Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1925, Page 63

McNEELY HAS IN CARLYLE A SERIOUS RIVAL FOR JOB Other Three Aspirants Not So Formidable—Griffith and Harris Start for Tampa This Week—Rice to Indulge in Extensive Training. BY DENMAN THOMPSO! Sports Bditor, The Star. CTUAL training activities of the Nationals will not get under way six weeks yet, but a reminder that another base ball is in the offing comes next Wednesday with the de- for Tampa of President Clark Griffith and Manager Stanley All of Thursday must be devoted to traveling, but it is a safe t that both will be foun ht and early Friday morning on the links Palma Ceia Club. Thereafter golf daily will share in Grifi’s life a trifling sideline as the -administration of the affairs of the iders of the universe. Harris has allotted himself only three weeks of indulgence in the ient Scottish pas time, for he is scheduled on the Ist of February to crone Goose Goslin to Hot Springs where the principal punch of greatest team on earth will start an early conditioning campaign, but or season some ture arris read. Mr ildre he b P 'his ¢ | | | | | at e veland at St. Detroit, Boston at shington at New tion the midd is started depends fade by quintet in th Wid M oduct another credited Griffmen car: emo z forward to nearly three months of swatting the elusive mer-like sunshine. has shipped his big car counts for this by G o’ o | NATIONALS WILL TRY Thelma and| bub, the trans- ’ wou end on) TWIRLER M’NAMARA s and the wlelders thereof is the| chief use to which this tomobil: will be put. . g Although several venerable ath- ~ face s the prn.‘:rm T nf.\k«u ng letes have been procured for the 4 adquarters with about two-| pitehing staff of the world cham- of his athletes unsigned, butl pion Nationals, Manager Buecky e s O eshoih| Marris hax not formotten that Trell satiafiod Twith: ho. numbar 6t | TomnExicck muEl N dexsivpedl i€ FALLE Ak isne i 9 | mive his club a well rounded players in the fold to date and opines| Loung corps. With this in view, all will be in line in Que time. Hel poCis S, LFe o, preatdent delayed the mailing of notices to| 5o epe xationals, have decided te some of his players until a few days| 2, (RG CATOLEC o sy ago. These have been advised to| SFe TER7 MeNamars 1ngt vesr address him at Tampa, where he will| T - e e S a conduct the negotiations that he is| UEENE. & dnorongh wrial this yemr. confident will find all actives eligi-| McNamara has been procured Ble for service by the time tratnin | I s _Au o begin. = e e (ot ol “‘,; Ralph Miller and nnother pltcher Griftmen (0 become converted to the| oo ';_;;_“;-;t .:—'.'...TT b ot Springs idea. H ways has | . . b R .’,,]:‘", Seeks| amd If atill on the roster of the of training are all that he needs to e e be In shape to start a base ball cam-| S REER =S paign. und his form at the begin-| 000: McNamara evidently is mot to I season tends to justify | be conmidered any cheap piece of on, but he has decided to| Pric-a-brac. tn for tralning with all the trim-| _ Last year was his first in league mings this vear and will devote| Pase ball, according to President more time to preliminary maneuyres| Grifith, his record was worth Nion mber of the squad, not| While. He southpawed Wichita to excl sUn. According to his| 17, victorle loxt 15 games, present plans. Rice will hike to the | He also hit at a 265 el Arkansas resort the 20th of this| Scout Joe Engel saw McNamara lake the three weeks' course| im action last year and was favor- of baths and then move on to Tampa ably Impressed. The portsider is where he can put in a similar period, | 22 years old, @ feet 1 inch tall and of golf before the serious work of weighs 190 pounds. base ball gets under way It is rather odd that Sam and th assured of their jobs in| A | OPEN ron -onditioning than any of thelr mates, while no gspeclal pre GRIFFS vlsIT 1 ¢ toil will be tndulged in by | YA KS the candidates for the middle garden | ob. *nter-field position really the only one on the ball club that | PITTSBURGH, January 3.—The an be regarded as vacant. The usual|drafting of the major league base ba for regular berths will be|ball schedules for 1925 to open &t among the pitchers, of course, | Tuesday April 14 and close October 4, with cofslderable interest attached to | was completed late today by the the showings mads by the trio of | schedule committee of the Natfonal veteran flingers added to the corps- and American Leagues which has Coveloskis, Ruether and Gregg—but |been in session here for two days. there is just one lone hurler who has [The opening dates for the two not been seen by local fans. He is|leaguas were announced as follows Harry Kelly, the youthful right- National League-—Pittsburgh Lande from Mem who will try |Chicagoe: St. Louls at Cincinnati, ey k on the pay roll at the ex- | York Boston, Philadelp pensa of some such fiinger as Brill- | Brooklyn. t or Martina or Zahniser. American League—Cl Five Seck Opem Position. 1;‘,’1“’,':;‘;”’,',“?:"’ e a regular institution back | yor =X with Tate and Hargrave| R B Johnson, president of the aides, while Judge, Harris |americun League, who was unable to and Bluege have the Infield as- ttend the first sessions of the sched- ts sewed up, but the qu ule committee, arrived here today and £ who will be found cavorting in | payticipated tn the final session. Wil- pasture when the title race | jjam Harridge, Mr. Johnson's secre- on the Tll\_L"“‘lf‘.xar\~, represented the American 2 of candldates Al |joague at the sessions Friday. The {ho training camp and In the cxhibi- | Notional League was represented in tion games against the Giants. © |the schedule making by President . Prominent among those Is Barl MC- | jonn Heydler, and Barney Dreyfuss, cely, the Coast League r-"'f““-_““’“‘ou-w of the Pittsburgh club. delivered at 39 clip for she Grf I;" Johnson's only statement on base dur & end of the season and | .1 matters while in Pittsburgh was earned undying fame by prodie” | confined to the prediction that “base | bi N he “"v'r'":l’“' v 11'is in for a big year.” He decline ¢ : phoxn to comment on the recent controversy e with Base Ball Commissioner Landis o It was explained that the closing jdate had been set for October 4 {n- stead of late in September as héreto. | fore, in order to avold numerous dou- ble headers in the late season. The schedule, as drafted here, will | be submitted to the jolnt mesting of the two leagues in February. top; the proved dependable the stretch of the season, and a s these parts— inhardt, a strapping big | , made himself unpopular | 1gue hurlers while with | ear, and Roy Car- | ne reason why various athletes have been from Washington to ent months in e | PIRATES TO START Hetween MeNeely and Carlyle. of these ual char , just as M ork and r Adams, performers are to « to win that ce MeNally, Boston resi- a rookle 1 have an land a regular posi- eld, but unless some srung Roy Carlyle will serfous rival for | PITTSBURGH, January —The Pittsburgh Natlonal League base ball | club will leave Tuesday, February | 24, for the Spring training camp at Paso Robles, Calif. Three weeks of practice, ending March 20, will be followed by a series of exhibition games with the San Francisco, Los Angeles and Ver- non clubs on the Pacific coast. The return t will be started April 6, with a number of other exhi- bition games arranged before arrival at Chicago for the opening game of the National League season with the| Chicago Cubs on April 14. A series of 10 games with the San Franeisco club March 21 to 2 on the two Sundays. The Pirates then will meet the Vernon club in & three-game series, March 31, April 1 and 2, and will close training on the coast ‘with three games with Los Angeles, April 3, 4 and b Exhibition games arranged on the way East are: April 5-9, Oklahoma City; April 10, Little Rock (pending): April 11-12, Memphl the advantage over Car-| s a righthand hitter, & yand by the champions; and of having consider- experience. But Carlyle his favor, including heft and the ability to to unguarded spots, the pitcher places of talent can be will make McNeely f to stay in the line-up, | graduate’s greatest ly being his compar- good ap pr:«h.«l DONOHUE, RED TWIRLER, DEMANDS BIG INCREASE oL, the asked a for the pres- January fer Ohio regular ationals, in salary August Herrman, has announced. Donohue won fewer games last year than in his previous two vears with the club. Herrman belleves the Texas right- ander will come to terms before the semson oper | BROWNS GIVE UP THREE AND CASH FOR CATCHER| ST. PAUL, Minn., January 3— Catcher Leo Dixon of the St. Paul club of the American Anwociation hasx been wold to the St. Louis Americans for three players, the use of two others for next sem- son and a cash consideration. The deal, which was closed by R. J. Connery, mew president and principal owner of the St. Paul club, imvolves $35,000 in players and cash and gives St. Paol o right Pat Collinw, catcher; Nor- maun MeMillan, third bavemun, and Raymond holp, piicher. tner, Z vear, CHICAG January illlam Kiilifer of the Chicage Cubs hias left for Catalina Islands to-ar- range for Spring practice. The squad 11 here February 26 for the six-week training grind will be played from | . with double-headers | | seldom WEST FEBRUARY 24 | I ! already ts becoming kn ! July NGTON, D. C,; LACOSTE BEATS BOROTSA | FOR FRENCH NET HONORS By the Assoclated Press. P ARIS, final of the women's singles. 62, & Lacoste displayed a brand of tennis T equaled in France. Borotra succeeded fn making it elose only dur- ing the first set, when he led six games | to five. Then Lacoste, attack furiously, won 11 straight games, in- cluding the second set to love and the first two games of the third. The match was watched with keenest interest, this being the fir time the players had met since the French tennis federation placed them on _even terms in the 1924 ranking. The ease with which Lacosta dis- posed of Boratra, 114 to 88, left no th | doubt in the minds of the 2,000 specta- ‘ tors that he was the best tennis player | in the republic. “With another visit to the United ' States,” Lacoste said after the mateh. | “I may do still batter. That's wher 1 learned most of my tennis.” The revelation of the tournament | proved to be the Mile. Desclercs, who | own as the Heler Wills of France. In fighting her way to the final in her first championship she appeared against a field that included | seven out of the first 10 ranking woman players in France. Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen Viasto did not compete, The large crowd appeared to unnerve the young girl somewhat, but she and Mile. hand and a perfect forehand drive which the experts believe are likely to bring her to the front amoug the woman tennis players of France within the next year. \ CARDINALS SEND BELL, PITCHER, TO MILWAUKEE ST. LOUIS, Mo, January 3.—Her- man Bell, the big right-hander, who gained fame with the St. Louis Car- dinals by defeating the Boston Braves in both games of a double-header last 19, has been released under op- tion to the Milwaukee club of the American Association. Bell was used chiefly as relief hurl- er and during the season twirled but five complete comntiests, accounting for three victories. |DODGERS SELL DECATUR TO THE PORTLAND CLUB NEW YORK, January Decatur, righthand - pitcher of the Brooklyn Nationals, was released to- day under optional agreement to the Portland, ' Ore., club of the Pactfic Coast League. Decatur ha for-the past tiiree seasons. 19 wyd jost . games in 1924 been - with Brookifn He won January 3.—In the Christmas cup final of the coveted court tennis matches today Renc L men'’s singles in straight scts, 8—6, 6—0, 6—3 Mmec. Vaussard won from 16-ycar-old Mile. Nicole Desclercs in the dis- | played a variety of strokes, among | which were a sharp and lengthy back- 3.—Arthiir | RAY BURER acoste defeated Jean Borotsa in the —3. ‘BRITISH GOLF TITLE | MISS COI.LETT S GOAL ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., January —Miss Glenna Collett of Providence 1., rated one of the greatest womun | Bolfers ever developed in this coun ry, may participate In the Britist | woman's championship tournament it England this year, it was announcet tonight by Waltey Hagen, Britisl jsoce champion. Miss Collett, former national cham- pion and at present the holder of the Canadian and the North and South | titles. will arrive here the last of the vmnnl!L to be the guest for ten days { of Mr.and Mrs. Hagen at their Win {home, and during her visit will prac | tice with Hagen daily over the Boca Ciega Country Club cour: 1t is the ambition of Ceorge Col- lett, her father, to see her play in the | Brifish tournament, Hagen said, but he has determined not to permit her {to enter untll she appears ready Collett has outlined in a letter to Hagen some shots he desires the girl to learn and Hagen has planned to give her all the help possible during lier stay here. Miss Collett never has played in England and. according to Hager krows little of the British ‘courses and play. Hagen has participated in five tournaments in~ Great Britdin «nd expects to devote considerable time to famillarizing Miss Collett with the difficulties to be encoun- ered. It Miss Collett's golf in Florida this Winter and in the East during the early Summer is what her father and Hagen expect it to be, the Providence girl will go to England and attempt to bring the British title to America this year. | | FULTON SETTLES SUIT. MINNEAPOLIS, January, 3.—The two-year battle betwéen Fred Fulton, contender for heavyweight boxing nonors, and Mrs. Maude Thompson, wife of bis former pariner in a Sum- mer resort venture near Park Rapids. Minn., was recorded a draw today when Fulton announced he had sct- | tled the case out of court. | X | At Boston—Taoronto, 4; Boston Col- lega; 2 At Pittsburgh—Yale, 5; Queens. U {1t Fordham for one yea {1 out of 2: Underwood uUnderwood MEEHAN, SYRACUSE COACH, MAY TAKE N. Y. U. BERTH EW YORK, January 3.—John N brilliant campaign of triumph the Orange to take charge of gridir next Fall. The resignation of Tom Thorp as head foot ball coachuat New York University was accepted today. Meehan has been offered the grid- tron post at New York University, according to Henry C. Hathaway, chairman of the athletic council of the local institution, but negotiations have not reached a definite stage. Several other candidates are being considered for the job, Including Harry Stuhldreher, all-American quar- terback of Notre Dame's 1924 cham- plonship. Explanation of Thorp's withdrawal, announced by Hathaway, was given the following statemen Shortly after tho game with Rut- zers on November 14 Thorp informed the athletic authorities at New York University that the Increasing press of outside business would make it difficult for him in the future to de- vote the time required for his dutles ag head coach and that Ire preferred to relinquish his position, since his three-year contrzet had ‘expired. However, the members of the athletic council decided not to accept the res- ignation at that time, In the hope that Thorp would see his way clear to change his mind and aceept the position for another term of years. Thorp's final answer was made today and his resignation was.then ac- cepted “Although Thorp has definitely re- linquished his positlon as head foot ball coach, negotiations are under way to retain him In some capacity as a faculty member of the depart- mant of student welfare at the uni- versity. Thorp now has this under sonsideration, and it is expected he will decide definitely in ure.” Thorp, who has been known na- ionally as & foot ball official as well 15 a coach and sports Writer, began \is_coaching career at the University >f Virginia. He later was head coach and also ine coach for a season under Frank yNeill at Columbja, where Tharp itarred as a tackle in his playing iays and captalned the team one year. He took charge at New York Univer- sity In 1822, and his varsity teams In ‘he past three years have won 13, losi 2 -+ tied 2 games. In addition to the 1922 contest with Columbia, the result . i uabuted. Despite his success at Syracuse, of which he is a graduate, Meehan Is said to have experienced some fric- tion, particularly in the past year, in his handling of gridiron affairs. This was understood to have Influenced him to consider the offer from New York L'nn-ersny e B e et PRINCETON TOSSERS DEFEAT OHIO STATE COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 3.—Ohio State University suffered its first de- feat of the season and Princeton con- tinued its string of victorles when the Tigers vanquished the Buckeyes, 39 to 34, in a fast basket ball game here tonight. Ohfo was leading at the half time, 22 to 17, but at the opening of the second half Princeton began a Jightning attack which netted 15 points before Ohifo had counted. Minor for Ohio and Anderson for Princeton starred. The lineup and summary. Princeton (39). Positions, _Ohio State (34). Hymson. ‘Rigut forwnrd..........Shaw Left forward Minor unningham | ot L2 €ameron ), Shaw (3). Cun- . Lemon (3). Hymson (6). Cleaves, Anderson (3). Foul goals—Shaw, Cunningham. 3 out uf Minor, none out of 2: lemon. 1 out of 3; Hymson, %00t ot 3; Cleaves, 1 out ot 13 Loeb. nant out af 2. Referac—Mr. Young (Iilinols. Wesleyan). THREE REDS WAIVED -ON. Al clubs have waived on Outflelder Shorten, Tnfielder Fonseca and Short- /. Court gonls A'ngham Tooh (3). .I'step Caveney of the Cincinnat! Na- tionals. coach who has piloted Syracuse University’s ¢leven through a the near | "SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4,’“’192:3“ F. (Chick):Mechan, young foot ball s for the past five seasons, may leave on destinies ‘at New York University NURMI HELD LIKELY TO REMAIN IN U. S. NEW YORK, January 3.—The ape- tion of Paavo Nurml, Finnish runner, in filing an application for member- ship in the Amateur Athletic Union today was regarded in athletic circles @s tending to strengthen belief that he will remain in this country per- manently. Nurmi. fled his wpplication at the Motropolitan ‘A. A. U. with his credontials ‘as a foreign athlete in| good standing on a competitive visit | to this country. The application has | yet to be approved by the natfonal | registration committee; but this is| regarded as a mere formality. Under the A. A. U, rules it is not necessary for Nurm!, who will run in the Fin- nish-American A. C. games in Madi- son Square Garden on Tuesday night, OWNER EWI AKLAND, Calif, January 3— Johnson to purchase the Oakl : today by J. Cal Ewing, owner Coast League. Ewing informed Johuson that th Johmon s(aml '.ha\ he would ret TRACKMEN TO FORE AS FOOT BALL GOES NEW YORK, January 2.—Foot ball| has been kicked out of the sporting world for another eight months, leav- ing the public mind open for consid- eration of the invaslon of Paavo Nurmi, greatest of Finnish and world athletes at his running distance. Nurmi, unused to board tracks, will enter his first American event Madison Square Garden during Finnish-American -games night. Willle Ritola, and he Hahn and the Middle Western fifer, Jole Ray, coming back into condi- tion after a series of poor perform- ances. The Finn's assignment is a diffi- cult one, in the opinion of the sport- ing writers. A few weeks ago he arrived o the United States and for the first time ran indoors. After his early performances, it was pre- dicted in some quarters would prove a “bust” indoors However, he is =aid to have galned his footing How and to have learned to make the numerous turns required | in an indoor distance test. Few runners from foreign shores| have forsaken the American tracks| after once appearing here. The rosters of amateur associations in the United States are filled with such | names as Kolehmainen, Kyronen,| Ritola and Tikkanen. Nurmi's action | in fling . his appleation with the | Amateur Athletic Union has produced | rumors that he, too, may remain in this country. 1 the FIELD TRIAL TITLE WON BY ATLANTIC CITY DOG GRAND JUNCTION, January Seaview Rex, polater, owned by Dr. 0. D. Stickney of Atlantic City, N. J holds the title of national amateur field champion. . | Seaview Rex was declared winner | of championship honors in the annual | races run under the auspices of Lhe; Assoclated Amateur Fleld Trial Asso- clation. Ten dogs competed. | The championship title gave the owner of the pointer a chest of sil-{ ver valued at $500 as a trophy and a leg on a $1,000 cup. CONQUEROR OF EPINARD TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION| N YORK, January 3.—Ladkin, congueror of Franc best horse Epifard, and Ordinance. considered by many the peer of the son of Falr Flay. | will be offered at public auction in this eity prior to March. on a date | yet to be decided, the executors of | the estate of the late Maj. August Belmont have announced. Toucky Play and Blind Play, two other four-year-olds of the Belmont | stables, and 17 two-year-olds, will to reglister here. 1928 WINTER By the Associated Press. ARIS, January 3—Following n French Olympic committees d been virtudlly decided that the games will be held at Chamonix, Fra the scene of the 1924 Winter spor Scandinavian : countties and. Switzer! stage owing to the efforts of these is unable to hold Winter games bec to turn over the Winter part, of the I PENN VOTED.TROPHY | FOR GRID SUPREMACY PHILADERPHIA, January 3.—The Jolley trophy, for the best college foot ball team in the East, is to be awarded to the University of Penn- sylvania on January 24,'at a banquat here under the auspices of the veteran athletes of Philadelphla, directors of i that organization have announced. i At the same time. the Notre Dame University team, previously selected by the directars,, will receive the Eugené ‘£ Bonniwell trophy as the foot ballfchamplons of the country. The selection of the Eastern team from records up to the close of the regular _playing - season narrowed down te Pennsylvania and Dartmouth, the directérs stated, after Yale thad been ellminated because it had been tied twlice. 1t was pointed out that Dartmouth, which was not tigd,” except by Yale, scored 195 points while its opponents scored 31 --points. - Pennsylvania, however, although tied by State Col- lege, scored” 203 points, against but 17 for her oppoments. The directors also cyiphasized that whereas Dartmouth defeated Cornell by a score of 28 to 14, Pennsylvania _defeated Cormell without the latter's scoring. At c&rnmm-lmnemn. 39; Ohio State, T At New YorkeCollege of City of New! York, 25; Toronto.U., 19. 7. A'Mfi:h:‘.“—Au.nu ,;:mmc Club, | 95 P Acgles, A Atlants—Atiznts Y.. The choice of the Dutch Olympic committee of Chamonix. which was | s, ends the controversy between the g0 on the block at the same time. OLYMPICS DUE TO GO TO CHAMONIX | egotiations between, the Dutch and uring the past two months, it has Winter sports of the 1928 Olympic nce. land which had 'reached an acute nations to persuade Holland—which ause of the lack of ice and snow— 928 Olympic program to them. When the Winter sports were placed upon the Olympic program in 1920, the international Olympic committee | ruled that if a nation intrusted with | the task of organizing the Olympic | games_found itself, owing to geo-| graphical and climatic dificulties, un- | able to hold the ‘ice and snow pro- grams, that part ef the program could be turned over to another nation. While Holland is firmly determined to carry out her assignment for the organization of the Olympic track and fleld sports it Amsterdam in 1928, the Dutch Olympic committee realized that the Winter part of the program could not be handled in that country. Consequently, Chamonix was looked It was understood that the Washineton pitcher he! | buy the Oaks but the time limit had expired, it was said. Tuesday | e will meet his countryman, | A1l face Lloyd | TEAM NOW OFF MARKET, NG DECLARES Cash Turned Down By Pacific Coast League Mogul —Premier American League Hurler Probably Will Again Twirl for Griffs. b A cash offer of $350,000 by Walter and Base Bal Club, was flatly refused of the club’s franchise in the P; 1d an opt e club was no longer for sale urn to Reno tonight or tomorrow For the second time unsuccess in his jefforts to procure a franch In the Pacific Coast League. Wa ohnson. premier pitcher of Aecricen League last season. mor than likely will agaln wear a Wa Ington uniform in 162 The only territory open to Johns as a magnate was the coast circu according to Clark Grifith, presider of the world champlon Nation: Nelther Griffith nor other majo~ league club owners would tolerats the purchase by Johnsen of a fran- chise nearer @ie big league territo: than the strip of country along t Pacific. With the Oakland deal {now that its present owner, J. Cal Ewing, emphatically announces tha club is not for sale, there seems little else for Johnson to do but re- | sume his Washington livery, unless he intends to forego base ball altu | gether. & |~ Inability to get the Oakland or | some other Pacific Coast League club probably has disappointed Johnson | sorely. ~ Before the last American League season was under way the {great hurler announced that 1924 was to be his last year in the majors and’ after belng a prominent factor in hurling his club to the pemnant |and winning the decisive game in fthe world series he appeared more anxlous than ever to rest on his | laurels so far as the majors wera | concernea. Griffith gave Johnson permission t | negotiate any deal he saw fit in the | far West and assured the veteran of 18 seaons his unconditional releass was ready if Walter purchused & Pa- cific Coast League club. Johnson first joined with George Weiss, former New Haven Lastern League owner, {n an effort to buy the Oakland franchise. That deal fell through. Last week it-was reported that an Ann Arbor (Mich.) capitalist was ready to back Walter, but Ewing evidently has summarily ended all negotlations. 32 TEAMS ENTERED IN SOCCER TOURNEY YORK, January 3.— Thirty- two soccer clubs will compets in ths first round of the national challenge cup competition of the United States Foot Ball Association on or before January 18, The title is held by Fall River, which will not be represented in the tournament this year. Illinois has. the largest number of entries—elght. They are the Olym pias or Thistle of-Chicago, the Pull- man F. C., Canadian Club, Sparta A. and B. A. and Bricklayers, also of Chicago; the Northshore of Evanston, Harvey Soccer Club of Harvey and | Gillespie Soccer Club of Gillespie Other entries are: Gar Wood Soccer Club Thistle Foot Ball Club and British War Veterans of Cleveland, Goodyear | of Akron. Ohio; Jeanette F. C. of Jeanette, Pa.; Detective Csitics or Detroit or Toledo 'F. C. of Toledo, Ohio: Mahoning Valley Soccer Club of Youngstown, Ohio, and Vestaburg Soccer Club of Vestaburg, Pa. POUGHKEEPSIE REGATTA TO HAVE SEVEN CREWS That the Naval Academy’s. crew likely to return for the 1925 imte collegiate regatta at Poughkespsis forccasts the probability that seven combinations, the largest entry sinca 1907, will row In the varsity classic next June. Washington. winner of Ribbon race for the past two years, will return to defend its laurels, and Wisconsin, which returned last Juna after a long lapse and finished sec- ond, also is expected to invade the East again. The four members of the Intercollegiate Rowing Associa- tion—Cornell, Columbia, Syracuse and Pennsylvania—will complete the MEN OF FIVE NATIONS SEEK BILLIARD TITLE CHICAGO. January 3.—Five nations will be represented in the Interna- tional balk line billiard champlonship tournament to be held here from Feb- ruary 22 to March 4. Willie Hoppe. Jake Schaefer and Welker Cochran will represent the United States. The games will be for 400 points 15.2 except in the event of a tle in which case the play-oft will be at 500 points France, Japan, Belglum and Ger- v | imporsit | of Detroit the Bius | many will be represented in addition upon as the most feasible site for the | \;*iie United States, jce and snow sports, owing to the fact that the games were held there in 1924 and no new installations will be necessary. The French Olympic_committee has received assurances, from Amsterdam that If a request is made to the Dutch | committee that the 1928 games be held at Chamonix, no objections will be made. The official application from France will go forward to the Dutch committee this evening. “The French ministry of- forelgn aftairs and Premier Herriot, upon being - consulted by the French Qlympic committee, authorized this committee to undertake the organiza- tion of the 1928 Winter sports at Chamonix and promised to do every ing possible to aid in the task Holland is understood to have made ‘but little heddway tius far in prepar- ations for the 1928 track and field” sports at Amsterdam, although the Dutch Olympic committee is sald to have been promised subsidies by the government, It is proposed to enlarge the present Amsterdam Sfadium and build an Olymple village. The Dutch committee 'will report LEVENS FIGHT SHY OF NORTHWESTERN Knute Rockne of Notrs Dame seems to have been the one Middle Western comch who did not fear the 1925 Northwestern outfit. The South Bend eleven will meet the Purple Novem- ber 21. But otherwise Northwestern, us ally mought after by powerful big- ten teams for a breathing spell con- test, has had to scratch gravel for her dates. But next year it is cer- tain that the Evanston college is go- ing to have a tough combination. Tllinols saw fit to overlook the Pur- ple. Chicago tried to pin her neigh- bor to an early October date, but did not get away with it. Michigan could not wiggle away from a November 7 engagement at Evanston, as contracts demanded this meeting. Minnesota, hungry as she was for games, passed the progress it has made to the In- ternational Olymplc Congress at Ppague, which will be held next May and Jui Northwestern by. lIn sum, the Pur- ple’s conference gumes next Fall will not, dominate her schedule numeris cally: