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GALLAUDET FACES FIRST COLLEGE FOE OF SEASON Randolph-Macon to Visit Kendall Gréen—LaFayette, § Opponent of €atholic U, Tonight, ta Tackle Georgetoyn—Hatchetites Beaten. ¥ G BY JOHN B. KELLER. ALLAUDET'S basket ball team is to face a college opponent to- morrow night for the first time: this season. The Kendall Green- ers are to, be hosts to the Randolph-Macon quint of Ashland, Va., in an engagement starging at 8 o'clock. While the Ashlangders, generally, are not so strong at, the court sport, they are likely, to make matters imcr_csfing il -with the Old Dominion' Boat Club. for Gallaudet, which did not play so i B True, the Ken the Fort Humphrey§ five a’wesk later, but the soldiers were not m‘f‘res.ively in its match 1l Greeners swamped or- midable enough to pravide a real test for the team at the Florida avenue institution. Another college game due tomorrow night is that between George- town and Lafayette at Ryan gynmmasium. The Lafayette quint is to en- counter Catholic University tonight at 8 o'clock in the gymnasium at Brookland.” Guallaudet has a squad small nu- merically this season and few of its members have had much experience 4. varsity basket ball. Boatwright really is the only carried-over vet- ergn available and but & few of the other men were with the team last Year as second-string performers. Coach Tod Hughes has had to work hard to get es much out of the Kendall Greeners as he has and much more must be done if his team is fo make headway through the re- mainder of its schedule, The reserve material Green is not at all dependable. The substitutes were sent against the piscopal Hizh School quint yester- day and were well beaten, despite the presence in thelr line-up of Pucel, Wlo has been assjgned the center Job on the varsity. Schenewan, a forward used by the reserves, plaved well enough, however, to warrant a chance at the big Gailaudet team. at Kendall Catholie University s not likely to find the going as easy tonight as it dld in the tilt with George Washing- toy Jast night. for Lafayette should prove far stronger than were the Hatchetites. The Brooklanders sim- DIy romped to a 2i-to-§ over +hiy downtown institution. The reg- ular Catholic University teal played in the first half and ran up a 16- 10-1 count against George Washing- ten, Klopsch getting the lone point for his team with a sugeessful free toss after the game was eighteen minutes old. Coach Rice sent in Catholic University's second team at the start of the final half. At that, Goorse Washington was unable to count from the ficld uptil there was Jess than two minutes of play re- maining. Then Nichols and Brown Tooped goais. Georgetown expects to start agalnst Lafayette tomorrow the same team that opposed the St. Joseph basket: weeney and Mc- | 'INTERIOR BASKET TEAM TO MAKE DEBUT TONIGHT \'TERIQR DEPARTMENT'S newly organized basket ball team will make its debut against the, Washington Comets tonight on the Con- forwards; O'Keefe, conter and v and Brogan, guards. This combination has been practicing dili- gently since fts initial engagement, when its play was not so impressive, and Coach O'Rejlly looks for somé improvement in team play and a more agaressive defense tomorrow. Two Georgetown rumners finished fourth in°*big races of the Silk Ath Ietic Club's indoor meet at New Yowk last night. Capt. George Marsters ran in .the 1500-meter event, in which Joie R brilllant Chicago runner, and Jimmy Connolly, former George- fown captain, now running for the Newark Athletic Club, also competed. | The event went to Lioyd Hahn, Bos- tou. A. A. voungster, who had a han- dlcap of 20 vards. Pat Kennedy. New York K. of C., with a 45-yard handi- as second, and Ray third. Mar- ad a handicap of 35 yards. Con- - dropped out of the running. Bill Sullivan, another Georgetown entry, also ran. Walter Gegan crossed the line in the 600-yard race; a scratch event, behind Vincent Lally of St. Ansel's Athletic Club, Allen Helffrich of Penn Stato and Sid Leslle of the New York Athietic Club, who finished In the or- der mentione Georgetown’s complete team goes to New York Saturday to confpete in, the. Fordham games. A mile relay will be sent against fours of several big Eastern colleges. R U.S. TOURNEY LISTED - FOR SCHOOL QUINTS CHICAGO. January 17.—The sixth @nnual national interscholastic bas- ket ball tournament, under the aus- Pices of the University of Chicago, will be held from April 1 to 5. Prep basket ball teams from all parts of the country will compete: for the title of champions of the United Btates. e H. O. Cisler, director of the tour- nament, {s preparing to invite state scholastic champlonship teams and others with unusual records. The winner will have the undisputed title of national champion, as teams are expected to be drawn from all sec- tiens. The championship last vear was won by Kansas City, Kan., .High School team. Forty teams were en- tered, including twenty-seven state champions, five runners-up and sec- tional champions. HYATTSVILLE NO OFFICIAL PROTEST MADE ON U. S SKIERS CHICAGO, January 17.—Neither Sweden nor the French Olympioc com- mittee protested the entrids of Rag- |nar Omtvedt, Anders Haugen and Hans Hansen, reinstated as members of the American Olympic ski team, after having been declared. ineligible for alleged professionallsm, accord- ing to Jullan T. Pitagerald, chairman of the winter sports committee of the American Olympic commitiee The charges of professionalism came after an wnnamed. Swede ski jumper informed Frederic Rublen, secretary of the Amaerican Olympic committee, that he had competed against the thres men in professional eveats, Fitzgerald sald. The three skiers did compete in mects where cash prizes were given, but they were compelled to pay thetr own expenses, and the cash prizes were insufficfent to cover them, ac- cording to Pitzgerald. Their eligibility determined, the three stars left Now York yesterday With the remaining members of the American Olympic ski team for the international events in France. CONCANNON PLAYS AGAIN. Joe_Concannon, who_defeated Pal- mer Sowers, 125 to 67, will oppose Gearso Wheatley in 4 Pocket billlara matc! onight at ler's 'y 1311 E street. Aoy I gress Hejghts court. Action wi Aloysius and Palace Laundry teams | game, as Interior is reported to be pionship race. Dr. A. D. Butz, who ball eleven, is opponent for its initial game in the Bntering the game with only several idays of practice behind them, Interior |may, find the going rough. Althougt Coach Jack Sullivan has beem handi- cspped by a late start, he beleves In- teriof can show the way to the. Comets. Jack Daily, basket ball coach of George Washington University, is being counted upon heavily by Sullivan. O'Neil formerly of the Palace Laun- dry five, who has had considerable ex- perience on tne court in California, will sport an Interior uniform tonight. Altrup, Gosnel, Williams, Zube Sullivan and Springston also 'are expgcted to play for Interior. Dr. Butz, who is arranfing an un- usually attractive schedule, is recelving challenges at' Lincoln 2252. St. Teresn tossers will journey to Baltimore tomorrow for a gmme with the Happy Five of that city, A severe test awaits _the local quint, for its.op- ponent is reported to be one of the strongest combinations in."the Oriole eity. ~ Capitol Preps uncerked a big sur- prise_when they took the measure of the Naval Reserve team, 25 oo 20. Luclett and Spahn of the wigrers and Van Horn of the losers starréd. Boyw Club Ynnkees made it seven in a row by downing the Cyclomes, 14 to 9. Clever playing by Danny Finegan aided the winners. Trinity Tigers easily d of the Wanderer Athletic Club, 48 to 5. An accurate passing game paved the way for Trinity. Vita scored nine goals for the winners. Amscostin Eagies have made an im- pressive record thus far. By defeat- ing the Naval Recelving Statiom, 35 to 14, they pushed their win columm to nine straight victorles. Clark of the Eagles caged seven baskets. The Eagle Juniors showed the way to the BOWLERS TO ROLL MT. PLEASANTS S total pins to count. The first block day night on the Mount Pleasant alleys, starting at 8 o’clock. Both teams ! are confident of success, and a good The rumor that the Hendler Ice Cream Company team of Baltimore had improved since last year was substantiated last night when it out pointed the Carry Ice Cream quint by four pins, 1.405 to 1.401. The vis- jtors won the first two games, while the locals grabbed the third. Peters of the visitors had the best set, 316. large crowd at the Recreation en- joyed the match and refreshments. +Washington Y. M. H. A. quint im its mateh with the Baitimore Y. M. H. A, at Baltimore, last night, suffered de- feat, the home team winning in the 1hree games, 1,460 to 1:439. The Wash- ington quint captured the first game by a small margin, but the Balti- moreans took the next two. Rudo of Baltimore had She best game, 123. A return match will be bowled in this city next Wednesday night on the Recreation drives. Pest OfMce and_ Joseph Phillips teams, in the National Capital League, put on a big circuit cham- pionship race tilt last night, the lat- ter capturing the odd game with scores of G638, 523 and 596, a set of 1,687. Anchorman Mulvey of the winners did yeoman service with a game of 147 and set of 392, . Tt was clean €onjc League, St. John's winning all three games from Lebanon and: Har- mony pulling the same stunt on King. Dgvid. Seyfarth of St. John's had a set of 336, and Collier of Harmony & game of 151 ana set of 392. Simde o Deverms Lasgue e | PECIAL bowling matches have become popular recently, and the R latest on the cards is that arranged between the Hyattsville All- [Athletio Club have been called off’ Stars and the Mount Pleasant All-Stars, ten games to be rolled and of five games will be bowled: Satur- battle should result: from the B C. U. quint, and the Quar-. termasters grabbed two of three from the Auditors. Matlack of the Frankies was the best man of the evening, with a set of 342. Valuation girls of the Interstate t the fielm of the basketers. THE EVENING STAR, WAS Two Varsity Court Tilts Tomorrow : Cambridge BELIEVE IT OR NOT. Eopie CoLeman Calthedsal Q SCORED 25 FIELD GOALS AGAINST NEW YORK PREP. Jon. (922 !l start at 8:30 o’clock. Followers of are manifesting much interest in this a “dark horse” in the District cham- managed the champion Interior foot Interior_has picked a rugged Comets. b Clinton Juniors of Maryland, 44 to §, in a preliminary tut. . Superior. team werk enabled the Navajo Athletic Club to trounce the Capitol Preps, 32 to 11. Capt. Klein { the winning quint registered eight court goals. Girl Tesmers of the First Baptist Church fell before the Marjorfe Web- ster sextet, 22 to 11, in a preliminary game to the Palace Laundry-Roches- ter Centrals fray. MMise Wooten played well for the winner: Dominican Lyceum basketers suc- cv!sil’ul'!y"”mndu their 1924 debut against strong Arlington Athletie Club, winning, 56 to 29. The winners now are confident they can take the scalp of the Seamen Gunners’ five to- merrow night in St. Domini¢'s Hall. Fitzgerald and Hickey showed up well in yesterday's game. A battle Ix expected in the Quincy ‘Athletle Club-Alexandria Idght Tn- faniry tlit tomight on the latters court. Commors. Meany. Pine, H. Smith. P. Smith and Phililps are be- img counted ungn by Quincy. Halley and Bowers probably will net per- form for the local five tonight. ‘Washington Preps were forced to cancel their game with the Virginia Orioles: tonight, due-to the inability of mustering a representative team. With Plerce, Beetow and Roberts performing well. the Old° Dominion Boat Club team downed the City Club tossers, 33 to 19. Members of the Cardinal Athletic Club plan to elect officers for the en- sulng year at_a meeting tomight at the home of President Breeme, 1322 King street, Alexandria, Va. A challenge has been issued by the Corinthian Midgets, who are casting sbout for games with teams aver- aging' ninety-five pounds. . Get in touch with the manager at Main 1260 between 5:30 and 6 o'clock. Agriculture Preps have developed three teams. Quints in the 98, 130 and unlimited class are urged to call llw‘nsnsger Roberts at Mat 4660, branch Lexington tossers are seckinggames in the 140-pound class, according to Mar.ager Storm, at Lincoln 2635. beoked by the Petworth of & change in management. ’s Juniors have hurled a defl at the Live Wires, Immaculate Con- ception, Central Lightweights and the Circles. Manager Lewis can be phoned at Alexandria 1102, St. Mary's Reservesare booking contestathrough their manager, at Alexandria 1341. COUNTY LEAGUE DUCKPIN i 1 sem {12 foriene BopLaup french Avialrix LOOPED THE LOOP 9% TMES. IN 58 MNVES ., CHOCTAW Tnpuan FuLLBACGK of ATKA, OKLA., HIGH SCHOOL CARRIES THE BALL INHIS TEETW —USING BOTH ARMS To WARD of¢ DON'T WEAR BRACES UNLESS NECESSARY . BUT WEAR KNEE PAPS TO GUARD ACAINST FLOOR BURNS. "Should ankle and shoulder braces be worn by a player as protection? Answered by “CHUCK” CARNEY Univeralty of Tllinois star amd eap- tain of the all-Western Comference teom, 1921-22. HIgA peint scover for Wesntern Conference, wsvoring 173 points, greatest number ever mcored by a player in a_ single collegiate season. * Unless a player has some particu- Tar weak spot in his anatomy, I ad- vise against any sort of braces and rotéctions except knee pads. Other gflc:s uSually weakemr where they ar¢ intended to ‘strepgthem The knee pads, hawever, save many se- rious bumps and floor burms. Of course, w a_brace if some weak- ness. necessitates its use. ¢ (Copyright. 1924, Assceiated Editdrs.) * % * HINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JANUARBY 17, 1924 IN 1,500-METER RACE NEW YORK, January 17.—Jole Ray, middle distance rtnnhing star of the Illinols Athletic Club of Chicago, a premier ‘candidate for the American Olymplic team, was beaten last night in his first eastern appearance of the 1924_indoor season at the annual] meet of the Slik Athletic Association. Ray finished third in_ the 1.500 meter ‘handicap race, which was won by Lioyd Hahn of the Boston Athletic Assoctation, who had & twenty-yard handicap. THahn finished ten yards shead of Pat Kennedy of the Knights of Columbus, New York, who had a forty-five-yard lead, and Kennedy came in three yards ahead of Ray. Hahn's time was 4.05 3-5. Ray's was £.08 4-5. “I would not have run in this race,” the Chicago star said afterward. “had T known that it was a handicap ian won the race in the last lap from Kennedy, who had set the pace, untroubled by Ray, who was never seriously in the ~running. Starting from seratch. Ray, who bad an- nounced_he would try to- set a mew recor@ for the distance; managed to cateh up with only one of the handi- cap men. ¥ m Murchison of the Newark AT on ine medley spring of 50, 6 and 75 yards, in each of which he finished fivst, totaling. three points agatnst. Harold Lever, formerly of Penn, was second with eight points against, and Berpie Wefer of the N. Y. A. C.. was third with nine points £ The poiuts were awarded iu the order of one for first place, two second, etr. m:lmmt Lally, Bt. Angelm_A. C. New Yorlk, won_the 860-yard race in 1.25 1-5; Allan_Helffrich, Penn State, was second, and Sid Leslie, N. Y. 4. C. vd. —n."';", York Athletic Club team of Sellers, Wherty and Goedwin won the 1-mile Metropolitan relay championsiip in 18.32 4-3. te Pant, Side A. C., the national walking champiom, won the 2-mile walk, fn 12.27 2.5. TWO DISTRICT COLLEGES ON FORDHAM’S GRID LIST NEW YORK, January 17—Eight zawmes have bean scheduled and an- Sther is being negotiated. for the Fordham foot ball team next fall. Cathollc University and Georgetewn |are inciuded in the Nst of opponents. The schedule: . October—13, Busten College it Bestans 8¢, Biephan's: 35, Haly Creas at o by "5 iy Cotloge of X Tty aiversity: 39, Georgesews. SCHLAGG GAME IS CLOSE. Girl schlagg ball - players of the Seaton School defeated the Knockout- ers of Gales School, 15 to 14 GUYON, EASTERN’S COACH, IS A CRAFTY INDIVIDUAL 1 SPORTS. N Amerigan Rhodes scholass, versity of Pennsylvania:that GUARD GYM TONIGHT HAS A DAUSBKE BILL Haskiet of the first ord:r is ex- Pected ‘at the Natfonal' Guatd gym- nasium tonight. Tossers refpreaents ing Corppany C, 121st Bagineprs,. will be oppased to the Milan five in the feature attraction, while De Molay | basketeits will meet the Liberty Ath- fletic Club in a preliminary match. Devitt Frep is to figure in a game also, it opponent to be selgctegl later, 4 Havisg Most te the Rechester Cem- trals, 42 t» 21, the Pelace Laundry five will strive to come back in a geme with the sensational Wanderer quint of WAtnnipeg., Canada, Sunday at the Areade auditorium. Close guarding and! clever passing kept the Palace cnm|1 nation frem making ay. impressive sfiowing agatnst the Cemy- trals. After the visitors piled umy a neat lead they took matters easy and treated the s to an exhibition of dribbling and, teamworik. Peek Slemorial Clwb I5 expected. to. encounter 4 neal foe fm the Hobad tossers of Balfmore Saturday on the Peck court. In a preliminary match the Peck Resertes will tackle an op- ponent to be selected lator. Eplphany Midgets are hooked. 10 ap- pear against the Natiomal quimt to inight at 7:30 o'clock om the former's | floor. Epiphany players are urged to report at 7 o'clock. Tossers of the mewly organized ‘Washington Vyanderers, were to iRy George Masom High School of - andria. this aferncon om the latter's court. A stlaring. bnttle is. anticipated in the Circie Athletic Club-Trinity game to be piayed tomorrew night at & o'clock in the Immaculate Conception gymnasium. ~ Keppel, Mitchell, God- win, Wright, Smith, Terrett, Baker and Babington of the Clrcles are ex- HARLEY GUYON, coach of Eastern High School athletic team, is ‘ a foxy individual. He has given a concrete demonstration of his canny ability in the championship basket ball series that now is on. His quint may lose to “outside” teams that apparently are inferior to Eastern's combination, but when it comes to a tourney contest, well, that's a different matter. Speaking of games outside the series, Guyon says that “victory is not paramount with me, I strive:to de- velop- all of my youngsters:in out- side games. This is the best way to discover- real ability and asltesdy I have figured on my Pprospsets for 19: Guyon was the center of much crit- feism when he lost games te Gonsaga and St. John's mainly because his re- serve material was given a chance. The Bastern memtor, however, only smiled. He already is counting on a strong team in 1825, which will boast of considerabie experfence gained this season, Charley's: methed of pro- cedure is In contrast, to- that of most other coaches, who ceunt a. victory is a victory regardless of the opponent. At the present Guyon's quint Is tied with Western for top place in the | champtonship series. ~However., he fears Central as much as Western. “Central is improving all the time and 1 expect it to make trouble for us | before the series is over,” he said. Guyon expects Western to offer his tossers a real battle Saturday, though, when the teams battle for the lead. Those. who have seen Eastern in action this vear declare it to be a smooth-running machine. Guyon's method of using his reserve material is responsible for his present success- ful combination. ere was considerable talk about changing the hour of the opening high school games on Saturdsy from 3 o'clock to 2, but the athletic board |decided to adhere to the original time. Following: the Western-Eastern same Saturday. Tech- will take the floor against Business. The last two men- tioned have yet to win a game In the series. Western High's tossers. will have their hands full in & game with Uni- versity of Maryland freshmen today at College Park. Tech also was sche- duled_for action, meeting the Cath- oltc Undversity yearlings in prelim- inary tilt to the C. U.-Lafayette game tonight at Hrookiand. . Weatern de- feated C. U. freshmen-last night at Brookland, 34 to 16. Lightweight toasers of Western were forced to cancel their game with the Eastern 135-pounders today on the latter’s court. Teams of St. Johm's and Devitt Prep were to take the floor this after- noon in the National Guard Armory. Conaldesation of the two-major sport rule, recommended by -the board of education to the five high schools, will be given by the school heads at a meeting next Wednesda: At yesterday's meeting no action was taken; although a general discusgion was heard on the effects of the rule should it be approved by the five principals. With a 30-to-22 victery over the Gallaudet "Reserves tucked away, Episcopal High's quint Is confident it can taie the measure of the Emerson Institute five Saturday on the Alex- andria court. Bridges, Moncure and Danlel of Episcopal and Puccl and Schenewan of were the. out- standing players in yester it Nnval Receiving Station team will be the oppenent of the Al toss- ers in the latter's hall tonight at & o'clock. Joe Fitzgerald will referee. U. S. PAINFULLY LACKING IN DISFTANCE TRACKMEN BY. LAWRENCE PERRY. N Finland if he wished to wear the col Dlyxglpics. he major was only part show greater interest in it. So far as the writer is aware, no jally right. The United States has a goodly crowd of point-winning performers in every running divisiom except} that in which Ritola shines—distance running. American athletes have yet to master this event, but they never will do so until trainers and clubs EW YORK, January 17—Maj. Arthur Gibbs, the former Oxford athlete, who is now,in this country, is surprised, he says, over the consternation displayed by American track enthusiasts in.the de- fection of Willie Ritola. His impression was that America had so many track specialists. of stellar quality that Ritola could easily be spared to fors of his native'land in the coming talent in the toe-and-héel sport and pected to report at 1:30 o'clock. Games with tie Circles can be ar- ranged by caling Mansger Gardner at North 4430, branch 28. Fifth Baptist Jumbor tossers were, offered littie opposition when theg swamped the Linworth Juniors, 54 to 27. Diegelman, Klenky and Rice wire the outstand!ng’ plaviers. BOXER JEROME BURIED. NEW YORK. January 17.—A solemn requiem mass was sung this morning tn St Jerome's Church for Frank Daugherty, known in the ring as Frankie Jerame, who died-Sunday from injikries recelved the preceding Friday in 2 bout with. Bud Taylor of Terre 'Haute, ind. at Madison Square Ganden. Burial was in New York. MATMAN'S BODY UNCLAIMED. 'ntry Add Color to Penn RAY FINISHES THIRD: | BRITISH QUARTET SHOULD ‘BE STRONG COMBINATION ‘&ptfififiam Have Two Best Aflnlele; in England and Last Year Furnished Nearly All Point "Winners. in Meet: With Amerii:ans. Comscquentty, it'would appear that the | i | |department. Sunpose D: elays BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, January 17—Advertising pays well. followers who know little: about the sport outside the United States. have always regarded Oxjford S intercollegiate track supremacy in En due to the splepdid teams that Oxford has. et to the Penn the fact that, Oxomians have fignred chiefly i1s overseas track Dews, prin cipally) through the effasts of that gallant atldete and spi e Bevil G. D. Rudd, andfimally. to the fact that. Oxford:is American track s flu: great ceater of gland.. This’ opinion is, ef course, -relays, to splendigl sportsman, able to draw upon announcement from the Uni- ambridge Umiversity is to ¢he Pemn relays has not.properly bee e daianito the advent of the Cantabrigians will be signific year or two: athletes of: thisiuntversity -have been leag: N appreciated ant, As a natter of fact, becadise in the past ers in England The light blue of Cambridge pr. valled over the dark blye '5‘3"&?55.1 in the'dual meet lakt year, and Cam- bridge aiso furnished nearly all of England's point \finners in the dual international meat botween Oxford. f:mbr‘;dxe and.J farvard-Yale. It will us be seen that, apart from the :mxymg featur pg associated with this e L to Feanklin Field of a pure. ay_';i’;,:.t;”xf;‘ It m- Don one occasion & Joine O -Cambridge team came by foads—there, will be as well Mn‘."fv Sporting nificance, 2t me, BrAversity counell of athlotics hin “;E.Vl\' nla has donera splendid Tang In decrecing that henceforth no i er of the coaching staff shall foot luy conne on with professional bary LML Against professional foot R4 %3 & Bame no one logically can fi¥d objection. Bur when the pr woters capitalize the former collegi- ate reputation of, the player: the alma maters of the various men ODposite their names in the line-up god emphasizing the collogiate angie R publicity, the varfous educational institutions ' Involved L e, it would seem, a.right to object. , College foot _ball 'is cause of the p: rity of if cause the players thing strenuous through an their popular b. s: spirit, be- ureddalnp some- and dangero Meal of loyal devotion institution. It cannot cannot be tainted—exc @xploited o sional fleld. Hitag eary B. Thompson, an emine Princeton “alumnus, has writeen a thoughtful article in the Princeton a;umm Weekly, citing the great sums of money ¢xpended upon the support Of VATSiLy teams and asking whether Or not the varsity game Is worth the candle. “Jhompson begins by mei- tioning fqot ball, and while Jater ha o TAOrS Eeneral, foot ball u ably is the sp I Neia onAbly Is the sport at whicn W Thompsou virtually is the EWIdIng and animating spirit in I:‘nncy?[fln rowing and aquatics ha known no more loyal or enthusiast petran. Princeton rowing is. ve hepoily - situated. Dr Spasth, the Yery able coach, member of the facultw and for his valuable serv- lces with- the rowing men he -will acawpt naither wage nor honorarium, Thus. Princeton is in a position t6. conduck rowing at w comparativi small * cost, probably not in exce ofqifr.‘mtm; $10,000" & year. ° 3 Some of this money probably come hhough subscription. but it would 1 ¢ sarprising if some part of it ¢id not tome from the Athletic Associatign chest. But most certainly any large disbursement. if one were necessir: would have to be met Dt n the préfes- th wrre ta be-offered the dencyor-some Institution, for whick post, by (he way, he is peculiarly fitted. ©F gup. D038 events should occur which whuld make it impossible for him_te coach? In such cage Thompson and ks row- ing colleagues would face &n eco- nomic problem which might ‘bring from him a favorable answer ‘to. his own question, to wit: the wars: game Wworth the candle ’ As a fact, Lake Carnegie within a short time will e to be dredged throughout most of its length i€ it to remain adaptable for interc glate rowing. nceivably the . uth- letlc association will he called upo to pay for this. As to genéral util- ity and value of intercolieglate con- tests as opposed to c¢lass and club GREENVILLE, Tex, January 17.—:Sports, one wonders how Thompson The body- of Charles Hackenschmidt, former ‘profesalonal wrestler, wi would answer this question Whicly all “things: considered, would vo® was killed by another man here last |rather see @s a rowing enthusiast, & week, is unclaimed in a local morgane. | Princeton alumnus Gearge Hackenschmidt, brother ‘of | thrilling. nd a lover « sport, a regatta among Charles, and former world champien- |crews -of the sophomore, junior i ship claimant, is reported to. be in |semior classes at Princeton or & race Europe. ANOTHER GARNER TO BIDE. CINCINNATI, Ohlo, January 17.— The latest of the famous Garner fam- Hiy of jockeys, William Garner, aged sixteen years, is ready to make his debut the coming season. He Is a first cousin of Mack Garner, In Memoriam’s jockey, and of Guy Gar- mer, wha went to JEurape sevaral Years ago. cents for twoa cigars when Cince gives you twe bettar enes for fifteen? IE you dom't know Cinco is better than most ten-ceat cigars, RACE IS CLOSE AFFAIR “HYATTSVILLE, M4, January 17.— Competition in the Prince Georges Commerce League won two of three on the Arcade alleys, all the games being close. it-must in many respeets be regarded in_this country as a lest art. Walking, by the way, is the great- est spert of all from a health stands peoint. It is nature’ own exercise; Ingividual nos organization has made & conslstent effort at the_ develop- ment- of distance, men. What we need and ‘need. badly s national in- today is a good time to find it out. Somthera quint of the Terminal Y | County Duckpin League race is hot, League grabbed the odd game from the Nuts, Hillmann of the victors having the high game, 115. Four matches were staged in the Agricultural League, Plant Bureau sweeping the decks with Farm Man- agement as victims: Property won the odd from Forest Servies; Eco- nomies did the same to ; and Interbu-eaus won two of three from Soils Chemistry. Rose of Plant Bureau had the high set, 381, and Gowan of Soils Chemistry the best same, 134. ‘Washington Leaw and Trust Com- pany, No. 1, won all three games from’ District National in the Bank- ere League, Sehweinirat seitisg o nice set of 350 for the winners. Park Savings did. the same to Riggs, N ght in the Ma-|2, winmning_all three games by good|353 George Washi: margins. D, Housen of the victors had a set of 330. In the Washington' Ladies’ League, Commerclals won two of three from Sales Tax and Comforter Club bed all three from Daughters of Iss- bella. winning the second game by rolling. off & tte terest in the eross-country idea, an with the Mount Rainler, Arcade, Brent- |interest which will result in the or- wood, Comet. aad Amertcaw Legion teams staging a nip-and-tuck buitle for the leadership. The other thres teams appear out of the which _ends April 13. ‘Tonight the. Seount. Hajnler and Arcade teams, which are tire: fead- ers at presemt, Will clash in a eet that is_certain to attract a large lery. Witk only & of “gam separating the leaders from fifth’ place, there is certain to be a shake-up in the. standing of the clube within the fext few weeks, ‘ax all of the leaders are to clash oach othes: _Albert (Datch) ey o - glon quint hms the best individual average to date; In exeess of 106 At nmu--j—-ca‘fle.w. ngdom, At Annopells—Navy, 39 New York. _ [umiversity, 1 30.. At Philndelphin—Peun, 387 Yale; ZL At Cambeidge—Harvard, 30) Waer cester Pevk, 38 Dame, 21y Loyo- 16. At Chieago—Notre Ia ot New Orlean: iy 1z, . At Richmond—Wake ganization of clubs exclusively de voted to distance runnming. Until this is ‘done we shall have to be con- tent to let. prizes in this event re- maln. in’Edrope. City athletfe clubs are not going to supply. men -of the stamina neces- sary - for' hill and dale running. 2l |Rural youth should be encouraged to take{ up the game, to carry into their more mature years the hare and: hounds- idea, a school game. by the way, that appears to have died in this-country. Country boys should make the best harriers: for the long run is won by men who ge to bed earty and; mot by those wha cpend the nights in the glare of the white And so when an_ imported distance runner suddenly deeides to retarn to his native land dur track entiusiasts mourn as over am irre- trievable calamity, and that is what it ie—more shame to us. Another event we neglect is walk- ing Clubs and colleges, make noth- of il atleastoutside the metropalitan” district: -The result is that, with the exception,of Pearman and Plant; we have.mo‘outstanding . and if 2 walk a day won't keep the: dactor away, ther mothing will. The writer wiskes. thet. every, Sedentary erson, could. get e o Dook "omthe " benefictal vesilts of walking: Just written by Dr. Alvah K. Doty, former heaith officer in New York. One point alone which Ds. Dety makes may be of general imterest to those who are -get along_in life. | Walking, he, saye, draws the blood from the head to the larger muscles of the legs, thus couserving important arterles and retarding the ravages of age. . (Copyright, 1924.) SR S, i A%, Athenarigcorats. 3% CRuwen. 1 At Clinten—Mississippi College, 303 Milisaps, 21. A At Green Castle—De Paww, 33;! Butler, 17. f At Williamstown—<Williame, 275 Middlebury, 24. S \ Canada has 358 goif clubs. In 1916 there were-only seveuty-six J. Exclosive Washingtan Distridutes It’s all in the Eisen- lohr Precess—backed by ever 70 years® expe- rience. ‘W. H. WARNER 584 Eleventh St. N.W. S. BLACKWELL & SON Alexandria, Va. Northera Virginia Distributors among eights of Princeton? Radiators and Fenders DIFFER: A0 ENT Cores installed Yale, Cornell znd differential gears hear about friction the very-first thing, 5 ave your garage man or dealer the transmission § or differential cases with EBONITE! Sold by relinble dealers’ Mg in five-pouhd cans and_at K poisted ~ wervice statipns where you see the checker~ board design pump and g service station sign. EBONITE Has No Rival— Substitute, BONITE S SHREDDED OIL) 02 TRANSMISSIONS AND DIFFERENTIALS RAYERSON OIL WORKS.ERIE.PA. et e e e

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