Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1923, Page 30

SPORTS. | Eastern Five Gains Title by Determination : Willard to Start Tra WINS SCHOLASTIC HONORS - THROUGH HARD PRACTICE Constant Drilling Enables Lads From Capitol Hill to Down Western in Series Play-Off—Annexes S. A. Championship by Same Methods. BY JOHN cffort. That's saying quite a tains form without downright 3 B. KELLER. ORM in athletic parlance means perfection acquired with the least bit in one word, and no athlete at- hard work. Possessing latent talent. Tie who strives diligently in a given sport will approach perfection in that particular line of endeavor, but he never must gi \s with the individual, so with the up practice. team. And no better exemplification tleis need of practice to attain form could be desired than that given by Eastern yesterday when it defeated Western, 26 to 25, in the decisive game of the annual high sch Three days last week Eastern ool basket ball championship tournament. was called upon to enter important engagements, and in the morning of each day it practiced strenuously. That helped greatly to carry it through to a South Atlantic scholastic title. But it was not content to le t up after that hard work. Monday found the Easterners going through another lengthy drill, and yesterday v took the floor at Central Colis v minute. 1hy time and practiced cve: It was that grucl n Tastern to fight off the determined ganie of the high school campaign. For Bastern had the form that West- ern lacked. Its passing game was bet- ter. its defense steadier and its scrim- mage shootin more accurate. In_only ene department of the fray was Bast- o outclassed. that of free tossing. And Tere again practice was rewarded, for Ttay Garber, wh id the throwing from the 15-foot line for the Red and White. has worked stly to acquire the koack that made him the best free er of the high school series. tiing Close to Series. struggle was a fitting end to a s that found Eattern and Western d in the lead after the five- team league had o * hedule, upon it ¢ js to be honored . but Western also for its gallant rally knotted the count in the dying of the regulation game and ed an extra five minutes of < little Bruce Kessler, e foul paved the way to Garber's of successful free shots that #bout the overtime play chould team ahead once more with a 1 in the extra seseion. But ‘Mea followed this with a ern from the 15-foot the teams might have been bat- vet, for just before the five-min- period ended Garber dropped in her pair of charity throwe. ALl of the thitteen players used in the . performed valiant'y, but_several venecially good work. For Eastern, Letand Cardwell, Tom Hook and were the outstanding athletes. wdéwel's back court guarding was st of the serie k and sturdy de- O'Dea’s floor play and ng were of high order, ul Roland Dulin and rred for Western. It was driving power that pulled I me slump. Dulin his sharp at- kept the Red and inning by pocketing fif- tos Capt hois fiom the 15-foot | stopned and Euastern by umped into nk two successive free tosses. Gar- Ler evened the score with a two-ply ity throw when Smith fouled. two close shots by O'Dea had Hook and McNulty T at Westorn's 1a-foot < gained the ball and threw immage goal of the fray. ed i another free heave Just as the first reriod ended. Liastern arsumed a 3-point lead at the outsct of the second period, but Garber tied for Vestern with two ots from the 13-foot line. Hook then threw his socond feld goal and siern went on to finish the second scssion with a 13-to-6 advantage. It appcared ac if Kastern was (o _con tinue its speedy stride when Card- well opened the third quarter with a neat field gozl, but Frisby followed with a scrimmage toss. Western's fisst in the zame. and that started the Red requced Xastern's lead to 21-18.at the of the period. counted the field for the fourth period just after had_tossed in a pair of free goals scored from the charity venty-five seconds Garber drop, again put Bast tra_period_with ourt and O'Dea toss after Dulin fouled. needed, for Kess- owed by ta pen: the romain] defense g half minute of Yine-Up and Smmmary. Wrestorn_(25). Garber Friaty 7 ris| “Hannegan MoNulty 7. §mi 5 Cardwioil S, Ressle~ SRa T S-0% by poricds: 49 8 222228 03 83 12 5—03—2—35 : _Western—Tampr for Mo rn—Roudabush for Hook: Duncan Court goal:—Hook (4), Card. . Kacsler, Frisdy (2). Dulin. 3 ¥ree goals—0'Das, 12 in 16: jarbo-. 15 in 18. Referce—Mr. Menton. Um pire—Jr.” Pippin. "Time of periods—10 min- utes. LL TO AID BRAVES. . February 28.—Charles A. Farrell of "Marlboro, Mass., formcr biz league catcher, coach and scout, has signed a contract with Boston Nationals as assistant and scout. In 1888 and 1889 he with the late “Pop” Anson in 3 go, and the next year with Charles A. Comiskey's Chicago Broth- erbeod team. During his active ca- reer lie was a member of four pen- nant-winning teams, twice _ with Brooklyn and twice with the Boston Americans, ¥ Conventi?n Hall, Feb. 28 Middleweight Wrestling Championship of the World TWO BIG BOUTS Waino Ketonen, Middle- weight Champion of the World, Against Joe Turner Pinky Gardner Against Hewie McDonald FRED HUBER, REFEREE Benefit Uniform Fund Admission Prices General Admission, $1 Ringside ..........$3 Seats on Sale at Almas Patrol Clab, 711 13th St. N.W. ncluded its regular | i« to be congratulated | while Hook | lead when O'Dea| and” White on a rally that! eum more than an hour beiore game g drilling more than anything else that enabled Westerners in their most important- ALL-HIGH BASKET SQUAD FOR SEASON IS CHOSEN Following nnnual custom. The Ster has selected an ali-high xchool basket ball aquad. A re- view of the eanon and reasons for the followiag welections will be publixhed In the next fasue of The Sundny Star. First T eam. Chiidress (G Garber (W) Dey (C) Cardwell Dulia (W) (B) Business: (C) Central; (E) Eastern; (W) Western. Positions. Bocond Team. Connor (B) .0'Dex (=) (W) i under way Fr ) nents in the inaugural tilt. A committee including James Hug- gins of Advent, Joseph O'Connell of St. Martin’s and Vincent Lesfer and i William Escher of the Cardinals has arranged the schedule. Games fol- lowing the opener are: March 3, Cardinal vs. St. Martin's; 6. Cardinal vs. Advent; 9. Advent v . Martin's; 10, St. Martin's v Cardinul; 13, Advent vs. Cardinal 16, St. Martia's vs. Advent; 17, Car dinal vs. St. Martin's; 23, Advent vs. Cardinal . Efght teams $0-pound in field for the championship of the y have rearranged their tourna- ment_schedule as follows: February S, Washington Preps vs. Warwicks, rgyle Preps ve. Maekins: March 2, Preps vs. Stantons, Argyle Preps vs. Linworths: 5, Washington Preps va. | Potomacs, Warwicks ~vs. Stantons, Epiphany Juniors vs. Mackins: 7, Mackins vs. Stantons, Epiphany {Junlors vs. Warwicks, Argyle Preps {vs. Washington Preps; 9. Linworths Ivs. Potomacs, Argyle Preps vs. War- | wicks, Epiphany Juniors vs. Wash- ingtou Preps. Representatives of tahe 115-120- pound division quints are to meet to- morrow night at 8:30 o'clock in Con- gress Heights Auditorium_to arrange for a city title tourney. Washington Prep Reserves, Congress Heights Cy- clones, Columbia Reserves, Molines, Olympics, Warwick Junlors and Perry Preps have announced their intention fo compete. Other teams interested are expected to have thelr managers at hand. Aloysiun Club has a pair of strenu- ous battles to dispose of. It is to invade St. Dominic's Hall, at 6th and I streets southwest. tonight to tackle the Dominican Lyceums in a Distriet League match. and Friday night will £0 to Central Coliseum to face its old rival, the Yankee quint, in the first of a series of games. _ Walter Rteed’s team continues on its winning way, but it had to play vigorously to beat the Calvary Meth- odists, 19 to 13. Gpod shooting by Wright and Nikula late in the fray brought Walter Reed its victory. Sel e Athletle Club vanquished the Cardinals, 16 to 6. Killeen and Coombs plaved well for the winners. ¥olmead Athletic Club, & newcomer DRAWIN $47.50 ” §50.00 ” $52.50 $55.00 $§57.50 ” ”» ” ” Warwicks vs. Potomacs, Washington | | | mer, THE EV OLD EASTERN VICTOR AT START AND FINISH Interhigh wchosl champlonships Rave marked the first and last Years of' ocewpamey of the bull &% to be vaeated by Eastern High School students tomorrow. The Ensterners won the foot ball title in 1893, the first year they used the school at 7 treetn momtheast, and will ca fhito the new atructure at 17th Eaxt Caphtol streets the 'basket ball laurcis earmed yesterday. Eastern han won the basket ball . chnmplonship once before, Capt. ' team mcoring in 1011, The iy = title garnered 7 the Eastermern before yeater- dny was that in base ball, in 1916. C. U AND G. W. FIVES MEET IN FINAL GAME Basketers of Catholic University and George Washington University will show thelr wares for tae last time this season in & game on the former's. floor tonight. The teams have clashed once before In the present campaign, with Catholic Uni- versity belng returned an easy win- Tonight's match will be pre- ceded by one between the freshmen teams of the universities, starting at % o'clock. The Brooklanders expect to open play with Breslin and Iiberts, for- wards: Fitzgerald, center. and Capt. vler and Lynch, guards, (eorge vashington may use Gosnell IKlopsch, forwards: Brown, center, Hyde and Goldstein, guards. and Jimmy Connolly and probably sev- eral other Georgetown University track_stars will compete tonight in the Knights of Columbus games in New York. Connolly is to strive for a world record In the three-quarter mile race, where he will meet Sulli- van and Devaney. metropolitan mid- dle-distance champlon: BLOOMINGDALE LAURELS SOUGHT BY THREE QUINTS LOOMINGDALE, that section of the city bounded by Fiorida ave- nue, Lincoln road east, 2d street west and Michigan avenue, is to have its own basket ball championship tournamen of the 120-pound division—Advent Boys’ Club, St. Martin’s Ciub: and Cardinal Athletic Ciub—have entered the lists and the battling will get riday night, with the first two quints meationed being oppo- Threc teams : the 133-pound cla Athletic Club, 2§ to the winners shot e scrimmage. s, beat the Otis Burham of goals from Powhatan Athlesie Club has several of its members i1l and has been pelled to cancel its engagement night with the Dominican Prep: Dixie Midgcts went to hear. from the Kanawha Midgets. The Dixie management may be telephoned at Main 2228 tomorrow between 8:30 am. and 4:30 p.m. The Dixies are to play the Elliotts tonight and the Epiphany Midgets Saturday. $t. Mary's Jumlors want to match with_the Montours. Manager Loui Latham may be telephoned at Alex- andria 1102, Kanawha Midzets took a double- header. beating the Crescent Midgets, 29 to 12, and the Toronto Midgets, 68 to 14. Georgetown Athletic Club pointed the way to the American Railway Ex- press in_a 43 to 39 District League match. Sellers’ good shooting helped the winner: Wentern Athletie Club and the Lex- ingtons will be opponents tonight in Peck gymnasium. Play will start at 8 o'clock. . Hurricann and _ Wilson - Norm: girls are to clash tonight in Wilson Normal gymnasium. Play will get under way at 8 o'clock. Mohawk Prepa beat the West Washington Baptists. 28 to 15. Ady and Mitchell played stellar games for the victors. EIGHTEEN GAMES BOOKED FOR VIRGINIA POLY NINE BLACKSBURG, Va., February 2 Virginia Polytechnic’ Institute’s 1923 base ball schedule, calling for eight- een games and running from March 31 to May 12, has been announced by Clarence P. Miles, graduate manager of athletics. It follows: 6:‘ hm—fnnl 81, Dartmouth: April . Davidson; 24, Woffor Clemeon; 26, Ogle , Emory end Hercy. D CLOSE % The sale that is giving the men of Washington high-grade, perfect-fitting tailored-to- order clothes at astonishingly low prices Suits Reducea 100% All Wool $45.00 Suits Now $30.00 " $31.67 7 $33.33 ” $35.00 $36.67 $38.33 $40.00 $43.33 ”» » » Your garnment made by skilled Union Tailors in our daylight workrooms on the premises. JOS. A.WILNER & CO. and | PLAY SIK GAMES TODAY INFLODR TITLE TOURNEY ATLANTA, Ga., February 28.—Six | ®ames were listed to be played to- day in the continuation of the south- ern colleglate chemplonship basket ball tourney. Eight contest were staged in the first round yesterday, only three of which provided real battles. Among the teams to come through was North Carolina, last year's titf€holder, which was given a hard fight by Mis. sisaippi College. Todny's mehedule: Turman ve., Missiasi) 1 Aggics. Alubania va. South I Carolina. wiufa Poly va. Vanderbilt, orzin Tech va. Centre. | TFurman, 40; Milisaps, 21. 10, nderblle, 301 Loulsiana State, Ceut) 273 Clemson, 2 Chatta; oga. 43; Georgetown, 27, N h ‘arolina, Colleg: -, 21 .\lnhfiun 441 Wofford, 23, Georgta, 28; Tenncans Merccr, 453 Alahamn Down the Alleys [ i Washington bowlers scored in the! half of an inter-city duckpin | 1ateh, belween the Young Men's Hebrew Assoclation quint of Balti jmore, and a team representing this l\:lly in the sam organization last | Iight on the Recreation alleys. The locals.took all three games iwith the | scores 492, 508 and 498. The match | will cover eIx games znd is for the total pins. Baltimore smushed 1,423 | of the maples. while the local quint got 1,498, giving them a lead of 75. George Friend of the winners, won all the honors with a set of 346 and high game of - 136. The second half of the match will be rolled in Baltimore, March 13, at the Rivolu ulleys. * A large crowd cheered on the bowlers last night, many fans accompanying the team troin Baltimore. Cotenial Juniors continue their win- ng pace, their.most recent victims | the Star Juniors. from whom | won all three games with the scores 509, 506 and 469. Smith helped | the’ winers greatly with a set of 522! and best game of 118, Ini i being they i _In the Commerelal ague, Galt and Compuny annexed all three games | { from the Peoples Drug Company with !'scores being 467, 479 and 4 win- | ning the last game by one pin. Mar- {tin of the winner, grabbed the honors fwith a set of 314 e Internal Reve- d the clean-up act on quint. winning with . 496 and 482. Top set game went to Inge 319 and respectively. Y. F. C. quint won the odd game from the Kamel team of the Hebrew Il.(—ague with the res 461, 454 and 452. Max Rosenberg was in the spot- | light with a set of 328 and game of 1128, . In the Roalron « A. League Southern won two out of three from {the Union Transfer with the scores! 407, 427 and 419. Stanley had the best set of 322 and Streiter the high | game of 119. 1 Promoters of the much talked of match between the teams of The Evening Star and Times, have finally gotten together and the contest has been arranged for next Wednesday i night. Charley Malcolm of the Times, has charge of that team. while Roy Whitford is looking out for The Star quint, which will include Dave Me- Carty, Emery Ellett, Will Burhans and Johnny Baum. The match will be rolled on the King Pin alleys. MICHIGAN IN BIG MEET. ANN ARBOR, Mich., February 28.— Michigan will be represented at the Illinois relay carnival Saturday by twenty athlctes, according to Coach | Stove Farrell. The team is considered the strongest ever entered@ by the university. SCORE AT BILLIARDS. NEW YORK. February 28.—Percy N. M. Roscow of Baltimore, 300 to 127, and Emil A. Renner, Youngstown, Oh.o, defeated Robert M. Lord, Chi- cago, 300 to 138, in the national class A amateur 18.2 billiard tourney. —_—— ANN ARBOR, Mich., February 28.— Archle Hahn, freshman track coach and varsity trainer for the last three ears at Michigan, will leave at the end of the present school vear to "be- come assistant track coach to Keene ING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Collins. Chicago. defeated Dr. Richard | 1 Joy CHARLESTON, S. C., MAKES FIRST GOLF CLUB CLAIM CHARLESTON, 8. C., February 28~Charleston disputes the claim that Savannnk, Ga., has the dis- tinetion of having baod the first Eclt clubs In this country. Ree- ords bere show that there were two such organizations in Charles- 2 1700, wherens Savan y to 1811, newspaper of 1790, Carolina Golf Club, xnys: “There will be a meeting of the Sovth Carolina Golf Club nt the “clubhouse on Chnrleston's green at 2130 p.m. Snturday next.” There alxo was the “golf »all clnb” according to mewspaper recurds here, PRD GOLFERS 0 SEK QUALFATION CHANGE EW YORK, Fcbruary 28.—Pro- tosts against the decislon of the United States Golf Association that the method of qualifying for the na- tional open champlonship not be changed will be made by the Profes- slenal Golfere' Assoclation, George ergent. its president, has declared. The F. G. A. rroposed two qualify- Ing rounds, one west. to avold d plonship began, receipts to iner fund of the assoclation. G RECORDS BROKEN ON COURSES I SUTH BELLAIR HEIGHTS, Fla. Febru- ary 25.—Cyril Walker of the Engle- wood Country Club broke the record on the Bellair links vesterday, when he went around the championship course. in 66 strokes. . Two weeks ago Capt. 1. F. Carter, the British golfer. played around in €7, beating the record of Alex Smith, Bellalr professional. by a strok PINE HURST, ) February 28— The constantiy decreasing record for the championship golf course here went down another notch yesterday under the attack of Alex Ross, De- troit professional, who turned in card of 65 against a par of i1. Ross' card was 31—34 BRITONS WIN AND LOSE. NEW YORK, February 25.—The British indoor polo team, here as challengers for the John .R. Townsend cup to he played for next month, won and lost in two exhibition games last night. The invaders defeated the New York Riding Club, 6 to 4, and lost to the New York Athletic Club, 7 to The British players did not use their awn mounts. SKATING OFFICIALS QUIT. ST. JOH! A B., February 28— Ofiicers of the Maritime Provinces Skating Association resigned in a body, after making public charges that some of the skaters who took part in the recent international ice championships were not bonafide amateurs. Practicaily all of the leading Canadian and American ama- teurs participated when the cham- Fitapatrick at Princeton. EARL & WILSO Sherwood a new and better collar . Jor 20 cents WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY {BRITISH COLLEGIANS MAY in the east and | 98, 1923 NEWSPAPER GOLF CLUB ELECTS 1323 OFFICERS Edgar Markham of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press was elected president of the Washington Newspaper Golf Club at the annual meeting of the or- ganization, held last night at the Na- tional Press Club. Paul J. McGahan of the Philadelphia Inquirer was chosen vice president and James D. Preston, in charge of the Senate press sallery, was renamed secretary-treas- urer. A resolution of thauks for the work accomplished by the retiring president, William 1. Brigham of the Boston Transcript, was unanimously adopted. Members of the executive committee clected are: Charles Michelson, New York World: Samuel W. Bell, Phila- delphia Public Ledger; Emmett Dougherty, New York Tribune, and Russell T. Edwards, Nature Magazine, Although the constitution provides that officers shall be elected in April, the date was advanced to permit dis- cussion of plans for a spring tourna- ment. Many of the members of the club were not notified of the annual meeting, however, and only a compara- tve few knew that officers were to be elected. PLAY IN U. S. NET EVENT W YORK, February 28—There ¢ be an international tinge to the intercollegiate lawn tennis cham- pionships tournament. Word came today from England that Oxford and Cambridge were con- aldering sending a combined team for dual and triangular meets and it may be entered In the championships. JOIE RAY IS EXPECTED TO SET MARK TONIGHT NEW YORK, February 28.—Track followers hope for another world record breaking performance tonight, {when Joie Ray. champion middle dis- {tance runner Gf the Iilinois Athletic lub, Chicago, meets Willle Ritola. his most prominent eastern opponen n a special three-mile ruce at th lannual ‘ndoor games of the Knights jof Columbus, New York chapter. | The record. 14 minutes 1 1-5 sec- onds, is held by Hannes Kohelmanien. | {GEORGIA TECH GRIDMEN | FACING COURT CHARGE, 1 ATLANTA, Ga., February 25.—Claire Frye, “Pup” McWhorter and J. E | Fincher, Georgia Tech foot ball stars, were placed under 3250 peace bonds fin municipal court here, fter Cari i!Davis had told the court how the three a@ollege students and Henry Lyons, a young clubman, had taken him from an apartment house, thrasn- ed him and compelled him to apologize to Miss Mildred Bawsell. prominent society girl. for an alleged fnsuit. DODGERS GET SCHMIDT. | i ; MOD . Calif., February ! Charley Schmidt, a brother of Walter Schmidt, formeily catcher on the! Pittsburgh Nationals and himself a former major league backstop, has signed a contract with the Brooklyn sNationals. Schmidt has been em- ploved in the capacity of a scout and trainer of young pitchers. He was tormerly a’catcher for the Detroit Americans from 1905 to 1912. SPORTS:. ining Shortly JESS WILL END HIS TOUR ABOUT MIDDLE OF MARCH Promoter Rickard to Insist on Former Heavyweighty] Champion Putting in Seven Weeks of Work for Scrap With Floyd Johnson. BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, Februasy 28—Promoter Tex Rickard said today ti Jess Willard will cease his barnstorming about the middle o March, his final show place being Baltimore. Jess then will beg a daily grind. Tex ghinks that Jess should have at least seven full week of training for his May bout with Floyd Johnson, that he does have it. , and he is going to sedy Tex’s judgment is pretty much at issue on the question of Willard's fitness. He has stated with great positiveness’ that he believes Jess, properiy trained, is and now it is up to Willard to make AUSTRALIAN TENNIS LIST IS HEADED BY ANDERSON NEW YORK, February 2S—First place among man tennis stars of the antipodes s glven James O. nderson by the New South Walen awn Tennis Association, the United States Lawn Tennin Asno- cintion was informed todax. Anderson represented Australia on the team that reached the chal- lenge round ngainst g States for the Davis cun He defeated Wil American national chawmpion, the Davin cun xingles and lost to Vincent Richards in the al national singlcs champlonship at Philadelphia. TENNIS STARS SEEKING MDOLE STATES TIE, IILADELPHIA, February Many of the leading tennis players of country, including William T. Tilden, national champion, are en- tered in the middle etates indoor championships in singles and doubles starting here today. The tournament wiil with continue through matches | players entered secded in the draw They . are Tilden, : . A. Lindley Murray so Shimizu. RACING DATES ASSIGNED MARYLAND MILE TRACKS BALTIMORE, Md. February 28— The state racing commission has an- nounced the dates as applied to the four one-mile tracks in Mary- land. | The s . which laets nine days, will opén April 2 at Bow close at that trick November The dates follow Bowle. April 2 to 14 (12 days); November 17 1o 20 (11 dny: Havy April 16 to 10 (13 daya); September 19 to 30 (10 days Pimiico. May 1 to 12 (11 days); November 1 to 14 (12 dayn). Lourel, October Z to 27 (Z3 dayw). the best match Dempsey could face good. Right now Tex's judgment has been confirmed in one respect—in respect to Willard's drawing power. The big fellow is a sell-out wherever he ap- pears on the road, according to re ports. It is said that in one city h cleaned up more than $6.000. No one can get by the siznif of ail this. "It means that iLe Pottawatomie puncher has got a big hold on tho imagination of the pub Just how he got it Is a4 mystery, He didn’t have It when he was c pion. In fact, there never w a heavyweight titleholder who had lecs of a pull with the fans than Jese. But now, beaten for the title and o \ ( of the game for several years, comes back and finds himsélf a stan ing-room-only attraction. Ain't funny? Gene Tunney and Harry Greb, ac- cording to a private understanding reached today, will fight in the open air next spring, ring to be pitched the new Yankee stadium. This w be a real attraction, for no one is yet really satisfied as to the relative ability of the two men BUll Brennan says he will start training for Luis Firpo in a few davs Tt will be interesting to see just what sort of training he does: for the whispers are that: Bill is due to tal it on the shoulder when he faces# Firpo. Important if true. 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