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COLLEGE TEAMS HER7 | “~ FIGURE PROMINENTLY | ENERALLY speaking, college ton during 1922 attained a J anywhere else in the south. wwobably better teams were turned ther section of the south can show to advantage in comparison. this true, but the stan ct. not only beyor itz local colleges were even uch small territory. Strongest base ball team in the t i the country, two of tl Dizon line. the most brillian s, the m ¢ r three most capable in the whole wlay team, a basket ball team whic ~ome truly brilliant individual athlet vorld of collegiate sport here. it would be ditficult indeed ® find section so small which produce maeh in w college ath- ew York city, wit milllons, and witk nd two of the mon:. niversities in the world and New: York, did not do ‘ronge the with « s of colle omplishments of | e, But it is eas, uch thing: what uct y: G. U. Provides High Spot. :7st in tmportance in the colles e that 1nding st single importa tory 8 ason game here December f the thousands who wended o American " Park d so with the thought that | 1 y-would umb & of the premier fout Lall ax tions of the country by fwo touchdowns. [ 1 Ives did not expeet to w orgetown played through t and won for its could not have Georget n's 1 other mplishm | world it wn mien them But bril- in the countr; a harder schedule ¥ of Mary Marylanders did that. 1 threa of the xames they played the. thar i lund, and the fact et shrough Tniversi v the pable shot-putter in the south and one of the two Ilu the deve disappointments, championships, at Charl ille, the Hilltop's usual good |13 and 14, the Blue und Gras won through the 14: 1il5: against Penn State in a dual meet | war, athletics in and about \\'nsllillg<l higher state of developfent than In some sports at other places | out, but considering all things, no In dards reached by athletes represent- nd what might be cxpected from south and one of the two or three he best foot ball teams below the it all-round athlete in the United a national championship ' straight games, .and g features of the country. h won sixteen es are outstar their prowess were Dart- rdhai, Princeton, Georgia Virginia, Cornell and nhed. ¢ mouth, ¥y Tech, Penm: West Catholle Unfv but neither 1 it had gon since the war. * they split & the first cunt und and ®oud nines, liant Som through yoar ed rather crrati really brilllant then in falling Maryland mpell V. putting up s efforts times befc mediocre | LG poor start, and . three | two from ersity that members outtield. Cuthol the s good se teams « 'th Carolina, Pittsbu artmouth. Syracuse Virginia. Liack of pitching material handic ped audet, and it was mot us strong as when it had the exeeptional | Downes to do fts hurding. \ Also Sets Pace in Tr Grorgetown, us in other sport he District collugzes in track 4 Its track squad w ped st ever ! u the south, | li-round ms that rep- | the te in the south Atlantic nted scho ction. In the nual wuth Atlantic ! it completely it won the and a door games, swamped its opponent. hns Hopkins indoor meet ptured its own set of in- the ficst it held after the In fact. Georgetown's success- : as most Important on their | Ml resumption of its indoor muet i list seems to be sufficlent credit. | was one of the features of the 3car \laryland's schedule was featured by | Outstanding oven -among ieorgo- | i I jlocal goliers were |place, with Bannockburn last. {the final round. |Chevy Chase by {lumbla spr | annexed DISTRICT GOLF RANKS HE goli season of 1922 in this vicinity was marked by acditin URING YEAR, to the ranks of devotees of the game of many hundreds w l never had realized the health and pleasure giving possibili of the sport. Much of the credit for this addition to the rarks «f olfers here must be given to the two public courses in Potomac Park oth of which were crowded from dawn to dark with golfers, beginner« and experts. The quality of golf in the District of Columb‘a as a whole, did n show any great betterment. The three District men who attempte to qualify in the national amateur championship failed to do so, unofficially advised that in all probability there no local player who really deserved to play in the amateur on face of their showing in the Brookline tournament. An outstanding feature of the year M. Standifer of Columbla, the f Wwas Inauguration of a serles of inter- | titleholder, by fourteen shots. George club team matches in which four|G. Voigt of Potomac Park, was i+ clubs participated, and which was | second place, with a scora of 301 won by the team representing the| Mrs. L. O. Cameron of Chevy C i Columbia Country Club, defeating the | won the District women's champ/io! Chevy Chase Club team by a small | ship in the event played at Chexvs margin. The Washington Golf and| Chase in Getober, defeating her clut Country Club team finished in third | mate, Mrs. Franck Hyatt, §r., by & o 6, in the final round. Agnew Public Title., Charles Agnew, jr., annexed championship of the public cours defeating Willlam T. Prendable, 1 in 20 holes, in the final match plavely in July, Dunphy, the District champion® a weicome addition to the ranks c ’ Columbia also won the middle At- lantic teum championship played at Columbia, defeating Chevy Chase, 7 points to 2. in the final. Hutch Captured Pro Tourney. Jock liutchison won the Columbia! spring open professional tournament, with & score of 29"5 lfur 72 hlflt:th“nol';K ing out voung Johnny Farrell o K Gualker Ridge. who led the flela untit | local & olfers. He _came from tj Farrell finished sec-] Woodland Club neur Boston, and 'a sound game. His fallure, and * of Standifer and Whitlach, to qualif. in the national amatcur probabiy wa as much the fault of the weather u+ any other factor, but the assistar 1ited States Go' deciared that sectiony assoclations must scan their nomina tong for eligibies carefully. {ndica’ ing that the Iist of cligibles might Lo cut down to m Lundleaps three or under. Donald Woodward of Coiumbia, v+ runner-up in the middle Atlantic dividual champlonship to Thomas Sasscer of Baltimore, whe won fro; him on the elghteenth hole of theif final match, after Woodward lae made a game uphill fight for victor ond, with 299, The Washington Golf and Country Club_spring inv tion tourney went Dorald Woodward of Columbia, who defeated Gerald Russell of Lon- the final by 2 and 1 the sixty-five-year- veteran, annexed the Chevy Chase spring event, winning in i the final from Muarshall Whitlatch of and 4. Miller B. evinson of lumbia, up- set the dope when he won the Co- ng event in June, de ing C. J. Dunphy of Columbia in the final by 5 and 3. The latter, however, the champlonship of the | District played at Columbia in Octo- ber, with a score of 321, leading Guy TENNIS ACTIVITIES TAX FACILITIES TO UTMOST b 1S, onc of the foremost sports in Washingtor Y ved a full season in 1922. Not only did the District rackete: keep busy at home, but they took a prominent part in the event a resumption in the middle Atlantic section and a few were ambitious enough to tr: hns Hopkins, end of relationships with act that it won town's stars was Hob Lo | proved himseir, ndre at Pennsylvania the | i | that game was (b last week In May. to bo the best all- | <nasor hed jround man by winning the pentath- their hand in the national singles. 1o other victory. Maryland wound up{lon, the ovent for which the hert s | N ’ 2 s facilit 1 . id iave kon by derearat el 1o men e pior mhich e veet'e- | NOT ABLE SPORT { Ply here taxed fully the facilitis and the game would la Universit, to 0, aud i Unty of Marylind got back | - ihad even more participants had more courts been available. An illustra North' Carolina | into 1 sports artraapee i Y AR RECORDED { tion of the popularity of the game is told in the fact that applicatic ! to play on the municipal courts. use of which is granted on an ho since 1917, quad. havin out only rinters. One sroved himself u star in 1 Beers breaking the | d with u heave of | irpassing the mark | | basis, compictely cxliausted the time of every period during the Several Lig tourneys were staged Miss Marywill Wakeford | here. most notable of which was the been the cutstanding play Chase Club invitation doubles feminine diviston up to stars ot natfonal ' the titular event. Mrs. E . W. and C. L. Fare Badly. Catholic University zain faile (Continued r met defeat in a scholastic e anter. The other high school elev- aleu were sturdy, and only cne of men, thougl Shotputting South Atlun PG 48 fent icorge ut out | hoped en & artul S et lnediito | mmers of Vir. | the ten championship series matches hi ‘ 12 2 e o e e Yo Justitute. Gallauded Proved a romp for one of the teams. e A hoit Divnorataniog 1] Totes e o Dad @ team as strong as its | Washington lad track | In games won and lost, Tech finished Idn_v £vent, with the or‘;or‘gi_xu 3 = "ge‘h."“- 55 W jefand i Rin oven of the previous seasons Gepres $auads. but the combined teams of |second to Central, Wentern was thicd { R.” Norris’ Willlams an atson 20 |of the Women's League tourne s S5t | 411 tie other local schools would not | in the final standing, Eastern fourth “ha»h?u ;vmrruf_lg;l:rp:li::ll'u:s. ?;er ”hc;:rre‘f"r“)u;"‘fifi: 1.:2 A who have been factors in 3 , ver, . El ake: Washington lust much of fits best | 1921 materfal and the Brooklanders | o failed to make the best of what they lad. In their annual contest, George | Washington was winner by 14 to 7. and Business fifth. An all-high school teams selected by The Star included the following players: First team—— Childress, Central, and Hall, Central, ave made an impression on Georg. town. Catholic University was not represented. Georgetown and led the field in bas| Miss Wakeford out of her path Mies Wakeford and Miss Loui:e events for years. Competition in the Hotchkiss cup event, the annual four-city affair in IKelly comprised the moOSt euccese which Richmond, Baltimore, Norfolk ' fair sex doubles team. They ™ and Washington entered teams, 21so ' both the Woman's League and D> squad of two | Catholic University ket ball. The former eorge " Washington also whibped | naq & teamn ur L > S ¢ Gnd Greenw: s s overwhelmingly | usual strong Ullt, Whits. the tatts | Fiitbes e wan Creenwood. was held here. Washington got to the | trict tourney champlonships, "“f{".‘-’d in 'he‘,;:n'"l,"“h the Blue algo put ouf u quint famous for ies|and Lewls. Central, guards; O'Deu. B final, but succumbed to Baltimore | (isively outpiaving all oppositior. ;Tfl ;h:)c:r:D-m:“";:i};“’:fin:lz-f "l:; ! fast and brilliant play. The Blue and | Eastern, center: Worley, Central. e RS % there after a _!rt‘;l‘: _bnetlx;mi;‘: x:x;:i‘? Teml:llfl also :fl :e}lhf):r:aréfir:.' Hatchetitios in the Turkey day festiv- | st oot e s season e e e e L @ M & \V S R eamingion, Cathore Untversity, Gai, o8 3 i feated oa its local floor. . Catholic |Gooch, Tech, halfbacks, and Birth- b4 b : / : al L : . 4 Yo T s e S ey e oaps | L8 Best ame prbabls s plaves | HERL < Contral, HERE e Mzs.1.O.CAMEROX i e e T e T ot e e Thanksgm"—l’ff“‘."“ Pennsyivania, although it lost team—Robinson : ing the *Nwr"; e :’ The Womts lf!r‘l" S ‘nm Eae it ey dar et oty e S| by a margin of two 'points. «allau- | Tech, ends;: CI ino action. They Were wic Jomens not Toster the game, but will gct iz Gallandats eleven glayed through | Gc 300 George Washington botl cn- | man, Fastern, ¢ ol | ashiogton Association. Suburban,line during 1923 Georgetown hal » Cair eaete eeloven played through | joyed some suceess on tiie court. bat | and Plampton. e iering For the| s Wucsessfaliaeancn, iiRy) Kuiit o oy et |no_t to the extent of the s, IS al- | Central. cente . THIS HOMER OFF ERIC ! winners in lest three playing piie | captain of the Blue an sy tea m lack of materfal. was Some- | ready mentivned. Maryland did not | quarterback; Bangs, Busin and men's loambfhllmpéf;flimv i{l‘):’: ‘msl ;Hr:nlnlh the m'::’d‘enh"'xl'l:mn'knr;aa { trict, Dumbarton Club was - | legiate honors, and, w! gar vhat erratic in its play. but put up some fine games, Harwood, Tech, halfbacks, and Mitch- ell, Western, fullback. Good teams were developed have a basket ball team. Maryland was the only one of the institutions to support lacrosse, and | as partner, capturing the doubles. mate victor. Winners of the titles in the prin Following the league competition IS ONE FOR THE BOOK | especially against (icorge Washington. Quantico Marines t sev- and Drexel Institute. it did so well that it was ranked tair t e oty acheoia The real unusaal feat for the ' | came the District tourney, in which ! cipal events and leagues here follow oy teadroot ball comes hase ball, | in the east by an accepted authority | sues turnime oo o wrtanO SON- | hoet wan the Rhome san wallep | C. M. Charest, who claims both Balti- | R et sty and in that sport all local schools did | on this sport Iihle ‘elevenii It tookitlia measuve. of| mafie’ by Goorss LSlsis of like more and Washington as his home, | winmms coa W o W (N hieh except George Washington,| And before closing an all too brief | Mmast emery tomm it ger Colliere | Suithe stk Taning or ik | was the winner in the singles. and |fated Zemso Shimira and Selichire @ Towe had not Tepresented. George- | review of the year, It seems especially | sna Farehesion orehy, Tas Dol leTe | Browas in the SRl e with Col. Wait Johnson, victor in the | straight seta in the fzal cur 1own had one of the really great col- | commendable that local schoors havs | & mpson, linemen. outstanding play-| &%me fm St. Louis this year on ——_— doubles. Charest, in fact. was the out- | Distiet championship—Men's singles Cla: 55 hines of tho year. *s hools of all | dons her i ohel It ls considered |ers at Gonzaga, were on n par with | Jume 18 off Erie Erickvon of the THLETIC clubs, many of them organizations of & more or less; Slanding figure’ in local ‘tennisdom a168 ¥ ,"w‘,,"_“_é g man's dotbies, Crare 3 =, v di despite the fact | the high school st I = el T St y=0 3 T 1551 quring th on. He and Col. Wit C. Johnson; women s o, R Lot tie Jear many | 1 standards of | son optiorne e }.:;'l"":.' “:.'. :“ ""’_J ".'"' A permanent character. enjoyed a banner year here. City champion- here, but he took the Old Dominton | iies “Marywill Wakaford and Mios Loy < he Strongesi combi- and Te not so formiduble as il e RC L acam e (free base ball, basketr title at DMchmond, and the middle Xellr, defonted Hotohkiss lependents cup _plar—Baitimore ships were fought for by o iven the fine Holy passage 1o firnt from three differ- Atlantic singles, at Norfolk, where he : | Universi onc- oth but played well h : - : ot e i) Istom e Mo 5 foliie e e Washington pitchers, Walter ball and foot ball and some of the organizations took a fling at track alse shared the sectional doubles tri- agtes. § to 9, with ono matal in faal ¢ wther schools which suc- | eHEIbUILY code in the countre | s Jdohnson pawing Hank Severetd, and field sports. The most exiensive operations attempted by the UMPB e e 2 nd Baititors won From B —————— e Yesteric: mad ’f;" Recruit Brillheart passing Johany clubmen were the city basc ball championship tournaments that served 7 2 M. Norment some- | Clth, which defeated Evelid in fnal, § o0 samcs were plaved. The Teeh girls: Tobin amd Erickson the Terrible |to establish undisputed leaders in various classes and also to impress et Gpect The fers by winciog e B e o s, & 1 also had an interclass basket ball Swede passing Walter Gerber be- | the players and the public with the nced of a more cohesive association District woman's title, in which she . Suburben 5 league. Central girls did wcll at gopa Sialer made his -erridle | fOr the promotion of such tournaments. Marred by squabbles, the sand- disposed of Mrs. Winnifred Ellis and = Departmental -War Rads. “"r:f;ai;agi:algd?g‘{ilg-e ”’;;-;‘l{";;‘;o;?:‘ ;l-:::. l:o.-.::- have been -::e lot base ball tourneys several times threatened to end abruptl It Jees Swimming, tennis and rowing, in, aare Pam ‘“"'I'fll “—n: fwas only through strenuous work on the part of those in charge of 3 addition to the other aports detailed | oo e e nutme e The ot ithe affairs that they were played through. i ¥ ! above. They are discussed elsewhere | om record bringing Im a trio of Early in June independent sandlot base laurels by beating the Mohawks, 3 to |In today's sporting section of The | cten who had been framked by | ball teams were registered according 0, in a_match at American Leagu Star., | three different men. to ages with a central committee |Park. The winners outplayed the ' | and were assigned to four divisions, | erstwhile title holders to & greater H | viz: ~Unlimited, senior, junior and |extent than the seore | dicates. | | midget. The unlimited division in-| Since the big fellows settled thetr . aquatic program replete with interesting events attracted Wash- ington’s oarsmen, paddlers and swimmers this year, but unfor-! tunately most of the competition was in foreign waters. Of nearly | cluded eighteen teams, the senior |aj j thirteen, the junior fifteen and tho | midget five. The divisions, with the exoception of the midget, were divided | rgument elevens of lighter classes uve arranged for titular serles and | these are ‘to be completed next Sun- day. Mohawk Preps, Kunawhas and | MINOR SPORTS CLAIM Mohawk Junjors and nor the others in its section twice. This g, anton Juniors, « score of events of this nature generously patronized by men and women jinto sections, and schedules drafted . Stantons are seckini the 143-pound ITH continuec additions t« 5 I terest was dis calling upon’ each team to mect all | honors. while the Havoes, .\lu(-kms“W lapedliniduckpin bowling aollie figorans advance saade dax hoys and girls of the District, only three of any importance were held here. Iese were the match race between the Central High School and St. | onarrs S Doyl to belia. ot | Sambshwtifcuntenditor o) e ing the year. The annual champiousip tourney of the Wash- Aohu's of Delatield, Wis,, crews on June 2, the annual South Atlantic ! ent weather and tie games forced a | dismally than it did last year. | ington Association, that ended on May 14 ou the l,rax:dA(‘cntraAl ally \‘ l.l\‘,L LD. simming clm:;;;::n(;}np; on iAl;lgus{ 19 and the canoe regatta HILE devotces of major sports in the District kept them- | fop "27° Of Play far into Scptem- | “y Vagiiet {;‘;’Ll‘“;;:‘:]""“,‘f“°;‘,:,“§;"e'g’a"lelf:fuquing almolsl: a %n:hii::;:r‘:“d the most successful ever h ¢ Delaw hesap . division of the American Canoc Association elve: f e ic 22 . SOCURIL Lo Wes = S iin this city, more than ak: A S 2 5 «t Washington Canoe Club September 4. selves before the public the greater part of 1922, there was Linwerth Midgets Score. heiticle dhex, "‘*;"fl':l,!:’m,“"',,;“,‘:a’l“tfi’;E This tourney is held for the purpose of establishing champions of the nothing shy about the so-called minor sport folk. A number The.midgets, with few competin jof activities. although favored by comparatively few followers, asserted | o8 e i lended Gicliaciion iy | themselves at times as strenuously as the more popular pastimes. Cyclists, ; Jul¥; With honors going to the Lin- {motor cycle and automobile raters, squash racqueters, chess p]i)’fl's"l‘:‘;:‘:l‘s“v{-?rf:‘lt «E?”x:‘éfl?fli‘?“wfil"{m and admirers of the horse and the dog certainly had their inning: | was twice defeated and the score of | different classes. Crowds jammed the Grand Central cach night and the a third game was i“»‘l’““';l\- In ;l‘e | enthusiasm was high throughout the competition. lighter clasces the Pecks, Kanawbas | 'y, o 'pocenberg captured the high- | the prize-wiuning ciass. These Balti. ominican Lyceums atio > field, but 1o | bowled 335 w No. y ox can Lyceums and | get organizations in the fleld, but no bowled 335 with the Rathekeller to- | carly in the season. noints in several meets, and finished second in the Dalaware-Chesapeake regatta. A new organization, known as the Potomac Camps. Association, fostered several impromptu regattas, in which races for women were fe: Central's eight. which had been de- ~ated by the Bpiscopal Academy of ’hiledelphfa in the Henley regutta on the Schuylkill. May 27, lost a brillfant- towed race to the St. John's Acade- crew on the 1'0! S. ,quished the D e Wisconsli boys got F \fredy o During thisx serfes Mr. and| Pelo, fostered by the War Depart-|Baldwin's Nell's Ozark Lady, second. |the Union Printers in" s play-off yreal effort was made to determine a e wor bowlers may well ‘en-toct lead., but won are four | Mrs. James Burch clearly estubiished | ment, provided much entertainment. . Severnl’ shows were comdaciest arked Dy much bitterness. _Other}lcader throush an climination tour- | gles, for @ grand total of 1,015, F;;:’;“:J,,&d OF Xho' enrcbastul’ tonrnatiaed e e o e T e bt | thelr supremiucy jn the mixed doubles. | All games held in Potomac Park at- | the National Gapital oean eed 2% Poen fimipicame in this class hadlney. =~ - : Stanley led In clugs B with & Chunt|conducted by thelr new orgunization Mol st L fast stroke fo the finai | Two natators outclassed a0l -t Ledmany spectators and matclies sociation at Arlington and a seites of [ (reh eliminated carly, some throush | “Aloysius Club continued to hold|of 992, and C. D angy R atest | They are to Lave another Lext year quarter and hal there been doubtedis | a3 odn swimming. —They were | generally were well contested. Teams Impromitu shows by the . Awmesican and others theesp Ot Playing ganics | sway in cross-country running here. | dentaliy was winner o S ~, | and it probably will be the most pre- vards to the ra hudlr.AO‘ulu qulzedln Mark Coles, wiho captained the (' representing the War Department and Rempunt Assoclation at the Riding the mumnmm:fl; “p‘:'laf"'" from i Its teams twice defeated Baltimore)amount of cash Drizes in the tourney, | ooneioul ever attempted by womer Suuid Davdriumphod. Otiiers in the | iral Hish School swimming te goveral Army posts of thie vicinity |and Hunt ‘Club. ~ Mal. G. S Patton's | Lagt?UriAment besause of Tailura 10 | usarcations And' cime. (hrouEh G | Lopped clase ¢ Cith BOE sl | e Watis, e, Chintora, Hotm. ooty | 12 graduation in Junc. and Florence | competed in fournaments, with one of | Allahmands wes the wikner of oms Hely Name tcams triumphed fu the | Altnoogh one Tarme cotim eert. | cqacdm prizes went to the Temples in | "The Royals ended thelr five-yeur e S e B «0eb, s Skadding. Coles smwmanded at-the War Department fours usually 'ribbons inan any other local-owned [ senior and junior dmu‘,'o"s ! rhe|Although one large outdoor med class A, W"hfldlflfl °B iy :‘”“hiungs with the Palace quint of Mprgs N { tention when he outlr Atlantic { being returneéd victor. . Liotse during the season. RIdIng to;genfor agercgation of the !‘1 o ui that of the American Legion, and {Wo | Bakery grabbed class lela Zien Roanoke by tuking this years matck ; iude Set n Record. 00T Jreoords of 25 45 seconds for| One fatality occurfed during _the houndn was revived with the organc| oi” (€8 the 'l measure "of ! the||{50oor, cAmiAls, Georeetownis &nd 15y, and jthe d CH. Wilkineteam e Soi 5t g o0 SOTRIIage ins k1 Wotomac Boat Club unlield Washing- ! 3% Jards. and 5% 25 seconds for 100 |season. On July 1 3faj. A. D. New- | fration of the Mock Creok Hunt Gonb | Socmeto® opt champions, while the | che RS HOPKING: Otb Tee et a0 fheaded class C with 153, Rosenberg | S€ries. At Roancke. on February 15, ards at the “C* fair in Baltimore [ the Royals were outpointed by forty. man, captain of the War Department “of’s rowing traditions during the d Club meet in Cen- 1 late in the fall. Several meets have | Holy N <o he b 5. o - LB and had one of fts menibere e, | tral's tank March 4. AL the South | team, plasing ggainst Fort Myer, was | been conducted and it 15 planmed z.;]um‘cor:hmfnn'ylg:';omzc'xl-oifdpr%'fin;flé Uitk Ciporia. Kieen and Roosevelt | g Mulrgs were the beat, with 703 |one pins, but bowiing here March { ek i e Baltheore mdoor ,championships in | thrown from his mount and suffered |hold them twice weekly' whenever | Mght " Unibe el teh . brothers, | bt SPOT | o Tecton thened | noclase B Noack and Thomas were | they ‘more than offset thi wou 2 Gaita, rowed in Baltimore | Baltimore March 25 Coles again low- |& concussion of the brain. He died | weather permits fhesnlor and Junior players went | D08t OF L1e Amcrican (egion (GIned| the leaders, with 643 and in class Cine ton game match, 2769 to 2,651, This husls vouth won the | €red the 190-vard mark. that time to at Naval Hospltal . few ours later, | Plgeon fanclers aid much to develop | through shes” cedian1oF, D2y unseem. | Ot LA e bbed o bit | Sramper ahd Bogley took the hon- | Woistenholme, Goddard, Carroll, Sup’ » K gles. mtermediate singles and 31 3-5 seconds. At this same meet [ Maj. Newman was considered one of |good homing birds during the year |1y Weansiiug. " ores base ball played | (&I Canoe CIub 00 e aubs 1gs | o7 with SRR e - %ug, Works and Krauss were in the Tt ;tion senior s I s | o e Washington Y. M. C. A jthe best poloists of the Washington ! Both gogvernment and private lofts|in the indspendemt soyloll ! wan e O A Top, Dowling i the sinsles wax!Povat squad. ey Cna Cackial evir D1t Iestaplgtcd: at reth group. g had entries In numerous flights of |not of such high caliber ae in mear |nored track and 6 . e Y e o e P |, Tast winter Shiere ware Yorty aeaguey 5. C. E. 3 which was then' thy in the District, -5 seconds for the 220-y An effort to promote lacrosee met | mer years, but all games were s in_a Middle 2 A varying distances and some vel, AT i Potomacs scored | Recognized ax Champlon: | with scant success. The Washington |Limes were recsrged The high gfl‘;?)d‘_ patronized and ‘the' club trewsupion’ with a scofe of 361, and In class A.|pigh mark, but now forty-five “p ce and were second | . Lacrosse Club, organized in the early |of the year for those interested in |Denefited greatly, { P. Brown was best, with 355. battling for supremacy in the diffe® » cairy off the homors of the| L°0les and Miss Skudding scored the spring, managed 1o play a couple of i the birds was the annual cenvention | .10 AUUSt the Union Printers went 10} ' Decks hardly had been cleared from | on¢ sections and classes. . ates r Elaiest mumber of boints in thegames, but was given little considera- | of (e American Racing Plgeon Union, | Gl2¥¢1and and won the champlonship o- ' |the big tourner when the newly| rye District League last season hu were not $o fortunate in ”,‘,[uem.«: of pveekly meets held atltion by the public and nothing was an iuternational organization, held | 10 thirteen-team Union Printers: 1. poc. | jformed Washington Ladies’ Duckpin {one of the closest finishes on record gaples t Philadelphia July | the 1idal basin during the summer ' done toward the scheduling or moms here in October. z national Base Ball League. ! j Asgoclation took the alleys 125 £lrong. | Rathskellers and Districts being tied fan compete in the {#lld became recognized generally us|contests. The club, reorganised late Billiardists held sway all through |\’ e the independents were deter- | and for a week battled for su-{for first place on games won, and «#8ual mect of the Southern Rowing | CNampions of the District. They also | in the summer, expects to revive the the yeur. Hoppe, Deterson and|".Pif€ their champlons, the organ- | premacy in the different classes. The|pigh honors were finally given to the ciation at Richmond. The locals | Starred in the Washington ( anoe Club | sport next spring. ° Schaefer of hfl“';‘"n‘,_, fame: Layton, ized sandlotters staged an inter- | ' attendance taxed the sitting and|former team on total pins spilled. Al Tc to appear in tic latter event | fiect of June 10, when the Central| Bicyclists, motor cylists and auto- three-cushion expert, ang: Grecion:|league competition. - Two seetions. of SEoal W |standing capacity of the emporium. |Works of the Rathskellers had the In the team bowling the Original Five walked away with first prize, having a score of 1,391; the City Post Office quint was second, with 1,356, highest percentage, 111; Baum of the Districts, high game, 162, and Benson of the Colonials, high set, 393. Last season the Masonic League w: High School team easily finished first iu point-getting. A junior Sunday school meet held the sume day as the canoe club contests brought cut some five teams each went through ten- game -schedules with General Ac- counting Office of the Government League and War Department of the {mobile racers went through several meets here, but conditions at Arling- ton track where they took place did not permit_the holding of any pre- and Concannon, pocket billiard mas- ters, appeared for exhibitions. Cues of Washington and Baltimore met in & . ot help to increase any friendly ‘aeling that might have existed be- n the Virginia Boat Club, host A revolytion in Harvard rowing is now in progress of development. F. J. Muller, recently appointed coach of the he regatta, and the Potomace. a series of 18.2 balkline matches, with L Washlagoon On Club | ¢3pable young talent. tentious affairs of this nature. No 2 3 Departmental League emerging a | ty crew. asserts that in|and the Mount Pleasant girls were |coniposed of thirty teams, the large: &s usua Tta cwn way n conge | Both Coles and Miss Skadding earn- | shamalonepae roiis werature: No|(he former garncring the laurers | ibartmenta (he - Dlay-off General | w man ootrcts me s merts that I | ira, with 151, organization in the city, and this idd everything its own w. raeing. It scored heavily in a re- tta on the tidal basin In June, had George Wheatley, by winning several jtournaments, strengthened his claim to the District pocket billiard title. In the doubles the Levy-Guilli com- bine proved the strongest, and they won the first prize, with a score of year, with twenty-eight teams, stil] is the leader in numbers. Hiram won the championship, the splendid bowl- Accounting Office vanquished the De- partmental Leaguers, but was in turn defeated by the Mohawks in a series ed more laurels at the South At- lantic champlonships held under the auspices of Washington Canoe Club stitute the most radical changes ever oarsmen and and littic interest was manifested. A fatal accident marred the meet of known among Crimson will teach an entirely different stroke several of its craft finish first in September 186, F. C. Norris being killed - in August 13, The former Central cap- | when the car he was driving in a five: | , CNess and _roque players were | for the elty Uslnnii toampionehc Harvard has ever u 620. Malcolm and Ackman were sec-|ing of Lon Krauss being responsible {fi'fl;n:t ;1 hr‘n‘t‘e‘:ie?l::‘mv\':‘\’\"‘ ‘¥o :zh'e':-?. tain_won the 440-yard title and Miss | mile race swerved from the track ned | 3ctive. . Several tournaments were|in the only colored league in' the lmfle';inadelphu coach has r:uelde;'l that { ond, with 602, and Becker and Bitting | mainly for the team finishing in front. 1 regattas at Baltimore July 29 and | Sk8dding the women's diving and |plunged through a fomce. held by the Capital City Chess Club | city, the Colored Departmental, Gon. in the future the Crimson varsity men | were third, with 592. The highest set last son _was \ugust 12, won at Sugar Jeland in100;vard homors =~ Other| Washing-| Several successful dog and horse |47d Sammy Rzeschewski, Polish | eral Accounting Ofs dofenton fuocme shall row with their legs close to-! A big surprise developed in the sin- | hung up by the Linworth team of the tonians acquiring championships in | shows were held. A benching of Bos- | Prodigy, gave an exhibition here.|ofr Engraving and Printing for the gether, although not touching. This | gles, when Mabel Kellogg, belonging | Athletic Club League, 1,760, while \ugust, and all but swept the course in the Delaware-Chesapeake division meet of the A. C. A. on Labor d: flarry Knight, Lex Martin, Barney Davis and Percy Walton were the main point winners for the Washing- ton Canoe Club during the season. Johnny Baum's 162 carried the record single game score for the city. Baum 180 won the champlionship of the News- paper League. He spllled 2,329 pins for The Star quint during its season. The best individual game among the woman bowlers was that of Mae Hart to no league and making her debut in the tourney, spilled 310 pins, head: ing off Elizabeth Ackman in the final night of the tourney by one pin. Esther Honkala was third, with 298. In the all-events, Mrs. Ackman took frst prize with a total of 915. Lor- ton terriers occurred - The Washington Roque Association, et honois Sont o o March, TR o nich unod (6 ROusieh Bere ahe ot eniry. Three District dogs were |Y®3r8 ago, was reorganized and will recognized as champions at shows in |t2ke to the courts next spring. cther cities. They were Dr. D. E. lhsfl;:'; Tacnets Fax 1n:roduced at Buckingham's airedale, o uet Club and a tournament iaghame S allew Borgs] auctel: int Hovinaes o pent title. Foot ball was more popular thi year than ever before with the sand Iot elevens. Teams were 50 numerous that the problem of procuring grid- irons was a eerious one and was not wholly solved by the construction of in iteelf, according to Towing experts, is a_decided departure from the more or less conventional system of the past at Harvard and is designed to give the crews more leg power. Other and more technical changes be- ing_taught, according to Coach Muller, the meet were Karl Knight of Wash-~ ington Canoe Club, b0-yard back- stroke victor, and Fisher of George Washington Univel best diver. There were others who did well at swimming In the meets. Florence Uther clul d same, and did well enough to indicate they will be heard from to a greater Damon, Beatrice Woodfordeand Eliza- [ Volcano; Mrs. Glenn Stewart's Irish Camps’ Association Formed. ibeth Smith were stars among the|wolf hound, Bally Shannon, and 8. J. | Peters defeated Horace Green in the several new flelds in Potomac Park.|will give the crew a tremendously m- raine Gulli was second with 912, and{of the Nationals, who toppled 142 took to the paddling|fair sex, while little Charlie Hunter, | Held's Bostor terrior, District Boss, |final. In the unlimited class, four teams were | erful stroke, with all parts of the ylAnnle Anderson third with 864. pins. Anna McCormack of the City Post Office team had the best set, J41. The best team game, 511, was bowled the City Pést Office quint, and tae ‘Two Baltimore teams, the Optimates Swordsmen of the Washington bowled the organized to battle for the title held Fencing Club. took part in several They contributing. Coach Muller recently discarded the specially bullt Crimson ghell of last|last night of the tourney, and their|by Arrington and Lyman scored heavily At the meeting of the National Cap- for Central . High School. ital Wield Trial Club in November, Frisby seven years by the Mohawks. and the Metropolitans, | ¥t thi e . Colonial pand “ Turner. Western High School | Washington-owned dogs scored in the | matches. one. of their important vic- | were Mercury, Knickerbocker, South- ‘:on; (‘;I'! "1\'?[!’1"35 ::r :?-rllilg p:d boys. earnad laurelp for their insti- a"-nges‘! event. Frank Burrows' | tories being scored at the expense of fern d Georgetown Athelic Clubs. | vear and ordered another shell made ou | members also participated in doubler same girls landed the high team <ed fieremas Bodter dnd Eaton. “edintad Titiontt’ 27 s amyE Tese s s Master Ben was winner wnd Thomas (he Naval Academy fencers B The Mercury finally garnered the'radically different lines, #nd singies. 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