Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1923, Page 28

g 9 'SPORTS." 'THE 'EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, "1923. High Detroit Rates in Pre-Season Dope : Golf World Awaits Clash of Champions ' OULD EXTEND ' A 7792 TYGERS SHOULD EXTEND [y THIRTY YEARS IN BASE BALL BY JOHN J. McGRAW, Manager New York Giants, Three Times World Champions. (Released Exclusively Through the North American Newspaper Alliance.) | Difference Between Major | 5. i, 5 e—making them fn- i d Mi L I hf;:d‘l:‘:k‘z‘ nlldelxlrem‘;ly lmx’nrt?nt in ANGHNOr LengUers s that, it ‘m'):th more; than aby other Largely a Matter of |ins ns' de bag S ncr e bty Speed—Drillingthe Re- cruit—Mastering the Hook Slide—A Pitch- er’s Peculiar Fault. SPORTS., WILLIAM JACKSON PRO AT INDIAN SPRING CLUB Willism Jackson, for the past year connected h the Westches- ter-Biltmore Club, kas been signed the post of professional at Spring Cl m: the resignation of Wi Jackson hails from been in this base pall on the nose. The feel of it is . He has just 4s satisfying to me now as it was | @ fine reputation both as an in. thirty) years ago. I have never lost my | structor and club-maker. “eye”| and can judge a ball just about All_the new fairways and as accurately today as 1 ever could. s to greens at the In Batting is not such & jolt to the system ub are being reseeded an: and T find little difficulty in holding my lent they will be own with the young feliows in that de- | im_excellent condition when the partment of the game. 1 usually take | Season opens in the spring. EEEERIEER e o 00 000 POUNDS THRILLS DUE IF HAGEN MEETS SARAZEN ABROAD If Young Pitchers Show Improvement Expected Cobb’s Aggregation Will Give Other Con- tenders for Title a Merry Chase. Each Has Host of Adherents and Betting Promises to Be Spirited Should They Contest in British Open Championship. They must know the hook slide, or “fall away,” and they must be able to do elither te the left or to the right. ‘The idea of this slide is for the player to go into the bag feet first and throw his body either to the left or right as he falls, so as to avoid being touched with the ball. The runner ‘hooks one foot to the bag, which serves as pivot for his body to swing around. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. ' I EW YORK, January 25.—If the law of improvement holds good in | the matter of the yvounger Detroit pitchers, Ty Cobb has enough possible strength added to his team to put the Yanks or the St. Louis Browns to their fastest pace in the 1923 pennant race. EW YORK, January 25—If Gene Sarazen gocs to Engla in the British open golf championship, and if Walter Hagen goes to defend his title, and the chances are both will, there w be some of the tallest wagers put up on the outcome of the match that ever have been made in the United States since golf became a game choose up and play the regulars against the rookies. 1 play with the rookies, of oourse, and we give, the regulars some pretty tough battles. In’ these practice games I have an excellent chance to observe the spirit of the many players. If they've got pep it comes out. If they haven't the lack A glance today at the old percentage book shows that Johnson should continue to pitch all through the season as he was pitching when he quit. Pillette doesn’t have to go any better than he did last year, but he prob- ably will, for he is young and more likely to improve with. age than go usty. Oldham isn't with the club, was a negative factor last year, and he ERSONS unfamiliar with base ball—even our most faithful P It the runner does that slide per- fectly the biggest spot the baseman has to touch is the calf of his leg. He does not like to touch the spikes— sold steel. 18 s0 apparent that everybody notices it. Pltchers Are Studied First. My pitchers are always my first study, the catchers and fielders being taken up of common participation. This, too, in the very face of the good and virtuous golf people who solicitously request that their countrymen re frain from betting on a game which has so much to commend it. There is a distinct Sarazen party and an equally conspicuous Hager OF SEED FOR GOLF LINKS CHICAG@. January 25.—Golf clubs! faction in golf. fans—would be astonished to the difference between a minor league and major league player. Just because a young man does well in a minor league and has a great record is no cestain indica- tion that he is of major league caliber. The line of demarcation is very plain to one who has made the! game his profession. ‘The difference between a major aguer and a minor leaguer,” I heard some one say one day, “is one step In {later. There are so many boxmen and | P S . some 8o green that to size them up in-; will use 2,000,000 pounds of grass telligently and fairly is a long and diffi- | Seed this year for reseeding the 2,500 cult task. A manager cannot afford to | links extant and for planting approx- make a mistake. Unless he is extremely | imately 200 new courses, according to watchful he is likely to overlook some |the estimate made today by a seed young fellow with great possibilities. { dealer. fin There are times, too. when some of | _The older courses, comprising some my old pitchers have not fully grasped : 200,000 acres, use an average of 400 our system until well in the cham- |pounds a year, while the new links pionship season. Tt is not that this|require 5000 pounds for the first; system is complicated. It is usually 'SoWIng. Most of the seed used for due to these pitchers haying so much | fairways is blue grass and redtop, to unlearn. They have heen permit- | While on the velvety putting greens téd to get set in bad habits, and some | rarer grasses of the best variety find of them never -entirely get out of |favor. B them. The most trouble, naturally, is | To obtain the supply necessary for with the rookie boxmen. The major- | golf links the total production s ity of them, according to my expe-;combed by seed men, who select the |riénce, have not been coached even in | best stock, or about 20 per cent of the first rudiments of the science. | the total supply, in order to avoid They have been allowed to run wild- - | weed seed. This choice seed sells for g0 as they please—by their formcr |close to 50 cents a pound, so that the bosses, who permitted them to work |outlay of golfers for grass seed is out their own salvation. If they hap- |about $1,000.000 a year. pen to get by with & few victories| The Department of Agriculture has apparently that has been considered | 18covered that the surest and quick- good enough. Faults are passed over. | €St Way to produce putting greens is iby rolling into the prepared ground Case of Louis Drucke. jcuttings of grass pulled from propa- To give you an idea—Louis Drucke | 53ting beds. The buried grass roots came to us a much touted rookie. HejghioUl JECely and suraily, making a certainly semed to have everything. | ghe 806N M, 6, CPEPe O eks, !In the regular season we suddenly | FIETGa8 the tender blades from seeds 1discovered that the opposing teams i Sk ole season before the green is usable. could run bases on him as_they | 40 o Fbs upand from $10.000 to pleased. A runner on first would|gg0000 yearly for the upkeep of their know exactly, it seemed. when|jinke ‘the cost of seed is a small per- Drucke was £0ing 10 throw to first ! (ot o the tata aphonp or pitch to the plate. They called the | ooy turn invariably. By close observa- | SEATTLE GETS MEARKLE. ition we soon found the fault. He! had a_ peculiar habit of lifting his | B SEATTLE, Wash, January 25—A from W. Clyde Mearkle, right heel from ‘the ground just be- [ fore he pitched to the plate.” He did | contract Inot do this when he was going to!Dphysical instructor in the public throw to first. The other players had schools at Coatesville, Pa., and crack discovered it and were running wild | Semi-professional base ball player, on him, A8 s00n as he corrected the | has been received by the Seattle club fault his work improved 100 per cent. | 0f the Pacific Coast League. That little mannerism probably never | would have been discovered in the | minor leagues. Our opponents in the | CHILLY TO CHILL. major league, though, spotted it in a| CLEVELAND, Ohlo, January @ week. Ollie Chill, veteran base ball umpire, Pitching faults are numerous. I{formerly of the American Leagu. will take up one more and then get|declared today he had received two back to our Orlole day: offers to umpire in other circuits, but (Copyright, 1023, United § ? he has not decided whether he will by the Chr! remain in base bal DISTRICT GUARD TOSSERS Practice Is Tough Work. Sliding practice is a tough grind. Players do not like to do it because there is no excitement about it. Those who are determined, though, stick until they have mastered the trick We use a sandpit about five feet wide and ten feet long. In regular turn they go into this time and time again until all are tired out. One of the most detefmined players I ever saw was “Baby Doll” Jacob- on, now with the St. Louis club. He is a glant in stature and always was a good hitter. For a big man he is rather fast on the bases. He was a very poor slider, though, at first. It was tough on a big fellow like him to hit that sand with his whole 2 | wight. but he stuck at it for hours definition, j 4% {ime. Not once did I ever hear | him whimper. In time he got where he could do the hook slide as well as any of them. You know, there is no longer a jolt to sliding when the trick | mastered. Men like George Burns Jack Murray could slide all day not be hurt. doesn’t count anyway. Ehmke is gone, and if Cobb hadn’t used him so much last year the club would have been better off. WILL HEAL OLD HURTS Oldham by 20 per cent. Rip Collins, NEW who went out of Boston to Detroit, a8 likely as not will settle down to he live task of winning ball games and forgetting that he came from Texas, Rip pitched fine ball at the close af the season for Boston. Pertica should add more to De- troit than he took away from St. Louis ue. he isn't such an awful much, but he can be no worse thdn 1 some Detroit let go. A man wise in | Ruth, who used to be, in the long, |! the jore of base ball said the other |long ' ago, the bad boy of bust, was ' day that the Detroit club, in hiS|back in New York today for further | . . " opinien. was the best property in |treatment of the finger on his left |B0INE to first base. ' league—and he was looking | hand that was operated on last week | That is a pretty good straight out toward the Polo Grounds | for an infection. Babe is now a thor- | though, of course, it is not complete. ind the new Yank Stadium when he | oughly good boy, say » himself, and | Often you see a minor leaguer who offers his waist line to prove it {looks like a world beater and The greatest base ball slugger of |bave no doubt that he would be a all time said he would remain here 'in the big league. That is tr at least until Saturday, longer if the sometimes. As a rule, though, you are snowpile surrounding his farm !thrown off your judgment by lack of Sudbury, Mass., doesn't go down in jcomparison. fWith that particular m'<ix><‘l:-’nnnl mhm:- su;ly(z-r"unu.& avoirdu- | mingy (lix s{:u|cl!l~»nn|hlln’Mu_\vr really Cobb a Benutiful Slider. Dois that he has worked off all winter 1is wonderful.’ Put him In the line-up e 9 emulating the wood chopper of |Wwith a major league club and you will | MUrray. It you remember was so Doorn. see the difference immediately. What ) &dept in sliding t - aid it Since retiri he simpler = ade to touc! m he would come etiring to the simpler life [you thought great speed then looks! it iy i g feet, using the bag the Bambino has disposed of twenty islow. right up on_ his d pounds, and will be back in the.best | as a brace. Ty Cobb is another beau condition in whi yor e tiful slider. As a matter of fact| gl oo he ever has Te- | To your surprise you will often find | base ball has improved so much In Joins the Yankee pitchers in the hot |that he is always beinz thrown out at | the finer details that a major leaguer baths at Hot Springs next month, he (ISt by just one step. He lacks just|has to be a good slider fo hold his said. ¢ that little difference in speed. It may { own in the hot competition. The snow is so deep around his |De some other fault, like getting away Half the battle in training players in farm that he is able to stand on a from the plate; like facing pitchmg|spring practice i3 to be able yourself drift and chop the lowest branches |in a new form. That one little thing |to do the thing that you want them to off the trees, he declared, adding that |iS missing. That is what my friend|grasp. Nothing so impresses your the lowest branches make poor fire. |meant by “one step” in getting to]pupils, old or young, With the correct- wood and that he is cold. (first of your ideas and system as per- Babe believes that his winter in the | The first thing 1 notice in young- |sonal demonstration. - When a man is country will completely heal the in |Sters when they report is their speed. | past forty-five this trick of sliding into jurfes to his left wrist and right |If they have it I pay more attention. |a sandpit is not easy. 1 often fllus- knee. which he firs sustained two |If they haven't—unless they should by doing it myself, just the same. years ago and which have troubled |happen to be phenomenal hitters— ¥ days on the Orioles I was an ex- him since. The wrist was injured in | they might as well go right on back. |cellent slider. That was one of my breaking a fall in sliding and the | Very few recruits fgyom the minor |strongest points. Knowing the trick so 1 nee was wrenched when he pivoted [league know anything about the art|well I can get away with it even with his great bulk in taking one of his | of base running. As a rule they have[my increasing weight. Many nights, 1 to the powers of the com. | Stupendous swings at a pitched ball | heen allowed to go along in a hodze- | though, I go to bed & very sore-moscled oner of base ball. When the com.| His wrist, Ruth said, does more in [podge way and do the best they can. |man sioner was appointed it was never | Sending the ball a long distance than [If they play well enough to win| It'is much easier and more enjoyable with the idea of supervising the busi- | @ny other part of his working anat- I‘:'lnn-a that is considered sufficient. [ to direct batting practice. No bail play ness arrangements of the two leagues, | MY Very little attention is paid to Per-|er ever loses his love for smacking a AR G QUINT LINEUPS SHIFTED :’Nma} teAn 00 mAcER ' FOR HIGH SCHOOL GAMES where a mediator was necessary it was better to have one in base ball than SAY DIEGO, January 38—Harry GIANTS’ SECOND TEAM i nine-yenr-old gelding, the son WILL NOT BARNSTORM to seek one in tie civil courts. (Copyright, 1023.) of Barsdale and Turnaway, has es- tablished a record which racing officials xay is unique in American turf annals. Harry D. yesterday NEW YORK, January 25.—The sec- = hix Afteenth race at ‘he Tia G : ! uana track this season and scored ond team of the New York National Als Cletenth Victory: Ho'ha e league base ball club will not barn- Secend twice auil has hocn swtells ciorm over the south in tapering off s spring training as it has done in former years, the Giant management 1ade known today. Instead, the outfit, under Coach the money twice. The horse is | owned by C. B. Irwin, Wyoming | horseman. | «‘ozey Dolan. will ‘vlay games only | the aggressive quint that has scored | Lincoln 346. with the Indianapolis team, working regular guard, who has been suffering | over Central and Business to gain | The Engineers are driling nightly | outclassed th Ca north from Bogalusa, La. After leav- | from a grippe attack, the Ceptral|the leading berth in the league. It | atithe “fl,,yv gt e Mgy gl M e o ing Indianapolis he Giant second- [coaches have shifted several plfers | includes Hook and Roudabush, for- | | likely lot of tossers from which to | : ARE ARRWING FUR SHnw select a quint. Prominent among the pear for the first time in the new | out of play this season by an infected | series, while Capt. Dey, Fellers, Birth- | right leg, has rejoined the squad and | right and Miller are (o start [ may get nto action before the game | | w stringers will play a serfes at Toledo. in "drilling for the battle with the!wards; Jack Smith, center, and Capt. | prospects are Hunter, Howard and Childress played fairly well against | ends. Dogs of every known description, know m: YORK, January 25.-Babe play ision be Landis Likes Homers. I Commissloner - Landis_has no an- tipathy to home-runs. He is loath to concede it, but he is a bug for home- T 8 just like the other members ot the base ball proletariat. Having a <oft spot under his jersey for four- base wallops, the commissioner will mot put any obstacle in their way and will not even suggest the call- ing of a meeting of the rules com- mittee to make changes involving the Lome-run question. The commissioner cannot call such a ! ng of his own volition. He might one. Either or both the major leazues mIst sUggest to'the commission- er that they would like to have a meet- 'z of the ruies committee in order to bring that committee together. The stand-patters think it would be | wise to gc little slow in the matter of ch ing rules. There are two new flelds coming into the limelight, t spring, the Yankee Stadium and the re juvena and readjusted Polo Grounds. If somebody bungied about ground rules on the start, both the grounds might get away '0 a handicap and the fans| vell murder and arson. i ble misapprehension exists is and ¢ Hut care little about the factions. It is the golf clubs that have separated the men | Unitea Wwho w the open is played. T see the open here in wh (that one of the two players will ha definitely without any de fessional golf champion, and Jock |the ability of Sarazen and Haxe defeat yesterday in the Southern Cali- | nents in the clas f ays wh onals were urday at the Annandale Country Club | worla French and one or The players themselves are on the best of terms and the golfers into Hagen or Sarazen adherents, and most of the goii ciun sentiment has come about over arguments as to the respective merits of ———— | Ther » some | point to have some kind of 4 bus s - | errand in England nex |chance to see that competi return to the United States ir [AT’z-vn and Hagen are expe ’ part, and by that time it is e asserted his supremacy, although bo LOS ANGELES, Calif.,, January i crod that dhey may Gene Sarazen, national open and pro- | pween then, It is the development of players Hutchison, formerly British open | the Sars champion, rested today after their | yionCi ¢ FARIGIY learling to the torms fornia open championship tourna- | (ouniry that will England ment, and prepared for a match Sat- | Seopand in former days w Indeed with Barne here with Eddie Loos, professional of[.\un. Farre tw Los Angeles and Chicago, who won! ot Hage repres rs added to Sarazen and the Tnited St s is we! the title, and Dr. Paul Hunter of | now. Pasadens, former California amateur | o - : wo days’ pla Speed a Prime Factor. ciimp fon |ei Golf and Country Club Sarazen made no public comment on ! more than seventy leading his comparatively poor showing in|slonals engaged. and four of the ! the tournament just concluded, and in ; Professionals of the Inited States which be finished behind a number of )'_f-‘mn_}’. not a single pa amateurs as well as professionals, |made. This is said to be a {but Hutchison, who took _second | ance without equal. The pa | place, declared ‘his luck the worst inj {07 the course | Loose a irk ! his entire twenty years of experience. | W00d scored in 72 John Black, rur Tentative plane were announced for | NeT uP for the national open. who a return mateh in California between | CUDErating after h cldert and whe Sarazen and Walter Hagen, British |5aw some of the play, sald that in {open champion, who, with Joe Kirk-|0f Bie experience r ki wood, Australian title holder, is now janything ii playing at San Antonio, Tex. 1f the| plans are concluded, they will play | eventy-two holes, the first thirty- six in San Francisco February 6, and | the last thirty-six in Los “Angeles| February 7. Sarazen defeated Hagen,) and 2, in their first seventy-two- ot mistcbin fork last October. In any event, Sarazen and Hutchi- son plan to remain in and around Los Angeles until February 8, when they | will start eastward. | In his victory in the totaled 291 for the seventy-ty Hutchison was next, one stroke rforn figy I Kir tod Seven players g ged in vou-please over a oourse ne burgh. At one of the h players had arrive green even up well for ttsh: {balls were lyin tances from’ the | from cighteen inch |1 B orr. sever {juvenile, was aws | sank his ball. The | the same result away, [ Sxth © I Six or_wave with MacDonald Smith third, with 2 ]..ja“d! 3 Shed. But sk hs Sarazen, who rl-!vum;e;: );;i‘».h‘\nla\;‘(:“‘ ball struck the remaining ball and down the list. He shot hlS HeS: © e | Slipped into the cup there was a wild vesterday, a 71, Fred Wright led the | ool ™ qye coventh man holed after .amaluurs with 299. |that and Pittsburgh golfers | staidly danced the few fizures tha COURSES ARE SELECTED _[i:. i Apache harves: FOR METROPOL!TAN GOLF | ho 1 d not one of th | friends would believe tha story, 1 Siwanoy by Towed w tourney 1,008 went until wo holes. ot th WANT TRAINING BATTLES ISTRICT NATIONAL GUARD basketers, who are to met the quint | of the famous 5th Regiment of Baltimore in the series for the | i basket ball championship of the 3d Army Corps area, have little | time left-in which to prepare for the contest, and are anxious to take on ! other military aggregations. The Engineers have a good court of their own in the L Street Armory, and can play almost any night. Manager W. F. Jorgensen would be pleased to receive challenges over telephone, | fortunately they had witne Mr. J. B. Walkem, an eighty-three- ear-old golfer of Kingston, Canada Won a putting competition o’ [minion, defeating all cc fr eighty-three vears old down. Mr. C B. Gettum won a driving comnet at the age of three scor and Gettum, how could anvhody cape? tent for temorrow’s high school basket ball championship series engagements at the Arcade. The grippe epidemic has taken players from the squads of Tech and Central, who are to be opponents in the first match of the double-header, starting at 3:15 o'clock, while Western. due to face Eastern in the second portion of the dual bill, expects to use a line-up slightly different from that started in previous series games. Minus the services of Dick Johnston, [ Q LL quints except Eastern’s probably will be reorganized to some ex-l NEW YORK, January 25. Country Club has been selected the Métropolitan Golf Association the site for the annual metropolitan amateur championship tournament, Which will bo held June 6, 7, 8 and 9, The metropolitan open champion- | Vhi team. | ¢nip'vill be held over the course of While the regular | ."canoe Brook Country Club on dates the dotatersiards were in the gamel (g‘pe decided later. | fae Soldiers scored but once from the | **pho metropolitan junior e i ship. to be played June | was awarded to the Club. AMERICAN RACQUETERS IN CANADIAN TOURNEY —_— | MONTREAL. January 25 —Piay w start today in the annual tournament for the Canadian amateur championship. in which a number of over the an Lysrume ran roughshod American players are entored, ineluc ing Claren C. Pell of New York, dr game. Daniels of the winners scored ton leholde s nine times from scrimmage. 1 |N SAN AN‘I’BNm EVEN'I' if\':\;hw o Utieholder,” who ~alss n. he A ericans en ed ar Central Y Comets went to Fflr(! A" e Fren Soen lJay Gould, F. T. Frelinghuysen Myer and trimmed Battery C of the T Hecliicher li5th ¥ield Artillery, 19 to 13. Ber- The final will be o w ; Kets, Ted at acoring. (1 Seven bas- 3.) hampion- 9 and 30, rden City Golf school's greatest rival in athletics. | Cardwell and Kessler, guards. O'Dea, Childress, who has been ill, will ap- | last year's star, who has been kept | Park View quint was nosed out by [Navy Yard in a 37-t0o-30 tilt. Good| {guarding by Swan and O 'Connor checked the Park View attack. Mushaki, all of whom have had ex- | perience’in collegiate circles. YANKEE BALL PLAYERS LEAVE HAWAII TODAY | Fiv the Associnted Press. i HONOLULU, Jantacy 23.—The Amer | ican League ball players visiting here | on their return home from a tour of the orient yesterday won the fourth #nd final exhibition game against the Wanderers, 6 to 1. The visiting players will sail he mainland today on the Maru. xton Collegians are to play Seamen Gunners tomorrow night and the Georgetown Athletic Club Sun- day. Both games will be held at the Congress Heights Auditorlum. Other | teams desiring matches with the Col- | leglans may communicate with Man- ager George A. Simpson at 721 Mon- | roe street northeast, or over tele- phone North 7794-W. Powhatan Athletic Club encounters the Congress Helghts Athletic Club tonight in the latter's court, start- ing play at 8 o'clock. Marsh, T. Smith, Thompson, Machen, R. Smith, Walter and McAuliffe of the Pow- hatans are expected to report for Other Powhatan dates fol- The pair of games will be handled | by Edmond Sawver and Joo Fitzger- | nicely groomed, ald. {pensive packing crates, have today Ina sformed the baggage room of | the Washington Terminal Company jinto a huge kennel. Many of the |shipments are accompanied by spe- cial grooms, who are busy minister- {ing to the' barks and whines for food and water and freedom. An extra force of baggage-men is occupied in comparing checks and | hurrying crates into motor trucks for | the final lap of their journey to the | Coliseum, for the Washington Kennel |Club show tomorrow and Saturday. piscopal Tuesday and is practically | certain to start at forward. Miller | also is quite sure of his place at guard. Dey may be used at center or forward. It he plays the latter posi- tion, Fellers will get the tap-off job. Should Dey be retained at the pl\‘(‘!] and housed in ex- racquets Domiumican Lyeeums ran roughshod Eastern was handed a 22-to-13 de- foat by the Georgetown Preps yester- day at Central Coliseum, but the Capi- tol Hill team s not the same that is cutting such a swath Tn high school circles, Not a regular started play against the Preps, and Roudabush and Hook got into the game for only a few minutes. The Preps gained an early lead and held it throughout. Hefde, with five floor goals, led at scoring for the victors. | station, Fellers and Birthright may aiternate between guard and forgard. Tech is likely to open play with Boyd and Harwood at forwards, Capt. | Rhees at center and Woodward and Gooch at guards. Thiels may be sub- stituted for Gooch at the last min- ute. Zahn, a regular guard, has been slightly ill for several days and in all for : Wit plaved Saturday SAN ANTONIO, Tex., January Forty-four four somes, including | some of America’s best golfers, were oo T entered in today's amateur-profes-|oili ha given fomorrow » ! gional best ball matches preliminary |Charles Daly, to bring home to_hin Mackin and Epiphany midget teams il meet tonight on the latter's floor, rting play at 7:15 o'clock. 90-95-pound e likelihood will view the game from the side lines. At Western Coach Green has about 60-YARD INDOOR RECORD IS "H] BY MURBHISUN I1":.1‘35’;?!"égxf;’r:ffs"%‘z?.’c‘éi?f“fi«héfi(fi iand Garber, forwards; Lamar, cente: and McNulty and Hannegan, guards. He will have in reserve Dulin, a reg- ular in the first two games; Tindell, Philips, Elsinger, Alexander and NEWARK, N. J., January 25.—Lo- ren Murchison, running unattached, cqualed the American indoor record for 60 yards at the 6th Regiment Ar- mory here last night. The time was £ 2-5 seconds. This record has been cqualed by only sixteen runners since 1882, Murchison also won the 60- vard and 70-yard events. Walter Kopisch, of Columbla Uni- versity, holder of the 500-yard mara- on championship, successfully de. ded his title by defeating Willlam rarley of’the Loughlan Lyceum of New ‘York, and J. Cord Taylor of Princeton University Walter ~ Higgins, intercollegiate -mile and cross-country champion, epresenting Columbia University, ame in first in the 1,000-yard handi- cap. but was disqualified for wearing “piked shoes. ' The victory was Narded to At Fidgeon, Paulist A. | i squad is on the sick list. Eastern expects *. with a handicap of 45 yards, who came in_second. Farl Eby of the Chicago A. C.. won | he 600-vard Waldron Memorial run m 1161 Sldney Leslie, running nattached, was second; and Wlillie iKelly, of the New York A. C., came n third. Joseph Aronson of the Paullst A. C., ith a handicap of 40 yards, won the i-mile walk handicap: H. R. Kinkel of the Glencoe A. C., was second and W dRolkcr of the New York A. C., nird. Marfon McCartie of the Valcour ub, won the 60-yard girls’ invitation race, defeating Miss Camille Sable of ine Newark State Normal School. Her rime was 8 seconds in the 50, 60 and | 0 yard invitation sprint ' scratch aces, which were won by Murch- ison: the starters finished in the same place in each event. They were Jackson Scholz, unattached, second; | and L. R. Rawlings, Long Island A. C., third; Eddie Farrell of Fordham Uni- versity, fourth. St. Anselm’s of New York won the 2.400-yard marathon championship re- lay, with the New York A. C., second; and the Newark A. C. third. The, iime was 5.11. )i Willlam Goodwin of the New York \. C., from scratch, won the 2-mile yun, defeating William Maher of the Hollywood Inn. Time was 9.20 2-6. Pat Shields of the Bloomfleld Catholic lyceum was third. About twenty- five started. . COLLEGE BASKET BALL. At Annapolis—Navy, 31; Pennsyl- vania, 20. At Danville, Ky~Alabama, 29; Cen- tre, 17, t Annapolis—St. Jokn's, 28; Lovola, £5. - At Myerstown, Pa~—Albright, /38; Villanova, 35. At West Point—Army, 35; St. Fra tis of Brooklys, 14. with its owner, Mrs. Glenn Stewart of best of hi land’s highest award, on three occasion Georgetown noon at Garrett Park, overcame zaga, 21 to 14, Eymnasium. closely in the firs zagans scored only once from scrim- mage, but the latter found the bas- ket frequently in the second session. Thomas None of the Western first | Watt, Chaconas and May did the best | work for the victors. to stand pat on\mainstay of the Gonzagans. Business. which s to play the Preps tomorrow n- in the Business High Business guarded so half that the Gon- enau was the “BIGGEST” DOG TO BE SHOWN HERE The' famous Irish_ wolfhound, Champion Bally Shannon, depicted here ‘ashington and Pittsburgh, will carry off honors as the largest dog ever exhibited in America, at the Washington Kennel Club show, tomorrow and Saturday. breed ever produced, and h: Shannon is acknowledged the won the grand challenge cup, Eng- He weighe 185 pounds, after- | i with i Foley, and his assistants, in placing ithe dogs on their benches as they | jarrive, while the corps of circus men | ] This feature of the day prior to the being watched by many cu- oungsters with the same in- | terest usually displayed at the circus ilot. At local the Coliseum officials of the kennel club are co-operating the superintendent, George F. from Spratts Patent are occupied in erecting benching, show rings, exer- cising’ rings and kitchens. These final details are taxing the best forts of those who are concerned in seeing the show “go over” in good style, and judging from the progress made, everything will be ready for the exhibit, which will be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day. or German police dogs, as they are commonly known, from the Frohlich- luft Kennels of R. M. Jennings, Jr., in Pittsburgh. These dogs are in_ the charge of their trainer, George Benz, who is to confer with Maj. Sullivan and Inspector Grant of the metro- politan police relative to using these dogs as aids in detecting criminals. Benz has had twenty vears' expe- rience in training these animals. be- ing eight vears with the kriminal- polizei (criminal police) of Berlin and four years with the imperial war office of Germany. Immediately after the signing of the armistice Benz came to this coun- try to train these dogs for Jennings, and is regarded as foremost in this profession in America. A demon- stration is to be given to the police department of the working abilities of three fully trained specimens, Baldo v. Meisterreich, Alwith v. d. Reich- burg and Hexe v. Schwinefurt. BASKET BALL TOURNEY WILL START MARCH 12 NEW YORK, Jahuary 25.—The Amateur Athletic Union has an- nounced that the week of March 12 had been fixed for the national ama- teur basket ball championship tour- nament, to be held at Kansas City, Mo. = Entries for the tournament have been received from colleges, schools and other amateur teams In nearly every state. The title was won last year by a Kansas City quintet. —_— Gonzaga tomorrow will be host to Swavely School, which yesterday was nosed out by St. Albans, 37 to 35, The home team was trailing, 10 to 25, at the end of the first half, but.com- pletely outplayed St. Albans in the second. Chatfield of the victors scored seven times from scrimmage and pocketed seven of twelve free shot Plerce of Swavely was weak in to: ing from the 15-foot line, caging but three of his dozen tries. Two of Western High’s secondary teams were in action vesterday. The lightweights defeated the St. Albans Juniors, 22 to 15, but the reserves were beaten, 23 to 12, by the Devitt Preps. First to arrive were the shepherds, | the fray. low: January 27, Washington Prep Juniors; February 3, Virginia Orioles; 9, Epiphany Juniors: 10, Clarendon Baptists (pending): 15, Columbia Re- serves; 27, Peck Athletic Club. More games with 125-pound teams are de- sired. Telephone challenges to Man- | ager J. P. Prescott, Columbia 3239-J. Walter Reed tossers defeated Fort | Humphreys in the Army district of Washington tournament, 27 to 24. Both teams passed cleverly, but each was a trifle inaccurate at shooting goals. All of the Reed men per- formed well, while Claterbos and Mc- Bride starred for the losers. Liberty Club, which beat the Ar gyles 46 to 8, will play the Boys’ Club tonight at 7:30 o'clock, in Immaculate Conception gymnasium. Kremb, Duke, Glasscock, ~Newman, Howdershell, Young, Fillus, Brown, Clark and Ke| pel of the Libertys are to report at 7 o'clock. e Dixie Midgets of Anacostia easily disposed of the St. Agnes team in a 58-to-8 engagement and want more games in the 100-110-pound ¢lass. The Dixies have their own court. Rosedale Boys’ Club, 28-to-5 winner over the Mohawk Juniors, wants a regular game with the Rovers. Man- ager Williams may be telephoned at Lincoln 35637. Western Athletic Club put itself very much in the running for the Dis- trict 135-pound title when it beat the Yosemites 43 to 23. The .Gollan brothers, Willie and Jack, did the bulk of the scoring for the winners. Those District champion Yankees took another drubbing when they tackled the Paramounts in_Baltimore, the latter winning, 38 to 32. A sec- ond-half spurt by the Marylanders overcame the Yanks. Fort Myer's quintet overcame the Washington Barracks five, 31 to 16, in the series for the Army district of Washington champlonship. All of the Fort Myer men contributed to their team’s total, Laub leading the scorers with seven scrimmage goals. Bolling Field Aviators gave Fort Washington its first defeat in the service championship race in a 31-to- 22 encounter. Hunsicker of the win- ners and Helneke of the infantrymen were the leading scorers, the former getting six fleld goals and the latter seven. = Georgetown Athletic Club Juniors, who have won thelr last three games, are to play the Corner Preps tonight in Peck gymnasium, starting at 8 o'clock. t Mohawk Athletic Club gave the Kanawhas a 41-to-19 trouncing. The Indians got an early lead and never ‘were headed. i Anterican Legion and Quantico Ma- rine fives will be opponents tomorrow night at the Arcade. Play will start at 8 o'clock. Aloysius Club’s Big Five completely . |with the Mackin Midgets may tele. |am. and ¥ Why Wait teams desiring gameglm the second annual Texas openthat his retirement as coach at West | Point has been viewed with real re champlonship. Gold, silver and bronze | grof py" 411" (hose interested in foo modals_for the low amateurs and {hall ie'has been a wreat factor 'h = 5 rofessionals [foot ball from the time he played S S pozes his career as a plaver on the Army Walter Hagen, British open cham-jteam and later as a coach and close pion, was paired with F. M. Lewls, [student of the game. jr., San Antonio amateur, and with Clarence Mangham, San Antonio mu- nicipal professional, and Ross Young, New York National League outflelder, made up a foursome. Joo Kirkwood, Australian _open champion, was paired with H. B. An- drews, San Antonio amateur. Jim Barnes, former American open cham- pion, was palred with E. L. Brown of San Antonio. Play in the tournament will be over the Breckinridge Park municipal course. phone:Manager Ormes at North 1362, Dixie Athletic Club vanquished Pyramids, 33 to 24, | The wlnnte):': passed well and made good in most of thelr scoring opportunitjes. Quiney Athletic Club had to battle strenuously to defeat Petworth Ath- letic Club, 2: to 18. All of the Quac players participated in the scoring. Washington Boys’ Club took the| measure o7 the Columbia Midgets in a 25 to 18 match. Walsh starred for the victors. TIGERS DEFEAT YALE. PRINCETON, N. J., January 25 The Princeton hockey team defeated Yale last night, 4 to 3, two extra pe- riods being plz ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Cores installed in_any make. 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORSE. WITTSTAAT'S R. and F. WORKS 319 13th. F. 6410. 1425 P. M. 7443, Eagle Athletic Club of Alexandria wants games with 125-pound teams. Send challenges to E. S. 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