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SPORTS. ; THE EVE NING STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D. C., MON. DAY, DECEMBER 1C, 1923. SPORTS. 20 Georgetown Awards “G” to Fourteen : Five U. S. Netmen in World’s Leading Ten HILLTOP ATHLETIC BOARD |OLYMPIC DAY URGED |INTERIOR’S TITLE ELEVEN |V. M. L. TO PLAY TEN HONORS FOOT FALL MEN - Committees to Promote University’s Interests Are Named--Maryland Has Listed Seven Gridiron Games—Yale Nine t6 Visit Here. LTHOUGH little was accompl athletic board at its/meeting pen when it next assembles. A of the Hilltoppers has been undergoing change, but ished by the Georgetown University yesterday, much is expected to hap- For two seasons the athletic policy yet results have not been entirely satisfactory to those immediately concerned. However, much of importance is programmed uot be-surprising if Georgetown were to adopt an athletic plan simi to the more drastic ones now pursued by many of the other great uni- versities and colleges of the east an for the next board session. It would r d south. Principal achievements of the board yesterday were the award of let- ters to the manager and thirteen members of this year's Hilltop foot ball squad and the ap ‘Georgetown athle Foot ball players honored wer .Capt. Fiorence, Butler, Sheehan, Thompson, Hagérty, Byrne, DuFour, DeGaxsis, 'Minihan, ‘Mertagh, J. Mo- Namara. ‘Snell and King. Manager Kelly aiso received the insignia. The committees appointed by the board follow: Schedule, Fred Stohl- man, Ronayne Waldron, Josep Cazey: athletics, J. Shuerus, Murray fuuol‘, Stotlman, Waldron: finance, H. Grasty, Carey, Waldron. Other Mmembers of the board are Clarence Wilson, J. Gibbon, J. Manfuso, Dr. Pisler ‘and Father Vincent McDon- ough. The report of the finance commit: tee disclosed & balance on hand of 37,245, the yearly receipts being $45,760 und the expenditures $38,515. Nine games are planned for Mary- land's foot ball team next fall and ®oven of them already have been scheduled. Two_of those listed will Ba played here, Washington and Lee, @ newcomer to the College Parkers' schedule, being due to appear in Wash. Ington October 4 and Virginia Poly- technic Institute Qetober 1. Two games have been listed for the home field ut College Park, the season opener with Washington Collego September 7 an® North Carolina State College November 16, ~Out-of-town engage- ment e with North Carolina Uni- Jereity at Chapel Hill October 35 Yale at New Haven November 8 and the annual tilt with Johns Hopkins at Baltimore Thanksgiving day, No vember 37. The open dates are October 11 and November 1. One of these will g0 Catholic University, which {8 to met_on its new fleld at Brook- land. Georgia asked for November 1 ut Athens. but the Maryland author- itles are unable to grant the Dixie team an engagement then. North Carolina University {a to be met at Chapel Hill October 25 and Yale at New Haven on Novembér 8, and It was rot deemed wise to send the College Park eleven Cessive trying struggles, two _of which necessitate rathér long .trips. College mines of this area will be Mosts to Yale in the early part of the base ball season next spring. The ere for games. Catholic ersity will be played at Brook- fand April 17, the next day the Ells will invade College Park to face Maryland. and the day after will go to the Hilltop o encounter George- town. The la; ntioned team also ‘will play Yale at New Haven May 27. Basket ball candidates at George- town are reporting for three seasfons & week at Ryan gymnasium. Thoi at the college practice in the after- noone of -Mond Wednesdays and Fridays and those of the downtown divigions of the university drill in the nings of the same days. Coach O'Rellly {g counting much upon Capt. Carney, O'Kéefe. Brogun, Sweeney nd Donovan, &il varsity veterans, and Egan, a freshman star last winter. Now that it has been definitely ns- sertained that no New Year day foot Ball game will be played with South~ ern Methodist University at Dallas, Tex., those members of Maryland's ®rid squad with basket ball team as- ernuons are expected to flock to the loor squad practicing dally under the direction of Coach Shipley. There &re a number of good courtmen among the foot ball players, so Maryland should be well helped by this added material. Catholie University was to get stiff scrimmages today and tomorrow in Preparation for Wednesday's game with Lovola at Brookland, the first ©f the college basket ball semson here, Coach Rice will mend practically a Yeteran quint into the fray. Geor Washingtor and Gallaudet, which are not to do much until next inonth, will continue fundamental drilling. WESTERN GOLF BODY LARGEST IN WORLD By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 10.—A record increase in membership was reported By the Western Golf Assoclation at 1ts annual meeting, all present officers were re-clected and the Calumet Country Club of Chicago was selected for the open champlonship in 1924. Selection of a course for the ama- teur championship was left with the executive committee which announced that the contest will be plavefl on some Chicago links to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the asso- elation. With the acquisitlon of seventy- olght new member clubs In 1623, the associztion now has a total member~ ship, of 422 clubs In thirty-eight states, and is the largest o Clation in the worla T - SO aaso ‘The executive committee will also select u links for the junlor cham- plonship. For lh!l first time in ¥ ho question of rules or golfing ' au. uolflty came up for dlacnsslo:.‘ ILLINOIS AND NOTRE DAME | ON NEBRASKA’S SCHEDULE LINCOLN, Neb., December 10.~Ne« braska University's foot ball schedule, according to_the university athletic board from Kausas City, where the Missourl Valley eonference athletic Jheads are meeting, includes games ‘with Illinols and Notre Dame. The Illinols contest Is to be played At Lincoln, October 4, and the Notre Pame game is scheduled for Bouth Bend, November 15. FOUR HOME GRID GAMES - BOOKED FOR WISCONSIN MADISON, Wis., December 10.— Notre Damé, Iowa and Ames will meet Wisconsin at Randali Field_Here next sesaon, the university athletic \wouneil announced this aftérnoon. Notre Dame will play here Noyem- et B. Minnesota wil pay here October 18, /nstead of at Mlnnea announced. SOCCER TEAMS TO PLAY. Soccer teams of Gaithersburg and Merlboro High Schools will m: 0~ aforrow afternoon on the' Rosedale unds. They batt'ed to a 1-to- te last week and a stirring match 13 expected. ————— . PLANS A BIG GYMNASIUM. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., December 1 —At a meeting of the "N" Men's sociation of the Indiana State Nor- mal School, resolutions, wnnuuuu for & B M"M ® new into three suc- | [} pols, ae previously’ pointnient of committees to take care of the details of S. - MINNESOTA-ILLINOIS GRID GAME ARRANGED MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., December 10. —Minnesota and Illinols will clash on the gridiron at Minneapolls, Novem- ber 15, Athletic Director Fred W. Luehring announced last night at the conclusion of negotiations which had been conducted for the last week. The revised Minnesota schedule fol- | lows: October 4, North Dakota at Min- neapolis; 18, Wisconsin at Madison; 25, Towa at Iowa City; November 1, Michigan at Minneapolls; 15, Ilinois at_Minneapolis. Luehring also announced that the proposed = Notre Dame-Minnesota game for November 22 had fallen through, Rockne preferring to meet IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEFIES BALTIMORE PROS| GRID GAMES IN 1924 ‘With the knowledge that America's future Olympic games material muat ‘be developed from the ranks of the nation's #choolboy athletes, members of the American Olympic committea now have under conslderation an educational cam- gllzn designed to arouse the school chil- ren of the country to the importance of athletic training, not only as & means of preserving the supremacy of Uncle Sam in the competitive sports fleld, but a5 & means of promoting health and Kf_!rohd. clean l|xln¢. sasratl a e plap under consideration provides for iha datapilshment 0F what “will be known as “Olympic day.” It 18 planned to have this day established by procla- mation and dovoted in the achools of the country to a atudy of ancient Olym- pic_athletios and the Influence of ‘the sports on Greek national life and civill- zation {n general. Under the proposed plan, achoo! teachers would be required to muster a famillarity with the classic games of the past and devote at least part of the day to explaining the origin, alms and history of ‘Olympic games to their pupils. Wherever practicable, athletic instruc- tors familiar with the favorite sports of anclent times would -be_employed to provide demonstrations. Such exercise, it is contended by American Olympic committee members, undoubtedly would stimulate tremendous interest in the ancient games, in the modern revival of the Olympic classio and also would add stimulus to the committee's campaign for a $350,000 fund with which to defray the expenses of the athletes who will make the trip to Parls next summer for the renewal of the classic sports. The campaign for the Olympic team fund {8 being conducted under the direc- tion of Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, former commander of the American army of occupation. 'This campalsn has been | undertaken on a countrywide basis in a general drive to send abroad a team which will uphold America's athletic supremacy. Sponsors of the *Olymnic ( Aay" proposal belleve that one of the important immediate effects of such institution would be to bring home to the country generally the mportance of the Olympic games competition and thus increase the desire of the indi- vidual to aid in producing this d sirable duplication of other victorl Northwestern on that date. N the Nebraska game next fal for the South Bend outfit, and Knut; when the Nebraska team comes to sible. | Flesh and blood can stand just | sorts of ginger. Inside Golf l_By CHESTER HORTON. Here is a word of help for the golfer who finds it impossible ever t confident of step- whanging #t away—just like the good play- ers do. t (s the cause of this lack ence? Wiy can it not be ovefcomet The answer of this player conters fn one thing—an to call it paychology is nonsen there ian't a trace of chelogy about it. Thix player aim- weeing his ball. Learn » is coming forward anu into the ball—and lack of confidence will vanish like mist before the wun. It ix the succession of dubbed ots resulting from failure .u aee » b in the playe goiter really mees ki totally unconscious of anything else. When he really sees the ball he probably will find himself looking straight at the ground 101 Ris clubhead has passed great smrprine, comes up, he will around in the air CLUB TITLE GOLF EVENT TO KRAUSS AND TURTON Harry F. Krauss, runner-up in the club championship at Bannockburn a few months ago, ‘paired with W, Frank Turton, won the two-man champlonship yesterday, defeating R. §h.yu and Er. K. F. Kellerman by and 1. % The latter pair started with a han- dicap of three holes, but this was soon erased by the fine p! of Krau and Turton, and the match was al square at the turn. GIRL NATATORS TO HOLD MEET WEDNESDAY' NIGHT Girl swimmers of the Capitol Ath- letic Club will hold their last meet of the vear Wednesday night at.8:15 in the ¥. W. C. A. pool.- A demonstration of various strokes, fancy and trick diving, 1§ Included in the program. Florence Skadding, District and south Atlantic champion; Winifred Faunca, Rozelle Jett, Florence Da- mon, Elizabeth Smith, Alice Ronck, Thelma Castle, Marie Casass: iah Carter, Dorothy Keml Thelma Winkjer will take part. Cores insf is any WITTSTATT'S R. and P, 819 13th. ¥. 6410, 1485 P. Match Your Odd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS $4:85 G the of enilre | South Benders are human, after all. ! t igam!s all the chances are that the team will take the field filled with all | Krakow of the Condors played well {NEBRASKA SETS RECORD NOTRE DAME SURE TO LAY | FOR NEBRASKA NEXT YEAR BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, December 10.—It would not be at all surprising were | Notre Dame to leave a vacant Saturday immediately in front of | I. In two seasons now the sturdy | Cornhuskers have been all that stood in the way of a pinnacle lo(ztion| e Rockne wishes to reverse matters Notte Dame, if it is humanly pos- so much, and the alert and versatile With a fortnight's rest between The writer pleads guilty to slight- ing the Virginia Military Institute, This Institutionfi in which only €00 students are enrolled, ned up handily in the south Atlantic se tion this season and lost but one game, to Georgla Tech. Despite th defeat. however, Georgla Tech play-| ers said this team was the most ver- satile and accomplished outfit they | met this season. 1 Whether those who hold 2 brief for amateur sport will regard the action of the Oklahoma intercollegiate con- | ference with regard to eligibility athletes may be banned as profes- nale only In those sports in which had played as professionals. In vords, wers young Stribling, the professional pugilist of Georgla, to| enter any Oklahoma Institution he ‘would be barred only from intercolle« | glate boxing. Amateurlsm is a dellcate matter, and one of the greatest things about | it is f{ts governing and motivating | spirit. Anything that tends to break | this down, to imize its influence and importance, should be deprecated. And it is none too certain that such broadening of the rules relating to amateurism as has been brought about in the Oklahoma conference will not have this effect. { lessened the strength of the losers. NTERIOR DEPARTMENT eleven, which won the District sandlot hon- ors by defeating the Mercurys, 13 to 0, at the Clark Griffith Stadium yesterday, is not ready to quit. A challenge has been sent by the Interiors to the Baltimore pros for a game to be played here next Sun- day. Yesterday’s game, which was witnessed by 2,600 cash customers, was not a scintillating affair, the Mercurys not showing the “pep” they had displayed in previous encounters. Jack Willlams, Bill Kenyon and Zube Sullivan furnished the punch that conquered the Mercurys. Time and again Kenyon snared forward passes for good gains. He also booted two fleld goals and the extra point, after Jack Williams, who was much In evidence through- out the game, plunged through for the only touchdown recorded. Sulli- van sparkled on the offense, cutting great holes.for the Interior backs to wade through. Mercury entered the contest with- out Crouch, MacDonald, Turner and Walson, aM thelr absence materially ‘While Mercary was falling before Interior, the Mohawks were having a merry time with the Independent Athletic Club of Alexandria, Va. The Mohawks ran roughshod -over the Virginians, winning, 39 to 0, In_their closing game of the season. *Clever running by Cox, Licarione and Schneider alded the Indians mate- rlally. The Virginians made their lone six- polnter in the last period when Smith fell on the ball behind the Indlans’ goal after Browning fumbled a pass in an attempt to kick out of danger. Waverly threw a seare in the ranke of the Apaches when it battled the latter outfit to a scoreless tle In one of the most spirited tlits of the sea- son. Quigley of Waverly attempted two fleld goals, Smithson of the Apaches barely missed a drop- kick in the final quarter. Mackins uncorked a hix surprise when they took the measure of the | Corinthians in a 19-to-0 fray yester- | day. Ormas, Curtain. Jones and| Moran played creditably for the win- | ners. The Corinthians had several| scoring opportunities in the third period, but they lacked the punch.| Mardteldts made it ten in a row at! the expense of the Winton Athletic Club, winning, 23 to 0. Field goals by Hlilton and Meader featured, In addition to stellar playing by Clements | and Langford. ¥ Exhibiting a fast rumning attack | and a clever aerial offense, the Hand- ley Prep Juniors downed the Det- worth Juniors, 14 to 0. A pass, Chap- man to Dennlg, scored Handley's first six-pointer. McPherson and Reeves starred for the winners. : Trinity Athletie Club’s ninety-five- ! pound cleven displayed a sturdy de- fense when it defeated the Condor gridders in & 16-to-6 tiit. The win- ners now are casting about for a game with the Friendship Midgets. Haney and Nichols of Trinity and vesterday., i Seat Pleasant Athletic Clab claims the senior foot ball championship of Maryland as a result of its victory the Aero eleven of Baltimore, The elevens battled on even terms in the first half, but Seat Pleas- ant came to life in the third and fourth periods. with Hudson and: Webster performing brillfantl Shorty Farran was an outstanding factor in the Mount Rainler Juniors® win over the Herdie Athletic Club, He sprinted for long gains. Herdic's goal. Bill Rainier's third touchdo A forward pasr, S. Allman to Mc- Carthy, enabled the Apache Preps to down Argyle Preps in a 6-to-0 match. The elevens were well matched and | put up a fine game. One of the best games of the season was waged between the Kanawhal Juniors and the Mercury Jur urs, the former winning, 14 to 13. winners now claim the 120-pound champion. ship of the District. It was the firat defeat of the year for Mercury. Capt. Newman of Kanawha and Bregman of Mercury performed creditably, rendon Midgets ran roughshod | e (Copsright BAN ON STEEL SHAFT MAY BE LIFTED SOON Although no official word has come out of the United States Golf Asso- ciation on the subject, it is under- stood among well informed golfers that the golf ruling body soon will remove the ban that has prevented the use of steel-shafted clubs in championship play. It is expected that action allowing the use of such implements will be announced at the annual meeting to be held in this city early next month, The subject of the steel shaft has been one that has bothered the exece utives for more than a year. The subject has been up time and time again, but at the Pittsburgh m & last year the rulers ca out flat-footedly sgainst steel shat! laying down a hard and fast ru barring their use, and declaring that they were a “distinct departure from the accepted form and make of golf clubs.” Since, however, a number of tests have been made and it 18 on the basis of the results of these test: it is claimed, that the rul N n s, 80 be rescinded at the coming m 8. FOR GRID GAME CROWD LINCOLN, Neb., December 10.—Uni- versity of Nebraska shattered Mis- sour! valley attendance records dure ing the foot ball season just closed, with a total attendance of 69,495 SoAs, according Lo J. K. treasurer of the Cornhusker athletic board of control, This does not include thousands of members of the “knot-hole club” local school children who attend the games at reduced prices. The Notre me drew th largest crowd, P and t‘ge‘ DOr-nmmen of Syracuse attracted . BICYCLES The cheapest transportation ¥ou can, buy. Healthtul and conventent. Open even! to 9 o'cloek, Dec. 10 to ll.m - Payments'if desired. Velocipédés, Bcooters, ons and Pedal Skips. Hariy F. Seamark N.W. Cor. éth and G N.W. Wag- - Seitock, | 3Jor 500 BPrices from.10c ta 30¢c.. DISTRIBUTOR | erect position 1 I hand about level with the shoulder, | course. over the Blazing Rags of Anacostia, 80 to 0. Clarendon’s backs, . King, Blue and Wood, fleet for the losers. With Sewso, Edelin, Cromch and Reeves shining in broken fleld run- ning, the Friendship Midgets downed {he heavier Premier Athletic Club, to 0. winning, Hammo: were t Vietory Athletic Club {s anxious to meet the Park View Junlors since its win over the Takoma gridders, 33 to 0. Get in touch with Victory's man- ager at Columbla 1097. Candldates of the Kanawha five are to practice tonlght at 7 o'clock at the Coliseum. VANDY CHOOSES KELLY. NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 10.— Tuclk Kelly of Whitesville, Ky, all- southern guard of the 1922 and 1923 teuma. has been elected captain of the Vanderdit foot ball 1924 eleven. Basket Ball Tips What may, be done by a center to improve his jumping ability? Answered by W. L. LUSH emy for several letic director at College, Annapol * % % To improve his jumping ability the center of a basket ball team should practice springing, stretching and reaching. This may be done by that approximate ame Have some one throw the ball up and try to time the di-| rection and the height of it. An best, the touching Spring from the floor, stretch and reach as high as it is necessary to touch the ball on its downward Timing and precision are essential. The arm should be well extended and the ball deflected with (the fingers, the wrist and forearm employing a rotary motion. It is ' necessary to watch any peculiarity of the official when the ball is tossed upward. The center must not touch the ball on its upward course, as ! this is illegal. Character makes the fine cigar—and it's themild yet distinctive character that makes the man who once wries El Producto a steady El Producto smoker. Pick the size and color that! suits you —you'll find the next El Producto as pleas- ing as the last. enjoyment DANIEL LOUGHRAN CO.,INC. 14th St. and Penna. Ave. ‘Waskington, D. C. S G.H. P. CIGAR CO., Incs ‘Philadelphis, e e — LEXINGTON, Va., December 10.— “irginia Military Institute's foot ba :chedule for 1924 has been announc y Graduate Manager Clarkson. consists of ten games, six of whicl are with Southern Conference teams Five games will be played o Alumni Fleld, the Virginia gam: being the big hom® contest. Wofford College gets the sSeason' opener instead of the Quantic: Marines, Hampden-Sidney College i substituted for Lynchburg College an Sentucky takes the place of Ten ressee, ‘The ‘schedule: Septomber 20. Wofferd College; 27, Emor and Henry Oclloge October 4, Georgia Tech, Atlanta: 11. Ro versity of Virginia; 2¢ noke_ Col Horth b i I‘, Ui rolina Btate, Raleigh. Novem| 1, _Hi idney , pemte b Rieti i ot & :w: 5, ‘vflnl’li:']. of l,u! Lex- tute at Roanoke. ' e ROUND ROBIN LISTING OF GRID FRAYS URGET ANN ARBOR. Mich., December 10.- A round robin arrangement of fon ball schedules, which In the coursr of ten years would bring a meeting between all the achools of the west- ern conference, was favored here to day by editors dnd business manag- ers of the big ten college publica- tions, ‘with the exception of Ohlo State. The proposition was broached by Minnesota's representative, R. E Bartholdi, who pointed to the condi- tion of Wisconsin this vear as one of the reasons for the initiation of the vroposed arrangément. The plan would not necessarilv mean that the big ten schools would have to diseard their traditiona) foot ball rivals, Bartholdi sald, but would so shift the other games that at the end of the period each school at least one game with the other members. Ohio reserved decision to jawait the action of its publication' I'board of directors. ! Tlinols was selected as the next place of the association meeting to {Ve held in May. T. B. Sterns of 11l ! nois was elected president : | harat, Purdue, vice president; P, Butts of Wisconsin, secratary and F. R. Bartholdi, tressurer. SEWANEE BOOKS NINE GRID GAMES FOR 1924 SEWANEE, Tenn, December 10.— The Sewanee foot ball schedule for the season of 1924, still incomplete In some details, has been announced as follows: “;"'lhl' 20, Transylvania; 27, Bouthwest- orn Prosbyterian. October’ 4, Carson-Newman; 11, Texas A. M, at Dallns; 18, Alabama. at Birming. 45, University of Kentucky, st Lexing. November 1, Oglethorpe. at Atlanta; 18, South Carelina st Gotumbl ) (Thanksgiving day), Venderbilt at Nashville: OHIO STATE COMPLETES { ' ITS 1924 GRID SCHEDULE | _COLUMBUS, Ohto, December 10.— ! Ohio State University's 1924 foot ball | kchedule has been completed with ! the addition of two Ohio conference teams to the siX western conference | sames scheduled. Ohio Wesleyan was given the date October 15, and Wooster November 1. Both games will be plaved in the iflhiu stadium. 1 e e { COLORED ELEVENS TO PLAY. Buffalo Athletic Club and Stonewall colored elevens, will {meet next Sunday afternoon on_the {Monument _grounds. The Buffaio gridders will close their season, meet- ing the Georgetown Athletic Club, December 23. | S e 3k ek s e 5 ok ek sk Ak ke o ok ke sk ok sk kK ok ok ok And the What do you Read Wagner's answers—and you'll have still more interest in the Wagner kn game ‘next s The series begins Wednesday —have a Star Carrier leave both The Evening and Sundsy Star at your home— to be sure thit you don’t miss a single chapter of Hans Wagner's Story. .7 issues a week—60c a month Phone Main 5000—Circulation Dept. | in the conference would have played | you know a bone when you see it—or a stroke of base ball genius? T ILDEN EASILY IS BEST, ASSERTS BRITISH CRITIC Johnston Placed Second by A. Wallis Myers, Who Says Anderson Presses American—Williams, Hunter and Richards Follow Australian. W some quarters as to W. M. HILE there can be no dispute about William T. Tilden’s place at the top among the world tennis players, there may be doubt in Johnston’s superior claims over J. O. Anderson of Australia, in the opinion of A. Wallis Myers, the English critig, in ranking the first ten. He has picked Tilden as the one who un- yuestionably overshadows all other players, and has placed Johnston sec- ond, ahead of the Australian.. In fact, five Americans are ranked among the leading ten. Johnston and Anderson met in the Davis cup challenge round, and the Australian reversed the verdict of last year and won a five-set match. On he other hand, Johnston was victorious both at Wimbledon and Paris, nd though he was defeated conclusively by Tilden in ,the final of the American championship, he was admittedly not at his best on that occa- ion, declares the English writer. HOW NETMEN ARE RANKED BY THE FAMOUS EXPERT Here is how A. Wallis Myers, writ-| ing In the London Telegraph, rnks; the world's ten leading tennis play-| ers: 1, W. T. Tilden, U. 8. A. ‘W. M. Johnston, U. 8. A. . J. O. Anderson, 4ustralia. . R. N. Willlams, U. 8. A, . F. T. Hunter, U. 8, A. . Vincent Richards, U 8, A. . B. 1. C. Norton, South Africa. . M. Alonso, Spain. . J. Washer, Belgium. 0. H. Cochet, France. TRIO RATED AT TOP IN FRENCH TENNIS! By the Ansorlated Press. PARIS, December 10.—Jean Borotra, Henrl Cochet and Rene Lacoste have been awarded the highest rank among French tennis players for 1923. This| | announcement has just been made in | the official classification of the French | Tennls Federation. All three men, with & handicap of minus 30.3, will be known as the ranking “number ones” of the players of France. Their names are printed | alphabetically in the classification 8o as to avoid any possible deduction that one is placed above the other. ancois Blanchy. champion ~of France for 1523, is placed second, with minus_30.2, while Jacques Brugnon, Jean Cousin and Jean Samazeullh are in_third place, with minus 30, The fourth rung in the honors is occupled by six players—Albarran, | Ashlangul, Couiteas, Decugir, Feret | and Hirsch, all of whom are handi- capped minus 15.8. Danet and Ge! tien complete the first fifteen players with a handicap of minus 15. Suzanne Lenglen is fanked supreme among the woman players. The han- dicapper has not dared fix the number of points she should allow adver- sarfes. After Mlle. Lenglen there come, In order, Mmes. Golding, Bil- lout and Veusard; Mlles. Conquet, ContoSiavos and Vlasto; Mme. La Faurie and Mlles. Cousin and Bour- geols, forming the upper ten. TWO HOLIDAY CONTESTS | Wimbledon LISTED FOR COLGATE HAMILTON, N. Y. December 10, Colgate University will meet Ne- braska on the gridiron next fall. The date has been set as October 18, “Homecoming day” at Lincoln. | Colgate will be hollday foot ball op- | ponent also for West Virginia at| Morgantown, W. Va., on “Dedication | day.” - Here are some of the things Hans Wagner Writes about Base Ball—which Begin Wednesday December 12 Exclusively The Star agner pil you know—Hans are you like some folks who expect 2 Whtmmdbdb!htgnnflw_dmutuflymrthphh? A week later Johnston played the champion & better match at Forest Hills in the east vs. west contest, while he had victories to his credit over Tilden in his native California. Johnaton Loxes Gronnd. In the opinion of the English writer, Tilden and Anderson have both gained ground In the last twelve months. while Johnston has lost & lttle. But while Anderson might at any tme repest his * success over Johnston and is quite capable of ex- tending Tilden to the uttermost, he would not at present win a majority of matches against the winner at Wimbledon. R. N. Wiiliams, anotther of the fiv Americans in the leading ten. is ad- vanced from eighth to fourth place by virtue of his consistently fine play throughout the American season. There was nothing to choose between Williams and Johnston In the final at Seabright. It was neither his strokes nor his strategy which lost Willlams his match against Norton at Philadel- phia. He had defeated Norton at Sea- bright quite comfortably and ought to have beaten him again. In doubles Willlams played more brilliantly and with fewer lapses than in any pre- vious year. He undoubtedly won the eritical Davis cup doubles for Amer- ca. Frank T. Hunter, also of America, who (s ranked fifth, was a finalist at and & semi-finalist at Philadelphia. His victory over Vin- cent Richards in the fifth set. gained as It was from a losing position and with Richards at_ his best. was & fine performance. It astonighed even the bext judges in America. Richards has still need of sounder ground strokes, but his success at Southamp- ton, L. 1, and elsewhere puts him &t six. Norton Ranked Sevenmth. B. 1. C. Norton of South Africa is ranked seventh. Norton was a semi- finalist at Wimbledon and Philadel- phia, ining his place at Wimbledon by & surprising victory over Williams. Until this performance he had scarce- Iy shown qualities which merited hls fnclusion in the first ten. In none of the American tournaments preceding the championships had he got fal ther than the semi-final, but at Bo ton, when winning the doubles cham- plonship with Tilden, he played with more skill and judgrent. Manuel Alonso is snother European who has taken temporary anchoraze in America. This player from Spain is ranked elghth. He can claim Til- den as 2 victim this vear, and on hard courts, which be prefers, can now hold his own with any American. By the fact that he came to turf courts very late in the last summer, has did not do justice to his best game in the August tournaments. Jean Washer of Belgium is placed ninth. He was a finalist at Paris, and there played a very level fi t match with Johnston. After Alonso he is probably the leading continental. H. Cochet of France, who is ranked | tenth, has gone back a little, in the pinion of Mr. Myers. but he won the ‘world" covered court championship, the last of its line, at Barcelona, and a player of hie natural ability is cer- tain to make a deeper impression in future tournaments. g ? ; X : ; in his own story of s Next in Washington in oOWS. METTTTETARPE TR TR RTT T RTTT TR R R R AT RTE TR AT TR SR