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20 Donie Bush Has Great Chance Here : Americans Prominent in Europe’s Athletics | REWARD BIG IF EFFORTS GIVE CAPITAL FIRST FLAG hington Never Has Had Three Real Outfielders at One Time, But This Critic Believes Evans Tay Round Out Such a Trio. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. N EW YORK bo many W ards of it he likes. ashi January 20.—If Donie Bush can make flowers grow from the pennant vine in Washington this year, he will become one of the base ball managers decorated with the order of the rib- Moreover, he can pick his own color for the ribbon and have as ton, capital of the nation, never has had a championship and i< a lone caniel crying in_the desert. No matter that it is made of a population from towns and cities from every state, it has an aggregation of citiz Washington never has been able to £t three good outfielders at one Time. Gather with the old smoke- cured mossbacks of base ball who can remember when Anson was a kid, and they will tell vou that one of the eracks in the Washington wall of de- fense always has been in the outfield. Frequently Washington has had one smashing good outfielder and some- times it has had two, but never three animous- Browning used to put it. Evans a Smart Piayer. Washington has taken Evans from Clevelund. Evans is a smart ball play- er and more active than Brower, who went to Cleveland In exchange. Whethe vans can hustle every day hard enough to help elevate the tionals is the rock on which opinion of the old-timers Is split Gagnon m: play the infield fairly well for Washington if he gets a chance to do so, but he is not a Scott. The American League needs some <hortstopping talent badly. There are cme average shortstops among those » ent, but Philadelph appears to Rhave developed one in Galloway Who will ma birdies cat from his hand in 19 ierber perfor Touis, Johnson | cago, Sewell is f tion for Clevels Rigney is a plug- ger for Detroit, Scott, for the Yanks, 5s moing buck, but is going back right honorably; Peckinpaugh. for Wash- ington, is solid, and Mitchell, a stop- gap for Boston. Byt Galloway is a Jittle red -package of firecrakers for Philadelphia Connie Mack's eyes light up when any one savs Evans did not get much ¢ leveland last year, but he can do a 1ot of clever things when he is tied up with a ball club that is not afraid to try ; It will seem funny mot ¥rickson, the big blond pitcher, try- ing again for the Nationals. 1f he had ball genius at the ends of possessed by a Keefe or “larkson would be a member of the hall of fame. He can crack the cover off a ball with his fingers as one would ¢ an_ English wal- nut, vet he cal ot utilize that grip to full advantage when he pitches the ball s pretty well for St. mediocre for Chi- but not a sensa- st to fina ger (Copsright, 1925) EVELETH HOCKEY TEAM TAKES FIFTH STRAIGHT| DULUTH, Minn.. January 20. Mak- ing it two straight from Duluth by a 4-to-1 the Eveleth Reds won their fifth game in the last six starts, snoved up to within striking distance of the St. Paul and Cleveland. and tied for first place in the western drcuit, Tnited States Amateur Hockey Asso- ciation PITTSBURGH. January 20.—The Boston A. A. hockev team defeated Pitsburgh, 6 to 3, in an exhibition game last night an. center for the visito shot five goals. 2 CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 20.— The Cleveland Hockey Club defeated the St. Anns, champions of Montreal, 3 to 2, in an exhibition game last night. The sume teams pl i NEW HAVEN, The Westminster Hocke eity last night defeated the St. Nicho- 1as club of New York. 3 goals to 1, in a United States Amateur Hockey League gam MOORE BREAKS SKATING RECORD, TIES ANOTHER SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. Jan- uary —Joe Moore of New York city, middle Atlantic skating cham- pion, established a new record for the three-quarter-mile event, 2.02 2-5 in a race against time at the winter sports carnival here. Moore's time heats by 2-5 seconti the record estab- Jisheg by Charles Jewtraw of Lake Placid at Johnson City last week. Moore equaled Jewtraw’s record of 19 scconds for the 220-yard race. JEWTRAW TWICE BEATEN, BUT WINS SKATING TITLE PLATTSBURG, N. Y., January 20— Charles Gorman' of St. John, N. B. won the half-mile and Richard Donovan of Johnson City the three- mile race on the closing program of the Adirondack gold cup skating championships here, The victories of Gorman and Dono- van marked -the first defeats for Charles Jewtraw of Lake Placid dur- ing the meet, Jewtraw haing won four races in two consecutive days. Jewtraw, however, won the meet with a total of 160 points. Donovan was second with 80 and Gorman third with, 50. BATTLING SIKI TO PLAY PART IN MOVIE PICTURE PARIS, January 20.—Battling Siki is to play a role in a photoplay to be made by _a Dutch concern in a Paris suburb, L’'Auto says. The boxer will act the part of a faithful servant whose master's little girl has been kidnaped. As the plot unfolds, Siki rescues the ohfld through his prowess as a pugilist, He is said to be quite as “photogenic™ @s hls rival, Carpentier. DUNDEE SHADES MARTIN IN TEN-ROUND CONTEST BOSTON, January 20.—Johnny Dun- dee of New York, junior lightwelght champlon, was awarded the decision aver “Pepper” Martin of Brooklyn at tha close of their ten-round bout Jast night. Dundee weighed 131% pounds and Martin 132%. Martin took two rounds, according 10 ringside opinion, and two were even. The ‘remaining six went to Tundee by a shade, according to the experts. A section of the crowd did not share this view, however, and the decision met with jeers as well as cheers TREMAINE SHOWS CLASS IN STOPPING BALLERINO NEW YORK, January 20.—Carl Tre- maine, Cleveland featherweight, de- monstrated that he is a dangerous «contender for Joe Lynch’s title by knocking out Mike Ballerino of the Thilippines in the second round of the twelve-round semi-final contest to 1he Tendler-Moran scrap last night. Tremaine displayed a terrific punch, flooring Ballerino four times before ending the bowt with a right to the Jaw. i {three free points. ns of its own that would appreciate a pennant winner. IOWA ONLY UNBEATEN FIVE IN B TEN RACE CHICAGO, January 20.—Predictions as to the outcome of the western con- ference basket ball race faced a test tonight in three “Big Ten" games, Pur- due at Iilinols, Ohio State at Towa and Wisconsin at Minnesota. Purdue will make Its second start of the season against Illinols, regarded as stronger than the Illini on defense and almost equal in offens Wisconsin was expected to win from Minnesota, still weakened by a change in its line-up. Ohio State was expected to lose to lowa because of the handicap imposed on the team by the introduc- tion of a new system of playing. Should Iowa win it would remain the only un- beaten five in the conference. Northwestern. was to play at Indlana tonight, but the game has been post- poned a month. CENTRAL IN POCR FORM FOR PRINCETON BATTLE Central High School's team is to encounter the Princeton University freshmen in a basket ball game in the Mount Pleasant school's gymnasium tonight, and unless a form reversal occurs the Centralites are in for a sound trouncing. The Tiger cubsare a formidable lot, according to reports, while the husky Blue and White sq]xmd, on what it showed in the high school series . Terge of Statenden he gamel rin is being handled by Central's Alumni Club, will follow one between the Central lightwelghts and five, starting at § oclock.— 0o Y Club Gonzaga teamw brok: day in & double-head quint beating the Georgetown Preps. fl-: to 14, while the second Ilrl"!—.’ev:s Wwere defeated by Mackin Athletio Club, 33 to 8. With Mills, Farrington and Hurney pointing the way, the big Gonzaga team went into an early leaq and never was threatened by the Preps. Austin's sharpshooting over- came the Gonzaga second team. He scored six times from scrimmage. Bliss Electrical Sehool o Walter Reed quint in no;m!’.'g:lltn(-?‘l game. Herbst of the victors made three scrimmage goals and tossed Craig starred for Reed team. e evem yester- er, the main the Walter Swavely School reserves easily dis- Dosed of the Devitt Preps in a 56t 14 engagement. Pierce of Swavely shot seven fleld goals and pocketed six of thirteen free shots, High school principals met yester- day to begin a revision of the athletic eligibllity rules. Their discussion of the proposed changes will be contin- ued through next week. !SKATING SERIES PLANNED TO PICK MATHIESON FOE 8T. PAUL, Minn., January 20.—Plans for a series of races to determine an American opponent to meet Oscar Mathieson of Sweden for the world skating championship were announc- ed here today. Art Staff of Chicago, American out- door champlon; Bobby McLean, Amer- fean indoor champion: Ed Lamy, Everett McGowan of St. Paul, and possibly Norval Baptie, will meet here January 28 and 29. Six Traces will be skated from scratch and the winner declared on points. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 1923, “MY THIRTY YEARS IN BASE BALL” BY JOHN J. McGRAW, Manager New York Giants, Three Times World Champions. (Released Exclusivelr Through the North American Newspaper Alliance.® Oratory by a Congress- man That Misfired— The Mustache Era in Base Ball—How Tim Hurst Got Robbie’s Goat—Umpire Kerns and the Lemon “Strike.” A newspapers all FTER the sensational season in which the Orioles won their first championship the over the country made vs famous. By attributing it to new methods, they so carried away with the inside batting work of our team that they printed many stories to the effect that we had won the pennant without hav- ing to depend upon our pitchers As a matter of fact, our pitchers did £ood work, but this was the cue for a lot of stories in the newspapers. Before )that pitchers always had been given all the credit. This was supposed to be something new. Our team was asked to visit_the home town of one of the pitchers—McMahon, I think it was—for big reception to be given in his honor. All of us were eager to hear ourselves extolled as well, 80 we went in full force. The little town talked nothing but basebail for two or three days—the coming of the now famous Orfoles. Representative the Orator. To make th affair even more im- pressive the committee had invited the congressman of the district to make the address of welcome. He was noted as a famous orator. but, as you w see, knew very little about base ball or its players. Just the same he pretend- ed to. He came all loaded for a great speech, so he thought. Being shy of information this orator- ical congressman had secured clippings from the papers which told of how we had won without the aid of our pi ers. He didn't even realize that this big reception was given us a boost for McMahon by the home town. The stage of the public hall was dec- orated with flags and base ball emblems, All of our players were seated in a semi-circle facing the audience. The master of ceremonies sat in the middle with the congressman—the big pun of the meeting—at his right. We ail tried our best to look dignified and im were ( "\ yesterday in Central Coliseum, and In the Business-Western game it was not so much a form reversal for Western as it was a_close guarding game by Business that turned the tables. The Westerners passed as well as usual when they had the op- iity, but Business' defensive c under jts basket so harassed the Red and White that it found it difficult to hold the ball. The Stenog- raphers then generally made good with shots for points. Business’ play was much more aggressive than in last week’s engagement. Central's Play Is Sluggish. Central's downfall was due as much to its sluggish play as to the flery performances of Tom Hook and his Eastern associates. In the early part of the game the big Blue and White team was lifeless and a fair target for the dashing little Capitol Hill outfit. With Hook playing one of the best ames seen in cholastic basket ball ere in some time, and the others per- forming almost up to his standard, Central did not count from scrim- mage until the game was seventeen minutes old, and all told made but four field goals, an amount registered by Hook alone. The Business-Western game was anybody’'s from the start. Western counted first when Frisby made good with his second heave from the 15- foot line, but Walker put Business in the van with two successful free Tendler’s Victory Over Moran Is So Narrow It Is Difficult To Pick One to Face Leonard BY FAIR PLAY. N EW YORK, January 20—It had been said right along that the win- ner of the Tendler-Moran scrap at Madison Square Garden Friday ! Anight would be the man picked to exchange wallops with our own champion, Benny Leonard. The way both the Philadelphian and the New Orleans fighter behaved themselves, however, has made it extremely difficult for any one but 2 Solomon the privilege. Sure, Tendler won, and he had the decision coming to him, but it was only by an extremely bloody eyelash. Pretty nearly overy one at the ring- side held the same opinion, which was that up to the thirteenth round it was as even a battle as any one would want to see. In the twelfth Tendler, who was far from the boy who gave Leonard such an everlast- ing plastering some months back, scemed to regain some of his best form. In that session there was such wicked, slambang milling that the crowd was on its feet most of the time and Lew came out of it with a very slight edge. Both boys were tired at the open- ing of the thirteenth, but they gath- ered speed as the seconds ticked on and Tendler again had a margin. So it was in the fourteenth and fifteenth rounds, with Moran fighting coura- geously and returning sock for sock, but with Tendler forcing the fighting. It was one of the bloodiest scraps local fans have seen this winter. Tendler had Moran's nose oozing claret from the seventh round on, but later Moran returned the compliment, nd then for good measure he opened two nasty cuts on Tendler's cheeks that spouted red corpuscles all over the canvass, not to mention the glistening white sllk shirt and white flannel trousers of Referee Kid Mec- Partland. Moran’s showing was a great sur- prise to every one, inclpding Mr. Tendler, who was favored in the bet- ting, but not in the hearts of the 12,000-0dd who had gathered to see the fun. It really is inexplicable' how vastly unpopular such a great little fighter as Lew Tendlen is with the New York fight bugs. (Copyright, 1923) to say which of the two should have 29 AMATEURS LISTED FOR SKI TOURNANENT CHICAGO, January 20.—Twenty-nine amateurs and four professionals were entered today in the international skl tournament,” under the auspices of the Norge Ski Club at Cary, TIL, near here, tomorrow. Only the amateurs were permitted to enter in the championship events. The professionals were listed to give exhibitions. The amateurs have been divided into two classes, the first including Ragnar Omtvedt, defending his title as Canad- fan and American champion: Binar Jensen, 1921 champion, and John Wau- gen of Norway, who broke the Cary slide record last' Sunday with a leap of 185 feet. Although the weather man failed to provide snow. members of the Norge ki Club hauled in tons of it and piled it on the slide. GOLF FINAL TO BROWN. PINEHURST, N. C.. January 20.— T. Russell Brown of Montclair, N: J., won the men’'s championship 'in the Midwinter Advertisers' golf tourna- ment. He defeated George C. Dutton of Boston, 4 up and 3 to play, in the final round. | congressman, :ITP—SETS MARK RENEWAL OF SCHOOL BASKET BALL heated struggle for the laurels this winter. flashy Western quint and Eastern tackled Central, winner of the title last year, and upsets followed in each fray. Drubbed, 23 to 13, by West- ern in last week’s invalidated contest, the Stenographers yesterday fought vigorously and triumphed, 21 to 19. trouncing from Central in their former meeting, went at the much larger team with a vengeance and tridmphed, 21 to 18. portant. McMahon and the other pitchers were grouped immediately be- hind the speaker. 1 can see that picture to this day. And, as I see the picture, all of us wore mustaches. That waus the thing in base ball then. I had a bLig black one which looked very impres- sive—to me with my weight of 123 pounds. Robbie had a fancy one, very carefully twisted up at the ends. Launches Into Speech. After a few words the master of cere- monies introduced the congressman. all got out for some big league stuff he way of oratory. “Ladies and gentlemen,” began the you are mnow looking upon the greatest collection of athletes that the world has ever known. They form what is known as the Baitimore, Orioles, the greatest, most picturesque and most _spectaucular base ball club in history. They have honored us by com- ing here to break bread with our hum- ble townsfolk. We consider that more of an honor than they can understand. Little do you realize what this growti of an athletic game and the presence of its most noted exponents means to our coming young manhood (applause). In my arduous duties at the Na- tional Capital it may be that you think that I have had no time to give to base ball. But you are wrong. I devote much time to it. 1 study it and I respect it. 1 appreciate it. I know what this collection of sterling athletes has done, T realize how they have won. These men, despite handi- have won a championship. The and wonder of that achieve- e though, {s what they have won h practicaliy no pitching staff at all—the worst pitchers in base bull!” The Audience Is Stunne McMahon and Doc Pond, who had been leaning forward in anticipation of the climax, almost fell out of their chairs. The crowd was stunned for & moment and hen broke out laugh- ng. 5 The great orator did not know that the whole show was given in honor of MeMahon. He had tried to bull v through by reading the pa- shingfon papers. show was a bust. election the congressman county. It was several seasons before we got through kidding our pitching staff about that speech. And speaking of mustaches, T must tell you one on Wilbert Robinson. As 1 have sald, Robbie was always careful about his mustache having that enappy upward twist at the ends. Tim Hurst, the umpire, who died Bome vears ago. never thought much of mustaches. He shot many a witty crack at the players about these ap- pendages. Tim, as yow Kknow, per- haps, never took any back talk from & player. If he did the player suf- fered in the consequent repartee. What Tim Hurst Did. One day Robbie was catching and there was a Boston runner on first. q{ The next lost that ITH all players formerly ineligible under rule 5 of the athletic eligibility code restored to good standing, the annual basket ball championship series of the high schools got away to a new start the two games resulting indicate a Business encountered the Eastern, which took a 27-to-20 tosses, and Greenwood added a field goal. This lead was short-lived, for Frisby sunk another charity toss and Dulin’ counted from scrimmage just as the first period ended. Business had been using a rather wide defense from the outset and re- fused to abandon it in the second and third periods. It managed to out- score Western in the second session and finish the half leading, 12 to 10. but the Red and White broke through repeatedly in the third period to as- sume a 17-t0-16 advantage. The Stenographers then attacked vigor- ously and ran their total to 21 before its opponents could score in the final eriod. ~ A pair of free tosses ac- counted for the losers’ last scoring. ern Gets Good Start. In_ the second tilt of the double- header Eastern profited through a 12-to-5 advantage gained in the first period. Thereafter Central made a game fight to overhaul® the Capitol Hill boys and outscored them in the second and third periods, to enter the last session with the count but 15 to 13 against it. Fellers' fleld goal then knotted the tally, but Jack Smith scored from the foul line to regain the lead for Eastern, and sorimmage goals by Hook and Kess- ler and a free goal by Cardwell were femistered before Birthright threw entra nal points Centr points from the open All of the Busines players did well against Western, Walker playing a particularly good game. L\u!{n End Garber saved Western from a more dfll'lsl\": defeat. Much credit is due the entire Eastern team for its sharp guarding and snappy passing. Hook, Of course, was the outstanding player of his quint, but he was given great assistance when it was most needed. Central had little to offer other than Birthright and Dey, and neither of them played to form. Line-ups and Summaries. Business (21). _ Positions. Walker .. ot forwed, .. oter O8). Watt ‘Right forward. Conter.. "\ 5 5 - 7 319 Business—Lewis for Watt, inger for MeNotty " bon 1o i Grecnwood (3), Muy (5); Weiker (3" Fiosm Dulin (3). Lamar. Garber, Hannegan. Fres ls—Walker, 2 in 5; Furman, 8 in 5. Frisby, in 17; Garber. 0 in 3. Referse—Mr. Sawyer. Umpire—Mr. Fitzgorald. " Time of periods—16 Eastern (21). _ Position Left forward.. gt gkt forwar B O By a quick move Robbie shot the ball down to the bag and the runner, ap- parently, was blocked off the bag. But Hurst d4d not call him out. merely spread out his hands, indi- cating that the runner was safe. There was a big howl from the crowd. “What's the matter with you, Tim?* Robbie demanded to know. “Are you blind> Why, I had that man frozen off the bag. There wasn't a chance for him to get back. I tell you he was frozen off!" “All right, Old Timer, said Tim in that cutting volce, at the same time reaching over ard twisting Bobbie's mustache,, “we’ll call it one man froze in the game. Now let's go.” For a moment Lobbie v so dum- founded that he silently went on playing. But the further he went the madder he got. Back at the bench the players started kidding him. But for us stopping him I think he would have killed Tinrst if he'd have had a chance In the next two or three in- nings. It was weeks hefore he got over the indignation of having had his mustache twisted—and by an um- pire at that. To this day If any one says anything about a runner being frozen off first it gets a laugh put of Robbie. % We had mora fun with umpires in those @ays than we do now. He An Incident in Washington. In Washington the games were al- ways started at half past four in the afternoon, %o as to get the crowd from the various state departmenpts. result of this we often ran into dark- ness and there were constant rows about the games being called. Clarkson. 1 think 1t was. was pitch- ing one day and Robbie catching. Jack Kerns was umpiring. Kerns would never call a game on account of darkness if he could help it. We used to quarrel with him incessantly. On this day it really was getting too dark to play, but Kerns was obstinate. The pitchers in those days had a habit of sucking lemons between in- nings to keep their mouths from get- ting dry. Several of these discarded lemons were on the bench. Clarkson picked up one and started to the box to pitch another inning after Kerms had again refused to call the game. He left the ba'l on the bench. Taking a big wind up, Clarkson whipped the lemon over the plate and Robbie caught it rike one!" Kerns called. “Look what vou called.” said, showing him the lemon. n the bench. called on account of dark- Kerns immediately announced. That was enough proof for him. Robbie had a great way in those days of arguing with an umpire quietly instead of showing him up before the crowd. It worked, too. At the msk of being tiresome and garruious 1 must tell one more (Copyright, 1923 by h Robbie “The INSIDE GOLF By George O’Neil WHAT HAPPENS HERE? tomary to exclaim ” when a player knocks . The “rule” is often quote that a stroke counts each time the ball is moved forward, regardles: of how little distance it may travel. Now, here is a player who, having accidentaily knocked his ball off the tee twice while dressing It, again pushed it off the tee and then kicked it by accident with his foot when he stoop making the ball roll clear off the teeing ground. REFEREE'S DBCISION. The ball is not in play when it 1% being addressed at the tee. The ball is in play after the player. from the tee, has fairly swu it and hit it. When the ball is not in play it may fall off the tee or be knocked off, and if struck while s0 no penalty shall be in- (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) . SARAZE IS ANNILS T0 75T TRP ABROAD NEW YORK. January 20.—Gene Sarazen, natio open and American professional golf ‘champion, in a tele- gram sent from Los Angeles, Cali to Chauncey De Pew Stédele of Briar- cliff Lodge, where the champion has been engaged as coach, declared his willingness to cancel existing engage- ments and return to New York in order to convince the directors of the club that he should be permitted to participate in the British open tour- nament in the spring. Steele said that, in view of the in- tention of the directors not to take definite action until March at the earliest, when Sarazen is scheduled to return, he will advise the champion to complete all engagements and to return to New York at his leisure. GOLF TOURNEY VICTOR WILL GET A $1,000 CUP CHICAGO, January 20.—As dele- gates to the annual meeting of the Western Golf Association gathered here today. it became known that & $1,000 cup will be offered as first prize at'the next western open golf toupna- ment. Heretofore the first prize had been a gold medal and cash. . Albert R. Gates, president, said the cup would be donated by J. K. Adley of Texarkana, Tex. This years western .open tournament probably 20 T =1 vn — Radice for Hook, oan for Cardwell. Central—Harper for Hall, Johnston for Johnson, Fellers far Biritr right. * Court goals—Roudabush, Hook (4). 3. Smith (2), Kessler, Dey, Miller, Fellors, Birth. right. Free goals—Hook, 2 in 9: Kessler, 0 : th, 2 in 8 Cardwell, 1 in'2; Birthright, 6 in 11; Dey. piro—ir, Substitutions: s Referee—Mr. Fitzgeraid. U: Time of Periodssio minutes FORT MYER BOXERS MIX IN SIX MATCHES TONIGHT Trials for the team that is to rep- resent Fort Myer in the annual box- ing championships of the 3d Army Corps area will be held tonight in the post riding hall at the military reservation near Arlington. Six bouts of four rounds each are to be fought. Featherweights. lightweights, welterweights and middleweights are to contest. Boxing will begin at 8 o'clock. Fort Myer's team scored heavily at last year's championships. Since then several members of the team have been transferred to other posts. 4'in 7. Sawyer. will be held at the Mayfield Country Club, Cleveland Ohio. HAGEN GETS RECORD, 67; HE AND KIRKWOOD WIN 1.0S ANGELES, Calif., January 20.— ‘Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood yes- terday defeated Gene Sarazen and Jock Hutchison, 3 and 1, in an eigh! een-hole match at the Midwick Coun- try Club. A special prize had been offered for a new course record, and Hagen won it by one shot with a 31+-36—67. He needed only a par 4 on the eighteenth hole for a 65, but put his second in & trap and took 6. Hutchison was 72, Sarazen 73 and Kirkwood 74. SRy MRS, HURD ENDS SUIT. PITTSBURGH, Pa., January 20.— Dorothy Campbell Hurd, “former United States, British and Canadian women's golf champion, has aban- doned her suit for a divorce from J. V. Hurd, well known Pittsburgh steel ma: —_— Aloysius vanguished St. Dominic's, 30 to 19, in a Cathclic League game. McDowan scored more than half of the winner’s points. As a| SPORTS. REAL FLOOR STRUGGLE |[YANK ATHLETES FACTORS IN SPORT CIRCLES ABROAD Recall of U. S. Troops From the Rhineland Removes One of Most Notable New Country Influence: Lead in Rowing, Boxing and Polo. S EXPECTED TONGHT One of the most warmly contested games of the local college basket !ball season is looked for tonight when the Georgetown and George Washington teams clash in Central { Coliseum. With Georgetown not quite as strong as usual and George Wash- ington a bit better than in other years, the latter is likely to fight harderg than ever to score over its rital for the first time in te long history of their sports relations. The tilt will follow that between the treshman teams of the universities, starting at 8 o'clock. Georgetown probably will open play with the same team that overcame Lafayette, 34 to 30, at Ryan gymna stum last night. It included Florence and Flavin, forwards; O'Keefe, cen- ter, and_Carney” and Zazzall, guards. ! George Washington may use Gosnell and Klopsch, forwards; Brown, cen- ter, and Goldstein and Daily, guards. C. 'A. Metzler and Jumes Colliffower will officiate. corgetown made it two victories in as many starts when it vanquished Lafayette, but it had to go the limit to nose out the Eastonians ~With Brennan leading_the attack, the lat- ter ‘asgumed a 17-to-13 lead during | the first half and it was not until Florence and O'Keefe struck their stride late in the game that the Hill- toppers forged ahead. Georgetown passed well throughout the match. but was- off in shooting. Zazzall helped the locals considerably by caging ten of fiftcen free shots. Georgetown's freshmen team was not as successful as the varsity, be- ing held to a 22-22 deadlock by the Aloysius Club Reserves. The Hill- top cubs grabbed a good lead in the first half, but tired in the second. Both teams did well at free tossing, Duffy of Aloysius pocketing fourteen of seventeen shots and Slaine, Dolan and_O'Leary among them making good in 12 of 17 When Delaware canceled its game at Newark vesterday Gallaudet call- ed off today's match with Penusyl- vania Military Academy at Chester end arranged a meeting with the Bolling, Fleld aviators at Kendall reen for this afternoon. At Ken- all Green tonight the Gallaudet girls' team will be opposed by the Wilson Normal School sextet. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Georgetown, 34; Lafayette, 30. At Chicago— Chicago, 343 State, 30. At New Havem—-Yale. 30; nell, 27. At “Chestertown, Ohio Cor- Md—Washington College, 473 Wilmington K. of C., 27.] At New Windsor, Md—Gettyshurg, 44; Dlue Ridge College, 2! foot ball field last fall, also M play in the 115-pound class, have tr and are eager fol stringers yesterday, the Manhatt. tims of the Mackins are lot of teams. The Mackins are handicapped by lack of a playing court, but they are quite ready to tackle any team in their class possessing a gymnasium. All challenges may be telephoned to Manager Ormes at North 1362. Calvary Baptists took the measure of the All Souls’ quint in a 23-to-13 game in the Junior Sunday School League. The Baptists outscored their cpponents in each of the four periods of the fray. Rosedale Boys' Club defeated the Washington Bovs' Club, 31 to 24. and is anxious to encounter other -teams in® the 125-pound class. Telephone challenges to Manager David Wil liams, Lincoln 3537. Park View Athletic Club overcame the Black Spots in a 32-to-11 engage- ment. Wilie Jermaine made seven goals from scrimmage and made good in eight of ten shots from the foul line for the victors. For games with the Park Views, telephone Franklin Carr at Columbia 1231-J. ‘Washington Boyw Club teams want contests in the 100, 110 and 120-pound divisions. Send challenges to C. Fyfe, 230 C street, or telephone Mai 2394. Kanawhn basketers mosed out the Navy Yard quint in a 2§-to-26 game. Goodman of the winners and Koontz of the Gunmakers played stellar games. G Argyle Prep teams triumphed in two encounters, the Preps beating the Plazas, 25 to 23, and the Reserves downing the Petworth Reserves, 68 to 0. Dominican Lyceums will be hosts to Petworth Athletic Club tonight in St. Dominic’'s Hall, at 6th and F_streets southwest. Dominican and Columbia reserve teams will_meet in a prelimi- nary beginning at 7:45 o'clock. Georgetown Athletic Club Juniors, who defeated the Triangles of Alex- andria, are to play the Lexingtons tonight. Teams of the 135-140-pound class desiring games with the George- town Juniors may telephone Business | February By the Associated Press. L ONDON, January 20.—Agile Americans, proficient in are taking a prominent part in European athletics this winter. The Oxford varsity crew, as it is now tentatively seated in its daily trial rious sposts, .spins on ‘hf Thames, in preparation for the annual race with Cambridge’ in March, is being stroked by W. P. Mellen, an American student in Brasenose College. Another American oarsman is R. K. Kane of Harvard and Balliol, who rows No. 4 in the Oxford shell. EPEE gan, a Yale scholar at Oxford, nd winner of the heavy weight Olympic championship, has been helping Dick Smith get in condi tion for his bout with Joe Beckett for the heavyweight championship o England on January 29. The bout was postponed yesterday. inasmuch as | Beckett has developed kidney trouble and must abandon his training However, Egan went through two lively rounds with Swmith at the Oxford gymnasium yesterday. COURSE NOT SELECTED FOR GOLLEGE REGATTA NEW YORK, January 20.—Repre- sentatives of Columbla, Cornell, Penn- sylvania and Syracuse met here yes- terday, and decided to hold the an- nual regatta on June 28, provided Poughkeepsie is elected for the race. The meeting adjourned without tak- ing any action on the distance of the varsity race and without definitely deciding to return to the Hudson river course. The stewards will visit Geneva In the near future to look over the fa- cilities on Lake Seneca. The Geneva Chamber of Commerce has extended a cordial invitation and Syracuse Is in favor of having the crews row on the up-state lake. It satisfactory arrangements can be made with the West Shore rallroad for observation cars and with the city of Poughkeepsie, it is generally belleved that the Geneva proposition will be turned down in favor of “the old stamping ground.” Julian Curtis of Yale has been asked to referee the regatta, and Elliott Farley of Harvard to act as time- keeper. The stewards will meet again 1 MACKIN QUINT POINTING FOR 115-POUND LAURELS ACKIN ATHLETIC CLUB, which won nine of ten games on the aspires to basket ball laurels, and seems well on its way toward them. The northwest boys, who iumphed in seven of cight engage- ments, their latest victory being that achieved over the Gonzaga second r more opposition. Among the vic- an Juniors, Peck Athletic Club, Cal- vary Juniors, Rosedale Athletic Club and Wilson Normal Juniors, a sturdy DOGS N EXHIBIT HERE VALUED AT HUGE SUM It is understood that a representa- tive of Llovds', has called on officlals issued a blanket policy insuring the host of valuable dogs which are to be placed on exhibit at the Coliseum on Friday and Saturday of next week. While most of the kennels insure their valuable dogs, the additional precaution has been taken by the local club. A fair estimate of the value of the dogs which will be seen here may be placed at $500,000, and it is known that one kennel alone which will ex- hibit has insured its dogs for $75.000. Among the most valuable individual specimens will be Mrs. Glenn Stewart's Irish wolfhound. Ch. Bally Shannon, valued at $10,000 and reluctantly re- leased to an American buyer by the English Kennel Club, only on agree- ment that his best son be left in England to replace him as a_sire. Champion District Boss, S. J. Held's great Boston terrier, will class as the most valuable local exhibit. Since winning his chaumplonship, his owner has refused numerous attractive offers for him. TAYLOR SCORES ON MAT. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, January 20.— Jack Taylor disposed of another as- pirant for the Canadian wrestling championship when he defeated You- suff Hussan of Chicago in two straight falls, after a grueling con- test last night. Manager H. A. Meyers at West 14 Yosemites and Independents will be opponents_tonight in Ingram gym- nasium. ‘Play will get under way at; 8 o'clock. . * Correct Rule BY ED FFENSE. Center play num- ber six. Another play for a fast ruaning guard who is a good dribbler. We will again take it for granted he is playing the left guard on your team. Center taps ball off about two feet forward and about three feet to the right. The right forward comes in fast, gets the ball while in the air, tips it back over his head and out toward the side line (not too far out); the right guard comes up wide, gets the ball on the first bounce and dribbles through to the basket. ' The left forward has drawn his man up to the center of the floor with him. If the forwards have done their part, the floor will be clear for him and an easy goal should be scored. The center does not go throngl'l on this play, but should drop back to position left open by the right guard. POTOMACS PLAN SMOKER. Potomac Boat Club is to hold the first of o series of smokers February P, J. Bergh is chairman of the committee in charge. Tips on Playing Basket Ball; Interpretations THORP. Q. After dribbling up the floor and coming to a stop, am I dlléwed to make a bounce pass to another player of my own team? A. Yes. Q. Do any of the professional teams play amateur rules? A. Yes. in some sections all the pro- fessional teams play amateur rules. Q. If both the home team and visit- ing team supply a ball, with which ball shall the game be pluyed? A. With the ball supplied by the bome team, unless the referee decided the condition, size, shape and weight of ball supplled by visitors to be nearer specifications as stated 1n rules. Q. If a ball is banked at the ceiling of a cage and then goes into the bas- ket does it count a goal? A. Yes, providing it was thrown from inside court and hit ceiling within boundary lines of gourt, Q. After two fouls have been called on the same player, the opposing team has two free throw: the first results in a basket, the second is missed. Is the ball dead or does play continue? A. Play continues. of the Washington Kennel Club and, | | [ ivet to sign a contract ta request of the Washington cclected as representative of Oxford in the cham pionships against Cambridge. ¥ hopes to take advantage of the lo Easter recess for a trip home to par- ticipate in the American amatey champlonship at Boston carly it April. He then will hurry b England for the tournament of Amateur Boxing Assoclation April 15. Recall of Troops Regretted. The recall of the American troops from the Rhineland removes from Europe one of the most notable © the ~ American athletic influencet Dispatches from Cologne to the Lo don press say that the departur the soldiers is nowhere more gretted’than in sporting cricies The ‘doughboy has been uniform!y successful _in the ring and rarely have the British officers hee able to take the measure of their American cousins at polo. The Yanks on the Rhineland also have competed frequently in allied tennis and golf matches and aquatic meets. Befor: golng to the Rhine they had not th Temotest idea either of association foot ball or rughy, according to tr English correspondents, but their sporting instincts came’ to the fore and they mastered both games, wit the result that they have defeated the British at association and tied them at rugby. “His mederation in victory and his manliness defeat have cory tributed to the esteem in which thé Yank is held by the British soldiers on the Rhine and have sharpened the sense of regret that he will no longer figure in the interallled sport meet ings in Germany,” says one Cologne correspondent. NAVY HAS SCHEDULED SIX GRIDIRON GAMES ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 20.—Six foot ball games have been definitely settled upon for the Navy eleven next fall. Play will open September 29 with William and Mary and dates for other contests have been closed as follow: October 6. Dickinson: 13, W ginia Wesleyan: 20, Penn St State College . Princeton, timore: November 10, St Army and Navy authoriti for th i will _be played Eagan is sure to be =t Vir- te. at at Bal- nual game, which either November 24 or December 1. probably the latter, at the Polo Grounds, New York —_— EDWARDS IS PRESIDENT OF N. A. A. F. IN DISTRICT Maj. C. Eugene Edwards was elected president of th® District of Columbia branch of the National Amateur Ath letic Federation yesterday at an or- ganization meeting. Other officers chosen were Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes vice president: Capt. Fleming, secre- tary, and Lieut. Commander Bilerdoll, treasurer. C. E. Beckett of the Y, M C. A. was appointed to the board nf( governors. It is reported that the District branch plans to assume control of or supervise competition in _collegr school, plavground, sandlot and pub- lic park athletic SPURNS RACING REQUEST. NEW YORK. January ewards of the Jockey Club have turned down Par Racing Association for its approval of racing in Chicago. The stewards directed their secretary to inform the organization that it had “never as. sumed cognizance of racing west of the Alleghen f MICHIGAN SEXTET WINS. MADISON, Wis., January 20.—By a single tally in the final period Michi gan last night won its third c tive hockey victory over Wisco 1to 0. nsecu sin, - JOYCE STOPS PHIL 0'DOWD. TORONTO, _January 20.— Teddy Joyce, local bantamweight, defeated Phil O'Dowd of Columbus by a tech- nical knockout in the fourth round last night. INDIANA MATMEN WIN. LEXINGTON, Ky. January 20 University of Indiana wrestling team won over the University of Kentucky grapplers last ht, 34 to 12, Down the Alleys Machinists of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. League won two out of three from the Car Builders, with the scores 345, 369 and 375, losing the first game by one pin. Ihrie of the winners had the best set of 202, and Miller of the losers the'top game of 110. Manhattans won the odd game from the Royals in the District League with scores of 541, 540 and 523. Marks of the winners had high set of 383, and Harry Krauss the best game o 132 No Name team of the Bureau of Engraving League won two out of three from the Printing quint with the scores, 470, 484, 468, grabbing the second game by a solitary pin. Davis of the winners, cornered honors, hav- ing a high set of 333 and best game of 117. McGroaty quint won two from Cis- sel-Saxon in the American Legion League with the scores, 528, 470 and 442 Ellsworth of the winners was top man with a set of 325 and game of 120. D. J. Kaufman team of the Com- mercial League was winner in two out of three games with the Peoples Drug Store with scores being, 46: 445 and 474, Malkin of the winners contributed the best game of 124. ‘Western Union of the Washington Ladles’ League made a sweep against the Central Post Office last night, winning with scores of 423, 457 and 463. Miss Bitting of the winners had the best set of 282 and Miss Watts of the same team the best game of 104 Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Cores installed in any make. 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS. WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS 319 13th. F. 6410, 1425 P. M. 7443, ‘