Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1923, Page 11

SPORTS. any International Events DLYMPIC MEET IN FRANCE “'TOPS YEAR’S SPORT CARD World Titles Will Be at Competitions—Conte In Many Lines the Associated Press. Stake in Nearly Thirty sts Should Be Keen of Endeavor. EW YORK, December 3l.—International competition here and abroad, with America’s forces oppo: in nearly every field of athlet ram for 1924, Headed by the Olympic games in take in close to thirty branches of sport, plans for next season call for | g those of foreign nations ic activity, features the sports pro- France, where wotld titles will be at record number of international tests for supremacy. Besides the Olym- pics, outstanding events are expected to take place in thoroughbred horse- racing, yachting, golf, tennis and professional boxing. Supreme ir a majority of fields years, the United States will marshal fend its laurels, but rivalry for honor: previous season. This country plans sentation than ever hefore in the long Olympic program, which begins | late in January and lasts six months. Chict interest centers In the track ard id features of the seventh O'ympic | ogram at Parls, and here America will make a determined effort to main- tain its unbroken string of victories. In the winter sports, po'o, tennis, ming. shooting, boxing and wrestling, the United States will have able arrays in the fird. Other important branches of the Olymple list include fencing, row- ing. soccer foot ball, rusby. cycling. archery, gymnastics, yachting and! equestrian sports. Golf Rivalry Starts. Riyalry between Great Britain and the United States for 1924 laurels al- ready is under way with a mid-winter invasion of these shores by Arthur Havers, British open go'f champlon, and James Ockenden, another British pro- Tessional star. Havers is matched with { Gene Sarazen, holder of the American ! professional golfers’ championship, for | a contest on the Pacific coast. He and Ockenden also probably will encounter other American stars such as Walter Hagen and Jim Barnes, in their tour of ‘winter resort courses. The recent visit to this country of Pierre Wertheimer, owner of Epinard, the French champion three-year-old, de- veloped plans for international compe- tition In another branch of sport. HE] has challengrd American hor<emen to nd their best three-year-old against | pinard in & race or scries o. races | either here or in France, and such a! match with the American champion | Zev as Epinard's opponent is practically | assured. It is possible that Papyrus, | the 1923 English Derby winner, who | was defeated here by Zev, and In Memorian, crack Kentucky colt, may be added to the fleld. Poloists Challenge. British poloists have challenged America for the Hurlingham cup, em- blem of international supremacy. and | a series of matches for this historic trophy, won by the United States in 1021, will be held here. In yachting, the British-American | cup. will be competed for when the British six-meter yachts invade Long | Island waters for a continuation of the champlonship series. Besides the Olymplc tennis pro- gram. competition for the Davis cup and Wightman trophy is expected to! produce more thrilling play than ever before. Twenty-one nations so far have been listed ns prosnective chal- lengers for the Davis cup, and the largest field in history is expected | to strive for the right to meet Amer- fea for this coveted prize. England will_be the scene of the Wightman trophy matches, and both England | and the United States will enter their | best woman playerst i Boxers Will Invode, In professional boxing _several prominent foreign stars, including | Georges Carpentier, former world's| light - heavyweight champlon, and Luis Firpo, South American heavy- weight, are preparing to seek further laurels here. Mike McTigue, world's Mght - heavyweight _champion, _and Johnny Dundce. world's feather- weéight titleholder, have arrangel European tours during which they probably will meet leading foreign Dboxers. The ' Olymplc program _will find powerful American representation from the start, with a picked team of skaters, ski jumpers and hockey stars entered in the winter sports program at Chamonix in the French Alps, beginning January 25. Because of America's past successes foreign talent will direct its chief ef- ! forts toward checking the Yankee march. In the last Olympics, held at Antwerp In 1920, the United States, besides capturing the track and field champlonships, swept the victory in; swimming, rowing, markmanship, boxing and rugby foot ball. New Stara in Track. Many of the rack and fleld per- formers who scored points for the American team at Antwerp have shown a falling off in form or have retired from active competition, and | new stars have come forward to take thefr places. But while America has continued to produce crack talent, European nations also have made re- markable strides in_developing ath- letes, with Finland, Sweden and Den- mark demonstrating prowess partic- ularly in several leading events, Similar conditions prevail in swim- ming, but in this sport the rapid de- velopment of Johnny Weissmuller o Chicago, and Gertrude Ederls of New York, Into probably the greatest nat. fors "America has vet produced seems 0 assure this further triumphs, Gl In marksmanship. in which America scored a one-sided victory at Ant. werp, this country will be well repre- sented again, while in tennis Yankee supremacy 1s likely to continue through the Olympic games. Special interest will be attached to the court contests in the event Helen Wills, California girl, who rose to the Amer- ican women's championship in 1923, opposes Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen, who has ruled supreme for a number of years in women's ranks. Rowing Strength Uncertain. ‘Whether American oarsmen to be selected for the Olympie rowing events will prove as able as those who, In 1920, won the single sculls, | double sculls' and eight-oared events, is uncertain, as s the strength of the rugby foot ball team which will make the trip to Colombres. The latter sport Is confined largely to the Pacific coast and America’s 1920 victory over the pick of European teams proved one of the outstanding surprises of the Olympic game: Foreign nations have made rapid strides in developing able boxers| of competition over a long span of | formidab'e arrays of talent to de- s promises to be keener than in any a stronger and more general repre- N. A. A. F. HOLDS SECOND ANNUAL MEETING TODAY Much businexs wan to be trans- _mcted by the Natiomal Amateur Athletic Federation of America in its second annual convention at the American Red” Croxs bullding teday. Two sexsions were sched- uled, the first beginn'ng at 10 o'clock thix morning and the see- ond at 2 in the afternoon. Be- tween sessions, delegates were to be received by President Coolidge at_the White House. The convention was to be nd- dreased by weveral men promi- nent in official life, among them Secretary of the vy Denby. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is among the delegates. MAY CHANGE RULES ON SHIFT, TACKLING ATLANTA, Ga.,, December 31.—Im- portant chapges may yet be made in the gridiron rules, coaches from all sections of the country declared be- fore takings their- departure follow- ing the final session of the annual meeting of the National Football Coaches Association Despite the declaration by the Na- tional Collegiate Athletic Associa- tion foot ball the regulations by which the game is now played are satisfactory to all concerned, many coaches were said to have expressed themselves in fayor of a revision. The agitation appeared to been centered around the jump shift and tackling. It was recommended that the jump shift be abolished— or a two-second wait between shift and the snap of the ball be required Many of the coaches also were of the opinion that the fying tackle and the tackle below the knee should be reinstated. The present rules state that a player must have one foot on the ground when he makes a tackle, and that no man, except the center, the two guards and the two tackles may tackle below the knees. stablishment of a central board which shall be a final authority on interpretation of rules and to be ap- pealed to in case of disagreement, was also being urged by coaches, it was said. BASE BALL IS FACING DOMESTIC PROBLEM CHICAGO, December 31.—The do- mestic side of the major league base ball club is presenting a difficult problem in the form of the Urban Shocker case, on which a decision is :xnecsed soon by Commissioner Lan- 18, In a dispute over refusal of the Louis American League Club to pcsr': mit him to take his wife on the last gastern 'I:“l‘i( gl t;ia 1923 season, er balked and was sus) and fined $1,000, e The difference in rules on such mat- ters among the clubs has compli- cated the probiem. Announcement that Manager Sisler of the Browns would not agree to the sale or trade of Shocker is believed to point the way toward a settlement of the dispute! although Shocker has insisted he be declared a “free agent.” MARYLAND FISHING LAW WILL BE TOPIC Fishermen from Garrett, Allegheny. ‘Washington, Frederick, Carron and Baltimore counties, Md.; and members of the Maryland State Game and Fish Protective Association will gather at Frederick Thursday to dlscuss a state ishing license law. Two tentative drafts of legislation to provide money for stocking the inland streams with fish have been prepared by E. Lee Lecompte, state game warden. One would add 50 cents to the price of hunting licenses as a fee for fishing, while the other would make the angler’s license sep- arate from the hunting license. If the latter plan were adopted county licenses would cost $1, permits to hunt any place in the state, $2.50 for residents and $10 for non-residents. Lecompte suggests that the money from these licenses would be used for cheries and an expert charge of them. (g —_— WASHINGTON GUN CLUB Election of officers of the Wash- ington Gun Club will be held at :!':a annual meeting of that body Thurs- gfl¥ night at 1824 Massachusetts ave- A spectal New Year shoot, § 5 ing 100 targets from 16 o:‘rd!n.c!;.du since 1920, and in this branch of Olympic sports America may be hard pressed to repeat its narrow-mar- gined triumph of that year. ‘Recent announcement that Badger, national champion figure skater, withdrawn from the Olympic_skating team has dimmed : ‘America’s hope for victory in that| sport, but followers of hockey lndI Sherwin Speed skating consider America’s rep- resentatives as possible winners in botl The hockey team of 1920 was defeated In the final round by the Canadian team. 1932 WINTER OLYMPICS SOUGHT BY MINNEAPOLIS MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., December 31 —>Minneapolis, through Mayor George E. Leach, will formally invite the in- ternational Olympic committee to hold the 1932 winter sports program here. The 1932 Olympics will be held at Los Angeles, and it was pointed out that the winter program would have to be staged elsewhere. HAVAN, December 31.—Rollins College of Florida defeated the Cu- ban Athletie Club at foot ball here yesterday, 31 to 0. be staged tomorrow morning at 1 o'clock at the Benning traps. = comnets In the Viennar Ve Ghn Bie e Vienna, Va., Gun Ci Shoot in the atternoon. qaeme WRESTLE TOMORROW NIGHT. Joe Turner will wrestle Chris Jor- dan tomorrow night af Co;’lza‘"‘n- o t the Central uive will meet You in the preliminary match, © Mg —_— WILL BANQUET GRIDMEN. Alexandria Tiger gridironers are to be feted at a banquet tomorrow nlght at the home of Mrs. Boland, 405 South Washington street, Alex- andria, Va. A 26 to 0 victory over the Mohawks of Alexandria was the Tigers’ greatest gridiron feat. KINSEY BROTHERS BEATEN. LOS ANGELES, Calif, December w—Harvey Snodgrass of Los Ange- les and Walter Wesbrook of Detroit defeated Bob and Howard Kinsey of San Francisco, holders of the Pacific coast doubles title, in an exhibition tennis match yesterday, 8-8, 6-3. ‘In an additional’ set the San Francisco brothers won, 6-3. rules committee that | have ! WILL ELECT OFFICERS! s for 1924 : Paddock Is Preparing Reinstatemen AGNER'S STORY CHAPTER 21 There Was Teamwork in Those Days. BY HANS WAGNER. T AMWORK does not appear to me as good now as in the days of the old Baltimore Orioles,. the Pirates of 1901-02-03, the " Giants of 1905 and the Cubs. If | you have followed: base ball closely vou probably have noticed that no real sentiment of great- ness has been thrown areund a club since the Frank Chance Cubs finally petered out. That means to me that team- work has lost prestige in the face of individual greatness (:% cer- tain players. There is a nfighty showed | good reason for this, In a previous article I where base ball has developed won- derfully despite what the old-timers y. In that very developmgnt the me hay grown into such great {Dusiness that a certain @roup of | p.ayers, working as a machine, can: | Bot stand out for a long time. Th clubs are so much larger that the sume men do not often. In the ol 15 work together as. aays we were sometimes | lucky enouza to get together ten or tweive men, who made a wonderful {machine and stuck together. They [had their heart set on winning, and | they overcame many difficulties that bail players today do not face. In other words, the machines do not have to be as perfect and compact | now. h It has been but a few years that| ball clubs have had trainers, rubbers, | club doctors and all that. In our days it was largely .up to each player to take care of himself. We sometimes went a whole season without getting a rub-down or massage. We were | allowed to eat and traln as we| pleased, and It was up to each man | to make the best of it. To beat the | game was more of an individual job. | 1t may sound funny for me to s it, but I agre: with men like Ed| Barrow, John McGraw, Billy Murray, George ' Stallings and’ many others who think that base ball has devel- oped entirely too much of what is called _gentiemanly _sportsmanship. | That alone has changed base ball a lot. No Pink Teas Then. In the old days, for instancé the! players did not meet at the plate and shake hands, and then talk about | Sociul affairs. They were up there to fight to win, and all friendship ceased the minute we got on the dia- | mond. We looked upon all members | of the opposition us enemics, ande Knew they wouid taks advantage of us at the slightest opportunity. Any kind of a trick was considered legiti- iate. There was none of that pleas- jant visiting to and from the two benches. 1f a player came around our bench a few years ago the best ¢ was a razzing 1 PGEOL Mhatter of fact, I think the public likes that fighting spirit. That | Sportsmanship is all right in foot {ball and tennis, but in base ball the | spectators want to see a scrap. They | want to think that the two teams | have it In for each other, and Will | give no quarter. 1 ®The tendency tow, ard sportsmanship ade players broader minded. +'luok upon a ball game as mere- |1y an afcernoon’s sport. In our days 11 Eive quarter or cede the sightest Doint wiis like giving up our life's | Dlood. That is why the teams have | lost their compactness. | T know it is high-minded and gen- | erous for players to be considerate of Cheh other, but, to save my life, I San't Jook on 1t as old-fashioned, fapping base ball. We used to <nt right on through with crippled legs, spike wounds and everything rather than get out of the game Nowadays ball players are protected | and cared for as if they were hot- se plants { i B Deen ball players take desper- ate chances in my day that would ot be dreamed of now. Take Frank Bowerman, the old Giant catcher, for | {nstance, 'He was a ball player Who could take more physical punishment fhan any man I ever saw. Spike cuts P bumps on the head rolled off him fike water off a duck’s back. ¢ One day at the old Exposition Park in Pittsburgh when the Pirates and Glants were fighting for the cham- plonship back in 1905 and 1906, & Poui fly was hit near the Pittsburgh ) bench, Bowerman, who was catching, .ran right into the Plrate bench and hit a 4x4 upright that held up one hna ‘of the Toof of the bench. He Struck with such force tht he broke b this big plece of timber and bounced back four feet. But he OSUEmt that foul balll What's more ihe never let on that the bump had, even hurt him. Bowerman Butts a Barrel. During another game in that same | park the crowd had overflowed and ! RS lined up around the plate and Jown the foul lines. Some one had brought out a barrel for a woman Spectator to sit on. She was sitting here enjoylng the game when an- Sther roul fy was hit. Bowerman Otarted for § and ran slap into the barrel, knocking it over and upset-| ting the woman. Evidently he had not see her at all. He was 8o sore at missing the foul that he kicked the big barrel about ten feet. fHey, Frank,” Matty, who was pitching, velled to him,’ “keep your head u e "doulan’t make Bowerman un- derstand, so Matty left the box, walk- d through the crowd, straightened up the barrel and lifted the woman jomit. Then the game went on. Bowerman_never thought of get- | ting hurt. ' Bouncing a ball oft him was like hitting an iron safe. e wouid start for a bunt the instant he saw the batter make a move as if fo dump the ball. _Sometimes the bail would hit him on the leg or the bare hands and often he would run right into the bat. Even that did not feaze him. His sole idea was to get the jump on the bunted ball. Often he would make plays that otherwise would have given the pitcher and the third baseman trouble. ‘Bowerman also would take danger- ous chances in touching base run- ers _coming into the plate. He would slide into them head first Whether they were coming in spikes ha | They i D. RER The famous Pirates of 1901-2-3. PRIME FOR OS ANGELES, December 31.—Naval Academy and University of Washington foot ball teams touches for their intersection fit, according to their leaders. The Annapolis squad arrived yesterday afternoon, while the Wash- ington crew got here this*morning. Basket Ball Tips GET RID OF BALL THE BALL IS A INVITING Tmlsl-gna PAESING BALL TO UN- g D PLAVER ONFUSES OPPONENTS, 70 GeT ng g Ru. 15 FARES TEAMWORR Why is “get rid of the ball” good basket ball advice? Answered by DR. FORREST ALLEN Director of athletics, University of Kansax. His team won the cham-, plonship in its section hax been undefented seven straight gumes. inst year and for twenty- Getting rid of the ball is good basket ball because basket ball is a teamwork game. When a player in possession of the ball passes to an unguarded player he changes the position of the ball, thereby ren- dering the opponent’s defense more vulnerable to attack. Many a game has been lost because a player held a ball a second too long. An entire team must be kept mentally alert for perfect participation in the game. By the use of the short pass game, much of the trouble of holding the ball can be eliminated, and the light- ning rapidity of the passing from one man to another, which is so delightful to watch, contributes to the bewilderment of the opponents. (Copyright, 1623.) 150-POUND ELEVENS TIE IN TITLE GAME Washington's 150-pound gridiron title for 1923 goes begging. Elevens of the Waverly Athletic Club and the Apaches, the latter 1922 champlons, have battled twice for the award, but each fray has ended In a tle, yester- day’s being a 7 to 7 affair, Out weighed considerably and out- rushed by three first downs, Waverly put up one of the pluckiest fights seen on the gridiron in many moons. Apaches drew first blood in the ini- tial quarter after blocking a Waverly punt. Boyd rushed the pigskin first or not. I have had several hard collistons with him. But I never saw him badly hurt. At any rate he never would let on.” Frank used to run over the bats into the dugouts, Into the stands or. anywhere to get a foul ball. I often have wondered why he naver got killed. But he is just as healthy and strong as ever. Bowerman runs a big datry farm up in Michigan today. They say he is almost white-haired, but is just as hard and rough physi- cally as ever. Youngsters Nursed Now. Another thing that has tended to weaken the several teams as ma- chines Is the fact that it is much easier for youngsters to bresk in now. In the early days we did not carry so many men, and each mem- ber of the team fought to hold his job against all comers. A youngster tad to be a bearcat to displace some veteran then. They didn't keep him round and gradually try him out either, If he had something he had to show it right then. A player would be signed tonight and the crowd would expect him to be in the game tomorrow. If he didn’t make good he was on his way in a very short time. But base ball machines have to be bullt very carefully now and they liave to be kept up to a certain stand- ard. A youngster is kept for a year or more for development. As one player weakens and drops out an- across and Smithson added the extra point. White's poor punt in the third quarter enabled Waverly to score. Fee Collier plunged to the touch- down and Quigley drop-kicked the poin Fee and Sox Colller and Quigley of Waverly and Smithson, Sweeney and Brown of the Apaches were the outstanding players. —_— other is ready to put In his place. It is like keeping up & big corpora- tion. More attention is paid to or- ganization than merely to holding to- gether .a small gang of fignting ball players. 1 dow't want to be a gloomy prophet, but I §on't expect to ever see any more uhique teams like the old Crioles, the Pirates, the Glants or_the Cubs. The game has been considerably weakened by the pitchers being bar- red from certain deliveries such as the spitball, the ahine ball, the emery | ball and so on. This naturally helps the batters. It 18 easier to be a great hitter now- adays. You can sce that by looking at the official records. Where we vsed to have six or seven men hit- ting over .300 we now have fifty or aixty. ow to Prevent Base Stealing.” DR VR RIT @ GRID BATTLE today are putting on the finishingl al battle here tomorrow. Both are The Navy players delighted the Dig- skin critics with an exhibition of! nimbleness and celerity which proph- | ets predicted would sink Washing-' ton's hopes. Others foretold that If | rain should bring a slippery field it | would be the Navy that would be| sunk. " It is belleved that Washington wiil! not rely on an aerial game but rather on line plunging. Ziel, Tesreau and Wilson are expected to play an im- portant part in this department. Ziel ! is said also to be & dangerous kicker inside the 45-yard line. , Navy is expected to count heavily on the forward pass if the weather iis suitable. | Most of the 52,000 seats have been | sold, and it is expected that the big| bowl will be packed to the rim by the | time the Navy goat is led out to be introduced to the Washington husky {dog as a preamble to the gam H i To fans, who expected to catch a glimpse of the Navy goat at the hotel (Where the team registered, it was ex- Iplained that arrangements had been !made with a_ Pasadena goat to rep- resent his distinguished Annapolis | cotemporary in the preliminary cer- |emonies. “It wouldnt have been advisable from a hygienic point of view to have | tearried our goat across the conti-} nent,” a Navy surgeon accompany-1 {ing ‘the players said. CONGRESS HEIGHTS TO SEE FAST FIVES Four of the city’s leading basket ball teams will figure in a double- header tomorrow afternoon at Con-! gress Helghts auditorium. The main | attraction Involves the Manhattans| iand the Milans, while the preliminary tilt features the Epiphany Eagles and the Kanawha basketers. Park View Juniors will be the op- |ponents of the Anacostia FEagle Juniors Wednesday night on the Fiehback floor. Sunday the Eagles will oppose the Congress Heights , Cyclones. Manager Biehl, Lincoln 4412, | is booking games for the Eagles. Much good basket ball is antici- !pated in a twin attraction to be ! staged Friday night on the Immacu- late Conception floor. The Endeavors | will encounter the Park View Juniors, while the Circles will meet the Arabs. Other Circle games are: January 11, Emeralds; 14, Liberty; 18, St. Albans and King Pins: 25, Liberty. ~Chal- lenges to the Circles are being re- ! ceived by Manager R. V. Gardner, 19 Bates street, or over telephone, Main 6000, branch 91 Comforter quint easily disposed of the Olympia team in a 17-to-7 en- gagement. Games with the Com- forters can be arranged by calling Manager Moreland, Lincoln 1097. Anacostia Engles added another vietim to fts lst by downing the Washington Preps, 22 to 9. A challenge has been tossers representing Boy Scout Troop issued by ! C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1923. 8000 a%2 trons Brtatn, Gub g a8 o, et liagce, ALl rights reserved. “Their team work,” says Wagner, “stands unequaled bv vresent-dav elubs.” NAVY AND WASHINGTON U. APOLOGY NOT SOUGHT, DECLARES A. A. U. HEAD BOSTON, Mass., December 31— Chdries Paddock, world-famed sprinter, has not been asked to apologize for any remarks made concerning the Amateur Athletie Union, and his announcement that he would apply for reinstatement with the organization is tanta- mount to admitting he was in the werong, William C. Prout, president of the A. A. U., said. Prout added that if satisfactory explanations were forwarded with the application nothing would stand in the way of Paddock’s re- instatement, ARRAY OF FIGHTERS TO INVADE AMERICA NEW YORK, December 31.—In- vasion of America’s fistic realm by foreign boxers after setting a new high mark In 1923 romises to estab- lish another record in the new vear. Prospects of profitable matches in this country have attracted ambitious talent from Europe and South Amer- ica, the latter sending two formidable candidates for honors in Louts Angel Firpo, Argentine heavyweight, and Luls Vicentini, Chilean lightweight. Two European champions already are in this country seeking laurels, a third is due early in January, while others have come in search of ring prominence, despite lack of titles. Within the last few weeks two title- bolding Britishers have arrived—Ro- land Todd, European middleweight champlon, and Harry Mason, wearer of the Buropean lightweizht belt. Todd was defeated by Tommy Lough- ran. -Philadelphia I{ight heavyweight, in his debut here. largely because. of handicaps in weight, height and reach. Mason has yet to show his fistlc wares. Ermino Spalla of Italy. Enropean heavyweight champion, will join the invading ranks within a fortnight when he arrives to prepare for a match with Gene Tunneyv, American light heavyweight champion, slated for February 1. A fourth European champlon— Edouard Mascart of France, feather- welght titleholder—may come here in the spring to seek a match with Wwho wrested the featherweight laurels last summer from another Frenchman, Eugene Criqui. George Carpentier has another pros- pective fistic venture in America early in 1924 to meet leading American light heavyweights, while Battling Sik1, Senegalese conquerer of Georges, already is touring this country. Firpo looms by far as the most dangerous invader. The “Wild Bull of the Pampas,” who knocked Jack Dempsey out of the ring before finally going down to defeat last Septem- ber at the Polo Grounds, will return to the United States, probably in March, to campaign for another title match. Vicentini has returned to Chile after receiving a setback at the hands of Johnny Shugrue, but plans to return in February and fizht his wav to a position among leading contenders for Benny Leonard’s lightweight throne. Inside Golf —By CHESTER HORTON 38, according to Manager Essex at Lincoln 4787. h such stars as Hampton, Brust, sx.';,":.". Homan, Curtin, Levy, Moran Lerch, Malerick and Hollls, Governs ment Printing Office Juniors want games. Telephone challenges to Manager John Mattingly at North 433-3, between 5 and 7 o'clock. POLO BODY WILL PLAN TO0 DEFEND TITLE CUP YEW YORK, December 31.—Plans ton Etending 'the international polo | cup from England, whence it Was re- fheved in 1920 by the Meadowbrook Club_ “Big Four,” will be discussed by the Polo Asscciation January 15. 'The capacity of the stands at Inter- national Field may be doubled to 140,000 —_— SCHOOL QUINTS PLAY. igh school basket ball teams a:%gefi for games today. Eastern Was to oppose its alumni quint this morning on the Central Coliseum court, While Business was to appear against the Y. M.-C. A. alumnl team this aft- ernoon on the Y floor. WILL PILOT U. S. SKIERS. NNEAPOLIS, Minn, December I'Lulmy" George E. Leach has been selected to manage the American Olympic ski team on its trip to {Chamonix, France, for the Olympic games. —e——e FRANCE CHALLENGES. NEW YORK, December 31,—France will bid again next year for the Davis cup. The challenge of that nation, the second to be received by the officials of the United States Lawn Tennis As- for the international team by mall, ! ‘When the ball sits fairly on top of hard mand in a trap at the edge of the greem it is mot necesary or desirnble to take sand with the biade of the niblick. Instead, the binde should snap the ball up and away with a clean stroke. The swing changes for this shot, however. The stiff arm sweep of the club does not give suflicient elick to the cInbhead when it meets the ball to loft the buus ap, while if you hit hard enouxh to Joft the 1l the distance taken will be too great. So the club must be swung with a wrist movement. Thin as- suming, of course, that the bank of the trap in front of you is more than twelve to eclghten inches high. The clubhead is broken back with the wrists on a spared, loowe- wrist shot. The feet nre held very close and mo pivot in used at all. The hend must be nbeolutely motionless during the wwing, and the niblick head must swing as a Dendulum. The ball is struck at the bottom point of the clubhead's are and the clubhead immediately comes upward. This picke the ball up and drops it onto the green, 1t nearly always will stop without much roll. You ~thus piay for the pis. (Copyright, Jobn F. Dille Gu.)( in Unitsd I Johnny Dundee, the Itallan-American, | SPORTS. 11 FAMOUS SPRINTER STILL IS BITTER AGAINST A. A. U. Plans Application at Suggestion of Gen. Pierce in Order That He May Be Made Eligible for Olympics — Issues Statement. By the Associated Press. L organization. | was made at the suggestion of Gen. { tional Collegiate Athletic Associati the Olympic contests, and_did not against him by the A. full explanation.” Paddock went thorouhly into case in a statement in which he fail to retract anything he has sald abou the A his | xplains Hisx Stand. His statement follows: “In justic to the National Col- Jegiate Association, the Amateur Ath {letic Union self and tho ested in following this case that the whole matter clarified. “As 1 see it, there are two angles, | H the technical and the personal, to b conidered. . *Technically, can a college man in good nding compete outside of th country without Personally, is an i teur Athletic Union a free agent? And both of these questions can be answered in the negative. “Technically, the National Coll ate Association in Its meeting at A lanta, falled to prove that it pos- sessed the authority in this country or in any other to go over the head of the International Athletic Fed- eration and make its sanction of n athlete hold good. As the only recog- nized representative of the Interna- | tional Federation in America ls_the A. U.. that body must be the final thority, and In this when 1 { was asked to apply for reinstatement {to the A. A. U. by the National Col- Hlegiate Asspeiation thiz v ad- mitted, Having always followed the recommendations of the N, C. A, A I will zpply for reinstatement in the A. “Personally my case has platnly shown that an athlete in the A. A. is not a free agent. A man must be a member in good standing in the A. A U, else he cannot compete in the na tional champlonship or the Olym |games. For both of these 3 trolled directly and indirectly by A.A. U. A man cannot compete where or when he will. A man cannot criti- | cize either the organiza the | committee of the ore 5 | | maintain his standing. This di {the American tem of g { | c where the citizen has the right to his opinion. Porxonal Side of Affair “The personal side of the case also involves all of my relations with the A. A. U. since 1 first a mem- [ber of that body. | been made that T owe th preparing to file his application for reinstatement issuing a statement declaring he did “not agree Wi A. U. concerning which he {|BANKERS ould be |“'n-h-n!tm Loan No. 1 Doying Name. Dovine ... Schweinhaut .. Fisher ... Osborn Downey NATIONAL Name. Wood Geler. San Feil Cosiy i | Hiliyard . | Magruder Sisson .. 0S ANGELES, December 31.—Charles W. Paddo sprint records and recently center of an international argur involving his eligibility to participate in the 1924 Oly 1 the h th Paddock made it clear that his decision to apply Palmer Pierce, 1 n, in order to m alter his attitude d F §tanding of Teams. 2% nal Bank o f Wash. ([l tionsl Metropolitan BavIngS. cerrnsnnnn o end of the finds of Washt ing cle the. ed by F 1 with first P Individual G % 6 152 128 o0 90 n0 + . o | Henze .00 Barnbolt Hall 2 | Openshaw .. |Zenman . ave sent in a from the board of governors of the iocal A. A. U., and had the word New York committeemen of the . that there is nothing in my warrants such a charge. er A officials. H el v has been my recrt ! v pleasure—not ati ted where the greatest might be derived. T ad I have acted independen: A. A. U, though I have hered to the code unguestion sportsmanship. [ admit that I do n agree with the policles of the A. A. U. Which prevent a_man from being a f agent. I have alway willing_to_answer A. U.'s committee stateme A. A. U’'s committe in full_explanation what_I have not E take back what I have said.” N.C.A.A.IS “UNFAIR,” & | SAYS A. A. U. OFFICIAL! 1 WASHINGTON L | éiller . | Bowio . | Bromley | Crow | Fant | McCambridge Yo:kes Lydasne | NE = = Vana NEW YORK, December 31.—Tn fts yena . of resolutions |Seeiey - |adoption at Atlanta, | criticizing the Amateur Athletic Unton | | quately a college program for Amer- ican participation in the 1924 Olym- |y plad, the National Collegiate Athletic |Te | Association was “decidedly unfair”| Leutbal | Lee 5 39 i3 RIGGS NO. 2. for its alleged failure to prepare ade- | vande Ker | Secretary Rublen of the A. A. U. sald. | Benso; The N. C. A. A. resolution brought | to the attention of the Ameris Olympic committee and the publ the ‘“serious situation” e A. A. U.'s method have broug To this Mr. Rublen replied th: program now is months ahe at preceding any other Oly a and the collegiate portion of it is more advantageous to college ath- than that advocated by n | Wekzol Spasks Hummer | Getieg ;| Norris . Tavis | Zed | Scharf the | Pricci . Escn o understand | Mariow it except Gen. Palmer E. said Mr. Rublen in referring to the heéad of the N. C. A. A. “His plan is to bring t colloge men to the final tryouts Cambridge while ours wiil bring about twenty-five or thirty. If that isn't_giving college men a fair show- ing I don't know what is.” Rubien said it is design to bring' the w ence and the N. C. A. fleld meet together at Chi 7, to select the college The A."A. U's plan, he hold sectional tournament athletes will be spared lons and necessary traveling - and bring the best men from all sextions of the country, from all the college associ- ations, the army and the navy, to- gether for the finals. Tt seemed to him, he alded tha Gen. Plerce was attempting to gain for N. C. A. A. dominance vver ‘iln college track and field atiletes. The attack of the N. C. A. A, at this time and in the method it has chosen Mr. Rublen said was extremeiy un- fortunate. — TO HANDLE SCHOOL SERIES. Three well known basket ball clals will handle the high school cham- pionship series this year. —They are Joe Fitzgerald, Jim Colliflower and Frank Schlosser. Play in the series will open January 8, with Central meeting Western and Eastern facing Tech. HOPPE IS AMBITIOUS. 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