Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1924, Page 23

Most of Tampa Squad Ready for ONLY THREE OF PLAYERS | ARE ON THE AILING LIST T Gagnon and Brogan Have Sore Arms and Rich- bourg’s Foot Is Out of Kelter—Scope of Train- ing Will Be Widened on Monday BY DENMAN THOMPSON. T pleted toda; tion to straight tos AMPA, Fia, March 1.—With the young pitchers of the Nationals coming to hand nicely as a result of the two weeks of work com- the scope of their training will be widened fol!dwing a respite irom- labor tomorrow. To date none of the juveniles has done | anything more than indulge in general limbering-up calisthenics ing, with some speed attempted in the last few days. in addi- THE EVENING I HOPES TO PLAY But beginning Monday the_flingers will be permitted to start tinkering al bit with the curve ball. Only “wrink'es” will be essayed at the outset, and this is expected to ‘ produce the second phase of soreness due to the employment of muscles not heretofore used, but by letting out a notch or two each day this | should be gradually dissipated, so that by the end of the week the boys | will be ready for their init 1 test.of the season in actual combat, the | contest between Mike Martin's rookie outfit and the Cuban All-Stars of | Tampa being scheduled for next Saturday. Before Mij formidal he is, and from di e 4 v two of the players ¥ n—Richbouryg have to recover bilitles that no werip tl However, Lance Is ticketed for ot the outfield herths—probably « —and Chick will be scond. If the lattle were slated for this afternoon both would wateh the proceedings from the bench and their places be filled by extra hurlers, for they arc temporarily on the shelf. Anilments of New Type. Richbourg and Gagnon both were atiing L season, the former being compelled to quit ‘in midseason with a fracture of the small bo in the baclk of his leg a short distance above the ankle, while Chick hobbled about with a bad knee that was incurred soveral seasous Both were given the best of surgical attention and the hope that they would be restored to normaley has not been affected by their present complaints, for they are due to h from the bothered him as a the tendons wrenched in a foot ball game is giving him no trouble at all it is hiv throwine arm, and it was njured in an odd manner. While at ting practice Chic haled a on one o sion and g" some- 1hing in his elbow. painful did it prove he was u ble yesterday or to- 3 ctend [t full length, and around with his thumb rooked in the belt of his trousers in licu of wearing it in a sling. The in- Jury is expected to disappear with a few ‘days of rest. Richbourg's le, properly set at the it was cracked, and which he ept off of until the ends of the bone were thoroughly knitted, fecls as strong as ever, but the lmping he a now is indi ly due to his cldent of lsst summer, at that. It seems that after disearding his crutches v fuvored the dan an unnatur: ¢ heel, and th indulged In sin he started U e 1o foot. When the adhiesions in the tep formed s a result of lack of use are broken up jogging around on the balls of his teet, using his toes, hix underpinning should be as goud 8 new. Brog Godfrey Brog nppeared to be g improved dur- iR the hatting practice yesterday, when he took his turn on the rubber with Dual and Joyce. The last-n ed a lametable Jack of control and the reason for it was spotted fustantly by Clark Grif- fith, Who looks the boys over every u Improved. . salary arm eded to cover | result of having | | €rasp too soon, a measure of el can present his niost | day. although he does not get into a uniform, the active done by Altrock au‘)\ . Like 5o many othe® embryo hurlers Joyce 13 not yet well enough versed in the mechanics of pitehing to real- ize the value of getting a full arm sweep In his delivers; In other words, he lets go of the bail from about the height of his heud instead of deliver- fng 1t from on a line horfzontal with bis shoulder. He relinquishes his ccuracy nd power both belng sacrificed n consequence. It is little defects such as this, which esca the attention of the laymen, that m be detected by the tutors and remedied. As far as can be judged by the limited opportunities George IFisher has had to show his worth this spring, he is a far better ball player than he was when with the Natonals In training last vear. He has filled out a bit, for one thing, and is ca- pable of gettin lmost as much heft into & wallop as Goose Goslin—which is considerable. Finher Flelds Wi In a fiy-chasing drill at which Nick Altrock officiated with the bat Fisher snared drives to both sides and over his head with the nonchalance due to confidenc born of good judgment, that he has im- catly «t the business of ding ground bails. There never ‘us any doubt as to the strength of his wing, the only question in regard his throwing heing whether he 1d xI)Ick out the right base to o. . {if went out in the fleld and per- onally superyised the drill of Carr Smith, who was put through his paces by Jack Chesbro, with the aild of 4 fungo bat. Smith is exen young- er than was thought, as he will not ttain Lis wajority until next month, ud considering his extremely lim- ited experlence, may be regarded as very promising prospect, Lust season was his first pro- fessional ball, and although he fis supposed to be an outfielder. he got little_chance to work Jine. When he reported to the Raleigh club last spring the lack of u third baseman necessituted his use at the far corner, and after he had about become settled in that position an accident to the regular first baseman led to hls being shifted to the initial station. By the time he finrily was placed in the garden, where he be- longs, lexs than a month of the sea- son remained to be y ved. All this shifting about, with strange duties to master, didn’t seem to affect his hitting, however, for he punished the Pledmont br 4 of hurling for mark In excess of .400, which fs an average not to he sneezed at, no 1nat- ter in what company it is achi in ATHLETICS ARE ON WAY TO MONTGOMERY CAMP| HILADELPHIA, March 1.—Headed by Manager Connie Mack, the i the Philadelphia Americans is on the way to P local contingent ¢ and Infielder Dykes. i At Baltimore, Greenville, S. C.. and Birmingham, Ala., other players picked up, while still othe: were to b the spring training camp at Montgomery, Ala. Catchers Gruggy and Perkins, Pitchers Heimach, Ogden and Baumgartner ; In the party were s arc on their way to Montgomery from their homes in other sections of the country. The Phila Montgomer ntire team mornin schedule With {he trand and Simmons, evi the Athletics' roster h; ent In his signed contract. These three are ex- pected to bring theirs to the camp with them. GOTHAM SQUADS BUSY. NEW YORK, March 1. — Manager John McGraw pected to join the Uiants at Saraswa today, according 1o reports reaching hercs Tive Cali- fornians—Irish Meusel, George Kelly, Joe Oeschger, Jimmy O'Connell and Walter James — arrived vesterday after a six-day journey Jimmy O'Connell, $75.000 beauty who was sick much of the time last jelphia party is due in Sunday ) is to be Leid. exception of ery Miller, year, is heavier and in better health. | Saskatoon While Bernie Nels, the flash, featured at the bat and afield, the Robin Eggs defeated the Hams, 16-10, in the Brooklyn internecine strife at_Clearwater, Fla. Eight Yankees left New York today for the camp of the world cham plons, which will be opened at New Orleans. None of the seven holdouts has vet signed, although two con- tracts are said to be in the mail. INDIANS GO TO WORK. * CLEVELAND, Ohio, March Cleveland pitchers, with the exception of Phil Bedgood, who is laid up with sprained ankle, got their first work- ut at Hot Springs yesterduy. Luther Tioy, last year with Chattanooga, cre- ated the most favorable impression. Logan Drake, also with Chattanooga last vear, who has been laid up with a slight attack of blood poisoning, Tvas able to toss the ball around with his trvmm . ROBINS BUY GONZALES. AVANA, March 1.—Mike Gonzales, crm\an catcher, hus received a cable- gram from Charles II. Ebbets of the Brooklyn Nationals, telling him he had been bought outright from the St. Paul American team. Gonzales was ordered to report at once at the training camp of the Robins at Clear- water, Fla. REDS START DIXIEWARD. SCINNATI, Ohio, March _1.— \h::rlli{‘gcelrhl’ul Moran, Coach Jack Hen- Qricks, Outfielders George Burns and eorge Harper, and Catcher Gus andberg made up tife first contin-- ent of Cincinnati Nationals which fott today for Orlando, Fla. Catchers Yargrave and Wingo' already are in training and the pitchers are on thelr way south by other routes. Another small squad, including Eddie Roush, fs to leave next Saturday. The ma- jority of the main squad, however, will journey to Orlando from their respectlve homes. “SAME OLD” SISLER. MOBILE, Ala, March 1.—George Sisler, manager of the St. Louls Browns, played first base yesterday in the practice for the first time since the season of 1922, He looked just as fast as ever. He made several remarkable catches of foul balls, speared a couple of hart-hit ground- ors and caught evegyt! uim by the (mfield’ 1 — i | | hing thrown at S(ai‘e: also hit l the -Boys' Club Celtics in a 43-to-22 B 1 20, the ball hard. Pitcher George Lyons, morning and the | from the Los Angeles club, and John ed there by Mon- |L. wihen the first practice | catcher from Washington, D. C., have | reported. 3 Simmons, o . xemi-professional Pitcher Urban Shocker, the star of player on |the pitching staff, has not arrived. VIRGINIA LEAGUE READY. NORFOLK, Va., March 1.—Directors of the Virginla League have.adopted @ 135-game schedule for the forth- coming season, which opens April 17 and closes September 20. . Open- ing games are as follows: Peters- burg In Richmond Norfolk in Ports- mouth and Wilson in Rocky Mount. in his _chosen | | i L the pluck and courage tha four victories in the Universi A Washington boys face West Philade court carnival that is to start at 4 semi-final round of the tourney by a Darby High, the Blue and White to, mined to bring home the coveted ¢ West Philadelphia High is apt offer the Centralites a severe test to- day, for it eliminated Vastern. Washington High School chumpion, from the race. The Washington high sehool players probably will be con- slderably han 8 Etrain {of competing da uny 1t beginnin suffering from and Dezendorf is nu These two youngsters thelr team well as the notable one. lock. Dean, Dezendorf and Ifale ac- counted for the “big” b ts. Toth {teams battied during the first twenty minutes to an 11-11 count Hale's accurate shooting aided Cen- tral. He led the field with five court | goals and also_played a stellar defensively. Upper Darby was dun- gerous all the way. Eastern High w ance against the St. on the Congress Heights court in a preliminary match to the Pu Laundry-Firestone game. The erners should have little troubl St. Paul and probably will us entire squad. al five tonight i twelght tossers of Eusiness High were forced to extend them- ! selves to down the Kanawha Juniors !in a 20-to-16 cngaxement. The Ninth Streeters presented two r goal shots in McCuthran and Wiit- shire, who each caged two baskets. Swavely Prep tossers did the unex- pected when they took the measure of the Gallaudet Reserves, 10 to In an extra five-minute-period gam With the scors deadlocked, 34-all the end of the fourth period, 1 | Hampden and McReynolds each pock eted baskets to put Swavely in the | front. Central High's swimming team is at Annapolis today, competing against the Naval Academy plebes. The Blue and White swimmers are well condi- tioned and expect to maks an im- pressive showing. 'EPIPHANY JUNIORS POINT FOR S. A. COURT LAURELS ASKETERS of the 140-pound of the A. A. U, to be held Epiphany junior quint will strive to garner more laurels at the South Atlantic basket ball tournament in Baltimore the latter part of this. month. Epiphany is apt to make an impressive showing, too, for it will enter the Baltimore games with Dean, Dezendorf and Scruggs, youngsters | who have been plaving stellar ball for Central High. Others to display their wares for Epiphany are MacDonald, Bruce, Kessler, Ourand, Mc-, Gann and Clayton. Orlole City basketers were given a severe jolt last year when the Epiphany quint copped the 130-pound title in the tourney. Revere Rodgers again will manage the team ‘at Bal- timore this year. Members of the Epiphany five are to hold a business meeting tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at 916 Massachusetts avenue. Plans for the Baltimore trip will be discussed. five added another vietim to its list by downing the Service Company quint of Sliver Spring, Md, in a 56-to-11 engage- ment. Pat Roll of the winners caged thirteen baskets. Gosnell and Dailey also starred for Interlor. ‘Tossers representing Company C of the 121st Engineers fell before the Immaculate Conception Senlors, 23 to 15. Mills aidéd the winners with five court goals. Goetz played best for the losers. Bolling Field basketers incorked a blg surprise when they took the measure of the Fort Myer five, 48 to Anderson and Schuler of the winners and Campbell and Seaby of Fort Myer were the leading per- formers. A rally in the second half enabled the First Baptist five to_ show ' the way to the Foundry M. E. tossers 18 to 10. Clever goal shooting by Johnny Jackson in the closing min- utes paved the way for the winners. Du Boles starred for Foundry. Alayatus Sve will be-the:opponent of the Firestone team of Akron, Ohlo, tomorrow afternoon at Gonzaga Hall. In a preliminary game that will get under way at 3:30 o'clock the Aloysius Juniors will meet the Good Shepherd quint. Eplphany Midgets, who swamped match, will face the Mount Vernon Tigers tomorrow at 3 o'clock on the played well in yesterday's game. Byer of the Naval Receiving Station five registered seven baskets against the Naval Reserves quint, his team winning, 39 to 3. \ Opening weveral drives in the last half, Circle Athletdc Club scored a 39-10-26 victory over the Paramounts. Thomas and Suskey of the Para- effect. the Columbia -Juniors beat the Twin Oaks five, 31 to 22. Ogus of the win- ners accounted for seven baskets. Girl tossers of the Marjoric Webster team had little trouble with the An- napolis Swagger sextet, winning, 47 to 18. Seen and Wooten of the local team registered fifteen baskcts be- tween them. 8. Fox starred for the losers. Petworth Boys' Club tossers casily disposed of Seneca Athletic Club in a 32-to-11 match. Challenges to the winning five are being recelved by Manager Rice at Columbia 6257. Play was called before a decision was reached in the Anacostia Eagle- Yosemite game, the Eagles lacking substitutes for disqualified players. ——— URGES NEW SANDLOT BODY. DETROIT, Mich.. March 1.—A new. national amateur base ball associa- tion under the supervision and con- trol of various city recreation de- partments _throughout the United States is advocated by C. L. Brewer, Detroit recreation commissioner. - IN PENN TOURNEY FINAL ] the minutes of play broke a 16-16 dead- | aceurate | Y. M. C. A. court. Thels and Galotta ; Godwin and Baker of the Circles and | mounts displayed their wares to good | Displiying a fast running attack,: ‘STAR, < WASHINGTOR, RIGHT FIELD FOR NATIONA PreTOSE By CARLT THONER. t has told in Central Iigh School's ty of Pennsylvania basket ball tour- nament at Philadelphia probably will be in evidence when the | irome Miehigan Iphia High School in the final of the o'clock today. Having survived the brilliant 24-to-18 victory over Upper sers, although leg-weary, are deter- | stern high school basket ball laurels. BASKET BALL RESULTS . C. TOURNAMENT (At Atlanta). Muryland, 34 V. M. T. + Washington and Lee, “.‘\llunluulppl Azgles, 33; Tennewxee, | | North Carolina, #1; Kentucky, 20, AMES TODAY, 4:15—Tulane v~. Missisxippl Agzies. | S:00—Muryland ve. Georgiu. i :15—Alabanm vs. Auburn. H At New York—Penn State, v, 19, 1 At | | | Westminster—Western | 32; vi- ‘ Mary. | 1anova, 31. At Brookl c—st. Franels, 30; St.| re Dame, 23; | NIVERSITY OF MARYLAND | U | io | £ ir chance of victory. upon Virginia Military Institute, that victory yesterday, playing a points. However, all of Maryl Supplee was well supported by the ot In other contests yesterday Van- derbilt vanquished Clemson that had eliminated Florida in a 17-to-15 game Thursday night, 42 to 13; Mississippi | Aggzies heat Tennessce, 35 to 18; Au burn dowred Georgia Tech, 35 to 29 Georgla overcame Washington an Lee, 36 to 24; North Carolina wal- | loped Kentucky, a former conference | champion, 41 to 20; Tulane swamped | South Carolina, 60 to 23, and Alabama nosed out the"University of Missis- sippl, 44 to 42. In' addition to the Maryland- Georgia_tilt today, there will be games bringing together Vanderbilt and North Carolina, Tulane and the | Mississippl Azgies, Who won the title {last year, and Alabama and Auburn. The feature game of the program is that between Alabama and Auburn, vho severed athletic relations in 1907, and a large delegation from Alabama | is expected in Atlanta to witness the | first meeting of teams from the two colleges in fourtéen years. Winners of today’s games will play in the semi-finals Monday night. Fourteen Georgetown athletes will compete tonight in the annual inter- colleglate indoor track and fleld champlonships at New York. Capt. Marsters, Brooke, Gegan and Holden are slated to enter a two-mile relay Tace, FHerlihy, Ray Hass, Gaffey and Kinnaly are o be in a one-mile team | Tace, and a freshman quartet, includ- | !ing Eastment, Jack Hass, Mullaney and Estevez will run in a medley re- lay event. Plansky is to test his skill with-the shot and Helme will start in a two-mile race. College basket ball in the District wag concluded for the season last night with a game in which Catholic Universily was barely beaten by the great City College of New York quint, Eastern champion in_the 1921- 22 and 1922-23 seasons. With the count at 25-all and but three min- utes of play remaining, Match, all- Eastern guard of the visitors, shot three goals in rapid succession, while baskets by Breslin and Eberts were all the Brooklanders could get. So i the New Yorkers grabbed the tilt, 31 to 29. Play was fast all the way, with Catholic University leading at half time. Thelg’ame was the last for Ed Lynch, Breslin and Eberts, as Catho- lic Uryversity basketers. Lynch, who has slarred in the sport at Brook- land for four seasons, was presented with a gold watch by the stadents. Catholle Untvernity's swimming | team will be host to the Lehigh Uni- .versity tankmen tonight in the Brookland pool. It will be the seo~ 3:00—Vauderbilt vx. North Carolinn. | | week, and handed the Cadets a 34-to-19 trouncing. . Bill Supplee, Maryland center, who was not in action at Lexington, *D. (. SATURDAY, LS THIS YEAR 'GAME CENTRAL TOSSERS BIG TEN COURT LEAD - IS AT STAKE TONIGHT: CHICAGO, March 1 night must defend it dership tn the Western sket b t o at Ann Arbor. A vietory would put the Maroons in almost certain line for at 1 for the champior Ohiv State, tied to- f ~Chicago rtain ver Nor but on pects troul invades the home tloc The Towa-Tlnois c night the latter, bearing on the cliampionship. BERG TO JOIN ROBINS. NEW YORK of the 5 for ¢ his signed inhis pocket. < just returned versity Brook MILAN JUNIORS TO MEET. Candidates for the Milan junior base ball ‘gam are requested to re- port at a meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock at 231 14ith street ived his U. S. GIRLS DEFEATED. CAMBRIDG iand, March 1.— The ladies’ n of Cambridge Universi visiting Amer- fcan ladi 0, MARYLAND FIVE SCORES 1IN S. L. C. TITLE TOURNEY team has worked its way into the round before the semi-finals of the annual Southern Intercollegiate | was Conference basket ball tournament at Atlanta, and tonight at 8| ‘clock will take the floor against the University of Georgia quint, with a | In their opening tourney engagement yesterday the Old Liners turned | beat them, 21 to 12, at Lexington last vlee, rangy led his team to great floor game and _scoring seventeen | pe land's eight men got into the fray, and | pion hers. ond home Black the scason with a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimm ng Association. Swarthmore and Johns Hopkins have defeated Catholic Uni- versity. The meet tonight will start at 8 o'clock. CASE OF SCARLET FEVER FAILS TO STOP PIRATES N LUIS OBISPO, Calif., March 1. meet for the Red and | —No attempt had been made to quar- |antine members of the Pittsburgh Na- tionals early toda Ithough one of their number was taken to a hospital at Atascadero, suffering from scarlet fever. No fears were felt for Jewell Ens, the sick player. His condition was described this morning as “very satisfactory. Manager W. B. McKechnie is plan- ning workouts as usual, barring in | terference from the health authori- ties. The t fine, he sald. . DE MAR IS ENTRANT IN MARATHON RACE BALTIMORE, Md., March 1.—Clar- ence De Mar of Boston, nationally famous distance runner, and winner of the Boston marathon last year, will run in the annual Laurel-Baltimore marathon March 8. Fifty-eight entries have - already been received for the race, which has l.e«tzn recognized as an Olymplc try- out. De Mar will be opposed by such stars as Frank Zuna, Harvey Frick, Wil- liam Hennegan, Kenneth Loughlin and Carl Linder. Prominent among the latest entries are Albert Michael- son, Cygnet A. C., Portchester, N. Y., winner of last year's local marathon: Bill Kennedy of the same club, Frank E. Wendling, wildon A. C., Buffalo, and Victor Glance, Millett A, C,, Sag- inaw, Mich. The Cygnet Athletic Club, with seven representatives, has the larg- est team entry yet announced. HOCKEY RESULTS. . At Philadelphis—Dartmouth, §; Pean, 1. At Minnea) nnesots, &; 'Buuh’ . At Pittaburgh—Pittaburgh, 9; Ottaws, 1. eam as a whole is feeling L3 il 1. t the Unl- | and its third engagement of ! MARCH 1, 1924. ‘SAMPSON’ IS W'NNER i_ OF FIGHT IN BERLIN By the Associated Press, BERLIN, March 1.—Samson Koer- ner last night knocked out Hans Brietenstraeter, heavyweight cham- plon of Germany, in the third round of what was to have been a twenty- | round bout. Koerner spent twelve years in the United States. George Cook, the Australian heav welght, defeated Giuseppe Spalia, Italian heavyweight, in the sixth round. Gluseppe is a brother of Er- minio Spalla. NEW YORK, March 1. Koerner is known in ring circles in the United States, where he fought under the name of Paul Sampson. In 1920, in Paterson, N. J., he gev & Tunney, American lig weight champion, a hard ten-rc bout, but rd_did aot meet great success as a boxer. Tom Gibbons, in 1921, knocked cut Sampson in two rounds in a bout in New York, und “Farmer” Lodge later alxo scored a technical knockout vic- tory over him. DEMPSEY MUST REMAIN IN HOSPITAL TEN DAYS W YORK, March 1.—It will be St ten days Lefore Jack Demp- vyweight champior oom at the Polyelinic upital, where he was operated on Wedneday, his physician, Dr. obert E. Brennan, said. Dr. Brenuan insiste ient was well on his w He denied reports U hud heen suffering from hernia, “declaring the operation b {been. for fistula und hemorrhoi H it had been entirely s fui that the champlon's condition improving steadily. i o announcement that Dempse would be confined for ten days came as u surprise, as it had becn sald jwhen he went to the hospital that ihe would leave it within five da; THRILLS ANTICIPATED IN COLLEGIATE MEET i NEW YORK, March 1.—The mi | run, 70-yard dash and 70-vard high {hurdles promis- to fuature the third al indoor intercollegiates In 190 athletes that a w It | wim compete tontz wnost events will | Olymple candidates the 3 dash pkins, of 94 century at Baltimore will meet Chester an to defeat Loren Murchis the indoor scason. Sl of Penn is favorite the mile field, includes ‘ouglas of Yale. Tomm ton College Boetcher of Lafuyet . Moore smore Lurdler, Ked Winners re: 1n be Louis | wa ndoc ate which had no | mpiong their titles i who i\\'l" def are Ralph {1aime or ton, in | Albert Rose of Penn, jump: Nelson Sheril) B. A Owen of Penn, vault, | in the two-mile Penn took the team year, with points. Becond. with 26, and third, with 18 in the broad of Fenn and in the pole title rell was MARYLAND RACING DATES FOR SEASON ARE NAMED Dates for the spring and fall meet- {ings on the Maryland tracks have béen otficially announced as follows: Spring. Bowie—April 1 to 12 (eleven dass), golbvre de’ Grace—April 16 to 30 (thirteen ays). Pimlico—May 1 to 13 (eleven days), | Havre de Grace—Septsmber 24 to October | 4 (ten days). { i | three d Pimlico—November 2 to 15 (fwelve days). Bowie—November 17 to 29 (twelve deys). PUGI;JST I8 W ORLEANS, nk Carbone, New pugilist, held by the polic early toda; {pending the filing of charges by Frai Joret, fight promoter, for refusal to enter’ the ring last night in a sched- uled fifteen-round bout with Young Marullo of New Orleans. Joret told the police that he advanced money to Carbone to come here for the fight . = BIG BOUT TO BE HELD. ‘W YORK, March 1.—Gene Tun- light-heavywelight boxing cham- and Ad Stone, Philadelphia, who Iwon' from Dave McGill at Madison ¥ uare Garden Thursday night, will | next few | rematched within the days, They were to have met March 10. bdt the_bout was called off yes- terday when Tt was discovered that an injury to Stone's hand in the McGill fight would prevent him from fighting at that time. PALACE FIVE READY FOR AKRON TOSSERS Encouraged by splendid showings in recent games, the Palace Laundry basket ball team is confident of flop- pany quint of Akron, Ohlo, tonight in the Congress Heights gym. Walter Hoyt, who made a national reputation with the Keyser Col- legians *and the Hagerstown Elks, greatly to the Laundrymen’s punch. Basket ball fans are particularly perform tonight. One is Hoyt. The other is Joe Atherton of Firestone Tire Company, who learned his basket ball in Washington. Tonight's preliminary will be played teams, action starting at 8 o'clock. The main show will start at § tharp. —— STUD SALE DISAPPOINTS. LEXINGTON, Ky.. March 1.—The dispersal sale of Short Grass Stud Farm near here was disappointing in many ways. Of thirty-eight horses catalogued for sale, thirty-flve were sold for $52,875, an average of $1,510. The farm proper was withdrawn by its owner, Emil Herz, with a high bid of $411 per acre. WILL STAGE TITLE MEET. N. J., March 1.—The national indoor interscholastic track and field championships will ‘be held here March 15, in_connection with the an- nual games of the Central High School Athletic Association, in the 113th Regi- ment armory. It will be the-seventh consecutive year the title meet has been | held by this assoclation. N, March 1.—Norman Wil- liamson of Hampton, Va, senior and all-round ete, has been electe captain the Bostem University base ball team. BOSTO! six colleges and universiifos! ! ! i I representing | | | iy, 23 Harder Work : Ballimore Gets Army-Navy Game GRID TEAMS WILL BATTLE IN STADIUM NOVEMBER 29 al Academy Makes Choice—72,000 Seats to Be | Available for Conte: t—Assurance Given That There Will Be No Profiteering. NNAPOLIS, Md., March 1 A 29, it was announced today at The Arm fall will be played at the Venable Stadium in Bakimore November oot ball game next the Naval Academy. The Baltimore city park board, which controls the stadium, promised that a total of schools will be given app The present seating c. WATCH RIGHT SHOULOER QUCKING IT TOO SUDDENLY CAUSES “DIGOING.” THROW WSICHT SLIGHTLY ON _LEFT FOOT AND KEEP RIGHT SHOULDER UP MORE. r=—7= auses of “diyging swered by BOB MacDONALD wse of ground beh is the droppi b ulder too shos 1 Ii the wc {on the left foc der is kept should find t take care of up tter she to hit the i digging overcome 000 scats would be available for the game. tely 32000 seats each. of the stadium is approximately | tion existed prior to the e | contracted i b The two nying Baltimore’s Lid was @ statement from ral panies, the United Railway ies, hotel man- theater man- s would be k cd the visit- Would be liere h the Baltl- Ohio and the Pennsylvania promised to provide facilities ining el dium. ¥ and Polo Franklin the other . which had and that current | d over the we - weademies are now The situ. ne of last but thes twelve g 3 year the: ore cont to be unchan, Tolo 'REICH IS NOT AWED BY FIRP0’S PROWESS 0, Marcn n heavyweight, is Alres with vietim of Lul al right. at Firpo m 1.—AL i, the Americ not going to Bueno, idea of b Firpo's power: “T'his el ing to m ste ute to Bue ns on gion, ory- board en where he has rounds fight tin [ t xing festi “I saw Firpo bout with star Dempsey his powe do not belie able to d 1t him teich and wi of the way. He iid condition weight, fight with will receive Luis Firpo h 15, Firpo and stro, or the Won tion, under whose 1t i< to be held, will ceeds on w fifty- [ET in Bue the Div Char anspic divid fi HEAVY COUNTS BOWLED IN DISTRICT LEAGUE SET the shot-put;; and Elmer McLane of Penn,! Dartmouth | | sizable ! the mapl i 36, { Curb Cafe ¢ Laurel—October 7 to November 1 (twenty- ping the crack Firestone Tire Com- | will make his debut with Palace, and | the tall center is expected to add | interested In two players slated to | by Eastern High and St. Paul A C.| REGULAR rip-roaring b Duck 1 home tteam League 1 il the Curb Ca btful whether i le match. Int ior a splendid 644, while 3. In the second game Zurb ( winding up with x total of € out of the King Pins, who had turn nched the tch with A were bro! do Inside Golf By Chester Horton—— In the correct finger grip the thumb rests on the shaft ju opposite the forefinge other side of the thumbs poluting awny down the shaft are a sure indieation of a palm grip, which Is wronz Observe, in order to el vo xrip properly into your s, that, ax shown in the sketch, the space hetween the thumb and the mpper part of the forefingers is closed when the club ix properly held. This applies to both hands. In order to close up this spice yom will have to bring the left hand up on top of the shaft, 1If there isx an open space between the th and the hand the club shaft ix in the palmx. Correct it. The finger grip will feel very awkward if you have been uxing a palm grip, but this awkwardness will wear away quickly. You will mever know at it feels like to hit the hard and “sweet” until you get thix fin- ger grip. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) ANDERSON IS LEADER OF POTOMAC LEAGUE Morton Anderson of the St. Steph- en's club was clected president of the newly organized Potomac Base Ball League at a meeting last night. Other offi 9 osen were Heinie Webb, vice president; Jack Allman, secretary, and L. R. German, treas- urer. It was decided to divide the league into two scctions. The Milans, R altos, Comforters and O'Donnells will ~ompete in section while the White Havens, Sherwoods, Virginia Grays, Union Printers and St. Steph- en’s will play in section B.* Final preparations for the league games will be made at a meeting Monday, March 10. in the St. Steph- en's clubhouse. The Potomacs are affiliated with the local branch of the National Base Ball Federation. KRAENZLEIN TO COACH CUBAN CLUB ATHLETES PHILADELPHLA, March 1.—Dr. Alvin C. Kraenzlein, former Univer- ity of Pennsylvania star. and the only athlete who ever swon four events in the history of games, deft today for Havana, Cuba where he will become athletic direcs tor of the Vedago Athictic Club. Dr. Kraenzlein took first pi four track and field cvents in Olympic games at Paris tn 1900, e in the t night on the King Pin alley Olympic | & battle was 1 the District between the While no records ms ever have turned in such he first game she King Pins smashed the Curb Cafe hung on gamely with epped on the gas with a good will. his exhibition sort of took the pep dina 1d in the third game the 531 to its opponent’s 317. iged fe, league leader. two te e topped the € | | > National Cal in a total of 664 of last year; of the same lenszue hav total of and t f the District Leugue has , tur cmber 14 Final elash Letween the B Y. M. H. and simply s under a t the lead of beforc £ 1,55 pins held b the hattle sta ing e The local games were the 500 mark, while the failed to get to that point. man Georgie Friend of Wa was the star with a set of ¢ game of 121, Anchor ngton and Revenue of {he League won two of three ym- Anacosti Prevost of was high with a set of 360 e of 130. Internal Capital games the lo: and g Natlonat 1) e Turning in a_total of | Potomacs of the Nautical smothered the El Dorado under in three zam. Groff of the winners had the high game, 138, and McCam- bridge, of the same quint, the best 671 pins, League | Trivmph Cafe of ‘the Mount Pleas- ant Leazue swept the boards, | stones being the losers. Pantos of the victors was the star with a set »f 371 and game of 13. tx and Collections of the In- venue League won . from Special Audit. took three from Sales: | In the Masonic League Pentalph: | beat Singleton in three games, and j Joppa cleaned up with Naval Lodge. unt Pleaxant of the Washington dies' League won two of three games from Billie's team, Miss Wil- lams having the high game of 109, Sehwarts of the Busin gue won the odd game ch, Weaver of tl ing the best game, 117. Men's om Ber- winners hav- Nationain of the Bureau of Stand ards League won the odd game from the Unions, Waltenberg of the win- ners being the star with a set of 3: nd game of 119, a NEW LEADER AT BOWLING. CHICAGO, March 1 swlers frem will roll in the in- 1 and two-man events at the vling_Congress tourna- ¢, The five-man event Goldam- go, which ment h re mer-Fli rolled The Wis., 2,830. team of Chic t night. Dugouts of Madison, went into second place with o MOLLA AND PARTNER WIN. 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