Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1923, Page 25

SPORTS. Far East Seeks b PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION APPEALS TO THE N. A. A. F. Former, Closely Allied With Federations of Japan and China, Proposes Union That Would Have Wide Scope—Matter to Come Up Here. A Cross building here next Monday. N alliance of controlling organizations affecting athletics in a great portion of the world will be considered by the National Amateur Athletic Federation of America at its annual meeting in the Red The Philippine Athletic Federation, which dominates physical educa- tion and promotes sports in the insular possessions of the United States in the Pacific ocean, has cabled the N. A. A. F. requesting a co-operative relationship, and as the Philippine body is closely associated with the federations of China and Japan it has proposed a union that would in- clude all four organizations. The Filipinos, with their neighboring federations, conduct biennially the far eastern championships that are to Asia almost as important as the Olympics to the Americas, Europe and Afri « trio with the N. A. A. F. would create the greatest organization in | the world devoted solely to the promotion of physical education and the conduct of athletic competition. The Philippine Federation in scope 1s similar to the federation in this country and has been functioning longer. The biennial championships in the far east have heen held with unusual success and resulted in the development of many excellent ath- letes. Records made by the con- testants compare favorably _with those set in the Olympics. While the Chinese and Japanese assocla- tions are quite strong, much of what has been accomplished in athletics in the far east must be credited to the islanders. Many Matters to Come Up. Consideration of the proposed al- Hance, however, will be but one of ‘many items to be brought before the annual meeting of the N. A. A. F. A busy time is assured the more than sixty delegates expected to attend, for this year all convention matters must be disposed of in one day. The meeting will be called at 10 o'clock in the morning and the program is x0 filled that luncheon will be served without a recess. No formal -discussion of the Charley Paddock case is likely. Al- though the National Colleglate Ath- Jetlc Assoclation is a member of the N. A. A. F. the latter 10 consider the controvers is disposed over the famous sprinter one solely between the N. C. A. A. and the National Amateur Athletic Union. The N. C. A. A, now in annual convention at Atlanta, will have delegates at the meeting here Monday Col. Thompson to Speak. The meeting will be addressed by ©ol. Robert M. Thompgon, president of the American Olympie Association. Officers of the N. A. A. F. are in ac- cord with Col. Thompson's organiza- tion in its efforts to have the United States capably represented at the Atlanta will have delegates the quadrennial championships in France next year, and undoubtedly the con- vention will go on record as formally spproving the work of the Olympic Association. Col. Henry Breckinridge, president of the federation, and all of the sub- crdinate officers are to be present. The federation now includes sixteen organizations, national in scope, as well as seven district bodies. Appli- cations for membership from sixteen district groups will be acted upon. The agenda for the convention is under pre ration and probably will be ready for distribution to the con- stituent members of the federation tomorrow. William Calvin, one of the N. A. A. F. secretaries, has charge of this detail. AUSTRALIA IS SURE T0 ENTER CUP PLAY LONDON, December 27.—Australia certainly will challenge for the Davis cup in 1924, although she has not yet made an official announcement to this effect, says the Sydney correspondent of the Daily Mail. Gerald Patterson and O'Hara Wood will be available for the team, the dispatch assert but J. O. Anderson and J. B. Hawkes will be absentees. Norman Brookes will be playing in Great Britain and Europe next sum- mer and will be willing to go to America as captain of the team and also to play if wanted. e L. D. McInnis and R. E. Schlesinger also will be available ARGENTINA IN OLYMPICS. 0S8 AIRES. December inet has definitely decided th Argentina should participate in the Olympic games to be held in Pa next summer. An expenditure 250,000 pesos was authorized. KANAWHA QUINT POINTS FOR YOSEMITE CONTEST S Saturday night. Ellis Goodman, st cured Speiss and forward and rk to bolster the quint- Tommy Dennis, Kenned TUNG by the 27-t¢-24 defeat administered to them by the Knights oi Columbus team, the Kanawha basketers will strive to regain some of their lost prestige when they play hosts to the Yosemites Although_the Kanawhas will be without the services of captain of the team, they have se- Palmer, Berman, Laefsky, Neviaser, Cohen and Bush are among the vet- crans of last year. Some of the leading teams in the city will be met by the Kanawhas | this eason. ' Games, in addition to the one with Yosemite, have been ar- ranged with the folldwing quints: January 2, Anacostia Eagle: 8. ‘Washington Preps: 11, Walter Reed; 12. Navy Yard Marines Tmmacu~ late Conception; 17, Puilman_ Com- van . hyatisville Guards; Febru- ary 1, Park View: 7, Apaches. Games can be arranged by calling Manager Goldberg at Franklin 9165. Conniderable interest is heing mani- fested In the Washington Yankee- City Club game to be played tomor- row mnight at Central Coliseum. Both s-ame are strong con s for the District title. King Pins will journey to Alexa dria tonight for a game with the St. Mary's five. Players of the former team are requested to report at l4th and Harvard streets at 6 o'clock. St. Andrews' tossers and Navajo Athietic Club were to meet tomozrow night, but the game has been can- celed ' becayse of inability to secure a gymnasium. Cireles ave an ambitious lot. They have booked a double-header tomor- row night, meeting the Endeavors in the opener and the Les Amis five in the nighteap. Circle players are urged to report.at 6:45 o'clock at the Immaculate Conception court. Manhattans have booked a tough foe in the Immacuylate Conception Seniors tonight at 7:45 o'clock at Im- maculate Conception court. Saturday night the Manhattans will oppose the tossers representing the Hyattsville National Guard. Action will start at 7:30 o'clock. Mardelle Athletic Club Wwill be the opponent of the Liberty tossers to- night at 7:30 o'cloek at the National Guard Armory ~gymnasium. Chal- lenges to the Mardelle tossers are be- ing received by Manager Nathan Xluft, 1717 Buchanan street, or Her- Mman Witt, 1503 9th street. ‘Washington Preps were offered lit- tle opposition when they took the measure of the Walter Reed quint, 46 to 14. MeCathren and Johnson geq seventeen goals between them. Chasser played best for Walter Reed. Elated with thelr 28-to-14 victory ever Central Athletic Club, Washing- ton Prep Juniors will make an ef- fott to add to their laurels at the expense of thé Congress Helghts Cy- clones tomorrow night. Shields, Mudd and Usilton starred for Wash- ington Preps in yesterday's fra: Overcoming a two-peint lead in the Jagt half, the Mount Vernon Cubs nosed out the Golden Tornado bas- keters, 31 to 20. Clever work by Dalglish enablea Mount Vernon to win. St. Paml Midgets and the Ballston five of Virginla performed in @ stir- ring match, yesterday. the former winning, 24 {o 23. Eston Barker and Eddle King shone for the winners, while Burst was the outstanding player for the losers. SARAZEN TO GO WEST. LOS ANGELES, December 27.—Gene Sarazen will not reach California in time for the state open golf tourna- ment here January 12 to 16, but will compete January 20- in an interna- tional ‘métch at Brentwood Country Club with Arthur G. Havers, British eopen champlon, according to Joseph Kirkwood. * OHIO COACH RESIGNS. ATHENS, Obio, December —John C. Heldt, 'head foot ball coach ar Ohto University. has announced his resignation, éffective next June. He stated he expected to accept an ‘offer of coaching another college shortly. Haldt starred with the University of Jowa eleven last year, A TEAM THAT WORKS TOGETHER 1S STRONGER Soh o s W Vok ¥ THAN A TEAM FEATURING INDIVIDUAL STARS What is to be said as to the rela- tive ‘merits of the individual star team as coinpared with wmedsocre players using good teamwork? Answered by W. E. MEANWELL University of Wisconsin, in- ntor of the short passing game. the na-cross attack a efense. Always has a dangerous und leading tenm in the conferemce. L The individual star team, when op- erating smoothly, is almost unbeat- able. However, let some combina- tion of circumstances array against it. such as a hard trip, which fatigues the men and so throws them temporarily of shooting form, or a particularly close-guarding op- ponent team, or frequently, let over- confidence be present due to sup- posedly weak opposition, and the star team meets an unexpected de- feat. On the contrary, a team which bases its chances primarily on com- bination work has far fewer upsets, and rarely meets a wholy unexpect- ed defeat. Such a team will win its victories by smaller margins than the teams of stars, but will con- sistently defeat all weaker oppo- nents, usually defeat its equals and ; frequently defeat its marked superi- ors, judged from the standpoint of material, _The all-star team, featuring bril- liant individual handling of the ball and employing long shots, is a ter- ror for leading teams to meet, for it ’s usually highly geared for such contests. Where it falls down is in the consistent defeat of second division teams. The majority of championships fall to fives of clever passing. closely co-operating, team spirited players, rather than to teams featuring brilliant individual lay. £ «Copyright, 1923.) Radiators and Fenders 10 DIFFERENT MAXES RADIATORS ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED, oyp ey, installed 1a a7 make WITTSTATT'S R, and F'. WORKS 319 13th, F. 6410, 1436 B, M. 7443, An’alliance of the ! THE EVENING ‘STAR, WASHINGTON, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. Miss MARGARET MADDEN o} Danvlle, Pa- | FoR HE LAST 63 YeARs AL SCHock o} Germany RODE 1,009/2 MuES ON A HIGH WHEEL nasy-day malch race Mianeapolis 880 i EW YORK, December with track N deal mostly with the field events. 3,15,“ will be :)lrashcd f'f“ LS |ALL-ALUMNI TO TEST EASTERN BASKETERS hool Washington high followers | will get a direct line on Eastern’s basket ball team that will oppose the formidable All-Alumni quint at jthe Y. M. C. A tomorrow at 3 o'clock. Some idea of the compara- tive strength of Eastern and Tech may be had, too, for yesterday the Manual Trainers were trounced by the Alumni tossers, 23 to 16 Eastern - has shown midseason in its several games thus far. but it has encountered na 80 strong the Alumni five. « on of Eastern n bably will use these tossers: ook and Roudabush, forwards; Smith, center, and Kessler and Thompson, guards. | Much improvement was noticeable in Tech's play against the Y tossers yes- terday. The Manual Trainers fought evenly in the first half, but latter ap- peared to tire. Tew, Zahn and Price played well for Tech, while House, Sharks and Rhees performed credit- ably for the winners. Gonsaga High will be host to the St.” Joseph Prep quint of Philadel- phia in Ryan gymnasium at George- town, tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock. The visiting team will be entertained by the newly organized “G" Club of Gonzaga after the game. Central will encounter its alumni team in a speclal New Year afte noon attraction Tuesday at the € lumbia_Heights Hign School. Har- rison Dey, Ed Buckley and Bob Newby are among those who will play for the alumni. The 1924 American Olympic team will be chosen from no fewer than 300,000 athletes. | HAS TAUGHT INTHE PUBLIC StHOOLS She faught the great-grandiather o one af her present pupils -There are several matters in connection nd field athletics coming up for legislation shortly | beiore the intercollegiate association, and altogether that body will have no easy job in solving the problems they present. It always had been a puzzle to get these contests off promptly and satisfactorily and not have them drag. and the a on to take real steps to ohviate the difficulties. equipments is one thing which will come under consideration. The ques- tion of having a contestant make two tries together instead of singly | 1 | These questions sociation will be called The providing of extra Some consideration also is being given to establishing a certain stand- ard of performance which contestants would have to show in order to qualify. Another suggestion is toj balance the extra weight of field events by adding another track event, such as a relay race or the 440-vard | hurdles. This is counterbalanced by | a suggestion for dropping one field | event. If this is decided on. either the hammer or discus would be eliminated. Starting of games earlier will be considered. some of vou who have boys trying out for varsity foot ball teams in college. One of the outs” for the Olympic tennis team | was that as the players sail June 1, “‘most of the contenders would not he in condition to do themselves justice in try outs” Yet in foot ball. the authorities have shortened the season | of preliminary practice to two weeks. Keen Fitzpatrick., the Princeton trainer and- an acknowledged expert on physical condition, self over a year ago the shortening of the work was daugerous. cording to the tennis ruling, not be fit to play with six weeks' pre- liminary practice, yet he must play foot ball with two weeks' work. CASTNER WilLL COACH. ST. PAUL. Minn, December 27.—y Paul Castner of St. Paul has left for | South Bend. Ind.. to become hockey coach at Notre Dame. He formerly played with that institution’s foot ball, hockey and base ball teams and last’ year pitched for the Chicago White Sox a short time. Castner said he would not play professional base | ball this year. — Johnny Welsmuller, international swimming champion, recently estab- lished his_ fiftieth world record at Chicago when Qe went 100 metres in flexible. ‘__ 3 J &S IS IS TS TS T PSRRI o Resolved : @ OU'LL never break your New Year's resolution to wear only TOLMANIZED TOLMANIZING makes your starched collars white as new fallen snow, smooth as a new shave and comfortingly W THE TOLMAN LAUNDRY F. W. MacKenzie, Mgr. 6th and C Sts. N.W. Start the New Year ?“; right. Phone Franklin 71 for the Tolman driver. & TOLMANIZE! & 58 3-5 seconds. - = 1S ) ",\ ¢ & N ¢ couars. & ! —By RIPLEY STANLEY FOLLBACK | UNioN CoL. PLAYED EVERY MINOTE OF EVERY .GAME VoR 2 SEASONS BRS. CoR ©f ST lours OBTANED 15 DIVORCES <! She recently married her 4t husband REULBACH o the CuBS PITCHED |4 SUCCESSIVE VICTORIES —ALLOWING AN AVERAGE OF ONLY ONE RUN PER GAME COLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION FACES KNOTTY PROBLEMS BY WALTER CAMP. BASKET BALL RULES GET TEST IN GAMES CLEVELAND, Ohio, December Ohio State and University of Pennsyl- vania basket ball teams meet here to- night in the headliner of a three-game program, which has attracted national interest, because members of the rules committee, as well as delegates from various conferences have declared they will attend to gather data for revision of the rules. Star scholastic and pro- fessional teams will compete in the other events. Tom Thorp. famous eastern official, and John Schommer, a western confer- ence official, will alternate as referee and umplire in the Ohio State-Pennsyl- vania game. After the contest they will confer with other officials. Among those who have signified their intention of being on hand are William Barber, president of the Eastern Col- egiate Basket Ball League, and Ralph Morgan of Pennsylvania, member of the rules committee. TIE FOR CHESS LEAD. NEW YORK, December 27.—City College of New York and New York University chess teams scored clean sweeps in the opening round of the twenty-fifth annual tournament of the intercollegiate league. City Col- lege defeated Penn, and New York University won from Cornell. Only four teams are contesting. City Col- lege now holds the title. D. €, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1923. .S. Athletic Co-Operation : Golf Merger Question Still Alive MAY GET CONSIDERATION + 'AT MEETING OF U. S. G. A. Strongest Weapon Held by Western Association Is Fact That “So-Called” National Body Is Being Dominated by Britons. PADDOCK CASE WILL BE N. C. A. A. TOPIC ATLANTA, Ga., December 27.—Del- egates from most of the major col- leges are here today for the annual convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The sessions will close late tomorrow and are to be followed with a meeting Saturday of foot ball coaches from many lead- ing American educational institu- tions. One of the most important matters expected to come up during the con- vention of the colleglate association is the case of Charlic Paddock. Pad- dock, champion sprinter, has been barred from the American team for the Olympic games at Paris by the Amateur Athletic Union and the N. C. A. A. has named him as one of the prospective participants. The following are among the speak- ers listed on today's program: Gen. Pulmer E. Pierce, president of the association; James R. Aungell, president of Yale University; ¢. W. Savage, president of Oberlin Coliege. and George I5. Dawson, president of the International Y. M. C. A. College. The report of the secreiary and treasurer and reports of district com- mittee chairmen were other matters expected to be reached during the first day. It was not belleved that the conven- tion would hear the reports of stand- ing committees before the opening of the second day of the sessions. Election of officers and new bus- ingss were listed toward the end of the program. | ford, University of Georgja; fifth die- trict, Prof. Raiph W. Aigler, Univer- sity of Michigan: sixth district, Prot. A. M. Ahern, Kansas State A. and M.; zeventh district, Prof. D. A. Penick, University of Texas: eighth district Dean George C. Hanly, University of Denver; ninth distriet. Prof. Leslie J. Ayler, University of Washington. 150-POUND GRIDDERS TO MEET FOR TITLE Gridders of Waverly Athletic Club will oppose the Apaches Sunday at Unfon Park in a fray that is ex- pected to decide the winner of the 150-pound title of the District. The Apaches have held the coveted award for the past two yvears. Members of the 12i-pound cham- plon Stanton Junlors will meet to- night at 7:30 oclock at the home {of Jimmy Farrell to discuss plans | for “their annual banquet. Ralph Smithson. president of Mo- hawk Athletic Club; Dick Tennyson, District playground director. ~and Coach Hank Hendricks will be hon- |ored guests at a banquet of the champlon _ 105-pound ~ Friendship Athletic Club eleven tonight at Friendship House. Apache Prep gridironers were feted last night at_ Apache Athletic Club. Coach Boone Rice gave a short talk and selections were given by the Quartet. composed of R. Mittesetter, A. Par- . _Jimmy Muiroe, | Willie Kueling and Billy Gates also entertained. HUSKIES GET READY FOR NAVY GRIDDERS SEATTLE, Wash., December 27.— Foot ball practice has been resumed by the University of Washington gridiron team after a layoff over Christmas in preparation for its game with the United States Naval Acad- eleven at Pasadena New Year Workouts today and tomorrow will precede the departure of the Huskies for Pasadens. The question, be the mental ‘attitude of the teams when the game starts” has been brough: by_foot ball fans here. SR Nearly 20,000 sailors from battle- ips anchored off San Pedro are ex- ed to attend the game. Vashington's section will be filled with approximately 500 fans. “What will pe, Those to make reports from the various districts are: first district! Prof. C. W. Mendell. Yale Univer- second district, I’rof. H. N. Lin- | Rutgers College; third district, Dr. H. C. Byrd, University of Mary land; fourth district. Dr. S, V. San- SPORTS. N mains to be seen. The propos it seems. came The term gol NET FIELDS NARROW_ IN INDOOR TOURNEY NEW YORK. December 27.—The fields in the juniors’ and the boys' national singles indoor temnis cham- plonships have been reduced to eight contestants’ each. The juniors to survive are: Louis Watson, Columbla; Jack Garreston, Cornell; Weller Evans, Andover; John Van Ryn, East Orange, : Carl Schuster. Dartmouth and smann, New York Tennis Club. The boys who will appear in the round before the semi-final are: Malcolm_ Hi Loomis Schoo ‘Charles Einsmann, Astoria, Ve York: Eugene McAuliaffe, New Tennis Club; W. M. Rand, Vernon Sehool: John Pittman, Sehool; Maurice Perlow, Morris High School: Jack Peck, Lawrence. Long Isiand High School. and Joséph De Fina, New Utrecht High School. Tn addition to completing the third 2nd fourth rounds in the juniors’ and boys' singles championships, sixteen matches in the first round of the junior doubles championships we played. COLUMBIA OARSMEN WILL ROW HARVARD NEW YORK. December 27.—For the first time in a number of vears Co- lymbia and Harvard will meet in rowing next season. The race will be held on the Charles river, May 10, with the University of Penn- sylvania 2dded to make it a three- cornered regatta. The distance will be one mile and three-quarters and the three universities will send both their varsity and junior varsity crews to the race. This new meeting of Harvard and Columbia is one of the interesting features of the Columbla rowing schedule. The list for 1324 shows that the Blue and - White varsity crew will compete in four regattas, the junior varsity and freshmen in two, the 150- pound eight in one and possibly two. Even the second freshman boat will have a_race of its own, illustrating the ambitious plans that Columbia is entertaining for a genuine revival in rowing. The varsity schedule, In a nutshell, calls for a triangular meeting with Yale and Pennsylvania, another three- cornered battle with Harvard and Pennsylvania, the Childs cup race with Princeton and Pennsylvania, and finally, the Poughkeepsie tta. The' varsity races above have been set forth in chronological order, start- ing with the Yale-Penn.-Columbia re- gatta at Derby, Conn., on May 3, and finishing with the greatest classic of them all, the battle of Poughkeepsie, some time in June. In between wili be the three-forked race with Har- vard and Penn. on the Charles May 10 and the Chllds cup affair on May 31 Horace Orser, Stuyvesant High | School; Kenneth Appel, Last Orang Boston, 25 BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, December 27.—Whether or not the recent statement that no attempt at merger between the United States Goli Asso- ciation and the Western Golf Association will be attempted at the annual meeting of the U. S. G. A. next month is official and final ze- from sources within the western organization and apparently marked a change in the guerilla warfare that the westerns have been waging against the so-called national body. so-called” is employed in the preceding paragraph advised- [1y, and in deference to the contention of the W. G. A. partisans that the United States Golf Association is not really representative, so far as the rs in this country are concerned. One would have to be skilled in such elements of debate as sophistry, ter- Eiversation and other evasive factors to prove this contentfon erroneous. One - thing, however. is certain—the U. 8. G. A. does represent Uncle Sam at the court of St. Andrew: or, to put it more clearly, the voice of the U. § G. A. is the voice that speaks to Eng- land. Dominated by British. And here would seem to be the strongest brief that the western golf organization holds against the other body, the claim b ing that in the politics of international play we are dominated by the English. Such tech- al matters as the stymie. out-of- bounds regulations and putters and punched and ribbed clubs and the lil are held as evidence proving this fac If the westerners cannot break this entente between the L. S. G. A. and England by sniping tactics, they might through amalgamation of the two bodies. Thus, the point of this merger tulk is made clear. What will happen in this regard, if anything will be made clear at the Hotel Astor in this city on January 4-5. An interesting factor in the situa- tion is the fact that the executive committee of the United States Golf Association just now cont jority of members i western and southern clubs. committee sponsors the amalgam tion, as is predicted will be the cas then the annual meeting should de- velop into & major engagement. Those wlo are deeply concerned in the complete mnationalization of American golf will undoubtedly stand back of any project designed to make this ambition a matter of fact as well as a matter of name At the same time no one can say sught of the governing authorities of the U. S. G. A. than that they have been self-sacrificing, kindly and benevolent. This being so, there will be sympathy for any fight the old guard makes in behalf of the integ- rity of the organization at the an- nual meeting—even though unani- mous support be lacking (Copyright, 1028.) 15 HOWARD U. GRIDMEN ARE AWARDED INSIGNIA Fifteen members of Howard Un versity’s foot ball squad have receiv- ed letters. They include: Doneghy Anderson, Bagley. Blackmon, Contee. Dokes, Johnson, Kelly, Long, Melton Pevton. Priestle¥. Smith, Williams and Manager Curtis, Left Tackle Dokes was elected cap tain of the 1924 team. MAKES HOLE IN ONE. DES MOINES, Iowa, December 2 A hole in one today ceased to b novelty to F. M. Green, sixty-two. a public links goifer here, when he sunk his drive for the second time this sea- son. Green scored an ace on the first hole at Waveland Park. On Novem- ber 25 he holed out in one on the sixth hole. Both measure about 16 yards. COOMBS TO COACH AGAIN. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass, December —Announcement has been made by ‘Willlams' athletic cofineil that Jack Coombs. former big league itcher. had veen re-engaged as base all coach of the Purple nine for next year. It will be his fourth season in charge of Williams' diamond activ- o = Half-Yearly Clearance Men’s Suits and Overcoats Society Brand Clothes The Hecht Co. Clothes $35 and $40 Suits and Overcoats $27.50 $45 and : $50 Suits and Overcoats $37.50 $55 and $60 Suits and Overcoats $4 7.50 $65 and $75 Suits and Overcoats $57.50 ‘ $85 and $90 Overcoats $6! What more The Hecht Co. 7th 7.50. need we say? at F “