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.SPORTS. Big Ten Frame Schedules Today : American League Has Many Clever Rooki LISTS WILL BE ARRANGED FOR FIVE COMPETITIONS ‘ew Changes in Relationships Expected—Officials to Get More Pay—Maj. Griffith Is Retained as Athletic Commissioner. N\ HICAGO, December 1.—West ern conference coaches, having dis- posed of preliminarics, settled down today to arrange their 1924 athletic schedules, with pros 23 relationships maintained by the Athletic directors last night reappointed Maj. John L. Griffith com. .1issioner of athletics for the western conference for a two-year term They complimented the commissioner on the lity of his service to amateur athletics. Foot ball officials who filed a written request for an increase in pay t an increased salary. $50 to $100 a game probably as a result of a recormimendat taculty committee. Basket ball refe th umpires reta rectors is accepted. sessions will result in for foot ball, base ball, -k, wrestling and swimming. Con- .rence indoor track and fleld meets swimming _championship cets are expected to be awarded to orthwestern, while Ohlo State and ‘funesota have asked for the out- or track meets. Secks Dates for Haskell. Dick Hanley, coach of the Haskell ndians, is here to confer with the iz ten coaches. He hopes to ar- :nge some big ten contests for 1924 or the Indians, he said J The only two games lost this fall 4 f ntie played and Butler, from ¥ the India - ¢ ¢r to Minnesota, 13-1 ‘“hn Levy. sn Oklahoma Indian. aying fullbiack, is the largest point fcorer of the season, Hanley believes. Wy, with his 208 pounds of brawn, as totaled 138 peints, nearly double of Grange, Illinoie, the leading ¢ ten scorer, who mas 72 Coach Rockne of Notre Dame, hose great foot ball eleven s fought as an opponent by Wisconsin snd many others for next year, said appreciated the Badzers' desire , meet his team. but did not know whether such a game could be ar Next year, he said, Notre which played a hard schedule ten games this season, would limit fts list to eigh Aiready, Coach Hockne sald, games 1924 have been arranged with inceton, theeArmy, Georgia Tech tentatively, with Nebraska, the culy team to triumph over Notre ijame in 1923. A game with Centre College has bee gought for next year, to_ be puaved in_the new Grant Park Sta- dium in Chicago. Coach Rockne said Zie did not think 1t could be arranged. The Georgia Tech game, he said, has lLeen set for November 1 st South Bend. HOWARD-LINCOLN TIE IS THEIR 19TH CLASH When Howard University and Lincoln elevens battled to a 6-to-6 tie Thanksgiving day at Philadelphia it was the nineteenth meeting of the two teams, the first one dating back to 1892. Of this number Lincoln has won nine, Howard five, while five tie zames have resulted. Nearly 20,000 fans watched and Howard stage their annu for the negro college championship of the east this year, Halfback Donehy scored Howard's touchdown in the first period and had hc drop-kicked the extra point his team would have brought home the bacon. Quarterback Byrd's 85-yard sprint in the eecond quarter resulted in Lincoln’s six-pointer, for later he car- Tied the ball across on a 10-yard off- tackle pli Grudiup failed to kick he winning point. ALTIMORE HOPEFUL OF ARMY-NAVY GAME BALTIMORE, December 1.—Indi- eations point to Baltimore as the cens of the 1924 foot ball classic 'between the Naval Academy and West Point. This is the conclusion pf J. Cookman Boyd, president of the park board. Ofcers at the Naval Academy have nofficially announced the conditions nder which Baltimore will be co kidered for the 1924 game. They are. A seating capacity of 70,000 or 'more In the stadium, allowing at Jeast 30,000 seats to each side; abso- lute control of the stadlum on the game day to “prevent backbiting and ' criticism t other g ays prior to the contest lest the field be in I proper condition; pledges by hotel ‘theaters and mercantilc and commer- £ cial houses against profiteering, and e ban on ticket speculation. ARINE-ARMY GAME * DRAWS THOUSANDS Clark Griffith Stadium was well led long before 2 o'clock this after- aoon when the annual foot ball game petween the teams of the Marine Corps and 3d Army Corps was to get nder way. Thousands arrived early vo view the parades of the two serv- ‘ne branches that were held before che contest started. A high breeze and colder weather st night did much to improve the 'gridiron, converted into a mire by rains of Thursday and yesterday. Although soft, it dry enough to assure good footing. The game concludes Washington's “big league” foot ball on. The pnly remaining attractions are to be provided by the sandlotters. In RENCH TURFMEN COMING TO ARRANGE A BIG RACE i PARIS, December 1.—Plerre Wer- heimer, owner of Epinard, France's hamplon three-year-old racs hor: will leave for New York today om board the steamship Paris. On his arrival in the United Btates he will be ready to consider any responsible proposition to semd Epinard to the United States next Bpring to meet America's best in a ), match race over any distance up to one mile and a half. 16 BIKE TEAMS IN RACE. NEW YORK, December 1.—Sixteen %eams, comprising one of the bhest tields ever entered, will start in the Rhirty-fifth annual international six- ‘day bicycle race at midnight tomor- row. in Madison Square Garden, ' Among the combinations are the American-Itallan team of Alfred Goul- let and Orlando Plani, and the Italian- Dutch team of Maurice Brocco and Teter Moeskops, the world's sprint <champion. ¢/ HEWITT PLAYS WHEATLEY. Thomas Hewitt and George Wheat- tey will be opponents in the District pocket_blllfard championship tourna- _anent Monday night at 5 _o'clock 2t Grand Central. Hewlitt defeated Clive Richmond, 100 to 53, last night. ning their $25 fee if another recommendation of the pects pointing to few changes in the big ten universities. will be offered a compromise fee of ion by the athletic directors to the rees are to be raised from $30 to $35, SANDLOT GRID FRAY WILL DRAW THRONG Washington's sandlot gridiron clas- sic between the Mohawks and Mer- cury elevens in the Clark Grifith Stadium tomorrow afterncon at 3 o'clock ig expectsd to draw one of the largest local foot ball crowds of he season. Both teams are reported ‘0 be fit for battle, and a stirring con- lict is anticipated. Members of the Southern Preps will hold a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1,'1993. THE STAR’S PANORAMA OF BASE BALL A Pictorial Highlight History of the National Game (Copyright, 1923, in U. S. snd Great Britain by North American Newspsper Alliance. All rights reserved) NO. 24—THE ORIGIN OF BASE BALL ARMOR. \ In early days of base ball men caught balls raw—that is, with- out gloves. Split fingers, torn palms, swollen joints, shattered bones were the fashion. 'It was considered effeminate to object. What did it matter if there was a broken mnose, if teeth were knocked out? It was the game and the game's glory. Then some one objected. In 1877 one Thaye¢r was captain of the Harvard nine. He asked . Tyng to go behind the bat. Be- ing a good-looking chap, Tyng objected. His face was his for- tune, so he said, and he wanted it protected. Thayer looked ~dark. But Tyng's eye hit upon a fencer’'s mask. He tried it on, and caught a few pitched balls with it. It was not quite the cage he wanted. So he took the mask to a tinsmith and had eye- holes cut out, and the tinsmith, who played ball also, made some suggestions as to changes. For, when the mask with the eyeholes had been tried,on Tyng, Thayer sent a hot foul right into Tyng's face," and it lodged so firmly in one of the holes—without harm- ing the catcher—that it had to be at the home of Manager Melvin Beall, 306 6th street southwest. ' Povich and Roscmblatt of the Ri- sltos performed well against the King Pins, their eleven winning, 26 to 11. l Olympics mnde It three In & row | when they took the measure of the Golden Tornados in a 26-to-0 fry C. Casassa and Davidson played o itably for the winners. ] Cirele ond Arlington gridders bat- | tled to a ecoreless tie at Baltimore. | Clever broken-field running by Lucas | and Liefsky enabled the Corinthian | Midgets to down the Southerns, 21 to | 0. Crogs also sparkled. With Fullback Curtis sprinting for dangerous gains, Chevy Chase Ath- iotic Club team showed the way to | ihe Lotus gridders in & hard-fought 12-to-0 battle. Games with the win- ners can be arranged by calling Man- ager H. Duryee at Cleveland 1615, KElnted over thelr scoreless tie game with the St. Alban's eleven. Peerless gridders are casting about for strong opponents in the 110-pound class. Get in touch with Manager Verts, at Lin- in 1130, at §:30 o'clock. Peerless has a pair of clever performers in Gieger and Glasgow. Troop 18, Boy Scouts of America at Quantico, Va., has organized two teams, one averaging 85 to 95 pounds and the other 110 to 120 pounds. Challenges are being received by J. ., Hammond, Box' 283, at Quan B, tico, N pounded out with a bat. LYNG, INVENTOR OF THE BASE BALL MASK. THE FIRST BIRD- CAGE WAS USED IN THE SEV- ENTIES, WHEN HE WAS CATCH- ING FOR HARVARD. s CATHOLIC COLLEGE GRID HONORS AT STAKE TODAY| EW YORK, December 1.—College foot ball for the season of 1923 | comes to a definite close today in the playing of the Catholic | xeroke, college annuals, Boston® College against Holy Cross at Braves’ Field, Boston, and Georgetown against Fordham at Yankee Stadium. The Catholic college championship and greater general interest i centered in the Boston engagement, , where a capacity crowd of more | than 40,000 is expected to witness the game. The Boston College eleven boast in the east, having been scored upon defeated Marquette team recovered season. Holy Cross ranks close t College In defensive prowess, for the ix points scortd by Harvard and the ven points scored by Fordham in a game which Holy Cross won, 23 to 7, mark the only occasions when the goal line has been crossed Darling, Boston College captain, s declared by many to be one of the greatest punters and triple- threat halfbacks in the and Bill Glennon, Holy Cross halfback, is said to be Darling’s equal in many depart- ments of play. Holy Cross has in Hilary Mahaney, a 200-pounder, an end ranked among the best defensive wingmen in the east. In their es with other eastern Cathollc colleges Holy Cross has de- feated Fordham and Providence, while Boston College has numbered Ford- ham, Georgetown, Providence and Canisius. among its victims. Nelther Fordham nor Georgetown has come up to its final game with impresaive records. The former has won but two games in_the eight played and Georgetown but two in seven. The latter, however, has en- gaged the more difficult opponents and has been installed the favorite, —_— CUEIST CHALLENGES. NEW YORK, December 1.—Jean Bruno of Austrla has challenged Tadeo Suganuma of Japan to defend the junior 18.2 balk-line billiard title, which he won recently in the Detroit tournament, in which the Austrian finished cond. Under the tourna- ment rules Buganuma must defend his laurels within sixty days. — TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., Decem- ber 1.—The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both were clear this morning. Boston | H (i ES, but not at the goal line. The trouble with such a team is that it exhausts itself by its long drives to the opponent's goal, and against’ the compact defense there possible against it, it fails to drive over for a score. Any team that makes one long advance to its op- ponent’s goal, and is then held, should use more varied attack on ts next trip. Forward passes should fter it gets beyond midfield. One r to the backs in that they do not re energy and strength to other is that the men—the backs—t The team which has driving power and lacks a forward passing attack 1s severely handicapped. Under such conditions the defense should em- loy its entire strength in withstand- ng the running attack. Thus, as such an offense nedrs the goal line, it is slowed up_and often’ retarded be- cause the defense can muster all of ite eleven to nlg each play. It is a faot t the last twenty rds to the goal line mark the zone n which it is hardest to advance the ball. The cause is that the defensc s ane of the best defensive records but once. THIS IS THE WAY THE COL- LEGE BOYS MADE FUN OF THE IDEA THAT A CATCHER OUGHT TO WEAR A MASK. THE PICTURE WAS FIRST PUB- LISHED IN THE HARVARD LAMPOON OF FEBRUARY 10, 1876, AND THE CAPTION UN- DER THE CUT READ: “IN OR. DER TO INSURE PERFECT SAFETY IN BALL PLAYING, THE HARVARD NINE HAS DE. CIDED TO APPEAR IN THE ABOVE COSTUME DURING THE NEXT SEASON.” Oh, how the Yale boys howled with derision when they saw the Harvard catcher in his bird cage. Even the Harvard Lampoon of the time could not resist poking fun at this kind of base ball coddling. But the mask had come to stay. 1f the face could be protected, why not the poor split hands?— all the more split because the pitcher was allowed to rather than “toss” the ball. matter whether the ball was cased off in speed, fingers con- tinued to he broken. uring_ a game in 1883 one Arthur Irwin, who in his day was a famous coach, broke the third and fourth fingers of his left hagd. He was playing shortston for Providence at the time. While this accident threw him out of the game, he did not allow it to take him out of the next one, for he went to | a glovemaker, selected a g'ove | too large for him, had the third | and fourth fingers sewed together, | so as to allow his bandage to be firmly held, and faced the crowd { thus gloved. They didn’t jeer at him, for they knew that he had been hurt. And during the game Irwin began to realize that Inside Golf | . By CHESTER HORTON | The finish of the putting stroke, or, rather, the position of the putter face at the finish of the hows absolutely whether been correctly hit for an ovi roll. Remembering this, perhaps the yer can make himself a rule that it s n »ary to logk up to see the | | | the bai That was when the un- | . a Boston fumble, which paved the | way to a 7-to-6 victory, the only one gained over Boston College this BUCKEYE GRIDbERS PLAYING NEW ROLES COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 1.— One week ago sturdy Ohlo State foot ball heroes were glving their best to repel the onslaught of the cham- plonship Illinois team. Today these same Ohlo State men are polished floorwalkers. managers of the ladles’ suit and millinery department and overseers of the women's bargain counter. “Hoge" Workman, State half, Is selling boys' sults; Frank Young, captain-elect of the 1924 team, floorwalke: year's tea and Klee and Southern, aré floor managers. Sorority “sisters’ are not presiding over the coffee urn at a formal re- ception today, but inatead are selling ribbons, cosmetics and hairpins. From' basement to_top floor, from recelving room to office, as heads of departments and salespeople, more than 100 picked Ohio State students of the department of commerce are in “complete control” of one of Co- lumbus’ large department stores, carrying forward on a strictly busj- ness basis every detail of the enter- prise. Instructors of the commerce d artment of the university said this fathe first time such a practical ex- periment In store management by university students has ever been at< tempted. pt.Petcoff of this Pete Honaker, fuliback, haltbacks, How Foot Ball Is Played 'BY SOL METZGER. THE QUESTION. If a team has a strong, driving attack, and repeated- ly carries the ball toward its opponent’s goal, but often fails to score, should it for- ward pass? be mixed in with its running attack eason is that the passes give a rest quire them to be using their entire owl over and run through opponents, and the gu: compels the defense to keep back its secondary us making the running attack more powerful. has less area to cover forward passes in, has to give no attention at all to punting and can muster almost its entire strength to stop & ri Yale against West Point was some- in the first half of game because Yale stuck to the running attack, but when Yale changed jta tactics in the sec- ond half, using passes with its powerful driving backs, Yale proved a different team. Only when playing in that way. ale or any team -ahle. to ~ defeat “‘opponent of like strength, brilliant Ohio | blossomed forth as a | Cay | | | | . My method of putting req | that the be at | right angles to the line to the hole =t all three stages of the mtroke. That is, the tace is %0 turned at the address, at the end of the swing, and at the finish of the stroke. This latter position is of | the utmost importance. If th binde has turned fmward | finish of the stroke, :lll this turning movement bega: i e made to run with a straight over- spin_or is given the least bit of | widespin emersy. (Copyright, John ¥. Dille Co.) TWO GIVE $2,500 EACH TO U. S. OLYMPIC FUND NEW YORK, December 1.—Dona- tions of $2,500 each from John D. | Rocekefeller, jr., and frpm Col. Rob- ert M. Thompson, “chalrman of the American Olymplo committes, have been announced in connection with the opening of New York's drive to Taise $100,000 of the $350.000 budget required to finance America's repre- sentation in the Olympic games at Paris next year. Gustavus T. Kirby, former haad of the Olympic committes, has accepted lolldnruhlp of the metropolitan cam- paign. WASHINGTON INVITED TO PLAY NAVY ELEVEN PABADENA, Calif., December 1.— The Tournament of Association has tolegraphed the University of Washington foot ball team an invita- tion to meet Annapolis Naval Acad- emy team in the annual éast versus west e on New Years day In t Rose Bowl here. . COLGATE GIVEN CHOICE DATE BY WEST VIRGINIA MORGANTOWN, W. Va., December 1—Colgate will meet West Virginia in the dedication dsy game for the new Mountaineer - foot ball stadlum next November 8. Colgate will re- Diace Pean-State on the Mountaineer card. e BIG MEETS CONFLICT., By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 1—Kenneth L. Wilson, director of athletics at Drake University, has announced that the Drake relays would be held at Des Moines on April 25 and same dates as the Penn relays. HOCEEY STAR DIES. TORONTO, December 1.—Thomas N. . forty, one of the greatest of h dled last ness of blood poisoning, following the extraction of an ulcerated tooth. ’ | { Infinite the hottest grounders could be picked up with that glove direct and that there was no longer any necessity to ease off. As in the case of the catcher’s mask, the: glove was seized by the sporting goods hotises. It was here.to stay. . % he 'new °:pitchin about this time. was free to deliver the no material restriction ‘came Cin ¢ he‘r cher ball, with Before that he almost had his n!n b i with- bound down to his side rules. Now the balls, became- hotter’ and . hotter. St}melbin.» must be done for the catcher's hands. More than ene cateler was required for a game before the days of the glove, - Irwin's invention pointed the way. Jim White, in 1888, sewed a leather plate in the center cf an infield= er's glove. Behold the catcher’s mitt in its infancy. There were obstinate players who de a grandstand show by refusing to be so tender as to wear all this paraphernalia. They didn’t real- ize that these inventions would in a way help to revolutionize the game. And when Bresnahan, the famous catcher, concocted the shin plasters. behold on the base ball field there appeared a man dressed very much like the armored knights of old. Tomorrow: “Anson, One of the Big Stars of Base BallL” q | THAYER, THE HARVARD CAP- TAIN, WHO THOUGHT A MASK WAS TOO FUSSY. HE IS A BROTHER OF THE MAN WHO WROTE “CASEY AT THE BAT."” SPORTS. 11 ® es PECKTEAMTOPLAY (BETTERS SENIOR CIRCUIT IN SELECTION OF TALENT Bentley Only Real Hitter to Be Picked Up by Older Organization, Although Its Younger Pitchers Carried Off Most of Laurels. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. NAVAL STATION FIVE Pgck Memorial Club tossers will en- counter the Naval Receiving Station quint tonight at 8 o'clock in the for- mer's gym. Both teams have been etting & rapld pace and a spirited match is expec Terminal quint of the Railroad Y, M. C. A., will be the opponent of the Peck five Mohday ‘might. Busines Manager Frank Athey of the Peck Club s king games at Main 8400, branch 67, between 9 and 11 o'clock. $t. Andrew’s junior team success- fully opened the season against the '8t. Te! tossers, in a 36-t0-17 fray. MacDonsld and Shields played best for Bt. Andrew’ Columbia Midgets ran roughshod over the Lafayette performe: win- ning, 256 to 6. Ellis and Johnson of Columbia and Hutt and Goodman of Latayette played well. Members of the Pe:;yl‘l’ru;p:"k:: 1l_squad_are urged to r te Powell Behool tonight at 7 o'clock. iphany Midgets were scheduled lomm'let the Comforter Cubs in the former's gym today at 10 o'clock. ehal has been issued by the Bunmnlufl-v': that {s casting about for games in the 125-13 und cla: Manager Farrell, Lincoln 730f booking contests. GIVES UP GRID JUG WITH TEARS IN EYES —_— By the Associated Press. . CHICAGO, December 1.—The “little brown jug,’ emblematic of foot ball rivalry between Michigan and Min- nesota, mever was transferred from vanquished to victor with more pathos than the 1823 game at Ferry Fleld. Earl Martineau, who led Minnesota through_a series of victories prior to the, Michigan game, earned six citations for valor in battle In Fran When a possible tie for the cha pionship honcrs of the Big Ten foot ball season of 1923 had slipped from the Gophers' grasp after a desperate struggle, Martineau, as the defeated captain, With tears in his eyes, car- ried the “little brown Jug’ across to Kipke of Michigan, the victor, but was t00 near & breakdown to speak. McGRAW COMING BACK FOR LEAGUE MEETING NEW YORK, December 1.—Manager { John J. McGraw of the New York Glants has cabled from Europe to his ofhces here that he would arrive December 8 and proceed immediately to Chicago. It is expected the Glants' pilot will attempt to complete trades at the major league's meeting in_ Chicago to improve bis pitching staff. GIANTS BUY PITCHER. NEW_ YORK, December 1.—The New York Glants have announced t had purchased John Gross, right- handed pitcher, from the Mount Ster- ling, Ky., club of the Blue Grass League. FOOT BALL’S REAL VALUE NOW BEING APPRECIATED BY WALTER CAMP. I mation of character in American NTERCOLLEGIATE foot ball has more supporters now than at any time in its history, both as a spectacle and as an adjunct to the for- youth, and it is not at all surprising that business men, cditors and leaders of public thought who are students | of social economics are putting them of the great sport. . | Apart from its value to the players, selves on record as stanch supporters it has a distinct appeal to the nation, from the viewpoint of our own physical fitness, for not one. but several surgeons %ave called attention to the fact that even those on the bleachers, t rough pulse beat and the It is one of the games which while in_its technique, when an- alyzed as it is by the expert critic d coach, has a cardinal principle for its base, which makes it appeal | even to the uninitiated. Offers Great Varlety. It takes but little experlence to the tranger to the game to possess him- elf of the meaning of it and the pur- poses of the two teams. It is a game that has been worked out well to es- pecially suit the youth of our nation. 1y gives an opportunity for hletic, as well as than any other It requires the quallifications of not only the runner, but the wre: tler, the active man as well as t powerful man, the man of consider: able welght and the wiry type. Beyond all else the mental side, which is 50 exacting that the stupid boy is quickened in every mental Its quality through t cheering and partisanship of develoj Ing spirit is also quite remarkable. Types of spectators are so varied hat one is impressed with the fact that its appeal is not to one class in society, but to all. It Is estimated that one of the large universities took in in gate recelpts a half million dol- lars this_year. It is estimated that on one Saturday afternoon alome a half dozen games drew more than a quarter of a milllon spectator: It is not & supposition but that at all these contests there wei not nearly enough seating accomm dations to take care of the demand of those who wished to see them. It has grown to be a glant, but it could hot have grown the way it has without certain stern virtues which it typifies in the nation. It must be gulded and ‘urned to good account. Backbone of Finances. As a matter of fact, foot ball now 18 the central power plant of the ath- letic station in most universities, so far as finances are concerned. It not only pays its own Illr. but it pays the way of track athletics, rowing, minor ‘sports and general upkee Sase ball in many universities does ao better than break even, and in the excitement, secure a real value in the quickened stimulus of the game. several is operated at a loss, and so are track athletics. s impossible practically to get any ere near enough gate receipts from sports of this kind to pay even a small portion of thelr cost. The same is true of basket ball and most of the minor sports. The building of stadiums is in many ways & business propesition for the athletic depart- mept of the university, because it is only by the gate .eceipts from foot- ball that the general athletic plant nay be financed and supported. (Copyright, 1923.) WRITERS TO SELECT DIXIE GRID LEADER ATLANTA, Ga., December 1.—With the defeat Saturday of Alabama by Florida, southern “sport writers will have to muster all their available statistics to select the champlon of the southern conference. The selec- tion 1s to be made by two sport writers from each of the states com- prising the conference and the result will be made known Sunday morn- ing. ‘The choice will lie between Van- derbllt and Wi both with undef ords. None of their g basis of comparison, h er. The writers are to cast votes on first, second and third choices, the eleven recelving the greatest number of points Winning the award. NOTED SPRINTER HURT. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 1.—Loren Murchison, ~crack sprinter of the Newark, N. J. Athletic Club_ and holder of the ‘national 100 and 220 yard dash titles, may be forced to re- tire at least for a time from the cinder path through serious injuries to his back, sustained I® an automo- bile accident at Philadelphla recently. afford a T, JACK BURKE TELLS: The Best Play I Ever Made. Tfln best play I ever made was in the Minnesota open tourna- ment in 1916 I had the good luck to execute & perfect stroke under the most dim cult circumstances. A champlonship dopended upon it, llkewise an ex- tremely low score for seventystwo holes of play. s Had my niblick failed me ina orit- fcal moment, both title and low score would have escaped me. The tournament was played on the Interlachen course at Minneapolis. The play which saved the day for me came up in the final round, when it was almost certain that ."En' o ewood, N. J. club, but at that time with the Golden Valley Country Club, St, Paul, or I would wiy out, Botl of us were golng at!a gait which gmnlufl to give us totals well under 290. ‘Word reached me at the sixth green that Cyril was making par hole after par hole. When, on the next hole, my tee shot went fhto dee fough, just behind a tree at the edge of the green, I thought I was certain to_lose & lot of ground. That tres was at least forty feet high. The branches hung low, there was no chance to get under it. T!‘IJ :nly 't‘h}; nto y‘.rtd near the pin, which was y yards distant, was to play a hl.ih ML‘; '::.trh':. (r:'a. was 80 close at, to esca; its follage, it would be necessary 2: AT n 0 a fect niblick. The Il"’ not only cleared the tree.with room to spare, but plum) down on the green with- in two of the pin. I took an easy three. I can't guess how many strokes that . play saved me. I do know it won’_ the tournament for me. . I fAnished remaining holes for : total of 385. Walker required a Under the cfrctimstances, I'm sure it was the best play I ever made. 1 : l u N EwW YOR}(, D?cember l—American League managers put it ail over their Nat_lor}al League rivals in picking recruits for the sea- son of 1923, it is disclosed by analysis of the unofficial batting averages of the two leagues. The figures were double checked this year and are fairly accurate. They show that the player who_could begin t American circuit as batsm en. And, no first-year man who gave much evidence of e less you except Bentley. CHILEAN SCRAPPER IS REAL PROSPECT BY FAIR PLAY. NEW YORK, December 1.—Are wa to have anothér South American con- tender? Judging from the battle put up at the Garden Thanksgiving night by Luls Vincintint (¢ looks as though South American fans would have ad- ditional opportunity of flaunting the chill con ne and the succulent pimento as articles of diet designed for the nourlshment of champegns. Vincintini hafis from Chlle and he is one lad who knows how to send in his punches. He does not hit like a boy Who has been taught, but like an hombrey who beg: maulies the first day he hit the ci e. He is a lightweight and comes at a time when Benny Leonard's class was beginning to look pretty thin, what with no one hanging around as a contender except Pal Moran. By the way, the boy Vincintini beat Thursday night was Jimmy Carroll of this town. As to Moran he Is certainly in line for a bout with Leonard, or was until this dash of chill sauce was injected into the situation. Now it looks as though Pal would be obliged to df pose of Luis before he aspires to Benny can order ¥ the South Ameri- can before he will consider a match with him. And if Vincintinl should happen to wallop Pal for a loop then Leonard could look forward to a battle that | would make him long regretfully for some such opponent in the other cor- ner as Lew Tendler. Vincintini will be brought along carefully, however, looking forward to the time when he is geared to make a bid for big honors. RICKARD NOW WORKING NEW YORK, December 1 ex Rickard declined to reveal details of negotiations he has had under way for some time to match Harry Wills, negro heavyweight, and Luls Firpo, but indicated that some progress toward arranging the bout has been made. Rickard admitted recelving word from Firpo, In which the latter sug- gested May § as a satisfactory date. —_—— BOXING BOUTS STOPPED. CHICAGO, December 1.—Seven hox- ing matches were stopped by the po- llce last night, on_ _orders of Mayor William Dever, after Arthur Burrage Chicago attempt to resume box- ing in_Chicago since the match be- v ennie Leonard and Pinky Mit- chell several months ago, which broke up in & free-for-all fight. FIRPO INVESTS COIN. BUENOS AIRES, December 1.— Luis Angel Firpo is investing some of his American earned capital. He has purchased three building sites in Zuenos Aires, paying 66,000 pesos for the properties. ~ A Buenos _Alres store is exhibiting several oil paint- ings recently acquired by the fighter. BOWIE CLOSES TODAY. BOWIE, MD., December 1.—The feature of the last day of the Mary- land racing season is the Endurance handicap, for two-year-olds at one mile, for a purse of $7.500. Stanwix and Mad Play, of the Rancocas stabl are the favorites of the fifteen e tries. TITLE TO TANK ELEVEN. ‘Tank school gridironers won their fourth consecutive Third Corps area champlonship when they trounced Langley Field eleven, 33 to 0, at Camp Meade, Md., yesterday. The Tankers registered six touchdowns and three successful tries for point ———— ATHENS, Ga., December 1—The Bull Dogs of Georgia will officially close their 1933 foot ball season here today_when they battle the Centre Colonels in an attempt to recover from the defeats handed tbhem In their last two games with Vanderbilt and Alabama. ON WILLS-FIRPO BOUT| National League did not have a single first-year 0 compare with Manush and Summa of the ndeed, the Nationals had practically ven mediocre batting, un. Bentley batted about 425, but he can scarcely be classed as a first-year man because of his experfence at Baltimore, and. moreover, he was in less than a third of the scason's games. That gave him a decided ad- vantage, because the fewer games a €00d batter plays, the more formi- dable his percentage. Eliminate Bentley and the National drops out of further consideration o far as mew batters are concerned. Averages of players who take part In a score or so of games are not worth taking into account. Summa and Ma- nush went through the greater part of the scason, although they usually were taken out against left-handed pitchers. Young Pltchers Shine. ,There fs one odd fact about the National figures. Young pitchers out- shone the regulars widk the wiliow. True, the marks were made in only 2 few times at bat, but the result is unusual. Steineder of Pittsburgh hud @ topheavy average of more than 400. of Boston is around 3S0. inert of Philadelphia is around although he is not exactly a onc- year chicken. Of the good batting outfielders Burns ncinnati showed one of the most painful slumps. He made only hits in 154 games. However, the fa. that he was lead-off batter and hencc credited with more times at bat than most of his teammates has somethiny to do with his showing and he ! likely to come back, becauseghe fs in ch fine condition most of Me time. aranville is another player to E“’ om the averages are unkind. The {bail is bending too quickly for him, {apparently, and he is sagging. No young player in the National | L e has come forward more as- | suredly than Bottomley of St. Lout More than one manager has his eye on Bottomley. He says so himself. He must have felt his left ear burn- ing. 1f Hornsby Is to have a real rival for batting honors, Bottomley should be one of the contenders and Frank Frisch another. Grimm of Pittsburgh finished about sixtieth as a batter in 1922 and about twelfth in 1823. How's that for a Jjump—from .230 to .340 in one season? (Copyright, 1928.) i | DOWN THE ALLEYS CLUB LEAGUE. Rod Bo; £ Grifia, W., 80 107 122 Totals. . 445 485 488 Pirstes, 84 Connor,R MeDorte 88 113 erm'tt Fahey.Jos. 85 Bherwood. 92 79 Hol'sJ.F. 92 110 88 Da Totals. . 430 463 460 ‘ankees. Cavan'ugh 81 90 76 Niland.... 32100109 @ Foraah 8 % o x 93 84 orter, . 82 McGizais. 9 FonTe i i Totals.. 437 420 475 SUNDAY BCHOOL LEAGUE. 8 90 129 Homas. 82 108 9 Colmaa... - T 70 Lippeld. & Totals.. 432 464 436 Totals.. 491 468 482 TERMINAL B. B. Y. M. C. A. LEAGUE. 80 H, Wil 101 104 C.Wil'ms, 101 90 103 Eaniesp. 16 18 18 Totals.. 458 479 403 SIKI ENDS HIS SPREE. NEW YORK, December 1.—Battling Siki, penitent and all but broke, has returned from his first spree in America, during which he borrowed $1,000 spending money from his man- ager, Robert Moe Levy, played Coal ©Oil Johnny to a crowd of Harlem ad- imirers and escaped to the wilds of New Jersey. -FAMOUS FISHING LINES (Frem Walton “—it was malintained by the learned Peter du Monlin, who, In his discourse of the fulfilling of prophecies, ob- serves that when God Intended to re- veal any future events or high no- tions to His prophets, He then carried them either to the deserts, or the seashore.”—Izaak Walton. Now, remember this axiom—"Never take your eye off the fly when it is on the water."—Fred G. Shaw. «I have killed salmon with the fly n thirty-one different rivers In Eng- nd, Scotland, Ireland and Norway, and have never been able to detect preference on the part of the fish for any particular color or shade of light or dark."—S8ir Herbert Maxwell. oung angler is always carry your mackintosh, be pa- tient and persevering and leave the weather to take care of itself. You may have sport in all winds and in #ll ‘weathers, or you may not. I do not believe there is any rule what- ever that can be relied upon. I have had first-rate sport in a snowstorm ere n\'."—l'rlnnll Francis, 1867. “As to the much-mentionel question of the gameness of the large-mouth bass, I have no hesitation in saying, from an experience of mearly forty years, covering all sections of the country, that Where the two species co-exl: there is no difference in their game qualities."—Dr. James A. ‘Henshall. “This love of the author's favorite sport does not blossom like a flower in the huppy days of the fishing s son, to wither away with the approach of winter. Many winter evenings are spent in his library, where he may se- lect for his evening's entertainment one or more of several hundred of the most Interesting anglers’ books writ- ten since the days of Walton"— %mlyn M. Gill. ke & faverite gum, & favorite fly ro:"hold! n undisputed place fn the sportsman’s affections; by the same League Monthly) token It should recelve equal care in its choice and use. Therefore, in choosing the fly rod, let the novice pro- ceed on the theory that he is buying for many years to come, and that it will pay him to forget economy as gndr as possible.”—Eugene V. Connett, “I have been through the whole gamut of outdoor killings, and this is what remains as sure and fixed, the joy and companionship with the ]L‘i‘lvl‘ln' world of nature."—Warren H er. “The increase of anglers need not spell the spoliation of rivers. On the contrary, a spreading interest in fly- fishing tends to the better preserva- tion of waters, the enforcement of re- strictions upon unsportsmanlike fish- ermen, the devising of scientific means of fish breeding and restocking, and the discouragement. of illegal fishing."— Walter M. Gallichan. “The Trout Wa- ters of England.”) “April is mot & warm mon! has some warm days, and If angler happens to choose these days for fish- ing, he ought to count himseif a for- tunate man. There will be a spirit in the air, an appeal, & promise, a proph- ecy, to make a man's heart leap up } within him."—Sir Edward Grey. but it Radiators and Fenders 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS ANY EKIND MADE OR REPAIRED, WITISTATT S . and ¥ WORKS 319 13th. ¥ G410, 3 - . wie Races Nov. 20th to Dec. 1st traing leave White House Station af 11:15, 11:30, 11:48, 12:00 and 12:15. Admission ...... G-wn-aln Tax. 1 First Race, 1:15 P.M,