Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1922, Page 31

D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, e _STAR, WASHINGTON, SPQRTS. 1922, . SPORTS." 31 Six teams of the Departmental League, one of the oldest sandlot base ball organizations of the District, are expected to send representatives to Plantz of the Post was second, with 327, and Ray e e T e T e e Rl VLN EINGE =k : ] ] ; ‘ ] in Meet H Michi Not to H C Rivals to Combine to Run N. Y. A. C. Four in Meet Here : Michigan Not to Have a Crew Three bowlers-got away to*flying BY EAIR|PLAY ‘ BY LAWRENCE PERRY. :2 O indaor track and field carnival at Convention Hall Friday night. ' duckpin championshipgournament on 5 M 1 it was made clear to the board of athletic control at Ann N Greb on the night of March 13. Greb arrived in town today, and t20] aunuat foleault mettingat Boa SHES IO quartet of the New York Athletic Club in a special relay race that should | threS;§ame sets. Jimmy Boyd of the ably will be active in the Jeazue this| It is unfortunate and not a little Gibbons has a host of admirers, is peculiar, to say the least. Tha New Tori team, which wift b e i { Treasur; Department, War Depart-land has deterred other colleges from AMERICAN LEGION MEET e New York team, whic! i e oberts of e Star et {N. C. AND MERCER FIVES G. U, VIRG HOPKINS GREB HAS BIG FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTALNINES |ROWING IS TOO EXPENSIVE, e 9 LD rivals will bury the hatchet for the time being and make a con- | starts Yesterday in the opening round iCHIGAN will not add rowing to her list of university sports. As NEW YORK, March 1—Tommy Gibbons is expected here the latter R % 2 § X bet- D Virginia, Navy, Johns Hopkins and the host each will contribute an ath-, the Recreation drives, averaging bet v ding’s 14th street store tomorrow | Arbor that aquatics have a very slight earning capacity, while the cost of | his appearance _was the signal for a bear movement in Gibbons stock. easily be the feature of a program already replete with events that prom- | '8 led the squad of fifteen pin year are Post Office Department, Na- | ironical that the very element that So far as can be gathered it has sclected from Bernie Wefers, jr.; Sid ment .and Agricultural Department. | entering the sport is that it is a pas- To BE STAGED 0" MAY 6: i AND NAVY MEN ON TEAM IN HIS GO WITH GIBBONS | WOLVERINE LEADERS FIND i S i certed effort to repulse a formidable invader at the Georgetown |of the annual newspaper individual 1 L a result of a questionnaire sent out to the various rowing col- part of the week to complete training for the battle with Harry ter than 106 pi for their s s A lete to a team that will compete over a mile route against the all-star | tpreor on e & night at 8 o'clock. Nines that prob- | conducting the sport places it among the very expensive luxuries. Just why this sort of gossip should obtain a foothold in New York, where ise a most brilliant set of games. topplers with a count of 332, W. E. val Hospital, Government Printers, worked against rowing at Michigan come from Boston, where Tommy re- cently did battle with a heavyweight . nt out |time so purely amateur that by no : Leslie, Jack Sellars, Joe Higgins and | KETTLE OUTRUNS COOKE, named McCarthy. All Mae did wus to ;{;‘l‘fg:?:ylgn Eeizldlfigr ¢ ths irec- | conestvable possibliity could It be made Satu: May 6, has beem met - Ancty Kelly, recorntosdt Doy and Boyd was the most consistent per-¢ [N TITLE TOURNEY FINAL }sang his tace on the St Taul boxer'a | iy, Scoretary G- B, Edler at t anything else. The commercial ele- gy it/ e _ . leadine distance men. will take a deal PITTS WINS ARMY RACE | tormer of the day, although he was fists at every opportunity. But now Sk iment is aliogether- lacking save| A% the date for the second ammua of beating. Quartets organized from outbowled in the first and second| . ATLANTA, March 1.—North |we hear that Tommy's style is not| Natjonal Athletie of George-when there are observation trains, or| Sames of the District Ameriean {his Eroup. every member of which| Army cooks usually have food |games. Roberts sct the pace at tha| Caroling and Mercer basket ball |Improcive ood thar b nas o mot wn as the | stands erected opposice. the finish Hin 1 a quarter-mile specialist, have been | ready wt meas eall d generally | start with 127, only to fall to 86 in| teams will meet in the final round |knockout wallop. Knickerbocker Junlors, having and the return from these is prac- a wide swath in track ath- Legion, wh Central Hi are on time in other atters, but | his second effort, of the southern colleglate tourna- | Wonder if all this McCarthy stuff is g for some while. Plantz was ahead X ceived permission from. the Knicker- | tically negligible. Thus only colleges T ition to Inviting all the letics such was not the case yesterdny |of the fleld at the end of lhuesla!cand ment ight. In the semi-finals |due to the fact that Georgie Ingle, | hocker rc"luh to adont the name. Tcnmslwilh a long rowing tradition back of | Joeal schools and ,.“,'2 to take To Insure some real competitiop, Jim-| when the Army district of Wash- |game, but he faltered In the thicy. last night the Tar Heels defeated |Greb's manager, went up to Boston to|in' the sixteen-seventosn vear class|them are willing to incur the expense part, it is my Mulligan, track coach at George-| inxtonm d " its °ecross-country Three others broke into the 300| Alabama, 20 to 11, amd Mercer |study Gibbons in that scrap? Engle!dsiring engagements with the Knick | involved In maintaining the eport. ber of imters: pouits Soncelved the idea of the com-| champlonship. Cooke put up n |class. F. W. Green of the Herald| downed Georsia Techs 20 to 14, |18 & keon cyed man and while he was Juniors should with | The sport is conducted more eco- posite ‘relay and he has arrangéd to ring together on one team the best two-furlong sprinters of the South ! Atlantic colleges. The sectional four | Wwill be drafted from Bohannon and | Baker of Virginia, Curtis and Foss ot | Thompson of ,and Kinnaly and Sha- 1vo of Georgetown. commynicate Manager Welby Kines,* 1200 29th street, or telephone Main’5333, branch and 4:30 p.m. niftty race, but he could not over- haul Kettle and had to be content with third place. Pitts never found himself in a hole and fin- ixhed first. All were Fort Myer entrants and the post took letes from the legion posts of New York, Maryland, Virginia and other states participating. Gold, silver and bronse medals will be awarded in each evemt, while silver loving cups will be presented the college, scholastic institution and Americamn Legion departments scoring the most made 313, Charlie Holbrook of The Star toppled 303 and Len Williams, another Star entrant, counted _300. Other scores follow: S. B. Voltz, Post, 285; R. M. Bohlayer, Times, 276; L J. Sengstack, Herald, 273; G. Gaither, Post, 271; Ben Clouser, Herald, 269; A. C. Baur, Star, 268; J. 8. Elm Times. 263; S. M. Briscoe. Times, 254, North Carolina and Mercer out- classed their opponents. Tonight's winner is expected to represent the south in the national college tournament to be held xoon at Indianapolis. . Alabama and Georgia Tech alxo will play tonight to decide third sitting close to the ringside there wasn't much chance that Gibbons would produce his fanciest assort- iment. However, there is little ten- dency among bettors of the metrop- {olis today to plunge on Gibbons' | chances against Greb. There is no doubt, though, judging from present indications that Gibbons will be at nomically at Princeton. The head coach, Dr. Spaeth, is a prominent member of the facuity and reccives on no compensation for his eervices on y Iget and Junior teams |Lake Carnegie. But even with the | will meet Friday night at 8:30 o'clock | saving of the coach’s salary—always in Holy Name Hall. Plans for this|a sizable detzil of the rowing budget year will be discussed. Candidates |—Trowing at Princeton in the past for both nines are expected to attend. ; fiscal yea¥ cost the athletic treasury tts made the mile-and-a ® minutes, 15% weconds. Plebes to Race Virginians. A special relay race has been ar- ranged between the Navy plebes, who ed Pern freshmen Saturday Walter. Reed's team, charged points, wax second; Fort Wanhington with 166, third; Wash- Ington Barracks, with 186; fourth, and W. Barber, Herald, 229, Another first-round squad will take the alleys tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. "It will include C. Hayden, jr., least a slight favorite be(ors the men enter the ring. Greb looks in fine shape and ‘while he is a modest ycung man, he is not TWO PROS ARE SIGNED a base b Manhattan Athletic Club has called night at 1505 Rosedale street north- 1811,348.17. all meeting for |the expense of supporting rowing aturday | would be approximately estimate—and has‘ decided Michigan estimates that $20.000—a points in their respective M. I T. WOULD ROW NAVY. night at Baltimore, and the Virginia | Fleld, with 251, ath. | T R. Hollowell, F. 8. Long and C. L' holding his oppunent in any great eust. Members are to report at 7:30]:,2:!(‘;‘,:‘\:;?)'5&\?[;5:1 :g:‘anmi;en::: 1o 20STOX, %xe“c?:nlék_y}é::':?:;f;: ,_,5‘5,;’,“(. viciors oer the “_;_,l,‘,-m,,d_ LN Tepresented by C.afonneiu;”lh(g“'rf;::-!éhmfhflngsecf- “The only thing that Carpentier will 2 | productive sports already established | ed that negotiations had been opened 3-‘:’: of try er,p’jfy:e:,ed::-h‘\\x;(z C::.i Thaver of the Herald: A. Ferry, J. have on me,” says Ted (Kid) Lewls, “is{ Government Leaguers will gather at Ann Arbor. for a varsity eight-oared race with Hammond. ree is a former Cen- tral High School athlete. Other relay events on the card are & sprint medley between Georgetown and Navy, the first man running a quarter, the following two a furlong, &nd the man a half mile; a miatch between the Navy and Penn- svlvania varsity, and one between Jehigh and Hopkins. There also will be numerous other relays in which follese, jschool and club teams will | anxious to prove their mettle in a | RcEiieh ‘Game oaier Anishing third: [ men have not vet severed their pres- | PHILADELPHIA, March —Tommy Champion’s Quarters. R prhie words Soesmilling: T be matched. serles for the District independent N - P ughran, Philadelphia, - outpointe CGE d i s court champlonship eyl tacDendent | set scorer.” Not more than one prize |ent conmections, thelr mames are |Loughran p LOS ANGELES., March 1—Jack 10 s the competition is expected cener than at “the meet in| turday night, which was Georgetown easily, the! Jiilltoppers, on the basis of past per- be” k Lally, C. Kolb and 'W. Holborn of the Post, and Harry Fry, W. F. Nolan, Since the Kid will be welght.” . ounds ing away nearly thirty wonders at the Englis one BY INDIAN SPRING CLUB at French ! day night ’s sporting goods store Fri at 8 o'clock. Representa- | ‘Why is it that the average college éhe Navy on the Severn river, April 9. in a challenge Sunday on the Coliseum floor. GRACEA. . BASKETERS TOTRY FORD. C. TTLE Grace Athletic Yankees, present holders of the title, tourney beginning its win over Aloysiu. Club basketers. Since now involved Ray Miller and’S. L Lynch’ of The tar. The tourney will be conducted on the elimlnation plan, that half of’ the fleld, including the low scorers, drop- | Ping out after each round. A gold | watch will be awarded the champion | and a gold medal will be given to| the runner-up. Gold medals also will will be given any entrant. NO. 3 TEAM BOWLS The Indian Spring Club, Washing- ton's newest golf organization, locat- Silver Spring, Md., hds signed two profes- international repatation As the two ed immedfately slonals of for the coming season. being withheld, golf. Their signing does not eliminate north of Both are fine play- ers who have figured in international optimism. | DOWNEY IS OUTPOINTED. iddleweight Title Aspirant Loses Bout With Loughran. Bryan Dowmey, Columbus, Ohio, mid- dléweight title aspirant, in an eight- round bout last night. Frush Scores a K. 0. welter's | tives of the Navy Yard, Marine, Com- | foot ball squad contains more play- ers who are working their way\ through, either wholly or partially,| A¢ puluth—8t. Paul, 7; Duluth, 2. than players whose parents are foot- | At Pl rgh—Cleveland, 5; Pitts- ing the bills? Is it that a life more , 3. or less pampered is not conductive to Boston—Pere Marquette, 5 foot ball ability? Or is the reason | Sherbrookes of Quebec, 2. less physical in its nature than —_— Hockey Game Results. merce, Navy Department and Bureau teams are expected to attend. JACK DEMPSEY SUED. Painter Alleges He Was Beaten at and grinding labor of the foot ball gridiron arise more naturally in the boy whose course through life has| not lain along rose-bowered lanes| than in the boy whose parents have Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Cores insialied in any make. MAKES Dempse heavyweight champion, has | been named in a damage suit for $25,000, filed in the superior court by | 10 DIFFERENT RADIATORS. BuL - Owen Bartlett, a house painter, who | 4 e e L formances, ought to enter their own |in a titular struggle with the Yanis, Joseph Kirkwood, the Australlan | VOUNGSTOWN, Ohlo, March 1.—| 1 0i0cd e had been badly beafen at|Deem able to make things easy for L. WITTSTATT nes favorites, both in the team |the Grace five has been ¢rying for a| BEST IN W. L. T. TOURNEY | thampion: from eonscration T | Danny Feach. Closeland featherwelsht | the champlon's training quarters here | DI/ ? nd open events. The Hilltop squad |try at the city basket ball Jaurels. & A - club has decided to add an additional | Won a technical knock-out over Dick ;ihe champion sia In any event, figures just given out 11 2. 2 6. is in fine shape and is working out eam, No. 3, composed of Wood, Wil- daily under Coach John O'Reilly. Yankees tossers will go to Annapo- lis tomorrow night to play the Va cox and Harmon, won the closed duck- pin tournament held by the Washing- eighteen-hole course, ready next year, and officials believe which will be Loadman of Lockport, N. Y., last night, The referee stopped the bout in the fourth round to save Loadman from The champion’s secretary, Teddy at Michigan will not differ greatly, Hayes, and his brother, Joseph H,|It may be suspected, from these of ga- three professionals can be kept busy. , also were named as de-|any other big institution in the land. bonds The latter have been bowling | lon Loan and Trust Company Bowling | Kirkwood, who Is on his way to this | further punishment. T Seois “ Of the squad who gathered a< Ann | .75 SETS SKI JUMP MARK. over #ll comers this winter. {;?mkgem‘me I::gre]zuolf;‘edrle\{m' Eight| country for a conference with club Bars Benton Harbor Bow Arbor for toot ball practice last e BRATTLERORQ, Vt., March 1—The | Washington Arrow girls, defeated, 21 | affair. i nation| omcials, also will be signed if satis-{ LANSING, Mich., March 1.—There September, 70 per cent wers worl = ecastern United States amateur ski- Jumping record of 150 feet made here ¥ebruary 4 by John P. Carleton of the Jartmouth Outing Club, was broken by Yesterday Inzval (Bing) Ander- ®on of the Nansen Outing Club, Ber- lin, N. H.. who jumped 1583 feet at a carnival here. LAYTON BETTERS LEAD. MILWAUKEE, W March 1 Johnny Layton, world champion three-cushion player, increased his load over Alfredo de Oro, challenger, 1o 29 points in the second 60-point block of their 180-point title match. The final score for the second block was 60 to 54. TURFMAN RULED OFF. NEW ORLEANS, March By a ruling of the stewards of the Busi- ness Men's Racing Assoctution, pro- moters of the meet.at tke fair !'OM Scrimmage for the Preps. grounds which closed yesterday, Remy Dorr, owner, was warned off the American turf and Jockey Frank Coltiletti indefinitely suspended. Frank Moran Arrested. TROY; - N. ¥ £3arch. 1.—Frank Moran, “ heavywelght ‘pugilist, has been released under bail here for a hearing March 8. He is charged with 1llegally possessing and transporting to 19, last ni; School, will tet on the Epiphamy court tonight. begin at 6:30 o'clock. their straight win in a 27-to-8 The match will Peck basketers rogiatered twelfth ght by Alexandria High play the Y. W. C. A. sex- In the first round No. 3 defeated No. 1, 844 10 798. No. 4 was beaten, 854 to 838, In the second round and No. 7, 841 to 793, in the final. Wood's 328 in the second round was the best set of the tourney. _— factory terms can be agreed upon. —_— PUMPHREY CUE VICTOR. Buck Pumphrey easily erum‘phed n a pocket billiard tournament match at over Joe Kennedy last night will be no championship boxing match at Benton Harbor July 4, Gov. Groes. beck declared when advised that nego- tiations looking to a fight between Ben- ny Leonard and Charley White Pinkie Mitchell way were reported under | mine a winner. TURNER IN MAT MATCH. Joe Turner, Washington's best wrest- ler, will grapple with Zeke Smith in a | ing their way through colleges. Yet of the entire student body only 25 per cent are seu-u?porgmg. It is! mat match at tie Capitol Theater to- | Feported that more than 55 per cent | morrow night. Two falls will deter | of the Maize and Blue basket ball | The men are middle- | squad Is paying its way through college. A Special 30x3% Inch Well Known Make CHAS. E. MILLER, Inc. $12 14th St. 4 Doors North of H St or | | weight: game with the Olympias. played well for the victors. Emanons e Washington Preps, 41 to 28. Alderton and Gude of the Emanons starred. Ale: The guard, were feature: team will hold a mee ng Hall tonight. All members are to re- port at 8 o'clock. Newlon, Chaconas TECH TOSSERS OUTPLAY CENTRAL IN FINAL GAME Defeating Central, 24 to 17, at the Coliseum yesterday in the final game of the high school basket ball champion- ship series, Tech's team climbed to a second-place tle with Business in ‘the scholastic league standing. Each quint won four and lost four games during the titular tourney. In sustaining its first league defeat, Central was outscored in all quarters of the game but the last. Woodward, a newcomer to Tech ranks, played bril- liantly. The game had been postponed from January 31. Western ended its court season with a 28 to 25 victory over the Army and Navy Preps at the Y. M. C. A. Jeffries. Weedon and Frisby were best of the winners. Doughton and Symes kept the preps in the running. il e o O DISTRICT SHOTS WIN, Theodore Gatchel and Sophia Wald- man of Central High School were medal winners in the January markmanship ly disposed of the my Juniors nosed out the Orioles in a 31:to-25 game. long shots of Ornand, Epiphany ip! X2 lum| basket ball t K. of C. Kanawha Prej defeated St. Paul's, 33 to 20. ¥ oal: Blanken made five goals ‘Wilson Midgets, after a terrific bat- tle, beat the Trinity Midgets, 22 to 19. Carson was best of the victors. Apache mextet will visit Alexandria tonight for a match with Friends’ Athletic Club, in the armory. Misses Wise, Lee, Frank, Ganey, Middleton and Wender will play for the Apaches. G. W. GIRLS ON TRIP. the Grand Central Academy, winning, 100 to 43. Frank Keliher and H. H. Clark will be opponents in the tour- ney tonight, starting play at 8 o'clock. —ee e RECORDER OF DEEDK D 'Number of papers Bruc:woop competition of the Winchester Junior —locks place diquors. Rifle Corps. More than 100,000 boys your tie in ] . Sepres, Washington University girls | and girls competed in the tourney. and keeps it there . are in adelphia today for a basket —_—— Anzacs Going to Ireland. ball game with Temple University's 20c each—4 for 75¢ Australian sportsmen have decided |sextet. Swarthmore will be met Fri-| ARMY FIVES PLAY HERE. to send a team of athletes of Irish descent to the Doblin Olymplad next August. PITCHER FOR BRAVES. BOSTON, March 1.—Frank L. Miller, & pitcher bought by the Boston Na- tionals from Pittsburgh in 1920, but who never reportell, has been added to the Braves' battery staff. His peti- tion for reinstatement has been acted upon favorably by Judge Landis. Lamb Signs With Colonels. Lyman Lamb, who was sent to Touisville of the American Associa- tion by the St Louis Browns at the close of last season, has coms to terms with ths Coloneis. More Cubs Report. CHICAGO. 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