Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1922, Page 20

v 30, Holy Cros: 20 " SPORTS. + THE EVEN NG STAR, WASHINGTON Plans Moving Smoothly for Olympics TRACK FOR 1 924, GAMES TO BE UNUSUALLY FAST American in Paris to Investigate Conditions From U. S. Teanr Standpoint Finds Satigfactory Progress in Preparations. N EW YORK, December 9.—Satisfactory progress in the preparations for holding the Olympic games at Paris in 1924 is reported in a review received by the American Olympic committee here today. Albert Geiger, jr.. chairman of the Boston A. A. athletic committee, who went abroad some wecks ago to inve: stigate conditions from an American team standpoint, said that work on both the stadium and tracks was well advanced. In his preliminary communicatios n to Frederick W. Rubien, secretary of the A. O. A, Geiger stated that the main running track in the Columbes stadium had becn completed and promised to be exceptionally fast by the summer of 1924. Another eighteen months of rolling and top dressing, with later settling and hardening, wi 11, in his opiniof, provide the fastest track ever prepared for Olympic games competitors and far superior to the track at Antwerp in 1920, which was not finished until after the Amer- ican team arrived. No preliminary practice will be per- mitted upon the Columbes track. special soft dirt track is being con structed inside the Olympic track, and_all the training work will be confined to this course in order to leave the main track in good shape for the actual competitions. Reporting on the probable housing situation for the _American team. Geiger expressed the opinion that the proposed system of small houses to be constructed for the visiting teams would not prove satisfactory from an American point of view. He advieed the hiring of a quiet. select family hotel within fifteen or twenty min- utes’ ride of the stadium, to be given over entirely to the United States competitors. He cited weveral desir- able sites both in Paris and the sub- urbs, espacially Neuilly. Citing French athletic adtivities and preparations, he mentioned that the French figure and speed skaters, aw well as hockey plavers, might be ex- pected ®o make an excellent showing in the ice skating event, which wil| open the eighth Olymplad. at Cha- i witzerland, in January, 1924. Swimming is also making rapid prog- > |GRID SYSTEM BLAMED BY YALE PUBLICATION NEW HAVEN. Conn. December 9. —Taking the foot ball season into re-. view, the Yale Alumni Weekly s that it is the business of the foot ball committee and coaches to look condi- tions squarely in the face and to find 2 remedy for what has produced “ten years of continued melancholy.” It adds that the committee and coaches already are at work. ‘The weekly says that probably if graduate opinion were obtained it would come down to something like this: “An easy and popular refuge in ress in Fran and the new nata- torfum of the Sporting Club of France is stated to be one of the best in the world, comparing favorably with any in the United States. CENTRAL HIGH TANKERS TO VISIT MERCERSBURG Central tankers so impressed Coach Erunner witih their performances yes- terday In dafsating the Western team, 61 to 7, in Central pool in the first inter- high school swimming meet of the in- door season that he has scheduled a mest with the Mercersburg Preps, na- tional scholastic champions. _The event will be held at Mercersburg February 3. Capt. Stolley of the Central team was the star of the meet. He finished first in two races and was a_member of the winning relav team. Western got jts points by finishing third in each of the seven individual cvents. CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB N times of distress—as in' Greece just now—is to behead every defeated leader. A defeated coach must go— not because he lg not the man for the place, but because he was beaten.” The weekly gives as its own opinion that a study of Yale foot ball, name to conjure with up till 1510 discloses a lack of a winning system. In the old system. it says, there was | hi continuity with “tactical brains at the fop.r e l ATLANTA, Ga., December 9.—Col- lege athletics are improving, but the tendency toward commercialism should be guarded against, Dr. S. V. Sanford, president of the Southern Intercollegiate Conference, told mem- bers of that body here at the opening session of its second annual meet- ing. He attributed much of the im- provement to the efforts of alumni, . Dr. S8anford sketched the history of athletics in southern schools and recommended that departments of physical education should be adopt- ed by all conference volleges and ath. letic comches elevated to membership on_the faculty. He discountenanced semi-profes- slonal base ball for collegians and recommended that such players should be denied the privilege of par ticipating In college athletics. The conference disapproved a me- tion to make all colleges comply with conference rules before scheduling contests with S. I. C. institutions. It also voted down a proposition to limit the basket ball season to twelve games. Members ran into a snag when the question of increasing the conference membership was brought up on an application from Virginia Military Institute. The . application finally was referred to the committee on colleges. 1t was recalled in discus- sions that an invitation had been ex- tended V. I at the time of or- ganization. which was declined. Loyola University of New Orleans another applicant for member- —_— | |WEST VIRGINIA ELEVEN TO PLAY AT SAN DIEGO MORGANTOWN, W. Va., December 9. —Announcement has been made that the West Virginia foot ball team will lay the University of Oregon at San Dito on Christmas das: Approval of the trip to the coast w made by the faculty after a traveling schedule was submilted to show th the players would miss only one da: from their studies. Twenty players will compose the Mountaineer squad. Coach Spears ordered his men to report for practice this afternoon. SCHOOL GRIDDERS CLASH. MALDEN, Mass, December 8.—The Waite High School foot ball team of Toledo, Ohio, was here today to meet Malden High School. The playing field been covered with hay during this week's snow and frost and was in fair shape today. Mild weather prevailed. WOULD PLACE ATHLETICS IN CONTROL OF FACULTY; EW ORLEANS, La., December 9.—Athletics rulings to be included among the standards to which all member colleges must conform were laid down, officers elected and Richmond, Va. was chosen HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION ias next year's meeting place at the final session today of the twenty- ed sevent Yacht | Schools of the Southern States. E' O. Reed yesterday was elect commodore of ‘the Corinthian Club. Other officers chosen at the an- nual meeting were: Vice commodore, R H. Harper; rear commodore, R. Rives; measurer. P. B. Castle: tary-freasurer. F. A. Barnes, _as- sistant secretary-treasurer, H. F. Ken- nedy. G. E. Ingling. H. Murphy and 4. @. Schafirt were elected to the board of trustees. Following the election an entertain- ment was held and luncheon served. HARVARD LISTS SEVEN | OF EIGHT GRID GAMES h aanual convention of the Association of Colleges and Second | . Spencer Mx<Callis of Chattanooga was elected president, Miss Emile secretary-treasurer. Vanderbilt University: L. University of South Carolina; W. Hooper, University of Georgia: W. V Guth of Goucher College, Baitimore. Md. and President Diftwliddie of Tu- lane University. The retiring _executive recommended that the a mmittee clation standards regarding _athletics be made more specifio with regard to: Faculty control to the extent that final decision in all matters of ath- letic policy shall rest unequivocaily with, the faculty; rigld enfogcement of eftrance requirements and Scholar- ship standards without discrimina- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. December 9.— | tion In favor or against the athlete: The Harvard Athletig Assoclation has announced the tentative Crimson foot ball schedule for next fall. For the first time since the war the in- tersectional clement is totally lack- ing. The dates October &, nding: 13. Middlebury: 27. Dartmouth. ‘November 3. Tufts: 10, Princeton at | Princeton: 17, Brown: 24. Yale. The schedule. cut to eight games as 2 result of the "big three” agree- Tent that foot ball practice should start only one week before college | opens, contains one newoomer. 'ru!u.i The last meeting of Tufts and Har- | vard was in 1919, Florida, Centre and Bowdoin, which | met Harvard during the 1932 season, | are missing. ¢ in making arrangemsents ame has been. encoun- lered, it was indicated, for the rea- son that officials were attempting to arrange a oft” game to open the season and smaller colleges have not Peen eager to tackle the Crimson #o early in the foot ball vear. It was umlerstood that Virginia and North Carolina have been unable to aocept the opening engagement. player allowed to be . Is any hll?—of-bounds when the ball is put into play? » N A. No player is alloweq to be out- of-hounds when the Taiivia put into ay except the kicker and the holder he ball in a place kick. Rule 12. Q. If @ kick-off, after crossing the moal 1fhe. goes into the stand or among spectators. does it belong to the player gstting it? A. No. Approved ground ruling 1 (n) takes care of this pl It is touchback just as soon as it mbes into the stand or among the spec- tators. Q. How may a ball be put in play mfter interference on a fair catch? A. Team interfered with is given 13 yards from the point the foul @ccurred and may eleet to put the Ball in play by scrimmage, punt, drop-kick or place-kicl Rule 13, mection 3 (b). Q. If the ball is knocked out of th er's hand while he is attempt- 4ng to pass it, but before it leaves kis hand, is it a free Bnll or an in- «complete forward pass? AT TE in = free h-u.li et haviag b:.e- passed forward. Raule 17, section ‘Yeam puts ball in play on .its 1 rd line and attempts to punt. Punt is poor one and gpponent sig- nals for fair catch on 10-yard line. ¥e fumbled ball and it rolls over Zoal line. Iy it a touchdown if he or one of his .cammates fall on it over soal line” A. It should be ruled & towchdown. e 6, sectiom 14. - 0 Team all on opponents’ S-yard line, fourth down and a goal line to main, with score a tie. Ball was car- yied to this point by and passing, three rushes failed to gain. About|- the only thing to do-is to try & for- ward pass, if you are gt side of fleld or & place or drop-kick if in front 13 1. “dhe of the peatest solutions of thts 2 pa g Facts About Foot Ball; . The Best Play to Use BY SOL METZGER. (Copyright. 1922.) eliminstion of the special student from participation in intercollegiate contests; abolitio® of the seasonal in favor of the full-time coach. who shall rank as a member of the facult summary dismissal of a coach who lends himself in any way to the prac- tice of “scouting,” and who offers thigh school students inducements to | attend his particular college; reduc- tion of annual expenditures for inter- collegiate athletics to amounts com- mensurate with other departments of the college, and regulation of the amount of time devoted to athletics by limitation of the number of games in each season and by scheduling practice periods. The Tecommendations of the com- mittee were indorsed, and the dele- gates voted to refer them to individ- ual colleges for immediate action. The report declared that while there is a healthy condition in athletics in the south the committee was of the opinion that there are certain exist- ing abuses which should be corrected. Summer base ball, as played by college students on professjonal or semi-professional teams, was frowned upon by the committee as opposed to the fundamental principle of ama- teurism. situation occurred in professional foot ball last s n. Drop-kicker stepped back and actually feinted a goal from field. Just as he was about f l ‘| McVea, president of Sweet Briar College of Virginia, and C. C. Hanson of P!"f' New Or‘l’eans, vice presidents, and Edwin D. Pursey of Durham, N. C, WALLACE 1S DEFEATED Y CANADIAN FIGHTER 1 | TORONTO. December 9.—Bobby Eber of Hamilton ladt night defeated Patsy Wallace of Philadelphia in a ten- round match billed for the Canadian bantamwelght championship. The bout was fast throughout, but Eber won easily. Both fighters weighed in at 117 pounds. Johnny Ertle, American bantam- weight, wired a challenge to the win- ner of the bout. . In one of the preliminaries Alec Burlie. flyweight, Toronto, received the award in a fast bout with Lauis Bloom, flyweight, Columbus, Ohio. SOCCER TILT POSTPONED. Pierce and Monroe teams, opponents in a series for the public school soccer champlonship of Washington. will not stage their second game until Monday. A muddy field forced postponement of the match scheduled yesterday. SEVEN CLUBS TO TRAIN IN FLORIDA NEXT SPRING Seven hiz league clubs, includ- ing the Griffmen, will do their spring training next =easom In Florida, Texas, Arkansas and Alabama each will entertain two teams, while California, Louisiana and Georgla wil nttract one aplece. Here's the 1923 list of camps: AMERICAN LEAGUE. Washington, Tampa, Fla, Cleveland. Lakeland. Fia. Chicago. Seguin, Tex. New York, New Orleans, La. Detrolt, Augusta, Ga. Boston, Hot Springs, Ark. St. Louis, Moblle, Ala. Philadelphia, Montgomery. Al NATIONAL LEAGUE. Philadelphia, Leesburg, Fla, S§t. Loul I WIGHT F. DAVIS, director of for the presidency of the Un declared today that he would thought before.coming to a decision. D ter over at the jneeting of the executive committee in New York the lat- ter part of next week and determine his course then. highly appreciated the honor and the opportunity to serve appealed to im, but there werc other matters he was forced to take into donsidera- tion. Davis was the ununimous cholce of the nominating committe whick is composed of Holcombe Ward of New York. chairman: J. E. McLain of Pittsbutgh and Louis H. Wuidner of Chicago. If he accepts the nomina- tion his election will be assured at the annual meeting in New York in February. He now holds the office of vice president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association and was named an executive member of the American Olympic committeo at the meeting held here recently. While noted principally as the donor of the interpational tenn/s trophy and one of the pioneers in! encouraging world-wide tennis, Darls ranked a score of years ago amgng the best plavers in this counlry. With Holcombe Ward as his partner he held the national doubles title in are to begin play Wednesday to be unusually keen. Fort Washington, which ing schedule, which has been approved by Gen. H. 1. Randholtz, commanding the Washinzton distri the home | 1898 and 1599, whils as a singles ax- Hospital, Bolling Field, Fort Hump and Washington barrac season, $ cuit have bolstered their teams. Games are to be played in the courts of the leagie members. In the follow- team ix the last named December 13, Waiter Reed Hospital ve. Fort Humphress, Fort Washington, vs. Bolling Field, Fort Myer vs. Washington Barracke; £0. Fort M Walter Reed Hospital, Washington Bolling TField, Fort Humphreys ington. January 3. For: Washington v. Walter Reed Hospital. Washinzton Barracks va. Fort Humphreys. Bolling Field vs. Fort Walter Reod Hospital va. Washington Bar. Fort Humphreys vs.'Balling Field, Fort ton Fort 17, Walter' Reed s, F iz Hospital vs. Bolling Field, Fort Myer vs. Fort Humphreys, Fort Washington vs. Washingten Barracks; 84, Fort Humphreys vs. Walter Hospital. Bolling Field vs, Fort Washingten, Washington Barracks ve. Fort Myer; 81, Wal ter Reed Hospital ve. Fort Myer, Boiling Pield vs. Washington Barracks, Fort Washington v, Fort Humphreys. BEE i Februsry 7. Walter Reed Hospital vs. Fert hington. Fort Humpireys vs. Washington Tleu; 1 acks, Fort Myver vs. Bolling 4, Washingfon Barracks vs. Walter Reed Hos. ital, Bolling Field vi. Fort Humphreys, Fort yer vs. Fort Washington. Liberty Club will tackle the Ingram Junlors tonight at 6:30 o'clock in In- The Libertys took zrams in a game Teams of the 120- class desiring engagements with the Liberty quint may write | Manager Kremb at 411 R street, or telephone North 88-W. gram gymnasium. the measure of the played last week pound Metropolitan Prexbyterian and Epiphanys were winners yesterday in the Junior Sunday School League at the Y . A The former beat Western Presbyterian. 22 to 8, while Epiphany vanquished Calvary Baptists to 2. Semirole Ahtietic Club, which won thirty-five of forty games played last winter in the 115-pound class. is re- organizing for another floor campaign Candidates for the team may_ com munlicate with Manager B. A. Sparks by telephoning Lincoln 1784. Games with the Seminoles may be booked over the same telephone. Carlyle Athletic Club of Northeast Washington again has entered the basket ball field. Teams desiring games with this quint may write Manager G. M. Bradley at 1106 8th street northe: Epiphany Eagles overcame the RIggs Athletio Club quint in a 51-to-24 en- | gagement. It was the second win in three starts for the Eagles. For games with the Epiphanys telephone Earle Moser at Franklin 1853-W. Buffalo Athletic Club wlill organize a basket ball team. Candidates are to report at Lovejoy School, 12th and D streets northeast. tonight at 8 o'clock. Yonemite Athletic Club will meet the Coflimbias tonight at 8 o'clock at Ingram gymnasium. In their game last season the Yosemites barely beat the Columbias. Lightwelght basketers of Western High School beat the Boys' Club quint, 14 to 10. The winners played an ex- wellent passing game. Yonkees. District champlons. will be hosts to the York. Pa., All-Collegians tonight at Central Coliseum. Their {@ame will be preceded by one between Western Athletic Club and Navy Yard, starting at 8 o'clock. Hurricana gi hasketers are going to Alexandria tonight to face the Friends team of that city. It will be the first match of the campal for the Hurricanas. They will tal the 6 o'clock electric train for Alex- andria. All players are expected to report at the station at 12th street and Pennsylvania avenue at 5:45 o'clock. 7 Koonts of Navy Yard made 33 court goals while his team was de- feating Central Presbyterian, 81 to 8. Swan, a teammate, also was a heavy scorer. Aurora Boys' Club opened its sea- son last night with a 22-to-6 victory over Boy Scout Troop 72. Games in the 115-pound class are desired by SIX ARMY QUINTS IN RACE FOR AREA CHAMPIONSHIP Myer: 10, D HEAD war finance, who has been nominated ited States Lawn Tennis Association, have to give the matter considerable He said that he would talk the mat- Davis declared he pert he ranked No. 4 in 1898, No. 2 in 1899 and 1900, and No. 3 in 1901, years when Malcolm D. Whitman and William A. Larned were in the ascendancy. With Ward and Whitman, Davis aided in the first defense of the trophy he donated when 1900 the American _team won three matches from the British Isles, the only chal- lenger. The cup was net played for fn 1901, but in 1902 the American team of Davis, Larned and Whitman won_three out of five matches from the British Isles, represented by the famous Doherty brothers, Reginald and Hugh, and Dr. Joshua Pim. Davis I1s a member of Chevy Chase Club, Columbia Country Club and Dumbarton Club. He still is an ac- tive plaver, competing in club events in Intercity matches during the past seagon. EAMS representing six units of the Army district of Washington for the service basket ball champion- ship of this section. Quints out for the title are from Walter Reed hreys, Fort Myer, Fort ‘Washington The race for the title this winter is expected rnered the laurels last s not as strong as before, while the other members of the cir- St. Tereaa swamped Nativity yes- terday, €6 to 1, in the opening game of the Washington branch or the Catholic Church League. Meredith, Leonard, La Forest and the Nelligan brothers played for St. Teresa. Mitchell scorsd Nativity's lone tally. The eight Cathollc parishes of the District are represented in the branch of the league hers. Other league branches are in Baltimore and west- ern Maryland. The three branch champions will meet for the arch- diocese laurels. CARRY DUCKPIN TEAM DOWNS BALTIMOREANS Carry Ice Cream Company’s duckpin team journeyed to Baltimore last night and won two out of three games from the Hendler Creamery Company quint With the scores, 460, 472 and 483. One of the largest crowds ever as- sembled at a bowling match in Balti- more was in attendance at the New Regent drives. Yelling by the sup- porters of the teams and the playing of 4 band created noise enough to awaken an Egyptian mummy. The clash was the final of a series of three meetings, total pins to count. ;l'll@ telu;n scores last “arry, 1.415; Hendler, 1,397. The to! 35005, Tor (he entire rerles was c;r:;l .242: Hendler, 4.157; the winning by 85 pins. focal jteam Following is the last night's night wers: detailed score of rolling: 1. 24. 34. a8 06 76 88 88 101 84 8 Totals.. 438 495 464 Totals.. 460 472 483 | n 'Big Reserve Lists Strongly Opposed ATHLETICS IMPROVING, |DWIGHT DAVIS UNDECIDED (BAN SWITCHES LEAGUE DECLARES S. . (. EAD| AS TO BEING TENNIS MEETING T0 NEW YORK By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 9.—Ban John- son, president of the American League, in & telegram from Excelsior 8prings. to the Associsted Press las night, announced that the American League owners. will hold their meeting in New York next Wednes- day, December 13. “American League meeting will be held in New York next Wednesday,” the message said. Egrlier in the day it had by nounced that the American League meeting would be held in Chicago on December 12 The gathering of American League owners had originally been set by President Jahnson for December 13, in Chicago. Base Ball Commissioner K. M. Landis, acting under the impres- sfon that both the American and Na- tional leggues would meet in New York. called a joint meeting of the leagues for December 14. regidemt Johnson declared that he could see no reason for a joint meet- 1 ing and issued his meeting call for ! the 13th in Chicago. The call is said ) constantly are complaining about the scarcity dering where the, . to have brought forth a protest from certain American League owners, who expressed a desire to attend the joint seskion, and the switch to the 12th was made to allow those who desired time to reach New York for the joint seasion. SEEKS VIRGINIA BERTH. ROCKY MOUNT. . December 9. —Wilmington is making a strong ef- fort to purchuse the Newport News franchise in the Virginis League. Should this transaction be completed. North Carolina will have three cities— Wilson, Rocky Mount and Wilming- ton—represented in the league. Nor- folk, Portsmouth and Richmond are the Virginia cities. HUB PAPER CUTS SPACE GIVEN “PRO" BASE BALL BOSTON, December 9.—Leas and less space will ‘be devoted to profesaional buse ball in the Boston Herald, unless there is a decided improvement in the performances of the two big leagus teams which represent this city, ac- cording to an editorial signed by Bur- ton Whitman. sports editor of the Her- ald, % which appeared in that paper today the statement says, “this newspuper devoted less space to big league games than for many vears. The ebb of Boston's big league for- tunes as represented by the Braves and the Red Sox was reason enough for this curtailment. ¥ The statement also declares that the Herald is pledged to keep away as far a8 possible from the tiresome “routine of the politics of profeasional base ball,” and asserted that the forced and highly artificial yarns about what the big league magnates will do at their business meet- ings do not have real merit as sport fodder. SWEDE RISBERG’S WIFE GIVEN DIVORCE DECREE SBAN FRANCISCO, Calif.. December 9.—Mrs. Agnes Risberg wae granted a divorce in the superior court here yesterday from Charles “Swede” Ris- berg. former Chicago White Sox ball player. Mrs. Risberg won the decree on the grounds that her husband was cruel and neglected her. She was given custody of their two children, but her plea for $100 monthly alimony was denied on techpical erounds, Risberg being out of the jurisdiction of the “Bince n a nce he was ousted from organized base ball Risberg has beenr‘nlnylng ball in the outlaw leagues under the nn;u of Jack Maples, Mrs. Risberg sal WILL CAPTAIN FLORIDA. GAINESVILLE. Fla,, December 9.— Winthrop “Robbie” Robinson of Mo- bile, Ala. has been elected captain of ext year's Florida eleven. Correct Rule BY ED OOK pass. The hook pass is made as a rule at the end of player's dribble, or after he has taken at least one bounce. In the latter case, as the ball comes up, he leaps high into the air, mak- ing a half turn. The ball rests in the palm of the hand, fingers ex- tended, thumb to the rear, the arm is straight. The ball is started up- ward. An instant before it reaches a vertical.position, it is snapped by a hand, wrist and forearm motion to the player for whom the pass is intended. The bounce pass. The bounce pass 1 is made by throwing the ball so that it bounces at the feet of the op- ponent who is between the passer and the player to whom the pass is to be made. It is a hard pass to in- tercept when made properly. GETS WEST POINT GAME. GAINESVILLE, Fla., Decémber 9.— University of Florid: foot ball team will meet the Army at West Point Oc- tober 8 next year. This announce- ment followed the receipt of a tele- Tips on Playing Basket Ball; Interpretations THORP. If there are any points about the game of Basket ball or its rules which puszle you. write Ed_Thorp, oare of the 8porting Editor, inclosing stamped re- tumn envelope. 'He'll give you & quick and correct decision. Q. Must both players jump when | at center? Jump A. In professional basket ball, y: It is not compulsory to jump in ama- tenr game. Q. If a player “slugs” or trips the | opponent, how many fouls are called? | A. One foul. In the former case | the offender should be disqualified. | Sometimes tripping niay be accl- | dental. Q. During a free throw for goal a member of each team enters the free throw line in an amateur game. What is the decision if the ball en- ters the basket? A. The goal does not count. Ball put in play at cemter. Q. At the end of a game the score is tied. One team desires to play the extra five-minute period. the other team refuses to play. For whom is game counted? A. The team refusing to period loses in amateur 3-0. In professional g Q. claims _tha rules do not permit the , 48, professional use of back- boards. “B" claims they do. Which is right? A. “B” 1Is rules, the only p rules, say basket or goml is to extend twelve inches from back- SPORTS. MINORS TO FIGHT MOVE TO BOOST OPTION LIMIT Belief That With So Many Players on Bench Young- sters Do Not Get Real Trials, Is Voiced by President Toole of International. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. N there be an increase in the der option. While not directly stating to hi EW YORK, December 9.—It seems certain today that at least there will be the strongest kind of opposition to any suggestion that number of men a club can hold un- s colleagues that he would work fo: a reduction of the present number allowed, John Conway Toole, president of the International League, made it rather plain that he will vigorous! oppose a larger number. Toole tol. d the writer he believes twenty-fine players are quite sufficient for both the majors and minors. This stand of Toole’s really is a progressive step, since the ov teams. LITTLE LESSONS FOR THE GOLFER By George O'Neil 1 once texted out “the ax swing™ theory on the golf ball, snd the re- sults ‘were amazing. Some workmen were cutting down some trees om & course where I was playing. My driv- ing was a little off that day, so I asked one of the workmen to swing at my ball. § teed it for him, and he start n awkwardly to hit T told him to swing his club st it exactly sa if he were awinging his ax at the tree—and to go on and hit it. He did, and the prettiest ball you could Iook at flew off that club, His swing was a perfect golf swing. be- cauxe it was an exact duplicate of his ax awing. You wouldn't swing an ax with your body. with your hips; don’t try to swing your golf club that way. A “big one” in more ways than one is_pictured above. the action phete being of Jesxe Sweetser, the national a mountain man and a sharpshooter with n Winchester had hix parents not moved uway and given him the chance to prove his skill with his golf clubs. He defeated Chick E the title thin year, which. “to say the least, is a mighty hard way to win jt. (Coprright. John F. Dilie Co.) POTOMAG LINKS MECCA FOR GOLF MEN TODAY Big doings were on tap at the East Potomac Park pubiic golf course to- day. with four of the leading pro- fessional gnlfers of the land playing in an exhibition match. This foliow- ed the raising of an American flag by two 6f the original golfers of Washington, Col. Henry Mav. presi- dent of the first golf club in Wa. ington. and Maj. Edward F. Riggs, member of the =ame club. the old Washington Gelf Club, which marked the award of the 1823 public links championship tourney to Washington. The flag was raiscd at 1 o'clock this afternoon in the presence of Col. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, other govern- ment officials and a large crowd of golfers. 5 Gene Sarazen. open golf champion of the United States and holder of the championship of the Professional Golfers' Association, was scheduled to of { % give an exbhibition of <hot making at 2 oclock. His exhibition over, the champion was 10 palr with Leo Diegel against Fred McLeod. the Columbia Country Club professional, and Wilfred Reid. pro at Indian Spring. The meeting of these four brings together a quartet of the very best_professional golfers in the coun- try.Curiously enough, Sarazen, McLeod and Reid also are among the smallest plavers In the country, while Diegel, although a larger man than the other three, is by no means a giant. Burning Tree Names Officers. Isaac T. Mann was elected first president of the new Burning Tree Golf Club at an organization meeting held last night at the Racquet Club. The vice presidency was left tempo- rarily vacant, while John B. Henderson was elected secretary-treasurer. and Marshall Whitlatch, one of the leading organizers of the club, was elected assistant secretary. Construction work on the clubhouse will be started immediately. it was announced., and it is expected the en- tire plant, including the 18-hole golf course. will be ready for play early on sident Mann, F. Lee Jones and to kick an end rush ran down over Antonio, Tex. the victors. Telephone challenges to|gram from officials of the service|board. However, professional games 3 goal line and was free. A forward Chicago, Catalina Inland, Calif. Manager Gerald Hayden, Lincoln!eleven confirming Florida’s accept- |are played in many places without Wt‘;"“lfldl.c“ ‘“'""‘ .';f‘"fli members of pass to him netted a touchdown. Pittsburgh, Hot Springs, Ark. 3398-J. ance. backboards. a building committee. MUTT AND JEFF TVE FASTENED A MULE'S S ONTHIS (RON4ROD AND T GONAA GET Euen WATH —Circumstantial Evide Hoe M MUTT FoR ALL THe meAnNy THINGS HE'S Done T me nce Was in Jeff’s Favor. (Copyright, 1922, by H. C. Fisher. Trade mark registered U. 8. Pat. off.) —By BUD FISHER. ~gut I SAY You were K Doc, HURRY sueRs I THINK JEEE HIT MME WITH AN 1ckeD BY A MULEL oo THERe's THE PRINT OF THE SHoE: A LEL P % il v will find enough men of the right sort to fill out the: vans for | of players. and are w “One trouble, and a big one, w base ball clubs of today.” sald Ton!. “Is that with so many men on the bench, the younger piayers do not gr the proper chance for the right kind of tryout. The majors get players and send them to the minors where they are not under the observation of major league managers, and where they obviously do not of work they should. manager can stay successful and dle forty men. That's why I believa base ball players would develop fast ba than could be done in any other w ecause ultimately. the majors got 11 benefit themselves iy Tt is poxsible that W. H Klepper. r the Portland (Oreg.) clu suspended from the Natio tion of Minor Leagues. w suit after all against the orzuniza’ior At Louisville he declared he wouid dr 0. and his lawyer said the ram- thing. Sinoe then. however. there lLas heer a consultation at which it is heliesrd Klepper may have been conyvinoad that if he permits the ruling to star s it is for the time being, thers ma come a time in the future w} the national board will he willing 1n modify its resolution, and the Do land man returned to good stand:.nz By signing Arthur Fietcher to ma age the Phillies, Willlam F. Baker has zecured the best man avatiabis Fletcher has it in him to make some thing more of the Phillies ne e than has been made for rome ear (Oepyright. 1922 —_— FLETCHER TO BE BENCH . PILOT OF THE PHILLIES PHILADELPHIA. Deceml thur Fletcher, veteran sh i be bench manage: National League ba. season. President Baker liex hae announced signed for one made publie. Fletcher came to the Phillies fre New York in 1920 with John Raw er & —Ar v |amateur champion. Sweetser, born in | INES in 3 trade for Dave Bancroft. }i. Kentucky. probably would have been | was made captain and piaved thre '3 the season. In 1921, owing to L death of his father and hiother, ho wing ye: did not play, but the f resumed his place at played a consistent ga: Fletcher is thirty-five vears old began to play ball ir 1967 at o ville. TlL., and the next two 3 was with Dallas of the Texas He then attracted the attention John McGraw, who, atter using as an infleld understudy, deve him into a star. REDS TO KEEP STRENGTH. CINCINNATL Ghi second-string pl team will be used in deal with St. Paul for 1 Pitchers Benton uud Finke, an official of the « SIMPSON A, . CLAIMS T15-POUND GRID TILE Claiming championships is a por ular pastime.with many sandlot fo ball teams. but Simpson Athletic '] seems justified in asserting its ri to at least a share of the 115-pound class laurels. = The Simpsans playe seven games this vear and lost but one. That was their first match of the season. The Stanton Juniors a heavier combination. beat them. 6 to 0. The Simpsons are more than anxious to get into a contest tomaor b, declaree row. Teame of the 11i-pound class interested may telephouve Manag: Eddie McGinnis at West 2967, betiwes: € and 7 o'clock tonight. When Disz-ict Legionnalres a1 Southerns meet tomorrow at American league Park. game should result. Both t i pointed carefully for th will put their full strength . field. The match is to start promptly 30 o'clock. Premier Athletic at b, which went through its sched: undefea claims the 95-100-pound title. disputing the claim may. games with the Premie 3 Phoning Sam Gordon at North Plerce Athletic Club of Hyattsvills will go to Alexandria tnmorrow encounter the claim having he Georgetown Juniors and Navajos, Lexington Ath letic Club is willing to give each «f these elevens a game. It would play the Georgetown Juniors tomorrow and the Navi a week later. The Lexington manager ma be tele honed at Lincoln §43 betwecu T :30 and 7:30 o'clock tonight. Mohawk Preps and St. Teresa Preps will be oppopents tomorrow om the fleld at 17th and D streets, southeas! Play will start at 2:30 o'clock. Mokawk Athletic ( will be host to Georgetown Athletic Club tomor- Their Radiators and Fenders ANY XIND MADE OX REPAIRED. 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS. WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS l_l’ 13th. ¥. 6410, 1425 : STARCHED COLLARS 15¢ WHY PAY TWENTY?)