Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1923, Page 27

SPORTS. = BY JOHN B. FOSTER. NV YORK, November 6—Of the National I to the Giants. Americans. Kamm quickly made an excellent reputation for hin 1 fixture until his athletic ability diminishes. ably is other hand, $100,000 to O'Cor It h like the player. One s A good you of from fi ¥ stays with th lub that up to major league standard he ha been a good investment. The Sox finishe in the a_disappointment. ell's $75,000. ut expended. 1son seldom tells the an investment ) ten vears, and if he into thin almost as the resu hid vision never remains to be pr some thi rn, but that He any that t least tha i it s knew it. At ion one gains but_now knew better pl: 1 come raw has an idea be fun to s crowd will ve they will ail along O'Connell would m good if he was given time enough. I it the ious Me let him go. If he remains fants and fails to hit the stride ade, him us on_the ¢ Ay, July 4, unell will entered in the docket along with other big league flivvers that looked #ood before they came up. (Copyright, 1923.) POLAND AND SPAIN IN OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS, land have Olymp par! 1t will b have competed 4 November 6 officiall Spain and Po- ce » com invitation for th mpics next yes h athletes r m since the re- ited in the ath- water polo. nd foot ball conceded to swimming ing. hoxin which she is track and ming, wrestling and ain 1% also sending a r the winter sports. NINE DUE TO START IN BOWIE HANDICAP PIMLICO RACE TRACK, Md., Novem- her 6—indications are that the £10,000 Bowie handicap for three- 11ds and e and half, the featur £0 16 the & fell veste fternoon and last night has made the track very muddy K. L. Ross’ let Memori team to Chamon in which inte's out which mak Hephatstos, THIS GOLF QUARTET SCOFFS AT DOCTORS CLEVELAND, 6. — The warning of London physiclans that persons fifty vears old or more are endangering their lives by pla Zolf is sco Cleveland's dlan Scout e. believed to be oné of the oldest actlve quartets in the world, who may be seen regular- 1y on the golf links here. Thelr com- _ bined aze is 227 years. None of them started playing golf until he was past the half century mark. foursome is cs W.' Burrows, MclIntosh, seventy-five; J. W. S. ty-nine, and A. W, Neale, All are prominent busi- ¢ be seen on the nd a couple as one of November composed of seventy-four; men her or three times ut it they are “on their gamey the yme play he low eighties or nineties. The: been playing to- gether for about twelve vears. don’t know of any pastime more nt, more healthful and more in- vogorating for a man betw es of sixty -and eighty said. “Of course, a man Who allow his muscles to become soft and flabby from lack of exercise, smoking, over- eating and drinking and then goes out on the course and overtaxes his strength is in danger, but moderate #olf means health for a man past fifty who keeps himself in condition. “Walking around the -course by yourself or even with three friends would be too monotonous. Playing golf, yvou exert yourcelf for an in- stant “with a stroke drive and_then you rest while the others tee off. 1f Tou get tired you can sit down and rest, and you're resting in the open air, “Golf holds your interest. You're continually trying to better your game. You forget the poor shots and try to remember some of the good ones. The four of us p.ay about the same game. but we're continually trying to beat each other, and that's where a lot of the fun comes in. “Men of our age can't play tennis or baseball because these games are too_strenuous. - We're satisfied with golf, despite the English doctor's ‘warning, and I guess we'll stick to it.” PENN STATE ATHLETE HAS FAMILY OF FIVE A wife and four children have not prevented Tom Elwood, a Penn State undergraduate, from becoming a sec- ond-string: guard on, the Nittany Lions foot ball team, In addition Elwood is the ‘unde- feated'175-pound wrestler of Penn State and intends this season to try for the Intercollegiate champfonship. Blwood and his family live on a farm three miles from Penn State. In ©0dd moments between foot ball, ath- letics and agricultural -classes he farms his own place. He travely tween | and, college. gue from the minors last season, none attracted more spring attention than O'Connell of San Francisco, who cane | And of those who went to the Ameri more talked about than Kamm of San Francisco, who went to the Chicago as been asserted that neither brought his new owner anything But that is not the way to figure a young pted the French | FAME al v's card, will | {Yale and Pennsylvania will | relations in foot ball in 1924 with a | contest in the the -younger players who came into n League none was | 1f, and prob- O’Connell, on the Kamm cost more than O'Connell— story HO PPE AND COCHRAN TIE FOR 18.2 TITLE By the ted Press. EW YOR November world championship 1k line billiards lies between Willie Hoppe and Welker Cochran, who will fight it out some time soon, probably 1go. » always had done—with the n of one vear—when every- s at stake, Hoppe reacted ure last night and made an uphill fight, winning a sen- contest that forced into oblivion young Jake to 446. Cochran won afternoon thing to pres amazin, sational temporary Schaefer, his fourth from Edo 500 to 472, giving him a tie for the title. When Hoppe and Schaefer pla usually is the same story—Willie strongest in adversity weakest in succt when eve hinges on perfect control Hoppe, re- garded by many as unequal in sheer shot-making ability to Schaefer, at- tains complete mastety of himself haefer loses his nerve. were twelve innings in last At the end of the looked the winner Hoppe appeared miserable. champion won the bank, made thre clicked 66 on his second turn an missed altogether on his third as many turns Schaefer tallicd giving him a lead of 261 over the w 500 The crowd applaudes/ | e tolled off 152, cutting th% lead | Schaefer missed after twe on his fourth appearance, but Wiilie could make only it With the| game still ez chaefer got only 27 then made 40, then three fair sized clusters that him the advantage. In the eleventh inning both players | cracked. Though last night's game w3 of the most exciting in the h of the title, the fe ment was the spectacular playi Cochran, who defeated both and Schaefe the onl n lost and then dropped h lacher. one of the weakest entries. Had Cochran defes genlacher he would have title. Cochran_triumphed over Horemans in an uphill fight, closer than the Hoppe-Schaefer match, in his final victory of the tournament. Schaefer had the best age for the tournament, Horemans made the highe: run, 5 Hoppe made the second highest run, 170, and had the second highest av- erage, 26 24 YALE-PENN GRIDIRON PLAY TO BE REVIVED HAVEN, won the November 6.—That resume NEW big bowl at’ New Haven is the word that is being passed about. The resumption of amenities between the old rivals will be ar- ranged on a home and home basls. Yale will go to Franklin Field in 192 The games will be playpd on the first Saturday in November. The Yale-| Army game will be moved up to an earlier date. Not since 1893 has Yale plaved Pennsylvania. It was in 1894 that Pennsylvania plaved Princeton for the last time. The famous battle at the Trenton Fair Grounds—one of the roughest and most punishing games in all the h of foot ball—bring- | ing about a break between the neigh- boring institutions. Now that Penn has won its way back to the Yale schedule it will set sall for a return to the Princeton list, too. Penn's last engagement with Harvard came in 1905, when the Red and Blue won by 12_to 6. Whén Penn enters the bowl nexc November it will_go In_quest of its first victory over Yale. Foot ball re- lations between the two colleges date all the way back to 1879, when the is won by 3 goals and 5 touch- downs to nothing. Yale treated Penn pretty roughly, winning by 60 to 0 in 1890. In that last game, in 1893, Yale won by 14 to 6. _— - IN WATER LONG TIME. Kathleen V. Bach of Reading, Pa., recently made what is believed to be a world indoor swimming record for women, when she swam ten hours and five minutes continuously. HOW K. 0. ORIGINATED. The term “knockout” in prizefight- Ing is sald to have been colned by O’Connell May Yet Prove His Worth : Harry Wills Gains No Prestige in Victory COAST STAR HANDICAPPED THIS SEASON BY ILLNESS Youthful Giant Suffered in Comparison With Kamm, Another Expensive Phenom, But Should Yet Demonstrate His Value. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. D. C, TUESDAY, ST AS T f expectep! | o New York DREw 5 FLUSHES 1 SUCCESSION RAN From Phers 1o Moscow 1,625 tes W (3 DAYs — AYERAGING 125 Mues The ST Louis CARDINALS - MADE 12 STRAIGHT WITS AGAINST BosTon —-\’\_ Sel 171920 ) THE SHOESTRING PASS 18 USED WITH NO SIGNALS IN A SERIEE OF 3 PLAYS: END HAS LAGEED CRADUALLY FAR TO SIPE OF FIEWD- 000 ot Chicago. “The Grand Old Man” of foot ball who has comched many championship teams at Chicngo dur- ing the past quarter cehtury. * K Kk ok In the first place, let me say that the shoestring pass is by no means obsolete. It is one of the trickiest of the trick plays, if it works, and every coach hates to be the victim of it. The diagram will show the formation clearly. It is a.play which depends wholly on surprise and speed for its execution. It is used as one of a series of plays, two plays then the shoestring pass. In the two plays preceding the pass, orie end lags farther and farther to the side and when it is time for the pass the play is executed without signals. It may also be used right after the kick-off or after an out-of- bounds run. (Copyright, 1923.) WILL BACK NOTRE DAME. YOUNGSTOWN, October 6.—Over 500 local foot ball fans will go to Pittsburgh November 24 to see the Notre Dame- Carnegie Tech game. Harvey Brown, captain of Notre Dame and former Youngstown high school star, will be Billy Madden. He was Sullivan's trafner on - the occasion of Paddy Ryan's defeat by Sullivan, February 7, 1882, at Mississippi City. IRST of all, a team has to have a strong line—one not only able to hold the opposing line, but also- to open it up. ' No attack can pos- sibly succeed if the opposing for- wards are not taken out of the play. After the line has developed to this greater value to the team than backs It stands to reason that a weak back, from a physical standpoint, can gain ground consistently if a path is made for him, whereas & strong run- ning back only does so when his fel- lows fail to take out opponents when these opponents are weak tacklers. Once a team has developed a Ifrie that can open holes and three backs who can Interfere, it is ready for real foot ball. Now comes the element of timing. By timing is meant the prop- er distribution of blows on attack. The first blow delivered is by the iin ust as {t begins to open holes the in- rers should ~shoot through the o te b s given a banquet after the game. A special train and & special block of seats at the game has been arranged for. How Foot Ball Is Played By SOL METZGER- THE QUESTION. ‘What constitutes a suc- cessful attack in foot ball? point the next part of the play that makes -for a successful attack is backfield interference. Backs who can take out apponents are of far who can run with the ball. timed as to hit opposing tacklers just far enough ahead of the runner as to permit the runnér to rush by as the would-be tacklers are giving ground under the blows of the interference. There is a very slight margin of time between the play that gains ground and the play that falls to gain ground. A line may open up too soon, ‘with the result that the opposing line recovers from the blow of the attack- ing line in timé¢ to break up the on- coming interference. Or a line ma strike too soon, with the result that terference runs into it and is before the hole is opened. Both | in affect the relation factors aido of the interference with the runner. - -1 l ! What is the use and formation of the shoestring pass, if it is not obsolete? Answered by A. ALONZO STAGG Hend Foot Ball Coach, University KEPT RUNNING ety ) Miamy, Fla. AGE 69—~ WALKeD 1,462 & MILES W 100 DAYS &~ to NagaFalls L (Ve 7 YEARS INSIDE OF A COW 4 Te cow's bresthing ket Hhewalch wourd ROUGH PLAY Libedy Counly - Georgy IS GETTING SOME COLLEGES “IN BAD” BY LAWRENCE PERRY. N irons base ball would have received EW YORK, November 6.—Fists have been flying too freely in col- lege foot ball games this season. veloped as many slugging affrays as have occurred on college grid- If the big league parks had de- a serious blow to a reputation that has been carefully cultivated in the past two decades. Yet on the gridirons young men finest and highest in American life—t who are supposed to represent the he college-bred man—slash out with their fists under any sort of provocation. Pennsylvania got herself into a hole | on Saturday that might well have | enabled Pittsburgh to tie the game | when she was penalized half the dis- | tance to her goal line because one of | her players lost his temper. Plavers | who impart to a great amateur game the aspect of a battle. royal are biots on the sport. In this connection it might be sald that there are certain college teams that are rapidly acquiring for them- selves reputations as teams that either are taught to play dirty foot ball or else play it instinctively. There is an eleven in the middle west, not one of the important col- lege teams, that seems to be an op- ponent one may play against only at the price of serious injuries. And there are other offenders not so far from the Atlantic coast section. These teams are fast falling into a category, and unless changes are| made the time is coming when they will find themselves without oppo- nents of attractive character. Tiny Hewitt's absence from the line-up of the Army eleven in the Yale-Army game has occasloned some | comment. The absence of this star, | who had a blazing carcer at Pitt and | then transferred to West Point, in- volves a sad tale of exalted ego. The story Is that Hewltt, with his wealth of | experience, questioned some of Capt. McEwan's coaching methods. This was rather a rash thing to do at a | service institution where discipiine is the principal thing. He was not, however, shot at sunrise or sentenced to Fort Leavenworth His punish- ment seems to have been relegation to the role of fourth substitute, if, indeed, he Is still on the squad. Speaking of West Point, it {s under- stood that Welch, the great Colgate tackle, is destined to wear the cadet | gray. He was headed for the acad- | emy this year, they say, but Colgate | friends prevailed upon him to hang | around another season. Thus far the Army has shown no signs of follow- ing the Navy's lead in adopting ‘the one-year residence rule, buf even- tually she will have to do thik. Syracuse’s success this season is pleasing to a wider group than the alumni and undergraduates of the Salt city institution. It is welcomed by all who know Chick Meehan, the young. coach,- who without blare or fapfare, has been building a system that produces results. Meohan {8 en- gaged In the practice of law in Syra- cuse and gives his services to his alma mater for no fancy salary. His methods are sound, his mind is keen and resourceful.and he is an .expo- nent of sportsmanlike conduct. And in the background stands Cy Thurs- ton, graduate manager at the uni- versity, who has remained steadfastly at Meehan's side, supporting him powerfully. i As to graduate managers, Bobb ‘Watt, the efficlent occupant of this office at Columbia, has resigned and is walting until the university sees its way clear to let him go before entering upon a bueiness career. (Copyright, 1928.) MEN ABROAD MAY AID U. S. OLYMPIC TEAM America may draw upon some of its athletic - talent abroad in quest -for Olymplc honors at Paris next year, especlally for the winter sports, which begin in January at Chamoix, in the French Alps. Among_several requests received by the Anierican Olympic committee from Americans desiring to represent this dountry in competition is one from H. C. Martin of New York, for- merly of St. Paul's School, Concord N. a resident of Paris, desires to enter his bobsleigh, “Stars and Stripes,” in the International contests. He won nd place in the grand 121288 Whara ne pians o' compets el A P! o Decem! | and Evans tackles, HARVARD PRACTICES ON NEW FORMATIONS CAMBRIDGE, Mass, November 6.— Only those Harvard players who.were slightly hurt in the Tufts game on Saturday were absent from ,the lengthy drill on the Crimson's secret practice fleld yesterday. Following the usual blackboard talk at the Tocker building, the first and second varsities went to the field, where they worked on new plays for more than an hour. Following this came a defensive drill for the regulars against the sec- ond team. The Harvard scrubs used Princeton plays exclusively, making no great headway through the first team line, but meeting with great success when they tried out the Tigers' forward passes. The first varsity lined up with Hill and Combs on the ends. R. Hubbard Bunker and C. Hubbard guards, Greenough -center, McGlone at quarter, and Lockwood, Coburn and Jenkins'in the backfield. Crosby was on the field, having re- covered from a cold. The fact that he was not on his usual wing is taken to mean Combs is the likely man to start against Princeton. R. Hubbard was in Eastman's place because the regular tackle was lame. This will not keep Edstman out of the hard scrimmage which the &oaches will stage today and Wednesday and be- fore the departure for New York late Thursday afternoon. Jack Hammond seemed to be in good condition. He watched the prac- tice. Coburn also will remain with the regular backfleld, now that he is in good shape. He came through the last partfof the Tufts game all right, but will have a lot of work swith the first team combination this week, having been absent from the playing line-up for a month, except for his short experience in the game on Sat- urday. The doubtful position in the back- fleld is left halfback. It is a question whether Cheek or Jenkins will be chosen. Cheek is & tougher player than Jenkins and has been in all ex- cept one of these games. He has de- veloped Into & very crafty back on the defensive against forward passes, and with Hammond and Coburn be- hind the line Harvard will need one fast-moving player to Work With Greenough against the Tigers' pass- ing game. Jenkins will surely get in the contest. The players on the injured Iist are ccming along slowly. Donovan, the 230-pound guard, will be available at Nassau, and so will Kernan and Adle, the substitute centers. RICKEY IS ON WAY EAST;, HORNSBY DEAL SCENTED ST. LOUIS, November 6.—Branch Rickey, manager of the St. Louis Na- tionals, and Sam Breadon; president of the club, are on their way east. Tt is known that Rickey will visit Boston and New York. Rickey would not discuss the nature of his mission, other than to say ‘I would ‘not be surprised if I returned to St. Louls without even discussing a transfer of players.” . The report that Rogers ‘Hornsby will be traded persists, however, and Hornsby has stated he believed he would be put on the trading block as @ result of his aftray with Rickey in New York, just before the season closed. ‘ TRACK FIGHTS BETTING. SAN FRANCISCO, November 6.—Two men were fined and fifteen other per- one woman, were ejected ::n" Emm racing grounds yes- tanday s/a result of efforts of the Pa- cific Je Club to keep the rac- ‘NOVEMBER 6, 1923. BOUT FOR RENAULT SOUGHT BY RICKARD NEW YORK, November 6.—Tex Rickard has begun negotiations to match Jack Renault, Canadian heavy- welght, who knocked out Floyd John- son last Friday night, with either Tom Gibbons, St. Paul light-heavy- welght, or Harry Wills, negro title contender. Rickard has undertaken the nego- tiations in the" interests of a New York newspaper's Christmas fund. It arranged, the promoter plans to stage the match around holiday time, pos- sibly December 21, at Madison Square Garden. Paddy Mullins, manager of Wills, has had some differences with Rick- ard, and announced he would not sign for ‘any match with the Garden pro- moter. but It is believed he might al- ter his attitude, as the bout would be a charity affair. Should efforts to sign_the negro be unavailing, however, Gibbons prob- ably will be selected. The St. Paul battler, who ‘went the limit with Jack Dempsey last July 4, has been asked to name his terms. Renault’s manager, Leo Flynn, has discussed the proposal with Rickard, and, although he has not definitely accepted, no difficulty is expected in bringing about an agreement so far as the Canadian is concerned. G. U. WILL HOLD INDOOR MEET ON FEBRUARY 21 Georgetown University will stage nnual indoor track meet Febru- 21 in Conyention Hall. The af- fair has been sanctioned by the Ama- teur Athletic Union. Johns Hopkins University planned to hold its indoor games at Balti- more on the same date, but it is ex- pected that the A. A. U. officials will strive to have the date changed in order to avold a conflict with the Hilltop meet. _— JEAKLE GETS DECISION. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November K. O, Jeakle, Toledo lightweight, was awarded the judge's decision ~ over Jimmy Dalton,” Indianapolis, after a twelve-round bout last night 6. : SPOR TS. FAILS TO IMPRESS CRITICS AS A RIVAL Registers Knockout Over FOR DEMPSEY Jack Thompson in the Fourth Round at Newark, But Signs of Cham- pionship Class BY FA as the best negro fighter in N impress those who went to Jersey a_bout against Jack Dempsey. Firs: EW YORK, November 6—Harry Wills lived up to Are Lacking. IR PLAY. reputation the business in his bout against Jack Thompson in Newark last night, but at the same time he did not to study his form with reference to t of all, the critics saw no reason for believing_that Harry could keep out of the way of Dempsey's deadly fists, while at the same time they have no idea that Dempsey would provide so stable a target for Wills’ wallops as Thompson and other fighters of third-rate ability have done. This big boy, Thompson, is a r ment. egular Joe Grimm for taking punish- Harry hit him with everything but the ticket booths for the bet- ter part of four rounds, and until the beginning of the fourth Thompson actually seemed to enjoy the punchis grin. Lambasting him with all his might, Wills still falled to drop the’ Bos- tonlan. Wonder what would have happened to that jaw had Dempsey taken an unobstructed sock at it. As a matter of fact, when the fight ended in the fourth Jack was not out. The towel was thrown in when he went down on his hands and knees. As it turned out the bell would have rung before the count of ten was reached. That Thompson was merely resting was shown by his transports of rage when he learned the fizht was over. He wanted to fight anybody and everybody, and it took officers of the law to quiet him. Had No Chance With Willx. Still he never had a chance to get anywhere with Wills. The only way in Which he figured in the battie was as a target. His own attack was a joke. Once or twice he managed to lay his glove on Harry's chin, but it was mild as a caress. The battle was well attended, some 15,000 filling the big armory. There were a number of dusky admirers of the two battlers present. In fact, in some sections the fringe of white ing—actually held out his jaw with a color suggested dark clouds with a silver lining. Battling Sikl was there forty ways and got a great hand. So was Gawge Godfrey, and, In fact, all the sable haute monde. (Copyright, 1923.) TABLET TO MIKE MURPHY ' IS ERECTED AT U. OF P. PHILADELPHIA, November 6.—The varsity Club of the University of Penn- nla_has erected at the south gate ding into Franklin Fleld a memorial tablet in recogmition of the services of | Michael C. Murphy, who was coach of | the track teams and trainer of foot ball players from 1895 to 1900 and again from 1905 to 1913, when he died. The tablet records that “Mike” Mur- |phy was a “famous trainer of ma victorious teams,” and contains one his oft-quoted sayings: ou can't lick a team that won't be | licked."” The tablet will be dedicated when Cornell plays foot ball here on Thanks- faces against the deeper sections ofgiving da El Producto is blended for real en- L“oment——with the result a mild t distinctive character that can- not be imitated. And the character never varies— that’s why a host of smokers depend on El Producto entirely for real cigar enjoymen: Puritano Fino d3corz /(r;y Philadelphia, Ps., Distributor Daniel Loughran Corona &5¢ straight «Favorita 15¢ straight You may or may not like El Producto’s character. It costs but little to find out—and if you do, you'll find you have the best in- vestment for real enjoy- ment you’ll ever make. Many shapes and sizes, ranging from 10c to 30. G. H. P. CIGAR CD., Inc: Co., Inc. 14th St. and Penna. Ave. Washington, D. C. Escepcionales 3 Jor 506