Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1924, Page 30

SPORTS BATTLES CHARACTERIZED | BY GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP Prominent Gridiron Official Praises Players of Sec- tion for Splendid Attitude on Field—Con- ference Has Helped Game. BY H. C. BYRD. among the developments of the recent foot ball STSTANDID season in the South Atlantic section was the splendid spirit of sportsmanship displayed by players of all teams, according to a tatement made by Padl (Maggy) Magoffin, generally regarded as the best eferee in the South, and who handles more big games than any other fman. Incidentally, Magoffin is the kind. of official who “calls 'em as he ®ees ‘em” and his opinion of the attitvde of players is well worthy of $nere than passing notice. “It seems to me that I have never worked through a season in Sguth Atlantic foot ball in which I have seen so many examples of sportsman- ship and such a generally good spirt among players,” Magoffin said. “Vic- tories and defeats alike have been taken by coaches and players almost @3 a matter of course and with good feeling. It is my belicf that no sec- tion of the country offers so many big ganies in which the spirit between teams is so excellent and in which is shown such generally good sports- fmanship. belleve that foot ball is on a— Sigher, plane in the South Atlantic sotion than in any other section of he ocountry,” he continued. “The teams are well coached and the play- ®rs are aplendid sportsmen, and about he only partioutar in which, it seems ¥o me, that teams in this section fall down in comparison with teams ©f some other sections is in the muality of material that enters fresh- man. olas The high schools of this part of the country do not fur- fsh the universities and colleges ith as mature or as well developed smen as do high schools of some @ther sections. Given the same kind ®? material, I believe that South flantfe foot ball would hold its own nywhere. Fine Spirit on Field. “It has been my fortune during ®he past season to come In contact ith every coach in the section and have observed with pleasure the ine influences which they exert on helr teams. That has been reflected fn the attitude of the men on the #eld and in no small measure is re- sponsible for the excellent spirit dis- played between teams, even when Playing under high tension.” The formation of the Southern Lonterence a few vears ago has done amuch to foster the excellent spirit wrhich now prevails among South Atlantic colleges. All are trving to help one another. To show the fine Bpirit of co-operation that exists two instances which took place at the rocent Southern Conference meeting fn New Orleans may be cited. A representative of one college sald %o the representative of another col- Jege: “Do you know that you have R man who played professional base %ball under an assumed name last Summer? The reply came: “Yes, and we are going to bar him from 211 athletics.” The other instance Bald. one representative to another, “I understand that you have an mlumni group that contributes regu- larly to maintaln athletes at your schools; how about it?" Quick as & flash the reply: “We have nothing of ‘the kind. We did have one scholar- ship maintained by an alumnus, but even that has been discontinued. “Fine,” was the word which de- scribed the agreement on all sides Five years ago th would have been suspicion and distrust in such cases as these, but now there open and frank discussion prevents bad feeling among sensibie people and happily most of those engaged in handling college athletics are senstble. Better Schedules Now. A comparison of the schedules now being played by the teams in the Bouthern Conference with those played three years ago is a good snswer to a question about the conditien of athletics in the South Atlantic section. Take the University of Virginia, for instance. The only institutions it played were Virginia Militery Institute and the University ot North Carolina, and it was only by the barest of margins that ath- letic relationships were not broken between them Now Virginla has two-year con- tracts with North Carolina, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Washington and Lee, Virginia Military Institute and Maryland. Besides the teams it already is playing, North Carolina is. trying to arrange g with ‘Washington and Lee and V. P. . In fact, there now is more general com- petition among South Atlantic col- legos than at any previous period. It is this general good feeling, this willlngness to discuss openly and grankly with one another the prob- lems of-athletics that develop close Telationships, keep away the atmos- Phere of suspicion and distrust and sre In large measure reflected in the #£00d sportsmanship of the players ©n and off the field. ROPER IS NOT INCLINED TO LEAVE PHILADELPHIA CARLISLE, Pa., December 17.— W. W. Roper, whose contract as foot Ball coach at Princeton expired this Fall, has made no decision whether he will coach any squad next year, | but 1s not inclined to favi V! Pntiadelphia, his home, o c2V'"E At 2 dianer to the Dickinson Col- lege foot ball team here last night he gald: “I have received and con- sldered ofters to coach at Washing- ton University, St Louis, Temple University and to rsturn to Prince- ton, but I am wholly = undecided whether I will accept or reject any or all of them. I am not inclined to favor leaving Philadelphia, as my political career, business career, friends and assocations are there, @nd it would hurt me to leave them." BASKET BALL YESTERDAY. At Syracuse—Syracuse, 56; Hobart, 1. At New Haven—Fordham, 31; Yale, s At Burlington—Manhattan, 17; Ver- mont, 14. 22 P27 T 27207, “Gardner” “Qutperforms Any Car in Its Class” R 727 2, Vienna Hat Co. €09 11th Siveer TROUSERS G. W. U. ON SCHEDULE OF HAMPDEN SIDNEY HAMPDEN SYDNEY, Va., December 17.—Nine games have been booked by the Hampden Sydney Tigers foot ball team for 1925, George Washington will be played in the Capital city on October 10. Negotlations are un- der way with several colleges for @ game on September 19, The schedule: September 26, lottesville. October 3, V. P. I, at Blacksburg; 10, George Washington, at Washing- ton; 17, Lynchburg, at Lynchburg; 24, Roanoke; 31, Elon. November 7, Davidson, at Davidson; 14, Richmond University, place unde- termined; 21, Randolph-Macon, at Richmond. WILLIAM AND MARY T0 TACKLE HARVARD WILLIAMSBURG, Va., December 17. —For the first time {n history, Ameri- ca's two oldest educational fnstitutions will meet on the gridiron next Fall, when Willlam and Mary's Indians will tackle the Harvard eleven, at Cam- bridge, on October 31. Four other intersectional contests are on the Indians' 1925 schedule, which was announced here today, as follows: September 28, Lenoir-Rhyne College. October 8, . at Annapolfs: 10, Syracuse, at Syracuse’ 17, 21, Trinfty, at Norfolk; 31, Harvard, at Cambridge. November 27, Albright: 14, Haskell Indians, at Richmond;' 26, Richmond Unlversity, at F. R. (“Smuck”) Elliott of Norfolk, star tackle for the past three seasons, Virginia, at Char- | has been elected captain of the team for next Fall J. Wilder Tasker has been retained as coach of the Indians, having signed a contract for four seasons. Albert W. Carlson of Norfolk has been elected manager of the 1925 eleven by the men’s student organization. PR AR S e S, Joe Parelli will take the mat against Joe Turner tomorrow night in a wrestling bout at the Mutual Theater, CATHOLIC U. BASKETERS AT CITY CLUB TONIGHT City Cl Cathelie team tonight, the Brooklanders belng scheduled to rmoet the representutive quint of the G street institution. Play is to begin at 8 o'clock. A preliminary game will be played between two junfor clubs. EASTERN WILL PLAY Y C. U. FRESHMEN FIVE Catholic University freshmen, who have pointed the way to the basket ball teams of Central and Tech High schools, may find the going~rougher when they clash with Kastern's formidable quint tomorrow after- noon In the Light Blue and White gymnasium. The Brookland yearlipgs scored almost at will against the Techites, who were downed, 45 to 19. Wer- ber, Councilor, Wood, McCormick and Zahn started for the Manual Trainers. victors over 29 match, were Gollaudet tossers, Western in a 46-to. to bo the guests of Central today on the Blue and White's court. Five other games are listed today as fol- lows: 3 Business Regerves vs. Stantons in the Ninth street gymnasium, Business first team vs. Cathojic Unlversity fresh- men at Brookiand, Tech vs. Ka- nawhas in the National Guard Arm- ory, Eastern vs. Wintons on the Light Blue and White court, West- ern vs. Georgtown Prep at Garrett Park. Garber, Lamar and Dulin of West- ern gave good agcounts of themselves against the Kendall Greeners yester- day, but they could not stop to any extent the strong offensive of Riddle, Holdren and Byouk. Central High’s lightwelght basket- ers took the measure of the Twin Oaks team, 21 to 13. Durnet was the . outstanding performer for Cen- tral. Capt. Ribnitzki, Collins, Connor, Twoomey, Lee, ‘Wilkins, Erwlin, Toler, Boyd, Johnson, Jones, Merrill, Shepard, Segaloff and Hunter are striving for berths on the Devitt Prep five. Coach Banfleld hopes to arrange games with all of the lead- ing high schools hereabout. Surrattsville High School fell be- fore the Royce Athletic Club, 26 to 16. Raccatto and Wesson of the winners and Middleton of the losers were In the limelight. CENTRE TEAM MUST DO MUCH TRAVELING DANVILLE, Ky., December 17. Games with Georgetown at Washing. ton, Michigan Aggies at Lansing, Mich.; Oglethorpe at Atlanta, and South Carolina at Columbia are on he 1925 list of Centre College. Michigan Aggies, Oglethorpe and South Carolina will play return games here in 1926. Despite the loss of seven members of this year's varsity team, the Pray- ing Colonels are planning a heavy schedule. October 24 and Novémber 21 dates are open. Games arranged follow: an; 17, Michigan Ag Lansing: 31, Kentucky. November 7, Tennessee; 14, Georgetown, at shington; 28, South Carolina, at Colum EAGLES MEET TRUXTONS TO START C A Hitchcock Hall gymnasium will be Play will start at 7:30 o’clock. Mader, one ‘of last year's most talented senior tossers, is expected to would successfully defend the | display his wares for the Eagles to- night. Manager Peacock, who is seeking games for the Anacostia com- bination, may be telephoned at Lincoln 4366. Games with the American Railway Bxpress team may be arranged by calling Manager Spless at Franklin 7600. Massachusettr Avenume Indians will strive to topple the Calvary M. E. Midgets tonight at the City Club. Independent Athletic Club had an easy time with the Truxtons, win- ning, 3% to 8. Games with the victors may be arranged by calling the manager at Lincoln 4060. With Braddock, Shield and McGann leading the way, the Epiphany Juniors took the measure of the Northerns in a 47-t0-28 match. Goldberg ‘and Gass played well for the Northerns. OURT SEASON NACOSTIA EAGLES basketers have a rough road to travel if they senior court title they won last year. Their initial start of the season against the Truxtons tonight in watched with interest by the fans. Welgel of the Boys’ Club Flashes registered six court goals when his team beat the Immaculate Conception five, 29 to 23. Freer Preps disposed of the Wash- tngton Wanderers, 32 to 17, with Wiltshire garnering five fleld goals for the victors. Goodrich was best of the losers. Basket ball will be the main topic of discussion at a meeting of La- fayette Athletic Club tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at the clubhouse. Washington Barracks tossers proved no match for the Naval Recelving {Station five, the latter winning, 25 to 3. Haase and Reavis of the victors were the outstanding players. Corby’s unlimited five and the Palace Athletic Club will supply the enter- tainment Friday night on the Con- gress Heights gymnasium, starting at 0 o'clock. The Rosedale Juniors 1 tackle the Petworth Boys' Club in a preliminary match at 7:30 o'clock. E the Aswociatad Press. vate itself to competition with professional base ball and pugilistic a NN-ARBOR, Mich., December 17.—College sport that seeks to ele contests “must go,” Dr. R. C. Angell advised the president and deans of the University of Michigan tions that stressed the athletic side of university today. in a report on student condi- life. ' To eradicate the fgresent condition, he reported, one institution, acting alone, is powerless. of action. “It goes without saying,” the report aseerted, -“that a conference called to better existing conditions would go on rocord as opposing any erlargement of plant designed to accommodate more spectators. It seems no more than just for a university to pay those who are engaged primarily to train the body no more than those who are engaged to train the mind. Present enormous sal- arles are due to competition between schools in developing champlonship teams, and as a_seat of learning and culture Michigan has no interest in win- ning athletic titles." As ono method of eliminating from college those who have no academic interest he suggested that “a sincere CONFESSIONS . e suggested a meefiug versities of the Western Conference might of representatives of all uni- ¢ called to agree upon a plan attempt by the Michigan alumnus to prevent alumni from sending athletically capable byt intelledtually apathetic mer to college would help to purify the academlic o . Dr..Angéll heid no brief for the “book worm.” The {dea that the good student “is an individusl with thick glasses and no interest in anything but lessons doss much to exalt-the.athletic hero, who is regarded as more of an all-round man,” the report sald. Remedy -for -the condition he sald existed was not abolition of university sports, Dr. Angell declared, holding that this was “too radical a “The better plan,” the report added, “‘appears to be to undertake a gradually lessoning of emphasis on athletics.” FOOT BALL scoutT of (The authorship of this authentic series is withheld for obvious reasons.) ——e CHAPTER IX.—~THE LEVIATHAN PROVES USEFUL, S still had ahead of me the job the scholarship barrier. than ever. O Fraser was both an athlete and a scholar! Here was a prize, in- deed! By this time I had become a bit cynical and assumed that I of jockeying another dumbbell past It seemed too good to be true. I dug in harder During the Winter I had my plans for the Summer campaign,‘as I knew that the showdown would come then. him away and keep him covered up. 1 was particula My bif idea was to get rly disturbed about Princeton, which, by this time, I had come to regard as a dangerous competitor. For some reason there were a num- Ber-of Princeton men In charge of Summer camps—private institutions for recreation and study. In the past 1 had known Princeton men to spot promising foot ball players in these camps and later pull them down. I was afrald-that Princeton would get Fras®r up in New Hampshire as an sthietic {nstructor in one of the camps. —~1 was equally uneasy about the danger of a certain rival scout getting him down to Asbury Park or Atlantic City as a lifeguard. Thought He Had Him Hidden. My first promising break came when I landed Fraser with the New York Foundation Company. He was to go with their construction outfit at Madison, Me., as a timekeeper. I was happy over this, as I had worked quietly and belleved I had him hid- den 50 no one would ever find him. But my rejoicing was short-lived After he had been up there about a week word came from our head coach that some Princeton men, run- ning a Summer camp near Madison, had uncovered Fraser and had him playing on their base ball team. I feared that my year's work was lost, but I determined to make a last des- perate drive. ® It happened that the day I recelved word about Fraser I lunched with-a United States Shipping Board man at the New York clubhouse of my fra- ternity. The Napoleonic ldea of get- ting Fraser out of the oountry leaped into my mind. By some fast work, in which I met the personnel alrector of the Shipping Board and several other officials, I had Fraser set to sail on the Leviathan as a bellhop July 4. It was then July 1. Then I spent $11 in telegraph tolls explaining the proposal to Fraser. He agreed. Then I squared Fraser with the Foundation Company and his parents. The latter quite over- whelmed me with their appreciation of my friendly interest in their son. The Leviathan sailed on time, with Fraser on board. He made two trips across, returning on the U. S. S. ‘Trader September 14. I met him at the dock. I had purchsed tickets for our college town, and engaged an upper and lower berth. There was just a moment’'s hesitation on Fra- ser's part, but I finally landed him safely in the lower berth. When the wheels began to turn it sounded like sweet music to me. Polleing His Prospect. The next day I rode Fraser every minute and did not let him out of my sight. I had previously attended .to all the detalls of matriculation, and the registrar had all the necessary papers. I stood by his side and hand- ed him the pen with which he sighed the roll of the freshman class. Later I received a most touching letter from his parents, expressing thelr gratitude. They had not the re- motest suspicion of what it was all about. They merely supposed that I had understood and appreciated the fine qualities of their son, and had been anxious to see that he should have a college education. The day after Fraser had matriculated two scouts from other colieges appeared. Bach had a daszling offer to make, Thelr proposals. were so alluring that I LOOK AT THIS UCKDOM | Mr. Coal Man—one of the large coal companies of Washington and Virginia have this truck in their service and have found it a very satisfactory equipmenit; so satisfactory, in _fa:!, that they have since purchased one of ous Free Inspection-for.Life of the Truck—All-Night: Service LET US DEMONSTRATE r smaller trucks, which speal ¥ for itself. | e International Motor Truck Agency, Inc. 228-232 First St. N.W. B R by rough experience that I do not believe I could have kept my man if T had not rushed through his registration. The scouts hung around, still persisting, and did not give up until they saw Fraser in his foot ball uniform, on the fleld. Learms by Experfemce. I have taken my share of trimming in the scrambie for players, and it was finally learned some of the fundamentals in this underground work of the intelll- gence department of college athletics. On one -occasior I was competing with Harvard for two promising boys. The boys suddenly disappeared, as if the earth had swallowed them. I had an unhappy Summer, following one clue after another. Not even the clogest friends and relatives of the boys ap- peared to know where they were. When school opened the two lads bobbed up at Harvard, Long afterward I learned what had happened. A wealthy alumnus had rig- ged the boys out with well paid jobs at his palatial North Shore residence. While one was ostensibly a tutor and the other a motor mechanic, their main job was to remain hidden, and they were virtually prisoners in this secluded old mansion for the entire Summer. Tomorrew: Under the Microscope. CARRY DUCKPINNERS BEAT BALTIMOREANS Carry Ice Cream Company team, leaders of the Commercial Duckpin League, won last night by 95 pins from the Hendler Company quint ¢ Baltimore in the first three gameu of,a nine-game match. arrys grabbed the first game, 534 to 505: the second, b1l to 489, and the third, 525 to 481. Brewer, anchor man of the Carrys, did the best bowling, having the high game, 129, and set of 349. Preceding the match, which was held “in ~Baltimore, the Washing: tonians were banqueted. The scores: HENDLER. CABRY. . 108 R . 107 02 304 113 12 . 108 115 Y08 85 90 110 83 87 95 111 80 107 92 94 94 107 112 119 107 129 505 489 481 OXFORD LACROSSE TEAM WILL PLAY IN AMERICA SYRACUSE, N. Y., December 17.— Oxford “University of England and Syracuse will meet in lacrosse here April 18 next. Several other teams also are on the Oxford schedule. Syracuse now holds the iInterna- tional lacrosse cup, having won six out of nine coritests during a Euro- pean - tour r. At that time Oxford was defeated by the American ‘GRID GAME MENACE ‘WOOSTER, Ohfo, December 17.—L. C. Boles, director cf athletics at Wooster College, has started a quiet but. vigorous campaign to bring before those interested in foot ball, both the general public and college leaders, what he considers the menace of the forward pass. Boles Is an advocate of the rushing and kicking game, and asserts that the unrestricted use ofi the forward pass has put the grid- iron game in the category of an “outdoor basket ball” contest. He thinks, furthermore, that the open game leaves too much to the judgment of officials, besides mak- ing them work much harder. “I belleve the public is getting tired of lucky plays which enable, in many Instances, a weaker team to defeat a stronger team.” he sald, “and although I suppose it will not come this year, I belleve the time is coming when the rushing and kicking game of foot ball will be made a more prominent feature of the attack.’ Boles {s not in favor of doing away with the forward pass, but belleves that its use should be limited by rule. He suggests the tollowing changes: Limiting the number of forward passes to each quarter. On incompleted passes take the ball back to the point from which the ball was passed. Make the necessary distance to be gained on four attempts 8 yards instead of 10. 'SYRACUSE GRID LIST IS GREATLY CHANGED SYRACUSE, ‘N. Y., December 17.— Three of the nine games on the Syra- cuse 1925 foot ball schedule are likely to be intersectional contests. Contracts already have been closed with Indlana for a game at Indlan- apolis on October 17 and with Ohlo Wesleyan here’on November 7, both of them newcomers to the list. A singlo open date which remains before the scheduls be ratified for- mally probably will be filied when negotlations are completed with West Virginia Wesleyan to play here on October 10. Four opponents of the 1924 season are off the new line-up—Pittsburgh, Boston College, Mercer and William and Mary. ——— ROSEDALE’S SEXTET IN TOURNEY FINAL Girl tossers of the Rosedale play- grounds won the right to meet Iowa Avenue in the final champlonship, tilt of the playground basket ball series tomorrow at the Plaza, as a result of “their 18-to-11 victory over the Georgetown team yesterday. Georgetown led, 5 to 4, at half- time, but it could do little there- after. Rosedale presented a clever tosser in Margaret Hook, who accounted for 11 points. Marguerite Gossage of Georgetown distinguished herself. Line-up and summary: Rosedale. Position. Muargaret Hook.. Right forward.Catherine Ager forward. . Mary Reamer *Margaret Goseuge .Jumping center..Sedle Kiatty Right guard. . Anna Willmer Left guard. .Midred Le Daz BSubstitute—FHelen Streek for Kent. Fleld goals—Hook (8), Ager (2), Beamer (4). Free Fhrows—Tiook, Streck, Ager. COLLEGIATE A. A. PLANS TO HOLD TITLE MEET NEW YORK, December 17.—The Na- tional Colleglate Athletic Assoclation will hold track and field champion- ships In 1925 and also make an an- nual fixture of its swimming title meet if_the recommendations of the executi committee are adopted at the annual convention here Decem- ber 19. Georgetown. PARK VIEW-BLOW SOCCER TEAMS MEET FOR TITLE Park View and Blow soccer teams SPORTS New Navy Coaches Athletic Stars LESS ATHLETIC EMPHASIS {FORWARD PASS HELD IS URGED BY. DR. ANGELL WHELCHEL AND CULLEN TUTOR GRID SQUAD WILL i McKee and Weems, Winners of Athletic Association | Swords, Among Officers Recently Assigned to v Staff at Annapolis Academy. NNAPOLIS, December 17—Changes in the personnel of officers at the Naval Academy have brought back to that institution a num=>_ ber, ranking from ensign to commander, who as midshipmen have [ left their impress upon the athletic history of the institution. Some of these are recent graduates who have been detailed as asw sistant coaches for various sports, but others have been assigned as ins structors and disciplinary officers, b the academy with athletics. ut the ‘system of physical training at is such that they have been able to renew their connection The older officers, in most cases, have found a sphere of usefulness: as representatives of the Navy Athletic Association for various ports;" while others have been assigned as coaches of the class and company' teams, which keep up an active competition throughout the scholastit year. An incldent of special interest is the fact that the only two officers who as midshipmen were awarded the sword of the Navy Athletic As- soctatios rking them as the lead- ing athl of the year, prior to being members ‘‘of the graduating class, are now on-duty at the acad- emy. Weems and McKee Back. These two, widely separated as to the period spent at the Naval Acad- emy, are Lieut. Comdr. Philip Van H Weems, who has been designated as representative of the Assoclation for Soccer, ‘and Enasign Ira C. McKee, who s assisting In coaching the basket ball team. Weems graduated with the class of 1912, but the previous year was awarded the sword as the academy's best athlete. He was a member of the foot.ball team and the crew and a crack boxer and wrestler, holding | the light-heavywelght champlonship of the academy in both sports. McKee, who graduated only last year, was a crack foot ball, base ball and basket ball player, and was awarded“the sword two years in suc- cession. He s the only one in the his- tory of the academy to receive it two years, as Jack Dalton, the famous foot ball back, a member of the same class as Weems, and Weems received the ord in thelr final year. McKee has the right to wear flv Navy “stars,” having taken part in victorfes over the Military Academy in five contests In three different branches of sports. He is the only midshipman in the history of the Naval Aeademy to attain this record. Elder Good Wrestler. Another Interesting athlete is Lieut Comdr. Fred K. Elder, who has been given the position of representative of the Assoclation for Wrestling. As | a midshipman, Elder wrestled In the * 116-pound class, though he would, have to take off about 40 pounds to reach it now, and was noted for hig,” quick victories over opponents. 2 Elder’s plan of action was, Immedl- ately upqu signal, to launch himsel¥ at his opponent, gathering up his; knees and hurling him to the floot, generally to flop down like a jelly | fish, both of the shoulders lLr!kin‘,’ ! the ground < So successful was Elder that h¥" repeatedly threw a capable opponent in less than a minute, and his recor} of 11 seconds, accomplished in ons’ match, {s thought to stand as thy _ quickest fall ever achleved in a col- lege match by a wrestler of Bl’lt': weight. 'y | Thers are a number of others wha-~ jrecently have been assigned here whg were prominent as midshipmen ath} % letes. The representative for foot? | ball, for instance, is Lieut. Comdr. Frank Slingluff, jr. center on the | team in 1507 and 1308. Comdr. Rob-_ ert A. Theobold, who was third base- man of the nine and captained it i 11905, is the representative for bad ball. 0ld Oarsman Returns. Lieut. Comdr. Willlam G. Green , captain of the academy crew | and a fine oarsman, is now rep resentative for rowing, and Comdr. [Robert C. Griffen, noted as a promoter of athletics among the enlisted meny is representative for boxing. Graduates of the Naval Academy | of more recent date who have beep, |assigned as assistant coaches ts | S. Perry and Ensigns Carl E. Cullemy. | Warren S. Parr, Stephen G. Barchei |and Harry A. Bolles, foot ball; En- | sign Claude H. Bennett, soccer, and Ensign John A. Have$, boxing. ————————————e e JOIE RAY ASSERTS HE IS-IN OLD FORM NEW - YORK. December 17.—Joie Ray, véteran Chicago runner and for- mer national mile champion, has gained old-time form in preparation fo an indoor_cAmpaign In which he hopes to match strides with Paavo Nurmi and Wlilie Ritola, famous Finnish ch plons. This information was contained in word recelved from Ray in accepting an invitation to compete in the 3,060-meter Olympic_special at the Wilcox A. A. games February 7. According to Ray, he has experienced more difficulty than usua! in -getting into condition, but is confident now he is back in the form which enabled him to shatter numerous indoor records two years ago. He recently reeled off a mile in 4.20. R WILL LEAD HOLY CROSS. WORCESTER, Mass., December 17 —John Crowley of Cambridge, who played fullback on the foot ball team of 1824 at Holy Cross College, has been elected captain.for next Fall were primed for their third game in the elementary school champlonship series today at 3:30 o'clock on the Plasa playsrounds. . By virture of its 2-to-1 victery over the Blow team in the first titu- lar meeting, Park View can land the city title by downing Its rivals today. SETS SCHOOL MEET DATES. CHICAGO, December 17.—University of Chicago's twenty-first. national inter- scholastic track and field tournament will be held here June 5 and 6. More than 1,500 entries from all parts of the country will compete. A NEW DEEP POINTED COLLAR STYLE THAT MEETS WITH GREAT FAVOR. |ELEVENS TO BATTLE - | FOR SANDLOT TITLE: Waverly and Apache gridmen wilh. | clash Sunday in Griffith S | the 150-pc d champlonship of | in the last important sand game of th eason. Play t 3 o'clock Fee Colliere, limelight last | is being | by Wave: Perch Corneil and Bud | Nolan of Waverly also are expectsdy?® | to impress. Sweeney, Bovd and Cli&f | ford are mainstays of the Apaches. 1924 w who sprang to by uthern Preps are to gather tonigh at 8 o'clock at 808 Sixth street sou | west. | | Northern players are on the look- {out for a game Sunday with somg pound opponent. Challenges ar received by Manager Ormes at Adams 3809 Sam Ten of the 16 major league clubd have training camps in Florida, e PRODUCTO every man thinks El Producto the best cigar he has ever smoked—there is nogift s0 sure to please. (. enjo Furitano Fino e o afo 25 3 by in sizes and shapes to fit both taste apd 3% * G. H_ P. CIGAR CU.: Taes 2% ‘Phlladeiphia, Pa. e Bun Danisl e, > Ing,, 1347 Poan. Ave. N.W. ‘Waskingion, D, O