Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1923, Page 20

Fires Begin Flickering in Hot-Stove League : Magnates Scent Players’ Pact CUBS FIRST OF WESTERN TEAMS TO START SOUTH White Sox, Browns, Cardinals, Indians, Tygers and Reds Actively Preparing for Campaign of Training at Their Spring Camps. By the Associated Press. CHI AGO, February 17.—Fires b their spring training camp—t! egan flickering out in the Hot Stove League today, with the departure of the Chicago Nationals for he first of the major league clubs in the west to start preparation for the 1923 pennant race. The Cub_s will es- tablish camp on Catalina Island, sixty miles off Los Angeles, C:.hi. Meanwhile, other major league clubs in the west are dusting off bat bags and packing uniforms in prepar ber shirts and aching muscles. The to leave for their sE while the St. Louis day. The Cardinals of St. town, IFla., February 24. Tris Speaker, manager of the Cleve- land Indians, has ordered his players to report at Lakeland, Fla, on March 1. Some of the Indians, however, are already in training at Hot Springs. Ark.. preliminary to invading Florida il practice season plans to have his Detroit by March rowns will get Louis wil of an will ussembl dash to Orlan Fl The party of Cubs leaving for Cali- iy includes thirteen pitch- atchers and four infielders. The others are under orders to re- port two weeks later, Manager Kille- fer ix vitally concerned in his pitch- ers and plans to drill them until they k bame ball in their sleep. The teran pitching ace, Grover Alexan- der. will he assigned to instructing the young pitchers, while the veteran Bobby Wallace, the new coach, will assist Killefer in the schooling of other promising recruits. Charlie Hollocher, field captain of the team, wus unable to make the trip because of an attack of influ- enza. The star shortstop is ('m\flXLed at his home in St. Louis, but probably will be able to go with the main squad. leaving for the coast March 1. —_— DODGERS ARE REPORTED IN TRADING MOOD AGAIN NEW YORK, February 17.—Rumors that Leon Cadore, Brooklyn right- handed pitcher, had been traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Louis Fonseca. sec. ond haseman, are current in base ball circles. 1t also is said that Brooklyn is negotiating a trade in which Zack Wheat, star outflelder, will be exchang- ed for good infleld material from the Chicago Cubs. Charles H. Ebbets, head of the Brooklyn club, refused to confirm the reported changes, however. — GIANT ROOKIES ARE READY. NEW YORI, February 17.—Pitch-| ers Gieorge Walberg and Claude Jon vard. with Raiph Shinners, outfielder, tified Secretury Tierney of the ork Gilants that they will re- for spring practice at Marlin, Tex., next week inners of Mil- waukee forwarded his contract. as ald Jonnard of Little Rock, Ark. Wal- berg wired his acceptance from Port- land, Ore. FISHER EASY FOR GREB. SYRACUSE, N. Y. February 17.— Harry Greb, light-heavyweight cham- pion. easily outpointed Caveman “isher in a twelve-round exhibition ut last night. CURTAIL the t & March 3, for the Ta. port ring camp at Seguin, | weight, ation for the busy campaign of rub- Chicago White Sox have arranged Tex., a_week from Monday, away for Mobile, Ala., on the same | entrain for their camp at Braden- WILLARD GOING ON TOUR TOPROVEHIS FITNESS NEW YORK, February 17.—Jess Willard, former heavyweight cham- pion, has affixed his signature to a theatrical contract and will leave to- day for & twenty-day tour through the middle west. Willard. who has been signed to meet Floyd Johnson, lowa heavy- at the Yankee Stadium on May 12, will open his training camp when he completes his engagement. The tour has the purpose of dem onstrating that Willard is a cham- pionship contender, Ray Archer, his er, sald, and he will take a corps of sparring partners for his ex- hibitions. CARPENTIER AND SIKI WILL FIGHT NEXT FALL By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 17.—Battling Sikl and Georges Carpentier have been matcheg, the Temps understands, for a bout next September, to be staged in the Buffalo Velodrome in this city. Francols Descamps, manager of Car- pentier, recently declared in Parls that the French boxer is willing to meet Siki as soon as he (Carpentier) has fought Joe Beckett on May 11. Car- pentier is now in St. Moritz recuperat- ing from injuries sustained in his match with the Senegalese fighter sev- eral months ago. CRIQUI TO LEAVE FRANCE FOR AMERICA MARCH 10 By the Associsted Press. PARIS, Februar: 17.—Bugene Criqul, | European featherwelght champion, will leave for New York, from e, on March 10, to begin training for his world championship batde against Johnny Kilbane in New York on Memorial day. Should Criqul win from Kilbane, he will be prepared to defend the title on July 4 and again on Labor day, before returning to France. MALONE WHIPS HERMAN. ZANESVILLE, Ohio, February 17.— Jock Malone, St. Paul middleweight, defeated Johnny Herman of Brook- 1yn in a twelve-round bout last night, in the opinfon of newspapermen. S CLAIM OF FOUL GIVES TREMAINE DECISION BY FAIR PLAY. bout in the very ncar future 1 and Johnny Curtain. The M N EW YORK, February 17.—Thére will unquestionably be another between Carl Tremaine of Cleveland adison Square Garden management will make every effort to match the two bantams, according to Tex Rick- ard’s determination following last night’s scrap, which ended in a decision to Tremaine. The question as to whether the that Tremaine landed on Cur s body in the sixth round. which 4 him to quit, really w foul | probably will unan- v eved longer than the reply to the well known qu “How old is Ann? those of u o sat close to he the express purpose of tell- | public about the battle, the | believes the blow was d:a,n-[ As to whether it was the count today Is| writer belleves the Blow the foul, The rtentionally, that for a moment Johnny actually was in very great pain, but that the referee having de- clared it not to have been a foul. Curtain was physically able to have returned at a nine count and could have given good account of himself thereafter. It developed today that the referee's | O decision that a foul had not been committed, was rendered against the belief of Judges Tommy Shortell and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Febru- ary 17.~Eddie Sudden, twemty- ‘one years old, Olympic Club spriat- Sity track wiar, proparcd vedsy atar, prepa y to begin nrvl-, a_fifteen-day wen- tence in the San Mateo ceunty jall at Redwood Otty f. Nh:- A policeman said Sudds rove at the rate of 83 miles hour. ‘The ceurt ied him $350 and revoked his driving license. . U, y Georgetown and George Washin ton basketers have engagem day, the former being achedul tertain St. Joseph's of Philadelphi Ryan gymnasium, while the Ha ites wiil face Lynchburg College In the last part of a triple-header at the Arcade. The Hilltop setto beginning at 8:15 o'clock, will mark the final appearance of the Georgetown team this season. George Washington, just home from a five-game Virginia tour, is to start its tilt at 6 o'clock. Carnegle Tech was no mateh for Georgetown last night, the latter winning, 41 to 25. With Florence per- forming brilliantly in scrimmage and Zazzall at the foul line, the Hilltop- pers all but ran away with the game. The Plaid marksmen were woefully inaccurate. In a.preliminary battle the Georgetown Freshmen downed the Gonzaga quintet, 14 to 10. t three victories in lego in a 37 to 34 game at Kendall Green. Gallaudet got an early lead. but Lynchburg rallied in the second half and it took some good shooting by LaFountain to save the game for the home folk. Girls of George Washington and Pennsylvania will clash in the first of the two tiits preceding the Hatchet- ite-Lynchburg battle at the Arcade today. The fair tossers will swing into action at 4 o'clock. At 5 a'clock the George Washington Freshmen will tackle the Tech High oy's. QUINT TITLE E league champions without further would give that quint a tie with Ea: vesterday by beating Tech, 35 to 2! title. The Eastern win yesterday at 31-to-28 triumph over Business, will ond place should it triumph over the Coach Apple’s strategy failed to check the Easterners yesterday. The Manual Trainers' tutor started a team of rangy boys against the little Capi- tol Hil crew, but with Joe O'Dea shooting brilliantly, both from scrim- mage and the foul line and his mates guarding carefully at critical times, Tech was balked. O'Dea pocketed the ball six times from the field and made good with nine of eleven free tosses, The Central-Business match was a red-hot affair. Central ran up a com- manding lead in the first period, but Business was not discouraged’ and about passed its opponent. Furman's work at the foul line accounted for the spurt. He caged twelve of his four- teen throws. With the Stenographers leading by a point. Jim Birthright made a pair of brilliant shots and saved the day for the Blue and White. Line-ups and summarles. Gentral (31), Positions. Dey .. X st Substitution: foals—Birthright iller, Connor (). May '(2). Free Ohildress, 2 in 8; —Mr. Bratburd. ~ Umpire—! Time of periods—10 minutes. Contral—Hall (7). Ohildres: et Birth in ] e . 13 in 14, Referse i Fitzgorald. Teoh (25.) Kid McPartland that the blow was |Te foul. The garden was jammed, $41,295 worth of crowd having turned out. Tremaine got $6.784.53. If the blow had been declared a foul he would ! have lost the decision and the $6,000 odd. Curtain received a $3,000 guar- antee. (Copyright, 1023.) Tips on Playing Basket Ball; Correct Rule Interpretations BY ED THORP. 2 RIGINAL inan-to-man de- defense. This first style of defense has many features oi merit, particularly against teams that have been playing and prac- ticing against some form of the five- man defense. Then, it is bound to worry these players, because they are not used to being closely guard- ed in their own back court. Under such conditions you are able to break up all sorts of set playa which are ordinarily allowed to get under way. In the course of such . game you are bound to intercept many passes, recover many fumbles and force players to make poor passes. All such acts put_you in possession of the ball within scor- ing distance, To use this style of defense you must have fast runners and you must condition them so they can slanced off of was within bounds. Q. It it necessary for the referce to warn a center once before penaliz- ing him if he taps jump ball before referee blows his whistle indicating that the ball has reached its highest point? A. No, referee may pemalize him for first offemse. Q. If a passed ball strikes an oppo- nent whose body is on bounds but who has & foot on sidelines and then comes into court, 1s ball In play? A. No, It is out of bounds at spot 1t struck opponent. Eastern — Roudsbush for Madigan for J. Smith, Duncan for Cardwell. Tech—Boyd for Woodward, Lee for Bhoes, Thisls for Adums Murray for Bucking: {ham, Gooch for Robinson. Oor Dea. 4. Referee—Mr. Fitz . ' Um) Bratburd, Time of periods—10 minutes. Columbia Junior High School boys nosed out the Y. M. C. A. Day School quint yesterday in a 16 to 14 engage- ment. Dozler played a good game for the winners and scored four times from scrimmage. Owens did the best work for the Y team, St. John's has scheduled games with Friends School for March 5 and the Y. M. C. A. Day School for March 9. Both will be played at the Knignts of Columbus Hall. Central High School basketers went to Orange, Va., today for a tilt with Woodberry Forest. The Virginians may come here this season for a re- turn match, GALFAND BEATS FRANCE. NEW_YORK, February 16.—Harry Galfand, Brooklyn welterweight, de- feated Earl France, in a six-round contest last night, receiving the judge's decision. midway in the final quarter| L) MUST HAVE BEEN JOKRWG “PACiFiC” WHEN WE NAMSD TS Tue i A STORY WITHOUT WORDS | EASTERN’S IF WESTERN IS BEATEN ASTERN'S tossers will view with interest proceedings in the first game of the high school basket ball championship series double- header at Central Coliseum next Tuesday afternoon. Central will be opponents, and if the latter wins, the Easterners will be Western and ado. A Western victory, however, stern, which resumed the league lead 5, and necessitate a play-off for the the Arcade put Central out of the running for the championship, although the latter team, which scored a be deadlocked with Western for sec- last-mentioned aggregation Tuesday. MISS COLLETT SCORES, PLAYING CLEVER GOLF WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Febru- ary 17.—Miss Glenna Collett of Provi- dence, R. 1. national women's golf champion, today held an additional honor—victory in the midwinter wom- an's golf tournament here. She de. feated Miss Dorothy Klots of Chicago rather easily in_vesterday's finalx. The score was 8 up and 7 to go, three holes being halved. Miss Collett will leave next week for Belleair Helghts, Fla.. where she will be a participant in the women's tournament there, beginning March 5. A tie score In the medal play be- tween Miss Collett and Miss Edith Byfield of Chicago was graciously de- faulted to the latter by the champion, since it could not be played off on account of iliness of Miss Byfield. The largest gallery ever \'hllllng the Palm Beach Club links followed the match yesterday. Much applause was given the champlon on account of her perfect putting and spectacular ap- proaches. Miss Kiots, displaying less of her long driving power, attributed the reason for her subnormal playing to an “off day.” In the second flight Mrs. George Dobyn of Boston won over Mrs, E. J. Northwood of Toronto, 3 and 2. —_——— EVELETH, Minn.. February 17.— | Pittsburgh’s’ chances of winning the championship of Group No. 2, United practically nil today, after Eveleth's 2-to-0 victory here last night. The win gave Eveleth a split for the two series with Pittsburgh this year, each team having won the two games played on home ice. Pittsburgh {8 now in third place in the race. MILWAUKEE, Wis., February 17.— Milwaukee ended its local hockey sea- son last night by losing to the Cleve- land sextet, 2 to 0. The season open- ed with only small crowds attending, but the game gained in favor and last night's attendance was the record for the winter. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. At Georgetown—Georgetown, 41; Carnegis :'3’@' 3-(&“ Grosn—Gallaudet, 37; Lynch- AU _Chestertown—Washington Oollegs, 48; D o Forbhatgars, 31; New York Uni- T Military, 20; Woravien by o nu‘..,-nn.-. 8 Albeny Taw At Broek $8 Dnstitute, 33; Drozal, 83, ot Busliastea—Yermeat, 28; Now Himp- MUTT AND JEFF—When Is an Omelet Not an Omelet? VEEF, MY POWER OF DeDUCTION TELLS ME YOU,HAVE RECEATLY, PARTAKEN OF Foob! keep going at top speed for the full twenty minutes of each half. Q. Is & goal scored if ball enters the basket from the bottom and falls back through 1t? he ball must first enter the basket from above. Q. When a player is about Yo throw a foul goal, may an opponent ask for iime out? A. If an opponent asks for time out after referee has given the signal for the player to shoot, opponent i fouling., This is a deliberate delay of same, Q. On a certain court we play on there &re I high overhssd. No are ever oed. Advise me it a &c ‘ '-n rafters glances off one on falle tntn the spot it oMELeT For THe FIRST TIMmE IN Y YOUNG AND INSIDE GOLF By George O'Neil The best way to get inte the true rhythm of the correct golf swing is to begin it e iy step by step, or part by ing {n your mind exactly the things to do. Dom’t coneern yourself st ril about the things not to do. G through the swing slowly Eradunlly increase its speed, but don't ever increase its speed to the point where you sre really pressing; that is, untll you are conscious of effort put into it. things about the drive that best fit your personal comfort. I have avoided saying how far up to take your left arm, because differenmt ®olfers have different points, while al up until your hands are about on n level with your ears. Chick Evans takes it higher than ;‘I:.!: nn high ns his ears, so there you are—threo of the best goifers and all different. The big point is, you go up with the hands onfy so hig! hastily jump to comelu- matter of the height at the top of the atroke. You camnot let your hands quit half way between your waist and your ng cutting oft the head. The hands must go well up, with the left arm held t = PITTSBURGH HOCKEYITES |NO WORLD NET TITLE DRIVEN TO THIRD PLACE | AWARD AT WIMBLEDON By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 17.—Official an- nouncement has been made by the Lawn Tennis Association of recom- States Amateur Hockey League, were | mendation by the council that the world title henceforth be not decided by flay at the Wimbledon tourna- ment. CARRY LUNCHES TO GYM IN ORDER T0 GET SEATS STATE COLLEGE, Pa., February 17—~Determined to witness the big athletic contests today with Navy, Penn and Pitt, in boxing, wrestling and basket b respectively, many Penn State studemts planned to carry Junches and {9 head for the Symnasiam as soon §a thelr classes were over this morning. The small &ym will seat omly about 1,500, ‘whereas every ene of the 3,300 stu- dents is anxious to witness the torrid battles in the ring, cage and on the mats. As a result it will be first come, first served. ‘The wrestling meet ywill open the program at 3 and boxing will start at 3:30. The evening program will begin with the fresh- man basket ball game between the Lion and Pitt cubs, followed by the :'l::nv encounter with the Pam- . 4 T WAS CRAZY ABOUT 1T, AND (T HAS SET Me T THINKING: EUENTFUL LIFES LA e PRI |SCARLET FEVER CAUSES * SUSPENSION OF SPORTS LANSING, Mick, Februsry 17— Athletios st the Michigam Agri- cultural College have beem sus- pended on sccount of the prev: lence of scarlet fever. A basket ball game and track meet sched- uled for last night was called off. Numerous students are confined with the disesse. U. 3. TITLES RETAINED BY PAIR OF SKATERS NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 17.— Sherwin C. Badger of Boston, retsin- ed his crown as men’s singles skating champlon In the United States at the conclusion of the national figure skating champlonships here. Mrs. Teresa W. Blanchard of Bos- ton, women's champion, was again declared the best woman singles skater in the contest and with N. W. Niles ot Boston was also awarded first place in the pair skating. ST. JOHN, February 17.—Charles Jewtraw, Lake Placld, N. Y. yester- day took the lead the internation- al skating champlonships with a to- tal of 70 points. He captured the quarter-mile event in world's record time of 37 2-5 seconds, and took third in the mile race. Richard Donovan, Endicott, N. Y., and Harry Kasky, Chicago, are d for cond place with fifty points each. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., February 17.—Arthur Staf, Chi won the American professional out- door epeed skating championship when he captured the 440-yard event here, scoring a total of 175 points in the three-day meet. Staff now holds | both outdoor and indoor champion titles. Bobby McLean, Chicago, fin- ished the meet with 125 points. Ed- | mund_Lamy, Baranac Lake, had 110, and Everett McGowan, St. Paul, w fourth with 7 . G runner-up position. clear title to third honors. EAST AND WEST CLASH INA.A. U. TITLE MEET BUFFALO, February - 17.—Eastern collegiate and other athletics will face leading western aspirants for titular honors tonight in the annual indoor senior A. A. U. championship meet Chicago's two leading athletic clubs, the Illinols A. C. and Chicago A. A, have entered their best runners, in- cluding Jois Ray, in the competition against leading colleges of the east and the stars of the clubs of Boston and the Metropolitan A. A. U. district. Every Greater New York athletic club is represented with the excep- tion of the New York A, C, Both regi- mental athletic associations of Buf- falo and the Y. M. C. A. entries to op- pose the collegians of the east. Joe Ray is entered in the two-mile race and the 1,000-yard event, and also is listed to run_ in the relay for the Illinois A. C. Loren Murchison will run in the sixty-yard and the 300-yard events; Jimmy Connolly, Georgetown star, also will run_tne two miles, while Howard Lever, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, will oppose Murchison in the sixty-yard sh. Willie Ritela, E, Harrison Thompson, Harry Helme and other stars are also entered. More than 200 athletes are entered, representing nine colleges and 13 ath- letic clubs. FIRST SQUAD OF REDS TO GO SOUTH MARCH 3 CINCINNATI, February 17.—Battery men of the Cincinnati National League club will depart March 3 for Orlando, Fla, the spring training camp, for an extra week of condi- tioning. The remainder of the team will leave here March 10. The first practice game will be with the Cleveland Americans at Orlando, March 15. HOPE TO GET SPEEDBOAT EVENTS STARTED TODAY NEW ORLEANS, Le., February 17.— With favorable conditions on Lake Pontchartrain the program for the first two days of the midwinter speed boat carnival under the auspices of the Mis- sissippl Valley Power Boat Association, scheduled to start here last Thursday, will be run off today. ‘The races were postponed Thursday and again yesterday on account of the choppy condition of the lake. —_— BIG TEN QUINTS BUSY. CHICAGO, Febrwi 17.—Four west- ern conference basket ball games, none of them involving the two lead- ing title contenders, will be played tonight—1Illinois at Perdus, Chicago at Ohlo State, Michigan at Northwest- ern and Minnesota at Indiana (Copyright, 1928, by H. C. Fischer, Trade Mark reg. U. B. Pat. oft.) WELL, IF A Few MUSHROOMS MAKE AN OMCELET So DeLICIous - o, yesterday | INABILITY TO SIGN MEN MAKES MOGULS MUTTER Grins Are Only Rewards for Efforts of Secretaries Who Attempt to Align Performers—Time for Reporting Is Growing Short. BY JOHN EW YORK, February 17.—Pla; N ers why they don't sign and Secretaries of ball clubs are running around in circles as B. FOSTER. yers won't sign. They simply won't ng pla the players are just looking at then fnd (rinn'ing. If there is no such thing as a players’ union—which there is—there is some kind of a unanimous players’ agreement in some cluh that is causing owners of those organizations to fume and mutter. The Gi nts management has been brought to the point where the players have been told they either must sign or they will not get ticket to the training camp. The hours whether the players have the nerve to stick out, which is equivalent 1o not reporting for work, are few. It 1s not one club alone which is afMicted. The other clubs are com- paring symptome ! The owners do not know what to make of It. Some of them have a better idea than others because smome salaries have been cut, but some magnates they have been doing_ the by their players. How- that were boosted seem e that were cut. Per! lg‘ the presen tuation ex- plains the little meetings held in 1922, when only players were present. Whenever there are little meetings for ball players it means only one thing—something ia brewing. timore 18 a case all Bendey of Bal alone. He does not belong to the players’ union unless he constitutes Bentley Chapter No. 2, of Baltimore, of which he is the sole member. At any rate, he is holding up his end beautifully. He started by saying he intended to get something out of Jack Dunn for lagniappe on account of the trade the Itimore manager made with the Giants. Dunn declared he would not yleld up one cent. Then to a fourth-place tie with the Dominican Lyceums Bentley turned his machine gun on GEORGETOWN A. C. QUINT WOULD CLIMB IN LEAGUE EORGETOWN ATHLETIC CLUB tossers will be looking for a second place tie in the District League tonight when they tackle the Knights of Columbus quint in the K. of C. Hall at 8:30 o’clock. The Westenders have won once in two starts in the circuit, and, should they triumph tonight, would be deadlocked with the Manhattans in the A defeat, however, would drop the Georgetown men and give the Caseys a The Aleysius Club's Big Five is setting the pace for the five other teams in the District League, hav- ing ecored victories in each of its three starts. American Railway Ex- press, which has won but one of four games, is In last place. ‘Walter Reed Hospital's quint was too strong for the Orinoces, winning 28 to 12. After piling up a good lead in the first half, Reed used reserve players in the final session. st. eters are to play the rnwmy. Club Tuesday night, and want to hear from the Rovers and Celtios. Challenges may be telephoned to Manager Louls Lath- am, Alexandria 1102. Moline Athletic OV title is bidding for Goldstein North 3375. Linworth Juniors desire opposition in the 125-pound class. Telephone challenges to Manager MacCartee, Franklin 2903. Argyle Athletle Club will mest the St. Stephen’'s quint tonight in Peck gymnasium. Play will start at 8 o'clogk. — St. Deminic Junfors overcame the Immaculate Conception quint, 20 to 7. The Fitzgerald brothers starred for the winners. Yesemite Athletic Club barely beat Troop E of Fort Myer, 28 to 26. The Yosemites guarded closely. 617 P street, or telephone Ni Yard basketers defeated Cal- vary Baptists, 38 to 30, in a_hotly contested match. Baskets by Koontz and Nash tossed in the last minute of play clinched the battle for the Yarders. American Legion Yankee quints clash tomorrow at the Arcade in the first game of a series of three. Yosem- ite and Western Athletic Club teams will be opponents in a préliminary be- ginning at 3 o'clock. The Legionnaires beat the Collegians last night, 40 to 19. ‘Winston Athletic Claub took the measure of the Premlers in a 12-to-10 engagement. Dellar’s goal in an ex- tra perjod decided the issue. Mehawk Athletic Club defeated the Veterans of Forelgn Wars, 49 to 26. Anderson of the winners tossed twelve fleld goals. Peck Athletle Club gave tha Cincos a terrific trouncing, the score being 123 to 8. binson of the victors registered twenty-five goals from scrimmage. Manhattan and Lexington teams will be opponents tonight in Noel House gymnasium. Play will start at 8:30 o'clock. _— JOCKEY REINSTATED. NEW ORLEANS, La., February 17.— Jockey Coltiletti has been reinstated by the former stewards of the Business Men's Racing Association. He will be permitted for the first s! days to ride only for Harry Payne itney and James Rowe. If his period of ?rohtion 1s approved he will be in complete good standing and will be free to ride at will. —By BUD FISHER. MAGING How GooD AR OMELET would TASTE 1F (T WERE MADE ENTIRELY oF MUSHROOMS? between now and train time to see the Giants. The Giants got out the old ukage and told him that unjess h- signed he would not go to Marlir Bentley countered with the assertior that he had no intention of going This had nothing to do wit players' union. It was merely Be ey performing strictly according fo form. The other clubs fear the in cident is setting a bad example NEARLY 400 ATHLETES ENTER G. U. CARNVAL A program of thirty-five with nearly 400 colleges, scholast! and club athletes competing, will Le presented by Georgetown Unliversity at its annual track and fleld carn val in Convention Hall next Wednes day night. The number of entries for the Individual events totals 331 and more are slated for the numerous relay races to be contested. An unusually high-class of entrants will perform. The list includes such record-holders as Ray, McAllister, Hills, Connolly, Beers, Farrell and Lever and a host of luminaries who have won fame as runners or field athletes in recent years. With a spe- clally constructed track in use, ths best time ever recorded hereabout in indoor competition is expected in av- eral contests. A warm tussl seems likely. « the events e for point honors seorgetown, Prince- ton, Pennsylvania, Navy and Virgin- + fa are to be presented by complets The_games are to start promptly at 7:30 o'clock, and with a tried set of officials in charge there should not be a dull moment through- out the program. FOUR AMERICAN TEAMS DEFEAT OXFORD SHOTS - STATE COLLEGE, Pa., February 17 —Shooting a perfect score of 750, Penn- sylvania State College riflemen surpags- ed the total of the Oxford University team, whose score of 714 was an- nounced by cable. Yale, Colgate, Towa State “niversity als Part'In the niernationat shoat” 0 %" . February —The five high men o the yale team turned in 4 international in match with Oxfo score reported by cahle Tale's superiority in stage, resulting in a pe 250, gave the team points over Oxford. which scored points. The siow-fire stage resulted in a tie, both oring 487 BOSTON, Februa 17.—Boston Unl!- versity riflemen made a team score of 492 in a shoot against Oxford Uni- versity at 100 targets, slow fire, The result of the English marksmen's work, reported by cable, was 487, The results of the Oxford shooting. as cabled, included targets, rapid fire, which was to count in Oxford's match with Yale and other colleges Boston University was concerned only in the slow-fire petition. IOWA CITY, Io Towa University's 496 points out of a nc International meet w r versity of England., Ten men k part, the highest five counting W Ballard turned in a perfect score, the other four men scoring 99 points cacl % N. Y., February 1 Colgate University rifiemen scored onl 506 In the meet with Oxford, England “’ea;her conditions were bad, the marksmen shooting duri: drivi blizzard, RESECiE Douwn the Alleys Manhattans of the District Leagua ran away from the Colonials 1 night on the latter's alleys. winning all thres games with the scores G40. 576 and 538, incidentally going inta | first place in the battle for the pen- | nant, one game ahead of the Termi- nal Ice. Reichard of the winners, who Is leading the league in indi- vidual percentage, was the star slamming out a set of 360 and high game of 139, In the Railroad Y. M. C, A. League last night the Nuts grabbed all three games from the Car Department quint with the scores 420, 397 and 420 Trotter of the winners won the hon- ors with the best set of 18 and high game of 117 Colonlal Juniors, from Decker's al- leys, defeated the Park Athletic quint in three games at Central with the scores 536, 491 479. Jett, anchor man of the winners, was the top bowler. having a set of 326 and game of 121 ate Oxford’s team February 17.— HAMILTON Big doings are on this afternoon and tonight at the Sherman allevw which closes shop for good when t! midnight hour taps, the Mason League having a single-ball tourng- ment for money prizes. None of tR 3hots at the maples, Henry Rodler is bossing things. Billie’s team of the Washington La- dies’ League did the clean-up actlast night against the War Department with the scores 463, 491 and 476. Bil- lle Willfams came near equaling the league record for high set with 328 and also had the top qame of 116, In the semi-finals of the elimina- fon tournament at the King Pin al- s last night C. Daly, with u total of 612, and Maxay Rosenberg, with 550, were the survivors. and J. Si Radiators and Fenders MADE OR REPAIRED. s Y % v Oi'u."_ PraR Al