Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1923, Page 26

GEN. PIERCE LAYS STRESS ON SUMMER BASE BALL Declares Situation Is Particularly Bad in Some Sec- tions—Believes. That Misunderstanding Exists as to P: TLANTA, December 28.—Gen. A address. He urged strict administration reierence to summer base ball. The of proféssional and semi-professional base ball was particularly bad in ew England, he said, where there is no uniformity of | practice in the treatment of the <ub]ect Gen. Pierce urged all colleges to initiate steps that will lead to the greatest possible use of the Olympic games for the stimulation of track and field events throughout the country by holding sectional or confer- | certain ‘parts of ence try-outs, the place winners of final Olympic try-outs at Boston u educational institutions. One of the controversial matters to be discussed by the association dur- ing today's session, he said, will re- volve arcund he unfortunate inci- dent connected with Paddock's par- ticipation In the University of Paris zames last May Gen, Pierce said. He road considerabie correspondence te had had with officials of the Amateut Athletic Union, which has barred - Paddock from competing in this ycar's Olympic games, and ex- d the opinion that there ma been misunderstandings in con- .ectipn with the case. & 11 said that Paddock had never ap- nealed to the National Collegiate Athlctic Association with reference to 1is caso and rald he understood the A. A. U. had barred Paddock from-the ymjng games at the request of the Olimpic executive committee. fle asked that the association give serious consideration to the matter. Outlining the growth of the asso- etation, Gen. Plerce sald the organiza- tion Ir a flourishtng and healthy ndition and that during 1923 the membership increased 10 per cent. tion started in 1905 with members, he sald, and ap 200 ucational institu sented at the eight- nth conference. Included th his summary of the pur- nose of the association were the up- “oiding of the prineiple of Institutonal control of. and responsibility for, all collegiate sports: the promotion of phy. I exercise among the students educational institntions of the establishment of a unl- form law of amateurism and of prin- ciples of amateur sports: the. encour- sgement of the adoption by members of strict elieibility rules to comply with high standards of scholars mateur =tanding and good sport: “ormulation, copyrighting and publica- tion of rules of play for the govern- ment of college sports: the supervision of the regulation and conduct of inter- eolleglate sports in reglonal and na- | tional collegiate athletic contes and the reservation of coueglate athletic | records, and the study of the various nhases of all competitive athletics physical training and allied problems: establishment of standards for amateur sports, promotion and adoption of rec- ommended measures to the end that the colleges and universities of the Tnited States may maintain their ath- letic activities on a high plane and make eficlent use of sports in charac- ter building. PENN STATE BALL TEAM TO MAKE TRIP TO DIXIE| STATE COLLEGE, Pa. December 28 Twenty-two contests. ten of them on foreign flelds, comprise the Penn- sylvania State - College base ball schedule for next spring. Southern, northern and western trips have béen arranged. Included in the schedule are games| with Georgia Tech, at Atlanta, April| 18" and 19; Furman, at Greenville, 8. C., April'2 orth Carolina Stat: at Ralelgh, Apri Navy, at Annap. \pru "3 and Georgia Tech, here, the country NEW YOR teams_of the College of the Cit New York and of New York Uni- Versity, each of which defeated Cor- nell and Pennsylvania in_ the first two rounds of play in the twen fiftth annual tournament of the In National Collegiate Athletic Association, reviewed the accomplish- ments of the past year, outlined the aims of the association and discussed the case of Charles Paddock, champion sprinter, in his annifal e | | We beat Jole R. lof 14 {mll» run at the games of Fordham | pointed out that he owed all his ath- addock Case. Palmer E. Pierce, president of the of the amateur law, with particular situation with regard to the playing which will be entitled to enter the nder the colors of their respective PFANN, CORNELL STAR, MAY GO TO WEST POINT ITHACA, N. Y. December 28.— George Pfann, star quarterback of the Cornell foot ball team and ome of the best field generals in the history of the gridiron sport. i» making preparations to enter Went Point next summer, accord- ing to clove friends of the player. it ix understood that Pfann, hose home is in Marion, Ohio, has n_mssured an appointment to the Military Academy if he cares to mccept and he ix Inclined to look with faver on the idea. Pfann ix mow a senior at Cormell and will he graduated in June. If he enters West Point he will be eligible for the foot ball team throughout his four-year course, the Army does not have the same eligiblity rules as are in vogue at monst colleges. RITOLA TO REPRESENT FINLAND IN OLYMPICS NEW YORK, December 28.—Wiiliam Ritola of the Finnish-American A. C. of New York, champion long distance runner of the United States and hold- er of the world indoor record, will not be & member of the American Olym- | pic team that will compete in the Olympic games in France next July. | | Instead he will wear the colors of! Finland, the country of his birth. | Inability to obtain the papers re- quired to make him a eitizen of this | ountry in time to be eligible to rep- | resent the United States and an frre- sistible desire to take part in the Olympic races were the causes which led to Ritola's sudden determination to race for his native land. The fa- mous Finnish runner will sail for his | homeland on January 3. He will be laccompanied by his wife and child and it is unlikely that he will return to this country Ritola has been competing in Amer- fcan amateur track events since 1919. He first sprang into prominence in | 1821 when he won the junior cross country championship. His greatest | athletic successes were registered in races last year. His most Dbrilliant achlevement was cored in the three- mile run at the Knights of Columbus meet at the a-mory of the 102d En- gineers last February. In that race and covered the dis- tance in the new world's record time minutes 15 4-5 seconds. F other record was made in the fou University. at the same armory last winte Ritola’s most notable victories dur- ing the last outdoor season came with | the running of the national A. A. U. championship ten-mile run at Ma- combg Dam Park and the national A. A, U. cross-country championship at Philadelphia. He won the titles in both with consummate ease. Ritola, who has been a resident of this coun’ for ten ye: . expressed regret over leaving America, but letic success to Finnish advisers. The tercollegtate , Chess Leugue, toda meet in the final round, while th two losers are paired in o struggle for third plac U. S.-CANADIAN GRID PLAY COULD BE MADE PRACTICAL e Assoclated Press. OSTON, December 28—International intercollegiate foot ball con- tosts between American and Canadian colleges would be'made en- practicable by certain minor changes in both codes of ru'es, in the opinion of Frank Shaughnessy, coach of McGill University, Mon- treal: ~ Shaughnes:. ager of the S cracuse International hi: coaching duties at Montreal, came here in connection with the im- pending invasions of the McGill hockey team. Speaking from his.experiences in| foot ball on both sides of the border, he said the chief obstacle to a com- mon basls for the sport was the dif- ference In the rules regarding inter- ference. In the Canadian game the cffensive team must gain 10 yards in three downs, while in the United States a team is given four downs to gain the same distance. {n Canada interference miso s rostricted tg three yards in front of the line scrimmage and only men within one | yard of the line when the ball 1s put! into play are allowed to interfere. Here Interference is unlimited. The McGlll coach said he belleved that .modlification of the Canadian rules regarding Interference to cou- form to American standards would venefit the game there. He also took <e-stand that introduction of the Forward pass into the Canadian game would be bendficlal and that adoption of the Canadian rules regarding kick- ing. behind an opponent's goal line would help the American game. In Canada kicking behind the opposing team's goal counts for a single point it the opponent is unable to carry or Iick-out on the playing fleld. ‘American players, as a rule, accord- ing to Shaughnessy, are superior to Canadlan in line play and line plung- ing, but Canadians excel in open field running and kicking. The appearance of the McGill foot balliteam against Dartmouth at Han- over next fall will mark its first ap- pearance in New England in many vears, although McGill with. having introduced the Rugby game in the United States in.a con- 3est with Harvard in 187 RACING DATES SET. CLEVELAND, Ohlo, December 28.— Datés for the Maple Heights runaing horse spring racing meeting have De: announced by General Manager fi‘“ N. Holmen. The meet opene 17 and continues through May 31.' JAP CUEIST LEADS. ‘NEW YORK, December 28.—Tadao Sudanuma, Japanese holder of the Jjunior national 18.3 balkline biiliard hamp! t turned L, e e ohambton. 5 | 1y ho rat blok of thelr 1.200-potnt th*)l ym #0010 243, il , a former Notre Dame foot ball star, who is now man- is credited events in which he will appear in the | |0lympic, games are the 5.000 and 10,000 { er races and the 3,000-meter team League base ball club in addition to 1,724 HORSES LISTED | FOR STAKES AT SPA ! NEW YORK, December 28.—Nomina- 'tions of 4 horses for the ten big stakes to be run at the Spa next year and in 1925 have been received by the i Saratoga Assoclation for the Improve-; ment of the Breed of Horses, it was announced today. Late mails from the Pacific coast may increase the number, it was sald. The Hopeful, Grand Union Hotel, ! United States Hotel, Spinaway, Conso- lation and Saratoga Sales stakes and |the Grab Bag handicap, all for two- jyear-olds will be run in 1924, and the Travers, Alabama and Saratoga Sales stakes for three-year-olds, in 1925. | Harry Payne Whitney is the largest nominator, with 140 nominations for the various purses. {PARKE SEEMS CERTAIN | TO LEAD U. S. JOCKEYS NEW ORLEANS, La., December 28. ! —Track followers have figures that Jockey Ivan Parke, now riding at Jefterson Park here, could not possi- | bly be headed for top honors on the | American turf this year. His nearest competitor, Pete Walls, is trailing| twenty-two victories behind him. Parke has piloted 1656 winners this ar, while Walls, who is riding at {'1. Juana, has ridden 143. IHDIA TO HAVE ENTRIES IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS, December 28.—The Olympic| committee of British India_informed the French committee that India will be represented in a number of track and fleld events in next years Olympio games. The events specified in which the Indians will enter are the 100, 200, 400, 1,600 &nd 5,000 meter runs; the 120-meter hl::;\ll;a. the | runnin ro jumps, the welg! gvents and. the .x D ‘Marty. O’Laughlin Tells: Most Ridiculous Pust I Ever Saw. T was at the Van Cortllndl public links, twelve years ago, just nrlor to the opening of the open championship tournament. Harry Marshall of Van Cortlandt and Jack Mackle, at present professional of the Inwood Club, but at that time attached to the Dunwoodlie Club, wers playing with a Mr. Duff, a member of Dunwoodie, and me, in & four-ball match. On the sixteenth green Marshall made a beautiful putt to the edge of the cup. Then followed a play which proved once more the fact that no matter how easy a putt looks, you can't take too much care in sinking it. The ball rested on the very llp of the cup. As a matter of fact, it look- od as though it were half way In. No one could have imagined that Mackie, Wwhose turn it was to play, could fal to sink it. But he did. Although he hit the ball it didn't stir. Marshall had to hole it out. The gallery and the contending players held their breath incredu- lously when Mackle failed. Then the: followed a roar of laughter such I haven’t heard since on a golf course. How did Jack make his error? Through carelessness, of course. The putt looked too easy. He didn't take his usual stance. When he -brought his club down he struck it on top of the ball and pressed down. The groudd was soft from rain. It held the pellet. An unusual incldent has kept this play fresh in my memory. Ten yea: later, on my way to Pinehurst for a winter tournament, I listened to a &roup of men discussing unusual golf plays in the smoking compartment of the Pullm One of them recounted the tale of Jack Mackie's putt. Expr of disbelief came from one of the listeners, but were silenced when I struck in. “It's & true story,” I sald. “How do you know?' asked the man who had told the story. “Because I was playing In the match when the play was made.” “What's you name?" “Marty O'Laughlin. “By George" exclalmed my q! tioner, jumping to his feet and grab. bing my hand, “I'm Harry Marshall. We'd been sitting side by side for several hours, but in ten years' time both of us had put on a lot of beef and we hadn't recognized each other. (Copyright, 1923.) NAVY ELEVEN IS TAKING COAST GAME SERIOUSLY - BY LAWRENCE PERRY. O NE point in the Navy's favor which should not be overlooked in considering the outcome of the New Year day foot ball game against the University of Washington eleven at Pasadena relates to the probable condition of the men. Where a college outfit is inclined to look upon the transcontinental jaunt as more or less of a lark—at leadt until the game starts—the Middies are under the strictest sort of dis- cipline and they will not be permitted at any time to lose sight of the foot ball game. Such sight seeing as is done will come after the game and until then foot ball wlll be the one and only subfect in mind. Washington and Jefferson's team showed the excel- lent results of this policy fn 1 Undoubtedly wise conditioning and an avoldance of all distractions pre- ceding the game will serve to re- duce the evil energy and mental resiliency due to climatie changes. Washington beyond question ranks second in the standing of Pacific coast elevens, whereas the Navy last tall was not to be considered among the top flight of eastern outfits. Con- sequently the game on New Year, from a sporting standpoint, will be of value chiefly in showing what a first-class west coast eleven can do | to a second-class eastern team. Come to think, Ohio State's contest agalust Cali- fornia in 1921, there has not been a test between champions at Pasadena. Ohio State in 1921 won the Western Conference title and wes snowed under by the Bears. Hut Brown, whom Washington State beat in 1916, was not an castern champlon, nor wus Pennsylvania, beaten by Oregon in 1917; nor Harvard, which defeated Oregon’ in 1920; nor W. and J., which tied California in 1922: nor Penn State, beaten by southern California last year. (Consrignt 1927 —_— McCRAULnw i wii. COACH LAFAYETTE GRID TEAM EASTON. Pa, December 28.—G. Herbert McCracken, a former Uni- versity of Pittsburgh backfleld star, will succeed Dr. “Jock™ Sutherland as coagh of the Lafayette foot ball team. The decision to engage McCracken for a two-year term is a result of the desire to continue the Pittsburgh system of play_which was so highly successful in Dr. Sutherland’s five- year reign. BASKET BALL RESULTS. Pitt, 33; Vanderbilt, 31 tate, 35; Penn, 22 effects upon physical | save in the case of | | | iact that the main—in truth, the only—idea of this journcy is to win a MANY GAIN AWARDS IN BOWLING EVENTS Following were the prize winners {on Christmas day at the Recreation and Grand Central bowling alleys: RECREATION. Joha Fulmer, 133; Leon Taishoff, 122 Av- [t Welcher, 125; Robert Bhipp, rown, 194 A, Hancocr, 1880T. W Bean, mery, 11 W. M. 127 Luochesi. 129; Gino Lucchesi, 13! wl-ll.l' l\l.l- livan, 132: Joe Kromman, 119 Joseph Was- BT, B aeiiier 1985 6. O Reynside 115 B e e o1t 0 llm, 134: H. 0. Sole. 117; W. oudllp lll, !m 184; W, Weinberg, 134: Bricker, 11 Ilcldlhll, GRAND CENTRAL. (2726 11T U, M. Day, 145 ;G Acton. 180; xd Wel 180; K. M. Th m“L‘lex-nn %8 Wessey, 11! . H. Mif CENTRAL HIGH NATATORS OUTSWIM DEVITT PREPS Devitt Prep natators lost a swim- ming meet to Central High, to 38, but are anxlous to meet the Blue and White again, confidert they can make a better showing. Capt. Bill Jones and McMullen of ‘Devitt Prep and Capt. Bonnet and Peters of Central starred in yes- terday’s swim. CHANGE BIG GOLF DATE. NEW YORK, December 28 —Havers and Ockenden, British golf stars here for exhibition matches, will meet Sarazen at Los Angeles and San Fran- cisco on January 25 and 27, respec- I tively. instead of on Japuary 18 and | |NO CHANGES ARE NEEDED, ASSERTS CHAIRMAN HALL He and Other Members of Rules Committee Feel That Game Has About Reached an Ideal State—Officiating Improved. By the Associated Press.” seem to be required, accordin, g to the report of the rules com- ATLANTA, December 28—No fundamental changes in foot ball rules mittee made to the cogyention of the National Collegiate Athletic by E. K. Hall of D: Association toda; rflhat in the reports Hall asserte years the opinion has been expressed that no fundamenta seemed to be required, d that has fended.to alier that opimon o . inion. artmouth, chairman. of his committee for the past three changes ing in the experience of last season “On the contrary,” Hall continued, “evidence continues to s accumulate that the task the committee undertook sonte years ago of gradually, through the medium of the rules, cha nging the game of American-Rugby foot ball from one that was breaking a closed mass formation and prob- ably too'hazardous a game, necessary hazards, has been practicall In- the change from the old game, Hall sald. practically all that was best in the old game has been pre- served and most of the things that came in for just criticism have been eliminated and certain desirabl, Sast s le features have been Game Made Much Safer, The game has been made much safer; Injuries aro fewer and less eeri- ous, and there-seems to be no inherent hazard in the game today beyond those { which are inevitable in any sport, and especially in a sport which includes among {ts eléments speed and physical contact,” Hall told the association.. “Of the comparatively few instances pf serious injuries during the past season, practically all occurred in teams of secondary schools or other teams where the players were competing with very little training and practically no super- \1nlon “The old mass play with its pulling, pushing, and piling up has disappeared. Along with it has gone 95 per cent of the intentional fractions of the rules, notably holding, roughing In the line @nd the unnecessary roughness that too often occurred after the lorwnrd progress of the bail had been stopped.”’ Hall sald the committee belleved that officiating during the past sca- son was better than ever before. He id there were more men playing the game this year than ever before in its history. During the past two seasons, Hall sald, there has been a marked ten- ! dency on the part of many colleges to open up their schedules and pla; more strong teams, and this tendency is still more noticeable in the sched- ules announced for 1924. 1 Tells of Accomplishments. He called attention to the work of the committee in complling & supple- ment to the rules, which fnclu list of approved rulings on a given | statement of facts. This, he sald, was | to ald in preserving the rules in the simplest form possible and to prevent | complications by minor and relatively. unimportant changes in the wording ¢f the rules in an attempt to cover every possible interpretation. The committee, he said, will add cases to this list each year as the experience of the officials’ who are handling the game may Indicate are desirable. These rulings are prepared by the committee partly on the Initiative of and partly in conference with various sectional assoclations of foot ball officlals. He olso sald that the publishers of tho Rules Book during the last sea- son, at the request of the commlttee, had climinateG from the book the i so-called “all” teams and had substi- | tuted in its place a comprehensive 1ist of the outstanding players of the year classified by positions. He closed | with a plea to friends of the gamé | to "make ocertain not only that the game, while being plaved. is kept free from unfair and unsportsmen- like tactics, but that the prepara fons for the foot ball season and develop- ment of the teams are equally free from anything which savors of u_fair competition or unsportsmanlike wac— tices. Urges Athletic Activities. The advantage of requiring the nu- dent to participate in some form of athletics while in college was u ged upon the Soclety of Directors of Physical Education by Prof. William H. Geer of Harvard. Prof. Geer told of the system in ef- Men! Get aboard these “HAHN SPECIALS™ - s Style D-236 Ruddy Calf Black Calf Tan Calf $6 and start the New Year on a s.ound NCE again we start another year—detefmined to give you more than ever for your Shoe-money. That’s our constant aim in “Hahn Special” $5 and $6 Shoes for men. ume of business at short profits. Wonderful values—through an enormous vol- Get aboard a pair tomor- row—and start 1924 on a sound footing of real economy. Fo Dance The New Year In patent Leather Dress Oxfords 35, $6 $7.50, $10 1318 G St. Cor. 7th & K Sts. 414 9th St. “City Club Shop” 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 233 Pa. Ave. SE. Our 9th St.& Pa. Ave. Stores Open Saturday Nights into an open, running game, free from un- ly accomplished.” fect at Harvard by which the student is permitted to elect his sport or physical actlvity. They are also urged, he sald, to become members Oof one of the regular athletic squads, which requires more than the pre- scribed three hours & week and the lecture in hygiene. HOCKEY STAR DECLINES. ST. PAUL, December 28.—Clarence (Taffy) Abel, hockey star on the St. Paul team, has telegraphed the United States Amateur Hockey Assoclation that he would not make the trip to Burope with the American Olympic ‘ljv;‘ml fl:‘én:?[\cflfl redsons and home 0! 5 making the I - ney, Abel sald, o eedons ZIVIC WHIPS JAWSON. NEW YORK, December 28.—Jack Zivie, Pittsburgh lightweight, won the decision over Joo Jawson of Mil- waukee In a ten-round bout here last night. ! 1 Men’s way we could obtain . Tans Inside Golf y CHESTER HORTO! 1 knmow that many golf pros teach what they call “wrist ac- tion” to the moviece golfer. I maintain that when the golfer who shows some signs of “getting 800d” ix when he begins to learn how to omit consclous effort for wrist action. 1 take my club back with a left- arm push, which extends from the 'm T let the hind the o ery care- ful ver to let my wrists break at any point during the entire back swing. club, arms, wrists and thus travel in absolute unison to the top of the ~bnck awing. There is a tendency at the top for the wrist to break , not under, with the pull ft = it 1t. I used to let the wrist be; at this point, b I now check the wrist there and hold it fixed. Thia does away with all wrist action and gives me more mccuracy, I have found. My club points almost straight at the top of my back swing. Charles (Chick) Evans has just been talking. (Copyrigh RAY IN WILCO MEET. NEW YORK, December 28.—Joie Ray has forwarded from Chicago his eatry for the Olympie 3,000-meter ohn F. Dille Co.) |the upper half, and Weller | Osborne, pitchers. FAVORITES DEFEATED IN JUNIOR NET PLAY NEW YORK, December 23.—The round before the semi-finals of the national junior indoor tennis cham plonship, in progress on the courts of the 7th Regiment Armory, at Park Avenue and 6€6th street, wit- nessed the elimination of the two ranking players. Horace Orser of Stuyvesant School, High the outstanding favorite i: ane the ranking contender for the title in the lower half, were put out jlie play, "It was'Kenneth Appel ot he East Orange High School wl defeated Orser, winning in straig sets 6—4, 6—3. Evans fell befo John Van Ryn, also of East Orange High School’ at §—8, 6— The other survivor in half with Appel is Louis H. Watsor of Columbia University, the third ranking player in the tournament who gained his place in the sem finals at the expense of Jack Gar rotson of Cornell in a three-set match. The scors was 6—I, 6—t In the lower half with Van Ryan is Willlam Efnsman of the New York Tennis Club, who furnished one more upset when he defeated Carl Schuster of Dartmouth, jvho was seeded fourtl in the draw. ® This mateh was the iongest of the day, requiring forty three games for a decision. The score was 6—3, 4—6, 13—11. Both of the semi-final matches were scheduled fo: 10 o'clock this morning. TRIO RELEASED BY CUBS. CHICAGO, December 28.—Howard Fitzgerald, outfielder, and Fred Fus gell, pitcher, have been released by the Chicago Nationals to the Wichita Falls, Texas League club, in part payment for Rin Wheeler and Bob Art Wels, turned over to Wichita Falls last summer, has been sold outright to that club. ARIZONA FOUR SCORES. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December niversity of Arizona polo team dcfeated the Texas Aggles in the | he uppe: race of the Wilco A. A. indoor games February 16. tercollegiate cvent {n the midwinte e (Fermm i€, " polo tourmament, 10 t0 0. 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