Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1924, Page 13

GRIFFITH HEADS PARTY OFF TO FLORIDA TODAY Coaches Altrock and Chesbro, Pitchers Brogan and Jo-yce and Catcher Hargrave to Be Joired by Other Batterymen on Way. BY JOHN B. KELLER. PARTY of fiiteen, including diamond athletes, coaches and news- paper men, that leit Union ‘station aboard the Atlantic Coast line train, Florida-bound, this morning, signalized the start of the Nationais® preparations for the 1924 American League base ball canipaign. True, there were few actual ball slayers in the group—only three, to be exact—but more will be picked up en route and others going from their homes direct to the training camp, will make the first squad reporting for work' at Tampa Monday morning a sizeable ong. Headed by President Clark Calvin Griffith, the group directly con- nected with the club that began the southward trek at 9:30 a.m. also comprised Reds Hargrave, catcher with the Nationals last year; R: Joyce and Godirey Brogan, pitchers, and battery coaches Nick Altro ‘it | BOECKEL OF BRAVES CRITICALLY INJURED In g00d "conaition and were all — “pepped up” over the idea of getting an early start. - Hargrave, who thinks there i3 nothing better than Tampa, £xcept his own home town of Fort SAN DIEGO, Callf., February 16.— Norman D. Boeckel the brilliant third baseman of the Boston Natlonals, who was serfously injured ®arly yesterday Wayne, Ind., gave the recruit flingers the glories of Florida. Sneld Al Schacht, former National, who is "accompany > gads Sccompanying the squad to Schacht and X returned from Wwith a professi ick declared bl In the group from left to right are Denman Thompson, sporting editor of The Star; Henry Tait Rodier, golfer; Carl Thoner, photographer; Ray Joyce, pitcher; Reds Hargrave, catcher; Nick Altrock, coach; Jack Chesbro, coach; Godfrey Brogan, pitcher; President Clark Griffith, Mrs. Griffith and Al Schacht, encountered freque; 1o _chance at untll next week. in_this -left win, There probabl I've a flock of 80's will be golf aplenty for ‘the scribes. photographers and ck, too. under the sunny Florida skies, but not for the potential mond stars. From the Nationals' nianager down the ttish zame will be stri the tralning campaign under w. Professional base ball is a serious business and preparation for the champlonship season will be conduct- ed in a-serious w JACKSON WINS CASE, BUT SOON LOSES IT == SR MILWAUKEE, February Jackson, former outfielder for the Chicago Americans, yesterday was given a verdict for $16,711.04 against the club’for salary under a contract signed in 1920, but the court set aside the verdict and dismissed the case. Judge J. J. Gregory, t judge, bitterly criticized the jury, declaring the case was based on perjury Dur- ing the trial Judge Grego ordered the arrest of Oscar (“Happy”) Felsch, a former teammate of the plaintift and a witness for him, for alleged perjury. Jackson was arrested on a like: charge at the conclusion of the trial. The former players are at lib- erty under bond. Questions answered in the negative were whether Jackson had conspired with “Chick” Ganall, Wil- liams and other White S hrow" any of the games in the 1919 world series; whether Willlams gave Jack- son §5,000 before all the games had been” plaved, and whether Jackson was Informed at the time that there had been an agreement among certain players to throw the series, and that ,000 was his share of the money paid for “throwing” the games. Jackson sued the club for $18,500 alleged to be due him on the unex- pired contract and bonus. No award under the bonus claim was glven by the jury, notwithstanding its answer. ICE IN GOOD SHAPE " FOR TITLE SKATING SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., February 16.—The temperature fell to 2 above zero last night and today the weather and ice conditions again were favorable for the national amateur ice epeed skating championships. The .quarter mile and three-mile race are on the program for today. Yesterday was “Chicago day” in so far as the three-quarter-mile race was concerned, Francis Allen of Chi- cago won the event in 2.07, with Eddy Murphy, Chicago, second, and Roy McWhriter, Chlcago. third. Four men flashed over the finish line in close succession and a judges’ con- ferende was necessary to decide third place.. Allen's victory was a sur- prise, but the logical outcome of his brainy and well skated race. nt won by B., wno —Joe Charles Gorman, St. put his sprinting abiiit 10 Ko use after the judges had warned the skaters. they must peed up or re- skate. the event. Even with the speeding up process it took the time of 1.37 to complete the event, siderably behind the record M Whirter, Chicago, was a late second and Richard Donovan, Saranac Lake, was thir Gorman's victory in the half mile laced his second to Paul Forsman, New ¥ork, in total points scored. Foreman has 50, Gorman, 40, and Allen, McWhirter and Alfred Nuhfer, Saratoga Springs, have 30 each. TUNNEY EASY VICTOR IN.BOUT WITH BURKE NEW. ORLEANS, February 16.— «Cene Tunney of New York, American light-Beavyweight champion, defzat- ed Martin Burke of New Orleans in a fifteerrsround bout last night. 3 Outdlassing Burke at every angle of the game, Tunney won practically every Tound, showing,plenty of speed and ~ adbility to delivér blows with both Rends. The crowd hissed Burke from the sixth tound on because of his holding tactles, % Tungey weighed 1773 pounds and Burke? 182% DUANE EASILY ANNEXES CONTEST WITH MARTIN NEW YORK, February 16.—Jabbing a tantilfzing' left into the face of his opponent with aggravating regular- ity, Cerl Duane, New York junior lightwelght, outpointed and outboxed Vincejt (Pepper) Martin in a twelve- round;bout at Madison Square Gar- den last night. Martin’s wild swinging right and left geldom found their mark, and When'they did Duane shook them off with @ smile. ~ l"m:» ‘Berlenback, New York .light heavyweight, scored his twenty-fourth onsegutive knockout when Referee Jack (O'Sullivan stopped a twelve- round-encounter with Pat Walsh of Cincinnati when the Ohlo boxer was sfloored -for the second time in the first gound. Vi BEATS NELSON. NORFOLK, Va. February 16— Mickey Walker, welterwelght cham- plon, wegistered a technical knockout agalnlt Wildcat Nelson of Brooklyn in thefourth round on the St. Helena navalregervation last night. Nelson's #:00n@ SVAGES; Hhg T s < in an automoblle accident north of | here, is battling for his life at the | La Jolla Hospital. Boeckel was consglons for some time last ht and’ spuke a few words, it was reported, and hope was | held out for his reco Dr. Homer C. Oatman, who Is atfending the in- jured base ball plaver, said that | Boeckel's condition wis very serious, Ibut adde t if Bocckel continued in his present condition for perhaps thirty-six hours after midnight last night his chances of recovery would be_good. i Two other occupants of the ma- chine, Bob Meusel, ster outfielder of the New York Americans, and Bob Albright. theatrical man of Los An- geles, who was driving, escaped vir- tually unhurt. Should Boeckel recover it is feared that the injuries he suffered may end his base ball career. His pelvic bone was fractured and his bladder punctured when he was pinned under the machine. A heavy truck Is said to have swerved against the automo- bile in which Beeckel and his com- Panions were riding, causing it to ca- reen across the road into another au- tomobile and upset. SCHOOL BASKETERS HAVE THREE GAMES Three of the school quints have games today. Western was to meet Episcopal High at Alexandria, while Eastern and Central were to figure in & double-header at the Coliseum, meeting the Riordan School of High- land, N. Y. Eastern was to take the floor at 2 o'clock in the opening game. "Alexandria High School fell before the Washington Preps, 15 to 14, in a spirited match. McGlue and De Marko were big factors. : # Comforter Junfors took’ the meas- ure of the Hines Juniors High School, 9 to 5. Both teams played well de- fensively St. John's College quint was offered little opposition when it downed the Hyattsville High's tossers, 39 to 17. Norris of the winners accounted for twenty points. Lightwelght basketers of Western High easily disposed of the Business 130-pounders, 34 to 24. Rhea of Western accounted for twelve baslkets. OCKENDEN IN FRONT - IN TEXAS GOLF PLAY SAN ANTONIO, Tex., February 16.— Certainty of a close finish loomed as ninety-two golfers began the third eighteen-hole round of the Texas opening champlionship tournament here. The field was reduced from 112 to 92 by a score of withdrawals during the two rounds played yes- terday. Jim Ockenden of England, the hold- er of the French open title, had a troke lead on his nearest rival, irkwood of Rockwood Hall, when play began today, two 698 giving him a total of 138, while Kirkwood, after taking a 68 the morning, needed 72 in the afternoon for a 140 total. The first fifteen, from which proba- bly will emerge the 1924 Texas open champlon tonight, includes the fol- lowing others: George Kerrigan, 141; Joe Turnesa, 141; Harold S. 'Lonk, 143; Burke, 143; Bill Mehlhorn, 14 onald Smith, 145; Bobby Cruick- shank, 145; Arthur Havers, 146; Tom Lally, 146; Joe Lally. his brother, 14 Jack Forrester, Abe Espino 146; Jim Barn First prize 1 nine other: $6,000. 147, 4300, while twenty- are offered, totaling l MISS COLLETT PLAYS WELL. PALM BEACH, Fla., February 16.— Miss Glenna Collett, former national golf champion, defeated Miss Bessie Fenn yesterday, 4 and 3, in one of the best exhibition gamek ever wit- nessed in a woman's tournament. Miss Collett's drives averaged from 200 to 240 yards, and on the twelfth hole her putt was for a distance of thirty- five feet. STRIBLING SCORES K. 0. SAVANNAH, Ga. February 16— Young Stribling last night knocked out Roughhouse Ross of Miami, Fla., after forty-five seconds of fighting, in the second round. .- ! BASKET BALL RESULTS; At Collexe Park—Catholie Univer- sity, 20; Maryland, 14, At Georgetown—Georgetown, 2; Da- vis-Elkinx, 0 (forteit), At Kendall Greem—Gallawdet, 46; Urninus, 25. gght Cambridge—Yale, 27, Harvard, At Lexington—Virginia, 31; Tran- sylvania, 29. At Pittsburgh—Pittsburgh, 31; P State, 30. At Tuscaloosa — Alsbama, 31; Georgia Tech, 24. At St. Louis—Oklakoms, 37; Wash~ ington University, 28. ; At New Orleans—Tulane, 40; Louis- iana College, 37, . At New Orieans — Mississippl Col- lege, 30; Loyola, 23. HOCKEY RESULTS. At Pittsburgh—Pittaburgh, 3; Cleve- JAC Madison—3ichigan, 3; Wircon- Im, At Minncapolla—st. Paul, 3; Minne- R Bulath—Duluth, 2, Eveleth, 0. At New York—Columbin, 12; Dart- mouth, 2, - - base ball comedian. The youngsters in front are Thelma and Calvin Griffith. CELTIC FIVE DAZZLES WITH COURT PROWESS Nate Holman and his tribe of New York Celtics gave a brilliant exhibi- tion of basket ball when they easily disposed of the Palace Laundry five, 45 to 28, last night at the Coliseum. Nearly 2,000 fans saw the game. Passing with bulletlike rapidity and shooting from almost any angle, the Celtics dazzled the onlookers. Lapschick, the elongated center of the visitors, toyed with the ball with one hand and heaved the leather so hard even his teammates found It dif- ficult to hold itt. Palace played its best game of the season, but it was unable to cope with the passing of the Celtics, N McTIGUE-STRIBLIN BOUT NOW APPEARS CERTAIN NEWARK, N. J., February 16— Negotiations for a Yeturn engagement between Mike MecTigue, light-heavy- welght champion, and Young Strib- 1ing, Georgia schoolboy boxer, to be held in the 1st Regimental Armory in the last week of March or the first week in April, virtually have been completed. BIG GAMES ON TAP IN BIG TEN SERIES CHICAGO, February 16. — Eight teams will be in action tonlght In their pursuit of the western confer- ence basket ball champlonship. The most interesting battle promises to be the Purdue invasion of Michigan's home* cburt, where the Boilermakers must win to retain their conference | leadership with Chicago, and where a lo$s by Michigan means virtual elim- ination from the conference race. Wisconsin, ranking close behind the two leaders, is host to the Illinois quintet, the Badger team being grant- ed the odds. Iowa will meet Chicago on the Maroon court, with the home team favored to win. Indiana, stand- ing_close behind Wisconsin in_the conference standing. will have a busy time trying to subdue Ohlio State on the Buckeye court. Minnesota and Northwestern are the only teams not involved this week | end in conference struggles. FULTON STOPS McCANN. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., February 16, —Fred Fulton, Minneapolis heavy- welght, scored a technical knockout over Joe McCann of Newark, N. J., in the fourth round last night. JACK CHI Champions and (hance 1923, in United States BY TEX RICKARD. S I have said in a previous chapter, it cure another big attraction when you have put over the first one successfully. The concluding arrangements for the Dempsey-Car- A s comparatively easy to se pentier fight were not nearly so difficult as some of the earlier champion- ship affairs. The main thing required tain sooner or later I would have the was patience. I felt reasonably cer- famous Frenchman in America. My patience was never exhausted and was certainly well rewarded. The mere fact of the long delay in securing that fight gave it all the more publicity. Some.writer termed it “the battle of the century,” and 1 think he was not overstretching it a bit. As an exhibition of boxing art it was not in the class with some of the others, but as an international evi affair was easil. the battle of the century. ent I think the Dempsey-Carpentier I venture to say that more actual words were written zbout it than any single happening in America. Certainly no single military battle e ver got as much notice. Even the inauguration of a President was small in publicity as compared with the advance news of this fight. I had sensed this when I first be, the war. It was a big stake well In the minds of many, including myself, there was a doubt as to Car- pentier being a good match for Dempsey. Just the same, I knew the people wanted to see that fight. The international flavor overshadowed any possible uneveness in the quality of the two boxers. When it finally became for Carpentier to leave the war the rest w. was little difficulty in arriving at terms. Dempsey signed to fight for $300,000 and Carpentier for $200,000. possible France after easy. There Lack of Seats Chief Worry. Can you imagine how such figures would have startled old John L. Sul- livan in his palmy days? Two men fighting for a purse of a half million Yollars was undreamed of ten years ago. The amount of money to be paid the fighters was a secondary con- sideration. The only thing to cause me worry or anxiety was the erection of an arena large enough to hold the crowd. There was no doubt in ALOYSIUS TO DEFENDING A LOYSIUS tossers will be kept over the Aloysians tonight at It ran on for days and weeks and months., gan negotiations for Carpentier during worth playing for. my mind_that we had to have an arena. To have held a fight like that in an inclosed building would have meant the loss of color, of flavor. There was no ball park or other outside place properly arranged to hold such a fight. Obviously there was _but one thing to do. T had to use all my experience in bullding a bigger and better arena and. at the same time, locate It in a spot_where the greatest number of people could reach it without too much Inconvenlence. There was never a question In my mind that the scene should be somewhere fn the vicinity of Greater New York. New Jersey allowed fights of that nature. I turned my attention that way. These calculations and subsequent explorations led me to the spot in d Great Britain, Cubs, Japan and South Americ LU CHAPTER XXIX.—Carpentier and a $500,000 Purse. - | be no slip. Jersey City known as Boyle's Thirty Acres. Every move we made brought new spurts of publicity. For one time in my life the fisht market was absolutely glutted with free ad- vertising. All this time, though, I was very KEEP BUSY COURT TITLE busy the next two weeks defending their District title. City Club five will make a final effort to topple 8:30 o'clock on the G street court. Since their victory over the Interior Department basketers, City Club plavers have shown considerable improvement. Next Tuesday Aloysius faces the Palace Laundry five at the Coliséum. The last year's champions also have a game pending with the Interior Department. Live Wires took the measure of the Petworth Boys' Club, 25 to 13. Games | with the winners can be arganged by calling Manager John Knapp at Main 7156 between 9 and 5 o’clock. V. Koons of the Live Wires starred in yesterday’s contest. Two first-clams games are scheduled tonight at the Congress Helights gymnasium. Manhattans are to o?-’ pose the Old Dominion Boat Club in the -opening engagement, which will get under way at 7:30 o'clock, while the Comets will tackle the Ariington Athletic Club in the "1l Stanton Juniers will strive to make it sixteen in & row at the expense of the Virginia Orloles tonight at Alex- ndria in & preliminary match to- lace Laundry-Alexandria Light In- fantry game. Independent Athletic Club tossers ran roughshod over the Ingram five, winning, 42 to 12. Small and Kinn of the winners rexistered nine and six baxjels, xespectively. & Karowha Midgets pushed their win column to eight straight by down- nig the Bulldog Terrors, 33 to 7. M. Chatlen, H. Hutt and J. Goodman of the winners shone. S Boys’ Club Celties added another viotim by disposing of the Bright- wood Juniors, 29 to 13. Bruder of the Celtics led the attack, with six court goals. Kanawha Juniors are to meet the Kanawha Senlors tomorrow at 4 o'clock on the Immaculate Concep- tion floor. Arlington Athletie Club was forced to Ylsy two_extra periods before it could nose ‘out the Silver Spring Service Company five, 23 to 22. D. E. Hess of the Virginians and John Saunders and Fling of the losers were leading performers. it A sw defense enabled the Co- lumbla Midgets to show the way to the Meridians, 18 to 8. Atchison play- ed well for the winners. Chesmey of the Interior Department team caged nine court goals against the Palace Athletic Club, his quint wincing, 39 to 13- North American Newsp (T i mindful of the fact that every move made had to be worthy of the publicity. In other words, there must It was up to me to r his affair succ fully and not disay point the public Consequently the building of the Thirty Acres was 3 and skill as could intrus every able mind I could find. Not a Mishap, Not an Arrest. Our arrangements for handling the vast crowd had to be perfect. We worked on that problem for weel The police of Jersey City regarded the matter with deep interest and srowing pride. Their help was in- valuable. I doubt if the public to this day fully realizes the perfection with which those detalls were carried out. Every man on his job scemed to tak a pride in his work. The result was astonishing. We handled nearly 100,- 000 excited people that historic after- noon in Jersey City and there was not one accldent. Tt w not necessary to make an arrest. This very remarka- ble state of affairs was due mostly to the splendid policing and handling of crowds given by Mayor Hague and his officials of Je: ity, who planned and executed wonderfuily. The thing that caused me the | greatest anxiety nd apprehension was the possibility of rain. You can readily visualize what might have happened had a downpour of rain set in after that great throng had been seated. Of course, If it had rained a few hours in advance we could have postponed the fight. The thing I wanted to avoid, and the thing that I sometimes feared, was a panic due to sudden weather changes. I don't know if I was born under & lucky star, but the fact remains that I have had the greatest good for- tune in the world in all my big ven- tures when it comes to weather. Sey- eral times we have narrowly escaped rains, but never yet have I had rain actually interfere with a champlon- ship event held outdoors. The detalls of all these arrange- ments were told over and over again in the dally newspapers until 1 feel that the average boxing fan as well a8 the stay-at-homes are thoroughly familiar with them. Suffice it to say that when the sun broke clear that morning of July 2 many millstones were lifted from my shoulders. No- body ever got a greater thrill than I did out of that day of good weather. As these arrangements went on—be. fore they really got under way, in fact—Carpentier and his entourage, including Descamps, his manager, ar- rived from Europe and went into training at Manhasset. Romance Found fn Career, The Dempsey outfit went into train- Ing at Atlantic City.. % These camps had to be watched as well as the work going on at Boyle's Thirty Acres. No hands were §yer fuller than mine. The press work po.ok care of ltselr, Hundreds of news- per. men were in New Yomk eager fo elaborate the silghtest ‘incldent into a readable story. As I expected, thesarrival of Car- pentler added all the fuel we needed to the fire of publicity. His manager, Descamps, was almost as good for newspaper copy as the French cham- plon himself. Descamps was a show- man by profession, even before he Bot 'into the fight game. Writers were quick to start legends f the fussy little mgnager and to re- ate stories of the'!war records of Carpentler. Anything that smacked of tomance was eagerly sought by read- E’l. This ten-strike in publicity was reater than all the gold strikes in laska put together. For instance, it was related how Descamps, a wandering showman, dealing in hypnotism and legerde- main, had given & performance around ns, the mining section from whence rpentier came. He took rabbits out of hats, hypnotized subjectf in the audience and 80°on. Finally, he wound up with a boxing exhibition, bein | & very clever boxer himself. He h long been a trainer of athletes. The boy Carpentier saw Descamps’ show | and wanted to box, He,got his chance. | ESBRO. SPORT Also Hoi)ed That Californ 2y the Associated Press. N June 17 in the varsity classic on th astray. ' ! . Maxwell Stevenson, chairman of collegiate Rowing Association, said up last June the first victory cept definitely, the athletic committee D. C.VARSITY TEAMS IN CONTESTS TODAY' Maryland, George Catholic University and were to have athletes competing various events today. Basket teams of the first two univer mentioned are scheduled to clash in Central Collseum tonight at { o'clock, while Brookland swimme are in Swarthmore, Pa., for a meet with the Swarthmore men and Georgetown runners are in New York for the Wilco Athletic Club indoor carnival. G Maryland freshman tossers had a date with the Navy plebe at An- napolis. Riflemen of Maryland and | George Washington are meeting a shoulder-to-shoulder match at Col- lege Park this afternoon. T Washington, Georgetown | ve n Maryland basketers were beaten by Catholic University's last night for the second time this season, the game in Ritchic Gymnasium at College Park going the Brooklanders' w 120 to 14. The Red and Bla really arned fts victory in the first half, which it _finished on the long end of | a_l14-to-5 count Both teams were oft form in shooting, both from court | and the foul line. | eanily took the measure | Jrsinus quint in the 4 basket ball match at Kendall Green, Riddle and Boatwright led the Ga laudet attack the former scoring and the latter six. t to the rted and dvantage. | forfeit over | iymnasium, s floor won in Rya the visitors the first half completed vho had imed oflic town was le ended. In a pre freshmen defeate |24 to 7. .1 Vi lized heavily upfair. ¢ 19 10 8, wh ninary the Hilitop | pens w ARRAY OF ATHLETES LU T UL UL LT L ! The Story of the | World’s Greatest | Fight Promoter | — 0 —— | | I All rights reserved. I v a future for him. The slen: y fought his way right to the top, throuzh all the different asses as he grew heavier, So suc mps never rabbit out of a hat. asn’t that sort of publicity made to order? Tomorrow: There Never was a Grudge Fight. RED SOX WILL PREPARE IN HISTORICAL SECTIONi BY JOHN (This is the fifth of a series of articles trainizg camps which he will visic during advance of the opening of the base ball season. EW YORK, February 16—Ou are memories of battle, Mexi N train. The Alamo remains. The ruins turesque drives over smooth roads hear the bells ring an alarm as a roaring automobile swings around the | corner of the lane into the quiet of the huge stone structure where white men defended their invasion into the territory of the savage. | = = X5 “WORK HARD, PLAY FAIR,” GRID STAR TELLS BOYS CHICAGO, February 16—Cheat or “play dirty” In an athlefic game and you always lose, Harold “Red” Grange, University of Illinois all- American half back and leading seorer of the Big Ten in 1923, told 400 boys mttending a boyx’ round- .up of the Y. WM. C. A., here. ‘The famous foot ball player gave the youthx another maxim when he declared. (hat only by “getting out and digging” can a person become & winning athlete” “Work hard 'and play fair” he urged. ironge spoke on “The Place of Athletics in the Life of a Boy.” He told the youngsters from the stores, banks and factories that every American boy should try out for xome form of sport, for physical development a xwell an fun. Physi- enl development, he snid, ix the basis of all success in business. EASTERN SKI MARK IS BROKEN BY HALL BRATTLEBORO, Vt., February 16,— Henry Hall of the Detroit-Northfield Ski Club of Detroit established a new eastern record and broke, the Brattle- boro course mark vesterday in the national amateur ski jumping cham- plonships when he leaDed 180 feet on his second try. - . i On his first and third tries he jumped 189 and 196 feet, respectively, but fell both' times. 4 The record of 160 feet, niade last year by Norman_ Berger, was_broken fourteen ' times' by - class - A' jumpers and broken twice and equaled once by class B men. . The ¢lass A championship was won by Lars Haugen of the Sloux Valley Ski Club.of Canton, 8. D., with a per- centage of 383.8° Norman Berger of the Montreal Ski. Club. was second with a percentage of 374 and Alf Bakker of the Nor'_g"o Ski Club-ot Chi- cago was third with 366.1. In the class B championships first place went to Tarald Holdalen of the Norge Sl&(l chljh of Chicago.- The long- est standing jum) wag 167 feet, made by Wall Hilden of the Mjgudivolis Municipal Ski Club. dashing cavaliers and priestly robes, the Boston Americans w by a class B man. IN WILCO A. A, MEET) fca’s premier formers will compete in the Wilco A. A games at the 13th Regiment Armory tonight in eighteen individual and relay e Loren ~Murchi: | Newark A. C.:| 2 York, and Bob | ttached, meet in ries, wh Chicago middle distanc ‘\\'fll.flvn, hs teammate; Driscoll. Bosto James W. A. and Vernon Ascher, G age but a few of the' crack performers entered in | the middle distance event The Olympic 3,000 meters, the 400 and $00 meter events and the three | mateh relay races in addition to the special sprint series are the feature B. FOSTER. | Mr, Foster descriptive of the major league oh'to get a line on the various clubs in t in San Antonio, Tex.. where there cans, missions, brown-eyed senoritas 11 of the mis in balmy air. sions are reached by pic- | One almost expects to A city spreads over rolling hills and along the banks of the river. Hot tamales sizzle the throat and chile | con carne satisfies an appetite that yearns for solace from sundaes and strawberry spizzles. | The diamond used is that of the San | Antonio base ball club, where, in the summer the quiet-loving Texan seeks the shade of the soft wooden bench and when his bones begin to ache vents his ageny on the poor nut who drops a long one in right field. | ., The surface soil of the park is| ‘smooth and sandy and bakes hard in the sun of the semi-tropics. The ! fences in certer field and right field | are far away. and away off down in one corner of right ficld where a tree droops vver the fence a deep notch ! is cut to show where Davy Robertson | one pleasant afternoon knocked the ball over the barrier when the Giants were playing. The ball hit a mule, the mule moved rapidly away from! the scene, an automobile intercepted the ‘mule inits flight, but the Texas mule is no respecter of anything and, the automobile was wrecked on the | curb while the mule pursued his mad way seeking further cars to con- quer. Usually the climate of San Antonio is serene and the air 5o soft that ball players forget to abuse the umpire because their vocal organs have be- come spongy. They leave the city saying “goshall fishhooks” instead of something worse and have even been known to call an umpire crossing the county line. ' (Copyright, 1t JOE WOLCOTT JAILED. BOSTON; February 16.—Joe Wal- cott, negro fighter, whose name was one to conjure with in the light- weight. ring' less than twenty vears 2go, has been sentenced to serve three years in the house of correction. Wal- cott, who is fifty-one years old, was found gullty of assault and carrying a revolver. BIG TEN TEAMS IN MEET. CHICAGO, February 16.—Four west- ern conference universities will compete in the first annual track and relay ¢arnival at ~ Northwestern University today, Chicago, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Northwestern- wiil be represent2d. Washington almost certainly would accept. in|s Emerson Institute, | ¥ bout in which the i Plate foot ball field S. COAST OARSMEN INTEND TO COMPETE ON HUDSON ia Will Have Crew in Re- gatta at Poughkeepsie—Unusual Activit in College Ranks This Year. EW YORK, February 16—University of Washington, which hung for the west' in the intercollegiate championship regatta at Poughkeepsie, will defend its laurels on e Hudson, unless present plans go the board of stewards of the Inter- today he had received word that Before the Huskies can ac- must act formally on the matter. Stevenson said he was not advised as to Washington's plans relative to the Olympic rowing try-outs, but be- lieved that the Huskics intended to nter their efforts upon an attempt iy luc ribbon honors on for the s nd straight - time ago it was reported planned to enter the ympic trials, w re scheduled held at Phil June 13 he only university responded to the vitation to race at Pough- year, but there is a pos- sibility that” it will 1 nted. These Pacific coast ri sched- to hold their regatta at tle, April 1 nd ould Cali- fornia triumph it is idered like- 1y both erews would cc east to try conelusion: st Poughkeepsie. Reports reachin tevenson fore- unusual activity in college row- ing ran this ye with larger quadg reported at preliminary work- uts in nearly ev institution fos- winging. Washington, its Hudson triumph. nt more oarsmen out ago, while Columbia. an “increase of nearly 40 per cent, is typical of enthusf be displayed in the east. rd's i keepsie th als a m COLONIAL BOWLERS WIN OVER KING PIN Colonials of the p after the Pins la with District League first game with night and won plenty to spare. : Colonials had and Wostenholme King Pins the best game of 131. Belmonts of the National Capital League won two from the Rathskel- lers. Burtner of the losers had the high set of and Nolen and Jack- 8o each rolled a game of 140, t of the Two matches were rolled in the Ma- . Albert Pike winning while Stansbury 1 from Hiram. Field a f 351. Meany > of 145. from the won all with MeGroarty-0'Connell of the Amer ean Legion won two out of three from the Roo: t quint. Clatterbuck had t of d game of In the Mount Pleasant League eca won two from Castle the victors had a set of Guire of the lo top g Sen- Joliffe of and Mc- ame of 126. Quartermaster of the War Depart- ment League captured the odd game from Brandies, getting the first by « single pin. Dove of the winners had set of 339 and a game of 126. r A. €. E. of the Navy Department League captured two from Seeretary's Otice. three games from P and A | MARYLAND AND PENN IN G. U. GAMES RELAY Maryland's relay wiil be oy pesed to the four of the Universit of Penneylvania instead of the Uni- versity of Richmond quartet at th Georgetown track and field carnival in Convention Hall next Thursday night. This ch: was made terday after a confe e between th Hilltop auvthoritics and Bill Gates. coach of the Maryland runners. John O'Reilly and Jimmy Mullig: moving spirits of the Hilltop game. spent 3 v imore arrang ing for the v coll nd club event consultation with the handicapper for this dis cent peiformances of all athietes en- tered were scrutinized and allowances allotted in consonance with theirabil- ities. team on of the e in_ Wash- k Ray in- ties that to ac- delega- New York is anxious 2’ work on the to be used at the games ington ton formed AND LODGE READY. FIRPO i the BU Luis Lodge ready for Firpo have been the rmer” decla it and teen-round ho: e to participate ed in the River 1t is estimated rs will be present. tonight in a ring pite that 30,000 s 16.—John Lay- 1 champion fessional shion billlard last night defeated Raimundo i cana, regarded ax 180 to 171 Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Cores installed in any make 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS WETTSTAT . and F. WORKS 319 13th, _F. 64 P M "Auto Laundry Go In Dirty, Come Out Clean Autome ot your rvice stem. 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