Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1923, Page 31

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHI NGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1923. . SPORTS. ai wo Floor Games at Brookland Tonight : School Rules Will Be Enforced Fuily THE STAR’S PANORAMA OF BASE BALL A Pictorial Highlight History of the National Game C. U. AND LOYOLA IN LONE - VARSITY CLASH OF MONTH Red and Black Has Four Foreign Contests Listed Be- fore Holidays—Eastern High Encounters rub Team in Preliminary. WO basket ball games are to be offered in the big gymnasium at Catholic University tonight, a clash between a Brookland scrub aggregation and Eastern High School's five having been arranged 8s a preliminary to the varsity tilt between Catholic University and Loyola College of Balti The first game is to start at 7 o’clock, while the big quints are expected to take the court shortly after 8. The Catholic U-Loyola contest, which opens the competitive season for colleges of the Washington area, is the only varsity action in basket ball scheduled here this month. listed before New Year day, but one is with Western Maryland at West- minster and the others with teams in New York. Georgetown, George Washington, Gallaudet and Maryland are to make their bows after Jan- uary 1. Coach start team er more. Rice tonight's that has sam, represented about decided With the Catholle Uni- a°Bres. | nter, and Hov- | and Donalhue. | quite likely before 1t m_Daltimore quint strq ers Interesting to me | assignments are only tentative, ever, for Shipley intends to reduce the squad further until but a dozen plavers are left In the running Others of the varsity squad are Supplee, Spinney, Marden, Huveit, Sommerville, Nihiser, Mitchell, Ship- ley, Straka. C. Pearce and W, Pearce. Shipley 'Is not a relative of the coach’s, nor are the Pearces re- lated. i and Ryan, cente led 1r] by Joc Fuller, | O'Keefe, [ and B tively forwards: 5 Carney an, guard: been tenta- cted as Georgetown Uni- versity rst-string combination by Coach O'Reilly All are veterans of the coprt. However, there are many promising players in the big squad ¢ the Hillto made ved nd playe oty to s th, Al o attend nter- 11s upon be « before the team goes info nst St. Joseph's of Phila- t month, mage drills soon are to be on ograms of the squads at ashington and Gallaudet are well conditioned nd versed the funda- the game. Although neither team is slated for a regular 1w until next month, each may rrange several practice tilts during next two weeks. ANS WOULD TRIM ER REED BASKETERS g it receiv in %/ A ViAR.2 ed at the hands of the Congress Manhattan quint intends to redeem itself ced five tonight in the hospital gym ! d by the Petworth Athletic Club he win column ary of, Washington Prep Reserv a 17- « ching | to-4 tilt last night, do battle Manhatta this | with the Clarendon Baptist five ' mor w night n the Peck gym $ o'clock. Games he arranged by call West 1044, after 4:30 o'clock with th at Compa n be the wy C, oppo- < orrow Guard gym will en- | n th A battle ix expected in the Com- S ort| forter Ju Junior fra i SUEETS e played tomorrow night in the has several open dates| MAculate Conception g Manager : £ Moreland of the Comforters is Saltinaen st Taeothl sames at Lincoln 1087. Roceatty, Hessler, Harvey, Luckett, Einder, Gass, Apperitti and Parker iving for berths on the Park in a = ms with the winnt ager Hold n Oura Andrew’s Juniors added another m to thelr list defeating the 1dt Athletic Club, 30 to 1 Athletic column to five in )W, downing the Paramount tos- s, 39 to 18, Manaders registered tun goals for the Independents. The Independent shed its win Club Having end. hall campa the ( ell, D. Kepy cessful foot le Athletic n to basket | W -1 b found a vic- vary Baptist Independ- g 44 to 22, tim in the C; ents, wir Kl s ¥ tenm work, the Ar- »wed the way to the ion, 28 to sunted for When the Calvary Baptist basket- downed the tion team, 78 to 10, sixth stralght game. shooting twenty baskets. they won their Sheila, and H while Fi iowan, Br are on sna- | the s of | 7 o'clock in Boy Seout ‘the CORNELL IS OFF LIST OF COLGATE ELEVEN ITHACA Apache that downed t N Frank Hender junior, | of the Cor- am. He play gridiron squad the ¢ from Hamiltor te schedule con- of the report that would not meet been an A pitcher or nouncement Y. of jhe tained confirmatic ) and Corr Colg eported that a western con- | nce eleven would replace Colgate, | Ohjo State, Michigan, Wisconsin and 1llinois being mentioned. The remainder of the schedule is in doubt. Books Three New Foes. HAMILTON, N. Y., December 12.— Three new teams will oppose the Colgate foot ball team next fall, ac- cording to the 1924 scheduld just made public. Nobraska will be played t Lincoln, Neb., on October 4; Provi- dence on November 1, and West Vir- ginia, at Morgantown, W. V. November~S. Emblem and Pierce BICYCLES $35.00 to $50.00 The cheapest transportation you can buy. Healthful and convenient. Open evenings to 9 olclock, Dec. 10 to 24. Payments if desired. Velocipedes, Scooters, Wag- ons and Pedal Skips. Harry F. Seamark N.W. Cor. 6th and G N.W. Cleveland Motor Cycle Ageney The Brooklanders have four more games | the others to the second group. These | how- | and several shifts may | \ i Immaculate Concep- | Enright starred, | (Copyright, 1923, in U. S. and Great Britain by North American Newspaper Alliance. All rights reserved.) NO. 36—THE EVOLUTION OF THE BAT. The bat is not any old stick of wood—though any old piece of wood was probably used as a bat when you were a boy and hadn't saved enough for the regular thing. The bat is really a treas- ured implement, seasoned as a violin maker seasons his wood for rare violins or a good pipe maker his briar root. In 1888 one, big sporting goods maker adver- tised for 100000 old wagon tongues of ash, to make into bats—seasoned wood. Tin lizzies ase no good for that. With the finished. bat one can do all sorts af things—from slugging to bunting. ‘But pitching has out- stripped batting; and nowadays a home run the fans wild, whereas in 1887, in a game be- tween Washington and Boston, there were-seventeen home runs in one afternoon. The slugger used to drive, swing fiercely; he put all there was in his physical build behind the bat. A man like Delahanty used to “shiver the timber.” Anson could do it also, though he also knew how just to touch the ball lightly. In the beginning of the game bats could be made of any size or weight. There were no restric- tions. But in 1863 the rules read: “Bat must be of any kind of wood, and round, and not to ex- ceed two and one-half inches in the thickest part; no restrictions as to length.” In 1876 the length was to forty-two In was allowed that a part of the surface of the bat could be flat one In 1895 the bat's eter was set at two and quarter and it w CLEAN SWEEPS MARK BOWLING IN LEAGUES Clean sweeps marked league bowl- fnig last night. Matches were staged in eteen circuits and In sixteen sets limited 1885 it inches. side. | ot them the winning teams took all Im- | three games. In the Washington Gas Company League, the Commercial five won ail three from the General Office quint. Holt of the winners turned in a set of 356, single game of 121 also being Constructioa quint of the Chesa- Potomac Telephone League snsy time cleaning up with ctric. All its games were over the 500 mark. Faber of the victors smashed the maples for a set of 369 and a game of 128. avy Department three games from the Lithographers, winning the sec- ond game by one pin. Anchor Man Earl of the winners was high, with a set of 310. S. ond A. of the League, grabbed In the Commercial League the Hecht quint was on top three times, with Joldenberg the vietim. Van Ness of the winners had high game of 120. Two sweeps developed in the Ma- sonic League. w Jerusalem easily outpointed the M. M. Parker tear Ev. set of 319 boing the best. King Solomon into eamp, ng a handicap of eight Blumenthal of the victors had a of 125 and a set of 339. pins game Insurance of the United States Vet- erans' Bureau League went on a rampage, smothering Accounts under | | |H { had | | i | night, may meet Georges Carpentier, THE BATS OF FIFTY YEARS AGO WERE LONG AND THIN, AS THIS PICTURE OF THE FAMOUS CINCINNATI RED STOCKINGS CLEARLY SHOWS. THE LENOTH AND DIAMETER OF THE BAT AS THEY ARE NOW SET FORTH IN THE RULES WERE NOT ESTABLISHED TILL 189 IN THIS PICTURE THE MAN ON THE READER'S LEFT, SEATED AND HOLDING A BAT, IS SWEASY, 2B, WHILE THE OTHER PLAYER WITH A BAT, AT THE RIGHT, IS GOULD, 1B. ——————————————— ———————————————————— not to exceed forty-two inches in ‘, length. This rule applies today. Every player has his own par- ticular bat. The stars autograph bats for sale; they even sell the old bats which have brought them victory. But there is a supersti- tion in the game—to use another man's bat while it is in service is supposed to detract from its | power, as though hits and home | runs were concealed somewhere | in the wood. There is a whole | bunch of beliefs as to the luck | and ill fortune of bats. One man will hunt for a bat with a knot in the wood, between the middle and the grip, his theory being that if the ball lands on the knot three games, the second being 590, & record for the league. Craft of the | winnetrs shot a record set of 380. Mc- Carthy of the same team had the best game of 143, A pair of sweeps bobbed up in the Business Men's League, the Herzog Company team winning all from the Fashion Shop boys, while the M. A. Leese quint was too much for the | rley Motor Company. Fleischman | the best score in the first bat- | tle, 132, and 129 for Bryan was top in ‘the second. Revenue Bureau League, Personal Audit trimmed the Sales Lstates in clean-cut fashion, Routson helping with a game of 119. In the Internal | Columbia of Mount Pieasant League | snowed urder the Cliftons. Y of the victors shot high game of 145. | TUNNEY-CARPENTIER | CONTEST IS LIKELY NEW YORK, December 12.—Gene Tunney, who successfully defended his title in a fifteen-round match with Harry Greb of Pittsburgh last former holder of the world 175-pound erown, at Madison Square Garden late in January-or early in February. Rex Rickard sald he was consider- ing the match as a result of a chal- | lenge issued by Carpentier. Legalizing of prize fights in Buenos Aires may result in matching Luls| Angel Firpo with one or two rival heavyweight coutenders in the Ar- gentine capital, according to views | held in boxing circles here. it gets a headway better there than anywhere A pinch hitter always has offered him, on his way from the bench to the plate, a2 whole army of bats “sure to give him one.” No, a bat is not merely a piece of wood ; nor will any tree do for one. There is presidential timber and there is also bat timber, just as rare. Ohio and Virginia may be the states for Presidents; Michigan is the state of the osage ash, and that's pretty good bat timber. else. Tomorrow: “The First All-American Nine.” SCHOOL SOCCER PLAY NOW IN SEMI-FINALS Competition in the District play- ground championship soccer series as narrowed down to four teams. By virtue of its win over Buchanan School, 3 to 1, yesterday, Brent School won the right to meet Plerce hool tomorrow at Union Station plaza for the eastern sectional title. Teams of Brightwood Park and Monroe Schools were to meet this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock on the plaza grounds for the award in the western division. The winner of this game will en- coun the victor of the Bren Plerce match next week for the city title. The Best Cigars Are Packed In Wooden Boxes—Advertise- ment. BOXERS IN THREE BOUTS BEFORE ALEXANDRIA ELKS Members of the Elks' Club of Alex- andria were entertained by three boxing bouts last night at a smoker. Jumbo Eggleson and Terry O'Day were awarded decislons over Willie Ptomey and Loule Guglielinie, re- spectively. Kid Hogan defeated Sol- dier Morrison. UMPIRES TO BANQUET. Members of the District Base Ball Umpires’ Association will hold- their annual banquet Saturday night-at 7 o'clock. in the Occldental Hotel. re such fine cidars solu fresh, too~ ‘just right, tte ety S L Our quick automobile system makes this delivery possible- ALLEN R. ( CRESSMAN'S SONS Sizses Give MANUELS o ot Soar Pifledalpbia Ioe 2fir2se By GRIDDERS TO BATTLE FOR 125-POUND TITLE The 125-pound sandlot gridiron | champlonship of the District will be at stake with the Stanton Juniors as defenders when they play the Mard- {feldt Athletic Club Sunday at Union Park. Play will start at 2:30 o'clock. Long the rivals for the 125-pound award, the teams are expected to sup- | pIy miuch entertainment Park Athletic Club Roamers. Trin- ity, Alexandria Rosebuds, Wintons and Mackins have been defeated by jthe Stantons. The Mardfeldts have {showed the way to the Rovers, Wi | tons, Argvle Preps. Eckington. Mount i Ralnlers and the Pierce Athletic Club | Edzewood Arsennl eleven of Ralti- { more has canceled its game with the Interlors Sunday in the Clark Griffith | Stadfum. Dr. A. D. Putz of the In- terfors expects to book the Baltimore All-Stars. | Southern Preps may be seen in jaction thix Sunday. A game with {the Masked Marvels is pending, and 'n the meanwhile the Southerns |practicing on the Hoover | €rounds. re play- | ;. Fank Schoal gridironers were to d fend their 34 Corps Area champion- {8hip title In a game with the Fort { Monroe eleven this afternoon at Camp | Meade. i |\, Herdie Juniors are anxious to play the Mercury Juniors Sunday for the | 120-pound title. Manager Parker of i the Herdics can be called at Lincoln Stephen Ju | letie Club claims the {the 110-pound class. A gzame |is { wanted by Peerless for Sunday, ac. cording to Manager W. Verts, Lin- coln 1130. | e {GIRLS’ BASKET LEAGUE | TO ELECT FRIDAY NIGHT fors the Peerless Ath- champlonship in Officers are t dlected and rules to | govern the girls' basket ball league are |to be approved by representatives in- rested in the c night In A. building A proposed cod |lated at a me | was attended b rules was formu- ast night, which of the Y. W. al Catholic ng Servic Webster, {W. F. Martin Club, of t senti™ to success at golf. Lack of confidxose retards the man who may have every natural ability. Of course, a man must acquire skill to fortify his confidence. But, putting aside the case of the man who is born and bred to the game, the sort who becomes a pro- tessional, or a high-class amateur, there is no doubt that the player who feels “in his bones” that he can make g00d makes better progress than the one who fears his own ability. Often I have ‘seen a middle-aged man of the former type develop better game than a younger, more active and better conditioned one of the latter ty; to make at the opening of the Rothe- say course, near Glasgow, Scotland in 1909, which I consider the moet ac- curate mashie I ever made, illustrates my meaning I was a member of which included. Harry Vardon, Ben Sayers and Arnaud Massey, the French champion, Vardon and myself being teamed together. On one hole my tee shot got into rough at the foot of a high hawthorn hedge. The ball lay about three feet from. the roots of one of the haw- | thorns, with the hedge between it toursome | | o A play which 1 was lucky enough | | | Miss | JAMES BRAID TELLS: My Most Accurate Mashie Shot. JBELIEF In yourself i> a prime es- |and the green, some sixty yards away. | could be done was in me. i 1 | Prinei | (Simee their 12-t0-12 tie with the St.| ! foot NO MORE “SPECIAL TESTS” FOR INELIGIBLE ATHLETES Team Candidates Must Make Grade in Class Work or Await Next Advisory Marks—Policy Will Be ' Effective in Basket Ball. BY ARGYLE FINNEY. CHOLASTICALLY ineligible high school athletes w *come eligible under the “special test” system are d pointment. Ironclad eligibility rules will®*be enforced hool principals with the opening of the annual basket ball cham- pionship series nu 8. Numerous high schoo! followers were of th opinion that the “special test” system temporarily adopted at of the recent foot ball series would prevail during the basket b The five principals, however, have abandoned that polic . Two of the school heads—Principal Charles Hart of Eastern anc Principal Frank Daniel of Tec re quite determined that the rules shall be enforced to the letter, and the other principals have fallen in line. The Eastern principal declared yes-| According to those who have terday that “any lowed high school athletics for roceives a der years a strict of the advisory this week will be|adhered to unable to play in the high school | would deve et ball series until he has re-|order and d his defictencies at the close of | taams worthy the next advisory period, which cov- | pointed out th ers a period of six weeks. The rules | rules would pl have been adopted and they must be | on a mental enfore.d | athletic students :ch High suffered less with in-| . eligible players than any other school | Games in the school series will during the foot ball campalgn, but|played at the Coliseum tt al Danicls nevertheless iw on | ‘ording to At posing the “speclal test” | Central. A one of us at thiw school | ball coaches and would agree to special tests,” the | visors to al Manual Trainers' leader has sald.| will be held within the And now these men are upheld by |days. For the first i icials of Central, Business and|moons a good number games will be plaved | instead of Friday aftern o disap- the five the s 11 season. d 1 fol- any rules cipals Eastern athlete who iency mark at the end | code of eligibility five pri tion of the position of s It be ite of basket aculty ad- record system ‘ext Plan Hurt Foot Ball. er before in the history of local high schools was competition so marred by the “spectal test” system us fn the 1923 foot ball series. m “flunked” were lowed to play immediately after t ing tests. ble comment rd i many quarters, and the or- iox in the eligibility les frowned on this practice. Permission for ineligible athletes to take tests during the early part o last October was agreed upon by the a special meeting. son for stich action ligible athletes no eligibility rules their deficiencies.” Nes Eastern High's | cesstully openea {downing the St 0-10-18 fray the other school t Lowd, well Hook, Smith and forméd creditably Conch Sotzin of T to cut his buk players this ‘rainers have Y. M. C. A of next th part Central's tos meet University of Marylan, row in a scrimmage at College Park. C an array of material % __are hook After areful examination I found in the hedge an opening, perhaps a foot square, through which the pin was visibl | Using y mashie, 1 was able to put the ball through this opening with- out o muc as disturbing a leaf. It stopped within a few feet of the pin, permitting me to hole out with one putt Of course, this play was made po: sible \by long experience, during which' T had won five British open championships. But it was only ex ecuted because the confidence that it | Little opposition ttsville team arksville Hig 14 fray. It fine “gam to up a ROSEDALE SEXTET WINS FIRST GAME OF SERIES for the sextet A victory ground girls' avenue girl o'clock on t would give th trict playeround cf The first of a th the title was w teams rday 2 to Pearl E well f Mouth Towa Rose When you are cult hazards, visualize the play must be made. Then forget th ards and play the ball as you would if you had an unobstructed lie in the fairway. You'll have more successes | than you'd think, A restwic) match with A ano plz confronted by yeste winning, yed nia for | an _exhibition irew Kirkcaddy, I had which did not quire extrac S| , but did call fo: onfidenc ball lay behind a five wall, about hiree feet from its base and fifty yards from the green. | The danger of this play was that the ball might hit the wall and rebound, possibly with serious injury to me. ] believed that I could get it over the obstacle, in fact never had a thought that I wouldn't My niblick hot was successful and I made the green easil led HYATTSVILLE ! Dispateh to The HIGH WINS. punch in d ing the Clarksvill Md.) High S local National |44 to 11 county., of the here, Girard is a 100% hand- ot cigar, whose un- equalle ste “to the last inch” is due to 52 years'experience in the man- ufacture of cigars and the use of the world’sfinest tobaccos. There’s a Girard in the size and shape you like—from 10c straight to 3 for 50c. 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