Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1925, Page 30

SPORTS.’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925. SPORTS. Two Great Gridiron Battles Due on Coast Today : Big Year Is Ahead in Sports FOUR UNBEATEN ELEVENS WILL FIGURE IN CLASHES 50,000 Persons Are Expected to Witness Each of Games Between Notre Dame and Stanford f and Penn an ary 1— ndom ASADENA, Calii, ] The heart of foot ball fa beat wildly here today as the m of Notre nt P undefeated, never-tied te Dame University faced Stanford University's unbeaten eleven in a Rose Bowl battle for East-West gridiron supremac g Approximately 50000 fans held tickets to the game. Both teams we in excellent con- dition, both physically and mentally, | 1hough Coach Knute Rockne talked pessimistically of the effect of the Jong rail journey op his Notre Dame mentor | plave and Glenn Warner, of the Cardinal squad, spoke with| equal modesty of the almost hope-| lessly tough task alloted to his men. | among them The spectators —and them were coaches from Ohto, Wash- {ngton, Missouri, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, as well «s foot ball experts and writers from 1 parts of the country—generally expected the hardest of tussles, how- | ever widely they differed as to the ultimate outcome of the game. Stanford Is Heavier. Stanford was conceded the edge in | weight and power, but Notre Dame's recognized speed and cleverness wer expected to reduce, if not eliminate, any advantages possessed by the| Westerners. Seen from the point of view of ndividual prowess, Rockne's “Four Morsemen”— Stuhldreher, D. Miller, Crowley and Layden—looked men- acingly la but in the Stanford ald were Cuddeback, hero of the | 0-to-20 tie game between the 1s and California, and Nevers, sllback of the Coast eleven. Stanford, with advantage in wej was expected to attempt ripping the | Notre Dame line to pieces with line| plunges. Rockne was expected to| nuse his customary system of opening up with “shock troops” while his first-string men sized up the enemy's strategy from the side lines. Because of Rockne's habit of some- times using as many as three prac-| tically separate teams in the same , the matter of a line-up re-| ed uncertain up to the moment o kick-off. The following line- cluded the Stanford team slated rt the game and the Notre squad which was expected to back Dame be seen in action during the greater rtion of the contest. Probable Line-Up. Positions. . Teft end. . i otrs Dame. Right Quarterback ead tuhldreher Fatker G Balfhack:". D, Milier el i{ight hatthack. ... .Crowle St Fullback - . Tayden teferesFd Thorpe, Umpire E. €. Quig: o TineamanoWalter Eckersall, Field vt Morris. Starting time 216 p.m. ONE YEAR IN SPORT | SUBJECT OF DEBATE NEW YORK, Japuary 1.—The Na- tional Physi; Instructors’ Assocla- tion of the National Collegiate Ath- letic Association vesterday debateda question of limiting intercollegiate competition for college men to one year sport. Dr. J. E. Raycroft, director of phy- sfcal education at Princeton, con- tended that one year in any college sport teaches a student the lessons to be taught by that sport, gives him sufficient honors and allows him to devote the remaining years of his college career to his studies. “After this instruction,” declared Dr. Raycroft, “he should coach squads of beginners. Such a policy would xive an opportunity for more students to participate in various college ac- tivitles who are now unable to do so use of the system which allows star players to occupy the same places on various teams for three year: George 1. Little, assistant director of athletics nt the University of Mich- {gan, toolk issus with Dr. Raycroft,| pointing out that a student cannot earn the fundamentals of any sport in one vear's training any more thau | he can hecome a ¥Frenchman after one year's study of French.” Coach Little pointed out that such 2 system would work a hardship on emaller colleges, which have few men available for the important positions on athletic’ teams and added that fhany men are unable to make the| warsity teams until their final year. l FOUR BOUTS CARDED | FOR FORT MYER SHOW ated up for With the riding hall h the occasion and the post band to be on hand to entertain the fans before 1he show starts, For! ris in read- | Iness to present the new year's first | fight card Jack Turner and Jos Bashara, in their 12-round bout for the middle- | veigiit championship of the 3d Corps rea, offer the main attraction, Midget Carben will take on Eddie « Baltimorean, in the 10- ni-final tonight, while Billy | and Billy Forum meet for six ds in the sccond bout of the eve- | T ning Kid Nakal and Young Brown, two | ghtweight colored fighters, come to- | wotker for four rounds in the opener | 8:30. | at In dance with Army regula- tions, no decisions will be rendered. | Ericson of Fort Myer will ref- | ee the main go. Kid Sullivan will | andie the preliminaries. EN RECORbS OF GRID TEAMS THAT ARE FACING TODAY PENN. VS. CALIFORN 13—Santa Clara. 17—St. Mary's.. . 28—Pomona .. .. H—Olymp. Clu 20—Wash. State. 7—So. Calif. T—Washingt 27—Nevada 3 J—Georgetown, 0—Pen State.... d Calif orni: Uy Hie Apaoeiatod Bress. ERKELEY, Calif., January 1.— Two undefeated foot ball B teams—the Quakers of Penn- sylvania and the Bears of the Uni- | versity of California—will meet in one of the two East vs. West grid- iron games scheduled on the coast for today. While neither team has been de- feated during the past foot ball sea- son, both have been tied at least once. Aside from the outcome game, the most uncertain elem the weather, which was threutening provide rain. Owing to recent 4 was likely to be some- ggy, though it was sald yes- terday that a dry night a.d morning would put it In fairly good shape. A mild temperature was predicted. The California management expect- ed 50,000 if Pluvius stayed away. More than 40,000 seats had been sold vesterday. Penn Not at Best. Lou Young's Pennsylvanians, who arrived Tuesday and had a final se- of the nent was to { cret workout yesterday, were not in the best shape, because of the journey and because of weather since Thanksgiving. A number of Pennsylvania stars were out of the game because of in- jurfes. On the other hand, Coach Andy Smith's Bears had fewer on the hospltal list than at any time during the season Penn had a slight advantage in welght, averaging 1841 to 1781 for California, but this element, unless overwheiming, counts for little In present-day foot ball. Prophets of the game held the teams to be closely long adverse matched. The kickoff was scheduled for 2:30. Probable Line-Up. Pennsylvanla. Positions. Californis. Thayer. Lett end. C. Mell McGinley..... .. Left tackle. L White Coieman.. 1l Left guard...... _Carey Robinwon... . Center ...... (capt.) Horrell Papworth ../ Right guard.. ...... De Whirst...... Right tackle.... Right end. Laird *..Quarterback Thouglas . Left halfack... fciraw (capt.). Right halfback Krouz........... Fullback ... BODIE SEEKS DIVORCE. LOS ANGELES, January 1—Frank (Ping) Bodie, former Vernon out- fielder, has filed suit for divorce against Anna Bodle, whom he married in 1908 and who, the complaint al leged, spoiled his base ball career by maligning his character. GREB TO WED ACTRESS. PITTSBURGH, January 1.—Harry Greb, mlddleweight boxing champlon, has announced that he will leave for Chicago Saturday night, whers he will be married on Monday to Miss Louise Walton, & musical comedy actress TUNNEY IS REINSTATED. PHILADELPHIA, January 1.—The State athletic commission has an- nounced the reinstatement of Gene Tunney, New York, who was sus- pended September 27 for “carrying his opponent along at a show given in Ebensburg.” OWSLEY OF OLD ELIS ADMITS NAVY OFFER Yale wants Jack Owsley, coach of the scrubs who succeeded the late Dr. William Bull, to stay at his post. Recently it was announced on good authority that Tad Jones' assistant would become head coach at the Naval Academy in place of Bob Fol- well, but Owsley denled that any- thing definite had been done, al- though he admitted that he had been in touch with the Navy authorities. s Frank K. Sturgis, recently appoint- ed chairman of the Jockey Club, to succeed the late August Balmont, nefther owns a racing stable nor is he financially interested in the tracks, He has thorough knowledge of horse breeding, however, having at times as many as 70 head on his Mas- sachusetts estate. Ed (Heek) Garvey of Holyoke, Mass.. former foot ball linesman of Notre Dame, engages in _another six- round bout in New York Tuesday, fac- ing Ben Smith of New Jersey. Garvey has scored early knockouts in his first professional matches, emploving a gridiron-like offensive, which keeps an opponent running for cover. He weighs approximately 220 pounds. a Tommy Gibbons ef St. Paul, consid- aring the offer of a bout with Luis Firpo in London, must recall two sad experiences. He received less than a third of the money guaranteed him when he fought Jack Bloomfield at the Wembley Exposition last Summer, and previous to that was the victim of circumstances in his 15-round stand at Shelby against the champlon, Jack Dempsey. Frank Frisch of Fordham, potential manager of the New York Glants, is awalting information regarding sal- ary Increases for 1925. His contract expires this year. Already he has called on Manager McGraw and wished him & happy new Year, but It is declared that the fleld captain dld not mention salary figures. A ago McGraw announced that Frisch would be the next manager of the team, but the “Little Napoleon™ is not vet ready to drop the reins. Danny Kramer, Philadelphia candl- date for the featherweight champion- ship, who meets Louls (Kid) Kaplan of Meriden, Conn, in a 15-round bout at Madison Square Garden Friday night for the title, is reported able to make the 126-pound weight easily. Two years ago, Pete Greene, G-vear old harness gelding, was sold for § cents. Now, capable of a mile in 2:06%%, he has been sold for $3,700. Gus Scoggins, Atlanta, Ga., horse- man, wished to give the horse to Walter Candler along with several others which the Atlanta sportsman was purchasing, but Candler insisted upon a sale, so the nickel was fixed as the purchase price. Pote Greene, a consistent winner last year, was passed on to J. C. 20—Stanford ...20 20—Cornell — 148 51/ Sl eosusumecss NOTRE DAME VS. STANFORD. | 40—Lombard ... 0 20—Oceldental.. 8| 14—Wabash . .. 0 10—Olymp. Club 3| 28 —Oregon ... 13| 3—Xdaho . .o 30—TUtah -0l 3 41—Montana . .. @ Zd—Californin ..20 34—Nebraxka - 3—Northwest'n. 6 40—Carn'e Tech 19 1 BB R L] 258 “ i while Haley of Madisen, Wis, in the new sales. BOBCATS PLAY MUSTANGS. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., January 1.—The Southern Methodist University Mus- ings of Dallas, and the West Vir- ginia Wesleyan Bobcats meet here to- | day in an intersectional gridiron tus- | sle. The Bobeats outweight the Mus- tangs aboul seven pounds to the mat. the Texas team is conceded o be fast, vear | GALLAUDET VARSITY FIVE PLAYS ALUMNI While all other college basketers await the resumption of regular var- sity court hostilities after the holi- days, Gallaudet's tossers will take the floor ténight agalnst an alumni team of their institution. With the exception of Bradley, who has not yet returned, the Kendall Greeners are all ready to take the court again. Several of Gallaudet's old-time stars are to play against the varsity five, among them being Boat- wright, Baynes, Ferguson, Bouchard, Lahn «nd Coach Hughes. The tossers who expect to work for the alumni have been getting in some | practice on the Kendall Green court the last few days and while they have kept their practice sessions secret they appear to be quite fit for the fray with the regular quint CENTRAL HIGH QUINT TACKLES OLD GRADS ni of Central High hool were to meet the regulars of Coach Bert Hig- #ins' basket ball squad at 3 o'clock this afternoon in their New Year game. annual Newby, George Washington athletes. were to perform at guard, and Solo- mon at center. McFadden of Dart- mouth and Birthright of Georgetown were expected to be called on | Although leading, 20 to 19, at the end of the third perlod, Eastern High basketers were defeated. 26 to 23, by Reading (Pa.) High five on the lat- ter's court last night Bennie of Kastern was high ecorer | of the game. accounting for three! counter goals and two fouls. Zier, Elliot, Burch, Madigan and Lowden started for the Washington team. Scruggs, Bennie, Heeke, Kess- ler and Radice were later called upon SOCCER GAMES LISTED. First and second teams of the| Wingfoot Soccer Club of Baltimore were scheduled to meet similar com- binations from the German-Amerfcan Club on the Ellipse this afternoon. Square Garden of today will Thaw, the Democratic convention o boxing bouts, circuses. rodeos and cy a New York making enormous strides Tex Rickard, who came out of the West to make the garden the world's | sport center, with the aid of John| Ringling. has announced that its| passing will be mourned by a three- | night festival, with officials of N tional and State governments in at. tendance. Out of the pages of his- tory will come the champions of box- ers in the old days, the greatest of the bicycle riders of the past, circus performers and track and fleld athletes. Arthur Zimmerman, of high-wheel fame, will be there, according to present plans. So will Dan O'Leary, Gus Guernera and Pete Hegelmann From the world of pugilism will come the Jims, Jeffries and Corbett: the Franks, Klaus and Erne: the John- nles, Kilbane and Coulon; Abe Attell and many others. The champions of today, two of them, are expected to risk their titles during those eventful three days. Harry Greb, Pittsburzh's middleweight champlon. and Iddie (Cannonball) Bartin of Brooklyn, re- cently crowned king of bantam- welghts, are scheduled to appear. On the first night Rickard has planned & reception and dance: then | thers will be “survivors' night,’ when all of the old masters will ap- at least ational League, 2 who was such a polished player as he The National League has brought out most of the great third basemen of all time. Beginning back with the days when “Old Deacon” White played third base with his bare hands | and stopped ground hits that some ball players gladly would have side- stepped, going on to the thme of Ed. | | famous ball players because Willlamson, who played third base some of the time and to Jerry Den- ny. Arthur Devlin, and some others, the Natlonal League always has had a star on the third base corner. None of them could quite equal Collins. Sometimes old-timers think Denny was as good, because Denny jcould play third base with his right hand, as well as most players could play the base with both right ana left. Others think Devlin was the great man, because Devlin, for two years, was making plays at third base that raised him above all other third basemen. Bobby Wallace is recalled | when he played third befors he went over .to shortstop, but not one of them could do all that Collins aid, or do it as easily as Jimmy played. Collins was one of the third base- men of history who could come up to home plate, pick the ball off the ground and throw out fast runmers at first base. There have been sev- eral third basemen who could get the ball within, say, 15 feet of home plate, and catch their men at first, but Collins got on top of home plate itseif and made the catcher get out of the way. How he did It not even the eve could tell because the eve had its troubles to follow him. When Collins was acquired by the Boston National League Club the management was not altogether cer- tain that It had a good ball player. | He started to play with Boston, but | Ihe s'ipped now and then and Boston : so well cquipped with good men | that they were loath to kecp him | seing. | utes. After taking a 27-to beating [ mile race in Baltimore on Thanks- from the Five Jacks yesterday, Alum- |81ving day and captured the South Atlantic cross country champlonship GARDEN, SCENE OF MANY SPORTING EVENTS, TO GO EW YORK, January l—Beiore another new year the Madison however, at Seventh avenue and Fiftieth street, will loom a new structure bearing the same name, although it will be same distance re- moved from Madison Square at Twenty ! The Garden, the scene of the shooting of Stanford White by Harry the past May 6. On that day the statue of Diana, which has looked upon | Lang Syne" Fifty Years of Base Ball One of a Series of Articles by John B. Foster Com- memorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Next Season. XXIX. GREATEST PLAYERS—JAMES COLLINS. IMMY” COLLINS belongs among the National League’s 15 most developed in the National League in all its 50 years of. history ALOYSIUS RACE IS WON BY AGEE OF BALTIMORE cover the seven-mile route this morning in the road run under WILLI.\.\[ AGEE of Baltimore, running unattached, was first to the auspices of the Aloysius Club. He finished at the Zero mile- stone on the Ellipse with the time of 37 minutes 2-5 seconds for the course. Second to cross the line was Dan Healy, veteran of the Aloysius Club, who did the distance in 38 minut Sam Martin, former Western High School boy, now at Dartmouth, was | third in minutes seconds. Joe Shanley of Aloysius Club was fourth, in 41 minutes 20 seconds. The fitth James Morris, the milkman from Nativity Catholic Club of Phlladelphia, who won the Washington Post marathon last year. He made the seven miles In 42 min- 39 man was The team trophy went to Aloysius Club. Closely following Healy and Shanley, who were in the first five, were Mike Lynch and the two Mon- tague brothers. All of these Aloy- slans finished In the first ten. Agee's victory was the third he has scored within the space of a little more than a month. He won a ten- run under the ausplces of the Univer- sity of Maryland at College Park, on December 13, His time today was remarkable considering the slippery conditlon of the snowy streets over which the race es 45 seconds. PASADENA GRID CLASH WILL BE BROADCASTED HASNTINGS, Nebr, January 1.— The “four horsemen” of Notre Dame will ride the ether today when the Wentinghouse Company Will operate its brondeasting to xend out the play-by-play report of the nd Stanford-Notre Dame foot ball game at Pasadena. All of the company's statio: participate In the report, i ing KDKA on 320 meters, a Pa.; KYW on 536 WBZ on 337 el Caxt Pittsburgh, meters, at Chicngo; meters, a KFKX The game starts at 2115 pam., Paclfic time. ARNE BORG IS COMING. By the Associated Press Arne Borg, Sweden's champion swimmer, is expected to arrive in New York, Jenuary 15, and to compete in the National A. A. U. indoor cham- The Alumni have been practicing | was run. !""'“”"p’: i]“ i";:oi’:."“;!:',’"n;"h‘e‘f" he N v Hay Clark Griffith, president of the |is expecte e Johnny Welss- together for the past few days and| 0 il 1on Ball Club, Started the |muller's greatest rival. The American have a formidable array of college| ynners on their way from North |defeated Borg handily in the Olympic tossers in their line-up Capital and I streets at 10:31. contests last Summer. Childress and Dey are to play the forward positions Bob and Dick SOME RING CHAMPIONS DUE TO TOPPLE IN 1925 BY N not. Predictions are often v IR PLAY. EW YORK, January 1L.—How many of the present champions will hold their title throughout another year? Some will and some will ain in the prize ring game, but as the layout stands it seems that Leo Flynn, the justly celebrated and elo- quent pugi stic manager, is right when he says that several men who are champs now will lose their titles before 1925 has gone creaking and rumbling into the realm of the has-beens. Jack Dempsey? There does mot; seem to be any man now before the public who has it in him to take Jack's heavyweight title away from h Mike McTigue. light-heavy cham- be no more. A little way uptown, | xth street. f 1924 and numerous championship cle races, will begin its journey into in progress, will come dow. pear, and the climax will come with 40 rounds of boxing on the eve of the garden's demise. The boxing will be followed by dancing until 4 o'clock in the morning, when the lights will be dimmed, the band will play “Auld and the crowd will file out of the famous old structure for the last time. plon of the world? does look as though the first good man he tackles will lift his crown, and ha is lucky he has held it as long s he b Gens Tunney, American light-hea weight champion? He may go higher, and If he fights Tommy Gibbons he may go lower. Harry Greb, Well, it cartainly middleweight king? | Well, there is a dark cloud on Harry's horizon bearing the name of Tiger Flowers. And they say Greb is hav- ing increasing difficulty in making the welight of his class. Mickey Walker, welterweight lead- er? Thers {s no one in sight that seems qualified to topple him over. Benny Leonard? He may retire from his lightweight throne. If he does not and really fights at the welght he may get into trouble, al- | though there is no boy in sight that would make it an odds-on bet Benny will lose his crown no matter how much welght he takes off. There will be a new featharweight champion If only because the post is now vacant. Eddle Martin is not such a great fighter as to make it seem altogether likely he will hang onto his bantam | title. It Pancho Villa meets Frankie Genaro, the American flyweight cham- pion, the vyellow-skinned holder of the world title stands a good chance of being removed. But not other: G. A. O. BASKETERS SEEK DISTRICT COURT LAURELS C OURTMEN of the General Accounting Office of the Post Office Department are the latest to enter the race for independent basket ball honors in the District. Manager Eugene Beck has rounded up a number of celebrities, including several former college tossers, the city. Jack Boyd, a former Georgetown man, who measures six feet two, and Horse Buckey of Loyola, Baltimore, are fighting for the center position on the new team. Five forwards, Mur- dock, a 200-pounder; Ritnour, “‘h"l loops them In from most anywhere on and is on the lookout for to Be Celebrated there never was a third baseman was They sent him down to Louisville, where he was to get a year on the infield and develop himself. One day a certain citizen walked into the of- fice of the Boston Club, and said: You fellows better get that third baseman of yours back from Loufs- ville. If you don't they will lynch you when you try to take him away. He's the greatest ball player in base- Boston lost no time in seeing that | Collins did not get away after that remark. The papers were put through to recall him properly from Louis- ville. The fan had told the truth. Collins was the best article in base ball that had left Boston temporarily, since Uncle Bill Conant. was a kid. After Collins had reached Boston and had thoroughly warmed up and become accustomed to the city again and his position, Frank Selee, the Boston manager, became so enrapt With the playing of his third base- man that he sat all one afternoon on the bench looking at him in pop- eved astonishment, and forgetting to give a single instruction to the team from the time the game started until it was over. “Hey, there,” sald Hughy Duffy, who was an outfielder of the team, “asleep, boss?" “Yes,” drawled Selee quietly: “don’t wake me up. I want to remember that boy and this day always.” Collins was a good batter, not so good when he began as he was after he got started. He could play ball with either band, run fast, start like @ sprinter and make some of the most astounding stops and throws from third base that any fan or any man- ager ever beheld, and no wonder he dazed the spectators. (Next—Rogers Hox games with the leading quints of the court; Rudding, Roche and Jer- man are “available for duty, while “Flash” Riley of King Coliege and Breck probably will hold the guard positions. Lem Owen, Spurrier and Beck all are capable substitates, Teams wishing to book games with the Accountants should communicate with Manager Beck,” at 26 Bryant street. 3 Corby Bakery five and the Five Jacks were to be the maln attraction of a double-header in the Congress Helghts Gymnasium, starting at 2:30. The latter team, composed of college players home on vacation, defeated the Central Alumni quint, 27 to 22, on the Y. M. C. A. court vesterday and has high hopes of taking the Corby tossers to camp. The Jack's line-up fncludes Jack Faber, captain of the varsity five at Maryland University; Lee Cardwell, another old-timer: O'Connor and O'Dea of Catholfc University, Smith and Stephens, Marvland Frosh play- ers, Epiphany Juniors and the Rosedale Athletic Club. leading contenders for the 125-pound title, were to furnish the preliminary. Roamers and the Pullman five meet tonlght in the CUnion Station Y. M. C A. Gymnasium. St. John's Midgets defeated St. Mar- tin's Midgets, 49 to 19, Liberty Athletic Club tool its first defeat of the season from the Clover courtmen, 31 to 11. The winners are booking games at Lincoln 3594, Tremont Junlors took the measure of the Crescen 9 to 14. Red Shield basketers made it thir- teen in a row last night in defeating the Owl five, 78 to 22, Schafer of the winners accounting for 24 fleld goals. Peck Remerves were scheduled to play the Live Wires at 3:30 this aft- ernoon on the Peck court. The lat- ter team was defeated, 29 to 16, by the Columbia Heights five. Melvale Tigers, champions of the 105-pound class In Baltimore last sea- son, are after games with Washing- ton teams. The manager, Tony S. Volpe, can be reached at 1917 East Chase street, Baltimore. The 100-pound Aces are challenging the Northern Midgets and all other teams in their class. For games, call Manager L, Glascock at Lincoln 7714. Hyattaville High School basketers got into action last night and downed Lightning Athletic Club tossers of Hyattsville, 25 to 12, Calvary Midgets, averaging 90 to 1100 pounds, are after games to he | yed on their home court. Call G. Richardso 1612 - Hobart street. Adams 127 = ' | claring CONNERY AND DALY BUY ST. PAUL CLUB By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., Januar Rob- ert Connery and Lee L Daly, hoth of St. Loufs, today were the pew owners of the St. Paul club of the American Assoctation. Negotiations for the sale of the Saints to Connery and Daly were completed yesterday by John W. Nor- ton, president of the local club for the past 10 year: While the purchase price was not announced, it was reported to be be- tween $175,000 and $200,000, said to be the largest sum ever paid for the right to operate a team in the Amer- fcan Association. Connery has Leen a scout for the w York Yankees. With the exception of three players, Connery comes into possession of tha St. Paul club that won the American Assoclation pennant in 1924 and de- feated the Baltimore Internationals for the little world serics title, These three players are Charles Dressen, third baseman, who has been N gold to the Cincinnati Nationals; Johnny Neun, first baseman, who fis the property of the Detroit Ameri- cans, and ( Lee, outfielder, who was claimed by the Cleveland Ameri- cans via the draft. i Nick Allen, who plloted the Saints to a pennant in 1924 in his first year as manager, will be retained in that capacity in 1925, Connery sald NEW YORK’S BOXING COMMISSION SCORED By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md.. January i that “so-called champion- ships” held under the auspices of the New York State Athletic Commission have no official standing outside of that State and that the winners are looked upon elsewhere as merel “paper champions,” Latrobe Cogs well, president of the National Box- ing Assoclation and chairman of the Maryland State Athletic Commission, launched an attack on the New York commission, charging that body with dominating the boxing game and at- tempting to dictate title matches. Eddle (Cannonball) Martin of Brooklyn, who recently defeated Abe Goldstein In a match for the world bantamweight title, will not be rec- ognized as the 118-pound champion outside of New York State, declared Cogswell, nor will the winner of the match this Friday between Louls (Kid) Kaplan of Meriden, Conn., and De- Danny Kramer of Philadelphia ba recognized as the featherweight champlon. Neither of these matches has had the approval of the National Boxing Assoclation, Cogswell declared, add- ing that the results of them also would be ignored by the International Boxing Union, of which the National Boxing Association is the American member. NEW YORK, January 1—George E. Brower, chairman of the New York Stats Athletic Commission, char- acterized the attack against the commission by Latrobs Cogswell, president of the National Bexing As- sociation, as a “case of professional jealousy.” “We are not endeavoring to inter- fere with any other body geverning boxing. We are only directing box- ing in this State as it should be di- rected and operating independently other organization.” BIG LEAGUES DRAFT DATES TOMORROW PITTSBURGH, January 1.— The schedule committes of the National and American leagues will convene here tomorrow to draft the 1925 base ball programs. The National League will be repre- sented by President John A. Heydler and Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pittsburgh club, while the American League will be represented by Presi- dent Ban Johnson and his secretary, William Harridge. Meetings of the committes will continue until the tentative sched- ules are completed. The committee will submit the two schedules at the joint meeting of the National and American leagues in February. SETS RECORD AT CHESS. NEW YORK, January 1.—Columbia University established a collegiate chess record by defeating Harvard in the final round of the Big Four League, 4 to 0. Yale and Princeton were conquered by the same score in the previous rounds. Yale finished second, Princeton third and Harvard last. — gt = ‘WILL STAGE AUTO RACES. DENVER, Colo., January 1.—Plans for the inauguration of automobile racing under the auspices of the Knights ‘of the Ku Klux Klan at Overland Park have been announced by Gerald W. Whitney, secretary of the Cosmopolitan Club. The first event will be in July for $50,000 in prizes. SCENE OF RACING SHIFTS. NEW ORLEANS, January 1.—The Winter racing season, which began at Jefferson Park on Thanksgiving day, today will shift to the Fair Grounds for a 47-day meet, closing on Mardi Gras day, February 24. Jos Turner will wrestle Eddie Pope at the Mutual Theater tonight. i By the Associated Press. N EW YORK, Januar ited States welded the U Tomorrow night the boxing crown will be featherweight placed either on the head of Danny Kramer of Phil- n ernoon in Brooklyn one of the leading aspirants, having defeated the former champfon by a three-round knockout. Flowers now is well on the way to a clash with Jack Delaney of Bridgeport, Conn., who knocked out Paul Berlenbach of Astoria, L. I Jack Demps champion the heavyweights, is expected to fight at st twice during the outdoor sea- with Harry W New York negro, who conquered Luis Angel Firpo, and Tommy Gibbons of St Paul, who remained in the ring for 15 rounds against the titleholder, as opponents. Firpo appears to have been definitely ousted from the ranks af contenders, although he may meet Gibbons soon in London. is of : and, and powe ,‘r,au and get | he comes up to the level of most of 1 wrists. w cision in all his shots. Inside Golf By Chester Horton. I have auggested the idea of tuck- ing the right elbow inward toward the shaft, or toward the body If that expreases it more clearly, just before starting the back ®wing, for the reason that thix has a tendency to i keep the right el- | bow in closer i\ throughout the % el | thing in golf that | many of the seem- | ingly intricate de- | tails need be given | but a right start, | after which they | take care of them- | melves. Giving th | right elbow this | start is ome of | them. It is advis- able to keep the right elbow in, at ., because in the forward awing the right arm goes under, as it were, not out and around. The player must understand that the right arm is the stronger, and there- fore if it gets out away from the body it will immediately dominate the awing. It will, doing this, hit directly out from the body and then the clubhead will be drawn ncross the ball—for more slices. Make the right arm work as it would in an “underhand” throw of a stone. Any- one knows how to make a flat stone skip across the water. Throw the clubhead the same way. GIBBONS AND FIRPO WILLING TO BATTLE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 1.—Luis An- gel Firpo, Argentine heavyweight, now in Paris on a pleasure jaunt, has accepted terms for a fight in London under the auspices of the National Sporting Club, which is seeking to sign Tom Gibbons, American light- heavyweight, as an opponent for the South American In a 20-round bout in March. The proposal calls for a purse of $100,000, of which 60 per cent will go to the winner, in addition to a $1,000 belt, and 40 per cent to the loser. ST. PAUL, Minn,, January 1.—Tom- my Gibbons, St. Paul pugilist, de- clared he would be glad to sign for a bout with Luis Firpo if London pro- moters offered terms acceptable to Eddle Kane, his manager, who is in Chicago. THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG, President, Izaak Walton League of America. Once in a while things go LMOST every camper has a story to tell of some especially cold night he has spent in the outdoors. wrong and a miserable night follows. Thinking of the pleasures of sleeping cold brings to mind an incident in the lives of five game wardens who once spent a very chill The five wardens had heard reports of wholesale violations of the fishing laws during the Fall months, and so they got together for a grand offen- sive against the'law breakers. Under cover of night they went to the lake where the illegal fishing was report- ed to be centered and made plans to sleep there, thus being on hand early in the morning. It was a cool November night, and they decided to find shelter if pos- sible. Presently they came to a farm- yard, and, not wishing to take even the farmer into their confidence or to disclose their identity, they en- tered an outbuilding. It struck them as a very good place to sleep. The place was partly filled with coarse sawdust, which made a good bed. The men wers very sleepy and soon were locked in the arms of Morpheus. Before long one of them woke up and found that the eather had apparently changed, for e It was grewing very cold. Others y night up in Wisconsin. woke up also and remarked about the change in the weather. They de- clded that their trip had been a fall- ure, for certainly nobody would be out this morning. They were soon 80 chilled that they had to swing arms to keep warm. The men were now trying every expedient to keep warm and were becoming somewhat -alarmed. One of them suggested that they apply to the farmer for shelter, for the first streaks of gray were coming in through the cracks in the building. So one of them, buttoning his coat even tighter about his throat, opened the door and went out—to find that the morning was as warm and balmy as could be wished. Yes, you've guessed it—they had slept in an fcehouse. It was Fall and the ice was ncarly gone, but there was enough of it under the sawdust to keep fish fresh for several days, and cnough to keep five game wardens fresh for at least one night. adelphia or on that of Louis (Kid) Kaplan of Meriden, Conn. The mid- dleweight class is producing some able performers, who soon will seek the title that Harry Greb of Pitts- burgh captured from Johnny Wilson Tiger Flowers, an Atlanta negro, who | ts Joe Lohman of Toledo this aft- | 1.—Sport. successful to an v gree throughout 1924, faces the new year wi into Americas drawn together through the efforts of tl Association, the professional prize ring and professional base ball | w | concerned, but he is rather husky, in fact, is strong for his His open stanc ce permits him to reac s right side into his shots, so that, although a the | | Sarazen is much the same type of iner of the British open—very powerful and also show | the bend to the left and the stralg | must shoot over a o TREMENDOUS SCHEDULES MADE FOR ALL BRANCHES America, Successful in 1924, Faces 1925 With Lots of Confidence—Featherweight Title Fight Will Be First Topline Event. cedented de- h confidence, with gridiron and the Amateur Athletic one enormous Championships will change hands in the tremendous schedules ar- ranged for every form of athletic competition. arrived when titleholders must risk their crowns or be battle, leaving the way open to their challengers case in hoxing, where the New York 5t deavored to keep champions in action, The day appears to have forced out of the This is especially the te Athletic Comn on has e The Iker, ight ewarlk welterwelght champlion, Mickey will titleholder T meeg the light heavy- Mike McTigue in » decislons are p N. mitted in but Walker can capture belt with a knoek-out mething may soon be done in regard to the lightweight crown held ¥ efend it men are ghting their v fent among whe New York ommy O'Bri The new bantamweight c Eddie (Cannonball) Martin of Brook lyn, promises to pear in the ring more often than other erown-bear- ers. He has six months in hich e ake his own cision. If he fails to fight in that ti New York Boxing Commissi scehdule opponents fc hin Many yweights aro anxiously awaiting t rety of the world champion, ncho Villa, from 1t} Philippines. expected this s ¥ naro s 1t} Breaking Through a Wire Fence to Win a Championship carries quite a He has a e small mar ng drivers er as J. H. T or, five tim g prompt de- A play that {llustrates Sarazen's temperament and his power came up during the Professional Golf Asso- clation tournament of 1923 at Pel- ham. The ninth hole there m yards, but it ures 1s an elhow affair w way distance from tee to flag was not more than vard.s Any one plaving for the greer smp of high trees that begins 140 yards from the tec and runs close to the green. The drive must have a carry of 230 yards at_least. The average player. following the fairway, gets to within 30 « ards of the green, and takes a pa our. Those who can drive over tha elbow have a chance for a bird three. Throughout the tournament | Sarazen tried the shot and got aw with It, using a high carrying ba which his style favors and a slight fade to the right. In the semi-final round against me, which he won on the last green, Gene drove the green the first time we came to the ninth. The second tima he was just a little short at the right 1 mention this just to show how much distance it is possible for a small player to get rge Dun- can, Abe Mitch and other long players of much greater size have used all they had to reach this same green Playing against Walter Hagen in the final, n gave further ex- hibition of ourage when {ha match was carried to the thirty eighth hole thirty-eighth that is to say. second hole—ar Pelham is called the yuse hole.” It is an elbow hole, and, like the ninth, with the bend to tha left The elbow crooks sharply around a Tow of houses. The hole Is 310 yards in length, but if you care t take the risk of shooting over thess houses the distance is probably not more than 250 yards Between the houses and the green is a high net wire fence which acts as an extra hazard, but & 210-yard carry will get you over this. Most plavers shoot straight down the fairway, which, at the elbow, slopes quite a lot from right to left A well placed drive will take the roll of this slope and bring up in & position for a short second shot though there S a possib of having to over a six-foot plas mound at the left of the entrance to the green right Hagen chose to the orthodox drive down the fairway, but it left him with a second shot over the trap. which his ball unfortunately found His recovery placed him close to the cup and he was down In four. Sarazen drove boldly for the green. However, he got a little pull on his ball instead of a fade, and, although it cleared the houses, it hit the wire fence. Here, however, came proof that luck often is with the bold. The ball tore through the meshed wire, stopping in rough, but with a lie that was not especially obnoxious Gene was 40 yards from the cup, but he immediately played to within two and half feet of it. He was down in three and the titls was his or a sandtrap at the use — Sherwood Junlors ars challengin# 115-pound teams for a game to be played on Friday night in the Shar- wood gymnasium. Manager Stephen Tilley may be reached at North 6611-W. Team members are asked to report to the court at 4 o'clock Friday for a workout. A course in the technique and prac- tice of basket ball will open at the Y. W. C. A, 614 E street, on Janu- ary 6. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'’S, 7th & F Your Old Hat Made New Again Cleaning, Blocking and Remodeling by Experts. Vienna Hat Co. 409 11th Street