Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1924, Page 24

S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Fault Found With Tennis Ranking : Georgetown WILL LEAD NAVY GRIDIRONERS NEXT FALL HUNTER HELD DESERVING OF BEING PLACED THIRD Declared to Have Played More Consistently Than Williams or Richards—Fischer Seen as Too High and Alonso as Too Low. BY LAWRE} W YORK, January 8—Not ev N But other selections of the ranking c Tennis Association are by no means Certainly there will be no unanimous concurrence in the No. 3 choice, . The 1923 season of the former national champion saw sing occasionally to great heights, but, also, it saw him sinking to A\ spotty season, in other words. Norris him depths equally great Early in the yvear Hawk, the Au Carl Fischer later gave him plaved extraordinary tennis agamst would probably have won that matcl seemed to be within his grasp Then in the out hy B I« to be sure, but sy Iy not in Wil- liams Al in his play last vear wus not sufficiently consistent to entitle him to s 1d next to Tilden ind Johnston Hichards Inconsixtent. Vincent Richards, placed at number four by the committ was hardly nsistent than Williams. He defeated Hunter for the indoor cham- onshinp, hut Harvey Snodgrass, the California vouth, eliminated him at Newport the day after he had played tha tr dinarily brilliant match ag: Williams, in which he w. practically beaten, albeit Williams, in the end, walked out of the match and relinguished honors to the New Yorker. iter put the Williams tonals, he was put a fine player Francis T. out, and youngster form will dissent from the placing of William T. Tilden at No. 1 and William M. Johnston at No. 2 in the national tennis ranking. | a thorough trouncing in New York. CE PERRY. en the most captious critic of tennis ommittee of the United States Lawn above criticism. stralian, dcfeated him in Florida and He Vincent Richards in Newport, and h had he not defaulted when victory Inside Golf By CHESTER HORTON___ The mashie cut shot differs from the maxhie back-spiu shot, though some good players put a little cut long mashie pltches. The cut- shot ball i a slice »pin, the ball whirling from left to right. The underspin ball turns from the bot- tom up, or toward the player. Nearly all long mashic pitches, say, from 100 to 150 yards, have some backwpin if the ball in thus ended him for the year. pear that both the number | id the number four men in | ranking pluyed inconsistent Tt will | T. Hunter. on the contrar: ¥¥ consistant. Yet the num- n goes Lo him. Every the gruelling battle gave Johnston before he was put out in the nutionals at Germantown. It will also 1 that at Wim- bledon he being | put out by n over hoth the Kinseys es stowing Richards away in the nationals, he lefeated the brilliant young French aver. La Cast Hesides, he beat Ne Church cup matche obvic wmclusion, therefore, _is at the committee rated Wil- liams, Rich nd Hunter, not so mueh upon basis of what' they did in 1923 as upon a theoretical assump- tion as to what would happen were the three to meet they all at toy fo Actual. not form, | it would seem, should be thes: ranking Hunter Hunter rounded great deal dashes to His lackl on_ the wh he v the ris Williams, in at Forest Hills. nki rds Has His Faults. is not He depends a w fine forehand with where he volleys weil. i€ mainly defensive, but he is a hard man far and his further progress ing to watch. Howard rated at No. 6 and Harvey at No. 9. This is a matter be left for Californians to Suffice v some eri by a slight how ma . Tanked at than Norton, s 1t migh Kinsey Snodgras: which may fight abont prefer margir will agree Detter p 1nd_Robert “d at No. Josition rfter all, is diversity of op thee ess i t cleanly hit and a bit of turf is scooped up with the blade. The action of the biade, its loft, makes it imponsible to avold putting some | of this underspin on the ball if the ball travels far emocugh to permit the nir to get hold of it and start it whirling. The cut ball, however, must be played deliberately on shorter appronches, since the ball must spin immediately, traveling as it does only a whort distance. The cut shot is no better in the player's hands than the plaf pitch-and-run _mashie approac) but some players get into the kuack of the cu 0t and prefer it. It is a fine approach shot when there in n side-hill siant to © green and you wish to hold up toward the pin and yet be below the pin. (Copyright, EASTERN COACH WEDS. John Paul Collins, track coach of istern High School, has a_greater centive to bring laurels to the Light Blue and White institution this The Bastern mentor was marrled re- | cently to Miss Ann Crawley of Lynch- burg, Va., who is an ardent follower | | | Jobn ¥. Dille Co.) i FOES OF 2-MAJOR-SPORTS RULE FOR SCHOOLS GROW O own regulation High school athletes confin athletic endeavors in"the other fields, “The object of the rule, as I see it, is to hinder boys from ‘burning out’ their bodies,” the principal said. This idea is fine in theory, but when these boys are allowed to play in only two high school sports, they will devote their idle thme participating in games with outside teams. It would be more beneficial to high school athletes if the present athletic regime is retained, for they would at least have the proper coaching and train- ing. “Can those in favor of the new rule give an example of those boys who ‘burned themselves out’ in high school athletics?” he inquired. “Even If | Such boys are found, they are mot victims of too much athletics, but the objects of poor coaching and develop- ment Play in the opening double-header of the high school basket ball cham- pionship series was to get under way today at the Central Coliseum. West- ©rn was to oppose Central at 3 o'clock in the opener, while Tech was booked to meet Eastern in the final. Alexandrin High's tossers will meet Gonzaga tonizht on the I street floor. Thursday Gonzaga will invade East- m_for its first’ game with a local high school five. If Alexandria High intends to make an impressive showing on the court this vear, it will have to step lively, judging by the manner in which 1t 0ft 16 the Washington Preps yester- day, 24 to 15, yattsville a tough teant th Reserve team of Central and Tech met yesterday, the former winning, 14 to 8. Harris and MacDonald per- formed creditably for the winners. BIG COURSE PLANNED BY CLEVELAND CLUB CLEVELAND, Ohio, January §—One of the largest golf courses in Ameri- ca is planned by the Cedarhurst Coun- try Club, Inc. Cleveland's first golf club developed on avhat is known as| the “pay as you go” system. This be- came known with the announcement that the club has acquired the 425- acre country estate of James W. Cor- rigan, weaithey steel man, between Wickliffe and ~ Willoughby, east of here. A G4-hole course is intended. Nine holes are to be ready May l1st and nine more by July 1. The balance of the course will be developed as rapid- 1y_as the membership requires. More than 200 golfers are sald to already have asked for membership. The first limit will be placed at 500, but increased as the course is in- creased. A member will be required to make an -initial payment of $300 for use of the club and all its facili- ties for the term of the club lease, which expires August 1, 1935. There will be no further dues nor assess- ments, but there will be a reasonable greens charge each time a member plays golf. Nagirroc (which is Corrigan revers- ed), by which the estate is familiar- ly 'known, is famed for its floral beauty. Any free or plant that will grow in tl climate can be found on the place, it is said, im. t has booked rson Institute fternoon on the former's PPOSITION to the two-major-sports rule recommended by the hoard of education to the five high schools is grow principals already have declared themselves against the adoption j One of the sheool heads today declared that the »ut all right in theory, but in practice it would defeat its | of athleti ng. Two | ed to two sports would resume their he said. 24,000,000 GOLF BALLS USED IN U. S. IN YEAR CHICAGO, January S.—Experi- ments In laboratories and on the links have shown that golf balls need tb be aged for several months to be dura- ble, it was sald today by the mansager of a sporting goods house which turns out most of the golf balls used in America. The annual consumption of the rubber pellets amounts to 24,- 000,000, worth $18,000,000 at retail. In order to have the thin cover vnleanized to the right degrees for obtaining distance it must not be made too hard. As a result, when the balls are “green” they are easlly cut by the edge of the club head when the golfer tops the ball. The cover with the exact amount of vulcanizing to make it lively will toughen with a few months' aging, and yet it will re- tain its elasticity to the umost de- gree so far as delicate testing ma- chines can show, he said. During the last few years the man- ufacturers have been unable to keep up with the demand for golf balls, and the insistent golfer grabs the green ones during the summer, not knowing that if he had purchased his supply during the fall and winter he would not (‘:1! up so many the next season, according to the spor goods seller. Bodnn PADDOCK COMING EAST TO RESUME LECTURING LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 8.— Charles Paddock, star Sprinter. i to return to the east to resume his lece ture tour, which he was forced to aban- don_ several weeks ago, when he suf- fered a sprined ankle at Burlington, Towa. . Paddock plans to open his lectures at Pittsburgh and then continue through Pennsylvania_and New York. | Radiators and Fenders 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIA’ ANY MADE OR mu:}:ofil Cores. in m make WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS 319 18th, ¥. 6410, 1485 P. M. 7443, Match Your 0dd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS $4.65 -— UP, Save the price of entire mew sult, All colors, wizes, EISEMAN’S 605-607 7th St. N.W. |night. EDMUND B. He is the youngest player ever to emy, being only nineteen years old. B the Gonzaga Hall floor. diligently for the game, and they Three newcomers are in the Aoysius | squad this year. Ford, Farrell and| Casey are the ndditions. All have had wide experience the court Ford was one of the outstanding stars of last year's Yankee team. while Farrell sported a Boston Col- lege uniform some time ago. Cas, performed with the Catholic Un versity freshman team last v B probably will be given a chance at center, as Farley has been shifted to a forward. Tim and Frank Duffy, Paul Collins and Thomas Augustine, forwards: Lee Fitzgerald, Al and Rob Folliard and Sam Boyd, guards, are the regu- lars back this year. McNaney, the only veteran lost, is striving for a berth on the Georgetown University quint. on A rejuvenated Delta Athletic Club team will face the Apaches tonight on the Ingram court. The Deltas have added several stars (o their line-up and they are confident of showing the way to the formidable Apache quint. St. Andrew Junfors will invade Hyaitsville tonight for a game with the Lightning Athletic Club of that place. The Maryland team probably will find the going rough, for the St. Andrew tossers have won nine games in a row. Players of the local team are to meet in the St Andrew’s gym- nasium at 7:30 o'clock. V. M. Lawrence intends to organize a team to be known as the Left Overs. A meeting will be held at his home, 525 11th street southeast, tomorrow Kanawha Juniors will be the op- ponents of the Washington Prep Juniors tonight on the Congress Helghts floor. Games with the Ka- nawhat can be arranged by calling the manager, at North 5115, between 5 and ¢ o'clock. Tonight's tilt will be u preliminary to the Kanawha- Washington Prep gam: Cirele Athletic Club is confident it can take the measure of the Epiph- any Eagles tonight at 7:30 o'clock on the latter's court. Keppel, Mitchell, jodwin, Wright, Smith, Babingien, Baker and Terrett are to play for the Circles. Members of the Stanton Junlors will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Jimmy Far- rell, 628 2d street northeast. One of the best games of the sea- son is expected when the Comets op- pose the Silent five Thursday night on the Congress Heights court. Pet- worth tossers will face the Comets Saturday night at the same place. Manager R. E. Nash, Lincoln 306-W, is booking games for the Comets. Manhattan players are to meet to- morrow night at 8:30 o'clock at 12th street and Fennsylvania avenue prior to their game with the Old Domin- fon Boat Club. Should the Ace Midgets show the way to the Good Shepherd’s team Friday night on the latter's court their stock will be considerably boosted In the eighty-five to ninety pound class. The ace team already has trimmed the Mount Vernon Mid- gets and the Ingram, Arrow and Yosemite quints, Transmission and differ- ential gear lubrication is mighty important—mighty serious if you use the wrong lubricant—nine times out of ten gear troubles are caused by faulty lubrication. Play safe, insist upon EBONITE. (WHITEY) Sold by reliable dealers In five-pound cans and at scrvice statiom sign. EBONITE Has No Rival— There In No Substitute. EBONITE (1TS SHREDDED OIL) FOR TRANSMISSIONS AND DIFFERENTIALS Lw TAYLOR be elected captain at the Naval Acad- Taylor’s home is in Lima, Ohio. 'DEBUT OF ALOYSIUS FIVE IS AWAITED BY THE FANS ASKET BALL fans are manifesting much interest in the Aloysius team's 1924 debut against the W The Aloys intend to show the Oriole city basketers | something. Coach George Colliflower of Aloysius has his squad well in | hand, although he was considerably handicapped by a late start ace Laundry five was forced to extend its man five of Baltimore Sunday on ius tossers have been practicing The Pal- to beat the Wyman team. Manager Chris Hutchinson of the Manhattans is seeking an opponent for Thursday. Lincoln 6902 Stanton Juniors uncorked 2 big surprise when they downed the Park View Seniors, 27 to 15. Joe Sweeney and Lefty Tripp played well for the winners, while Sherman performed best for Park View. Walter Reed Nurses were defeated by the Princess Athletic Club, 14 to 13. Accurate shooting by Taylor from the foul line enabled Princess 1o win. Each team presented a clever efense. Snappy teamwork and clever pass- ing the St Teresa tossers a 7 victory over the Live Wire The winners never were in With Johnny Gollan displaving his wares to good effect, the Peck Memo- rial team defeated the Calvary M. E. quint, 43 to 18. At half time Peck was leading, 16 to 14. Gollan regis- tered ten court goals. Boermer of the Epiphany Eagle team has signed a contract With the Waynesboro club of the Blun Ridge League. He probably will abandon basket ball for the remaind- er of the season. St. Mary's reserve team ha's made an enviable record thus far, but it is anxious to meet all of the city's lead- ing 110-pound teams. Get in touch with Manager Charles Collum at Alexandria 1341. Contests with the National Midgets and the Good Shep- herd Juniors are particularly de- sired A wpirited tilt was waged batween the Epiphany Midgets and the Cuth- bert Midgets, the former winning, 16 to 15. A last-minute rally, with Pyle and Sheild shooting well, won for Epiphany. Corcoran played t for losers, He obtained five court He can be phoned at | COLLEGIATE REGATTA T0 HAVE RECORD LIST By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 8.—More col- leges than ever hefore may partici- pate in the next regatta of the In- tercolleglate Rowing Assoclation. which, unless the unforeseen devel- ops, will be rowed on the historic site on the Hudson off Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 17. 3 The date, which is one of the earli- est on which the regatta ever has heen held, was selected because of tidal conditions. The race usually s held late in June, but this year the tide will not be favorable after | June 17 until early in July, which was considered too late. Maxwell Stevenson of Columbla, who was chosen to succeed Morton D. Bogue s Columbla's representa- tive and then elected chalrman, ex- plained that the association desired to avold a confiict with the date for the Olymple try-outs, which will be held June 13 and 14 at Philadelphia. He added that the two regattas will have little relation, as the intercol- leglate 18 of three miles and the Olym- pic of a mile and an elght The augmented entry list is expect- ed to follow wider {ssuance of in- | vitations. Princeton, Navy, Washing- ton_and Wisconsin are among those to be invited to_compete, but either | Washington or Navy may not come to Poughkeepsie in the event one of them wins the Olympic designation ! "The association again voted down Columbia’s proposal to lengthen the Jistance of the varsity race io four | miles, as was tried before :20-YEAR FRIEND AIDS | YANK HOCKEY PLAYER BOSTON, January 8-—A twenty- year friend in need was a friend in- gleed 3 rday to Charence Abel of bt. Paul, Minn, defensc star of the | United States Olymple hockey team | The members of the team were go- ing through the formalities at the passport office in preparation for thelir sailing tomorrow on the Presi- | dent Garfleld from New York, when t was discovered that Abel had for- gotten to bring his birth certificate. The passport clerk informed him that unless he obtained an affidavit from some one in his home town, sworn to before a justice of the peace, he could not get his passport. This would have been impossible before tomorrow Then the clerk said there was one other way out: If some one could be found in Boston who had known Abel for more than twenty vears and would ke oath to that effect the passport would be granted Fortunately, Trainer Thomas Mur- ray recalled that there was such a man and within a short time the | friend appeared at the passport office Abel will sail with the rest of the team | —_—— GOURDIN TO SEEK PLACE. BOSTON, January 8.—Ned Gourd former Harvard athlete and hold of the world running broad jump re. ord, will try for a place on the Olym- pic track team. Gourdin, who was A. A. U. pentathlon champion in 1922 2nd who now is in his final year at the Harvard law school, starts train- ing today at Soldiers’ Field under the direction of Coach Eddle Farrell of Harvard — Pero Midgets comtinued their win- ning streak by defeating the Pow- hatan Midgets, 17 to 7. Lucas made 3 baskets for the winners. Arlington Athletic Club five was of- | tared little opposition when it swamp. ed the Immaculate Conception team 42 to 28. Arlington now has won ten games in fourteen starts. A contest can be arranged tomorrow night with the Virginians by calling Manager Tfer at West 81 Immaculate Conception tossers have hooked a rugged foe in the City Club quint Thursday night on the latter's court. In preparation for the game, the Immaculate team will practice tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Mills, Morriss, May, Kirchner, Kennedy, Connor and { Ryan are asked to report. A challenge has been issued by the West Baitimore team for games with !strong local unlimited clubs. Man- ager E. Hughes, 10 South street, Bal- timore, Md., is scheduling contests. | Teams desiring games in the un- | 1imited class are urged to phone Man- ager Jack Harrington of the Milan I Athletic Club at Lincoln 730-J. TUESDAY, JANUARY { i 8, 1924. SPORTS. Basket Ball Outlook Brighter HILLTOP QUINT IMPROVES AS FIRST CONTEST NEARS “FIVE MAN DEFENSE™ Q Q %3 TWO LINE FORMAT/ON 187 LINE CENTER FLOOR 2% LINE ISFT. BACK TWO OPPONENTS ARE LT SWUP THROUGH 1UX LINE AND ARE MATCHED 8Y 220 LINE MEN. (0] What defense”? is meant by the “five-man Answered by W. E. MEANWELL, Conch, University of Wisconwsin; in- ventor of the short-passing game, the eriss-croms attack and the five-man defense. Alway: a dangerous and leading team in the eonference. * ok k% The term “five-man defense” is now generally applied to a two-line formation in which the center and two forwards form the first line and the two guards the second. The first line, with the center in the middle, should locate just back of the jumping circle on a ninety-four- foot court, or on other courts, so far from the goal they are defend- ing that only “hope” shots are pos- sible over their heads. The for- wards, each on their own side of the floor, are about ten feet to the right and left of the center and about three feet behind him. The second line should locate about fifteen feet back of the first, and each guard should be facing a point midway between the forward and center on his side of the floor The most successful method of employing these lines is to. allow two men to sift through the first line and be matched by the two cond-line men. Other attackers are then matched by the men of the forward line as they enter the de- fensive area (Copyright U. S. TO ASK ELEVEN SWIMMING RECORDS NEW YOR! 1923.) January 5. —Elever awimniing records, made during 1922- 23 by American stars, will bs sub- mitted for oficial approval as new world records at the July meeting of the amateur swimming federatian in Paris. Five of the marks are eredited to Gertrude Edemie, vouthful star of the Women's Swimming Association of New York, four were made by Johnnie Weissmuller, the Illinofs Athletic Olub star, while Sybil Bauer. ulso of the Tllinois Athletic Club, and ariechen Wehselau of Hon «h is credited with one. marks already have been approved as new American recomis. Weismul- lers records 300 meters, free , 3.351-5; yards, free styl 400 meters, free style, vards free style, 5.50 Miss Ederrle’s records are: 100 meters, free style, in tidal water, 1.121-3; 100 meters, free style. in_ pool, 1124-5: 200 meters, free style, 2.35 1-5; 220 yards, free style, 2.464-5; 850 yards, free style, 13.19 Miss Wehslau's record is for 100 yards, free style. over a twenty-five- yard course, in 1.03 and Mies Bauers record for 100 meters, backstroke, in 126 bt 100 vards 5; over a course WILL LEAD BOSTON U. BOSTON, January 8.—Harold Carl- son of Boston. a fullback, has been elected captain of the Boston Unliver- sity foot ball team for next fall | avatlable | Players Put More Punch Into Preparation for Tilt With St. Joseph—Maryland Squad Is Reduced. C. U. Five Host to Duquesne Tonight. BY JOHN B. KELLER. a showing in early pra ing to its coach, Georgetow: D swath in basket ball circles th working in two shiits, went through days, it appeared unable to make any ctice that was somewhat disappoint n University may yet cut quite a is season. When the Hilltop squad its paces before the Christmas holi- headway, but yesterday, when drill were resumed, it gave an excellent demonstration of how to play basket ball. hitch, while the recruits O'Reilly. has been noted for its quints, and it court game will continue through the Georgetown will show its hand Sat- urday night when the St. Joseph's College team of Philadelphia visits Ryan gymnasium. Just how strong are the Josephites is not certain, but as a rule basket ball teams from the Quaker city are far above the aver- age here, so they can be expected to make matters interesting for the Hill- toppers. The game probably will be- gin about 8:30 o’clock, following one betwsen. tha Georgetown freshmen and Gonzaga that is to get under way at 7:30. But two left-over regulars are for Georgetown's team. These are Capt. Carney, an experi- enced and versatile guard, and O'Keefs, aggressive center. Carney is a redoubtable floor player, keen on defense and a clever ball feeder. O'Keefe last year showed good |judg- ment at tap-ofts and covered much territory. i With this pair on the varsity there likely will be Sweeney, McNaney and Erogan. Sweeney, a forward, and Frogan, a guard, formerly were first- string substitutes, the former serving | as such in the past two seasons. Joe | MeNaney, a local product, has starred | with Aloysius Club that won the city championship last year. He will be used at forward The restrve team combination, by any means. Tt in- MctGiowan and thright at ds, Ketz at center and Flavin an at guards. Jim Birthright ir a Central High School graduate and starred at basket ball while there. Don Flavin is a younger brother of Jack, brilliant luminary of George- town foot ball, base ball and basket ball in the four years that ended last June is not a weak University of Marylund's basket ball | squad now numbers but ten players, ' Coach Burton Shipley yesterday re- leasing three tossers. Those let out wera Zalesak, Marden and Brayton, who were granted permission to play with fraternity teams. They are gub- | jJect to recall, however, and should they perform with the varsity would, of course, have to forego frat league contests. The ten remaining on the squad are Faher, Ensor, Parker and Peebles, forwards; Troxell and Sup- plee, centers, and Groves, Beatty, Hall and Burger, guards. Snipley is hurrying preparations for the finitial game with George| Washington, to be played in Ritchie gymnasium at College Park Satur- day night. In all likelihood, Ensor, Faber, Troxell, Groves and Beatty will be in the opening line-up. The varsity was sent through a scrim- | mage drill yesterday with the fresh- man team, coached by Country Mor- ris, and was worsted.” The big quint, however, confined its efforts to per- fecting plays, while the cubs kept DeERIng away at the baskets. This freshman team at College Park fs practically a Washington scholastic swar combination. It in- | cludes_Frisby of Western, Boyd of | Tech, Walker of Business and Card- | well of Bastern, who were named in | all-high school combinations while | playing here. Other leading mem- | bers of the team are Montgomery, ex- Western player; Till and Compton, New Jersey boys, and Crosthwait of Hyattsville, The freshmen are to be hoste to Emerson Institute's five in Ritchie gymnaslum Thursday after- noon. | Catholle University begins its se- | ries of big.home games tonight, when Juquesne ‘University of Pittsburgh | will visit th ookland gymna- | sium. The we m_Pennsylvanians, | who established a great record last winter by beating Navy and other formidable teams. are supposed to ' have lost none of their strength and | the Red anc Black anticipates a strenuous struggle. Their game is to follow one hetween the Catholic Uni You'll like MANUEL Local Branch 606 F Street N.W. Ew ;1 [ Mgn?lregl a splendid cigar. demand from smokers and our quick delivery system to deal ers mean factory-fresh cigars for you. Sizes 10¢ 2forase 15¢ Try the splendid s 2 for2s¢ size -Perfectos Extra.At any of our manydealers Phone Franklin 8399 ALLEN R. CRESSMAN’S SONS Mahors Philadelphia The few veterans of the squad performed their tasks without a ;i ¢ gave an exhibition most pleasing to Coach John Since O'Reilly has been at the basket ball helm Georgetown now seems that its success at the present season. versity freshmen and Business High School, starting at 7:30 o'clock. The Brooklanders probably will start play with Eberts and Breslin at forwards, Fitzgerald at center and Lawler and Lynch aa guards. Du- quesne's line-up likely will include O'Donovan and Harrison, forwards Tracey, center, and Cherdini and Mc Givern, guards. Joe Fitzgerald and Jimmy Hughes will officiate. Track ecandidates at Georgetow: went jhrough limbering-up exercises yesterday, but heavier work is within the next few days. Two three of the Hilltoppers may ente. the Silk Athletic Club games in Neu York a week from tomorrow night The first big test of the squad. how ever, will come in the Fordham me to be held January 19. U. S. ATHLETES WILL BEON SCENE EARLY NEW YORK, January $.—Membe of the American Olympic team, will sail in a body, will arrive i Franée nearly two weeks in advance of the official opening of the Olympi games on July 5, * The Olympic committee decided ¥ terday to change the date of depar ture from Jure 14 to June 16, becaus it conflicted with the holding of the final tryouts for the track and field swimming and rowing representa tives. Thes entire first-class cabi: ccommodations of the steamer Amer ica have been reserved for 300 athletes and the coaches, trainers, officials newspaper men and friends who wil |accompany the team. The games will close officially July 7, but the team will not return as groups. Return passage has be booked on the following steamers Leviathan, satling July 15: America July President Roosevelt, Jul Leviathan, August 3; George Wash ington, August and America August 26, GIFT TO PENN STATE. STATE COLLEGE, Pa., January 5 Hugo Bezdek, director of physic: education at Pennsylvania State Col lege, has announced that a gift ot $100,000 had been voted by the lege alumni athletic advisory com: mittee toward the erection of the proposed half million dollar gymn: sium for men. An additional $10.0: for a women's gymnasium was als inciuded. The semi - an- nual Manhattan Shirt Sale — the biggest thing of its kind in the country — takes place Thursday. Our advertise- ment in tomor- row’s Star tells the story. Look over your shirt stock to- night. Get set. And remember, we've got the selections. 7th at ¥