Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1924, Page 30

S5 Lafayette Baskete PORTS. TACKLE C. U. TOMORROW . AND GEORGETOWN FRIDAY Ea,s:bnians“Were Trounced by District Fives Last ‘Winter—Ascher Sets Hilltop Trial Mark in -Quarter-Mile Tests Against Watch. BY JOHN B. KELLER. AFAYETTE'S basket ball team L “uled to meet the Brooklanders is to pay a two-day visit for games with Catholic University and Georgetown University, being sched- tomorrow and the Hilltoppers Friday, and. from what quitits of Easton have shown: here in other seasons the local basketers are in for exciting evenings. Little has been heard of the Lafayette aggregation this winter, but it is known that most of last sea- son’s regulars have been retained and that-the team toppled several for- iidable foes in the early part of the present campaign. The contest at Brookland tomorrow night will begin about 8:30 @'clock. A preliminary between the Catholic University freshmen and Tech High School's quint is to get under way at 7:30. The Lafayette basketers were here Just about a year azo and were hand- ed beatings by the teams to be en- countered on this trip. They suc- sumbéd to the Brookland five in a 27- to-18 game, although they really put up @ better battle than the score would indfcate. Catholic University 4ld not have its regular team in ac- tion, however, Breslin and Lawlor be- ing the only members of the present Fulaxy of veterans that went the route against the Eastonians in 1923 This pair and Lynch. Fitzgerald and Bberts are to take the floor tomor- w. Georgetown was given a brisk brueh by Lafayette, the final ‘c8unt being 34 to. 30. It was only within the.last few minutes of play that the Hilltoppers mrahaged to get an ad- it and this was gained mainly through tossés from the free-throw Florenos 'and O'Keefe saved aftair fep Geéorgetown. The for- mer is net playing now, but O'Keefe will be in &t center Friday. Others axpected to @tart: for Georgetown are Bweeney and McNaney, forwards, and Capt. Carney and Brogan, guards. Catholle University is expected to 7yn roughshod over George Washing- 7on tomight in the court set-to at ‘Brookland. The Brooklanders have improved steadily since the start of their season, while-George Washing- ton, which has yet to win a game, has shown nothing to warrant a pre- diction of even a near victory for it. Catholic University will start its Tegular line-up, but more than likely several substitutes will be run in be- fore the fray ends = George Wash- ington now has nothing in the way of reserve material available, an lly all of its present team Iis d of second-string players. Klopsch, Woerner, Brown, Rey- nolds and Dowd are likely to open fire for the Hatchetites, although Nichels, a former Western = High school yer, may break contest. He has been doing well in actice reeently, according to Coach Fack Datly. A préliminary game prob- sbly will ‘be put om making the the starting time of the main attrac- tion about 8:30 o'clock. eld rivals, Georgetown and George Washington, will renew bas- Jeet ball hostilities Saturday night in Central .Coliseum = and _everything points to'another Georgetown triumph over the Hatchetites. The latter have not done much against . the Hilltop- pers in basket ball since 1907, when they won the first court series ever held between the two institutions. Paul Herliky, Tomy Plansky, Ray Haas and Jack Burgess are likely to sport Georgetown's colors in the big mile relay race at the Fordham in- door meet im New York Saturda: night. Tn the trfal heats paced against the watch at the Hilltop ves- terday, the members of this quartet stepped the distance in better time an any of the others eligibl compete for the Blue and Gray college events. Johnny _Holden, Hyattsville boy. who used to star on the boards fo Central High Sch 3 sity of Pennsylvania, surprisingly Was unable to make the grade. All of the four except Burgess are track veterans at the Hilltop. Burgess is on the track and fleld team for the Qirst time, 2 Vernon Ascher, Illinol ruriner of last- year, Georgetown, get 4 Georgetown ‘trial record when he reeled off the fifty-one seconds flat. He open events during the indoor season. e is not ieligible to compete for Georgetown this year. Several Hilltop runners are to start in-races tonight in the Silk Athletic Club, game, Five -rifiemen of. Georgtown Uni- versity are to compete in the Colum- bla-Yale intercollegiate shoulder-to- shoulder shoot to be held *York Saturday. The team will be lected: from a group including Saf. farrans, Doran, Rouse, McDonough, Russell, Doyle, Betz and Clarke. in New | BASKET BALL RESULTS. At New York — Columbla, 32; Princeton, 24. At Williamsburg — Wake Forest, 30; William amd Mary, 28. At Lexington—Kratucky V. 50; Sewanee, 15, Floride, 26; Southern College, 22. At Richmond, Ind—Frankiin, 24; Earlham, 19, At Brookland—Crescent A. C. 35; St, Francis, 30. At Brittmore—Y. M. H. A. 373 Mount St. Mary's, 26. At Baltimore—St. College, 30; Y. M. C. A, 25. MARINE-3D CORPS GRID GAME ON DECEMBER 6 With Brig. Gen. Butler away on-a year's leave of absence, Maj. Gen. { Lejeune took time by the forelock yes- jterday to officlally notify the Third Corps Area athletic officlals that De- cember 6 would be agreeable for the 1924 foot ball game between the Ma- rines and soldle No mentlon was made of the place because the area has the choice this year. Joun's S GIVES $1,000 GOLF PURSE. SAN FRANCISCO, January 16.—A purse of $1,000 for the winners has been appropriated and arrangements completed by the Lake Merced Golf and Country Club for a four-ball ex- hibition - thirty-six-hole golf match here next Sunday, with Gene Sarazen and John Black playing Arthur Hav- ers. and James Ockenden. E easily vanquished Business, 26 the championship series. In the fi the Manual Trainers injected plenty Coach Charley Guyon's more ex- perienced Easterners apparently were well aware of Business' weaknesses, for they showed only occasional spurts of their real strength. Thelr rugged defense was feit by the Stenographers, though, as they led, 16 to 2, at half time. The Eastern mentor used his reserve material in the third period and their play was so ragged that he was forced to again call on his regulars. Business held its opponent to 4 points in the third quarter, but when Eastern's first team re-entered the fray its de- fenae crumbled. Moser and Furman were the bright lights on the Business team. Twice the latter demonstrated that he knew something about goal shooting. Moser, however, caged two of the most difficult baskets in the fray. ; |He shot one from mid floor and an- |other, after he successfully dodged and dribbled, in the final period. Business' play was marred by fna curate passing and inability to time its shots. Kessler, Smith, Bennie and Her- mann each registered two court goals for Eastern. Thelir teamwork ‘was in strong contrast to Business' loose Mlay. It was Hale' who turned the tide for Central in the Tech engagement. In the closing seconds of play with the score deadlocked, 18 to 18, he regis- tered the winning basket. He stood | near the center of the court when he cut loose with the ball. Central was ahead, 13 to 10 at ‘half time, but the Manual Trainers led, 18 to 13 at the !end of the third period. | Jn each game that Tech has appear- ed it has showed decided improve- Henrietia you have not yet smoked Henrietta, you 'EASTERN FIVE ADVANCES CENTRAL AND TECH THRILL was waged between Central and Tech, and the former, 18, still has a chance to figure in the running. The Blue and White and What is the advantage of getting a “loop” in a shot for the basket? Answered by DANNY McNICHOL Former University of Peansylvaaia captain and captain of the all-Amer- fcan basket ball team. Characterised by many sporting writers as “the greatest basket ball player eof all time.” * % % ball must be thrown the basket in order to The more a ball is greater the clearance the A Dbasket | higher than ! go through. arched, the allowed in passing through basket. When a ball is arched in a shot for the basket there is the possibil- ity that, even though the shot does not go in clean, the backboard may convert it into a field goal. This is bardly possible on a shot made on a | direct line. for the rebound from the | backboard on such a shot generally carries the ball well back over the balket. There is happy medium as to the height of a shot, for those thrown 100 high have a tendency to wabble in air and lose accuracy as to dis- tance and direction. (Copyright, 1024, Aswociated Editors.) ASTERN HIGH SCHOOL'S hope of retaining the basket ball title it woh last year was strengthened considerably yesterday when it to 14, to tie Western for top place in nal game, however, a red-hot scrap by winning, 20 to of action into their game. | ment. Against Central, it played well defensively and used @ clever passin; game. Price, left forward, uncovereq {some sparkling goal shooting. He led the field with five baskets, While Hale was second with four. Tomorrow will be a busy day for the high 'schools. Western will journey to College Park for a game Wwith "the University of Maryland | freshmen, and will encounter Eastern | Saturday at the Coliseum. Business |is booked to meet Gonzags th Colisum, while Tech is scheduled to oppose Catholic University “frosh” at Brookland. Lightwelght teams of s Western and Eastern will battle on the latter's floor. Wentern's game with Eastern Sat- urday will have consfderable bearing on the championship. Each has two wins to credit. The teams appear to be evenly matched. One of the most warmly contested games in the series is expected. HAS BIG GRID SEASON. | ANN HARBOR, Mich., January 18. —DMichigan's foot ball eleven played |to 214,757 persons during the 1923 season. Total receipts from games at Ann Harbor amounted to $256,652, the report shows, while Michigan re- celved from the games with Towa, at Iowa City, and with Wisconsin, at Madison, 2 net return of $35,000. Net profits from foot ball are placed |at $195,277.31, virtually $50,000 above |the profit of the 1922 season. _|but last winter it was opposed b; (of harsh criticism, b [District of Columbli: r ia -World War Was Big Factor in Putting Sport - Into Place It Now Occupies. ARTICLE VIIL—Modern Basket Ball ‘in the Disricr. .. ‘. N the little more than thirty years of its existence here basket-batt Hay| grown with remarkable rapidity, but it took” the great war with the} central : European nations to jolt it into full ‘size.” Whit may"be termed the modern game of basket ball'in Washington really began with the season of 1918-19, when the city was thronged with.young men and women from all sections of the United States. Thousands of these came to the government departments right out of the colleges, and among them' were many athletically inclined. Little coaxing by official powers wa needed to stimulate athletic recreation and basket-ball teams galore were organized. These new comers contributed to the sport here the best of the game’s developments throughout the land and since Washington has boasted of a brand of basket ball worthy of comparison with that -dis- played-in the great centers of the pastime. Of -course, with the departure of many of these war workers after the vast amount of labor incidental to the terrific struggle had diminished. the number of teams was reduced, but Interest in the sport was not decre: ed a bit. ‘Playing strength was con- solidated, several leagues formed and competition of the highest order fol- lowed. Yaakees Boost’ Game. In the season of 1919-20 the Y. &. C. A. Yankees jumped Into the lime light by taking the measure of prac- tically ‘all other Washington aggre- gations and a number of out-of-town quints. This team took its name from 3" gresnisation that represented the Y. M. C. A. as early as 1904—and the original Y. M. C. A. Yankees were very capable basketers, too. ‘This new Yankee outfit was com- posed mainly of former Washington high school boys, two or three of whom had played in the same scholas- tic combination, und in their per- formances team play was emphasized above everything eise. In their first season they virtually won the Dis- trict championship, although one or two other teams that claimed city laurels were not encountered. In the winter of 1920-21 the Yan- kees moved to the hills beyond Ana- cost They virtually be- lonal aggregation ey_were opposed to teams. They were for- midable enough to overcome all local opposition, numbering among their| Besides those two items the Amer- victims the Aloysius Club, then|ican Army team which won the in- springing into prominence. ternational . milleary = champienship 3 asi rom a British Army. team Game Greatly Improved. i a wul&o to England; and may enter The name of Washington Yankees'the Olymplcs. was adopted the following season and ——— Sgain the feam swept to a city title, 3 American” Legton, a newly organized quint, and s etronger Aloysius crew. Ithough the Yanks vanquished the Leglonnaires, they could not cope with thelr old rivals and for the first time In four years were forced to play sec- ond fiddle in the city basket ball chorus. ‘The success of these larger teams in arousing great public interest in basket ball caused increased activity among the smaller fry and soon there were scores of quints ranging from 80-pound- ers to 140-pounders. These were pro- moted mainly by neighborhood clubs, although several schools and churches became vitally interested in the eport. All of this' has brought basket ball into Bigh favor. Games now are not the rough-and-tumble affairs of a fe years ago. but contests filled with well ordered play that can be appreciated by spectators. The individual has {m- proved, too. Instead of the take- public. s .ncngflml'b::“ ball, as vel: as in espread , it's public that makes or b:m. el MEADOWBROOK GETS POLO CUP MATCHES NEW YORK, January ° United States Polo Asseociation: e terday decided to- hold the_ mExt tournament for the defense of, t international ‘cup- at ‘the Meadow: brook Club, at Westbury, N; ¥,, dur- ing the first two weeks of Septembper. A match for the cup, which was re- gained from England in 1931 at Hu lingham, has not been played in th country since 1914. ftem fn’ will be “the biggest the clined to_aponsor a team to repre- sent the United States in the Olym- pics, _although there will- be_one which probably will be led by Tom- my Hitchoock, jr., one of the two leading players of the couptry. = “{‘{IIOCTON. R. L. ode Island State Colles defeated the University of N 3,609 to 3, chance - when-the-referee-is-not-looking player so prevalent a decade or two ago, one sees mostly the athlete striv- ing earnestly to play the ball instead of the man, putting ail of his energy into the gume itself instead of employing it to the physical detriment of an op- ponent. Oficials Have Ballt Sport. Much of thisimprovement of course, is_due to the earnest efforts of the officials, those hard-working men who can bulld or destroy any ath- letic sport. When et ball started h William Betts and Sidney Ble- T were perhaps the most prominent and it needed courage in the early *903—anid judgment and most of those following In the first twenty years of the sport In Washington did the same. For a time the officlals were targets the sto a oy Daske e storm and today eters here should be proud of the Approved outstanding Basket Ball Officlals’ Society of the that is always eady to co-operate with the players {n_efforts to better the game. With the advent of industrial teams this winter, notably the Palace Laun- ry five—the name now used by the often champion Yankees—basket ball in Washington ~should be stronger than ever.. While the clubs will con- tinue to be prominent in the develop- ment of the game, these industrial teams, better financed, are able to offer entertainment of a higher class built Fodsen Super-Si. tory service st-low cost combinos and the fermer Emex. While the series at Meadowbrook-|The Aund the price.is $170 less—tho most 2 valge ever offered by Essex. ‘With this lewer price you get sitractive Conch body and s slx the priocile of the In cverything that ceuns for leig satiafac- the best details from beth Hodson We.Ask This Test: Take o Ride You m‘fl enjoy it—that’s c_:afih. See COLLEGIATE NETMEN - TO INVADE ENGLAND . NEW 'YORK, Jenuary -16.—Plans for~Amerjca’s - intercollegiate tennis invasion . of England this' summer Probably " will - be. completed in the ear'future.as a result of the ap- Pointment of .a British committes to go-operate with the American inter- Bational “intercollegiate tennis com- mitteo recently appointed by Dwight F.~Davis, president of the' United States Lawn Tennis Assoctation. .Official consent y has been granted by facultijes and athletic authorities for the trip of a com- bined Harvard-Yale team, while it also is probable that another group, com of Princeton and Lelan Stanford players, will go_abroad. The 2ollége stars will play Oxford and Cambridge, besides competing against prominent club ms and taking part as individuals in the Wimbledon champlonahips -The collegiate committees will de- Such competitions would be- held- alternately in"‘the two countries. R. Nortis Williams, 2d. of Phila- delphia is chairman of the American committee, while the English com- mittes is headed by Maleolm D. Horn, captain of the Cambridge team. —_— HOCKEY CONTESTS. S8T. PAUL, Minn., January 16.—St Thomas College athletic officials are megotiating with _scveral eastern schools, including Harvard and Bos- ton College, for hockey es. local cadets already are scheduled to ‘meet-the puck teams of Notre Dame, Ifil. Michigan Aggies and Mich- Igan 001 e ~-MICHIGAN BETTERS FIELD. ANN ARBOR, Mich,, January I ‘Workmen have completed moving the base ball bleachers on Ferry Field afd have also finlshed erection of new seats to bring the front of the Bleachers to the el of the ground. -new arrangement adds about 1,500 to the seating capacity to the plant. of Mine HELT WINS AT TRAPS. READING, Pa., January 16.—Harry Helt, Lykens, Pa, took first honors and the trophy cup in the Great East- ern live bird handicap shoot, held eover the Spring Valley lr broke 24 clays out of a possible 25. OPPE SCORES IN COURT. NEW YORK, January 16.—Applica- s. Willlam F. Hoppe for y counsel fees pending trial of the suit for absolute divorce breught by her husband. world-cham- lon billlard player, has been denied y Bupreme Court justice Guy, in so far as the alimony s concérned. how handling is lfc.m:h of your 20 oven more Simple to keep the new Essex exceptional. You too will ‘The| toe. Steers easily as a how easy gears shift. to park too. Its low center of makes safe and comfortsble driving roads at all speeds. Regquires little attention. Lobrication for the most part is done with an oil can. Mileage on fuel, ofl and cires is ouy: ‘‘the new Emex provides ideal tramsportation."’ A 30 Minate Ride Will Win You rs to Invade : Skiers and Fancy Skaters Sail for Olympics MAKE UP THE LAST BATCH TO GO TO WINTER SPORTS Leading Candidates for Track Team to Take Part in -#+-- Newark Meet Tonight—Connolly Will Be Among Those to Compete. ' | EW YORK, January 16—The list contingent of members or the winter sports groups of the American Olympic team leaves today, : preceded by the speed skating team, which already has arrived i France, and the hockey team, which left last week. Today’s shipment con sisted of members of the skiing and fancy skating teams. On the French liner Paris were Mrs. Theresa Weld Blanchard, wom en’s national figure skating champion; Nathaniel W. Niles, former men’s national figure skating title holder, and Charles M. Rotch, all of Boston Rotch probably will be a judge of fancy skating for the Olympic com mittee. Mrs. Blanchard and Niles jointly hold the national doubles fancy skating title. On the President Van Buren werg| four members of the skiing team, An¥ | ders Ha of Minneapolis, national plon; Bigurd Overby of S& Pau Lemone Batson and Harry Lein of Minneapolis. At Chamonix they will be joined by Johnny Carlton, former Dartmouth athlete who held the in- | resume his work as coach of the tercollegiate skilng championship. Brazillan confederation of sports ¥n|‘{( forty leading candidates | athletics. He will go to Paris with for the American Olympic track and |the Brazilian competitors in ths 14 roest will compete at the annual | Olympic games. indoor meet of the Silk Athletic As- g sogiation in, Newark. | EOCKEY LEAD AT STAKE. nterest will be centered nnt Joie Yol ST. PAUL, Minn., January 16.—s ‘Will Train Brasilisns. BOSTON, January 16. — Robe: Fowler, trainer of the Willlams C lege foot ball team, leaves here to- day en route to Rlo de Janerio, to who opens his i macer g;n!::'lnn. 1,500-meter | Paul’ will have a chance to tie f handicap race in which he will seek 'the leadership ~of the w. o Tecors, Mo sald today he was in | 8roup, United States Amateur Hockes perfect condition. League, in its game with Cleveland Btars _who will compete include |here tonight. Cleveland now leads Jimmy Connolly, former Georgetown |the league with four games won and runnér; Allan Helffrich, intercolleg- jone lost. St. Paul has won three and iate haif-mile champlon; Jake Dris- |lost two. coll, holder of the world record for 500" and 600 yards indoors; Loren | Murcheson, ‘the sprinter, and others. | SHOOT TO WASHINGTON U. | SEATTLE, Wash., January 16.—Uni-~ Michigan Has Stars. -wrsuyJof \Vuhlnfitun‘rlfledte;m dx - ANN ARBOR, Mich., January 16— |feated Johns Hopkins in 2 dual tele- It accidents do not intervene, Mich- | 8raph shoot. The score was 3,682 to igan sho represented by five or | 3,455 on the 1934 Olympic team, ‘oach Steve Far- | 3 student of the Dersonnel of past games. - All but one of the possibilities is on the track team of Michigan. The other—Egbert Isbell, conference win: ner of the two-mile race last yea is in school, but not eligible for t year's team. -— SCULLERS COMING SOUTH. DULUTH, Minn., January 16.—Witi: their home course burfed under two feot of ice and snow, Walter Hoover and ‘Al Rodin, crack scullers of the | Duluth Boat Club, are going to Miami, Fla., to train for the Olympic rowing trials, which will be held at Fhiladelphia June 13 and 14. Heckey Star Not to Go. BOSTON, January 16. — George ) Geran, center player on the Olymplc hockey team, an- nounced tonight finally that he would be unable to join his teammates in NEW LEAGUE PLANNED. MONTGOMERY, Ala., January 1 Definite plans for the organizatior D base ball league for tho Alabama - Georgia - Florida district have been formulated. Present plans . call for an efght-club organization with following membership Montgomery, Dothan, Columbus. Ga.; Anniston, Troy, Albany, Ga. 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