia's teams and to its dealings with other schools in business matters. ut in cutting off an undesired growth they want to be very careful in their tnthusiasm not to amputate good, healthy flesh. Any action on the part of Virginia alumni and students which undertakes to eliminate the influence of Dr. Lam- beth and Dr. Lefevre from Virginia athletics eventually will have an ad- verse effec S — Bezdek “Not Seeking Post.” STATE COLLEGE, Pa., January —Hugo Bezdek, head coach of th- Pennsylvania State College foot ball team, has denied reports that he w considering_an offer from the LU versity of Minnesota. Bezdek said that he went to Min neapolis to confer with President Coffmann of Minnesota, who rc- quested that he outline the policy for a_department of physical education such as Bezdck has established here He declared that he was “not in any way seeking the post at Minnesota.” sure, by them. | Deserve Great Credit. H | Not the least doubt exists in the| | writer’s mind that the southern inter- collegiate conference, with the high | standard it has taken for uplifting | athletics in the south, is the almost For Over 41 Years Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded For Men Who Practice Thriftiness Kuppenheimer Overcoats of Limousine Luxuriousness Feature This Week’s .Store-Wide Semi-Annual *Clearance *THIS IS OVERCOAT WEEK at Grosner’s 0Co $30.95 Reduced f $47.50 and 340 Small Deposits Accepted Suits Reduced from $35 and $40 % Reduced from $47.50 and $50 $37.95 AltcratW at Cost ats rom $40 rom $50 95 PrPOSIiIa 1013 PENN. AVE. 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